Fine Arts & Decorative Accessories Auction - Session 2

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewJune 4, 2 to 7 p.m., June 5, 12 to 7 p.m., June 6, 7 to 9 a.m.

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Ivory Handled Seals.763 - Ivory Handled Seals.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of 4 ivory handled seals. Three seals made of metal (2-mens profile portraits, 1-French phrase). One with agate seal bearing initials JCB.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Mother of Pearl Pen/Quill Knife.764 - Mother of Pearl Pen/Quill Knife.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Mustache shaped knife being 3.5 in length with 1.25 opposing blades by a Connecticut maker. Small crack to mother of pearl. c.19th century
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Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Brass Letter Sealer.765 - Brass Letter Sealer.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Brass tube/grip containing 23 double sided brass discs with various sentimental seals for wax. Tube is 2 in length. c.19th century.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Wood/Bone/Metal Handled Seals.766 - Wood/Bone/Metal Handled Seals.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of 6 seals presenting initials or monograms. Sold with turned wood handled sterling wax ladle. c.18th-20th century.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Iron Seals.767 - Iron Seals.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Pair of European iron seals bearing coats of arms. Seals being 1 and 0.5 in diameter. c.18th/19th century.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Glass Seals For Wax.768 - Glass Seals For Wax.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of 34 miniature hand-etched sentimental seals used in impressing wax in sealing letters. 12 cased and 3 mounted for jewelry. Subjects incl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Letter Writing Related Items.769 - Letter Writing Related Items.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Large grouping of items related to correspondence including 1.) Large quantity of 19th century miniature sentimental sealing labels, 2.) grouping of 5
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Ink Related Items.770 - Ink Related Items.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of items related to ink and the art of writing. Group includes 1.) 18th century broadside (10 x 4) for Walkden's Fine British Ink Powd...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Slate/Blackboard Related Items.771 - Slate/Blackboard Related Items.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of 4 slate/blackboards (one in bookform, one not framed), various sizes sold with 4 small booklets on slate pictures/drawings. Some booklets
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Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Calligraphy Work.772 - Calligraphy Work.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Manuscript poem titled Astronomer's Reflection by Nathaniel Carter dated 1801. 12-line poem written in black and red ink with flourishes. She...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Calligraphy/Print.773 - Calligraphy/Print.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Calligraphic print titled Jefferson's Letter of June 1826 drawn and engraved by W. Woodruff of Cincinnati and published by W. Hill Woodward, Cin...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Calligraphy.774 - Calligraphy.
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Calligraphic rendering of the Lord's Prayer surrounded by angels and birds with presentation at bottom From Jessie to Grandpa Christmas 1865. Sh...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Penmanship/Calligraphy Lot.775 - Penmanship/Calligraphy Lot.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Grouping of 4 calligraphic pieces including dove dated 1880 (8x11.5), Birds with pens in beaks with holiday sentiment dated Dec 1878 (5 x 7.5), Christ
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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19th Century Cypher Book.776 - 19th Century Cypher Book.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Cypher book of Anthony Tunis while enrolled at the Merion Boarding School. Book measures 12.5 x 8, 158pp, paper wraps and is completely filled in wit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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19th Century Manuscript Rules of a Girls School.777 - 19th Century Manuscript Rules of a Girls School.
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Manuscript display sheet listing of rules for an unknown girls school. Sheet is mounted to board with holes at corners of mounting board. Break in m
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Stationary Advertising Graphic.778 - Stationary Advertising Graphic.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Illustrated black & white advertising broadside for Hogan & Thompson, publishers, manufacturers, & wholesale dealers of books and commer...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Advertising/Engraving/Lithographs.779 - Advertising/Engraving/Lithographs.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Advertising sheet for Longacre & Co, 7th St., Philadelphia. Sheet is 4pp and measures 11 x 10.5 and is illustrated with various examples of the...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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Advertising Letterhead.780 - Advertising Letterhead.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Letterhead billing for Crittenden's Philadelphia Commerce College at Seventh and Chestnut St., dated November 12, 1860. Pictorial letterhead il...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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Medical Broadside.781 - Medical Broadside.
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Broadside for Drs. White & Oatman and their cure for stuttering. Top large text reads Stuttering or Stammering Permanently and Easily Cured!. ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Medical Broadside.782 - Medical Broadside.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Broadside for Dr. Harding's Vegetable Medicines. Top large text reads Dr. Harding's Vegetable Medicines; A Cure For Constipation, and Those...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Advertising Broadside.783 - Advertising Broadside.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Broadside for Clarenbach & Herder Ice Skate Manufacturers of Philadelphia. Broadside text details the gives address and line of skates the manu...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Political Broadside.784 - Political Broadside.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Anti-Democratic Party Broadside in the form of a newspaper extra edition. Top large text reads Extra Post. Democratic Salt River Excursion! Incident
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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18th C. Postmaster Appointment.785 - 18th C. Postmaster Appointment.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document appointing Gideon Mumford Deputy Postmaster at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Document dated April 19, 1796. Document measures 12.5 x 7.5 and
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Stamp Collector's Manual (1862).786 - Stamp Collector's Manual (1862).
Alderfer Auction Co.
First stamp catalog issued in the United States. Lot consists of two individual pieces: 1) Booklet titled The Stamp Collector's Manual by A.C. K...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Canal Boat Postal Stamp.787 - Canal Boat Postal Stamp.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Wood handled metal stamp (2 wide) exhibiting eagle and arrows motif with interchangeable text reading Canal Boat J.S.L.. Letters held in with shell-s
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Autograph of Thomas McKean.788 - Autograph of Thomas McKean.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document being an act authorizing the Governor of Pennsylvania to contract with John Birion to print the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 3pp
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Estimate : 350.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Autograph of Isaac Huger.789 - Autograph of Isaac Huger.
Alderfer Auction Co.
ADS of Isaac Huger (1742-1797), Revolutionary War General being an arrest warrant for John Smith issued by the state of South Carolina on February 15,
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Autograph of William Henry Seward.790 - Autograph of William Henry Seward.
Alderfer Auction Co.
ALS signed by William Henry Seward (1801-1872) as Secretary of State on Department of State letterhead, November 14, 1866. Letter to David Hoadley, Pr
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson Print Signed by Wilson and John Singer Sargent.791 - Woodrow Wilson Print Signed by Wilson and John Singer Sargent.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Print exhibits ankles-up, seated Wilson and is pencil signed by Woodrow Wilson, painter John Singer Sargent, and engraver Timothy Cole. Image measures
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Autograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt.792 - Autograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Alderfer Auction Co.
TLS by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States, signed as Acting Secretary of the Navy, March 27, 1919 on Department of
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Autograph of George W. Goethals.793 - Autograph of George W. Goethals.
Alderfer Auction Co.
ALS by George W. Goethals (1858-1928), builder of the Panama Canal, on Isthmian Canal letterhead, February 10, 1808 concerning business matters. Lette
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Legal Papers (Slavery Related).794 - Legal Papers (Slavery Related).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Depositions concerning slave trade by the ship Fanny, dated October 8, 1801. 17 page legal document detailing slave trade between Africa and North Ame
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Legal Papers (Slavery Related).795 - Legal Papers (Slavery Related).
Alderfer Auction Co.
5 page deposition of Thomas Cook of Shrewsbury, New Jersey concerning slave trade and events on the sloop Fanny, dated January 10, 1801. Document meas
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Legal Document (Slave Related).796 - Legal Document (Slave Related).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document being a public instrument of protest by Simon Potter, master of the schooner Sally, dated July 16, 1793. Document concerns details for lack o
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pennsylvania 1704 Colonial Document.797 - Pennsylvania 1704 Colonial Document.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document appointing administratrix of an estate signed by John Evans (1678-?, Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania) and dated March 24, 1704. Document p
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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French and Indian War Marching Order.798 - French and Indian War Marching Order.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Letter addressed to Captain Josiah Thatcher at Yarmouth, on his Majesty's Service. Letter dated Boston, June 24, 1761 ordering Thatcher to march...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Revolutionary War Bond.799 - Revolutionary War Bond.
Alderfer Auction Co.
18th century loan/bond from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay dated June 1, 1777. Document measures 9 x 8 and features a vignette of Continental
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Estimate : 125.00 - 150.00
 
