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7:00 AM PT - May 21st, 2004

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All lots in the sale will be available for preview between 9 am and 11 am on the day of the sale. The auction will be held at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH 45246. Appointments may be made to preview the items at our warehouse until about a week before the sale. Please call for information (513-871-1670).

Best from the Midwest: Spring 2004

400 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
334
Lot 334
American Dated 1795 Wood Canteen in original Paint

with carved initials and date; EW/1795 on each side, stave...

3,000
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4,000
335
Lot 335
Watercolor of French Soldiers, laid on paper. Depi

cts two soldiers from different regiments wearing uniforms current...

500
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700
336
Lot 336
Inscribed Revolutionary War Officer's Pocket Watch

, a fine paired-case watch, made by C. Bailey/London, and based on...

3,000
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4,000
337
Lot 337
Society of Cincinnatus Gold Tiffany Medal, ca 1900

version of this important society metal, likely made for direct...

500
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1,000
338
Lot 338
Glass Paperweight From Revolutionary Raid on Royal

ton, VT, 2" cubic clear glass weight engraved on two faces: Corn...

200
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400
339
Lot 339
Painted Tombstone Army Hat Plate, ca 1800-1820. Wo

rn on the front of tall militia leather shakos and felt hats. The...

1,500
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2,000
340
Lot 340
Painted Tombstone Army Hat Plate, ca 1800-1820; wo

rn by militia infantry on the front of tall shakos. What makes...

1,000
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1,500
341
Lot 341
American Militia Infantry Cap Plate, ca 1825 [Camp

bell & Howell, Fig. 122]; shield device with spread-winged eagle...

500
-
600
342
Lot 342
American Militia Rifleman's Cap Plate, ca 1825 [Ca

mpbell & Howell, figure 117]; rare shield-shaped die-stamped brass...

500
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600
343
Lot 343
American Militia Infantry Cap Plate, ca 1814-21 [C

ampbell & Howell, Figure 111], variation design from a different...

500
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600
344
Lot 344
Rare Early American Militia Infantry Hat Plate, ca

1810-40. Campbell & Howell, Fig. 106; stamped in sheet iron...

400
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600
345
Lot 345
American Militia Sunburst Cap Plate, ca 1830s. Ca


American Militia Sunburst Cap Plate, ca 1830s. Campbell & Howell...

200
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400
346
Lot 346
U.S. Marine Corps Cap or Shoulder Belt Plate, C.18

15-25 [Campbell & Howell, figure 30]; so rare that the National...

400
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500
347
Lot 347
U.S. Painted & I'ded Wood Canteen, ca 1800-20; ben

t wood and tacked construction with hickory sides and pine or fir...

800
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1,200
348
Lot 348
Early Wooden Canteen, oak stave construction with

split cane wrapped ends; one stave is carved with raised...

200
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300
349
Lot 349
Souvenirs from Ships Captured by Commander Perry,

lot of 2; includes fragment of wood, mounted to paper with sewn...

300
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400
350
Lot 350
Illinois Soldiers in Early 19th Century Conflicts.

Elliott, Issac. Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in...

150
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200
351
Lot 351
German-American Militia Officer's Silver Breast Pl

ate, oval engraved and die-stamped coin silver; a rare example of...

500
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600
352
Lot 352
South Carolina Dragoon Cap Plate, ca.1835-50 [Camp

bell & Howell, figure 138]; rare and distinctive stamped sheet...

500
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700
353
Lot 353
Daguerreotype of Boy in Militia Uniform, anonymous

sixth plate in leather case. He wears an 1840-50s militia uniform...

800
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1,000
354
Lot 354
Full Plate Tintype of Militia Soldier, with 9-butt

on frock coat, gilt piping at sleeves, red tinted collar and high...

400
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600
355
Lot 355
Mexican War Recruiting Poster, illustrated with sp

read-winged eagle with rayed background in center; this excellent...

1,000
-
1,500
356
Lot 356
Treaty Between US and Mexico, 1848, The Treaty Be


Treaty Between US and Mexico, 1848, The Treaty Between The United...

300
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500
357
Lot 357
Spectacular Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Young Drumme


Spectacular Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Young Drummer Boy, an early...

