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March Fine Art & Antiques Auction
9:00 AM PT - Mar 3rd, 2004

offered by
Alderfer Auction Company

501 Fairgrounds Road
Hatfield, PA 19440
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Preview Times:
March 2, 2-7 pm; March 3, 10am-7pm; March 4, 7am-9am (All EST)
Location: Alderfer Auction Center, 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield, PA 19440

439 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

½ Plate Daguerreotype of Gentleman.
Half-plate daguerreotype of seated waist-up gentleman wearin...

100
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125
16 Bids
2 Lot 2

Post-mortem Tintype.
Sixth-plate tintype of post-mortem of a young girl. Image s...

75
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100
11 Bids
3 Lot 3

19th Century Philadelphia Photography.
Large silver gelatin photograph (5.75" x 8") with slightly l...

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80
7 Bids
4 Lot 4

19th Century Philadelphia Photography.
Large silver gelatin photograph (7.5" x 5.75") with house wi...

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80
3 Bids
5 Lot 5

CDV of General Robert Anderson.
Carte-de-visite of Major Robert Anderson (1805-1871) taken a...

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125
7 Bids
6 Lot 6

CDV of General Nathaniel Lyon.
Carte-de-visite of General Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861). Show...

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125
1 Bid
7 Lot 7

CDV of General U.S. Grant.
Carte-de-visite of General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Im...

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125
6 Bids
8 Lot 8

CDV of General Franz Sigel.
Carte-de-visite of General Franz Sigel (1824-1902). Image s...

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100
9 Bids
9 Lot 9

CDV of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote.
Carte-de-visite of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863). I...

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100
9 Bids
10 Lot 10

Grouping of CDV's of Civil War Officers.
Grouping of 6 cartes-de-visite including 1.) Bust view of un...

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250
18 Bids
11 Lot 11

Grouping of CDV's of Civil War Enlisted a
Grouping of 10 cartes-de-visite including 7 full-length stan...

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300
26 Bids
12 Lot 12

Pair of CDV's of Henry A. Fernald, 22nd M
Pair of cartes-de-visite being 1.) Full length image of Henr...

125
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150
1 Bid
13 Lot 13

19th century Military Crate.
Military crate (possibly ammunition or small arms) measuring...

400
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500
7 Bids
14 Lot 14

Civil War Saddle Bags-ID'ed.
Non-regulation saddle bags with early ink manuscript tag rea...

300
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400
12 Bids
15 Lot 15

Civil War Letter-Snow Ball Fights.
2pp. letter from William A. Kelton on 2nd Regiment Vermont I...

60
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80
16 Bids
16 Lot 16

Pair of Civilian Civil War Period Letters
Pair of letters (Aug 10, 1862, and January 22, 1864) from He...

40
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60
3 Bids
17 Lot 17

Bill of Sale for 5 Slaves- 1862.
Executor's bill of sale for a female slave named Juno and he...

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200
25 Bids
18 Lot 18

Grouping of US Fractional and Confederate
Grouping of 6 pieces of United States fractional currency in...

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125
4 Bids
19 Lot 19

Land Indenture – 1764 – Francis Hopkinson
Land indenture dated May 29, 1764 between Mary Hopkinson, Th...

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1,200
9 Bids
20 Lot 20

Land Patent-Thomas Penn 1735.
Land patent dated January 24, 1735 signed by Thomas Penn for...

300
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400
9 Bids
21 Lot 21

English Land Indenture - PA Lands 1746.
English land indenture dated May 2, 1746 for 500 acres of la...

200
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300
1 Bid
22 Lot 22

Land Indenture – Pennsylvania 1750.
Land indenture dated May 3, 1750 between Thomas Tilbury and ...

70
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90
6 Bids
23 Lot 23

Land Indenture – 1759.
Land indenture dated September 24, 1759 between Thomas Penn/...

150
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200
3 Bids
24 Lot 24

Land Indenture - Pennsylvania 1762.
Land indenture dated April 1, 1762 between Samuel Emlen and ...

