Chromolithographic promotional poster titled "B.B. Floyd's Rompo Frolique A Trip to Lookout Mountain and the Battlefield Above the Clouds", lithographed and published by Brueckner and Kessler Company, Philadelphia. Depicts Lookout Mountain, site of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863, and the "Rompo Frolique" or "roller toboggan", an invention of Byron B. Floyd, that […]

John Phelps Pette (American/New Jersey, Early 20th Century) oil on board depicting a shirtless, auburn haired man roasting a fish over a campfire, with sweeping clouds, and waves crashing in the background. Unsigned. Artist's name and birth date handwritten en verso. Housed in a wood frame. Sight – 14 5/8" H x 15 3/4" W. […]

Forty-nine (49) Black Americana trade cards and postcards. 1st-16th items: Sixteen (16) trade cards depicting African American subjects printed for businesses and products including three Arbuckle Brothers Coffee, one Bush's Liquid Beef, one St. Louis Beef Canning Company, one T. H. Chambers and Company, one Western Cottage Organ Company, one Kent's Loxa Pills, one Allen […]

W.T. & C.D. Gunter Jack Daniel's No. 7 clear glass cylinder whiskey bottle with cork finish, quart capacity, embossed W.T. & C.D. Gunter Jack Daniel's No.7 No 205 Broadway Nashville, Tenn., with embossed fleur-de-lis to center. 8 3/4" H. Circa 1895. 9" H x 3 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Alexandria, VA collection. CONDITION: Very good […]

Alabama Brewing Brewing Company, Birmingham, Alabama pre-prohibition lithographic tin advertising beer tray. Center decoration of young woman in a red dress with a bottle of beer bearing the caption THE TWO IDEALS. Rim reading ALABAMA BREWING CO. BIRMINGHAM/IDEAL BOTTLED BEER. Tray printed by Kaufmann & Strauss Company, New York. Together with four (4) etched Alabama […]

Middle Eastern Snaphaunce or Miquelet lock operated black powder muzzle-loading rifle, .70 caliber. Unmarked. Maple stocks with fishtail or fantail buttstock, iron frame, transitional octagonal to round barrel, engraved copper ramrod holders, front sight bead. Barrel length – 47". Overall length – 60 1/2". Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Oxidation to all iron surfaces, with […]

Two (2) weapons. 1st item: Japanese army Type 95 NCO shin-gunto sword and scabbard (saya), WWII era. Later model aluminum hilt, painted dark brown to resemble the lacing (ito) on officer's shin-gunto swords, with menuki and pommel decorated with cherry blossoms. Locking mechanism welded to the handle and four sided tsuba. Gifu, Nagoya, Kokura arsenal […]

WWII Japanese army field infantry shin-gunto sword and scabbard. Bronze pommel, ray skin grip wrapped in silk threads, tsuba with five petal flowers, leather scabbard with brass mounts, blade has unsigned tang. Blade length – 26 3/4". Overall length with scabbard – 40". Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition for age, blade with a […]

Middle Eastern flintlock blunderbuss pistol, unmarked. Mahogany stocks with carved garland swags. Flowering Kufic style script, embossed round barrel with flared muzzle (1 3/4" across), iron frame, brass trigger guard, side plate, and butt plate, all decorated with carved or incised foliate motifs. Barrel length – 10 1/2". Overall length – 20". Provenance: The Estate […]

English flintlock blunderbuss pistol, unmarked. Walnut stocks, brass barrel with flared muzzle (1 3/8" across), trigger guard, side plate, and butt plate, metal lock plate, ramrod with brass tip, marked "-31". Four English proof marks, three top of barrel, including "V" with crown, one on lock plate. Barrel length – 17 1/4". Overall length – […]