Sold2020TILESTON FAMILY OF BOSTON UNTOUCHED SHIPPING DOCUMENTSUnopened packets of maritime receipts marked with ship names and dates, including: "New Schooner Bills, Betsey", 1792; "Accounts Drawn Out", 1785-1786; "Receipts & Orders", 1790-1791; "Accounts ReceivSee Sold Price
Sold2015REAGAN "FIRST FAMILY PAPER DOLL AND CUT-OUT BOOK"REAGAN "FIRST FAMILY PAPER DOLL AND CUT-OUT BOOK" A silly creation from Reagan's first year in office, 40pp. large 4to., a satirical collection of cut-out dolls including Ronald and Nancy Reagan, theiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Appleton Family Boston Silhouette by Auguste Edouart(French, 1789-1861) signed lower right "Aug Edouart", titled under each figure and dated "10 Dec 1841", ink cutout on cream paper, sight 11-1/4 x 13-1/2 in.; period giltwood frame, 13-5/8 x 16 in. NotSee Sold Price
Sold2024Rare Charles Avisseau Majolica,Palissy Paper Weight c.1865, modelled as a large frog sat on rock peering at a fly. 1 1/2"h, 6"w Catalogued and curated by Nicolaus Boston. Flower Family CollectionSee Sold Price
Sold2021Massachusetts and Boston Weekly Newspaper, Feb. 1, 1770Exceptionally important, and very rare Loyalist newspaper of February 1, 1770, this date evidently not within the large collection of this paper in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Published by RSee Sold Price
Sold20171773 Quit Claim deed Boston mansion near Tileston WharfFine 1773 Quit Claim deed for property in Boston of a mansion near Tileston Wharf between Jacob Cooper, a Merchant, and his wife Mary to Thomas Tileston. Two pages with signatures at end, paper over wSee Sold Price
Sold2022Scotland.- Brown (John) An Historical and Genealogical Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland,Scotland.- Brown (John, genealogist) An Historical and Genealogical Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland, manuscript family pedigree, on thick wove paper, 2 sheets conjoined, numerous folds, foxed andSee Sold Price
Sold2024Tyrrel, Henry C1860 Lot of 40 British Historical Prints & PortraitsColour Printed Woodblocks Published C1860, London for "A History of England for Family Use" by Henry Tyrrel. Paper Size: 6.5 x 4.5 inch (16.5 x 12cm) Good ConditionSee Sold Price
Sold2024Tyrrel, Henry C1860 Lot of 40 British Historical PrintsColour Printed Woodblocks Published C1860, London for "A History of England for Family Use" by Henry Tyrrel. Paper Size: 6.5 x 4.5 inch (16.5 x 12cm) Good ConditionSee Sold Price
Sold2022HISTORICAL ATLAS by J.E. WORCESTERBoston, Taggard and Thompson 1863. hardcover paper bound. 17 x 11 inches. Condition: GoodSee Sold Price
Sold2023HISTORICAL GEORGE WASHINGTON MOURNING PENMANSHIP / CALLIGRAPHYHISTORICAL GEORGE WASHINGTON MOURNING PENMANSHIP / CALLIGRAPHY, ink on paper, executed at the "Franklin School / Boston" by "H.S. TIRRILL / BOSTON", featuring cherubs and eaglSee Sold Price
Sold2015EARLY AMERICAN SLAVE TRADEREARLY AMERICAN SLAVE TRADER JAMES PERKINS, JR. (1761-1822), Boston merchant. Like others in his prominent family, he dealt in slave trading, Americans furs, even selling food to the French, during theSee Sold Price
Sold2024HEINRICH HIMMLER AND FAMILYFine lot of six 9 x 7 in. b/w original newspaper photographs, all issued by International News photo and each bearing their ink stamp and period paper caption on the verso. Included are two images ofSee Sold Price
Sold2023HERMANN GORING ‘SPECIAL MODEL’ CIGAR BOX WITH ONE CIGARCigar box using Hermann Goring's name (with his approval) to market cigars made by Gildemann A.G. Cigarren Fabriken in Berlin-Hamburg. The paper-covered box, 11.5 x 8 x 1.5 in., features the family crSee Sold Price
Sold2021Estate Family Paper Ephemera Archives 19th C.Estate compiled collection of family letters dating Early 19th century up until 1880's. Ireland and Boston, Mass. Possibly Civil War. Not inspected for content. Please see photograph preview or call.See Sold Price
Sold2015ASSORTED AMERICAN HISTORICAL / PATRIOTIC PRINTS, LOT OFASSORTED AMERICAN HISTORICAL / PATRIOTIC PRINTS, LOT OF SEVEN, lithographs and steel engravings on paper, including two "Marriage of Pocohantos", "View of the Encampment of the Boston City Greys at BaSee Sold Price
Sold2022HISTORICAL READER FOR SCHOOLS and FAMILIES etcby Rev J.L. Blake. illus. Concord, NH, Isaac Hill. 1825. hardcover leather bound. 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Together with Exercises in Reading and Recitation. Boston, Carter 1835 hardcover leather bound 7 1/4See Sold Price
Sold2021HISTORICAL MAP OF ENGLAND & WALESlithograph on paper mounted to cardboard; John Bartholomew and Son, Edinburgh, 1965; Provenance: The Freund Family Collection; Condition: unframed; toning throughout; 39 x 26 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2024ANTIQUE ENGLISH HISTORICAL ENGRAVING BY FRANCIS WHEATLEYAn antique late 18th-century English engraving on paper. The artwork depicts a multi-figure genre scene, a family in prison cell. Titled John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a PrisSee Sold Price
Sold2023KENNEDY Autograph on Boston Syph Orchestra PageSignature of a member of the Kennedy family in thick black marker on paper from a convert booklet of The Boston Symphony Orchestras July 23rd, 1995 concert celebrating The Three Birthdays Gala for SeiSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pair of Oval Portraits of John and Ellen NightingaleAMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) Portraits of John and Ellen Nightingale Oil on canvas laid on paper board Both oval: 28 x 22 inches Historical Property From The Eminent San Francisco Pioneer Family ofSee 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
Sold2022THE STORER FAMILY BOSTON CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-FRONT SECRETARYc. 1770, Santo Domingo mahogany, good color; three parts, flat molded top above pair of glazed doors with candle slides; the unusual central part with fall-front lid having pull-out writing slide whicSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Frisbee Family Boston Breakfront BookcaseFine and rare mahogany Frisbee Family 5 part Federal breakfront bookcase. Boston, circa 1800. Original condition. H 95" W 71". See next lot for Frisbee Family Portrait. Breakfront bookcases, scarce inSee Sold Price
1 day LeftSwann Auction GalleriesEUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Painters on Brooklyn Bridge. 1914; printed 1980s.$1,100