Two early photographic images of soldiers, found in Tennessee. 1st item: Sixth plate size daguerrotype of a young man in American uniform, probably Mexican-American War (1846-1848), seated in a chair. Leather Union case with raised decoration. 2nd item: Ninth plate size tintype of bearded young man in uniform, likely Union Army, in embossed gilt metal […]
About Margaret Wemyss Connor
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals is honored to present the estate of Mrs. Margaret Wemyss Connor. Margaret “Peggy” Connor grew up at historic Fairvue Plantation in Gallatin, the home of her father, Genesco Inc. co-founder William Wemyss, and stepmother, Ellen Wemyss, a preservationist credited with helping save Cragfont, Rosemont, Tulip Grove and other important […]
Case will have 2 appraisers at Nashville Public Television’s Appraisal Fair on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Nashville Public Television’s Antiques & Fine Arts Appraisal Day Takes place on Sunday, March 17, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel located at 1112 Airport Center Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37214. John Case and Sarah Campbell Drury will be among the appraisers evaluating items. Cost is $75 for up to 3 objects if you pre-register, […]
Lot 502: Ellen McClung Berry Archive
Large collection consisting of correspondence, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other materials from the estate of Ellen McClung Berry and relating to her life. Some examples include a letter written by Berry's cousin Hugh L. McClung to Berry, dated 1895 in which he is trying to locate the grave of his grandfather who passed […]
Lot 181: Painting and photos of Richard Alexander home
Oil on board impressionist style painting depicting the home of the Richard Alexander family in Dixon Springs, Tennessee. A white frame house is partially visible at left behind a fence and numerous trees, while at right is a river with boat floating by. En verso is a handwritten note: "Home of Dr. Richard Alexander Dixon […]
Lot 142: Sarah Brevard Donoho needlework sampler and photos
Middle Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed "miss sarah bonoho" (note reversed b for d), "October the 11 1835." Wide double floral border enclosing four alphabets and the signature/date lines, all separated by lines of various types of stitches. Later stained wood frame. 14-3/4" x 13-5/8" sight, 16" x 15" framed. This sampler has […]
Lot 771: Jack Kershaw, portrait of Virginia Barrerre
John Karl "Jack" Kershaw (Tennessee, 1913-2010) oil on canvas portrait of Virginia Barrerre, wearing a white blouse and gold necklace, seated in a chair against a desert landscape. Painted in 1946. Unsigned. 25-1/4" H x 21-1/2" W sight. 33-3/8" H x 29-3/8" W framed. Provenance: Estate of Jack Kershaw. Condition: Overall very good condition with […]
Lot 770: Jack Kershaw, Girl in Old Nashville, pastel painti
John Karl "Jack" Kershaw (Tennessee, 1913-2010), pastel on paper painting of a little girl running through a landscape with Victorian buildings, said to depict the area of Nashville on which the Fairgrounds is now located. Signed "Kershaw" lower right on staircase. Sight – 18-1/2" H x 24" W. Born in 1913 in Missouri, John Karl […]
Lot 440: 2 Roy Pace carvings: Gone Fishing and Woman Readin
Item 1: Carved wood sculpture of man and boy fishing with fish on line, signed on base Roy Pace and dated 1985. 10-1/2"H. Item 2: Carved and painted wood sculpture of a woman in a chair wearing a green dress and reading, with a little boy on her lap and another standing behind her. Signed […]
Lot 421: Portrait of Joseph Carlos Rich, Mayor of Mobile
Oil on canvas portrait, unsigned but possibly by Nicola Marschall (Alabama/Kentucky, 1829-1917), of Joseph Carlos Rich, born 1859 to Sterling Brown Rich of Wilson county, Tennessee, and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Daniel. Rich began a law practice in Mobile, Alabama in March, 1881, was a member of the city council in 1882 and was elected […]