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Lot 458
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-335
Mar 10, 2022
5:00AM ET
Lots 336-681
Mar 11, 2022
5:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,375
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Lot Description
George L. Roether (American, 1913-1998)
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rudy Vallee
Circa 1935
papier-mache and paint masks
Made for Disney Studios
each bearing a hand-written label, the first inscribed Bing Crosby A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, the next inscribed Frank Sinatra A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, and the last labeled Rudy Vallee No 60-20-16-72 Made by George Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland Ohio Patent Applied for George Roether.
Height of first 8 3/8 inches.
Circa 1935
papier-mache and paint masks
Made for Disney Studios
each bearing a hand-written label, the first inscribed Bing Crosby A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, the next inscribed Frank Sinatra A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, and the last labeled Rudy Vallee No 60-20-16-72 Made by George Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland Ohio Patent Applied for George Roether.
Height of first 8 3/8 inches.