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[5] Arader has brought a similar acumen to the sale of natural history prints, books, and watercolors, and he is the largest dealer of John James Audubon's highly prized double-elephant folio prints from The Birds of America. In 1981, he introduced the Arader Grading System to determine the value and significance of rare maps, prints, and books.
Kovels' Book of Antique Labels (1982) Kovels' Collectors' Source Book (1983) Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks: Pottery and Porcelain, 1850-Present (1985) Kovels' Advertising Collectibles Price List (1986, 2005) Kovels' Guide to Selling Your Antiques & Collectibles (1987, 1990) Kovels' American Silver Marks, 1650 to the Present (1989) Kovels ...
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
On "Antiques Roadshow," a very special map and signed photograph of General Robert E. Lee turned out to be worth a big chunk of change. The appraiser said, "I think as a set, in a retail situation ...
Map color meaning of the color Bold blue NATO Medium blue Other allies of the U.S. Bold red Warsaw Pact Medium red Socialist countries aligned with the U.S.S.R. Light red Other allies of the U.S.S.R. Yellow Maoist nations Light blue Non-aligned nations Blue crossmarks Anti-communist guerrillas Red crossmarks Communist guerrillas Green crossmarks
Between them, they developed a style which lasted until the 1990s. [1] The first edition sold for 75 pence, but by the early 1980s the price had increased to £1.50. The format was a tall thin book which had the canal running top to bottom of each page, with the location north being adjusted to suit this format.
The Fool's Cap Map of the World is an artistic presentation of a world map created by an unknown artist sometime between 1580 and 1590 CE. The engraving takes the form of a court jester with the face replaced by cordiform (heart-shaped or leaf-shaped) world map based on the designs of cartographers such as Oronce Finé , Gerardus Mercator , and ...
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