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LOT 255745
Melody Maker Magazine Original Advertising Poster
1950S A.D.
30 x 20 in. (22 grams, 76.2 x 50.6 cm).
Off-white ground with dark blue masthead 'Meldoy Maker / World's Largest Net Sale ' red blocked text and dark blue footer 'Every Friday - 6d'; footnote 'Printed and issued by Odhams Press, Long Acre, London WC2'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Footnotes
'Melody Maker' was an important music-industry weekly magazine which was founded in 1926 by the publisher Lawrence Wright, aimed at dance band musicians under the title 'The Melody Maker and British Metronome'. The footnote reference is to the Odhams publishing venture which folded in 1968.
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LOT 255745
Melody Maker Magazine Original Advertising Poster
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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