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Lot 48
Sale 2088 - A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part III
Aug 1, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$2,032
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Lot Description
A Boxer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Albert de Giovanni
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
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."
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.