Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) 1776-1876 Centennial Memorial. In Congress, July 4, 1776. Engraved broadside on rice paper, 19 1/2 x 15 inches; folds, faint mat toning, minimal wear. New York: James D. McBride / Columbian Publishing Company, 1874

Additional Details

This facsimile presentation follows the Stone engraving, but with the signatures rearranged to accommodate advertising in the lower right corner. Various advertisers took advantage of the opportunity; this copy is "presented by Hoyt & Teale, Brooklyn Clothiers." The facsimile authentication and seal of the Secretary of Interior appear in the lower left. Bidwell 36.