Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CALIFORNIA.) Sutton & Co. Advertising card for the clipper ship Helvetia bound for San Francisco. Printed in 4 colors on coated stock, 3 1/4 x 6 inches; minor foxing and wear; name inscribed on verso. New York: Nesbitt & Co., circa 1857

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This clipper ship card was used to draw customers for a journey from New York around the horn to San Francisco. Sutton & Co. operated at this address from at least 1853 through 1861.