NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Dec 12 @ 06:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Grouping of 15 unmounted albumin photographs and 12 engravings/prints of a variety of Civil War officers. Photographs range in size from 3.25" x 2" to 5.5" x 3.5" with similar sizes for the engravings. Officers include: Reynolds, Meade, Barlow, Zook, and others. Provenance: The Meade Family Collection.
Auction Location:
United States
Previewing Details:
December 10- 12-5pm, December 11- 9am-7pm, December 12- 7-9am
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in the Cataloged Auction
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General
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