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Eagle Drum Stolen for $1K at Jackson's Auctions   Message List  
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Sold at auction at Jackson's Auctions for $1,000 – a steal
despite the new hoops, head, rope and leather. Sold to a live floor
bidder. Opened at $2,000 and dropped!

Described as follows: 1585: A CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL TENOR
DRUM circa 1862. Pai[nted]

A CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL TENOR DRUM circa 1862. Painted eagle
decoration probably by Horstmann Brothers and Company, Philadelphia.
Period decorated shell with replaced bands, heads and rope. Affixed
affidavit, dated 1916 and is accompanied by a 1926 newspaper article
relating to same on interior attesting that this drum was salvaged
after the Battle of Antietam. Height 16 inches, diameter 17.25
inches. Restoration. Estimate $2,000-$3,000.







Thu Nov 8, 2007 11:16 pm

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