Sold2022Gideon Welles Naval View of the Monitor AppointmentAutographs 1865 Gideon Welles Signed Partly-Printed Document with Naval View of the Ironclad Monitor Discharge Certificate GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878). President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy who propSee Sold Price
Sold2020Gideon Welles & David Porter SIGNED US Naval OrderHistorical document from the American Civil War, dated October 1, 1863. Signed by Gideon Welles (1802-1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1861-1869) serving under President Abraham Lincoln. Also signedSee Sold Price
Sold2022[CIVIL WAR - NAVY]. WELLES, Gideon (1802-1878). Letter signed ("Gideon Welles"), as Secretary of the[CIVIL WAR - NAVY]. WELLES, Gideon (1802-1878). Letter signed ("Gideon Welles"), as Secretary of the US Navy, to Flag Officer A.H. Foote (1806-1863). [Washington, D.C.], 9 April 1862. 2 pages, 4to, soSee Sold Price
Sold2016UNION NAVY ADMIRALS AND OFFICERSUNION NAVY ADMIRALS AND OFFICERS Good lot of five carte de visite photographs of naval officers and administrators, includes: GIDEON WELLES shown full-length, seated, by Anthony; JOHN L. WORDEN shownSee Sold Price
Sold2022Two Civil War Era Documents: 1864 Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles and In 1861, James M. GreeneTwo Civil War Era Documents: 1864 Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles and In 1861, James M. Greene President of Naval Asylum. Two Civil War era documents: 1.) Document signed from the Naval Asylum, PhilaSee Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) Extensive archive of personal and family papers of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy.(GIDEON WELLES.) Extensive archive of personal and family papers of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy. More than 1,000 items in 6 boxes (2.5 linear feet), including approximately 153 Autograph Letters SSee Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) Pass for President Lincoln's White House funeral.(GIDEON WELLES.) Pass for President Lincoln's White House funeral. Engraved black-bordered invitation on card, 3¼ x 5 inches, specifying the East Wing; minimal foxing. [Washington], 19 April 1865See Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) Frederick Halpin, engraver; after Carpenter. Engraved portrait of Lincoln,(GIDEON WELLES.) Frederick Halpin, engraver; after Carpenter. Engraved portrait of Lincoln, inscribed by the artist to Gideon Welles. Engraving, 19¼ x 14¼ inches, with facsimile signature "ASee Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) 3-piece silver tea service owned by the Gideon Welles family.(GIDEON WELLES.) 3-piece silver tea service owned by the Gideon Welles family. Teapot, 9¾ inches tall including hinged lid; cream pitcher, 7 inches tall including hinged lid; and sugar bowl, 8See Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) Engraved invitation to a White House dinner with "The President & Mrs. Lincoln."(GIDEON WELLES.) Engraved invitation to a White House dinner with "The President & Mrs. Lincoln." Printed card, engraved by Philp & Solomons, 3¾ x 5½ inches, completed in manuscript for "MrsSee Sold Price
Sold2022(GIDEON WELLES.) Lincoln Club of Louisiana memorial resolution.(GIDEON WELLES.) Lincoln Club of Louisiana memorial resolution. One printed page, 9 x 7¼ inches, on elaborate stamped lace-patterned paper, with integral blank; mailing folds, minimal foxing andSee Sold Price
Sold2022Notice of the Death of Abraham Lincoln by Gideon WellesNotice of the Death of Abraham Lincoln by Gideon Welles 1p, measuring 5.125" x 8", Washington, D.C., dated April 15, 1865. General Order No. 51, written by Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. The shSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gideon Welles and Hiram Paulding War Date Navy DSGideon Welles and Hiram Paulding War Date Navy DS Partially Printed Document Signed, "Gideon Welles", as Secretary of the Navy, 1p on a bifold sheet, 8" x 10", Washington, November 18, 1863. EndoSee Sold Price
Sold2024Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln & President AndrewRegulations For The Government of the United States Navy - Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson - The History of Tom Jones by Henry FiSee Sold Price
