Premier Fine Art & Antiques Auction
August 29, 2023
Below is just a small portion of the massive selection of high quality art & antiques to be featured in our upcoming August 29th 2023 auction! This auction will span multiple genres of collectibles, including Fine Paintings & Art, Jewelry & Silver, Orientalia, Rare Glass & Lamps, Early & Victorian Furniture, Decoys, Carvings, Coin-Op, & MORE!
RARE & EXTRAORDINARY “GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT & PASSENGER LINE” ADVERTISING POSTER
05-114
Circa 1878, New York. Shipping posters of this period are extraordinarily rare. This beautifully rendered lithographic color poster for steamship travel from New York to Savannah, Georgia with connection to the Central Railroad of Georgia, the Georgia & Florida Inlaid Steamboat Company, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, and Steamer San Jacinto. “Connecting Passengers On Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays to Destination in Nassau, N.P. Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana & Havana. Showing A “City of Macon” Steamer”. Steamships used were provided by the Ocean Steamship Company dated January 1, 1878. In the center of the poster is a very nice rendition of the steamship “SS Jancito” travelling under full sail in choppy seas. Framed and professionally matted under glass. Housed in a walnut and ebonized Victorian frame.
SIZE: Sight 21 1/2″ x 13 1/2″. Overall 29 1/2″ x 21″.
