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136.—To Be Sold By Auction.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

A sign saying “to be sold at auction” as if written on a heavy curtain rod, complete with pineapple finials, and with heavy fringed clothe hung over it. This woodcut or engraving might have been used [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, commerce, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-25

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137.—To Be Sold.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

The phrase “to be sold” written in ornate yet heavy, “fat” lettering. The original is not rectangular in the fac simile I have, but whether this is a flaw in the facsimile or whether the original bloc [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, commerce, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-25

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138.—Auction and auctioneer.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

A bearded man stands at an auctioneer’s bench, holding a gavel, with other people milling about beneath him.

Keywords: auctions, commerce, people, greyscale

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Added: 2012-05-13

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140.—To be sold by Auction.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

A man, the auctioneer, smartly dressed with jacket and cravat, sits at an auctioneer’s bench with a gavel held up in one hand. Underneath him the legend, “To be sold by Auction.” This engraving would [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, people, commerce, clipart, slavery, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-30

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