- GEORGE ARMSTRONG, SITTING BULL - LARGE
GEORGE ARMSTRONG, SITTING BULL - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON ...Chief Sitting Bull w. brown eyes and George Armstrong Custer D6712. The Battle of Little Big Horn 1876. Ltd. Ed. 3580 of 9500. Royal Doulton backstamp.
Artist: Michael Abberley
Issued: 1983
Dimensions: 7"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- 1890 1ST ED. FOLLOWING THE GUIDON BY
1890 1ST ED. FOLLOWING THE GUIDON BY E. CUSTERFor your consideration is this first edition of "Following the Guidon" by Elizabeth Custer, published in 1890, Harper & Brothers. The book provides a riveting account of Army life on the Western Frontier during the mid to late 1800's as told by Elizabeth Custer who was the devoted and faithful wife of General George Armstrong Custer. She wrote this book with the attempt of creating a legacy for her husband, General George Custer. She succeeded. In fact, she is without a doubt the most important force in creating a sense of legend around her late husband. She turned him into a Western hero and martyr, which slightly differs from the truth in his military failures, mainly at the Battle of Little Big Horn. This work includes a description of the march into Indian Territory, dealing with scouts, the Battle of the Washita, Indian prisoners and trials, hunting records, army housekeeping, Indian captivity of white women, and more. This original first edition displays a stamped green cloth hardcover with gold gilt lettering "FOLLOWING THE GUIDON" with a spear holding two guidon flags above and two crossed shells below. The book shows good condition overall, age tanning and slight foxing exhibited throughout intact pages. Measures 5.25"W x 7.5"L x 1"D
- "THE CUSTER MYTH", COL. W.A. GRAHAM,
"THE CUSTER MYTH", COL. W.A. GRAHAM, 1ST EDITIONFeatured in this lot is this 1953 First Edition of “The Custer Myth” by Colonel W. A. Graham USA retired. This book is a much-needed reference work that presents original source material without the bias of interpretations and misconstructions. This classic study will continue to serve as an indispensable tool for every Custer researcher, student, and enthusiast. This book includes important items of Custeriana and a complete and comprehensive bibliography by Fred Dustin. Contains the interviews with the Crow Scouts, information from the Crows, the Arikara, the Sioux, the Cheyenne, and the Arapahoes. Contains statements and letters by scouts and other nonmilitary participants; the Benteen-Goldin letter; Custer’s Last Battle,” the 1892 Century Magazine article by General Edward S. Godfrey; General Winfield Scott Edgerly’s 1881 statement about the battle; military and literary records of Theodore W. Goldin, survivor of and recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions taken during the Battle of Little Big Horn. The front and back-end papers show a full color printing of a painting by Gayle P. Hoskins. Working from a clay model of the battlefield with a U.S.G.S. contour map and a troop movement map, this is a unique view of the battle. One of the interesting things brought to light in this book is how the U.S. Cavalry companies rode horses of matching colors. Illustrated with 65 black & white photographs, 22 drawings, 10 maps, including Philo Clark’s 1877 battlefield survey. This green clothbound hardcovered book is in very nice condition, minimal scuffing noted to cover edges. Intact pages are clean with slight age tanning noted. No other obvious marring noted, paper dust jacket is wrapped in clear plastic, exhibits tears. Book measures 7.5"W x 10.5"L x 1"D
- A.D.M. COOPER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - "BURNING
A.D.M. COOPER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - "BURNING ARROW" (1904)...**First Time At Auction**
