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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ARTIST UNKNOWN AUTOMOBILES ROCHET & SCHNEIDER. Circa 1900. 42x541/2 inches. Camis, Paris. Condition B+: expertly replaced margins; restoration in image; repaired tears and cracks along vertical folds. Rochet-Schneider was one of the first French companies to build automobiles, beginning production in 1896 and continuing through 1932. Rochet was an engineer who partnered with Schneider, the owner of a smelting works in Le Creusot. Although the brand was not stylistically very creative, the cars, built at a factory in Lyon, were known to be powerful, well built and reliable. This early, realistic design is a rare document on early automobiles.
