PROBABLE FIRST EVER REAL PHOTO BUTTON PICTURING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.
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Starting Bid:
$115.00
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction #199 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 972 in auction 199
Item Description
1.25” real photo button without dot pattern of young black boy apparently seated on a bench as he strums his banjo and sings. Text above reads “Who Said Trouble.” From a series of premium buttons with backpaper carrying name of maker Whitehead & Hoag but also name of distributor “Cameo Pepsin Gum – Made By American Pepsin Gum Co., Newark, N.J.” Button is from 1898. Exc. condition and displays Mint. Historic and rare.
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