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Fine Jewelry, Sporting Arts, Asian Works, Fine & Decorative Works

Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 349

After J. Johnson, Antigua

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(British, 19th century) Five rare views of Antigua: [English Harbour, Antigua. From Great George Fort, Monks Hill], [St.John's, Antigua. From Ottos.], [View St.John's Harbour, with T. Fielding, G. Reeve, C. Bentley, color aquatints with hand coloring on paper, 13-7/8 x 19-3/8 in., (plate) 17 x 23 in. (page); with [A New Edition of an Historical Descriptive Account of Antigua Illustrated By Numerous Engravings Coloured in Imitation of Drawings Taken on the Spot], edition 51/325, published by Ackermanns/The Essex Gallery of Sport, London/Far Hills, New Jersey, 1983, printed by the Curwen Press; with text, 5 colored prints (one framed) and map loose within a green fabric portfolio by A. W. Lumsden of Edinburgh, Scotland, 22-1/4 x 18-1/4 in. [handling creases with some bent corners, portfolio with one bent corner]; matching gilt silver frames, some toning, handling creases, one with large diagonal crease, light foxing and fading, hinged in with archival tape; frames with abrasions. Provenance: The Estate of the late John and Martha Daniels, Camden, South Carolina

Condition

some toning, handling creases, one with large diagonal crease, light foxing and fading, hinged in with archival tape; frames with abrasions