RR Auction: April 2016 Fine Autographs & Artifacts by RR Auction

FINE ARTIFACTS & AUTOGRAPHS April 13, 2016 | www.RRAuction.com

OLYMPIC medals & artifacts WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS OF QUALITY

Sold for $47,000* Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics Gold Winner’s Medal

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Sold for $34,000* Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Winner’s Medal Prototype

Sold for $46,000* Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics Torch

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS Space Exploration Preview aviable online Bid April 14 - April 21

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Fine Autographs & Artifacts Now accepting consignments Bid May 20 - June 15

RARE. REMARKABLE. MARCH 18 - APRIL 13

Bidding begins as soon as the catalog is posted online (Friday, March 18). At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13th, the one-hour extended bidding period begins followed immediately by the 30 Minute Rule. All times in RR Auction guidelines an instructions are stated according to the Eastern (U.S.) time zone.

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AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts. He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, was a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*

PSA/DNA PSA/DNA is the world’s leading third party autograph authentication company. Using state of the art technology, PSA/DNA created a security system to prevent counterfeiting, forgery and piracy. As the most respected service in the industry, PSA/DNA’s years of expertise and knowledge have established an impeccable reputation for providing professional, unbiased, expert opinions. STEVE ZARELLI

Letters of Authenticity are availableon certain lots. Priced from $25 to $200*

STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION Steve Zarelli is a recognized authority in the field of astronaut autographs. His findings have been published in the definitive space collecting reference Relics of the Space Race, and he has contributed articles to the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine, Autograph Times magazine, and the UACC signature study Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Zarelli Space Authentication also provides authentication consulting services to James Spence Authentication (JSA), Sportscard Guaranty Authentic (SGC), and PSA/DNA Authentication. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Autograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*

FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS beatles autographs

Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.

RENATO SAGGIORI With more than 50 years in the European autograph market, Renato is considered an expert on the manuscripts of European royalty, scientists, painters, and writers. He is also considered the leading authority on papal autographs and manuscripts. His 2006 book, The Popes - Five Centuries of Signatures, is an indispensible reference tool.

BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES Civil War Signatures

With more than 45 years combined experience in the field, Brian and Maria are two of the nation’s leading experts in Civil War autographs and manuscripts.

JAMES CAMNER, LA SCALA AUTOGRAPHS James is a leading classical music autograph dealer. With more than 35 years experience, he is a founding member of PADA, an authenticator for PSA/DNA, a member of the ABAA, and an author of over ten published books on related subjects.

RICH CONSOLA Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authenticators worldwide.

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Contents Presidents & First Ladies �� 4 Notables �� 66 Military �� 112 Aviation �� 136 Space �� 139 Art, Architecture, & Design �� 151 Comic Art & Animation �� 158 Literature �� 169 Classic Music �� 183 Contemporary & Modern Music �� 188 Classic Entertainment �� 203 Sports �� 215 Conditions of Sale �� 222

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presidents & first ladies George Washington federal judicial appointment signed as president, endorsed on reverse by Declaration of Independence signer James Wilson 1. George Washington. Partly printed document signed (“G:o

Washington’’), as president, [Philadelphia] 12 January 1792. 1 page, folio, on vellum; paper seal. Washington signs with a large, bold signature. Matted and framed with two engravings of Washington. Counter-signed on reverse by James Wilson (1742-1798), as Justice of the Supreme Court. “GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…’’ A rare Washington judicial appointment from his first term, “reposing special trust and confidence in the wisdom, uprightness and learning of Richard Peters of Pennsylvania,’’ and appointing “him Judge of the District Court in and for Pennsylvania District…’’ Peters was sworn in by Declaration of Independence signer and, now, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, James Wilson, who attests on the reverse of the appointment: “On the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two the within named Richard Peters took before me the oath to support the Constitution of the United States and also the Oath of Office required by law.’’ Richard Peters Jr. (June 22, 1744–Aug. 22,1828) was one of the most important and influential legal minds in the early history of Pennsylvania. He graduated as valedictorian from the College of Pennsylvania (now the Univ. of Penn.) in 1761. Although he came from an influential British family, Peters supported the Revolution as a Whig and led a company of troops against the British in 1775. A week after the Continental Congress created the Continental Army, Peters was named Secretary of the Board of War and held this position with honor throughout the active phase of the Revolutionary War. When he resigned in 1781 Congress passed a declaration to thank him for “long and faithful service.” During his tenure on the Board of War he discovered that Benedict Arnold was misusing funds and became embroiled in a feud with Arnold. Peters later served as a member of the Continental Congress from 1782-1783. As our first president, and almost immediately after the Judiciary Act was passed, George Washington began making appointments to

our first Supreme Court (Washington named 10 justices during his presidency) and since there were no sitting Federal judges at the beginning of Washington’s first term, he had the unique opportunity to fill the entire body of federal judges with his selections but only appointed a total of 28 federal district judges during his presidency. At this time, most states had a single district court and each district had a single judge assigned to it. Peters was assigned to the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia (then the U.S. capitol), which was one of the most important and influential judicial posts in the country. Peters served on this court for over 35 years, which was the longest tenure of any of the 28 district judges appointed by George Washington. His judicial service was notable for his support of the federal government over the states and for his work in developing admiralty law. His court held its sessions in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Peters died in 1828. His home, known as Belmont Mansion, still stands today in Philadelphia, Fairmount Park and is open as a museum. Provenance: “Mary Benjamin 1952” in pencil lower left of manuscript (Mary Benjamin 1905-1998 was a leading historical document dealer who for many decades was widely recognized one of the nation’s leading document authorities). Washington judicial appointments are rare. Only four have appeared at auction in the last 40 years, and none recorded in American Book Prices Current since 1999. Exceptionally fine, bold examples of both Washington’s and Wilson’s signatures with tremendous visual appeal. This is the first document signed by Washington and Wilson that we have ever offered. An absolutely stunning artifact from Washington’s presidency. Previously sold at Heritage Auctions, Feb. 20, 2006, $16,730. Another Washington signed appointment recently sold at Christie’s, Dec. 7, 2015, lot 306, $17,500 albeit smaller, not on vellum, without paper seal and appointing a naval officer of the port of Savannah, Georgia, compared to a much more historically significant appointment of Richard Peters as the first federal district judge for Penn. including Philadelphia, then the nation’s capital. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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In search of two runaway slaves, just hours after the Battles of Lexington and Concord 2. George Washington. Extraordinary manuscript DS,

signed “G:o Washingto[n],” one page, 7.25 x 8.25, April 20, 1775. Draft for an ad to be published in the Virginia Gazette. In part (missing letters in brackets are from the published ad): “Forty Dollars [Reward] Ran away from the Subscriber… Thomas Spears…He is 5 feet 61⁄2 inches high, Slender made with light [co]loured hair, short, light grey or blue eyes—a little pock m[arked] and freckled. He was born in Bristol… rather slow in his manner of talking—he had on…a Coat Waistcoat & Breeches a light Coloured Waistcoat & Old leath[er] Breeches—check and Oznabrig shirts with Stockings…ribbed Ditto a hat almost & Oznabrig Trousers quite new—William Webster a Scotchman, 30 odd years of age & talks pretty broad. He is about five feet 6 inches high…light brown hair short a round face. He had a…coloured coat pretty much worn with black horn [b]uttons a Duffield Waistcoat Breeches like Spears Oznabrig Trousers & Oznabrig shirts. Whoever apprehends the said Servants & delivers them to me at my dwelling House in Fairfax County shal receive the above reward of Forty Dollars or Twenty Dollars for each.” Attractively matted and framed with an image of Washington crossing the Delaware. In good condition, with professional repairs to significant paper loss (affecting some words and last letter of signature), final letter of the signature in-painted with iron gall ink, and some toning and soiling. The day after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Washington was busy handling the affairs of Mount Vernon, namely locating two recent runaway servants. Somewhat uneasy about keeping slaves (although he did own several), Washington kept a large number of indentured servants on his plantation to fulfill his need for skilled workmen—in this case Thomas Spears, a joiner, and William Webster, a brickmaker. Subjected to stringent regulations and compelled to complete their terms of service, they were pursued and brought back by force if they ran away, and the papers of the day were full of advertisements for such absconders. This ad written by Washington was printed in the May 4, 1775, edition of the Virginia Gazette, and again on the 12th, and the two men were returned to his plantation within the year. An interesting document, written just two months before he would find himself in command of the Continental Army. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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Choice 1785 Patowmack Company document

3. George Washington. Magnificent manuscript DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 8 x 3, August 1, 1785. Bold Patowmack Navigation

Company financial document, in part: “£6:0:0…This was deducted by the Treasurer of Virg from the State Dividend of £500…Geo: Town 1st Aug 1785. The above acct allowed.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by company directors George Washington, George Gilpin, John Fitzgerald, Thomas Sim Lee, and Thomas Johnson. In fine condition, with a small repaired split along the top fold and trimmed edges. One of Washington’s greatest interests in the period between the end of Revolutionary War and the start of his presidency was the development of the picturesque Potomac River as a navigable inland transportation route. The Potowmack Company, formed to accomplish this task using a series of locks and canals, was formed in 1785 and Washington was named the company’s president; its board of directors included the other signers of this document. Lee and Johnson were both influential former governors of Maryland, while Gilpin and Fitzgerald were veterans of the Revolution. With an eye toward the greater good of the nation, Washington’s ambitions surpassed those of the ordinary businessman. He believed that improved infrastructure would strengthen the fledgling United States, with the Potomac Canal forming a literal link from east to west and binding together territories in a ‘chain which could never be broken.’ A spectacular, crisply signed document from one of Washington’s important endeavors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

4. George Washington. Striking engraved portrait of George Washington in a full-length

pose, 15 x 22.5, circa 1800, titled “General Washington” at the bottom, with smaller text reading, “Engraved by James Heath Historical Engraver to his Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales from the original Picture in the collection of the Marquis of Landsdowne.” Framed and in fine condition, with a few repaired tears to borders. Starting Bid $200

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Twice-signed 1768 court document filled out by Adams

5. John Adams. Scarce twice-signed

partly-printed DS, signed on the reverse, “J. Adams” and “Adams,” one page both sides, 8 x 6.5, November 21, 1768. Legal document filled out on the front with approximately 150 words in Adams’s hand concerning the plea and appearance of Samuel Vase before a magistrate regarding an unpaid debt of £66. Endorsed on the left side of the reverse, “Mr. Officer, attach Sufft or hold to Bail—by order, J. Adams,” and signed in the lower left, “Adams.” In very good to fine condition, with toning and splits along folds. Firmly established as a well-respected lawyer in Boston, Adams had recently emerged on the political stage as a leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765. In this same month of November 1768, he undertook the defense of John Hancock against charges of smuggling wine aboard his sloop Liberty. Although the trial took place in the often biased vice admiralty court—one that disallowed juries and cross-examination—Adams ably defended Hancock and prolonged the case until it was dropped with charges dismissed. The trial received broad coverage in the press and the perceived injustice fueled anti-British sentiment among many colonists. A desirable, lengthy example from this sought-after founding father, highlighted by the presence of two signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Bold and lengthy handwritten expenses 6. John Adams. Unsigned handwritten document, one page, 6 x

7.5, 1767. An itemized bill for work done by Benjamin Tirrillo on a boat belonging to William Price, penned entirely in Adams’s hand. He writes out sixteen lines of expenses incurred by Tirrillo, including “To a strap for the Stern and two long spikes,” “To Spikes & Deck Nails and a strap for mast,” “To working on your boat 10 days,” “To a journey to Boston,” and “To sixty feet Boards.” Adams adds up the figures for a total owed of £4.4.9. In fine condition, with tiny edge separations to vertical folds. By this time Adams was established as a well-respected lawyer in Boston and had recently emerged on the political stage as a leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765. A desirable, lengthy example from this sought-after founding father. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

7. John Adams. Third person ADS, one page, 6.25 x 3.75, Braintree, Massachusetts, March 29, 1762. In full: “For value rec’d I promise to pay John Adams, or his order, the sum of Two pounds, seventeen shillings and Six Pence lawful money on demand with interest well paid.” Also signed at the conclusion by the issuer, Samuel Clark. In fine condition, with scattered mild toning and a horizontal fold. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Adams bearing a facsimile signature and a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

8. John Adams. Superb ink signature, “J. Adams,” on an off-white

2.25 x 1.25 clipped slip, apparently from a free frank as “Free” is penned above in another hand. In fine condition, with a mounting remnant along one back edge. An impressively large exemplar. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Reliant on naval trade, Newburyport, Boston, and Providence protest Jefferson’s 1807 Embargo Act

9. Thomas Jefferson. ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7 x 8, August 26, 1808. Letter to Zebedee Cook on behalf of the

Selectmen of Newburyport, Massachusetts, in full: “I beg leave to communicate through you the enclosed answer to the representation which came to me under cover from you, & to add the assurance of my respect.” Reverse is docketed in the recipient’s hand “Letter from President Jefferson, August 26, 1808.” Reverse also bears another handwritten notation. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Jefferson and a small caption to an overall size of 21 x 17, with a window in the backing for viewing the reverse. In very good condition, with a brush to first portion of signature, horizontal folds, and some scattered light toning and wrinkling. As Great Britain and France struggled for control of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars, repeated violations of US neutrality pushed President Jefferson to impose the Embargo Act of 1807. Hoping to avoid military mobilization, the embargo was intended to chasten the feuding nations and put an end to their belligerent behavior towards America. On behalf of the Selectmen of Newburyport, Boston, and Providence—all heavily reliant on naval trade—Zebedee Cook protested the measure. Though Jefferson sent this letter with a reply in defense of his decision, he eventually recognized the ineffectiveness of the law, and repealed it during his final days in office in March of 1809. An attractive letter penned during his presidency, as the nation struggled to overcome the devastating burdens of an unpopular bill. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 10 | April 13, 2016 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

The president requests a French diplomat as the Louisiana Purchase is put into action

10. Thomas Jefferson. Third-person ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 5, October 29, 1803. In full: “Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Pichon. He meant to be understood the other evening as asking the favor of him to dine here to-day with Messrs Soult & Delile. He did not know till last night that Mr. Pichon did not so understand him. He hopes if he has no engagement he will do him the favor of dining here today at half after three.” Second integral page bears an address panel in Jefferson’s hand, “Mr. Pichon.” In very good to fine condition, with several intersecting folds.

Financial difficulties and an impending war with Britain hastened Napoleon’s decision to sell the entirety of Louisiana to the US for $15 million in 1803. On October 20th, six months after the initial agreement, the United States Senate ratified the purchase, enabling Jefferson to formally take possession of the territories ceded by France and to devise a temporary government the following day. Resolved disputes between the Senate and the House of Representatives led Jefferson to sign the act into law just two days after this letter was written. French charge d’affaires and consul general to the United States, Louis Andre Pichon was a key figure in the swift negotiations of the historic land acquisition. An incredible link to such a vital moment in Jefferson’s presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Forwarding “‘An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,’ within the State of Rhode Island” just weeks after ratification 11. Thomas Jefferson. LS signed as secretary of state, “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.75, June 25, 1790. Letter to Edward Telfair, in full: “I have the honor to send you herein inclosed, two copies duly authenticated of the Act for giving effect to an Act intitled, ‘An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,’ within the State of Rhode Island and Providence plantations.” Silked on the reverse for reinforcement. In very good condition, with several professional repairs to small areas of paper loss, and ink erosion giving the signature and text a fuzzy appearance. Rhode Island was the last of the original colonies to ratify the US Constitution on May 29, 1790, less than a month prior to this letter. Article III established only the Supreme Court while granting Congress the power to create lower courts as necessary—a modest example of the ‘checks and balances’ between the three branches of government. On June 23, Congress proceeded to “establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,’ within the State of Rhode Island,” and organize Rhode Island as one judicial district assigned to the Eastern Circuit with a single authorizing judgeship; Jefferson subsequently notified the nation’s governors by sending copies of the newly passed statute. This letter represents the very beginnings of the United States, invoking the Constitutional powers granted to the federal government upon ratification. It is an early example of Jefferson’s role in the creation of the American judicial system, an influence which would only increase during his term as president. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Jefferson-Madison Northwest Territory land grant

12. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 15.5 x 8.5, October 1, 1806. President Jefferson grants John Robertson of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a plot of land within “the Lands directed to be sold at Steubenville by the act of Congress.” Signed at the conclusion by Jefferson and countersigned by Madison. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good condition, with wrinkling and soiling, and a small crescent-shaped area of irregularity inherent to the vellum in the upper left. The plot of land in question was located in the Northwest Territory, which was comprised of lands bounded in the west by the Mississippi River and in the east by the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Great Lakes and Canadian border down to the Ohio River. Steubenville was the seat of Jefferson County, Ohio—named for Thomas Jefferson, then vice president, upon its establishment in 1797—and home to the first federal land office. A superb example of a document representing American expansion in its foundational years, signed by one of the most sought-after presidential combinations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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13. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Partlyprinted DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 20.5 x 16.25, no date but circa 1801–1809. Four-language ship’s papers filled out in one panel, issued to “George W. Vaughan of New York master or commander of the Brig called the Sally…bound for St. Lucia…laden with Lard, Tobacco, Beef, Pork, Candles, Soap, Rice, Ham, Fish, Flour, Wine, Dry Goods, Oil, Cheese, Bread, earthenware, Brandy & crackers.” Prominently signed in the center by President Jefferson and countersigned below by Secretary of State Madison. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains mostly intact with a crack at the bottom. In very good to fine condition, with partial separations to intersecting folds repaired with tape on the reverse and a thin area of paper loss along one fold. Both signatures are exquisite, with Jefferson’s being especially large and crisp. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

“I feel an interest in the Literary & Scientific Institutions at the Seat of the National Government” 14. James Madison. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, November 14,

1825. Letter to Dr. Thomas Sewall, who was a founding faculty member of the medical department at Columbian College in 1825. In part: “I have recd. your favor of the 7th with a copy of your Lecture at the opening of the Medical School recently established. You do me but justice in supposing that I feel an interest in the Literary & Scientific Institutions at the Seat of the National Government. Besides the more comprehensive motives, the long experience I had of the kindness of its Inhabitants, will always assure my particular good will & good wishes to whatever may be honorable & beneficial to them. I have read the introductory Lecture, both with pleasure & with information. The scope given to it, and the manner in which its topics are treated, render it not only a valuable contribution to the Medical History of our Country, but a presage which must be very gratifying to the Patrons of the Institution.” Retains the integral address leaf in Madison’s hand, addressed to “Doctor Sewall Professor &c, Washington,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, James Madison.” In very good to fine condition, with slight splitting along folds and paper loss to integral address leaf.

