Rago Arts and Auctions: Travel Posters
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Travel Posters | Total Sales (USD) | 245,094.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 184,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #52026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 265,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 203 | ||
| Sold Lots | 150.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 232,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 333,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 53 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 73.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | Charles-Leonce Brosse (1871–1945) | Meeting d’Aviation / Nice vintage poster |
1910 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 255 | French Line / Normandie / Southampton to New York vintage poster |
c. 1936 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,310.00 | |
| 228 | David Klein 1918–2005 | Fly TWA / New York vintage poster |
c. 1960 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 130 | Edward Eggleston 1882–1941 | Pennsylvania Railroad / Atlantic City / America's Great Seashore Resort vintage poster |
c. 1935 | USD 5,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 247 | Maria Nesterova-Berzina 1897–1965 | Intourist / Baku vintage poster |
c. 1936 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,054.00 |
| 212 | Stan Galli 1912–2009 | United Air Lines / Disneyland vintage poster |
c. 1955 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 115 | Roger Broders 1883–1953 | Transatlantique / Auto-Circuits Nord-Africains (Rare vintage poster) |
1922 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 133 | Frederic Kimball Mizen 1888–1964 | Fifth Avenue New York / Travel by Train (Rare vintage poster) |
1932 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 162 | Herbert C. Wyman | Wayfarers Map of Greater New York / World's Fair 1939 vintage poster |
1939 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,990.00 |
| 249 | Nikolai Zhukov 1908–1973 | Intourist / Caucasus vintage poster |
1936 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 135 | Leslie Ragan 1897–1972 | New York Central / Union Terminal Cleveland vintage poster |
c. 1938 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 163 | Nembhard N. Culin (1908–1990) | The New York World's Fair / In 1939 (Rare vintage poster) |
1937 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 250 | Sergey Igumnov 1900–1942 | Intourist / Soviet Armenia vintage poster |
1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 124 | Stuart Advertising Agency | Imperial Airways / Operate the World's Longest Air Route (Rare vintage poster) |
1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,458.00 |
| 282 | Norman Wilkinson 1878–1971 | LMS / Royal Highlander Approaches Aberdeen |
c. 1927 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,458.00 |
| 148 | Hal Woolf 1902–1964 | Africa by Imperial Airways vintage poster |
1932 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 129 | Rudolf Hons | ČS. Statni Aerolinie (Czechoslovak State Airlines) vintage poster |
1928 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,192.00 |
| 103 | E. Polbor | CIDNA / Orient Arrow vintage poster |
1930 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 145 | Nikolai Strekalovsky | Misr Airlines / Cairo vintage poster |
c. 1935 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 182 | Perceval Studios | Air France / Dans Tous les Ciels vintage poster |
1948 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 210 | Joseph Feher | United Air Lines / Yosemite vintage poster |
c. 1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 144 | Albert Solon 1897–1973 | Aeromaritime vintage poster |
c. 1937 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,926.00 |
| 257 | Tom Gilfillan | Fingal's Cave / Staffa vintage poster |
c. 1930 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,926.00 |
| 231 | David Klein 1918–2005 | Fly TWA / California vintage poster |
c. 1967 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 243 | Sergei Sakharov 1906–1969 | Intourist / Moscow vintage poster |
c. 1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
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