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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)
686
Lot 686
Game Bag, Horn Cup & Beaver Cap, lot of 3; includ


Game Bag, Horn Cup & Beaver Cap, lot of 3; includes an open weave...

300
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400
687
Lot 687
Brass & Copper Powder Flasks, includes a shell mot

if example (Riling 1953: #388), with 4 carrying...

150
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250
688
Lot 688
Leather & Knotted Linen Hunting Bag, large brown l

eather hunting bag with strap and front flap; front of bag is...

250
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350
689
Lot 689
Two Hunting Pouches and Horns, both undecorated wi

th domed wood plugs and nice early brown leather bags with...

500
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800
690
Lot 690
Three Hunting Bags and Horn, lot of 4. Includes tw

o small leather hunting bags, one with brass heart button closure...

400
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691
Lot 691
Two Horns and Hunting Bag, fine early brown leathe

r hunting bag with flap and broken strap; 8.5" wide x...

300
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720
Lot 720
Early Mediterranean Type Folding Knife, single edg

ed unmarked 6.9" blade with engraved brass collar and carved...

200
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300
721
Lot 721
Early Mediterranean Type Folding Knife, single edg

ed 6.75" clipped end blade, marked Beghona Copci; brass and...

200
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300
722
Lot 722
Forged Steel Sailor's Knife/Fid, unmarked 6.4" sin

gle edged blade with ricasso; mounted on hexagonal rosewood single...

200
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300
723
Lot 723
Early French Folding Knife, Single edged 5" blade

with clipped end, marked Beauvoir with toning fork...

250
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350
724
Lot 724
Early Horn handled Folding Knife, Mediterranean st

yle, made from Spain to Switzerland, two-piece horn grip with...

200
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725
Lot 725
Good Denver Colorado Skinning Knife, ca 1880, stam

ped on blade J.B. Whitrus/Denver Colo.; 13" long curved single...

400
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600
726
Lot 726
Handmade Folding Knives, lot of 2; includes a Medi

terranean-style with single-edged unmarked 7.4" blade, curving...

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300
727
Lot 727
Early Folding Knives, Lot of 2; both with locking

blades; includes a single edged clipped edge unmarked 4.5" blade...

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300
728
Lot 728
Early Folding Knives, lot of 2. Includes a Mediter

ranean-style with unmarked 6.5" clipped end blade and two-piece...

200
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300
729
Lot 729
Early Folding Knives Plus, Lot of 3; includes a ja

ckknife with horn grip in form of lady's leg with nickel mounts...

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300
730
Lot 730
Early Folding Knives, lot of 3; all single edged a

nd of the type typically carried by 19th century both naval and...

200
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300
731
Lot 731
Hand Forged Knives, lot 2, both hand forged steel.

Includes a folding jackknife with open grip; 4.75" closed x...

200
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300
732
Lot 732
Early Bone & Antler Handled Knives, lot of 2. Incl

udes a double-edged dagger 7.65" long unmarked blade with...

150
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733
Lot 733
Three Barlow Type Knives, including one that is li

kely the world's smallest with 2-piece horn handle, single folding...

200
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300
734
Lot 734
Lapp Knives Plus, lot of 3. Includes a wonderfully

carved Lapp knife with curved reindeer bone sheath with tooled...

300
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400
735
Lot 735
Large Group of Point Pleasant Clay Trade Pipes by

Kirkpatrick & Others, lot of 46 items. Includes 10 Point Pleasant...

300
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500
736
Lot 736
Early Padlock, Whistles & Needle Case, lot of 4, a

ll 19th century; includes an early wrought steel and brass padlock...

200
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300
737
Lot 737
Hudson Bay Fish Hook Sample Card, unique display o

f steel fishing hooks, mounted on card stock showing various sizes...

200
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300
738
Lot 738
Signed Wrought Iron Belt Axe, stamped on right bla

de face MPF, early large form of this simplest of types made from...

200
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739
Lot 739
Early Wrought Steel Felling Axes, lot of 2, also c

ommonly called belt axes; includes a rounded poll example with...

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740
Lot 740
Early Axe Heads, lot of 2. Includes an early forge

d steel pickaroon for moving logs with lapped forged oval eye...

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741
Lot 741
Pipe Tomahawk, forged steel with diamond-shaped ey

e typical of this style often called gun barrel pipe tomahawk as...

200
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300
742
Lot 742
Pipe & Spiked Tomahawks, lot of 2, both hand wroug

ht steel. Includes pipe tomahawk head with slightly oval eye which...

150
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743
Lot 743
Spiked Tomahawk Head, likely Iroquois, ca late 18t

h or early 19th century. Hand-forged steel with an oval eye with...

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744
Lot 744
Hatchet or Axe Heads, lot of 3. Includes a wrought

belt axe, with unusually long bit and rectangular hammer-type...

150
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200
745
Lot 745
Belt & Felling Axes, lot of 2. Both wrought iron a

nd steel with old but not original handles, oval eyes tapering to...

150
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200
746
Lot 746
Spontoon Bit & Early Poll Axe, lot of 2. Includes

bit end of an early forged steel spontoon-type axe, broken at...

300
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500
747
Lot 747
Indian Wars and Spanish American War Tintypes, lot

of 11. Most are from an artillery company with crossed cannon and...

400
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500
748
Lot 748
Spanish-American War Letter, Treon (?), F.W. (Co.

L, 32nd Mich. Vol), 6pp, 6 x 9.5", on YMCA stationery, Tampa, FL...

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749
Lot 749
Span-American War Mirror, combination hat rack and

mirror, wall mounted diamond shape in stamped brass plated tin...

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750
Lot 750
Officer's Belt Plate With Leather, circa 1900. Sta

ndard rectangular cast brass officers belt plate with spread...

200
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751
Lot 751
Span-AM Fitzhugh Lee Canteen, clear pressed glass


Span-AM Fitzhugh Lee Canteen, clear pressed glass with sepia...

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752
Lot 752
1899 Broadside for Naval Parade and Fireworks, 6.7

5 x 10.75", pink paper. Broadside announcing the celebration...

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753
Lot 753
Infamous Notice of WWI Execution of Edith Cavell.

printed in French with attached photomechanical portrait at...

400
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754
Lot 754
Rare Sinking of the Lusitania Material, includes a

newspaper published the day after the sinking, with the first...

500
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755
Lot 755
Print of Maj. Lufbery, Ace of the 94th Aero-Squadr

on, silver gelatin print of a young dashing American office in...

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756
Lot 756
Print of Lt. Winslow of the 94th Aero-Squadron, si

lver gelatin print of a young Winslow in uniform, standing next to...

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757
Lot 757
Accoutrements of Mexican Service & World War I Her

o, archive of letters, photographs and personal military effects...

300
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400
758
Lot 758
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker honored at a Victory Di

nner in Chicago. Program/Menu, which attendees received; great WWI...

300
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759
Lot 759
Photograph of Major General Leonard Wood, with han

dwritten inscription dated 1919; Major General Leonard Wood/Feb...

200
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760
Lot 760
Album of Photographs of the Launching of the S.S.


Album of Photographs of the Launching of the S.S. Ingold...

300
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761
Lot 761
Japanese/American Internment Camp Photograph Album

, U.S. government document/photo archive entitled Selected Photos...

400
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762
Lot 762
Unique Adlai Stevenson Photo Album of Egypt, prese

ntation album with inked duo-language inscription on front free...

300
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763
Lot 763
Extravagant Patriotic WWII Show Girl Costume, incl

udes headdress and bodice made with wire frame covered in purple...

800
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1,000
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