Dr. Sewall gave a lengthy lecture on the progress of medical science in America on the occasion of the opening of the medical department at Columbian College (now George Washington University) on March 30, 1825. The lecture was published as an eighty-page booklet, which Madison clearly read with careful consideration—he was a scholar at heart, having studied a variety of subjects including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, law, geography, mathematics, and political philosophy in his youth. The former president would return to academia the following year when he was appointed as the second rector of the University of Virginia following the death of Thomas Jefferson. A splendid letter with desirable scholarly content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 14 | April 13, 2016 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

Rare 1788 correspondence between founding fathers 15. James Madison. ALS signed “J. Madison, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 7.5, no date but circa April 1788. Letter to Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia. In full: “I find that in consequence of a draught on the Treasury which I exchanged with Mr. Gou[verneu]r Morris for a bill on New York, that a surplus of £30 regular currency has passed into his hands. I have requested him to hand it over to you, whom I must trouble with a request to forward it by the first safe conveyance to Mrs. Carr of Goochland, and to transmit me her receipt for it whenever you may receive it.” Addressed on the reverse in Madison’s hand, “His Excellency Governor Randolph,” and also docketed by Randolph, “Mr. Madison,” and erroneously dated 1782. In very good to fine condition, with toning and splitting along fold, and a circular stain from wax seal on reverse. This letter features a scarce example of Madison signing with his seldom-seen suffix, which he most probably stopped using after his father’s death in 1801. Madison and Edmund Randolph had been two of Virginia’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and were instrumental advocates of the ‘checks and balances’ that became a central tenet of the American government. Their ‘Virginia Plan,’ which was drafted by Madison but officially sponsored by Randolph, set forth the idea of population-weighted representation in the federal legislature. Gouverneur Morris, a New Yorker, was also a delegate to the convention and known for drafting large sections of the Constitution; he is generally credited as the author of the famous preamble. Mrs. Carr is undoubtedly Thomas Jefferson’s younger sister, the widowed Martha Jefferson Carr, who lived in Goochland County. A close friend of Jefferson, Madison helped take care of his sister’s finances while Jefferson was employed abroad as minister to France from 1785 to 1789. An excellent early Madison letter presenting a desirable connection between four founders. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

16. James Madison.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 8.25, April 18, 1815. Land grant issued to Franz Germand for a quarter lot of land under “‘An act providing for the sale of the Lands of the United States in the Territory north-west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River.’” Signed at the conclusion by Madison and countersigned by Josiah Meigs as commissioner of the General Land Office. The white paper seal affixed to lower left is intact and lightly toned. Framed and in very good condition, with overall wrinkling, and staining to edges touching the first two letters of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 15

17. James and Dolley Madison. Unusual compilation of three items: a manuscript bank check made payable to James M. Cutts in the amount of $8.75, May 15, 1845, signed at the conclusion by the former president, “James Madison”; and a clipped franking signature by the first lady, “Free, D. P. Madison.” Both are affixed to a letter by Dolley’s nephew and biographer James Madison Cutts, November 29, 1888. In overall very good condition, with some scattered staining and edge tears and toning to the Cutts letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

18. Dolley Madison.

Scarce free franked mailing envelope, 5.25 x 2.75, addressed in Dolley Madison’s hand to “Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, Hartford, Connecticut,” and franked in the upper right, “Free D. P. Madison.” Docketed March 22, 1849, along the left edge in another hand, with the top fold folded into view, bearing the original monogrammed green wax seal, impressed with her husband’s initials, “JM.” Cloth-matted and framed with an artistic depiction of Madison to an overall size of 13.25 x 16.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Lydia Huntley Sigourney was a popular poet known as the ‘Sweet Singer of Hartford.’ In 1825, she visited the Madisons at their farm in Virginia and subsequently wrote the lyrical poem ‘Montpelier’ to thank them for their hospitality. Starting Bid $200

19. James Madison and James Monroe. Ink signatures, “James

Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state on a vellum 6.5 x 2.75 slip clipped from a document. In very good to fine condition, with soiling and staining with one spot touching the end of Madison’s name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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President Monroe seeks to absolve a possible privateer 20. James Monroe. ALS as president, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, August 21, 1819. Letter to an unidentified recipient, in part: “The papers enclosed relate to Judge Bland. I wish to examine them tonight or early in the morning; after which be so good as to return them to me, without delay, as he will call on Mr. Adams before 12, to receive some answer on the subject matter thereof…It appears to me that these papers invalidate, altogether, the deposition of Sanders [sic]. There is however in the Dept a document from another source exculpating him, in certain respect. Can this have any weight, without making known to the Judge its contents & affording him an opportunity to vindicate himself against it? Can that be done without the consent of the party, & if that consent is requested, & the party refuses it, ought the document then to have any weight? You will find within also a private letter to me from Pickney relating to the same subject. This is communicated in particular confidence to be returned with the other papers.” In very good to fine condition, with small holes from ink erosion, and an old mounting remnant to reverse left edge. After proposing the appointment of Theodrick Bland as a federal district judge, Monroe was forced to put the matter on hold as rumors of Bland’s supposed privateering past began to surface. A Mr. Sand also claimed that Bland was illegally financing Baltimore merchants, but Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams decided to move forward as planned, as reports of Mr. Sand’s low character and questionable morals cast a very different light on the subject. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Issued to a privateer in the War of 1812 21. James Monroe. War-dated DS, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75

x 9.75, November 7, 1812. Printed State Department circular headed, “To Captain John Evans, commander of the Private Armed Schooner Starks of Salem.” Instructions issued to the armed vessels of the United States. In full: “The public and private armed vessels of the United States are not to interrupt any British unarmed vessels bound to Sable Island, and laden with supplies for the humane establishment at that place.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Monroe as secretary of state. Affixed to a slightly larger cardstock sheet. In fine condition, with scattered creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Slave trade with Jefferson’s nephew Peter Carr—the alleged father of Sally Hemings’s children 22. James Monroe. ALS signed “Jas.

Monroe,” one page, 7.25 x 6.5, August 13, 1800. Letter to Peter Carr, his neighbor and the nephew of Thomas Jefferson. In full: “I recd. yr. favor at Richmond the other day. I shod. have been explicit when I saw you or before I left the county but intended back so soon, I presumed it unnecessary. You shall have the servants on the terms proposed, accommodating me with the amt. by the 10 of 1 yr. next; Let me know whether you take them in a few days as in case you do not I must make other arrangements.” In fine condition. Monroe had permanently settled at his plantation, Highland, adjacent to Jefferson’s Monticello, a year earlier in 1799. He generally lived beyond his means and sometimes had to sell or lease property— including his slaves—in order to attend to his personal debts. In this letter, with a tone of urgency, he agrees to terms with Carr for such a transaction. The son of Thomas Jefferson’s sister, Peter Carr remains best known for his central role in the controversy surrounding Jefferson’s relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. For 150 years, it was accepted that Carr was the father of Hemings’s children; however recent genetic testing has disproved this assertion and revealed Jefferson’s likely paternity. Representing the intertwined relationship between founders and the institution of slavery, this is a revelatory letter of exceptional historic significance. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

23. James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one

page, 12.75 x 8, July 13, 1819. President Monroe grants Ludwick Foust a tract of land “containing one hundred & thirty acres…of the Lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Madison and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact with a couple missing points. Handsomely double-matted and framed. In very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Adams traces his lineage back to 1648, detailing the evolution of “Quinsey” to “Quinsy” to “Quincy” 24. John Quincy Adams. Un-

signed handwritten manuscript, one page both sides, 4.75 x 5, no date. Adams pens detailed notes related to the Quincy family history, including a chronological genealogy spanning the second half of the 17th century and early half of the 18th century, recording births, marriages, and deaths between 1648 and 1715. A portion also bears the inscription from a family tombstone penned in another hand, to which Adams has added some notes in the margins. Perhaps most interesting is that this traces the history of the “Quincy” name—other members of his family tree also used “Quinsy” and “Quinsey.” In fine condition, with show-through from writing to opposing sides. An especially appropriate piece as it deals with Adams’s lesser-known side of the family—as the son of John and Abigail Adams, his lineage is perhaps the most prominent point of his biography. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

One month before his second presidential campaign 25. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one

page, 11.25 x 15, April 6, 1832. A patent issued to “Frederick Gray, A Citizen of the United States, [who] hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement in the machine used for Pegging Shoes and Boots.” Signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston and Attorney General Roger B. Taney. The white paper seal and original red ribbon affixed to the left side remain intact. The second page of document is absent. In very good to fine condition, with text faded but legible. Dated just a month before Jackson received his party’s nomination for a second term, this document features the presence of Livingston and Taney, two men that would prove central to his reelection, as well as his continued manipulation of presidential power, most notably in regard to his vetoing of the Second Bank of the United States’ charter renewal. An uncommon document deriving from shortly before Jackson’s controversial second presidential campaign. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Confidential reports and counterfeit documents in Jackson’s quest to expand US territory 26. Andrew Jackson. Interesting third-person ALS, signed within the text “the president,” one page, 4.75 x 8, January 29, 1832. Jackson writes to Amos Kendall, in full: “Will Mr. Kendal [sic] be good enough to inform the president, whether he gave him for perusal the confidential report of Mr. Irwin [sic], late Minister to Madrid, on the subject of his negotiation with Spain for the delivery of the Trovedas & the boundary of Louisiana—I cannot find it where I kept it, and if he has not given it to you or Major Bony for perusal it has been clandestinely taken out of my Bureau. Please inform me if you have it, & if you have, please return by the first safe hand.” Kendall has made a notation at the bottom of the letter, “I certify that the foregoing note is in the handwriting of General Andrew Jackson, May 6, 1864, Amos Kendall.” Reverse of the second integral pages addressed in Jackson’s hand, “(Private) Amos Kendall Esqr., Auditor.” In fine condition. In January of 1832, Jackson applied to US Minister to Spain George W. Erving (referred to here as Irwin) for a new statement regarding the latter’s negotiations of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1818. Eager to accelerate the expansion of Southern states, Jackson sought to verify Spain’s original offer of ceding Florida with a proposed boundary line extending to Colorado—the mysterious Rio Grande Treaty—far beyond the agreed upon delineation of the Sabine River. Unable to locate the original report, Jackson forwarded an exact copy to Erving, suggesting he use the purported facsimile as reference; Congress later dismissed the subsequent Erving Affadivit of 1832, with John Quincy Adams condemning it as a counterfeit. An interesting letter related to Jackson’s relentless drive for expansion. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

27. Andrew Jackson. Bank of the Metropolis check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Jackson as president, payable to A. J. Donelson for $100, October 19, 1835. In fine condition, with expected cancellation cuts and a connecting vertical tear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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28. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one

page, 13.75 x 8.75, January 4, 1830. President Jackson grants Peter Green a parcel of land “containing One hundred and Sixty Acres of the Lands directed to be sold at Jeffersonville, Indiana.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. The seal affixed to the lower left remains partially intact. In very good condition, with two small holes to text and paper loss to the seal area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

29. Andrew Jackson. Ink signature, “Andrew Jackson,” on an off-white 3.75 x .75 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In very good condition, with closely clipped corners, and a tear at very end of last name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Lengthy handwritten letter to an ex-congressman

30. Martin Van Buren. ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, August 11, 1834. Lengthy letter to former Congressman David Evans. In part: “I should have written to you before in regard to the Post-Office at Buffalo if I had not supposed that our friend Judge Cummings would explain fully to you the ground I had taken…I had determined before I recd your letter to take no farther part in the question…But I perceive by the circumstance of the Judge’s sending me the enclosed that I had not made myself understood by him. Do me the favor to hand the enclosed to him and show him this letter…It would have given me sincere pleasure to have met Mr. R & yourself here—a relaxation with which you might well have indulged yourself. I fear this money making spirit will…disqualify you from enjoying it. I propose to leave here in two weeks for Oswego with my own horses. I would be most happy to come & spend a few days with you but shall probably be deterred by the distance & by the apprehension that I will be seen to make too much of a politician of you for one of your prudent habits…Smith will be with me & he is very anxious to see Niagara & these boys do pretty much with me as they please…Young Wadsworth and his handsome bride have been very pressing to have John and myself pay them a visit, but he will be kept at Albany by his business at the Circuit Court.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Vice President Van Buren remarks on the “intense ill health of the President” 31. Martin Van Buren. ALS as vice president, signed “M. Van Buren,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, March 9, 1833. Letter to Benjamin F. Butler, in part: “Not a single incident has occurred to interfere with the general gratification except the intense ill health of the President on the 4th which caused some inquietude but he went through it well. I passed the principle part of a day in the Senate & witnessed a very general disposition on the part of the rejectors to be civil. Most of them came up to me & shook hands. With Webster that ceremony did not take place until the inauguration ball when it was done under circumstances which John will explain. The health of the President is chiefly restored & affairs here look quite well. Every eye is directed toward S. Carolina. Her delegation went off in a great rage in consequence of the passage of the enforcement Bill by so unprecedented a majority. Her course is not certain but my impression is that she will revoke her ordinance but denounce bitterly the enforcement law to possibly nullify it although such madness is not probable.” In very good to fine condition, with show-through from writing to opposing sides and some handling wear.Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Very early whiskey rations military return 32. William Henry Harrison. Manuscript DS, signed “W. H. Harrison, ADC,” one page, 6.5 x 3, January 31, 1795. Document issued at Greenville, headed, “Return for Whiskey for the Barge Crew for 2 Days,” in which Harrison orders ten rations of whiskey to cover five men for two days. Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with two small cancellation holes. At this time, Harrison was just 22 years old and serving as aide-de-camp to General ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne in the Ohio Indian Wars. Later on in 1795 he would be one of the signatories of the Treaty of Greenville, ending the Northwest Indian War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

33. William Henry Harrison. Miami Exporting Company bank check, 6 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Will’m Henry Harrison,” payable to William Dunn for $10, February 27, 1815. In very good condition, with cancellation cuts reinforced with old tape repairs showing through to the front. The Miami Exporting Company, located in Cincinnati, was the first bank chartered in Ohio by the state legislature in 1803. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“Zealously devoted” to “the construction of the South Western rail road” 34. John Tyler. ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 2, 1849. Letter to James McDowell, the former governor of Virginia, in part: “Presuming upon your well known goodness and urbanity, may I take the liberty of recommending to you and through you to others, Genl Wm. Gibbs McNiel [sic] as eminently qualified from both talents and experience to act in the capacity of Principal Engineer in the construction of the South Western rail road. For his talents I can well avouch from a long acquaintance…Zealously devoted as I am and always have been, (the last speech I made in the House of Delegates of Virginia was in its advocacy) to the improvement, which I regard as the great work of the day, I would suffer no consideration of mere personal friendship to induce me to recommend Genl. McNiel but for my convictions of his entire fitness.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral leaf in Tyler’s hand and franked in the upper right, “J. Tyler.” In fine condition, with show-through from writing to opposing sides. The man in question, William Gibbs McNeill, became well known as a civil engineer through his work with the B&O Railroad, and was also the uncle of the painter James McNeill Whistler. This letter seems to refer to the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, which was chartered by the commonwealth in 1849 to build a line from Lynchburg to the Tennessee border. Tyler had advocated for such a plan during his time in the state legislature in the late 1830s, but it was not until 1850 that construction finally began. Virginia’s railroads became enormously important during the Civil War, and after various disruptions Union forces finally captured and destroyed much of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad in late 1864. With excellent railway content from a former president during a crucial period of industrialization, this is a tremendously desirable letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

