“POST FAMOUS SPORTS STAR STATUETTE” CEREAL BOX AND STATUES PROTOTYPE ART PAIR.
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$345.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #207 - Part II
Item numbers 1235 through 2949 in auction 207
Value Code:
I/J - $400 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
c. 1950s designs for box back and four premium statues. 8.5x11” sheet of construction paper w/“A Creation Of Sam Gold Premium King” foil sticker has 6.25x7” sheet of vellum art paper attached in center w/art and text in lead and colored pencil. Top has “Free Inside!” text. One “Actual Size” figure of boxer is at right w/hand painted text “Made Of Durable Plastic”. Text promotes “8 Different Sports Stars In The Series” w/preliminary designs near bottom. Comes w/thin art board w/nicely detailed 2.25x9.75” ink and watercolor art image area of four named premium statues : football player Red Grange, ice hockey player Ted Kennedy, boxer Joe Louis, pitcher Lew Burdette. Same concept/design to the Baseball statues that were produced for Dairy Queen in the 1950s. “Post” logo on first piece is a stat, all else is original art w/hand lettered text. A photostat of the statues also comes along. Superb originals to frame together. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold accompanied by a letter to that effect from Gordon Gold.
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