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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JOHN ADAMS BOOKS416 - JOHN ADAMS BOOKS
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JOHN ADAMS BIOGRAPHY BOOK SET BY PAGE SMITH. Two volume set. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962. Both volumes are written...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 100,000.00
Sold to portafoy for (40.00 + 6.00BP) = 46.00
 
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GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOKS417 - GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOKS
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GEORGE WASHINGTON, A BIOGRAPHY BOOK SET BY DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN. 6 volume set. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1954. From the Estate o...
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Sold to admitus for (225.00 + 33.75BP) = 258.75
 
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DELAWARE BOOK SET418 - DELAWARE BOOK SET
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DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE BOOK SET. 1896-1897. 5 volume set. Supreme Court of the State of
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DELAWARE BOOK SET419 - DELAWARE BOOK SET
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DELAWARE CODE ANNOTATED BOOK SET. Edward Thompson Co., Brooklyn, New York. 15 hard cover volume set with four paper cover supplements. From the Est
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DELAWARE BOOK420 - DELAWARE BOOK
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DELAWARE CORPORATION LAW ANNOTATED, 1963 BOOK. The Corporation Trust Company, 1964. Stamped at bottom of front cover "Hon. Elbert N. Carvel&q...
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19TH CENTURY BOOK OF BIRDS421 - 19TH CENTURY BOOK OF BIRDS
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THE BOOK OF BIRDS, INTENDED FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. Leavitt & Allen, New York, 1858. Signed in pencil on inside of ...
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1953 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY422 - 1953 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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POCKET CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1953 FOR THE 83RD CONGRESS. Written at top right of first page in black ink "George T. Ness, Jr./4/24/...
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DELAWARE HISTORY BOOKS423 - DELAWARE HISTORY BOOKS
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DELAWARE HISTORY BOOKS. Consists of 57 paper cover volumes of "Delaware History" spanning 1951-2000". From the Estate of Governor &...
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DELAWARE SILVERSMITHS BOOK424 - DELAWARE SILVERSMITHS BOOK
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DELAWARE HISTORY, DELAWARE SILVERSMITHS, 1700-1850 BY RUTHANNA HINDES. Volume XII, Number 4, October, 1967. Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmingt
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POLITICAL BOOK424A - POLITICAL BOOK
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“GOVERNORS OF THE AMERICAN STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1950”. Prepared for the 42nd Annual Meeting Governors’ Conference in White Sulphur Springs, West V
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