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On Saturday, Oct. 14, Jos. C. O’Neal & Sons Auctioneers & Appraisers will be holding an auction from the Estate of Former Delaware Governor Elbert N. Carvel and Mrs. Ann Valliant Carvel at the O’Neal Auction Center in Laurel, Delaware. This single-event will consist of the antiques, furniture, art pottery, Delaware art, political ephemera and memorabilia, as well as personal effects from the Carvel estate.
Among the many items to be offered include a Potthast, Baltimore, Maryland mahogany 10 piece dining room set and sideboard that is described on page 35 of Cecilia Cohen’s book “Only in Delaware”; a mahogany slant-front desk carved with the State Seal of Delaware, made for Gov. Carvel by Franklin Kinnamon and one of only three known to have been made; a Van Briggle Pottery collection; as well as paintings by Delaware artist Henry Progar & other Delaware artists. Also being offered are numerous items of political history that include important letters and telegrams from Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Clinton; signed and unsigned photographs of former Presidents; and over a half dozen scrapbooks put together by Mrs. Carvel that spans Gov. Carvel’s political career.
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525 - 1949 TRUMAN INAUGURATION MEMORABILIAJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1949 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN INAUGURATION CEREMONIES MEMORABILIA. Consists of an invitation to Delaware Governor & Mrs. Elbert N. Carvel “to att...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to medalsman for 92.00
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526 - 1949 TRUMAN INAUGURATION MEMORABILIAJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1949 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN INAUGURAL BALL MEMORABILIA. Consists of an invitation to the Hon. & Mrs. Elbert N. Carvel to attend the Inaugural B...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
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527 - 1951 DEMOCRAT MEMORABILIAJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1951 NATIONAL JEFFERSON-JACKSON DINNER MEMORABILIA. Consists of a program from the dinner held on April 14, 1951 at the National Guard Armory in Wash
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
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528 - 1949 DELAWARE POLITICAL BOOKJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1949 DELAWARE JEFFERSON-JACKSON DINNER PROGRAM SIGNED BY VICE PRESIDENT ALBEN W. BARKLEY. Front cover reads “Delaware/Jefferson-Jackson/Dinner/1949”
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
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529 - GOVERNOR CARVEL PLATEJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
GOVERNOR CARVEL WINDSHIELD PLATE. Plate reads “The Courtesy of the/City of Philadelphia/is Extended to/Lt. Gov. E.N. Carvel/Attending the/Democratic/
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
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530 - DEMOCRAT MEMORABILIAJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
DEMOCRAT MEMORABILIA. Consists of a program from the 1949 Democratic National Committee Dinner held December 2, 1949 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New Yo
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
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531 - 1955 ARMY-NAVY PROGRAMJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1955 ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME PROGRAM. Shows minor folds to top right corner of front cover.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to deannavill.. for 34.50
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532 - 1948 DELAWARE ELECTION BALLOTJoseph C. O'Neal & Sons
1948 DELAWARE ELECTION BALLOT. Top reads “Official Ballot for Representative District Number Four/State, County and District Ballot”. In 1948, Lt. G
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
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