The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale, Sale 14
Lot 1811
Anon "Gentlemen, The
United States needs your help!" Circa 1917. Size: 20 x 29". Printer:
National Capital Press, Inc. Soft wrinkles at left and top edges with a few
minor chips, bottom left corner missing, surface soil, good condition.
Printed for the American Electric Railway Association and the U.S. Fuel
Administration ("Save that Shovelful!"), with hints at saving coal to help the
boys "over there".
Estimated Value $75-125.
Lot 1812
Anonymous, "Oh, Boy!...The
Salvation Army Lassie". C. 1918. Size: 30 x 40". On Linen. Excellent color.
Minor chipping and wrinkling to edges arrested by mounting; four areas of
post-mount water stains along right edge, primarily along margin, but longest
areas extend 3" into image. Overall, very good condition.
Estimated Value
$150-200.
Theofiles 196.
Lot 1813
B.H. "Teufel Hunden...U.S.
Marines". 1918. Size: 20 x 30". Strong, fresh colors. 1 1" and 1 2"
tear at bottom edge are repaired with tape, mainly on the verso; a few small
nicks along the vertical margins are repaired verso with tape; tip of top right
corner missing; ¾" chip out of top left corner. Overall, very good
condition.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Theofiles 59.
Lot 1814
Beneker "Sure! We'll
Finish the Job". 1918. Size: 26 x 38". Printer: Edwards & Deutsch,
Chicago, "1-C" printed at bottom left. Handful of chips at bottom margins, 3"
tear at bottom margin radiates into image, 5" tear at bottom right margin
radiates into image, two 2" tears at top edge, one 5" tear at top edge. In
spite of the above mentioned faults, this poster is in very good condition --
the colors are extremely bright and fresh and the tears would be easily mended.
The Victory Liberty Loan relied on the willingness of the public to
continue to invest even after the Armistice. The vigorous campaigning of the
Victory Liberty Loan was ultimately successful as citizens came to personify
the ideal portrayed here -- wearing buttons from earlier loan drives, the
obviously working class man eagerly reaches deep to meet the needs of the
newest campaign.
Estimated Value $100-150.
Theofiles 177.
Lot 1815
Beneker "Sure! We'll
Finish the Job". Identical to the image above. Slightly worse condition:
more chipping at the top right corner, two 6" tears at top edge, some color and
paper loss radiating from both tears. Fair to good condition.
Estimated
Value $100-150.
Lot 1816
Dewey "Our Daddy is
Fighting at the Front..." 1917. Size: 20 x 30". Printer: T.F. Moore
and Co., New York. Minor foxing at top edge, pinholes at four corners, 4" tear
from top edge, chips and paper loss at bottom right corner, childish penciled
writing at bottom edge. Fair condition.
The rosy-cheeked youngsters make
a cheerful appeal for help. The Second Liberty Loan, opened just five months
after the First closed, was very successful and earned well over
$3,000,000,000.
Estimated Value $125-UP.
Theofiles 129.
Lot 1817
Flagg "The Road to
Berlin..." Circa 1917. Size: 20 x 24". Printed for the Second
Federal Reserve District Liberty Loan Committee, New York. Minor foxing and
toning with faint water damage to left edge, otherwise very good
condition.
James Montgomery Flagg's doughboy, with his cheerful grin and
jaunty demeanor, makes an appealing figure. This locally printed poster for
Liberty Bonds stresses the fact that "He Needs Your Help".
Estimated Value
$75-100.
Please note the Howard Chandler Christy poster in our
Entertainment section.
Lot 1818
Flagg, "Be A U.S. Marine".
1918. Size: 28 x 40". Great colors. Minor foxing and toning along
left margin verso shows through somewhat; small area of chipping and tiny tears
along bottom left margin repaired verso with tape; 2" tear along right margin
repaired with tape verso; upper left corner creased and has one ¾"
vertical tear. Overall, very good condition; only the minor flaws on the left
edge keep it from fine.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Theofiles 52.
Lot 1819
Foringer "The Greatest
Mother in the World". Circa 1918. Size: 20 x 27½". Printed
for "Form N.Y. 31 Second War Fund". Soft creasing in upper third of poster,
minor surfacer soil and foxing, a few minor tears at left edge. Good to very
good condition.
A dramatic image emphasing the importance of the Red
Cross.
Estimated Value $125-150.
Theofiles 218.
