- Two Cowboy's Porcelain Occupational
Two Cowboy's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs
Early 20th Century
comprising an example bearing the name C. C. Newberry in gilt lettering and marked Koken Barber's Supply Co. and an example identified Sport Fambrough, stamped Germany on underside.
Height 4 inches.
Ivy Holt "Sport" Fambrough was born on December 6, 1892, in Rusky County, Texas to Sterling Price and Della Mae Andrews Fambrough. He enlisted in the United States Army on October 9, 1917, and served during World War I for two years until his discharge on April 1, 1919. Fambrough married Willie Albertine Whittington Cordell, and the couple had one son, Don (1922-2011). According to U.S. Federal Census records, he operated a meat market and worked as a butcher in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. The nickname purportedly came from his son, both a football player and coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Fambrough died on October 21, 1975.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- Framed Vintage Life Preserver. Life
Framed Vintage Life Preserver. Life Preserver with heavy use wear. Orig price $1500. Dimensions: Height: 41.5 inches, Width: 41.5 inches, Depth: 6 inches. ---
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- AFRICAN TOPOKE LIGANDA IRON CURRENCY,
AFRICAN TOPOKE LIGANDA IRON CURRENCY, 2 Two African Topoke Liganda Large Iron Currency, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th century, shaped into blade form and mounted on black wood bases. 73" H x 11.5" W x 10.25" D. Provenance: From a Christopher Street collection. Keywords: Blade, Sword, Spear, Coins, African art, Ethnographic art, Sculpture, Bride's price, D.R.C.
- SCULPTURE, BRET PRICE Bret Price (American,
SCULPTURE, BRET PRICE Bret Price (American, b. 1950), Red Disc, 1991, metal and acrylic sculpture, overall: 28.5"h x 9"w x 5"d. Provenance: Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
- LOT OF 30 SIGNED BOOKS WITH MANY FIRST
LOT OF 30 SIGNED BOOKS WITH MANY FIRST EDITIONS Lot of 30 contemporary novels and non-fiction books, all signed by their author, containing various authors including Richard DiLello, Jim Harrison, Nicholas Price, Jonathan Miles and many others. Approximate Dimensions:Various, mostly octavo.
- ARCHIE HELD MODERN BRONZE WATER SCULPTURE
ARCHIE HELD MODERN BRONZE WATER SCULPTURE Archie Held (American b. 1955), untitled - fountain, undated, patinated bronze, modern water sculpture having an oval ridged form in a conforming basin, apparently unsigned. Note: Woks by Mr. Held Held are held in the collections of Neiman Marcus, Louis Vuitton, Price Waterhouse, Carol Burnett, George Lucas, and Charles Schwab. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Tania Armour Becker, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate Dimensions:h. 59.5", w. 17.5", d. 9".
- 6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Included are the following six signed books: To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price. Published 1985 by Doubleday. Signed by the author on the half-title page. The Cambridge Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe by Sarah Robbins. Published 2007 by Cambridge. Signed by the author on the half-title and title page. The Magnificent Partnership by Stanwood Cobb. Published 1954 by Vantage Press. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Autobiography with Letters by William Lyon Phelps. Published 1939 by Oxford University Press. No dust jacket. Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-First Century by Nicolas A. Basbanes. Published 2002 by Henry Holt. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Mr. Daniels and the Grange by Eric Sloane and Edward Anthony. Published 1968 by Funk and Wagnalls. Signed by the author Eric Sloane on the front free end paper.
- 6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Six volumes of the following books signed by the authors: A Georgia Lawyer: His Observations and Public Service by Stirling Price Gilbert. Published 1945 by The University of Georgia Press. Signed by author on front free end paper with another signature taped down. Dauber: A Poem by John Masefield. Published 1913 by William Heinemann. Signed by author with inscription on front free end paper. The Celestine Sibley Sampler: Writings and Photography with Tributes to the Beloved Author and Journalist. Published 1996 by Peachtree Atlanta. Signed by the author on the front paper with an inscription. Stranger in Savannah by Eugenia Price. Published 1989 by Doubleday. Signed by the author with an inscription on the half-title page. A Reverence for Wood by Eric Sloane. Published 1965 by Wilfred Funk. Signed on the front free paper with a drawing of a barn by the artist. The Magical Realm of Sallie Middleton with Text by Celestine Sibley. Published 1980 by Oxmoor House. Signed by Celestine Sibley on the title page.
