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COMING HOME

• RUTH LIVINGSTON: COMING HOMEOil
  RUTH LIVINGSTON: COMING HOMEOil on canvas, signed 'Livingston' lower left. 15 x 18 in., 20 x 23 in. (frame). Condition Some craquelure and surface soiling.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
• CONRAD SCHWIERING (1916-1986),
  CONRAD SCHWIERING (1916-1986), COMING HOME Fine Art
• PRINT, MAYUMI ODA Mayumi Oda
  PRINT, MAYUMI ODA Mayumi Oda (Japanese, b. 1941), "Coming Home," woodblock print in colors, pencil signed lower right, titled lower left, A. P. edition, image: 16"h x 11"w, sheet: 17.5"h x 12.5"w, overall (with frame): 22"h x 17"w. Provenance: Gifted by the artist to present owner (Private Collection, CA).
• ROYAL DOULTON PROTOTYPE VILLAGE
  ROYAL DOULTON PROTOTYPE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH JUGA unique version with variations in color on loving cup and minor modeling differences from the other Village Blacksmith in circulation. Village Blacksmith is working as a group of children watch him from a far. Lots of leaves and vines, as well as a horseshoe border on the bottom trim. The Village Blacksmith idealizes the image of the hard-working smith at toil in a sleepy village. Two verses in particular are well illustrated on the jug: Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands And the children coming home from school look in the open door They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor Featured on the base of the handle is a milestone with the poems title on one side and LONG-FELLOW 1842 on the reverse, the date of the poems publication in Ballads and other poems . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807- 1882) was born in Portland, Maine, USA. He became a professor of modern languages at Harvard and travelled extensively in Europe, being the guest of Dickens in 1842. #longfellow #blacksmith #forge Artist: Charles Noke Issued: 1936 Dimensions: 7.75"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Provenance: David Bearman Collection
• ROYAL DOULTON VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
  ROYAL DOULTON VILLAGE BLACKSMITH PRESENTATION PITCHER N...Rare "Village Blacksmith" pitcher with ahighly detailed and very colorful presentation of the village blacksmith working while a group of children walk by. This jug was housed in the Royal Doulton Museum and one of the very first editions of its time. The Village Blacksmith idealizes the image of the hard-working smithy at toil in a sleepy village. Two verses in particular are well illustrated on the jug: Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands And the children coming home from school look in the open door They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor Featured on the base of the handle is a milestone with the poems title on one side and LONG-FELLOW 1842 on the reverse, the date of the poems publication in Ballads and other poems. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807- 1882) was born in Portland, Maine, USA. He became a professor of modern languages at Harvard and travelled extensively in Europe, being the guest of Dickens in 1842. #longfellow #blacksmith #forge Artist: Charles Noke Issued: 1936 Dimensions: 7.75"H Edition Number: 1 of 600 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Provenance: David Bearman Collection
• LILLIPUTI LANE FIGURINE, I & LL
  LILLIPUTI LANE FIGURINE, I & LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMASLimited series that is part of Allegiance Collection. Depicts soldiers getting their tickets at the railroad station, coming home. Lilliput Lane American Lankmarks factory label on base. This item has its original box. Certificate of Authenticity included. This item has no reserve. Box measures: 7"L x 5.5"W x 5.25"H. Issued: 1998 Dimensions: 4.25"H Manufacturer: Lilliput Lanes Condition: Age related wear.
• CARVED AND PAINTED HALF HULL
  CARVED AND PAINTED HALF HULL DIORAMA OF THE TWO MASTED ...Carved and Painted Half Hull Diorama of the Two Masted Schooner "May" , circa 1860, at full sail flying American "Coming Home" pennant from her mast. Carved from a single piece of wood housed in original walnut frame with gilt liner. 10 in. x 13 ½ in. Framed 14 in. x 17 ½ in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• (3) FRAMED ENGLISH EQUESTRIAN
  (3) FRAMED ENGLISH EQUESTRIAN SPORTING PRINTS(lot of 3) Framed equestrian prints, including: (1) embellished print on canvas, "Coming Home," after Charles Spencelayh (English, 1865-1958), (1) engraving on paper, three plates from "Twelve of the Most Famous Running Horses," after the drawings by John Wootton (English, c.1686-1764) and Peter Tillemans (Flemish, c.1684-1734), sold by Bickham, (1) aquatint engraving on paper, "Racing - Winning," c.1860, after George Henry Laporte (English, 1799-1873), engraved by Henry A. Papprill (English, 1816-1903), published by A.J. Isaacs, largest - sight: approx 15"h, 24.5"w, overall: 18.25"h, 27.75"w; 16lbs total
• RELIGIOUS EX-VOTO VIRGEN DE SAN
  RELIGIOUS EX-VOTO VIRGEN DE SAN JUAN GRANDMOTHERUnframed oil on tin ex-voto, Mexico, 20th c., offered to La Virgen de San Juan by Rosa Maria Rodriguez for her grandmother Concepcion, who experienced severe chest pains coming home from the market, dated March 22, 1943, overall: approx 9"h, 11.75"w, 0.5lbs
• ZVONIMIR MIHANOVIC (B.1946) BOATS
  ZVONIMIR MIHANOVIC (B.1946) BOATS LITHOSERIGRAPHFramed color lithoserigraph on paper, "Coming Home," signed lower right Z. Mihanovic (Zvonimir Mihanovic, Croatian, b.1946), numbered 75/ 250, sight: 23.25"h, 24.75"w, overall: 36.75"h, 35.25"w, 13lbs
• ELIZABETH MUMFORD (MASSACHUSETTS,
  ELIZABETH MUMFORD (MASSACHUSETTS, 1950-2020), "THE BEST PART OF THE JOURNEY IS THE COMING HOME"., COLOR LITHOGRAPH, 22" X 22" SIGHT. FRAMED 30.5" X 30.5".ELIZABETH MUMFORD, Massachusetts, 1950-2020, "The Best Part of the Journey is the Coming Home". Signed lower right. Numbered 18/250. Dated 2012. Inscribed "Times to Remember, best wishes, Liz Mumford". Dimensions: Color lithograph, 22" x 22" sight. Framed 30.5" x 30.5".
