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JORITZ! International Harvester IH Scarf, 60 In. X 7 In. Vintage Unused.

JORITZ! International Harvester IH Scarf, 60 In. X 7 In. Vintage Unused.

$ 23.49

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Date of Origin: 1970s
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Theme: Agriculture
  • Date of Creation: '70s
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Used
  • Color: Multi-color
  • Type of Advertising: hat
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Modified Item: No
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    My husband Mike is liquidating a collection with the help of a lottery millionaire who loaned him the money to buy the collection!   Mike wrote the text in the next several paragraphs:
    FROM HERE FORWARD MY WIFE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE LISTING A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE  "JOHN JORITZ  COLLECTION".....  HE ACTUALLY **DIED** SUDDENLY ON MY PROPERTY OVER A YEAR AGO.....  A LOTTERY MILLIONAIRE LOANED ME THE MONEY TO BUY THIS COLLECTION..... ALTHOUGH MY INTENTION WAS TO SELL THIS COLLECTION IN ITS ENTIRETY TO PAY THE LOAN BACK AND SPLIT THE REMAINING PROFIT, THE MAN INSISTS ON BEGINNING TO LIST THINGS INDIVIDUALLY SINCE THE GENERAL SALE OR BULK AUCTION HAS STALLED.....  PROBABLY DUE TO THIS VIRUS CRAP!!!.....  ALL THE SHOWS HAVE CLOSED, AUCTION HOUSES ARE BACKED UP FOR-E-V-E-R-, AND BUYERS ARE UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO CLOSE THE SALE ON THE COLLECTION......   THIS COLLECTION HAS A LOT OF HIGH-END SMALL MEMORABILIA, AND THOUSANDS OF ADVERTISING BROCHURES!!!
    I met John Joritz years ago due to our overlapping interests in antiques, railroads and in his case, serious collecting of International harvester memorabilia.  He was one of the most knowledgeable individuals you would ever meet on the IH company history!   There are articles in this collection with a direct connection to the McCormick family.
    He was a premier collector and excellent historian on IH company and Cyrus McCormick and the Reaper Company that became International Harvester Corporation at the turn of the last century.  He was well known in the agricultural memorabilia world.   People arriving on this eBay site and my wife's site where articles will also be listed will quite possibly be familiar with John!
    This is an article from his collection!
    It is a knit winter scarf about 60 inches long by about 7 inches wide. It sports the International Harvester logo called "Man On Tractor"  re-issued in 1973 as an upgrade to the earlier similar edition, and lasted until the Navistar era in the mid-1980s, when a new logo was introduced.
    This scarf is probably from the 1970s or possibly earlier!
    Nice shape with every indication of not having been in use during its history!
    Dee and Mike!