HISTORIC 1901 BUTTON WITH REAL PHOTO OF VICTORIA’S FUNERAL PROCESSION FROM HAKE COLLECTION.
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$86.25 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #200 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1186 in auction 200
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Item Description
1.5” with no maker’s name and covered tin back. A fixed horizontal pin is missing but this has been replaced with a nicely functioning straight pin. The celluloid itself is Exc. and displays Mint. If our photo shows a little spotting upper right, that was simply dirt now gone. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight January 22, 1901. Button portrays photo taken Jan. 28, 1901 of throngs of people standing behind rows of white helmeted soldiers as funeral procession passes down a London street. Queen Victoria disliked “black” funerals so London was festooned in purple and white. She was dressed in a white dress with her wedding veil and the coffin was draped with the Royal Standard that had been flying at Osborne House at the time of her death. Easily visible is the horse-drawn gun carriage bearing her flag-draped coffin. In addition, dignitaries walk alongside with additional horse-mounted men following. Behind the gun carriage are four horsemen. Behind there are three men on horses. In foreground on white horse is her grandson Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. Next to him is her son to become King, Edward VII. Next to him is Victoria's only other living son Arthur, the Duke of Connaught. Historic and the only example known to us. Button displays Mint. Comes with Hake's COA.
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