VINTAGE MICHELIN MAN BIBENDUM FIGURE MADE IN FRANCE

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Up for auction is a piece of history from the French tire maker Michelin. Many years ago, my daughter found Monseir Bibendum at a garage sale. Now she is grown up and getting ready for college. So, when you buy this piece of history, you will help pay her tuition. I researched this piece of history on and found out a ton of info and history. The following is just a little of what I discovered: The Michelin Man was first created in 1898 by French entrepreneurs André and Edouard Michelin in cooperation with the artist O'Galop (pseudonym of Marius Rossillon). Edouard noticed how a display of tires, stacked one on top of the other at an exhibition in Lyon, resembled the shape of a portly restaurant reviewer he knew. He told his brother Andre, who commissioned O'Galop to recreate Edouard's vision. The new character appeared in a 1898 poster showing him offering a toast, "Nunc est bibendum" ("It's time to drink,"- or "Cheers" - in Latin), to his competitors with a glass full of highway dangers such as jagged glass. Nearly 100 years later, in 2000, Bibendum was selected as the "most recognized corporate symbol" by an international panel at the Financial Times .Monsieur Bibendum is also important in the art world too according to the following article:Mr John Bull from Adelaide Austrailia is a famous artist "Down Under" who specializes read more

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