Nine (9) Books Related to Civil War/Post Civil War era America. 1st-2nd items: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Vol. I & II, by Jefferson Davis, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1881. Hardcover octavos, 1,515 total pages including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards and additional engraved plates, hardbound in […]
Lot 748: Archive: Wm. Vance of Memphis, TN, Slave and Lincoln Assassination interest
Archive of over three hundred (300) items primarily pertaining to Colonel William Little Vance (1815-1888), early Memphis, Tennessee businessman, slave trader, and witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Includes slave receipts, inventory lists, and other documents related to Vance and members of his prominent family including his wife Letitia Hart Thompson Vance (1826-1896), […]
Lot 741: Green Family, Culpeper, VA Document Archive, 80 items incl. Texas, Slave, Navy interest
Document archive related to the family of Judge John Williams Green of Culpeper County, Virginia, 80 items total. Topics include the USS Ontario, the Texas Revolution, Slavery, and more. The family included William B. Green (c. 1804-1880), Lawyer; Dr. Daniel S. Green (1811-1864), U.S. Navy Surgeon; and Rawleigh B. Green (born c. 1806), businessman, all […]
Lot 711: 4 KY and TN Maps plus KY Civil War Print, 5 items
Four (4) Maps of Kentucky and Tennessee and one (1) Civil War era full-page illustration from HARPER'S WEEKLY, 5 items total. 1st item: MAP OF THE STATES OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, by John H. Hinton, engraved and printed by Fenner Sears and Company, published by Issac T. Hinton and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1831. From […]
Lot 195: Samuel Shaver O/C Portrait Painting, Winifred Berry Benson
Samuel Shaver (Tennessee, 1816-1878) portrait of Winifred Berry Benson of Culpeper, VA, oil on canvas, laid on board. The subject is depicted seated in a red chair wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar and matching cap, hands crossed in her lap and gold spectacles on her head. Housed in a carved gilt […]
Lot 193: Matilda Lotz, o/c painting of Cattle
Matilda Lotz (Tennessee/California/Europe 1858-1923) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting cattle in a meadow with a pond or stream in the foreground. Signed lower right corner "Matilda Lotz". Sight – 19"H x 28"W, Frame – 37"H x 40"W. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. Biography: Matilda Lotz was born in Franklin, Tennessee. She showed artistic promise […]
Lot 165: Nell Choate Jones Exhibited O/C French Landscape
Nell Choate Jones (Georgia/New York, 1879-1981), "Peille, France," oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a road winding through a village, set into the side of a steep mountain. Signed faintly lower right corner. Float mounted in a frame with narrow gilt metal edges. Entry card label en verso of painting for the National Association of […]
Lot 109: Coin Silver Tea Set, Smith Briggs – Civil War Navy, Railroad Interest
The Smith Briggs Coin silver presentation tea service, Civil War and Railroad interest. Includes 4 pieces, all engraved SMITH BRIGGS: a teapot with hinged lid, cream pitcher, waste bowl, and covered sugar bowl, all with pear shaped bodies having repousse decoration of morning glory flowers and vines, laurel decorated bands at rims and around bases. […]
Lot 110: Mississippi Gov. Alcorn Coin Silver Pitcher & Goblets
Gorham coin silver water pitcher and two goblets, all monogrammed "Alcorn" and descended in the family of James Lusk Alcorn, KY politician, Confederate General, Governor of Mississippi, and U.S. Senator. Pitcher, marked with early Gorham Lion-anchor-G marks and stamped 290 COIN, features a draped ribbed handle with Bacchus or Satyr mask; a flared, scalloped rim […]
Press Release: Case Winter Auction Sets Several Art Records
Lot 107: William Oliver O/C Painting, Spanish Lovers Sold for $40,960 Lot 141: M.J. Cazabon 19th C. Watercolor LandscapeSold for $33,280 KNOXVILLE, Tenn.–“Don’t forget to invest in art,” quipped auctioneer Wendell Hanson at one point, as one after another painting blew past its pre-sale estimate at the Winter Case Antiques Auction. The socially distanced live […]
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