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11:00 AM PT - May 8th, 2003

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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).

Americana

644 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
202
Lot 202
Scrimshaw Powder Horn

, with original hardwood plug, folksy engraving of a two masted...

300
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400
203
Lot 203
Dated American Powder Horn 1819

, 10.75" overall length, with ring-turning at spout end, and...

1,500
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2,500
204
Lot 204
Engraved Powder Horn From Maine

, 9" in length, 2" in diameter, with octagonal carved plug...

1,000
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1,500
205
Lot 205
Finely Carved American Powder Horn Dated

1865, 8.75" in length, 1.75" in diameter at plug, with stepped...

500
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700
206
Lot 206
Troy Ohio Powder Horn

, cow horn with nickel-plated mounts, plug is engraved with "S...

300
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500
207
Lot 207
Carved Powder Horn, Dated 1837

, nicely engraved in folksy style with "Ab. Stuhl/Ohio 1837" with...

300
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500
208
Lot 208
American Southern Powder Horn

, 11.25" in length, 2" in diameter at plug. Body undecorated save...

500
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700
209
Lot 209
American Militia Artillery Leather Helme

t, circa late 1840 to early 1850, felt with black leather bill and...

2,000
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3,000
210
Lot 210
American Militia Bell Crown Leather Shak

o, attributed to Boston, Mass. maker Samuel Gray, circa...

2,000
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3,000
211
Lot 211
American Leather Dragoon Helmet

, circa 1810-25, black leather with brass woven ribbon at base of...

2,000
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3,000
212
Lot 212
Ohio Half Stock Long Rifle by J.M. Garne

r, .45-cal. German silver mounts with patch box on side of curly...

1,500
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2,000
213
Lot 213
Jonathan Gump Ohio Full-stock Percussio


Jonathan Gump Ohio Full-stock Percussion Rifle, octagonal...

800
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1,000
214
Lot 214
E.D. Benson Half-stock Percussion Rifle

, 37.5" octagonal barrel, .45 cal., with figured maple stock with...

1,500
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2,000
215
Lot 215
Half Stock Percussion Saddle Rifle


Half Stock Percussion Saddle Rifle, percussion type, .38 cal, with...

500
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700
216
Lot 216
Half Stock Percussion Saddle Rifle

, .42 cal., 31" long heavy octagonal barrel, unmarked. Lock plate...

500
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700
217
Lot 217
1832 Johnson Contract Flintlock Musket

, Model 1816 U.S. flintlock made by R. & J.D. Johnson, Middleton...

1,000
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1,500
218
Lot 218
Kentucky Rifle Gunpowder Powder Keg

, with wonderful lithographed illustrated label covering one end...

1,000
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1,500
219
Lot 219
Wooden "Rifle Powder" Keg & Engraver's P

late, lot of 2. Includes keg with original printed paper label at...

400
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500
220
Lot 220
Early Tin Powder Flasks

, lot of 3, all in original green painted finish with B&W printed...

300
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400
221
Lot 221
Early Tin Powder Flasks

, lot of 3, all screw tops. Includes a cylindrical example with...

300
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400
222
Lot 222
Early Tin Powder Flasks

, lot of 3, all oval hip-type flasks with Japanned finish and...

300
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400
223
Lot 223
Hawskley "Pharaoh's Horse's Flask"

, (Riling #1051) with four side rings, 8.25" h. x 3.5" w...

100
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200
224
Lot 224
Brass Indian Hunting Buffalo Powder Flas

k, (Riling # 579) with four side rings, polished and lacquered...

100
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200
225
Lot 225
Brass Cincinnati Powder Flask

, (Riling #501) scroll-type decoration with oval stamped brass...

100
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200
226
Lot 226
The Gaspee Affair and "The Burning of th

e Gaspee" by F.L. King, Oil on Canvas, lot of 2, Fredrick Leonard...

2,000
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3,000
227
Lot 227
Engraving of "A Real American Rifle Man,

" published in "An Impartial History of the War in America...

400
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600
228
Lot 228
Early Engraving of Attack on Bunker Hill

, entitled "View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning...

200
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300
229
Lot 229
Steel Engraving Entitled "Marching to Fi

nchley" by Hogarth, 18th century English by the period's foremost...

200
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400
230
Lot 230
Graphite Sketches of George Washington b

y H.A. Ogden, lot of 2. Includes a portrait of uniformed...

300
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500
231
Lot 231
Watercolor and Graphite Sketch of "Natha

n Hale" by H.A. Ogden, signed lower right "H.A. Ogden" and dated...

300
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400
232
Lot 232
Graphite Sketches of Soldiers by H.A. Og

den, lot of 8. Including one 11.5 x 8" finished watercolor...

300
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400
233
Lot 233
Assorted Collection of Sketches by H.A.

Ogden, lot of 58 pencil sketches and pencil & watercolor on paper...

600
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800
234
Lot 234
Hand Colored Engraving, "Battle of the T

hames," by E.W. Bouve. Extensive title & caption block along base...

800
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1,200
235
Lot 235
Seminole Wars Lithograph

, 17.25 x 23", depicting a night battle scene between U.S. troops...

800
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1,000
236
Lot 236
Half Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalry Co

mpany, the first of three outstanding related images that...

2,000
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2,500
237
Lot 237
Half Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalry Of

ficers, Capt., two Lieuts. and Orderly. The second image in the...

2,000
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3,000
238
Lot 238
Quarter Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalr


Quarter Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalrymen, in studio. The last...

1,000
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1,500
239
Lot 239
Whole Plate Tintype of Civil War Era Ban

d, a rare outdoor view featuring eleven bandsmen with their...

1,000
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1,500
240
Lot 240
Quarter Plate Tintype of Mounted Cavalry

man, unknown Union horseman armed with cavalry saber astride a...

400
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600
241
Lot 241
Tintype of Robinson Brothers, 1st Maine


Tintype of Robinson Brothers, 1st Maine Cavalry, a superb quarter...

1,000
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1,500
242
Lot 242
Quarter Plate, Tintype of Outdoor 6th Co

rps Scene, unidentified group consisting of an officer and five...

800
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1,000
243
Lot 243
Ambrotype of a Fully Equipped Civil War

Buckeye, sixth plate ruby image of an unknown Ohio infantryman...

900
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1,200
244
Lot 244
Ninth Plate Tintype of 80th OVI Sgt.

, an excellent portrait of Zachariah Strickmaker, enhanced by the...

300
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400
245
Lot 245
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of 21st Ky Priva


Sixth Plate Ambrotype of 21st Ky Private, armed w/Two-band Enfield...

700
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900
246
Lot 246
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Uniformed Child

, not more than twelve years old wearing a stylized frock coat...

200
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300
247
Lot 247
Quarter Plate Tintype of 11th NY Cavalry

Sergeant, James Millett. A fine outdoor image of Sergeant Millett...

1,000
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1,500
248
Lot 248
Quarter Plate of Civil War Trooper

, either artillery or cavalry, this unknown trooper stands in...

500
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700
249
Lot 249
Ambrotype of Civil War Infantry Pards

, crisp sixth plate of two young soldiers wearing straight...

400
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600
250
Lot 250
Rare Sixth Plate Tintype of Sailor

, an unidentified enlisted rating wearing typical blouse with...

300
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400
251
Lot 251
Tintype of Union Private Drawing Bowie


Tintype of Union Private Drawing Bowie Knife, quarter plate of an...

300
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400
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