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Lot 121
Shannon Stirnweis (B. 1931) "Battle of King's Mountain" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 10c King's Mountain stamp issued October 7, 1980. Brimming with confidence after his overwhelming victory at Camden, S.C., British General Charles Cornwallis marched north, taking Charlotte on September 26, 1780. With him were 1,100 Loyalists under Major Patrick Ferguson. Ferguson had vowed to "hang the rebel leaders, and lay their country waste with fire and sword." To meet his threat, backcountry militia -- the toughest frontiersmen armed with long rifles -- rallied under William Campbell. Ferguson took position atop the rugged crest of Kings Mountain, "a post," he assured Cornwallis, "where I do not think I can be forced by a stronger enemy than that against us." He was utterly wrong. On October 7, Campbell's 900 men reached Kings Mountain and deployed for attack. Obeying their leader's exhortation to "shout like hell and fight like devils!" they crept up the rocky, wooded slopes, firing from under cover. Hit from all sides, the Loyalists fell back. Major Ferguson was shot trying to rally them. His men threw down their arms, but before Campbell could halt the firing, the vengeful Rebels killed many more Tories. In just an hour Ferguson's entire force was dead, wounded or captured. "A more total defeat was not practicable," a rebel remarked dryly. Kings Mountain shattered Cornwallis' invasion plans and forced him to pull back into South Carolina. The spectacular victory reinvigorated American morale. Where there had been only despair, now there was a gleam of hope. Image Size: 17.25 x 15 in. Overall Size: 24 x 20 in. Unframed. (B06613)
Lot 122
Gregory Rudd (American, B. 1952) "Pecos Bill" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 32c Pecos Bill stamp issued July 11, 1996. Folk hero of the Pecos River region of Texas, Pecos Bill embodied exaggerated tales of the American cowboy. His colorful adventures were a source of awe and entertainment around cowboy campfires. According to legend, he was born in East Texas. While traveling west with his family, he fell from the wagon into the Pecos River, thus acquiring his name. Unfortunately, there were so many other children in the family that Bill was not missed for several days. Too late to turn back, the family went on and Pecos Bill was raised by coyotes. He even thought he was one of them until he discovered that he had no tail. When he grew up, Pecos Bill became a cowboy and invented the skill of roping. He could throw a lasso up in the sky and bring down eagles and buzzards. He even roped bears, wolves, panthers and elk. Pecos Bill had the biggest ranch in the West. It was so big that he staked out the New Mexico territory and fenced off Arizona for a calf pasture. Pecos Bill's horse was legendary, too. Raised from a colt on a diet of barbed wire and nitroglycerin, this fierce creature was named Widow Maker because it threw everyone else who tried to ride it. Pecos Bill thrived on performing incredible feats of courage and perseverance. Once he bet a cowboy hat that he could actually ride a cyclone. He went to the Kansas line, roped a tornado and rode that twister across Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. When the cyclone realized that it couldn't throw Pecos Bill, it just "rained out" from under him in Arizona. Image Size: 14.5 x 12.25 in. Overall Size: 17 x 15 in. Unframed. (B15426)
Lot 123
Gregory Rudd (American, B. 1952) "Paul Bunyan" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 32c Paul Bunyan stamp issued July 11, 1996. Tales of this folk hero may have originated among the French-Canadian loggers of Quebec or northern Ontario who brought the stories of Paul Bunyan with them from their native lands. It is also possible that the legend began in the United States, in Michigan or Wisconsin, and traveled westward with the logging industry. Stories of Paul Bunyan were told by veteran lumberjacks to entertain each other and to keep young newcomers in their place. When a "green" lumberjack boasted of his exploits, the old hands told how Paul Bunyan overcame a greater, more difficult challenge. The legend of Paul Bunyan centers around a mythical hero, a giant lumberjack, who solves problems using extraordinary cleverness and skill. Paul is never at a loss to handle any situation and no job is ever too difficult for him and his Big Blue Ox, Babe. According to legend, Paul Bunyan was born in Maine. As an infant, he rolled around so much in his sleep that he destroyed four square miles of standing timber. He eventually moved west and roamed throughout the woodlands of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Along the way he acquired Babe, his Big Blue Ox. Babe was so big that every time they shod him, a new iron mine had to be opened on Lake Superior. Paul didn't need a gun to hunt timber wolves. He would grab them by the ears and holler down their throats. The wolves died of fright and Paul would tie their ears in a bow knot, stringing the carcasses over his fingers to carry them back to camp. Image Size: 13.75 x 11.75 in. Overall Size: 17 x 15 in. Unframed. (B15390)