• Katherine Adams Lovell (American,
  Katherine Adams Lovell (American, 1877-1965) Coming Home oil on canvas signed (lower right) 18 1/4 x 22 inches.
• EIGHT BOOKS VARIOUSLY ON NORTH
  EIGHT BOOKS VARIOUSLY ON NORTH CAROLINA ART AND ARCHITECTURE Lyons, Mary E. Master of Mahogany: Thomas Day, Free Black Cabinet Maker (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994), with dust jacket (damp stains and warping, still usable); Bishir, Catherine and Southern, Michael. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996) card covers (very good condition); Mark Hewitt: Potter (Raleigh: NC State University, 1997), card covers, (very good condition); Quartet: Four North Carolina Photographers (New London and Asheville: Safe Harbor Books, 2005); Gregory D. Ivy: Making North Carolina Modern (Greensboro: UNC-Greensboro, 2005), card covers, book like new in shrink wrap; Little, M. Ruth. The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1795-1975 (Chapel Hill: The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, 2006), with dust jacket (some stains to jacket; clean interior); Beverly McIver: Coming Home (Sante Fe: Lew Allen Contemporary, 2008), card covers (external scuffs, else good condition); Barfield, Rodney and Marshall, Patricia. Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker (Raleigh: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2010); card covers (good condition);
• EARL MARSHAWN WASHINGTON,
  EARL MARSHAWN WASHINGTON, AMERICAN (B. 1962), COMING HOME, 1937 AND TRAIN SCENE, 1931, TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN THEMED WOODCUT PRINTS, 16"H X 12"W (FRAME), 8"H X 6 1/2"W (SIGHT)Earl Marshawn Washington, American, (b. 1962) Coming Home, 1937 and Train Scene, 1931, Two African American themed woodcut prints Both signed with lower margin. One titled A/P. Bio: Earl M. Washington (1862–1952) was an African-American master wood-engraver and printer who between the early 1900s and the time of his death had amassed and printed from one of the largest collections of artists' wood blocks in the United States. Washington's career began at the age of 13, when he was apprenticed at a Southern printing shop. In 1880 Washington moved to New York, but encountered racial and social prejudice which barred him from employment at the larger printing shops in the city. Eventually finding a position in a small shop on the Lower East Side, Washington went on to perfect his skills as a master printer. Provenance: From a private collector in Zionsville / Indianapolis. Two African American themed woodcut prints Dimensions: 16"H x 12"W (frame), 8"H x 6 1/2"W (sight)
• AFTER THOMAS KINKADE, COMING
  AFTER THOMAS KINKADE, COMING HOME, GICLEE, 16-1/2 X 18-1/2 INCHESAfter Thomas Kinkade, Coming Home, Giclee, 16-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches
• COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND AND
  COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN COINSCollection of New Zealand and Australian Coins, Consisting of: 2005 60th Anniversary Coming Home Six Coin Proof Set Three 2002 ‘Hector's Dolphin' Seven-Coin Proof Set Three 2002 ‘Hector's Dolphin' Seven-Coin Uncirculated Set Three 2002 ‘Hector's Dolphin' $5 Clad Coins Three 2002 ‘Hector's Dolphin' $5 Silver Frosted Proof Coins Three 2001 $1 Silver Roo Proof Coins; and Three 2001 $1 Silver Roo Frosted Uncirculated Coins
• LOUIS SYLVIA (1911-1987, DARTMOUTH,
  LOUIS SYLVIA (1911-1987, DARTMOUTH, MA) OILpainting on canvas depicting a whaleship coming home. Signed lower right. Sight size 8" x 10", overall in original carved and gilded frame with cloth liner 13 1/2" x 15 1/2". Excellent condition.
• THOMAS WEBER (GERMANY, 1838-1907)
  THOMAS WEBER (GERMANY, 1838-1907) French Trawlers Coming Home, oil on canvas, signed lower right, in a two toned gilt frame liner, OS: 23" x 34", SS: 18" x 29". Fine craquelure.
