Civil War and Gold Rush-era ephemera and photography showcased at Hindman Nov. 30

Only known daguerreotype of General James Birdseye McPherson, $4,000-$6,000 at Hindman.

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CINCINNATI, Ohio — A potent collection of 19th-century photographs, documents, correspondence and more come to market Thursday, November 30 in Hindman’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography sale. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Fresh with gold fever, William J. Jewell (1818-1885) left his wife and children behind in Michigan in 1852 to head to the gold fields in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Jewell kept a diary and all his correspondence, which helps date these two daguerreotypes he had commissioned of him and his claim at Poverty Bar, California (which since 1962 has been at the bottom of Camanche Reservoir). Captured with remarkable clarity, the two images show Jewell as the central figure, pushing a wheelbarrow to the Long Tom sluice box, and in another view, panning for gold. The daguerreotypes are estimated at $15,000-$25,000.

The second highest-ranking officer to be killed in the American Civil War, General James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864) fell at the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. His death was a major blow to the Union Army, and he was widely mourned by Generals U. S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. In a touch of pathos, the commanding officer of the Confederate forces at the battle, General John Bell Hood, expressed remorse, remarking on the death of his West Point “classmate and boyhood friend.” This is the only known daguerreotype of McPherson, and it is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.

Descended directly in the family of General Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) are U.S. Army Cavalry regimental colors from the Indian Wars period (1870s-1890s). Miles was a Civil War hero, Medal of Honor recipient, and leader of major U.S. Army operations during the Indian Wars. Though he commanded infantry, he had numerous Cavalry (horse-mounted troops) attached to his units. The colors are estimated at $8,000-$10,000.
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Two 1852 daguerreotypes of miner William J. Jewell in California, estimated at $15,000-$25,000 at Hindman.
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Extensive California Gold Rush archive of William J. Jewell, estimated at $15,000-$25,000 at Hindman.
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Only known daguerreotype of General James Birdseye McPherson, estimated at $4,000-$6,000 at Hindman.
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U.S. Cavalry regimental colors descended directly in the family of U.S. Army General Nelson Miles, estimated at $8,000-$10,000 at Hindman.
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1876 38-star American parade flag with floral star pattern, estimated at $8,500-$9,500 at Hindman.
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Hindman achieves highest annual total ever in 2021

Diamond ring by Taffin, $387,500
Diamond ring by Taffin, $387,500

CHICAGO – 2021 was a year of records at Hindman Auctions. The auction firm reported $87 million in total sales for the year, its highest total by a wide margin in the company’s 39-year history, setting more than 30 individual auction records along the way.

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Unidentified artist, ‘Untitled (family, painted backdrop),’ undated, tintype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment
Unidentified artist, ‘Untitled (family, painted backdrop),’ undated, tintype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has acquired a collection of objects related to early American photography from the collector Larry J. West that transforms the museum’s photography holdings. The L.J. West Collection includes 286 objects from the 1840s to about 1925 in three groupings: works by early African American daguerreotypists James P. Ball, Glenalvin Goodridge and Augustus Washington; early photographs of diverse portrait subjects and objects related to abolitionists, the Underground Railroad and the role of women entrepreneurs in it; and photographic jewelry that represents the bridge between miniature painting and early cased photography such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes.

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