The History List Rare Finds
Connecting you to history through historic items for your home or office.
New items are announced every Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern.
Items often sell out quickly, sometimes within minutes.
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Admiral Chester Nimitz signed photo aboard USS Missouri as he is signing the surrender documents — September 2, 1945
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The First Landing of the Pilgrims — 1856 engraving of famous painting
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1864 report on Gettysburg National Cemetery including an early printing of the Gettysburg Address
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Hand-colored 1836 Map of North America—The year Texas declared independence
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Carved wooden eagle — "Live and Let Live" — 36" wide
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Original WWI poster — "Books wanted for our men in camp and over there" — Framed, with museum-grade acrylic
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Ornate “Bulls-eye” Convex Mirror — Late 19th/early 20th C.
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Preparing for the Battle of Bunker Hill — original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"
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"Twenty Years at Hull-House” signed by the author, Jane Addams, 1923
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George Washington 1789 "GW" Inaugural Button — "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" — Includes certificate of authenticity
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Uncle Sam "I Want You" WWI recruiting poster — Framed
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Document signed by Thomas Jefferson for the import duty on his famous Louis Chantrot Obelisk Clock
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Original oil painting of key point in the Civil War: “Ironclads steaming past Vicksburg”
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The Congressional War on Kansas over Slavery and Statehood: 59 speeches covering 1854 - 1858
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69th New York “Fighting Irish” Civil War Scrapbook
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Enola Gay print signed by pilot Col. Paul Tibbets, navigator Capt. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, and bombardier Maj. Thomas Ferebee — Framed
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Historical Staffordshire blue plate showing the landing of Gen. Lafayette at Castle Garden in New York, early 19th c.
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"Harper's New Monthly Magazine" — All 12 issues for the year 1863, with major Civil War news
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President Calvin Coolidge signed photograph with a note from his secretary, on White House stationery, in a handmade frame
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Small, framed George Washington silhouettes
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Paul Revere's Ride — Original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"
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Paul Revere - North Church Lantern — Sterling Silver — Numbered — Authorized by the Concord Antiquarian Society
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CDV of President Lincoln with Tad — 1865 — In a handmade, solid wood frame
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Five Colonial Currency Notes from 1770 to 1779, including North Carolina (1776), South Carolina, and Maryland
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"U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry” — 1861 — First edition
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"A Soldier's Story" signed by the author Omar Bradley, 1951 — Limited first edition, #574 of 750 signed copies
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"Reminiscences" signed by the author General Douglas MacArthur, 1964 - First edition, #1486 of 1750 signed copies
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Four historic framed prints of American soldiers in uniform 1774 - 1783 that were commissioned by the Quartermaster General of the Army (1890 - 1907)
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Seth Thomas "Banjo Clock" with a depiction of a naval engagement
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Boston Massacre print made from Revere's original plate — Framed
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Historical Staffordshire blue plates c1825 commemorating the landing at Plymouth and four other historical events
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"Harper's Weekly" for June 1, 1861 with a large illustration of the Quarters of the 69th (Irish) regiment NY State Militia, at Georgetown College in Washington
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"Harper's Weekly" for May 11, 1861 with a large illustration of the 69th Irish regiment embarking on USS James Adger for the war
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Teddy Roosevelt Bronze Plaque — The Strenuous Life — c. 1910
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1791 Newspaper reporting Washington’s State of the Union Address
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1861 Newspaper reporting Lincoln’s First State of the Union Address
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1901 Pan-American Exposition Decorated Miniature Lamp
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Theodore Roosevelt — Signed photograph with certificate of authenticity
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Hand hammered copper eagle flagpole topper
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Large, framed, hand-colored 1841 etching of U.S. ship in the Port of Liverpool
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USS Constitution Models—Enclosed in glass with a custom built display table
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Appointment — Signed March 7, 1904
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Currier & Ives hand-colored original print, "The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865," in an antique frame
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Chippendale-style Mahogany Inlaid Scroll-frame Mirror — 19th C.
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Cast iron eagle — 19th / 20th C.
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George Washington 1789 First Inaugural Button—“Memorable Era / March the Fourth 1789”
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1938 book with rare print from the original negative of the only photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight
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Roosevelt Bronze — “Fighting for the right” — 1920
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Teddy Roosevelt Relief Portrait c. 1910
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