A few examples of appraisal values for
CIVIL WAR

• BRITISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE, (37
  BRITISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE, (37 VOLUMES)British History and Literature, (37 volumes)Lot includes: 1-3. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649. Samuel R. Gardiner. London: Longmans Green and Co., 1886-1891. first editions. (3 volumes, com
• VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM WITH CONFEDERATE
  VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM WITH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERVictorian photo album, including a full length Civil War Confederate soldier with trench coat, sword and revolver, J. H. Keim, Lebanon, Pa. backstamp, 4" x 2 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
• CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHCivil
  CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHCivil War soldier tintype photograph, in cherub and stag union case, with seven soldiers, one wearing a fez hat with long tassel, possibly Zouave image, 4" x 3 1/4"; together with two small tintypes, one of a gentleman in uniform coat. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Two smaller images - no case.
• CIVIL WAR FLAG MEMENTOCivil War flag
  CIVIL WAR FLAG MEMENTOCivil War flag memento, purportedly cut from a successions flag in Manassas, frame - 10 3/4" x 8 5/8". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Washington, D.C. estate.
• CIVIL WAR CARTRIDGE BOX, MID 19TH C.Civil
  CIVIL WAR CARTRIDGE BOX, MID 19TH C.Civil War cartridge box, mid 19th c., stamped E. Gaylord, 6" w., together with a cap box stamped H. A. Dingee, NY with period sword belt and NCO buckle. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Cartridge box - two back straps torn, initials carved into cover, tear to closure strap.
• CIVIL WAR BULLS EYE CANTEENCivil War
  CIVIL WAR BULLS EYE CANTEENCivil War bulls eye canteen with wool cover and applied US on either side, 7" dia. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Wear to cover, lacking one strap band, small section of original leather strap remains.
• CIVIL WAR KEPI, MID 19TH C.Civil War
  CIVIL WAR KEPI, MID 19TH C.Civil War kepi, mid 19th c. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Minor sporadic surface moth damage,
• CIVIL WAR CAVALRY SWORD AND SCABBARD,
  CIVIL WAR CAVALRY SWORD AND SCABBARD, MID 19TH C.Civil War cavalry sword and scabbard, mid 19th c., with wire wrap leather grip, blade - 35" l. Condition: As expected wear consistent with age and use.
• CIVIL WAR ERA SWORD, 19TH C.Civil War
  CIVIL WAR ERA SWORD, 19TH C.Civil War era sword, 19th c., with brass guard and wire wrap leather grip, blade - 26" l. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: As expected wear consistent with age and use.
• 3 HAND FORGED HEARTHSIDE UTENSILS CA.
  3 HAND FORGED HEARTHSIDE UTENSILS CA. 18TH-EARLY20th century; fine Lebanon Co., PA flatworked spatula with tombstone arch shaped blade and fine cut-work and tool decorated fancy facing tulips central design on handle with rattail hook hanger, 14"; rare signed "A.E. Bachman" (attributed to Aaron E. Bachman, civil war veteran, survivor of Andersonville Prison, working in West Earl Twp., PA) simple crafted spatula with rivet mounted blade on snake head mount of rod and flatworked handle with hook hanger, 14"; early eastern PA two-prong roasting fork with large arching flatworked handle with bird's head design terminus hook, 18 1/2"; Condition: all good
• 2 CIVIL WAR ERA HEAD DRESSESca. 1830-1880;
  2 CIVIL WAR ERA HEAD DRESSESca. 1830-1880; signed "Williamson & Foster Hatters, Lancaster & Harrisburg" gent's beaver pelt covered top hat with stiff cardstock stove pipe shape and cloth covered steam shaped brim, woven black tape collar with bow tie accent, Condition: good; lady's black silk pleated mourning bonnet with cordage accented wire braced rim with four rib design, flat back and mounted neck covering, unknown maker, Condition: good
• 2 GUTTA PERCHE CASED MILITARY SOLDIER
  2 GUTTA PERCHE CASED MILITARY SOLDIER PHOTOSca. 1857 & later; both early "Littlefield, Parsons & Co." daguerreotype Union case: daguerreotype photo of unknown seated Union soldier with light colorized accents to cheeks, case highly embellished with floral design, Civil War era soldier, 3 1/4"x 3 3/4"x 3/4" case, Condition: unknown soldier; later tin-type photo of Spanish-American War "Rough Rider" holding U.S. Springfield rifle in kneeling position framed in fine floral embellished hinged case, 3 1/4"x 3 3/4"x 3/4" case, [Note: thought to be "Rough Rider" soldier, however, possible member of Mt. Springs Rifle Co., an Ephrata group that did military training during that era]; Condition: good
• A quantity of vintage and other historical
  A quantity of vintage and other historical simulation board games, American Civil War to WWII and later
• A quantity of vintage and other military
  A quantity of vintage and other military strategy board games, English Civil War to the Cold War and 20th c conflicts, boxed
• A quantity of vintage and other military
  A quantity of vintage and other military strategy board games, American Civil War interest, boxed
• A quantity of vintage and other military
  A quantity of vintage and other military strategy board games, historical warfare including Russian civil war, WWI and WWII, naval battles, etc, boxed
• SAVAGE .36 CALIBER NAVY MODEL REVOLVER
  SAVAGE .36 CALIBER NAVY MODEL REVOLVER Pat. 1860. Six-shot revolver, U.S. Civil War.
