3229 HALF PLATE PATRIOTIC TINTYPE WITH TINTED FLAG,

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 200.00 USD
Estimated at 400.00 - 600.00 USD
SABER & COLT REVOLVER. Loose tintype; larger than half plate 6.25" x 4.25". Soldier with sky blue tinted army trousers, holding "Stars & Stripes" on staff nicely colored red, white, & blue, flag has only 6 stripes. He is wearing early prairie belt with 45-70 ammunition, a Colt model 1860 Army revolver stuck in his belt. His cavalry saber rests on chair covered by bear skin, claws by his boots. He appears to be wearing a fur lined trapper style hat. CONDITION, good color, good detail, craquelure, scuffs mostly along edges, few small chips. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21922/JS). $400-600.