RARE AMERICAN FOLK CIVIL WAR MECHANICALRARE AMERICAN FOLK CIVIL WAR MECHANICAL DIORAMA Late 19th c., Ohio or New York, painted carved wood assemblage, depicting three Civil War figures in meeting, possibly depicting the Surrender at Appomattox, one seated with hinged and articulating mouth and arms, two standing with articulating arms and legs, accompanied by original purchase invoice, 12"h x 12"l x 12"w
GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUNDGIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUND IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2" x 15" album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions and churches (note exception: first page includes 5 stereoview images). Subjects include the Customs House, County Jail, Watkins Institute, Spring Park in East Nashville, the Penitentiary, Mt. Olivet cemetery (9 images), National Cemetery (18 images), the City Cemetery (9 images), Woodland Street Suspension Bridge, Insane Asylum (10 images),Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Depot, School for the Blind, Hume School, Howard School, James K. Polk's Tomb, interior of the State Capitol library, City Hall, Court House, Vanderbilt University campus (9 images), "Old Rue Deaderick," Public Square, Church Street, the Maxwell House Hotel, and 3 images of stables and figures at Belle Meade Plantation. Churches include Holy Trinity, Christ Church, Central Baptist College Hill, 1st Presbyterian Church, Church of Advent, McKendree Methodist, the Jewish Temple, St. Mary's, Also included are steamboats on the Cumberland River, general river views, and African Americans working in a field. 2nd group: Group of 10 Thuss, Koellin and Giers stereoview cards, Views of Nashville, Tennessee and Vicinity including Vanderbilt University, downtown streets, and 2 unidentified mansions (one overgrown). 3rd group: More than 2 dozen albumen prints mounted to paper or cardboard backings (some are fragments of old album pages). Identifiable scenes include the State Insane Asylum, funeral procession, the Suspension Bridge, "Dr. Sheffield's Home" with figures on porch, City Hospital, Natural Stone Bridge and a few other scenes possibly in the Sewanee-Beersheba Springs area of Middle Tennessee, the State Capitol overlooking houses and buildings (post Civil War) and a large 10" x 13 1/2" image of a crowd of well dressed men standing outside a train, inscribed in pencil on back "the Davidson County Democratic Club on way to convention that nominated Grover Cleveland, taken at Depot on Church Street." (Large creased area with tears at upper edge), left corner missing, grime/possible mildew to left edge). 4th group: more than 2 dozen loose albumen images. Identifiable subjects include the old James K. Polk mansion (no longer standing), Broadway, Fort Negley "about 1886", Fort Morton " about 1886," State Capitol, Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail car, Nashville riverfront with steamboats, the Pontoon Bridge and Ferry used while building the Woodland Street Bridge, scenes of the great Nashville snowstorm, Union Street decked out for the visit of president Grover Cleveland, the Andrew Jackson monument at the State Capitol; images from the building of bridges, and " The Cole Residence (later Medical Arts Building)". 5th group: 14 illustrated images of Nashville architectural landmarks (possibly taken from a book and based on Giers photographs) and 3 early 20th century reprint photographs of Civil War officers camped out by a tent (likely taken by Giers during the Union occupation of Nashville) along with 2 illustrated images of elevations of Ft. Negley. Approximately 100 total images. Note: Carl C. Giers immigrated from Germany and arrived in Nashville in 1852. He set up a photo gallery downtown, photographing many Nashville occupants and visitors - including notable Civil War figures during the city's Union Occupation. C.C. Giers passed away in 1877 and the studio was sold, but his son, Otto Giers, only 19 when his father died, took up the trade and continued it as part of the firm Thuss, Kollein and Giers. In 1885, he undertook a series of documentary photographs of Nashville sites (some of which are represented here). Some of these images were published in the 2 vol. series IMAGES OF AMERICA: NASHVILLE FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARL AND OTTO GIERS by James Hoobler. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Mounted images exhibit light grime, fading/toning, and some edge losses. Loose images range from good condition with light fading and toning to fragile condition with some losses. Some loose images are curled with parts missing.
GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OFGIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OF STEREOVIEW IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, circa 1884, all mounted on album pages, most inscribed with identifying captions. Most are stereoview prints. 40 pages containing approximately 150 views (300 images) including Fort Negley and the "Negro Settlement" at Fort Negley, and numerous views of the grounds and Interior of the State Capital Building including corridors, Hall of Representatives, library with images of portraits, flags, and artifacts, and views from the Capitol looking in each direction (note one is a panoramic stereoview), and numerous views of Vanderbilt University, the Great Snow , the City Cemetery, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, National Cemetery, and Mount Calvary Cemetery. Other images include the Cumberland Riverfront, High Street, City Hall, Customs House, Court House, a young black child standing in a field with dilapidated houses behind him, Spring Park, Stevenson Avenue, Park Street, Spruce Street, Cherry Street, College Street, Market Street, Nashville Public Square, Cole Building, Woodland Street Suspension Bridge, the Railroad Bridge, German Lutheran Church, St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral (interior and exterior), St. Ann's Church, Church of the Assumption, St. Peter's Chapel, Elm Street Church, Central Baptist Church, McKendree Church, Trinity Church, Church of the Advent, Jewish Synagogue, the Penitentiary, Gilchrist Hotel, Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Depot, the "Insane Asylum" including the "Colored Department", Roger Williams University, Hume Fogg School, Howard School, School for the Blind, South Nashville Normal School, Ward Seminary, Price's Seminary, St. Bernard Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Fisk University - Jubilee Hall and Livingston Hall, the Wharf (riverfront), Central Tenn. College, French Spring Lick (Sulphur Spring), Tulane Hotel, Belle Meade Plantation, the Surry Jones Gospel Tent, and residences of Captain Ryman, Col. E.W. Cole, Gen. Houston, William Morrow, J. W. Thomas, and William Duncan. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. Note: Carl C. Giers immigrated from Germany and arrived in Nashville in 1852. He set up a photo gallery downtown, photographing many Nashville occupants and visitors - including notable Civil War figures during the city's Union Occupation. C.C. Giers passed away in 1877 and the studio was sold, but his son, Otto Giers, only 19 when his father died, took up the trade and continued it as part of the firm Thuss, Kollein and Giers. In 1885, he undertook a series of documentary photographs of Nashville sites (some of which are represented here). Some of these images were published in the 2 vol. series IMAGES OF AMERICA: NASHVILLE FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARL AND OTTO GIERS by James Hoobler. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Some pages have images clipped, but the majority are intact with light discoloration and edge chipping (mostly affecting the rigid album boards). All images are adhesive-mounted to album pages, which have become brittle. 17 pages have come unbound from spine. Leather exterior of album is extremely worn, including the spine.
GIERS PHOTO GALLERY ACCOUNT BOOKS, ARCHIVEAccountGIERS PHOTO GALLERY ACCOUNT BOOKS, ARCHIVEAccount books 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 Gallery with beginning date 1872, the other titled Giers and Koellein, no beginning date, but circa 1895, both containing hundreds of signatures of Giers photography customers, presumably sitters, over a period of several years. Most of the clients who signed listed their residences from the Middle Tennessee area, but a few hailed from further environs including Charleston, Buffalo NY, Memphis, Kentucky, and as far as Mexico. (Giers Gallery book - 10 1/2" x 8" x 1 3/8". Giers and Koellein book - 10 1/4" x 8 1/4" x 1 3/8"). 3rd item: Partial C.C. Giers ledger, much of it written in German, circa 1872 (12 1/8" x 7 1/2" x 3/4"). 4th item: Memorial of the International Exhibition 1876, souvenir booklet with 48 views of the event in Philadelphia, "compliments of C.C. Giers," with views including the Photographic Association Studio, where C.C. Giers exhibited his work (wear to cover, toning to interior pages). (3 1/8" x 4 7/8" x 1/4"). 5th item: 3 Pages from Frank Leslie's and Harper's Weekly with engravings based on Giers photographs. 6th item: 2 photographic images of C.C. Giers including CDV with his own photography studio backstamp verso and a sixth-plate tinted tintype portrait. (CDV overall - 4 1/8" x 2 1/2". Tintype overall - 4 3/4" x 3 7/8"). 7th item: 2 Thuss, Koellein and Giers envelopes, 1 empty, the other containing a lock of hair and addressed to Miss E. Childress (both envelopes toned and torn). 8th item: Will of Carl C. Giers, dated Oct. 16, 1875, ordering his business property, "especially my business on Union Street, together with its good will and fixtures", to be sold, with the income invested and interest to benefit his wife, Pauline. (Toning, scattered minor stains). 