Nov 08, 2012 - Sale 2293

Sale 2293 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 600
?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 A- / B+: unobtrusive horizontal folds; minor restoration in margins.
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.