Original 1999-2002 National Airlines 'Las Vegas' Poster

National Airlines Las Vegas Poster

Rare Poster

For Sale

$125

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This is a Poster from a very short-lived, yet incredible Airline founded in 1998 that took on the airline giants and became the 4th largest passenger volume carrier for the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport in the four (4) short years of it's commercial life.  

National Airlines was founded in Mid-1998 and before year-end had their marketing and business operations in place to begin offering passenger service early the following year. Unfortunately, the airline ran into financial difficulties after the 911 New York terrorist attack and ridership dropped drastically causing the airline to cease business in 2002.

We purchased this poster at a moving sale in 2002 and I believe we had likely purchased this poster from a National Airlines employee as the papers stuck inside a pamphlet were also airline related. The poster is on heavy gloss paper and is in excellent condition with just a few scrapes as seen below and next to the Lower left National Airlines 757 Boeing Jet.

The poster is an original and it is 22" x 28". The main image is the famous neon cowboy known as 'Vegas Vic' who can still be seen in downtown Las Vegas. Other areas of the poster show how fun and diverse vacationing in Las Vegas was and still is.

As seen, this is a very striking poster and for anyone who loves Vegas, Gambling, Travel, whatever, this is a great rare find, especially since this airline was in business for just a few short years and served only fourteen (14) cities that had high level ridership to Las Vegas where National Airlines had its home base.

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Minature Bowl ~ Southwest Pueblo-San Ildefonso Black-on-Black Style

Miniature Southwest Black-on-Black Pottery

Signed & Dated 1990

If anyone recognizes the signed initials on the bottom of the pottery, please drop us a note. 

A very nice Southwest Miniature Black-on-Black Pottery. Size is 3"H x 3-1/2" across at widest point. Base is 1-1/2" wide.

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Rare 1928 - Early 1930s 'Multi-Language Program' for the Paris Lido des Champs Elysees Cabaret, Restaurant & Exotic Aquatic Playground

Rare

Multi-Language Program

for the

'Lido des Champs Elysees'

Paris Most Fashionable

Elegant & Exotic

Cabaret, Restaurant & Aquatic Playground 

Ca. 1928 - 1930s (Early)

Available Soon for Purchase

Click on this link The Lido des Champs-Elysees Cabaret to go to the most authoritative and interesting website about this incredible Parisian Cabaret. After reading and viewing photographs, it will be apparent why anything connected to this club is highly sought, especially this 'Program' and the 'Fan / Program' in the following post.

Image Watermarking: 

Watermarking has been added to the photographs below to protect this original vintage Le Lido Program from being  'reproduced and sold' as much as possible. This Program will be sold and I feel it's exclusivity should be protected for the next owner to decide what they wish to do with their property. I realize viewing the images through watermarking is an inconvenience...however I am sure it's new owner will certainly appreciate it's protection! 

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Rare 1928 - Early 1930s 'Fan / Program' for the Paris Lido des Champs Elysees Cabaret, Restaurant & Exotic Aquatic Playground

Rare

Fan / Program

for the

'Lido des Champs Elysees'

Paris Most Fashionable

Elegant & Exotic

Cabaret, Restaurant & Aquatic Playground

Ca. 1928 - 1930s (Early)

Available Soon for Purchase

We've owned this Fan / Program for the Lido des Champs Elysees Cabaret for probably 40 years. We have always had the Fam encased in a two sided glass frame to protect it. We also have an original menu from the cabaret of the same vintage purchased together with this Fan/Program. The Menu was probably saved as a souvenir along with the Fan / Program by the same original owner.

The fan is extremely fragile having been made out of very thin paper and applied onto a metal frame. On the backside there is a spot where apparently glue had been applied, probably to mount into a large scrapbook. The fan is 15" high and 6-1/2" wide.

I have only seen one other fan like this and that is in the online Paris Museum of Arts & Decorations website. 

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Myung 'Mario' Jung ~ Early Impressionist Native American Chief

Myung Mario Jung

Early Impressionist Native American Chief

ca. 1980s

Available Soon for Purchase

This is an extremely rare impressionistic work by famed Master South Korean Artist Mario Jung. Early in Mario's career, he was fascinated by the American West and began painting scenes depicting the American west.

Mario produced many paintings of Pueblo scenes of dwellings & pottery which, unfortunately are not highly sought after. His stunningly realist life art i.e. Ballerina and this impressionistic Native American Chief art is an entirely different world for collectors. These works by Mario are so rare they are considered his uncommon works and when discovered, are quickly placed into private collections. This is one of those rare pieces by Master Mario!

