or maybe the owners of the Estate had died, and the family had a person sell it off to pay back bills or whatever? happens ALL THE TIME... some people cannot wait for auctions, or whatnot, they need to get rid of it 3 weeks ago, so they go the route of Estate sales and offer the things for lower than what they are actually worth.... genius..

got an email back from the Friesen Abmeyer Fine Art gallery, the owner said that he doesnt know much about the lithograph, because its rare... my best option to learn more would be to try to dig up what i can, or take it to an appraiser that deals with 19th century art...

he did say it was a steal to get those 2 pics for 2 bucks tho, HA!.