For those that follow our Ebay listings, you might notice that things are a little different the next two weeks. We are cutting back on the number and dollar value of the items listed in our weekly auctions that end … Continue reading
Walnutts FAQ’s is a series of common questions… and their answers. Q. I notice you frequently sell or post about “CDVs” on your auction page and website. What is a CDV, exactly? A. A CDV (or more precisely a “carte-de-visite”) is small albumen print … Continue reading
The following day President Roosevelt requested (and immediately received) a Congressional declaration of war on Japan in what has become known as his Day of Infamy speech. That same day, the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk … Continue reading
Titled The Last Letter of the Illustrious Statesman Thomas Jefferson, Esq. / Author of the declaration of Independence: / Being His Answer to Join the Citizens of Washington in Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, the fascinating Broadside pictured … Continue reading
The photographs scattered throughout this post and all from a spectacular, circa 1867, finely bound, large folio album. Each is an original, stunningly beautiful, large format Albumen photograph of the Himalayan Mountains and the region of Kashmir by the … Continue reading
