This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own many prints that are rarely, if ever, on the market, such as the exceedingly rare Currier and Ives print of Salt Lake City.  Many rare maps, a complete year of the Deseret News (1877 - the year that Pres. Brigham Young died), LDS money, etc. are included in the collection.

Don't miss this opportunity.  It will probalby never come your way again!

We request that only serious buyers inquire.

This magnificent collection of LDS related woodcut, lithograph, copper & steel prints is the largest of its kind in the world.  A number of the woodcuts are in color.  Most are black and white.  This collection has taken many, many years to assemble.  There are over 860 pieces in the collection; many are very rare.

The process of creating these prints is fascinating and a description of the process written by the owner of this collection can be read by clicking here

A number of the prints are printed from steel engravings, and have a very high quality look.

Click on the images below for detailed information and larger views of each.

The separation of the "Mormons" from the rest of "polite society" after they were driven from Nauvoo, IL in 1845 fostered many strange ideas about these people, particularly when some of the LDS doctrines became more widely known.  The result was incredible caricatures of the Mormon people and particularly of Brigham Young.  As the doctrine of plural marriage became more widely known, society having determined that this form of marriage was wrong and "polygamy" soon became known as the "Mormon Question" or the "Mormon Problem."  Reporters and artists were dispatched by newspapers and periodicals of the day to "investigate" the Mormons and their "strange" lifestyle.  As a result, people often became even further disillusioned about the nature of Mormonism.

The collection is made up of woodcuts, lithographs, copper, and steel engravings.  The collection also includes a number of books about "Mormonism" from the same time period.  Included are many miscellaneous items such as, the entire year of the Deseret news paper's from 1877 which also features the "black border" edition announcing the death of Brigham Young in August of 1877.  Also included are early maps showing Utah as a territory.  A number of the prints have been hand colored.  They span the time frame from about 1840 to 1900.  They are a unique look at how the "mass media" of its day perceived the Church.  There are many political cartoons by such notable cartoonists as Thomas Nast, and Kepler. They come from many sources, and represent all of the pictorials of the early 1800's including many European publications.

All prints are in good to excellent condition.  Many are framed and matted for exhibition, most are double matted on acid free mat board. All are stored in specially built cases, for shipping and protection.  The collection includes pieces desired by the LDS historical department.

We will be adding many more photocopied images of the collection in the near future and will make a CD available of all prints (not including the newspapers).

Woodcut:  (Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary)  1) a letterpress printing surface consisting of a wooden block with a usual pictorial design cut with the grain. 2) a print from a woodcut.