Seven years after their father's death, Audubon's sons began an American Edition of Birds of America with Julius Bien, a New York printer who was pioneering the field of chromolithography. Bien transferred the images from Havell's copper plates onto lithographic stones. Then, as many as thirty printing stages, with additional hand engraving and coloring, were used to reproduce the subtleties of the original engravings. Also of double elephant dimensions, these sheets represent one of the first successful employments of the chromolithographic process and remain as one of its finest examples. The Bien edition, also to be sold by subscription, was begun in 1858. Production was brought to a sudden halt by the advent of the Civil War. Only 150 plates were ever completed. The Audubon family, unable to sell the edition or recoup their losses, found their fortune greatly diminished.

Audubon Bien Edition

BARN OWL Full Page (26.675"x38.5")
$6,500.00
$6,500.00
AMERICAN FLAMINGO, Bien Edition 1858-1860
$0.00
$0.00

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MALLARD DUCK - Bien Edition 1858-186, Blue Background Full Page (25.625"X38.75")
$0.00
$0.00

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EIDER DUCK Full Page (26.125"X38.325")
$0.00
$0.00

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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Full Page (26.125"X37.75")
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
VIRGINIA PARTRIDGE
$0.00
$0.00

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BLACK SKIMMER Trimmed (25.325"X30.875)
$2,500.00
$1,990.00

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NIGHT HAWK Trimmed (24.25"X32.625")
$2,500.00
$1,990.00
WHITE FRONTED GOOSE
$0.00
$0.00

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GADWALL DUCK
$4,900.00
$4,900.00
DUSKY DUCK
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
RUSTY GRAKLE
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER Half Page (13"x19.5")
$450.00
$450.00
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER / OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER
$1,100.00
$1,100.00

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PURPLE GRAKLE Trimmed (24.25"X32.325")
$2,000.00
$1,550.00

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RUBY CROWNED WREN (HAND TOUCHED) Half Page
$600.00
$600.00
BLUE-GREY FLYCATCHER / BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
$900.00
$900.00

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GOLDEN WINGED WOODPECKER
$5,500.00
$5,500.00
HOODED WARBLER / GREEN BLACK-CAPPED FLYCATCHER
$1,400.00
$1,400.00

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RAZOR BILLED AUK Half Page
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
TOWHE BUNTING Half Page
$600.00
$600.00
FISH CROW
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
WILSON'S FLYCATCHER / YELLOW THROATED VIREO
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
PINE CREEPING WARBLER / SOLITARY FLYCATCHER
$900.00
$900.00
BLACK & WHITE CREEPER / CRESTED TITMOUSE
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
CAROLINA TITMOUSE / HUDSON BAY TITMOUSE
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
PRAIRIE TIT LARK / BROWN TIT LARK
$800.00
$800.00
FIELD SPARROW / CHIPPING SPARROW
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
COLUMBIAN HUMMINGBIRD Half Page
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Pinnated Grouse - Bien Edition 1858-1860
$8,000.00
$8,000.00