Aug 22, 2024 - Sale 2677

Sale 2677 - Lot 239

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

FINOCCHIO'S


Programs, postcards, and brochure from the famed San Francisco drag club.
7 items, circa 1944-1970:

3 programs, [16] or [20] pages including illustrated wrappers, 279x216 mm; 11x8½ inches, minor wear. Each features cover art, illustrations and introductory essay all by Finocchio's performer Li-Kar, in addition to numerous photographs and biographies of the performers, with content and covers varying somewhat in each. One titled "Glamorous, Unusual"; another titled "America's Most Unusual Night Club." Undated but circa 1944-1950.

Illustrated folding brochure titled "World's Most Famous and Talented Female Impersonators," 184x200 mm; 7¼x8 inches; with drinks price list on verso. Undated but circa late 1960s.

3 postcards, 89x140 mm; 3½x5½ inches (one slightly larger), captioned "World Famous, the One and Only Finocchio's," with photographs of performers by Concetta Jorgensen; unused. Undated but circa 1970.