• WILLIAM AIKEN WALKER (AMERICAN, 1838-1921)
  WILLIAM AIKEN WALKER (AMERICAN, 1838-1921) COTTON FIELD Oil on academy board. Signed 'W. A. Walker' (lower left). William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921) William Aiken Walker was an American artist best known for genre paintings of black sharecroppers. He also documented the American civil ware era during his service in the confederate army. William Aiken Walker was born to an Irish Protestant father and a mother of South Carolina background in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1861, during the American Civil War, Walker was conscripted into the Confederate Army and was sent to Morris Island as part of the Palmetto Guard. Almost immediately, Walker was sent on to Richmond and Camp Davis. He was medically discharged from the army four months later. For the remainder of the war, he served as a civilian draftsman to the Confederate Engineers Corps and made maps and drawings of Charleston’s defenses. After the Civil War, Walker moved to Baltimore, where he produced small paintings of the “Old South” to sell as tourist souvenirs. He is best known for his paintings depicting the lives of poor black emancipated slaves, especially sharecroppers in the post-reconstruction American South.
• GROUP OF CIVIL WAR RELATED ITEMSGroup
  GROUP OF CIVIL WAR RELATED ITEMSGroup of Civil War related items, to include a New York 9th Excelsior Brigade shako hat badge; cavalry crossed sabers insignia; Spanish American War veterans badge; pair of leather gauntlets; leather shot flask; tin type of a soldier; CDV of Major General John Sedgwick; miscellaneous buttons, etc.; together with two reproduction buckles and a copy of a soldier. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: As found.
• FOUR CIVIL WAR ERA CDVS, OF MEN IN UNIFORMFour
  FOUR CIVIL WAR ERA CDVS, OF MEN IN UNIFORMFour Civil War era CDVs, of men in uniform to include sailors, images - 5 3/4" x 4", frame - 15 1/2" x 26". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• CIVIL WAR ERA ITEMS TO INCLUDE A DISCHARGE
  CIVIL WAR ERA ITEMS TO INCLUDE A DISCHARGE PAPERCivil War era items to include a discharge paper, CDV and ribbon, discharge for William Watts, private, New York, dated September 1864; a CDV image, 4" x 2 3/4"; a silk GAR ribbon top, frame - 15 1/2" x 16 1/4"; GAR medal and an eagle helmet badge, frame - 15" x 11". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Gar ribbon - as found. Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• A CIVIL WAR ERA ROSEWOOD AND BRASS FIFE,
  A CIVIL WAR ERA ROSEWOOD AND BRASS FIFE, ETC.A Civil War era rosewood and brass fife, together with two flutes. Condition: Unknown if complete. Unknown if playable. CW flute is missing one band.
• 1864 U.S. UNCUT CIVIL WAR BOND1864 U.S.
  1864 U.S. UNCUT CIVIL WAR BOND1864 U.S. Confederate States Civil War Uncut $1000 Loan Bond. Marked: Loan Authorized by Act of Congress. February 17th, 1864. Engraved by J. Archer and printed by Evans & Cogswell, Columbia S.C. No.