Lot 124
Mark Schuler (American, B. 1951) "Statue of Liberty" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 29c Statue of Liberty Self-Adhesive stamp issued June 24, 1994. In 1865, ?douard Ren? Lefebvre de Laboulaye, bristling under the tyrannical rule of Napoleon III, proposed the idea of creating a monument to American independence. Suggesting to his dinner guests that this tribute would serve as a gift from France to the people of the United States on the centennial of their independence in 1876, de Laboulaye reasoned that this token would also reinforce the ideals of equality and liberty still held by many of his fellow countrymen. Sculptor Fr?d?ric-Auguste Bartholdi, attending the gathering, volunteered to plan the design. Six years later, the artist traveled to the United States in search of a location for his monument to freedom. When he spotted Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, Bartholdi remarked: "Here ... my statue must rise; here where people get their first view of the New World." Drawing his inspiration from the Colossus of Rhodes and a 76-foot statue of St. Charles Borromoe standing in Arona, Italy, Bartholdi labored tirelessly to "glorify the Republic (America) and Liberty." Working on his 36-foot plaster model in sections, the artist painstakingly pored over thousands of precise measurements to ensure that the statue was accurately proportioned. Some said its features were based on those of Bartholdi's cherished mother, a speculation he neither denied nor affirmed. This painting boldly symbolizes the American freedom that Bartholdi successfully captured in his creation of the Statue of Liberty. Image Size: 16.75 x 15 in. Overall Size: 21.75 x 19.5 in. Unframed. (B09988)
Lot 126
Gregory Rudd (American, B. 1952) "John Henry" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 32c John Henry stamp issued July 11, 1996. "He gave a long and lonesome cry, 'Gonna be a steel-drivin' man." Established in American legend and song, The Ballad of John Henry came to symbolize Man against Machine. The legend of John Henry is based on fact, as well as myth. After the Civil War, railroad construction steadily increased throughout the United States as the railroad industry sought to span the continent with the "Iron Horse." Railroad gangs -- many of whom were former slaves -- were hired for the backbreaking and hazardous work of blasting tunnels, laying track and building bridges. Between 1870 and 1873, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad built the Big Bend Tunnel in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. The steel driver's job was to hammer long steel spikes into the rock to create openings for explosive charges. As work on the Big Bend Tunnel progressed, the C & O Railroad introduced a new mechanical steam drill. According to legend, a black steel driver named John Henry matched his strength against the steam drill. "John Henry told his captain, 'A man ain't nothin' but a man, fo' I let your steam drill beat me down I'll die with this hammer in my hand.'" The foreman arranged a contest between John Henry and the best man with a steam drill. John Henry won the contest, but "he drove so hard 'til he broke his po' heart, then he laid down his hammer and he died." Image Size: 14.5 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 16.75 x 15.25 in. Unframed. (B15492)
Lot 129
Dennis Lyall (American, B. 1946) "1893 Needlepoint Bookmark" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 37c Needlepoint Bookmark PSA stamp issued April 3, 2003. This art depicts the top portion of a brightly colored silk bookmark from 1893. Delicately woven as a unique souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition held that year in Chicago, the bookmark features as its centerpiece a detailed rendering of a proudly waving American flag. Above the flag flies a slender blue banner inscribed with the familiar phrase "E Pluribus Unum," which in Latin means "Out of Many, One." Another banner, inscribed with the title "The Star-Spangled Banner," is wrapped around the flagstaff. Although not pictured on the stamp, the remainder of the bookmark contains the words and music to the beloved U.S. national anthem. During the War of 1812, Mary Young Pickersgill sewed a huge American flag to show her support for the war effort. Over 30 feet high and 42 feet long, it was soon flown over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. On September 14, 1814, inspired by the majestic sight of this gigantic flag still flying over the fort at dawn after a brutal British bombardment, lawyer Francis Scott Key penned the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," which became the national anthem in 1931. The anthem's melody, however, has somewhat less exalted roots: it was taken from "To Anacreon in Heaven," a drinking song of London's Anacreontic Society written by British composer John Stafford Smith. