Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 149

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

THE STUD


Large collection of pinback buttons from the legendary San Francisco bar.
112 pinback buttons, most just under 1 1/2 inches across, a few as large as 2 1/4 inches across; generally strong condition with a few won or stained. San Francisco, 1981-1991 and undated.

Pins were issued to commemorate events such as the annual "Polka-Dot Prom," the city's championship appearances in baseball and football, Gay Pride Day, the 1987 visit to San Francisco by Pope John Paul II ("Poke the Pope"), and all of the major holidays.