Travel Posters Take Flight: Collectibles ignite fierce bidding in U.K.
- September 20, 2009 20:11
At the Sept. 9 Christie's sale in London of ordinary 20th-century posters and commonplace furniture, buyers ignored the recession. The finest lot was an Art Deco lithograph, “Nord Express,” designed by Cassandre in 1927 under the twin influence of Cubism and Italian Futurism. That shot up to £22,500, or $37,125.
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