May Premier Auction: Day 2
Sat, May 20, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Mon, May 22, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 871
Civil War Era Instrument Patent
Estimate: $300 - $600
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 |
a Patent for a land surveying tool, designed by James M. Lilley, a prominent resident of Greenville, Virginia and the father of General Robert Doak Lilley, three pages including [The United State of America] Patent, a partially-printed document dated November 10, 1857, on vellum, on the verso, a hand-written document from the Confederate States Patent Office, dated February 4, 1862 and signed by Rufus R. Rhodes; a diagram of the instrument and a letter from James Lilley regarding the Patent; all are string-tied together, measuring 19 x 14-1/2 in.; also includes [Improved Instrument for Surveying and Calculating Areas, Invented and Patented by James M. Lilley, of Staunton, Va.], a four-page document describing the land surveying instrument, 11-1/8 x 8-1/2 in.. Notes: see [The Grand Review: Lincoln, Grant and The Civil War in Art and Artifacts] by Harold Holzer and Frank J. Williams, Item #24. Provenance: Private Virginia Collection
very good condition
