RARE 1864 PHILADELPHIA GREAT CENTRAL FAIR MEMORABILIA ASSORTMENT.

RARE 1864 PHILADELPHIA GREAT CENTRAL FAIR MEMORABILIA ASSORTMENT. Item 1) Photographically-illustrated book – Stille, Charles J. “Memorial of the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission“, Held at Philadelphia, June 1864. Quarto. 211 pp. Three orig mounted photographs. Orig cloth binding with gilt decorations on spine and front board. This rare and interesting book also contains a transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s address given at the Central Fair. Item 2) The four page orig official printed letter from the Sanitary Commission in Philadelphia dated March 1, 1864 to all residents of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey asking “every workshop, factory and mill for a specimen of the best thing it can turn out; on every artist great and small; for one of his creations; on all loyal women for the exercise of their taste and industry; on farmers for the products of their fields and dairies. The miner, the naturalist, the man of science, the traveler, can each send something that can, at the very least, be converted into a blanket that will warm, and may save from death, some one soldier …”. Item 3) The orig four page 5-5/8″ X 8-3/4″ Great Central Fair Restaurant Menu with an art drawing of the fair on the back cover. The “Meals a la carte” menu includes Oyster soup @ $0.25, Lobster Salad @ $0.30, Chicken Salad @ $0.50, Hot Roast Beef @ $0.35, and Porterhouse steak @ $0.60. Drinks were more expensive with Champagne @ $4.00, Cognac @ $10.00, and Philadelphia Ale @ $0.25. Item 4) An orig 9 x 6-3/8″ twelve page Philadelphia Sanitary Commission Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 29 dated January 1, 1864. An orig eight page 12-1/4″ x 9-1/2″ inch newsletter “Our Daily Fare” No. 12 dated Tuesday June 21, 1864 in Philadelphia during the course of the fair with two art drawings of the fare. Four copper souvenir 11/16” diameter coins from the fair with a bust of Washington on the obverse and “Great Central Fair Philadelphia 1864” on the reverse. CONDITION: Item 1) Ex-Library, with unobtrusive ink numbers on lower spine; a few spine chips; overall very good and tight. Item 2) Good but yellowed with age. Item 3) Good but yellowed with age. Item 4) All Good but paper yellowed with age and wear on coins. 4-39958 RG3 (400-800)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2370	$517.50	RARE 1864 PHILADELPHIA GREAT CENTRAL FAIR MEMORABILIA ASSORTMENT. Item 1) Photographically-illustrated book – Stille, Charles J. “Memorial of the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission“, Held at Philadelphia, June 1864. Quarto. 211 pp. Three orig mounted photographs. Orig cloth binding with gilt decorations on spine and front board. This rare and interesting book also contains a transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s address given at the Central Fair. Item 2) The four page orig official printed letter from the Sanitary Commission in Philadelphia dated March 1, 1864 to all residents of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey asking “every workshop, factory and mill for a specimen of the best thing it can turn out; on every artist great and small; for one of his creations; on all loyal women for the exercise of their taste and industry; on farmers for the products of their fields and dairies. The miner, the naturalist, the man of science, the traveler, can each send something that can, at the very least, be converted into a blanket that will warm, and may save from death, some one soldier …”. Item 3) The orig four page 5-5/8″ X 8-3/4″ Great Central Fair Restaurant Menu with an art drawing of the fair on the back cover. The “Meals a la carte” menu includes Oyster soup @ $0.25, Lobster Salad @ $0.30, Chicken Salad @ $0.50, Hot Roast Beef @ $0.35, and Porterhouse steak @ $0.60. Drinks were more expensive with Champagne @ $4.00, Cognac @ $10.00, and Philadelphia Ale @ $0.25. Item 4) An orig 9 x 6-3/8″ twelve page Philadelphia Sanitary Commission Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 29 dated January 1, 1864. An orig eight page 12-1/4″ x 9-1/2″ inch newsletter “Our Daily Fare” No. 12 dated Tuesday June 21, 1864 in Philadelphia during the course of the fair with two art drawings of the fare. Four copper souvenir 11/16” diameter coins from the fair with a bust of Washington on the obverse and “Great Central Fair Philadelphia 1864” on the reverse. CONDITION: Item 1) Ex-Library, with unobtrusive ink numbers on lower spine; a few spine chips; overall very good and tight. Item 2) Good but yellowed with age. Item 3) Good but yellowed with age. Item 4) All Good but paper yellowed with age and wear on coins. 4-39958 RG3 (400-800) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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