 
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18th C. Legal Document (South Carolina).800 - 18th C. Legal Document (South Carolina).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Bill of exchange document written for Robert Robson of London, dated March 2, 1796 in Charleston, South Carolina. 2 page document concerns exchange fo
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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18th C. Arrest Warrant (Nautical-related).801 - 18th C. Arrest Warrant (Nautical-related).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document issued by the Marshall of the District of Rhode Island to arrest Edward Thurston and Nicholas Brown for stealing shares in the sloop Liberty
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Nautical Protest Certificate.802 - Early 19th C. Nautical Protest Certificate.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document concerning Spanish seizure of the American brig Exchange sailing from New Orleans to Charleston. 6 page document dated July 7, 1808. Documen
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Shipping Circular (US).803 - Shipping Circular (US).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Printed shipping circular/broadside, March 31, 1810 concerning marine papers lost, stolen or taken by force of various ships. Paper issued to the port
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Pair of Early 19th C. Cod Fishing Licenses.804 - Pair of Early 19th C. Cod Fishing Licenses.
Alderfer Auction Co.
1) Permanent cod fishing license #3 issued to the sloop Kial dated April 23, 1808 and 2) Permanent cod fishing license #17 issued to the schooner Poll
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Nautical Indenture.805 - Nautical Indenture.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document indenturing William McGraa to Isaac Fisher to become an apprentice as a mariner for 4 years. Document details duties of both parties and puts
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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War of 1812, Ship Document (British).806 - War of 1812, Ship Document (British).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document being the articles pertaining to the private armed ship Dart with 4 carriage guns, 6 nine-pounders, and 4 swivel guns lying in St. John, New
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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War of 1812, Ship Document (British).807 - War of 1812, Ship Document (British).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Document being the articles pertaining to the private armed ship Dart with 4 carriage guns, 6 nine-pounders, and 4 swivel guns lying in St. John, New
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Ship License (British).808 - Early 19th C. Ship License (British).
Alderfer Auction Co.
License for the schooner Trafalgar Nelson issued on the island of Montserrat dated November 17, 1813. Document measures 8 x 13 and exhibits some edge
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Ship License.809 - Early 19th C. Ship License.
Alderfer Auction Co.
Ship license issued by the Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain to the ship Harriett of 247 tons and 10 guns. License issued as per
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Ship Paper (British).810 - Early 19th C. Ship Paper (British).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Vellum ships paper issued to the ship Nancy of Newfoundland, being a ship of 2 guns weighing 222 tons. Document issued by the High Admiral dated April
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Ship Paper (South Carolina).811 - Early 19th C. Ship Paper (South Carolina).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Ship paper issued by the port of Charleston, South Carolina for the brig Mary, dated March 10, 1812. Document measures 8 x 13.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
 
 
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Early 19th C. Ship License (British).812 - Early 19th C. Ship License (British).
Alderfer Auction Co.
Ship license for the ship Aurora weighing 303 tons armed with 14 guns, 2 swivel guns, 20 muskets, 20 pistols, 20 cutlasses, and 20 pikes. Document dat
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