Tempest Storm (Original arcade card, 1940s)
by [Exhibit Supply Co.]
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Parkville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Exhibit Supply Co., 1940s. Near Fine. Made in U.S.A." blue variant, 3.25 x 5.25 inches, card stock, blank verso. Vintage arcade card featuring Tempest Storm seated on draped stool, adjusting straps of open-toed heels, w/ fishnet nylon stockings, shoulders & chest bare, brassiere just covering nipples & underbreast. These cards often featured women, notably actresses/burlesque artists, in provocative poses, in duotones. High-contrasts, cowgirls, art models, film stars, stripteasers, some with the subject's name printed on the recto. Cool collectibles at the time of production. Thanks to durable production, thousands remain in collectible condition. Slip in a coin and pull out a card, or hand-crank a sequential roll of cards. The Chicago company began early 1900s on the city's Printer's Row, earliest examples being sports cards (500-pack bricks of cards were issued wholesale to vendors). Others seen: Barbara Nichols, Carolfae Petersen, Laurette Luez, Mitzi Gaynor, also Tempest Storm bright sepia variant. Near Fine, faint rubbing to one front corner. Other cards also available.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Well-Stacked Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127175
- Title
- Tempest Storm (Original arcade card, 1940s)
- Author
- [Exhibit Supply Co.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Exhibit Supply Co.
- Date Published
- 1940s
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About the Seller
Well-Stacked Books
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Parkville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.