Lot 3110
Milton Berle's Joke File
5 May 2013, 10:00 PDT
California, Los AngelesSold for US$64,900 inc. premium
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Milton Berle's Joke File
2 large upright catalogue files (48 x 18 x 24 in.), and two small filing cabinets (12 x 6 x 24 in.), each containing thousands of jokes typewritten on 3 x 5 in. cards and indexed by subject. Together with 6 banker's boxes of loose joke file material, including cue cards and other related items.
Meticulously maintained by Berle over the course of his long career, the "joke file" was considered by him to be the most valuable resource in his office.
Meticulously maintained by Berle over the course of his long career, the "joke file" was considered by him to be the most valuable resource in his office.