Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 254

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MEMORABILIA.) The Detroit Free Press. Chromolithograph, 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; some slight chipping to the edges; a couple of professional archival repairs to the reverse. Detroit, 1880s
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An unusual pictorial depiction of the theme of "Brother Gardner's Lime Kiln Club," a dialect novel that appeared in 1882. The exaggerated Negro characters were the subject of everything from liquor and cigar advertisements to Currier and Ives prints.