The Estate of Delaware Governor & Mrs. Elbert N. Carvel

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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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DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BOOK396 - DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BOOK
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RAILS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE, A HISTORY OF RAILROADING ON THE DELMARVA PENINSULA, 1827-1978 BOOK BY JOHN C. HAYMAN. Maryland Publishers, 1979. From th
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CHESAPEAKE BAY BOOK397 - CHESAPEAKE BAY BOOK
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THIS WAS CHESAPEAKE BAY BOOK BY ROBERT H. BURGESS. Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., Cambridge, Maryland, 1963. Written in blue ink at top of second pag
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DELAWARE BOOK398 - DELAWARE BOOK
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HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE BOOK BY BETTY HARRINGTON MACDONALD. Delaware State Society of Daughters of the American Colonist
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DELAWARE BOOK399 - DELAWARE BOOK
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A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF LEWES DELAWARE, 1609-1985 EDITOR SIGNED BOOK BY JAMES E. MARVIL. Limited Edition number 192 of 1,500 copies. The Lewes Histor
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DELAWARE BOOK400 - DELAWARE BOOK
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THE BAY AND RIVER DELAWARE, A PICTORIAL HISTORY BOOK BY DAVID BUDLONG TYLER. Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, Maryland, 1955. Written in blue ink
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DELAWARE BOOK401 - DELAWARE BOOK
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TALES OF THE DELAWARE BENCH AND BAR BOOK BY DUDLEY CAMMETT LUNT. University of Delaware Press, Newark, Delaware, 1963. Written in blue ink at top of
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DELAWARE BOOKS402 - DELAWARE BOOKS
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DELAWARE'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR II, 1940-1946 BOOK BY WILLIAM H. CONNER AND LEON DE VALINGER, JR. Two volume set. Public Archives Commission of t...
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DELAWARE BOOK403 - DELAWARE BOOK
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN SLOAN, 1871-1951 BOOK. The Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, 1961. From the Estate of Governor &am...
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DELAWARE BOOK404 - DELAWARE BOOK
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STATUES OF CAESAR RODNEY AND JOHN M. CLAYTON, PRESENTED IN THE ROTUNDA, UNITED STATES CAPITOL BOOK. United States Government Printing Office, Washing
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DELAWARE BOOK405 - DELAWARE BOOK
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THE DELAWARE CITIZEN BOOK BY CY LIBERMAN AND JANE M. ROSBROW. Life Insurance Company of North America, Wilmington, Delaware, 1952. From the Estate o
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