Spring 2024 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
June 7th, 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2024
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
RARE 1872 CABINET CARD PHOTO OF GENERAL CUSTER FROM DIRECT DESCENT OF CUSTER FAMILY
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Rare cabinet card photograph, 6-1/2″ x 4-1/4″, Katz in his text “Custer in Photographs” page 96 (K-112) “Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, on or about January 24, 1872, by James A. Scholten. From the unique, original unpublished cabinet card, courtesy of Custer Battlefield National Monument”. Scholten was St. Louis photographer where Custer visited with Russian Duke Alexis after this Black Hills expedition. There are few photos from this sitting other than few Custer gave as gifts to family. One variant view signed for his sister from the Dr. Lawrence Frost collection, which of course descended in same family grouping.
PROVENANCE: Direct descent from descendants of James Calhoun Custer; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection.
