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WALTER BENNETT.

“Brockton Fair.” Ink and watercolor on board. 820x650 mm; 32x25

3

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4

inches. Signed lower

right, with publisher's mounted label, lower left. Occasional faint dampstaining, few small

scratches. Framed. Large advertisement announcing the October 1-5, 1929 Brockton,

Massachusetts annual fair.

[400/600]

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CAROL BLANCHARD.

“In The Bride’s Shop, Lord &Taylor.” Oil on board, varnished. 279x216mm; 11x8

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4

inches,

image, on 16x12 inch board. Signed lower right. Printer’s and designer’s marks in margins

“Tool pearls in bodice, train & headband & ribbon under bosom.” Circa 1960. Ex-collec-

tion photographer Frank Paulin.

[400/600]

Carol Blanchard was a fashion illustrator and painter who worked for many years in the advertising

department of Lord &Taylor, setting the classic 1960s style for the bridal shop of their flagship New

York City store.

147

FRANK BOYER.

“Waiter I Didn’t Order That, I Ordered a

Harper Hi-Ball.” Oil on board. 390x495

mm; 15

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/

2

x19

1

/

2

inches. Few small scratches

and smudges, faded [? ownership] signa-

ture. Signed lower right. Framed. Circa

early 20th century.

[700/1,000]

Pre-Prohibition whiskey advertisement for

Kentucky distiller I.W. Harper. After the ban

was enacted, Harper’s was one of only ten dis-

tilleries in the country allowed to legally

produce for medicinal purposes. Decades later,

James Bond enjoyed an I.W. Harper bourbon

over ice in Ian Fleming’s 1963 book On Her

Majesty’s Secret Service.

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