Published jointly by Kellogg & Comstock of New York and D Needham of Buffalo, c.1849-50, the rare and amusing hand coloured lithograph shown below left is titled The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California: I Neither Borrow nor Lend.
Appropriately enough, it was part of a Californian sale of January 25 held by PBA Galleries (20/15% buyer’s premium), where it doubled its estimate in selling at $3250 (£2280).