Feb 03, 2005 - Sale 2031

Sale 2031 - Lot 372

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
DWIGHT SHEPLER SUN VALLEY / "ROUND HOUSE".
411/2x271/2 inches.
Condition B+: tears and minor creases in margins. Paper.
Sun Valley was created as a destination resort to encourage people to ride the railroad out west. It was the brainchild of Averell Harriman, Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad, who was himself an avid skier. The Ketchum, Idaho area was scouted out by Count Felix Schaffgotsch who reported back to Harriman that "it contains more delightful features for a winter sports center than any other place I have seen in the United States, Switzerland or Austria."