Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 94

Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

19th Century Engraving Plates

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 494		Engraving Plate, Native American and the First Train. Engraving plate titled "First Train" depicts three Native Americans atop a hill remarking upon a train they see traversing the valley below. American Bank Note Co., V 49231, 19th century. 4½ x 3". $2,200 - 2,500 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 495		Engraving Plate, "Two". Engraving plate with handsome vignette featuring a pair of matrons stationed amidst monumental letters to spell the word "Two".V 39670, 19th century. 3¾ x 2¼". $2,000 - 2,500 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 496		Engraving Plate, Native American Harpooning a Shark. On this engraving plate, an intrepid native American brave seated at the helm of a canoe raises his weapon to vanquish a shark while two awe-struck passengers look on. V-40406, 19th century. 5½ x 2¾". $1,500 - 1,700 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 497		Engraving Plate, "Hail, Columbia" Sheet Music Cover. This dramatic cover art engraving plate for sheet music to an unofficial national anthem (prior to 1931, when "The Star Spangled Banner" was officially recognized) pictures Lady Columbia -- the personification of the United States and of Liberty itself -- triumphantly driving a four-horse chariot over an abstracted, global view of North America. 19th century. 13½ x 11½". $1,500 - 1,700 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 498		Engraving Plate, Native American Braves and Progress. Engraving plate titled "Progress" features a pair of Native American warriors, each armed with bow and arrow, observing signs of industrialization against the backdrop of the American landscape. American Bank Note Co., V 47103, 19th century. 6¾ x 4". $1,500 - 2,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 499		Engraving Plate, Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Engraving plate after the oil on canvas painting (1815-1831) by John Trumbull (1756�1843). An iconic image of the American Revolutionary War. V 46388, TC Co., 19th century. 4½ x 2½". $1,200 - 1,400 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 500		Engraving Plate, Native American Braves and Progress. Engraving plate features an allegorical vignette of a loosely draped maiden, one breast bared, using a distaff and spindle to spin thread. American Bank Note Company, Int B.N Co., V-49884. 5 x 6". $1,200 - 1,400 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 501		Engraving Plate, Lady Columbia. Engraving plate bearing allegorical vignette of Lady Columbia, identifiable by her laurel wreath headdress with central star, as well as her classically draped robe with additional stars and stripes. American Bank Note Company, Int. B.N. Co., V-49934, 19th century. 5 x 6". $1,200 - 1,400 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 502		Engraving Plate, Native American Family in a Canoe. This engraving plate bears a scene of a native American man, woman, and child enjoying a canoe leisurely ride, the picturesque, early American landscape filling the distance behind them. V 40465, 19th century. 5 x 2½". $1,100 - 1,300 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 503		Engraving Plate, Storming Stony Point, 1779. Engraving plate with an engaging depiction of the nighttime assault and defeat of a British outpost by Continental troops under the leadership of General "Mad Anthony" Wayne during the American Revolutionary War. V 47433, American Bank Note Co., 19th century. 4 x 2¾". $1,000 - 1,200 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 504		Engraving Cylinder Die, American Bank Note Company. Ten Dollar Bank Note engraving cylinder die with a central roundel featuring a profile depiction of Lady Columbia in her characteristic Phrygian cap and classically draped robes. 76767, "Series of 1929. Diameter: 3". Height: 3". $1,000 - 1,200 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $625
