May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 241

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
DESIGNER UNKNOWN WOULD YOU BUY A USED CAR FROM THIS MAN? / RICHARD NIXON. 1960.
41 3/4x29 inches, 106x73 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: abrasions, restoration and staining in margins and image; repaired pin holes in corners.
A Democratic campaign poster from Nixon's first failed presidential run in 1960 against John F. Kennedy. This phrase entered the national vernacular. It was reused in 1969 prior to a large peace march on Washington, D.C. with a slight twist, "Would you buy a used war from this man?"