American Furniture & Decorative Arts
08-14-201108-14-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
2558MMarlborough
August 14, 2011 10:00 AM
Sell one like this
$948$800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Rufus Porter Decorative Arts Publication, printed by J.T. Peters, Concord, Massachusetts, a 43-page booklet with papered wood cover titled A Select Collection of Approved, Genuine, Secret, and Modern Receipts, for the Preparation and Execution of Various Valuable and Curious Arts, as Practised by the Best Artists of the present age, inscribed "Alpheus Dunbar's book 1833" on inside page, (wear, cover and pages loose from binding),5 3/4 x 4 in.
Note: This booklet, published by the renowned itinerant artist Rufus Porter, sold at Skinner on January 16, 1988, sale 1186, lot 390.
Estimate $800-1,000
Keywords
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