Premier Auctions | Session II
Fri, Dec 4, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 447
Civil War Album of Cartes de Visite
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
47 cartes de visite, many Brady images, Ulysses Grant, appears signed "U.S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A."; Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott; Henry Halleck; Gen. Ambrose Burnside; George McClellan; William Rosecrans; Gen. Isaac Stevens; Nathaniel P. Banks; P.G.T. Beauregard; Joseph Hooker; John Wool; Gen. David Hunter; Joseph Mansfield; Samuel Heintzelman; Philip Kearney; John Worden; Irvin McDowell; John Pope; William Long Smith; Julius Stahl (Stahel-Szamwald); Gen. Erasmus Keyes; Maj. Gen. Silas Casey; Gen. James Negley; Col. James Brown; Maj. Calvin Otis; Oliver Howard; George Meade; Winfield S. Hancock; C.C. Coleman; George Stannard; M.N. Williams; Lt. John Wilkeson; Lt. Bayard Wilkeson; Capt. S.H. Wilkeson; various uniformed soldiers; encampment scenes, one with two African American musicians; album, brown leather with gilt accents, approximately 6 x 5-1/4 in.ÿ - Note: Penned inscription to an interior page of the album indicates it belonged to Lt. Samuel Wilkeson of the 11th New York Cavalry with a noted date of 1863. Wilkeson family members each have penciled writing on the back with service dates and information. - Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
severe distress to album, some tears to interior pages, binding is separating and will likely continue to do so unless restored, CDVs seem to have less wear than the surrounding album, a few with trimmed corner, revenue stamp affixed to versoÿ
Condition
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