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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"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) = 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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CIVIL ENGINEER GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT'S SIGNED MAP OF "SING SING"1043 - CIVIL ENGINEER GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT'S SIGNED MAP OF "SING SING"
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GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT Prominent Westchester, New York civil engineer, reputed to have been the engineer and architect of "Sing-Sing", the n...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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CIVIL WAR ERA CHILDREN'S MARBLE GAME1044 - CIVIL WAR ERA CHILDREN'S MARBLE GAME
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A superb example of mid-nineteenth century American folk art toys, a handmade rolling marble you expertly crafted from wood. The game features two sta
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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1849 RIVERBOAT LETTER1045 - 1849 RIVERBOAT LETTER
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A good early riverboat letter, 1p. folio, Franklin, Apr. 29, 1849 written by Benjamin Stowe to his brother, in part: "This morning…a young Mr. ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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"TOMMY" ONOJIRO AND THE FIRST JAPANESE MISSION TO THE U.S.1046 - "TOMMY" ONOJIRO AND THE FIRST JAPANESE MISSION TO THE U.S.
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TATEISHI "TOMMY" ONOJIRO The youngest of a group of Samurai who toured the United States in 1860 on Japan's first diplomatic venture b...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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(IRISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA)1047 - (IRISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA)
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A scarce issue of the short-lived Irish American newspaper, The Western Star and Harp of Erin for Apr. 24, 1813, (New York), 8pp. sm. folio. uncut. Th
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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(TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA)1048 - (TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA)
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A pair of folio maps, printed on opposite sides of a folio sheet. One side bears a "Map of The Californias by T. J. Farnham" (1845). The r...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(TRAGEDY AND MURDER IN 1860 DENVER)1049 - (TRAGEDY AND MURDER IN 1860 DENVER)
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"There has been a man hung and two men murdered since you left…" Good content A.L.S., 3pp. 4to., Denver, June 23, 1860 in which C. D. Ron...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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