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Update on WW1 poster #FWS1-4 at Sparks auction

by | Jun 1, 2018

The realised price sheet is up for the May 29th-30th, 2018 Sparks Auction #27 so I checked out the WW1 poster I wrote about a few weeks back. #FWS1-4 1918 War Saving poster sold for $625, $125 below the listed estimate. Someone picked up a bit of a bargain. The poster was touted to be nearly as sharp and clean as the day it was produced after being stored in a “non-smoking and archival environment for the past 100 years”.  Lucky bidder!  I hope they enjoy the poster and take great care of it. 

Read the original article here:

Sparks Auction gem – WW1 war saving poster up for grabs

 
 

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