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 18 x 15.5 in. Unframed. (B17105)
Lot 130
Jim Butcher (American, B. 1944) "British General Surrenders At Saratoga" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 18c Yorktown & Lexington/Concord stamp issues of October 16, 1981. Confident he would prevail where his superiors could not, British General John Burgoyne convinced King George to invade the colonies from Canada along the natural route formed by Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. The three-pronged attack -- including an auxiliary force operating through the Mohawk Valley and other troops following the Hudson from New York City -- held Albany as its focal point. Following an easy victory in the retaking of Fort Ticonderoga, Burgoyne would find little more to cheer about. He had underestimated his enemy and overestimated Loyalist support. A foraging party was smartly whipped in the Battle of Bennington, the Redcoats in the Mohawk Valley were routed at Fort Stanwix, and the reinforcements from New York City failed to materialize. Then Burgoyne's campaign stalled completely when it encountered the superior and firmly entrenched army under General Horatio Gates. Two pitched battles ensued, with Burgoyne suffering terrible losses. After stalling for time in hope that reinforcements would save the day and his chance for glory, the "Gentleman" General finally agreed to surrender terms. News of the Surrender of Saratoga gave great heart to the American cause, bringing France into the war as an open ally -- an event crucial to ultimate victory. Image Size: 16.25 x 16 in. Overall Size: 20 x 20 in. Unframed. (B07279)
Lot 131
Jim Butcher (American, B. 1944) "Battles of Lexington and Concord" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 18c Yorktown & Lexington/Concord stamp issues of October 16, 1981. During the night of April 18-19, 1775, Paul Revere rode through the countryside around Lexington and Concord, alerting the patriots to the advance of British troops searching for the colonists' military supplies. Once alerted, the Minutemen, under the command of Captain Parker, gathered on Lexington's village green. Around dawn on the morning of the 19th, an advance unit of Redcoats, commanded by Major Pitcairn, approached Lexington. The British commander ordered the Minutemen to disperse, and Parker, seeing that his force was outnumbered, ordered his men to comply. Then as the Minutemen turned to leave, a shot rang out. When the skirmish had ended, eight Americans lay dead on the green, and the British then marched on Concord. There they encountered a much larger band of gravely determined Minutemen guarding the Old North Bridge. With little provocation, an advancing British column opened fire. The devastating return fire felled several Redcoats and panicked the remainder. The retreating British were reassembled and soon began a hasty retreat toward their sanctuary in Boston, but their return march to Boston was greatly frustrated by the guerrilla tactics of militiamen who fired from houses and from behind the rocks and trees that lined the way. Image Size: 16.25 x 16.25 in. Overall Size: 20.25 x 20 in. Unframed. (B07284)
Lot 135
Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "Canadian Icebreaker - Arctic" Signed lower left. Original Oil Painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Canadian 14c Robinson Ice Vessel stamp issued November 15, 1978. Thick pack ice chokes nearly half of the Northwest Passage throughout the year. Visibility is often obscured by whiteouts of blowing snow. Thick fog shrouds the open waters during the brief summer. Little is known about Arctic currents and tides, and the water can freeze a man to death in two minutes. Yet, Canada's ice vessels were among the first to chart and explore the vast, remote Passage, which was once hoped to be a commercial sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One such early ice vessel was the Arctic. German built in 1901 of oak and pitch pine, she was immensely strong and fully square-rigged on the