Auction: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at 1pm

Preview Hours: Now through Friday, May 10th, 2013
Monday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm (1016 Madison Ave. location & 72nd St. location)
Sunday, 11am - 5pm (1016 Madison Ave. location only)

Preview Locations 1: The Arader Galleries
1016 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212)628-7625

Preview Locations 2: The Arader Galleries
29 East 72nd Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10021
(212)628-3668

Auction Location: The Arader Galleries
29 East 72nd Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10021
(212)628-3668

Online Bidding: www.liveauctioneers.com

One hundred and fifty original Havell Edition double elephant folio-sized aquatint engravings, many in pristine condition, from Audubon's Birds in America will be sold along with a stunning collection of Audubon's compelling Quadrupeds in an event celebrating the beauty of nature. Were the Audubons on their own not sufficiently compelling, the auction will also include an assortment of fine, treasured Botanical Prints by Pierre-Joseph Redoute.

Catalogue

The catalogue is $30 postage paid in the U.S.; $60 postage paid internationally. Click here to order your copy.

Online Bidding

Those who are unable to attend the auction but would like to participate can view the full catalogue online, and leave advance absentee bids, as well as bid live as the sale is taking place at www.liveauctioneers.com

Links

Interested bidders should review the Terms & Conditions, as well as the Bidder Agreement form, and the Absentee Bid form.

Following is a small sampling of the significant items to be sold:

John James Audubon (1785-1851) Lot 1 Plate 1 Male Turkey Retail price: $250,000 Estimate: $100,000 - 125,000 Guidance: Guernsey's Auction House, December 5, 2012: $170,800

John James Audubon (1785-1851) Lot 42 Plate 121 Snowy Owl Retail price: $275,000 Estimate: $100,000-150,000 Guidance: The Magnificent Sachsen Meiningen Set, Christie's, June25, 2004: $186,700

John James Audubon (1785-1851) Lot 96 Plate 281 Great White Heron / Great Blue Heron (Framed) Retail price: $190,000 Estimate: $70,000 - 80,000 Guidance: The Magnificent Sachsen Meiningen Set, Christie's, June25, 2004: $101,575

Audubon's Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America Lot 160 Plate 16 Canada Lynx Retail price: $28,000 Estimate: $10,000 - 12,000 Guidance: Guernsey's Auction House, 2011, $26,840

Audubon's Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America Lot 214 Plate 141 American Black Bear Retail price: $22,500 Estimate: $7,000 - 8,000 Guidance: Guernsey's, December 5, 2012: $11,590

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) Lot 218 24: Hoop Petticoat Narcissus Narcissus bulbocodium Vellum size: 14 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches Signed lower left: P. J. Redoute Retail price: $175,000 Estimate: $40,000 - 50,000

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) Lot 220 74: Bracteose Pitcairnea Piticarnia latiforlia (detail) Vellum size: 14 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches Signed lower left: P. J. Redoute Retail price: $135,000 Estimate: $40,000 - 50,000