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A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part III
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- Sale 2088
Live
| Cincinnati
Aug 1 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 2088
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
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Katie Benedict
Associate Specialist, Furniture & Decorative Arts
A Boxer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Albert de Giovanni
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
A Boxer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Albert de Giovanni
bearing the name A de Giovanni in gilt lettering and depicting two boxers facing each other, one wearing an American flag sash and the other wearing an Italian flag sash.
underside marked T&V Limoges France.
Height 3 1/2 inches.
Albert de Giovanni first fought on March 10, 1889, under the name "Kid Giovanni." The Daily News from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania records that on March 19, 1912, at a boxing show, a "Kid Giovanni" of Girardville, Pennsylvania, "stepped to the front of the stage, and challenged Lightfoot Bender to fight any number of rounds from $100 to $500 a side."
