Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(POP PHOTOGRAPHICA)
Group of 25 celluloid accessories or jewelry, including pinbacks, cuff links, buttons, and badges; a few in decorative brass settings; many are delicately hand-tinted. Various sizes from 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches (1.3 to 8.3 cm.) in diameter. 1890s-1910s
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with--An Autographed Letter from O. G. Hursen, originator and manufacturer of Novelty Photo Jewelry (the maker of many of the pieces), to "My Darling Little Wife," in which he writes about his business day and says, "Well, my pet, if you were here I would enjoy petting and caressing you before going to sleep to-night and I fancy the enjoyment would be mutual." Two sheets, dated August 14, 1898.
From the Collection of John Silverstein.