Mario has since used his mastery of art to produce stunning transcendental pastoral settings which has attracted a strong following with some of his works being offered in well-known & boutique galleries in excess of $9,000.

It is noted that art of the old Native American West has always had a strong following, even global. The interest becomes intense when a notable master artist applies his creative genius to the canvas and creates a dynamic impressionistic portrait that demands attention from its intense visual character!

History: This vintage textured sand/oil painting on canvas had been removed from its stretcher, then rolled, causing vertical & other cracks of varying degrees in the painting. Later in its life span, the canvas had been un-rolled and placed into an inexpensive frame under plexiglass. This then was the 'un-cared' for condition we found it in when we purchased it.            

We couldn't help but look past its deplorable condition. We knew we were looking at a masterful work of art! We didn't know who the artist was and in fact, it took a year before we were able to decipher its signature mark, with help, that this painting was an early Mario Jung impressionist work.

Recently, we brought the painting to one of the top fine art framing shops in Las Vegas, NV and had the canvas pressed & sheet bonded to a backer board & framed. The framing gallery performed nearly a miracle with this canvas. The cracks have nearly become invisible to the eye. It's strong appeal of feeling the textured oil sand surface brings the strength of this painting back to life.

Here are a few additional photographs of this painting. We took over 30 photos of this painting from varius angles, distances, areas of interest, Mario's Artist Mark etc.

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Historic Snowshoes ~ Early California Development

Historic and Rare Early California Snowshoes

ca. 1910-1920s

For Sale & Available

Incredibly Rare Snowshoes! 

These are a very rare pair of snowshoes from the early 1900's - 1920's. They are not rare because they are so early, they are rare because of the historical role they played in early California's development and growth through it's early electrical power....generated by melting snow runoff!

Also see a link to early historical photographs online from the Huntington Library, San Marino, California showing Edison Snow Melt Surveyors using snowshoes in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains. Awesome!

These snowshoes were used by S.C.E.CO. (Southern California Edison Co.) employees called 'Snow Surveyors' to determine the amount of snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This information assisted Edison Electric to determine how much snow melt runoff would pass through their early Hydro-Electric Plants. In the 1920's, the Sierra Nevada mountains were still very unpopulated and very wild. It took hardy men to hike up into that wilderness to make these snowfall measurements.

The right shoe is heavily stamped "S.C.E.CO." into the shoe frame identifying Southern California Edison Co. as the owner of this pair of snowshoes. The left shoe is stamped 'KLONDIKE MODEL 11x60 NO.76' which identified the Model of the shoes and the size.

I am the first owner of these shoes outside of the original family that owned them for 80+ years. In 2002, I purchased these from a man in Las Vegas. At that time the gentleman was about 70-75 years old. I asked why he had a pair of snowshoes here in Las Vegas and was told they had belonged to his grandfather who used them in his work in snow in northern California & Nevada. After spending considerable amount of time researching these shoes, I finally understood why the snowshoes were stamped with S.C.E CO.

I didn't know who made these shoes or when, so I forwarded photos to one of the most reputable rare & vintage ski & snowshoe websites on the internet asking for their assistance in determining who made them and when. I figured that if anyone would know about vintage snowshoes or ski's it would be these people. After a few weeks they contacted me and told me the shoes were made by W.F. Tubbs of Norway, Maine in the 1920's. The owners & curators of that website was absolutely great to help me on this.

I then contacted the Curator of Photography for the Huntington Library of San Marino, California where they have 70,000 photographic images of the Southern California Edison Co. from 1887 through 1975. I was kindly provided a link to their photographic collection online here > Southern Cal. Edison Snow Surveyors (Huntington Library). I was also provided with contact information for the Manager of Creative Services for Edison International. 

The Manager at Edison International advised they do not have a pair of  'Snow Surveyors'              (ed. Antique or Vintage) Snowshoes in their collection of artifacts & therefore would be unable to provide provenance. He did, however, state that Southern California Edison did in fact use 'Snow Surveyors' during the 1920's and even a few years earlier for their Hydro-Electric plant measurements. He provided me with a direct link to some photographs in the Huntington Library digital collection which showed a photograph and documentation of actual Snow Surveyors on snowshoes. 

These snowshoes have a rich history attached to them and would look great on a wall in a cabin, lodge or den (I had them in our den). The shoes no longer have their bindings, but they are nearly a century old, if not older and they don't really need more use. These shoes are now for historical preservation and would not stand up to use. Their next owner will be only the second owner outside the original family. 

Video Slideshow of these Snowshoes...Click Full Screen & HD

Own a conversation piece and an important part of California's history! Contact me if interested. Available for pickup in Henderson, NV (Las Vegas).