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CIGNA Firefighting and Maritimes Objects from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

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Lot 289

Fedor Encke (New York, 1851-1936), oil on canvas p

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$400 - $500

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$750

Lot 290

Charles Noel Flagg (New York, 1848-1916), oil on c

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$500 - $800

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$1,500

Lot 291

American oil on canvas portrait of Lucius J. Hende

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$400 - $600

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$650

Lot 292

Philadelphia oil on canvas portrait of John Inskee

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$400 - $800

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$1,100

Lot 293

William McGregor Paxton (American, 1869-1941), oil

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$400 - $600

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$5,500

Lot 294

John McLure Hamilton (Pennsylvania, 1853-1936), oi

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$400 - $600

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$5,000

Lot 295

Painted wood model of Philadelphia Hope Company 17

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$300 - $500

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$600

Lot 296

Twenty-seven Philadelphia fire department paintede

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$800 - $1,200

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$450

Lot 297

Six American painted leather fire hats, 19th c., t

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$300 - $500

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$1,700

Lot 298

Wood model of a hand pumper, mid 20th c., 13 3/4".

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$200 - $300

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$50

Lot 299

Wood model of an 18th c. style European hand pumpe

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$200 - $400

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$500

Lot 300

Twenty-six Philadelphia fire department painted le

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$800 - $1,200

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$500

Lot 301

J.E. Caldwell & Co. sterling silver pen and ink st

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$1,400

Lot 302

Six gimbaled fire torches, 19th c., one in copper.

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$200 - $400

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$100

Lot 303

Eleven painted leather fire shields, 19th c., insc

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$400 - $600

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$2,400

Lot 304

Iron engine bell, 19th c., 9 1/2" h., together wit

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$300 - $500

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$375

Lot 305

Collection of four fire trumpets, 19th c. to inclu

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$300 - $600

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$1,400

Lot 306

Painted wood and metal model of a spider type hand

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$400 - $700

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$1,700

Lot 307

Three fire trumpets, 19th c., one silver plated an

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$400 - $800

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$500

Lot 308

Nickel plated model of a ca. 1860 horse drawn stea

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$1,000 - $1,500

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$750

Lot 309

Three maritime engravings of American interest ton

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$400 - $700

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$550

Lot 310

Two Nathaniel Currier chromolithographs from the L

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$200 - $400

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$700

Lot 311

Three maritime engravings After Thomas Birch to in

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$400 - $700

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$1,700

Lot 312

Two Italian engravings of ships, together with two

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$300 - $500

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$600

Lot 313

Four early maritime engravings to include The HMS

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$400 - $700

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$700

Lot 314

Painted wood model of an American merchant clipper

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$400 - $700

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$550

Lot 315

Norman Guthrie Rudolph (American, 1900-1985), wate

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$200 - $400

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$100

Lot 316

Raymond Neilson (American, 1881-1964), oil on canv

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$200 - $400

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$250

Lot 317

Nikol Schattenstein (American/Russian, 1877-1954),

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$300 - $500

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$225

Lot 318

American oil on canvas portrait of Richard D. Wood

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$300 - $500

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$550

Lot 319

Oil on canvas portrait of John Stille, Director of

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$300 - $500

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$500

Lot 320

Harold Abbott Green (American, 1883-1969), oil ona

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$400 - $600

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$475

Lot 321

American oil on canvas portrait of Stephen Girard,

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$300 - $500

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$250

Lot 322

Hugh Henry Breckenridge (Pennsylvania 1870-1937),i

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$1,000 - $1,500

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$8,000

Lot 323

Philadelphia oil on canvas portrait of Magnus Mill

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$1,000 - $1,500

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$1,800

Lot 324

Adolphe Borie (American/French, 1877-1934), oil on

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$400 - $800

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$4,400

Lot 325

Pair of French carved walnut ship's quarter galler

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$4,000 - $8,000

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$44,000

Lot 326

Patinated bronze figure of Hercules and Cerberus,9

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$1,000 - $1,500

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$3,600

Lot 327

Pair of brass fire engine bells, ca. 1900, each wi

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$500 - $1,000

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$1,100

Lot 328

Collection of twenty-one Philadelphia Fire Departm

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$400 - $700

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$350

Lot 329

1840-1860 style painted wood and iron model of a h

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$400 - $800

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$2,400

Lot 330

Wood and brass model of a hand drawn third size ho

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$1,000 - $1,500

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$3,200

Lot 331

Five American painted leather fire hats, 19th c.,h

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$400 - $600

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$1,300

Lot 332

Painted wood model of an 1865 style horse drawn ci

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$500 - $1,000

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$1,600

Lot 333

Massive bronze thermometer for the Insurance Compa

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$300 - $500

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$750

Lot 334

Massive bronze thermometer for the Philadelphia Fi

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$400 - $600

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$1,700

Lot 335

Massive bronze thermometer for the Alliance Insura

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$400 - $600

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$800

Lot 336

Painted metal model of a hook and ladder sled, ca.

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$600 - $900

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$2,600

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CIGNA Firefighting and Maritimes Objects from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

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