Oct 27, 2016 - Sale 2427

Sale 2427 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
OTTO ERNST (1884-1967) FURKA - OBERALP. Circa 1930.
39 1/4x25 1/2 inches, 99 3/4x65 cm. A. Trub & Cie., Aarau.
Condition A: minor creases and abrasions in margins.
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.