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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  24 Nov 2019 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  395
• Lot Description:
  [RETAIL ADVERTISING] - The Biggest Shop. The Littlest Prices In Australia
  c1940s. Colour linocut, 75 x 100.5cm. Linen-backed. Text continues “Send for price list. Corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, Carlton, Melbourne. Lake & Sons Printers, 289 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 39303.
• Notes:
  The poster is for the Borsari Emporium, which commenced business in Carlton in 1941. The shop specialised in a variety of goods including jewellery, household items, hunting equipment and imported Italian magazines and newspapers. It later became Borsari restaurant [1995]. Nino Borsari was a gold medal winner in cycling for Italy at the 1934 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He visited Australia that year to compete in a 1,000 mile race organised as part of the centenary celebrations of European settlement of Victoria. He later settled in Melbourne and became a prominent figure in the sporting and cultural life of the Italian community.
• Estimate:
  A$750 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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