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January Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Jan 27, 2018 09:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 848

George Catlin

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$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
(Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 1796-1872) 12 impressions from Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America...: Geo. Catlin, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London; printed by C. and J. Adlard, 1844, with binding, title page and remnants of text (see condition report for full list of impressions), hand-colored lithographs with some gum arabic, 23 x 17 in.

Condition

Binding [losses wear, separated at spine, losses to more fabric and leather]; Title page [losses, tears, foxing];No. 3, Wild Horses, At Play [foxing more pronounced, losses to lower right corner, right edge, upper left and upper right, water stains]; No.6, Buffalo Hunt, Chase [foxing, loss to lower right and loss and tear to lower right corner, creases to upper right]; No. 8, Buffalo Dance, [foxing more pronounced, loss to lower right corner, water stain]; No.9, Buffalo Hunt, Surround [light foxing with loss to lower right corner]; No. 10, Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attaking a Buffalo Bull [light foxing with loss to lower right corner]; No. 11 Buffalo Hunt, Approaching a Ravine [foxing more pronounced, loss to lower right corner]; No. 12, Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back [loss to lower right corner, light stains]; No. 14, The Snow-Shoe Dance [losses to bottom corners, water stains, foxing]; No. 17, Dying Buffalo Bull, In Snow Drift [foxing, tiny loss lower left]; No. 22, Ball-Play Dance [small loss to lower right corner, small tear at binding edge]; No. 23, Ball Play [small losses, waterstain]; No. 24, Archery of the Mandans [water stains, light foxing, tear with loss at binding edge]; remnants of text partial with losses tears, toning, foxing

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