• Janet Hammond hunting print
  Janet Hammond hunting print titled "Coming Home", numbered 194 of 300, pencil signed by the artist. 20.25" x 23.5" ss / 29" x 31.5" oa Condition: Very good.
• STOCKWELL, Catherine Haynes,
  STOCKWELL, Catherine Haynes, (American, 1895-1983): Florida Fishermen Coming Home with the Catch, Watercolor, 11'' x 15.25'', signed lower right, unframed.
• FIVE PIECE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
  FIVE PIECE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT LOT: 1) Shotei Takahashi, ''Moonrise at Minatomachi'', 10'' x 7'', framed, 12.25'' x 9.25''; 2) Shotei Takahasi, ''Coming Home - Kison'', 9.75'' x 7'', framed, 12.25'' x 9.25''; 3) Shotei Takahashi, ''Evening Silhouette'', 7.25'' x 4.625'', framed, 10.25'' x 8.25''; 4) Ito Sozan, ''Leaping Carp'', 9.5'' x 6.5'', framed, 12'' x 9''; 5) Shotei Takahashi, Moonlit Scene with Figures in a Boat with Lantern, 7.125'' x 4.75'', framed, 10.25'' x 8.25''.
• Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin
  Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence with his family at home. An upstanding young man Hackett received 74 letters while in the service that provide a glimpse into how communities remained connected across the barriers of absence and military service as well as the adjustments made by family and friends on the home front. The letters are filled with familial concern news of soldiers coming home after their time had run out funerals and family and the daily events of life on the home front. In a typical letter Hackett??Ts sister wrote about a girlfriend of Davis??T (Leone Baldwin) whom she disapproved and whom she felt had wronged him by courting a number of soldiers: You can see as well as I how she has wronged you all this time. It is too much to bear peacefully. I would give a good deal if your letters were somewhere besides in her possession for I??Tll bet anything she will show them to everybody. She is just as true to you as she is to every one or as true as she would be if she were engaged to everyone. She expects and wishes all to worship at her footstool.... You desire a whole heart not one whose affections are scattered from the Potomac to the Rio Grande and you deserve it too -- but no one will ever receive such from her for she has no heart to bestow. I do not feel that I do her the least injustice when I say she is a heartless coquette... Hackett??Ts sister May wrote with some juicy local gossip: When Miss Maxwell came to our school she wrote it seems she left her Bible (on purpose I suppose) and today after Sabbath School commenced she came in after it and paraded the whole length of the house and out again so we all had a chance to see her which I dare say she considered a great privilege. I do not know as it is Christian like to slander ones neighbor in this manner but you know I do not wish to write the same things to you that the rest do so you must excuse me if I do say things sometimes which it were better not to say. Other letters offer similar flavor: Friends Marion Miles writes: You ask me not to ?forget the soldiers.? Know ye Dave there lives not one who has a more profound respect for the soldier than myself. I think they are fighting in the noblest cause for which a patriot ever unsheathed his sword; and we watch their course follow them with our best wishes glory in their achievements and are waiting patiently and hopefully for the time when we can welcome them home. I would be very glad if the last battle had already been fought if not another drop of loyal blood need be spilled if not another waiting heart at home need sent with anguish because of the death of a loved one; but How useless and vain the wish! For the horrid appetite of cruel remorseless war is not yet appeased. Many another noble life must be sacrificed ere this accursed rebellion is crushed. But now Lincoln is elected we hope to be safe again... From young brother Oscar: As to the use of Tobacco I did use it before you went away for I thought that it was nice and it was gentlemanly but I saw my error before it was to late but I thank you for your advice and I am very glad that you was s thoughtfull for my welfare. I have tried to help Father and Mother all that I could since you went away. I have stayed to home from school about a week to help Father get up some wood. I am learning t cipher considerably and Pa says that just as soon as you get bacl that that he is agoing to have me learn some trade for you know I do not like to work on a farm. I think that I shall learn the Blacksmiths trade for I like that the best any trade... Cousin Lizzie; I heard of the President??Ts death while I was in Farmington last Saturday afternoon. We got the intelligence about four in the afternoon and immediately the flag was seen flying at half mast. Bells were tolled and Stores and Houses draped in mourning. The evening before everyone seemed happy and all had a gay time. The stores on Main Street were illuminated also many private residences. Speeches were made by the clergymen and everyone was rejoicing over the recent good news... Marion Miles was just as deeply affected by the assassination: Seward??Ts loss too at any other time would be deeply felt and even now will be mourned sincerely but Lincoln was our Chieftain and it seems to me is just as necessary to us as a nation as was Washington in the Revolutionary War. Can the perpetrator of the awful deed ever be sufficiently punished for a crime too horrible for a just God to pardon? The only consolation is that Johnson will be likely (if he don??Tt get intoxicated) to deal with rebels and traitors as honestly as they deserve if possible. I don??Tt believe he would parole their Commander in Chief should be again be captured. I have just faith enough in Gen. Lee??Ts honor to believe he has gone to South Carolina to help ??