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1925? "The Fable Restaurant" postcard with murals by Jo Mora, advertising The Fable Restaurant in San Francisco's Hotel Drake-Wiltshire. 5 3/8" x 3½". C.T. Art-Colortone. Genuine Curteich, Chicago. $16.69 from Gary Moretta, San Diego, CA, through…

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1950?  Fourteen advertising cards by R. Gabutti in an envelope.  All have advertising on the verso; about half also have advertising as part of the image.  $168 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.  A full set of nineteen cards…

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1929 "Les Fables de Gibbs."  Signed "Erel."  11¾ x 15¾".  GA (Feb. 9), WL (Feb. 25), and MM (May 4).  €10 for "beard cream" from Clignancourt, July, '19.  €4 each for tooth care from anciendocument through Ebay, June, '20.  €4.30 for "Mountain About…

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1930?  Three leaflets in a series advertising Sirop Laxatif Gobey, each offering a colored image and an image to color.  2P, OF, and TMCM.  Signed “P.K d’A.”  Paste-over indicating either producer or distributor: Labunis, S.A., in Brussels.  $7 each…

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1898 Pamphlet printed by Gustave Guérin & Cie, Paris, offering La Fontaine's text of MM along with three chromolithographs of the fable.  $20 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, August, '20.

I long considered whether this is a book, a card, or…

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1924  Twenty-one advertisements (and three duplicates) for various products using the artistry of Benjamin Rabier.  All printed sometime in 1924 in L'Illustration.  Products include Dentol, Regnauld Cream, and Goudron Guyot.  €53 from Champy50 on…

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1955  Merrill Lynch advertisement for a personal financial specialist using Aesop’s FG.  11” x 2½”.  $9.99 from 237 studio on Ebay, Sept., ’06. 

The point drawn is not far from that of the fable this time.  People walk away from investing because…

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1930?  Seven Nestlé advertising cards.  Text and illustration on the front side of each card in duochrome black and blue.  The verso of each, in black and one other color, has questions, suggestions, and a mention of Nestlé.  $42 from Bertrand Cocq,…

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1900?  Two frictographic advertising pamphlets for Wood-Milne, an apparent manufacturer of rubber shoe heels.  "Les Fables de La Fontaine."  $100 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. 

This is surely one of the more curious…

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1920? Two cards presenting two contrasting stories about Rising Sun Stove Cleaner, manufactured by Morse Brothers in Canton, Massachusetts.  $4 each from an unknown source, April, '22.

The continuity of style is striking between the two…

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