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Auction History Result 4k092 HAMBURG AMERICA LINE 20x28 German travel poster 1930s Ottomar Anton of Heligoland, rare! Date Sold 3/7/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Paperbacked German Travel Poster (measures 19 1/2" x 27 1/2" [50 x 70 cm]) (Learn More) The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG for short and referred to in English as Hamburg America Line or Hamburg-American Line) was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, Germany in 1847. It soon developed into the largest German (and at times the world's largest) shipping company, serving the market created by the German immigration to the United States and later immigration from Eastern Europe. In 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd AG. Artist: Ottomar Anton Important Added Info: Note that this poster is extremely rare. We have never auctioned it before! Heligoland (Helgoland) is a small German archipelago in the North Sea (it used to be called Heyligeland, or "holy land", possibly due to the island's long association with the god Forseti; the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology). Bombing at the end of World War II (WWII) rendered the island uninhabitable, and the British later used it to test one of the biggest single non-nuclear detonations in history (which changed the shape of the island). In 1952, Heligoland was returned to German control and is now a holiday resort. Also, Ottomar Anton was a German painter, graphic artist and university professor from the 1920s to the 1970s. He designed many travel posters (he was the most prolific German shipping poster artist in the 1920s and 1930s). He joined the SS in 1936 and created World War II (WWII) Nazi propaganda art. He was incarcerated after the war, but later became a sought after graphic designer again. Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had a 1" tear near the center of the bottom border and a diagonal crease running across the bottom, starting an inch from the top of the left blank border and extending across to the right of the bottom border, with a tiny tear at the end of that crease. It had some other creases in that area and a 1" tear near the center of the top border, and a small tear and tiny paper loss in the bottom left corner. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was paperbacked with no excess and very little restoration (it appears it was just paperbacked for preservation purposes). Its slight defects are noticeable, but not very distracting at all. Learn More about condition grades 
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