Ocean Liner Memories for Sale Tonight at Christie's

Before the days of “design hotels” and Raymond Loewy-appointed Concordes there were ocean liners, crossing and cruising while playing out a luxurious game of oneupsmanship when it came to speed, size, and over-the-top decorative flourishes (verre églomisé, anyone?). This evening in New York City, Christie’s will auction 257 lots worth of ocean liner history, from a cork-filled canvas life preserver recovered from the wreck of the Titanic and a rare list of second class passengers aboard the doomed maiden voyage to a 1935 lithograph of Cassandre‘s iconic Normandie poster (pictured above, at far left) and a life ring from the ship.