RAILROAD UNION MEMBER'S 20 MONTHLY DUES BUTTONS.
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Winning Bid:
$62.62 (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:
F - $25 to $100 Help Icon
Item Description
All of these are litho tin from 13/16" to 1-3/8" plus one special large 2.25" for Labor Day 1914. A number of the buttons are for street electric railway employees while others represent railway car men, railway clerks, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and others. The three smallest are 13/16" for the years 1920, 1921,1923. Next in size are eight at 7/8" and these span 1922 to 1950. There are five in the 1-1/8" size covering 1919, 1937, 1949, 1965, and 1968. There are three in the 1-3/8" size and these are dated for 1915, 1928, 1938. The largest 2.25" button is for "Labor Day 1914" and has a very unusual silver wire hinged fastener. This has a paint scuff on the right edge but rest in clean. The other items vary between Fine and Exc. A nice group spanning 50 years.
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