9th item: June 2, 1883 Bill of sale transferring ownership of Armstrong's Photographic Gallery at 139 Union Street in Nashville to the partnership of W.G. Thuss, Emil Koellein, and Otto Giers, "together with its good will, furniture, fixtures, specimens, apparatus, negatives stock and materials." (Toning, 1/2" tear at fold, light grime). 10th item: Civil War certificate, partially printed and dated Dec. 26, 1864, noting that "Giers and Co is duly authorized to sell supplies to loyal persons at Nashville and that he may be permitted to ship to that place during the month of December, supplies... to the amount of $500." Signed by C.A. Fuller. Together with a Special License to ship to Insurrectionary States and Districts, allowing C.C. Giers to import $200 worth of "goods, wares and merchandise", signed by W.D. Gallagher and dated July 19, 1862. 1/2" loss at top of page. (Note: Giers was allowed to continue his photography business during the Civil War, in fact photographing numerous Civil War officers on both sides of the conflict. However, as these certificates show, operating the business in a Union occupied Southern city carried its share of red tape). 11th item: Apron from Giers' studio; metal door plate "Chas. C. Giers" (3 1/2" x 7"). 12th item: Light magnifier or lens from a piece of photography equipment (1 1/2" x 3 1/4"). 13th item: Metal printing plate depicting the Giers photography shop along with a late 20th century card showing a reprint of the image. (Plate - 1 5/8" x 4 3/8" x 7/8". Card - 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"). 14th item: C.C. Giers TN and Pacific Railroad Pass. 15th item: 4 Koellein, Patterson, and Giers trade cards (grime). 16th item: Otto B. Giers "First Class Photographer" ad (adhered to 1960s photo album page). 17th item: Giers and Koellein sign: "Notice: All Photographs Must be Paid for in Advance". 18th item: Souvenir booklet from the Photographer's Association of American convention dated July 23-27 1900 (6 1/2" x 10 1/8" x 1/4"). 19th item: Souvenir programme of the Photographer's Association of Kentucky and Tennessee, McMinnville TN June 20-23, 1905 with ads and samples of photography from various area studios (9 3/4" H x 6 5/8" W x 3/8" D). 19th item: Register book, lacking covers, dated March 20 -Dec. 19, 1868, containing signatures and residences - possibly another Giers photography customer register. Book is fragile with separations to spine, newspaper clippings pasted to some pages, chew losses to corners (7 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 3/8"). 20th item: Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to C.C. Giers, including some of his letters to the editor favorable to immigration ("Let them come"), a critical report from the Tennessee exhibit at the World's Fair in Vienna, 1873 ("Tennessee makes a poor show in the world"), etc. Lacking covers, pages heavily toned, clippings glued down. 21st item: Large document signed by Tennessee Gov. John C. Brown appointing Giers as Commissioner to the 1873 Vienna Exposition, vignette of the state Capitol at top, seal at bottom. (Fragile with full tears at lower fold lines). (20 7/8" x 15 5/8" approx.). Note: Carl C. Giers immigrated from Germany and arrived in Nashville in 1852. He set up a photo gallery downtown, photographing many Nashville occupants and visitors - including notable Civil War figures during the city's Union Occupation. C.C. Giers passed away in 1877 and the studio was sold, but his son, Otto Giers, only 19 when his father died, took up the trade and continued it as part of the firm Thuss, Kollein and Giers. He went on to make a name for himself photographing a series of documentary photos of the city of Nashville (included in this auction), the Nashville Centennial Exposition, and other important citizens, sites, and events. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Covers of 1872 Giers Gallery sitters' book fully detached and badly worn; front cover of the Giers and Koellein book missing and back cover nearly detached. Ledger in poor condition with pest damage, lacking covers, heavy toning and foxing. Other items used and worn, see item description above.
CIVIL WAR CHESS SET FROM THE HISTORYCIVIL WAR CHESS SET FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLUBWooden chess board lid measures approximately 14" and has the complete set of painted resin Civil War figure chess pieces, including Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as the kings. Wooden box features a plaque reading: "THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLUB LIFE MEMBER". Square box measures approximately 15-1/4" in length and width. In overall good condition consistent with age and use.
LARGE COLLECTION OF METAL SOLDIERS,LARGE COLLECTION OF METAL SOLDIERS, ANIMALS & VEHICLES Vintage and Antique Toy Group, incl: (4) Sets of Britains soldiers in original boxes - Coldstream Guards #90, The Seaforth Highlanders #2062, Grenadier Guards (Winter Overcoats) #312, The Governor General's Horse Guareds (Canada) #1631; British Bulldog set of Royal Navy sailors pulling a cannon and cart; Many loose figures, assorted time periods and nations, by assorted makers; Large group of zinc alloy figures, (2) in original bags by Winter Reproductions (Roman figures and American Civil War figures), UK, plus baseball players, band members and assorted soldiers; Pewter figures; Large group of metal ships and tanks; Variety of animal figures; Etc., Etc. Some with missing heads and limbs; paint losses.
