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Cheech25

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vintage mercedes benz posters
« on: February 28, 2017, 05:30:26 PM »
i have these posters i would like to know if they are original is there ways to tell the measurements are 59 1/2cm x 84cm


Offline stewart boyle

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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 05:54:02 PM »
They look very new condition wise. Where did you buy them from ?

Cheech25

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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 06:53:39 PM »
got them for a estate sale in a tube with a mailing label from the post office going to a dealer in NJ first class mail  fragile handle with care
other then the tear i think there in very good condition there is nothing written on the back a couple of them have this on them

Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart-unterturkheim  WZ 6152/00/00/1173 Printed in Federal Republic of Germany/Imprime en Republique federale d' Allemagne

and this
Mercedes-Benz Publikation um 1920
« Last Edit: February 28, 2017, 07:14:54 PM by Cheech25 »

Offline erik1925

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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2017, 06:55:47 PM »
Is there any info or printer's info on the bottom or side borders, by any chance? Or a year on them that shows when they might have been printed?
« Last Edit: February 28, 2017, 07:03:09 PM by erik1925 »


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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2017, 07:34:18 PM »
Do all the posters have that same info on them?

The font type (style) showing that info looks to be more modern, so perhaps these are newer reprints of early 20th century, classic MBenz posters?

And welcome to the forum, too, Cheech25  welcome1
« Last Edit: February 28, 2017, 07:40:55 PM by erik1925 »


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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2017, 08:20:55 PM »
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Cheech25

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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2017, 09:08:03 PM »
here are some legit ones of the same images.
http://www.justanswer.com/appraisals/7x3tb-three-posters-one-benz-automobile-poster.html
I have the same
The first poster has text at the bottom of the poster : Mercedes benz Publikation um 1920. Nothing written on the back of all posters.

The second poster has nothing written at the bottom and the third poster has Daimler Benz AG, Stuttgart-Untertuerkheim. WAM 6705-0029. 00-00/1185 Printed in Federal Republic of Germany./Imprine en Republique federale d Allemagne.

Dimensions are approx 60cm x 84cm.

they look the same so could the statement be true about the price

Thank you very much for the updated information! You appear to have original promotional posters pre-WWII era and in reasonably good condition. All have about the same market retail value, which is around $750 to $1,500 each--yes! They are very, very rare--asking prices can be over $3,000 for some so it would be in your best interest to perhaps consult a premier ephemera auction house such as Heritage in Dallas or Cowan's in Ohio. I cannot be absolutely positive they are indeed originals as I can't see them in person, but all the specifications match. If original, the lowest number each would be around $500...for sure, worth looking into further!

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Re: vintage mercedes benz posters
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2017, 04:48:09 PM »
How could those be pre-war "originals" ? The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949.
Those are commercial re-prints made for the Mercedes shop I suppose, probably from the 70s-80s, I'd have to see them. (But printed before 1998, the company's name changed then to Daimler-Chrysler for a short period...)
Greetings from Sindelfingen (the factory is 2 miles away from here :))