Auction details
Americana
12:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2003
offered by
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH 45232
Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
15%
Bid Increments
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Auction House Preview
Preview hours for the sale are on Thursday, May 8, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, AND Friday, May 9, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville, Ohio 45246. (Conveniently located immediately off I-75, just south of I-275).
644 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 152 |
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Photo of Pine Bluff, Arkansas Campaign Rally, silver print, circa 1908-12, based on the 46 star flag hang... |
200 - 300 |
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| 153 |
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1881 Presidential Cards, set of 20, each 4.5 x 3.5". Cut into two presidents per card, w... |
150 - 200 |
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| 154 |
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Mule Mounted Ballot Box, tin and cast iron, barrel form with gold and red edging and gol... |
500 - 700 |
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| 155 |
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Carrie Nation Hatchet, cast iron ornamental hatchet with relief inscription on handle ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 156 |
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1750 Receipt For Servant/Slave, 1pp., 4 x 5", n.p., 1750. Account of Owen Winfield, the debit s... |
200 - 300 |
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| 157 |
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Kentucky Slavery Letter, 1 pp., 7.25 x 8.5", Cynthiana (KY), 7 May 1862. Letter to an un... |
250 - 350 |
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| 158 |
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DS North Carolina Slave List, Dated 1767, 1p., 6 x 7.75", 17 Oct 1767, Salisbury, Ronan County, North Car... |
150 - 200 |
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| 159 |
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Slave Bill Sale, 1799, 1p., 7.75 x 12.25", North Hempstead, New York, 29 November. An ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 160 |
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1816 Slave Bill of Sale For Stephen, 1p., 5 x 6.26", n.p., 10 August 1816 (1815?). A copy of the bil... |
200 - 300 |
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| 161 |
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1817 Slave Bill of Sale For Primus & Cuff, 1p., 3.25 x 8", n.p., 24 December 1817. "Rec'd. December 24th.... |
200 - 300 |
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| 162 |
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Real Estate & Slave Bill of Sale from 1821, 3 pp., larger sheet folded to legal size (7.25 x 12.25"). Fra... |
300 - 500 |
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| 163 |
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Manuscript Dealing with Alabama Slaves in 1840, court Masters Report, 17pp., on legal paper (12.25 x 7.75... |
300 - 500 |
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| 164 |
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Slave Inspection Document, 1p., 5 x 5.75", partially printed document, 15 June 1858, Virgi... |
100 - 150 |
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| 165 |
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Letter Seeking to Hire Slaves, 1832, ALS, 1 pp., 8 x 12.5", Lexington (VA), 2 January. Letter from J... |
300 - 500 |
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| 166 |
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Transfer Receipt For Slaves, 1836, 1pp., 3 x 8.25", n.p., 26 October. "Rec'd. of John & David Whit... |
200 - 300 |
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| 167 |
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1838 Slave Bill of Sale, 1pp., 4 x 8", Lafayette, 1 August 1838. "Received of Christian ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 168 |
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Indenture Dated 1845 in D.C., 4pp., 8 x 12.75", Washington, D.C., 12 June 1845. This indentur... |
200 - 300 |
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| 169 |
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South Carolina Slave Document, 1864, 2 pp., approx. 8 x 12", York District, 27 Oct. Deposition of D... |
200 - 300 |
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| 170 |
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Am I Not A Man... English Lusterware Pitcher, circa 1840, 5.5" d. x 7.25" h. Quite likely made by Wedgwoo... |
400 - 600 |
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| 171 |
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Exceptional Staffordshire Figure of Eva and Uncle Tom, unmarked, 3.5 x 7.75". Polychrome overglaze ename... |
500 - 700 |
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| 172 |
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Scarce Ohio Anti-Slavery Photograph, albumen, 6.5 x 10.75" mounted on printed card stock, 13.75 x 17... |
600 - 800 |
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| 173 |
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John Rankin Abolitionist Archive, lot of 5. Including a hand-tinted silver gelatin copy of a Civi... |
300 - 400 |
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| 174 |
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Two Narratives of African Slaves, including: Bibb, Henry. "Narrative of the Life and Adventures o... |
400 - 600 |
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| 175 |
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Early Anti-Slavery Pamphlets, lot of 2. "The Anti-Slavery Record," published by the American ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 176 |
