New B. Matthews ad

Submitted by simpletreasures on January 19, 2012 - 10:58pm

simpletreasures
Posted January 19, 2012 - 11:03pm

This ad is only 5 1/2" X 8 1/4" so if anyone wants a larger pic I can email in jpeg to you.

NOVA
Posted January 19, 2012 - 11:06pm

Definitely would like to get a better look at this one.  Thanks!

OldTicker
Posted January 19, 2012 - 11:17pm

Looks like they had a 40% profit margin, not to bad in the early 50's, too bad that isn't the case now...

mybulova_admin
Posted January 19, 2012 - 11:29pm

 Do I get a nice copy for the ad section of the site...pretty please?

mybulova_admin
Posted January 19, 2012 - 11:44pm

 Many thanks. Will check when I get home this evening and add it to the ad section straight away.

OldTicker
Posted January 20, 2012 - 12:04am

Lotsa Updating will need to be done tomorrow Bob,The AA  ZZ is one that I can think of, The Harrington is another, I have seen the American Girl "J"  posted here at one time, Super find...Your giving Plainsman a run for his money ; )

Thanks!

mybulova_admin
Posted January 20, 2012 - 6:55am

Bob, any idea what year the ad is from?

simpletreasures
Posted January 20, 2012 - 9:02am

It's from 1951 according to the seller, and the only date I could find was in the bulova page showing they won the "!951 Design Award". Apparently Matthews didn't like to date their catalogs, I'm still going through it trying to get more specific.

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