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311 . ROOSEVELT & WALLACE 1941 INAUGURAL OFFICIAL METRO D . C . POLICE BADGE . 3 ” tall silver finished metal badge w / vertical bar pin on reverse . Serial number “ 648 .” Second in the series . Only minor wear . NM . Rex & Patti Stark Collection . ( I ) $ 200.00 312 . “ ME AND ROOSEVELT FOR JOHNSON ” HISTORIC FDR & LBJ 1941 TEXAS COATTAIL BUTTON . 2.25 ” litho w /“ Supplied By J . Hugh Campbell Dallas Texas .” In 1941 Congressman Johnson entered the Democratic primary for the US Senate seat campaigning heavily on his embrace of New Deal policies and issuing this button . While Johnson lost the primary in a nail biter , his star was only temporarily diminished and the rest is history . Roosevelt , speaking of LBJ , to his aide Harold Ickes is said to have stated that “ In The Next Generation , The Balance Of Power Will Shift South And West And This Boy Could Well Be The First Southern President Since The Civil War .” Slight fading on red and blue color w / scattered surface scratches and faint , trivial crazing on surface , as is typical of this design . Moderate overall wear . Fine . This is the only coattail we can recall that features such historical heavy hitters together . Rex & Patti Stark Collection . ( L ) $ 1,000.00 313 . KANSAS CITY MISSOURI WILL WIN WITH LANDON 1936 LARGE NOTIFICATION BUTTON . 4 ” w / concave metal back & horizontal bar pin . Headline “ Kansas City Missouri Will Win With Landon ” and additional text below portrait “ Notification Day Topeka Kansas July 23 1936 Compliments Of Union League Club Of Kansas City .” Light surface wear only seen in reflected light . High gloss . Exc . Scarce . John Gearhart Collection . ( J ) $ 300.00 314 . WILLKIE : “ 1940 OUT OF THE DOG HOUSE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ” CARTOON BUTTON . 1 ” w /“ Brinon Inc . Wichita , Kans .” on curl . Cartoon of an elephant in
tears holding a hanky w / its trunk in a “ Dog House .” Only light scattered wear in reflected light . Exc . ( H ) $ 100.00 315 . “ WE WANT WILLKIE ” 1940 PORTRAIT BUTTON SCARCE LARGEST VARIETY . 2-1 / 8 ”. No maker . Same design as Hake # 5 , but in larger size . Only light scattered surface wear in reflected light . Exc . ( I ) $ 200.00 316 . “ WILLKIE FOR PRESIDENT ” HAKE # 13 AND RARE SEPIA VARIETY 1940 BUTTON PAIR . Each is 2 ” w / St . Louis Button Co . back paper . The bw variety has only light wear , Exc . Sepia variety has bumpy cello surface and vertical lamination mark at 6:30 just left of the “ R ” in “ President ”. VF . While the bw version is uncommon but available , the sepia version is seldom offered and likely a sample . ( I ) $ 200.00 317 . WILLKIE , WILLMANN , WALLACH “ GIVE ‘ EM “ LL ’” SCARCE COATTAIL BUTTON TRIO . . 75 ” to 1.5 ”. All three have St . Louis Button Co . back papers . Larger pins have minor to light wear and are Exc . to NM . Smallest pin has diagonal hairline crack just left of “ Give ‘ Em ”. Fine . Arnold J . Willmann was running for Sheriff of St . Louis County , MO , while Stanley Wallach was running for Prosecuting Attorney . An interesting grouping for these obscure
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K - $ 1000 to $ 2000 L - $ 2000 to $ 5000 M - $ 5000 to $ 10000
N - $ 10000 to $ 20000 P - $ 20000 to $ 35000 Q - $ 35000 to $ 50000
R - $ 50000 to $ 75000 S - $ 75000 to $ 100000 T - $ 100000 to $ 200000
U - $ 200000 to $ 350000 V - $ 350000 to $ 500000 W - $ 500000 to $ 750000
X - $ 750000 to $ 1000000 Y - $ 1000000 to $ 1500000 Z - $ 1500000 and up