MAE WEST RISQUE NOVELTY.
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Winning Bid:
$86.25 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #200 - Part II
Item numbers 1187 through 2776 in auction 200
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
Double-sided 3.5x5.5” card. c. 1930s. Each side features cartoon illustration of Mae West. One in bar in revealing costume as bartender pours beer. Two pictures of nude women on back wall. West catchphrase “Come Up And See Me Sometime” printed at bottom of card. Other side shows West squatting to urinate as 3 men watch her, word balloon reading “How’m I Doin’ Boys?” Below West’s bottom and beer stein on other side, cellophane window shows colored sand to simulate beer (brown sand) and urine (yellow sand). Few age spots. Still VF for this type of item. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.
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