Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ANONYMOUS AIR MAIL COAST-TO-COAST / UNITED AIRLINES. Circa 1937.
41 1/8x20 1/4 inches.
B+: expertly recreated top and bottom margins. Silk-screen.
A dramatic view of a DC-3, seen from the point-of-view of spectators, who are watching the wonderful machine get ready to take to the skies. "The new DC-3 'Mainliner' was presented on this poster and on the covers of United Air Lines' timetables in 1937. 'Coast to coast in 15 hours' with only three stops (Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake), according to their schedules. An extra $4.00 was charged to fly coast-to-coast on Mainliner sleeper planes" Airlines p. 50.