27-Piece Premium Antique Advertising Shoe Button Hook Collection — Shadowbox For Sale
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27-Piece Premium Antique Advertising Shoe Button Hook Collection — Shadowbox:
$199.99
Offered is an exceptional collection of 27 antique advertising shoe button hooks, presented together in a shadowbox display.
These are fixed and folding metal shoe button hooks, each with advertising or identification stamped directly into the handle. The collection contains advertising from historic shoe stores, department stores, shoe companies, and retailers from throughout the United States.
The hooks are remarkably clean and legible for their age, with the advertising on the handles clearly visible. This is an unusually interesting collection for a collector of antique advertising, shoe-store memorabilia, Detroit/Michigan history, American retail history, or early 20th-century trade advertising.
The collection includes 27 different advertising examples, including businesses from Detroit and elsewhere.
THE 27 ADVERTISING PIECES
1. Economy shoe store, Flint, Michigan.
2. High grade shoes.
3. JL Hudson’s Detroit.
4 5 North Main St., Adrian, MI.
5. J Thompson and Company, Bay City, Michigan.
6. Harry L Andrus
7. Stetson shoes.
8. McFarren shoe store.
9. Park shoe store.
10. H Pauli
11. Oelman’s daylight store.
12. 78 Woodward Detroit.
13. 78 Woodward Detroit.
14. Shirt makers.
15. Thorne’s shoe store.
16. Pingree shoes.
17. Schipper and block.
18. Puritan shoe.
19. The Lindke shoe company.
20. The Lindke shoe company.
21. Hanan and son.
22. Mulzer the Shoeman.
23. Phelps Dodge and Palmer Company.
24. Valpey shoe company.
25. Cammeyer
26. Home of good shoes.
27. Daisy?
CONDITION
Overall, the button hooks are in very good to excellent condition for their age. The advertising inscriptions are unusually clear and legible, and the pieces display beautifully together.
Please study all photographs carefully, as the photographs are an important part of the description.
The frame measures approximately 20 3/4” wide x 9 3/4” high.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING THE SHADOWBOX AND SHIPPING
Because this is a large display containing 27 individual metal button hooks, please understand that the hooks are mounted within the shadowbox but may shift, rotate, or move slightly during shipping despite careful packing.
The arrangement shown in the photographs represents the collection’s arrangement prior to shipment. Hooks may move during transportation, the buyer may need to carefully reposition them within the display. Minor movement of the individual pieces during transit should therefore be expected and does not by itself indicate damage to the button hooks.
The shadowbox will be taken apart and carefully and securely packaged for shipment, with particular attention given to protecting the frame, glass and contents. Buyer is responsible to reassemble!!
Photographs documenting the condition and arrangement of the collection will be retained prior to shipment.
Because this is an antique display with glass and many individually mounted metal pieces, please contact me promptly if there is any apparent shipping damage so that the condition and packaging can be documented before anything is discarded or altered.
A UNIQUE COLLECTION
What makes this group especially appealing is that it isn’t simply a lot of 27 misc old button hooks. It represents 27 individual advertising messages from historic American shoe retailers and businesses, preserved together in a single display.
There is a particularly strong representation of Detroit and Michigan businesses, while the collection also provides a fascinating look at shoe advertising across numerous states and cities.
The shadowbox makes this ready to display as a conversation piece, antique advertising collection, or piece of American retail history.
The entire collection is being offered together. The button hooks will not be separated.
Please examine the photographs carefully and feel free to ask questions before purchasing. No returns!
This is a unique vintage/antique advertising collection and would make an excellent addition to a serious advertising, shoe trade, Detroit
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