VTG 40s Etching SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN Pencil-Signed LISTED ARTIST R Melnicoe

Description: Here we have an original early 1940s etching pencil-titled lower left "Back Street Chinatown [in San Francisco California]" and pencil-signed lower right by listed female artist, Ruth C. Melnicoe (1897-1959 American.) Melnicoe was born in Chicago, Illinois, but most of her work is associated with the West Coast, especially the Bay Area, and in particular, with San Francisco. This view is particularly interesting in that most etchings from the period show the main streets of San Francisco's Chinatown--Melincoe chose a "Back Street" view. The etching is undated, but it comes from an estate collection of 50 or so pieces, all dated between 1936 and 1943. Oddly, this is the only undated piece from the collection. Image alone, not including pencil-signed and other margins, is roughly a bit less than 6.0" x 4.25". Additional last few photos provided for informational purposes only -- pieces shown in photos are not included, and information in those photos do not concern the actual work being offered in this listing. We have many more of Melnicoe's works in our store, to which we add new inventory daily, and we're always happy to combine shipping at actual cost. If the eBay checkout fails to properly combine your orders, we will issue a refund for the difference between what you paid to ship items separately and the actual cost of the combined shipping, on the day that we ship your package. (We don't find out the actual cost of combined shipping until we purchase the shipping label.) Condition: Our photographs reveal the condition best -- please enlarge and zoom in on them, and examine them carefully. You'll never find anything sticky, growing or otherwise gross on our ephemera, nor will you ever encounter anything with funky odors. This piece is remarkably fresh and clean, despite its age, with excellent contrast. Lies nice and flat. Light surface, edge, and corner wear to the surrounding paper, which may include -- and if included, is shown in the photos -- matting tape remnants, mat burn, toning and/or foxing. Rest assured that we will do all we can to ensure that your unframed artwork arrives exactly as presented in our photos. We invest time and appropriate materials into shipping all of our ephemera, and we provide tracking on all shipments. All pieces are sent in rigid mailers or envelopes that are sandwiched between cardboard before being sent as first-class parcels in non-bendable mailers, which ship at rates much higher than first-class letters. We never toss our ephemera into thin stationery envelopes with forever stamps stuck to them expecting the USPS to deliver them to you with great care. And we ship everything fully insured. We consider funky odors (cigarette smoke, mildew, etc) to be an important part of a condition report. Corndogcache is a 100% non-smoking environment, and we'll let you know if any of our vintage items smell like it (or anything else) from activities they may have been involved in before they came to us.The Fine Print:We expect payment within 1 day of purchase. If you're waiting for other auctions to end so that you can combine shipping, shoot us a message to let us know.If you're unable to pay within terms, please reach out with your Plan B. Things happen. Especially these days. So just shoot us a message.We don't accept buyer-remorse returns but we will grant you the use of our description and photos so that you can re-ebay the item yourself.Although we don't accept buyer-remorse returns, reach out if you're unhappy with your purchase! If we messed up -- everybody does -- give us a chance to fix it. We promise it was unintentional, and we'll do what we can to make it right.

Price: 54 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-23T00:36:30.000Z

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