Feb 05, 2013 - Sale 2302

Sale 2302 - Lot 393

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
WILLIAM HARNDEN FOSTER (1886-1941) OLDSMOBILE / SETTING THE PACE. 1910.
33 3/4x23 1/2 inches, 86x60 cm.
Condition B: chipping; minor losses, abrasions and crackling in image. Darkened. Printed on canvas.
"The 1910 Limited Touring was a high point for [Oldsmobile] . . . it was the prestige model in Oldsmobile's two model lineup . . . While Oldsmobile only sold 725 Limiteds in its three years of production, the car is best remembered for winning a race against the famed 20th Century Limited train, an event immortalized in the painting "Setting the Pace" by William Hardner Foster" (Wikipedia).