AMER AUGUST 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/24/2015
5 FRAMED PATRIOTIC POSTERS INCLUDING RARE 1895 UNCLE SAM PLAYING BASEBALL.1)17" x 12" and 24" x 19-1/2" framed Baltimore Sunday Herald supplement "PLAY BALL". Rare early baseball colored lithograph showing a championship banner held by Columbia and 12 named baseball teams in background with Uncle Sam at bat. 2) WWI James Montgomery Flagg illustrated Uncle Sam poster "BOYS AND GIRLS! YOU CAN HELP YOUR UNCLE SAM WIN THE WAR" 29" x 19" and 35" x 25" frame. 3) Large WWI YWCA patriotic poster "FOR EVERY FIGHTER A WOMAN WORKER". This illustration by Adolph Treidler shows woman worker holding both 75mm projectile and a military bi-plane. 40" x 29" and 50" x 39" frame. 4)and 5) 2 large facsimile patriotic Saturday Evening Post covers from 1939 in 34" x 27" frames. SIZE: PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: Overall very good as framed 49055-56 JS (1,500-2,000)
