"FUNNY FACE" PREMIUM BOOK/CONTEST PAPER/FINGER PUPPET.
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Winning Bid:
$258.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
3
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #206 - Part II
Item numbers 1279 through 2976 in auction 206
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Item Description
Lot of three items. "Fun Book" is 5x7" w/16 pages. ©1965 The Pillsbury Co. Book is a combination of puzzle pages plus pictures to be colored and center spread is a gameboard (see proof set #2723). This is a NM copy w/o mailing imprint on reverse. 11x14" "Riddle Contest" sheet w/expiration date of 1965. Includes illustration of the rare premium Goofy Grape wristwatch prize. Sheet has designated areas where Funny Face characters were to be cut from drink packs and pasted on the sheet. Original horizontal fold at center. Unused and NM. This lot shows the interesting progression of the dropping of the Chinese Cherry and Injun Orange names, the sheet just calling them "Cherry" and "Orange" while the premium book features their new names "Choo Choo Cherry" and "Jolly Ollie Orange". Injun Orange and Chinese Cherry were changed shortly after their introduction due to complaints from ethnic groups. Comes w/thin plastic puppet from a set of six, 2x3.5" w/character image and name printed on front along with text on bottom "From Pillsbury". c. 1964. This is "Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry." NM. Rare. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold, accompanied by a letter to that effect from Gordon Gold.
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