Three Lladr Collectors Society Expressions Mag

THREE LLADR COLLECTORS SOCIETY EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE BINDERS - TWO BURGUNDY RING BINDERS FILLED WITH BACK ISSUES PLUS A NAVY SLIPCASE SET OF THEMED EDITIONS Three official Lladr Collectors Society EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE storage binders, offered together with the magazines housed inside them. Two are the padded burgundy marbled ring binders gilt-stamped "EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE" across the front with the red-and-gold LLADR COLLECTORS SOCIETY plaque below, and both are loaded with back issues of the society's magazine. The third is the later navy blue clamshell slipcase gilt-stamped "EXPRESSIONS" with a silver LLADR SOCIETY plaque, holding the large-format themed editions including EXPRESSIONS - THE MUSIC (cover figurine of a woman with a harp) and EXPRESSIONS - THE DANCE (ballet group cover), with an additional floral-cover EXPRESSIONS issue and a seated-girl cover issue shown alongside. The magazines inside are the heavily photographed society publications that document Lladr introductions, retirements, sculptors, factory features, and society events, with issue dating visible on at least one cover as "Vol. 2, No. 2, SUMMER 1986 $3.00." Interior spreads photographed show a Baroque-music feature, a Spanish street-festival photo essay, and full-page figurine plates with item numbers and heights printed in the captions. For a Lladr collector, this pairs naturally with the loose catalog and price guide lot in this sale, and the binders themselves are the correct period storage that collectors look for when they want a run kept flat and clean. Note that the binders show handling wear and the magazine runs have not been collated, so completeness is not claimed. Sold as a lot of 3 binders with the magazines pictured inside them. Description Binder 1 - burgundy ring binder: padded vinyl in a marbled oxblood finish, front cover gilt-stamped "EXPRESSIONS" over "M A G A Z I N E" within a gilt rule border, with an applied red-and-gold plaque reading "LLADR / COLLECTORS SOCIETY" and the Lladr bellflower mark. Spine is plain with the same plaque at the foot. Interior metal ring mechanism holds punched magazine issues. Binder 2 - burgundy ring binder: identical style and stamping to Binder 1, also filled. One photograph shows it opened flat with a stack of glossy issues on the rings. Binder 3 - navy blue slipcase: rigid leatherette-covered clamshell or open-front case, front gilt-stamped "EXPRESSIONS" with an applied silver-and-white plaque reading "LLADR / SOCIETY" and the bellflower mark. Interior is lined and holds the magazines loose rather than punched. Magazines shown inside: covers and spines photographed include "EXPRESSIONS MAGAZINE, Vol. 2, No. 2, SUMMER 1986, $3.00" with a Lladr woman carrying a fruit basket, an eagle-and-eaglets nest cover, a purple-toned carousel or coach group cover, a two-figure garden cover, "EXPRESSIONS - The Music" with a harpist figurine, "EXPRESSIONS - The Dance" with a white ballet group, an EXPRESSIONS issue with a large blue-and-white floral porcelain cover, and an EXPRESSIONS issue with a seated girl in a flowered dress. Interior content photographed: a spread with the pull quote "BAROQUE MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE FIRST OPERA ATTEMPTS, SOUGHT CONTRAST IN ALTERNATING CHOIRSES, SOLOISTS, WOODWINDS AND STRINGS," discussing Bach, Handel, Telemann, Schumann, and the transition from Baroque to Classicism; a color photo essay of a Spanish street scene with hanging decorations; and an orange-and-black spread of white flamenco-dancer figurines with item numbers and heights in the captions. No count of individual magazine issues was made and no run is claimed complete. Bidders should judge quantity and issue coverage from the photographs. No tape-measure photograph was supplied for this lot, so no dimensions are stated. The binders are standard large magazine format and each holds a stack of issues visibly an inch or more thick. Bidders should verify size and quantity from the photographs. Attribution note Lladr is the Spanish porcelain house founded by the Lladr brothers in the Valencia region and known for its pale matte and glossy figural porcelain. The Lladr Collectors Society was the company's United States membership program, and Expressions was its member magazine, running from the mid-1980s and later appearing in large-format themed editions such as The Music and The Dance. The company sold matching binders and slipcases to members so the magazines could be kept as a reference run, which is exactly what is offered here. Society magazines of this kind are used by collectors and appraisers to date introductions and retirements and to see factory photography of pieces that no longer appear in current catalogs. All titles, volume numbers, dates, and cover prices above are quoted directly from the printed material shown in the photographs. Any statement about completeness of the run, scarcity of particular issues, or resale value is offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion and is n