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Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects.
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Lot 424

Early Photography Group

Estimate: $400 - $600
Current Bid
$300

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86 total images in lot, Ten Civil War related images: Union General Cuvier Grover carte de visite, signed at bottom "grover" (not believed to be in his hand); two Gettysburg related Stereo Views; two small oval velvet pillboxes with separate images of soldier and presumably his wife; various assorted images of unattributed soldiers, some with armaments, at least one with color enhancement; three associated gutta percha cases; 27 assorted tintypes: 19th century, uniformed workers, ladies, fancy attire, stoic posed images, Roma couple, bicycle, children, possibly one woman of color; 34 additional tintypes: pugilism, uniformed workers, ladies, children, fancy attire, occasional color enhancement; four images: Tom Thumb wedding, circus performer, others; five photojournalism images: Operation Under Ether at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1846; four Stereo Views: Mont Pelee volcano aftermath, captured German cannons in France, Stranded vessels at the wharf in Galveston, and F.A. Rinehart view of Native American land in Nebraska; six historic images: cartes de visite including General Winfield Scott, signed at bottom "Gen Scott" (not believed to be in his hand); uniformed soldier, seated holding sword; Martha Ann Maxwell, with rifle and loyal dog; unattributed judge in robes; unattributed lady in repose on sofa; two images, in Stereo View format of Waub-ojeeg "White Fisher", Ojibwe Chief; largest in lot 8-1/2 x 11 in. overall

Provenance: Collection of Michael L. Carlebach

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Collection of Michael L. Carlebach

good overall, expected wear, staining, foxing, a few with verso inscriptions, frames with mild abrasions and wear