Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

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POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED SNARE DRUM, CIRCA 1930

Auction Closed

October 10, 05:49 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED SNARE DRUM, CIRCA 1930


inscribed THE KOLLEGE KIDS.

Height 11 ¾ in. by Diameter 15 ½ in.

Please note the provenance in the printed catalogue is incorrect. The correct provenance for this lot is Gemini Antiques, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Gemini Antiques, Oldwick, New Jersey

The Kollege Kids were a 1930's band and several other similarly decorated instruments have appears in the marketplaces, namely a violin and case at The RSL Auction Co., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, March 7, 2015, lot 380, a banjo at Mosby & Co. Auctions, Frederick, Maryland, April 28, 2012, lot 260 and a megaphone at Uniques & Antiques, Inc., Aston, Pennsylvania, October 16, 2012, lot 534.