SAN FRANCISCO 1906 BUTTON WITH "BIRTH" SLOGAN AND BUTTON PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE BOOK BUTTON POWER.
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Winning Bid:
$233.64 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
3
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #234 Session I
Value Code:
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Item Description
7/8" button with concave tin back and horizontal pin. No maker. Front is a clock face with the hands set to 5:13 and with the date of  "April 18/1906" above and within second wheel design. Additional text reads "The Birth Of New San Francisco/Earthquake & Fire." Trivial oxidation on rim of metal reverse with the celluloid essentially Mint. One of two known to us and this is the button photographed for the book Button Power by Carter and Hake. Comes w/Hake's COA.
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