“BILTRITE HEELS AND SOLES” ELABORATE SALESMANS PROMOTIONAL LOT FOR PREMIUM CLOWN MASK.
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Starting Bid:
$345.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #204 - Part II
Item numbers 1447 through 3204 in auction 204
Value Code:
I/J - $400 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
25 pieces ©1953 designed for die-cut premium punch-out “Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown Lou Jacobs Biltrite Change-O-Face Clown Mask” offered through American Biltrite Rubber Company Products sold through shoe repair shops. Includes 11x14" spiral-bound soft cover presentation binder with eight acetate sheets holding various examples of ad proofs, three examples of masks, suggested window display, Ringling Circus ad proof and more. Comes with 12x17" “Life” Magazine ad proof and actual 10 by 15 5/8" stiff paper punch-out sheet of premium which is complex mask with changeable parts. One mask in book has been trimmed a bit unevenly, Life proof has horizontal fold through center with bit of wear at lower right side edge but otherwise book contents are VF to Exc. with Exc. un-punched premium. Elaborate design with wonderful mask art images. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold, accompanied by a letter to that effect from Gordon Gold. Additional photos online.
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