Speaking of auctions, we are SO TIRED of online auctions and cheerfully headed off to a live auction in Belleville, Kansas, the other day. We picked up a lot of good stuff including this vintage GM accessory:
It is a tissue box, made by Auto-Serv in the 1940s.
It was sold as an official GM accessory, and this is how it appeared in the 1948 Chevrolet accessories brochure:
Tissue dispensers were mounted under those gorgeous chrome-covered dashes:
Although tissue dispensers can still be purchased today, as with most everything, they can’t compete with the early versions in terms of quality and style. Some other examples from GM:
You could also purchase aftermarket versions as trumpeted in this 1947 advertisement:
Finally, I have to include this photo. Another bidder rolled up to the auction in this awesome 1939 Chevy truck:
While it had loads of patina, there was no tissue dispenser!