- 10VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
10VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Included are the following 10 books signed by their authors: The Road He Chose by William Paul. Published 2001 by Autumn Leaf Publishing. Signed with an inscription on the front free end paper. Old Mother West Wind: Golden Anniversary Edition by Thornton W. Burgess. Published 1960 by Little, Brown. Signed by the author with an inscription on the front free end paper. Stranger in Savannah by Eugenia Price. Published 1989 by Doubleday. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Eugenia Price's South by Mary Bray Wheeler. Published 1993 by Longstreet Press. Features a signed card from Eugenia Price laid in. Tall Tales of the Southwest, Edited by Franklin J. Meine. Published 1930 by Knopf. Signed and inscribed by the editor on the front free end paper. Ernest Lawson: Canadian-American by F. Newlin Price. Published 1930 by Ferargil. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. The Life and Art of Dwight William Tryon by Henry C. White. Published 1930 by Houghton Mifflin. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. A handwritten signed letter is pasted down on a free paper. American Barns and Covered Bridges by Eric Sloane. Published 1954 by Wilfred Funk. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. These Gentle Hills by John Kollock. Published 1976 by Copple House Books. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. An Age of Barns by Eric Sloane. Published 1967 by Funk and Wagnalls. Signed on the front free end paper.
- AUTOGRAPH BOOK W/ J.W.C. PENNINGTON,
AUTOGRAPH BOOK W/ J.W.C. PENNINGTON, OTHERS, 1860S Presented is an autograph album of Mr. H. Baylies of Taunton, Mass of which his name is gold leafed onto the cover, containing 147 signatures, date of signing and location on most. Many historical religious leaders of the northeastern United States and many more of which most have not been researched fully. There is a list of people which seems like some kind of an assencion with a few notable individuals such as that of J.W.C. Pennington (1807-1870), author of "The Fugitive Blacksmith" and now known as the first black graduate of Yale University. Pennington attended Yale in 1834 to 1837. On April 22, 2023, Yale awarded Pennington a posthumous M.A. Privatim. He was ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church, later also serving in Presbyterian churches for congregations in Hartford, Connecticut and New York. Another page is inscribed from Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubign? (1794-1872), who nicely inscribed to the owner of the book with provenance signed by him stating, "The above autograph, on the (assembly general's stationary for the Societe Evangelique), was written for me at his house in Geneva, September 1860 and had his wife, at his request write in the date." Many other notables such as Nathaniel Fellows, senator from Rhode Island; James Woodward Strong, the first president of Carleton College and theologian in Minnesota and author of the Strong Concordance of 1890 or index to the Bible. Others include Chester Hubbard (1814-1891) US representative and founder of West Virginia; George C. Bancroft; Daniel Steel (associated with the Methodist Holiness movement and many more); lastly a later piece of church history written on ledger paper. A financial plan to fund and build a new church and parsonage in Davenport, Iowa thus financed through subscribers of with the verso has a small list stating the names and dollar amounts given, dated August 17, 1865. Including Hiram Price and 4 others. Hiram was a nineteenth-century banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 2nd congressional district and as commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1881 and later the same year was appointed commissioner of Indian Affairs by President James A. Garfield, serving from 1881 to 1885. His donation to his hometown church was $2000.00.
- JOYCE BLACKBURN & EUGENIA PRICE, POTTERY
JOYCE BLACKBURN & EUGENIA PRICE, POTTERY SHARDS Framed collage of pottery shards once belonging to two Georgia authors, 20th century, Joyce Blackburn and Eugenia Price, inscriptions en verso, framed.
- 3PCS EARLY ISSUES OF THE BOSTON GAZETTE,
3PCS EARLY ISSUES OF THE BOSTON GAZETTE, 1804 Three separate editions, in the August 9th 1804 edition are many printed letters and much area news, in September there is a nice full page printing of the prices in Boston for all commodities and banking. Much shipping news. The August 31, 1807 paper has much local news, shipping and a long story on the Aaron Burr treason trial, as well as the wholesale prices of commodities in 1807.