June Online Auction (Sale #291)
Lot 127:
Description
Book Illustration Plate Assortment
Over (100) items including etchings, copperplate and steel-faced engravings, many Biblical, and a clamshell boxed ‘Original Leaves from Famous English Books’ published by The Folio Society having (8 of 12) typographic specimen leaves in paper mats
Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate
Height: 22 inches, Width: 16 1/4 inches, Depth: 1 1/2 inches (clamshell box)
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear; items disbound from books, most having edge wear; overall moderate wear to clamshell box, contents having mat burn from paper mats; may have edge wear, chips, damaged corners, trimmed margins, creases, short tears, thins, paper toning, foxing, discoloration, water stains or accretions; clamshell box contents counted but not inventoried
Disclaimers: not all items individually inspected for condition; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
Category: Fine Art > Prints
Estimated Sale Time: 12:03 pm CST
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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)
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Last modified: June 9, 2022, 1:09 pm
Condition: Very Good to Fair, overall light to moderate wear; items disbound from books, most having edge wear; overall moderate wear to clamshell box, contents having mat burn from paper mats; may have edge wear, chips, damaged corners, trimmed margins, creases, short tears, thins, paper toning, foxing, discoloration, water stains or accretions; clamshell box contents counted but not inventoried
Dimensions: 22 x 16.25 x 1.5 in
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