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Thread #132069 Message #2984198
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
10-Sep-10 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Book Sale! - Audubon's 'Birds of America'
Subject: RE: BS: Book Sale! - Audubon's "Birds of America"
The Glenbow Museum of Calgary sold one a while back (the 2000 sale?- or was it a private transaction?) in order to purchase material more in line with their specialties.
I think it was a mistake, the set is a drawing card.
The Rare Book Collection at the University of Texas has it; When I was a student there, a page was turned each day. As students we would go and look at the day's 'bird'.
The New York Times is selling reproductions of famous paintings and prints; they offer 3-4 Audubon copies, at a few hundred each- fine reproductions are expensive to print.