Three (3) Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) hand-colored comedic equestrian lithographs with hunters falling from horses in rural landscapes. From the artist’s Hunting Casualties series, 1846–56. Includes A Turn of Speed Over the Flat, A Rare Sort for the Downs, and A Mutual Determination. Sheets: 12 1/4″ H x 17 1/2″ W. CONDITION: With marginal soiling, creasing, edge […]
Lot 1091: 2 Design Portfolios: Owen Jones and Guerinet
Owen Jones: The Grammar of Ornament, and Guerinet Art Nouveau Portfolio: Le Document du Decorateur, each with decorative color plates. 1st item: Owen Jones (1809-1874), GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT, French Edition (“Grammaire de L’Ornement par Owen Jones, Illustree D’Exemples Pris de Divers Styles d’Ornement”), first French edition, published London: Bernard Quaritch, 1865. 162 pp., 112 color plates. 13 […]
Lot 1090: Rare Memphis 1888 Publication: The City of Memphis Illustrated
Rare Memphis historical publication from 1888, produced by The Memphis Appeal newspaper (1840-present). Contains biographies and two-color portrait etchings of many prominent Memphis mayors, along with a history of the city; with multiple pages of 19th Century advertisements for goods and services. Unpaginated, 35 leaves (70 pages) of unknown number, but appears complete. Folio, 14 3/4 x […]
Lot 1089: Group of 5 Maps of Tennessee
Grouping of five (5) framed maps of Tennessee and surrounding states, with Nashville. 1st Item: Map of Tennessee from “Cram’s Modern Atlas” by George Cram, county map inset with map of Chattanooga. Ca early 1900s, Sight 20 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. Framed: 26 1/2in. x 19 1/2 in. 2nd Item: Map of Kentucky and Tennessee, […]
Lot 1088: John F. Kennedy book, Profiles in Courage, Signed
PROFILES IN COURAGE, John F. Kennedy, New York Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover in dust jacket, inscribed “John Kennedy” on title page. A cache of related material and provenance material laid in, including a letter from Mary Benjamin of Walter R. Benjamin Autographs in New York to Ben Caldwell dated 23 April 1971. Previous owner name (Sarah […]
Lot 1087: Norman Rockwell Signed John F. Kennedy Portrait, 1976
Norman Perceval Rockwell (New York/Massachusetts, 1894-1978) offset lithograph in colors depicting a bust-length portrait of President John F. Kennedy, with Rockwell’s name in block letters in the plate, lower right. On wove paper with deckled lower edge and publisher’s information printed in lower margin. Pencil signed and numbered 264/2500, lower margin. With blue, leather-grained American […]
Lot 1086: Westfield Compax Paratrooper Folding Bike
1940s Westfield Compax collapsible bicycle manufactured in Westfield, Massachusetts, with original paint. Serial #K161883, rear hub stamped “New Departure, Model D, Made in U.S.A.” Measures approximately 71 in. L and 36 in. H. Note: A U.S. Patent was filed on Dec. 23, 1937 for “the improvement of collapsible bicycles” with six unique features to allow a bike to fold into a […]
Lot 1085: French Fusil Gras MLE 1874 Rifle w/ WWII Bringback Document
1874 French Model 1874 M80 11x59mmR caliber bolt action Fusil Gras rifle, from the Tulle manufactory, artillery model with bayonet lug. Sling buckles, fixed front sight, adjustable rear ladder sight. Left side of receiver stamped “Manufacture d’Armes Tulle Mle 1874 / M80”. Modified in 1880 as the M80 with improved breechblock. Serial # R 12937 […]
Lot 1084: 2 Newspapers, Relic Revolver, Minie balls and Clay Pipe, Hollybrook Farm, Blount Co.
Two (2) New York Tribune newspapers dated from December 5-7 1863 highlighting civil war updates related to the Maryville and Knoxville areas, including specifically THE FIGHT AT CAMPBELL’S STATION and OPERATIONS AROUND KNOXVILLE, one (1) relic revolver found on the property of Hollybrook Farm in Rockford, TN, ten (10) minie balls also found on the property of […]
Lot 1083: Blakemore/Turpin Family Archive Incl. Civil-War Related, Nashville & Middle TN, 1820s-1950s
Archive of primarily 19th c. letters, receipts, and documents relating to the Blakemore and Turpin family of Middle Tennessee, especially Nashville and Goodlettsville, and particularly to Andrew Jackson Blakemore, Sr. (1798-1882) and Andrew J. Blakemore, Jr. (1947-1926), c. 1820s-1950s. Some addressed to the younger Andrew’s brother, Polk, who was a Confederate POW at Camp Butler, Illinois. Case […]
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