Ripley Auctions: Spring Estate Art and Antiques

M. C. Escher 1968 autograph signed aerogramme letter near the end of his life; Dutch graphic artist (1898-1972) made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.

William Henry Jackson original framed albumen photograph Yellowstone Series, 1871, Hayden Survey, "Jose and Joe Clark, Hunters of U.S.G.S , Dept. of Interior, U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories.

Eight William Henry Jackson cabinet cards & albumen prints, Ca 19th Century: gold mining "Gold at Cripple Creek," railroad scenes including West End Totec Tunnel, 1854 The Loop near Georgetown

Three slave documents: 1815 court inquest for slave who is said to have murdered a man and two 1847 Texas registry pages: bond of $1,700 in slave ownership dispute and dispute of ownership with names and values of slaves.

Large group of Pre- and Civil War era letters & documents:

Meiji period Samurai battle scene Japanese color woodblock triptych, war theme with horses.

The Rag Gatherers, 1858

Eight William H. Jackson albumen photos and cards, Ca 19th Century: large photo of Lake Tahoe, Cheyenne Falls, Major Dome Glen Eyrie, Palmer Lake, The Devil's Slide,

Folio, 'Pitture a fresco del Campo Santo di Pisa,' with 36 engravings,

LARGE SCALE Black-Winged Hawk, Falco Dispar, Male & Female

American Continental four dollar currency, May 10, No. 6736

William Henry Jackson large albumen original photograph, Teton Range- South, 1871, dept. of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F. V. Hayden,

Vintage Hollywood, California pharmacy, automobile, Highlander Motel, hand painted travel advertising sign ca.1930's; Lee Drugs, A.N. Russell 76 service station, Highland Ave. Hollywood Blvd., Ca.

Three vintage risque female nude photogravure prints, pair with reclining masked figures, and one standing figure ca. early 20th Century in matching frames.

The Three Graces series of 3 framed female nude risque photography prints ca. early 20th Century.

Geological 1872 multicolored lithograph Map of the United States compiled for the 9th Census by C. H. Hitchcock and W. P. Blake, scale of 1:5,000,000.

James L. Vlasaty lithograph of Seneca Chief Red Jacket wearing his George Washington Peace Medal and circa 1860s copy of the medal, includes article about Indian Peace Medals.

Fourteen William Henry Jackson albumen stereoscope 19th Century cards: Manitou and Pikes Peak, Boulder Canon, Perry Park and Views of the Colorado Series, with rail road and figures in view.

Six early William Henry Jackson, 19th Century, albumen photo and stereoscope cards: two stamped with Jackson Bros., Photographers, Omaha, also Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone.

Two winter scenic prints, pencil signed; Gordon Grant, Gloucester lithograph, and Kerr Eby, Canadian coast etching.

Two Japanese artworks; Kunisada color woodblock print and a floral watercolor on paper dated 1903.

Rites, religious theme aquatint and etching

Framed 3pc group: J.P. Sebah albumen print of Esneh Temple, 1880s; Ernest Roth 1907 etching The Buttress Ponte Vecchio, Florence and F. Albertoli, Milano, Antonio Bossi Editoire "Tempio De Glove" etching.

Two lithograph prints after Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec; limited edition Circus Scene, and portrait of Oscar Wilde.

Two framed 17th / 18th Century? manuscript large scale book pages; Latin and German with hand colored scene of a fortified town settlement with moat.