Auction details
Best from the Midwest: Spring 2004
8:00 AM PT - May 21st, 2004
offered by
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH 45232
Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
20%
Bid Increments
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Auction House Preview
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).
400 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 384 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype C.A. Reeser, 39th PA. & 5th Kansas Cavalry, with ephemera relating to Reeser's service in both ... |
300 - 400 |
7 Bids
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| 385 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype of Armed Union Cavalryman, accompanied by an official discharge paper purportedly identifying t... |
300 - 500 |
14 Bids
|
| 386 |
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Framed Tintypes of Union Soldier and Wife, in matching early Victorian wood frames made for sixth plate sized photo... |
300 - 400 |
1 Bid
|
| 387 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype of Cavalry Private Holding Saber, an early war view of an unknown horseman uniformed in regulat... |
300 - 400 |
12 Bids
|
| 388 |
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Civil War Tintype in Rare Book Case, an uncommon brown pebbled faux leather case measuring 2.75 x 4" impressed wi... |
250 - 350 |
3 Bids
|
| 389 |
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Fine Sixth Plate Ambrotype of 2nd Lieutenant, a crystal clear ruby ambrotype portrait of an unknown Union officer w... |
150 - 250 |
11 Bids
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| 390 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype of a Massachusetts Staff Officer, identifiable likeness of a ca 1861 Major or Lieutenant Colone... |
300 - 400 |
7 Bids
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| 391 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Armed Western Private, unidentified. Typical view of armed soldier holding what appears t... |
100 - 200 |
7 Bids
|
| 392 |
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Ninth Plate Tintype of 6th Corps Officer, bright portrait of anonymous infantry 1st Lieutenant wearing metal 6th Co... |
200 - 300 |
19 Bids
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| 393 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype of Armed Youth, barely sixteen, and typical of many adventurous early war volunteers. He wears... |
200 - 300 |
13 Bids
|
| 394 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Giant Infantry Corporal. Portrait of unknown soldier calculated to stand 6' 7'' tall. Ev... |
100 - 200 |
9 Bids
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| 395 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Pistol Wielding Private, anonymous. A fairly early war studio view of young Union privat... |
100 - 200 |
19 Bids
|
| 396 |
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CDV and Ambrotype of Cephas C. Fetherling 93rd OVI, Carte de visite signed on front, with same writing on verso ... |
200 - 300 |
24 Bids
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| 397 |
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War Era Mourning Jewelry, with tintype of unknown soldier. Oval tintype approximately 1.5" tall by 1.25" wide inse... |
100 - 200 |
16 Bids
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| 398 |
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Ninth Plate Tintype of Federal Private. Typical portrait of unidentified Union soldier wearing standard nine-button... |
100 - 150 |
7 Bids
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| 399 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype Federal Private, thematic view of Enfield-armed Union soldier posed in front of painted canva... |
100 - 150 |
13 Bids
|
| 400 |
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Lot of Two Union Full Plate Tintypes, unrelated subjects, both unknown. A corporal holds an imported two band rifl... |
200 - 400 |
6 Bids
|
| 401 |
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Important Half Plate Daguerreotype Confederate Naval Officer, formerly USN, Virginia-born Lieutenant John Pembroke ... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
10 Bids
|
| 402 |
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Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Confederate Staff Officer, seated view of Lieutenant with chin whiskers cradling a M1850 M... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 403 |
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Published Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Confederate Youth, in Turner's Even More Confederate Faces, p.45. An evoc... |
400 - 600 |
5 Bids
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| 404 |
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Sixth Plate Tintype of Obediah Thomas, 84th/28th Tennessee, identified in period pencil behind the case as Obed ... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
14 Bids
|
| 405 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Four Louisiana Rebs -- All Brothers, all privates in the "Opelousas Guards," Company F., 8... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
18 Bids
|
| 406 |
|
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Triple Armed Southerner, one of the unknown early recruits in the first flush of patrioti... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 407 |
