Aug 03, 2005 - Sale 2048

Sale 2048 - Lot 431

Price Realized: $ 1,035
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
THEO MATEJKO ZIGARETTENSPITZE. Circa 1919.
371/4x491/2 inches. W. E. A. G.
Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
In an amusing beach scene advertising a new cigarette holder which easily ejects finished cigarettes, a young lady in blue demonstrates how well the product works. Her consort in red is a study in opposites both physically and in the way he is gouging his cigarette butt out of his holder with a pen knife; lettering in black.