- BATTLE OF RIVER PLATE SILVER PRESENTATION
CASE England,C. 1939-45Sterling silver presentation cigarette case marked on the lid "To R.L.A./In memory of the/Battle of the River Plate/with keen appreciation./B.C.H.",...
[more like this] - CSA CHAPLAIN WITHERSPOON DIARY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY1862
Confederate diary of T. D. Witherspoon, Chaplain of the 2nd and 42nd Mississippi Regiment, starting July 7th, 1862-Dec. 31, 1862, together with an 1875 autobiography penned...
[more like this] - 1830 TENNESSEE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF
KINHECHE, CHICKASA...Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright...
[more like this] - A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MANUSCRIPT, SAM
HOUSTON, SIGNED, GI... HOUSTON, SIGNED, GIFTS THE SPUR OF SANTA ANA LOST IN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO TO DOCTOR, JUNE 7, 1836, hand-inscribed ink on paper, from "Gen. Sam...
[more like this] - A LATE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ERA MAP,
"MAPA DE LOS ESTAD... "Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico, Revised Edition," JOHN DISTURNELL, NEW YORK,1848-1850, hand colored copper plate engraving on paper, the Gulf...
[more like this] - HE DOG OGLALA - CA. 1878 WINCHESTER
MODEL 1873 SRCThis is a rare Winchester Model 1873 Saddle Ring Carbine serial number 16399 ordered by He Dog, marked “Crazy Horse rode with He Dog” and B.F. Flower 1879....
[more like this] - BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLE
BIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
[more like this] - CHIEF SITTING BULL'S C. SHARPS 1859
PEPPERBOXThis historic and important lot includes the C. Sharps four-barrel derringer circa 1859-1862 owned by Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull marked in Togia language as...
[more like this] - ATTIC BLACK FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKE
CLASSGreece, Attic, Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. An exceptional pottery neck amphora, meticulously decorated with hand-painted black-figure technique attributed to...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKE
CLASS**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Attic, attributed to the Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. A splendid pottery neck amphora boasting skillfully painted black-figure...
[more like this] - Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"
9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
[more like this] - James Guy Evans (English b. 1810; active
New Orleans 1843-1853) "Arrival of Gen. Z. Taylor & Staff at Balize on the U. S. Steam Ship Monmouth B. T. Willse Commander / November 30th 1847" oil on canvas signed lower...
[more like this] - Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed
Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
[more like this] - Pair of Nimschke-Style Engraved Smith
& Wesson Model No.2 Revolvers Inscribed to D.B. Dyer .32 caliber RF 6'' octagonal barrels S/N 19189 S/N 17780. Nimschke-style engraving with nickel finish and pearl grips;...
[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] - 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] - Confederate Order Book 1st Virginia
Regiment Pre-First Bull Run 8 x 10 in. hardbound order copy book with gilt title ADJUTANTS REPORTS. /1ST. REGIMENT. This book is a record of the orders received by the 1st...
[more like this] - Remarkable Collection of Hand-Colored
Civil War Magic Lantern Slides A collection of approx. 170 beautifully hand-colored Civil War magic lantern slides made from paper photographs and stereoviews originally produced...
[more like this] - An Important Miami Pipe With Ties to
the 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
[more like this] - Jacques Tanesse (New Orleans) "Plan
of the City and Suburbs of New Orleans from an Actual Survey made in 1815 by J. Tanesse City Surveyor" 1825 engraving drawn by Jacques Tanesse engraved by William Rollinson...
[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 - Manuscripts] Civil War
Letter from Corporal Warren B. Thorndike 19th Maine Inf. POW & Died at Andersonville 4pp on patriotic letterhead dated October 12 1862 at Camp Howard Boliver Hights. Accompanied...
[more like this] - American School Bombardment of Fort
Fisherlate 19th century oil on canvas signed ''Mrs. Wm. Forbes'' lower left Union monitors frigates and side-wheelers shell Confederate Fort Fisher. Presented in a likely...
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