A few examples of appraisal values for
1840 NCO

• A CIVIL WAR ERA 1840 NCO
  A CIVIL WAR ERA 1840 NCO OFFICER'S SWORD A Civil War Era 1840 NCO officer's sword, maker: C. Roby, Chelsmford , MA, a brass knob pommel, a gilt brass wrapped wire grip and a brass clam shell guard, the blade dated I.S.1863 F.S.S., a black leather scabbard with brass throat and toe, 39.5"l, accompanied by a letter
• Oil on canvas Civil War portrait of
  Oil on canvas Civil War portrait of an officer with gilt braided epaulettes and gold buttons initialed "N.C." possibly North Carolina. 14.5"x11"
• MODEL 1840 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
  MODEL 1840 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS SWORD.
• ANTIQUE PORTRAIT OF MILITARY
  ANTIQUE PORTRAIT OF MILITARY OFFICERCirca early 1800's watercolor portrait of a millitary officer identified CAP'N NATE PAINE. Image 4.25 x 4 inches plus frame.
• NCO SWORD. American 2nd
  NCO SWORD. American 2nd quarter-19th century. Model 1840 with brass guard and grip and a blade marked ''Horstmann Philadelphia''. Leather scabbard is worn. 41 1/2''l. overall.
• US Civil War Model 1840 NCO Sword
  US Civil War Model 1840 NCO Sword Sword blade measures 32'' and is US marked and dated. Condition: Very good.
• THREE 1840'S MILITARY NCO SWORDS
  THREE 1840'S MILITARY NCO SWORDS Three 1840's NCO swords, the first having a knights head pommel on a carved bone grip, above a guard containing floral designs surmounting a non-fullered polished blade, with a leather over steel scabbard, the second having a knights head pommel on a carved bone grip, above a guard containing floral designs and a non-fullered blade; the third sword having a knights head pommel and standard floral patterned guard, Approximate measurements: first,blade, l. 27 overall l. 33. 75" with scabbard l. 35. 5", second l. 27 overall l. 33. 75, third, l. 27 overall l. 33. 75
• PORTRAIT OF A ROYAL NAVY OFFICER,
  PORTRAIT OF A ROYAL NAVY OFFICER, CIRCA 1850, UNFRAMED Young Gent with Long Hair and Small Goatee, in black coat with double-breasted gold buttons, wearing the single epaulet on his right shoulder, signifying rank of Junior Captain, oil on panel, unsigned, unframed, 27" x 22". Cleaned, cupped, fine crazing overall.
• U.S. Indian War M-1885 1st Sergeant
  U.S. Indian War M-1885 1st Sergeant Coatee Ohio National Guard Tag on coatee reads Co. H 1st Ohio National Guard of Cincinnati Circa 1885. Collar and shoulder boards in white denotes Infantry unit. Condition: Very good.
• U.S. NAVY COATEE WORN BY LT. JOHN
  U.S. NAVY COATEE WORN BY LT. JOHN MERCER BROOKE United StatesC. 1840s-50sDark blue superfine broadcloth body, gold metallic lace around the collar and cuffs, Scovill back marked navy buttons, white silk lining with padding in the breast, marked "Lt JM Brooke" in iron gall ink on a tab on the neck, and silk lining in the sleeves. Note: John Mercer Brooke (1826-1906) was born in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847 becoming a lieutenant. He worked on many projects for the U.S. Navy including finding the shape of the sea bottom and mapping as well as having a part in the transatlantic cable. In 1861, he resigned his commission and joined the Virginia navy and served for the Confederacy. He worked on converting the USS Merrimac to the CSS Virginia, and invented the Brooke rifle. He served until the surrender of Confederate forces and asked President Andrew Johnson for a pardon. After the war he became a professor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia and died there in 1906.
• CIVIL WAR ERA MODEL 1840 NON
  CIVIL WAR ERA MODEL 1840 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERSCIVIL WAR ERA MODEL 1840 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SWORD, manufactured by "Emerson & Silver Sword" Trenton N.J., 32 inch straight blade with shallow fuller, brass grip with clam shell shape guard, peened pommel. Includes metal scabbard with brass toe guard, hanger and brown leather frog. Inspector stamped "U.S. 1863 D.F.M." (Dexter F. Mosman).
• CONTINENTAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF
  CONTINENTAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF OFFICER First quarter-19th century; handsome young man in scarlet military coat, on verso identified as officer in Napoleons' army, gouache, 2 1/2 x 2 in., in boulle style frame.
• 15th Corps Veteran Sixth Plate
  15th Corps Veteran Sixth Plate Tintype with Inset Forty Rounds Badge A painfully young early war volunteer from the call of 1862 wearing a regulation four button sack coat with cravat that is the off-to-war dress of a recent civilian. The anonymous private is accoutered with a US oval plate on a pristine just-issued leather belt holding a brass-hilted sword bayonet. Pinned vertically to the pillow of the case is an iconic post-war painted metal Forty Rounds badge suspended from a pressed eagle and stenciled American flag segment evidence that the young man survived the war and lived to associate with fellow veterans in the GAR. Sherman??Ts hard-scrabble bummers were busy ''marching to the sea'' in February 1865 when the iconic 15th Corps badge was formally adopted and there is no documented evidence that ?Forty Rounds? ever saw field service except as the contents of a fully loaded cartridge box. Condition: Varnished plate near EXC. with just average clarity. Glossy black cartridge box with slight bend on right flap and minor paint loss at edges; raised gold paint perfect. Fine cloth flag segment worn and frayed missing lower metal planchet. Tintype and badge housed in separated composition case missing front lower edge.
• Orlando Norie 46th Foot (2nd
  Orlando Norie 46th Foot (2nd Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) resting in the trenches outside Sevastopol 1855 signed watercolour 30.5cm x 47cm (12" x 18.5")
• US Civil War Model 1840 NCO Sword
  US Civil War Model 1840 NCO Sword With Scabbard 32'' blade marked Ames & Co. Chicopee Mass. dated 1864 on the reverse. Full fuller brass handle knuckle bow pommel and guard with scabbard. Condition: Very good.
• NC Confederate Officer's Albumen
  NC Confederate Officer's Albumen PortraitOval albumen print affixed to a gray board mount imprinted SOUTHERN COPYING COMPANY ATLANTA GA. the subject wearing an early war first lieutenant's nine-button frock coat with cuff piping and blank shoulder boards. Housed in a 19th century wooden shadow frame with gilt and gesso inside border.Greg Mast's compendium of North Carolina Civil War images STATE TROOPS AND VOLUNTEERS contains numerous portraits of officers in similar uniforms.SS 9.5 x 7.5 in.; DOA 13.75 x 11.5 in.Chipping to the image and the mount; light damp stains along the mount's edges.
• WEAPONS: CIVIL WAR US M1840 NCO
  WEAPONS: CIVIL WAR US M1840 NCO SWORD, C. 1864, 32" STEEL BLADE, WITH LEATHER AND BRASS SCABBARD, ORDINANCE INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ARE RUBBED OUT, MANUFACTURED BY AMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, W...WEAPONS: Civil War US M1840 NCO Sword, c. 1864, 32" steel blade, with leather and brass scabbard, ordinance inspector's initials are rubbed out, manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, wear consistent with age and use, including typical leather wear, minor oxidation, etc.
• WOUNDED CONFEDERATE OFFICER
  WOUNDED CONFEDERATE OFFICER CLEVELAND AMBROTYPE1/4 plate ambrotype photo of Confederate officer standing in his uniform. Identified as John Smith Cleveland 1826-74, wounded in Virginia when a bull lodged under his skin at the collarbone and was rolled around by nieces and nephews, Dallas County Alabama. In leather embossed case, photo is 5.25 x 4.25 inches.
• ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1800),
  ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1800), PORTRAIT OF A NAVAL OFFICER Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in a later gilt frame.
• MODEL 1840 NCO SWORD Possibly
  MODEL 1840 NCO SWORD Possibly Marine-used, with 24 in. straight single fuller blade marked "HORTSMAN / PHILA" on the ricasso, brass knuckle bow guard, pommel and grip.
