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Rare vintage posters available at New York auction Wednesday

Six rare Hawaii-related posters will be sold as part of a summer-themed Vintage Posters auction at Manhattan's Swann Galleries at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Hawaii highlights include:

» A tan brunette wearing a pink lei and green grass skirt with an orange flower in her hair dancing the hula against a lavender background; lettering in yellow and white, created for United Airlines. Estimate: $500 to $750.

» A Hawaii Calls/American President Lines scene of an ocean liner, a beach and a luau in blue and red. Estimate: $500 to $700.

» A circa-1960 poster by Stan Galli for United Airlines, featuring a group in a canoe, wearing purple, yellow, green, blue and orange catching an enormous blue-green wave. In the distance, their beach resort is visible beneath green cliffs, with lettering in yellow and white. Estimate: $600 to $900.

The sale also offers World War I and II posters and rare 1921 posters for the Rudolph Valentino film "The Sheik."

An illustrated auction catalogue, with information on bidding by mail or fax, is available for $35 from Swann Galleries Inc., 104 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010, or can be viewed online at www.swanngalleries.com.

To make advance arrangements to bid by telephone during the auction, call Gael Zafrany at 212-254-4710 ext. 53, or e-mail gzafrany@swanngalleries.com.

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