Entertainers & Entertainment Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare WWII "Soldier Shows" service performance organization performer tie bar badge. Overseen by a dedicated Army Special Forces unit, "Soldier Shows" were put on by servicemen who were usually experienced entertainers. These...

ARTIFACT: This is a Fred Astaire Gold Cane Club lapel pin in gold, enamel and silver. The pin reads FRED ASTAIRE GOLD CANE CLUB and shows a man and a woman swinging about the dance floor. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: 3/4" height and 7/8" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1966 token or gaming coin for the Playboy Club in London, England. Soon after gambling was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1965, a Playboy Club opened in the English capital. The Playboy Bunny is on one side and a picture of...

ARTIFACT: This is a sewing kit by the American Theatre Wing War Service Inc. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund which encouraged theatrical education but also supported servicemen and families of...

ARTIFACT: Great 1880's cabinet photo of midget couple Count & Countess Magri. Count Primo Magri married Lavinia Warren Bump, the former Mrs. Tom Thumb. Born in Massachusetts, Lavinia enjoyed widespread notoriety in the 1860's as Tom Thumb's wife -...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1960 Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Special Award Medal awarded to Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross by Robbins Co. The front of the sterling silver medal shows the iconic bunny head wearing a bowtie in nice relief detail and surrounding it reads:...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1959 Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Winner Medal by Robbins Co. The heavy, sterling medal (over 4 ounces) was awarded to the vocal group, The Four Freshmen. The front shows the iconic bunny head wearing a bowtie in nice relief detail and...

ARTIFACT: Early 1930's Jackie Cooper Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Studios promotional celluloid pin. The pin shows a black and white image of a young Jackie Cooper in the center and is surrounded by the words: "I AM A MEMBER OF JACKIE COOPER'S GANG"...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War I (1918) American Red Cross Allied Theatrical & Motion Picture Team 2nd War Fund ribbon badge. The 2nd War Fund drive ran for a little over a week during May 191William Fox, the owner of Fox Film Corporation,...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War II American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen Entertainer collar badge. The creator of the Tony Award, the San Francisco group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund that encouraged theatrical education but...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II enameled lapel wing for the American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen of San Francisco. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund that encouraged theatrical...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II American Theater Wing badge in sterling silver. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund which encouraged theatrical education but also supported servicemen and...