A little historical digging...[Just for fun]

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I'm a little excited and want to share this.

I like antique things, and although I'm a bit disturbed by my recent interest in painted plates, I have made a decent profit from it. Last weekend for instance I bought a plate at a battered women's shelter store for $3.99, and it's worth between $16 and $60 depending on how long I want to wait to sell it. That's kind of fun.

Anyway, some months ago, I bought a print for a whopping $12 and hung it in my dining room. Today I finally had some time to research it.



Basically it's an advertisement for William Moser's farm and stock. OK.

First of all, I couldn't find any others of it online. It's numbered 65 in the top right corner.

Second, I found this entry discussing the owner of the farm, William Moser...and the bull...and the cow...and the pigs and the sheep.

The "Perry Township, Jefferson County, PA" on the bottom right of the print confirms.

According to the bio, the earliest he could have had the bull, Alexis, was 1868.

The print was framed by an art company in California: Vanguard Studios in Pacoima. It has a number on the label, an "Inspected by No." stamp, and another number stamp on the brown paper backing.

The backing has been torn up in the corners by previous owners looking for information, but there is a white card type material held in place by small staples inside. It could be the print but I don't think so. I'm not willing to take it apart (yet).

I wonder how old this print really is, and if it's valuable at all. At any rate, it's nice to look at.
  • Profile picture of the author fredchirsty
    This antique is good to watch..

    Nice deal Jason and this looks good in the wall of your home..
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      I'd be taking a photo and visiting a few antique shops that have knowledgeable owners or perhaps an art gallery. Interesting find.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    If it's not too far from you it might be interesting to go see the actual "site" as it exists today.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    One of my brothers used to have an antique print shop in Ottawa. He moved to Costa Rica and is now selling prints from his collection on Ebay.
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    Project HERE.

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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    In the mid 90's I was addicted to estate auctions, right now I'm sitting at a knee hole desk from the early 1900's, still in good condition (paid around $10 for the desk, lol). The auction I bought this desk from was in Indiana (farm country) the guy that passed away had been storing two days worth of auction items in multiple barns for years (huge auction). Inside the desk I found a really old stamp, I might look it up & see If it's worth anything (it's around here someplace).
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