Lot of two banjos found in a Hawkins County Tennessee Estate. 1ST ITEM: Early 20th Century, Southern folk art banjo. Five string banjo with rusting to metal outside rim, with oxidation to two bracket pegs. Wear commensurate with age, some strings missing. Tuning pegs are wooden with fifth string peg missing. Drum of stretched hide, […]
Lot 283: 1897 Brooklyn, NY Team Football Photo
1897 framed team football photo, together with a collage of newspaper clippings depicting a Brooklyn, New York football game to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Games. Photo features players for "Scotland vs. England". Mounted incarved gilt period frame. Condition – Overall good condition, some toning and losses to photo edges with minor damage to frame, […]
Lot 284: 1882 Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera incl. broadsides, ticket receipts
Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera scrapbooked on the pages of a 1882 Catalogue of Otto Young & Co. Ephemera includes show tickets, business cards, show broadsides, handbills, newspaper clippings, business licenses, business receipts and morepertaining mostly to various traveling productions of Uncle Tom's Cabin under the headings of Ogden Brothers, Hatch Brothers, Langstaffs Double Mammoth and […]
Lot 281: “Meet the Beatles” album, signed by all 4 members
“Meet the Beatles! The First Album by England’s Phenomenal Pop Combo” record album autographed by all 4 group members – John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. This signed album was given to the New York physician Dr. Jules Gordon during the period in which he treated George Harrison for a sore throat […]
Lot 282: Lot of 2 Raggedy Ann & Andy Animation Cells
Lot of 2 Chuck Jones Animation Cells featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy. 1ST ITEM: Animation Cell from "A Musical Adventure" featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy with Captain Contagious and Camel with Wrinkled Knees. Very good condition. 10" H x 22" W framed. 8 1/4" H x 18" W sight. 2ND ITEM: Raggedy Andy standing in […]
Lot 278: ìThe South In The Building Of The Nationî,Set of 12 volumes
Set of 12 volumes titled, ìThe South In The Building Of The Nation, "A history of the Southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the Southern people". […]
Lot 279: Mark Twain & Edwin Markham calling cards
Lot of 2 Calling Cards. 1ST ITEM: Calling card signed, "Truly Yours, Mark Twain" 2-5/8" H x 3-1/2" W. 2ND ITEM: Calling card from Edwin Markham which reads, "Teach me, Father, how to go Softly so the grasses grow. Edwin MarkhamBrooklyn, Dec. 1900." 2-5/8" H x 3-1/2" W. Both very good condition.
Lot 277: 2 Vol. books: A Past Remembered, Clement
2 vol. set, "A Past Remembered" by Paul Clement, Clearview Press, Nashville, 1987 (privately published). The rare boxed set features color and black and white photographs of historic Davidson County-Nashville homes, along with historicalnotes and architectural drawings. Half leather with cloth boards. Wear to gilt lettering and some staining, probably water spots, to outer boards […]
Lot 275: " The Life of George Washington " Books & Atlas, 3 items
"The Life of George Washington" Books & Atlas, by John Marshall. 1ST ITEM – "The Life of George Washington", by John Marshall, second edition, Revised & Corrected by the Author, printed 1832, Volumes I & II out of a total of V volumes.Condition – Overall very good condition with expected wear to spine and corners. […]
Lot 274: Theodore Roosevelt Letter w/ signature
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919), twenty-sixth President of the United States, letter of thanks dated June 7, 1917, on Metropolitan, 432 Fourth Avenue New York stationary. Addressed to Charles Moore of Knoxville, TN. Letter reads, " My DearMr. Moore: That's such a very nice letter of your that pressed for time though I am, I […]