Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN FRENCH LINE / DIRECT ROUTE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE CONTINENT. 1901.
41x29 1/4 inches, 104 1/2x74 cm. American Lithographic Company, New York.
Condition B+: restoration and repaired tears in margins, some affecting image.
A rare poster for the French Line advertising "Fast postal and passenger service" via the new "twin screw steamer" sister ships La Lorraine and La Savoie (launched in 1900) and also l'Aquitaine and La Touraine. Unlike most posters for the company, which were printed in France, this one was printed in New York for use in American ticket offices.