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Monumental Carved English Oak Quarter-chiming, Musical, Triple Calendar Hall Clock
Lot: 1277Sold for: $100,000$80,000Monumental Carved English Oak Quarter-chiming, Musical, Triple Calendar Hall Clock, The Clement Clock, London, late 19th century, exceptionally carved case with figures, busts, cupids, and floral ...
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Aquamarine Ring
Lot: 1283Sold for: $1,599$1,300Aquamarine Ring, the stone measuring approx. 20.30 x 16.20 x 11.00 mm, gold mount, 6.3 dwt, size 5 3/4. Note: The Gemstone Collection of Robert W. Thompson Jr., Gulfport, Mississippi. R.W. ...
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Group of Hardstone Specimens
Lot: 1338Sold for: $369$300Group of Hardstone Specimens, including various agates, iolite, chrysocolla, epidote, and others, in specimen display boxes. Note: The Gemstone Collection of Robert W. Thompson Jr., Gulfport, ...
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Group of Unmounted Gemstones and Specimen Stones
Lot: 1339Sold for: $1,169$950Group of Unmounted Gemstones and Specimen Stones, various cuts, including amethyst, garnet, star ruby and sapphire, sinhalite, topaz, citrine, and zircon, in specimen display boxes. Note: The ...
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Oliver Ellsworth-signed Voucher
Lot: 1818Sold for: $277$225Oliver Ellsworth-signed Voucher, c. 1776, framed voucher for payment for providing for prisoners dated January 15, 1776, signed by Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, ...
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Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar (1850-1933) Friendship Calendar with Signed Inscriptions, Photos, and Drawings, 1907; [and] To Cyrus H
Lot: 1073Sold for: $400$325Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar (1850-1933) Friendship Calendar with Signed Inscriptions, Photos, and Drawings, 1907; [and] To Cyrus H.K. Curtis in Recognition of his Good Works, 1930. Folio, ...
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Brandeis, Louis (1856-1941) Autograph Letter Signed, Chatham, Massachusetts, 28 June 1938.
Lot: 8Sold for: $431$350Brandeis, Louis (1856-1941) Autograph Letter Signed, Chatham, Massachusetts, 28 June 1938. Single sheet of U.S. Supreme Court writing paper, with "personal" added in Brandeis's hand, and ...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. (1841-1935) Autograph Letter Signed, 20 March 1900.
Lot: 25Sold for: $492$400Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. (1841-1935) Autograph Letter Signed, 20 March 1900. Single laid paper Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court letterhead, inscribed over two pages, to a Mr. ...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809-1894) Autograph Letter Signed, 3 October 1852.
Lot: 26Sold for: $431$350Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809-1894) Autograph Letter Signed, 3 October 1852. Single leaf of folded bifolium addressed to a C. Swan of Poughkeepsie, New York, declining an invitation to speak, ...
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Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1948) Signed Photograph.
Lot: 1035Sold for: $154$125Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1948) Signed Photograph. Black-and-white portrait of Hughes signed August 5, 1922, with embossed stamp of Harris & Ewing on the image, bottom left corner, framed, 13 x 9 ...
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Unmounted Peridot
Lot: 132Sold for: $6,765$5,500Unmounted Peridot, weighing 51.00 cts. Note: The Gemstone Collection of Robert W. Thompson Jr., Gulfport, Mississippi. R.W. "Bobby" Thompson (1901-1969) built a distinguished career as an ...
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Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951) Archive of Letters, 1930s.
Lot: 55Sold for: $2,583$2,100Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951) Archive of Letters, 1930s. Including: two typed letters signed and one unsigned to George Randolph Hearst; one autograph letter signed to daughter-in-law Lorna ...
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A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott v
Lot: 126Sold for: $1,722$1,400A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford. New York: Appleton, 1857. One of two ...
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William Meyerowitz (American, 1887-1981) Five Etchings of Supreme Court Justices
Lot: 1387Sold for: $369$300William Meyerowitz (American, 1887-1981) Five Etchings of Supreme Court Justices. All signed "Wm Meyerowitz" in pencil beneath the images l.r. Four of the portraits identified in the plates as ...
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Dudley, Paul (1675-1751) Document Signed, Boston, 22 January 1705.