Astley David Middleton (A.D.M.) Cooper (American, 1856-1924). "The Burning Arrow" or "Flaming Arrow" chromolithograph, 1904. An original, antique chromolithograph of "Burning Arrow" (aka "Flaming Arrow") - one of A.D.M. Cooper's most famous paintings. Cooper is best known for his depictions of indigenous peoples with whom he lived in the American West when he was in his early twenties. "Burning Arrow" depicts a group of warriors using a flaming arrow to signal their movements to a distant Indian camp during the Great Sioux War (also called The Black Hills War and known for the famous Battle of Little Big Horn) of 1876 to 1877. Starting at the top and in clockwise order, the figures depicted are as follows: Bull Head (son of Sitting Bull) is the man firing the arrow; Chief Hard Heart is standing with his back to the fire; Sitting Bear is on the ground sitting watching the arrow in flight; Lone Wolf, Buffalo Head, Standing Bear, and two unnamed Indians in the background are also depicted. A remarkable, large-scale, original antique chromolithograph that likely took months to create given its extensive composition and coloration - mounted in an exceptional frame that was artistically designed with carefully selected, museum-quality materials. Size (sight view): 19" L x 25.5" W (48.3 cm x 64.8 cm) Size (frame): 32.625" L x 38.875" W (82.9 cm x 98.7 cm)
A.D.M. Cooper objected to the American Indian Wars and was greatly respected by the indigenous peoples. Cooper exhibited "Burning Arrow" at H.A. Meldrum Company's Free Art Gallery at the Pan American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York. Cooper's models for this painting included six prominent Sioux Indians who participated at the Indian Congress at the Midway at the Pan Am Expo in addition to two other Sioux Indians. Starting at the top and in clockwise order: Bull Head (son of Sitting Bull) is the man firing the arrow; Chief Hard Heart is standing with his back to the fire; Sitting Bear is on the ground sitting watching the arrow in flight; Lone Wolf, Buffalo Head, Standing Bear, and two unnamed Indians in the background are also depicted.
Interestingly, Cooper first exhibited his 9' x 12' painting of "Burning Arrow" at the Exhibition Hall of the Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar in San Francisco beginning on January 31, 1900. According to the advertisement in the "The San Francisco Call" newspaper on that date: "'The Burning Arrow'—a realistic painting of an episode of the Sioux-Custer war, by A.D.M. Cooper, a well-known painter of Indian pictures—on free exhibition to-day and until further notice in Exhibition Hall, second floor. The canvas is 9x12 feet in size. Aside from its artistic merits, it will be of special interest to every boy and girl who is studying the history of this country."
Chromolithography was invented by lithographers as a means of printing on flat surfaces by using chemicals instead of relief or intaglio printing. A chromolithograph like this one took months to produce, depending on the number of colors in the image.
Provenance: private Colorado Collection; Private Collection of a Private Colorado Family
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This is an original antique hand-colored lithograph. It is not a later reproduction. It is mounted in a custom, museum-quality frame behind glass. While not examined outside the frame, it appears to be in outstanding condition with vivid imagery and hand coloring. Framing is of an impressive design, made with carefully selected, museum-quality materials. Frame has a few minute (nearly invisible) scuffs, but is otherwise excellent, fit with suspension wire, and ready to display.
- BOOK: BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN, 1966,
BOOK: BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN, 1966, SIGNEDLeather bound, limited and signed copy of The Battle of Little Big Horn, by Mari Sandoz, published by James F. Carr, New York, 1966. VG+ with very minor shelfwear.
- DAVE MCGARY, TOUCH THE CLOUDS, 1995Dave
DAVE MCGARY, TOUCH THE CLOUDS, 1995Dave McGary, (1958 - 2013) Touch the Clouds, 1995, polychrome bronze, edition 22 of 30 inscribed: Dave McGary / 1995 22/30 "On February 22, 1998, McGary installed a 30-foot high 15-foot wide monument weighing over ten tons at the Houston Astrodome. The sculpture, "Touch The Clouds", depicts a nineteenth century Miniconjou Chief who fought alongside Crazy Horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn." Mcgary. (2019, September 16). Touch the clouds 1995. Dave McGary. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.davemcgary.com/touch-the-clouds/ polychrome bronze, edition 22 of 30 Dimensions: 33 x 29 x 12 in. (83.82 x 73.66 x 30.48 cm.), With base: 42 x 29 x 16 in. (106.68 x 73.66 x 40.64 cm.) Provenance: Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection, California