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Rare 1860 original edition of Royal
Octavo Birds and Quadrupeds |
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Havell
Red-tailed Hawk |
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The Snowy Owl set |
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Original Audubon Havells |
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Original Audubon Biens |
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ALIVE AND MOVING! John
James Audubon wrote,
"...nothing,
after all, could ever answer my enthusiastic desires to represent nature,
except to copy her in her own way, alive and moving!"
True to his desire, and unlike
scientific illustrations of his day, Audubon’s compositions were ‘alive and
moving’ in natural settings, and life size as well. However, to this
Audubon adds,
"Merely to say, that each of my illustrations is
of the size of nature, were too vague ... Not only is every object, as a
whole, of the natural size, but also every portion of each object. The
compass aided me in its delineation, regulated and corrected each part, ...
The bill, the feet, the legs, the claws, the very feathers as they project
one beyond another, have been accurately measured."
John James Audubon. Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 |
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Detailed at right
is plate 111, the Pileated Woodpecker, an absolutely stunning print
that exemplifies Audubon's dramatic style of composing birds in
realistic and lifelike situations. Many say that this is one of
Princeton's finest re-creations, and the finest document of Audubon's
original, which we purchased and utilized in our unique re-creation
process. This print will soon be sold out. $500
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Welcome! We invite you to invest in
the past with the historically accurate, absolutely precise, limited edition
re-creations of John James Audubon's antique Birds of America, 1827-1838.
Princetons are unique,
being the world's only
direct-camera double elephant facsimile re-creations.
Their production required the purchase of actual originals. Please note that
Princetons are true
lithograph fine art prints. They are neither glossy posters nor
today's increasingly common giclee print on demand computer print-outs which
lose their value as each new edition arrives on the scene. Princetons
were produced by the late David
Johnson, a collector of superb Audubon
originals who also founded the days paramount printing company in the
country - Princeton Polychrome
Press. This company, now sold,
achieved an enviable nationwide reputation by
reproducing fine art prints for the National Gallery of Art, National
Portrait Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Detroit Institute of
Arts. The finest reproductions of Picasso and Andrew Wythe that you
occasionally see on the market today were produced by Princeton. At
the zenith of his career and using exceptional artistic resources, David
Johnson re-created the actual originals from his world renowned personal
collection. Using the direct-camera technique that he pioneered,
along with oversized Kodak film with its infinite retention of detail, he
produced these award winning one-of-a-kind re-creations.
More than
just a fine work of art,
award-winning Princetons
are the world's only
direct-camera Audubon facsimiles.
Princetons are
viewed the finest of all Audubon prints.
You may purchase these
stunning works
right here from this website.
We have also authorized sales from the New-York Historical Society, from
the Audubon Gallery in Key West, from minniesland.com, from rare-prints.com,
and from the
New York Times.
We
guarantee your satisfaction. Limited
edition Princetons are expensive, as we purchased the actual originals in
order to re-create them.
Chris Lane,
owner of Philadelphia Print Shop and guest appraiser on PBS
Antiques Roadshow
wrote, "Of all the Audubon reproductions, Princetons come the closest
in appearance and quality to the originals." Audubon print expert
Ron Flynn
states, "The colors are bright, fresh and natural looking, and the
amount of detail seen in the images is extraordinary.
Princeton Audubons stand above
all other modern offset facsimile reproductions"
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Coming soon!
Audubon Havell
original Long-billed Curlew
S hown
here in its protective sleeve, this rare and highly popular print
has been beautifully cleaned by the Philadelphia Print Shop and will
soon be offered for sale through this website. The colors are
exceptional and the print is in excellent condition. Arader
Galleries recently sold the same image after asking $175,000.
Please
contact us if you are interested in
making an offer on this outstanding John James Audubon original.
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Special Offers from Princeton Audubon Limited
Special
offer: Purchase
any four different Princeton double elephants for $1,600.
Use this link
and enter your four choices in the message box at checkout. Thank you
for your interest in our prints.
Special offer:
Purchase any two
Princeton Double Elephants (Not including the White Pelican)
for $850.
Use this link
and enter your two choices in the message box at checkout.
Special
offer: Purchase
any two Essex prints for $250.
Use this link
and enter your two choices in the message box at checkout. Thank you
for your interest in our prints.
Special
offer:
Audubon's Ten Best. Carolina Parrot, Red-shouldered Hawk,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Pinnated Grous, Snowy
Owl, Snowy Heron, Purple Heron, American Flamingo, and the American
White Pelican. $4,000.
Use this link.
         
Special offer:
The Carolina Collection. The Carolina Parrot, the Carolina
Turtledove, and the Great Carolina Wren. $850.
Use this link
Special offer:
The Pigeons Are
Beautiful Too Collection. The outstanding Band-tailed Pigeon
and the incomparable White-headed Pigeon. $750
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Special offer:
The
Snowy Owl Set. Our Double Elephant Snowy Owl and the watercolor
study. More info... $500.