foremast. She could carry enough coal to hold out for two years or more, and could be driven forward at seven knots, by an economical steam engine. In 1904, Coast Guard Captain Joseph Bernier purchased the 165-foot German vessel. He challenged the frozen archipelago in the Arctic, and in 1906 Bernier proclaimed Canadian sovereignty over much of the far north. Reaching as far west as Arctic Point on Melville Sound, Bernier landed the Arctic several times to carry out a brief formality of Canadian dominion which included hoisting the Canadian flag. Joseph Bernier's achievements are great but seldom acclaimed. In exploring the vast regions which had been ceded to Canada, Captain Bernier and the Arctic proudly demonstrated the sovereignty of his country. Image Size: 19.5 x 20.5 in. Overall Size: 22 x 26 in. Unframed. (B06164)
Lot 136
Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "Courier" Signed lower right. Original Oil Painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood Golden Age of Sail Collection Courier porcelain plate. Many thousands of years ago, man's ancestors discovered that if they floated a few lashed-together logs and climbed aboard, they could travel down a running stream. This raft was arguably the first ship and these primitive men the first sailors. Uncounted centuries later, a nautical pioneer made a discovery that ranks alongside the advent of the wheel. This innovative man found that a breeze caught in a crude sail made of woven reeds would propel his vessel across the water. Sailing was born and the rest, as they say, is history. No finer example of man's mastery of wind and sail has existed than the magnificent Courier. A 380-ton packet, the Courier was built in 1842 to sail the "Rio" or coffee-trade route betwen New York and Rio de Janeiro. She was small, but had three high masts equipped with billowing sails that gracefully propelled her across the sea. Her huge success as a Rio Trader launched the career of the man who built her, Donald McKay. Canadian born, MacKay went on to build such glorious clipper ships as the Lightning, Stag Hound, and Flying Cloud at his shipyard in East Boston, Massachusetts. Image Size: 22.5 x 25.5 in. Overall Size: 30 x 31.25 in. Framed behind plexi-glass (B06650)
Lot 138
Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "Ship Resolution & Discovery of Hawaii" Signed lower right. Oil on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 13c Captain James Cook stamp issued in 1978. After being thwarted in his search for a Northwest Passage, Cook returned to Hawaii for the winter in December, 1778. He had never encountered the Hawaii natives who, when they saw Cook, took him for a god. Cook's ships were swamped by natives who came to greet Cook and his men. Within a few days, however, the Hawaiians began to doubt the divine nature of their visitors. The disillusionment really began when an old seaman died and was buried ashore. Wrote one of Cook's men, "Watman's death destroyed their previous belief in our immortality, and this being lost, their reverence for us was gone." The Hawaiians began to resent Cook's presence, for they had smothered these "gods" with numerous gifts and fine food. Tension mounted, and both sides were relieved when Cook's ships departed. Three days out to sea, a gale damaged the Resolution's foremast and Cook was forced to return to Kealakekua Bay. This time there was no welcome party. In fact, incidents between Cook's men and the natives became commonplace. Then the Discovery's cutter was stolen by a native. On February 14, 1779, Cook and some of his men went ashore to straighten the matter out. Cook's intentions toward the natives were not hostile, but lack of communication and the already established resentment ruled the meeting. Hostility gave way to violence and in the ensuing riot Cook and four marines lost their lives. It was a regretful and senseless death for the greatest sea explorer of all time. Image Size: 18.75 x 18.25 in. Overall Size: 25 x 27 in. Unframed. (B06323)
Lot 140
Brian Sanders (British, B. 1937) "Rangoon Falls to Japanese Forces" Original Oil painting on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Marshall Islands 50c Rangoon Falls to Japanese 1942 stamp issued March 8, 1992. The Japanese high command saw Burma as a possible gateway to India and also intended to close the Burma Road, used to supply Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek's armies. In January of 1942, the Japanese 15th Army moved into Burma from Thailand and by February 23 threatened Rangoon. The poorly supplied ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) forces fought valiantly as long as possible, American General Joseph Stilwell arrived with reinforcements from Kai-shek's 5th and 6th armies, but to no avail. On March 6, Allied forces retreated from Rangoon under the supervision of British General Harold Alexander, initiating a scorched earth policy as they left. Two days later, Japanese troops entered the evacuated city. Size: 19.75 x 18.25 in. Unframed. (B13638)