• American School 19th/20th Century
  American School 19th/20th Century Portrait of an Officer Estimate:$400-$600
• 1 piece. (African-American
  1 piece. (African-American Subject.) 19th-Century American Naval Photograph. Portrait of Ensign Anderson in uniform, ca. 1880. Oval albumen print. 5 1/4 x 4 inches (133 x 101 mm). Some spotting & surface wear. Framed. Apparently Anderson was a member of one of Philadelphia's ten African-American lodges of The Grand Army of The Republic; he served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
• 1 vol. Cooke, John Henry, of The
  1 vol. Cooke, John Henry, of The 43rd Regiment of Light Infantry. A Narrative of Events in The South of France and of The Attack... on New Orleans. London: T. & W. Boone, 1835. First edition. 8vo, contemp. 1/4 green calf, marbled bds. & edges, spine richly gilt, maroon morocco spine labels; scuffed, joints & corners rubbed. Minor, very occasional foxing. Without errata slip. Sabin
• Fine oval watercolor portrait of
  Fine oval watercolor portrait of a young military officer mounted in a black frame, circa 1830, unsigned. 12" x 18" oa Condition: Light foxing.
• SIX CIVIL WAR SWORDS, MODEL 1840
  SIX CIVIL WAR SWORDS, MODEL 1840 NCOnon commissioned officer's sword, 32 in. blade, three with markings "EMERSON/&/SILVER/TRENTON/NJ", one scabbard present; three with markings "C.ROBY/W.CHELMSFORD, MS"; 1862 and 1863 dates, various inspector marks, overall length each 38 in. Provenance: Private West Virginia Collection Condition: typical surface abrasions, toning and pitting to metal components, isolated incidents of oxidation, slightly loose construction at one grip, some markings indistinct
• [Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil
  [Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil War-Era Appointment for James Woodrow Ordnance Sergeant 73rd Reg. Indiana Vols.  Appointment of James C. Woodrow to Ordnance Sergeant in the 73rd Indiana Volunteers dated September 28 1862 at Camp Wilder Kentucky. Woodrow from Warren Ohio enlisted as a private in the 73rd Indiana at South Bend just six weeks before receiving this appointment and was promoted again to 1st Lieutenant on January 2 1863 and Adjutant in April of that year. He was captured at Rome Georgia along with several other officers on May 3rd was confined at Macon and Columbia SC but was somehow reunited with his regiment and was promoted yet again to Captain in May of 1864 serving in that position through the end of the war. Condition: Very good.
• Four Indian War military jackets:
  Four Indian War military jackets: navy blue jacket, collar marked with "2" and label for "W.D. Cowan, Newark, New Jersey", buttons by various makers, generally good condition, minor fading and wear ; signal corps jacket with orange trim, "4" on collar, nine buttons, inspection stencil "Inspected 1(?) 01 N.C.N.Y.", stenciled label blacked out, probably Philadelphia, stains, some losses ; black tunic with white trim, collar with "1", nine buttons Waterbury Button Co., lining marked "Charles Christie & Co…New York City", generally good condition, scattered stains ; black tunic with yellow trim, "2" on collar, nine buttons by Hortsman Bros. & Co. Phila., interior inspection stencil "Cowles…Philadelphia, Pa.", lining with extensive repairs and losses, otherwise good condition. All with scattered pest damage. Private Collection
• Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Civil
  Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Civil War Union Soldier. Portrait of 14th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Sergeant. Comes in full case. Excellent condition with a couple small blemishes in image.
• 1830 estate inventory of slaves,
  1830 estate inventory of slaves, three-page court copy of manuscript dated February 24, 1830, the estate of Joseph Neely, listing 19 slaves, "…1 negro woman Milly and child Rodey, $400.00…", and other property, on single sheet 13 x 15-1/2 in., modern frame. Folds, minor separations, toning, fading, small corner loss, four archival tape hinges at top verso. South Carolina Private Collection
• [Civil War - Veterans] Norman
  [Civil War - Veterans] Norman Puffer Civil War Drummer Boy 2nd VT Reg. & IOOF Official Personal Ribbons  Lot of 2 including an Odd Fellows ribbon commemorating the dedication of the Battle Monument at Bennington Vermont 1891 and a Representative's badge from the 31st Annual Encampment G.A.R. Dept. of Illinois at Galesburg 1897 and Norman M. Puffer then a 14-year-old from Bennington Vermont enlisted as a musician in June 1861 and soon mustered into the 2nd Vermont Infantry band mustered into the 10th Vermont Infantry that September. He transferred into the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1864.
