The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts

Home
/
Sale 336: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography
/
Catalogue
/
The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts

Back to Catalogue Auction info

Sale 336: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#336) 07/13/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/13/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #285The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts

Click image to enlarge

Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$562.50

Estimate: $500 - $800

Tell a friend Ask a question

Sale 336: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#336) 07/13/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/13/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Title:

The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts

Author:

Oldman, W[illiam] O.

Place Published:

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Publisher:

Printed by Thomas Avery & Sons Limited

Date Published:

1943

Description:

86 pp. + 136 plates after photographs. 9½x5½, original wrappers. First Edition.

First edition of this second part of the catalogue of Oldman's Polynesian Artifacts. Oldman was one of the first important collectors of Polynesian art. Hundreds of objects are illustrated and the text provides detail on the material, provenance, dimensions, etc. Issued as Volume 15 of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society. Very scarce.

Condition:

Some rubbing, soiling and creasing to wrappers; crease to lower corners of about half the contents; very good.

Item#:

175134
Shipping info
Terms and conditions

CONTRACTS

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

BUYER'S PREMIUM

A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases.

ONLINE BIDDING

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.