Paul Revere’s 1768 copperplate engraving of the British troops landing at Boston, the first such image to come to auction in nearly a century, sold for a record price of $469,000 at Northeast Auctions on March 22. The work was hand colored by Christian Remick and had descended in the Lawrence family.

Four very determined bidders chased the print, but the phone bidder prevailed. One of only nine known, the engraving exceeded even the rare Revere engravings of the Boston Massacre that have come to market in the last few years. One brought $229,000 at Sotheby’s in January 2008 and another fetched $195,500 at Grogan and Company in September 2004.

A full report of the sale will appear in a future issue.

†Frances Mascolo