BUSTER “BROWN’S BLUE RIBBON BOOK OF JOKES AND JINGLES” RARE PREMIUM COMIC BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$506.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #201 - Part II
Item numbers 1409 through 3152 in auction 201
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
5x7” with 16 pages. Published by The Brown Shoe Co. “Manufacturers Of Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes.” ©1904 The Brown Shoe Co. First in a series of 5 such premium advertising booklets, this is the first Buster Brown book premium. Front cover has Buster Brown holding paint and brush with smiling Tige. R.F. Outcault facsimile signature at bottom of art. Booklet features advertising for Buster Brown Shoes as well as numerous well-done Outcault illustrations in full color. Buster Brown and Tige appear on 11 interior pages as well as front and back covers. Outcault character Billy Bear appears in and dances in Buster Brown shoes as Pore Lil' Mose looks on. Back cover shows The Yellow Kid, Billy Bear and Buster Brown dancing as Tige laughs. Cover shows lt. wear/aging. Fine. Pages remain clean and bright. Fine/VF. As noted in Overstreet, only an estimated 5 or 6 known copies exist of books 1-4. Overstreet value in Fine = $1,050.
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