Nov 15, 2004 - Sale 2023

Sale 2023 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
THE SCENIC ROUTE TO THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. Circa 1939.
401/2x261/2 inches. Forbes, Boston.
Condition B+: expert overpainting in image; repaired tears in margins, some affecting image.
An assemblage of scenic, captioned snapshots that travellers might see on a trip to New York City, with the iconic Trylon and Perisphere to one side. Many of the little views roughly correspond with pre-existing New York Central Line posters, and most likely represent brochures published by the Railroad.