Lot 1820
French Print of the
Armistice Signing. Tinted 7½ x 6" print, framed. Hand tinted
representation of the inside of the Armistice railway car, the esteemed
personages are captioned in the margins. The print has been applied to the
glass of the frame and a metal plaque on the frame labels the scene "Carrefour
de l'Armistice/11 Novembre 1918." A few scratches to the frame, the leather
frame backing needs to be re-attached at the bottom edge. Surely intended for
the French audience, who had so much cause to welcome the Armistice, and in
very good condition.
Estimated Value $50-100.
Lot 1821
Pennell, "That Liberty
Shall Not Perish". 1918. Size: 30 x 40". On Linen. Strong colors.
Edges show small tears, nicks and minor chipping; the linen is becoming
somewhat frayed and there is foxing on the linen verso. Condition is difficult
to classify -- most of the damage is around the edges and at the creases, as is
to be expected, and application to linen has arrested any further damage, but
additional restoration would secure the piece for the long-term future. Good to
very good condition.
A disturbing image of America under attack, this use
of the Statue of Liberty is extremely powerful and effective.
Estimated
Value $400-500.
Lot 1822
Raleigh "Must Children Die
and Mothers Plead in Vain?". 1918. Size: 30 x 40". Printer: Sackett
& Wilhelms, New York, "1-B" at bottom left corner. Horizontal center fold with
some separation and very minor paper loss; three horizontal tears at left, all
radiate into image; pea-size paper loss twice at top left edge and once at
bottom left corner; some toning at margins. The colors remain amazingly bright,
obviously this piece was put away soon after it was taken down. Good
condition.
This striking Liberty Bond poster is an indelible image of
the results of war -- suffering children and desparate mothers. Designed for
the largest of the loan drives, the September/October 1918 Fourth Liberty Loan
campaign.
Estimated Value $250-300.
Theofiles 160.
Lot 1823
Roberts, "War Clouds
Gather... Join the Navy League". Size: 19 x 28". Minor toning, but
beautiful color. Pinholes top center, minor nicks to edges and one 1½"
narrow, vertical tear at left margin. Overall, excellent condition.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 1824
Sindelar "Uncle Sam Needs
That Extra Shovelful". Ca. 1917-1918. Size: 20 x 28". Printer:
Latham Litho, New York. Printed for the United States Fuel Administration. One
1" tear at top edge, three chips at right edge, a handful of soft creases at
top edge. Bright, true colors; good to very good condition.
"Help Uncle
Sam to Win the War"; the caption lists six measures people at home and work can
take to conserve fuel -- measures that seem somewhat foreign 90 years later
when "Fire small amounts of coal often" sounds like grilling instructions.
Estimated Value $75-100.
Theofiles 96.
Lot 1825
Steinlen, Theophile
Alexandre "En Belgique Les Belges Ont Faim". 1915. 36 x 51", framed to 37 x
52". Lithograph. Printer: Lapina, Paris. Folds, one quarter-sized water spot at
left margin, minor wrinkles and creasing to margins. Very good
condition.
The suffering of the Belgians under German occupation is
vividly portrayed in August Theophile Steinlen's poster advertising an auction
to benefit famine victims.
Steinlen and his friend Tolouse Lautrec were two
of the most important figures in the development of the poster in France (and
consequently, the western world). Steinlein's advertising images were notable
for his bold use of color and sensuous lines (as in his famous "Chat Noir") but
he was also able to express the tragedy and depredations of war in a spare,
eloquent manner.
Estimated Value $700-800.
Please note the original
Steinlen drawing for sale in our Fine Arts section.
Lot 1826
Steinlen, Theophile
Alexandre "Journée des Régions Libérées". 1919.
35 x 47" framed to 34 x 50". On linen. Lithograph. Printer: Lapina, Paris.
Folds with minor chipping, a few repaired tears at edges, paper is evenly
toned. Good condition.
A bold and desolate image with a plea for help
for those returning to the "Régions Libérées" -- the
"Liberated Regions" -- hope in the face of the devastated
landscape.
Museum mounted under UV-3 plastic with barrier boards and
Chartex, muslin or linen backing.
Estimated Value $600-750.
Please
note the original Steinlen drawing for sale in our Fine Arts section.
Lot 1827
Triedler, "For Every
Fighter A Woman Worker YWCA". 1918. Strong colors. Creasing with minor
nicks and tears along both edges, about 1½" wide strip vertically each
side with some tape repairs verso -- these edges would be easily matted out.
