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Five Pieces of G.T. Brown Engraved 902172

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Scrip Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 400.00 USD
Five Pieces of G.T. Brown Engraved 902172
SOLD
225.00USDto j***************h+ buyer's premium (51.75)
This item SOLD at 2015 Oct 03 @ 09:41UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of five pieces, each 6 1/4 x 3 1/4", tightly trimmed on the right side. The obverse features three beautiful vignettes: a dashing sailor, a three masted schooner, and Lady Liberty. The reverse is a business card guaranteeing five dollars in part payment for a cash purchase of one hundred dollars or upward. "The object of issuing this 902172 is to do away with promiscuous advertising, and to divide the expense of the same among my customers."Famed African-american lithographer G.T. Brown created these gorgeous pieces of Commission 902172 worth $5 at the business of William Wilson, "practical clock, watch and chronometer maker whose business was at 961 Broadway in Oakland. Grafton Tyler Brown is the subject of Robert J. Chandler's book "San Francisco Lithographer, Aftrican American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown."

Oakland California HWAC# 28101