CLICK HERE FOR AUCTION LISTING!9-1/8x12" display board has 3.25x3.5" thin artboard affixed w/clear plastic corner mounts. Artboard features pen and ink original art w/image within 2-7/8" dia. circle. Art depicts one of the Smitty characters subset, w/hand-lettered "Mr. Bailey" name below art and "Copr. 1946 Famous Artists Syn." hand-lettered text along top. Art remains clean and Exc. Display also includes separate 3.25x3.5" sheet of onionskin paper w/yellow/red/fleshtone colors which, when placed over the bw art, provides the colors for the finished button. Margins of this sheet are mounted w/.25" wide strips of double-sided tape to acetate sheet that can be removed from back and placed over art. Paper has some thin ripple lines w/.5" tear at center left. Unique and historic button art. Comes w/example of the pin in custom case for display. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold.
