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Bid on Important Copy of US Declaration of Independence, William J. Stone, Engraver for sale at auction by Brunk Auctions 1168 on 18th November In Congress, July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence William Stone/Peter Force Facsimile, 1833 (SOLD)The United States emerged from the War of 1812 truly independent. The country had survived its second conflict with Great Britain, and the Louisiana Purchase had doubled the size of the nation. Tested in war and peace, America was on the verge of enormous physical, political, and economic expansion. It was a time of On July 21, 1833, the original engraver, William J. Stone, invoiced Force for 4,000 copies of the Declaration. After mounting expenses and increasing delays in producing Series 4, by 1843, when Force received Congressional re-authorization, he had scaled back his subscription plan to 500 set. To auction, buy, consign or sell your William Stone Declaration of Independence for at least $400,000 and receive the highest price realized in the industry, please contact Nate D. Sanders at (310) 440-2982 or email him at Nate@NateDSanders.com. A fine copy of Peter Force's 1833 printing of the Declaration of Independence, from W.J. Stone's 1823 plate. In 1823, with the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching, Congress commissioned Stone to produce a high-quality, actual-size replica of the original engrossed Declaration. About 1820, Adams commissioned Washington engraver William Stone to produce a facsimile of the Declaration text and signatures. Stone completed engraving the copperplate in June 1823 and sold it to the State Department, which had 200 copies printed on parchment. In 1820, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams had commissioned William J. Stone of Washington to engrave an exact copy of the original Declaration of Independence onto a copperplate, a process which took three years to complete. John Quincy Adams commissioned William J. Stone to engrave an official facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia—Freeman’s is pleased to announce the sale of a signer’s rediscovered copy of William J. Stone’s 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence. William J. Stone’s Declaration was engraved on copperplate and printed on vellum, a parchment made from calfskin. The print is as close to an exact copy of the original manuscript as was humanly possible at that time. An 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence sold for $4.42 million at Freeman's Auction in Philadelphia. The print is one of 201 copies produced by engraver William J. Stone and was Our sister auction house, Freeman’s, was pleased to offer a signer’s copy of William J. Stone’s 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence rediscovered in Scotland by Lyon & Turnbull. Freeman’s is thrilled to announce the results of its July 1 single-lot auction, This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll’s Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which achieved a historic $4.42M sale price; exceeding by a remarkable five times its pre-sale high estimate of $800,000. In 1820, John Quincy Adams, then secretary of state and a future President, commissioned a young printer, William J. Stone, to make a full-size facsimile copperplate engraving of the Declaration of Independence. At the time, the Declaration, signed by 56 individuals (including Adams's own father) from all 13 colonies, was showing signs of age. The William J. Stone facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, printed on parchment, with Stone's imprint. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, upon discovering the fragility of the original Declaration of Independence in 1820, ordered this exact facsimile to be produced. see Kaller, 'America's National Treasure: The Declaration of Independence & William J. Stone's Official Facsimile' (2014) Engraved folio broadside on rice paper (30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.; 765 x 638 mm); lightly creased from previous folding, faintest offsetting. Float-matted, framed, and glazed. With the approval of Congress, Adams commissioned William J. Stone to engrave a facsimile—an exact copy—on a copper plate. Stone’s engraving is the best representation of the Declaration as the manuscript looked prior to its nearly complete deterioration. Declaration of Independence Here are examples of important printings and facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence—ranging from broadsides and newspapers printed in July 1776 to William J. Stone’s copperplate engraving and other, more decorative, early 19th century prints. Sell or Auction Your Declaration Independence William Stone Engraved for up to Nearly $600,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions The seventh volume included a precise facsimile engraving of the Declaration of Independence by William J. Stone. Force had planned to compile twenty volumes to cover from colonial origins to 1789, but Congress canceled the project in 1853.
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