?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
J. SCOTT WILLIAMS FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. 351/2x55 inches. Karle Litho Co., Rochester, New York. Condition A-: expertly repaired tears in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. A powerful image of Liberty with an eagle behind her, with soldiers in the background, silhouetted against a fiery red sky. Draped in the stars and stripes, golden sword and shield raised, and a green laurel wreath on her head, she is leading the troops to victory. This was the fourth loan floated by the U.S. Government during the World War I to help finance the massive, costly venture. All told, including the fifth "Victory Loan" (after the war), the government raised a total of $22 billion. Theofiles 157.
