March 9, 2013
Live Auction2415 N. Monroe St. #260
Tallahassee, FL, 32303 USA
Phone: 850-523-3787
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Viewing Notes580 Lots to include: political memorabilia & autographs / signatures, original listed art and paintings, artist signed lithographs, bronzes, African ivory & tribal items, scrimshaw, European / Continental ivory, Pre-Columbian jade, hallmarked sterling silver, Native American jewelry, clocks & watches, diamonds, fine jewelry, estate jewelry, brooches & cameos, large offering of opal jewelry, furniture, sports memorabilia and musical instruments. A diverse offering from private collections and estates.
Sale Notes580 Lots to include: political memorabilia & autographs / signatures, original listed art and paintings, artist signed lithographs, bronzes, African ivory & tribal items, scrimshaw, European / Continental ivory, Pre-Columbian jade, hallmarked sterling silver, Native American jewelry, clocks & watches, diamonds, fine jewelry, estate jewelry, brooches & cameos, large offering of opal jewelry, furniture, sports memorabilia and musical instruments. A diverse offering from private collections and estates.
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Lot 42001: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ACADEMIA SIGNATURES
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Description: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ACADEMIA SIGNATURES Lot of 15 signatures by 19th century scholars, historians, antiquaries, a biographer, and a diplomat. All in fair condition with some foxing; boldly penned and each signature comes with a biography. Included are historian JAMES GRANT DUFF (1789-1858); Scottish classical scholar WILLIAM MURE (1799-1860); Historical and educational writer HENRY WHITE (1812-1880); Biographer of George Canning and political pamphleteer AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE STAPLETON (1800-1880); English historian SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER (1829-1902); antiquaries JOHN HARWOOD HILL (1809-1886) and NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS (1799-1848); Historian JAMES CARRUTHERS (1759-1832); A small memo and signature by antiquary GEORGE HENRY DASHWOOD (1801-1869); Oriental scholar JAMES WILLIAM REDHOUSE (1811-1892); Letter cover clipping from historian PHILIP HENRY STANHOPE addressed to accompanied signature of diplomat HENRY ELLIS (1777-1855). Lot also includes an unknown signature by a "G. Robertson." Est. 150-300
Condition Report: Fair
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Lot 42002: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITIES
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Description: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITIES Signature lot of 19th century scientific personalities including geologists, archeologists, Egyptologists, physicians, and other branches of academia. Twenty signatures in good condition with some foxing. All are boldly printed and include biographies. Included are man of science and letters ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS (1817-1859); son of physician and biographer John Whitehead (1740?-1804); Physician JAMES HOPE (1801-1841); Surgeon EVERARD HOME (1756-1832); Physician ALEXANDER HENDERSON (1780-1863); Surgeon JOSEPH HENRY GREEN (1791-1863); Geologist and eldest son of William Richard Hamilton, WILLIAM JOHN HAMILTON (1805-1867); Archeologist JOHN PETER BOILEAU (1794-1869); Egyptologist and keeper of the department of oriental antiquities in the British museum SAMUEL BIRCH (1813-1885); Geologist JOSEPH CARNE (1782-1858); Father of eminent astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844); Agriculturist CHARLES LAWRENCE (1794-1881) and JAMES HOWARD (1821-1889); Agriculturist (JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT (1817-1901); Physician, also known as Henry Fox, HENRY HOLLAND (1788-1873); British officer of arms and genealogist JOHN BERNARD BURKE (1814-1892); Surgeon EDWARD STANLEY (1793-1862); Civil servant and economist LOUIS MALLET (1823-1890) and son of British engineer and administrator Thomas Drummond (1797-1840); and Civil Engineer GEORGE BARCLAY BRUCE (1821-1908). Est. 150-300
Condition Report: GC
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Lot 42004: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY WRITER AND ARTIST SIGNATURES
