VERY RARE Stork Club Of York City " Nude Soap " Set READ
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:4342958 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
Object Type: Soap Set |
10" x 5" X 1-1/2 deep gold foil-covered box w/lid reading "Nude" Attached to lid is 4.25 x 6.5" glossy illustration done by Albert Dorne. In the 1940s illustrator Dorne painted a 'Typical Night' in the Cub Room at the Stork Club for Big Joe Knapp's Collier's magazine. This illustration was used as the menu cover from that time on. As Sherman Billingsley moves amongst his regulars like Dorothy Killgallen, Arthur Godfrey, Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Winchell, Morton Downey, etc. H...enny Rasch is seen w/her camera snapping away recording some type of N.Y.C. night life history. Inside box lid reads "Nude Soap Preferred By Sophisticated Stork Clubites/Presented To You By/Sherman Billingsley/Arthur Godfrey/Morton Downey." Photos of these three men appear above their names inside lid. Box contains three 2.5x3.5" oval bars of soap, each w/raised profile of them. The back of each soap has "Stork Club" logo.
What makes this box of soaps stand out is the hand written note in it's own envelope that notes the history of this 70 year old box of soapCondition is excellent. Soaps have a couple flea bites and one corner of the lid has vintage tape on the insideI have many other items from the Stork Club that all came from a well known resident of Cooperstown, NY. See the Stork Club "Nude Soap" I have listed with the hand written note from the previous ownerI will gladly combine shipping at NO EXTRA CHARGE for all Stork Club items I have listed
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