"WELCOME TO PITTSBURGH" LARGE CHOICE COLOR CELLULOID FROM 1898 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONVENTION.
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$97.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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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
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Item Description
This button is 2-1/8" with no backpaper but with maker name on curl W&H. We've seen this same front design as part of a two-sided celluloid for the event. Here the design is as a standard button and depicts woman in fez and skimpy outfit seating aloft a camel with decorative harness and saddle blanket posed with pyramids, palm trees and crescent moon and star in the background. We've also seen the same design on a smaller 1.75" button. That was used for a street fair in Evansville, Ill. Only example we've seen of this in the large size as a button. Great graphics and NM with just a virtual pinpoint nick at far lower right, barely visible without magnification. Rare.
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