I have a beautiful print from 1937 from a Cuban artist, Enrique Garcia Cabrera, that was a promotional item from Lago Petroleum (later acquired by Standard Oil). It depicts a Cuban mill. It's all Cuban. It's lovely. I'm afraid to list it. ::sigh:: 
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:I have a beautiful print from 1937 from a Cuban artist, Enrique Garcia Cabrera, that was a promotional item from Lago Petroleum (later acquired by Standard Oil). It depicts a Cuban mill. It's all Cuban. It's lovely. I'm afraid to list it. ::sigh::
If it is from 1937 then clearly it is pre-Castro/pre-embargo. If you list the artist’s name without mentioning Cuba then the bots would have nothing to hit on. Anyone who knows the artist knows he is from Cuba. Anyone who simply likes the print probably doesn’t care where he is from.
There is nothing to lose by listing it.
*****IF**** the bots get wonky then, at least in my case, the first thing is a note from eBay “asking” you to take it down (without penalty). I say “asking” because they then follow that with “If you don’t take it down, we will” (now with penalty). Sort of the old classic An offer you can not refuse.
The last item they asked me to take down actually came with a comment that they understood the historical significance of the item but, sorry, it still violates policy. Before the Swastika was adopted by the Nazis it was a Native American symbol AND the shoulder patch of the U S Army 45th Infantry Division. There is a church in the Boston area built in the 1800’s which has the swastika in bass relief on its edifice. Everyone understood they were not promoting Nazi’s. (Well, in fairness in today’s culture I am not so sure any more).
