I go to our local flea market/swap meet most every Sunday morning usually just to look. As one seller mentioned to me This place is a circus. Yes the people there, buyers and sellers alike, are interesting. I rarely buy anything but last week when I saw this, I wanted it. The only problem was I didn't know if I had the wall space in my study for it. I walked around a bit more thinking about it some, went back and bought it for $10. I didn't even haggle the lady on the price for I felt it was a steal.
The 26x32 antique gold frame with green felt matting alone would exceed that.
A print of a map of the New World as it was known in 1587.
Everything is in Latin so I can only guess for most of it.
Now I need to find a place for the cow skull with horns that was hanging there before.
12 comments:
nice to find that little something in your meanderings at the market John
Great map. There is so much to learn from them. I t never stops.
That's great. Amazing that someone wanted to get rid of it.
Oh, this is really a nice find. I like the frame too and the image is so interesting to look at.
i like it - a lot! and especially cool for a roamer like you. :)
Super, and I love the green mat against the red wall. What a cool find.
Nice. I call stuff like that a "happy find."
That is a great find. I wonder what year that map was made.
Great find. Looks like you found a really good deal.
How interesting. I didn't know they knew so much about the shape of the "New World" at the end of the 16th century.
That was a steal!!!
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