35. John Tyler. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 11 x 14.5, July 2, 1842. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued for “the Barque Emma of Westport, Charles Ball master or commander…mounted with no guns navigated with 23 men to pass with her Company Passengers, Goods and Merchandise without any hinderance, seizure or molestation.” Signed at the conclusion by President Tyler and countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with mounting remnants to the front affecting a portion of the text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Superb Mexican-American War appointment for an officer seeking ‘Glory’ 36. James K. Polk. War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18, March 25, 1847. President Polk appoints Isaac Bowen as “First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Artillery, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Polk and countersigned by Secretary of War William L. Marcy. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. Intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing between Polk’s first name and middle initial), moderate scattered toning and soiling, and expected document wear, otherwise fine condition. Bowen was a friend of D. H. Hill of the Fourth Artillery, now best remembered for his service in the Confederate Army. Both saw the war as a way to prove to the American people—who remained skeptical of the idea of a regular standing army—that the officers who graduated from the US Military Academy were indeed skilled soldiers rather than ‘epauletted loafers.’ A letter from Bowen written at the outset of the war in 1846 is quoted in Ricardo A. Herrera’s book For Liberty and the Republic, in which he wrote that as the First Artillery prepared to ‘march upon Monterey’ he hoped to ‘cover myself with that bubble ‘Glory’ which I am so anxious to obtain.’ The sweeping American victory in the Mexican-American War, which gave the United States most of its present land in the southwest, indeed proved the worth of the Army’s officers and became the defining element of Polk’s presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Excusing his attorney general from a cabinet meeting 37. James K. Polk. ANS in pencil as president, signed “J. K. P.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, April 29, 1845. Brief response written below an initial letter sent to him by Attorney General John Y. Mason. Polk grants Mason’s request to skip a cabinet meeting, in full: “There is nothing of so much importance as to demand your presence to day.” In fine condition, with slight show-through from ink notation to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Uncommon Polk–Buchanan pardon for a troublesome ship’s captain

38. James K. Polk and James Buchanan. Manuscript DS, signed “James K. Polk” as president and “James Buchanan” as secretary of state, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.5, July 1, 1846. A rare executive pardon. In part: “Whereas, it is represented, that the British Barque Mary Harrington, Charles McFee [sic], master arrived at the port of New York, from Londonderry…with an excess of passengers…Said barque was measured at Charlestown S. C. in February 1845…by which measurement the Captain regulated the number of passengers which he took on board…difference of admeasurement in the two ports, is the cause of the excess of passengers…Now be it known that I, James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises…do hereby remit unto him the said Charles McFee, the penalty incurred.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Polk and countersigned by Secretary of State James Buchanan. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with repairs to folds and a slightly rough left edge. Polk is uncommon in general and is exceptionally desirable in combination with Buchanan. Captain McAffee would find trouble again in 1848, when he arrived in New York from Donegal with five passengers dead and 78 of 120 stricken with fever; his intentions may have been noble, however, as these were likely Irish immigrants seeking refuge from the famine. The next year, after his ship arrived from Glasgow, a Brooklyn newspaper published a notice that cautioned against trusting the crew of the Mary Harrington and warned that the captain did not pay his debts. Manuscript presidential pardons such as this are quite scarce, particularly with this unusual content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Washington’s elite praise an optician: President Polk reviews “a pair of spectacles which I think superior to any I have ever used” 39. James K. Polk. ADS as president, one page, 7.75 x 12.5, July 17, 1846. Highly

unusual testimonial document for an optician featuring an autograph statement by Polk, in full: “Mr. Siga has furnished me with a pair of spectacles which I think superior to any I have ever used. At Mr. Siga’s request I make this statement.” Senator Thomas J. Rusk pens a similar statement above. Signed below by Polk and Rusk along with many other politicians, including: George M. Dallas, Richard M. Johnson, John J. Crittenden, William R. King, Dixon Hall Lewis, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Arthur P. Bagby, Henry Stuart Foote, Augustus B. Longstreet, John L. Manning, James Chesnut, Jr., John M. Botts, Henry Bedinger, Charles L. Livingston, John Blanchard, James Iver McKay, George C. Dromgoole, William L. Sharkey, Beriah Magoffin, Timothy Pilsbury. Professionally silked on the reverse for reinforcement. In very good condition, with heavy overall toning. A decidedly unique presidential format enhanced by the presence of numerous influential politicians, including three vice presidents in Dallas, Johnson, and King. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

40. Zachary Taylor. LS signed “Z. Taylor Lt. Col., 1st Regt. US Infy, Comdg,” one page, 8 x 10, November 18, 1827. Letter to the adjutant general of the US Army in Washington. In part: “I have the honor to enclose you Surgeon McMahon’s certificates of disability in the cases of two recruits…The delay in forwarding these papers has been on account of Dr. McMahon being stationed at present at Fort Snelling.” In fine condition, with partial edge separations repaired with tape to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Amid debates for the Compromise of 1850, VP Fillmore seeks the presence of Senator Webster 41. Millard Fillmore. ALS as vice president, one page, 4.75 x 7.25, April 26. Letter

to President Zachary Taylor, in full: “After leaving you this morning I went directly to Mr. Webster’s House, and was informed he had just gone to the Capitol. I came here and have sent to the two committees of which he is a member and the messenger reports that he is not in the capitol. I fear he has forgotten the appointment.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse of second integral page. In the wake of his Seventh of March speech, Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster became a vilified political figure amongst New England abolitionists for his support of the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, positions he would maintain throughout his tenure as secretary of state. Although this letter likely points to little more than a missed appointment, Fillmore’s concern no doubt reflects the growing consternation around the suddenly unpopular Webster. Written just three months before the unexpected death of President Taylor, this is an interesting letter with great historical associations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

42. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, August 21, 1868. Letter to Dr. T. A. Cheney, in full: “Your favor of the 14th came duly to hand & in reply to your request that I should prosecute a suit for the violation of the copyright to your Historical Sketch, I would say that I sold my law library more than 20 years ago and quit the practice; and never expect to engage in it again. I have never had any occasion to study the law relating to copyright and therefore I can give you no reliable advice. I regret to say that I have not yet found time to read your sketch, and for some days passed I have been suffering from an inflammation in one of my eyes which is not yet well and therefore I read and write as little as possible.” Removably encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

43. Franklin Pierce. ALS signed “Frank. Pierce,” one page both sides, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, September 30, 1851. Letter to New Hampshire congressman and US Commissioner of Patents Edmund Burke, in part: “I was sorry on my return home from Belknap County on Saturday to learn, that you were not at the meeting of the State Committee last week…Edson Hill was just in our office & mentioned the name of a candidate for Governor which struck me more favorably than any I had yet heard. I refer to John L. Putnam of Cornish…You will understand much better than I do whether he enjoys the standing & has the qualities desirable & available for the occasion. Councilor Ross of Hanover has, I find, been a good deal talked about and he is I have no doubt an excellent man—but I am firmly of the opinion that Judge Putnam, altho he did not occur to me till this morning, would be decidedly our best candidate.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Scarce autograph letter as president, written with “a sad heart” and “many painful memories” 44. Franklin Pierce. ALS as president signed “Frank. Pierce,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 8.5, October 7, 1855. Letter to Rev. Henry A. Boardman in Philadelphia. In part: “Your kind note of the 4th inst has just been read and I must utter a word of acknowledgment…before opening the sermon which I shall peruse with a sad heart and with an interest quickened by many painful memories. I am admonished to admit no delay especially on account of my mortifying failure to express thanks for the little note to which you refer. I read it twice and then placed it in the hands of Rev. Dr. Gurly and other friends who highly appreciated, as I did, the ability and force with which the appeal is argued. I have long desired to ask you to become our guest for a few days at the ‘White House.’ Will you not gratify Mrs. Pierce and myself by visiting us in the course of the autumn or winter? Our pastor, Mr. Sunderland, would I am sure be glad to arrange an exchange with you should you deem it desirable.” In fine condition. Franklin and Jane Pierce experienced the ultimate tragedy just two months before entering the White House when their last child, Benjamin, was killed in a gruesome train accident. Having already lost their other two children, this final blow seriously affected both of them for the rest of their lives, and Pierce remained stricken with grief throughout his presidency. Reverend Boardman, a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, presumably acknowledged the loss in one of his sermons and forwarded Pierce a copy. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Introducing “Mr. Sumner” in rare correspondence between President Pierce and Jefferson Davis 45. Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis. Rare piece of correspondence between President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis: an ALS signed “Jeff. Davis,” one page, 5 x 7.5, April 19, 1853, in full: “To the Presdt, Dr Sir, I send this to you to ask when it will be convenient to you to see Mr. Sumner. I said to him I could introduce him in the morning but that he would have then little opportunity to converse with you.” Upside down at the bottom of the page Pierce responds with an ANS as president, signed “F. P.,” in full: “Will you call with Mr. Sumner & take tea with me tomorrow evening.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse corners. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. President Pierce had taken office the previous month on March 4, naming Davis as his secretary of war. Davis certainly would have known the Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner as their service in the Senate overlapped for five months when Sumner joined in 1851. Despite their opposing views—Sumner an ardent abolitionist, Davis a vocal proponent of slavery—it seems that their relationship was cordial enough that Davis was happy to grant favor by introducing him to the new president. This mutual respect continued to exist even after the Civil War; when popular opinion called for Davis to be tried for treason, Sumner opposed the measures and advocated for universal amnesty. An exquisite piece associating three political giants of the era. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 28 | April 13, 2016 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

“Every person here is anxiously expecting the answer of the Czar” 46. James Buchanan. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, December 22, 1855. Letter to Hon. Peter D. Vroom, written while serving as minister to the United Kingdom. In part: “I have received a letter from Dr. W. W. Bidlack, now at Tangier, who informs me that he has written to the Russian Minister at Berlin soliciting the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Russian Army…I cannot interfere in favor of the appointment of Dr. Bidlack to an office in the Russian Army; but it is due to him to state my personal knowledge of his family and himself. His father, the Hon: Benjamin A. Bidlack, was a worthy and excellent man. He repeatedly represented his County (that of Luzerne) in the Legislature of Pennsylvania and afterwards represented his District in the Congress of the United States…In regards to Dr. Bidlack, he went out to Tangier as the youthful companion and friend of Mr. Collings, U.S. Consul General, who recently died there….He has undoubtedly received a regular education as a physician and surgeon… Every person here is anxiously expecting the answer of the Czar to the propositions made by Austria and accepted by France and England. If this should be favorable, I doubt whether the terms, whatever they may be, will prove satisfactory to the British people. They seem to be intent upon the recovery of the military prestige which they have lost during the two last campaigns, and to accomplish this object, have made vast naval preparations.” In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. With the Crimean War winding down, Buchanan kept close watch on Russia as 1855 came to a close. The initial terms set forth by Austria at this time were in fact accepted, and a peace conference began in Paris in February of 1856 to address the remaining issues. Buchanan’s key concern—Russian naval power—was addressed in one of the most crucial points of the final treaty: establishing the Black Sea as neutral territory. This closed it to all warships and prohibited fortifications and armaments on its shores. Meanwhile, the agreement preserved the Ottoman Empire and forced Russia to surrender some of the territory it had gained. An extremely desirable letter on foreign policy from the president-to-be. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

47. James Buchanan. ALS as president, one page, 4 x 6.25, April 16, 1858. Letter to Mrs. Ridgale, in part: “I have received your note & feel deeply for your salutation. I have conversed with W. Cobb on the subject & now suggest that you should call…He will receive you at any time you may call.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Lincoln legal brief written entirely in his hand

48. Abraham Lincoln. Document Signed, “Peters & Lincoln,” one page, 7.75 x 5, docketed on reverse by Lincoln (noting case title), and with a second docket in another hand: “Filed May 6,1850.” Endorsed along lower edge of reverse by opposing attorney [Lincoln.] Lincoln legal brief for a case between Francis Coburn and John Lee. In full: “And the said defendant comes and defends the wrong and injury when, where &c and says plaintiff actio non, because he says he did not undertake and promise in manner and form as the said plaintiff in his said declaration has alleged; and of this the said defendant puts himself upon the county.” This case arose from John Lee’s claim that Francis Coburn owed him $600 for 5 years of labor as a servant. Lincoln’s defense argued that there was no written contract, guarantee, or promise between the parties. After the jury heard this evidence, John Lee refused to prosecute this case further. Oliver L. Davis represented the plaintiff. The Judge in this case was David Davis, whom Lincoln would appoint to the Supreme Court in 1862. In fine condition, with a small area of paper loss and nearly invisible professional reinforcement along horizontal fold. Accompanied by a collection of ephemera including: an issue of the Daily Illinois State Journal from July 27, 1857, featuring an ad for “Lincoln & Herndon, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law”; a rare hand-colored carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln in a tin frame with original U.S. postal stamp, by ‘Story Brothers, Peoria, Ill; a cabinet-size albumen portrait of Lincoln seated; a small albumen portrait of John Wilkes Booth; a carte-de-visite showing the Lincoln family; and a Lincoln ‘Campaign Songster’ booklet. Seven total pieces comprise this lot. Following his single term as Congressman in Illinois, which ended in 1849, Lincoln returned to his legal practice. At the time that he penned this brief, he was serving as a defense attorney on the Illinois Eighth Circuit Court, traveling from one county seat to another and accepting cases directly from defendants or, as in this document, reinforcing local attorneys’ cases. A superb piece from the future president’s famous days as a prairie lawyer, written entirely in his distinctive hand. Legal brief alone sold for $3696 R&R, May 2013, lot 68. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Rare Lincoln signed check to “Self” less than two months before his assassination

49. Abraham Lincoln. Partly printed check accomplished and signed (“A. Lincoln’’), drawn on Riggs & Co., Washington, D.C., 18 February 1865. 1 page, oblong (2¾ x 7¼ in.), printed in several bold decorative types, a fine wood-engraved vignette of the bank’s headquarters on the left, delicate decorative border on four sides, numbered “26’’ by President Lincoln in top left-hand corner. In fine condition, with unobtrusive cancellation cut. Beautifully matted and framed with a photo of Lincoln. Lincoln writes a $761.00 dollar check to himself, a large sum at this time, just weeks after the historic passage of the 13th Amendment to end slavery, and the momentous Hampton Roads conference with the Confederate representatives, and less than two months before his assassination, making this one of his last known signed checks to survive. Lincoln’s presidential checks against Riggs & Co.—the premier Washington D.C. bank at this time—are far rarer than his pre-presidential Springfield checks, and are worth substantially more signed as president. Only four Lincoln “to Self” Riggs checks have come to auction in the past 35 years. A previous Riggs Lincoln check sold at Christies, Nov. 2011, lot 164, for $17,500. Noted in Basler 8:581 and in Lincoln Day by Day, 314. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Temporary appointment from the “Executive Mansion” in 1863

50. Abraham Lincoln. Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 7, March 9, 1863. Order issued from the Executive Mansion. In full: “I authorize William T. Otto to perform the duties of the office of Secretary of the Interior, during the absence of John P. Usher, from the seat of government.” Beautifully mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with an engraved portrait. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing, irregular toning, and two small areas of surface paper loss not affecting any text. Otto was the assistant secretary of the interior and had chaired Indiana’s delegation to the 1860 Republican National Convention, and after this temporary appointment by President Lincoln he served in Usher’s place between March and October 1863. This very document came under scrutiny during a later congressional investigation into William McGarrahan’s ‘Panoche Grande Claim,’ during which Otto’s authority to act as secretary of the interior was questioned. A wonderful piece boasting a full presidential signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Pass for a Confederate widow “to remain in New Jersey so long as she does not misbehave”

Image larger than acutal size. 51. Abraham Lincoln. ANS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, February 17, 1865. In full: “Allow Mrs. J. K. Dougherty of Clay County, Mo. to remain in New Jersey so long as she does not misbehave.” In fine condition, with a few small stains. The woman who received this pass was likely the widow of John Kerr Dougherty, nee Irene F. Reed. Her husband had been a sergeant in the Confederacy’s 3rd Missouri Infantry and was part of the charge by General Cockrell’s brigade at the Battle of Tennessee, where he was killed near the breastworks. Attending to this matter—a grieving, perhaps enraged widow—was one of many important subjects President Lincoln attended to on February 17th; he also agreed to support the release of Roger A. Pryor, a former congressman from Virginia held as a prisoner of war; considered the case of the spy John Y. Beall, whose death sentence was upheld; and signed the Army commission for his eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Penned amidst a nation’s turmoil and the stresses of the highest office, this is an immensely desirable handwritten presidential note. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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53. Abraham Lincoln. Crisp ink signature, “Abraham Lincoln,” on

an off-white 3 x 1 slip clipped from a larger document. Handsomely double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and plaque to an overall size of 15.5 x 11.75. In fine condition. A choice example, most certainly signed as president, as it appears to be clipped from a presidential pardon. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

