JAMES DUANE, SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WARDOCUMENT This important pay order document to James Duane (1733-1797) is boldly written and clearly readable. For service to the state of New York, Duane set out from Livingston...
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GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM (1811-1879) EXHIBITEDMEZZOTINTGeorge Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)The County Election (1854)The nice, strong impression of line and mezzotint engraving after the original painting by George Caleb...
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1850 ZACHARY TAYLOR CALIFORNIA STATEHOODINTEREST BOOK ...TAYLOR, Zachary; SHERMAN, W.T.; et al. California and New Mexico - Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Information in Answer to a...
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27 BOUND PHOTOS OF 19TH C. NASHVILLEHOMES AND BUSINESS...Partial album of original albumen prints, most 9" H x 7 1/2" W, mounted to boards 13 1/2" H x 11" W, depicting important buildings and houses in the city...
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GIERS PHOTO GALLERY ACCOUNT BOOKS, ARCHIVEAccountbooks and related items from the photography businesses operated by C.C. Giers (1828-1877) and his son Otto Giers of Nashville. 1st and 2nd items: 2 books, one titled Giers...
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COL. HARDY MURFREE SIGNED LAND SALETO JAMES ROBERTSONLand sale document between two of Tennessee's most important early figures, Col. Hardy Murfree and Gen. James Robertson, signed by Murfree; also signed by...
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AN ANTEBELLUM MAP, "J. DE CORDOVA'SMAP OF THE STATE OF...AN ANTEBELLUM MAP, "J. De Cordova's Map of the State of Texas," NEW YORK, 1856, hand colored lithograph on paper, with hand inscribed pencil inscriptions,...
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RARE ENGRAVED GLASS PRESENTATION TUMBLER,ATTRIBUTED TO...Frederick County, Maryland, New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung, circa 1788-1792, blown colorless non-lead glass, tapered cylindrical form,...
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IMPORTANT LARGE SIGNED AND DATED DAVEDRAKE STONEWARE J...(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800, d. after 1873) made by Dave Drake, Lewis Miles Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District,...
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SCARCE AND IMPORTANT DAVE DRAKE SIGNEDAND DATED STONEW...(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800, d. after 1873) made by Dave Drake, Lewis Miles Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District,...
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19TH C. FRENCH IRON TORCHIERE OF EGYPTIANBOY ON COLUMN...Western Europe, France, ca. late 19th century CE. After "Egyptien" by Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822 to 1912) for the Val d'Osne Foundry. Cast iron and paint....
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CARROLL SOCKWELL (AMERICAN, 1943-1992)CarrollSockwell
American, 1943-1992
Cathedral I
Mixed media, signed and titled to verso
Wooden panels geometrically composed and painted in a utilitarian manner, accented by metal...
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LINCOLN & REED SILVER PRESENTATION WATERPITCHER, BOSTON, CA. 1835LINCOLN & REED Silver Presentation Water Pitcher, Boston, ca. 1835 bearing inscription Presented to S. Bartlett Esq. as a slight additional memorial...
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A Rare North or South Carolina “ColoredRepublicing Club” Stoneware Cooler
Dated July 7, 1892
in Southern alkaline glaze, with distinctive doubled collared rim, tooled body, two lug handles set low on the body...
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JOHN J. PERSHING AUTOGRAPHAutographof General "Black Jack" John J. Pershing. Well known for his role in WWI Pershing also led the 10th Calvary, composed of African-American soldiers, in the Spanish American...
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GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA"ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 1849-MAY 1850 13.5" X 8.5". ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO, November 1849-May 1850, "Journal of a Voyage from Eastport...
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Important Southern Edgefield Districtstoneware pictorial jug attributed to Stoney Bluff possibly Dave South Carolina circa 1860 rich alkaline glaze with single ring spout aside strap handle leading to ovoid body...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission 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...
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers 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...
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Confederate General Order Books of GeneralsDaniel Frost & Mosby Parsons 1st Brigade 2 bound volumes acquired from a family in Tennessee.The slender volumes in this lot relate to two of the most flamboyant and intriguing...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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Archive of Documents Associated withthe Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
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John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "A CaveSeen in Sunlight" and "A Cave Seen in Shade": a pair of drawings probably c. 1830s graphite watercolor and gouache on light buff wove papers (both sheets laid down) unsigned...
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First African American PresidentialCandidate George E. Taylor Campaign Imprint Printed campaign handbill featuring a standing portrait of George Edwin Taylor with the following printed below: Candidate for...
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George Washington Miniature PortraitAfter Edward Savage After Edward Savage (American 1761-1817). Miniature portrait on ivory 2 x 1.5 in. placed in a 6 x 5 in. frame. ? Ca 1800s-1830s.? Portrait is backed with...
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Collodion Glass Negative From AbrahamLincoln's Last Sitting Descended in the Family of M.P. Rice Alexander Gardner (1821-1882). ?Stereoscopic glass plate collodion negative 4.25 x 7 in. approx. .0625 in. thick...
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"New York Bay", a Set of Jean Zuberet Cie., Rixheim, Alsace, Vues d'Amerique du Nord Wallpaper Panels, ca. 1940, overall 85" x 117", mounted on plywood with a narrow giltwood frame. This important set of...
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Important and large Chinese yuan datedbronze censer dated to the sixth month of the hingxu year of zhizheng, 1346 Of compressed U-shape form, raised on out-swept cylindrical tripod legs, worked to show eight...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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Andres Molinary (Gibraltar/New Orleans1847-1915) "Le Chemin des Chapitoulas" oil on canvas signed lower right a typewritten label reading "Mrs. Boullemet 2625 St. Charles Ave" en verso 18 in. x 30 in. in a period...
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