31 pcs assorted flatware and jewelry. 1st-3nd items: Pair of German WWII silver table or serving spoons engraved on the handle "FB" for Fuhrer Bau and marked Hutschenreuter 90 on the reverse. Length 8 1/2". Refer to notarized letter from Jim Osborne, Vincennes, Indiana (Indiana Military Museum Inc.), stating he purchased these spoons from Sgt. […]
Lot 23: 2 Thangkas and 1 Chinese Embroidery, 3 items
Three (3) Asian Textiles. 1st item: Southeast Asian Thangka, depicting a warrior on horseback, with flames in the background, surrounded by deities. Image painted on silk with hand sewn silk border, embroidered paisley designs and batik binding. 27 3/4″ x 19 1/2″ image, 45 1/2″ x 29″ overall. Possibly Indian, 19th century. 2nd item: Southeast […]
Lot 8: Qing porcelain plaque, attrib. Yu Huanwen
Chinese Qing Dynasty porcelain plaque, possibly by Yu Huanwen (1852-1892) depicting a woman on a horse next to her servant and approaching another woman outside an estate wall. Chinese inscription upper left with one red seal. Mounted in late 20th century metal table with glass inset lower shelf. Plaque – 15 5/8" L x 10 […]
Lot 398: WWII Photo Album, plus Ford Model-T Photos
Collection of 20th century photographic items. 1st item: World War II Photologue album for the United States Army 863rd Engineer Battalion containing seven hundred and thirty-six (736) photographs detailing their lives while they were stationed in New Guinea, the Philippines, and other locations in the Pacific, circa 1943-1946. The album begins with some photographs of […]
Lot 399: Binoculars Awarded to Captain Robert M. Lavender, Boston, MA, 1878
Pair of black metal and leather binoculars with gilt trim awarded to Captain Robert M. Lavender, 1878. Includes a silver metal plaque reading "Presented by the Government of Canada to Captain Robert M. Lavender, Master of the American Schooner Edwin J. Morrison of Boston. In recognition of his humane services to the shipwrecked crew of […]
Lot 387: 4 Post Civil War Documents, inc. TN Broadside
Four (4) Post Civil War broadside, documents, and print. 1st item: Tennessee broadside, "Tax Payer," by A. C. Webb, published by Standard Printing House, McMinnville, circa 1900. The poster, advertising a mule, reads: "Tax Payer is a fine young jack, good size, fine form, extra weight and bone, black with white points. He is richly […]
Lot 376: 4 Theodore Roosevelt Books
Four (4) Theodore Roosevelt books. 1st item: The Wilderness Hunter, First Edition, by Theodore Roosevelt, 1893. Published by G. P. Putnam's, New York, London. Octavo, 472 pages including index, 24 lithographic illustrations including frontispiece with tissue paper guard, hardbound in tooled brown cloth covers with gilt and black lettering and pictorial design to covers and […]
Lot 371: 2 Geological Maps of Tennessee
Two (2) Geological Tennessee Maps. 1st item: Double folio "Agricultural and Geological Map of Tennessee" issued by T. F. P. Allison, Commissioner of Agriculture, geological map was compiled by J. M. Stafford, State Geologist, 1896. Copyright Rand, McNally and Company, 1892. Chromolithographic maps depicting Tennessee with cities, towns, counties, bodies of water, railroads, road, highways, […]
Lot 363: Charles Pearson Political Magazine Cartoon
Charles Pearson original magazine cartoon depicting men around a conference table with one man standing and speaking, with a portrait of President Lincoln on the far wall. Caption reads "Yalta Schmalta, Potsdam Schmotsdam….The question is what do we do now?". Signed lower right, "For C. D. Jackson/Sincerely, Charles O. Pearson". Copyrighted and dated 1955 for […]
Lot 345: Middle East Textile plus Ecclesiastical Vestments
Three (3) textile items. 1st item: Ottoman Boche embroidered silk table or bed cover, comprised of three joined pink silk panels with allover silk and metallic scrolling foliate embroidered designs and four central embroidered medallions with Arabic script, all within a burgundy velvet border. 74" H x 70" W. Late 19th century. 2nd-3rd items: Pair […]
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