A friend sent me these pictures and the following email. I wonder if this is a print that was promoted by Mercury or just a one-off Dealer that liked the print and bought it for the dealership. Either way it’s kind of cool for the money.
You may recall, about a month ago I mentioned that a local antique store (run by two great ladies) has a Cougar painting that they say came from a Mercury dealership. The dealer told them he’d bought it when the new Cougars came out in the 1960’s. The print is nicely framed and signed by a well-known wildlife artist named Harry Antis. Other works of his can be seen at FinestPrints.com is for sale | HugeDomains and sell anywhere from $10 to $65 UN-framed.
Mart’s Treasures has the print in Whitmore Lake. Their number is 734-449-8810. They’re asking $65 for it framed, but I imagine they would consider any reasonable offer from anyone in the Cougar club - especially if local pickup could be arranged. Harry Antis has other cougar prints, but I could not find any copies of this one so it’s likely a sold-out print.
I forgot to write down the dimensions of it, but it’s a rather large framed print - I’m guessing at least 24" tall. I included a photo with a lantern in the foregorund to give some sense of scale.
-Dan
