Aug 03, 2023 - Sale 2643

Sale 2643 - Lot 241

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

ALAN DURMAN (1905-1963)

GOLDEN ARROW / THE ALL - PULLMAN SERVICE TO PARIS. 1960.


39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm. Leonard Ripley, London.
Condition B / B+: tear through top margin into text; tears, staining, and minor losses in margins; loss in upper right corner; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper.

The Golden Arrow was a luxurious British train with Pullman cars linking London with Dover on the trip to Paris. Once ferried to the other side of the Channel, travelers were met by the French Fleche d'Or for the remainder of the journey to the French capital.