Excerpt from The Final Liquidation Sale of the Stock of the Late Max Williams: Marine Relics, Ship Models, Paintings, Etchings, a Number of Fine English Color and Sporting Prints, Currie and Ives and Other Lithographs, a Full Suit of Maximilian Armor and the Clipper Ship, Benjamin F. Packard All bids to be per piece as numbered in the catalogue, unless otherwise mentioned. The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold but the auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims, and his decision shall be final. Any bid which is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, or which is merely a nominal or fractional advance, may be rejected by the auctioneer if in his judgment such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.