~conquer??T Sherman and sent his army to the mountains to practice guerrilla warfare. I wish he and his whole command had been hung instead of paroled...The collection also includes a nice letter from Davis shortly after his arrival in Washington D.C. in Oct. 4 1864 describing the nation??Ts capitol at the height of the war: Here I am in the Capitol of the United States standing in the dome as you enter from the north side and turn to your right and there you see the picture of the landing of Columbus the size of which is about ten by fourteen feet. The next is the embarkation of the Pilgrims third George Washington resigning his commission to Congress fourth surrender of Lord Cornwallace fifth surrender of Gen Burgoyne.... We went through to the south side and got a drink of water at the fountain the basin of which is filled with fish and the park is a splendid thing and there is a fountain on either side of the wall coming north and south but the one of the west was not finished... After the war Hackett moved to the west settling in East Ashland Oregon by 1910 and then in Victor Montana where he died August 1929. As was true during his service his correspondence helped overcome the distance that separated him from his family. The collection also includes a thick sheaf of correspondence from relatives and friends written to Davis during the post-war period mostly during the 1860s through 1890s but continuing into the next generation as well. A solid typical domestic correspondence these letters discuss family illness aging parents dead dogs choking on bones and the usual ebb and flow of life in mid-Victorian Wisconsin (Baraboo Chippewa Falls). Among the most interesting series of letters are 14 from Davis to his wife Carrie written from Chippewa Falls Wisc. in 1889 describing his life there and a ?sensation? at the Stanley House hotel: They had a german girl doing laundry work that was not compos mentus & Ginns [an acquaintance] nephew has been a fool of her for some time & about the time Gonn died he got the negrow porter & 3 other fellows down in the cellar & they all took part in the fun each taking his turn. It finally got out & the authorities had 3 of them shut up & one skipped & one was not molested. Two were fined $100 each or 6 months in jail & the nephew $50. He & the negrow paid & the latter skipped as soon as he paid & the 3 one is in jail. The nephew was in school here but I heard Mr. Long was going to have him expelled. We little know what is going on right under our noses... Other items include a nice series of 33 letters from Florence Vrooman to her close friend Davis 1914-1917 discussing her life on a farm in Lakeville Wisc. and her efforts to cope with loneliness and hard winters; a series of letters to Millie Hackett from friends and relatives 1890s; and 45 letters to Davis??T daughter Edith 1890s-1940s including letters discussing life as a teacher and occasional mentions of the Second World War. Some general soiling and wear as expected many with envelopes. Condition: Some general soiling and wear as expected many with envelopes.
• Six WPA style woodblock prints,
  Six WPA style woodblock prints, modern copies after original works, Earl Marshawn Washington, American, born 1962, all signed, inscribed and given fictitious dates, woodcuts on cream paper: (1) cover design for playbill W.P.A. Federal Theatre Presents Faustus… ; (2) "Coming Home", woman climbing stairs on a new house; (3) "Macbeth"; (4) "Staircase"; (5) "Owl Lady"; (6) "Experiment", each approximately 11-7/8 x 9 in., unframed, American. Toning, Scotch taped at two points left edge. Private Collection.
• Elizabeth Nourse (Ohio 1859-1938)
  Elizabeth Nourse (Ohio 1859-1938) Rentrant de l&rsquot;eglise Penmarc&rsquot;h Oil on canvas titled Rentrant de l&rsquot;eglise Penmarc&rsquot;h (translated Coming Home from Church Brittany) signed and dated 1900 l.l.; 39.5 x 30 in.A native of Cincinnati student of Frank Duveneck and accomplished French Salon painter Elizabeth Nourse&rsquot;s paintings from the south of France are perhaps regarded as her most important work. Rentrant de l&rsquot;eglise Penmarc&rsquot;h expertly highlights her well known style and subject matter.Done in the fall of 1900 while traveling with her sister Louise in the small town of Pointe de Penmarch Nourse returned there another three times to paint the inhabitants of the coastal village. There Nourse worked rapidly in her sketchbook drawing small plein air studies which she developed later in the studio.Here a plain faced Breton mother lightly holds her son&rsquot;s hand as she clutches a Bible to her waist. She looks far off into the distance her expressionless gaze engaging no one while the young boy stares defiantly at the viewer. Nourse often depicted the straightforward stare of peasants and middle-class subjects in order to engage the spectator. As Nourse explained "To me these people are not ugly their faces their toil-stained hands tell the story of their lives. I cannot paint &rsquot;pretty&rsquot; people; they do not appeal to me." Clothed in their traditional dark and elaborate Breton dress the two vertical figures stand in contrast to the framing horizontal bands of surrounding landscape.Nourse exhibited this work along with three other oil paintings at the New Salon in Paris in 1901. After this exhibition the Salon elected her Sociétaire in drawing pastel and watercolor; in 1904 she received the prestigious award in oil painting as well. An unprecedented achievement Nourse became the first American woman to be honored in such a way.Because of these accolades and subject matter Nourse is often compared to the American Impressionist Mary Cassatt. Each chose feminine domestic subject matter both lived as expatriates in Europe and the two had successful artistic careers even amidst a sea of male peers. Nourse&rsquot;s works of mothers and children rival her female peer. Academically trained Nourse&rsquot;s paintings offer a well-arranged and balanced composition. Additionally Nourse&rsquot;s paintings tend to evoke a more pronounced response from the viewer. Like other works painted in Brittany Nourse has captured the emotional and personal appeal of the Breton people. EXHIBITEDAnnual Salons of the Société National des Beaux-Arts Paris France 1901Museum of Art Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh PA 1901-1902Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia PA 1902BIBLIOGRAPHYMary Alice Heekin Burke Elizabeth Nourse 1859-1938: A Salon Career (Smithsonian Institution Press 1983) 61-62 (pictured) 171.Anna Seaton Schmidt "Elizabeth Nourse: An American Artist " Donohoe&rsquot;s (Easter 1902): 336.Image of the sketch courtesy of the Niehoff Center for Elizabeth Nourse The Mercantile Library Cincinnati Ohio. Property of a Private Collection Cincinnati Ohio.
