THREE CELLULOID ITEMS PORTRAYING JESUS AND MARTIN LUTHER.
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$74.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #206 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1278 in auction 206
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Item Description
Each is 7/8". First is a celluloid disc with stickpin with young image of Jesus on the front and issuer information on the reverse "The Westminster Press" listing a number of cities along with a patent date of April 3, 1906. Second is choice color showing Luther in doorway, hammer in hand, as he prepares to nail his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. Button has dates above of "1517-1917" with text at left and right "400th Anniversary/Luther's Protest." Reverse has W&H paper. Next is button commemorating the 450 anniversary of his birth which occurred in 1933. All items are rare and essentially Mint. Also see early cello lapel stud from 1893 for group Christian Endeavor.
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