"BUSTER BROWN'S BLUE RIBBON BOOK OF JOKES AND JINGLES" RARE PREMIUM COMIC BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$578.45 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
7
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #209 - Part II
Item numbers 1145 through 2874 in auction 209
Value Code:
I - $400 to $700 Help Icon
Item Description
5x7" w/16 pages. Published by The Brown Shoe Co. "Manufacturers Of Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes." ©1905 The Brown Shoe Co. Second in a series of five such premium advertising booklets, this is the second Buster Brown book premium. Front cover has Buster Brown holding paint and brush w/Tige. R.F. Outcault facsimile signature at lower left. Booklet features advertising for Buster Brown Shoes as well as numerous well-done Outcault illustrations in full color. Buster Brown and Tige appear on 11 interior pages as well as front and back covers. Outcault characters the Yellow Kid, Poor Lil Mose and Billy Bear appear together on one interior page and back cover, and Yellow Kid and Billy Bear appear on another interior page. Cover shows lt. wear/aging w/pinch creases along spine. Pages remain clean and bright. Staples have some rust soiling. Fine overall. As noted in Overstreet, only an estimated five or six known copies exist of each of these rare books. Overstreet value in Fine = $600. From the Robert M. Overstreet Collection and comes with COA.
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