did sears&roebuck sell framed painting's from their mail-order catalog in the early 1940's?

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did sears&roebuck sell framed painting's from their mail-order catalog in the early 1940's?

2007-06-25 12:47:05 · 2 answers · asked by Paul W 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting

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Yes they did. Not originals, but prints and perhaps mass produced oils. Sears sold everything back in the day. You could even order a house, which came in lots of crates, which you assembled!

2007-07-03 12:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by aackpht 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Er... They would have been 'original reproductions'.

http://www.searsarchives.com/catalogs/history.htm

2007-06-27 11:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