Audubon Bien Edition Price Guide

Audubon Bien Edition Price GuideThis book contains a complete Price Guide for the 1858 1860 Bien Edition of John James Audubons Birds of America publication. The Audubons published and sold (by subscription) 150 different images on 105 double elephant folio sized plates. Each plate was an ink printed chromolithograph, with some hand coloring applied. In this book, you will find important information and new research explaining the Bien Edition. Topics include: A Hybrid Edition, Full

This book contains a complete Price Guide for the 1858-1860 Bien Edition of John James AudubonÕs Birds of America publication. The Audubons published and sold (by subscription) 150 different images on 105 double elephant folio sized plates. Each plate was an ink printed chromolithograph, with some hand coloring applied. In this book, you will find important information and new research explaining the Bien Edition. Topics include: A Hybrid Edition, Full Sheets and Half Sheets, Factors Affecting Market Value, Print Coloring, and The Bien Edition Paper. A unique 4 page Index Table to the Bien Edition is included, with all printing error notations. Two separate tables are included giving dealer retail price ranges for all FULL SHEET prints and all HALF SHEET prints in this edition. There are two other useful chapters in this book: Is Your Audubon Print An Original?, and Recommended Audubon Print Dealers. Available as a professionally bound softcover book, or as an Internet Adobe PDF download. 40 numbered pages.