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Lot 319

Antique Pictorial Texas Items (6)

Estimate: $300 - $400
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,500 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(6) Antique Texas graphic arts items to include (2) daguerrotype portraits of soldier posed with his revolver, and other depicting small boy, ca. mid to late 19th century, with one including handwritten "E C Cathey's Daguerreotype"

(2) Metal plate engravings by James Smillie (New York, 1833-1909), to include:

-"Military Plaza - San Antonio, Texas", drawn by Arthur Schott (Germany / America, 1814-1875) and engraved by James D. Smillie, pl. 47, image used as the frontispiece of Vol. 1, Pt. 1 of "Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey", printed in 1857

-"Brownsville - Texas", drawn by John E. Weyss (America, ca. 1820-1903)

(2) Lithographs in color by Sarony, Major & Knapp (New York) to include "Prairie of the Antelope" and "Falls of the Rio Salado"

plate: 5.5 x 8.5 in., frame: 9 x 11 in. / largest

Condition: Vintage condition, daguerreotypes are loose in framing (larger one is disassembled); "Prairie of the Antelope" lithograph has water staining to lower border of paper

Provenance: Property from a Fredericksburg, Texas antiques collector

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