Just kidding. The appraiser should have stuck with Real Estate:
http://www.justanswer.com/antiques/5...yard-sale.html
Jon
[QUOTE=jlhmnj;7151123]My psychic powers tell me there is a patent date of June 29, 1897. This is a New Royal patent.
http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Illinois
Jon