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Special offer:
The Warbler Collection.
The Blue-Yellow-backed Warbler, The Black & Yellow Warbler, Vigors's
Warbler (Can you pronounce Vigors's?) $450
Use this link
Purchase
entire folio of 36 Double Elephants for $12,400
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to cart
Purchase
entire set 4 Essex Edition prints for $500
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Purchase
entire set of 12 Quadrupeds for $3400
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Purchase
entire set of 7 Watercolor reproductions for
$300
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Pelican
Watch:449 sold from an
edition of 500.
View
entire Pelican print The Princeton Audubon White Pelican, soon to be sold
out, is said to be the finest Audubon facsimile ever produced, and sales
have reached 449. Click on the image at right to get an idea of
the detail in the print. Click the link above to view the entire print.
Presently priced at $750, the price will be increased as the edition
limit nears. This spectacular full-size print measures an astounding 26
1/4 x 39 1/4 inches on 100# 100% rag paper! Frame it, hang it, and
it will command the attention of your guests! As with all
Princeton prints, we recommend conservation or archival framing.
(INVESTORS: Upon release, this print was priced at $120)
Observations of experts
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Exceptional fine art!
"The
Princeton Collection reproductions of Audubon's birds offer an incredible
value. The quality of color, definition and paper are fantastic and far
beyond expectations."-
Rare-Prints.com owner Ben Frishman
Definition is
sharpness and contrast between contiguous parts of the artwork. The reason
Princeton facsimile definition is far beyond expectation is our unique
capture process. The actual originals were purchased and carefully
photographed by a huge, wall-mounted camera using film the same size as the
print! This is a one to one capture of detail, the absolute highest
standard. (Amsterdams and Abbevilles are actually not reproductions of
originals, but reproductions of small photographs of originals. Modern
ink-jet or Giclee editions are products of PhotoShop.) Then this highly
detailed image was transferred to the mechanical printing plates, and
finally pressed into archival-quality paper. Furthermore, we printed on a
300 line, meaning 300 tiny dots of ink would fit along a one inch line. No
other Audubon facsimiles have ever been produced using this method.
Above left is a small detail from plate 311, The American
White Pelican, Princeton Audubon Edition, $750
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GOT ORIGINALS?
You found an Audubon print in
Grandma's attic, but you don't know if its an original or a
reproduction? Here is all you need to know ... |
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Audubon 101 - A Print Primer |
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What's a 'Double Elephant'? |
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Identify Audubon Originals |
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Common reproduction
editions |
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Above: The Great
Blue Heron and The Hooping Crane, $150. are examples from our reduced
size New-York Historical Society Essex prints. |
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"Princeton has faithfully reproduced the
N-YHS original engravings in a collector's edition of stunning quality
and brilliant color."
Louise Mirrer, Director of
the New-York Historical Society
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Above: The popular
Brown Pelican and the graceful Columbia Jay, two of our double
elephant exact facsimiles. |
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Audubon author and print collector
Bill Steiner
calls Princeton Audubon double elephants,
“Simply
the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made.” |
ANTIQUES
ROADSHOW appraiser Chris Lane - "...of all the full-size
facsimiles of Audubon's prints, those from Princeton Audubon Ltd. come the
closest in appearance and quality to the originals. Combining this with
their very reasonable cost make the Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for
those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history
images ever produced!"
ORIGINAL AUDUBON PRINTS
(Coming soon: Havell Long-billed
Curlew, Havell Gold-winged Woodpecker, Havell Gadwall Duck)
A rare offer: V.
G. Audubon 1860 complete original Octavo birds and quadrupeds 10 volume
set. $80,000.
Only once in a generation does an offer
like this present itself. From the 1840's through the 1870's Audubon and
his family released the Octavo Birds and Quadrupeds. No one knows how many
were produced in total, however, the set produced in 1860 is exceedingly
rare in that it contains all 500 bird and 155 mammal images. Set is in very
good condition. More
info
Above: Original Audubon
Havell plate 51 Red-tailed Hawk, better know as "Pale Male" to dwellers of
New York City.
Details
Think outside the nest with
this Original 1st Edition Audubon Octavo Grey Fox $1150
The first edition-
the most sought after by collectors of the Royal Octavo
miniatures- was published in
1849.
Details
Own a
piece of American history! Blue-green Warbler. Original Havell
Edition hand-colored copper-plate engraving with etching and aquatint. This
print has been moderately trimmed to a dimension
of about 18-1/2” X 26”. The deep prominent plate mark (image matrix) is
entirely intact and measures about 12-1/4” X 19-1/4”. There are wide margins
around the plate mark for easy framing.Details
Original Audubon! Plate 153, The
Yellow-crown Warbler. Shown above is just a small detail of the plate which
is being offered by The Indiana Audubon Society. Colors are strong and
plate mark and Whatman watermark are visible. This is your chance to own a
rare piece of American history. $3,500.
