RARE DURANT-DORT CARRIAGE CO. BUTTON THE BEDROCK PRECURSOR FIRM TO GENERAL MOTORS.
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Winning Bid:
$129.80 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #225 - Part 1
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Item Description
1.75" with W&H paper used 1900-1912. Button features multi-hued blue ribbon symbolic of quality. This firm in Flint, Michigan was founded in 1886 and by 1900 was the largest carriage maker in America. The partners became rich and this was the core business on which William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort began to build General Motors. Rare and NM displaying Mint. Also see St. Louis expo button #600 for Carriage Builders National Ass'n.
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