Overall, very good condition.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Theofiles
217.
Lot 1828
Lot of Six Flyers. Lot
of six flyers in varying conditions: five full color supplements to varying
publications and one "My Soldier" flyer labeled "Take This Home and Put It In
the Window." Three flyers have significant ink bleed from something they were
on and one is missing the top right corner. Two of the pieces have been
laminated. Conditions range from poor to good. Worth inquiry/inspection. Call
for color copies.
A small version of Christy's "Americans All!" and
"They Call Them Devil-Houds But They Are Simply Hounding the Devil" have been
laminated and the colors remain brilliant. Three flyers show images of Lady
Liberty, the most intact showing Liberty in front of Flanders Fields.
Estimated Value $50-75.
Lot 1829
Lot of Two "Invest"
Posters. Lot of two.
1). Anon. "Invest" circa 1917. Size: 56 x
21". Printer: The U.S. Printing and Lithograph Company, "V-339" printed at
bottom left corner. Folds with some separation, adhesive residue and tape
scattered throughout poster, paper loss at bottom edge, in center of "S", at
top left, minor assorted tears, 8 x 2" area of discoloration in dark blue of
poster. Brilliant colors, unfortunate damage. Long, banner-look poster features
the image of a soldier and a sailor at either end of the word "Invest!", they
lean casually atop the letters. This is an uncommon poster and, despite the
poor condition, would be a nice addition to a collection.
2). Anon. "Invest"
circa 1918. Size: 19½ x 29½". Printer: Strobridge Litho,
Cincinnati, "3-C" printed at bottom left. One 2" tear at left edge, one
abrasion at bottom, crease resulting in 12" printing flaw. Brilliant color,
very good condition.
Two great posters. We have not seen the large
poster before and, in spite of its damage (some of which is reparable), it is a
striking image and very desirable. The bold "V" image on the second poster is
very direct and striking.
Estimated Value $100-200.
Lot 1830
Lot of two War Savings
Stamps posters. Two small format posters.
1). Green "My Soldier". circa
1918. Size: 14 x 21". One horizontal, three vertical creases; 3" tear
from bottom edge; minor discoloration at top edge, minor surface soil. Fair to
good condition.
2). McGill "Stamp! Stamp! Stamp!..." circa 1918.
Size: 13½ x 18½". 1" tear from bottom edge. Bright color,
very good to fine condition.
Echoing the lines of a popular song
("Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!") is an appealing poster in wonderful condition.
Estimated Value $100-125.
Lot 1831
Poster Miscellaney.
Lot of four posters.
1). "Montclair Will See It Through!" Size:
31½ x 22". Printed by Lutz & Sheinkman, New York. Large red oval with
white lettering. Soft creasing with a few tears throughout; minor paper loss by
"i"; ragged edges with some chips. Poor to fair condition.
2). "Continuity
Chart of the First Corps. Cadets" circa 1926. Size: 15 x 24". Detailed
poster about the history of the Army Corps of Engineers. Surface soil, 5 x 2"
area of scattered dark discoloration at left edge. Fair condition.
3).
"Flags of Freedom" circa 1917. Size: 19 x 14". Minor surface soil, three
water stains extend from bottom edge 2" into image. Poor condition.
4). "V"
Cloth letter from a Victory banner. Size: 16" at longest and 16" at
widest part. Minor foxing and red bleed scattered. Good condition.
An
interesting assortment for the collector or dealer.
Estimated Value
$100-150.
Lot 1832
Two European Relief
Posters. Two post-war posters making relief appeals.
1). Red Cross "All
They Ask Is Your Old Clothes" circa 1918. Size: 21 x 27". Two areas of
paper loss at right edge, one 1" long and one ½" long; some soft
creasing at edges; nicks to left edge; three small areas of discoloration in
text. Good condition.
2). Bettsbains "Lest We Perish" 1918. Size: 20
x 27". Dampstaining and old water spots throughout; paper loss at upper right
margin with old tape; minor chipping to other margins; some toning. Poor to
fair condition.
Two powerful images stress the pain of readjustment and
relief in Europe. Our first poster uses the Red Cross' image of outstretched
hands over an image of a war-torn city to bring home the message. The second
poster, with Bettsbains' haunting image, is almost enhanced by the waterstains
-- they add to the desolate feeling of the piece.
Estimated Value $150-200.