Dec 07, 2023 - Sale 2655

Sale 2655 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. Attractive set of six tinted and hand-colored lithographs with touches of gum arabic. 23 3/4x32 1/2 inches each sheet size, wide margins; tastefully cleaned, minor edge repairs. New York, 1854-1866 (but after)

Additional Details

Full-size hand-colored slightly later edition set of Currier's famous Firemen series:

- The Metropolitan System
- The Night Alarm "Start Her Lively Boys"
- The Race "Jump Her Boys, Jump Her"
- The Fire "Now Then With a Will - Shake Her Up Boys!"
- The Ruins "Take Up" - "Man Your Rope"
- The New Era Steam and Muscle