✅ SOLVED Please Help Identify: Vintage John Deere Printing Plate

[drewola]

This is a printing plate of john Deere. from what i can see it says SAVE MORE GRAIN... SLICE HARVEST COSTS. Its an advertisement for the John Deere 12A Combine. I looked it up and it was made in 1939. I cant read the rest of the plate. I am wanting help identifying this, pictures of it, and web site references and of course value. any help is appreciated. thank you.

 

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[vpnavy]

I mirror'd it for you drewola.

 

[drewola]

Cool, thank you

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's one still in action:
Don....

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I mirror'd it for you drewola.

Thanks vp. It was a tough one but I found it in 1948. The Telegraph-Herald - Google News Archive Search
(Bramblefind taught me)

 

[vpnavy]

Wow - you sure did find it Bigcypresshunter!

 

[yaxthri]

The John Deere logo is one of the coolest old logos I know of. I'd love to have a baseball cap with it... :-)

 

[cw0909]

if you search google imgs with.....vintage advertisement printing plates value......
you can get an idea of plates value,i think john deere items are collectible,i didnt see one
here is a plate with a sig and going for 30$,maybe the artist isnt very collectible,or it depends
on what a buyer is looking for
Rare Antique Lead Printing Plate Printing by BrandosFunkyFinds

 

[drewola]

Thank you bigcypresshunter. Mine must be the original 1939 version because it doesn't have the phrase, "order now! Be first in line for 49."
But everything else is the same. I don't know how you found that cause I still can't. Now if I could find the actual plates online
that would be awesome! Hint, hint... :-)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thank you bigcypresshunter. Mine must be the original 1939 version because it doesn't have the phrase, "order now! Be first in line for 49."
But everything else is the same. I don't know how you found that cause I still can't. Now if I could find the actual plates online
that would be awesome! Hint, hint... :-)

That just happens to be where I cropped it. Yours could be any year between 39-49 or maybe later. Click on the link it actually has more underneath plus an address so apparently a business could add their own advertisements underneath. They may have used the same John Deere advertisement for years. I believe these were hand sketched by artists so there are slight variations even in the same year..

 

[drewola]

That's it! That's what mine says at the bottom. Your awesome! I spent 9 hours searching and couldn't find anything! Thank you!

 

[drewola]

I think the writing underneath is the stores personal information and separate from the advertising plate

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think the writing underneath is the stores personal information and separate from the advertising plate

yep