1890s COLCHESTER TENNIS SHOES ADVERTISING SIGN FEATURING SPORTS IMAGES INCLUDING BASEBALL PLAYER.
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Winning Bid:
$1,038.40
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
11x28.75", thin paper sign w/tin scroll at top. Advertising Colchester (Connecticut) Rubber and Cloth Tennis Shoes represented by Sage & Company, New England Agents. Sporting a rubberized cloth for flexible work shoes or sports, the scenes include rowing, bicyclist on a Penny Farthing, tennis players and a baseball player in uniform that reads "CRC" for Colchester Rubber Cloth. Very early reference to sports equipment, this company was famously bought by Keds in 1893. Missing lower scroll w/archival tape repairs to lower right. Edge chip top and bottom right. VG. Exceptional early and rare sports related advertising piece. Fred Hoffman Collection.
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