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Lot 317
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
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$1,063
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Lot Description
[POLITICS]. Stephen A. Douglas and Hershel Johnson, back-to-back campaign ferrotype badge and brass presidential token. 1860.
25 mm gilt brass pendant containing ferrotype portraits of Douglas and Johnson. (Light tarnish, minor surface wear to ferrotypes.) Obverse legend reads "Stephen. A. Douglas. 1860" surrounding a ferrotype portrait of Douglas. Reverse legend reads "Herschel. V. Johnson. 1860" with a ferrotype portrait of the vice-presidential candidate.
[With:] 28 mm brass token (some oxidation). Obverse legend reads "Stephen A. Douglas" surrounding a portrait of the Democratic candidate. Reverse reads at center "The Champion of Popular Sovereignty 1860" with a surrounding legend: "Democratic Candidate for the Presidency."
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
This lot is located in Cincinnati.