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Lot 54
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$1,560
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 15 CDVs of Confederate Generals & Rear Adm. SEMMES, incl. Generals Fitzhugh LEE, PGT BEAUREGARD, Basil DUKE, and others.
15 CDVs including 8 "from life" portraits of subjects including Gustavus SMITH. Baltimore, MD: The Monumental Photograph Company, n.d. -- Benjamin MCCULLOCH. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony, n.d. -- Basil DUKE. Uncredited, n.d. -- Pierre Gustave TOUTANT-BEAUREGARD. New York: E. & H. t. Anthony (from Brady negative), n.d. -- Henry A. WISE. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony (from Brady negative), n.d. -- Fitzhugh LEE. New York: C. D. Fredricks & Co., n.d. -- Raphael SEMMES. New York: C. D. Fredricks & Co., n.d. -- Roger A. PRYOR. San Francisco, CA: Lawrence & Houseworth, n.d. -- And 7 portraits from engravings including a composite image featuring several "Generals of the South." -- Together, 15 CDVs.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.