RARE BUTTON FOR EARLY CYCLIST WHO LATER DIED MOTORCYCLE RACING.
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Starting Bid:
$40.25
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction #201 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1408 in auction 201
Item Description
1.25” button with very early 1897 W&H shellacked backpaper. Button has head-on view of rider with surrounding text “Archie Le Jeal On A Quaker Wheel/Jacob Roth 1018 State Street. Erie, Pa.” Button has slightest tan tone on the white areas but is o/w Mint except for virtual pinpoint white dot at lower right. Le Jeal went on to become a motorcycle racer and he died July 4, 1915 in Erie County, Pa. at the Corry Driving Park. Rare.
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