Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.) The Mining Business in Four Pictures. Lithographed letter sheet, 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor edge wear, inked number in upper right corner. San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]

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Four vignettes: "Going In To It" "Making Something" "Making Nothing" "Going Out of It." The miners don't look nearly as healthy or well-fed at the conclusion of their adventures. Peters, California on Stone, page 76 and plate 34 (showing a later printing by Britton & Rey).