Lot 145
David K. Stone (American, 1922 - 2001) "German Invasion" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 30? Invasion of Russia 1941 stamp issued June 22, 1991. Ever the master of betrayal, Adolf Hitler turned his troops against the Soviet Union -- a former ally -- on June 22, 1941. With all the swiftness and surprise that had become a German trademark, some three million men poured across the border and cut deeply into the heart of the mighty Red Army. By the day's end, LVI Panzer Corps under General Erich von Manstein had cut one hundred miles into northern Russia while invading armies in other parts of the Soviet Union experienced similar victories. To Hitler and his generals, this first day would be a jubilant one, but the elation was short-lived. As with Napoleon I before him, Hitler's invasion of Russia would be the beginning of the end. Image Size: 19.5 x 23.75 in. Overall Size: 24 x 26.75 in. Unframed. (B12733)
Lot 148
Erik Nitsche (Swiss, 1908 - 1998) "Large Spindle Piece Sculpture" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Great Britain Europa 1987 Modern Art - Architecture stamp issued May 12, 1987. This artwork features a bronze sculpture entitled "Large Spindle Piece" that was created by Henry Moore in 1969. Henry Moore was born at Castleford (Yorkshire), England in 1898. Between 1930 and 1945, he was known as the most important figure in British art. His international reputation became established in the 1940s, as he won many International Sculpture Prizes. Thoroughout his career, he had many public commissions, such as his Screening Wall and Draped Reclining Figure for the Time-Life Building in London. He also did work for numerous parks and churches. Moore once wrote, "For me a work must first have a vitality of its own ... an intense life of its own, independent of the object it may represent." As is apparent in this artwork, his work seems to balance a feeling of weight and repose with one of dynamic force. Henry Moore died in 1986. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 20 x 15 in. Unframed. (B10773)
Lot 314
George Sottung (American, 1927 - 1999) "Tourism Site of Pohnpei - Kepirohi Falls" Signed upper left. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Federated States of Micronesia First Day Cover for the 29c Tourism Sites in Pohnpei stamp issued October 5, 1993. A popular tourism site in Pohnpei is the falls of Kepirohi. Beautiful rushing waters cascade from a 70-foot drop into a lovely freshwater pool at the waterfall's base. Approximately 25 miles from Kolonia, this breathtaking scene is one of the most visited and photographed attractions in Micronesia. Image Size: 17.5 x 14.5 in. Overall Size: 20 x 17.25 in. Unframed. (B14469)
Lot 319
Paul Calle (American, 1928 - 2010) and Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "First Vote" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Signed lower right. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. Image Size: 8.5 x 15.75 in. Overall Size: 20 x 23 in. Unframed. (B17396 / B17397)
Lot 322
Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "Native American Culture" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the U.S. 29c Native American Culture stamp issued October 18, 1994. In 1840, there were probably around 300,000 Indians and 30 distinct tribes in what is now the Western United States. Some Indians were nomadic hunters who followed the buffalo, while others were primarily farmers. The Pueblo Indians lived in sprawling apartment complexes constructed of adobe, while the nomadic tribes usually lived in tipis made of buffalo hides. The Cheyenne enjoyed a meal of dog meat, but the Comanches felt eating dog was as bad as eating one's own grandmother. For the Kiowa, dining on bear was taboo. The men of most plains Indians tribes were trained from birth to fight, and manhood was measured by their boldness in battle. The scalps the braves took from their enemies were symbols of pride and worn or displayed as trophies. It was also honorable to steal another tribe's horses. But the bravest act of all was the scoring of coups -- touching or striking an enemy by hand or weapon. The women were taught to sustain the warriors, sharing in victory celebrations and slashing their bodies as an expression of grief for those who died in battle. Perhaps the Cherokees, who considered all men as brothers, were the most adaptable of the Indian tribes. They set up their own school system and published Oklahoma's first newspaper, learning early to integrate themselves into the white man's way of life, while their neighbors on the Great Plains were still fighting and dying to preserve their heritage. The Indians were too few and too poorly armed to fend off the massive waves of intruders. Image Size: 19 x 16.75 in. Overall Size: 23.25 x 20.25 in. Unframed. (B14838)
