Nov 08, 2012 - Sale 2293

Sale 2293 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SASCHA MAURER (1897-1961) LET'S GO SKIING! / USE THE NEW HAVEN R.R. SNOW TRAINS. 1936.
42x27 3/4 inches, 106 1/2x70 1/2 cm. McClandish Litho. Corp., Philadelphia.
Condition B+: restored loss along top edge; repaired tears and restoration at edges.
The New Haven Railroad's Ski Trains, which began operating in 1933, were self-contained ski trips on wheels in which the train itself was used as a ski lodge and people ate in the dining car. This is the larger of two formats. Art of Skiing p. 113.