Auction 85 Part 2
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2
By Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
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Oct 29, 2020
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915, United States
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Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1036:
'WARREN'S STATUE, LITTLE ROUND TOP' BY LEVI MUMPER
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Sold for: $160
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 30%
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'WARREN'S STATUE, LITTLE ROUND TOP' BY LEVI MUMPER
Jacob Ira Mumper (American, 1867-1923). 'Warren's Statue, Little Round Top'. Original vintage albumen print. c1880, depicting the statue of Union Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren surveying Devil's Den and the Wheat Field at Gettysburg. Stamped on verso: 'Mumper & Co. Photo. Artists Baltimore St. Gettysburg, Pa.' On original mount. Levi Mumper (1843-1916) opened a photographic gallery in Gettysburg c.1864. Most of his battlefield scenes appear to have been taken beginning in the mid-1870s. He sold the photographic business to his son Jacob Ira Mumper (1867-1923) c.1895. Jacob continued the business, using a predominant imprint of 'J.I. Mumper', until 1911, when it was taken over by Jacob's brother Clyde (1879-1967). Clyde and another brother, John A. (1874-1957) operated the business until it was closed in 1948, using the major imprint 'Mumper Studios'. Image size: 3 7/8 x 5 9/16 in. (98 x 141 mm). [24051] |200| {R100} szz~ozz
