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Stack’s Bowers Galleries The November 2013 Baltimore Auction10156 Massachusetts—Boston. CONSULT / DR. DARBY /BOSTON on a Peruvian 1794-LIMAE IJ two reales.Brunk D-78, Rulau-Mass 34A. Host coin Good. Mediumgray surfaces with pink and blue accents. Brunk attributesthe variety to Dr. Ralph H. Darby who advertised in Bostonnewspapers during the 1850s. Boston Directory for theYear 1851: :”Darby Ralph H. apothecary, 91 Broad, housedo.” Boston Directory for the Year 1852: “Darby Ralph H.apothecary, 91 Broad, house do.” Boston Directory for theYear 1856: “Darby Ralph H. apothecary, Fleet c. Moon, h. do.”Counterstamps are now one of the most dynamic specialtiesin numismatics. However, prices are still very reasonable.Steve Tanenbaum spent 40 years collecting these, obtainingcountless rarities and many unique pieces. Each one has astory, if it can be learned. Fortunately, Dr. Darby was wellknown in his time and left a legacy of citations that can befound in print. How interesting!From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10157 Massachusetts—Boston. S. EMERY / S.E. on a wornGeorge II halfpenny. Brunk E-162, Rulau-E Mass 9. Hostcoin Poor. Chocolate brown toning. Stephen Emery wasa Boston silversmith during the final decades of the 18thcentury. Judging from his surviving work, both his outputand the quality of his workmanship were high. The BostonDirectory for 1789 has the following: “Emery Stephen,goldsmith No.5 Union-street” The Boston Directory for 1796has the following: “Emery Stephen, goldsmith, No.1, FishStreet.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Brunk plate coin. Rulau platecoin.10158 Massachusetts—Boston. GLOBE / WORKS on an 1848cent. Brunk G-307, Rulau-Ma-SB 27. Host coin ExtremelyFine. Chestnut-brown and tan toning. The origin of thisvariety is disputable. Rulau assigns it to a locomotive factoryin South Boston that was well-known in its time, but theDirectory of American Tool Makers, lists the Globe Works asa company that manufactured plane irons in Auburn, NewYork.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10159 Massachusetts—Boston. T. GODDARD / BOSTON onan 1832 cent. Brunk G-325, Rulau-Unlisted. Host coinVG. Golden brown overall with tinges of violet. There wereseveral Goddards in Boston having the first initial T. duringthe counterstamp era. One was a carriage maker at 146Federal Street, but no certain evidence assigns this to anyspecific individual.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10160 Massachusetts—Boston. HOWARD & / DAVIS /BOSTON on an 1819 quarter. Brunk H-810, Rulau-Mass 540. Host coin VG. Medium gray on the high pointsdeepens to steel gray in the fields. Blue, gold, and violethighlights enhance both surfaces. Mr. Tanenbaum noted:“2 known.” An advertisement of Howard & Davis in theStranger’s Guide in the City of Boston, 1848 has the following:“Scale & Balance Manufactory / Howard & Davis / 34 WaterSt., Near Congress, / As a Balance and Scales manufacturer,there is no person / in the country who has yet attained thecelebrity of Mr. / Benjamin Dearborn, the inventor of thefar famed and widely / used Gold Standard Balance. And ofwhom Howard & / Davis are the acknowledged successors./ All the gold standard balances used in governmentoffices / and banks, throughout the Union, are from thisestablishment; / the style having been originally patented byMr. Dearborn, half a century ago, and not having improvedby any improvement since.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Rulau plate coin.10161 Massachusetts—Boston. JAMES & CO. / 4 SUMMERST. on an 1812 cent. Brunk J-53, Rulau—Unlisted. Hostcoin Good. Chocolate brown toning. James & Co. was anambrotype studio in Boston, Massachusetts. The Libraryof Congress posted a scan of an old broadside depictingthe building where the studio was located. The broadsidetext reads in part: “James & Co. / No. 4 Summer Street, .. . . Boston. / Where Pictures are taken for 25 cents and /upwards, and satisfaction warranted, in every / instance. . . .Daguerreotypes copied to Ambrotypes / or Photographs, inthe best style, and satisfac- / tion guaranteed.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10162 Massachusetts—Boston. USE DR. KIDDERS / FAMILYPILLS on an 1821 dime. Brunk K-157, Rulau-Mass 721.Host coin VF. Pearl gray toning on the high points deepensto slate gray in the fields.