“An honest man, a noble patriot, and sagacious statesman has fallen!” 54. Abraham Lincoln Assassination. Black-bordered printed general orders, one page, 4.25 x 5.75, April 16, 1865. General Orders No. 15 issued by General George G. Meade to inform the Army of the Potomac of President Lincoln’s death. In part: “Official intelligence has been received of the death, by assassination, of the President of the United States…By this Army, this announcement will be received with profound sorrow, and deep horror and indignation…An honest man, a noble patriot, and sagacious statesman has fallen! No greater loss, at this particular moment, could have befallen our country.” Handsomely matted and framed with a descriptive plaque to an overall size of 11.5 x 14. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and trivial soiling. Starting Bid $200

55. Andrew Johnson. Partly-printed DS

as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, June 23, 1868. In full: “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of George W. Wallingford, dated this day and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson. Removably encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 34 | April 13, 2016 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

56. Andrew Johnson. ANS, one page, lightly-lined, 6.75 x 2.75, March 27, 1866. In full: “I have no objection to the granting of the permission desired, for temporary purposes.” Removably encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with evenly trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Upon his postmaster’s resignation: “You are the last of the original members of the Cabinet named by me”

57. U. S. Grant. ALS as president, two pages, 7.75 x 9.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 24, 1874. Letter to the departing Postmaster

General Hon. John A. J. Creswell upon his resignation. In part: “As I expressed to you verbally this morning, when you tendered your resignation of this office of Postmaster General, it is with the deepest regret to me that you should have felt such a course necessary—You are the last of the original members of the Cabinet named by me as I was entering upon my present duties—and it makes me feel as if old associations were being broken up that I had hoped might be continued through my official life. In separating officially I have but two hopes to express: First, that I may get a successor who will be as faithful and efficient in the performance of the duties of the office you assign; second, a personal friend that I can have the same attachment for. Your record has been satisfactory to me, and I know it will so prove to the country ‘at large.’” Handsomely archivally mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with a portrait of Grant. Also includes Creswell’s letter of resignation, addressed to “The President,” in part: “After more than five years of continuous service, I am constrained by a proper regard for my private interests to resign the office of Postmaster General.” In very good to fine condition, with several horizontal creases and toning to the perimeter. As evident from this response by Grant, Creswell’s resignation was sudden and unexpected. Adding to Grant’s dismay was the fact that Creswell did an excellent job—he made sweeping reforms and reduced costs, implemented the first penny postcard, increased mail routes, and controversially abolished the congressional franking privilege that reduced revenue by five percent annually. Grant hoped to fill the vacancy with either a Southerner or New Englander, and with the approval of his cabinet appointed former Connecticut governor and minister to Russia Marshall Jewell. A rare handwritten presidential letter to a cabinet member, this is an excellent piece of historical significance. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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President Grant admits to confusion within the Internal Revenue Service 58. U. S. Grant. ALS as president, one page, lightly-

lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1870. Letter sent from Long Branch, New Jersey, to Illinois Congressman Norman Judd. In full: “Please say to the editor of the German paper in Chicago that I rec’d his dispatch protesting against the removal of Collector Gusser and would answer by telegraph only that I have mislaid his dispatch and do not remember his address. Your dispatch, and his, is the first announcement I had of any contemplated removal of the Collector. As the Comm. of Internal Rev. is absent from Washington, and has been for some time, and as I have been absent for some time also, the report must have been started without any foundation whatever, for what purpose or by whom, I can only conjecture.” In fine condition, with tape remnants to top and bottom edges, and show-through from writing to opposing sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Desirable 1864 wartime correspondence with Secretary of the Navy Welles 59. U. S. Grant. Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A.,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, April 16, 1864. Letter to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. In part: “Permit me to ask as a favor personal to myself the reappointment of Frank W. Agnel as Acting Midshipman to the Naval School. This young man entered last year but for some deficiency either in his studies or some other cause was forced to leave. His appointment now would necessarily throw him back to start just where he was one year ago, but no greater favor could well be asked for the young man and I do not ask reinstatement.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds passing through the signature and partial separations to the blank adjoining page. At the time of this letter Grant was just one month removed from his promotion to lieutenant general, giving him command of all Union Armies. He was busy devising tactics for the soon-to-come Overland Campaign, which began as Grant’s forces crossed the Rapidan River on May 4, 1864. The series of battles over the course of the next two months resulted in a great strategic victory for the Union and the start of the Siege of Petersburg. Excellent military content from this important time in Grant’s career and a decisive period of the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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60. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, March 3,

1870. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to “a Warrant for the pardon of Domingo Ewing.” Signed at the conclusion by Grant. In fine condition, with a tear to left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

62. Grover Cleveland. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 19.52, March 4, 1887. President Cleveland appoints Samuel Breck as “Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Cleveland, and countersigned by William C. Endicott as Secretary of War. The blue embossed seal affixed to lower left remains intact. In fine condition, with slight haloing to contemporarily drawn red lines. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

61. James A. Garfield. LS signed “J.

A. Garfield,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio, letterhead, December 1, 1880. Letter to Colonel James Belger, in full: “Accept my thanks for your kind congratulations of the 20th ultimo.” Removably encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with several horizontal folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

63. Benjamin Harrison. Partly-printed DS as president, signed

“Benj. Harrison,” one page, 22 x 17, March 1, 1890. President Harrison appoints Edwin L. Wage of Albion, New York, as “Supervisor of Census for the Tenth Census District of New York.” Signed at the conclusion by President Harrison, and countersigned by Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble. In very good condition, with tape-repaired separations to the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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64. Benjamin Harrison. LS as president signed “Benj.

Harrison,” one page both sides, 10.5 x 14, September 29, 1890. Official letter of state to Carlos Pellegrini, the president of Argentina. In part: “I have received the letter of August 4th last, by which Your Excellency informs me, that, in virtue of Article 75 of the Constitution of the Argentine Republic, you, on that day, assumed the Executive Power of the Nation. Your Excellency further assures me of your desire to cultivate and strengthen the cordial relations which happily exist between the United States and the Argentine Republic. I fully reciprocate your sentiments, and I am happy to give expression to the desire of the people of the United States for the continued prosperity of the Argentine Republic.” Signed at the conclusion by President Harrison and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Executive Mansion document concerning “His Imperial Majesty William II, Emperor of Germany” 65. William McKinley. Choice partly-printed DS as

president, one page, 7.75 x 10, December 29, 1898. President McKinley authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to the envelope containing my letter addressed to His Imperial Majesty William II, Emperor of Germany.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by McKinley. In fine condition. Interestingly, Germany was an American enemy at this time—Kaiser Wilhelm had even drawn up plans for an invasion of the United States in an effort to reduce the nation’s influence in the world. However, the chief foreign relations conflict for President McKinley had been the Spanish-American War which came to a conclusion earlier in the month of December. A beautiful example of this scarce document format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Remarkable extradition document for a high-society husband “charged with the crime of murder” 66. Th eod o re Roosevelt. Partly-

printed DS, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page both sides, 9 x 15, March 13, 1908. Interesting warrant authorizing the extradition of an alleged murderer. In part: “Whereas, it appears by information in due form by me received, that Paul Emile Roy, charged with the crime of murder, is a fugitive from the justice of the United States, supposed to have taken refuge in France…application has been made to the French authorities for extradition of the fugitive.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Roosevelt and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains crisp and fully intact. Includes a copy of the typed letter from Bacon to the governor of New Hampshire transmitting the extradition document, matted and framed together to an overall size of 24.5 x 21.5, with a glass backing for viewing the signed reverse. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and expected document wear. This document concerns a highly unusual case of murder and international intrigue. Paul Emile Roy was the husband of American heiress and opera singer Glacia Calla. On January 2, 1908, an altercation erupted between Roy and Calla’s brother, George A. Carkins, over a hat that Calla planned to wear on their evening outing. Roy objected to the size of his wife’s hat and refused to go to the concert if she wore it. Carkins insulted Roy; Roy insulted Carkins. Both drew and emptied their revolvers, leaving Carkins dead on the kitchen floor. The husband and wife first told authorities it was a suicide, and Roy quickly left for his homeland of France. Over a month later, Glacia Calla came out with the truth and this warrant was issued for Roy’s arrest and extradition. Though they refused to extradite him, French authorities did agree to try him in their courts, but when Calla refused to go to France to testify against him, the court dismissed the charges in August 1909. The sensational case was closed, and Roy had gotten away with murder. A rare document with a truly fascinating backstory. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

67. Theodore Roosevelt. Mailing envelope bearing a printed

address to Scribner’s Magazine, 11.5 x 5, postmarked in Brazil, 1914, signed in the lower left in pencil, “From Theodore Roosevelt.” Red pencil notations in another hand indicate that this was received in New York on April 27 and contained the original manuscript for chapter seven of his book Through the Brazilian Wilderness. In good to very good condition, with heavy handling wear, and a large portion of the envelope clipped out. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Superb inscribed portrait of the outdoorsman 68. Theodore Roosevelt. Fantastic matte-finish 4.5 x 8.5 photo of artist

Gari Melchers’s full-length portrait of Roosevelt, affixed to a 6.5 x 12.5 mount, boldly signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen as president, “To J. C. Welliver with the regards of his friend Theodore Roosevelt, Feb. 10th 1909.” Handsomely cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 21.75. In fine condition. Melchers’s painting of President Roosevelt was commissioned by industrialist and art collector Charles Freer as a sign of appreciation for his support; Freer pledged his collections to the United States as long as a public museum was built for them, and the president interceded with the Smithsonian in order to make it happen. Melchers’s superb painting aptly captures Roosevelt in an unusual pose and embodies his policy to ‘speak softly and carry a big stick.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

69. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS, two pages, 5 x 8,

United States Civil Service Commission letterhead, October 1, no year but circa 1889–1895. Boldly penned letter to Dr. Ames. In part: “I am extremely obliged to you for your very courteous letter, and the interest it shows. But I am not a candidate for Senator from Dakota. I know far too little of the Dakota political leaders to warrant my being one. However I am just as much obliged to you as if I were in the field.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Combating opposition to the League of Nations: “If we can prevent that, then the Republicans can not afford to stand on the issue of ‘Peace or continued state of war’” 70. William H. Taft. TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two

pages, 8 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 30, 1919. Letter to Gus Karger, in part: “I deeply regret the announcement of Lodge’s attitude this morning toward the League in respect to the Italian question. If he is committing his party to an opposition, he is running a very great risk of making Wilson a third time the President. For him to oppose Wilson, who is trying to get peace on the other side on the basis of certain principles in which I sympathize with him entirely especially with respect to Italy, it will be properly charged that he is playing for the Italian vote… Lodge is not a far-sighted politician. He is so distinctly partisan and he is personally so very vain and so full of his position in the Senate that his judgment is often politically erroneous…What I am now anxious to do is to see whether it is possible to secure seven or eight, or perhaps ten Republican Senators who will vote for the League as it is. I think Frank Kellogg will. I am hopeful that Smoot can be brought to a position where he will. Cummins has announced that he will…If we have forty-three or forty-four Democrats, it would only need five Republicans to vote against any amendment, because that is where the mischief is to be done by carrying an amendment by a majority vote. If we can prevent that, then the Republicans can not afford to stand on the issue of ‘Peace or continued state of war.’” Taft makes several handwritten emendations to the text, and adds a brief postscript below his signature, “Can we not count on Groma, Colt and Capper? The latter is slipping.” In very good to fine condition, with rusty paper clip marks to the top corner of each page. Accompanied by an unsigned copy of a response to Taft’s letter, presumably from Karger. Henry Cabot Lodge led a very heated and public opposition to President Wilson’s plans for American involvement in the League of Nations. Joined by Ohio Senator William Borah, they spearheaded the opposition of Article X of the Covenant, which called for the League to provide assistance to a member experiencing external aggression. Despite Taft’s best efforts to garner the necessary votes for approval, Lodge succeeded and Wilson was unable to ratify his obligation to join the League. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Fearing publication of “letters between Mr. Roosevelt and me written in the period between the election of 1908 and my inauguration” 71. William H. Taft. ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court letterhead, October 7, 1922. Letter to George Lorimer regarding the unauthorized publication of a letter. In part: “My attention has been called to an article of Mr. Kohlsaat in the Saturday Evening Post in which he prints a letter from me to my brother Horace written in 1908 on the tariff…The letter is one I would rather he had not published but it is now public and I can not do anything about it. He published it without my consent. What troubles me is his statements that he got from me copies of letters between Mr. Roosevelt and me written in the period between the election of 1908 and my inauguration. If he publishes those it will be a gross breach of confidence and I write to see if it can not be presented.” In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 41

74. Woodrow Wilson. TLS as president,

72. William H. Taft. TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 30, 1928. Letter to Harry J. Fisher, in part: “I can perhaps give you some light on the question why rubber is not grown in the Philippines. It isn’t because it can not be grown there, because there is a good deal of land there that would make just as good rubber as is grown in Sumatra and elsewhere, but the failure to do this grows out of the unwillingness of Congress, manifested as far back as 1902, not to allow the acquisition of sufficient land for capitalists to justify serious investment…You are quite right in saying that it is a relief to be out of politics during the present campaign.” In fine condition, with staple holes to upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

73. William H. Taft. Distinguished matte-finish 9.75 x 13.75 portrait of Taft by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink as president, “For Mrs. T. H. Shirley with warm regards, pleasant recollection of our Philippines trip and best wishes, Wm. H. Taft, June 10, 1911.” In very good to fine condition, with soiling to borders and a few small stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 31, 1915. Marked “personal” at the top, a letter to S. C. Irving, in full: “Please accept my warmest thanks for your very generous message, It is such things that keep a man in heart.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

75. Woodrow Wilson. Two TLSs,

both one page, 6 x 7 and 8 x 9.75, dated January 3 and February 17, 1911. Both letters addressed to Samuel St. J. McCutcheon. The earlier letter, personal letterhead, on in part: “I wish sincerely it were possible for me to appoint some time to see you before my inauguration but frankly every day I have is mortgaged.” The second, on State of New Jersey letterhead, in part: “I should like very much to have an extended conversation with you but I am bound to say in frankness from my experience so far, it does not appear that it is likely that any of my days will yield real leisure for such a conference as you suggest.” In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

76. Warren G. Harding. TLS

as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 4, 1921. Letter to E. F. Mack of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, in full: “The Director of the Budget has presented to me your reports upon the estimates of the Railroad Administration, the Alien Property Custodian, and the Public Health service. I realize fully the tax upon your time and effort which this clear condensation of essential information has involved. Your recommendations have been followed and I desire to express to you my sincere appreciation for your patriotic cooperation in the work of preparing the first budget of the United States under the new law. You have given a heartening demonstration of patriotism in peace.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce autograph letter from the “Vice-President’s Chamber” 77. Calvin Coolidge. ALS

as vice president, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice-President’s Chamber letterhead, April 4, 1922. Letter to “Henry.” In full: “I am very sorry to have missed you. Perhaps you can write me and see me on my return, The man at the Senate door seems to have misunderstood.” In fine condition, with uniform toning. Autograph letters by Coolidge are scarce, as are any from his vice presidency, which lasted only two years before he ascended to the presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare handwritten letter from President Coolidge 78. Calvin Coolidge. Scarce ALS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.25, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to De Lancey Kountze, in full: “It was a pleasure to have a call from you this morning and receive the valuable suggestions you made.” In very good condition, with toning and show-through from toned tape remnants to reverse. After serving in World War I, Kountze left his family’s successful banking firm to focus his efforts on the treatment of wounded veterans and the American Legion. Kountze was later elected as the first president of the Citizens’ Committee of America, a board designed to raise awareness for disabled veterans by unifying various relief agencies. Handwritten letters from Coolidge during his presidency are quite uncommon, and with its dedicated recipient, this is a fantastic example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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FDR’s trade pact with the King of Sweden 79. Franklin D. Roosevelt. DS as president, one page both sides, 10 x 13, June 12, 1935. President Roosevelt approves “a Trade Agreement between the President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Sweden.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt and countersigned by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The crisply embossed affixed white paper seal and patriotic ribbon remain intact. Headed “Duplicate,” the document is enclosed in a period folder annotated on the front in another hand, “Duplicate exchange copy of instrument of approval and confirmation executed under belief that the original exchange copy had been lost in transit to Stockholm. Original was found.” In fine condition. Originates from the estate of a gentleman who drafted official documents and treaties for the government and couriered them to the president himself. In the course of his career he was able to retain several examples and duplicates of these scarce documents. A desirable foreign relations document signed under unusual circumstances. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

“Morley is either deliberately writing stuff which rejoices the heart of Hitler or he is a theoretical dreamer who ought not to write at all” 80. Franklin D. Roosevelt. World War II–dated TLS as president, one page,

7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 6, 1942. Letter to Senator Lister Hill, in full: “Ever so many thanks for sending me John Temple Graves’ column in answer to Felix Morley’s article in the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ Morley is either deliberately writing stuff which rejoices the heart of Hitler or he is a theoretical dreamer who ought not to write at all.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to top edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope with a “U.S. Official Mail and Messenger Service,” label from the White House to the United States Senate affixed to the reverse. In April of 1942, five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Felix Morley called for a statement of purpose for America’s entry into World War II in his provocative Saturday Evening Post article ‘For What Are We Fighting?’ Likening the Allied forces to the Nazis—‘Anglo-American Nazis’—he contended that the powerful elite were enacting their plans for a ‘global Anglo-Saxon dictatorship,’ fighting nations like Japan in an effort to punish those opposed to their Anglo supremacy. A truly sensational article, it sparked responses nationwide, including John Temple Graves’s front-page editorial, which began, ‘For insidious defeatism, we nominate Dr. Felix Morley in the current Saturday Evening Post.’ Thanking Democratic Senator of Alabama Lister Hill for forwarding the article, Roosevelt offers his own harsh opinion of Morley’s words, turning the tables on the long-winded author with one clear, cutting line. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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From FDR’s famous stamp collection— his complete 1934 cabinet and suggestions for future issues

81. Franklin D. Roosevelt and His Cabinet. Extraordinary pair of postage stamp sheets from the personal collection of Franklin D.

