Description: AFRICAN ROCK PYTHON, BY RICHARD SMITH, 1987, HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION #38/1250, 17-3/4 x 13" PHOTO LITHOGRAPH, WITH A 16-7/8 x 12" IMAGE AREA, IN PRISTINE MINT CONDITION (with only one very minor, barely perceptible corner ding in the lower left corner keeping it from being perfect. Not noticeable, as you can see from the photos), AND WITH A COPY OF ITS ORIGINAL WHOLESALE PURCHASE RECEIPT FROM ROWLAND WARD PUBLISHER IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, TO AUTHENTICATE THE PRINT (PURCHASED ON A BUSINESS TRIP IN THE RSA). PRINTED ON A THICK, HEAVILY TEXTURED, IVORY WHITE PAPER TO BRING OUT EVERY NUANCE OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, AND WITH SUCH FIDELITY IT LOOKS LIKE THE ORIGINAL NOTE: WE CARRY ONE OTHER SMITH PRINT, OF AN AFRICAN CROCODILE-- BUY BOTH, AND GET AN EXTRA 5% OFF IF WE CAN SHIP TOGETHER IN ONE PACKAGE-- STILL WITH FREE SHIPPING AND INSURANCE,WE ALSO CARRY HUNDREDS OF OTHER WILDLIFE, NAUTICAL , BIBLICAL, FINE ART, PINUP, FANTASY AND WESTERN PRINTS, POSTERS AND LIMITED EDITIONS FROM DOZENS OF OTHER PUBLISHERS. Purchased new from the publisher in 1990 at wholesale, along with several others, never framed or displayed, and stored in our darkened, temperature controlled warehouse since, the print is still in Nearly PRISTINE MINT condition, with its original creamy, ivory colored paper, and with Bright, Lustrous, completely UN-faded colors. NOTE: OUR PRINTS, WHILE MAYBE PRICED A BIT HIGHER, HAVE NEVER BEEN FRAMED OR EXPOSED TO LIGHT, HAVING BEEN STORED IN OUR DARKENED WAREHOUSE THE ENTIRE TIME-- OVER THREE (3) DECADES-- SO, UNLIKE PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS, OURS ARE PRISTINE NEW, NEVER FRAMED OR DISPLAYED, IN NEARLY PERFECT MINT CONDITION AND TOTALLY UN-FADED ! JUST LOOK AT THE SUPERB COLORS IN OUR PHOTOS, AND COMPARE WITH THE COMPETITION! We have been in the business for over fifty (50) years-- and over forty (40) in the same Lansing, Michigan location-- with a sterling reputation of honesty, integrity, and customer service. Please feel free to check us out under our original, ongoing, business name: FAIRFAX PRINTS LTD. (don't forget the "Ltd" if searching). We also carry limited and open edition prints, and sculpture, by Frank Frazetta, David Shepherd, Paul Calle, Frank McCarthy, John Clymer, Bev Dolittle, Bob McGinnis, Richard Luce, Tom Lovell, James Bama, Don Crowley, Roger Cooke, Robert Summers, Jeff Barson, Louis Icart, Karl Bang, James Gurney, Frederick Hart, Louis Paul Jonas, Salvador Dali, H. R. Giger, Antoine Louis Barye, Norman Lindsay, Alan Hunt, Charles Frace, Guy Coheleach, Peter Parnall, Alan Shepard, Simon Combes, Ron Frederick, Stephen Lyman, John Schoenherr, Mort Solberg, John Seerey-Lester, John Pitre and many others. PLEASE NOTE: Although new to eBay, Fairfax Collectables has been in business for over fifty (50) years in the collectible market-- both Retail and Wholesale. As Fairfax Prints and Fairfax Animation, we also deal in fantasy art prints and posters, and expensive Animation Art-- which we auction in all the major auction houses: Sothebys, Christies, Heritage, RR, and Bonhams. Please feel free to contact them to verify our honesty, veracity and longevity, and assure yourself of our prompt and impeccable service.Please also check out our wide assortment of other figurines and merchandise in our eBay webstore-- also the last, or nearly the last of their type we have available. We only have one, and occasionally two, examples of each of the figures we offer.
Price: 79.95 USD
Location: Lansing, Michigan
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Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Medium
Region of Origin: SOUTH AFRICA
Handmade: No
Artist: RICHARD SMITH
Production Technique: Offset Lithograph
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: South Africa
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Realism
Item Height: 13 in
Item Width: 17.75 in
Material: OFFSET LITHOGRAPH, Paper
Theme: WILDLIFE, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, AFRICAN ROCK PYTHON, AFRICAN PYTHON, PYTHON
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
Personalize: Yes
Type: Print
Title: AFRICAN ROCK PYTHON
Features: Signed, HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED LTD. ED., Limited Edition
Personalization Instructions: HAND-SIGNED AND NUMBERED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST, WHEN PUBLISHED.
Image Orientation: Landscape
Subject: WILDLIFE, AFRICAN WILDLIFE, ROCK PYTHON, AFRICAN PYTHON, PYTHONS
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Signed: Yes
Signed By: RICHARD SMITH
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Year of Production: 1987
COA Issued By: COPY OF ORIGINAL ROWLAND WARD PURCHASE RECEIPT
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Width (Inches): 16.875
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Height (Inches): 12
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1987
Color: Multi-Color
WITH COPY OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE RECEIPT: HAND-SIGNED, NUMBERED #38/1250 (a very LOW number!