Mar 09, 2023 - Sale 2629

Sale 2629 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

OTTO ERNST (1884-1967)

FURKA - OBERALP. 1930.


40 1/4x25 1/2 inches, 102 1/4x64 3/4 cm. A. Trüb & Cie., Aarau.
Condition A: small unobtrusive repaired tears at edges.

The Furka-Oberalp railway was founded in 1925. The Visp-Zermatt-Bahn, which opened in 1890, was extended to include the town of Brig in 1930. The name of the line was not changed to reflect this addition until 1962. Le Train p. 99.