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Quarter Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Southern Militiamen, a pair of steely-eyed young privates wearing a distinctive but... |
800 - 1,000 |
4 Bids
|
| 408 |
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Ninth Plate Tintype of Reb with Bowie Knife, an anonymous young soldier wearing a course eight-button jacket with t... |
400 - 500 |
14 Bids
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| 409 |
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Half-Plate Ambrotype of C.A. Terrell, "Canebrake Rifle Guards," of Alabama ca 1861, with two companion half plate a... |
3,500 - 5,500 |
18 Bids
|
| 410 |
|
Near Mint 1862 Our Generals CDV Album, sold comm |
2,000 - 3,000 |
11 Bids
|
| 411 |
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Two CDV's of 177th OVI Officers, both ink signed on verso with revenue stamp. Comrades in the same Company I., 177t... |
200 - 300 |
15 Bids
|
| 412 |
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Large Group of 12th OVI CDV's, 28 military cdv's combined from two different 12th OVI albums. Eighteen of the carte... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
14 Bids
|
| 413 |
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Thirteen CDV's of Company I, 48th OVI Men, in original album sleeves now unbound, most hailing from Brown Co., Ohio... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
9 Bids
|
| 414 |
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Michigan Civil War Photo Archive, consisting of a period cdv album, three loose albumens, a cabinet card and three... |
600 - 800 |
9 Bids
|
| 415 |
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Fine CDV Album of 4th Michigan Inf. Reorganized, probably belonging to the anonymous (no photo?) William F. Bradley... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
21 Bids
|
| 416 |
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Autographed CDV of Gen. Alexander Webb, with "Brady" backmark and inked autograph on lower margin of front "Alex. S... |
800 - 1,000 |
20 Bids
|
| 417 |
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CDV of Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau, with imprint of Giers & Co., Nashville, unsigned. Lawyer, Mexican War ... |
100 - 150 |
6 Bids
|
| 418 |
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Civil War CDV's of Kady Brownell, lot of 2, both unmarked. In both she is dressed in Zouave uniform holding a carbi... |
800 - 1,000 |
15 Bids
|
| 419 |
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CDV of Black First Sergeant, no back mark. An outstanding studio view of a powerfully built black NCO wearing froc... |
700 - 900 |
24 Bids
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| 420 |
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CDV of Francis Brownell, Ellsworth's Avenger, by Anthony-Brady. An 1861 commercially popular view of a hea... |
700 - 900 |
5 Bids
|
| 421 |
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CDV of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts, 54th Massachusetts, a spectacular portrait, possibly a copy f... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 422 |
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CDV of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, a copy of the original by James Wallace Black of Boston, this example with backst... |
600 - 800 |
1 Bid
|
| 423 |
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Civil War CDV of Gen. M.L. Smith, Autographed, with backmark of Joslyn & Smith...Vicksburg, Miss. and inked ... |
500 - 700 |
1 Bid
|
| 424 |
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Autographed CDV of W.B. Cushing, USN, Lincoln's Commando, with imprint of Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco,... |
500 - 700 |
16 Bids
|
| 425 |
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Pocket Album with CDV of future Admiral Albert S. Barker and Sailors, belonging to Seaman John Killam of Mexico, N... |
600 - 700 |
1 Bid
|
| 426 |
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CDV of Col. James M. Schoonmaker, 14th PA. Cavalry, CMOH, 14th PA. Cavalry, CMOH, by abb's, Allegheny, Pa., ... |
500 - 600 |
7 Bids
|
| 427 |
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CDV of Major General Blunt with Two Indiana Soldiers and Others, lot of 5 unrelated. Lot features uncommon beardles... |
400 - 500 |
6 Bids
|
| 428 |
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CDV of Colonel Hiram Berdan, by Anthony-Brady wi |
300 - 400 |
11 Bids
|
| 429 |
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CDV of New Hampshire Civil War Bandsman with Bass Drum, with graphic "Lady Liberty" imprint of J. Sidney Miller... |
250 - 350 |
22 Bids
|
| 430 |
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Civil War CDVs of Frances Clalin, lot of 2, both with backstamp of S. Masury, Boston. Includes full length i... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
22 Bids
|
| 431 |
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Scarce CDV of Petroleum V. Nasby Civil War Humorist, cdv-sized image on original 5.5" x 9" light card stock with pr... |
300 - 500 |
|
| 432 |
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CDV of Bvt. Major General Benjamin F. Kelly, no back mark. Unsigned, early view as Colonel or Brigadier General (s... |
150 - 200 |
4 Bids
|
| 433 |
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CDV of Lt. Terrence J. McDonald, 178th NY, no back mark, with bold ink signature on verso. McDonald enlisted in th... |
100 - 150 |
9 Bids
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