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One Sheet: Cabbage Patch Kids, 1983
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1983, and the transfer wall was nearly finished. A Cabbage Patch sheet is a late object from a dying trade — which is exactly why it's scarce.
One Sheet: Taz, the Character Merchandising Saved
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Five shorts in 1954, then Warner shelved him. Merchandising — not cartoons — made Taz a star two decades later. This sheet is part of how.
One Sheet: Joint Chiefs, "Pluribus Tokum Up"
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A double pun on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and E pluribus unum, in four words, on a novelty transfer. Somebody in this trade could write.
One Sheet: Harvey Wallbanger, Roach, 1972
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Vodka, orange juice, a float of Galliano. The most ordered cocktail in America, then gone. This sheet is dated 1972 — the exact peak.
One Sheet: May's Choice Vegetable Seeds
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A Victorian seed catalogue cover, printed as a 1970s iron-on. The listing note that proved the antique-poster line was deliberate.