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The Judith Howard Collection Auction at Bishton Hall(#165) 27/09/2019 10:30 AM BST CLOSED!

Lot 115 of 219: Collection of "Vinegar Valentines" (comic insulting cards) comprising: folded paper lace card, c.1870, central design depicting "stuffed" lady in taxidermy dome (chromolithographic face, fabric dress, embossed paper leaves and real grasses), accompanying verse, 'My late dear Wife, preserved in a glass case, She was such a darling Pet that I had her stuffed, Will you be my second?'; mechanical hand-coloured lithographic card by Wood c.1860, the pull-tab making the "Champagne Charley swell" take h

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£150 (18 bids)
Estimate: £50 - £80

The Judith Howard Collection Auction at Bishton Hall(#165)  27/09/2019 10:30 AM BST  CLOSED!