Gold Painted Vintage Salesman Sample Shopping Cart cartoons I had a previous sketchbook

I had a previous sketchbook of six drawings of boxers by this unknown amateur artist

which makes me think they were likely made to send as Christmas cards

) Perfectly set against this hand-painted wallpaper-y ground of smoky purples and golds and greens

and with a wonderful presence

Gold Painted Vintage Salesman Sample Shopping Cart cartoons I had a previous sketchbookHow could I resist? This one appears to me to be a true salesman sample, and not a particularly small one either! With moving parts just like a full scale one, including detachable basket at front that folds open and closed and a bottom shelf under the cart that raises and lowers from the far end. It may be at a later point that it was painted gold but all the better as a symbol for American consumerism! All sorts of contexts this would be good in,