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Spencer Douglass Crockwell (1904-1968) "Christmas Club - Merriest Way to Save!"

Sold for $3,500 at Swann Auction Galleries on Dec 12, 2024.

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SPENCER DOUGLASS CROCKWELL (1904-1968) "Christmas Club - Merriest Way to Save!" Advertising illustration for The Christmas Club, A Corporation, 1966. Oil on board. 260x290 mm; 11½x10½ inches, matted and framed to 19x19½ inches. Signed in lower left image. The Christmas Club was a special-purpose savings account offered by various banks and credit unions in the 20th century. Bank customers would deposit a set amount of money each week into a savings account, and receive the money back at the end of the year for Christmas shopping. Crockwell's illustration captures the excitement of holiday shopping and dominance of consumer culture.

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