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Thu, Dec 5, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 120

Group of Books and Documents

Estimate: $200 - $300

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
two glass plate negatives, one with a lady (Elizabeth Brownrigg) holding a book that appears to read "The Lament of a Sinner...", the other titled "A True Representation of the Horrid Crueltys (sic) Committed by Eliz. Brownrigg on the Body of Mary Clifford Her Apprentice"; three issues of the Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser newspaper from 1787; miniature almanac from 1817; Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Law, printed in Paris 1510; diary with personal notes and amateur poetry, dated 1718 and referenced in Ivor Noel Hume's book [All the Best Rubbish], p. 218-225; judge's badge from National Exhibition of Cage Birds, Olympia 1957; pieces of wood, relevance undisclosed; Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities

Condition

glass plate negatives with some minor scratches and abrasions; books and documents all showing considerable wear from age and use
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