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Thursday, 27 - Monday, 31 May 2021
'1897 OWL CLUB' PRESENTATION S/PLATE OWL BUTTON HOLE BADGE. Slid cast and of good size fine detail red stone eyes. The owl with gavel to its mouth. The back engraved 'PRESENTED TO THE OWL CLUB BY J.A.BIRTS 1897'. With button hole fitting. H.52mm. Note: The Owl Club was founded in 1896 by Reginald Mansfield Johnson
Realised: $400 plus premium
Current Bid $400 (32 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
Malcolm Scollay Greenough, Jr., Frazier Curtis, Preston Player, Charles Clifford Payson, Austen Fox Riggs, and Dudley Hall Bradlee, Jr. Originally established as a secret society, the Club held its meetings in Cambridge's Polo Club Alley before purchasing land on the corner of Holyoke Street and Holyoke Place in 1901.
