Posted 10 years ago
uru65
(12 items)
1921 Cardboard & Metal Coca Cola Advertising Display Sign
It is called WOMAN AUTUMN...Navy Girl.
The Advertising display sign is embossed on the front with metal all round and has a cardboard backing. Anyone got any more information on this display please as I cant find anything about it anywhere, can only find the metal trays but most are repo's.
If you look at the authentic 1921 tray and calendar, you will find the trademark detail "Trade Mark Registered" placed in the tail of the first long C of the logo. The reproduction trays from the 70's are printed "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." underneath the logo, just like your sign. You have a circa 1970's Coca-Cola easel back nostalgia sign recreating the 1921 image. We saw another from the same series posted last year.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/101669-newly-acquired-sign?in=85
Thank you very much for the information, I have been trying for quite some time now. Much appreciated.
It's my pleasure. An attractive sign and has a little bit of age to it now. They were not intended to last, mostly were discarded. So it's a nice survivor.
Can you give me any more information as to who the girl is in the display ? What sort of price would you put on it ? thank you again.
The very early Coca-Cola girls were well known in their time (Lillian Nordica, Hilda Clark, etc.), but mostly anonymous afterward. I'm sure this lady has a name, I just don't know it. I wouldn't hazard a guess on value. The general rule in collecting old, authentic Coca-Cola is to stay south of 1970.
Thank you for all the information, you are a gem.