Set Reminder2023-10-28 12:00:002023-10-28 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-ii-21921 Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting.
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DAVENPORT, Ira Erastus (1839?1911).?PENCIL SKETCH PORTRAIT BY IRA DAVENPORT OF THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS.?1862. Attractive and detailed bust portrait of a man with mutton chops and unkempt hair with a scarf tied around his neck, within a double-ruled border, the corners with floral ornaments. On stiff card, 6? ? 5?". Initialed ?I.E.D. 1862,? initialed again in the lower right corner, and bearing the penciled caption, ?drawn by Ira E Davenport Chicago April 1862.? Dated again on the verso. The only example of a sketch by Davenport with which we are acquainted. RARE.