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10163 Massachusetts—Boston. USE DR. KIDDERS / FAMILYPILLS on an 1854 quarter. Brunk K-157, Rulau-Mass.723. Host coin AG. Pale golden gray deepening to slate gray.Attributed to Moses Warren Kidder who is known to havemade medical nostrums. He is also credited with a numberof patents awarded for various inventions. The followingis from the History of Middlesex County, Massachusettscompiled under the supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890,which unfortunately makes no reference to Kidder’s patentmedicine business: “Moses Warren Kidder, son of MosesKidder, was born at Townsend, Mass., September 11, 1828.He studied medicine with his father and at Harvard andBerkshire Medical Schools. He received his degree at thelatter school in 1852. He then practices in Lowell with hisfather while he lived, and continued until October, 1870...In 1872 he moved to Boston, where he lived until he wentto Lincoln in 1879. He resumed the practice in Lincoln in1881, where he still resides...” The Boston Directory, 1873:“Kidder Moses W. agent and treasurer, American Imp. GasLight Co. 47 India h. 113 Worcester.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10164 Massachusetts—Boston. MOUSLEY & SON / XX /BOSTON on an 1830 cent. Brunk M-948, Rulau-Mass-543.Host Coin AG obverse, Fine reverse. Tan surfaces overallwith deeper iridescence in the counterstamp recesses. TheDirectory of American Toolmakers by the Early AmericanIndustries Association lists William Mousley of Boston as amanufacturer of saws between 1849 and 1871.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Rulau plate coin.10165 Massachusetts—Boston. RICE & / SOUTH / WORTHseven times on worn large-cent-size copper. Brunk-Unlisted, Rulau-Unlisted. Host coin Poor; undertypetoo faint for identification. Chocolate-brown surfaces. Asearch for the firm of Rice & Southworth has eluded us. It hasbeen suggested that this may have been an issue of Albert S.Southworth and John L. Rice, both of whom are said to haveboth been daguerreotypists, but no such partnership couldbe corroborated.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10166 Massachusetts—Boston. C.W. RICHARDSON / BROKER/ BOSTON on an 1853 Arrows and Rays quarter. Brunk-Unlisted; Rulau-Unlisted. Host coin Good. Mediumgray overall with hints of gold and lilac. Possibly related:The Boston Directory, 1873: “Richardson Charles W. clerk,Sherman House, h. 782 Washington.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier, from our (Stack’s)Philadelphia Americana sale of September 2010, lot 5049.Page 480Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Session Six Ends 3:00 PM PT • Tuesday, November 12, 201310167 Massachusetts—Chicopee Falls. MANUFACTURED BY/ MASS. ARMS CO. / CHICOPEE FALLS / MAYNARDARMS CO. / WASHINGTON on an 1851 cent (51 over 81variety). Brunk M-281, M-328, Rulau-DC-Wa 18. Hostcoin Very Fine. Tan overall with blushes of blue and violet.Both counterstamps appear to be the identical manufacturersstamps used in the production of Maynard percussion-lockbreech-loading carbines. Many of these carbines reportedlyended up in the hands of the Confederate Cavalry duringthe Civil War. It’s likely that this counterstamp was producedin the mid to late 1850s.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10168 Massachusetts—Concord / Vermont—Middlebury. J.DYAR twice on an 1826 cent. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Good. Fancy scroll-shaped incusepunch. Intermingled golden brown and violet. A silversmith’smark. Joseph Dyar (Dyer) worked during the first half ofthe 19th century in both Concord, Massachusetts andMiddlebury, Vermont. Most of his silver output appears tohave been spoons. He is also credited with the manufactureof clocks.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10169 Massachusetts—Haverhill. CARLETON & CO. withinincuse rectangular punch on 1798 cent (Style I Hair).Brunk C-187, Rulau-Mass A705. Host coin Very Fine.Cleaned and since retoned. Attributed to James H. Carletonwho was known to be a silversmith in that town. A few smallrim bruises are noted.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10170 Massachusetts—Holyoke. LYMAN / MILLS on an 1842cent. Brunk M-717, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin VeryFine. Blended golden brown and olive. This was likely thetextile mill situated in Holyoke, Massachusetts rather than aplace name.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10171 Massachusetts—Holyoke. LYMAN / MILLS on an 1856large cent. Brunk M-717, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coinVery Good. Golden brown toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10172 Massachusetts—Lowell. A.G. BACHELDER. / LOWELLMASS on a Capped Bust dime. Brunk—Unlisted (similarto B-103), Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Poor, date missing,holed. Pewter gray toning. Asahel G. Bachelder was amanufacturer of spoke shaves, items which has survived insubstantial numbers and which are evidently popular withcollectors.