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Lot 25
Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$305
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. CDVs with items related to significant figures incl. Union and Confederate loyalties.
American Civil War
Comprises 17 items, including:
12 CDV portraits of Civil War subjects including (4) Benjamin F. Butler, General Ambrose Burnside, Admiral Farragut, Gideon Welles, Alexander Stephens, William G. Brownlow, and 3 others including engraved portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Varina Davis. -- A postally used cover addressed to Alexander Stephens at Liberty Hall from Attorney E. H. Harman of Macon, GA. -- A lithograph card featuring a portrait of General Benjamin F. Butler advertising the "O. J. Bishop & Co., Dry Goods and Fancy Goods" store in Antwerp, New York. -- An 1863 Farmer's Almanac. No. 71. Boston: Brewer & Tileston. -- An issue of Harper's Weekly featuring an illustration of General Benjamin Butler on front cover, dated 1 June 1861. -- And a Harper's Weekly cover (only) featuring an illustration of Admiral Farragut, dated 29 August 1863. -- Together, 17 items.
From the Lifetime Collection of Robert G. Paulsen
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

