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8:00 AM PT - Dec 10th, 2003

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Hatfield, PA 19440
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Tuesday, December 9, 2 to 7 p.m.
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December Fine Art & Decorative Accessories

510 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
European Broadsword.


Early 19th century European broadsword. Sword measures 38" in...

400
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500
2
Lot 2
Court-type Sword.


Early 19th century court-type sword. Sword measures 38.5" in...

400
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500
3
Lot 3
Model 1860 Staff & Field Sword.


19th century model 1860 staff & field sword. Sword measures 37" in...

400
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500
4
Lot 4
18th Century Reed Maps of Philadelphia.


Grouping of 3 maps of Philadelphia and the Liberties section with...

600
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800
5
Lot 5
Large English 19th Century Bible.


Bible titled "The Christian New and Complete Family Bible, or...

200
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300
6
Lot 6
Early Illustrated Book on Napoleonic Wars


Early military book "The History of the Wars Occasioned by the...

500
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600
7
Lot 7
Yellowstone Photograph Portfolio by Haynes


Photographic folio of 12 images of Yellowstone National Park by F...

400
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500
8
Lot 8
Daguerreotype by Root.


Sixth-plate daguerreotype of bust view of woman. Image shows some...

100
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150
9
Lot 9
Daguerreotype by Root.


Ninth-plate of full-length baby seated on silk covered couch...

60
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80
10
Lot 10
Daguerreotype in Myron Shew Case.


Sixth-plate daguerreotype of seated woman, waist-up. Image...

70
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90
11
Lot 11
Daguerreotype by Bell and Clayton.


Sixth-plate daguerreotype of seated woman, knees up, by...

70
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90
12
Lot 12
Daguerreotype by Rehn's Gallery.


Sixth-plate daguerreotype of seated woman, waist up, by Rehn's...

60
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80
13
Lot 13
Daguerreotype by Van Loan and Co.


Sixth-plate daguerreotype, waist up view of man. Image has been...

70
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90
14
Lot 14
Outdoor Tintype of Factory, Men and Buggy


Sixth-plate tintype showing outdoor view of factory in background...

125
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150
15
Lot 15
Tintype of Boy on Horse.


Half-plate tintype of full view of boy on horseback. Backdrop is...

100
-
125
16
Lot 16
Ambrotype of Man w/Flag Backdrop.


Sixth-plate ruby ambrotype of seated, waist up, gentleman wearing...

50
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60
17
Lot 17
Union Case.


Quarter-plate union case "The Music Lesson" (Krainik#37). Small...

125
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150
18
Lot 18
Union Case.


Sixth-plate union case "Geometric Scroll" (Krainik#235). Small...

60
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80
19
Lot 19
Union Case.


Ninth-plate union case "Singing Bird" (Krainik#398). Small crack...

60
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80
20
Lot 20
Union Case.


Double ninth-plate union case one side "Children Playing with...

125
-
150
21
Lot 21
19th century Stereopticon.


Wood stereopticon with carved title "Souvenir de Paris" on top...

200
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250
22
Lot 22
Pennsylvania German Broadside/Imprint.


Pennsylvania German printing/broadside titled "Christlicher Haus...

200
-
300
23
Lot 23
Pennsylvania German Broadside/Imprint.


Pennsylvania German printing/broadside titled "Adam und...

300
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400
24
Lot 24
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate with hand-colored embellishments for...

400
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500
25
Lot 25
Pennsylvania German Broadside/Imprint.


Pennsylvania German printing/broadside titled "Haus Segen". Sheet...

150
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200
26
Lot 26
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Geburts und Tauf-Schein". For...

100
-
125
27
Lot 27
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Certificate of Birth and...

80
-
100
28
Lot 28
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Certificate of Birth and...

80
-
100
29
Lot 29
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Geburts und Tauf-Schein". For...

70
-
80
30
Lot 30
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Certificate of Birth and...

80
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100
31
Lot 31
Pennsylvania German Printed Birth Certifi


Printed birth certificate titled "Geburts und Tauf-Schein". For...

150
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200
32
Lot 32
Pennsylvania German Broadside/Imprint.


Pennsylvania German printing/broadside titled "Ein Brief So Von...

50
-
60
33
Lot 33
Pennsylvania German Imprint.


Imprint titled "Siegesgeschte und Heldenthaten des grossen...

50
-
60
34
Lot 34
St. Patrick's Parade/Irish Sheet Music.


Sheet music titled "Patrick's Day Parade" by David Braham...

50
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60
35
Lot 35
Newspaper Related Sheet Music-1849.


Sheet music titled "The Ledger Polka" dedicated to the Readers of...

50
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60
36
Lot 36
African-American History-Sheet Music.


Sheet music titled "Going From De Cotton Fields" by Thomas...

50
-
60
37
Lot 37
Military Related Sheet Music -1830/40's.


Sheet music titled "Philadelphia Gray's Quick Step" dedicated to...

40
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50
38
Lot 38
Liberty Bell Related Sheet Music-1855.


Sheet music titled "Old State House Bell" by Meeser and Weiland...

40
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50
39
Lot 39
Pair of Hotel Related Sheet Music.


Pair of pieces of sheet music: first titled "Girard House...

50
-
60
40
Lot 40
Steamboat Related Sheet Music-1850's.


Sheet music titled "Illinois Schottische" by Swinscoe, published...

50
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60
41
Lot 41
Philadelphia Related Sheet Music-19th Cen


Grouping of 4 pieces of illustrated sheet music related to...

75
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100
42
Lot 42
Grouping of 18th Century European Prints.


Grouping of 6 hand colored city scene views of Gand, Amsterdam...

150
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250
43
Lot 43
18th Century Print-New York.


18th century hand colored print titled in reverse...

400
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500
44
Lot 44
Early British Political Print.


Engraving titled "The Mob destroying & Setting Fire to the Kings...

60
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70
45
Lot 45
Engraving by Thomas Birch of Philadelphia


Print titled "Philadelphia, Taken from Kensington" by Thomas Birch...

150
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200
46
Lot 46
Early 19th C. Political Engraving.


Copper plate engraving titled "Congressional Pugilists". Crude...

100
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140
47
Lot 47
18th C. Hand-Colored Print.


Print titled "American Stage Wagon" by Wold and Storer, published...

60
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80
48
Lot 48
Print on Linen.


Print/engraving on linen titled "The Cotters Saturday...

80
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100
49
Lot 49
Early 19th C. Naval Engraving.


Copper plate engraving titled "Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton...

80
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100
50
Lot 50
Early 19th C. European Political Print.


Print titled "Bonaparte in Trouble". Image shows allegorical scene...

150
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200
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