03-11-200103-11-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2062
March 11, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
107

Currier & Ives

Sell one like this
$288$250
Auction: Sale #2062 - 2062Location: BoltonDate / Time: March 11, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) "American Homestead Winter," 1868, (Conningham, 172). Identified in inscriptions on the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring heightened with gum arabic on paper, sheet size 10 x 14 in., with frame. Condition: Margins 5/8-inch or more, two tears to u.r. margin, one with slight intrusion into image, stains, abrasion, overall toning. N.B. This print ranks as one of both the Old and New Best Fifty, numbers 23 and 5, respectively.
Estimate $20-200