Fifteen (15) World War II United States propaganda posters. 1st item: Poster depicts an illustration of a man with a scruffy beard, wearing a gray cap, standing in polka-dot boxer shorts, with a sleeved doctor's arm stretches a stethoscope to his chest to listen to his heartbeat, against a royal blue background. At the bottom […]
Lot 626: World War II Era Caricature Illustration, "Press Club"
World War II era watercolor cartoon, titled "Press Club," believed to depict caricatures of members of the Washington, DC based National Press Club, socializing and smoking with notable figures of the day. Signed "MATT" and dated "1941", lower right. Matted and housed under glass in a narrow ebonized and giltwood frame. Sight – 23" H […]
Lot 623: Boxed Smith & Wesson Pistol Model 39-2 plus Colt Commander Lightweight
Boxed Smith & WessonModel 39-2 Pistol andColtCommander Lightweight, 2 items total. 1st item: Boxed Smith & WessonModel 39-2 Double Action (DA) Semi-Automatic Pistol, 9mm caliber, serial number A142200. Top of barrel marked "9MM CTG", left side of slide marked "SMITH & WESSON" and "MADE IN U.S.A./MARCAS REGISTRADAS/SMITH & WESSON/SPRINGFIELD, MASS.", right side of slide marked […]
Lot 599: 17 Portrait Prints of Andrew Jackson
A collection of seventeen (17) engravings, etchings and lithographs of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845, President 1829-1837). Included are two fairly scarce images: a bust length stipple engraving with "frame" by J.B. Longacre from the original miniature by Joseph Wood c. 1830, 8" x 5 1/4" sheet; and a full length portrait of Jackson holding the […]
Lot 597: Emily Tennessee Donelson ALS, White House Hostess
Very scarce autograph letter, signed, by Emily Tennessee Donelson (1807-1836), wife of Andrew Jackson Donelson, who served as First Lady / White House Hostess to President Andrew Jackson from 1828 to about 1834. This letter, with both personal and political content, is dated "The Mansion, Oct. 15th, 1830," and addressed to Andrew Jackson Donelson. "The […]
Lot 594: "Historic Places in Tennessee", compiled by TN Society DAR
HISTORIC PLACES IN TENNESSEE, a bound collection of photographs, prints and maps compiled by the Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the Revolution (DAR) for the Tennessee room of the DAR Headquarters, Memorial Continental Hall, in Washington, D.C., with seven gelatin silver prints by noted Nashville photographer Marvin Willard Wiles (1882-1957) and hand printed text […]
Lot 590: Four 19th Century TN Maps
Four (4) 19th Century Tennessee Maps, incl. Thomas G. Bradford, 1838. 1st item: "Tennessee" Map by Thomas G. Bradford, engraved by George W. Boynton, 1838. From "A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial" by Thomas G. Bradford. Copper plate engraving with hand-coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, […]
Lot 586: 4 TN/KY Maps, incl. Mathew Carey, 1816
Two (2) Maps of Tennessee, two (2) maps of Tennessee and Kentucky, 4 items total. 1st item: Tennessee map, from American Pocket Atlas, published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1816. Copper plate engraving depicting Tennessee, center and surrounding areas, with cities and towns, including Knoxville, Clarksville, and Nashvill [sic], roads, bodies of water, and other points […]
Lot 583: J.H. Young Texas Map, 1856
Map of the State of Texas, by James Hamilton Young, engraved by J.L. Hazard, published in A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS, Charles Desilver, Philadelphia, 1856. Steel plate engraving with hand coloring depicting the territory of Texas, center, and the surrounding areas including Mexico, lower left, and the Indian Territory, Arkansas, and Louisiana, top right. Cities and […]
Lot 580: 9 European Maps, Fricx, 18th Century
After Eugene Henri Fricx (France, 1644-1730), nine (9) engraved European maps, published c. 1745, from Covens and Mortier's "ATLAS DES PAYS BAS…." Some of the maps first appeared in Eugene Fricx's TABLES DES CARTES DES PAYS BAS ET DES FRONTIERS DE FRANCE published in 1712, showing battle-related areas in the Netherlands and Northern France at […]
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