JAN VAN RIEBEECK LOVING CUP - ROYALDOULTONFrom Men of History Series.
With the growth of the spice trade, the Dutch East India Company decided in 1648 to establish a foothold at the Cape of Good Hope and chose...
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GA 9TH CSA CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE - E. S.CASSADYConfederate Archive of 4th Private Elbert S. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA - Lafayette Volunteers). 10 total letters (2 pre-war, 8 Civil...
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HARDING FAMILY ARCHIVE, ACCOUNT BOOKExtensivearchive relating to David Morris Harding (1795-1854) and wife Frances "Fanny" Grieves Davis Harding (1801-1865), including ledgers for David Morris Harding's whiskey business...
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W.G. HARDING HORSE CATALOG AND BELLEMEADE ARCHIVEAn archive of material related to Gen. William Giles Harding and Belle Meade Plantation. Featured is a rare Nashville imprint - LIST OF BLOODSTOCK THE PROPERTY...
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25 POLITICAL ITEMS, INCLUDING ROOSEVELTPIN, TAFT PENSTwenty-Five (25) late 19th and early 20th century political items, including 1 Theodore Roosevelt Button and 2 Taft Signing Pens, all from the collection of...
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TN CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE, PAMPHLET, LETTERThree(3) Civil War era documents, including a Tennessee 1865 Franchise Act broadside, Civil War Surgeon letter from Nashville, and an 1858 slavery related pamphlet. 1st item: Broadside...
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1830 TENNESSEE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OFKINHECHE, CHICKASA...Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright...
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THOS. WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE 1846 OILPAINTING, SHAKER ...Early miniature landscape view of Pleasant Hill, KY, by Thomas Worthington Whittredge (New Jersey/New York/Ohio, 1820-1910). The oil on paper laid on board...
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WALKER SISTERS POEM DRAWING PLUS GREATSMOKY 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...
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LEE GATCH W/C "THE PASSING LAND," 1939,EXHIBITEDLee Gatch (American, 1902-1968), "The Passing Land," watercolor on paper abstract expressionist painting featuring rudimentary landscape elements contrasted with...
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "MK & T RAILWAY SECTIONALMAP OF TEXAS,...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "MK & T Railway Sectional Map of Texas," 1909, engraving on paper, showing areas traversed by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, published...
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AN ANTIQUE CADASTRAL MAP, "MAP OF DUVALCO., GENERAL LA...AN ANTIQUE CADASTRAL MAP, "Map of Duval Co., General Land Office, April 1880, " ST. LOUIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, lithograph on paper after the original showing...
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AN ANTIQUE CADASTRAL MAP, "ZAVALA COUNTY," ST. LOUIS, ...AN ANTIQUE CADASTRAL MAP, "Zavala County, " ST. LOUIS, CIRCA 1880, lithograph on paper with hand color and pencil inscriptions regarding the location of, "La...
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A GROUP OF NINE BOOKS CONCERNING TEXASAND SOUTHWEST HI... AND SOUTHWEST HISTORY, comprising Calendar of Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North, Tom Lea, designed and printed by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, 1946,...
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BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLEBIGHORNThis 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...
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CHARLES KNOTEK (1933-2008) AIRSHIP FLGIHTORIGINALCharles A Knotek (American, 1933 - 2008) "First Airship Flight Around the World" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Signed lower middle.
Provenance:...
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(TOPICAL) MISCELLANEOUS- INCLUDING UNUSUAL:163 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY 163 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Includes: suffragette/temperance (12 - real photo of six standing ribbon-sashed women,...
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(VIEW) ALASKA AND HAWAII: 41 POSTCARDSFIRST QUARTER TO THIRD QUARTER, 20TH CENTURY, First Quarter to Third Quarter, 20th Century, HI: "An Outmost Post" (funeral procession), photo of shower tree, real photo...
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Y PHOEBE ANNA TRAQUAIR (SCOTTISH 1852-1936)
FAN,'THE ISLAND OF THE FAY' watercolour on silk and with ivory sticks, capped with silvered metal, inscribed, signed and dated THE ISLAND OF THE FAY/ PHOEBE A. TRAQUAIR/ 1889,...
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RARE SILK WOVEN BAG
LIAO DYNASTY, 11TH-12THCENTURY ? ????? ????of rectangular form, composed of sections of fine woven silk, with a fastening cord attached to the upper side of the bag, two white circular jade fittings...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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William Henry Buck (Norwegian/New Orleans1840-1888) "The Hotel at Spanish Fort on Bayou St. John" oil on canvas signed and dated "'79" lower right 12 in. x 20 1/4 in. in a period giltwood frame. Provenance:...
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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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Private John Cumisky 17th ConnecticutVols Killed by Discharge of Own Gun Civil War Archive 11 letters 1 full plate tintype. Renowned for their stand atop Cemetery Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg the 17th Connecticut...
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Executive Officer Henry W. WashburnUSS Morning Light Civil War Archive War-date archive of five letters one partial letter and three transmittal covers. Written by ill-starred Acting Master Henry W. Washburn...
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Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans1928-1995) "George "Kid Sheik" Cola Trumpeter (1908-1996)" oil on canvas signed and dated "March 5 '63" upper left titled on gallery card en verso 36 in. x 24 in. framed....
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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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Thomas Bolling Robertson Governor ofLouisiana ALS 3pp ALS dated July 12 1812 from New Orleans. Written to Fulwar Skipwith former governor of the annexed Republic of West Florida concerning unrest in eastern...
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Civil War Archive of 3 Members of 25thMass. Vols. Lot of 7 letters. Brothers Chester Greenwood WIA & George Greenwood DOW and George H. Barnes DOW. Five are soldiers' letters two are other family members (Sarah...
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An Important Miami Pipe With Ties tothe 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...
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A Rare Chinese Earthenware Model ofa Spotted Chin Dog possibly Qianlong (1736-1795) the elegant figure seated on its haunches wearing a ribbon-tied ruffled collar around its neck having an alert noble face...
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Historical Staffordshire Plates Englishlate 19th century. An assembled group of three historical blue-transfer decorated Staffordshire plates depicting the Landing of Gen. Lafayette the Pass in the Catskill Mountains...
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Circa 1849 English Pop-Up Poetry ValentineCollected by Esther Howland English 19th century ?ca 1849. Pop-up valentine with a paper lace border a monochrome lithograph having a hand-colored floral bouquet at center...
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World War II POW Diaries of BritishLieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
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Kachina-style Lamps from the ShiprockTrading Post created by Will Evans owner of Shiprock Trading Post ?from 1917-1948; both lamps carved of wood and mounted to square painted bases; each with painted paper lampshades...
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Painted Mirror from the Shiprock TradingPost created by Will Evans owner of Shiprock Trading Post ?from 1917-1948; wooden frame painted in southwestern-style geometrics 27.5 in. x 23.5 in.second quarter 20th centuryWill...
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