Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 353

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. Together a set of six tinted and hand-colored lithographs with traces of gum arabic. 23 3/4x32 1/2 inches each sheet size, wide margins; tastefully cleaned, minor edge repairs. New York, 1854-1866 (but later)

Additional Details

Full-size hand-colored 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.