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EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!
EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!
EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!
EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!
EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!
EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!

EXRARE 1896 AUTHENTIC DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN!!

$ 527.99

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: EXCELLENT TOP COLLECTOR CONDITION!! NEAR MINT CHROMOLITHOGRAPH CLEAN AND BRIGHT NO FADING OR ANY DAMAGE AT ALL SHOULD CALL IT MINT!! - FRAME IS NEAR MINT AND IS ORIGINAL TO THE PIECE NO DAMAGE!! - MATT AND FRAME ARE ORIGINAL TO THE LITHO - ALL ORIGINAL BACKING ( I CAREFULLY PUT SOME WAX PAPER BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE LITHO AND THE WOOD SLATS TO PROTECT THE LITHO PAPER - (SEE PICTURES)
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Theme: Distillery
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Color: Multi-color
  • Date of Creation: 1896
  • Brand: Dewar's Scotch Whiskey
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Type of Advertising: Saloon Bar Sign
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    EXTREMELY RARE "1896 VERY 1ST PROMOTION CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN FOR DEWAR'S MOST FAMOUS AD PROMO TITLED, "THE WHISKEY OF HIS FOREFATHERS". THIS IS THE 1896 DEWAR'S PROMO AD'S FIRST CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISING SIGN EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN DEWAR'S PROMOTION. THIS FAMOUS PROMOTION AD WAS SO POPULAR DURING THE DAY THAT DEWAR'S KEPT REPEATING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE 1970'S IN THE AD'S! THEY EVEN HAD A FILM AD MADE OF IT IN 1897!  THIS FAMOUS  DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY ADVERTISING SIGN WAS PRODUCED AND SENT OUT TO ALL THEIR WHISKEY DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THEY IN TURN WOULD GIVE THEM AWAY TO THE SALOONS AND BARS THAT BOUGHT AND USED THEIR WHISKEYS ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S. WHERE DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY WAS MOST POPULAR.  THIS TRULY AUTHENTIC CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY - THE WHISKEY OF HIS FOREFATHERS" ADVERTISING ORIGINAL OAK FRAMED SIGN DEPICTS A WEALTHY SCOTSMAN DRINKING DEWAR'S AS HIS FOREFATHERS ARE COMING OUT OF HIS ANCESTORS PAINTINGS AND REACHING FOR HIS WHISKEY BOTTLE!  NO WONDER IT WAS SUCH A FAMOUS AND POPULAR AD FOR DEWAR'S!  VERY COLORFUL AND FINE AUTHENTIC "CHROMOLITHOGRAPH" THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE!  CARDBOARD MATTING IS AUTHENTIC TO THE PICE INCLUDING OAK FRAME AND BACKING AND IS GLASS COVERED. IT HAS ALSO A VERY HARD TO SEE (BUT SEEABLE AND READABLE) STAMPED WORDS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME THAT SAYS. "FRED GLASSUP U.S. SOLE AGENTS NEW YORK".  LITHO MEASURES 15 X 13 INCHES AND FRAME IS 23.5 X 21.5 INCHES. AS RARE AND DESIRABLES AS YOU WILL FIND FOR ANY EARLY WHISKEY ADVERTISING BUT ESPECIALLY FOR "DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKEY" COLLECTORS!  I ONLY EVER FOUND ONE IN AN AUCTION CATALOG OPENING BID BEING ,500 AND EXPECTING IT TO GO AS HIGH AS ,000 PLUS!  MY SIGN IS THE FINEST IN CONDITION AS YOU WILL EVER FIND AND WILL START IT OUT AT A LOW BID WITH NO RESERVE!
    PLEASE READ MY "CONDITION REPORT" AND LOOK OVER ALL MY PICTURES BEFORE DOING ANY BIDDING.
    THIS AUCTION WILL CONTINUE TELL ITS END WITHOUT A "BUY IT NOW" PRICE - SO PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME WITH OFFERS.
    PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY AUCTIONS IF YOU ARE NOT INTENDING TO PAY FOR YOUR
    HIGH BID AMOUNT!
    THANK YOU AND ENJOY THE AUCTION!