- INK SCROLL 'GREAT WALL OF CHINA' PAINTING
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WEISEN (ACTIVE 1940S-1960S), DATED TO 1939AD 1939? ???????1940-1960? ??? ???? ????: ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????: ??????ink and colour on paper,...
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SIGNED
SHEN ZHENSAN ??? ????? ???? ????: ????????????????????????????????(?) ??????????????????????????: ?????????ink and colour on paper, inscribed with a poem upper right, dated...
[more like this] - AN IMPERIAL PRUSSIAN CIVIL SERVICE SWORD
An Imperial Prussian Civil Service sword, a leafy knob form wire wrapped grip, a floral etched blade, marked "90" to the ricasso, 36.5"l...
[more like this] - CIVIL WAR AND RELATED DOCUMENTSGrouping
of Civil War and other historical documents, 9 items. 1st Item: Civil War Soldier Letter from Col. H. L. Potter (New York 71st Infantry, wounded at Bristol Station, VA on...
[more like this] - CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM, "STONEWALL" JACKSON,
ETC.From the family of Nannie Reid, Joseph Johnston, etc.
Includes a Minstrel show cut out, a scene titled "In Memoriam Confederacy", a depiction of George Washington with...
[more like this] - A CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAITA CHINESE
ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
Civil Service Court Official
pigment on paper
103 x 69 cm (40 1/2 x 27 1/8 in.)
CONDITION
Observed in frame, the painting is in overall good condition consistent...
[more like this] - PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT HANDWRITTEN
NOTEPresident Ulysses S. Grant Handwritten Note . Note addressed to U.S. Treasurer Francis E. Spinner and pertaining to Civil Service rules and salary. Framed with carte de...
[more like this] - R.B. KITAJ (AMERICAN, 1932 - 2007),
"THE ROMANCE OF THE...R.B. Kitaj (American, 1932 - 2007), "The Romance of the Civil Service", serigraph, edition 1/70, signed and numbered lower left, having original purchase...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERY POLO PLAYER
W/ TL TESTEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. An exemplary pottery polo player with a well-modeled figure upon a galloping horse with finely painted details...
[more like this] - CHINESE SONG DYNASTY STONE BUDDHA HEAD**First
Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1270 CE. A sensitively hand-carved stone Buddha head, a piece from a larger sculpture that perhaps resided in...
[more like this] - CHINESE EMBROIDERED SEVENTH RANK MANDARIN
SQUAREFramed Chinese embroidered silk civil service Mandarin square/ badge, seventh rank official, at center a Mandarin duck standing on a rock amidst waves, facing the sun,...
[more like this] - EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA
PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURY PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell...
[more like this] - GROUPING OF 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MILITARY
INSIGNIA AND BUTTONS To include: U.S. Navy Rating Badge for Line Petty Officer, 1840s-1880s (4 x 3-3/8 in.); Civil War era major's shoulder straps and postwar militia lieutenant's...
[more like this] - MASSACHUSETTS OFFICER'S CIVIL WAR GROUPING
WITH VERY RARE "MS" MARKED COLT REVOLVER This collection follows the Civil War service of 1st Lt. Sanford Almy, Quartermaster for the 18th Massachusetts Infantry between...
[more like this] - LOT OF HISTORICAL POLITICAL EPHEMERA:
NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, HOW NEW YORK IS GOVERNED: FRAUDS OF THE TAMMANY DEMOCRATS, 16”H X 22”W (LARGEST)Lot of historical political ephemera: New York Daily Times, How New...
[more like this] - U.S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED CIVILIAN SERVICE
MEDAL AWARD TO ALMA POWELL DIAMETER OF MEDAL: 1 1/2 IN. (3.81 CM.) MEDAL AWARD TO ALMA POWELL, on pin with bar, the front of the medal depicting an American eagle with shield...
[more like this] - JOHN P. REYNOLDS & CO. (CIRCA 1870-1880,),
ESCUTCHEON COMMEMORATING THE CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT GEORGE H. RUPLE., OIL ON CANVAS, 30" X 25". FRAMED 37" X 32".JOHN P. REYNOLDS & CO., Circa 1870-1880, Escutcheon...
