Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 387

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(NEW YORK CITY.) Nelmes, Henry E.; artist. Presentation volume from the New York City Fire Department. 6 leaves of calligraphy with watercolor and silver embellishments, each matted in heavy board. Oblong 4to, 8 1/2 x 12 inches, in original full morocco binding stamped "To Percy G. Williams" in gilt, worn and lacking backstrip; contents bright and clean. New York, 1903

Additional Details

The recipient, vaudeville manager Percy Williams (1857-1923), had put on a benefit event for the department's Widows and Orphans Fund in the wake of a series of fires.