GEORGE M. COHAN EARLY THEATRICAL BUTTON FROM HAKE COLLECTION AND CPB.
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Winning Bid:
$155.60
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #200 - Part II
Item numbers 1187 through 2776 in auction 200
Item Description
1.25” with W&H backpaper which has some scattered tan age spots. Back of button also has tiny dent line on the collet. The celluloid front of the piece still displays totally clean and Exc. Rim text names Cohan and his partner and button reads in full “The Cohan & Harris Comedians/’I Ain’t Allowed To Ask For Nothin’/George Washington Jr.” Cohan starred, with his family and others, in this play George Washington Jr. which opened Feb. 6, 1906 at Herald Square Theater, NYC. Cohan performed the show-stopper in Act I ‘You’re A Grand Old Flag.’ Hake book Collectible Pin-Back Buttons photo example Theater section #1015. Comes with Hake’s COA. Among the earliest buttons to name an important actor/producer in the world of theater.
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