Civil War era archive, 8 items total. 1st item: ALS. Two page double-sided letter. From Lewis Minor Coleman, University of Virginia, to Mary Orell Coleman, his mother, dated February 24, 1861. Coleman begins the letter by writing about family matters, specifically concerning his daughters Claudia and Maude. He also responses to his mother's "anxiety about […]
Lot 114: Hayley Lever O/C, View of Boston
Richard Hayley Lever (Australian-American, 1876-1958) oil on panel post-impressionist landscape painting titled “A View of Boston” depicting buildings and trees set atop a hill, rendered in bold colors and thick impasto brush strokes. Signed lower left “Hayley Lever.” Painted and giltwood molded frame with linen liner. Label en verso lists title of painting with the […]
July 14, 2018 Auction Preview
Join us on Saturday, July 14, 2018 for our premier auction at our NEW Knoxville gallery! We welcome all bidding types (live, phone, absentee, and online) for this auction of fine art, historical ephemera, Civil War artifacts, silver, jewelry, Asian arts, Southern and American furniture, porcelain, Native American pottery and baskets, American pottery, folk art, […]
Lot 880: 127 Railroad Bonds, inc. Lehigh Valley
One Hundred Twenty-Seven (127) railroad bonds, including Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. 1st-79th items: Seventy-Nine (79) Lehigh Valley Railroad Company bonds, $1000 and $500. Dated August 1, 1949, due May 1, 2003. Vice President/Secretary signatures. Trustee's Certificate of Authentication signed by authorized officer for the Girard Trust Company or Chemical Bank and Trust Company. Engraved by […]
Lot 603: 2 Pamela Key Still Life Paintings
Two (2) Pamela Key (United Kingdom, 20th/21st century) still life paintings. 1st item: Oil on board painting depicting a still life scene with a bowl of apples, cooking ware, a lidded sugar bowl, a small pie, and a corked bottle of white on a white table cloth. Signed "PK", lower right. Housed in a contemporary […]
Lot 250: Historical Staffordshire Glazed Earthenware Plate, Lexington, KY
Rare Historical Staffordshire black and white glazed earthenware plate with transfer print scene depicting the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky. Plate titled below the scene. 9" dia. Circa mid-1830s. Provenance: the Estate of Lynn Scholl Renau, Louisville, Kentucky. Note: "This plate depicts a view of the Thomas January house on Second Street in Lexington, Kentucky […]
Lot 97: Alexander Mark Rossi Seashore Watercolor Painting
Alexander Mark Rossi (United Kingdom, 1840-1916) watercolor on paper seashore scene painting titled "Paddling on a Summer's Day" depicting a young woman wading in the shallow water, holding her dress above her ankles, foreground, with beach goers and and boats in the background. Signed and inscribed "To W Dixon from A M Rossi" in pencil, […]
Lot 402: Alexandre Hogue O/B, MEXICAN BARN, LAS VEGAS
Alexandre Hogue (OK, TX, MO, 1898-1994), "Mexican Barn, Las Vegas." Oil on artist's board landscape painting depicting a Nevada farmstead with log barn and fence, a small stone structure, wagon or plow, and, in the left background, a stucco building. The scene is set against rolling hills, under a blue sky with white clouds billowing […]
Lot 221: United Confederate Veterans 11th Annual Reunion Chromolithograph, Memphis 1901
Souvenir United Confederate Veterans (UCV) chromolithograph poster titled "Heroes and Leaders of the Civil War – Let Us Have Peace" published by Peter Tracy, Memphis, Tennessee, 1901. Issued for the occasion of the United Confederate Veterans Eleventh Annual Reunion in Memphis, TN, May 28-29, 1901. Depicts Generals Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) and Ulysses S.Grant (1822-1885), […]
Lot 948: Constantinople Book, Sebah Joaillier Album
SEBAH, J. Pascal and JOAILLIER, Polycarpe. Constantinople. Published by Sebah & Joallier, circa 1890. Oblong quarto, original pebbled red cloth with gilt lettering on cover, accordion-fold (leporello) with 30 albumen prints depicting scenes of monuments and street life in Constantinople. Each image mounted on card stock, bound with cloth hinges. Images approximately 5" H x […]
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