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The historically accurate
Princeton Audubon double elephant prints are more than mere reproductions.
They are in fact the world’s only direct-camera, first-generation Audubon
re-creations. ‘Direct-camera’ refers to the process utilized to first
capture images of the original art. Princeton Audubon Limited actually
purchased the antique originals, brought them into its printing plant, and
directly transferred the huge original image onto special Kodak film that
was the same size as the artwork. This one to one capture,
with no reduction or enlargement, retains the striking detail and
amazing color of Audubon’s originals. Being just one step
away
from the originals, they are properly termed first-generation
re-creations. Audubon author and print collector Bill Steiner calls
Princetons,
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DRAWN FROM NATURE. Audubon prints are unique, as they were the first bird illustrations
made available to the public that were drawn in realistic settings, or
as is engraved into the lower left of each copperplate, "Drawn from
Nature." Audubon himself put it this way... "Having studied drawing for a short
while in my youth under good masters, I felt a great desire to make
choice of a style more particularly adapted to the imitation of feathers
than the drawings in water colours that I had been in the habit of
seeing, and moreover, to complete a collection not only valuable to the
scientific class, but pleasing to every person, by adopting a different
course of representation from the mere profile-like cut figures, given
usually in works of that kind." John James Audubon Audubon dramatically accomplished this goal
through sheer strength of character. Often these images reflected the
drama of life as well. Thus, Audubon prints are not mere
illustrations, but dramatic art that speaks to you through the ages. It is
indeed, art from calmer times. Audubon himself usually
composed the birds in the wild, while he used a number of
talented assistants to later add the background and flora. The
Pinnated Grous is an exception, as Audubon composed all three elements.
Here is a historic facsimile of the Pinnated
Grous. Contributing to the appeal of Audubon prints is
their life size aspect. For example, when you purchase a double elephant
facsimile of the
American Flamingo, the bird is
the same size as in life. (Interestingly, the actual American
Flamingo which was the subject of this composition was obtained from the
shores of Cuba.) But regarding the life-size aspect, Audubon adds... "Merely to say, that
each of my illustrations is of the size of nature, were too vague ...
Not only is every object, as a whole, of the natural size, but also
every portion of each object. The compass aided me in its delineation,
regulated and corrected each part, ... The bill, the feet, the legs, the
claws, the very feathers as they project one beyond another, have been
accurately measured." John James Audubon. Ornithological Biography,
Volume 1 Therefore, the prints of John James Audubon are something more
than simple illustrations, and their appeal transcends art and time.
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"Princeton has faithfully reproduced the N-YHS
original engravings in a collector's edition of stunning quality and
brilliant color."
Louise Mirrer, Director of the New-York Historical Society
We
have also begun releasing our newest Audubon edition, the extremely
high-quality Princeton Essex Elephant Edition. This is an edition for
serious collectors of Audubon prints, and for collectors of fine art.
Reduced in size to an average 63% of the originals, these approximate the
size Audubon used for his Imperial Quadrupeds on elephant sized paper. The
paper is coated Essex 110#, an absolutely beautiful paper to the sight and
touch. Being coated, the ink 'stands up' resulting in stunning color and
brightness.
Above left
is the Louisiana Heron, and below is the Roseate Spoonbill. Both
measure 19 x 23 inches on absolutely exquisite Essex paper, which is
produced in America's oldest continuously operated paper mill in New
Hampshire. We had these printed at the internationally recognized
Toppan Printing Company. This is the same company which produced the
Abbeville series back in 1985.
Both sell
for $150.
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But just
as Audubon felt that describing his prints simply as the 'size of
nature' was too vague, so also Princetons are more than just facsimiles.
Why? Our purchase of the finest originals, the use of the
direct-camera process, the choice and development of special inks, the
finest paper available, and the skill of master printers, makes this the
finest Audubon series ever produced. It 'eclipses' all others. After
all, these were printed by not only a master printer, but by one of the
world's foremost Audubon print collectors. It only stands to reason that
the Princeton Audubon Collection is also unique. So whether you purchase these prints as investments
or for their exquisite beauty, you can be certain that you have the finest
value in Audubon prints.
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Original Octavo Birds
We have
a fine selection of popular and hard to find examples of
Audubon's 'Miniatures' - the Octavos. These measure
about 7 x 10 inches. On many, such as the
Yellow-crowned Night Heron shown here which sells for
$1,800, you still see the original binding holes. This heron
is a first edition, the most sought-after grouping of
Audubon's octavo prints.
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NEWS: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill adds Princeton Audubon Prints to its collection.
UNC, through its fine Wilson Library, has recently acquired a full
collection of Princeton prints. There are many museums and
institutions that hold Princetons, since Princetons are far beyond mere
reproductions. These are living, historic documents in that they
are absolutely exact re-creations of actual Audubon originals.
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