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Political & Americana (Part 1)

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220

1790 to 1797 Archive of LettersWritten to Revolutionary War Brigadier General William Shepard of Massachusetts

(GENERAL WILLIAM SHEPARD) (1737-1817). Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Shay’s Rebellion Era Massachusetts Major General and Congressman. Col. William Shepard was at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. with George Washington, and his likeness appears in the painting The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, by John Trumbull.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

221

1800 Historic Letter Regarding “Revolution in the Great (French) Nation” to Major General William Shepard in Congress

(GENERAL WILLIAM SHEPARD) (1737-1817). Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Shay’s Rebellion Era Massachusetts Major General and Congressman. Col. William Shepard was at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. with George Washington, and his likeness appears in the painting The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, by John Trumbull.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

222

1816 Massachusetts Governor’s Race Campaign Broadside

1816-Dated, Political Anti-Federalist Massachusetts Broadside: “Who is the Hero of Saratoga... General Dearborn or Brooks?” “Federal misdoing”, Massachusetts, Choice Very Fine.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

223

“LES PRESIDENTS DES ETATS-UNIS” Showing Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams

c. 1829, Printed Historic Textile, entitled “LES PRESIDENTS DES ETATS-UNIS,” French, Blue on White Cotton, 25.25” x 14”, About Very Fine.

$1,000 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

224

Extremely Rare “Jackson Ball.” Invitation December 8, 1832

December 8, 1832-Dated, Partially-Printed Document “Jackson Ball.” 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson Invitation at Hudson, Complete with Invitee’s Name “Miss Sarah Benton,” Choice Extremely Fine.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

225

1840 Old Kinderhook “OK” Martin Van Buren Campaign Woodblock Print Plate Showing The Origin of Term “OK”

1840, Hand-Engraved Woodblock Illustration Printing Plate of Old Kinderhook, “OK”, from Martin Van Buren’s Campaign, Accompanied by Print Sample, Choice Extremely Fine.

$1,800 - $2,400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

226

1840 William Henry Harrison Presidential Campaign Patriotic Sulfide Brooch “Harrison & Reform”

(1840) Presidential Campaign, William Henry Harrison, “Harrison & Reform” Patriotic Sulfide Brooch, Choice Very Fine.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

227

William Henry Harrison Presidential Campaign Teapot

c. 1840 Presidential Campaign William Henry Harrison Political Ceramic Teapot, Extremely Fine.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

228

1848 Presidential Campaign Zachary Taylor Portrait Box

1848 Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign, Hand-Colored “Forget me Not” Patch Box with central Portrait of Zachary Taylor, Choice Very Fine.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

229

Zachary Taylor Campaign Ballot “Old Rough and Ready”

November 7, 1848-Dated, Zachary Taylor Presidential Campaign “State of Virginia” Printed Ballot, Near Mint.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

230

Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed February 28, 1848 He Sought the Whig Presidential Nomination in 1848 but Lost

HENRY CLAY (1777-1852). American Lawyer, Planter, and Statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and as 7th Speaker of the House of Representatives, “War Hawk” Negotiator for the United States concluding the War of 1812 resulting in advantageous Treaty of Ghent with Britain, and served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of State.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

231

Henry Clay Carte De Visite Photograph by Mathew Brady

1862 Henry Clay Carte De Visite Photograph Image by Mathew B. Brady, Fine.

$350 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

232

Rare 1850 Zachary Taylor Color “Mourning” Silk Ribbon

c. 1850 (ZACHARY TAYLOR), Color Silk Mourning Ribbon, Sullivan-Fischer ZT-M1, Extremely Fine.

$700 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

233

1861 California John Conness Gubernatorial Election Ballot He Was One of Slain President Lincoln's Pallbearers

1861 California Gubernatorial Election Ballot, UNION DEMOCRATIC TICKET, Sierra County, John Conness for Governor, Choice Very Fine.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

234

1864 “Pro” Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Broadside Titled: “What Jeff. Davis thinks of the War.”

1864 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Broadside Headed, “What Jeff. Davis thinks of the War.” published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, NY., Very Fine.

