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LOT 46:
A DIVISION ONE PICTORIAL FABLE BUTTON
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Sold for: $120
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$80 - $120
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sales tax: 8.875%
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A DIVISION ONE PICTORIAL FABLE BUTTON
1 Large size 19th century pictorial button of a rabbit & frog.
This charming example of brass and white metal was always a favorite button of my late wife Jane's who many of you remember. In this auction are several rabbit buttons that she would have loved as she had a wonderful collection of rabbit buttons. This one depicts. Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare or the RFrog and the Rabbit, a 19th century brass with white collet.
Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918
Dimensions: SM=Less than 3/4", Medium=3/4" to 1 1/4". Large=1 1/4" and above, extra large=1 3/4" and above
