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RARE-Antique 1800's -The Carbolic Smoke Ball- Folding Novelty Trade Card
"Oh This Wretched COLD - I Must Try..." opens to reveal the rubber ball inhaler in use."Carbolic Smoke Ball Gives Instant Relief" / "Will Positively Cure... Asthma / Cold / Cough / Headache / etc.
FYI - IMPORTANT HISTORY NOTE - This rare card has become perhaps themost famous and sought-after of all 19th Century metamorphic trade cards because of the company's place inlegal history. I have added to this listing 2 photos of Walker Bingham's article from 25 years ago as publishedin the TCCA journal: "The Great Carbolic Smoke Ball - A 'textbook case' of unscrupulous advertising."
SEE - ATCQ, Fall, 2000 --- Also, see info from Wikipedia far below......To See More of the BEST 19th Century Cards Click: (( MORE GREAT CARDS ))
Of the many known metamorphics of this basic folding flap style,many are fairy "common" and can be easilyfound in decent condition on and purchased for $15 - $30. ... but some are scarce and can bring
$50 - $100+, others are rare... and a few -- like THIS card -- are almost impossible to find today at any price.
Transformation Novelty Advertising: Before & After / With & Without / Sad to Happy, Sick to Well, etc.SIZE: Opens to Approx. 3.125 x 5.5 inches - Condition... shows age with flaws. Please study the scans.
"The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. ... made a product called the "smoke ball" and claimed it to be a cure for influenza and a number of other diseases. (The 1889–1890 pandemic ongoing at the time was estimated to have killed 1 million people, but may have been caused either by influenza or a coronavirus.) The smoke ball was a rubber ball with a tube attached. It was filled with carbolic acid (now known as phenol). The tube would be inserted into a user's nose and the ball would be squeezed at the bottom to release the vapours.The Company published advertisements in the Pall Mall Gazette and other newspapers on November 13, 1891, stating that it would pay £100 (equivalent to £14,000 in 2023) to anyone who got sick with influenza after using its product according to the instructions provided with it: £100 REWARD will be paid by the CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL CO. to any Person who contracts the Increasing Epidemic, INFLUENZA, Colds, or any Diseases caused by taking Cold, after having used the CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL according to the printed directions supplied with each Ball. £1000 is deposited with the ALLIANCE BANK, Regent Street, showing our sincerity in the matter. During the last epidemic of INFLUENZA many thousand CARBOLIC SMOKE BALLS were sold as preventives against this disease, and in no ascertained case was the disease contracted by those using the CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL."
"Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 is an English contract law decision by the Court of Appeal, which held an advertisement containing certain terms to get a reward constituted a binding unilateral offer that could be accepted by anyone who performed its terms. It is notable for its treatment of contract and of puffery in advertising, for its curious subject matter associated with medical quackery, and how the influential judges (particularly Lindley and Bowen) developed the law in inventive ways. Carlill is frequently discussed as an introductory contract case, often one of the first cases a law student studies in the law of contract.
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