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United States Revenues and Federal Hunting Permits continued...

Hunting Permit Prints (RW12-RW20)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2072   ImageShoveller Ducks in Flight, Artist Hand Watercolor (RW12). Hand watercolor executed by the artist and signed O.J. Gromme '45 in pencil, image area 178 x 126mm on 280 x 228mm paper, pencil notations at far bottom

EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE HAND WATERCOLOR COPY OF THE ORIGINAL SKETCH BY OWEN J. GROMME FOR THE 1945 FEDERAL DUCK STAMP ISSUE.

This is an exceptional original artwork and even more desirable executed by the artist in the same year that his stamp was current. It is accompanied by an original letter from the artist, Owen J. Gromme, dated June 21, 1946, stating in part "Dear Captain Grigsby, I went right to work on your copy made from the original sketch used for the water color of three shoveler ducks which are reproduced on the 1945-46 Federal duck stamp...It is ready for you at any time convenient to call." Also accompanied by a Jul. 1945 letter from the F.H. Bresler Fine Arts Co. discussing a tirade by the artist when he discovered that the word "Copy" had been removed.

The rare 1945 Gromme print is priced in Stearns and Fink at $7,000.00 (for an edition of 250). We do not know how many hand executed watercolors were produced by Gromme in 1945, but suffice it to say that it was vastly fewer than the prints (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2073   ImageShoveller Ducks in Flight (RW12). Print, signed Owen J. Gromme in pencil with "Federal Duck Stamp Design 1945" in pencil at bottom left and "146" print no. at far bottom left, image area 178 x 128mm on "FRANCE" watermarked paper measuring 253 x 200mm, printed "Copyright 1945 by The F.H. Bresler Co., Milwaukee" at top left

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1945 FEDERAL DUCK STAMP PRINT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN THIS PRISTINE UNFRAMED FULL SIZE.

The Stearns and Fink album notes that this print is "possibly" numbered but that the numbering could be cut away or covered. This full size example with "146" (of 250) proves that they were numbered. This is noted by Stearns and Fink as the second most difficult print to obtain and this example is undoubtedly one of the finest extant. Mr. Webster was a close friend of Owen Gromme and it is fitting that he possessed such a choice example of his print.

Stearns and Fink value $7,000.00. (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2074   ImageRedhead Ducks, First, Second and Second Remarqued Editions (RW13). Three lithographs, each signed Bob Hines in pencil at bottom, First edition on a cream colored paper and full size with large margins outside the design, Second editions on much brighter white paper and also both full size, First no. 43/385, the remarqued Second edition with illustration of a duck at bottom left, no. 53/385, Extremely Fine trio, Stearns and Fink combined value $2,850.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
2075   ImageSnow Geese (RW14). Print, signed Jack Murray 1947 in pencil with "From Beyond the North Wind" in pencil at bottom left, image area 290 x 205mm, paper size 428 x 333mm (scan slightly cropped), pencil notations at bottom, Extremely Fine full size example, scarce with only 300 issued and no further editions printed, Stearns and Fink value $2,700.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
2076   ImageBuffleheads in Flight, First and Second Editions (RW15). Lithographs, both signed Maynard Reece in pencil with "Duck Stamp Design - 1948" in pencil at bottom left, First edition image area 234 x 171mm, paper size 306 x 235mm cut slightly at an angle at top, Second edition with distinct design differences in the background, approx. same image size on larger 346 x 245mm paper, Very Fine and scarce with only 200 and 150 printed respectively, combined Stearns and Fink value $3,300.00 (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2077   ImageGoldeneye Ducks (RW16). Lithograph, signed Rog. E. Preuss in pencil at bottom right, with "American Goldeneye" in pencil at bottom left, image size 232 x 170mm on full size 368 x 305mm paper, pencil size notations at far bottom, Extremely Fine and rare, this First edition included only 250 examples, accompanied by 40th anniversary print of this design also signed by the artist (no. 198/395), Stearns and Fink value $3,600.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2078   ImageTrumpeter Swans in Flight, First Edition (RW17). Print, signed Walter A. Weber at bottom right with "Duck Stamp Design - 1950" at bottom left, both in pen, design size 178 x 127mm on 256 x 201mm paper, printed "Copyright 1950 Walter A. Weber" at top left, fresh and Extremely Fine, while this was reportedly printed in a quantity of 500, only approx. 250 were signed and the balance was lost, Stearns and Fink value $1,900.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2079   ImageGadwall Ducks, First Edition (RW18). Lithograph, signed Maynard Reece in pencil with "Duck Stamp Design - 1951 - 1st Edition" at bottom left, design size 232 x 170mm on 312 x 250mm paper, pristine in every respect, Extremely Fine, only 250 of the First edition were printed, Stearns and Fink Value $2,000.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2080   ImageHarlequin Ducks, First Edition (RW19). Lithograph, signed John H. Dick in pen at bottom right and "Duck Stamp Design 1952" at bottom left, image size 238 x 182mm on 348 x 304mm paper, Extremely Fine and rare, it is not known with certainty how many of the First edition were printed (the artist estimated only 250) but we have encountered only other, which has significant toning on back, Stearns and Fink value $2,700.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2081   ImageBlue-Winged Teal, First Edition (RW20). Lithograph, signed Clayton Seagears in pen at bottom right, with "Early Express (B.W. teal)" in pen at bottom left, design size 245 x 172mm on 316 x 253mm paper, top edge evenly thinned from (not visible from front), Very Fine and rare, it is not known with certainty how many of the First edition were printed (possibly only 250) but we have not encountered another, Stearns and Fink value $2,200.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

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