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Audubon Plates

H B Warren

Audubon Lithographs

Hand Colored Animal Print

Elephant Lithograph

Audubon First Edition

Audubon Birds Of America

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Paper

John James Audubon King Duck – Plate CCLXXVI – Second Edition Lithograph

$2,400

John James Audubon King Duck – Plate CCLXXVI – Second Edition Lithograph

Located in Winnetka, IL

A finely detailed print of King Duck by John James Audubon, Plate CCLXXVI. This example is from the second edition of The Birds of America and features two King Ducks positioned in a...

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Antique Mid-19th Century American Prints

Lithograph

Recent Sales

John James Audubon Falcon Islandicus Island Falcon Plate CCCLXVI #74

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H 14 in W 18 in D 1 in

John James Audubon Falcon Islandicus Island Falcon Plate CCCLXVI #74

By John James Audubon

Located in Sarasota, FL

John James Audubon print.

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Antique 1850s French Other Prints

Materials

Paper

John James Laforest AudubonJohn Audubon, "Bachman's Hare", Lithograph, No22, Plate 108, Original, 19th Century

Unavailable

H 30 in W 35 in D 1.5 in

John Audubon, "Bachman's Hare", Lithograph, No22, Plate 108, Original

Located in Doylestown, PA

"Bachman's Hare" by John Audubon (1785 - 1851) is an original 19th century Lithograph, No22 from Plate 108.

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Late 19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Bird of Washington" Plate 11, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

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H 42 in W 30 in D 3 in

"Bird of Washington" Plate 11, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

By John James Audubon

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This is a stunning color lithograph of the “Bird of Washington”, Plate 11 from the 1971-72 “Amsterdam Audubon” edition of James John Audubon’s epic ornithological masterpiece, “The B...

Lithograph

"Wild Turkey, " Plate 1, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

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H 27 in W 40 in D 3 in

"Wild Turkey, " Plate 1, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This is a stunning color lithograph of the “Wild Turkey, Male”, Plate 1 from the 1971-1972 “Amsterdam Audubon” edition of James John Audubon’s epic ornithological masterpiece, “The B...

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Vintage 1970s Dutch Prints

"Pinneated Grouse" Plate 186, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

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H 27 in W 40 in D 3 in

"Pinneated Grouse" Plate 186, Amsterdam Audubon Edition

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This is a stunning color lithograph of the “Pinnated Grouse”, plate 186 from the 1971-1972 “Amsterdam Audubon” edition of James John Audubon’s epic ornithological masterpiece, “The B...

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Vintage 1970s Dutch Prints

White Heron, Plate 386, Audubon Amsterdan Edition

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H 36 in W 47.5 in

White Heron, Plate 386, Audubon Amsterdan Edition

Located in San Francisco, CA

A beautiful hand colored aquatint engraving of the White Heron from the 1971-72 Amsterdam edition of Audubon's Birds of America, elephant folio, one of 250 printed. Matted and framed...

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Dutch Prints

20th Century Robert Havell Mallard Duck Wildlife Landscape Engraving Audubon

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H 24 in W 36 in D 0.125 in

20th Century Robert Havell Mallard Duck Wildlife Landscape Engraving Audubon

By John James Audubon, Robert Havell

Located in Dayton, OH

Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New Y...

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20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Robert Havell 1836 Mallard Duck Engraving Audubon Realism Framed

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$6,800Sale Price / set|20% Off

H 0.5 in Dm 9.875 in

Set of 12, Antique Royal Vienna Neoclassical Ornithological Porcelain Plates

By Royal Vienna Porcelain

Located in Atlanta, GA

An incredibly rare set of Royal Vienna plates depicting 12 different finely enamel painted bird plates accented by multicolored butterflies to the center bowls and a stunning vine mo...

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Antique Late 19th Century Dinner Plates

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Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

$75,000

H 54 in W 36.63 in D 23.63 in

Butler's Desk and Etagére, New York, Possibly Duncan Phyfe

By Duncan Phyfe

Located in New York, NY

Butler’s Desk and Etagére, circa 1825 New York, possibly by Duncan Phyfe Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, poplar), with ormolu mounts, marble, and brass 54 in. high, 36 ...

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Antique 1820s American Neoclassical Cabinets

Materials

Mahogany

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Audubon Plates For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of audubon plates available for sale. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the audubon plates that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of beige, gray, brown and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by John James Audubon and Prideaux John Selby are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paper and paint — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Audubon Plates?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — audubon plates in our inventory begin at $75 and can go as high as $65,219, while the average can fetch as much as $852.

Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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Questions About Audubon Plates

How can I tell if my Audubon print is real?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
To check if you have a real Audubon print, use a magnifying glass to look at the print up close. If you see that the print is made up of tiny dots, your print is likely a reproduction. Shop a collection of expertly vetted John James Audubon prints from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.