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African American Songster AND "Contraband Christmas", lot of 2. Includes: Anonymous, songster entitled "T... |
150 - 250 |
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| 177 |
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Civil War Songsheets and Anti-Slavery Ephemera, Lot of 5. Includes songsheet "The John Brown Song." Harw... |
250 - 300 |
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| 178 |
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Broadside of A.M.E. Bishops & Wives. Lithograph entitled: "The Bishops and Their Wives. African Metho... |
300 - 400 |
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| 179 |
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Archive of Two Pennsylvania African American Families, a large lot of about 70 items relating to the Cart... |
700 - 900 |
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| 180 |
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A.M.E. Church Conference Group Photo. A large format albumen portrait of ministers along with the Bish... |
400 - 600 |
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| 181 |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Reeves' Opera House Broadside, vertically oriented, 6 x 17.75" and dated Dec. 28-30, 18... |
100 - 150 |
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| 182 |
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National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association of the U.S.A., Association Badge. An exces... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 183 |
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O. Lamothe Bust of African American Child, very finely made plaster cast with bronze painted patina, mark... |
400 - 600 |
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| 184 |
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Cabinet Card of African-American G.A.R. Member. A fine portrait, if somewhat light, of an middle-aged Af... |
150 - 200 |
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| 185 |
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Folk Songs of the American Negro, By John W. Work, Nashville (TN): Press of Fisk University, 1915. Small ... |
200 - 300 |
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| 186 |
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Racist Photographer's Advertising Cabinet Card, with imprint of C.H. Gallup & Co., Poughkeepsie, NY. The... |
200 - 300 |
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| 187 |
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English Grenadier Sword, unmarked 28.25" single edged blade with 3/4 length fuller, one ... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
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| 188 |
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English 18th Century Silver Mounted Hunting Sword, unmarked slightly curved 23.25" single edged blade wit... |
3,500 - 4,500 |
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| 189 |
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American Early D-guard Sword, unmarked 26.5" single edged blade with 3/4 fuller, curving cutl... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 190 |
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Early American or European Bone Handled Cutlass, unmarked with 23.5" single edged blade with double 3/4 ... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 191 |
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American Eagle Pommel Militia Officer's Sword, unmarked with 30" single edged blade with full fuller, bl... |
800 - 1,000 |
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| 192 |
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American Eagle Pommel Sword, unmarked 32.5" single edged blade with false tip and full lengt... |
800 - 1,200 |
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| 193 |
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War of 1812 Saber, single edged 31.6" long blade with 3/4 length fuller, etched wi... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
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| 194 |
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War of 1812 Eagle Hilted Sword, with 32.25" blued single edged blade with full fuller, false ti... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 195 |
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American Diplomat's Sword and Scabbard, with double edged 30.5" etched blade marked on ricasso "F.B.D."... |
800 - 1,200 |
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| 196 |
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French Field Officer's Sword, beautiful, solid, model 1850 with pristine 31.5" etched single ... |
700 - 900 |
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| 197 |
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Model 1840 Medical or Pay Master Officers Sword, with 3 piece cast brass hilt having spread wing eagles o... |
300 - 500 |
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| 198 |
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American Silver Mounted Dirk and Scabbard, 9.75" in length, with pressed horn handle. Pierced cross guard... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
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| 199 |
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French and Indian Wars Carved Powder Horn, 14" in length, 2.5" at plug, with two areas of stepped engrail... |
2,000 - 4,000 |
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| 200 |
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American Carved Powder Horn Dated 1775, 10" in length, 2.5" in diameter at plug, engraved with two line... |
700 - 900 |
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| 201 |
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American Dated Powder Horn 1745, circa 14" in length, 3.75" in diameter at plug, with simple rin... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
