PETER BEARD Art Edition #505, signed TASCHEN edition Start Price USD 4,500.00 Current Price USD 4,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 6,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 21, 2008 End Time Monday, July 28, 2008 Location Denver, Colorado See more about 'PETER BEARD Art Edition #505, signed TASCHEN edition ' Description For Auction is a magnificent volume of Peter Beard's Photographs. This is copy #505 - a signed edition of the "Peter Beard, Art Edition, No. 251-2500" Printed by TASCHEN. This is the description from TASCHEN: "Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard`s collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size they have always meant to be seen, some as foldouts. Hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries fill the remaining spreads—magnified to show every detail, from Beard`s meticulous handwriting and old-master-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. Features: Comes with a specially fabricated wood book stand XXL-Format: 34.5 x 50 cm (13.4 x 19.7 in.) Main book: 200 pages of diaries and 294 pages of collages + 5 fold-outs Original essay by photo critic Owen Edwards Companion volume: PB2 image index with captions for all images from main book, personal photos and early work of the artist, interview with the artist by Steven M. L. Aronson , a facsimile reprint of Beard`s 1993 handwritten essay from the sold-out first issue of Blind Spot magazine, extensive bibliography, and a list of exhibitions All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled intensity and color rangeArt Edition, No. 251 – 2,500 Limited to 2,250 individually numbered copies, each signed by Peter BeardComes in a clamshell box" This book is now out of print and not readily available commercially. Last listed at Taschen Books for $6000.Photos 1-3 above are stock photos.  Other photos represent actual book. US Sales OnlyThis book will ship in its original packing box.  Actual delivery and insurance cost charged to winning bidder. UPS ground + insurance estimated at $150Payment by PayPal, or cashier's check.  Cash or Cashier's check for local pick-up. Place a Bid!