Nov 14, 2019 - Sale 2524

Sale 2524 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
WALTER THOMAS (1894-1971) WHITE STAR LINE / SOUTHAMPTON CHERBOURG NEW YORK / [OLYMPIC.] Circa 1929.
40x25 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x64 cm. The Liverpool Printing and Stationery Co., Limited, Liverpool.
Condition A-: small loss in lower left corner; slight darkening in margins.
The White Star Line's Olympic Class vessels, the sister ships Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, were the line's only 4-funnel ships. Of the three, only the Olympic had prolonged service, as the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage and the Britannic, which was only launched shortly before World War I, sank after hitting a mine in 1916. Weallans p, 107.