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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9431249, member: 56"]Well yeah... if you've got an Albrect Durer (died 1528). There are very few print maker names that carry that much weight. A collection like that will have a lot of unknowns, but all the knowns will be worth money. A lot of the unknowns will do well just for the age and the imagery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the imagery in that gunpowder satire. That's not somebody imitating an archaic style - that's imagery current to the print.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those mandrake images are iconic:</p><p><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Green-Male-and-Female-Mandrake-Woodcut-Medieval-Botanical-Herbalism-Green-Witch-Plant-Magic-Mandragora-by-earthengoods/55070562.6Q0TX" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Green-Male-and-Female-Mandrake-Woodcut-Medieval-Botanical-Herbalism-Green-Witch-Plant-Magic-Mandragora-by-earthengoods/55070562.6Q0TX" rel="nofollow">https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Green-Male-and-Female-Mandrake-Woodcut-Medieval-Botanical-Herbalism-Green-Witch-Plant-Magic-Mandragora-by-earthengoods/55070562.6Q0TX</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9431249, member: 56"]Well yeah... if you've got an Albrect Durer (died 1528). There are very few print maker names that carry that much weight. A collection like that will have a lot of unknowns, but all the knowns will be worth money. A lot of the unknowns will do well just for the age and the imagery. Look at the imagery in that gunpowder satire. That's not somebody imitating an archaic style - that's imagery current to the print. Those mandrake images are iconic: [URL]https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/Green-Male-and-Female-Mandrake-Woodcut-Medieval-Botanical-Herbalism-Green-Witch-Plant-Magic-Mandragora-by-earthengoods/55070562.6Q0TX[/URL][/QUOTE]
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