Old Print Shop

Specialties

The Old Print Shop sells original prints of the 18^th-​21^st centuries. Specializing in Fine American Prints 1700 – 1950; Maps, Town Views, Historical, Currier & Ives, Natural History including J. J. Audubon, Contemporary Prints and Works on Paper. The Shop offers museum quality Custom Framing.

History

Established in 1898.

The Old Print Shop was founded in 1898. At that time, it was located between 9^th and 10^th Streets on Fourth Avenue in back of Wanamaker’s and moved to its current location at 150 Lexington Avenue in 1925.

The roaring twenties was an exciting time to own an art gallery. Prices for prints and paintings were at an all-​time high. After the long quiet days of the Great Depression, the Shop entered into a strong time of growth. In the 1950’s the Shop was instrumental in helping to build several notable collections of American primitive art. During the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s there was a re-​evaluation of American art from the past two centuries. The Shop chose at this time to concentrate on American printmakers and publishers from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. During the early 1990’s the Shop added Fine American Prints 1900 – 1950, Contemporary Artists Prints, and works on paper to its rich and diverse inventory.