?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(BEAUTY.) Large collection of beauty products for the hair. Consisting of 2 degrees from the Madame Walker School of Beauty, signed by Mae Walker; 30 original tins from Madame Bettis, Lucky Heart, Mme. Walker, Overton, High Brown, E.F. Young, Snow White, Valmor, Evergloss, Hi-Beaute, etc. * 2 curling irons, and a straightening hot comb * 73 labels, one poster, various pieces of ephemera and a number of contemporary magazine advertisements for hair products. should be seen. Vp, circa 1920's to 1950's
An exceptional and representative collection of material relating to the care of black hair. Following in the footsteps of Madame C. J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone and her Poro College of Beauty; it was clear that fortunes could be made from hair and general beauty products for African Americans. Everything from brilliantine to straightening chemicals brought millions of dollars yearly. The thirty tins in this collection are only a fraction of the products that were specifically made for the African American market.
