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Auction History Result 3j0790 OPEL linen 23x39 German advertising poster 1910s art of people cycling & driving car, rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked German Advertising Poster (measures 23" x 39" [58 x 99 cm]) (Learn More) Opel (now known as Opel Automobile GmbH) is a German company founded by sewing machine manufacturer Adam Opel in 1862. The company began manufacturing bicycles in 1886 and produced its first automobile in 1899. With the Opel RAK program, the world's first rocket program, under the leadership of Fritz von Opel, the company played an important role in the history of aviation and spaceflight. After listing on the stock market in 1929, General Motors took a majority stake in Opel and then full control in 1931. Today, Opel designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes Opel-branded passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and vehicle parts. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this poster! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 23" x 39" [58 x 99 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had many creases and some bits of surface paper loss scattered throughout. It had tears and small paper loss scattered across the top border. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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