100 Years of the National Audubon Society and a
Celebration to Audubon’s Art

Dear Friend and Reader,

In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Audubon Society, it is with immense pride that Heritage Historical Prints, Inc., introduces and invites you to participate in the Centennial Syndication of Audubon’s Birds of America!  This rare collection comes from one of the 350 sets of the National Audubon Society folios produced in collaboration with the Audubon Society and the Abbeville Press.

A Dream Out of Reach for Most

Imagine this: The Carolina Parrot, Snowy Owl, American Flamingo, Mallard Duck or Great Blue Heron prominently displayed in your home or office in either of their brilliantly colorful original forms. After all it is every Audubon collector’s dream to own the best images from The Birds of America in their original, “double-elephant folio,” or their “octavo edition” form.  For most collectors this dream is out of their reach.  Original engravings from Audubon’s double-elephant edition have zoomed out of sight, price-wise that is.  Today you could expect to pay $35,000 -- $250,000 each for any of the best engravings from this series that is if, and when you are able to find them.  It is not much better for the First Edition octavo lithographs, which sale for as much as $4.000 or the best Audubon Amsterdam edition prints either as they now retail for as much as $6,000 each for the best images. 

Masterpiece Collection Now for Sale –

And at Less than Half Price

That is why I am excited to announce our acquisition of this publisher’s original collaboration with the National Audubon Society and the Abbeville Press in conjunction with the societies Centennial Birthday – now offered to you at only $600 each.  The Audubon Abbeville Press Edition, produced in New York and printed in Japan in 1985, like their counterpart the Amsterdam Edition, the Abbeville Press edition has become an investment quality collectible in its own right with the top images now retailing over $3,000 each.

The Abbeville Edition Market

In 1985, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of John James Audubon, the Abbeville Press in New York City in conjunction with The National Audubon Society offered complete sets in an edition of only 350.  They were printed in Japan using up to an 18-color offset printing process.   The complete set then sold for $15,000.  Over the years some of the complete sets have been broken up to sell the best images.  Today prices of individual prints can now range from the low hundreds to thousands of dollars for the top tiers.  These prints, measuring 26 1/2” x 39 1/2” are of the finest quality and are produced on 100% acid-free cotton rag paper.   They are authenticated by the watermark, Audubon Society Abbeville Press, along the long edge.  From a lithography point of view, these editions are particularly known for the sharpness of details on the plate.  The Abbeville and the Amsterdam editions are currently the ONLY TWO facsimile editions that reproduced faithfully the complete set of original Havell edition plates in double elephant folio size, and are comparably priced in retail. The Abbeville edition double elephant folio prints like the ones listed here are increasingly difficult to find, and are highly sought after by the serious collectors as investment grade Audubon’s.

Your Opportunity for Audubon’s Best

From time to time dealers have had the good fortune to purchase and offer images from Audubon’s famed Birds of America Abbeville Press Edition, but in each and every instance the buyers were forced to pay retail prices, or in the case of syndication take the good with the bad.  Heritage Historical Prints, Inc is eliminating the bad.  Imagine being involved in a syndication where you are selecting just the best prints at wholesale prices, and not being forced to select lesser-priced ones!  That is exactly what we are going to do!  Audubon collectors today gladly pay the market rate of $1,200 to $5,000 for a single top print when they can find them, but wouldn’t it be a dream to pay less than $1,000 for the same Audubon prints?  That’s right!  All of these hard to fine prints can be had for the unheard of price of $600 each, including: The American Flamingo; The Great Blue Heron; The Louisiana Heron; The Wild Turkey; The Carolina Parrot just to name a few, and there are still 430 fabulous prints to choose from! 

Our Offer to You

No other dealer has ever had a syndication where only the best prints were selected, thus leaving themselves with the least popular prints, until now!  Through this unprecedented offer only twenty (20) shares are available.  Each shareholder is guaranteed to select ten (10) Abbeville prints (and if you select only by price list, your first two (2) prints alone will be worth $2,500 each or more, and you will still have eight (8) selections left)!  What this means in only 200 out of 435 available will be selected.  In other words, YOU get ten (10) of the best and most expensive prints produced!  We get the rest.

How Collectors Will Benefit

By participating in this Centennial Syndication of Audubon’s Birds of America you will benefit in the following ways:

• The pride of owning and displaying these great American Art treasures produced for the National Audubon Society;
• The peace of mind of knowing that you have acquired these appreciating assets at prices much lower than their current market value;
• The pleasure, pride, and status of owning a world class portfolio that would take years to locate and acquire; and
• The satisfaction of knowing that you are laying the foundation for creating family heirlooms for all of your family’s future generations to enjoy.

100 % Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed

We believe that this offer is so rich in value that we gladly extend the following guarantees to all participants

• You are guaranteed to personally select and take ownership of ten (10) original Abbeville Press prints produced for National Audubon Society.
• If you are unable to be present for the selection process conference call, your Audubon consultant will select on your behalf (from information you provide him) at no additional cost to you.
• A Certificate of Authenticity for each individual print in your portfolio.
• And most importantly, a 30-Day unconditional money back guarantee.

How to Reserve Your Position “Risk Free”

Shares for the Centennial Syndication will be available on a first come, first serve basis.  Reserving a share is as easy as picking up your phone and calling our toll free number 1-800-890-4566.  Once we reserve your share(s) with a small completely refundable deposit, we will rush you, via express delivery, your conformation and syndication kit.  This kit includes all necessary information for you to make an informed decision.  The kit will include: illustrations of all 435 images in the collection, as well as a current market price list and directions on how to access the conference call.  After reviewing all the information, if for some reason you decide that this offer is not for you, we will gladly refund your deposit, (no questions asked, no strings attached, and no hard feelings), so you will be risking absolutely nothing!  So, if history and the beauty of Audubon’s art are things you appreciate, and value is something you receive all too infrequently these days, then you owe it to yourself to investigate further.  I hope you will take advantage of this offering.  Please call our toll free number today to reserve your share.  It would be a shame if you missed out on this unique opportunity because you waited too long to make the call.

Best Wishes,
Gary J. Hutchison
President of Operations

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