Lot 323
Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "William T. Sherman" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Signed lower right. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the 32c William T. Sherman Classic Collection Series stamp issued June 29, 1995. William Tecumseh Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840, sixth in a class of 42, and first in demerits. In 1853, he resigned from the "dull, tame life" of the army only to fail over the next few years as a banker and lawyer. He became superintendent of the state military academy in Louisiana, but resigned when Louisiana seceded from the Union. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a commission in the Union Army as colonel. His first battle experience was at Bull Run, where Union troops were routed, convincing Sherman that he was unfit for independent command. Abraham Lincoln felt differently, promoting him to brigadier general. During the early part of the war, Sherman was often nervous and confused, even called "crazy" by one newspaper. He was soon recognized for his special talent in military tactics, and worked closely on the plans for General Ulysses Grant's campaign. In March 1864, Grant became commander of all Union armies and Sherman was assigned to command in the South. After a long siege, he occupied Atlanta, then marched with 62,000 men on a broad swath through Georgia, ravaging the countryside and leaving the South psychologically devastated. "War is hell" is the statement attributed to him. After the war, when Grant became president, Sherman was named general-in-chief of the army. When an attempt was made to draft him as a presidential candidate in 1884, he responded with characteristic succinctness, "I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected." Image Size: 14 x 12.25 in. Overall Size: 23 x 18 in. Unframed. (B15202)
Lot 324
Tom McNeely (Canadian, B. 1935) "Sequoyah" Original Watercolor painting. Signed lower right. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 19c Sequoyah stamp issued December 27, 1980. Born and raised a Cherokee, Sequoyah never spoke English, yet he watched in awe and wonderment as the white man looked at "talking leaves" and the leaves spoke to him. To be able to glance at a sheet full of another person's thoughts was like "catching a wild animal and taming it," he reasoned. He yearned to document his tribe's speech so that the leaves could speak to his people too. Sequoyah felt certain that this was the key to freedom from the white man. In 1809, Sequoyah tried representing tribal words with small animal figures and symbols, but the list grew hopelessly long. Next, he broke the words into syllables and designated symbols for each one. For twelve years he tirelessly labored toward his dream, often using a charred stick on a piece of bark as his writing tools. In 1821, he was ready to put his syllabary to the test. Men whispered a message to Sequoyah's child and the child wrote the message. Then, without faltering, Sequoyah read the message aloud. The skeptics were forever silenced. Soon, thousands of Indians mastered the eighty-six characters and could read and write. Sadly, despite this written language and Sequoyah's dream of freedom, white men still considered Cherokees as savages, to be relocated at their whim. Fortunately, today the Indian civilization is more highly regarded. In fact, the great Sequoyah is namesake to California's Sequoia National Park. Image Size: 17.5 x 15.25 in. Overall Size: 28.25 x 22 in. Unframed. (B06872)
Lot 327
Donald Moss (American, 1920 - 2010) "Babe Ruth" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 20c Babe Ruth stamp issue of July 6, 1983. In 1895, George Herman Ruth began life in the humble surroundings of his home in Baltimore, Maryland. Throughout his youth, he excelled in many sports, but soon developed an exceptional talent for baseball. In fact, his talent was so incredible that, in 1914, he was persuaded to play professional baseball for the Baltimore Orioles ... being promised a $600 a year salary, plus his first new suit of clothes. During the first several years of his professional career, Ruth's teammates gave him the nickname "Babe," mainly because he was so shy and naive to the ways of the world. However, his innocence did not stop Babe Ruth from becoming one of the world's greatest athletes of all time. During his remarkable career, which stretched from 1914 to 1935, "the Babe" gained great expertise in a number of areas. He was one of the best pitchers of his day ... credited with pitching many "no-hitters." In addition, he was equally talented in the outfield. However, above all other accomplishments, Babe Ruth will always be remembered as one of the greatest home run hitters in baseball history. During his outstanding career, Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs and is credited with over 2,200 runs batted in ... a record that earned him the title, "The Sultan of Swat." Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 21.75 x 18.5 in. Unframed. (B08106)
Lot 331
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Duke Ellington" Signed lower left. Original Original Oil painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 22c Duke Ellington stamp issued April 29, 1986. Edward Kennedy Ellington, born April 29, 1899, in Washington D.C., was known to his childhood friends as "the Duke." He began studying piano at the age of seven, and by the time he had reached his teens, was greatly influenced by ragtime pianists. At the age of seventeen, Duke Ellington began his professional career. In 1923 he moved to New York where he led a small group of musicians, who later became the core of his big band. Duke Ellington's first important engagement came just three years later when he and his raspy jazz ensemble performed at the world-renowned Cotton Club in Harlem. After becoming quite successful at the club, Ellington's band made its first European tour in 1932. The golden era for the band was from 1939 to 1942, when many critics considered its performances unrivaled by any other jazz ensemble. As a composer, Ellington was responsible for numerous works that achieved popular success ... and he believed that his orchestra was the truest expression of his creative vision. Indeed, although he was known as an innovative jazz pianist, Duke Ellington's real importance lay in the wonderful music he composed. During his lifetime, he created more than nine hundred compositions. Image Size: 15.75 x 13.75 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B10172)
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Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Sitting Bull" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood Sitting Bull Commemorative Cover postmarked March 31, 1983. Of all American Indians, none is so well known as Sitting Bull, the outstanding leader and holy man of the Teton Sioux. Born on Grand River in South Dakota in the 1830's (March 31, 1834 is one conjecture), he was of the Hunkpapa subtribe. Like most of his tribesmen, Sitting Bull avoided the whites who came from the East. Then in 1863 and 1864, after the Santee Sioux uprising, soldiers marched on punitive expeditions onto the Dakota plains, and Sitting Bull was forced into military action. A seeker of visions, a singer of songs, an accomplished artist, a warrior and a prophet, Sitting Bull was also one of the first to link the survival of his people with the buffalo. He led his followers westward into the buffalo-rich Powder River country where he joined Red Cloud in driving soldiers from forts along the Bozeman Trail. Then he moved northward to the Yellowstone valley, uniting tribes who defied the reservation system. On June 25, 1876, Custer found Sitting Bull and his followers camped on the Little Big Horn. As a result of the warriors' victory, so many military expeditions were sent in pursuit of the Indians that Sitting Bull fled to Canada. On July 19, 1881, he returned to the U.S., surrendered as a prisoner of war, and was released to join his people on the Standing Rock reservation. On December 15, 1890, during the turbulence of the Ghost Dance movement, he was shot to death when reservation authorities attempted to place him under arrest. Image Size: 15.25 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 19.25 in. Unframed. (B06969)
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Jack Fellows (American, B. 1941) "North American F-86 Sabre" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the First Day Cover for the Republic of the Marshall Islands 32c F-86 Sabre stamp issued July 19, 1997. The F-86 Sabre was the first American swept-wing fighter jet. Exceedingly fast, the prototype became the first American fighter to break the sound barrier. Used extensively in the Korean War, the F-86 racked up more than 800 kills by war's end. Image Size: 16.5 x 14 in. Overall Size: 18 x 15.5 in. Unframed. (B15697)
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