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    I've just successfully bid on Ebay for two framed prints lithographed by my great great great grandfather Thomas Bluett. :D:D

    They are views of Sydney, part of a series produced 1842-3, and a few months ago six loose prints from the same series went for £2,800.00. My two cost £28 including postage, and I reckon they are worth at least £400 each. :p Probably more, because these two were regarded as superior to the earlier prints in the series. Even if they turn out to be modern reproductions I'll be delighted, but I don't think they are because I've found no evidence of a subsequent run. They were from Lake MacQuarie, near to Sydney where the series was originally sold.
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    Paul Barton, Special Agent

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  • #2
    Well done Paul!

    What a lovely find and Im sure if they turn out to be worth thousands you wouldnt sell them..




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    • #3
      Brilliant Paul

      How lucky are you!!

      Lin
      Lin

      Searching Lowe, Everitt, Hurt and Dunns in Nottingham

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      • #4
        That's excellent news Paul

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        • #5
          Well done you!
          ~ with love from Little Nell~
          Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy

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          • #6
            congratulations paul what a tresure brenda xxx

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            • #7
              Fantastic, Paul. Some of my ancestors lived in Paramatta street.

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              • #8
                Congratulations. So rewarding to have managed to get hold of something so specifically interesting to you.

                Christine

                PS - that seller has a number of interesting things in their ebay "shop" - or they did when I looked at lunchtime.
                Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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