• RIP CASWELL ORIGINAL BRONZE
  RIP CASWELL ORIGINAL BRONZE WILDLIFE SCULPTURE (Oregon born 1962-active Rip Caswell Gallery Troutdale OR). Titled ''Coming Home '' Canadian Geese; incised signature Rip Caswell 2008 #14/35; mounted on round stone plinth. Dimensions: 12''L x 8''W x 23''H.
• Anita Harris Coming Home Vase
  Anita Harris Coming Home Vase decorated with a sailing boat
• Five Golfing Prints (late 20th
  Five Golfing Prints (late 20th century), Augusta, Georgia (2), St. Andrews, Scotland (2), Sea Island, Georgia (1), all offset lithographs, two Augusta National Golf Club, after Arthur Weaver (British, 1918-2008): "The 13th Green", 137/750, 18 x 26-7/8 in. (image); "The 12th Green", 154/850", 17-5/8 x 27 in. (images), published 1984 and 1988, Sportsman's Edge Ltd., both signed lower right in pencil "Arthur Weaver", modern gilt wood frames; two The Old Course, St. Andrews, after Arthur Weaver: "High Hole, Coming Home", 1990, 117/1000, and "The World's Largest Green", 1989, 116/1000, both signed lower left "Arthur Weaver", 11-7/8 x 19-5/8 in. (images), modern gilt and faux painted frames; one "13th Hole, Seaside Course, Sea Island Golf Club", 2001, 66/850, signed in pencil "Linda Hartough", 15-3/8 x 26-7/8 in. (image),
• PAUL CARSTENS-- LANDSCAPE WITH
  PAUL CARSTENS-- LANDSCAPE WITH FAMILY COMING HOME AFTER A DAY ON THE FARM Oil on board: 18 1/2 x 24 in. Framed; lower right signed and dated: Paul Carstens.. 1902
• Anita Harris Studio Pottery Tear
  Anita Harris Studio Pottery Tear Drop Shaped Vase Coming Home
• 2 pieces. Hand-Colored Lithograph.
  2 pieces. Hand-Colored Lithograph. Kollher, A. [Coming Home]. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1850. 9 x 11 1/2 (228 x 292 mm). Generally clean. American family & river steamboat scenes. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
• Charles Hook Armco Steel Company
  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 Katherine (Klussman) Hook Charles Ruffin Hook grew up in Northwest Cincinnati on Colerain Avenue just across the Miami and Erie Canal from the foot of Clifton hill. The early years were happy and mostly carefree but Charlie??Ts mother died in 1892 when he was just 12. The Panic of 1893 followed and in a little over a year the family went from a middle-class lifestyle to poverty. The company in which Hook Senior was employed was wiped out he ended up selling the family home the family broke up and Charlie and his brother Gay moved to Walnut Hills living with a kindly engineer Robert Engle. This also required Charlie to change from District No. 18 school to Walnut Hills High the first suburban school. There was no question that Charlie would have to work after high school college was out of the financial equation. He began to look to the long-term examining options such as coal lumber and other basic commodities; chemistry was his best subject in school; but he ended up deciding that steel was the most promising area ??" Carnegie had been poor and had no technical training so it should be possible to Charlie Hook to get into the business. With a letter of introduction arranged by his brother he appeared at the offices of Cincinnati Rolling Mill in Riverside west of the city (the site visited in the photo in this lot). When told the only opening was that of office boy Charlie jumped on the opportunity. He moved up quickly in the office but that put him at odds with boys his age who worked in the plant. One day when the plant was closed because of the annual spring floods a group of ?plant boys? tried to give Charlie a ?dunking? as he entered the flatboat that was used to ferry the office staff to their building which was on stilts and out of the water. Sensing what was coming Charlie turned the tables and toppled his tormentor into the water. The boatswain was John ?Roxy? Draut the night watchman and one of the other gentlemen with whom Hook would tour the site half a century later (photos in this lot). Roxy protected the young office boy for the duration of the flood walking him to and from the streetcar stop. He would become a veteran of the Middletown ARMCO plant. Charlie made himself indispensable at the Riverside plant finding solutions to many problems in management and production. But the plant failed to be profitable enough for the owners and was closed in late 1899. Many of the employees were absorbed into other Tin Plate Trust plants including Charlie. His supervisors made sure he had a position elsewhere; they sensed that the young man would contribute to the company. Charlie was reassigned to Chicago leaving everything familiar in the ?Queen City? behind. After barely 2 months in the Windy City the Trust decided to move Charlie??Ts entire department to New York City. Outfitting two trains one for desks and files the other for personnel the department was ceremonially moved to the Big Apple. It was winter and the boy from the Midwest was becoming homesick amid tall buildings with barely a blade of grass to be found. He had been in touch with others from the Riverside plant in particular William P. Lewis who had been transferred to the Gas City plant in Indiana. He begged Lewis for a job hoping to get back to an environment in which grass and trees lived. Lewis had an opening in the sheet bar yard but Hook needed approval for the transfer. Charlie decided that if he really wanted to learn the business he needed training in production. He made his case up the chain of command in New York with most treating him as if he were ready to