Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 88 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 566 566 Franklin Bank Note Co. - 142 Broadway, New York Advertising sign on thin cardboard. New York, NY. ND (Ca.1870-80’s), 12 x 7.5 inches. Black on light beige paper, Ornate sign, some staining and rough edges with chips out of the right. Rare and attractive Security Printer sign. Franklin BNC.����������������������������� Est. $250-375 567 567 James D. Smillie Intaglio Progress Proof Pair of ABNC “Native Americans around Fire”, Dated 1861. New York, 1861, Pair of matching Progress proofs in various states of engraving, Hand stamped on the upper right corner in red “From the J.D. Smillie Collection”. One is 8.25 x 5.25 inches, the other is 8 x 5.25 inches. Both are ABNLDP Proof Vignettes printed on india paper that is mounted on thin card. Both have writing in pencil at bottom margin, as well as a J. D. Smillie Collection stamp at top right. VF condition. James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 – September 15, 1909) was an American artist. His father, James Smillie (1807–1885), a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William Cumming (1813–1908), to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an excellent landscape-engraver. The son studied with him and in the National Academy of Design; engraved on steel vignettes for bank-notes and some illustrations, notably F. O. C. Darley’s pictures for James Fenimore Cooper’s novels; was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1865—the year after he first began painting—and an academician in 1876; and was a founder (1866) of the American Water Color Society, of which he was treasurer in 1866–73 and president in 1873–78, and of the New York Etching Club. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 568 568 James D. Smillie Intaglio Progress Proof Pair of ABNC “Woman with Wheat and Sickle” Dated 1857. New York, 1857, Pair of matching progress proof vignettes by engraver J.D. Smillie. Used on Obsolete Banknotes, Stocks, bonds and checks. One is 6 x 9.5 inches, completely engraved, Toppan Carpenter & Co. Imprint, LDP Proof Vignette printed on india paper that is mounted. The other is 5 x 7 inches, with the woman partially engraved, ABN LDP Proof Vignette printed on india paper that is mounted. Pencil notes are made at bottom and top margins, and mention J.D. Smillie, as well as F.O.C. Darley. The partially engraved proof has notation in J.D. Smillie’s hand “J.D.S. N.Y. May 23, 1857, Bad Bite - Soft Steel”. Felix Octavius Carr “F. O. C.” Darley (June 23, 1822 – March 27, 1888) was an American illustrator, known for his illustrations in works by well-known 19th-century authors, including James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, George Lippard, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Donald Grant Mitchell, Clement Clarke Moore, Francis Parkman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Parker Willis. The swing and vigor of his style, his facility, and versatility and the high average merit of his numerous works, make him one of the most noteworthy of American illustrators. His Victorian mansion, located in Claymont, is now known as the Darley House and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ��������� Est. $200-400 569 569 James Smillie Proof Engraving of ABNC Intaglio Proof Vignette “The Reapers No. 2” ca.1860’s. New York. ND (1860’s) Used on Obsolete Banknotes, Stocks, bonds and checks. 6 x 9 inch ABN LDP Proof Vignette printed on india paper that is mounted. “791” imprint, printed by ABNC. VF condition, with writing at bottom in pencil. “After a French Print - (?) Finishes by J.S.”. ��������������� Est. $300-600