Auction house offers a piste of history at vintage poster sale

Auction house offers a piste of history at vintage poster sale

Dozens of vintage European winter sports and travel posters – some worth thousands of pounds – are set to go under the hammer in Edinburgh.

The artworks – from countries such as Switzerland, France, Austria and Norway – are collectively valued at valued at £86,000.

The 43 lots will be sold at auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull on Wednesday, just over a week before the start of the Winter Olympics.

Natasha Muirhead holds
Natasha Muirhead holds ‘Splitkein’ by Harald Damsleth from 1939 (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Chateau D’oex by Alex Diggleman is valued at £3,000 to £5,000; while Le Mont Blanc, Chamonix by Roger Broders has an estimated price tag of up to £3,000.

Other posters of note include Schweiz Skirennen Unterwasser by Martin Peikert (£5,000-£7,000), Norge by Knut Yran (£2,000-£3,000) and Vers Le Mont Blanc by Georges S Dorival (£1,800-£2,200).

L’Inverno in Svizzera by Erich Hermes (Lyon & Turnbull/PA)
L’Inverno in Svizzera by Erich Hermes (Lyon & Turnbull/PA)

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