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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| 686 |
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Game Bag, Horn Cup & Beaver Cap, lot of 3; includes an open weave jute small game bag with red and green cordage d... |
300 - 400 |
2 Bids
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| 687 |
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Brass & Copper Powder Flasks, includes a shell motif example (Riling 1953: #388), with 4 carrying rings; 9.5" long;... |
150 - 250 |
4 Bids
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| 688 |
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Leather & Knotted Linen Hunting Bag, large brown leather hunting bag with strap and front flap; front of bag is cov... |
250 - 350 |
2 Bids
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| 689 |
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Two Hunting Pouches and Horns, both undecorated with domed wood plugs and nice early brown leather bags with should... |
500 - 800 |
1 Bid
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| 690 |
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Three Hunting Bags and Horn, lot of 4. Includes two small leather hunting bags, one with brass heart button closure... |
400 - 600 |
3 Bids
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| 691 |
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Two Horns and Hunting Bag, fine early brown leather hunting bag with flap and broken strap; 8.5" wide x 6.8" high; ... |
300 - 400 |
3 Bids
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| 720 |
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Early Mediterranean Type Folding Knife, single edged unmarked 6.9" blade with engraved brass collar and carved hard... |
200 - 300 |
4 Bids
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| 721 |
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Early Mediterranean Type Folding Knife, single edged 6.75" clipped end blade, marked Beghona Copci; brass an... |
200 - 300 |
2 Bids
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| 722 |
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Forged Steel Sailor's Knife/Fid, unmarked 6.4" single edged blade with ricasso; mounted on hexagonal rosewood singl... |
200 - 300 |
2 Bids
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| 723 |
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Early French Folding Knife, Single edged 5" blade with clipped end, marked Beauvoir with toning fork above;... |
250 - 350 |
1 Bid
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| 724 |
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Early Horn handled Folding Knife, Mediterranean style, made from Spain to Switzerland, two-piece horn grip with 7" ... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 725 |
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Good Denver Colorado Skinning Knife, ca 1880, stamped on blade J.B. Whitrus/Denver Colo.; 13" long curved si... |
400 - 600 |
1 Bid
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| 726 |
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Handmade Folding Knives, lot of 2; includes a Mediterranean-style with single-edged unmarked 7.4" blade, curving si... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 727 |
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Early Folding Knives, Lot of 2; both with locking blades; includes a single edged clipped edge unmarked 4.5" blade... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 728 |
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Early Folding Knives, lot of 2. Includes a Mediterranean-style with unmarked 6.5" clipped end blade and two-piece h... |
200 - 300 |
7 Bids
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| 729 |
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Early Folding Knives Plus, Lot of 3; includes a jackknife with horn grip in form of lady's leg with nickel mounts a... |
200 - 300 |
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| 730 |
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Early Folding Knives, lot of 3; all single edged and of the type typically carried by 19th century both naval and m... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 731 |
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Hand Forged Knives, lot 2, both hand forged steel. Includes a folding jackknife with open grip; 4.75" closed x 7.85... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 732 |
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Early Bone & Antler Handled Knives, lot of 2. Includes a double-edged dagger 7.65" long unmarked blade with primiti... |
150 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 733 |
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Three Barlow Type Knives, including one that is likely the world's smallest with 2-piece horn handle, single foldin... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 734 |
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Lapp Knives Plus, lot of 3. Includes a wonderfully carved Lapp knife with curved reindeer bone sheath with tooled l... |
300 - 400 |
1 Bid
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| 735 |
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Large Group of Point Pleasant Clay Trade Pipes by Kirkpatrick & Others, lot of 46 items. Includes 10 Point Pleasan... |
300 - 500 |
3 Bids
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| 736 |
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Early Padlock, Whistles & Needle Case, lot of 4, all 19th century; includes an early wrought steel and brass padloc... |
200 - 300 |
5 Bids
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| 737 |
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Hudson Bay Fish Hook Sample Card, unique display of steel fishing hooks, mounted on card stock showing various size... |
200 - 300 |
42 Bids
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| 738 |
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Signed Wrought Iron Belt Axe, stamped on right blade face MPF, early large form of this simplest of types ma... |
200 - 300 |
