Vintage 1959 Panhard 24 Heures du Mans Victory Poster

Description

Vintage 1959 Panhard 24 Heures du Mans Victory Poster.
This is a fantastic vintage 1959 poster, designed by Alex Kow (or Alexis Kow if you want) for Panhard's victories in the 1959 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 1959, Panhard managed a ninth place overall but also captured the class victory in the 501 - 750 cc class, they won the Index of Performance, the 25th Biennial Cup AND the Index of Thermal Efficiency!
This is quite a famous poster and the internet is littered with sites that sell reproductions of it but this is a very scarce original!
Although the poster has a multitude of pinholes, has been folded in 4 and has various other little damages (all visible in the photo), it is still a very collectible poster.
The poster measures some 14 x 21.5 inches or 36 x 55 cm.
This poster is VERY scarce!
The photos are of course of the actual poster up for sale here.
It is that it has lead such a rough life but in mint condition, it would retail at US$ 1000.
Given its condition, I have set the Buy-it-now price to 50% of that $ 1000.
Feel free to me me an offer... but please don't make me cry :-D
IMPORTANT:
To keep things simple, I will
only
accept Paypal.
I will ship anywhere in the world but for your, and my, peace of mind I will only ship by recorded mail with insurance and online track & trace.
There is a price tag attached to that and it costs me the equivalent of US$ 32.50 per shipment (give or take a couple of pennies depending on currence exchange rate fluctuations).
This is the price that I will have to charge you.
Please note: this item ships from The Netherlands, Western Europe and will require some time to reach you if you're located at the other end of the world.
If the required delivery time is critical, please contact me prior to purchase to discuss this.<