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Posted 11 months ago
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About 10 years ago, I received a call from a former Orlando Coca-Cola Bottling plant employee. He acquired the original watercolor of the proposed "new" bottling plant from the 1960s. I bought it because it was different....and one-of-a-kind. I had it professionally matted and framed. It measures around 27" x 16" and is signed by the artist.
I did some research and found out where this former Orlando bottling plant was built and found out that it still stands and is now home to a local printing Company. And I stopped by, showed them this painting and allowed them to scan it on their huge printer scanner and now they have a print of it hanging in their lobby. They also allowed me to look around and showed me what they found when they were remodeling the building. I need to take a photo of it and add it as part two of this show & tell.
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Killer rare piece!
Awesome piece of original artwork Ray!
Wow, amazing piece!