be committed but Warner Arms vice-president in charge of operations decided to give him a chance and allowed the transfer to Indiana. Hook had remained in touch with his first boss at Riverside who had made sure he was reassigned to a Trust plant but had lost touch with the president of the plant. However these two men had remained in touch with each other and when they teamed up with George M. Verity to start up the American Rolling Mill Co. in Middletown Ohio one of the first people both men thought of to recruit for the new enterprise was Charlie. It was a fateful interview. Verity and Hook liked each other at once and had very similar philosophies about the business. Verity believed in people and tried to run his business by the ?Golden Rule ? a striking (even shocking) departure from the typical steel mill of the day. On top of that Verity decided to build a combined mill which used pig iron to produce ingots and slabs which were made into shapes and bars which were made into sheets and then galvanized or fabricated - what had been the domain of 5 different mills now would be done more efficiently (so Verity thought) in one mill. The rest of the industry was sure it would fail. But Verity surrounded himself with capable men like Hook who continued to take every opportunity to learn as much about the steel industry as he could ??" what worked and what didn??Tt in plants around the country. And eventually Hook and John Tytus developed a continuous mill and revolutionized the steel industry. To compete with the giants such as U.S. Steel Armco focused on specialty steels which required continual research. It became the first steel company to include a research department. It was the production of corrugated culvert pipe that generated interest overseas in railroad construction and ultimately led to Armco becoming an international company. ARMCO grew and prospered and Hook with it. By 1910 he became general superintendent. In 1913 he made his final ?life-path? move ??" he married Verity??Ts daughter Leah. More than a decade his junior Leah was still a schoolgirl when Hook came to Middletown and looked upon him as ?Uncle Charlie.? But as she matured she and ?Uncle Charlie? found they had many interests in common. Charlie continued to make connections even on the couple??Ts honeymoon in Europe most notably to George Lorimer editor of the Saturday Evening Post. The couple had two sons and a daughter. The images in the photo book appear to be primarily the first-born Charles Jr. although a few show both boys just a couple years apart in age. Armco??Ts labor policies also served the company well. By letting the employees know that they were part of the company and providing them with the best equipment and working conditions technology allowed the company prospered. In a 1937 article on Armco Forbes pointed out that in the second quarter of that year alone the good relations with labor and the fact that they did not strike probably saved the company 5 million (compared to a similar-sized company that had picketing and rioting in its plant). Any problems any new changes were always discussed with employees. Any employee could make an appointment with Verity or Hook or other management official and express his viewpoint air problems etc. without patronizing or judgment. Armco also saw itself as a good neighbor in Middletown and later wherever there were Armco plants. Verity and Hook tried to make life better for all city residents ??" everything from supporting scouting to expanding the American Legion for veterans during the Second World War to creating organizations for naturalizing citizens. Even those who did not interact often with the top management knew of them and their works. After George Verity died in 1942 employees of the plant a year later suggested a day of service to remember his neighborly actions and Founder??Ts Day was born. The first Founder??Ts Day saw 30 beds being donated to the Children??Ts Fresh Air Camp and a family that had been burned out of their home had a cash gift to begin rebuilding. A later Founder??Ts Day in Australia had a lift designed and built by Armco engineers for getting spastic children in and out of beds and baths. A couple of Founder??Ts Day programs are included in this lot along with Verity??Ts memorial and program from the dedication of his statue. Several brochures relating to the history of Middletown are certainly also related to the sense of community in the Armco ranks. As Hook??Ts methods of labor relations proved viable and the depression struck Charlie was looked at more and more for national offices. The National Association of Manufacturers tried to get him into their top position in 1934 but Verity could not spare him in the depths of the depression. Four years later he did serve as President of NAM. He became an industry spokesman in Washington and served on a number of committees there. He was also increasingly in demand as a speaker and one of his typescripts for a luncheon speech is in this lot. We need more Charlie Hooks today. Over decades he ?preached? that in the American incentive system the individual is of primary importance. ?If industry is to have its story accepted by the public it must expose abuses in the ranks and condemn improper business practices as quickly as it opposes legislation which it considers obstructive to business progress. It must show unimpeachable good faith. The place to begin is at the grassroots. The way to win confidence in and respect for all