Colleen McCullough's original pencil portraits and hand-drawn and printed maps from the historical fiction series, The Masters of Rome (published between 1990-2007)
Estimate $5,000 – $6,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE COLLEEN McCULLOUGH AO, NORFOLK ISLAND
comprising 85 pencil portraits depicting figures from Roman history, together with 86 hand-drawn and photographic contact-printed maps
© All works copyright Estate of Colleen McCullough
- Lot Sold $5,000 (Hammer Price)
- $6,100 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Condition Report
Comprising eighty five pencil portraits drawn on tracing paper, twenty nine hand-drawn maps, forty nine photo contact-printed maps and twenty two paper printed maps taken from drawings by Colleen McCullough. Portaits: slight yellowing to some portaits and their mounts; some evidence of transfer of carbon between portraits due to contact during long-term storage. Maps: heavy yellowing, chipping, losses and tape repairs in places to what appear to be the older examples; areas of bending and creasing in places throughout.
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