$800 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

235

1868 Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson Orator Senator Charles Sumner’s Printed Opinion Remarks

(PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON’S IMPEACHMENT). “Opinion of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the Case of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States.”

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

236

Three President Andrew Johnson U.S. Senate Gallery Impeachment Trial Admission Tickets Including One on the Day of President Johnson’s Acquittal !

Set of Three (3) President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial Admission Tickets to the Gallery at the United States Senate with one being a Rare Ticket Dated on the Exact Day of President Johnson’s Aquittal, Fine to Very Fine.

$1,200 - $1,400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

237

1869 Complete “STEVENS PATENT PLAYING CARDS Liberty, LAW., Protection, Habeas Corpus” Patriotic Deck

1869-Dated Post Civil War Reconstruction Period, Rare STEVENS PATENT PLAYING CARDS titled, “Liberty. LAW. Protection. Habeas Corpus. / Patented, Sep. 21, 1869.” Complete Deck of 56 Cards, in its original paper Wrapper, Choice Near Mint.

$800 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

238

c 1880 Rare Frances E. Willard Women's Suffragist Pinback Succeeded Raising the Age of Consent & 8 Hour Work Day!

c. 1880 Frances E. Willard Women's Christian Temperance and Suffragist Portrait Pinback, Very Fine.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

239

1880 Presidential Campaign CDVs for Hancock and English

1880-Dated Presidential Campaign of 1880, Two Cartes-de-Visite of Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and running mate William H. English,Very Fine.

$180 - $220

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

240

1884 New Hampshire Republican Party Presidential Campaign Jugate Blaine & Logan Imaged Broadside

1884 Republican Party Presidential Campaign Jugate Image Broadside, “The Republican Ticket” for James G. Blaine For President, John A. Logan For Vice President, New Hampshire, Choice Crisp Near New.

$350 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

241

1888 Presidential Campaign Quilt “For President Benjamin Harrison / For Vice President Levi Morton” & “Protection” Threads of History Listed as Number 607 seen on page 263

c. 1888 Presidential Campaign, Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton Portrait Quilt, Legend “Protection” and “For President Benjamin Harrison / For Vice President Levi P. Morton”, Similar to “Threads of History” Illustration number 607, page 263, Very Fine.

$1,200 - $1,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

242

Benjamin Harrison Commemorative Straight Razor & Case

c. 1888, Vintage Commemorative President Benjamin Harrison Straight Razor, Produced by Koeller & Schmitz Cutlery Co. with its Original Case, Choice Very Fine.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

243

I AM OPPOSED TO WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE Printed Card c. 1915 An American Woman Signs being “Anti-Suffrage” !

c. 1915, An American Woman Signs “Anti-Suffrage” Printed Card, Signed by a Woman, Crisp Near Mint.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

244

Macerated United States Legal Tender Paper Currency Mold of the White House “Bale of Paper” BEP Produced Rarity

Macerated United States Currency Bank Notes, Extremely Rare “Bale of Paper” Design with an image of the White House on top, and a Bureau of Engraving and Printing label on the bottom, Very Fine.

$700 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

245

Political “World Future at War Leaders” Textile from 1939

1939 WWII Period, Historic Textile Printed Kerchief With Portraits of Roosevelt, King George, Hitler, and Mussolini.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

246

May 3, 1942-Dated WW II Japanese Ancestry-American “Internment” Official Broadside Poster San Francisco, Calif.

May 3, 1942-Dated, World War II, (Japanese Internment) Original JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERMENT Broadside Poster. Historic Printed Broadside Poster, Regarding the Forced Internment of Japanese Residents of California, Choice Crisp Near Mint.

$1,400 - $1,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

247

“Careful Cowboy” “Get-Rich-Quick Investors” trying to ride the “Wall Street Bulls” Original Signed Illustration Artwork

c. 1948 Original Illustration Art Pen and Ink Cartoon Political Drawing “Wall Street Bulls” by Illustrator Paul Carmack Signed, “Carmack” titled “Careful Cowboy” in Pencil above the illustration at top margin, regarding the American Stock Market and financial wild bull-ride of damger and worries, Choice Extremely Fine.

