Auction 003
Original Vintage Posters - April Sale
By AntikBar Auctions
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Apr 20, 2024
404 King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0LJ
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LOT 43:
Advertising Poster Takoradi Harbour Chiefs Palaver Ghana Africa Empire Marketing Board. Original vintage ...
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Sold for: £200
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Estimated price :
£300 - £600
Buyer's Premium: 20%
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Advertising Poster Takoradi Harbour Chiefs Palaver Ghana Africa Empire Marketing Board. Original vintage advertising poster for Takoradi Harbour entitled Native Chiefs in Palaver issued by the Empire Marketing Board featuring a great image of native Africans wearing traditional colourful clothing, standing under parasols and talking with a British officer in a white uniform and hat, the text below describing the new harbour - British Materials British Engineers Opened in April by the Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas M.P. Located on the Gulf of Guinea in the industrial district of Sekondi-Takoradi in West Africa (now part of Ghana), the Takoradi Harbour is the oldest harbour in Ghana. Lithograph artwork by Spencer Pryse (Gerald Spenser Pryce; 1882-1957). Printed for H.M Stationery Office by Nathaniel Lloyd & Co Ltd. London. Fair condition, restored paper losses, staining, restored tears, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK , designer: Gerald Spenser Pryce, size (cm): 103x64, year of printing: 1928.
