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Sell Your Charleston Mercury Broadside

Did you know that the Charleston Mercury was critical of Jefferson Davis and the Confederate generals, where its competitor, the Charleston Courier, was for them?  And because of the Charleston Mercury’s secessionist views, the famous Charleston Mercury broadside appeared and made history.

Below are some recent realized prices for a Charleston Mercury Broadside item. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

In 2017 , a Charleston Mercury broadside sold for almost $25,000 in damaged condition

In 2016, a Charleston Mercury broadside sold for $35,000 in great condition

In 2009, a Charleston Mercury broadside sold for over $75,000 in near mint condition

In 2001, a Charleston Mercury broadside sold for just over $10,000 in damaged condition

Here is a similar Charleston Mercury broadside:

The first published Confederate imprint of secession, from the Charleston Mercury.

We, at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to $30,000 to $80,000 for you for your Charleston Mercury broadside.  Please email [email protected].

The following are some items we have sold at auction:

Abraham Lincoln Signed CDV as President — John Hay Certifies Signature as Authentic on Verso

Exceptionally rare Abraham Lincoln signed carte-de-visite photograph, taken by Alexander Gardner in 1861 and signed as President. Signed ”A. Lincoln” below the seated portrait of Lincoln. John Hay, Lincoln’s private secretary, authenticates the signature upon the verso by writing, ”I certify that the President’s signature is genuine / John Hay”. With ”Brady’s National Portrait Gallery” backstamp. Measures 2.5” x 3.75”. Very good with some foxing and wear, but with a strong signature by Lincoln. With provenance from Profiles in History and with a COA from Charles Hamilton. Sold for $49,913.

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Superb Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as President, Regarding Possible War Profiteering During the Civil War — “…I expected that when…the price of a…gun was fixed, it would stand…”

Abraham Lincoln autograph letter signed as President with exceptional content regarding arms requisitions, dated 23 April 1862 during the early years of the Civil War as the government’s military expenditures were dramatically increasing. Lincoln’s legal instincts are sharp here, as he analyzes a contract for the purchase of guns, putting a contractor on notice that varying prices will be challenged, and making sure that the government doesn’t fall victim to war profiteering or fraud. Sold for $20,124.

Currier & Ives Broadsides John Bell and Edward Everett

Scarce campaign broadside for John Bell and Edward Everett, the candidates for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 Presidential campaign. Lithograph is the scarcest of 19th century Currier and Ives broadsides, hand-colored by the storied print makers, and with full margins not usually found on this broadside. Strong unionists who believed that slavery was protected by the U.S. Constitution, the candidacy of Bell and Everett split the southern vote, effectively giving the election to Abraham Lincoln. Their campaign banner reads at top, “Liberty and Union Now and Forever One and Inseparable / No North, No South, No East, No West, Nothing But the Union”. With Currier and Ives copyright in 1860 at bottom, which also reads, “Grand National Union Banner for 1860 / The Candidates and Their Platform”. The candidates’ names of John Bell, of Tennessee and Edward Everett of Massachusetts are also featured in the banner. Broadside is hand-colored by Currier and Ives, with unfaded rich, dark colors. Lithograph measures 13.5″ x 18″, with original borders. Expert restoration including rice paper backing, though no restoration to the coloring except to a small spot of scuffing just below the tassels between the red velvet curtains. Some foxing to margins. Overall in very good to near fine condition. Sold for $12,600.

Presidential Flag From the Truman Administration Used for Presidential Parades in 1948 — Grand Cloth Flag in Full Color Measures 75” x 59”

Large Presidential flag from 1948, used by President Harry Truman as he campaigned for re-election and marched in dozens of parades that summer. Used during one of these parades in Michigan, flag has print to hem along right edge, ”President Flag Parade MI 48”. Cloth flag in navy blue features the seal of the President of the United States, made entirely of integral cloth panels in six different colors with decorative stitching. Grommets are built in. Measures a large 75” x 59”. A few small holes, the largest measuring under 2”, else near fine. Sold for $12,500.

1860 Stephen Douglas President Flag Banner vs Lincoln

Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, but he was defeated by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln. Important remembrance from the most consequential Presidential election in U.S. history, the 1860 contest pitting Democrat Stephen Douglas against Republican Abraham Lincoln. This portrait flag banner, the most collectible banner, features Douglas at top left, center in the star portion of the flag with “FOR PRESIDENT, / STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, / VICE PRESIDENT, / HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON” printed upon the stripe portion of the flag. Banner measures 13″ x 8″. Small amount of creasing at lower right, otherwise near fine condition. An excellent example of this banner, one of less than ten known to still exist.  Sold for $9,975.

Consign your Abbeville Banner Extra Union is Dissolved broadside at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Send a description and images of your item to us at [email protected].

Franklin D. Roosevelt D-Day Prayer Broadside — One of a Select Few Given to Roosevelt’s Staff at Christmas in 1944

Beautiful presentation broadside of the “D-Day Prayer”, one of the few copies gifted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his staff at Christmas 1944. This particular copy was given to one of his Secret Service agents (and then by descent to consignor), and comes with a 1944 Christmas card from the Roosevelts. Lithograph features gilt and colored embellishments, transcribing the famous prayer that President Roosevelt delivered to the nation via radio on 6 June 1944 after the successful D-Day invasion, reading in part, “Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. / And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer…Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph…Christmas-1944-from / F.D.R.” Lithograph measures 14.75″ x 21.75″, framed with the Roosevelt Christmas card, and a ribbon at bottom right, to a size of 15.5″ x 21.75″. Not examined out of frame, but appears in very good to near fine condition with only light toning. Sold for $3,800.

