Oil on canvasboard scene of four black minstrels walking down a snowy country road. Signed lower right "Shrugg E." Previous owner name and address written across back board and frame. Lightly whitewashed gilt carved frame. 19" x 26" sight, 27 1/2" x 33 1/2" framed. Provenance: Living Estate of Johnny Maddox, Gallatin, TN. CONDITION: 1/4 […]
Lot 412: 3 Black Americana Advertising Items & 1 CDV
Four (4) Black Americana related items. 1st item: Framed Carte de Visite or CDV of an African American nursemaid or nanny and her charge, Ellen Louise Allgood. Female baby named en verso along with the age of 10 1/2 months. Additionally dated en verso "Wed. June 18, 1879". Housed in a tramp art style frame […]
Lot 410: 5 Old Virginia Cheroots Cake Walk Prints
Five (5) Black Americana advertising chromolithograph prints titled "The Cake Walk No. 1-5", originally published as advertising signs for the Old Virginia Cheroots Company, 1899. Each print depicts two well-dressed African American couples engaged in a cake walk or dancing contest. Matted and housed under glass in burled wood frames with gilt rabbet edge. Image […]
Lot 411: 2 Black Americana Posters
Two (2) Black Americana posters. 1st item: Chromolithograph poster for "Joseph G. Herbert's Greatest Minstrels" No. 2765, lithographed and printed by Ackermann Quigley Lithograph Company, Kansas City, circa 1890. Depicts a large image of Herbert flanked by two African American minstrel performers on a stage with a green curtain, background. Housed under glass in a […]
Lot 407: 228 Coffee & Confectionery Trade Cards
Two hundred and twenty-eight (228) chromolithographic coffee and confectionery trade cards. 1st-188th items: One hundred and eighty-eight (188) Arbuckle Ariosa Coffee trade cards. 1st-99th items: Ninety-nine (99) state and territory map trade cards. Lithographed by the Donaldson Brothers, New York, circa 1889. Includes two (2) "51 – New York", two (2) "52 – Maine", two […]
Lot 408: Seal of NC Smoking Tobacco Black Americana Advertising Lithograph
"Seal of North Carolina" Smoking Tobacco Black Americana advertising lithograph modeled after the 1884 Currier & Ives lithograph titled "All Broke Up". Housed in a contemporary gilt wood frame. Sight – 13 3/8" H x 10 3/8" W. Framed – 21 3/8" H x 17 3/8" W. CONDITION: Overall toning with some spotting left margin.
Lot 409: Group of 4 Minstrel Related Items, inc. CDV
Group of four (4) minstrel related items. 1st item: Carte de visite (CDV) depicting a black minstrel troupe with five members, each holding a musical instrument with four dressed in formal evening wear and one dressed in casual attire with a hat. No studio marks. Housed under glass in a wooden frame with gilt rabbet […]
Lot 405: Mark Twain Advertising Chromolithograph, Santaella frame
Early 1900s advertising poster featuring a portrait of Mark Twain, lithographed by Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati, OH, after the painting by Ignace Spiridon (Italy, fl. 1869-1900). Printed inscription identifying Twain with artist's signature, top left. Black painted frame with gilt rabbet edge and A. SANTAELLA & CO TAMPA FLA. in gilt lettering, bottom of frame. Housed […]
Lot 406: Collection of 893 Advertising Trade Cards
Approximately eight hundred and ninety-three (893) chromolithographic advertising trade cards. 1st-381st items: Approximately three hundred and eighty-one (381) baking and food related trade cards and booklets, including forty-eight (48) Dwight's Soda cards, thirty (30) Series A "New Series of Birds" cards, three (3) "Interesting Animals" cards, two (2) "Champion Dog Series" cards, twelve (12) assorted […]
Lot 400: 3 Military/Weapons Items
Three (3) military/weapons items. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) Spanish double barrel pinfire derringer pistols, .36 caliber. Marked "Made in Spain" left side of checkered lock plates. Double break open steel octagonal barrels, steel frames, fluted wood stocks, duel steel hammers, folding triggers, and butt plates. Barrel length – 4 1/2". Overall length – 9". Early […]