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THBFelix Grundy Autograph Letter, Prints and Biography
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
1st item: Rare Felix Grundy (1777-1840) ALS dated Nashville, TN, June 11th, 1818, addressed to Thomas T. Armstrong of North Carolina: "Dear Sir, We have the smallpox in this place and the Federal Court has adjourned in consequence of it, having done no business - your suit stands on a rule for a new trial..." The letter goes on to urge Armstrong to "come to this state immediately - Mr. McCall has been with me yesterday and today, in consultations respecting that part of your father's estate now lying in the Indian boundry and not already sacrificed..." 10" x 7 1/2". 2nd item: Lithographed portrait of Felix Grundy after a painting by W.B. Cooper, published by Duval, Philadelphia, with facsimile autograph. Likely from an early book. Under glass in an antique wide giltwood frame with inscription, "direct descendant from Grundy W.A. Bass family." Sight - 8 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W. 16" X 15". Late 19th century. 3rd item: lithographed portrait of Grundy with facsimile signature, 11 1/2"h x 8"w, 20th century. 4th item: FELIX GRUNDY: CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY by Joseph Howard Parks, Louisiana State University Press, 1940. 368 pages. Previous owners inscription detailing relation of Grundy to the Bass family. Blue cloth covers, paper dustjacket. Note: Felix Grundy was an attorney and politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General. He also served as a congressman and U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
Condition
Letter: smearing and crease across signature, some separations at fold lines. Lithograph in frame: heavily toned with foxing and dampstaining upper right, not examined out of frame. Unframed lithograph: toning, edge loss. Book: Dust jacket heavily toned, with chipping and sunning. Pages toned.
- Provenance
Private Nashville Collection.
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