Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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WHALING DIARY DESCRIBES SHIPWRECK AND GOOD FISHING1033 - WHALING DIARY DESCRIBES SHIPWRECK AND GOOD FISHING
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"First Mate was knocked out of the Boat by the Whale and drownd the Boat was literally stove to pieces…" A fine whaling ship diary descri...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
 
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WHALING SHIP LOG BOOK1034 - WHALING SHIP LOG BOOK
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"Lowered and struck, he stove the larboard boat...." A fine event-filled whaling ship logbook from the brig William, hailing from Fall Ri...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,250.00
 
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(EARLY LIGHTHOUSES)1035 - (EARLY LIGHTHOUSES)
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Manuscript D.S. "J. Inghram Keeper of the Light House" 1p. oblong 8vo., Pensacola, Oct. 25, 1826, a receipt of Winslow Lewis: " for t...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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TITANIC SURVIVORS - Current Bid: $100.001036 - TITANIC SURVIVORS - Current Bid: $100.00
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A limited edition signed book Titanic: The Exhibition Signature Series, #25/100, Wonders Press: Memphis, 1997. This beautiful hardbound edition is 222
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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"THE OLD SOUTH" PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM1037 - "THE OLD SOUTH" PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
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A charming ca. 1918 Jefferson County, Tn. snapshot family photo album showing a close connection with the local black population through many affectio
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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1870 INDEPENDENCE HALL AND PATRIOTIC PHOTOS1038 - 1870 INDEPENDENCE HALL AND PATRIOTIC PHOTOS
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A great collection of five ca. 1870 cabinet cards related to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Includes: a view of Carpenter's Hal...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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PANAMA CANAL CONSTRUCTION ORIGINAL NEGATIVES1039 - PANAMA CANAL CONSTRUCTION ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
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Outstanding collection of 23 exceptional and historically important 5" x 7" original glass negatives pre-1904, taken during the constructi...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
 
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"PIRATE" PIECE OF EIGHT FROM PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA1040 - "PIRATE" PIECE OF EIGHT FROM PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA
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A Mexican silver eight reale "piece of eight" recovered from the destroyed pirate and privateer city of Port Royal, Jamaica. The city beca...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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"THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN"1041 - "THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN"
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Fine lithograph, The Life of a Fireman. The race. - "Jump her boys, jump her!, (New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1854), colored by hand, by and aft...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
 
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COCOANUT GROVE FIRE1042 - COCOANUT GROVE FIRE
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A ironic relic of the disastrous 1942 fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, a 7" x 6" fragment of the club's 1940 "PERM...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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