80
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100
4 Bids
26 Lot 26

Ship Insurance Policy – 1775.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Brig Martha bound from ...

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80
5 Bids
27 Lot 27

Ship Insurance Policy – 1795.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Sloop/Schooner Two Brot...

60
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80
1 Bid
28 Lot 28

Ship Insurance Policy – 1794.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Sloop Dove bound from P...

60
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80
6 Bids
29 Lot 29

Ship Insurance Policy – 1772.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Sloop Susannah bound fr...

60
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80
10 Bids
30 Lot 30

Ship Insurance Policy – 1791.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Sloop Merimack bound fr...

60
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80
8 Bids
31 Lot 31

Ship Insurance Policy – 1793.
Ship insurance policy issued for the Schooner Joanna bound f...

60
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80
9 Bids
32 Lot 32

Early 19th Cent Philadelphia Viewbook.
Booklet featuring 9 woodcuts of various buildings in Philade...

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80
11 Bids
33 Lot 33

Commissioner of Patents Case – 1846.
Pack of documents related to inquiries about a certain paten...

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90
5 Bids
34 Lot 34

Panama Canal - Related Ephemera.
Handbill titled "Hawaii Not Affected Nicaragua Canal Not A F...

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60
2 Bids
35 Lot 35

Early 19th Cent. Ice Cream Soda Broadside
Broadside titled "Dr, L.B. White's Receipt to Manufacture Ic...

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150
18 Bids
36 Lot 36

Ice Cream Soda Fountain Broadside.
Broadside titled "Dow's Ice Cream Soda Fountain". Text desc...

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120
15 Bids
37 Lot 37

Graphic Soda Letterhead with Envelope 187
1pp. letter from Chas. Lippincott & Co., Filbert Street, Phi...

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100
9 Bids
38 Lot 38

Weber & Greene Ice Cream Soda Broadside.
Broadside titled "How Are You, Imposters!" advertising Weber...

100
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120
22 Bids
39 Lot 39

Early 19th Century Ice Broadside.
Broadside titled "Moliere's Pure Schuylkill Ice" from Charle...

200
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300
16 Bids
40 Lot 40

19th Cent. Ice Cream/Soda Ephemera.
Grouping of ephemera including 3 receipts for ice cream manu...

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70
4 Bids
41 Lot 41

19th Cent. Ice Ephemera.
Grouping of 5 receipts for ice being two from Henry Moliere ...

50
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70
1 Bid
42 Lot 42

Grouping of 18th Century Philadelphia Rec
Grouping of 21 individual manuscript receipts dating from th...

100
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120
2 Bids
43 Lot 43

19th Century Grocery and Tea Related Ephe
Grouping of 31 manuscripts and pre-printed with manuscript f...

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100
8 Bids
44 Lot 44

19th Century Hotel Receipts.
Grouping of 4 hotel receipts being: 2 from Congress Hall, Ca...

40
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60
5 Bids
45 Lot 45

19th Century Landscape/Nursery Receipts.
Grouping of 5 receipts from various nurseries dating from th...

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60
1 Bid
46 Lot 46

19th Century Liquor/Beer Supplier Receipt
Grouping of 7 receipts from various suppliers of wines, liqu...

40
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60
3 Bids
47 Lot 47

19th Century Store Broadside.
Broadside advertising "Munson's New 99 Cent Store, 18 Hanove...

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70
6 Bids
48 Lot 48

19th Century Rooming House Broadside.
Broadside advertising Mrs. Munroe and Company, 109 Chauncy S...

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50
7 Bids
49 Lot 49

19th Century Bakery Receipts.
Grouping of 4 receipts for bakery/confectioner (3 with illus...

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50
5 Bids
50 Lot 50

Grouping of 19th Century Commission Merch
Grouping of 3 price lists for commission merchants including...

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80
5 Bids
51 Lot 51

Mail Express Broadside – 1856.
Broadside titled "C.B. Richard's Foreign Express Office, No....

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300
12 Bids
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