Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 272:
Description
Lots contains 16 New York signed restaurant menus c. 1980’s including 1 Pesca single sheet paper menu, The American Harvest Restaurant (World Trade Center) glossy half fold cover with paper insert dinner menu, 1 glossy paper half fold; 1 Tre Amici Ristorante half fold paper menu in original mailing envelope c. 1983, 1 La Petit Marmite single sheet paper menu c. 1984, 1 Enio and Michael Restaurante half fold paper insert menu, 1 Petrossian Restaurant half fold paper menu c. 1985, 1 Sea-fare of the Aegean paper booklet style menu signed by Constantine Hallas including hand-written note from Constantine Hallas in original mailing envelope, 1 Tinos Restaurant half fold paper insert menu c. 1983, 1 Le Chamberlin paper half fold menu in original mailing envelope, 1 Minetta Tavern glossy paper half fold menu c. 1985 in original mailing envelope, 1 Gaylord laminated half fold with paper insert menu, 1 Rocco Restaurant half fold paper, 3 Curtain Up Restaurant single sheet glossy paper menus including business card, 2 Hudson’s downtown store directories and a hand-written letter on Curtain Up letterhead signed by owner and manager in original mailing envelope. Combined lot measures approximately 17.75"x11.5"x1".
Condition: Condition – Curtain Up – letter discolored, menus in good condition, one discolored on reverse; Rocco Restaurant – good condition – folded, lightly soiled cover; Gaylord – good condition – creases at spine; Minetta Tavern – very good condition – very light wear to edges and cover; Le Chamberlin – good condition – lightly soiled cover, inside cover creased; Tinos – good condition – folded, restaurant name written in ink ; Sea-fare of the Aegean – very good condition – cover very lightly soiled, signed on cover in ink; Petrossian – very good; Ennio and Michael – foxing; La Petite Marmite – name in red marker, corner bent, folded; Tre Amici Ristorante – very good; La Cote Basque – light soiling to cover, corners lightly bumped/bent consistent with use and age; The American Harvest Restaurant – fair condition – staining and damage to right of cover; Pesca – good – soiled, corners bent, address in pencil at bottom. Please see photos.
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