Image Lot Price Description

2515
$5,175.00

EXTREMELY RARE 1930 WINCHESTER CLOTH ADVERTISING BANNER. Very colorful early advertising banner, from 1930’s. It is about 59” long x 20” high, horizontal image in strong orig colors of various outdoor scenes including a hunter in camp reaching for his Winchester rifle with a charging grizzly in background. There is a bird hunter toward center cleaning his Model 12 shotgun and to the right center is a fly fisherman in a stream landing a trout and on right panel is a man working on his automobile with a light attached to his head, ostensibly using Winchester tools. Top center has the “WINCHESTER” trademark in bright red while bottom band illustrates a variety of Winchester products including the Model 1894 rifle, Model 1912 shotgun, ammunition, cleaning supplies, knives & hatchets, tools, fishing rods & reels, batteries and flashlights. Top right corner has the artist’s signature, “Carl Becker”. Bottom left corner is printed “COPYRIGHT 1930 WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.” and there is a grommet in each corner. CONDITION: Fine. Colors are vivid & bright with two small about 1” diameter holes toward left center with another ½” hole and five other smaller holes, none of which severely impact the images. There are some water stains on left 1/3 and light soil with some light foxing. 4-32866 JR630 (5,000-10,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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