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PosterConnection Inc.: Poster Auction #60, From War to Wanderlust

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Auction Name Poster Auction #60, From War to Wanderlust Total Sales (USD) 156,410.63
Auction Date September 06, 2025 - September 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 195,730.00
Sale Number #60 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 254,950.00
Total Lots 360
Sold Lots 234.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 294,030.00
% of Lots Sold 65.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 381,650.00
Unsold Lots 126 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.98%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
120 H. R. Hopps

Original Vintage c. 1917 World War I Mad Brute Poster

ca. 1917 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,650.00
206 Weimer Pursell

Original 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair Poster PURSELL Design

1933 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,080.00
209 Alexander Raymond Katz

Rare Original 1934 Chicago World's Fair Poster SANDOR

1934 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,080.00
98 Moody, Mildred T.

Rare Original c. 1916 Even Dog Enlists WW I Poster

ca. 1916 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,315.00
58 Otto Dix

Rare Original 1920s Otto Dix Art Poster

1929 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,550.00
205 Weimer Pursell

Original 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair Poster PURSELL Design

1933 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,550.00
100 Bara, K.M.

RARE Original 1917 WWI You Are Wanted By US Army Poster

ca. 1918 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,167.50
119 James Montgomery Flagg

RARE Original US WW I Poster Flagg Wake Up America

1917 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,167.50
54 Helene Dufau

Rare Original 1900s Children Art Nouveau Poster Dufau

1901 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
142 Jean Carlu

Original American WW II Poster CARLU PRODUCTION 1941 Ed

1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,912.50
148 Norman Rockwell

Complete Set 4 Freedoms Rockwell Posters Large Size Lin

1943 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,785.00
325 Feher, Joseph 1909 - 1988

Original 1950s San Francisco United Travel Poster FEHER

ca. 1950 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,785.00
266 Lance Cattermole

Original 1950s Edinburgh British Rail Travel Poster

ca. 1955 USD 90.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,657.50
332 Joseph (1898) Binder

Original 1950s California Travel Poster JOSEPH BINDER

ca. 1957 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,657.50
158 Twalewicz, Yves

Original 1940s Polish Italian World War II Poster

ca. 1944 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,530.00
213 Joseph (1898) Binder

Original 1939 NY World's Fair Poster Joseph Binder

1939 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,530.00
11 Knittel, W.

Rare Original 1920s Orient Cafe Moon Poster

1926 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,402.50
61 Zhukov, Nikolay 1908 - 1973

RARE Original Vintage 1930s Moscow Theater Poster WOW!

1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,402.50
356 Monogr. HB

Original 1930s Canadian Pacific Poster Atlantic Fleet

ca. 1932 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,402.50
328 Weimer Pursell

Original 1950s New York Travel Poster Weimar Pursell

1956 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,275.00
333 Joseph (1898) Binder

Original 1950s New England Travel Poster JOSEPH BINDER

ca. 1957 USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,275.00
341 Anonymous - USA

Original 1960s Pittsburgh Travel Poster Allegheny Air

ca. 1965 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,275.00
96 Richard Fayerweather Babcock

Great Original American World War I NAVY Poster BABCOCK

ca. 1917 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,211.25
290 Anonymous

Rare Original c. 1910s India Rail Travel Poster GIP Tig

ca. 1915 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,211.25
326 Feher, Joseph 1909 - 1988

Original Vintage 1950s United Air Lines New England Poster

ca. 1950 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,211.25
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
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