Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Currier & Ives, publisher (American, 1857-1907)
LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE: The Trappers defence, "Fire fight Fire." 1862, (Conningham, 3528). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 23 1/4 x 31 1/4 in., in a molded bird's-eye maple frame. Condition: Margins of 2 in. or more, light toning, creases, tears and repaired tears in margins, minor edge losses.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 20 in the original "Best 50," and no. 24 in the "New Best 50" large folio.
Estimate $2,000-3,000