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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484 |
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Civil War ID Disk, made from a ca 1850's U.S. half dollar with verso erased and engraved with ribbon banner at top ... |
400 - 600 |
10 Bids
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| 485 |
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March 1857 Pattern Cartridge Box, stamped on inside flap Dingee N-York; plain black leather with double belt... |
200 - 300 |
4 Bids
|
| 486 |
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Union Officer's Nine-Button Frock Coat, standard issue blue wool coat with 3 buttons on each sleeve, all marked ... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
22 Bids
|
| 487 |
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Irish Brigade Haversack Relic of KIA Fair Oaks, VA, cover flap in brown leather with stenciled inscription Liet.... |
400 - 600 |
7 Bids
|
| 488 |
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Civil War Union Sword Rig and Officers Belt Plate, black leather with brass rigging hooks and cast brass Union offi... |
250 - 400 |
7 Bids
|
| 489 |
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Civil War Prayer Book which stopped a Bullet. We've all heard about the superstition that carrying a bible or praye... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
17 Bids
|
| 490 |
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Confederate Holster, Colt type for Navy or smaller revolver, unmarked machine sewn with cover flap and belt loop; 1... |
600 - 800 |
10 Bids
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| 491 |
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Lot of Civil War Relics, lot of 3; includes two different shield-breasted eagle brass buttons, one with U.S. shield... |
200 - 400 |
2 Bids
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| 492 |
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Confederate Louisiana State Large Brass Button, LA224A2 in Tice Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865 |
200 - 400 |
2 Bids
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| 493 |
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Magnificent Silver Service Presented to a Civil War Veteran and his Wife. the 31.5" long tray has engraved within a... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 494 |
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Wooden Sailor's Model Cannon Memorial to the Lost Cumberland, sunk by the Merrimack (C.S.S. Virginia) |
800 - 1,000 |
47 Bids
|
| 495 |
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Stonewall Jackson's Mess Kit, purchased at the Lexington, Virginia auction of Jackson's family items in the 1950's ... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
63 Bids
|
| 496 |
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Collection of Alexander Simplot Civil War Sketches, lot of 15 drawings, various sizes, accomplished in black ink ... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
13 Bids
|
| 497 |
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Ehrgott, Forbriger Civil War Lithographs, bound folio volume in half calf binding with pasted-in title page with ch... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
3 Bids
|
| 498 |
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Civil War Engraving Capture of Fort Donelson, Fe |
250 - 350 |
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| 499 |
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Kurz & Allison Chromolithograph Assault on Fort S |
400 - 600 |
1 Bid
|
| 500 |
|
Scarce Civil War Chromolithograph Divine Service |
500 - 700 |
13 Bids
|
| 501 |
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Chromolithograph Portraits of Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, c. 1865. Three pristine portraits with almost a three d... |
600 - 800 |
2 Bids
|
| 502 |
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Civil War Pastel Color Portrait of Sgt. Maj. Charles B. Kendall, on paper, 17" x 19"; custom cut mat, framed and gl... |
500 - 700 |
1 Bid
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| 503 |
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Rare Civil War Camp Newspaper, The Patrol , Char |
300 - 400 |
|
| 504 |
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Civil War Field Press Broadsheet Affairs in the S |
200 - 300 |
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| 505 |
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Civil War -- Confederate, Gen. Evander McIvor Law Collection, 1861-1903. 15 items. E. M. Law graduated from the S... |
3,000 - 5,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 506 |
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Civil War--New Jersey Treason, Samuel Tremore ALS to NJ Gov. Francis Pickens, April 2, 1861, An almost unheard of ... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
|
| 507 |
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P.T. Beauregard Telegram, matted and framed with image of the General. Telegram approx. 8 x 3.5" (obl.), with So... |
600 - 700 |
2 Bids
|
| 508 |
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Cumberland University (Tennessee) Yearbook in Two Volumes, An extraordinary photographic-autographic chronicle of ... |
15,000 - 20,000 |
13 Bids
|
| 509 |
