Poster of the Grand Opening
I have a large framed advertisment Poster of the Grand Opening of the
railroad in 1869. Its the one with a picture of a deer with large
antlers. I was wondering the value. ...
—Nancy
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 2:29 PM
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Do you have an original, or perhaps a modern copy of the Union Pacific Railroad museum's poster which shows tears. Is your copy intact with no paper tears, but shows copies of the tears? If you look at the poster with a high power magnifier, do you see a pattern of dots indicating a halftone printing process that did not exist in 1869?
The poster is intact and shows tears. It does look like the one on your web site. I guess not much value can be placed on it.
—Nancy
The torn UPRR original is the only surviving example of this fabulous poster that we know about. Some other historic transcontinental railroad posters can be seen at at the UPRR website.
Framing can be costly, so a nicely framed reproduction of such a wonderful poster does have some value. See eBay.com auctions or AllPosters.com for comparable sales to get an idea of pricing.
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