Aug 27, 2020 - Sale 2545

Sale 2545 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000

DESIGNER UNKNOWN
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. 1939.


20x15 inches, 50 3/4x38 cm.

Condition A-: light horizontal creases in image; minor abrasions along horizontal fold and at edges. Paper.


Contemporary reports cite that almost two and half million copies of the poster were printed. An HMSO (His Majesty's Stationery Office) printing slip order form for the job breaks down that number, showing that the poster was printed in 12 different sizes. This is one of the smaller formats.