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I came across your website (civilwardealer.com) via a Google search.
The Civil War Collector Q. I have a framed, original wanted slave poster that was posted by
my great-great-great grandfather John T. Burtwell in 1856. Wanted to see
if you think this is worth appraising and insuring or potentially selling. I
By John Sexton greatly appreciate your help. The poster is 11 inches wide by 13 inches
tall.
There are several categories of slave broadsides that are found in
I just bought this 8-foot spear in a JS: market. The most often encountered are those dealing with the
Q. Garage sale in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I found sale or auction of Negro slaves. The best broadsides have illustrated
pictures in a library book calling it a “halberd.” woodcut designs that bring premiums. “Runaway Slave” broadsides are
Can you tell me more about it and where I definitely scarcer and usually small; yours at 11x13 inches is larger than the
could sell it? average poster, which is usually no more than 11 inches tall. Most similar
Your arm is indeed a halberd, but this broadsides are from Virginia or Maryland, and your Alabama poster from
JS: example is just decorative and appears the Deep South is scarcer. I can cite about 10 similar broadsides selling
to be a 20th century copy of a 17th century from $2,000 to $4,000 with the
pole-arm. Note the welding bubbles at the most often encountered price being
seams of the blade-to-blade interface which about $2,750, including a poster
show it was recently manufactured. Also, the sold on March 29, 2018 at Swann’s
overall shape is not like other examples, this in New York that measured 11x 9.5
one being heavier, thicker and clunkier. inches. In a well-advertised auction,
The largest gun show in the world is I would expect this piece to sell in
in Tulsa, and even as a copy, I’m sure you will the neighborhood of $3,000.
find a buyer if you walk through the show. Collectors beware, as there
There are 1,000 dealers, and two shows each are many facsimile broadsides and
year in April and November. posters that are copies of several
(TulsaArmsShow.com) genres of the Antebellum Era. Most
original broadsides are printed on
thin newsprint or rice paper, and
most of the facsimiles were printed
on pulp paper, which is heavier.
A copy of a pole-arm known
as a halberd. A runaway slave broadside, $3,000.
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