"SPORTSMAN'S LEAGUE" EXTENSIVE BUTTON COLLECTION SHOWING FISHING FLIES.
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Winning Bid:
$293.25 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
5
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #205 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1426 in auction 205
Value Code:
H - $200 to $400 Help Icon
Item Description
Each is 1.25" with 13 from the English series and three from series with the group name in French. All complete with their backpaper reading "Sportsman's Pledge/I Am Familiar With The Official Instructions On Preservation Of Fish & Game And By Wearing This Badge Hereby Pledge Myself To Follow And Support Them." On the three French text items this backpaper is also in French. Those with some small age are row 1 #4 with slight tanning, row 2 #4 with couple of very faint gray marks, row 3 #1 with a little faint gray tone at top, row 3 #4 with couple of faint gray marks on rim edge, row 4 #2 with four small gray dots and row 4 #4 with scattered gray tone on the white background. All others not mentioned display Mint and all have full gloss. The group includes the one button in the series with a scene of two men in a canoe fishing while all the others show a fly captioned by its name. This is the largest group we've seen of these scarce buttons c. 1950s.
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