- Two Books Signed by Governors General
of Canada, 19th & early 20th centuries 1) Helen, Lady Dufferin
SONGS, POEMS AND VERSES
439pp. with portrait frontispiece tissue guarded, folding genealogical table with a...
[more like this] - PETER SCALES VIRGINIA DOCUMENT ARCHIVEHistorical
document and ledger archive relating to Peter Scales and Nancy Minor, the parents of Lt. Dabney Scales of Memphis. 1st item - Orange County, Virginia receipt account book...
[more like this] - 11 SEHORN TN COIN SILVER SPOONS11 Tennessee
coin silver spoons (3 table or serving spoons, 6 dessert spoons and 3 teaspoons), all marked ".Sehorn" in rectangle with additional mark of a horse's head profile over a chevron,...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF AMBROTYPES, TINTYPES, DAGS,
SILHOUETTES AND ...Group of early photographs of people, all believed to have some relation to the Davis-Hicks-Giers family of Nashville, but none positively identified. Daguerreotypes,...
[more like this] - 3 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PRINTINGS1st
item: FROST, John. History of the United States; from the Use of Schools and Academies. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1836. 4 3/4" H X 7 1/2" W (Duodecimo). 458 Pages. First...
[more like this] - MAP AND ATLAS LOT, 3 PCS INCL. MELISH
DIRECTORY1st item: THE TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES by John Melish, published by T. H. Palmer, Philadelphia, 5th edition, 134 pages with fold out map, tables,...
[more like this] - 3 KY & TN MAPS: VANCE, TANNER, JOHNSON1st
item: "Map of Kentucky and Tennessee Compiled from the Latest Authorities", drawn by D. H. Vance, engraved by J. H. Young, published by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, 1826....
[more like this] - CSA GENLS. LETTERS TO J. B. LINDSLEY:
STEWART, WHEELER,...Archive of 5 Letters and Documents with signatures / autographs of Confederate Generals Alexander P. Stewart, Joseph Wheeler, and William Bate (all post-war),...
[more like this] - GROUP OF MIDDLE TN EPHEMERA INC. SLAVE
SALE, 1852 ALAMA...1st item: Slave receipt, recording $425 received from Daniel Montgomery for "Polly aged about 16 and George aged about 12 years," sold by John Fitzhugh,...
[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] - TWO PAIRS ANTIQUE GOLD EARRINGScannetille
and resin design, cannetille tested 18kt. yellow gold, 2 x 3/4 in., 7.8 grams; girandole design drop earrings, seed pearls, table cut rubies, blue enamel, mounting tested...
[more like this] - GEORGIAN GOLD & DIAMOND BROOCHbow form
design, assorted rose and table cut diamonds, stamped "ZA" (?) and with rampant lion (?), tested at least 14kt. yellow gold, hand engraved/scratches "3426", 3-3/4 x 2-3/8...
[more like this] - GEORGIAN GOLD GEMSTONE EARRINGSlikely
Spanish, table cut emeralds (a few are paste green stones), tested at least 14kt., illegible stamp on back, 2-3/8 x 1-1/4 in., 12.4 grams
Provenance: Estate of the Artists...
[more like this] - GEORGIAN 18KT. GEMSTONE BROOCHand pendant,
two convertible pieces, assorted rose and table cut diamonds, one cushion cut foil backed spinel approx. 9 x 7.5mm, one pear cut foil backed spinel approx. 10 x 7.5mm, tested...
[more like this] - GEORGIAN GOLD AND EMERALD EARRINGSthree
section bow/pendant design, likely Spanish or Portuguese, square and rectangle table cut emeralds, tested at least 14kt. yellow gold, lion stamped on back, 2-1/4 x 1-1/4 in.,...
[more like this] - 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,...
[more like this] - Y RARE AND IMPORTANT FRENCH GOTHIC IVORY
COMPOSITE CASKET
CIRCA 1330 the panels intricately carved in bas-relief to include scenes from the Medieval tales Queste del Saint Graal and Tristan & Isolde, with later brass...
[more like this] - MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. (1785-1859) AND
JAMES HALL (1793-1868). HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA: EDWARD C. BIDDLE (VOL. I); DANIEL RICE AND JAMES G. CLARK (VOLS. II AND III); 1836-1842-1844.McKenney,...
[more like this] - EARLY AMERICAN COMPASS 18TH CENTURY
COMPASS LENGTH 15".EARLY AMERICAN COMPASS, 18th Century, Drycard compass marked for Benjamin King, Newport, Rhode Island. Hardwood case with arms for sites and an oak cover...
[more like this] - LELAND WALLIN "CHILD'S ROUND TABLE WITH
..." OIL Leland Wallin (American, b. 1942) "Child's Round Table with Russian Wooden Blocks, German Bisque Doll, Chinese Paper Fish Kite and American Metal Top" from the "Child's...
[more like this] - 1 vol. The Holy Bible. Philadelphia:
W. Young, 1791-92. 12mo, contemp. red straight-grained morocco, black morocco spine label, gilt, a.e.g.; front cover detached. 2 vols. in 1, with New Testament title page,...
[more like this] - 6 vols. Americana - Including Travel:
Wansey, Henry. An Excursion to The United States of North America, in The Summer of 1794. 2nd ed. 12mo, 19th-Century 3/4 crushed red morocco & marbled bds., spine gilt, t.e.g.;...
[more like this] - Page family Virginia tea table, walnut
throughout, three-board figured walnut top tilting above birdcage on ring and baluster support, tripod base with slipper feet, probably Virginia, late 18th century, 30 x 30...
[more like this] - [General Americana] Ledger from Ohio
Physician L.C. Herrick 1870s Records for a small town doctor 1872-1877. 12mo leather with gilt edging on boards spine lettered ?Ledger? in gilt marbled page edges 4 spine...
[more like this] - 13 vols. Rush, Williams & Biddle Family
Books: Burns, Robert. The Works. Philadelphia, 1804. Vol. 1 (of 3) only. 12mo, contemp. sheep; worn & broken, covers detached. Frontis. Presentation copy to Julia [Rush],...
[more like this] - Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lot
of 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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