SML-318 Metropolitan Life Tower Pen Stand
SML-318 Metropolitan Life Tower Pen Stand
SML-318 Metropolitan Life
Tower Pen Stand
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| reference numbers | SML-318: Metropolitan Life Tower pen stand (M) |
| description | office tower and pen stand |
| dimensions | height = 5 3/4 inches |
| topics and series | Topics:
Commercial Series: none |
| related items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
(1960/1960/-) |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | private issue for Reader's Digest 1,200 made |
| era first introduced. | Marblehead |
| value range | Rare |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. Another Reader's Digest merchandise rebate (see SML-303), Baston produced 1,200 replicas of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower on a pen stand base. The company's agents received the miniature as a reminder that the home office was generating advertising leads for them.
From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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