Sale 2486, Part I - The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana, September 27, 2018

173 174 173 c   (SCULPTURE.) Group of 6 small early Lincoln busts. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, circa 1870s-1940s? [500/750] Gillinder & Sons. Frosted glass bust, 6 inches tall, marked “Centennial Exposition.” Np, circa 1876 * Plaster bust, 9 1 / 4 inches tall, unsigned, circa 1900? * Relief profile in plaster, 3 1 / 2 inches, with mounting eyelet, unsigned and undated * 2 1 / 2 -inch plaster bust, painted gold, unsigned and undated * Pair of plaster relief profiles, each 2 3 / 4 inches. 174 c   (SCULPTURE.) Group of 7 later reproductions of Volk’s Lincolns. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, circa 1909-2009 and undated [600/900] Caproni casting of the 1860 Volk life mask, with metal tag set into inner cast. Boston, circa 1909 * Bronzart Foundry bronze casting of the life mask, detachable from a marble base. #14 of 750, presented to Holzer by the Civil War Roundtable as a Special Barondess/Lincoln Bicentennial Prize. Sarasota, FL, circa 2009 * An unsigned and undated modern plaster reproduction with metal mounting bracket on verso * “Replica Life Mask Cast of Abraham Lincoln” and matching “Replica Life Hand Cast of Abraham Lincoln,” Hinsdale, IL: American Treasures Foundation, circa 2000 * Plaster replica of Volk’s bust of Lincoln, finished in black on a marble base, 12 3 / 4 inches tall * Another plaster replica of Volk’s bust of Lincoln with bronze finish, 17 1 / 2 inches tall.