Civil War Artifacts 2024-10-27 Auction - 458 Price Results - John Kruesel's General Merchandise in MN - Page 17
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CSA 1850s cherry/cedar canteen lined with beeswax
leather cartridge box with shoulder strap and breastplate
McClellan saddle
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Rochester, MN, United States
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Civil War Artifacts

John Kruesel's General Merchandise

Approximately 450 lots featuring leather, McClellan saddle, 20+ swords, 20+ long guns, kepi hats, soldier letters, carbines, 30+ revolvers and hand guns, buckles and firearm accessories from the lifetime collection of a retired Naval Officer's Civil War (Union & Confederate) artifacts.
SOLD
Confederate newspaper: The Countryman: Turnwold, Putnam County, Georgia, Vol. 3, No. 2, October 6, 1862, single 18 x 24 sheet folded in quarters
0885: Confederate newspaper: The Countryman
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
Confederate newspaper: The Weekly Richmond Enquirer: Richmond, Virginia, Vol. VI, No. 17, Wednesday morning, July 25, 1860, single 42.25 x 27.5 sheet folded in half
0886: Confederate newspaper: The Weekly Richmond Enquirer
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
Confederate newspaper: The Sentinel Daily: Richmond, Virginia, Vol. 2, No. 52, February 29, 1864, report of the sinking of the Housatonic, single 18 x 24 sheet
0887: Confederate newspaper: The Sentinel Daily
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
seven Union newspapers: Dollar Weekly Mirror (Manchester, New Hampshire), May 4, 1861; Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1865, and August 1, 1861; Forney's War Press (Philadelphia), March 26, 1864; The Eastern Argus (Portland,
0888: seven Union newspapers
Est.
$100
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$150
SOLD
Minnesota newspaper: The Anoka Star: Anoka, Minnesota, Vol. 2, No. 1, October 8, 1864 (missing a 2.25 x 3 and 1/8 ad section)
0889: Minnesota newspaper: The Anoka Star
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
Abolitionist newspaper: National Anti-Slavery Standard: New York, Vol. XXIII, No. 6, June 21, 1862
0890: Abolitionist newspaper: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
Six New York newspapers: New-York Weekly Tribune, February 11, 1860; The New York Herald, July 27, 1861, and May 21, 1862; The New-York Times, July 3, 1862, and December 22, 1862; New-York Daily Tribune, August 22, 1861; New
0891: Six New York newspapers
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
four issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper: New York, April 30, 1861, May 11, 1861, June 1, 1861, and July 5, 1862 (War supplement)
0892: four issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
eight issues of Harper's Weekly (six war-time): New York, April 11, 1857, June 13, 1857, December 13, 1862, July 11, 1863, February 11, 1865, March 11, 1865, May 11, 1865, May 13, 1865, and July 8, 1865
0893: eight issues of Harper's Weekly (six war-time)
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
Godey's Lady's Book: Philadelphia, Vol LXXII, No. 430, April 1866
0894: Godey's Lady's Book
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
1851 portrait of the artist's wife: pen-and-ink watercolor on 5.5 x 7.25 artist board of Emilie, wife of Carl Trautman (1804-1875), signed in pencil "Trautman 1851" on the image
0895: 1851 portrait of the artist's wife
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
twelve pieces of reproduced/reprinted material: includes 7 Harper's Weekly (by Applewood Books, Bedford, Massachusetts), Appomatox print with Lee and Grant, two Minneapolis Daily Tribune newspapers (both 1867), Architectural Almanac for the Year
0896: twelve pieces of reproduced/reprinted material
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
$500 Confederate Bond certificate: Treasury of Richmond, Bond No. 295, July 1, 1862, signed by R. Tyler (son of President Tyler)
0897: $500 Confederate Bond certificate
Est.
$50
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$100
SOLD
three framed vintage prints: The Sixth Massachusetts at Baltimore (from Harper's Weekly), 4.5 x 6.5; portrait of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (possibly a book plate), 7.75 x 10.5; and a scene of a soldier returning home to his
0898: three framed vintage prints
Est.
$50
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$100
SOLD
six contemporary framed prints: Kirchner's Map of the Confederacy, 11 x 14; The Memphis 1852, 5. 75 x 8.75; Currier & Ives' View of Harper's Ferry, 10.75 x 15; Christmas Eve 1862, 11 x 14; Lewis Gregory signed Map of Gettysburg, 8
0899: six contemporary framed prints
Est.
$50
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$100
SOLD
GAR dog tag: "dog tag," likely made from a US coin, engraved "Ben F. Carter/ Drug clerk/Lancaster/Wis." with "1864-1884" on verso, 23 mm diam., attributed to Ben F. Carter, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry, with reference
0900: GAR dog tag
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
Casey's Infantry Tactics, 3 vols.: Brigadier General Silas Casey, Casey's Infantry Tactics. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1862-1863. cloth bound. Fold-out diagrams. Previous owner signatures. With reference binder about the books.
0901: Casey's Infantry Tactics, 3 vols.
Est.
$200
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$600
SOLD
Works of Mrs. Browning, 4 vols.: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Works of Mrs. Browning, New York: James Miller, 1865. missing volume 1. gilt, cloth bound.
0902: Works of Mrs. Browning, 4 vols.
Est.
$75
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$100
SOLD
pocket Bible: Concord, New Hampshire: Morrill, Silsby & Co., 1843. signed "J. Holson;" leather bound, all edges gilt, marbled end papers,
0903: pocket Bible
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
The Lost Cause: Edward A. Pollard, The Lost Cause, New York: E.B. Treat & Co., 1866. leather spine w/ gilt lettering, marbled paper-covered boards and edges. Steel portrait plates
0904: The Lost Cause
Est.
$100
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$500
SOLD
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan Co., 1938 (later printing).
0905: Gone with the Wind
Est.
$100
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$150
SOLD
2 books: Life, Real and Unreal and Union Questions on Select Portions of Scripture: Francis Fay, Life, Real and Unreal. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1860's, and Union Questions on Select Portions of Scripture. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1830. with
0906: 2 books: Life, Real and Unreal and Union Questions on Select Portions of Scripture
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
five miniature books and folk art book-shaped box w/ inlay detail: 3 green leatherette-bound pocket books, 2 leather bound pocket, 19th century folk art book-shaped box
0907: five miniature books and folk art book-shaped box w/ inlay detail
Est.
$50
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$75
SOLD
US Colored Troop leather waist belt and buckle, cap pouch and hanger strap: stamped inside belt top "Rock Island," "EHS" and "H.J." (inspectors), handwritten inside belt near buckle "R.D. [Robert] Laws, Hosp. Steward, U.S. Army." belt 1.75 width, 41 length; Eagle emblem on
0908: US Colored Troop leather waist belt and buckle, cap pouch and hanger strap
Est.
$2,000
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$3,000