May 28 & 29, 2020 Extraordinary, Sporting, & Collector Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/28/2020
This is last of a series by the White Studio portraits taken by Edward Thayer Monroe. In some ways it is the most stunning, and the most unusual. Annie is wearing her silk scarf and Western Girl wig. But note her left eye; she suffered from periodic eye infections exacerbated by gunpowder residue and smoke, yet she remains confident and proud of her appearance. A very fine, clear Annie Oakley autograph on verso. The image is 8" x 6". The card is soiled around the edges with marginal bumps and chips. The picture is excellent. The portrait is from the collection of Bess Edwards, grand-niece of Annie Oakley, and will be accompanied by a signed letter from her authenticating this item as described. Accompanying the portrait is a British copper, half penny shot by Annie Oakley. The face of the coin is stamped "OAKLEY". Interestingly, Annie performed a private shooting exhibition at the Royal Oak Hotel in London on December 27, 1890. There is an account published in the "Shooting and Kennel News of London" describing her shooting coins and marbles from the air using a 10-shot repeating rifle. The date of this coin is also 1890. The coin is pictured on page 128 of R.L. Wilson's book "BUFFALO BILLS WILD WEST/AN AMERICAN LEGEND". CONDITION: Both coin and portrait are in fine condition. The portrait has some light staining with the left top corner tattered and the left bottom corner trimmed to an angle. -MKS-
Item Dimensions: 8" x 6".