TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM: I’m Learning to Share posts images of a mysterious hideously illustrated vintage teevee tray that seems to be painted by an artist copying the characters from different sources. I have two of these trays also… my daughter was eating sugar cereal on one sitting on the floor watching Fleischer cartoons just this weekend. Can you identify what artists the artist of this tray was ripping off? If so please do so in the comments here, or better yet on I’m Learning to Share’s post. I’m betting the monkey is a poor rendition of some Lawson Wood image. Click the image above to go to the site and see a better photo of the illustration.

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