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Description: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY WRITER AND ARTIST SIGNATURES Assortment of 23 signatures by 19th century writers, poets, musicians, composers, and artists. All are in good condition with some foxing; biographies included. Each signature is beautifully and boldly printed. Included; Irish poet THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852); Novelist, war correspondent, and mystic LAURENCE OLIPHANT (1829-1888); novelist and philanthropist LADY GEORGIANA CHARLOTTE FULLERTON (1812-1885); relative of the novelist Marie d'Agoult, HECTOR I AGOULT; sculptor WILLIAM BRODIE (1815-1881); Gresham professor of music HENRY WYLDE (1822-1890); Organist and composer JAMES HOOK (1746-1827) and his son WALTER F. HOOK; Portuguese didactic poet, critic, and pamphleteer JOSÉ AGOSTINHO DE MACEDO (1761-1831); Four signatures by poet and naturalist THOMAS LISTER(1810-1888); Poet JAMES HYSLOP (1798-1827); Scottish poet JOHN CRAWFORD (1816-1873); Welsh poet and prose writer JOHN BLACKWELL (1797-1840); English poet and traveler noted for his anti-imperial attitudes WILFRED SCAWEN BLUNT (1840-1922); German poet LUDWIG HEINRICH NICOLAY (1737-1820); Musician JOHN FANE (1784-1859) and the father of actor Henry James Byron (1834-1884) , Minor poet and biographer of angling THOMAS WESTWOOD (1814-1888); and HENRY BYRON. Est. 150-300
Condition Report: GC
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Lot 42005: 19TH CENTURY MILIARY AND POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
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Description: 19TH CENTURY MILIARY AND POLITICAL PERSONALITIES Large signature lot of 19th century colonels, lieutenant-colonels, general-surgeons, army physicians, soldiers, judges, and a parliamentary reporter; Some foxing but otherwise signatures are boldly penned; Includes letter covers and clippings by colonel JOHN SHELTON (d.1845); Colonel of Royal engineers HENRY ATWELL LAKE (1808-1881); Colonel AUGUSTUS SIMON FRAZER (1776-1835); Lieutenant-colonel and direct descendent from Sir Robert Brackenbury, EDWARD BRACKENBURY (1785-1864) as well as an unknown signature signed "M. Brackenbury;" First baronet of Aliwal and notable British soldier and military commander HARRY GEORGE WAKELYN SMITH (1787-1860); French soldier, first governor general of Algeria, and marshal of France under Louis-Philippe JEAN-BAPTISTE DROUET (1765-1844); Letter cover with ink stamp by field-marshal FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET (1788-1855); Surgeon-general WILLIAM GEORGE NICHOLAS MANLEY (1831-1901); Inspector-general of army hospitals HENRY MARSHALL (1775-1851); Army physician HUMPHRY SANDWITH (1822-1881); Surgeon-general JAMES McNABB CUNINGHAM (1829-1905) and his father's signature; General royal engineers and surveyor-general of India JAMES THOMAS WALKER (1826-1896); Father of wreck commissioner Henry Cadogan Rothery (1817-1888) and chief of the office of the king's proctor in Doctors' Commons WILLIAM ROTHERY (1775-1864); Son of admiral Charles Middleton (1726-1813); Son of admiral Robert Stopford (1768-1847); The notable parliamentary reporter HENRY CAVENDISH (1732-1804); Lord judiciary of the Scotch court of session CHARLES BAILLE (1804-1879); Two signatures by judge WILLIAM SHEE (1804-1868); Church lawyer and politician ALEXANDER COLQUHOUN-STIRLING-MURRAY DUNLOP (1798-1870); Diplomat ODO WILLIAM LEOPOLD RUSSELL (1785-1833), son of chief justice of Bengal William Oldnall Russell (1785-1833); Major OCTAVES STOKES, Six signatures, one on a letter cover with red stamp by diplomat and cousin of George Canning, STRATFORD CANNING (1786-1880) who was also a strong influence on Turkish policy in the early 1800s; Consul-General HENRY CANNING (1774-1841); British field-marshal and one of the ablest commanders during the Indian mutiny of 1857, HUGH HENRY ROSE (1801-1885): and an unknown signature by an "Edw? Barnes." Est. 150-300
Condition Report: VGC
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Lot 42006: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ADMIRAL SIGNATURES
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Description: LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ADMIRAL SIGNATURES Collection of 13 signatures of 19th century admirals, rear-admirals, naval commanders, and one secretary for the board of trade. Assortment of letter covers and clippings, one in protective paper from HENRY EDEN addressed to Francis Cavendish, 1854. Included; ROGER CURTIS (1746-1816) Admiral. STEEN ANDERSEN BIL'LE (1797-1883) Danish admiral and minister of marine. HENRY EDEN (1797-1888) Admiral. GEORGE ELLIOT (1784-1863) Admiral. PETER DILLION (1785-1847) Navigator in the South Seas, engaging in the sandalwood trade between the South Pacific Islands and China. EDWARD ALFRED JOHN HARRIS (1808-1888) Admiral. JOHN HARVEY (1772-1837) Admiral. CHARLES HOTHAM (1806-1855) Naval commander and colonial governor. GRAHAM MOORE (1764-1843) Admiral. WILLIAM HENRY SMYTH (1788-1865) Admiral and scientific writer. THOMAS BALL SULIVAN (1780-1857) Rear- admiral. THOMAS USSHER (1779-1848) Rear-admiral. COURTENAY BOYLE (1770-1844) Vice-admiral and grandfather of Captain Cavendish Spencer Boyle; Some foxing. Est. 150-300
Condition Report: GC to VGC
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