Fraktur and Related Works on Paper: The Pioneer Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley
Fri, Oct 8, 2004 09:00AM EDT
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Lot 89
Bucks or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania small fra
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for
$40,250
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Bucks or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania small fraktur bookmark, ca. 1800, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper drawing of a pelican feeding her 3 young, each with red heads, and red and yellow feathers, the mother perched on a branch, the young in a green nest, over a lower cartouche with script all within a red, yellow, and green striped border with blocked corners, 4" x 2 1/2". Provenance: Levi Yoder Collection. Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 51. For a nearly identical example, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plate 150.
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