Merrill Ltd Ed Figurines

[House of Charm Antiques Southinc]

Hi all, I picked up a set of 2 metal embedded in plaster moose and ram figurines today. Numbered and with 'International Art Society' marks, I thought I'd find some online but not a thing, any help? Thanks,

Jeff

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[House of Charm Antiques Southinc]

[vicki hufstetler]

Well, So Zero Ziltch and Notta is what I've came up with! Maybe Molly can locate something/anything on this "artist"?

What I did find is a strange Twitter account with "Int'L Art Society" with NO location or anything really, with the last post being from 2017.

Here is the link: https://twitter.com/IntlArtSociety

[House of Charm Antiques Southinc]

Thanks for the effort, about what I found also.

[tomsantiquesetcetera]

I got off on a tangent.  Found Gordon Merrill (German name)... who dropped his last and middle names and became Gordon Scott, a muscle man/actor who played Tarzan for 5 yrs in the 1950s...

After reading about him, (interesting read) I figured out he is not the same person!

International  Art Society.com website is for sale for under $3,000. Was $27,000. IAS has been around over 100 years. They showcase artist's works worldwide. Couldn't find Merrill as a Director or sculptor.

I 2nd Vicki's findings; nada, nyet, nuthin'.

[Molly]

I found the International Art Society to be a "Detroit" venture.

http://internationalartistsociety.com/

[House of Charm Antiques Southinc]

Sounds like a shell corp from the Blacklist.