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2003 Americana May 8-9.

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Este Ave 6270, Cincinnati OH 45232, United States
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Date of the auction: 17.05.2003

Lot number 690

late 19th century, 12" d., with foot ring. Wonderful goldfish in reds to pinks, several lobsters and...

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US$173
Lot number 476

4pp. plus printed wrapper. 8vo, 4 Feb. 1803, Washington, D.C.: William Duane & Son (printers). A...

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US$230
Lot number 488

marked on interior "I. A. Rhud", all original with stamped gilt brass eagle head surmount on front...

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US$316
Lot number 286

Condition:The cartes show moderate handling and are trimmed slightly for insertion into album, else...

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US$230
Lot number 839

circa 1860-70. In red, yellow and light green with unusually wide white quilted border at top and...

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US$403
Lot number 841

Condition:Small black spots on face of quilt in a couple of places and general overall wear with...

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US$230
Lot number 859

Condition:1st as above and a few small light stains, used, still VG; 2nd EXC...

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US$196
Lot number 863

with central panel having 6 rings of flowers with interior border of matching vining flowers and 2...

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US$546
Lot number 872

Condition:Some small stains on bodice and skirt of dress, VG...

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US$115
Lot number 170
"Am I Not A Man..." English Lusterware Pitcher,

circa 1840, 5.5" d. x 7.25" h. Quite likely made by Wedgwood as it was he who created this design...

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US$1,438
Lot number 931
"Find the Missing Man", Diorama in a Bottle,

classic type of American folk art sculpture. This early 20th century piece is constructed by hand in...

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US$2,990
Lot number 637
"Gee I Wish I Were A Man" Poster by Christy,

full sheet chromolithographed on heavy card stock paper, with "Post Office Building, Cleveland" in...

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US$1,495
Lot number 424
"Great Star" Civil War Flag,

printed on cotton; 34 stars configured in "Great Star" pattern, stars become progressively smaller...

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US$3,738
Lot number 906
"Green River Whiskey" Advertisement Bottle,

8" x 19", clear glass press molded bottle with screw cap. Etched on front "The Genuine Label Bears...

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Lot number 905
"Green River Whiskey" Backbar Advertisement,

hard rubber. Older African American gentleman stands holding bridle of tired-looking horse with...

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US$230
Lot number 907
"Green River Whiskey" Lithograph,

printed on board, scene of African American man leading horse with jug of Green River whiskey...

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US$144
Lot number 296
"Libby Prison, Richmond, Va." AND "Alatoona Pass, Ga.",

albumen prints from original Brady negatives, printed at a later date by Taylor & Huntington for the...

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US$431
Lot number 41
"On the Sofa" Postmortem tintypes,

lot of 2. Includes a quarter plate in thermoplastic Union case with design of hanging vase of...

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US$288
Lot number 612
"Sioux Chief Long Wolf and Family" Cabinet Card,

with imprint of Anderson, New York on verso. Title line indicates the family was part of Buffalo...

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US$173
Lot number 125
"Stump Speaking" Chromolithograph by Bingham,

lower left,"Engraved by Goupil & Company after a painting by George Caleb Bingham" and in lower...

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Lot number 506
"The Beginning of Human Flight" Pamphlet,

prepared for distribution at the exhibition of the Wright 1903 aeroplane at the Massachusetts...

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Lot number 576
"The Boy General Autographed by Libby Custer"

Custer, Elizabeth B., edited by Mary E. Burt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. 12mo, printed...

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US$546
Lot number 366
"The Bugles of Gettysburg" Autographed by LaSalle Pickett,

Pickett, LaSalle Corbell. Chicago: F.G. Browne & Co., 1913. 12mo, cloth, 163pp., frontis of Pickett...

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US$345
Lot number 226
"The Gaspee Affair" and "The Burning of the Gaspee" by F.L. King, Oil on...

lot of 2, Fredrick Leonard King (1879-1947), illustrator, marine painter, lecturer, teacher. A pair...

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US$633
Lot number 474
"The United States: A Visual History", Lithograph, Signed by Arthur Szyk,

American (1894-1951), 1945. This print from the Visual History of Nations series is 14 x 17...

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US$184
Lot number 638
"They Kept the Sea Lanes Open" by L.A. Shafer,

full sheet chromolithographed Victory Liberty Loan poster with American warships capturing a German...

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US$230
Lot number 639
"They Kept the Sea Lanes Open" by L.A. Shafer,

lot of 2, both full sheet chromolithographed Victory Liberty Loan posters with American warships...

