Collection of nationally known Civil War collector James C. Frasca to be presented at Hindman Auctions

The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Tuesday, March 19, 2024


Collection of nationally known Civil War collector James C. Frasca to be presented at Hindman Auctions
Two Army slouch hats identified to Captain Charles E. Nash, Company F, 19th Maine Infantry. Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000.



CINCINNATI, OH.- On November 12, Hindman Auctions will present The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca, an incredibly distinguished collector and dealer of Civil War memorabilia. This carefully curated and meticulously researched collection contains relics, weaponry, uniforms, accoutrements, corps badges, photographs, documents and personal items used by soldiers on and off the battlefield.

As a nationally known Civil War collector, Frasca spent 50 years of his life developing his collection, and he often credited his mother Ann Carmen Frasca for igniting in him the passion to search for and acquire historical objects. Frasca was recognized as an expert in the field, specializing in Civil War Federal uniforms, headgear, corps badges and other insignia. He also loved Civil War soldiers’ personal stories. As a collector, he contributed both editorially and pictorially to dozens of text and reference books, television programs and theatrical films, ranging from the voluminous Time-Life Books Civil War series to the History Channel’s Civil War documentaries. As a full-time dealer of Civil War artifacts for more than 40 years, Frasca placed outstanding material in virtually every major private Civil War collection in the country and a great many of our most prominent museums. Examples of such items include John Brown’s inscribed and annotated Bible in Harper’s Ferry to a pair of Robert E. Lee’s documented wartime gauntlets at the Civil War National Museum in Harrisburg, PA.

The auction will lead with valuable documents signed by Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Highlights also include a pair of Union Army slouch hats (lot 112; estimate: $40,000 - $60,000) identified to Captain Charles E. Nash, 19th Maine Infantry; a presentation sword for Lieutenant W.H. Hamilton, Co. I, 14th Vermont Infantry, KIA Gettysburg (lot 10; estimate: $8,000 - $10,000); and a gold and silver corps badge presented to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kochersperger, 71st Pennsylvania / 1st California Regiment (lot 63; estimate: $4,000 - $6,000). A collection of items identified to Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Biggs, 123rd Illinois Infantry, “Wilder’s Brigade,” highlighted by a bullet-struck frock coat and vest worn during the assault on Selma, Alabama on April 2, 1865, is another noteworthy lot (lot 99; estimate: $20,000 - $30,000).

Standout lots also include beautifully painted drums featuring patriotic and military motifs (lots 122, 123 & 124; estimates: $8,000 - $10,000) and a premier hard tack collection featuring multiple examples that survived the Civil War as well as a sixth plate tintype of federal soldiers eating hard tack.










Today's News

November 4, 2021

Dutch museum opens entire collection in 'world first'

Eli Wilner releases the Price Guide for American and European Period Frames as a free download

Collection of nationally known Civil War collector James C. Frasca to be presented at Hindman Auctions

British Museum announces largest ever find of gold coins from Anglo-Saxon England

For Stella McCartney, fashion must ditch leather or die trying

South African Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'

Joan B Mirviss LTD presents over thirty-five works by Kawase Shinobu

From BTS to 'Squid Game': How South Korea became a cultural juggernaut

Renowned illustrator Barry Moser to be spotlighted by Hindman Auctions this November

Brazilian indigenous artist Jaider Esbell dead at 41

Perrotin opens Xavier Veilhan's exhibition Autofocus

Exhibition spotlights Outsider art by self-taught Florida artists

AIPAD announces new dates for 2022 Photography Show

Bortolami Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Ella Kruglyanskaya

Woody Auction announces the results of the sale of The Jochimsen collection

Phillips announces highlights from the New York sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art

Allie Card joins as Senior Director at Lehmann Maupin

Michaan's auction calendar includes specialty sales of coins and historic costumes and textiles

Brilliant Tiffany Lamps dazzle at October auction

Young Senegalese author wins top French literature prize

Massive French 'King Kong' four-panel among highlights in Nov. 20-21 Movie Posters event

Stevens Auction announces highlights included in their annual Thanksgiving Antique auction

Shara Hughes joins David Kordansky Gallery

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne reopens presenting the first retrospective of Margel Hinder

Hint for freight forwarder

3 Reasons Why so Many People Are Following Keto Diet

Interesting Sandbox Games with Creative Design




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful