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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| 202 |
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Scrimshaw Powder Horn, with original hardwood plug, folksy engraving of a two masted s... |
300 - 400 |
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| 203 |
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Dated American Powder Horn 1819, 10.75" overall length, with ring-turning at spout end, and enti... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
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| 204 |
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Engraved Powder Horn From Maine, 9" in length, 2" in diameter, with octagonal carved plug end; p... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 205 |
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Finely Carved American Powder Horn Dated 1865, 8.75" in length, 1.75" in diameter at plug, with stepped, ... |
500 - 700 |
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| 206 |
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Troy Ohio Powder Horn, cow horn with nickel-plated mounts, plug is engraved with "S. O... |
300 - 500 |
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| 207 |
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Carved Powder Horn, Dated 1837, nicely engraved in folksy style with "Ab. Stuhl/Ohio 1837" with... |
300 - 500 |
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| 208 |
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American Southern Powder Horn, 11.25" in length, 2" in diameter at plug. Body undecorated sav... |
500 - 700 |
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| 209 |
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American Militia Artillery Leather Helmet, circa late 1840 to early 1850, felt with black leather bill an... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 210 |
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American Militia Bell Crown Leather Shako, attributed to Boston, Mass. maker Samuel Gray, circa 1825-30. ... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 211 |
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American Leather Dragoon Helmet, circa 1810-25, black leather with brass woven ribbon at base of... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 212 |
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Ohio Half Stock Long Rifle by J.M. Garner, .45-cal. German silver mounts with patch box on side of curly ... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 213 |
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Jonathan Gump Ohio Full-stock Percussion Rifle, octagonal 42.75" barrel, .50 cal., flint conversion with... |
800 - 1,000 |
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| 214 |
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E.D. Benson Half-stock Percussion Rifle, 37.5" octagonal barrel, .45 cal., with figured maple stock wit... |
1,500 - 2,000 |
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| 215 |
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Half Stock Percussion Saddle Rifle, percussion type, .38 cal, with 31.5" unsigned octagonal barrel,... |
500 - 700 |
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| 216 |
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Half Stock Percussion Saddle Rifle, .42 cal., 31" long heavy octagonal barrel, unmarked. Lock plate... |
500 - 700 |
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| 217 |
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1832 Johnson Contract Flintlock Musket, Model 1816 U.S. flintlock made by R. & J.D. Johnson, Middleton,... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 218 |
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Kentucky Rifle Gunpowder Powder Keg, with wonderful lithographed illustrated label covering one end ... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 219 |
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Wooden "Rifle Powder" Keg & Engraver's Plate, lot of 2. Includes keg with original printed paper label at... |
400 - 500 |
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| 220 |
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Early Tin Powder Flasks, lot of 3, all in original green painted finish with B&W printed... |
300 - 400 |
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| 221 |
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Early Tin Powder Flasks, lot of 3, all screw tops. Includes a cylindrical example with l... |
300 - 400 |
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| 222 |
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Early Tin Powder Flasks, lot of 3, all oval hip-type flasks with Japanned finish and scr... |
300 - 400 |
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| 223 |
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Hawskley "Pharaoh's Horse's Flask", (Riling #1051) with four side rings, 8.25" h. x 3.5" w. |
100 - 200 |
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| 224 |
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Brass Indian Hunting Buffalo Powder Flask, (Riling # 579) with four side rings, polished and lacquered, 9... |
100 - 200 |
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| 225 |
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Brass Cincinnati Powder Flask, (Riling #501) scroll-type decoration with oval stamped brass la... |
100 - 200 |
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| 226 |
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The Gaspee Affair and "The Burning of the Gaspee" by F.L. King, Oil on Canvas, lot of 2, Fredrick Leonard... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 227 |
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Engraving of "A Real American Rifle Man," published in "An Impartial History of the War in America," 1780... |
400 - 600 |
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| 228 |
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Early Engraving of Attack on Bunker Hill, entitled "View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning... |
200 - 300 |
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| 229 |
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Steel Engraving Entitled "Marching to Finchley" by Hogarth, 18th century English by the period's foremost... |
200 - 400 |
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| 230 |
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Graphite Sketches of George Washington by H.A. Ogden, lot of 2. Includes a portrait of uniformed Washingt... |
300 - 500 |
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| 231 |
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Watercolor and Graphite Sketch of "Nathan Hale" by H.A. Ogden, signed lower right "H.A. Ogden" and dated ... |
300 - 400 |
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| 232 |
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Graphite Sketches of Soldiers by H.A. Ogden, lot of 8. Including one 11.5 x 8" finished watercolor & grap... |
300 - 400 |
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| 233 |
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Assorted Collection of Sketches by H.A. Ogden, lot of 58 pencil sketches and pencil & watercolor on pape... |
600 - 800 |
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| 234 |
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Hand Colored Engraving, "Battle of the Thames," by E.W. Bouve. Extensive title & caption block along base... |
800 - 1,200 |
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| 235 |
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Seminole Wars Lithograph, 17.25 x 23", depicting a night battle scene between U.S. troops... |
800 - 1,000 |
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| 236 |
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Half Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalry Company, the first of three outstanding related images that origina... |
2,000 - 2,500 |
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| 237 |
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Half Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalry Officers, Capt., two Lieuts. and Orderly. The second image in the s... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
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| 238 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Indiana Cavalrymen, in studio. The last of the three images. Having shed their ... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 239 |
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Whole Plate Tintype of Civil War Era Band, a rare outdoor view featuring eleven bandsmen with their instr... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 240 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of Mounted Cavalryman, unknown Union horseman armed with cavalry saber astride a ma... |
400 - 600 |
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| 241 |
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Tintype of Robinson Brothers, 1st Maine Cavalry, a superb quarter plate of two brothers armed with M1860... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 242 |
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Quarter Plate, Tintype of Outdoor 6th Corps Scene, unidentified group consisting of an officer and five e... |
800 - 1,000 |
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| 243 |
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Ambrotype of a Fully Equipped Civil War Buckeye, sixth plate ruby image of an unknown Ohio infantryman r... |
900 - 1,200 |
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| 244 |
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Ninth Plate Tintype of 80th OVI Sgt., an excellent portrait of Zachariah Strickmaker, enhanced by the... |
300 - 400 |
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| 245 |
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Sixth Plate Ambrotype of 21st Ky Private, armed w/Two-band Enfield & saber bayonet. An outstanding rub... |
700 - 900 |
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| 246 |
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Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Uniformed Child, not more than twelve years old wearing a stylized frock coat, c... |
200 - 300 |
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| 247 |
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Quarter Plate Tintype of 11th NY Cavalry Sergeant, James Millett. A fine outdoor image of Sergeant Millet... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
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| 248 |
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Quarter Plate of Civil War Trooper, either artillery or cavalry, this unknown trooper stands in pro... |
500 - 700 |
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| 249 |
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Ambrotype of Civil War Infantry Pards, crisp sixth plate of two young soldiers wearing straight regula... |
400 - 600 |
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| 250 |
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Rare Sixth Plate Tintype of Sailor, an unidentified enlisted rating wearing typical blouse with emb... |
300 - 400 |
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| 251 |
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Tintype of Union Private Drawing Bowie Knife, quarter plate of an unidentified Union youth of small sta... |
300 - 400 |
