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This RARE and GENUINE, 19th. C. 1880s Wells Fargo Express Co. box remains in 100% original untouched condition including its strong original blue paint. This box was made for Wells Fargo by a Buffalo NY Co. makers name and address is stenciled on the inside cover, "MANFD BY GEO C LANKIER BUFFALO NY BOX # 18563" and was found in a barn in W. Massachusetts. As one would expect with both a box this size and for the type of usage that was expected of it by a company with very high standards, this box was built like a vault. Its hand forged iron straps, hinges and reinforced sides and corners are hot riveted on. The box was painted and stenciled with the Wells Fargo Express Co. name "before" the box was assembled. The heavy spring loaded locking hasp is also hand forged, a beautiful piece of work all in itself. Spring loaded so it remains closed even without a lock. This rare box is 100% original and authenticated by a San Francisco collector of Wells Fargo...This box was used on trains and freight wagons..You won't find a better and safer investment than this box. The paint remains strong at 90+%. . Opportunities to buy original Wells Fargo Express pieces like this are few and far between. The box weighs close to 100 lbs, I will help locate a shipping co. for you. Authenticity, as with all my inventory, 100% Reduced from $3500, $2275.00guaranteed. Thanks for looking. 413 458 5852 days
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American CPPonflowerful New York publisher Greeley, is an important “contemporary history of the war steeped in the emphatic ideals of slavery and freedom.” In the first of these two handsomely illustrated volumes, Greeley records “his version of the entire history of the nation from 1776 to the second year of the Civil War. The second analyzes the final three years of the war and includes substantial material on emancipation and the crushing of the rebellion… Greeley traces the seeds of the war and includes a large cache of public documents and speeches to make his case. Failed compromise is the predominating theme… Composed during the war, the work is particularly notable for the presentation of predictions about the years to come, particularly regarding the slavery question”, A “fair and certainly honest history of the events and “is still important to Civil War scholars. Besides offering extensive accounts of battlefield events, Greeley traced compassionately the troubled story of African Americans”. Greeley’s “furnishing of bail for Jefferson Davis after the war brought a storm of abuse upon him and killed the sale of his book”. Thousands of subscriptions were cancelled and even early editions are scarce. Vol. I's cover has separated some, Vol. II is fine, both Vols come with a clear dust jacket which will help that Vol.I's cover will not further separate. All pages and text are fine. A very scarce set of historical books, worthy on historian's book shelf. $225.00 -
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Here's a little 17th C child's rocker made by someone with no chair building skills except a desire to make a chair for a very special little someone. . This represents a time when not only didn't people have the extra money to buy things but also a time that there were no furniture outlets. Whatever furniture that was found within the home was most likely all hand made from whatever local material was at hand, mostly maple as what's found in this chair. This thing is primitive, its is lovely, it is special and it is, one of a kind.... You can even still find traces of paint highlights where the maker tried to decorate parts of it. After seeing the photo's I think you'll agree, this would be called, "cabin made". Someone probably sat by the fire at night after a day in the fields and supper, whittling down the spindles, hand shaping the seat, adding a little paint highlights.. I wish I could of seen that little someone rocking by the hearth. $475.00 -
Set of four, Canadian Snowshoe chairs in original butter milk paint. The chairs are in VG shape for late 19th.C, somewhat short seat height at 15". They are very useble and solid, one chair has a very old and very stable repair to one upright toward toward the top but fits right in. All mortised joints typical of early Canadian made primitive furniture. If you looking for a primitive and sweet set of chairs to go with that small dinning or kitchen area, these might very well fit the bill. $400.00 -
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Nice early working decoy, circa 1910-20 canvas back, could tell many stories I'm sure. Lots of old over paint, eyes are painted in, long thin lead weight countersunk into bottom. Very pleasing representation of early New England decoy. 295.00 -
L Norton& Son, Bennington, Vt. Loomis lived in Williamstown, Ma., {my home town as well as my families home for the last 147 years} before moving his family 20 miles north into Vt. where he began his pottery business. This sweet little 1 gal. jug, beautiful in its ovoid form carries one of the earlest bennington marks after bringing s son into the business. This little jug is flawless. $225.00
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