industry is for each company to be a good honorable desirable citizen at home.? We seem to have forgotten these old principles in a new century. Hook and others were convinced that they would need to convert to war production sooner than later. He met with some of his Washington friends and realized that the plans were nearly a decade and a half old and most companies had grown and changed considerably. Hook was front and center in redrafting the plans to convert industry to defense a plan decisive in the production records set by industry a mere three years later. Armco??Ts war-time production is outlined in one of the brochures in this lot. As President of NAM he worked toward collaboration of government and industry. He went to England to study labor relations then went to Sweden for the same purpose. As he was leaving the office he set out a 5-point policy for industrial and national welfare that included collaboration of government and industry to raise the standard of living elimination of government competition with the private sector rebuilding tax structures national labor policy based on common sense and fairness (to both labor and management) and a ?square deal? (not a new deal) for business for them to create nine million new jobs. (Anything sound familiar here?) Within a few months however unemployment was zero. On December 14 1941 Charlie Hook had other appointments notably to the War Labor Board made up of 12 members of industry and 12 of labor. Business leaders included presidents/chairmen of SKF Bell Aircraft U.S. Rubber Ingersoll Milling Machine Studebaker American Type Founders American Hawaiian Steamship Champion Paper GE ??" critical industries in a wartime economy. Shortly after he was sent to England to see if steel production could be increased and decide which country could best make what war material. After many days of work Hook was ready to report back to President Roosevelt. As he was boarding the plane at Herndon he was introduced to an American General who was escorting his British counterpart to the same transport. That General turned out to be Dwight Eisenhower. Hook would cross paths with Eisenhower again in Britain during the war. So respected were Hook??Ts processes and opinions that immediately after the war as the U.S. military was going into peacetime mode (they thought) President Truman called on Hook to study and recommend changes in pay of armed services. After the war Hook was involved in many ventures including Junior Achievement. He also promoted some college programs always with the goal of ?selling the basic concepts of the American way of life? - to youth to the public to foreigners to anyone who would listen. One person who got wind of Hook??Ts program was Dwight Eisenhower then president of Columbia University. Hook was invited to Columbia where he spent half a day laying out his program for the president and forming a lifelong friendship. Many years of government service is reflected in the letters from Ike and Nixon although earlier communications (such as FDR and Truman) are not among this particular group of papers. In 1950 Armco celebrated its half-century anniversary. The company put on a party at all of its plants. In Middletown alone the assembled well-wishers consumed 382 000 hot dogs and similar amounts of other comestibles. Just a year before Middletown celebrated Charles R. Hook Day with a testimonial dinner in Middletown??Ts Hotel Manchester attended by Generals an Admiral and a thousand others. A copy of the souvenir of this event is included here. Charlie was given two bound volumes with the originals of these letters telegrams and other well-wishes of his friends and associates. Charlie continued to talk to anyone who would listen over the next decade and had his chance at numerous award ceremonies. Although he never went to college he did take a few correspondence courses in engineering but learned most of the industry by rolling up his sleeves in the mills and talking to those who knew. He was awarded the medal for the advancement of metallurgical research in 1947 the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1950 and eleven honorary degrees by colleges and universities. Hook retired in December 1960 at the age of 80 but continued doing whatever he could to promote industry and the American ideal. He still went to his office every day as his physical condition allowed. He died in 1963 at 83 years of age. Lot includes: Numerous letters over a period of a couple decades to the White House and Department of Labor. Some have autopen or secretarial signatures but at least one Nixon letter may be authentic (or a new autopen pattern!) but 3 others have identical ?Dick? signatures and are likely autopen (they match one known autopen ?Dick Nixon?). A fourth letter signed ?Dick? with a slight difference may be authentic. There are many Eisenhower letters all initialed ?D.E.? There are 8 with slightly different initials some of which may be authentic. One without periods after the initials may be proxy/secretarial ??" we think he usually put periods after initials when he wrote them. All are on either light green White House letterhead or Ike??Ts personal DDE letterhead paper. Many more items in this folder are copies of what Hook sent to the various presidents including his copies of telegrams sent to Eisenhower. Folder labeled ?White House ??" President? with photographs (15) of Presidents Ronald and Nancy Reagan 4 living presidents (2) (Reagan Nixon Bush (41) and