TWO FRAMED COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, ONETWO FRAMED COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, ONE PRESENTED TO ALMA POWELL BY THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICETWO FRAMED COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, ONE PRESENTED TO ALMA POWELL BY THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, one depicting Civil War figures; the second featuring stamps of famous African Americans, with brass plaque 'Presented to Alma Powell/With Our Thank And Appreciation/From the United States Postal Service/April 22, 1999' Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
TWO FRANKLIN MINT CAST PEWTER CIVILTWO FRANKLIN MINT CAST PEWTER CIVIL WAR FIGURES, 'FIRE AT WILL' AND 'THE CAVALRYMAN', H OF TALLER: 10 1/2 IN. (26.67 CM.)Two Franklin Mint Cast Pewter Civil War Figures, 'Fire at Will' and 'The Cavalryman',, Dimensions: H of taller: 10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm.)
EPHEMERA: TOOLED LEATHER "CARTE DE VISITE"EPHEMERA: TOOLED LEATHER "CARTE DE VISITE" ALBUM CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR FIGURES FOR BOTH TH...EPHEMERA: Tooled leather "Carte de Visite" album containing photographs and illustrations of important Civil War figures for both the north and south sides, including: Grant, Sherman, Davis, Lee, Jackson, Stuart, Lincoln and more, original owner's name, Sybella Heath, on front cover, along with presentation page dated 1863, gilt edges on pages, cast metal hinged clasps, wear consistent with age and use.
CORRESPONDENCE AND SIGNATURES OF CIVILCORRESPONDENCE AND SIGNATURES OF CIVIL WAR FIGURES: JEFFERSON DAVIS, AMBROSE BURNSIDE, FELIX ZOLLICOFFER, JOSEPH MANSFIELD, DAVID HU...CORRESPONDENCE AND SIGNATURES OF CIVIL WAR FIGURES: JEFFERSON DAVIS, AMBROSE BURNSIDE, FELIX ZOLLICOFFER, JOSEPH MANSFIELD, DAVID HUNTER, JOSEPH TOTTEN, AND FRANK BROWNELL, including clipped salutation with signature of Jefferson Davis; Ambrose Burnside ALS dated July 3, 1863; signature of Felix Zollicoffer; signature of Joseph Mansfield as Inspector General; signature of David Hunter as Major General; Joseph Totten ALS dated January 9, 1841 and signature of Joseph Totten; signature of Frank Brownell with newspaper clipping of his obituary; Benjamin Butler ALS dated Sept. 6, 1876, and others (15)
FOUR CHILMARK CIVIL WAR FIGURES, FRANCISFOUR CHILMARK CIVIL WAR FIGURES, FRANCIS BARNUM. American, 2nd half 20th century. Pewter, signed, dated and numbered with brass inset mark, and signed on wood bases. Three from "Leaders of Gettysburg" series. "John Burford", 716/1200, 1997, "Winfield Hancock", 725/1200, 1997 and "George Meade", 725/1200, 1997. Average 5.75"h. Together with "Devil's Den", 209/2500, 1989. 4"h.
RARE AMERICAN FOLK CIVIL WAR MECHANICALRARE AMERICAN FOLK CIVIL WAR MECHANICAL DIORAMA Late 19th c., Ohio or New York, painted carved wood assemblage, depicting three Civil War figures in meeting, possibly depicting the Surrender at Appomattox, one seated with hinged and articulating mouth and arms, two standing with articulating arms and legs, accompanied by original purchase invoice, 12"h x 12"l x 12"w
Lead Civil War Figures, the tripod isLead Civil War Figures, the tripod is broken on the one, 11 pieces approx, overall good condition Estimate $50-75
COLLECTION OF FOLK ART DRAWINGS. SomeCOLLECTION OF FOLK ART DRAWINGS. Some are initialled ''HWL'' all are ca.1870s pen ink and watercolor on paper. Nine total matted and in a chip-carved frame in old surface 27 1/2''h. 25 1/2''w. See lot 173. This unusual collection of drawings likely all based on photographs includes seven Civil War figures: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Colonel W.S. Rowland Major General Daniel Sickels Colonel Justin Dimick Major General J.L. Reno Colonel Sir Percy Wyndham and Confederate Major General A.P. Hill all on the same paper. Two additional portraits are of Ohio and New York artist William Louis Sonntag (on blue paper) and poet James Russell Lowell (on lined paper). As Lowell was a neighbor of Longfellow and succeeded him as professor of modern languages at Harvard it has been theorized that the ''HWL'' initials were for Longfellow however this cannot as yet be fully substantiated.