Bidspirit auction | Antique Buckingham Bros Cigar Advertising

Antique Buckingham Bros Cigar Advertising Mirror - Antique Buckingham Bros Cigar Advertising Mirror, produced 1800s-early 1900s, this unique piece of cigar store advertising knows as a bubble mirror or fish-eye lens mirror, features 19 convex ”bubble” lens that project multiple distorted, miniature images, used to catch the eye (or face) of patrons forcing them to look directly at the words while buying a 5-cent cigar, also acted as a secret anti-shoplifting surveillance mirror, reverse-painted text reads ”BUCKINGHAM BROS.”, ”HIGH GRADE CIGARS”, BALTIMORE, MD.”, glass surface and bubble lenses intact, no visible cracks or chips, surface scratches, fine hairline abrasions, no flea bites on scalloped/crimped edge, minor silvering, rolled metal channel rim sits securely, minor tarnish, very good condition, see photos. Highly sought-after by collectors of vintage tobacciana and antique advertising!