Creason Clayton (Tennessee/Kentucky, 1927-2006) large acrylic on paper cityscape painting depicting several of downtown Nashville's most iconic skyscrapers rising above a bustling central roadway, all rendered with thick, impressionist brushstrokes in bright shades of purple, green, orange and gold. Signed lower center/right and dated 1996. Float mounted under non-glare glass on an ivory mat with […]
Lot 238: Opera Glasses, retailed by Calhoun, Nashville
Mother of pearl veneered and gilt brass opera glasses or binoculars, retailed by George Reid Calhoun & Co. of Nashville (working 1843-d.1903), made by Colmont, Paris. 2 1/2"H x 4"W x 4 1/2"D (at handle). CONDITION: Very good functional condition with light expected wear/oxidation to metal.
Lot 606: 4 Early TN African American History & Related Documents, incl. Nashville & Memphis
1st item: Pre-statehood legal document relating to Nashville and Davidson County, concerning a 1793 court case, Robert Nelson vs. Josiah Love, involving the sale of an enslaved man named Bob, dated 1794. 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" W. 2nd item: Bill of sale concerning an enslaved man named Jerry, sold by the Memphis-based slave trading […]
Lot 601: 7 pcs 18th C TN Ephemera, incl. Gov. Signed & Nashville Survey Map
1st item: Archibald Roane (1759/60-1819), second Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1801 to 1803, and William Cocke (1748-1828) signed pre-statehood Knox county court document, written in regard to a land dispute between Jacob Vanhooser and Amos Byrd/Bird, dated 1794 and 1795. Signed "Wm. Cocke, attn," and three times en verso, "A. Roane." 13 1/4" H […]
Lot 577: Civil War Era Nashville Wharf Photograph, 1864
Large Civil War era photograph of steamboats docked at the Nashville Wharf, vessels identified (from left to right beginning upstream) as Bob Roy or Rob, Belle Peoria, Irene, Revenue, Palestine, Lizzie Martin, and Mercury. Inscribed "Nashville Wharf 1864" top left. Housed and matted under glass in a burlwood frame with ebonized top edge. Sight: 12 […]
Lot 560: Civil War Diary of William W. Goodwin, CSA, Nashville TN
Diary of William W. Goodwin of Tennessee, who participated in the Confederate Cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest and Gen. William Hicks Jackson (owner of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation) during the Civil War. William Washington Goodwin was born in Nashville in 1847 to attorney George Goodwin and Louisa Goodwin, making him about 17 years old at […]
Lot 73: 11 Pcs. Nashville, TN Related Coin Silver, incl. Ladles
Group of Nashville, Tennessee related coin silver flatware including 1 Campbell & Donigan Gravy Ladle, 1 John Campbell condiment ladle, 2 Thomas McCowat teaspoons, 1 JM Smith Teaspoon, and 6 Gates & Pohlman tablespoons. 1st item: Coin silver gravy ladle, stamped CAMPBELL & DONIGAN in rectangle with elephant pseudohallmark for John Campbell and George Washington […]
Lot 697: 100+ pcs Nashville, TN ephemera inc. Bicycle Club, Female Poll Tax, Dolly Parton Signed
Archive of Nashville, Tennessee related paper ephemera of one hundred (100) plus items, including two (2) Davidson County poll tax receipts, including one (1) $2 Female Poll Tax 1929, dated February 11, 1930 and one (1) $2 Male Poll Tax, dated February 9, 1928; twelve (12) Nashville Bicycle Club related items, including two (2) Constitution […]
Lot 693: Nashville 1960s Civil Rights Photographic Archive of Harold Lowe
Large Archive of photographic images documenting the Civil Rights protests in Nashville c. 1960-1964, taken by Harold Lowe. 1st item: Box containing 35 photographic black and white prints on Kodak paper, 8 x 10, signed by Lowe recto and stamped "Harold G. Lowe Jr. Photojournalism" en verso. (Note: about a half dozen of the photographs […]
Lot 694: Photo Archive, JFK visit to Nashville & Huntsville
Photographic archive documenting the visit of President John F. Kennedy to Nashville, Tennessee on May 18, 1963 and the NASA facility at Huntsville, Alabama on September 11, 1962, most taken by Nashville photographer Harold Lowe. The Nashville related group of items includes 27 photographs (20 images, plus some duplicates) of JFK's visit to Nashville, each […]
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