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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TREATY WITH SAC AND FOX INDIANS1023 - TREATY WITH SAC AND FOX INDIANS
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Scarce printed treaty, "Treaty Between the United States and the Sac and Fox Indians", 8pp. legal folio, Washington, May 18, 1854, signed ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
 
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"SUN-DANCE. MAKING A BRAVE" PHOTOGRAPH1024 - "SUN-DANCE. MAKING A BRAVE" PHOTOGRAPH
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Rare Indian Sun Dance photograph titled "Sun Dance. Making a Brave", 7" x 4 1/2" oval, Boorne & May photographers imprint, C...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
 
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WILLIAM CLARK1025 - WILLIAM CLARK
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(1770 - 1838) American soldier and explorer in frontier service under Gen. Anthony Wayne against Indians, and who later joined Capt. Meriwether Lewis
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
 
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DAVID KALAKAUA1026 - DAVID KALAKAUA
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(1836-1891) King of Hawaii (1874-91), his ideas of reform aroused political opposition culminating in revolution and his powers restricted by a new co
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
 
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PHINEAS T. BARNUM1027 - PHINEAS T. BARNUM
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(1810-1891) An American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 420.00
 
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PHINEAS T. BARNUM1028 - PHINEAS T. BARNUM
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(1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, "The Greatest Show On Earth", merged with James Bailey to form Barnum and Bailey Cir...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
 
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P. T. BARNUM'S "LITTLE PEOPLE"1029 - P. T. BARNUM'S "LITTLE PEOPLE"
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The signatures of four of P. T. Barnum's most famous "little people" executed on a single album sheet, includes: CHARLES S. STRATTON [...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 320.00
 
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WILLIAM F. CODY1030 - WILLIAM F. CODY
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(1846 - 1917) "Buffalo Bill", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express and in later years organi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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WILLIAM F. CODY1031 - WILLIAM F. CODY
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(1846 - 1917) "Buffalo Bill", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in later years organ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
 
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EARLY MORMOM NEWSPAPER1032 - EARLY MORMOM NEWSPAPER
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A rare copy of The Deseret News, Fillmore City (Utah's first capital), Wednesday May 12, 1858, Vol. VIII, Nov. 10, 4pp. The lead article is titl...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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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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