SOME INTERESTING NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIBLES, 2010
RARE BLACK AND WHITE LITHOGRAPHIC PROOF from John J. Audubon's THE VIVIPAROUS QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA, 1845-48. (Plate and group numbers written in pencil in writing style of period.) Plate 81 - Worm-wood Hare, dated 1846, Drawn from nature by John J. Audubon, Lithographed, Printed and Colored by J. T. Bowen, Phila. These prints were issued by Audubon at 22 x 28 inches and sometimes trimmed when bound in books. This print measures 23 x 29 inches with irregular and some margin discoloration. This work bound for the collector's file or to a library or museum. $4,500
PLATE 4 - GREAT CROW BLACKBIRD (Male and Female) - First Audubon image ever published, Alexander Wilson, octavo edition, 1823, hand-colored copper plate engraving. Drawn by Audubon and A. Rider, engraved by W. H. Lizars. $150
ORIGINAL ART - Hand-colored original watercolor by Todd Telander, noted wildlife artist, of Ivory-bill Woodpecker, life-size, 18 x 22 inches, framed. This art work used to decorate stamps issued by the American Bird Conservatory. Sheet of stamps accompanies painting. $1,250 SOLD
TWO EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS with articles on Audubon, The New Yorker, March 3, 1838, reprinted an article from the Boston Morning Post, and Gleason's Pictorial Boston, dated may 6, 1854, front page article and lithograph of likeness of Audubon, commemorating his birth. $125
KARL BODMER - A Skin Lodge of an Assinboin Chief. Hand-colored copper plate engraving from Travels in the Interior of North America 1839-43, 8 x 11 inches, repaired tear, framed to museum standards. $250
RESTRIKE OF AUDUBON PLATE 64, SWAMP SPARROW - In 1968 the New York Botanical Garden issued two restrikes, the Swamp Sparrow and Plate 194, Hudson Bay Titmouse. Only 300 copies of each image were issued. They measure 23 x 30 inches and have a deep plate mark from the original copper plate. Hand colored, French mat, ready to frame. A scarce collector's item. $375
GREAT BLUE HERON/SNOWY HERON/OSPREY. Full-size facsimiles of Audubon's drawings as published by M. Bernard Loates. Multi-colored lithographs using up to 53 colors, acid-free watermarked paper. $150 each
AUTOGRAPH LETTER from Maria Rebecca Audubon, John J. Audubon's granddaughter and daughter of John W. Audubon, 3 pages ALS, to Witmer Stone, noted ornithologist and editor of THE AUK, discussing the whereabouts of the stone lithographs used to produce Audubon's Royal Octavo Edition of The Birds of America. Dated December 4, 1897. Letter stamped with Audubon's turkey seal. SOLD
BUFFALO ENGRAVING - Original black and white engraving of "Buffel," 10 x 14 inches, 1600's, museum matted, silver frame. $225
NESOUAQUOIT - A Fox Chief, folio, stunning color, published by E. C. Biddle, Philadelphia, PA, 1845. Painted by C. B. King, on stone by A. Newsom, Lehman and Duval, lithographers. $1,800
CANADA GOOSE - Folio restrike from original copper plate engraving of this important print. Struck in 1985, American Museum of Natural History, N.Y., limited to 125 copies. $2,750
CATESBY'S LILY - From The Botanical Magazine, published in London, England, Vol. III, 1794. Copper plate hand-colored engraving, with text. Framed. $175
QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA - Two incomplete parts from Octavo edition, 1849. Part 17 - three hand-colored plates remaining, including Red Texan Wolf. $200. Part 2 - four hand-colored plates remaining including Eastern Chipmunk and Carolina Grey Squirrel. $450