400
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500
358
Lot 358
Two Elmer Ellsworth Civil War Tintypes, includes a

circular gem-sized ferrotype set in rectangular marble block...

200
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400
359
Lot 359
Matched Pair Half-Plate Ambrotypes of Boston Natio

nal Lancers, with earlier 1850 dated and inscribed silver shooting...

6,000
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8,000
360
Lot 360
Half-Plate Tintype of Gunboat USS Pawpaw , built


Half-Plate Tintype of Gunboat USS Pawpaw, built in 1863 as a...

3,500
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4,500
361
Lot 361
Terrific Half Plate Ambrotype of a Union Captain,

unidentified, having numeral "80" within infantry horn on kepi. A...

1,500
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2,500
362
Lot 362
Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Soldier with Company Gu

idon. Ostensibly an unknown cavalryman presenting a regulation US...

1,500
-
1,800
363
Lot 363
Quarter Plate Tintype of Civil War Sailor, anonymo

us studio portrait. An uncommon view of an enlisted salt wearing...

600
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800
364
Lot 364
Rare Sixth Plate Tintype of 34th OVI "Piatt Zouave

," spectacular brightly tinted view of a triple armed enlisted...

1,500
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2,000
365
Lot 365
Cased Full Plate Ivorytypes of General Marcellus H

olter & Wife, Ohio, circa 1863. Superb examples of an obscure and...

3,000
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5,000
366
Lot 366
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Double Armed Badger, a fi

ne portrait of an unknown Wisconsin private wearing the...

600
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700
367
Lot 367
Outdoor Quarter Plate Tintype of Soldiers Playing

Cards, a remarkable tinted camp scene that captured a bevy of...

1,500
-
2,500
368
Lot 368
Fine Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Soldiers Playing Car

ds, an amazing staged photograph of two unknown soldiers...

1,000
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1,500
369
Lot 369
Outdoor Quarter Plate Tintype of Regimental Staff,

the particulars of this striking camp scene featuring a...

1,500
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2,000
370
Lot 370
Half Plate Tintype of Gettysburg Casualty; affixed

to the verso of the plate is a ragged paper tag identifying the...

1,200
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1,500
371
Lot 371
Quarter Plate Tintype of Three Young Officers, uni

dentifed except for the numeral 19 inside the bugle on the...

800
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1,000
372
Lot 372
Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Four ID'D Ohio Civil Wa

r Boys, an atypically clear image with gilt button and cap plate...

800
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1,000
373
Lot 373
Fine Quarter Plate Tintype of Buckeye Trooper, a s

uperior portrait of an unknown "Co.F. OVC" horseman with plumed...

500
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700
374
Lot 374
Sixth Plate Outdoor Ambrotype of 11th OVI Men, an

extraordinary early view of five Company K, 11th OVI (three...

1,500
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2,000
375
Lot 375
Quarter Plate Tintype of Heavy Artilleryman, a cap

tivating view of an unknown teenage private wearing field...

500
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600
376
Lot 376
Quarter Plate Ambrotype of 6th N.Y. Officers, an


Quarter Plate Ambrotype of 6th N.Y. Officers, an anonymous outdoor...

600
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800
377
Lot 377
9th Plate Ambrotype of Civil War Soldier. Unidenti

fied portrait of a boyish New England private wearing fresh issue...

600
-
800
378
Lot 378
Matching Ambrotypes of Civil War Brothers in Arms,

related sixth plates taken by the same unknown photographer at...

800
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1,000
379
Lot 379
Ninth Plate Tintype of Federal with Four Weapons.

A freckled infantry private 'armed to the teeth' and uniformed in...

400
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500
380
Lot 380
Half Plate Tintype of Mass. POW Samuel M. Marvel,


Half Plate Tintype of Mass. POW Samuel M. Marvel, who served in...

400
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600
381
Lot 381
Full Plate Tintype of N.Y. National Guard Officers

circa 1885. An unidentified group of National Guard officers...

300
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400
382
Lot 382
Quarter Plate Tintype of Youthful Yank Sergeant, u

nknown infantry NCO posed in front of painted "Fort on the...

300
-
500
383
Lot 383
Full Plate Tintype of Armed Union Private, unknown

subject uniformed in regulation nine-button frock coat armed with...

300
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400
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