The Cabinet of Curiosities Including World History and Culture

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The Cabinet of Curiosities Including World History and Culture

Bidding opens December 5th Bidding Closes 10th

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  • Ended 10 Dec 2020 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT)

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German Artillery Officer's Sword, 19th centurythe etched blade with fuller, in steel scabbard and on gilt brass hilt with lion head pommel and wir...

French Heavy Cavalry Officer's Sword, 19th centurywith W under star cutler's mark, the hilt with bar guard with impressed rack number and wire wra...

WWI Aviation Interest: Collection of Photographs of Canadian, American, French Flying Aces, Biplanes and Related Images, c.1917approximately 62 im...

Four Photographs of a German Albatros D.II Biplane, early-mid 20th centuryeach an albumen print on Kodak paper, 7.5 x 9.5 in — 19.1 x 24.1 cmNote:...

Field Marshall B. L. Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, Certificate of Merit to L. Cpl. J. L. Slater, Royal Army Service Corps, March, 1945accompanie...

Diary of the World War I Experiences in France of Lieutenant Cyril Le Cheminant, 2nd Suffolk Regiment, Killed in Action August 9, 1917quill on li...

Canadian WWII Era Stacked Leather Swagger Stick, mid 20th centurythe brass cap with silver initial 'B', diameter 24 in — 61 cmEstimate: $100—150 ...

Collection of Japanese WWII Souvenirs, mid 20th centurycomprising a boxed pair of Tokyo Military Academy presentation signaling fans, a pair of re...

Victorian Luminary Carte de Visite Album, c.1865impessed red leather bound containing 96 cards including Chang and Eng Bunker, General Tom Thumb, ...

Theodore Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed, to Douglas Brymner, Feb. 21st, 1889written in quill on letterhead addressed 689 Madison Ave, New York,...

President Harry Truman Autopen Signed Letter, September 26, 1949on White House letterhead, to the Secretary of Defense expressing his gratitude to...

George II Parchment Indenture Between John & Nicholas Mason of Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire County and William Browing of the County of Nottin...

Charles II Leicestershire Country Parchment Indenture Between Matthew Noble of Wartnaby and Thomas Adcocke of Grimston, 1651document 11.25 x 19 in...

Elizabeth I Vellum Document, 16th centurywith Latin text in quill on parchment, framed, sight 5 x 11 in — 12.7 x 27.9 cm; 14.2 x 20.5 in — 36 x 52...

Elizabeth I Vellum Indenture, c.1571with English text on parchment, having affixed wax seal, framed, sheet exclusive of seal 10.2 x 11.8 in — 26 x...

George III Signed Document, February 21, 1809quill on laid paper, regarding military recruitment with the monarch's signature upper left, dated an...

Henry VIII Vellum Letters Patent, c.1544quill on parchment, framed, sheet exclusive of suspension ribbon 9.4 x 18.9 in — 24 x 48 cm; 17.75 x 25.75...

Victorian Bedfordshire Vellum Indenture, 1871quill on parchment, between Thomas Clark of Pavenham and John Malden of Biggleswade, framed, 22 x 29....

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich Signed Letter, July 24, 1664quill on laid paper, to 'Sloan of London' concerning rights of trading with The G...

Henry VIII Vellum Indenture, Cambridge, early 16th centuryquill on parchment, in old English, sheet, exclusive of seal 5.5 x 11.25 in — 14 x 28.6 ...

Robert de Vaugondy (French, 1688-1755)PARTIE DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALEhand colour outlined map of the eastern seaboard of the United States fro...

Three 19th Century Maps of Asiaeach a colour outlined lithograph showing the continent from Africa to the Pacific, and from the East Indies to the...

Three Small Maps of Russia, 16th and 17th centuriesGirolamo Ruscelli, MOSCHOVIA NUOVA TAVOLA, Venice, 1561Johannes Cloppenburg, RUSSIA CUM CONFINI...

Tobias Conrad Lotter (German, 1717-1777)CARTE GEOGRAPHIQUE REPRESENTANT LE THEATRE DE LA GUERRE ENTRE LES RUSSES, LES TURCS ET LES POLONOIS CONFÉD...

Sidney Hall (British, 1788-1831)MAP OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHEREhand coloured engraved map, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternas...

Adrien-Hubert Brué (1786-1832)CARTE DE LA DACIE ANCIENNE DE LA PANNONIE, D'ILLYRIE, MŒSIEcolour outlined map of the ancient regions of Dacia, Pan...

Frederick de Wit (1629/1630-1706)NOVA TOTIUS HUNGARIAE, TRANSILVANIAE, SERVIAE, ROMANIAE, BULGARIAE, WALACHIAE, MOLDAVIAE, SCHLAVONIAE, DALMATIAE,...

Gerard van Keulen (Dutch, 1678-1726)PASCAARTE VANDE NOORDER ZEE CUSTEN VAN AMERICA VANDE WEST-HOECK VAN YSLAND DOORDE STRAET DAVIS EN HUDSON, TOT ...

Thomas Bowen (d.1790)THE WORLD INCLUDING THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY CAPT. COOKhand coloured engraved map of the eastern and western hemispheres with ...

