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This page is for collectors of actual original Audubon/Havell edition etchings. Havells are the most sought after of all of Audubon's work. Extremely rare, there were only about 200 of each image ever produced. The value increases year by year, as most of these are found only in museums today. To purchase, please call 908-510-1621 or send us an email. Prints will be shipped in a flat box by UPS Ground. Thank you.
Just added! Audubon Havell Gold-winged Woodpecker. Call or email to make an offer. Audubon Havell Osprey. $90,000. Call for details. Audubon Havell original Chuck-wills Widow. $15,000. Call for details.
Audubon Havell Long-billed Curlew. $125,000.
Original Audubon/Havell Long-billed Curlew Shown here in its protective sleeve, this rare and highly popular print has been beautifully cleaned by the Philadelphia Print Shop and is now offered offered for sale through this website. The colors are exceptional and the print is in excellent condition. Please contact us if you are interested in making an offer on this outstanding John James Audubon original. J WHATMAN watermark, bold colors, ready to frame. Please click the images below for detailed views.
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4: Purple Finch A rather beautiful Hand-colored engraving by W. H. Lizars. Sheet dimensions 37 1/16" X 24 7/16" with the watermark "J. Whatman/ Turkey Mill /1827". Original hand coloring. Sheet backed by Japan Rice paper. Very faint mat burn, a difficult to notice 4" long paper imperfection in the white area within the plate mark (see detail Pic), some foxing along the top edge, and two hinge tapes verso top edge. These are easily treated by a conservationist. Audubon painted these colorful birds perched on a Tamarack Tree near the Great Lakes area around 1824 (Low). Price: $3275. |
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Plate 51: Red-tailed
Hawk (For NYC dwellers - Pale Male) Dimensions 26 x 36 inches with the entire watermark visible - J WHATMAN, TURKEY MILL, 1834 Small nicks around edges and two 1 1/2 inch tears, repaired, at top of print. Part and plate number at top is trimmed away. Filled with the drama of life, this print has been fully (and beautifully) restored by the Philadelphia Print Shop, with old backing removed. (Thus, the watermark is now visible) Coloring is outstanding and bold. Similar plate sold for $16,730 plus buyer's premium at Christies in 2004, with dealers now asking 21,000 to 25,000. This print has been in the hands of a Pennsylvania family for many decades. Email us for purchasing options and to make an offer. SOLD
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Plate 49 (XLIX): 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. No Whatman watermark can be seen. However, this print is guaranteed to be an original Audubon Havell Edition print. This print is in overall excellent condition. There is a professionally repaired 1-1/2” tear at the left margin, which does NOT come close to the plate mark. There are 3 tiny scattered fox marks, and a tiny black ink mark near the lower right corner of the plate mark. The coloring is excellent (see close-up photo). $1400.00. Please add $25.00 for packing materials and FLAT fully insured UPS Ground shipping to the U.S. Please email for purchase options.
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Plate 10: Brown Lark :
Dimensions 28 3/8" X 21 1/2" with the "J. Whatman"
watermark (the year 1827 trimmed). Small nicks and tears along the
edges (three one inch tears along the left edge and two on the top edge
- - all well outside the Platemark). Some tears expertly
repaired. All these can be easily covered with matting. The image area
is exceptionally clean with bright original colors on the birds and the
background. Birds collected by Audubon in
1828 in Newfoundland (Low). An early plate, engraved
by W. H. Lizars and printed and colored by Robert Havell. $1,700.
Shipping cost $75
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Plate 85: Yellow Throat
Warbler A beautiful Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell, Jr. Full sheet dimensions 36" X 25 7/16" with the "J. Whatman 1830" watermark. Audubon painted this male bird perched on the branch of a Chinquapin Tree in 1821 at the Oakley Plantation, Louisiana (Low). The entire image area enclosed by the Platemark is in Excellent condition with beautiful original colors (see Pics). A faint unobtrusive five inch flaw in the paper (like a ridge) outside the plate mark, on the left side (see Pic). Outside the plate mark area the following conditions are noted (see Pics): occasional waviness, very faint barely noticeable coloration from previous matting, a light handling crease lower right, and faint stains in lower corner areas. All these are easily matted out (or treated by a conservationist). Price: $4500 SOLD
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119: Yellow-throated Vireo: Aquatint engraving by Robert Havell. Sheet Dimensions 36 5/8" X 24 7/8" with "J . Whatman 1831" watermark. The image area is bright and clean. A faint unobtrusive fox mark in the upper left, to the right side of No.24. Slight browning along the edges. Binding marks along the left edge. The Audubon painting depicts a male bird perched on the branch of an Oak-leaved Hydrangea reaching for the wasp. Painted by Audubon in 1821 at the Oakley Plantation in Louisiana (Low) Price : $4,275. Shipping cost $150
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Plate 174: Olive
sided Flycatcher A beautiful Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching by Robert Havell. Full Sheet Dimensions 38" X 25 1/16" with "J . Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1833" watermark. Normal age toning, some very faint discoloration from previous matting (see Pic), two 1" tears at the top edge and a 1" tear right edge, unobtrusive creases in the middle (see Pics), binding marks left edge, and occasional foxing. They are all easily repaired by an art conservationist. The image with nice details and colors shows the Male and Female birds on a Balsam Fir. Birds collected by Audubon outside Boston in August, 1832 and painted shortly there after (Susanne Low). Shipping cost $150 Price: $3000 
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Plate 189: Snow Bunting Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching by Robert Havell. Sheet Dimensions 25 3/8" X 18 15/16" with "J . Whatman 1834" watermark (note: right half of letter m, letters an, and the bottom 2/3rd of 1834 have been trimmed. The year is below J. Whatman). General age toning, some browning along the four edges with some coloration at the bottom edge, occasional non-obtrusive fox marks, a 1/4" tear along the top edge, some faint coloration verso. Painted by Audubon in Boston in 1833 (Low) SOLD
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Plate 350: Rocky Mountain Plover Aquatint engraving by Robert Havell. Dimensions 38 7/8" X 25 7/8" with "J. Whatman 1836" watermark. A very faint offset outside the image area from the following plate in the bound volume (Cinereous Owl) which further adds to the authentication of this plate as an original. Otherwise Very Good condition with nice colors and beautiful mountain scenery. $2,800 Shipping cost $150
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Plate 370: American Water Ouzel :Aquatint engraving by Robert Havell. Sheet Dimensions 38 15/16" X 25 7/8" with the watermark " J. Whatman 1837". The image area is in Excellent Condition, with a beautiful American West background scenery, and very sharp details and bright colors on the birds and on the forground scenery with the water falls. This plate came from a bound volume, and there is a very very faint offset image of the adjoining plate (Cock of the Plains) barely visible outside the image area of the Water Ouzel (see the Pic). Price : $3,275 Shipping cost $150 SOLD
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Plate 420: Prairie Starling Aquatint engraving by Robert Havell. Dimensions 37 7/8" X 22 7/8" with "J. Whatman 1838" watermark. Excellent condition. Very nice colors on the birds, leaves and the branches. $3,000 Shipping cost $150
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Plate 434: Flycatchers and Vireo: Aquatint engraving by Robert Havell. Dimensions 37 1/8" X 23 1/8" with "J. Whatman Turkey Mill" watermark (note: the year and the lower half of the letters in Turkey Mill trimmed). Engraved and colored by Robert Havell 1838. Small nicks and tears bottom border and upper right edge, extremely light mottled toning of the paper (see Pic) Tiny portions of bottom corner tips missing. The print was deacidified by a conservationist and is in Excellent condition with bright colors. $3,500 Shipping cost $150
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