NEW YORK CITY — The 92nd Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on March 3 featured rare and iconic images from a century of poster design. The collection included Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern and contemporary lithographs as well as decorative panels, maquettes and original works. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen’s six-sheet billboard for Affiches Charles Verneau, La Rue, 1896, led the 410-lot sale, finishing at $62,500, including buyer’s premium. Wine Spectator characterized the poster as “One of Steinlen’s finest lithographic achievements…[a] bustling street scene…alive with an assortment of colorful Montmartre types, prominent among them the artist’s daughter, Colette, with a hoop, being carefully led by her mother, Emilie.” It cleverly juxtaposes working class folks with the smartly dressed bourgeois, giving them equal dignity. A follow-on review of this sale will discuss additional highlights.