EXTREMELY RARE CORO CHARLIE MCCARTHY PIN

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DON'T MISS THIS ONE...THESE PINS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN!! THE PIN IS IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. A FEW FLAKES MISSING BUT THE DETAIL IS INCREDIBLE. IT HAS A SMALL TAB AT THE BOTTOM THAT MOVES HIS MOUTH UP AND DOWN AND IS IN WORKING CONDITION. THE BACK OF THE PIN READS "MF'D UNDER EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FROM EDGAR BERGEN AND CHARLIE MCCARTHY INC. " PLEASE ONLY SERIOUS BIDDERS. I DID NOTICE T WAS ANOTHER ONE LISTED WHICH IS A REAL SURPRISE TO ME AS I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BIDDING. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME THRU EBAY OR YOU CAN CALL PETER AT . SORRY FOR THE FIRST SET OF PHOTOGRAPHS - TEMPORARY CAMERA PROBLEMS INSERTED NEW PHOTOS 2:10 EST ON MONDAY. THANKS FOR ASKING FOR BETTER PHOTOS MAKES ME A BETTER EBAYER 3:13 EST MONDAY THANKS TO A MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGABLE EBAYER THAN ME I EXAMINED THE PIN WHILE ON THE PHONE - UNDER THE CLIP T IS A PATENT NUMBER "PAT 2038343". THIS MAKES IT A CORO PIN WHICH TO BE HONEST MEANT NOTHING TO ME, BUT IM LEARNING. THIS MAKES IT A GOLD PLATED BASE METAL WITH ENAMELLING. THE REFERENCE GIVEN TO ME WAS BRUNIALTI, TRIBUTE TO AMERICA, PAGES 66 & 67. ADVERTISED IN WOMESN WEAR DAILY, OCT 1937, MANUFACTURED BY CORO. THE PATENT FOR THE CLIP MECHANISM IS DATED 1936 AND GIVES HISTORICAL DETAILS OF EDGAR BERGEN (CANDICE'S FATHER) AND HIS DUMMY CHARLIE MCCARTHY. PRICES SEEM TO VARY ANYW FROM $275.0 read more