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NIAGARA FALLS” EARLIEST DATED BUTTON WE KNOW OF FROM HAKE COLLECTION & CPB.
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Auction #201 - Part I > Item 827
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$51.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #201 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1408 in auction 201
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Item Description
1.75” with W&H backpaper of rarely seen design which has st. dustiness but no other damage. Front of button displays pair of trains crossing bridge over the river with falls in the bkg. Full text reads “Put me Off At/New Steel Arch Bridge/Niagara Falls/Sept. 22-25, 1897.” Hake book Collectible Pin-Back Buttons photo example Geographic Section #1. Comes with Hake’s COA. Cello has about 3 tiny 1/16” craze lines, essentially invisible without magnification. Button displays N. Mint. Only example we’ve seen.
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