Nov 15, 2004 - Sale 2023

Sale 2023 - Lot 117

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
C. SATZMANN RED STAR LINIE. 1893.
383/4x261/4 inches. Gebr. Klingenberg, Dortmund.
Condition B+: restoration and cracking along sharp creases through image. Matted and framed.
A very early ocean liner poster for the Red Star Line, featuring the Westernland. Built in 1883, the ship was the company's first with a steel hull, first with two funnels and first with three different classes of passenger accommodation. From 1883 - 1901 she sailed the route between Antwerp and Philadelphia. Seen here sailing into New York, past the Statue of Liberty (officially opened in October, 1886) and heading towards the Brooklyn Bridge (officially opened in May, 1883).