EXTREMELY RARE "OUR PRESIDENTS" JOHN L. LEWIS & F.D.R. JUGATE FOR LABOR DAY.
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Winning Bid:
$1,840.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #208 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1277 in auction 208
Value Code:
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Item Description
1.25" unlisted in Hake. Reverse has paper from Pittsburgh firm "Colonial Press McMahon Bros." Collet holds 2.25" ribbon with gold text "Labor Day Celebration/Local Union 5085/Coverdale, Pa." Below the ribbon text is a Baltimore union bug. Button features crisp black and white real photos without dot patterns. This piece has realized $3,000.00 in an Anderson auction and a foxed example realized $2,200.00 on eBay. A single pin point black dot to the left of the Lewis circle is as printed and the piece is essentially Mint as made. Rare.
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