SML-168  Sebastian Dealer Plaques

     
SML-168 - SML-168D - Dealer's Plaques (various)
SML-168E (right) - Sebastian Dealer Plaque (Knickerbocker)

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reference numbers SML-168: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - Marblehead (M) - no incisure
SML-168A: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - Hudson (Lance 6998)
SML-168B: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - USA (Lance 6979)
SML-168C: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - New England (Lance 6981)
SML-168D: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - Sebastian Studio, Inc. (M)
SML-168E: Sebastian Dealer Plaque - Knickerbocker (Lance 2274)
description plaques for Sebastian Studios
dimensions height = 4 3/4 inches
topics and series Topics: Plaques & Counter Displays
Series: none
related items SML-151 (Town Crier) & SML-145 (Diedrich Knickerbocker)
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-168:  (Marblehead) (1951/1975/-)
SML-168A:  (Hudson) (1976/1978/-) 5,026 made
SML-168B: (U.S.A.) (1979/1983/-) 4,786 made
SML-168C: (New England) (1980/1982/-) 5,661 made
SML-168D: (Sebastian Studio, Inc.) (1950/1975/DF 1975)
SML-168E: (New England - Knickerbocker) (1981/1991/-)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity not applicable
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-168: 150/200
SML-168A: 40/60
SML-168B: 40/60
SML-168C: 30/40
SML-168D: 150/200 (revised 2003)
SML-168E: 30/40
auction notes SML-168 sold for $180 at the 2001 Midwest Fair auction.
comments/observations none

GENERAL INFORMATION. In 1951, Baston had stopped distributing Sebastians through Carbone and Schmid.  Now selling through the Hunt local sales force (1951-1952), Baston designed a plaque advertising Sebastians and sold them to his dealers for display at their stores.  The plaque was available up to his 1976 transition to Lance.
     From 1976 to 1978, Sebastians were produced in Hudson, Massachusetts, and the plaque wording was so changed.  In 1979, when the plant was opened in Lee, the words were changed to "U.S.A." and in 1980 and 1981 to "New England".  On December 31,1981, the plaque was changed from the 31-year-old Town Crier figure (SML-151) to Diedrich Knickerbocker (SML-145).

From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.

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