Collectibles: Many Gems at Swann&#;s Winter Auction of Ski Posters
The highest price paid for a vintage find: $17,
Manhattan’s Swann Galleries offered a mix of classic and unusual American posters at its February vintage sale, along with a handful of blue-chip European ski posters that commanded high prices. The 45 posters, from countries as diverse as France, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia and the United States, were the amalgam of artistic rarities, masterpieces and oddities that collectors have come to expect from this well-regarded auction house.
Among the American pieces was artist Jack Galliano’s “VIII Olympic Winter Games/Squaw Valley, Feb 18–28, ” This was the second of two official posters designed for the Squaw Valley Winter Games (the first one had been issued before the exact dates of the Games were determined). It was printed in late , and a map of the U.S. on the flag shows the location of Squaw Valley. With an estimated worth of between $1, and $1,, the poster sold for $ (including the buyer’s premium, which is 25 percent of the hammer price).
A “Ski Alta” poster from about depicted the Alta Lodge, with a block of advertising tex
Collector&#;s Guide: Railway Posters
Nicholas D. Lowry Picks His Top Locomotive Travel Posters
Among the earliest European travel posters were produced by the railway companies to sell tickets on their new trains crisscrossing the European continent. These early posters, which proliferated in the s, can be recognized by their painterly style. Images by Hugo d’Alesi (shown left) of glorious landscapes, often with one or two vignettes showing other local areas of interest, and frequently with large blocks of text outlining train schedules and fares, come to mind as the most visible of these promotions. As do the posters by Henri Garnier Tanconville, notable less for their graphic design and more for their artistry, these images paved the way for bolder, more creative railway advertising in the coming decades.
By the s and &#;30s, railroad advertising had become less about depicting the destinations with verisimilitude but rather presenting graphically rendered landscapes, and trying to capture a feeling, to create an allure around traveling. This was achieved by depicting elegant, stylish people on holiday (“this could be you!”) and, more importantly, focusing on
's Original Sascha Maurer Quaker State Motor Oil Vintage Poster
's Antique Advertising Sascha Maurer
Quaker State Motor Oil Vintage Petroleum & Gasoline Poster
Printed by: Marked Litho in USA, printed for advertising by Quaker State
Age: 's
Artist: Sascha Maurer, American graphic designer, poster artist, illustrator
Condition: A-, beautiful, linen mounted, very minor creasing, must be scutinized closely to see.
This is a very rare and large original Sascha Maurer Quaker State poster we have had in our collection for years and now is printed on a heavy cream colored linen paper, and is vibrant, beautiful and stunning.
Text on poster reads: "For Carefree Motoring-Change to Quaker State Acid Free Quaker State Motor Oil."
Sascha Maureris a highly prized poster artist, having illustrated many advertising, book jackets and magazine art publications, as well as his famous American skiing / ski travel posters. He was born in Germany, studied with Ludwig Hohlwein, Lucien Bernhard and moved to the United States in the 's. Maurer won numerous art awards and is considered one of the foremost American poster graphic artists of his time. The poster is archivally linen back
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