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)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction #208 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1277 in auction 208
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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