Franklin Mint History of the United States First Edition sterling silver proof medal set, 100 medals total, numbered 7149, dated 1876-1975. Each with images of events from American history surrounded by text, stars, and year dates, obverse, explanatory text about each event, reverse. Sterling, copyright symbol, hallmarks, and number to bottom edges. Each housed in […]
Lot 522: Franklin Mint Treasury of Presidential Commemorative Sterling Medals, 2 Sets, 41 oz.
1st item: Thirty-Six (36) sterling silver Franklin Mint Treasury of Presidential Commemorative Medals, American Express Edition. Consisting of medals representing Presidents George Washington, chronologically through Richard Nixon. Housed in the original album and retains the original book. Each medal measures 39mm and weighs approximately 1.0 troy ounces. 36 total troy ounces. Album measures: 10 3/4 in. […]
Lot 521: 39 Franklin Mint Presidential Sterling Silver Plates, 256 oz.
Complete set of thirty-nine (39) Sterling Silver Franklin Mint for the White House Historical Association Commemorative Presidential Plates, representing all of the first 40 United States Presidents from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. (Note: Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president but was commemorated on a single plate, thus 39 plates rather than 40). Each plate with an engraved […]
Lot 518: Eric Sloane Pastel & Ink Drawing, F4U Corsair Fighter Plane
Eric Sloan (New York/Connecticut, 1905-1985) pastel and ink grisaille drawing on wove paper that depicts an F4U Corsair fighter in a dive through cloudy skies. Signed in ink, lower center, with faint (smudged or partially erased) title, “Corsair,” and two additional signatures to lower left and right. With Lyzon Gallery, Nashville, sticker affixed to backing. Floated under […]
Lot 514: Tennessee Centennial Archive w/ 2 Prints
Archive of items related to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, including an 1897 Framed and matted Harper’s weekly print of President McKinley’s Visit to the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, with a typewritten letter of June 3, 1897 from McKinley’s office secretary (John Addison Porter) inviting a guest to travel with McKinley on his visit to the […]
Lot 504: 4 Civil War Soldier Tintypes, Likely Union
Four (4) Civil War era tintypes, Union, including one sixth plate image of a soldier identified on accompanying tag as Henry P. Covault of the 11th Ohio Infantry company G, with patriotic mat stamped with flag, shield and banner insignia. According to the tag accompanying this lot, Covault was wounded on Sept. 1, 1862 at […]
Lot 502: 9 19th Cent. Photos, incl. Brady Lincoln CDV, Akron OH
Group of nine early photographs including Civil War interest. Includes 1 Matthew Brady CDV of Abraham Lincoln with Brady backstamp; 1 Civil War era CDV of US Navy Admiral Gustavus Scott; 1 framed post Civil War oval salt print portrait identified en verso as A.L. Bedell, 16th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry (this name not found in unit records); 1 town […]
Lot 501: 4 Civil War Era Tintypes of Soldiers, including Confederate
Four (4) Civil War era tintype photographs of young enlisted men in uniforms. Includes three ninth-plate size images and one sixteenth plate size image. One is in an octagonal gutta percha case, the others are in rectangular pressed leather cases. At least one image includes a Confederate soldier: the man in the ninth plate image in rectangular case (second from […]
Lot 500: 3 Civil War Soldier Tintypes, incl. Gem Sized CSA
3 Civil War soldier images, including 1 gem-sized bust portrait of a Confederate soldier, unidentified, in a leather case, and 1 ninth-plate sized half-length portrait of an unidentified seated Union soldier in gutta percha case. Also included is a Quarter Plate size tintype of a seated soldier wearing what appears to be a Union uniform, with inscription […]
Lot 499: 10th KY CSA POW Letter, Morgan’s Raiders related
Civil War Letter from Nat C. McLean of the Kentucky 8th and 10th (Johnson’s) Cavalry, Co. E, written from Johnson’s Island Prison, Ohio, dated Aug. 8 1864. Johnson’s Cavalry took part in John Hunt Morgan’s famous Christmas raid and ill-fated Indiana-Ohio raid. During the latter, the majority of the regiment were captured and imprisoned, many for the […]
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