Feb 28, 2005 - Sale 2034

Sale 2034 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(APARTHEID.) Net Vir Blankes - Europeans Only. Gilt-toned plexiglass sign, 21/4x233/4 inches, deeply engraved black letters on a gold background; holes at each end for mounting. Johannesburg, 1950s
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A relic of the ruthless apartheid era that was used in railroad and bus stations in South Africa. While many such segregation signs survived in the United States, their South African counterparts were gathered up, for the most part, and destroyed.