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WALTER BENNETT.
“Brockton Fair.” Ink and watercolor on board. 820x650 mm; 32x25
3
/
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
1
/
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.
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FRANK BOYER.
“Waiter I Didn’t Order That, I Ordered a
Harper Hi-Ball.” Oil on board. 390x495
mm; 15
1
/
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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