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Morphy Auctions Richmond Americana Sale
7:00 AM PT - Nov 22nd, 2008

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2000 N. Reading Road
Denver, PA 17517
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533 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51 Lot 51

Lot of 2: Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithographs.
Description Titled "Autumn Fruits" and "Summer Fruits". Publ...

800
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1,200
6 Bids
52 Lot 52

Lot of 4: Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithographs.
Description "American Homestead" seasons series. Published N...

1,500
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2,000
5 Bids
53 Lot 53

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "The Roadside Mill". Published New York, ...

100
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200
8 Bids
54 Lot 54

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "A Home on the Mississippi". Published Ne...

300
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500
5 Bids
55 Lot 55

"Bird's-Eye View of Mt. Vernon," by G. & F. Bill.
Description Hand-colored lithograph. Published Massachusetts...

200
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300
3 Bids
56 Lot 56

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "Maple Sugaring". Published 1872. Retains...

500
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800
9 Bids
57 Lot 57

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "A Sage Old Smoker". Published New York, ...

300
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400
6 Bids
58 Lot 58

"Life of George Washington The Farmer" Lithograph.
Description Mid 19th Century. After the J.B. Stearns origina...

800
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1,200
12 Bids
59 Lot 59

Double-Sided Portrait by A Dudley.
Description Early 20th Century. Graphite and charcoal on pap...

500
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750
7 Bids
60 Lot 60

Print of the Boston Massacre After Revere.
Description Provenance: Collection of Roe & Rita Clark, Blan...

500
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1,000
12 Bids
61 Lot 61

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "Yacht 'Meteor' of N.Y. 293 Tons". Minor ...

400
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800
7 Bids
62 Lot 62

N. Currier, "Presidents of the United States".
Description Unusual hand-colored lithograph including portra...

150
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250
8 Bids
63 Lot 63

Lot of 2: George & Martha Washington Silhouettes.
Description Late 18th/ Early 19th Century. Reverse painted m...

800
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1,200
16 Bids
64 Lot 64

Wedgwood-Type Oval Medallion of George Washington.
Description Early 19th Century. Blue jasperware white with b...

300
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500
16 Bids
65 Lot 65

Pair Drawn Silhouettes George & Martha Washington
Description Late 19th Century. George and Martha Washington ...

200
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300
13 Bids
66 Lot 66

1846 Printed Broadside of the Constitution.
Description Lithographic borders. Hand-colored. Published by...

200
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300
14 Bids
67 Lot 67

Printed Calligraphic Memorial for Washington.
Description By Benjamin O. Tyler, Professor of Penmanship, N...

400
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700
3 Bids
68 Lot 68

Engraved Bookplate of George Washington.
Description Circa 1860 after the 18th century original. Coat...

100
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200
4 Bids
69 Lot 69

Massachusetts Printed Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Description Document: 21" H x 16 - 7/8" W. Lithograph dated ...

500
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800
4 Bids
70 Lot 70

Rare Printed Memorial Handkerchief for Washington.
Description Circa 1800. Titled "The Effect of Principle Beho...

1,200
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1,500
18 Bids
71 Lot 71

Printed Advertising Broadside "Black Clyde" Horse.
Description Circa 1902. Shoreham, Vermont. Creasing. Not exa...

200
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400
1 Bid
72 Lot 72

Thomas Paine Book "Rights of Man, Part I", 1792.
Description London. 78 pps. Later half-cloth and paper board...

800
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1,000
4 Bids
73 Lot 73

Rare Edition Thomas Paine Book "Common Sense" 1776.
Description Philadelphia, printed; London, Re-printed for J....

2,500
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3,500
10 Bids
74 Lot 74

"The Acts of Assembly Colony of Virginia" Book
Description Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon Will...

2,500
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4,000
6 Bids
75 Lot 75

Lot of 6: Books Leather Bound Historical Document
Description Includes "An Essay on Crimes and Punishments," E...

