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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DESIGNER UNKNOWN ST. NICHOLAS / CHRISTMAS NUMBER. 1896. 21 1/2x16 1/4 inches, 54 1/2x41 1/4 cm. G.H. Buek & Co., N.Y. Condition B+ / A-: tears at edges, some affecting image; creases in margins and image. Paper. Although always considered an anonymous poster, the organizers of the seminal Crystal Palace poster exhibition in London in 1900 list this poster in the catalogue as being designed by Maud Humphrey and F. Berkeley Smith. Humphrey, a prominent, highly regarded and popular illustrator in her own right, was also the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart. Crystal Palace 661.
