1902 Olds Saturday Evening Post full page ad

 

 

Jeff asks:

Walt,

I found your site on google and would like to know about the ad. My wife and I got it in a box at an auction. I will send you a picture of the front and back of the frame.

It is a ad of the first Oldsmobile advertised in the Saturday Evening Post, February 15, 1902. I shows two women driving the car. It talks of the car and advertises the cost of the vehicle at $650. On the upper right portion, it shows the photo of the vehicle by itself. Thanks for any help you can give.

Jeff & Shellie

AW says:

Hi Jeff, thanks for your question and thanks for supporting your local auctioneer. I feel everyone should get to an auction at least once a month, but then, hey I’m an auctioneer.

What you have is a neat item, but not very rare. The retail up here for something like that is about $12.00.

It’s a 1902 ad, but there were a lot of Saturday Evening Post magazines and many of the old ads are still around, it was popluar to frame these old ads in the 1970s & 80s.

In the later editions of this popular magazine look for Maxfield Parrish Mazda Edison ads.

Those start at about $75.00. They’re circa 1910s to 30s.