Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 422
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SCULPTURE.) Group of 7 later reproductions of Volk's Lincolns. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, circa 1909-2009 and undated

Additional Details

Caproni casting of the 1860 Volk life mask, with metal tag set into inner cast. Boston, circa 1909 Bronzart Foundry bronze casting of the life mask, detachable from a marble base. #14 of 750, presented to Holzer by the Civil War Roundtable as a Special Barondess/Lincoln Bicentennial Prize. Sarasota, FL, circa 2009 An unsigned and undated modern plaster reproduction with metal mounting bracket on verso "Replica Life Mask Cast of Abraham Lincoln" and matching "Replica Life Hand Cast of Abraham Lincoln," Hinsdale, IL: American Treasures Foundation, circa 2000 Plaster replica of Volk's bust of Lincoln, finished in black on a marble base, 12 3/4 inches tall Another plaster replica of Volk's bust of Lincoln with bronze finish, 17 1/2 inches tall.