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Lot 462:
Description
This lot comprises an extensive assortment of mid-20th-century Americana, promotional materials, and personal items, with a focus on automotive history and regional travel. The collection features a 1949 General Motors Parts Management Training Program Leader’s Guide in a navy blue textured binder published by the General Motors Institute. Also included is a large vertical canvas promotional banner for Buick Buccaneers with red and black text reading Canvas your Buick Owners for Leads and Sew Up Sales with Better Demonstrations. The banner features a graphic of a needle and thread and includes metal grommets at the top corners.
Printed materials include a Detroit Free Press Features and Editorials section from May 22, 1966, detailing the sinking of the Bismarck, as well as four wire-bound souvenir albums for Zion, Yellowstone, and Bryce Canyon National Parks. Personal accessories consist of a 1950 General Electric pocket diary, a 1964 diary, a Laredo filter cigarette maker produced by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and a pair of Focal 2.5x25mm metal opera glasses marked Japan.
Automotive memorabilia includes a black and gold-tone pen inscribed Buick Jamboree Detroit Zone July 1940 and an advertising matchbook for Smith Buick-Opel Sales of Durand, Michigan. The jewelry grouping features a boxed set of Texas-themed cufflinks and pins by Placo, tiger’s eye mesh cufflinks, various tie clips with vintage car motifs, and two bolo ties with slides depicting a horse head and a banjo player. Other items include an IBM Electrographic pencil and a vintage box of Leader Sparklers containing unspent wire sparklers.
Banner: 18 inches x 32 inches
GM Manual: 11.5 inches x 10 inches.
Items are in good vintage condition overall with signs of age-appropriate wear. The canvas banner exhibits significant staining and foxing throughout. Paper items show typical toning, minor edge wear, and yellowing consistent with age. The GM manual binder shows minor shelf wear and some staining on the internal pages. The sparkler box is worn with some tearing. All items are sold as a lot, as-is.
Condition report:
Items are in good vintage condition overall with signs of age-appropriate wear. The canvas banner exhibits significant staining and foxing throughout. Paper items show typical toning, minor edge wear, and yellowing consistent with age. The GM manual binder shows minor shelf wear and some staining on the internal pages. The sparkler box is worn with some tearing. All items are sold as a lot, as-is.
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