CONEY ISLAND ROLLERCOASTER TWO-SIDED STRING TAG FROM EARLY 1900s.
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Winning Bid:
$172.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
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Item Description
Stiff, thin cardboard 2.5” square with small hole at top holding original red string. One side shows young couple with wind blowing the woman’s scarf as she holds onto her hat. This side reads top and bottom “The Greatest Ever ‘Have Another?’” Left and right text reads “The Thompson Scenic Railway/At Coney Island And Rockaway Beach.” Opposite side has scene of older couple, with a Ferris wheel in the background, with top and bottom text “’I Thought I’d Die.’/’Gosh! Let’s Go Again.’” Text at left and right is the same as on the opposite side. This side includes “Metropolitan Printing Co.” See next related four items. Card has tiny bit of wear around the hole for the string. Very clean. Rare.
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