RARE SUPERMAN WITH NANCY AND SLUGGO NEWSPAPER PROMOTIONAL BUTTON.
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction #216 - Part II
Item numbers 978 through 2735 in auction 216
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Item Description
This rare 1940s button is 2-3/16” with text “Sun-Times Comic Capers Club.” Center has large illustration of Superman flying while above are Nancy, Sluggo and the head of a parrot. Reverse has tin covered back with horizontal pin. This is an outstanding example in high gloss and NM condition displaying Mint. It comes with photocopy of an article picturing the button which appeared in the January, 1949 Chicago issued publication titled TV Forecast which provided scheduling information to Chicago viewers. Pictured is the button along with text tying it to the Sunday Sun-Times newspaper as well as TV channel WBKB. The program featured Don and Vera Ward reading some of the “Funny’s” from the newspaper and offering this membership button. We’ve had only a few examples of this button over five decades and this precise documentation to its origin was only recently discovered. Franco Toscanini Collection.
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