President William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) pencil signed oval profile bust studio photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC and published by Close, Graham and Scully, Inc. New York. Pencil signed by the president lower margin and additionally pencil inscribed "No. 23 of an issue of 25 copies" lower right […]
Lot 516: Nison Tregor Bronze Bust of Eisenhower
Nison Tregor (District of Columbia / Lithuania, 1904-1972), Bronze bust of Dwight Eisenhower on black marble plinth, Titled with bronze plaque on base: "Dwight Eisenhower". Signed and dated to back of bronze: "Nison Tregor / 1957", Loose gum lable to back of plinth reads: "The Property Belonging to Honorable Ralph E. Becker". Bronze: 19" x […]
Lot 514: William Paxton Portrait Drawing of Grover Cleveland
William McGregor Paxton (American, Massachusetts/Maryland) graphite on paper bust portrait of President Grover Cleveland. Unsigned. Three previous gallery labels en verso including Vose Galleries of Boston, Coe Derr Gallery of New York City, and Adelson Galleries of New York City. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame. Sight: 10 1/2" H x 8 5/8" W. […]
Lot 512: 2 TN & KY Maps incl. Samuel Lewis, 1804
Two (2) Early Tennessee and Kentucky maps, including Samuel Lewis, 1804, and Thomas G. Bradford, 1835. 1st item: TENNESSEE Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1804. From A NEW AND ELEGANT GENERAL ATLAS: COMPRISING ALL THE NEW DISCOVERIES, TO THE PRESENT TIME: CONTAINING SIXTY-FIVE MAPS, […]
Lot 513: Joseph Scott 1795 Map, Southwest Territory inc. TN Mero District
Joseph Scott 1795 colored map titled THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY, originally published as part of a larger group of 18 small maps in the book "The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States, their Situation, Extent, Boundaries, and their Respective Counties", Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795. This map shows the Mero […]
Lot 511: Carey A. Harris archive incl. 2 Arkansas maps c. 1835-40
Two early Arkansas maps plus about 20 other assorted documents pertaining to land and businesses assets held by Carey Allen Harris (Acting U.S. Sec. of War, Commissioner of Indian Affairs) in Arkansas in the 1830s-40s. Includes a printed plat with hand coloring, showing land owned in Little Rock, Arkansas by G.B. Milligan and J.T. Jones, […]
Lot 509: Group of 16 Southern Maps, most Kentucky and Tennessee
16 Kentucky and Tennessee related maps. Includes: 1831 map of Kentucky and Tennessee published in London by Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall (very good condition); 1912 Geological Survey map of Tennessee (booklet form foldout; tears at fold lines); 1928 Geological survey map of Tennessee (fold out, no cover) showing the Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park; […]
Lot 510: 12 pcs Southern Ephemera incl. TN/KY maps and Georgia 1797 map
1st item: Late 18th C. American map of Georgia, extending to Mississippi with the Southern part of "Tennassee ", terminating at the Mississippi River. Depicts Natchez and "Alibama" (current day Alabama is depicted as "West Florida"), along with other Native American named villages. Copperplate engraving without color, source unknown, likely published in Philadelphia, between Tennessee's […]
Lot 507: 2 Native American Zuni Fetish Necklaces
Two (2) Native American Zuni fetish necklaces including one (1) consisting of five beaded strands set with various hardstone and mother-of-pearl carvings depciting primarily foxes and birds and one (1) one single strand Zuni fetish necklace consisting of various graduated hardstone, mother of pearl and bone fetish carvings including birds, fish, turtles and bears. 15" […]
Lot 508: 2 Early North America Maps, Incl. Scarce Bowen & Canada
1st item: An Accurate Map of North America by Thomas Bowen, London, c. 1780, depicting North America, the Caribbean, and parts of South America "including the discoveries of Capt. Cook." With place names, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and other areas of interest including the locations of Native American tribes and natural resources plus "Parts […]
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