Here’s a completed auction I found from about 1.5 months ago for a rarely seen Dennison Bon Bon Box. Dennison produced two designs, both shown on page 262. Both premiered in their 1919 Bogie Book. Of the two, this one seems to turn up more frequently. (I have yet to locate the second design for the collection.) I’m not surprised to see the strong dollars fetched for this diminutive box. Dennison items have been white-hot as of late, with special Carolina Reaper pepper-level hotness seemingly reserved for Dennison diecuts from the 1928-1932 period. I think the frenzy to obtain Dennison items from this period stems from whomever their art director was. He or she gave a specific, highly stylized look to everything from seals to diecuts. They left before the 1933 products were designed, as Dennison items from this year and for many years thereafter are forgettable.
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