Nov 11, 2002 - Sale 1951

Sale 1951 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 862
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
H. B. CANADIAN PACIFIC GREAT ATLANTIC FLEET. Circa 1932.
35 3/4x24 1/4 inches.
Condition B+: restoration and repaired tears at edges; repaired tear in image.
Launched in 1930 and hailed as the "Five-Day Atlantic Giantess", "The World's Wondership" and "Canada's Challenger" (competing for title of most luxurius ocean liner, against such formidable opponents as Cunard's Aquitania and The French Line's Ile de France), the Empress of Britain "took its place as the flagship of the fleet" (Canadian Pacific p. 44). Canadian Pacific p. 18.