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Swann Galleries’ annual rare & important travel posters auction set for November 11

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Swann Galleries’ annual auction of Rare & Important Travel Posters on Friday, November 11 offers many seldom-seen images from around the world, and marks the first time several of them have come to auction. A strong selection of British posters includes Frederick C. Herrick’s London’s Underground / Nightly Carnival, 1924 ($3,000 to $4,000); one of the two golf posters designed by Tom Purvis for Cruden Bay, circa 1925 ($10,000 to $15,000); Montague Birrell Black’s futuristic view of London in This Is All in the Air / To-day –the Solid Comfort of the Underground, 1926 ($5,000 to $7,500); and Henry George Gawthorn’s cheerful beach image, Redcar, 1930 ($8,000 to $12,000). A colorful assortment of Canadian posters also features an image by Tom Purvis, this one with an elegant woman in a wide-brimmed hat leaning against a cruise ship’s rail, called Canadian Pacific / Happy