• CIVIL WAR ERA NON COMMISSIONED
  CIVIL WAR ERA NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SWORDCIVIL WAR ERA MODEL 1840 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SWORD, manufactured by "Emerson & Silver Sword" Trenton N.J., 32 inch straight blade with shallow fuller, brass grip with clam shell shape guard, peened pommel. Includes metal scabbard with brass toe guard. Inspector stamped "U.S. 1862 D.F.M." (Dexter F. Mosman).
• Captain John McCleery's Civil War
  Captain John McCleery's Civil War kepi epaulets buttons insignia and ambrotype blue wool officer's hat with tarred visor black silk quatrefoil at top the number 23 at front brass buttons at sides interior with label L9 1/2'' W6 1/2''; Captain's epaulets witih 1/4'' fringe brass button two bar-rank insignia and the number 18 on round patch housed in original tin box. epaulets L7 3/4'' box W9 3/4'' H5 5/8''; box also containing various uniform buttons Captain's infantry shoulder boards Regimental infantry patch with the number 18 an eagle patch crossed-flag patch officer's black-and-gold-twisted hat cord Society of the Army of the Cumberland medal red kerchief containing feathers and other various accoutrements; together with cased ambrotype of Captain John McCleery in uniform H3 5/8'' (approx 34pcs) Provenance: Charleston South Carolina private collection. Other Notes: John McCleery was born in Milton PA on April 8 1837. His parents were William McCleery and Margaret Pollock. Prior to the Civil War he attended and graduated from Princeton University. At the onset of the war he joined the 5th PA Reserves and was made Captain of ''H'' company. His immediate superior was Col.Senaca Simmons. This unit which was part of a reserve brigade headed by Gen.McCall participated in Gen.McClellan's peninsula campaign of 1862. Severely wounded in the leg during the battle of White Oak Swamp (Glendale) on June 30 1862 he was taken prisoner by the Confederates and later released in a prisoner swap. After the war he returned to Milton and married Mary Helen Marr started a law practice rose in rank to LTC in the reserves and was active in the G.A.R. Despite his war wound he lived until April 8 1907. hat: moth damage throughout; well worn; brim with tarring defects; quatrefoil threads separating epaulets: patches coming loose box: wear and rubbing to finish; dents patches: some in good condition many in well-worn condition ambrotype: case detached
• Two CDVs of 95th New York
  Two CDVs of 95th New York National Guard Officer John D. Coughlin A military vignette ink signed John D. Coughlin/95th N.Y.N.G. with a civilian view of the same man both with penciled ?correspondent? on verso. Despite the name and embroidered ?95? infantry horn this officer??Ts identity remains a mystery. According to HDS and CWSS the only volunteer officer named ?John Coughlin? is the well documented lieutenant colonel of the 10th New Hampshire who won the CMOH. We presume that John Coughlin an aspiring soldier was apparently an otherwise unknown correspondent who was attached to the 95th New York National Guard. The NY National Guard organized in the later part of the Civil War was basically used as a ''home guard'' in the New York City area.  Condition: Both CDVs near VG with minor edge wear and light foxing.
• Photograph Portrait of the 19th
  Photograph Portrait of the 19th Alberta Dragoons Non-Commissioned Officers, early 20th century gelatin silver print framed 8.25 x 14.25 in — 21 x 36.2 cm
• CIVIL WAR OFFICER'S COAT & SHOULDER
  CIVIL WAR OFFICER'S COAT & SHOULDER BOARDS - Coat with Brass Buttons & (3) Shoulder Boards of Capt. John H Denton Co K 10th Regt Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Army of Cumberland served Aug 1861-Aug 1864 worn moth-holed faded. Does not include origina
• U.S. Naval officer's dr
  U.S. Naval officer's dr