John Speede (1552-1629)A NEWE MAPE OF GERMANYhad coloured engraved map flanked by 10 illustrations of indigenous costumed figures, with views of H...

John Senex (English, 1678-1740)A NEW MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK WITH THE DUTCHY OF HOLSTEIN &C., 1719, 21 x 23.5 in — 53.3 x 59.7 cmEstimate: $...

Johann Matthias Christoph Reinecke (German, 1768-1818)GENERAL CHARTE VON AUSTRALIEN NACH NE NEUESTEN ENTDECKUNGS REISEN UND ASTRONISCHEN BESTIMUNG...

French School Celestial Map, 19th centuryLE GLOBE CELESTE, EN DEUX HEMISPHERES AVEC LE ZODIAQUE ET LES PLANETES FIGUREES PAR M.V.A.P.D.R, AO. 1631...

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (French, 1688–1766)HISPANIA ANTIQUA AND LA JUDÉE OU TERRE SAINTEtwo colour outlined engraved maps of ancient Spain and t...

John Speede (English, 1551-1629)THE COUNTYE OF MONMOUTH, AND CARDIGAN SHYRE, 1610each a hand coloured engraved map of present-day county of Monmou...

Johannes, Blaeu (1596-1673)SARNIA INSULA VULGO GARNSEY ET INSULA CAESAREA VENACULE JARSEYhand coloured engraved map of the Islands of Jersey and G...

Georgian Mahogany Surveyor's Travelling Compass by Benjamin Cole, London, 18th centurythe engraved silvered 12.5 cm dial with raised calibrated de...

Ross & Co., 'Eclipse' Lacquered Brass Compound Monocular Microscope, London, c.1895serial no. 5565, signed on the ring base, with two objectives a...

Edison Model A ‘Fireside' Cylinder Phonograph, c.1911with red lacquered cygnet hornassembled height 38.5 in — 97.8 cmEstimate: $300—500 ...[more]

English Regency Brass Mounted Mahogany Spirit Level, Cased, c.1820signed, length 24.8 in — 63 cmEstimate: $200—300 ...[more]

Projection Reading Analytical Beam Balance, Christian Becker Inc., New York, c.1940model no. 911, serial no.B30626, in glazed mahogany case with b...

Collection of Fossilsincluding a gomphotherium tooth, middle miocene period, a megalodon shark tooth, early Miocene to the Pliocene period, a pele...

Green River Formation Fossil Fish Plaque, Wyoming, Eocene Epocha school of exceptionally well preserved knightia in a limestone matrix, known also...

Three Folding Pocket Cameras, early to mid 20th centuryincluding two Canadian made Kodaks: a No. 3-A model B-4, c.1910 and a Vigilant Junior Six-...

J. F. Shew & Co., London, 'XIT Patent' Quarter Plate Bellows Camera, c.1900with aluminum bound mahogany case, Ross 5 in. Goerz Patent lens, four n...

Four Early Kodak Cameras, 19th and 20th centuriesincluding a No. 2A, Model B Brownie, c.1922, a No. 2 Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model C, c.1930, a Six-20...

Universal 'Minute 16' Sub Miniature Camera, c.1950with f-stop and film advance levers, length 2.9 in — 7.3 cmEstimate: $30—50 ...[more]

German Minox Subminiature 'Spy' Camera, c.1958length 4.2 in — 10.7 cmEstimate: $150—250 ...[more]

Swiss Bolex Paillard B8L 8mm Movie Camera and Tripod. c.1958body serial no. 866111, complete with with two lenses (Kern Paillard YVAR 1:2,8 ƒ=13 a...

Ronald Evans (1933-1990) for NASA PhotographEARTH IN THE FAR DISTANT BACKGROUND SEEN ABOVE A LARGE LUNAR BOULDER, APOLLO 17, DECEMBER, 1972origina...

James McDivitt (b.1929) for NASA PhotographASTRONAUT EDWARD WHITE DURING MAN'S FIRST EVA SPACEWALK, PERFORMED DURING GEMINI 4, JUNE 3, 1965origina...

NASA Composite Photograph of Earth Taken by Lunar Orbiter V, May, 1967original vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper, National Aeronautics and ...

NASA Gemini X PhotographVIEW OF THE FLORIDA - GEORGIA - CAROLINA COASTLINE UNDER HURRICANE CELIA, JULY, 1966chromogenic print on Kodak paper, with...

William Anders (b.1933) for NASA PhotographEARTH FROM APOLLO 8, DECEMBER, 1968original vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper, NASA AS08-16-2608...

Victorian Painted Aquarium, c.1900of painted galvanized steel construction, overall dimensions 23 x 33 x 16 in — 58.4 x 83.8 x 40.6 cmEstimate: $1...

Three Ecclesiastical Polychromed Plaster Composite Heads, 19th/early 20th centuryeach on painted faux grain plinth, height 10.5 in — 26.7 cmEstima...

Polychromed Plaster Composite Mask, 19th/early 20th centurymodelled from a cast taken of an earlier carved wood figure, probably of a saint, heigh...

Abyssinian/Ethiopian Silvered Brass Coptic Procession Cross, early-mid 20th centuryon ebonized wooden base, height 14.7 in — 37.3 cmEstimate: $100...

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