Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 715
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN COOK'S SOUTH AFRICAN TOURS. 1907.
40x25 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x64 cm. The Avenue Press Ltd., London.
Condition B: tears, repaired tears and replaced losses in margins; tape-repaired tear at lower left edge, into central image; creases and abrasions in margins and image and along sharp horizontal folds; pin holes in corners. Paper.
An image of Victoria Falls and the modern means by which to visit. The image of the train is juxtaposed with a covered wagon which is literally tagged as the "old style" of moving around the vast continent.