Roosevelt signed by himself and cabinet members, handwritten notes by FDR on new stamp design proposals, and an unsigned stamp sheet from his collection. First is a 10 x 9.5 sheet of one hundred red three-cent stamps honoring the Maryland Tercentenary, signed in the blank upper margin in fountain pen by Franklin D. Roosevelt, John N. Garner, George H. Dern, Cordell Hull, Claude A. Swanson, Henry A. Wallace, Frances Perkins, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Harold L. Ickes, Homer S. Cummings, Daniel C. Roper, and James A. Farley. Second is a 9 x 10 sheet of one hundred purple patriotic ‘Win the War’ stamps, signed vertically in the blank right margin in fountain pen by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Third is a memo from the president forwarded to the postmaster general, listing “Public Buildings and Monuments in Washington which have been displayed on United States postage stamps,” with a handwritten list in pencil by FDR offering further suggestions: “1. CCC Camp, 2. Soil Erosion, 3. Navigation Upper Mississippi, 4. The Power Dam & Transmission Line, 5. Grade Crossing Elimination, 6. New Rural Community, 7. Farm to Market Highway, 8. New Water Works for City, 9. Slum Clearance, 10. Child Labor Elimination.” In the right margin, he writes: “How about Lithograph Center?” Included is the third assistant postmaster general’s letter regarding the list, dated March 8, 1935, as well as a block of ninety-nine 1941 ‘Merry Christmas’ lighthouse stamps from Roosevelt’s personal collection still held within the paper folder from H. R. Harmer’s sale in 1946. In overall fine condition. Provenance: The Collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, H. R. Harmer, 1946. President Roosevelt was famed for his stamp collecting hobby and as president significantly influenced the issue of stamps by the US Post Office Department, often becoming personally involved in supervising their creation. He viewed philately as not just a wholesome hobby but a method of educating the masses about the history of the United States and promoting the postal service; thanks in large part to his advocacy, sales through the Post Office Department Philatelic Agency jumped over six hundred percent during his administration. Given FDR’s close association with stamp collecting and the desirability of uninscribed material signed by a president and his full cabinet, this is a truly remarkable grouping. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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85. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS,

83. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5,

White House letterhead, January 24, 1934. Letter to F. J. Freestone, Master of the New York State Grange, in full: “It is a very real pleasure for me to comply with your request for a word of greeting on the occasion of the Sixty-first Annual Session of the New York State Grange. The Grange stands as a pioneer in farm organization. It is justly proud of its long and effective leadership in advancing not only the economic but also the educational and spiritual welfare of the farm and the farm home.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

84. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Handwritten notes in pencil, initialed twice, “FDR,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1937– 1938. A list of senators in the 75th Congress with check marks or notes beside each name, including: “Pittman,” “McKellar,” “Chavez,” “Bulow,” “Gillette,” “Lundeen—OK today, but doubtful,” “Mrs. Caraway—against today,” and “Bulkley—OK today.” In very good condition, with creasing, handling wear, and a coffee cup stain to lower left. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 6, 1930. Letter to addressed to Darwin P. Kingsley, President of the New York Life Insurance Company, in part: “I have accepted the State Chairmanship in New York of the Committee which is making an appeal on behalf of the impoverished children of Porto [sic] Rico… Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico is the Honorary Chairman…The Porto Rico hurricane which destroyed crops, roads and homes, left all but destitute more children in peril of death from malnutrition and the scourge of tuberculosis than anywhere under the American flag. The fact that black coffee without sugar or milk is the only breakfast for tens of thousands of children in Porto Rico today tells its own story.” In fine condition, with a small puncture hole above letterhead, and trivial soiling and creasing. Accompanied by a letter from Roosevelt’s future secretary of treasury William H. Woodin to Kingsley requesting his help in raising funds for the restorative treatment of polio victims at Warm Springs. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

86. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one

page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, March 24, 1931. Letter to Kenneth O’Brien, in full: “Mr. C. S. Thompson has a move on foot to establish a progressive Democratic organ for the party organization in Suffolk County. He has asked me to tell you that he will communicate with you in regard to the plans. May I ask that you see Mr. Thompson? It would, of course, be an excellent thing if we could get a good paper in Suffolk.” A ding and a spot of light dampstaining to left edge, trivial soiling and creasing, and an office notation and rusty paperclip mark to upper left corner, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Truman’s cabinet shake-up, establishing the secretary of defense 87. Harry S. Truman. Unique seating chart, one cardstock page, 11 x 14, July 31, 1947, signed in fountain pen as president, “Approved, Harry S. Truman.” An official seating chart for the octagonal meeting table in the Cabinet Room in the White House, listing the president at the center, surrounded by his cabinet ministers including the secretaries of labor, agriculture, defense, state, treasury, interior, and commerce, the attorney general, and the postmaster general. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold. The seating plan for cabinet meetings had to be revised following the National Security Act of 1947, which unified the branches of America’s armed forces and therefore abolished the positions of secretary of war and secretary of the navy; instead, the entirety of the military was to be overseen by the secretary of defense. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal was promoted to the position and took this new seat on September 17, 1947. An extremely unusual format from an important transition period in the leadership of the American military. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Negotiations for an “air transport agreement” with Colombia 88. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, April 24, 1951.

President Truman authorizes Secretary of State Dean Acheson “to negotiate, conclude, and sign an air transport agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Colombia.” Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Truman and countersigned by Acheson. In fine condition. Originates from the estate of a gentleman who drafted official documents and treaties for the government and couriered them to the president himself. In the course of his career he was able to retain several examples and duplicates of these documents. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Scarce presidential Medal for Merit certificate, America’s highest civilian honor 90. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page,

12 x 9.75, April 15, 1946. Official certificate awarded to naval officer and pioneering aviation mechanical engineer William F. Durand. In part: “This is to certify that the president of the United States of America in accordance with the order issued by General George Washington at Headquarters, Newburgh, New York, on August 7, 1782, and pursuant to Act of Congress, has awarded the Medal for Merit to Dr. William Frederick Durand for extraordinary fidelity and exceptionally meritorious conduct.” Signed at the conclusion by President Truman and countersigned by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Affixed at the top edge to a slightly larger scrapbook page with chipped edges. In very good condition, with toning and adhesive remnants to left edge. Accompanied by several other pages from Durand’s scrapbook bearing affixed letters and documents related to his service in the US Navy, including items signed by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, Rear Admiral George Balch, and Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Durand was a significant contributor to the development of aircraft propellors and was the first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA. The Medal for Merit, bestowed upon him by President Truman with this document, is the highest civilian decoration of the United States and one of the many distinctive honors awarded to Durand during his lifetime. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

91. Harry S. Truman. Superb fountain pen signature, “Kind regards, Harry S. Truman, 7-3-61,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title, which Truman personally corrects to identify himself as the “Thirty-Second President,” rather than thirty-third. In fine condition. Interestingly, most sources do call Truman the 33rd president; however, this counts Grover Cleveland twice due to his nonconsecutive terms. Truman was indeed the 32nd man to serve in the office of the president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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92. Harry S. Truman. Mimeographed speech, five pages, 8.5 x 14, originally given by Truman at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on February 15, 1964. Speech deals with the power of the president and the fact that there were no official records being maintained of all of the presidents’ papers and acts, which he believes need to be maintained to get a full understanding of the presidency’s workings. Signed and inscribed on the first page in black ballpoint, “To William Van Buskirk from Harry S. Truman.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

93. Harry S. Truman. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 12, 1945. Letter to the director of the Boston Conference on Distribution, Daniel Bloomfield, in full: “I fully appreciate the unusual importance this year of the deliberations of the Boston Conference on Distribution. On past occasions your conferences have had timely themes for constructive consideration, but circumstances this year clearly point to the need for a critical re-examination of the ways and means, and the costs, of distributing goods and services from producer to consumer. The techniques of selling and service need polishing up after having been laid away for more important things during the war, and intensive market exploitation must now take the place of quota-allocation of goods to buyers. The consumer must be reached and sold wherever he may be, and at the lowest possible cost. I am convinced that our distributive agencies and facilities are in agreement with these brand objectives. Whatever you can spell out as to how these objectives may be attained will be a contribution toward better standards of living, fuller employment, and the public good. I sincerely wish you a successful meeting toward this end.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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94. Harry S. Truman. Three TLSs

including two as president, each one page, dated from 1948 to 1954. All are to Arthur Sanford, the finance director for the Iowa branch of the DNC, with the first thanking him for his support. The second, November 24, 1948, in part: “I have heard of the generous way in which you expressed confidence in my leadership and want you to know of my heartfelt appreciation…The Democratic Party must go forward with progress and the support which you gave so wholeheartedly gives me strength and courage and renewed faith in the principles for which our party must always stand.” The third responds to an invitation to a luncheon for Adlai E. Stevenson. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

95. Harry S. Truman. Crisp Series 1935 D silver certificate signed in black ink by Truman. Also signed above their printed signatures in black ink by US Treasurer Georgia Neese Clark and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope bearing a pre-printed free frank, a transmittal letter from the White House secretary, and an onionskin copy of the letter requesting Truman’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200 96. Harry S. Truman. Glossy 11.25

x 14 photo of Truman seated next to a globe, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Fannie C. Epps, kindest regards, Harry S. Truman.” Reverse bears an ink notation, “Official United States Navy Photograph.” In very good condition, with tack holes to corners, overall creasing, and a heavy central crease. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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97. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president signed “D. E.,”

one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 12, 1956. Letter to David Marx, of the famous toy manufacturer Louis Marx and Company, in full: “Again that well-known Marx intuition is functioning perfectly. I did want a small radio for my bedroom, and I understand that the one that has just arrived is superlative in quality. I have only one comment—I hope you don’t expect me to listen to all of the speeches of the opposition in the next three weeks! Thank you—and Louis—too for the gifts that arrive in a never-ending stream from the Marx brothers. We give them out strategically, and I do think that people get a great kick out of something they receive at the White House. I hope that eventually some of the credit trickles back to you!” In fine condition, with trivial mirroring to some of the text. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Just weeks after this letter was written, Eisenhower secured a second term as commander-in-chief with a landslide victory over democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1965 presidential election. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Ike’s limited edition WWII memoir, featuring his signed D-Day order

98. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 649/1426. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,

1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 559 pages. Signed in fountain pen on a special prefatory page reproducing Eisenhower’s ‘Order of the Day’ on D-Day, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: NF/None in a VG- slipcase. A superior example of this sought-after volume. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Appointment for Dulles to negotiate an “air transport agreement” with West Germany 99. Dwight D. Eisenhower. DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, June 9, 1955.

President Eisenhower authorizes Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to “negotiate, conclude, and sign an air transport agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.” Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Eisenhower and countersigned by Dulles. The crisply embossed affixed white paper seal remains fully intact. In fine condition. Originates from the estate of a gentleman who drafted official documents and treaties for the government and couriered them to the president himself. In the course of his career he was able to retain several examples and duplicates of these documents. The American Military Air Transport Service (MATS) famously conducted the Berlin Airlift in 1948–1949 to provide supplies to the Federal Republic of Germany [West Germany], which was suffering from a Soviet blockade. An interesting link between Cold War allies. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Impressive archive from Eisenhower’s chief of staff—nearly fifty letters from Ike, JFK, and Nixon 100. Eisenhower and Kennedy: Wilton Persons. Substantial archive

of presidential correspondence to Eisenhower’s trusty aide Wilton B. ‘Jerry’ Persons, who served in various capacities throughout his administration and in 1958 took over as chief of staff. The collection consists of forty TLSs by Eisenhower, two books signed by Eisenhower, a TLS by John F. Kennedy, and four TLSs from Richard Nixon, as well as letters from the likes of George C. Marshall, Hap Arnold, and Omar Bradley. Unsigned items include a large tabbed binder of meeting notes, records, and official papers from circa 1960–1961, a White House staff book, and a handful of photographs and other ephemera. Of the Eisenhower letters, nearly all are signed “D. E.,” with a few signed “Ike,” “Ike E.,” and “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” and date from 1948 to 1960. These cover a broad variety of subjects, ranging from reflections on important accomplishments to dinner invitations and birthday wishes. Kennedy’s letter is a TLS on White House letterhead, signed “John Kennedy,” January 23, 1961, in part: “Thank you for the very effective manner in which you arranged for the transition between the Eisenhower Administration and my own. Your joint efforts with Clark Clifford were most valuable to me and to my associates.” Letters expressing similar sentiments from Kennedy’s aides Dean Rusk and Clark Clifford are also present. The four letters from Nixon are each signed “Dick,” dated 1955–1956, and on vice presidential letterhead. He thanks Persons for greeting him at the airport, thanks him for forwarding a newspaper editorial, thanks him for condolences upon the death of his father, and shares his thoughts on being named the nation’s “best dressed” by the American Women’s Institute. The books signed by Eisenhower consist of the rare unnumbered versions of his limited edition two-volume set The White House Years, including Mandate for Change and Waging Peace. There were 1,500 copies of this edition printed in total, 66 of which were unnumbered and reserved exclusively for Eisenhower’s closest family and friends. Mandate for Change is signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink, “For Wilton B. Persons, with the warm regard of his friend, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1963.” Waging Peace is signed on a bookplate affixed to the first free end page in fountain pen, “Devotedly, Dwight D. Eisenhower,” and inscribed in type, “For: Wilton B. Persons.” Finally, of particular historical interest, is the thick binder of material from the transition period between the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, dating from the day after the election, November 9, 1960, to the day before Kennedy’s inauguration, January 19, 1961. Among the papers are numerous carbon copies of meeting notes, letter facsimiles, and press releases concerning the transition, with the meeting notes offering tremendous insight into the administration’s thoughts on China, Charles de Gaulle, Germany, NATO, and the Communist threat, among countless other topics. The first two pages of the binder, which would be the beginning of the report from January 19, 1961, are absent. In overall very good to fine condition. Persons was an accomplished career US Army officer who served in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and in Europe in World War II. Eisenhower called him into duty as a special assistant at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe during 1951–1952, a period to which several of these letters date. Upon returning home, Persons was active in Eisenhower’s presidential campaign and he served throughout Ike’s presidency. In his terminal role as chief of staff, he was heavily involved as Eisenhower’s representative in the transition of government between the Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy administrations—an assignment clearly demonstrated in the material in this archive. Overall, this is an exceptional compilation of letters that offers an enormous amount of insight into Eisenhower’s years in the White House.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000

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101. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Three TLSs

to David Marx, signed “D. E.” or “Ike E.,” each one page, personal and White House letterhead, dated between 1956 and 1966. The first, as president, dated December 26, 1956, in part: “Mamie tells me that the newest and greatest pride of her life—the set of Wedgewood for the farm—represents a Christmas gift from you. I know that she will write to you, but as a mere man I wanted also to tell you that nothing could have been more calculated to delight her.” The second, dated October 24, 1961, in part: “Please come as early as you can and stay as long as you can. And, remember, this is a Commander-in-Chief (we will skip the retired part) speaking.” And the last, dated July 1, 1966, in part: “Looking back on fifty years of marriage, we keenly realize that our greatest reward has been the friendships we have formed. Among those we feel a special affection for you, Charlene and your family.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by two original mailing envelopes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

102. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed book: Mandate for

Change: 1953–1956. Limited edition, numbered 325/1434. NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 650 pages. Signed on an opening page in black felt tip. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None, in VG- slipcase. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

103. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, October 14, 1953. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Simmons, in full: “Many thanks to you both for the nice birthday cake I found on my desk this morning. Mrs. Whitman tells me its baking took your combined efforts, and that it was made from a Virginia recipe.” Eisenhower adds a typed postscript, “Thank you, too, for providing the most important element in a wonderful mid-morning ‘birthday party,’ giving me a chance to see some of my associates that I don’t get to see very often.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Simmons was a former Secret Service member who later served as the chief receptionist for FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Stressing peace and resilience amid the tense Cold War climate in his final push for the presidency 1 0 4 . J o h n F. Kennedy. Original

typescript for a campaign speech made by John F. Kennedy in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on September 22, 1960, 20 pages (pages 5-7 no longer present), 8 x 10.5, with eleven pages bearing green ink notations and emendations written in Kennedy’s hand. Headed “National Plowing Contest,” this final reading copy was aimed to incorporate the interests of South Dakota farmers within the context of national and world affairs. In part: “Tomorrow the Republican candidate for president will present the second half of his views on agriculture. And I have no doubt that, as you listen, you will find that we use much the same vocabulary—that we both proclaim the same friendship for the American farmer, and the same concern about his needs. How then, in this election year of 1960, is the American farmer to choose between Mr. Nixon and myself—between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party? For an answer we must return to the ancient Biblical injunction: ‘by their fruits shall ye know them.’ And by their fruits the American farmer has learned the true meaning of Republican election year speeches and pledges…This is not an issue for farmers alone. It is not an issue for the Farm Belt alone. This is a basic issue of American strength—and only a strong America can win the peace. For peace is our real goal. Peace overshadows every other effort. And those of you who fought in the Pacific or in Europe—those of you who might have traveled, as I have traveled, to Poland and Eastern Europe and seen the despair of a people in chains—share my dedication to securing a just and lasting peace before it is too late. There are trouble spots all over the world today. They are increasing. The communists grow bolder every day. Their respect for our power grows less. And unless we get moving and building and strengthening our country and our economy the peace we seek will be in deadly peril. With God’s help, let us act now to save the peace—not as farmers or businessmen or workers, not as spokesmen for any group or section, but as Americans devoted to freedom, and to the future of our children, and children around the world.” In very good to fine condition, with wrinkling and some running of ink from an instance of moisture exposure. Honing his rhetorical skills throughout the 1960 presidential campaign, Senator Kennedy was nonetheless unable to sway the rural and blue-collar constituents of South Dakota with his eloquent speech. Although Nixon narrowly won the state and the midwest, Kennedy’s clear discourse, concern for the manual laborer, and allegiance to a peaceful Cold War solution struck a definitive chord, securing enough electoral votes to carry him to the White House. Featuring approximately 45 handwritten words, this speech demonstrates Kennedy’s marked ability to communicate effectively across the broad campaign trail. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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105. John F. Kennedy. Partial ALS signed “Jack,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 8, no date. In full: “I am writing to you as I do not know who is at the Cape. Just before I left—I asked Marget to send my suit (a dark grey with no stripes—single-breasted-bought at Sebastian’s in N.Y.) to N.Y. so that I would have it next weekend. Would you check on this and also make…Army–Michigan tickets—try to get rid of them as I [am] going with Dad. I am coming to N.Y. on Friday morning. Would you try and get an appointment for me with D. Clancy in N.Y. some time Friday afternoon.” In fine condition, with the upper portion trimmed off. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

106. John F. Kennedy. Desirable Christmas card from 1959 featuring an image of John, Jackie, and baby Caroline on the front, 4.75 x 5.75, signed and inscribed inside in fountain pen, “Art—very best to you—Jack.” The printed message reads, “Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with happiness, Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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107. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. Signed book: A White House

Diary. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7 x 9.25, 806 pages. Signed and inscribed on a bookplate affixed to the first free end page in black felt tip, “To Julia Wrotenberg, with every good wish, L. B. J.” and “Lady Bird Johnson.” In fine condition, with small edge tears to dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

108. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 10, 1968. Letter to New Jersey Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., in full: “Happy Birthday. Your forty-nine years have proven creative and constructive ones for the Congress and the country and I certainly hope that we will continue to benefit from your dedicated service. My heartfelt wishes for good health and a wealth of happiness in the coming years.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

109. Richard Nixon. TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House

letterhead, May 4, 1972. Letter to James Copley, chairman of Copley Newspapers, in full, “Several weeks ago, Pat and I received members of the ASNE [American Society of News Editors] at the White House, and we were distressed that your illness prevented Helen and you from being here. However we were encouraged to learn from Herb Klein that you have had a chance for a brief desert stay and have been in the office lately. I wanted to thank you also for your very warm letter which followed my trip to the People’s Republic of China. Your comments, as always, were most perceptive and encouraging. Needless to say, Pat joins me in the hope that each day will bring you continued improvement in health and that you will soon be on the way to complete recovery.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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111. Richard Nixon. Unsigned

glossy 6.5 x 8.5 photo of President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon with Air Force General Thomas A. Aldrich, displayed in an irregularly trimmed mat. In very good condition, with several creases and gold paint to the mat. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Starting Bid $200

113. Richard Nixon. Color satinfinish 5 x 7 photo of a smiling Nixon, signed in black felt tip. In very good condition, with toning to edges and a few scratches, some touching the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

114. Richard Nixon. Official White House dinner menu with embossed presidential seal, one cardstock page, 4.25 x 6.5, December 1, 1969, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Nixon. In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Carters welcome Deng Xiaoping 115. Jimmy Carter. Highly appealing admission ticket for the visit of Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House on January 29, 1979, measuring 3.5 x 2, ticket no. 3302, issued to “Sean Robbins.” Signed in black ink, “J. Carter” and “Rosalynn Carter.” Matted and framed with a fabric Chinese flag. In fine condition. Accompanied by a framed and unsigned color satin-finish photo of the Carters and Dengs during the ceremony, as well as the two original wooden menus for the dinner ceremony, printed in both English and Chinese. Prior to Deng Xiaoping’s trip to Washington, it had been over 45 years since the White House had welcomed such a high-ranking Chinese visitor. A truly historic moment in Sino-American relations, the objective of the visit was, as Deng stated upon his arrival, to explore “ways to develop our contacts and cooperation in the political, economic, scientific, technological, and cultural fields.” A wonderful piece from this crucial period of normalizing relations between the two world powers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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President Reagan’s summons to end the division of Berlin and the Cold War 116. Ronald Reagan. Document signed (“Ronald Reagan’’), n.d. printed souvenir version of Reagan’s famous challenge to Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.’’ 1 page, 8vo, on blue stationery, with oval photographic paperweight of Reagan, and 8 x 10 in. color photo of Reagan delivering the speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, to mark the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin, Reagan applauded Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost, or openness, but pointed out that only actions could demonstrate his true commitment to change. ‘We welcome change and openness,’ Reagan said, ‘for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

The life of a former president: “Luncheon with the Queen Mother & tea with Prince Charles and a meeting with Margaret Thatcher” 117. Ronald Reagan. ALS signed

“Ron,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal stationery, December 21, 1990. Letter to Paul and Delores Ballachina, in full: “Some place along the line I failed with regard to wishing you happy holidays. This will have to substitute and I hope your holidays were everything you wished for. I’m happy to hear of your return to good health and that all goes well with you. We’ve been in & out of the country of late—visits to Germany, Poland & the Soviet Union & then the trip to London. Luncheon with the Queen Mother & tea with Prince Charles and a meeting with Margaret Thatcher. Margaret is solid as she has always been. While we were there the Queen made Margaret’s husband a Baron. Well we’re back in Calif. and not unhappy about that. We’re having our family with us for Christmas and next month we’ll have a week at the ranch. Thank you again for your holiday greetings & your letter.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, written in Reagan’s hand and bearing a pre-printed free frank. Captivated by Reagan’s role as Jimmy Grant in the 1941 film International Squadron, a 12-year-old Dolores Flynn began a lifelong correspondence with the Warner Bros. contract player who would later become the 40th president of the United States. Exchanging letters for more than 50 years, the pen pals formed a lasting relationship, enabling Dolores to accompany Reagan throughout his meteoric rise in film and politics. A warm and insightful letter enhanced furthermore by Reagan’s nonchalant mentioning of his downtime with Queen Mother and Margaret Thatcher. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 59

“I stomped on his head—then realized I was wearing sneakers” 118. Ronald Reagan. TLS as president signed “Ronald,” two pages, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, July 15, 1987. Letter to Sam and Bertha Sisco. In part: “I know your distress at what happened to Dassy-Doo. I once had a dog bitten by a rattler while I was riding at the ranch. I killed the snake with a rock, then rushed the dog to the vet and, like in your case, he recovered. I have a feeling your problem right now is a result of the clearing of the nearby property. The same thing happened to us…My worst moment came when I sighted a rattler crawling toward some rocks and couldn’t find a stick or stone handy. Being accustomed to always wearing high leather boots at the ranch, I stomped on his head—then realized I was wearing sneakers that day. Someone must have been looking out for me.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

119. Ronald Reagan. TQS on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed in blue ink by Reagan. A quote taken from Reagan’s speech delivered before the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22, 1986, in full: “Nations do not mistrust each other because they are armed; they are armed because they mistrust each other.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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120. Ronald Reagan. DS, four pages, 8.5 x 4, November 24, 1950. Agreement between Reagan and the Management Corporation of America in which he agrees to perform “as an actor and to appear on the commercially sponsored live weekly television program series entitled ‘The Nash Airflyte Theatre.’” Signed at the conclusion in ballpoint by Reagan and countersigned by a company representative. Expected document wear and a tear to the upper right corner, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Barack Obama signed baseball graded ‘Mint+ 9.5’ by PSA/DNA 121. Barack Obama. Official Rawlings Major

League (Selig) baseball, circa 2008 signed in black Sharpie on the sweet spot by Obama. Encapsulated in a PSA /DNA authentication cube, graded “Mint+ 9.5” by PSA/DNA (autograph grade 10, and ball grade 9.5). Authenticated ball has been permanently marked with an invisible DNA daub that will fluoresce under a patented laser lamp per PSA/DNA LOA. In very fine condition. A pristine signed baseball from the world’s most influential Chicago White Sox fan. Two letters of grading and authenticity from PSA/DNA accompany this lot. Obama authenticated signed baseballs in this high grade are becoming harder to find. This ball previously sold at Mastro’s, June 26, 2008, $2520. Starting Bid $300

“To the People of K’Obama” 122. Barack Obama. ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x

9.25, White House stationery, no date. In full: “To the People of K’Obama—Thank you for your prayers and support! Barack Obama.” In very fine condition. Located just outside Kendu Bay on the shores of western Kenya’s Lake Victoria, the small village of K’Obama is home to the Luo tribe, direct descendants of the incumbent president. Obama’s recognition of his own tribal ancestry makes this a wonderful dedication piece, and a considerably uncommon item signed by history’s first Kenyan-American president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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125. George Washington Starting Bid $200

126. James Buchanan Starting Bid $200

127. James Buchanan Starting Bid $200

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132. Frances Cleveland Starting Bid $200

134. Benjamin Harrison Starting Bid $200

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130. Grover Cleveland

129. Andrew Johnson

131. Grover Cleveland

128. Abraham Lincoln Sighting

135. William McKinley Starting Bid $200

133. Benjamin Harrison Starting Bid $200

136. William H. Taft Starting Bid $200

137. Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover Starting Bid $200

138. Woodrow Wilson

139. Woodrow Wilson

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140. Calvin Coolidge

141. Herbert Hoover

142. Herbert Hoover

143. Herbert Hoover

144. Herbert Hoover

145. Herbert Hoover

146. Franklin D. Roosevelt

147. Harry S. Truman

148. Harry S. Truman

149. Harry S. Truman

150. Harry S. Truman

151. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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152. Dwight D. Eisenhower Starting Bid $200

155. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200

157. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200

158. Pat Nixon Starting Bid $200

160. The Fords and the Carters Starting Bid $200

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153. Dwight D. Eisenhower Starting Bid $200

154. Jacqueline Kennedy Starting Bid $200

156. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200

159. Nixon, Ford, and Carter Starting Bid $200

161. Jimmy Carter Starting Bid $200

162. Jimmy Carter Starting Bid $200

163. Jimmy Carter

164. Jimmy Carter

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165. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Starting Bid $200

167. George Bush

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173. George W. Bush Starting Bid $200

174. Barack Obama Starting Bid $200

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169. George Bush

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170. Bill Clinton

166. Ronald Reagan

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171. Bill Clinton

172. Hillary Clinton

175. Barack Obama

176. Barack Obama

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notables Declaration of Independence New York’s elusive signer 177. William Floyd. Signer

of the Declaration of Independence and a US representative from New York (1734–1821). DS, signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 8 x 6, October 25, 1781. In part: “We the Commissioners appointed by the virtue of an Act Entitled An Acct for Procuring moneys on Loan and Clothing for this State passed in March 1781 Do Hereby Certify that the State of New York is Indebted unto Elnathan Parsons of Long Island for Sundry Goods Purchased of him by Messrs John Grenell and John Davis for the use of this State on the 10th day of April 1781 in the Sum of Fourteen pounds and Fourteen shilling in Current money of New York.” Signed at the conclusion by Floyd, and countersigned by Isaac Roosevelt, the great-great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good condition, with a small separation to horizontal fold. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Roosevelt bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

March 11, 1776 179. John Hart.

Revolutionary War– dated manuscript DS, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, March 11, 1776. Legal document, in part: “The Plaintiff in his cause maketh Oath that the above Defendant Elijah Holcombe is not Resident in this Province at this time as he believes but has absconded in order to defraud his creditors.” Signed at the conclusion by Hart as a witness. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

printed DS, signed “Thos. Heyward Junr.,” one page, 12.75 x 8.25, July 3, 1787. A summons issued to a sheriff, commanding him to “attach the Body of Joseph Kershaw…so that you compel him to be and appear before the Justices of the said State.” Signed on the left side below the affixed white paper seal. Expected document wear, scattered stray ink spots and small stains, and chipping to edges, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

178. Benjamin Harrison. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from

Virginia (1726 -1791). Harrison was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. DS, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 6.25 x 3.75, December 16, 1782. A certificate of military appointment, in part: “I certify that Capt. Thos Bowne was appointed an Officer in the 1st Virginia Continental Reg’t in May Seventeen hundred & Seventy seven & still continues in Service.” Professionally inlaid to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with scattered light staining and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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180. Thomas Heyward Jr. Partly-

181. Samuel Huntington. Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “Sam’l Huntington Clerk,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, January 21, 1783. Document submitted to “His Excellency the Governor & Council of Safety” by George Merrill requesting payment for a purchase of “Cloathing for this State and for the Use of the Continental Army.” Huntington approves the request at the conclusion, penning nine lines in his own hand, in part: “Resolved that the Committee…draw on the Treasurer in favour of the memorialist George Merrill for the ballance of this amount refer’d to in said memorial viz £41.4.4 with interest.” Includes two additional manuscript documents related to the matter, both showing the amount due to Merrill. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Morris writes to his son and namesake, a South Carolinian lieutenant governor 182. Lewis Morris. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York (1726–1798). ALS, signed “Lewis Morris,” one page, both sides, 7.75 x 13, August 15, 1795, Morrisiana, [New York]. Letter to his son, Lewis Morris IV, in part, “I was made very happy the other day when I returned from New Haven where I went with brother Daniel. My chief business there was to speak to Mr. Dwight and some of the tutors who have promised to do everything in their power to serve him…I am not very well. I believe it is a bad cold but I hope to get over it. I have no fever but you know how a man feels with a bad cold…was surprised to hear of Mr. Cox’s application to you for money. I think you need not fear for any suit as you never became Jacob’s security…Jacob [Morris’s second son] made the same request of me. I told him if I had money he should have it, but that I never would put my hand and seal to any instrument for John Cox…Daniel is a fine boy and he is deserving of every attention of all his friends… the farmers in this county have lost as vast amount of hay from the great floods of this summer. I have been in among the rest but have got a fine parcel of salt hay and in good season…God bless you and believe me your affectionate father and friend.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges, show-through from writing to opposing sides, and tape repairs to partial separations. Lewis Morris IV acted as aide-de-camp under Nathanael Greene during the critical waning years of the American Revolution, and at war’s end settled in South Carolina where he went on to serve on the South Carolina General Assembly and as the state’s lieutenant governor from 1794 to 1796. A warm letter from the New York signer. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Exceptionally crisp 1806 land grant from the Delaware signer

183. Thomas McKean. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734–1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 20.5 x 11.75, May 30, 1806. As governor of Pennsylvania, McKean grants Thomas M. Willing “a certain tract of land, called ‘Saragota’ situate in…Tioga County…containing One thousand and ninety nine Acres.” Boldly signed in the upper left corner by Governor McKean. Also signed on the reverse by Timothy Matlack, the engrosser of the Declaration of Independence. The crisp white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. In fine condition. An exceptionally well-preserved example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

A choice signature from July of 1776 184. John Morton. Partly-printed DS, signed “John Morton, Speaker,” one page, 13 x 8.25, July 26, 1776. The Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly appoints George Waln as the “Second Major of the second Battalion of Associators in the County of Bucks for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the Defence of American Liberty.” Signed at the conclusion by Morton as the assembly speaker. Stamped in the upper left with the seal of Liberty, Safety, & Peace. In fine condition. Of the fifty-six delegates to the sign the Declaration of Independence, Morton earns the distinction as being the very first to die, an unfavorable credit which has since made his signature all the more rare and desirable. A remarkable document from the very month America was born. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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185. George Read.

