

John M
I just did some cursory research and came up with this on the Vintage Disney Collectibles blog:JohnM wrote:I was wondering if there has been any research done on the history of this company and what else they may have made besides Nippers?
Old King Cole was a Disney licensee from 1935 to 1942. Based in Canton, Ohio, the company made absolutely wonderful point-of-sale static and mechanical store displays constructed of papier-mâché.
The beautiful bas relief advertising sign in this post was once owned by legendary vintage Disney collector Bernie Shine. The sign measures a whopping five feet wide by three feet tall and was offered for sale in Kay Kamen’s 1935 Christmas Promotion manual.I’ll see if I can’t find any other information on their company history.
I would assume that there are, but I have yet to do any research on it, so do not take this as having any factual basis. I’ll look into it more once I finish up the Edison manual I was turning into a PDF—I have the OCR cleaned up now, and just need to do a bit of editing on the diagrams and the logo and the final typesetting. I should have that done today, I think.JohnM wrote:I wonder if there are any papier-mache companies in business today producing anything (besides pinatas)?
I suggest that you consult a papier-mâchéologist...do we have one in the house?JohnM wrote:Also, what do I feed it?
— MordEth
— MordEth
Nipper is hollow...... I think that the weight was from the massive wood create that was made to protect him during shipment..... They didn't have the caring handlers that we have today with carriers like UPS and FedEx....MordEth wrote:For some reason, I guess I was thinking that he was hollow, but that Nipper must be pretty solid based on the shipping weight listed on the advert that Mark posted.