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Fisher Radio Corp. Sign / Silkscreen

YesDice

YesDice

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Hello. I purchased this silkscreened (on masonite) piece of art at a Denver estate sale. It measures about 5' x 3' and is marked "Fisher Radio" on the back. Maybe it was used for a sales meeting / convention? What do you all think? IMG_20170325_202004.jpg 14904954739421479003491.jpg
 
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That's very interesting. Unless there is another electronics business called "Fisher Radio Corp" I would it think originally came from Avery's company in New York. I actually met an elderly woman here in MI that once lived in NYC back in the '50's. She worked for Fisher Radio, and actually got to meet him in person.
 
If you look at the front of the 1969 Console Brochure you'll see the SAME Graphic, so I would date it from about late 1968 to 1970. It could have been a showroom wall graphic, or a wall graphic in the executive offices OR..............................
 
.....OR it could be the original artwork used for that 1969 brochure. The real question is, how many of those masonite silkscreens exist? Is that the only one, or are there 100 of them?
 
Kingfisher said:
That's very interesting. Unless there is another electronics business called "Fisher Radio Corp" I would it think originally came from Avery's company in New York. I actually met an elderly woman here in MI that once lived in NYC back in the '50's. She worked for Fisher Radio, and actually got to meet him in person.
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I should have asked a few questions about the piece when I bought it. I do not know much about it at all. Thanks for the reply.
 
larryderouin said:
If you look at the front of the 1969 Console Brochure you'll see the SAME Graphic, so I would date it from about late 1968 to 1970. It could have been a showroom wall graphic, or a wall graphic in the executive offices OR..............................
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The internet is a wonder. I had been trying to solve the mystery of what this piece was for about 18 months, and you knew immediately. Thanks so much for the information.
 
Kingfisher said:
.....OR it could be the original artwork used for that 1969 brochure. The real question is, how many of those masonite silkscreens exist? Is that the only one, or are there 100 of them?
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I can not tell if the piece I have was made before or after the brochure. My amature opinion is that whoever did the silk screening was good at their craft. I have no idea how many exist. Thanks for the reply.
 
Make a frame for it and hang it on the wall in your listening room. Unless they made them for dealers it's probably one of a very limited number or even one of a kind. Valuable for the FISHER COLLECTOR.
 
It could also may have been used for a dealer display, or at an audio show. It would have been a seriously low count item.
 
This is a side of our Fisher passion that's not mentioned much,original vintage Fisher related printings,brochers and plackards.
OP.,It would be hard to have it authenticated but its obviously Fisher related as Larryd indicated.
I personally have the original factory cardboard plackard still attached to the power transformer of one of my Fisher 50A monoamps ,its pictured in my avatar.
Ive never seen another ,maybe the last one that's survived the last 60 plus yrs,ive thought about removing it and frameing it but have left it on the PT where it was factory applied.

hunter
 
hunter; The 1969 Console Brochure has this identical graphic on the cover. So it would be easy enough to nail it down to within a year or 3 :confused:. I would think probably 1967 or 68 depending on how fast the marketing and drafting dept's got the original idea and drawings to the artist, and then how long he took. And doing it in time for the console brochure debut in summer of 1968.

Front Cover of the 1969 Console Brochure
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I was into antique cars long before audio equipment. Like that hobby, acquiring not only the product but the literature, the advertising, the manuals is part of the passion. How it was promoted and what made it better than the competition, price lists, etc. All of that makes a total package and helps to recreate that original buyer experience that we will never have...
 
walyfd said:
I was into antique cars long before audio equipment. Like that hobby, acquiring not only the product but the literature, the advertising, the manuals is part of the passion. How it was promoted and what made it better than the competition, price lists, etc. All of that makes a total package and helps to recreate that original buyer experience that we will never have...
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Yes. The good old days.
 
hunter00 said:
This is a side of our Fisher passion that's not mentioned much,original vintage Fisher related printings,brochers and plackards.
OP.,It would be hard to have it authenticated but its obviously Fisher related as Larryd indicated.
I personally have the original factory cardboard plackard still attached to the power transformer of one of my Fisher 50A monoamps ,its pictured in my avatar.
Ive never seen another ,maybe the last one that's survived the last 60 plus yrs,ive thought about removing it and frameing it but have left it on the PT where it was factory applied.

hunter
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I understand wanting to leave in in place.
 
larryderouin said:
hunter; The 1969 Console Brochure has this identical graphic on the cover. So it would be easy enough to nail it down to within a year or 3 :confused:. I would think probably 1967 or 68 depending on how fast the marketing and drafting dept's got the original idea and drawings to the artist, and then how long he took. And doing it in time for the console brochure debut in summer of 1968.

Front Cover of the 1969 Console Brochure
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Thanks for the information.
 
PM SENT to YESDICE. No I'm not offering to buy it, I'm gonna send an original copy of the console brochure to him. It's only collecting dust here, and it will confirm the authenticity of the sign. Suggest after getting the brochure, framing both in the same frame if possible and having it appraised by at least 3 appraisers.
 
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