The Regency Hotel Park Ave. & 61st Street New York, NY Brass Hotel Room Key Fob For Sale

Great piece — that ornate “R” key tag is from the

Regency Hotel

Park Avenue & East 61st Street

New York City

This is the classic Regency monogram crest used in the 1950s–1970s, when the hotel catered heavily to diplomats, business elites, and celebrities.

Hotel: The Regency (now Loews

Regency New York)

• Address: Park Ave & 61st St,

Manhattan

• Era: c. 1955-1975

• Material: Cast brass / bronze tone

• Design:

• Raised Regency "R" in a rococo cartouche

• Crown motif at top

• Laurel / scroll flourishes

• Style: Mid-century luxury hotel tag

• Manufacturer: Likely Whitehead & Hoag or Hotel Key Tag Co. (NY)

These were used before plastic or anodized aluminum became standard

- heavy brass

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used by top-tier 1

Collector Appeal

This tag is desirable because:

• Prime Park Avenue luxury hotel

• Elaborate old-world crest

• Early brass issue (not later aluminum)

• Strong display piece

“H.A. CO. ROCH., N.Y.”

That stands for Hilborn-Hamburger Co. of Rochester, New York, a well-known early 20th-century manufacturer of hotel and advertising fobs, badges, and small brass novelties.