Richard Bowdler Sharpe ( 1847 - 1909 ) was a British painter. Richard Bowdler Sharpe s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 271.31 USD for Allen`s Naturalist`s Library in 2004 to 12238.98 USD for Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds in 2006 , based on the size and me