Original Listing Description

Up for sale today is the item you have been looking for.If you are looking at this ad then you already know about these Wm. L. Gilbert Coca-Cola Pendulum Barber Shop Clocks and you already know that one in immaculate condition from 1916 and not 1972 is impossible to find."NAY NAY" sez I because here it is.Yep.This particular one is,dare I say BEE UUU TEE FULL Thats right .This is the one you have been looking for.This has less than normal wear.Actually it really has no wear to it at all.If it werent for the 2 paint drips on the back you would think it was made this morning.Unlike the other ones that have been on or are currently on Ebay this one has all original hardware intact,no holes in it,no broken pieces of wood,no missing or broken glass,no missing clock parts,no missing key,no dented,broken or rusty pendulum.Golly it doesnt even have any dust on it.This historic Coca Cola Barber Shop advertising clock measures 36in tall,15.25in wide and 4.5in deep.There were several variations of this clock.Some had sayings on the bottom glass and some like this one have nothing.There were 3 different clock faces that said Coca Cola and one that only said Coca Cola on the glass and there were different combinations within those parameters.The Petretti Coca-Cola 2008 Price Guide prices this at $1600!!!!!!! See Photo above.This is just one awesome,awesome piece.And if that werent enough I will also send another clock face in case you decide you want a new one and on top of all that Im even gonna ship it to you for FREEEEE This came from the estate of Alice Jean Anderson of Apalachicola,Fl (where I lived the last 8 years) who was one of the first blond swimsuit models for Coca-Cola and is featured on everything in the 1930s and 1940s.Her home was a virtual Coca-Cola museum.Sadly she passed a couple of years ago and this was one of the only remaining items I hadnt tried to sell yet..If you need any additional photos or info please reach out.Happy to oblige.40’s Coke Model Still Turns HeadsSaturday, February 23, 2002 The News Herald, Panama City, FL.by J. WES YODERThe News Herald[link removed by eBay]also at [link removed by eBay]From the late 1930s until the late 1950s, Alice Jean Anderson’s picture hung on billboards, buses and buildings across six continents.A Coca-Cola model, she had an hourglass figure that was clad in blue bathing suits for advertisements that read, “Cool and refreshing ”This Coca-Cola poster from 1941 shows Apalachicola resident Allice Jean Gibbs, who posed for many of the beverage’s advertisements inthe 1930s and ’40s.She was the girl whose picture prompted boys to plop a nickel on the soda-shop counter so they would have a drink to hold as they walked down main streets looking for a girl to hold. A girl something like her.She was also a Rockette, dancing for the big bucks – $35 a week – at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Although millions had seen her picture, few ever recognized her while she lived in Chicago, New York and Miami.Now a painter in her 80s with a studio and gallery on the Florida Panhandle’s Forgotten Coast, Alice Jean Gibbs is finally being remembered Franklin County residents often bring antique Coca-Cola food trays, posters and drink coasters (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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