"MELVIN PURVIS OFFICIAL SECRET OPERATOR PENCIL."
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Starting Bid:
$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction 190 - Part II
Item numbers 955 through 2671 in auction 190
Value Code:
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Item Description
5-1/8" dark ivory hue Bakelite-style plastic barrel w/silvered metal point and eraser holder. Barrel has miniature black portrait within shield border above tiny "Melvin Purvis" facsimile signature and larger printed inscription "Official Secret Operator Pencil." 1937 Post's Toasties premium. Many, but tiny, indents on the .25" metal tip that holds the lead and tip seems frozen so it is not working but indents show little and rest is Exc.
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