Jan 31, 2008 - Sale 2134

Sale 2134 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 5,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
DWIGHT SHEPLER SUN VALLEY / CHICAGO and NORTH WESTERN LINE. 1940.
39 3/4x25 inches. Midwest Offset, Chicago.
Condition B+: restored loss in upper right corner; repaired tear through margins; abrasions in image.
While the Union Pacific ran trains into Sun Valley, the Chicago and North Western Line took passengers from Chicago to Omaha, where they then boarded Union Pacific trains. An extremely rare variant of this famous poster. No other copies bearing the imprint of the Chicago and North Western Line have ever surfaced. Art of Skiing p. 124 (var).