Lot 505		Engraving Plate, The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Engraving plate for the company stock certificate header. Beneath the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe banner, modern and antequated trains flank the central roundel image of a native American chief wearing an flambuoyant feathered headdress. American Bank Note Company, Special and Combination V-93228 / Laydown from V-44477. 11 x 6". $1,000 - 1,500 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 506		Engraving Plate, Native American Warriors Take Up Arms. Engraving plate bears a scene of Native American braves preparing for battle: at left, one man, bow in hand and quiver of arrows on his back, has already mounted his warhorse, while three others join him, exiting a settlement with weapons at the ready. V 37691, 19th century. 6 x 4". $1,000 - 1,200 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 507		Engraving Plate, Native American Man in a Canoe. Engraving plate bears a quant river scene of a Native American man paddling a canoe along a river bounded by lush plantlife. Sailboats, architecture, and people are detectable in the background. 19th century. 5½ x 2". $1,000 - 1,200 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 508		Engraving Plate, Native American Aboriginal. Engraving plate titled "Aboriginal" depicts a Native American man holding a bow and seated on a rocky outcropping in a lush outdoor scape, his right food elevated to rest atop his quarry, the great, crumpled body of a sharp-clawed bear. American Bank Note Co., V 47430, 19th century. 3 x 4". $1,000 - 1,200 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 509		Engraving Plate, Native American Chief. Engraving plate bears a handsome profile portrait vignette of a Native American chief, wearing an elaborate, voluminously feathered headdress. American Bank Note Company, V 43324, 19th century. 3½ x 4". $900 - 1,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 510		Engraving Plate, Justice and Loyalty. Engraving plate with allegorical vignette titled "Justice and Loyalty" depicts a forgrounded classically draped maiden bearing scales of justice and a sword with Union soldiers and American flags in the background. American Bank Note Co., V 47528, 19th century. 2¼ x 4½". $900 - 1,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 511		Engraving Plate, Native American Mounted Braves Watch Passing Train. Engraving plate bears a depiction of two armed Native American men in the foreground observing the passing of a train the the distance. V 40473, 19th century. 4 x 2". $900 - 1,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 512		Engraving Plate, 3. Engraving plate depicts a single maiden posed within a scrolling number "3". V-39699, 19th century. 2 x 2½". $800 - 1,200 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 513		Engraving Plate, 5. On this engraving plate, five maidens with varied attributes, from the martial to the judicial, pose in and around a monumental number "5". V-32858, Rawdon Wright Hatch & Edson, 19th century. 2 x 3¾". $800 - 1,200 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 514		Engraving Plate, Fifty Dollars. Engraving plate with boldly shadowed lettering spelling out "Fifty Dollars" just outside the frame of a lush landscape inhabited by a kneeling native American, his bow drawn and attention focused on a target above. V-40298, 19th century. 2¾ x 3½". $800 - 1,200 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 515		Engraving Plate, Locomotive On The Curve. Engraving plate depicts the front of a locomotive rounding a bend in a wooded landscape. Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., V 48658, 19th century. 5¼ x 4". $800 - 1,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 516		Engraving Plate, Native American Spearing a Fish. Engraving plate depicts a Native American man, intent on prey swimming in the water below, capably taking aim with his spear V-40438, 19th century. 2 x 3". $800 - 1,000 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 517		Engraving Plate, Alamo. Engraving plate features the iconic facade of the Alamo, the site of a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. American Bank Note Co., Special V 44248, 19th century. 3½ x 3". $700 - 800 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 518		Engraving Plate, American Bald Eage Overcomes a Bear. This engraving plate bears an allegorical vignette of an American eagle majestically swooping down, wings fully extended, to dominate a snarling bear. "1900" / 3777 / V 37811, circa 1900. 6 x 4". $600 - 800 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 519		Engraving Plate, On the Road. Engraving plate titled "On the Road" bears the scene of a horse-mounted gentleman galloping alongside a riderless horse on a quiet country road. National Bank Note Co., V 49444, 19th century. 5 x 2½". $600 - 800 The J.A. Sherman Collection, Stack's August 5, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 520		Engraving Plate, 20. Engraving plate with central number "20" populated by a pair of frolicking putti and supported by two classically draped, winged maidens. V 45833 / P774, 19th century. 4½ x 2¼". $500 - 600 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 521		Engraving Plate, Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis. (1731-1802). Engraving plate featurs a handsome portrait vignette of the first First Lady with her signature below. Duplicate P_0107, 19th century. 