Old plats for wall art mounted on linen from old plat books
I have a collection of hundreds of the old plats from either a BLM office or NARA that were found in a house that was being demolished.
There are some very old copied plats dated from the 1860s all mounted on the linen as per the process in the day.
I'll post a few for reference to see what I'm describing, and not sure what people are going to or willing to pay for them.
I've started framing the ones I've looked at, majority are from the southern border of Colorado and New Mexico, some central Colorado and then the northern border of Colorado and Wyoming.
Will you be posting a separate topic for each plat for sale, or is this a single sale for a batch of plats? Thanks!
wide open, the books weigh about 40 lbs or so each, so not shipping the bunch and I figure for the cause, each page carries a higher value than say 10 or 100 pages, bulk discounts for all, the money is going to the site. Still trying to see where the sweet spot for frugal penny pinchers and art appreciation exists at now..maybe 5 dollars a sheet,maybe more if it's a particular cool and famous Surveyor General whom signed it (again these are copies, old as Holy Cow and more for sure!)
I'll try to spend an hour a day photographing each page and then put up a link to view. Then you can pick and choose from anything that tickles your fancy.
thanks for the question, it helps define the focus of the process.
carry on.
another example of an 1879 page from Denver region
Nifty idea. I bet many will get purchased for general office display. I would need to add a wall to have much of any wall space.
What are the dimensions? I am most interested in the northern Wyoming plats.
If you have any around Estes Park, I'm in!
If you have any around Estes Park, I'm in!
I'll poke around.
time is the only limiting factor
Grab three to five and post a photo of each. Let's see where this will go. I'll offer $15 sight unseen for one you have.
