Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 281:
Description
23 New Orleans Restaurant Menu’s c. 1980’s including 1 The Fairmont Hotel Blue Room half fold glossy cover with paper insert menu; 1 Commanders Palace single sheet glossy menu, signed; 2 Brennan’s half fold paper menus; 1 Sazerac half fold laminated paper with paper insert menu, signed c. 1980; 1 Hotel Pontchartrain Le Cafe single sheet paper breakfast menu and 1 Le Cafe/Sidewalk Cafe half fold paper menu; 1 Gumbo Shop half fold paper menu; 1 Toney’s Spaghetti House half fold glossy paper menu; 7 Antoine’s half fold paper menus and 3 souvenir booklets; 1 Cafe Maspero half fold menu; 1 American Food and Wine Institute Dinner at Windsor Court Hotel half fold menu in original mailing envelope; 1 The Royal Orleans gate fold glossy paper room service menu and 1 Royal Orleans Directory of Services; and 2 Pat O’Brien’s souvenir wine and liquor list including one drink coaster. Combined lot measures approximately 17.5"x12x1.5".
Condition: Condition – Pat Obrien’s – very good condition; The Royal Orleans – light wear and soiling; Windsor Court Hotel – very good condition; Caf? Maspero – cover soiled, corner bent; Antoine’s – one souvenir book toned, one menu toned, other in very good condition; Toney’s – fold down center, wear to cover, soiling consistent with use and age; Gumbo Shop – folded, light soiling; Le Cafe – folded, soiled, toning; Sazerac – staining on insert consistent with use; Brennan’s – toning, tear, soiled, wear, bent corners; Commanders Palace – very good condition; Blue Room – wear to edges, corners bent, inside stains. Please see photos.
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