Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ADOLPH TREIDLER (1886-1981) 25OTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / NEWARK NEW JERSEY. 1916.
27 3/4x20 1/2 inches, 70 1/2x52 cm. The Essex Printers, Newark.
Condition B+: losses, replaced losses, repaired tears and creases in margins; minor scuffing in margins and image.
This image of the Pilgrim founders of Newark won first prize in a national competition. The poster contest was announced on August 15, 1915, with $1000 going to the winner, $500 for second and $300 for third place. $250,000 was spent on the celebration overall, which included concerts, an historical pageant, numerous parades, a track meet and a poetry competition.