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Vintage Fairfax, Minnesota Advertising Pen Collection – 6 Piece Lot
Offered is a vintage 6-piece group of advertising pens featuring Fairfax, Minnesota businesses, individuals, and local services. This is a great little collection for anyone interested in Minnesota small-town history, vintage advertising, promotional pens, local business memorabilia, or ephemera.
What makes this group particularly interesting is the concentration of Fairfax, Minn. references and the variety of local businesses represented. These are the types of inexpensive promotional items that were once handed out by local businesses and are now increasingly difficult to find together.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
6 vintage advertising pens, including examples featuring:
* Triumph Oil Company – Fairfax, Minnesota-related petroleum advertising
* Fairfax, Minn. advertising with an old-style local telephone number
* Orval Grunke – local advertising
* Alfred Sander – advertising for sand, gravel & fill hauling
* Additional Fairfax-area/local business advertising
* Other vintage promotional advertising visible in the photographs
The pens have a variety of vintage designs, including metallic, blue, black and gold-tone finishes, decorative bands, clips and different body styles.
GREAT LOCAL-HISTORY CONNECTION
This isn’t simply a random assortment of old pens. The group has a strong Fairfax, Minnesota connection, with local names, businesses and telephone information appearing directly on the pens.
For collectors of Minnesota memorabilia, Fairfax history, old businesses, agricultural communities, transportation/construction businesses, oil advertising and vintage promotional items, these offer a fun piece of tangible small-town history.
CONDITION
Vintage used condition.
The pens show varying degrees of age-related wear, including:
* Scratches and surface marks
* Finish wear
* Scuffing
* Discoloration
* Wear to printed advertising
* General signs of age and previous use
Writing mechanisms have NOT been guaranteed to work. These are being offered primarily as vintage advertising/local-history collectibles rather than as guaranteed functional writing instruments.
Please study all photographs carefully. The photographs show the actual six pens included in this listing and are an important part of the condition description.
COLLECTOR APPEAL
A fun opportunity to own a group of vintage Fairfax, Minnesota advertising memorabilia in one lot.
Perfect for:
* Minnesota collectors
* Fairfax, MN local-history enthusiasts
* Vintage advertising collectors
* Promotional pen collectors
* Small-town business memorabilia
* Ephemera collectors
* Display and research
* Vintage office/desk collections
You will receive the exact 6 pens pictured.
Vintage Fairfax advertising • Small-town Minnesota history • 6-piece collection
