Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN UNITED STATES LINES. Circa 1928.
39x24 inches, 99x62 cm. Dorland Advertising Co., London.
Condition B+: abrasions, creases and repaired tears in margins and image; minor overpainting in margins.
Originally a German ship named The Vaterland, she was seized during World War I and renamed The Leviathan. Though not in fact "The largest ship in the world," (she was second to White Star's Majestic,) the ship was a headline-maker and was considered to be one of the best-known liners in the western world. In 1923, the United States Shipping Board transferred the ship over to the United States Lines.