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Sat, Dec 3, 2016 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 4, 2016 11:00AM EST
Lot 469

Joseph Askins the Celebrated Ventriloquist

Estimate: $500 - $700

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Tokens] Askins, Joseph. Joseph Askins the Celebrated Ventriloquist. England, 1796. Copper halfpenny-sized token, bearing a full-length portrait of the wooden-legged performer, engraved “The Celebrated Ventriloquist” and the date on the observe. Kuethe MT018. Sold with a replica silver-mirror struck circa 1980.

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