?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(FRENCH LINE.) "Normandie." Photo album containing 24 lovely photos of the ship, the initial photo showing the ship in the final stages of fitting out, the next an aerial view of the ship during trials, and the remaining showing various public rooms on the ship, each about 6 1/2x9 inches, each dated in the negative (May 1935), each photo with photo corner mounts for easy removal. Oblong folio, art deco style 1/2 brick red morocco over vellum, front cover gilt stamped with the name of the ship and the company logo in red and gilt, minor wear to joints; bookplate of Jean Marie. 1935
From the library of Jean Marie, who was Chef de la Marine (Head Engineer) for the French Line at the time of the "Normandie" maiden voyage and was a passenger on that voyage. He later assumed the presidency of the company. It has been suggested that copies of the album were presented to company officials by a company involved in putting the finishing touches on the ship.
