Mar 16, 2017 - Sale 2439

Sale 2439 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
SASCHA MAURER (1897-1961) LET'S GO SKIING! / USE THE NEW HAVEN R•R• SNOW TRAINS. 1936.
22x14 inches, 56x35 1/2 cm. Latham Litho Co., Inc., Long Island City.
Condition A: minor abrasion at left edge. Paper.
The New Haven Railroad's Snow 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 smaller format. Art of Skiing p. 113, Sports d'Hiver p. 168 (var).