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Mt. Moran reflects off the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park. Mt. Moran reflects off the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park.

Courtesy of Fred Pflughoft/Wyoming Travel & Tourism

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    We have a litho painting by Thomas Moran dated 1896, it is of the Three Tetons in the Grand Teton National Park. It mesures 22 X 28 with out frome, we also have the orginal frome. I believe it to be an orginal litho by Thomas Moran and signed Moran. It has been in my husbands family for more than 80 years. My husband inherited it in 1990 and he remembers it in his grandmothers house as a little boy, he is now 83. Can you direct me to someone to appraise it's value? We live in Statesville,NC.

    Posted by Norma Harder on September 23,2009 | 10:12 AM

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