Auction Details

 
 

The Fall 2012 catalog of our semiannual American History live salesroom auction features over 400 lots from the grand panoply of history including: a collection of rare Lincoln manuscripts descended directly in the family of his first Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin.

Also a diverse selection from the Jim and Pat Gifford Collection of Political Americana including pitchers, trays, canes, banks, figurines and much more; a group of items from the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop given to Louis Christman in exchange for work restoring the 1905 Wright Flyer.

 

 

Contact Us

 For additional information or to consign, contact Katie Horstman - katie@cowans.com or 513-871-1670 ext. 46

 

Highlights of this auction include:

Lot 1: Daguerreotype of Post-Mexican War-Era Brigadier General 

Lot 257: Rare Kentucky Statehood Broadside, 1791

Lot 365: George Washington Signed Land Grant 

Lot 111: Abraham Lincoln ALS to Hannibal Hamilin

Lot 106: Scarce William Henry Harrison Campaign Flag Banner

Consignment Deadline

Passed

Exhibition times

  • Thursday, December 06, 12:00 - 5:00 PM EST
  • Friday, December 07, 8:00 - 10:00 AM EST

Sale times

Friday, December 07, 10:00 AM EST

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Please don’t miss our wonderful selection of Early Photography, Civil War relics, photographs, letters, and diaries; Western mining and settlement; autographs and manuscripts from the first President to astronauts; rare books by Dard Hunter on papermaking that may never again appear on the market; and so much more.

 

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