Nov 10, 2001 - Sale 1914

Sale 1914 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 7,475
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
SASCHA MAURERSUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND / NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. Circa 1938.
42x28 1/4 inches. Latham Litho Co., Long Island City.
Condition A-: pinholes in corners; repaired tear through bottom margin.
The New England coast viewed in the silhouette of a speeding locomotive. "The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, commonly known as the New Haven Railroad or simply, 'The New Haven', operated in the states of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The New Haven operated freight and passenger trains over a Boston - New York City main line and a number of branch lines" (www.nhrta.org). Sascha Maurer did a lot of poster work for both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New Haven Railroad. A very scarce American image.