Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
MAX ULLMAN SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS. Circa 1935.
261/2x181/2 inches. Cape Times Limited.
Condition B+: repaired tears through bottom margin, affecting text; restoration in upper left corner and in image.
Founded in 1934, when the South African Government bought up an existing airline, South African Airways originally served Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Here, a sleek modern all-metal Junkers JU-52 is flying over a covered wagon, whose passengers are amazed at how slow, rough and antiquated their conveyance in compared to the airplane. Ullman is known to have designed several other posters, one for Lufthansa, also featuring a JU-52, and another promoting tourism in South Africa.