1778 Revolutionary War Broadside, a Call to Arms

Superb Revolutionary War broadside from April 1778, a scarce “Call to Arms” for the men of Massachusetts to help build the “Great Chain” on the Hudson River that extended from West Point to Constitution Island, constructed in the spring of 1778. The Great Chain was a feat of inspired engineering, comprised of iron links each weighing 114 pounds that extended 600 yards across the bend in the Hudson River at West Point. As control of the River was tantamount to controlling the waterways from New York City to Montreal, several Battles had been waged on the Hudson before the Colonists conceived of the idea to construct chains across specific points in the River, so that the Army could bombard British ships when they were stalled as a result of the chains. The most effective of these chains was the Great Chain, which took advantage of a narrow “S” shaped curve on the River at West Point. Although Benedict Arnold famously told the British that “a well-loaded ship could break the chain”, the Great Chain held and prevented British boats from crossing. The Hudson River would remain in the hands of the Colonists. Sold for $2,500.

1777 Revolutionary War Broadside re Continental Army

Revolutionary War broadside, from February 1777, regarding the clothing of Massachusetts soldiers, specifically young men “sixteen Years old and upwards” in the Continental Army. Broadside notifies the people of the Massachusetts Bay of a bill passed in the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, authorizing men in each town to purchase clothes for the soldiers – with the warning that the Agents be “very careful that they might be of the best Quality, that so the soldier may not be defrauded…”

Broadside reads in part, “STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY / In the House of Representatives, February 6th, 1777. / THAT the Army may be duly supplied with Shoes, Stockings, and Shirts, It is RESOLVED, that the Selectmen of the several Towns in this State, be, and they hereby are directed, to appoint some faithful Man of their own Number, or some other suitable Person or Persons, as Agent or Agents, in their respective Towns, to purchase for the use of the Continental Army one seventh part of so many good strong Pairs of Shoes and of Yarn Stockings and Shirts, as there are male inhabitants in such towns, from sixteen Years old and upwards; which Agents shall deliver said Goods to the Committee herein after appointed by the last Day of March next, and sooner, if practicable…”

The broadside then lists the men of each town that are responsible for carrying out the order, continuing, “…and they hereby are appointed a Committee to receive the Goods or Clothing of the Agents and to deliver them to the Board of War or their Order, taking Receipts for the same, said Receipts specifying the Articles and Coats and that a sum not exceeding Three Hundred Pounds, at the Discretion of the Council be paid out to the Treasury of this State to each of the said Committee, to enable them to pay for said Clothing, with a reasonable Reward to the Agents for their Services, said Committee to be accountable for the Money they shall receive.

And it is earnestly recommended to the good People in the several Towns in this State, to exert themselves to make, or otherwise supply their full proportions of the Articles of Clothing aforesaid, and more if they can produce them; and to be very careful that they might be of the best Quality, that so the soldier may not be defrauded; and the said Agents are directed to receive none but such as are good and serviceable. / Sent up for Concurrence / J[ames] WARREN, Speaker / In COUNCIL, February 7, 1777. / Read and concurred. / JOHN AVERY, Dep. Secr’y.”

Broadside on hand laid paper measures 8.75″ x 13.75″, with “Attleborough” written in period script at top, and “7.16.5 / to Select Men / Feb 7th 1777” written on verso. Chipping along edges, some creasing, and a few small holes. Overall very good condition. Sold for $2,200.

Presidential Candidate William McKinley & Running Mate Teddy Roosevelt 1900 Election Campaign Umbrella — Clever Way to Promote the Successful Republican Candidates

1900 Presidential candidate William McKinley and running mate Theodore Roosevelt promotional campaign umbrella. Umbrella has six panels, two with portraits of McKinley, two of Roosevelt, and two of American flags. Umbrella fabric is cotton cloth; its handle is made of wood with metal infrastructure atop. Umbrella measures 36” open and 33.5” in length. Umbrella is very delicate from age and two sides have come loose from their metal prongs. Some staining and wear to fabric. Good condition with all panels intact. Sold for $1,791.

Consign your Charleston Mercury broadside at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Send a description and images to us at [email protected].

1852 Whig Presidential Ticket Original Campaign Banner

1852 Presidential campaign banner entitled “Grand, National, Whig Banner”, featuring the jugate portraits of Presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his running mate William Graham. Lithograph printed by famed lithographer Nathaniel Currier is hand-colored in hues of yellow, blue, green and burgundy, reading “The People’s Choice for President & Vice President From 1853 to 1857″. The Scott-Graham ticket was the last from the Whig Party, which formed in contrast to Andrew Jackson’s policy of Indian removal and also in opposition to slavery. Lithograph measures 10″ x 14”. Uniform toning, light amount of dampstaining to right edge and small areas of foxing. Overall in very good condition with bright, bold colors. Sold for $1,180.