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STACKS BOWERS SPRING 2019 AMERICANA SELECTIONSHere are some lots that caught my eye in the Stack's Bowers Spring 2019 Baltimore internet-only sale. -Editor
Lot 10008: Major John Andre Medal
 
Undated (ca. 1860) Major John Andre. Bronze. 34 mm. MS 64 BN (NGC). Obv: Portrait of Andre right, name and date around. Rev: Central image of church building, inscription OLD DUTCH CHURCH, TAPPAN. / WHERE MAJ. ANDRE WAS TRIED around. Major Andre was a British officer who was tried and hanged at Tappan, New York in 1780 for conspiring with Benedict Arnold to have West Point surrender to the British during the Revolutionary War. Great revolutionary war history item. -Editor
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Lot 10060: Merriam Everett-Bell Medalette
 
1860 John Bell. DeWitt-JBELL 1860-4. Copper. 31 mm. MS-64 BN (NGC). Provenance: From the Rosie Collection. Earlier ex Al Anderson, November 1983, lot B-33; our sale of the Brian Dobbins Collection of American Political Tokens, March 2018, lot 262. To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 10080: Bolen Pynchon House Token
 
"1831" (ca. 1881) Pynchon House. Copper. 25 mm. Musante JAB-39. MS-65 RB (NGC). Provenance: From the Ralph A. Edson Collection. Like the Major Andre medal above, this one depicts an historical building. It's no architectural masterpiece, but this is a nice way to memorialize a lost landmark. -Editor
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Lot 10094: 1980 Jovine Dreamer of Dreams Medal
 
Lot of (2) Society of Medalists Medals. Bronze. Mint State. Included are: 1980 Dreamer of Dreams, 74 mm, by Marcel Jovine, Alexander-SOM 101.1; and undated 1981 Enrichment of Life, 73 mm, by Elizabeth Gordon Chandler, Alexander-SOM 104.1. Both are accompanied by the descriptive brochures. Provenance: From the Collection of Samuel Morse Felton, 1926-2015. The Society of Medalists medals are a great series. The lot includes a beautiful piece by Marcel Jovine. -Editor
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Lot 10114: 1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial Medal
 
1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial. Silver. 33 mm. HK-588, Turner-5. Rarity-3. MS-69 (NGC). As a student of the history of business and technology, I like this landmark event commemorative. The romance of the Pony Express defined an era that was promptly ended with the introduction of a much cheaper and efficient method of cross-continental communication. Most such transitions happen slowly, without many people even noticing until the transition is complete. For those like me old enough to remember The Andy Griffith Show, Google the "Goodbye, Dolly" episode where the milkman gets a truck and has to put his horse out to pasture - it's a classic. When I was a kid we had a milkman in our neighborhood making deliveries twice a week with his refrigerated truck. Think Uber Eats, but for milk and juice. Amazon's probably already working on drones. To eliminate waste, I wouldn't be surprised if they have udders to squirt liquids into refillable bottles, like little flying cows without the flatulence. You read it here first... -Editor
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