$350 - $450

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

248

John F. Kennedy Archive From the David Powers Estate

(JOHN F. KENNEDY). Archive from the Estate of his Close Friend and Adviser, David F. Powers, later Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 to 1994.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

249

David Powers / John Kennedy Archive Relating to Football

(JOHN F. KENNEDY). Football-related Archive Built by David Powers, JFK’s Special Assistant and Long-Time Friend and Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 to 1994.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

250

American Centennial Flags of the World Decorated Quilt

c. 1876 American Centennial Flags of the World Decorated Quilt, with Bandana of Memorial Hall Art Gallery in Philadelphia, about 80” x 90”, Extremely Fine.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

251

38-Star American Flag Colorado Statehood Eight by Fifteen Feet Hand-Sewn Stars “7-6-6-6-6-7” Display Pattern 1876

c. 1876 American Centennial and Colorado Statehood Period, 38-Star American Flag, United States “Fortress” or “Battleship” Size, Eight by Fifteen Feet with Double-Sided Hand-Cut and Hand-Sewn Stars in a “7-6-6-6-6-7” Pattern, Choice Very Fine.

$1,200 - $1,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

252

Wax Seal “George Washington” Portrait Carnelian Ring

c. 1790 Federal Period, Wax Seal with “George Washington” Portrait, Carnelian Ring, Choice Extremely Fine.

$3,000 - $4,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

253

Hand-Engraved New England Seaport Printing Woodblock

c. 1820, Hand-Engraved Woodblock Illustration Printing Block of a New England Seaport Scene, Choice Extremely Fine.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

254

Exceptionally Lovely 1850s Jacquard-Woven Coverlet

c.1850, Colorful Jacquard-Woven Coverlet, Choice Extremely Fine.

$375 - $450

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

255

c. 1850 Set of Four Hand-Carved Bone Sailor-Made Charms

c. 1850 Mid 19th Century, Set of Four Hand-Carved Bone, Sailor-Made Whaling Charms in the shape of a Musket, Saw, and two Harpoons, Extremely Fine.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

256

Patriotic Pen and Ink Folk Art American Heraldic Eagle

c. 1860 Civil War Era, Original Folk Art Style Pen and Ink Sketch of an American Heraldic Eagle & Shield, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.

$650 - $850

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

257

1932 Lindbergh Baby Kidnappers Historic Pair of “WANTED” Reward Posters One with Handwriting Sample

March 11, 1932-Dated, Pair of Original “Wanted Posters” for the Capture of the Kidnappers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., Plus Reward Poster Featuring Kidnapper's Handwriting Sample, both items Choice Extremely Fine.

$2,000 - $2,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

258

Great Collection of 50 United States Navy Postal Covers Cancelled Onboard the Ship Sunk During World War II

United States Navy, Collection of 50 Postal Covers, Each Cancelled Onboard the Ship that was Sunk during World War II, Extremely Fine.

$900 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

259

Folk Artist “Grandma Moses” Outstanding Signed Display

ANNA MARY “GRANDMA” MOSES (1860-1961). American Folk Artist Painter, better known as "Grandma Moses".

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

260

1838 Senate Bill 264 Reorganizing Department of Indian Affairs

March 3, 1838-Dated, Official Printed Text of Senate Bill 264, Reorganizing the Department of Indian Affairs, About Fine.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

261

Large Advertising Broadside for "Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring Deeds" Illustrated with Fifteen Historical Woodcuts

c. 1890, Printed Illustrated Advertising Broadside for "Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring Deeds", by D.M. Kelsey, Very Fine.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

262

Outstanding Style Harlequin Transformation Playing Cards Complete Deck of 52 by Kinney Tobacco Co., New York

c. 1888, Harlequin Insert Transformation Playing Cards, Kinney Tobacco Co., New York, Complete Deck of 52 exceptionally designed Colorful Chromolithographed Cards, Choice Very Fine.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

263

1762 Aaron Lopez Historic Colonial Jewish American Merchant and Patriot Signed Document at Newport, RI.

AARON LOPEZ (1731-1782). Historic Colonial Jewish American Patriot and Revolutionary War Era, Merchant, Slave Trader, Newport, Rhode Island.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

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