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33%OFFDouglas Congdon - America for Sale: A Collectors Guide to Antique Advertising - 9780887403330 - V9780887403330
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America for Sale: A Collectors Guide to Antique Advertising

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Description for America for Sale: A Collectors Guide to Antique Advertising Paperback. Ads were put on everything from pocket mirrors to memo pads, the sides of barns to the sides of carriages and buses. Here is advertising in all its media-tin, paper, celluloid, and enamel. In full color, it portrays the creativity of its makers, while bringing to life the styles of the past 120 years. Num Pages: 160 pages, 400 color photos. BIC Classification: AKL; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 214 x 16. Weight in Grams: 836.
Although advertising has a history that goes back thousands of years, it is the Americans who have made it into an art form. Advertisements were put on everything from pocket mirrors to memo pads, the sides of barns to the sides of carriages and buses. A history of advertising printed in the 1880s even show and advertisement on a tombstone. With the advent of color lithography in the late 1800s, some of the most beautiful and highly collectible items were created. Tin signs with colorful, strong images, often embossed, were made for stores, and often found their way into homes. Paper advertising in calendars, trade cards, and posters reached new levels of artistry in the latter years of the 19th century. This new book explores advertising in all its media, tin, paper, celluloid, and enamel. In full color it portrays the creativity of its makers, while at the same time bringing to life the styles of the past 120 years. Included are signs, three dimensional designs, smalls, and novelties. With some tin signs bringing in excess of $100,000 (a Campbell Soup sign included in this book), it is clear that this is an active and exciting area for collectors. At the same time, it is a good field for the new collector, who can find many pieces of advertising for under $50. Both ends of the spectrum are nicely covered in Antique advertising: America for Sale, making it an important book for all collectors.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887403330
SKU
V9780887403330
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Douglas Congdon
Douglas Congdon-Martin resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania and is the author of Country Store Collectibles and Images in Black.

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