Western and Historical Americana

ca. 1852, copied and enlarged from the original daguerreotype taken by Southworth and Hawes, with period mat, housed in a later gilt frame. With a ret

sixth plate of a young workman, he sports a straw hat, and holds a cutting tool in one hand, while his arm rests on his clamp in which a bridle is sec

lot of 2, including a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a handsome young gentleman proudly displaying a flute in his right hand, in full case; and

lot of 7 daguerreotypes, housed in full cases, of Isaac C. Bates and his family, including portraits of the following individuals identified by handwr

sixth plate. His baldric tinted bright red, with accented medallion, and gold braid knot. He holds a gavel which rests on a book. An unusual Masonic s

sixth plate daguerreotype of same gentleman as in Lot 5 in civilian clothing. The quarter plate portrait features a man holding a staff and wearing a

probably by Platt D. Babbitt, ca. 1850s. A splendid example, showing two well-dressed gentlemen gesturing towards the falls, with Terrapin Tower visib

a ca 1888 reverse tintype of a group of men, women, and children standing in front of what appears to be a general store in the northwestern village o

quarter plate, ca. 1870s The player on the right displays two pair (nines and Jacks) as he prepares to discard a single card.  Condition: Hous...

on a Neff's Patent Plate, circa 1859-60. A fine composition of armed hunters, the man at center holding a rare M1843 Hall's percussion carbi...

cdv album with smaller tintype (same image) of the girl. She is posed as if asleep with white dress and bonnet, bordered in flowers with flowers on ch

a fine grouping of little people, giants, legless wonders, fat ladies, and Siamese twins. The lot includes several images of famed little people such

a large gathering of photographs of little people, fat ladies, individuals with physical abnormalities, and Siamese twins. The lot features many image

also referred to as a peep view or a telescopic view, this optical toy may be of French, German, English, or Dutch origin. It provides a charming view

a cotton banner promoting Buchanan and Breckinridge!, the Democratic nominees for U.S. President and Vice President in 1856, with a spread-winged eagl

sixth plate ambrotype, ca. 1860. He wears an oil-cloth covered cap and cape, and holds a swing-torch from which a campaign flag featuring the slogan F

sporting a cap with pinned cloth label Little Giant Club, ca. 1860. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype, housed in a geometric union case. A rare image from

a painted salted paper photograph of Simon Cameron, 7.5" x 9.5", in oval frame, 12" x 14". The portrait is accompanied by the ha...

an illustrated, hand-colored National Republican Chart for the Presidential Campaign, 1860, varnished paper laid on canvas, featuring shoulder-length

a tabloid-sized newspaper with masthead portrait of a beardless Lincoln, 4pp with nice anti-Douglas cartoon on interior, 13" x 17.75"....

complete, original Civil War broadside extra issued by the Pittsburgh Commercial (PA), covering the assassination of Lincoln and the surrender of Robe

bronze, 23" in height. Signed on proper left side of plinth Roman Bronze Works N.Y., signed on the proper left shoulder Paul Morris SC, and on ...

a three-quarter, shoulder-length portrait of Lincoln wearing spectacles, signed lower right by Franklin C. Courter; oil on panel, 11.5" x 15.5&...

oil on masonite, signed in the lower right and with letter signed by the artist preserved on verso, discussing Courter's obsession with Lincoln ...

after a Matthew Brady photograph, sanguine and white pastel accents on grey stock paper, signed in the lower right; 18" x 14.5" (sight).&#...

a brief, war-date note written and signed by Lincoln: If Gov. Johnson will say in writing on this sheet that in his opinion this man should be dischar

lot of two, including a vignetted albumen portrait of Lincoln by Henry F. Warren, taken two days after the second inaugural on the south balcony of th

lot of two, including clipped signature "Abraham Lincoln," framed together with a dramatic, close-up portrait of a Lincoln bust; image 9.7...

a short note written in Lincoln's hand while serving a third term in the Illinois General Assembly: For value received, due Stuart T. Lincoln te...

an albumen portrait of Lincoln printed by George B. Ayres in 1881 directly from the original negative by Alexander Hesler, taken at Springfield, IL, J

fine lot of two silver gelatin portraits of Abraham Lincoln, printed from negatives owned by King V. Hostick at the Herbert Georg Studio, Springfield,

0-51. Matted and mounted in a contemporary frame, 6 x 4.5"  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collection Condition:

A fine Italian portrait, mounted in a black lacquer wall frame. Probably accomplished around the turn of the 20th century as a "grand tour"...

a graphite and pastel portrait of a beardless Lincoln, signed and dated Thos. Saltz, 1917, based upon a photograph of Lincoln taken by T. Painter Pear

oil on canvas, signed and dated 1947 in lower left center; 20" x 15" (sight).  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collection Condition: Fine...

After the photograph taken by Alexander Hesler, etching on paper, signed as part of plate and in pencil, l.r.; 17" x 13" (sight).  ...

entitled Abraham Lincoln, published by Rudolf Lesch, NY, 25" x 33", framed, 29" x 38".  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collecti...

a hand-colored print of a beardless Abraham Lincoln, published by Currier & Ives, with Lincoln's signature printed below portrait and the ti...

a shoulder-length portrait of Lincoln from the original negative taken in Alexander Gardner's studio on Nov. 8th, 1863, with the following verso...

a shoulder-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln, printed and signed in negative by Moses P. Rice, from the original negative by Alexander Gardner, taken

Fine group of three cdv images by Brady. Includes Abraham Lincoln (O-61); Secretary of State William Seward and his first Secretary of War, Gideon Wel

containing 48 CDV photographs of Abraham Lincoln, some with his family and colleagues, and John Wilkes Booth; brown, stamped-leather album, 5" ...

steel frames with adjustable temples, with an accompanying pressed steel case, together with a scrap of blue wove paper with the penciled inscription

11" x 4" silver bullion fringe, accompanied by a 1p ALS on ruled 9" x 8" letter sheet, with PHILADELPHIA, FEB 4, 1909 handstampe...

a printed broadside from L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue Circuit Court, Kentucky, advertising the bankruptcy sale of Lincoln's b...

unmarked jeweler made, 14K gold safe, inscribed PRESENTED BY USG TO J.R. JONES 1869, one side inlaid with a panel of Nevada rose-colored gold quartz,

a large, printed broadside featuring a detailed, heroic portrait of General U.S. Grant on horseback, 16" x 22", announcing that Excursion ...

a printed broadside announcing the Burial of the Chieftain Gen'l Grant., from B. McChan, General Agent, Passenger Dept., Syracuse and Henry Mone...

a rare 1880 campaign poster featuring oval shoulder-length portraits of Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English, the Democratic candidates for p

group portrait of the nine 1894 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, with Supreme Court of the United States printed below image as well as the justices'...