YELLOW KID PROMOTES HIS SPONSOR’S CIGARETTES ON BUTTON #88.
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Winning Bid:
$189.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
5
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
1.25” with covered tin back. Streak of brown oxidation to the left and right of the vertical pin but not causing any problem as the celluloid remains 99% stain free with just a pair of exceedingly faint dots in lower left quadrant. The Kid is portrayed cigarette in hand with his smoke forming the word “Journal” which floats above a rectangular area typeset on top edge with tiny text “N.Y. Journal.” Below this is an opened package of “High Admiral” showing 2 cigarettes. The Kid says on his nightshirt “Say I’m De Journal’s Kid/I’m De Real Ting Cause De High Admiral Has Adopted Me/Dey Knows A Good Ting When Dey See It An’ So Do I.” Among the rarest buttons in the set. Displays N. Mint.
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