Feb 03, 2011 - Sale 2235

Sale 2235 - Lot 219

Price Realized: $ 2,220
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ADVERTISING THE INAUGURAL VOYAGE (ITALIAN LINE.) "Andrea Doria." Con le "Andrea Doria" . . . la più grande e moderna e veloce nave Italiana . . . Viaggio Inaugurale per New York. Color lithographed poster with the top third showing the ship at sea, the remaining advertising the inaugural trans-Atlantic sailing from Genoa to New York, 40 1/2x26 inches (1035x660 mm); repairs along the top edge of the image with over-coloring; inked tax stamp lower left; linen-backed; matted and framed. Genoa: G. Schenone, [1952]
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This legendary twin-screw liner began her maiden voyage from Genoa to New York on 14 January 1953. This poster advertises that sailing. Late on the evening of 25 July 1956 she collided with the Swedish-American liner "Stockholm" and sank off Nantucket Island. Her sister ship was "Cristoforo Colombo."