Condition Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist
Lot 297
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,625
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Long Live the President, "linked states" inaugural button. N.p., 1789.
34 mm stamped 1-piece brass button with shank (surface possibly cleaned or chemically treated). Central oval with impressed "GW," surrounded by the raised legend, "Long Live the President." The perimeter features impressed linked ovals enclosing the initials of the original 13 states. Reverse plain. Commemorating the inauguration of George Washington in 1789. Albert WI-4A.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”