9 Bids
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| 739 |
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Early Wrought Steel Felling Axes, lot of 2, also commonly called belt axes; includes a rounded poll example with ov... |
250 - 350 |
1 Bid
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| 740 |
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Early Axe Heads, lot of 2. Includes an early forged steel pickaroon for moving logs with lapped forged oval eye, po... |
200 - 300 |
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| 741 |
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Pipe Tomahawk, forged steel with diamond-shaped eye typical of this style often called gun barrel pipe tomahawk as ... |
200 - 300 |
5 Bids
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| 742 |
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Pipe & Spiked Tomahawks, lot of 2, both hand wrought steel. Includes pipe tomahawk head with slightly oval eye whic... |
150 - 200 |
5 Bids
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| 743 |
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Spiked Tomahawk Head, likely Iroquois, ca late 18th or early 19th century. Hand-forged steel with an oval eye with ... |
200 - 300 |
3 Bids
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| 744 |
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Hatchet or Axe Heads, lot of 3. Includes a wrought belt axe, with unusually long bit and rectangular hammer-type po... |
150 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 745 |
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Belt & Felling Axes, lot of 2. Both wrought iron and steel with old but not original handles, oval eyes tapering to... |
150 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 746 |
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Spontoon Bit & Early Poll Axe, lot of 2. Includes bit end of an early forged steel spontoon-type axe, broken at th... |
300 - 500 |
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| 747 |
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Indian Wars and Spanish American War Tintypes, lot of 11. Most are from an artillery company with crossed cannon an... |
400 - 500 |
11 Bids
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| 748 |
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Spanish-American War Letter, Treon (?), F.W. (Co. L, 32nd Mich. Vol), 6pp, 6 x 9.5", on YMCA stationery, Tampa, FL... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 749 |
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Span-American War Mirror, combination hat rack and mirror, wall mounted diamond shape in stamped brass plated tin o... |
200 - 400 |
7 Bids
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| 750 |
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Officer's Belt Plate With Leather, circa 1900. Standard rectangular cast brass officers belt plate with spread wing... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 751 |
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Span-AM Fitzhugh Lee Canteen, clear pressed glass with sepia circular photograph on side with pink ground and name... |
200 - 300 |
3 Bids
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| 752 |
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1899 Broadside for Naval Parade and Fireworks, 6.75 x 10.75", pink paper. Broadside announcing the celebration hono... |
200 - 300 |
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| 753 |
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Infamous Notice of WWI Execution of Edith Cavell. printed in French with attached photomechanical portrait at bott... |
400 - 600 |
1 Bid
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| 754 |
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Rare Sinking of the Lusitania Material, includes a newspaper published the day after the sinking, with the first ac... |
500 - 700 |
7 Bids
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| 755 |
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Print of Maj. Lufbery, Ace of the 94th Aero-Squadron, silver gelatin print of a young dashing American office in un... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 756 |
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Print of Lt. Winslow of the 94th Aero-Squadron, silver gelatin print of a young Winslow in uniform, standing next t... |
200 - 300 |
5 Bids
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| 757 |
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Accoutrements of Mexican Service & World War I Hero, archive of letters, photographs and personal military effects ... |
300 - 400 |
1 Bid
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| 758 |
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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker honored at a Victory Dinner in Chicago. Program/Menu, which attendees received; great WW... |
300 - 400 |
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| 759 |
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Photograph of Major General Leonard Wood, with handwritten inscription dated 1919; Major General Leonard Wood/Fe... |
200 - 300 |
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| 760 |
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Album of Photographs of the Launching of the S.S. |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 761 |
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Japanese/American Internment Camp Photograph Album, U.S. government document/photo archive entitled Selected Pho... |
400 - 800 |
24 Bids
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| 762 |
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Unique Adlai Stevenson Photo Album of Egypt, presentation album with inked duo-language inscription on front free e... |
300 - 500 |
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| 763 |
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Extravagant Patriotic WWII Show Girl Costume, includes headdress and bodice made with wire frame covered in purple ... |
800 - 1,000 |
2 Bids
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