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Sat, Jan 26, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1079

Two Dick Button Clothing Items

Estimate: $600 - $900

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canvas and sheared wool coat, gift from the King of Sweden during the 1947 World's Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, double breasted white canvas with sheared wool collar and lining, 45 in. length, large size but short sleeves, [fair condition]; mustard colored wool jacket worn by Dick Button as a sports commentator for ABC's Wide World of Sports, interior label for "Stodwell Ltd./Custom Tailors/New York/London", 32 in. length, [light wear]

Note:

While Dick Button did not win the championship at Stockholm that year, he skated an exhibition skate at the event for which the King of Sweden thanked him with this coat. 

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