August 2011 pickup thread

[matty39]

Picked up six extremely rare 1936-38 bf3s. Note the Dimaggio spelling.

[slidekellyslide]

Not baseball, but a very cool Civil War era scrapbook that has a handwritten Confederate General Order, a piece of a rebel flag and flower picked up from the battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), a piece of the curtain from the Marshall House where Col. Ellsworth was murdered, and lots of Confederate notes. For those that don't know Ellsworth is the first officer of the North to be killed in the war..he was a very good friend of Abraham Lincoln. Union Soldiers in the weeks after Ellsworth's death collected souvenirs at the Marshall House where he was killed. Anyone know what something like this might be worth?

[vintagesportflips]

Very cool scrapbook Dan. I have read alot about the civil war, and am familiar with the story of Ellsworth - If I recall correctly, he went into a hotel in Virginia that was hanging a Confederate flag, and cut it down, but was shot by one of its inhabitants on the way out.
Is your scrapbook attributed to anyone specific?

[packs]

That scrapbook is incredible.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by kjjavic

Very cool scrapbook Dan. I have read alot about the civil war, and am familiar with the story of Ellsworth - If I recall correctly, he went into a hotel in Virginia that was hanging a Confederate flag, and cut it down, but was shot by one of its inhabitants on the way out.
Is your scrapbook attributed to anyone specific?

There is a bit of grass that has a small story about where it was picked and is signed "L.S. Bishop"..another name that pops up is under the flower it says it was picked after the battle by "Mrs Kent". I wonder if Shiloh was one of those battles that had spectators?

[oriolesbb6]

I think a conservative estimate would be 1-3k in an average estate auction.

[Mark]

The letter from Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner alone has some value.

[herkyhawkeye]

I would guess you could get quite a bit of value for that book.

I have that same Ellswoth CDV picture and I would guess that alone is in the $125-$150 range. I would have no idea what the dried flower or the swatch of the Confed flag would be worth but both would command some decent money and dont even get me started on a original Confederate General Order. did pretty well.

[Scott Garner]

[QUOTE=slidekellyslide;916740]Not baseball, but a very cool Civil War era scrapbook that has a handwritten Confederate General Order, a piece of a rebel flag and flower picked up from the battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), a piece of the curtain from the Marshall House where Col. Ellsworth was murdered, and lots of Confederate notes. For those that don't know Ellsworth is the first officer of the North to be killed in the war..he was a very good friend of Abraham Lincoln. Union Soldiers in the weeks after Ellsworth's death collected souvenirs at the Marshall House where he was killed. Anyone know what something like this might be worth?

Wow Dan!! What an incredible scrapbook! I don't collect stuff like this, but I can appreciate something so historic. Congrats!