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Shop Window Advertising Roll
By Ian McDonald

About two years ago I picked up an original shop window advertising roll
from the dispersal auction of the collection of the late Kevin Daly of
Gympie, Queensland, Australia.  Kevin had nearly 2000 rolls in his life
time collection.  The roll and advertising details are:-

E410 Mastertouch Expression.
Bells of St. Marys,  (Mastertouch Expression is cut for Recordo)

(Introduction)

 CHRISTIES    (script, centre 3/4ths of the roll at beginning
of first verse)

      ARE
     SOLE
   AGENTS
      FOR
      THE
    WORLD
   FAMOUS
CABLE-NELSON   (underlined, almost width of roll)
   PLAYER
    PIANO
     CASH
   PRICES
     FROM
  175 gns
     EASY
    TERMS
 ARRANGED
    FROM
     ONE
      TO
    FIVE
   YEARS
DEPOSITS
    FROM
       5 (pounds)
      24
    ROLLS
      AND
     SEAT
     FREE
    PLAYS
      ALL
  88-NOTE
    ROLLS
       HAS
       ALL
    LATEST
  FEATURES
     AND
       IS
GUARANTEED
      FOR
       20
    YEARS    (do I believe this???)
     COME
       IN    (suggests piano with roll playing in shop window)
      AND
      LET
       US
DEMONSTRATE
       TO
      YOU      (very large "you" with pointing fingers on each side
which comes right at the end of the roll)

The printing is all hand done in large ticket card style, suggesting
a one off.  Christies was a retail firm in Melbourne, Australia.

Do other members have shop window advertising rolls?

Ian McDonald

 [ How 'bout  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale !"    :-))


(Message sent Thu 19 Feb 1998, 07:40:25 GMT, from time zone GMT+1000.)

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