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Original 1955 RC Cola Ad with Jim Gilliam Prepared for “Negro Newspapers.”
Lot 292. Original 1955 RC Cola Ad with Jim Gilliam Prepared for “Negro Newspapers.” In 1953, Gilliam was Rookie of the Year as the Brooklyn Dodgers’ second baseman. One of the team’s more popular players, he appears in an ad saying that “RC is the cola I drink because RC tastes so good!” This display version of the ad is 11 ½” x 17 ¼” and ex on newsprint. Dated June 28, 1955, the ad was prepared by the New York ad firm Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. Copies of this ad have surfaced; this is an original.
Minimum Bid $35.
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