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US$403
Lot number 181
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" Reeves' Opera House Broadside,

vertically oriented, 6 x 17.75" and dated Dec. 28-30, 1876. Printed by "Robison, Savage & Co...

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US$127
Lot number 997
"Wide Awake" Bank Jug,

stoneware with white glaze and blue lettering "Wide Awake/Store/Crawfordsville, Ind." Vertical coin...

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US$403
Lot number 500
"Wreck of the San Francisco," Life Saving Medal,

bronze and artist signed "Paquet, F." on each face. Front with border inscription "By Joint...

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US$92
Lot number 156
1750 Receipt For Servant/Slave,

1pp., 4 x 5", n.p., 1750. Account of Owen Winfield, the debit side (Dr.) in which Mr. Winfield is...

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Lot number 442
1802 Receipt for Arms to Fight Indians,

1p., 8 x 7.75", 21 Oct. 1802, U.S. Arsenal [n.p. specified, possibly Harper's Ferry or Springfield...

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US$150
Lot number 160
1816 Slave Bill of Sale For Stephen,

1p., 5 x 6.26", n.p., 10 August 1816 (1815?). A copy of the bill of sale for "...a certain negroe...

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Lot number 161
1817 Slave Bill of Sale For Primus & Cuff,

1p., 3.25 x 8", n.p., 24 December 1817. "Rec'd. December 24th. 1817. of John F. Martin. Fourteen...

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US$173
Lot number 448
1820 Letter of Naval Battle,

ALS by Capt. W.A. Howard, USN. 3pp. lettersheet, 8 x 9.75", U.S.S. Boston, Monte Video Harbour, 23...

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US$144
Lot number 468
1829 Martin VanBuren Letter,

(1782-1862; President 1837-1841), secretarially written letter signed by Van Buren as Secretary of...

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US$460
Lot number 217
1832 Johnson Contract Flintlock Musket,

Model 1816 U.S. flintlock made by R. & J.D. Johnson, Middleton, Conn. with eagle on lock plate and...

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US$1,610
Lot number 167
1838 Slave Bill of Sale,

1pp., 4 x 8", Lafayette, 1 August 1838. "Received of Christian Stear Six hundred Dollars, and his...

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Lot number 833
1846 Signed Ohio Coverlet,

jacquard 2-piece double weave coverlet, 76 x 88". Four rose medallions with star flowers and other...

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US$633
Lot number 579
1874 Seneca Language Gospels,

Ho I'wi Yos'dos Hah Neh Cha Ga'o Hee Dus, Gee Ih' Ni Ga'ya Dos'ha Gee, Neh Nan'do Wah'gaah He'ni...

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US$374
Lot number 502
1876 New York Gold Lifesaving Medal,

artist signed "G.H. Lovett." High relief sculpture of a sailing ship in stormy sea, about to be...

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US$3,105
Lot number 153
1881 Presidential Cards,

set of 20, each 4.5 x 3.5". Cut into two presidents per card, with the exception of Washington...

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Lot number 942
18th Century American Eagle Decorated Bristol Glass Mug,

English, circa 1780-90. Extremely rare barrel shape in opaque white glass, polychrome enamel...

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US$920
Lot number 971
18th Century Mourning Jewelry,

hand painted bi-pointed lozenge-shaped miniature on ivory in yellow gold mount. Miniature is...

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US$1,035
Lot number 882
18th Century Wine Glasses,

includes 3 with stems decorated with white spiral ribbons, 5.75", 6" & 6.5" high; AND a liqueur with...

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US$196
Lot number 530
1921 British Spiker Automobile Catalog,

illustrated with silk string tie binding, rice paper covers for each illustration, 10 pages...

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US$374
Lot number 996
2 Stoneware Crocks,

including an attributed Penn. 6 gallon example with double lunate handles. Cobalt stenciled eagle in...

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US$230
Lot number 411
30 Star "Verginia" American Flag,

printed on glazed muslin, stars configured in Great Star pattern with one large star in center and...

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US$8,050
Lot number 416
33-Star American Flag,

all hand-sewn linen, with inset stars configured in rare 6-6-6-5-5-5 arrangement, top white stripe...

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US$3,220
Lot number 417
34-Star American Flag,

printed cotton, stars configured in Double Wreath or Medallion pattern surrounding a large outlined...

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US$1,840
Lot number 421
36-Star American Flag,

Condition:As above, large hole in 3rd and 4th stripe; vertical soiling where folded; stitches...

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US$374
Lot number 426
36-Star American Flag,

machine-sewn inset cotton stars on a two-piece wool canton; canton, stripes, and hoist are...

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US$1,035
Lot number 420
36-Star American Flag, 1865,

Condition:Tear on canton, ripped through first star; bottom right corner torn and repaired; 1st...

