Hello and Welcome!

It is our pleasure to introduce you to Arader Galleries in Denver, CO. We are located in Cherry Creek North, the city’s finest shopping district, at the corner of Third and Clayton. The Denver Gallery is pleased to offer a unique selection of engravings and lithographs pertaining to Colorado history. Highlights include some of the first maps of Colorado, as well as the Alfred E. Mathews views which feature splendid images of the West, and were among the earliest to show the Colorado territory in all its natural glory. In addition, the Denver Gallery also houses a comprehensive collection of original paintings and watercolors, antique prints, maps, natural history, botanical and architectural engravings.

Arader Galleries maintains a wonderful clientele of private collectors, museums, interior designers and art consultants. We feature the largest collection of Audubon prints and rare maps in the world. You are invited to visit the gallery or call us with any special requests.

W. Graham Arader III began dealing maps over thirty-five years ago, while still an undergraduate at Yale University. While there, he studied cartography with Alexander Orr Vietor, the curator of the Yale map collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. By the late 1970’s, Mr. Arader had established himself as the leading antique map dealer in America. Today, with galleries in San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Houston and now Denver, W.Graham Arader III is proud to offer the finest and most comprehensive collection of original antique prints and maps in the country.

Much of the art that we carry documents the results of European and American exploration. The 16th to 19th centuries saw an incredible expansion of knowledge, and artists were called upon to document the discovery of new places, flora, fauna and cultures. Our holdings include work by the premier painters, printmakers and cartographers of the last four centuries, including the ornithologists, John James Audubon and John Gould; botanists and flower painters, Pierre-Joseph Redoute and Basil Besler; explorers Karl Bodmer and George Catlin; and cartographers, Abraham Ortelius and Gerard Mercator. Other categories represented include Colorado history, architectural drawings, sporting, marine, as well as many other topics of interest.

For thirty-nine years we have maintained our mission 'experts working as your personal curators' to assist in assembling important collections, public and private. We truly look forward to the opportunity to work with you in the near future.


Arader Galleries, 275 Clayton St. Denver, CO 80206, 303-321-0113, Kasey Collins, Director