Appalachian fretless five string banjo with skin head, Johnson County, Tennessee. Signed in pencil to the underside of head "RFD 1 Box 30/ Volna Osborne/ Dortha Wallace/ Nov 18 1925_Tenn/RFD1 Box 30". 33 3/4"L x 10" dia. (head). Note: Volna Marion Osborne (b. Feb. 7, 1899) and Dortha Ella Wallace (b. Jan. 27, 1900) were […]

TN Folk Art landscape oil painting on board depicting a rural homestead scene including cabin and barn with figures and horse drawn wagon, plowed field and mountains in the background, a creek or river in the foreground. Signed en verso "Lonso Hording" with other partially legible writing. Painter identifies the scene to be of a […]

Group of four (4) folk art wood carvings by Jack Eichbaum (Norris & Chattanooga, TN, member of Southern Highland Craft Guild, d. 2010) including a square dancing couple, male dulcimer player, male fiddle player, and woman with mule and plow. All signed "Jack Eichbaum" in black pen on the base edges. Ranging in size from […]

Grouping of three watercolor fraktur type drawings on paper, possibly East Tennessee. 1st item – Watercolor depicting yellow horse with painted red (poinsettia type) flowers over body, blooming tulips lower left corner. Undulating brown line borders with alternating red and green circles. This folded drawing opens to a full page with early 19th script verso […]

Polychrome painted wooden barber pole with gold painted cannonball finial, columnal base. 33"H x 10"W. 19th century. Washington Co., TN collection. Condition: Dry surface, potential retouch of gold finial. Exfoliated polychrome paint. Unpainted outline of a railing attachment.

Southern School wax figure of an African American man picking cotton, with waxed sealed clothing, carrying a mesh bag holding cotton and green paper leaves. 5-3/4" H figure plus 7/8" H x 3" sq base. Southern, possibly Vargas Family of New Orleans, late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Property of a private Kansas collection. Condition: Very […]

Grouping of 20 pieces of carved stone fruit including bananas, apples, peaches, figs, pears, and citrus fruits together with a wooden bowl. Fruit sizes range from 2 1/4" L to 5" L. Wooden bowl measures 4 3/4" H x 14 1/4" dia. Fruit, 19th century, Italian. Bowl, 20th century. Condition: Some scattered minor chipping to […]

Signed copy of "Valhalla in the Smokies", published by George A. Exline and Edouard Evartt Exline, 1938, Cleveland, Ohio. First edition. #11 of 1000 numbered copies, 1 of 100 to be signed by the authors/publishers. Cover of book is a woven blue and white coverlet, Solomon's Pattern. Card fixed to inside cover details the weaver […]

"The Farmers and Traders Guide, The Wholesale of Retail Value of Any Commodity from One Quarter of a Cent to Fifteen Dollars, with a variety of useful tables". By J.W. & J.R. Robinson, Printed by Johnston & Edwards, Pumpkintown, TN, 1839. Marbleized paper cover. 136 pages. Note: Pumpkintown, TN is no longer in existence but […]

Gunn's Domestic Medicine or Poor Man's Friend, Pumpkintown, Tennessee edition, published in 1839, Eighth edition (only edition published in Pumpkintown), 635 pages. 8 1/2" H x 5" W. Note: Pumpkintown, TN is no longer in existence but was originally located in McMinn County, TN near present day Athens, TN. The name was a corruption of […]