200
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400
2 Bids
76 Lot 76

Lot of 4: 18th & 19th C. Printed Almanacs & Book.
Description Oration delivered before the society of the Phi ...

100
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200
1 Bid
77 Lot 77

Lot of 2: Colonial Printed Currency.
Description 1776 example - Four Spanish milled dollars dated...

300
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500
2 Bids
78 Lot 78

Lot of 2: Early Hand Written Documents.
Description Includes an 1814 Susquehanna County Pennsylvania...

100
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150
3 Bids
79 Lot 79

Lot of 3: Books by Hawthorne & Hawkesworth.
Description "Mosses From An Old Manse" by Nathaniel Hawthorn...

100
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200
1 Bid
80 Lot 80

Eagle Embossed Leather Billfold.
Description 19th Century. Overall eagle, floral and scrollwo...

300
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500
5 Bids
81 Lot 81

Lot of 8: Colonial Newspapers.
Description Late 18th Century. Includes edition of General A...

200
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400
5 Bids
82 Lot 82

Lot of 18: Colonial Newspapers.
Description 18th & 19th Century. Includes three editions of ...

200
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400
10 Bids
83 Lot 83

Hand Written Music Folio 19 th Century
Description Early 19th Century. Provenance: Previously owned...

800
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1,000
1 Bid
84 Lot 84

Queen Anne Style Music Stand Furniture
Description 19th Century. Musical Instrument Size 55 - 6/8" ...

800
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1,200
24 Bids
85 Lot 85

English Regency Giltwood Standing Harp by Schwieso
Description 19th Century. By J.C. Schwieso, London, Model N....

1,000
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2,000
14 Bids
86 Lot 86

Continental Violin with Bow.
Description Bears paper label inscribed "Copy of Nicolaus Am...

200
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400
4 Bids
87 Lot 87

American Rosewood Flute.
Description 19th Century. With six nickel/ silver ferrules a...

200
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300
3 Bids
88 Lot 88

Regency Furniture Mahogany Music Stand.
Description Repairs to legs. Provenance: Christie's East. Mu...

500
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700
11 Bids
89 Lot 89

American or English Carved Boxwood Flute.
Description 18th Century. With ivory ferrules and cap, and s...

300
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500
12 Bids
90 Lot 90

Wooden Flute.
Description Circa 1820. With brass end caps. Musical Instrum...

100
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200
4 Bids
91 Lot 91

Piano Forte by John Broadwood & Son, London.
Description Dated 1807. Mahogany and satinwood square case. ...

1,500
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2,500
6 Bids
92 Lot 92

Regency Furniture Adjustable Piano Stool.
Description Circa 1810. Circular upholstered seat over a bas...

400
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600
14 Bids
93 Lot 93

Washington & Jefferson Signed Ship's Passage.
Description May 25, 1794. Written in three languages for the...

20,000
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25,000
13 Bids
94 Lot 94

Madison & Monroe Signed Ship's Passage.
Description For "The Brig Martha's Pond, Samuel Stow Master....

800
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1,200
17 Bids
95 Lot 95

Rare New York Chippendale Furniture Cherry Day Bed.
Description Circa 1760. Scrolled crest above a double-chair ...

8,000
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12,000
4 Bids
96 Lot 96

New England Chippendale FurnitureTiger Maple Chest.
Description Circa 1760. Molded edge top over a case with fou...

4,000
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6,000
15 Bids
97 Lot 97

Chippendale Mahogany Mirror.
Description Circa 1790. Scrolled frame with gilt phoenix car...

500
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800
8 Bids
98 Lot 98

English Brass Side Ejector Candlestick.
Description Core-cast. Round base has been riveted. Replaced...

150
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200
1 Bid
99 Lot 99

French Silver Plated Bouillotte Lamp.
Description 19th Century. Two-light. Repainted adjustable to...

300
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500
3 Bids
100 Lot 100

Lot of 3: Old Paris Porcelain Campagna Urns.
Description Circa 1830. Hand-painted, double-sided landscape...

800
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1,000
3 Bids
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