Sold for:
$4,200
$4,200
Kellar, Harry. Harry Kellar’s own souvenir pocket mirror. Pennsylvania, Reading Ribbon Badge Co., ca. 1900. Round mirror bears a finely colored portrait of Kellar in hat and spectacles. 56mm diameter, beveled edge. Mirror pitted, otherwise very good. PM50. One of two known examples. Formerly owned by Harry Kellar. This mirror was given to Kellar by the president of Reading Ribbon Badge Co., H.C. Weber. Kellar presented it to Henry Ridgley Evans. From Evans it passed through the hands of four other well-known collectors, eventually ending up in Burton Sperber’s collection.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
