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American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Influential figures and pivotal moments from America’s storied past are present in the remarkable selection of property offered in Freeman’s I Hindman’s May 31 American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography auction. The sale features a noteworthy assemblage of flags, early photography, manuscripts, broadsides, and militaria representing American conflicts, most notably the Civil War, politics, African Americana, westward expansion, and Native American affairs.
Property from several collections will be offered, including a suite of Civil War photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit The Acquisition Fund, comprised of views of Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, captured in the field by celebrated 19th century photographers Alexander Gardner, Timothy O’Sullivan, A.J. Russell, and George Barnard; the John Singleton Mosby Collection of Hugh C. Keen, the centerpiece being a photograph of Mosby and 16 members of the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, or "Mosby's Rangers," signed and inscribed by Mosby; and Property from The Private Collection of Ms. Darla Moore, Charleston, South Carolina, containing the first Confederate imprint, The Union is Dissolved. Highlights include a rare whole plate daguerreotype capturing Gold Rush-era San Francisco, ca 1852-1854; an exceptional group of 32 Fort Laramie Treaty stereoviews taken by Alexander Gardner in 1868; and the Civil War archive of Ordnance Sgt. David H. Wilson (1831-1863), Co. F, 6th South Carolina Infantry, including war-date letters, diary, and photographs.
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0001: [FLAGS]. 13-star American flag with medallion pattern. Ca late 19th-early 20th century.Est. $2,500-$3,500$1,200
0002: [FLAGS]. 13-star American flag, possibly a US Navy boat flag. Ca late-19th century.Est. $3,000-$4,000$1,500
0006: [CIVIL WAR]. 34-star American flag from the George P. Hunt Estate. Ca 1861-1863.Est. $4,000-$6,000$2,000(1 bid)
0007: [CIVIL WAR]. 35-star American flag, possibly a Naval flag. Ca 1863-1865.Est. $1,000-$1,500$950(2 bids)
0009: [SPANISH AMERICAN WAR]. 45-star Spanish American War-era flag identified to George W. Potter,Est. $700-$1,000$350(1 bid)
0010: [FLAGS]. 47-star American flag. Made by H. Channon Co., Chicago, IL, 1912.Est. $2,500-$3,500$1,200
0011: [FLAGS]. A group of 2 American flags, incl. 45-star and 48-star examples. Late 19th-early 20thEst. $600-$800$300(1 bid)
0012: [FLAGS]. 48-star American parade flag identified to eight women, likely honoring theirEst. $800-$1,200$400
0013: [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. A collection of items belonging to women's rights activist Mariwyn Heath, incl.Est. $4,000-$6,000$2,000
0014: [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. Stand by the Women. Vote No on Woman Suffrage Amendment No 1. Woman's Right isEst. $500-$700$250
0015: [COLONIAL]. STANDISH, Myles (ca. 1584-1656). Fragment of banner attributed to having been borne atEst. $500-$700$250
0016: ARNOLD, Benedict (1741-1801). Receipt signed ("Benedt. Arnold"), and issued to a future member ofEst. $1,500-$2,500$1,500(2 bids)
0017: [SHAY'S REBELLION]. By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq. Governour of the Commonwealth ofEst. $2,000-$4,000$1,000
0018: [WHISKEY REBELLION]. Letter from Pennsylvania militiaman William McCorkle describing "insurgents" inEst. $700-$1,000$350
0019: LAFAYETTE, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Document signedEst. $500-$700$250(1 bid)
0020: [MILITARIA]. A gold presentation medal awarded to Captain J.T. Chew by the Pennsylvania Artillery, 4Est. $1,000-$2,000$600(3 bids)
0022: [MILITARIA - NAVY]. Walking stick presented to Joseph Rudolph by Captain Giles B. Harber.Est. $600-$800$300
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