?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
PAUL THEODORE ETBAUER (1892-1975) EUROPA - BRASILIEN GRAF ZEPPELIN / HAMBURG - AMERIKA LINIE. 1932. 40 1/2x27 3/4 inches, 103x70 1/2 cm. Muhlmeister & Johler, Hamburg. Condition A / A-: minor restoration at edges. A photomontage illustrating the Graf Zeppelin heading to and returning from South America, with two images of her interior quarters, and a list of travel dates and excursions listed in the middle (from which we can date the poster). The luxury airship began flying in 1928. By the time the Graf Zeppelin's career ended in 1937, she had made 590 flights (which included 144 ocean crossings) and had flown more than 1,000,000 miles in total. These early airships were constructed by the firm Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, whose stylized logo appears on the poster.
