Darvill's Rare Prints has been offering fine antique prints and maps at reasonable prices for over 100 years. We hope you enjoy shopping the centuries of treasures to be found here.
Darvill's Rare Prints has been offering fine antique prints and maps at reasonable prices for over 100 years. We hope you enjoy shopping the centuries of treasures to be found here.
A little about our history... Fred T. Darvill was a British emigrant who came to the United States in the late 1800s. He was hired to help his uncle sell law books out of Chicago, Illinois. When he went out to see potential law book purchasers, he took along antique engravings and etchings related to law. The lawyers turned out to be more interested in the prints than the law books! Shrewdly, Mr. Darvill enlisted his 10 brothers and sisters in England to send as many antique engravings, etchings, lithographs, etc. as they could to the United States of America.
Thus, Fred T. Darvill established the business in 1918 and was located in Salt Lake City and San Francisco before moving to Orcas Island in 1942.
In 1971, at the age of 90, Fred T. Darvill sold the business to Dale & Catherine Pederson. The Pedersons operated the business until 2004 when Wade Campbell & Chris Brussat took over as just the 3rd owners in the 100 years of Darvill's history!
Now, we're excited to announce that Darvill's Rare Prints will be guided into the next 100 years by new owners Kevin Grosky and his sons Matthew and Michael -- with the base of operations being in Galway, New York.
Darvill's amazing collection of rare prints and maps are offered exclusively online. This way we are able to provide our treasures to the entire world.
Please check in often, as we are continously adding vintage and antique prints and maps to the site. The selection is constantly changing.
Thanks for visiting!
