{"id":27511,"date":"2012-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=27511"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:33:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:33:18","slug":"rare-art-works-by-john-james-audubon-at-auction-on-december-5th-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/rare-art-works-by-john-james-audubon-at-auction-on-december-5th-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Art Works by John James Audubon at Auction on December 5th Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rare collection of 82 original, hand-colored engravings of birds and quadrupeds by John James Audubon will come under the hammer in New York on 5th December 2012. “The Birds of America” was published in London between 1827 and 1838 by Robert Havell.<\/p>\n

Although some items will be purchased by art galleries for public display, most of the items will probably be purchased by private collectors. This may be a once in a lifetime to view such a large collection of original, works of “wildlife” art in one place.<\/p>\n

John James Audubon, Plate 16: Canada Lynx – from Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Hand colored lithographs. Imperial Folio. Published in Philadelphia between 1839 and 1844 by J.T. Bowen. Originally issued in 30 parts, 5 plates per part, in collaboration with his sons, Victor Gifford and John Woodhouse Audubon. Approximately 27″ x 21″ with full margins. RESERVE (Lot 64)<\/p>\n

To view the slideshow please click on any of the images. See foot of the page for more information about the auction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 16 – Canada Lynx<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 4: Purple Finch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 25: Song Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 164: Tawny Thrush<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 195: Ruby Crowned Wren<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 157: Rusty Grackle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 263: Pigmy Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 233: Sora or Rail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 108: Fox-Colored Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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John James Audubon, Plate 334: Black Bellied Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The auction is being managed by Guernsey’s, an auction house with a reputation for the presentation of extraordinary properties. From the largest auction in history (the contents of the ocean liner S.S. United States) to vintage racing cars on to pre-Castro Cuban cigars and the $3 million McGwire baseball, Guernsey’s has few rivals when it comes to the presentation of wildly diverse art and artifacts.<\/p>\n

The auction will take place at The Arader Galleries, 1016 Madison Avenue (78th Street), New York, NY 10021 on 10:00 AM PT – Dec 5th, 2012 and can be followed live through Live Auctioneers on the link Color Plate Books, Rare Maps, Natural History.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A rare collection of 82 original, hand-colored engravings of birds and quadrupeds by John James Audubon will come under the hammer in New York on 5th December 2012. “The Birds of America” was published in London between 1827 and 1838 by Robert Havell. Although some items will be purchased by art galleries for public display, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2192607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/John-James-Audubon-Plate-16-Canada-Lynx.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[2315,1079,2305,2312,2300,2310,2306,614,2313,2308,2309,136,2311,2307,2314],"class_list":["post-27511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-birds-of-america","tag-black-bellied-plover","tag-canada-lynx","tag-fox-colored-sparrow","tag-john-james-audubon","tag-pigmy-curlew","tag-purple-finch","tag-rail","tag-robert-havell","tag-ruby-crowned-wren","tag-rusty-grackle","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sora","tag-tawny-thrush","tag-viviparous-quadrupeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}