Aug 07, 2013 - Sale 2321

Sale 2321 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
H.J. (INITIALS UNKNOWN) LA CÔTE D'AZUR / P.L.M. 1912.
41 1/4x29 1/4 inches, 105x74 1/2 cm. Maulde, Doumenc & Cie, Paris.
Condition B+: discoloration and tears in margins, some affecting image. Framed.
Catering to European bourgeoisie, this poster promotes travel to the Côte d'Azur from the continent's largest capitals: Rome, London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam and Vienna. A rare travel poster featuring the toys of the rich and famous, including motor boats and airplanes soaring over the Monte Carlo bay, with the famed casino visible on shore. We could only locate one other copy of this poster, in the archives of the Swiss Railway. Wagons Lits 30.