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Lot number 423
36-Star Homemade American Flag,

hand-sewn inset cotton stars on cotton canton; canton and stripes machine-sewn; inscribed in ink on...

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US$1,495
Lot number 422
37-Star American Flag,

hand-sewn, inset linen or polished cotton stars on two-piece wool canton. Stars are arranged in...

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US$316
Lot number 429
38 Star Parade Flag on Stick,

printed on linen; stars arranged in rare starburst pattern of 3 circles surrounding larger center...

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US$1,380
Lot number 431
38-Star American Flag,

Condition:Some minor, hand-stitched repairs in stripes, top right corner nicked and sewn over to...

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US$489
Lot number 433
38-Star American Flag,

Condition:Hand-sewn repair on bottom stripe and corner of canton; torn on fly edge...

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US$288
Lot number 432
40-Star American Flag,

printed on wool; edge of fly machine-sewn; hoist has three metal grommets, with the inscription...

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US$518
Lot number 284
5th Ohio Cavalry CDVs,

Condition:Both CDV’s in overall G condition with pronounced soiling and mottling, the McPherson...

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US$863
Lot number 428
5th Ohio National Guard Banner,

double-ply blue and yellow machine-sewn silk. Both sides hand-painted "Patriarchs Militant" in...

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US$2,185
Lot number 653
653A. Great Scrimshaw Pie Crimper,

walrus ivory,6" long, mid to late 19th century. Beautifully carved of w with handle having relief...

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US$1,725
Lot number 276
69th Indiana Civil War CDVs,

lot of 2, both full length portraits of officers from this unit with backstamp of Watson & Estell...

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US$633
Lot number 441
A Congressmen Comments on Ohio Indian Massacre,

Olyphant, David (Dr.) (1720-1805), ALS, 3pp., 7 x 8.75", Newport (RI), 6 February 1791. Addressed to...

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US$173
Lot number 483
A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, By Mann Butler,

Louisville, KY: Wilcox, Dickerman & Co. for the author, 1834. 8vo in leather bound boards, one...

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US$81
Lot number 498
A John Sousa Band Uniform,

Condition:Jacket has some minor tears in lining, trousers have rip at knee with some patching, brim...

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US$690
Lot number 574
AB-SA-RA-KA Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife

On the Plains. By Col. Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., 1878, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 8vo...

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US$173
Lot number 776
ABC Plates With Union Generals,

lot of 5. English Staffordshire, all 5" diameter with embossed A-Z border and black transfer print...

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US$920
Lot number 908
AC Williams Miniature "Daisy 867" Coffee Mill,

made in Ravenna, Ohio, circa 1905. Pine with original varnish finish, printed black and gold paper...

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US$86
Lot number 531
Advertising Chromo For 1914 Touring Car,

chromolithograph, laid on canvas with an American convertible touring car in Southwestern landscape...

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US$374
Lot number 862
African American Crazy Quilt,

Circa 1910-30. Pieced and tied, top with silk and wool fans and other geometric patterns, flannel...

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US$144
Lot number 1050
African American Figural Hitching Post,

cast iron, 19th century American. Male head with close cropped hair, hand-wrought ring mounted at...

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US$978
Lot number 176
African American Songster AND "Contraband Christmas",

lot of 2. Includes: Anonymous, songster entitled "The World of New Negro Songs Containing All the...

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US$316
Lot number 560
Alaskan Gold Miner's Watch Fob,

string of 28 graduated gold nuggets terminating with one large gold nugget upon which are attached...

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US$3,220
Lot number 472
Albert Einstein Autographs,

lot of 2. Includes TLS, 1p, 8 x 11.5", on Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics...

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US$2,500
Lot number 25
Ambrotype By O.C. Benjamin,

Newark, N.Y., signed on felt mat, in 6th plate geometric Union case. An exceptional portrait, the...

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Lot number 21
Ambrotype of a Fireman in Helmet Reading "Franco-American 8",

sixth plate size in full pressed paper case. An image from the time when belonging to a fire company...

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US$805
Lot number 243
Ambrotype of a Fully Equipped Civil War Buckeye,

Condition:Very minor miniscule abrasions in field, otherwise near EXC. Take off the dirty cover...

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US$1,150
Lot number 29
Ambrotype of a Sailor with Buttons and Chest Pocket,

ninth plate size in a black geometric case. The gent in this self-confident pose sports a gold hoop...

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US$242
Lot number 26
Ambrotype of a Young Cobbler,

anonymous sixth plate in full leather case. He sits at his bench wearing a leather apron, holding a...

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US$374
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