November 10, 2008
Vintage travel posters exhibition at Swann auctions
This morning is you last chance to see Swann Galleries’ exhibition of Rare and Important Travel Posters before they go up for auction at 1:30 p.m.
Among the New York themed offerings are posters for the 1940 World’s Fair (pictured,) Staten Island Savings Bank (circa 1970,) New York Central Lines’ The Palisades of the Hudson and a slightly creepy monolithic cat for I (heart) NY’s Catskills advertisement.
The posters will be up for free viewing from 10 a.m. to noon.
Swann is located at 104 E. 25th St., map.
Image source: Swann Galleries. DESIGNER UNKNOWN “CITY OF LIGHT” / NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. 1940.
30×19 3/4 inches, 76×50 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; restored losses and restoration in margins and bottom left corner; sharp horizontal folds.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
November 10, 2008 7:08 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Sightsology
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