ADS, signed “Geo: Read Attry. General,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, November 1763. Legal document, in part: “The Grand Inquest… do present that Joseph Enos…with Force and Arms in and upon A Certain Adam Moore… then and there did Beat Wound and Illtreat so that his Life was greatly dispaired of and other Harms to the said Adam.” In very good to fine condition, with folds reinforced on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

186. Caesar Rodney. Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS,

one page, 12.75 x 8.25, June 8, 1778. As president of Delaware, Rodney calls a meeting of the General Assembly and orders the sheriff of New Castle County to summon “each and every of the Members of The Council, as each and every of the Members of The House of Assembly, chosen for and representing your county the present year in the General Assembly of Delaware.” Signed in the left margin below the affixed white paper seal. In very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce handwritten letter by the signer and Supreme Court justice 187. James Wilson. Signer of

the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constitution. ALS signed “Jas. Wilson,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12, May 27, 1798. Letter to Hon. William B. Giles. In part: “In compliance with my promise—I presented the Order to Mr. Gray…this Order with your letters have been shewn to Mr. George Miller—with whom I have had sufficient influence to make a sale of his Crop to Messrs. Banks & Hatcher to the amount of about 500 pounds payable in convenient time…I shall be glad if you would think on the subject and on our next interview communicate the most admirable way of adjusting this business rightly between the two Estates, as I find Mr. George Miller much disposed to be circumspect & cautious in the affairs.” In very good condition, with tears and splits to folds and seal-related paper loss. Accompanied by the original address leaf addressed in Wilson’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 69

The rare New Hampshire signer on departmental reforms and the ongoing issue of Vermont’s statehood

188. William Whipple. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1730–1785), who commanded a brigade of New

Hampshire militia at Saratoga in 1777, and then the following year at Rhode Island. Revolutionaty War-dated ALS signed “Wm. Whipple,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9, December 27, 1779. Letter to fellow Revolutionary patriot Nathaniel Peabody concerning affairs and reformations surrounding the state and naval department. The letter opens with Whipple discussing the inconsistencies of the mail, noting that “The pos[t] office is certainly under very bad regulation, but the[n] you’ll say is not the only department that needs reformation.” He continues in a more optimistic manner, observing that “I am happy to find you have taken some measure towards a reformation of the Navy department and hope that commission will be filled with men much better qualified for the business then [sic] I am. However, it will be time enough for me to give my answer when I have official information of the appointment and am made acquainted with the plan. As to the salary I do not suppose that any man who has lived a month in Philadelphia can think that the sum you mention is by any means equal to the necessary expenses that a man in that Character must be at.” Whipple concludes the letter by turning to state affairs: “I expect the Gen’l Court will adjourn this week to the latter end of January there a contest at present between two Houses whether Mr: [Samuel] Livermore shall have a seat in Congress if the determination should be in the affirmative (which I expect will be the case). I suppose that Gentm will immediately set out for Philadelphia but I hope his arrival will not cause your return for I think it of importance that you tarry at least till the Vermont business is finished.” Whipple adds a brief postscript, “I suppose Genl. [Nathaniel] Folsom is with you, tell him I shall very punctually answer every letter he favors me with.” Addressed in another hand on the second integral page. In very good condition, with splits and tape remnants to edges, scattered soiling, and a trimmed right edge. Whipple’s mention of “Vermont business” is in reference to an ongoing dispute between New York and New Hampshire over the fertile lands west of the Connecticut River in what is now current day Vermont. In early 1777, representatives of the New Hampshire Grants, in an attempt to establish the Republic of Vermont, declared the region independent. This assertion of statehood remained unrecognized by New York, New Hampshire, and the Continental Congress, but in an attempt to thwart any dissension among the fledgling Union, Congress unanimously resolved to determine boundaries among northern states while ordering inhabitants of Vermont to adhere to the prescribed laws of the Union. It was not until 1791 that the state’s admittance application was officially approved. A fascinating letter from the Granite State signer concerning Vermont’s rocky path to statehood. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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American Politicians and Leaders Burr requests land contracts for his uncle and childhood guardian, Timothy Edwards 189. Aaron Burr. ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.25, July 31, 1816. Letter to Josiah Woodbridge, in part: “Tim. Edwards, son of Richard, has been informed that you have in your possession or can direct him where to find, the Patents and deeds of his father to various tracts of Land in this state and has [asked] me to ask of you all the information you possess… to any property to which the children of the late Richard Edwards may be entitled.” Affixed to a blue 14 x 11 sheet with an affixed engraved portrait of Burr bearing a facsimile signature. In very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

190. Aaron Burr. ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, March 14, 1787. Letter to Hezekiah Howell, the

“High Sheriff of Orange.” In part: “Capt’n Tapp goes up to you on behalf of James Watson and William Nicholls. He will wait to attend the Sale if the Money is not paid. I therefore request that you will appoint a Sale at some early Day so as not to detain Capt’n Tapp.” In very good condition, with overall creasing and light staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

A colonial message to Queen Anne, pleased by “Her Majesty’s most gracious intention to promote the Trade” 191. Joseph Dudley. Colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715 who had been overthrown as an administrator in the 1689 Boston revolt but was later appointed as the royal governor by Queen Anne (1647–1720). Uncommon manuscript DS, signed “J. Dudley,” one page both sides, 9.75 x 15, no date. Document submitted to Queen Anne on behalf of New England’s merchants and traders. In part: “Understanding from your Excellency that you have lately received from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Council of Trade and Plantations, a signification of Her Majesty’s most gracious intention to promote the Trade by Supplying Her Royal Navy with Pitch, Tarr, Rosin, and other Naval Stores…The Importers of These Commoditys have met with much discouragement by the Lowness of the Market, as Wee Have found has been Occasioned by Interests that Have Runn Counter to the Plantation Trade.” Signed at the conclusion by Dudley as governor of New England. In fine condition, with splitting to folds and hinge, and light stains to corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 71

Colonial currency, including a note printed by Ben Franklin

192. Continental Currency. Collection of fourteen notes of colonial currency, including: a Pennsylvania 10 shilling note, June 18, 1764,

printed by Benjamin Franklin, reading, “Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall”; a Maryland $1 note, dated April 10, 1774; Maryland notes dated December 7, 1775, for “half a dollar,” “two thirds of a dollar,” and “one dollar and one third”; Maryland notes dated August 14, 1776, in denominations of $1, $2, $4, and $8; a State of Massachusetts Bay $5 note, May 5, 1780. An additional four bills of Continental currency are affixed to a mount, including: a $5 note dated November 29, 1775; an $8 note dated February 26, 1777; a $30 note dated January 14, 1779; and a $65 note dated January 14, 1779. In overall good to very good condition, with various soiling, creasing, folds, and wear. Starting Bid $200

193. Patrick Henry. Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 14.5 x 18, August 20, 1785. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants John Sulsen a “certain Tract or parcel of Land, containing Three hundred & Seventy one Acres…being in the County of Monongalia.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by Henry. The paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. Professionally silked on both sides and restored to very good condition, with intersecting folds, several areas of paper loss affecting the body of the document, and general staining and soiling (none of these flaws affecting the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Rare colonial taxation document: “His Majesty’s Quit Rents for the Province of New York” 194. Henry Moore and Andrew Elliot.

Manuscript DS, signed “H: Moore,” one page, 22 x 17, April 4, 1767. Document headed “The General Account of His Majesty’s Quit Rents for the Province of New York, Stated by Andrew Elliot Esq:r Receiver General Constituted Thereto by His Majesty’s Letters Patent, Commencing the 29th Day of September 1765 And Ending the 29th Day of September 1766.” The document offers detailed information as to the rents paid in proclamation money on New York lands to the Crown, amounting to a total of £1078. Signed at the conclusion of the accounting by Andrew Elliot and signed in the lower left by Governor Moore. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to folds and hinge. Moore served as the colonial governor of New York from 1765 to 1769, while Elliot was a loyalist and one of the members of the delegation that met with George Washington to plead for the life of the spy John Andre in 1783. This is a rare and historically informative account of the colonial era in the period just preceding the American Revolution. Starting Bid $300

Penn requests Joseph Shippen take charge of the funds to pay for the surveying of the ‘Mason-Dixon Line’ 195. Thomas Penn. ALS signed “Tho Penn,” one page, 7 x 9, August 10, 1763.

Letter to Joseph Shippen, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council, in full: “As Mr. Richard Peters has resigned the offices he held under us, in order to apply his time principally to the dutys [sic] of his function, as a Minster, we cannot any longer desire him to receive and disburse the money necessary for the Service of the Commissioners, and Surveyors, appointed for running the Lines between Maryland and Pennsilvania [sic], and we desire in his stead, that you will undertake this Service. We have written to Mr Hockley to supply you with what money you shal[l] want for that purpose and desire you will apply it in such manner as shal[l] be most for our Service, and send us the accounts of your disbursements whenever we shal[l] order them. You will observe any orders you shal[l] receive from the Commissioners, and confer with Mr. John Penn on all occasions, relating to this business.” In very good condition, with tiny areas of paper loss to left edge. Overlapping land grants to Maryland and Pennsylvania led to a dispute between the two colonies, leading to several violent incidents known collectively as Cresap’s War. The colonies only resolved their differences after the Crown intervened in 1760 and enforced an earlier agreement that settled the boundary between Pennsylvania, Maryland and the ‘Three Lower Counties’ (later known as Delaware). The long boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, became known as the ‘Mason-Dixon Line,’ named after its surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. As the national struggle over slavery grew more intense during the first half of the 19th century, the line became (and remains still) a cultural boundary separating the North from the South. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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196. Peyton Randolph. Virginia politician, planter, and the first

president of the Continental Congress (1721–1775). DS, one page, 7.25 x 3, June 7, 1770. In full: “Then Recd. Of William Cabell, Junr. Fifty pounds in part of my Judgement agst. George Blain, three pounds in part of Juhn Tuggles bond & thirty shillings in part of Moses Campbell, ditto.” Signed at the conclusion by Randolph. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In very good condition, with a separation to vertical fold, and scattered soiling. A scarce autograph of this important early patriot. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

197. James Rivington. English-born American journalist and publisher of Rivington’s Gazette (1724–1802) who famously served as a spy for General Washington. ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, November 1, 1784. Letter to Jacob Read, a congressman from South Carolina, in full: “This morning received your favor of the 30 Ulto & beg leave to intimate that the Buckles mentioned in your letter shall be forwarded to Trenton by the first proper opportunity. My clerk tells me the price fixed on had you taken them, was five guineas, at which they are now reserved for you. A set of Rollins Roman History 4 Volumes, was last Saturday forwarded to a new established library society at Princeton to which I presume W. James Bond Read will join himself with the other students and of course derive the benefits without the expense of purchasing that voluminous work.” Reverse of second integral page addressed in Rivington’s own hand. In very good condition, with scattered staining, and paper loss to left edge. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

198. Jonathan Trumbull. ALS signed “Jon’th Trumbull,” one page, 7.75 x 6, August 1, 1780. Letter to the Committee of the Pays Table, in full: “You are directed to allow and adjust the amount of Mr. Sam’l Hunt of Lebanon for his reasonable expense & service as an Express from this place to Hartford to Deliver sundry letters on publick service and give him an order on the Treasury therefor & Charge the same to the United States.” In very good condition, with a small hole to lower left from ink erosion. Accompanied by an unsigned engraved portrait of Trumbull bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Activists and Social Leaders

199. Susan B. Anthony. AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In full: “Perfect equality

of rights for women, civil and political—is the demand of, yours sincerely, Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y., 1820–Feb. 15. 1895.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the hand-embellished album page to which it was previously affixed. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Dr. King’s profound account of segregated Birmingham 200. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed book: Why

We Can’t Wait. Later printing. NY: Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 178 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “To Daniel Scott, With Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.” The recipient’s name and address is penned in the upper right in another hand. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with slight foxing to signed page. Book condition: VG/ VG-. Accompanied by an unsigned program for a meeting held by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., in Philadelphia on August 10, 1964, where King appeared as the featured speaker; this was presumably where the book was signed. This book, which stemmed from King’s famous 1963 ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail,’ describes the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States with a specific focus on the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The publication of the book afforded the ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ its widest circulation at the time and drew further support for the civil rights cause. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent efforts against inequality at the end of 1964, just a few months after his appearance in Philadelphia. A superb inscribed example of King’s landmark text from a period of progress in the Civil Rights Movement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“We armed ourselves with dignity and self respect, and our adversaries tasted the gall of defeat” 201. Martin Luther King, Jr. Draft typescript, unsigned, with

extensive handwritten additions and edits. King’s outline for a speech delivered to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s staff retreat, Frogmore, South Carolina, November 14, 1966. 4 pages, 4to., edges chipped, small paper loss at one corner (not affecting text). King’s hand edits and additions in blue ink. An exceptionally rare annotated King manuscript, with fascinating insights about the history of the Civil Rights campaign and King’s thoughts about the challenges from the Black Power movement (“It’s a slogan not a program’’) and the growing white backlash (“It is nothing new’’). King’s remarks begin, “Introduction: From whence we have come; where we are now; where do we go from here.’’ King describes the legal and psychological turning points as well as the dramatic progress Negroes had made in segregation and voting rights. Surveying the 14 years from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the present, King writes in blue ballpoint: “The greatest victory of this period was what it did to the psyc[h]e of the Negro. New dignity and destiny. We came out of this period only slightly integrated in the external society, but powerfully integrated within. We armed ourselves with dignity and self-respect, and our adversaries tasted the gall of defeat.’’ King notes that the victories in the South did nothing “to improve the lot of the millions of Negroes in the teeming ghettoes of the North.” The movement dented the idea of white supremacy but “did not defeat the monster of racism.’’ In another striking handwritten addition King states, “No one surveying the moral landscape of a nation can overlook the hideous and pathetic wreckage of commitment twisted and turned to a thousand shapes under the stress of

prejudice and irrationality.” King crosses out a line dealing with the cause and effect from the Civil Rights “Black Power” movement and the “white backlash” caused by it, but adds that people “are saying that the civil rights movement is either died [sic] or has lost ground.” King points out, in the left margin with powerful visual imagery, that the cause of racial equality—or any great social revolution—“is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often it feels as though you are moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal; but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.’’ One can’t read that without thinking of King’s haunting final speech delivered at Bishop Charles Mason Temple, Memphis, Tenn., April 3, 1968: ‘I’ve been to the mountaintop…And he’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.’ In remarkable fashion, this speech seems to establish King’s structure for the rest of his work in the Civil Rights movement, as the question first posed in this speech “Where Do We Go From Here?” was the title for a keynote speech King delivered on Aug. 16, 1967, at the Eleventh Annual Convention of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and was further published in a book King published that same year, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” expanding upon the final segment of the “whence we have come; where we are now; where do we go from here” framework introduced in this outline. Five other corrected King typescripts have appeared at auction in the last 40 years according to the latest databases. None, however, contain the rich, historic, and moving content of this example. Previously sold at Profiles in History Dec. 18, 2012, Lot 54, $14,400. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Rare printing of Mandela’s famed Rivonia speech: “It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die”

202. Nelson Mandela. Extremely rare booklet entitled ‘The Historic Speech of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela at the Rivonia Trial,’ published in 1989 by Learn & Teach Publications, Johannesburg, 33 pages, 5.75 x 8, prominently signed on the title page in black felt tip, “N. Mandela.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an attractive presentation case and a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Containing Mandela’s famous statement from the dock at the opening of the defense case in the Rivonia trial on April 20, 1964, this booklet was published for the first time in 1988 while Mandela was still imprisoned. Using powers authorized under a ‘state of emergency’ declaration, the South African government suppressed this publication and on June 20, 1988, police confiscated 14,300 copies of it from Learn & Teach; this was one instance among many in a widespread censorship campaign undertaken that summer. This example of the booklet thus has an interesting notice printed on the title page: “We would just like to remind you that although this booklet was seized under the emergency media regulations when it was first printed last year...you are perfectly entitled to own or possess a copy of this booklet.” Rare even unsigned, this booklet holds what is considered one of the great speeches of the 20th century and represents a key moment in the history of South African democracy. Starting Bid $500

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Supreme Court Justices

203. John Jay. ADS, one page, 7.75 x 5.75, March 7, 1800.

Council of Revision document, in full: “Resolved that it does not appear improper to the Council that the bill entitled, ‘An Act to revise the Laws for the support of the Public Hospital in the City of New York’ should become a Law of this State.” Signed at the conclusion by Jay as governor. In fine condition, with stains to lower left blank area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after 1821 recommendation for a midshipman-to-be 204. John Marshall. ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page, 6.5 x 8, November 2, 1821. Letter of recommendation, in part: “Young Mr. Gibson, who applies for a warrant as a midshipman, will probably be the bearer of this letter. He is a young gentleman with whom I am not personally acquainted, but who maintains a very fair reputation, of which you will, I doubt not, receive testimonials from those who know him.” In very good condition. Written in his own hand while serving as chief justice, this letter demonstrates Marshall’s influence in all types of governmental affairs. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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American West

