Very Scarce Dark Olive Green NEGM Beehive, CD 145 Sold

By Mike Guthrie; posted May 5, 2014

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Of fourteen different colors in this CD and manufacturer, the olive green is the third most valuable booking at 400-500.00. I searched ICON archives and found only one other that has been listed for sale to give you an idea of how difficult a piece this is to acquire.

This piece has a few injuries:

• A base chip/sliver about 1 ¾" long under the embossing (see close up pic) • A ½" wide clam shell bruise on the lower wire groove above and to the left of the embossing; • Two ¼" shallow clam shell flakes on the skirt base; • A "T" shaped internal expansion fracture surrounding a pot stone—not damage; • Several small bb pings visible on the front skirt when seen under "view original"; • And a few small petticoat edge nibbles.

It also has some extra character in the form of many bubbles throughout, the largest of which is 5/8" wide.

It's hard to figure a fair value on rare pieces with damage. How does 25% of book sound?

125.00 plus shipping.

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