AN EARLY BRASS MICHELIN CAR MASCOT CIRCA 1908
AN EARLY BRASS MICHELIN CAR MASCOT CIRCA 1908Estimate $4,000 – $6,000
depicting Mr Bibendum smoking a cigar, standing on one leg with his finger pointing upwards, his base reads “Bibendum protégé les pneus” (Bibendum Protects Tyres). Mr Bibendum developed over the years from his introduction at the Lyon exhibition of 1894 where the Michelin brothers had a stand, slowly becoming more rotund and abandoning his hedonism for consuming road obstacles 13.6CM TALL