Feb 03, 2011 - Sale 2235

Sale 2235 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
(ITALIAN LINE--NGI.) "Orazio" and "Virgilio." Orazio e Virgilio. Motonavi di 11,6000 Tonnellate a 2 Eliche. Wonderful folding color cutaway view, by Soresina, 55x13 1/4 inches; folds into the original small folio format pictorial wrappers. Milan: Bestetti & Tumminelli, 1930s
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The twin-screw sister ships were both launched in 1927 and both were in the South American serivce. "Orazio" burned in 1940 and "Virgilio" was lost in the war in 1944.