Two (2) Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one (1) written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890), Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her daughter. 1st item: ALS. One page handwritten letter from Mariah to Winney, her daughter, dated March 30, 1859. The letter, written shortly after Mariah was sold to […]
Lot 635: Large TN & WV Taylor / Feamster Family Archive
Large early Tennessee and West Virginia archive of approximately four hundred (400) items related to the Taylor and Feamster families, including letters, postcards, empty envelopes, bills, tax receipts, photographs, and other ephemera, dated circa 1829-1934, including Civil War, Slave taxes, the 1918 Flu Pandemic, and World War I. The Taylors were a prominent family that […]
Lot 176: Robert Loftin Newman Exhibited Painting, "Mother and Child"
Robert Loftin Newman (Tennessee/NY/ France, 1827-1912), "Mother and Child," oil on board painting depicting a woman closely holding a very young child in a dark, dense landscape setting. The dark haired woman wears a dress with light blouse and full red skirt, and the unclothed child stands on her lap with one arm outstretched. Signed […]
Lot 134: Exhibited Nell Choate Jones O/C Painting, Purple Twilight
Nell Choate Jones (Georgia/New York, 1879-1981) oil on canvas landscape painting, possibly a Georgia scene, titled "Purple Twilight" depicting a dirt road situated in a field with flowers, with blue and purple mountains below a cloudy blue sky tinged with pink. Unsigned. Exhibition label en verso for the Southern States Art League, Hotel Biltmore, Atlanta, […]
Winter 2021 Auction Preview – January 30 & 31
Our next major auction, scheduled for January 30th and 31st in Knoxville will feature fine art, decorative arts, jewelry, silver, and historical ephemera from several Southern estates and fine collections. A few items from the upcoming auction are below. Watch for more items to be added to this page in the coming weeks and our […]
Lot 38: Rare Tennessee redware jar, stamped C A Haun
Extremely rare and important redware jar by Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861), Greene County, Tennessee. Haun was a Union sympathizer during the Civil War and participated in burning a Confederate railroad bridge (Lick Creek) in Greene County, TN. In 1861, Confederate forces captured Christopher Haun and put him to death by hanging. The marked jar has […]
Lot 1064: 8 Obsolete Currency Notes, incl. TN $1000 Bond
Eight (8) Obsolete currency notes, including State of Tennessee bond signed by Governor William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877), one (1) 1773 Pennsylvania colonial note, four (4) Southern bank notes, and two (2) Confederate States of America (CSA) notes. 1st item: 1868 United States of American State of Tennessee One Thousand Dollar bond note. Issued to […]
Lot 763: 62 Southern Obsolete Notes, incl. Colonial, Civil War era
Sixty-two (62) Early Southern obsolete paper currencybills and fractional notes, including South Carolina Colonial $2 bill, 1817 Corporation of Jonesborough fractional remainder note, 1855 $50 Bank of theState of Georgia bill, Civil War era, and more. 1st item: 1776 $2 two dollar South Carolina Colonial Currency Bill. Issued on December 23, 1776. Printed by P. […]
Lot 611: 63 Civil War ephemera items, incl. Soldier Ambrotype, Autograph Album, Johnson's Island Envelopes
Archive of sixty three (63) 19th century Tennessee and Alabama Civil War related items, including McMinn County TN related Confederate Soldier Ambrotype, Alabama Civil War era autograph album, forty-five (45) envelopes postmarked to and from Blount County, Tennessee and Johnson's Island Union prison, Sandusky, Ohio, and more. 1st item: Ninth plate ambrotype depicting an unidentified […]
Lot 612: VA Civil War Photo, Alexander Gardner – Timothy O'Sullivan
Timothy O'Sullivan / Alexander Gardner albumen view of the quarters of Captain Harry Clinton, Quartermaster/Provost Guard, at the Army of the Potomac Headquarters, Brandy Station, Virginia, Dec. 1863-1864. The battle of Brandy Station, fought June 9, 1863, was the largest predominantly Cavalry engagement of the Civil War (and the largest to ever take place on […]
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