Ford) plus another with same four and their wives Bill and Hillary Clinton Republican leaders (Bob Dole Newt Gingrich Jack Kemp) some individual some in groups. Also a few ?certificates? or ?awards.? All seem to be rewards for donations and other support to the party. All signatures are in the photo. In addition there is a banner that is still in its packaging. One can see ?Republican President? in gold letters and one grommet but what the rest says is not certain (that label has been torn off the box ??" it probably had the address on it). Miscellaneous papers including an address given by Hook at a luncheon of the Union League Club Chicago 17 May 1940 entitled ?Wake Up America and Save the Private Enterprise System ? and a number of pages removed from a 3-ring binder most are photographs of maps and buildings in Middletown. File with ?American Rolling Mill Co. interesting facts? on front. Contains three more pamphlets on the story of ARMCO plus a typed speech given by Hook on Founder??Ts Day 1946 supplement to Middletown Journal in honor of ARMCO??Ts 75th Anniversary etc. 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 in. professional photos of Charles R. Hook in photographer??Ts folder. Photo album Obl. Folio string bound ?Photographs? in gilt on front black ?construction paper? pages; 2 x 3.25 in. and 2.25 x 4 in snapshots of family (lots of baby pictures) most likely Charles Hook??Ts (Sr.) family ??" approx. 45 images some have become detached from pages. Envelope with one 4 x 5 in. of a family of five (unidentified but possibly Charles Jr. based on the ages of the sitters and the clothing styles) plus 29 small loose images ranging from 1 x 1 in. to 3 x 5 in. ??" most snapshots taken with home camera. Four 8 x 10 in. black-&-white photos if Hook with Bernie Draut John Draut and Bill Draut at the William Henry Harrison tomb and site of Cincinnati Rolling Mill nearby. Photos taken 7 Aug. 1957 and labeled on verso. Charles R. Hook Testimonial Dinner / Manchester Hotel 6:30 P.M. / April 18 1939. Souvenir In paper covers with 3 brass brads poem by Wm. Dineen five 8 x 10 in. photos were glued to heavy paper but have now come loose plus copies of speeches telegrams letters etc. (i.e. the ?testimonials? given at the dinner). ARMCO Today 75th Anniversary Issue (1975) folio periodical Cover and 2pp article on Charles Hook and ARMCO Business Week 28 Jan. 1950 Forbes Magazine 15 Sept. 1948 with cover of ?Hook of ARMCo Steel Forbes: The Interpreter of Business 15 August 1944 with article on ?Charles R. Hook? U.S. News & World Report 8 June 1951 Hook on Cover indicating the inside article is an interview ?Less Steel for Civilians? Old Middletown folio printed cardstock wraps 1976. Illustrated with line drawings. ARMCO 75th Anniversary book Obl. Folio history of company illustrated with color photos. Armco Goes to War front cover with photo of Armco Air Raid Shelter president??Ts (George Verity) message dated 6 April 1942 with statistics about Armco??Ts war effort. Small folio 12pp. ?In Memoriam? for George Matthew Verity who died suddenly 6 Nov. 1942 (aged 77 yrs) Booklet for the Unveiling April 22 1948 the statue of founder George Verity Charles Ruffin Hook. Romance of Iron and Steel: Contribution of the Central Ohio Valley. New York: The Newcomen Society in North America 1950. 8vo printed paper wraps 32pp. Trifold flyer with History of Middletown Ohio U.S.A. 7.5 in. square folded Brochure from The Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Gold Medal: Charles R. Hook Sr. Medalist. With speeches by the president of Gantt Medal Board and Charles Hook. Awarded ?for distinguished achievement in industrial management as a service to the community.? 8 June 1950 Plus 4 loose images of Middletown black-and-white. ARMCO in Pictures and Fact Middletown (OH): American Rolling Mill Co. 1921. 8vo soft leatherette cover gilt front and spine 247pp. Borth Christy. True Steel: The Story of George Matthew Verity and His Associates. Dayton United Color Press 1941 (Reprint 1973). 8vo red cloth with dj 319pp. Minor scuffing of dj very minor wear to spine ends. Text block excellent. Tebbel John. The Human Touch in Business: A Biography of Charles R. Hook. Dayton (OH): Otterbein Press 1963. 8vo red printed cloth with gilt front and spine dj 196pp. Top of dj with some damage otherwise book in near new condition. Hook Charles R. The Story of ARMCO. Middletown (OH): The American Rolling Mill Company 1928. 12mo in suede ?Arts & Crafts? style covers 41pp. Some fading of front cover with ?ring? from something heavy maybe wet. Historic South Main Middletown Ohio. Narrow 8vo in printed paper wraps issued by Middletown Department of Planning and Community Development 1977. Architectural and Historic Heritage Middletown Ohio. Narrow 8vo in printed paper wraps issued by Middletown Department of Planning and Community Development 1977. Founder??Ts Day Nuggets selected from talks and articles by George M. Verity the Founder of ARMCO. N.d. 19pp pamphlet with introduction by Charles Hook. Second Founder??Ts Day Nuggets selected from talks and articles by George M. Verity the Founder of ARMCO. N.d. but from a different year 16pp pamphlet with introduction by Charles Hook. The ARMCO First Line: A History and Its Purpose. 23 May 1958. 12mo pamphlet in blue flocked paper covers with gilt front string binding. Condition: Variable as expected. Generally the books and pamphlets are in excellent condition; photos are OK; letters with some humidity damage (light foxing).