- THE SAFFORD SLEEPING GOOSECharles A.
Safford (1877-1957)
Newburyport, MA, c. 1920
24 ½ in. long
“It leaps into the pantheon of the greatest American goose decoys ever made, sculpture and function in perfect...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - EARLY CROSSED-WING BLACK DUCKA. Elmer
Crowell (1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1910
16 3/4 in. long
Black duck decoys were Crowell’s signature species. When "The Magazine Antiques" chose a Crowell raised-wing...
[more like this] - THE DU MONT EARLY HANGING GREATER YELLOWLEGSA.
Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1915
16 3/4 in. long
“Seldom does one find special orders made by Crowell and when you do they tend to be the best. These...
[more like this] - FRAMED LETTER COL. JOHN CROWELL & GIRARD
ENGRAVING1st grouping - Johnson, Frye, & Co. New York engraving of Stephen Girard and a 1785 note for 1917 pounds signed by Stephen Girard. Stephen Girard (1750-1831) was...
[more like this] - FDR'S COPY OF "THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS"Franklin
Delano Roosevelt's personal copy of "The Great Smoky Mountains" by Laura Thornborough. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1937. 160 pages with 16 full page...
[more like this] - WALKER SISTERS POEM DRAWING PLUS GREAT
SMOKY MOUNTAINS ...1st item: Louisa and Hattie Walker, "My Log Cabin Home," framed handwritten poem and illustration, pencil and colored pencil on cream paper. The poem recounts...
[more like this] - 2 MUSICIAN AUTOGRAPHED HATCH SHOW PRINT
POSTERSTwo (2) Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN. Hatch Show Print concert posters. Autographed by John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, and Rodney Crowell (Nov. 19,...
[more like this] - RARE CHARLESTON FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY
BUTLER'S CHESTlate 18th century/early 19th century, top with molded edge, string inlay, fall front door opens to fitted interior, three lower graduated drawers, tall bracket...
[more like this] - (7) VOLS. 19TH & 20TH C. LITERATURE
& POETRY Includes: 1) Fannie Hurst. Lummox. Harper & Brothers, 1923, #210/250 signed by Hurst; 2) Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre. Thomas Crowell, vols. I & II bound as one; 3)...
[more like this] - (15) TEXAS HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOKS,
L.B.J.(lot of 15) Texas historical reference books, comprising: (1) "Laredo and the Rio Grande Frontier," J.B. Wilkinson, Jenkins Publishing Co., Austin, Texas, illustrations...
[more like this] - RARE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE,
EDGE PAINTINGRare, Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Fore edge painting. Illustrated by Garrett, Hassam, St. John Harper and others. Publisher: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell &...
[more like this] - BOUND PARTIAL WHALING JOURNAL KEPT ON
BOARD THESHIP "THREE BROTHERS" OF NANTUCKET, MASTER HENRY PHELON, JOSEPH MITCHELL CHIEF MATE, JOHN CROWELL SECOND MATE, THOMAS RUSSELL THIRD MATE. BOATSTEERERS CHARLES STARBUCK,...
[more like this] - 9 vols. Military History Reference
& C.: Dupuy, R. Ernest & Trevor N. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History. (New York): Harper Collins, (1993). 4th ed. Thick 4to, orig. bds., d/j. Text illus. 1st ptg....
[more like this] - [American Indian - History] Books on
Native History and Reference lot of 10 books including:Collier John. Indians of the Americas. New York: Mentor Books 1947.Collier John. On the Gleaming Way. Denver: Sage Books...
[more like this] - [American Indian - Plains] Books on
Plains Art and Culture lot of 7 books including:Linderman Frank B. Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows. New York: John Day Company 1972.Lowie Robert H. The Crow Indians....
[more like this] - [American Indian - Plains] Books on
the Cheyenne and Blackfoot lot of 12 books including:Ewers John C. The Story of the Blackfeet. Department of the Interior 1952.Ewers John C. Murals in the Round: Painted Tipis...
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