Lot: 1028Sold for: $523$425Dudley, Paul (1675-1751) Document Signed, Boston, 22 January 1705. Folio format laid paper bifolium document, legal brief, inscribed over two pages, docketed on verso, with an autograph note in ...
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Miscellaneous Group of Signed Documents, Approximately Forty-eight.
Lot: 1068Sold for: $277$225Miscellaneous Group of Signed Documents, Approximately Forty-eight. Including: two military appointments signed by Caleb Strong, a Supreme Court card signed by Charles Hughes, and various letters ...
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Supreme Court, Warren Earl Burger, Chief Justice (1907-1995) Signed Photograph of the Court, c. 1976.
Lot: 1094Sold for: $923$750Supreme Court, Warren Earl Burger, Chief Justice (1907-1995) Signed Photograph of the Court, c. 1976. Formal full-color photographic portrait of nine Supreme Court Justices, in their robes, with ...
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Marshall, John (1755-1835) The Life of George Washington
Lot: 39Sold for: $2,583$2,100Marshall, John (1755-1835) The Life of George Washington. Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. First edition, six octavo volumes, frontispiece portrait in volume one, bound in full contemporary ...
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British School, Late 18th Century Pair of Bust Portrait Studies of Young Women
Lot: 595Sold for: $492$400British School, Late 18th Century Pair of Bust Portrait Studies of Young Women Unsigned, identified on labels from Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, affixed to the frame backings. Oil on panel (oval ...
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Al (Albert) Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003) Two Works: Nine Old Men of the Supreme Court, 1937, signed HIRSCHFELD in pencil l.r., nu
Lot: 1060Sold for: $738$600Al (Albert) Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003) Two Works: Nine Old Men of the Supreme Court, 1937, signed "HIRSCHFELD" in pencil l.r., numbered "9/50" in pencil l.l., inscribed and dedicated in ...
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H. Woodward.
Lot: 131Sold for: $1,046$850Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H. Woodward. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: by John Foster and West, Richardson & Lord, 1819. ...
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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Unsigned Legal Brief and Other Ephemera.
Lot: 58Sold for: $6,765$5,500Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Unsigned Legal Brief and Other Ephemera. The brief on blue laid paper, legal size, concerning the case of Lamm v. Bachop, filed on 31 October 1853, inscribed on the ...
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Paterson, William (1745-1806) Signed Copy, Salkeld's Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
Lot: 244Sold for: $369$300Paterson, William (1745-1806) Signed Copy, Salkeld's Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. London: Lintot, 1742. Folio, with Paterson's signature on the title page, volume one ...
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Acts and Laws Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
Lot: 65Sold for: $2,400$2,000Acts and Laws Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Watertown and Boston: various printers, including Ede, Adams, and Larkin, ...
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Paterson, William (1745-1806) Signed Copy, Salkeld's Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
Lot: 232UnsoldPaterson, William (1745-1806) Signed Copy, Salkeld's Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. London: Lintot, 1742. Folio, with Paterson's signature on the title page, volume one ...
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Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Lot: 60Sold for: $36,000$30,000Mahogany Tall Case Clock, dial marked William Claggett, Boston, early 18th century, the hood with sarcophagus top, double cornice and tracery, above the tombstone brass and silvered dial with cast ...
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Pair of Paul Revere, Jr., Silver Casters
Lot: 69Sold for: $25,000$20,833Pair of Paul Revere, Jr., Silver Casters, Boston, 1772, each with bud finial on pierced high-domed friction-fit lid, incised with five vertical panels engraved with a double-lined diamond pattern, ...
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Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Autograph Letter Signed, Ashland, 6 December 1847.
Lot: 13Sold for: $840$700Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Autograph Letter Signed, Ashland, 6 December 1847. Single wove paper page. To Judge Francis Taliaferro Brooke (1763-1851), mentioning a speech of his own, and another by ...
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Presidential and Political Autographs 1860s.
Lot: 44UnsoldPresidential and Political Autographs 1860s. Commercially produced autograph album originally compiled by Mary Roxana Birchard (1827-1876), Rutherford B. Hayes's cousin; thereafter continued by ...
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Half-plate and Sixth-plate Daguerreotypes of a Painted Portrait and Portrait of a Girl
Lot: 629Sold for: $240$200Half-plate and Sixth-plate Daguerreotypes of a Painted Portrait and Portrait of a Girl, both subjects identified on a note inscribed in the same hand "Isabella H. Dana born 1847," the half-plate ...