WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES (1900-1956)

Gouache maquette. Circa 1923. 

Price realized: $10,625

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HUBERT HERKOMER (1881-?)

1939. 

Launched in 1935, the Normandie captured the Blue Riband on her maiden voyage, for making the fastest Atlantic crossing to date. Her career was cut short by the outbreak of World War II, at which point she was docked in New York, and was interned by the U.S. Government on September 3, 1939. In 1941, she was taken over by the U.S. Coast Guard and renamed the USS Lafayette. In 1942, during a refitting to make her suitable as a troop transport, she caught fire and eventually capsized under the weight of the water used to extinguish the blaze. This poster, arguably the last to be done before the end of her career, is also considered to be one of the rarest.

Price realized: $13,750

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DESIGNER UNKNOWN

Circa 1933.

"Travel by Train" was an "inter-modal competitive sales appeal" (Zega p. 63) adapted by many American train companies in the 1930s as widespread use of the automobile began to cut directly into ticket sales.

Price realized: $10,000

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A.W. BAYLIS (DATES UNKNOWN)

1938. 

Price realized: $975

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ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) 

1932. 

A joint effort between the French Railway and the Tunisian Tourist Authority to lure French golfers to the "bigger fields and vast open spaces" of Tunisia 

Price realized: $2,750

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ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953) 

Circa 1930.

Price realized: $6,500

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DESIGNER UNKNOWN 

1883. 

The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was an organization of veterans of the Union Army, Navy and Marines who served in the Civil War. Their annual reunions were attended by thousands of veterans between 1866 and 1951; The 1883 reunion, from July 25th-26th was the Seventeenth National GAR Encampment. The Colorado Springs Daily Gazette from Sunday July 22nd of that year stated, "Every incoming train-today was loaded down with veterans, who come to participate in the grand reunion and encampment of the Grand Army which begins Tuesday next."

Price realized:  $938

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JOSEPH BINDER (1898-1972) 

1939. 

This design was awarded first prize in the poster competition for the fair in 1938. 

Price realized: $3,500

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LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972)

1939. 

This image has been featured by the United States Postal Service on a series of stamps commemorating the 1930s, and is among the top American Art Deco posters ever designed.

Price realized: $11,250

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ERVINE METZL (1899-1963)

1923. 

Influenced by the cut-out style of Britain's Beggarstaff Brothers, Metzl's posters stood out from those of other young graphic designers working for the Chicago rapid transit and train campaigns.

Price realized: $7,000

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OTTO BRENNEMANN (1894-1951)

1926. 

Price realized:  $8,125

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LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

1910. 

Early tourists in Yellowstone National Park traveled in a sophisticated transportation system of horse-drawn coaches. In 1909 the tour companies had six stagecoaches, 165 observation coaches, 79 surreys, and over 100 wagons.

Price realized: $13,750

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OTIS SHEPARD (1894-1969)

1938. 

Price realized: $7,250

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SHAWL, NYELAND & SEAVEY 

1939. 

Price realized: $5,000

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PETER EWART (1918-2001) 

1951. 

Price realized: $3,500

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