EARLY USE OF CELLULOID ON BENJAMIN HARRISON STICKPIN AND LAPEL STUDS.
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Winning Bid:
$139.15 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
3
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #203 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1428 in auction 203
Value Code:
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Item Description
These pieces are all likely from 1888 as opposed to 1892. The first is a 2.5" tall stickpin with the reverse marked "Wand & Noble/New York" a name we don't recall seeing before. Tiniest bit of brown tone on the background around the portrait but very minor. Second is a .75" lapel stud with the smaller portrait. This has tiny text below the image of the maker "Baldwin & Gleason" one of the earliest companies to file patents involving the use of celluloid. Unusual construction including a stud back covered in a thin layer of fabric. The third item is another lapel stud with a larger portrait also probably by Baldwin & Gleason but not marked as such. The two lapel studs are NM. A nice group of three pre-1896 button items that show the early use of celluloid on campaign items. Morry Greener Collection.
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