• NATIVE AMERICAN BOWIE STYLE TRADE KNIFE
  NATIVE AMERICAN BOWIE STYLE TRADE KNIFE - CIVIL WAR ERAIron or steel blade marked with a stamped American Shield surrounded by "NY" (this may be the mark of R.H. Alexander who was a New York-based importer of Sheffield-made knives). The wood handle decora
• CIVIL WAR COLORED INFANTRY MUSTER, 1865,
  CIVIL WAR COLORED INFANTRY MUSTER, 1865, GREENVILLE, LACivil War Muster and descriptive Roll of Company D 73rd U.S. Colored infantry. Forwarded by Capt. A. McAllister for the 96" Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry stationed at Greenville, Louisiana pursuan
• DON TROIANI, MCPHERSON'S RIDGE PRINT,
  DON TROIANI, MCPHERSON'S RIDGE PRINT, 810/1300Don Troiani, MCPHERSON'S RIDGE PRINT: BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, JULY 1, 1863, Civil War. Signed by Troiani in margin lower right and numbered 810/1300 lower left. Accompanying this lot is a certificate of
• DON TROIANI, LONE STAR PRINT, 998/1500Don
  DON TROIANI, LONE STAR PRINT, 998/1500Don Troiani, Lone Star print, Texas 1st Regiment, Battle of Antietam 1862, Civil War. Signed by Troiani in margin lower right and numbered 998/1500 lower left. Accompanying this lot is a certificate o
• COL. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGENSON LETTER
  COL. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGENSON LETTER WITH SIGNATURECol. Thomas Wentworth Higgenson (1823-1911) American Author and Abolitionist. Colonel of the first black regiment in the Civil War. Handwritten letter dated June 23, 1880 with signature / autograph. I
• COLLECTION OF GONE WITH THE WIND AND
  COLLECTION OF GONE WITH THE WIND AND RELATED BOOKS Collection of edition copies of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, and other related books, comprising Mitchell, Margaret "Gone With the Wind" nine copies, various editions, dates, publishers, together with Haver, Ronald "David O. Selznick's Gone With the Wind", Haver, Ronald "David O. Selznick's Hollywood", and Flamini, Roland "Scarlett, Rhett, and a Cast of Thousands" 14 pieces. Largest: 14.25" H x 11.25" W Provenance: From a 50 Madison Avenue estate. Keywords: Literature, Reading, Library, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, Civil War, Hollywood, Antebellum, Southern Fiction
• AMES MODEL 1840 CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN SWORD,
  AMES MODEL 1840 CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN SWORD, 1863 Ames Manufacturing Company Model 1840 Civil War Era Musician's Sword, 1863, with gilt bronze handle, the steel blade struck "AMES MFG Co. / CHICOPEE / MASS" and "U.S. / A. D. K. / 1863". 29.75" L x 4.25" W x 3.25" D. Keywords: Antiques, Militaria
• 4PCS MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS SIGNED
  4PCS MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS SIGNED DOCUMENTS George Evans Davis (December 26, 1839 ? June 28, 1926), a signed bank check drawn on Merchants National Bank of Burlington, Vermont. Oliver Duff (or Davis) Greene (January 25, 1833 ? March 19, 1904) was a Union officer who received the Medal of Honor on December 13, 1893, for his action at the Battle of Antietam on September 16, 1862. Signed special orders. Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird (August 20, 1824 ? June 14, 1905) was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Baird received the Medal of Honor for his military actions. 24 page General Orders signed by Baird. Brigadier General Rufus Saxton (1824-1908), a general in the Union Army. Handwritten letter with signature.
• GEN LEONIDAS POLK HANDWRITTEN SIGNED
  GEN LEONIDAS POLK HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER Leonidas Polk (1838-1864), signed letter in his hand. ALS, as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America. This was before becoming a General in the Confederate Army. Letter is to Reverend L, discussing religion. General Leonidas Lafayette Polk, second cousin to President James K. Polk, was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. A graduate of West Point, he resigned his military commission in 1827 and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1830. He served as Bishop of Louisiana from 1841 to 1864. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis convinced Polk to accept a commission in the army of the Confederate States. Polk agreed and was commissioned a major general commanding Department No. 2 in 1861. During the Atlanta Campaign, Polk was killed in action on June 14, 1864, while on a scouting mission in Kennesaw Georgia.
• CIVIL WAR, HARPERS WEEKLY BOUND MAGAZINE
  CIVIL WAR, HARPERS WEEKLY BOUND MAGAZINE 1864 Bound set of Harper's Weekly Newsmagazine #366-406. From January 2nd through October 8, 1864. Many stories and illustrations about the Civil War. Bound in green cloth boards with a paper spine. Folio size.
• 4VOL U.S. GRANT AND W. SHERMAN PERSONAL
  4VOL U.S. GRANT AND W. SHERMAN PERSONAL MEMOIRS Two double volume sets of Civil War biographies: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Published 1885 by Charles Webster. First trade edition Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman Written by Himself, Published 1891 by Charles Webster. Fourth edition. Books are bound in green boards with gilt titling and decoration.
• LEONIDES POLK HANDWRITTEN LETTER REGARDING
  LEONIDES POLK HANDWRITTEN LETTER REGARDING MONEY Leonidas Bishop Polk (1806-1864), later became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was killed by a cannon ball during the Kennesaw Mountain Battle. This letter is an appeal for money written in a very messy script. Unsure of the date on the letter, but appears to have been sent from New Albany.
• A. LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
  A. LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN NEWSPAPER The New York Observer September 25th, 1862, 2 pages, one large page folded. This is a very early printing, in a newspaper, of the proclamation Abraham Lincoln made toward enforcement of freeing of southern slaves. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War, announcing on September 22, 1862, that if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states would be free. The proclamation by Lincoln is on page #310 covering most of the middle column.