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There were five different original Audubon publications between 1826-1871. Most of
these publications had only one edition but one had four editions and another up to
eight editions. !ach original Audubon publication was printed on a specific si"ed
sheet of paper with the i#age either hori"ontally or vertically oriented. $irtually all
original Audubon bird and ani#al i#ages were tri##ed slightly and bound into a
boo% volu#e as a boo%plate. &riginal Audubons were sold by subscription and thesubscriber generally had the# bound into boo% volu#es. 'owever for each original
Audubon publication there e(ist a few e(a#ples that were never bound into boo%
volu#es and will be slightly larger than the specific paper si"es listed later in this
article. )or all original Audubon publications and all their editions there are an
esti#ated *.+ #illion original Audubon plates,prints in e(istence. They are called
boo%plates while still bound into boo% volu#es and referred to as prints when
re#oved fro# their original boo% volu#es. $ery #any of the original Audubons
re#ain in their original bound boo% volu#e for# and are owned by libraries
#useu#s institutions and private collectors.
There are fewer than ten li#ited edition publications of high /uality Audubonfacsi#ile reproduction prints that have been issued and several are not yet sold out
of the original full si"ed 0.!.). 0ouble !lephant )olio 26-1,2 ( *-1,2 3,-Birds
of Americaprints since the 1*4s. These all have so#e #onetary worth to collectors
and have #ar%et values of fro# less than 5144 to several thousand dollars per print.
lease read #y article aboutModern Audubon D.E.F. Editions on this website. The
total nu#ber of these li#ited edition prints that have been produced is around
+44444.
)inally there are an esti#ated 24-2 #illion cheap low /uality Audubon
reproduction prints that have been produced since the 1*4s and A have little or
no #ar%et value. There is virtually no de#and for these ine(pensive reproductionsand no Audubon dealers sell the#. More and #ore are produced each year and
as%ing prices are ridiculously high. 9ou can usually find scores of these cheap
reproductions listed on e:ay for various prices to un%nowing or unsuspecting
buyers. Many are offered fra#ed and their value generally is what the used fra#e
is worth. :eginning in the 1*4s several different editions of Birds of Americawere
produced. These picture boo%s had illustrations of the original Audubon prints but
were produced by #odern color offset lithography. eople ta%e these boo%s apart
and atte#pt to sell the pictures fro# these boo%s. :eginning in the 1+4s ban%s and
insurance co#panies particularly ;orthwestern Mutual ife printed #illions of
cheap reproductions and gave the# away to their custo#ers. &ther co#panies and
even the Audubon
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