Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
CHARLES MEERE (1890-1961) EMPIRE GAMES / SYDNEY CALLS YOU . . . 1938.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: foxing and minor creases in image; colors attenuated.
The third British Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games) were held in Sydney in 1938 in conjunction with the city's Sesquicentennial. In 1930, the first games were held in Hamilton, Ontario, and the second games, in London in 1934.