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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manycats, post: 9440491, member: 13761&quot;]I regret to say, but this, if genuine (and it probably is), has been so badly re-colored as to be worth very little, which may be why Christie&#039;s withdrew it, if that&#039;s what happened. (So much speculation!) </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare your example to the picture say_it_slowly posted - the gulls&#039; feathers are less distinct, and the background is a muddy, blurry mess. Sadly, if displayed in a room that gets any light, these fade badly, and some people try to &#039;touch them up&#039;, but few people now have the skill of the colorists Havell (and other printers) employed back in the day. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can see a high-res scan of one here, showing the incredible detail:</p><p><a href="https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/white-winged-silvery-gull" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/white-winged-silvery-gull" rel="nofollow">https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/white-winged-silvery-gull</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not impossible to find original Havell prints - I&#039;ve got one, a cousin of yours, the black-backed gull, which came through the local auction, but it&#039;s faded &amp; torn, and has proven very difficult to sell. The kind of folks who have money to buy these things have enough to buy NICE ones. Still, good find, and good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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