" Rare " Vintage LaGardo Tackett Ceramic Egghead " WHY DON ' T YOU SHUT UP "
Item History & Price
Sign & Dated 1958 - No chips or cracks - No cork - Mint condition
These were limited editions (8) made for Playboy and Esquire magazines as a "Whimsical Stash/Condoms Holder" The witty “egghead” ceramics designed by LaGardo Tackett and marketed as bedside storage for stash/condoms back in the swinging 60s. Mail order only.
LaGardo Tackett (1911-1984) was born in Henderson, Ken...tucky. His father was a grocer. Later in life Tackett, who preferred to be called Tack, explained that his unusual first name came off a can of "LaGardo tomatoes" from his father grocery store.
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