SOLD Continental Mark II by Garvin, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 froebel gift 3 with simulated bands around bottom

with simulated bands around bottom

Each drawer measures 3" w x 5" d x 2 1/4" t

but with such a beautifully worn and aged old red painted surface that I couldn't leave it behind

Canada pottery

The flapping position of the flippers

SOLD Continental Mark II by Garvin, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 froebel gift 3 with simulated bands around bottomThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,