Another wacky day in the online auction world. A handbill from about 1938 or 1939 — with Dorothy Parker’s name on it — sold on eBay Monday for $59. It is from a Greenwich Village street fair to benefit the Spanish Refugees Relief Campaign, which is probably why Dottie loaned her name to be the “Overseer of the Village Fair”.
Why is this ephemera collectible? We had a big story on Parker first editions last month, but this is only a handbill. Who knows the real value of this? How many were printed? Is this original or a reprint?