September 26, 2018 O'Connor's Americana Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2018
This is a set of photographs of Rufus A. Grider's powder horn drawings. Grider, originally from Lititz, Pennsylvania, traveled the country in search of powder horns in the late 19th century and drew, in detail, each one that he found. This rare set has notes on the back of each photograph and many have additional information, notes, photographs, and locations of the horns added by Walter O'Connor throughout his many years of studying these important American objects. These provide priceless insight and research into powder horns as well as valuable notes and additional information provided by one of the greatest powder horn collectors. Each drawing is in a protective archival cover. Very few quality copies exist of these drawings.