JOE MCCARTHY ANTI-COMMUNIST SENATOR COLLECTION OF BUTTONS & EPHEMERA.
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Winning Bid:
$1,947.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
11
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #236 Session I
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H/I - $200 to $700 Help Icon
Item Description
34 items total and Includes: 19 pinbacks, both for and against McCarthy; one campaign tab; a matchbook reading "I Am With Joe McCarthy In His Fight Against Treason And Dishonor," Three 3.25x5.25" postcards, two invitation cards to McCarthy receptions/speeches, a 1952 ink blotter featuring Eisenhower and Nixon, w/McCarthy and Kohler as Wisconsin coattails; two booklets titled "The Truth About Senator Joe McCarthy" defending him as a fighter in the war on Communism both foreign and domestic; and a cardboard delegate badge to the 1952 GOP Convention in Milwaukee. Overall Fine to Exc. w/most VF or above. An excellent collection of the controversial anti-Communist. John Pendergrass Collection.  
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