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W. G
R A H A M
A R A D E R
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Losses,
Mistakes, and Wins of a
Dealer in Natural
History Watercolors,
Historically Important
Maps, and Atlases for 53
Years
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Walter Graham
Arader
III is an American art
dealer, focusing on rare
maps, prints and natural
history watercolors.
He graduated
from Yale University in
1972. He played No. 1
singles on the varsity
squash team for three
years, and spent much of
the rest of his time at
Yale exploring the map
holdings of the Sterling
Memorial Library and the
Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library. The
curator of the Yale map
collection, Alexander O. Vietor,
became his mentor.
He
established his business
in 1974, focusing on rare
maps. In The
Island of Lost Maps,
author Miles Harvey
credits him with
transforming what had been
an "insular realm of
aficionados," giving maps
"unprecedented visibility,
not only as investments...
but as mass-media
artifacts." Arader
has brought a similar
acumen to the sale of
natural history prints,
books, and watercolors,
and he is the largest
dealer of John James
Audubon's highly prized
double-elephant folio
prints from The Birds of
America.
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In 1981, he
established the Arader
Grading System to
establish the worth and
importance of rare maps,
prints, and books, and as
defined by conceptual
importance, aesthetic
quality, condition, and
rarity. He also invented a
method of selling by
syndication, a form of
retailing with an added
touch of gambling. For a
fixed amount, clients
purchase shares in the
distribution of a set of
prints or watercolors.
Arader currently
owns galleries in
Philadelphia, San
Francisco, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania, and
two in New York City.
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