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Lot 135
Sale 6427 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts: Featuring Property from Prominent New York and Philadelphia Collectors
Nov 12, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$4,800
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Lot Description
American School 18th Century, A Portrait Miniature of New York City Merchant and Firefighter, Thomas Franklin (1762-1830)
the gilt locket case engraved on verso, "Thomas Franklin/ Born 1762," watercolor, together with a volume of The American Magazine: Containing A Miscellaneous Collection of Original and other Valuable Essays in Prose and Verse..., New York, June 1788 to November 1788, pp. 435-882, in original leather binding and inscribed with signature, "Thos Franklin Junr," followed by later inscriptions, "Amelia F. Smith, daughter/Mary F. Smith-grand daughter/Russell S. Cox, son of M/ Margorie Cox Hook-daughter of R."
1 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches (sight).
This lot is located in Philadelphia.