Sold2021Gideon Welles 1865 Navy Dept. declining resignationframed records of 1865 Gideon Welles US Secretary of Navy Department declining a resignation. 18 in x 22 in framedSee Sold Price
Sold2021Portrait of Gideon WellesPortrait of Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War Artist: After Mathew Brady Print Type: Engraving Date: 1865See Sold Price
Sold2022Gideon Welles 1865 Navy Department OrdersGideon Welles 1865 Navy Department Orders Pair of documents directing Navy Engineer Hillary Messimer (1833-1898) to report to the U.S. Colorado. Messimer entered the Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy inSee Sold Price
Sold2022Niven, Gideon Welles Lincolns Secretary of Navy, 1stEd. 1973 illustrated"Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy" by John Niven, published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1973. First Edition with '1973' on the bottom of the title page and copyright 1973 by thSee Sold Price
Sold2021DOME TOP TRUNK, AND PERIOD PHOTOGRAPH19th c. hideDOME TOP TRUNK, AND PERIOD PHOTOGRAPH19th c. hide covered trunk, decorated with brass tacks and initialed in an oval on lid "G.W." for Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy under President Lincoln, 9 1/2"See Sold Price
Sold2022[CIVIL WAR-UNION NAVY] Five manuscript items concerning Acting Master John McKay and the U.S.S.[CIVIL WAR-UNION NAVY] Five manuscript items concerning Acting Master John McKay and the U.S.S. Preble, with items signed by Gideon Welles and David Farragut. [V.p.:] May 1861- December 1862. Five varSee Sold Price
Sold2019Copy of Naval Letters of Chief Engineer c.1863Copy of Naval Letters of Chief Engineer Robert Clearly circa 1863; 4th District court of East Greenwich RI receipt book circa 1904 (spine is split); Leather bound record book of Westminster building aSee Sold Price
Sold202119TH C. PHOTOGRAPHSCarte-de-visites, three images of19TH C. PHOTOGRAPHSCarte-de-visites, three images of Thomas G. Welles (son of Gideon), with one taken at the U.S. Navy Academy, Annapolis, (one in his Civil War hat, dated 1864, and one taken in ItalySee Sold Price
Sold2021FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT SIGNED US NAVY LETTERas Assistant Secretary of the Navy dated October 6, 1915, addressed to Captain Roger Welles, Commanding Officer, Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, directing him to become 'detached' from his currenSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rev. War Dated 1776 Commission of MA Naval Hero Simeon Sampson, Captain of "Armed Brigantine calledRev. War Dated Commission of MA Naval Hero Simeon Sampson, Captain of "Armed Brigantine called the Independence" A contemporary clerical copy of an original Massachusetts Bay Colony document appointinSee Sold Price
BonhamsORSON WELLES AS 'THE SHADOW' ONSCREEN: DRAFTS OF UNREALIZED FILM INCLUDING TWO BY FAULKNER. A co...US$12,000
Jun 27Forum AuctionsGeology.- Bristow (Henry William) The Geology of the Isle of Wight, hand-coloured maps, 1862 &£50
Jun 26University ArchivesJohn F. Kennedy’s Personally Used Golf Ball Relics, Ex. JFK’s Navy Lieutenant ElijahUS$70
BonhamsNAVAL HISTORY - JAMES RALFE A small archive of manuscript material relating to James Ralfe's The...£90(6 bids)
Jul 06Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals2 Civil War Era Swords incl. USMC & Naval CutlassUS$550(3 bids)
Jun 29Thomaston Place Auction GalleriesEARLY 18TH C. MONUMENTAL OIL PAINTING OF AN HISTORIC NAVAL ENGAGEMENT, ARTIST UNKNOWNUS$2,500
Jul 21The Heritage Gallery at Sayville Antiques, IncAntique WWII Japanese Naval Officer Dress SwordUS$60(2 bids)
Jun 26University ArchivesFranklin D. Roosevelt’s Owned and Signed Copy of “The Warden”US$240
Jul 06Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & AppraisalsHelen Keller Signed "Journal" 1st Edition, Assoc. CopyUS$300
3 days LeftCoronari AuctionsA unique richly gilt and carved wooden copy of the bed with accompanying canopy of Marie Antoinette,€40,000
7 hrs LeftDOYLE Auctioneers & AppraisersThe rare first book edition of The Frogs with a printed copy of the scoreUS$150
BonhamsTOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Smith of Wootton Major, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, George Allen...£5,500(10 bids)