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Lot n° 28

PASTILLES VALDA,

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VALDA LOZENGES, To avoid coughing, take Valda tablets, Scene of the character in the handkerchief, Automate COURTIN and printing on metals by ALUTOL, Paris, France, circa 1925, Illustration by Georges GRELLET. Painted and screen-printed metal window display on wooden frame, wind-up mechanism. He presents the character of Doctor VALDA in front of a man in a dressing gown who sneezes, waving his handkerchief in front of his face. The movements are produced by the decompression of a spring blade which acts on rods. 58x80x15 cm. (In working order) Reproduced in the catalogue of the exhibition "Automates de Pub", of the New National Museum of Monaco, summer 2008, page 16 and under N°22 page 31 of the "Automates publicitaires" by Daniel Bordet.