Nov 09, 2023 - Sale 2652

Sale 2652 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

SUENAKA (DATES UNKNOWN)

JAPAN VIA NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES. 1950.


39x24 3/4 inches, 99x63 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears at edges, some into text and image with slight overpainting; minor creases and abrasions at edges and in image.

Founded in 1926, Northwest Airlines operated until 2008 when it merged with Delta. Following the creation of a hub in Japan in the post-World War II era, the airline dominated the trans-Pacific route and, beginning in 1947, was referred to as Northwest Orient, a name that lasted until 1986.