[more like this] - Civil War Captain Shoulder Straps ID'd
to Captain Samuel Goodman Mounted in a frame. Brevet Colonel Samuel Goodman (1824-1914) CMOH 28th PA. Samuel Goodman entered service as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant in October...
[more like this] - Chinese carved ivory figure of a civil
servant and an African carved ivory elephant figure 1) Chinese figure - carved as man in long robe with civil service cap mounted on oriental style base 7 1/2 in. H.; 2) elephant...
[more like this] - 1 piece. Typed Letter Signed. Roosevelt,
Theodore. Washington, D.C., April 30, 1892. 1 p., 4to; slightly dusty, occasional minor chipping to edges. On United States Civil Service Commission letterhead. To S.S. McClure,...
[more like this] - Gilman Marston Civil War General and
Politician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
[more like this] - Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles
1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
[more like this] - Colonel Francis Parker 32nd Massachusetts
Volunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
[more like this] - Corporal George F. Lewis 12th Massachusetts
Infantry Civil War Archive 9 letters 1861-1864. Organized by Fletcher Webster a son of the great statesman Daniel Webster the 12th Massachusetts Infantry began recruiting...
[more like this] - Private Dexter Butterfield 2nd Massachusetts
Volunteers Civil War Archive The lot includes the following: 3 diaries; 9 documents; sergeant's promotion paper; presentation bible given to Butterfield by comrade MWIA Chancellorsville;...
[more like this] - Talley Family Civil War Archive Including
Diaries of Joseph R. Talley IL 27th Inf. & Charles Talley DE 7th Inf. 6 letters (4 war-date); 13 documents; 3 diaries (2 war-date); 11 banknotes; 2 photographs. 1853-1934....
[more like this] - William Hobbs 70th Indiana Infantry
Civil War Archive 35 items (29 soldier??Ts letters) 1862-1865. A soldier in the 70th Indiana William Hobbs wrote home regularly to his family to keep them up apprised of his...
[more like this] - Rare Chinese silk civil service examination
'cheat sheet' handkerchief ming-early qing dynasty The rectangular silk panel is bisected by two densely written columns of text, red seal mark to right hand corner. L:...
[more like this] - Breckinridge Family Archive Approx.
165 items including 130+ photographs cased images & portraits plus 35+ paper items and newspaper clippings.Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792 the Breckenridge...
[more like this] - Union Colonels Army of the Gulf Eight
Civil War CDVs Comprising six different uniformed officers (plus one duplicate in civilian clothing) with a vignette of a seventh officer in civilian dress all colonels with...
[more like this] - DeLancey Floyd-Jones U.S. Army Officer
LS DeLancey Floyd-Jones (1826-1902).? United States Army officer with service in the Mexican-American War Civil War and Indian Wars. 2pp Fort Wallace Kansas Dec. 6 1871.?...
[more like this] - General Orlando B. Willcox Medal of
Honor Winner Oil Portrait Post-war oil painting on canvas of General Orlando B. Willcox in uniform unsigned 21.5 x 25.25 in. framed 27.5 x 31.25 in. Born in Detroit Orlando...
[more like this] - Chinese Carved Jade Dragon/Carp Group,
19th century, carved from Burmese jadeite, the whole retaining the shape and skin of the jade boulder, the artist has carved a carp transforming into a dragon, symbolic of...
[more like this] - Colt Richards Conversion Revolver Presented
to Daniel Huston USA .44 cal. 8" round barrel with single line address ?S/N 2722. Full nickel-plated finish with ivory grips.?Backstrap with one line inscription Daniel Huston...
[more like this] - [Civil War - Autographs] Civil War Major
General William Vandever ALS to Owen Lovejoy William Vandever (1817-1893). U.S. Representative serving Iowa (1859-61) and California (1887-91) and a brigadier general in...
[more like this] - [Civil War - Manuscripts] Post-Civil
War Broadside Seeking Vermont Veterans Due Money for Service Plus Disability & Pension Letters and Documents Lot of 6 including: Broadside seeking soldiers of the 2d and...
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