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Civil War -- Indiana Sedition, DeWitt C. Markle Diary, 1864 March 14-Sept. 19, Born in Ithaca, NY, in 1837, DeWitt ... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 510 |
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Civil War--New York, Sgt. Francis C. Miller, 50th New York Engineers, 1862-1866. 139 items. 82 soldiers' letters ... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
6 Bids
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| 511 |
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Civil War Archive of James Rhodes, 6th Maine Battery, lot of 24, includes a diary of 6th Maine Battery reunions fro... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
|
| 512 |
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Civil War--Massachusetts, C. Mason Moody Papers, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry. 19 letters, 9th plate tintype (in civ... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 513 |
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Civil War -- Ohio, Snyder-Myers Papers. 1859-1866. ca.75 items; 15 photographs; Elias D. Snyder. 9 soldier's lette... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
13 Bids
|
| 514 |
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Civil War – Ohio, J. Henry Schmidt Papers, 1861-1865. 37th Ohio Infantry. 210 items. Includes 159 letters from Sch... |
6,000 - 8,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 515 |
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Civil War -- Michigan, Giles T. Brown Papers, 1862-1891. 65 items. 22nd Michigan Infantry, 52 letters (19 war date)... |
750 - 1,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 516 |
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Civil War -- Connecticut , Robert Kirtland Woodruff Papers, 1855-1864. 24 items. 15th Connecticut Infantry. Inclu... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
3 Bids
|
| 517 |
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Civil War -- Connecticut, Theron and Manton Upson Papers, 1861-1865. 33 items including: Theron Upson, 1st Connect... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
4 Bids
|
| 518 |
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Civil War -- Connecticut, Leverett H. Gladding Papers, 1862. 4 items. 9th Connecticut Infantry. Leverett Gladdin... |
150 - 200 |
17 Bids
|
| 519 |
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Civil War--Wisconsin, Capt. Farlin Q. Ball Papers, 1856-1865, (a few to 1911). ca.800+ items. Including: 1 soldier'... |
6,000 - 8,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 520 |
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Civil War--Maine Sutlers, James N. and Charles Coombs Papers, 1863-1865. lot of 20 ALsS. A Downeaster from Maine, J... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
|
| 521 |
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Civil War -- Ohio, James R. Conner Papers, 1859-1929. lot of 102. James R. Conner was apparently a seller of books... |
300 - 500 |
3 Bids
|
| 522 |
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Civil War Archive of Capt. James E. Sowry, 48th OVI, Company E. Consisting of two Company books and approximately 4... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
15 Bids
|
| 523 |
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Civil War – Ohio, Joseph Lincoln. Diary, 1862-1865. 79th Ohio Infantry Joseph Lincoln mustered into Co. H of the... |
750 - 1,000 |
12 Bids
|
| 524 |
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Civil War -- Connecticut, George A. Hurlbut-William J. Tuller Collection, 1863-1889. ca.30 items. 1st Connecticut C... |
400 - 600 |
1 Bid
|
| 525 |
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Civil War -- Ohio, Alexander McDowell. Diary, 1863. 44th Ohio Infantry? An officer's diary detailing a daily re... |
100 - 200 |
9 Bids
|
| 526 |
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Manuscript Civil War Play By a Pennsylvania German, lot of 2 manuscript ledgers, by August Wegner, Philadelphia; sm... |
400 - 600 |
|
| 527 |
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Lot of G.A.R. Canes, lot of 2, both cast white metal, includes a knob handled cane with bust portrait of a uniforme... |
300 - 400 |
1 Bid
|
| 528 |
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Welcome Home Banner, printed on white-turned-tan polished cotton, in dark blue and red. Shows Civil War sailor shak... |
500 - 700 |
1 Bid
|
| 529 |
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GAR Mug of J.D. Melton, porcelain; polychrome decaled GAR medal with painted name above and gilt floral flanking an... |
200 - 300 |
8 Bids
|
| 530 |
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GAR Delegate's Badge for Chicago, gilt brass, red, white and blue enameled decoration and golden yellow silk ribbon... |
200 - 300 |
3 Bids
|
| 531 |
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1911 GAR Carved Cane Fragment, wonderfully carved with Union Corps badges flags, crossed cannon, eagle and more, o... |
200 - 400 |
2 Bids
|
| 532 |
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GAR Medals & Ribbons, lot of 16, includes a bronze pinback medal with crossed arms hanger, Christopher C. Duffy ... |
300 - 400 |
10 Bids
|
| 533 |
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Strobridge Civil War Chromolithograph for G.A.R. Encampment entitled In The Trenches, advertising C.H. & D.R... |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
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