Sold for:
$1,304
$1,304
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) The Route to California. Truckee River Sierra-Nevada., 1871 (Conningham, 5225). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Small folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size11 3/4 x 14 7/8 in., in a contemporary birdseye maple veneer frame. Condition: Margins of 1 1/8 in. or more, repaired tears, two into image at c.l., margin repairs, margin stains. Note: This lithograph ranks no. 26 in the "New Best 50," small folio. good color, the well-repaired tears go into image about 1 1/2 in., several areas of reinforcement of paper probably to repair losses on margins
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-02-17
