Sep 26, 2019 - Sale 2517

Sale 2517 - Lot 246

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
STUD BROADSIDE (WEST VIRGINIA.) Luke, John W. Tom Telegraph: This Fine Horse Will Stand the Ensuing Season. Illustrated broadside, 16 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; moderate foxing, a few tears skillfully conserved. Np, 24 March 1858
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This broadside advertises the services of a stud horse on a bi-weekly schedule at Martinsburg and Charlestown in what would soon become West Virginia. The owner, John Whelan Luke (1815-1896), was a prosperous farmer then living in Clarke County in the northern tip of Virginia. Not recorded in OCLC.