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Lot 207
Sale 1301 - A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Jan 30, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$600 -
800
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$572
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Lot Description
A Motorist's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Fred Straub
Early 20th Century
bearing the name M. Fred Straub in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman driving a red open touring car.
underside marked T&V / France.
Height 3 1/2 inches.
Fred Straub was born in August of 1882 in Pennsylvania. U.S. Federal Census returns from the first half of the twentieth century variably record his occupation as a "driver" and "motor repairman" in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey