$7,000
F. B. Fogg. Fine and rare handmade, quartz controlled papier maché center seconds wall clock belonging to and signed by Ben & Jerry. Donated by Ben & Jerry Notes Bennett Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1951. His childhood memories include watching his father put away an entire half gallon of ice cream at the dinner table, eating directly from the carton with a spoon or scoop. Ben's first professional contact with ice cream came in his senior year of high school, when he worked as an "ice cream man", driving a truck, ringing bells, and selling ice cream cones to kids. After studying pottery and jewelry making in college, Ben became a craft teacher in addition to working as the school cook; it was here that he began experimenting with ice-cream. Jerry Greenfield was also born in Brooklyn, in fact just four days before his partner; Ben. Jerry first met Ben in junior high school. Throughout their youth, they maintained a strong friendship, becoming roommates in Manhattan after college and later business partners in Vermont. Like Ben, Jerry was exposed to the world of ice cream at an early age, when he took a job as a scooper in the college cafeteria. After graduating from Obelin College, Jerry applied to medical school but wasn't accepted. In the meantime, he worked as a lab technician, living with Ben in Manhattan and then applied for a second time to medical school. After being rejected for a second time, Jerry moved to North Carolina with his wife to be and re
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-02-24