HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

US: Gershwin brothers Library of Congress award medal in bronze, 1985; designed by Edgar Zell Steever IV (1915-2006); size: 76mm; weight: 222.35g; thickness: 7mm. Obverse: left facing busts George and Ira, each with years of birth / death, and profession below; Steever's initials below bust. Reverse: 2 bars music with lyrics from "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) + legend "Medal of the Congress 1985" & "Of Thee We Sing". This is a commemorative version of original 'Congressional Gold Medal' instituted in 1985 to posthumously honor the Gershwins; in 2007 the Library of Congress named its annual silver medal "Prize for Popular Song" after them.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $29. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: America,American Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Jewish Personalities and Judaic Tokens & Medals from United States and from 20th Century, 1980s which are Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event