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10173 Massachusetts—Millbury. G.F. GALE / MILLBURY MASSon an 1842 cent. Brunk G-61 (type), Rulau—Unlisted.Host coin Very Good. Tan with blue and violet accents. Noidentity information comes to hand for this issuer.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10174 Massachusetts—Millbury. HALE & [///]. / MILLBURY /MASS. / Gryphon / MILLBURY / MASS on a very nearlysmooth Draped Bust cent. Brunk H-93, Rulau-Mass 625.Host coin Poor. Maroon-brown overall with wisps of blue.The Directory of American Toolmakers reports that thefirm of Hale & Whipple manufactured scythes in Millbury,Massachusetts in the mid 1830s.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier from our (Bowers andMerena’s) sale of the Donovan and Hudgens collections, November1993, lot 3177.10175 Massachusetts—Millbury. US / A. WATERS / MILLBURY/ 1825 on an 1810 cent. Brunk W-253, Rulau-E-Mass46C. Host coin Fair. Chocolate brown, with blue andviolet accents. Brunk identifies Asa Waters Jr. as a gunsmithwho did contract work for the U.S. government. Hiscounterstamps are necessarily early as he died in 1841.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10176 Massachusetts—Natick. G.E. FRANKLIN / MACHINIST/ NATICK on an 1864 Large Motto two-cent piece.Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Very Fine.Golden brown. George E. Franklin was a manufacturerof woodworking planes and pipe wrenches in Natick,Massachusetts. He had an 1873 patent for a surfacing plane.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10177 Massachusetts—Pittsfield. CAST.STEEL / PITTSFIEL[D]/ WARRANT[ED] on an 1838 cent. Brunk C-270, W-221,Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Poor. Blended chocolate andgolden brown. CAST STEEL and WARRANTED were bothcommonly stamped by factories onto the steel tools thatthey manufactured during the 19th century.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10178 Massachusetts—Shelburne Falls. LAMSON GOODNOW& CO. / S. FALLS WORKS on an 1851 cent. Brunk L-80,Rulau-Mass 625. Host coin Very Fine. Golden browntoning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10179 Massachusetts—Shelburne Falls. LAMSONS & CO / S.FALLS WORKS on an 1826 cent. Brunk—Unlisted (relatedto L-80), Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Good. Chestnutbrown overall, with hints of violet. Undoubtedly, this shouldhave been LAMSON rather than LAMSONS. Lamson,Goodnow & Co. was a cutlery company in Shelburne Falls,Massachusetts that was credited with a product line ofmore than 500 types of knives and related items. They alsomanufactured augers and bits. Silas Lamson was famous forhaving designed a popular type of scythe snath. Whetherthis counterstamp was issued prior to or subsequent to thepartnership with Goodnow is speculative, but the early dateof the host coin suggests that it was produced prior to thepartnership.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10180 Massachusetts—Springfield. R. PAINE / WG / sittingdog / donkey head all on 1829 cent. Brunk P-89, Rulau—Unlisted (type of Mass-521 to 523). Host coin Fair.Blended chocolate brown and tan. The dog and donkeyhead may both be representative examples of his work.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10181 Massachusetts—Springfield. R. PAINE / dagger on an1831 cent. Brunk P-89, Rulau—Mass 680. Host coinFine. Granular charcoal-gray surfaces. R. Paine is probablyRichard Paine, the engraver from Springfield, Massachusetts.The dagger may be a representative example of his work.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10182 Massachusetts—Springfield. BY R. PAINE /SPRINGFIELD on 1830 cent. Brunk P-90, Rulau-Mass 521(type). Host coin Fine. Chocolate brown. Richard Paine ofSpringfield, Massachusetts was a self-described stamp cutterand die sinker in directories of the era. He also worked as aninspector for N.P. Ames, a firearms manufacturer located inSpringfield.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10183 Massachusetts—Springfield. BY R. PAINE /SPRINGFIELD / U.S. T-A. on 1834 cent. Brunk P-90,Rulau-Mass 521 (type). Host coin Fair Blended chocolatebrown and golden brown toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.Bid online at www.stacksbowers.com Page 481
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