4½ x 4". $400 - 700 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 522		Engraving Plate, Stutz Motor Company, Inc. Engraving plate features two classically styled maiden's flanking the car company's central logo. American Bank Note Company, Special V-69787, Laydowns from V-48082 & V-48811. 10 x 5½". $400 - 500 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 523		Engraving Plate, 4. Engraving plate with stacked roundels encompassing scripted numerals "4" above and below the central depiction of a seafaring vessel, perhaps a clipper. 19th century. 1¾ x 4". $300 - 500 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 524		Engraving Cylinder Die, The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Engraving cylinder die features a central shield emblazoned with the railway company's name rendered in bold font. On either side, scenes of railway stations populated by busy travelers, railway employees, and the trains themselves unfold. HAC280 / 69685. Diameter: 2¾". Height: 4". $300 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $263
Lot 525		Engraving Plate, V. The iconic American bald eagle clutches a pair of crossed American flags behind five roundels featuring portraits of the first five presidents of the United States arranged in a striking "V" formation. V 45940, 19th century. 2½ x 3¼". $300 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 526		Engraving Plate, V. Engraving plate features a classically draped maiden holding a gathered bunch of grain seated at the center of an ornate, foliated "V". V 46149, 19th century. 3¾ x 3". $300 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 527		Engraving Plate, 5 / Five. Engraving plate with a monumental but delicately scrolling number "5" in the foreground and a river scene with paddlewheel steamer and urban center receding into the background. TC Co., V 46549, 19th century. 2½ x 4". $300 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 528		Engraving Plate, 5. On this engraving plate, the emblematic American bald eagle takes flight before a scrolling, monumental number "5" while a ribbon bearing the de facto American motto "E Pluribus Unum" swirls in the air before the mighty bird. 19th century. 1¾ x 3". $200 - 300 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 529		Engraving Plate, Native American Profile. This engraving plate bears the profile portrait of a native American man presented in a decorative roundel. Possibly designed for Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company. "46 / Private / 7424", 19th century. 5½ x 3¾". $200 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $125
Lot 530		Engraving Plate, X. Engraving plate with a pair of heavily draped maidens bearing compass and caduceus flanking a monumental "X", anvil and hammer at their feet. V 45838 / P-754, 19th century. 2½ x 3½". $200 - 300 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 531		Engraving Plate, Aligator and Steamer. Engraving plate scene features in the foreground a fearsome aligator entering a body of water, and in the background a steamboat named "Alabama" flying a mid-19th century design of the U.S. flag. V 41166, 19th century. 3½ x 2¼". $200 - 400 The Brooklyn Sale, Stack's March 20-21, 2007. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 532		Engraving Plate, Five Dollars On Demand. Book-ended by Roman numerals "V", the boldly lettered words "Five Dollars / On Demand" appear on this engraving plate. 19th century. 5¼ x 2½". $100 The Norweb Collection, Stack's November 7-9, 2006. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $66
Lot 533		Sumerian Collared Stamp Seal with Ibex. Sumerian collared stamp seal with a high dome and flat base engraved with a striding ibex surrounded by drilled dot decoration fashioned from a polished, black and white veined hard stone. Ca. late Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, 3300-2900 B.C. ¾" diameter at base (one collar chipped). For close parallels see Erlenmeyer Coll., Christies, London, 6 June 1989, Lots 245, 246 for shape, stone type; also second paragraph, p. 30, top, and seal impressions, p. 58, bottom, #225, third from left for drilled decoration. $500 - 700 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 534		Sumerian Prism Seal. Sumerian three-sided prism seal of a light beige smooth stone drilled through the long axis for suspension. The three faces of the seal form slightly rounded rectangles: the first bears the image of a roaring lion with tail raised over its back, the second shows a crouching hare with short tail and open mouth, the third bears a depiction of a tall bird standing upright with feathers and upright tall tail indicated by short strokes. Late Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, 3300-2900 B.C. ¾" long. $500 - 700 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold