Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

FINOCCHIO'S


Program, postcard, and brochures from the famed San Francisco drag club.
4 items, circa 1944-1970:

Program, [16] pages. illustrated wrappers, 279x216 mm; 11x8 1/2 inches, minor wear, stain on rear wrapper. Features cover art, centerfold caricature, and introductory essay all by Finocchio's performer Li-Kar, in addition to numerous photographs of the performers. Undated but circa 1944.

"Mailing Souvenir," 188x281 mm; 7 1/4x11 inches; address panel left blank, folds. Illustrated with an exterior view and a group shot of the performers. Undated but circa 1960.

Illustrated brochure titled "World's Most Famous and Talented Female Impersonators," 184x200 mm; 7 1/4x7 3/4 inches; with drinks price list on verso. Undated but circa 1965.

Postcard, 89x140 mm; 3 1/2x5 1/2 inches, captioned "World Famous, the One and Only Finocchio's," with photograph of performers by Concetta Jorgensen; unused. Undated but circa 1970.