Nickey Chevrolet Memorabilia Finds

[hvychev]

I have become quite a fan of the American Pickers show so I thought this story would be cool. I mentioned a while back in a collections thread I posted that I have a HUGE collection related to local history and my neighborhood. I have been going to estate sales for a few years and went to one today right by me in Cicero, IL. I usually never find dealer related items at these sales and if I do they are from the dealerships right in my neighborhood which I still find super cool. So I am looking in an attic of an ancient house that the family has been living in since at least 1929 according to my research. I see a pile of debris in a corner and I stir it up with a stick and I see a pot holder with some advertisement on it. I pick it up and I couldn't even believe it was a Nickey Chevrolet pot holder! I looked down and there was another one right in the same pile. The best part about this find was the price. 50 cents! The photo's of the item's are in all their dirty "as found" glory. I still have to wash them.





While we are on the subject, I also recently bought an original dealer decal for Nickey's successor, Keystone Chevrolet. I thought some would like to see what they looked like.