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Map of the Day: "An Accurate map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers" Henry Mouzon, 1775

Offering of the Day: "Wild Duck Shooting. A Good Day's Sport." Currier and Ives, 1854

Offering of the Day: "Life on the Prarie. The Buffalo Hunt" Currier and Ives, 1862

Audubon Offering of the Day: "Columbia Jay" John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Globe of the Day: "Smith’s Terrestrial Globe and Smith’s Celestial Globe Pair" Charles Smith & Son

Rare Map Offering of the Day: " Orbis Typus Universalis Ivxta Hydrographorum Traditionem." Martin Waldseemuller (1570-1614)

Rare Map/City Plan of the Day: "Plan of the City and Suburbs of New Orleans" Jacques Tanesse, 1825

A GREAT AMERICAN takes on the Mutual Fund Industry and the Lobbyists that work for them.

Rare Map Offering of the Day: " Isola d. Sardegna." Joan Oliva (1570-1614)

Audubon Offering of the Day: "American White Pelican" John James Audubon (1785-1851)

A calm and reasoned response to a London journalist about the state of map collecting.

Fine Art Offering of the Day: "View of New York City as It Appeared on the Eve of the Fire, 1835." Nicolino Calyo (1799-1884)

Map of the Day: "A Map of the Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Peter Jefferson and Joshua Fry

All my predications are coming true

Fine Art Offering of the Day: "Saker Falcons." Joseph Wolf (1820- 1899)

Audubon Offering of the Day: "Frigate Pelican (Magnificent Frigatebird)." John James Audubon (1785-1851)

New Color

Offering of the Day: "Rubus odoratus, Cornut." Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

An Iconic College View: "Syracuse University" Rummell, Richard (1848-1924)

An Iconic College View: "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" Richard Rummell (1848-1924)