Impressive Leadville collection— the archetypal Old West mining town

205. Leadville. Remarkable archive related to the early develop-

ment of Leadville, Colorado, which rivaled the likes of Tombstone and Virginia City as an archetypal Old West boomtown—with the lawlessness to match. This museum-quality archive consists of about one hundred items—many of them exceedingly rare or absolutely unique—that embody the rise Leadville as a mining center of the West. Leadville was founded in 1877 by mine owners Horace Tabor and August Meyer, with the former becoming Leadville’s most famous and successful resident. Within a mere three years the population had exploded to over 15,000 and Leadville was one of the world’s largest silver camps, with more than thirty mines and ten large smelting works. It became a haven for outlaws and gamblers including Doc Holliday, who lived in Leadville during the last years of his life. Among the items this collection are numerous original photographs and stereoviews showing the city’s progress as saloons, stores, and other businesses begin to line streets—telephone poles, too, as the communications revolution took hold. The area’s drastic increase in commerce is revealed in dozens of billheads, receipts, and other ephemera from Leadville businesses. Most interesting, of course, are the items related to Leadville’s lawlessness, which include an original Leadville policeman’s badge, a tintype of a policeman, tokens for several local establishments, a prostitute’s punch card, and saloon’s billiards license. Also of the utmost desirability are a presentation fire horn and a wedding announcement for Horace Tabor. Details of some of these highlights: An exceptionally rare policeman’s badge in the shape of a star, engraved “Leadville” across the top banner with “Police No. 18” in the

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center of the star. With this is a cabinet photo of a Leadville policeman wearing badge number 22, imprinted on the reverse by the studio, “Rocky Mountain Art Gallery, J. C. Macurdy, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, East 5th St., North of Quincy Block, Leadville, Colorado.” Except for the policeman number, the badges appear to be exactly the same. Three fantastic items relate to the Board of Trade saloon, one of Doc Holliday’s favorite hangouts: first is an original twenty-cent trade token reading, “Board of Trade, 20, J. G. Morgan,” on both sides; second is a three-month license issued by the mayor of Leadville, November 17, 1883, granting permission to “John G. Morgan to maintain and carry on the following described Business of (2) Billiard Tables at ‘The Board of Trade,’ Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colo.”; and a circa 1880s cabinet photo of Leadville’s Harrison Avenue by important photographer W. H. Jackson, with the Board of Trade visible as the second building from the left, as well as the important locations of Tabor Opera House and Hyman’s Club. Also visible in this image are a sign advertising keno outside of Hyman’s and an Anheuser-Busch sign outside the theater. In addition to the Board of Trade, Doc Holliday spent much of his time gambling at Hyman’s, which was where he shot bartender and ex-police officer Billy Allen. Like any Wild West boomtown, Leadville had its fair share of brothels, represented here by a prostitute’s punch card for employment at Leadville’s “Bartley, Rochon & Johnson, Red Light Hall, 114 West Second Street.” West Second Street was designated as the official ‘red light’ district, with the Red Light Hall being one of its notorious dance halls and brothels.

Another of the most important items in the collection is the announcement of the wedding of Horace Tabor, reading: “Horace A. W. Tabor & Lizzie Bonduel McCourt, Married Thursday, March first, Eighteen hundred eighty three, Washington, D. C.” Tabor, nicknamed ‘The Bonanza King of Leadville,’ was an enormously wealthy mine owner whose name appeared on many of the town’s staple institutions, including the Tabor Opera House. His wife, known as ‘Baby Doe,’ became one of the legendary women of the old mining towns. She lived lavishly—once considered the ‘best dressed woman in the West’—but after Tabor lost his fortune and passed away she became a destitute inhabitant of a shack at the Matchless Mine, where she eventually died of a heart attack, her frozen body found by neighbors days later. A classic story of rags-to-riches-and-back, her life inspired an opera and Hollywood movie. Also of great interest is a small pamphlet from the Hotel Windsor promoting Leadville to travelers and advising them to “wear clothes you do not care for as the dust during the stage ride will ruin any good piece of clothing.” The Hotel Windsor would burn down on May 19, 1882, in the worst fire to ever strike Leadville—the result of arson, not an uncommon occurrence in the boomtown. Related to Leadville’s firemen are two of the most appealing items in this collection, a Leadville fire chief’s trumpet and a period tintype of a fireman. The gorgeous silver-plated ceremonial fireman’s trumpet measures 23.5˝ tall with a 9˝ diameter bell and is engraved on one side of the bell, “Awarded to the Humphrey Hose by the Fun on the Bristol Co., Leadville, Colo., Feb. 15th 1882,” and on the other, “Presented to Asst Chief L. A. Scholes by the H. H. Co. N. 2, May 24th 1882.” The horn features ornate designs on the sides and is engraved with depictions of a fire

wagon, hoses, ladders, and firefighters’ helmets. It retains its original golden rope with tassels. “Fun on the Bristol” was a troupe in town to perform at the Tabor Opera House, and this trumpet was initially awarded to the Humphrey Hose firemen company for selling a large number of tickets for their engagements; the trumpet presentation is mentioned in the Leadville Daily Herald issue of February 16, 1882. The tintype is presented in its original 3.25 x 3.75 case and depicts a fireman in a three-quarter-length pose, holding a similar looking fireman’s trumpet against his hip. In the collection are six other tokens of various denominations for The Saratoga, Henry Martinez, Henry & Fred Office Buffet, Earl A. Johnson, Mack’s Bar and Cafe, and two for the Adolph & Zeiler Health Office. Subjects of stereoview photos include street scenes of Harrison Avenue and Chestnut Street, mines, and the town from a distance. Cabinet photos include portraits by Leadville studios Brisbois and J. F. Needles, the Leadville boardwalk with Barnum & Bailey advertisements in the background, the town from a distance, and several street scenes. Billheads trace the development of Leadville’s industry, with a blacksmith, grocer, telephone company, mining company, grocer, art supplier, bookstore, lumber dealer, and railway all represented. Also included is a large, impressive banner reading, “Pikes Peak Local No. 1662, Eight Hours, United Mine Workers of America, El Paso Co. Col.,” representing the area’s mining unions that held enormous power within the labor force. An enormous 1902 map of Leadville is included as well, along with assorted other items. In overall very good to fine condition. A comprehensive inventory of the archive is available online at RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $10000

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The earliest Buffalo Bill we have seen

Image larger than actual size. 206. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Crisp ink signature, “Yours truly, W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, Nov 25th 1877,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition. An ideal example, and the earliest Buffalo Bill signature we have ever offered. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

207. Two Guns White Calf. Vintage 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of Two Guns White

Calf in near-profile, signed in pencil with his three-character pictogram of two rifles and a horned calf. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Exceptional signed portrait presented to an American officer in 1915

208. Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa.

Extremely rare matte-finish 6.75 x 10.75 photo of Villa in full uniform, prominently signed in ink, “Francisco Villa.” Reverse bears a collector’s notation in pencil, “Given to Maj. Aultman by Villa—1915. They had met while then Maj. Aultman was at Fort Bliss, Texas.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, clipped corner tips, a small repaired tear to top edge, and a fleck of surface loss to the left of the signature. Accompanied by a small framed vintage photograph of Aultman, several newspaper clippings, an oversized vintage photograph of the USS General Dwight E. Aultman, and a cardstock advertisement for the christening of the ship. This portrait shows Villa during the Mexican Revolution around the time he was making the autobiographical film The Life of General Villa with D. W. Griffith. The unusual film incorporated authentic footage from actual battles and staged scenes and starred Pancho Villa himself. Extremely rare in this format, this is the first signed photograph of the revolutionary we have offered. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Businessmen 210. Apple: Ronald Wayne.

Co-founder of Apple Computer along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (born 1934). Laserprint copy of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co., 7 x 9.75, signed in the lower right in black ink, “Ronald G. Wayne,” over his embossed personal seal. Affixed at the top edge to a slightly larger mount. In fine condition. Wayne received a 10% stake in Apple as one of the company’s three founding partners, but he relinquished his equity only two weeks later for the sum of $800. He was the designer of this logo, which depicts Isaac Newton under a tree with an apple dangling over head. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

211. Andrew Carnegie. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets,

4.5 x 7, Braemar Cottage letterhead, September 11, 1886. In part: “I beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of The Kindergarten & the School. The book is a complete guide to the system of education which by its rational methods, has already secured a lasting foothold among us.” In fine condition, with a few faint stains. Excellent content from the famed steel industrialist who made unparalleled philanthropic contributions to the promotion of education. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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212. Andrew Carnegie. Bold ink

signature, “Yours truly, Andrew Carnegie,” on an off-white card affixed to a 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring the American industrialist. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

213. Auguste Escoffier. Legendary French chef, restaurateur,

and culinary writer (1846–1935) who was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine. ALS in French, signed “A. Escoffier,” two pages, 5 x 8, Charing Cross Hotel, January 15, 1924. Untranslated letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Van Horne Schultz, wishing them a happy new year and explaining that he is in London attending to business concerning “Club Restaurant” but plans to spend February in Monte Carlo. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold passing through the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

214. J. Paul Getty. Getty’s personal

passport, number 177717, issued on March 30, 1926. Passport measures 3.75 x 6 and is filled out in Getty’s hand inside the front cover with his address, “J. Paul Getty, 647 South Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, Cal.,” as well as the address of his father, “George F. Getty,” as an emergency contact. Pinned to the fourth page is Getty’s glossy 2.25 x 2.5 passport photo, signed across the top in bold black ink; the adjacent page is also signed by Getty, and filled out in another hand with detailed personal information including height, hair and eye color, birthplace, birthdate, and occupation, which is listed as “Producer.” The remaining pages bear a few visa stamps from around the world, including those from England, Italy, France, and Germany. In fine condition, with expected cover wear. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Early twice-signed document for Oswego & Syracuse Railroad shareholders 216. J. Pierpont Morgan. Uncommon

215. Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson. One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. DS, signed “Arthur Davidson,” one page, 8.5 x 14, February 4, 1938. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Motorcycle, Sidecar, Servi-Car and Package Truck Sales Contract between the company and Indiana dealer Harry Molenaar in which the dealer submits monthly estimates for the amount of motorcycles he will order, totaling fifty throughout the year. Signed at the conclusion by Arthur Davidson and Harry Molenaar, and countersigned by a salesman. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

twice-signed partlyprinted DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, August 20, 1863. A declaration of dividends made payable between August 10 and 22, 1863, for shareholders of the Oswego & Syracuse Railroad Company, signed by several shareholders in the right column in black ink, including Morgan, who signs on both sides for receipts dated August 20th and 21st. In fine condition. An appealing early signed document from the noted financier. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Scientists and Inventors

On chloroform and barnacles in 1848

217. Charles Darwin. ALS signed “C. Darwin,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.5 x 5.25, August 20, 1848. Letter to Dr. Francis Booth, American physician and botanist. In full: “Since I saw you, I have been persuaded at the Brit. Museum to write direct to Dr. Gould at Boston, for I hear he is a very kind man & likes to assist everyone. Dr. Gould has attended to Cirripedia more than any one else & if he grants my request, I consider it superfluous to trouble any one else. Should this channel fail, I will not fail to remember your most kind offer. With my true thanks for all your sympathy & assistance about Chloriform [sic].” In fine condition.

During the period of 1846 to 1854 Darwin spent time studying barnacles (Cirripedia), publishing a monograph entitled Living Cirripedia in 1851. Among those thanked in the preface are the Boston–based scientists Augustus Addison Gould and Louis Agassiz for having sent him ‘some very interesting specimens.’ Darwin’s closing line on “Chloriform” is of even greater significance. James Young Simpson had discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform only a year earlier, and Darwin is known to have been an early adopter. It is believed that his wife Emma received chloroform during the birth of their son Francis on August 16, 1848—just four days prior to this letter—and she is known to have used it for the births of their subsequent children. He would later use chloroform in his experiments. Choice scientific content in this early letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000

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218. Niels Bohr. Vintage mattefinish 3 x 4.75 portrait of Bohr, signed in Danish in fountain pen (translated), “Niels Bohr, Copenhagen, March 1959.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

219. Thomas Edison. Sought-

after ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white card with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring the great inventor (card no longer affixed). In fine condition, with mounting remnants on reverse and trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

220. Albert Einstein. Choice green fountain pen signature, “Albert Einstein, 1940,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with trivial show-through from toned mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“It is truly the only religious notion that falls on fertile soil with me” 221. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page,

8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, April 3, 1945. Letter to Erich Cohn of the A. Goodman & Sons matzo company in New York. In full (translated): “I thank you cordially for sending your excellent matzo. It is truly the only religious notion that falls on fertile soil with me.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and a light stain beneath signature. An interesting letter from the end of World War II in which Einstein succinctly expresses his religious beliefs and his own relationship with Judaism. Although he was essentially non-religious, he embraced the Jewish cultural identity—thus his appreciation for Cohn’s matzo during the Passover season. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“The improper thermodynamic equilibrium loses its meaning in the case of finite radiation densities” 222. Albert Einstein. Extraordinary pair of ALSs in German, each signed “A. Einstein,” totaling three pages, June–July 1913. Both are to his fellow theoretical physicist Dr. Arthur Schidlof, a professor at the Geneva Technical School. The first, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, June 17, 1913, in full (translated): “Naturally, I too have occupied myself intensely with the question addressed by you, whether the general radiation formula can be obtained by the route currently pursued. But it seemed to me that the improper thermodynamic equilibrium loses its meaning in the case of finite radiation densities. Unfortunately, serious objections must be raised against your way of handling the problem, only two of which I shall point out: 1. It is not permissible to set the radiation density in the gas space equal to zero, even if the gas can be considered ‘black,’ which is always possible to achieve with sufficiently great expansion. 2. You set RT/P8=a (universal constant). This cannot be done even for regular thermodynamic equilibrium. Because at a given T, I can still freely choose the pressure P8 of the reaction mixture. The route chosen by you does not seem feasible to me, but your confidence is contagious. Perhaps it will nonetheless prove possible to work out the case of improper thermodynamic equilibrium even for finite radiation density.” The second, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, postmarked July 5, 1913, features a small sketched diagram drawn by Einstein in an attempt to clarify the meaning of the equilibrium state he is referring to. In full (translated): “Unfortunately, I cannot accept your new derivation either. For there does not exist any kind of thermodynamic equilibrium, between 1 and 2 if the radiation densities in 1 & 2 are different. For that reason it is impossible to carry out (reversibly) the virtual displacement conceived by you.” Addressed on the reverse in Einstein’s hand. Additionally includes a 9.5 x 6.5 mailing envelope addressed to Schidlof, postmarked July 31, 1909, signed in the lower left corner as part of his return address, “Dr. A. Einstein.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a custom-made leatherbound clamshell case. Both of these letters are published in the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 5: The Swiss Years. These letters concern Einstein’s investigations into the law of photochemical equivalence, which he first published a paper on in 1912. The particular question that he had not yet resolved was whether Planck’s radiation law could be related to photochemical processes. Pursuing an answer in the years to follow, he concluded with his important 1916 study of Planck’s law based on the concepts of spontaneous and induced emission, ‘Emission and Absorption of Radiation in Quantum Theory.’ In this seminal paper Einstein showed that Planck’s quantum hypothesis E=h? could be derived from a kinetic rate equation. Einstein began to realize that quantum mechanics seems to involve probabilities and a breakdown of causality, a major step on the way to his theory of general relativity. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $10000

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Fatherly advice on the brink of tragedy: “You seem to keep knocking about with the Eternal-Feminine. But don’t stick with the older girlfriend” 223. Albert Einstein. ALS in Ger-

man, signed “Papa,” one page, 8.5 x 8.25, no date. Letter to his son Eduard Einstein, nicknamed “Tetel,” in full (translated): “I was very happy about your letter and about your aphorisms. You seem to keep knocking about with the Eternal-Feminine. But don’t stick with the older girlfriend, who is also too sophisticated for you. Rather look for a harmless girlfriend, because she is more like a friendly game, otherwise you may well get into trouble. Toni worries about you a little bit as well, because she is taking the hereditary taint of the Einsteins into account. I liked the aphorisms in all, some of them are very good.” In fine condition. This intensely personal letter reveals one of the great tragedies of Einstein’s family life—his son’s lifelong struggle with mental illness. Eduard was an admirer of Freud and hoped to enter the fledgling field of psychiatry, but was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1930 at age twenty, rendering him a patient rather than a practitioner. The diagnosis came after Eduard’s first major breakdown, spurred by the heartbreak of a mistaken affair with an older woman. In this letter—alluded to in The Private Lives of Albert Einstein by co-authors Roger Highfield and Paul Carter and in Walter Isaacson’s definitive biography Einstein: His Life and Universe—Einstein seems to sense the impending catastrophe and appeals to Eduard’s intellectual tendency toward theory by invoking the psychological archetype of the “Eternal-Feminine.” Sadly, Eduard would end up spending the rest of his life institutionalized for his affliction. Overall, this is an incredible piece that offers insight into Einstein’s family and demonstrates him as a kind, caring father. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Early photo of Einstein and friends in 1925 224. Albert Einstein. Uncommon vintage glossy 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Einstein with two friends displayed within its original mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain pen, “Herr Alejander Mintz zum Andenken, Albert Einstein, 1925.” Matted and framed. In fine condition, with small tears to edges of photo and old tape repairs to the mount; image and signature remain crisp. Einstein’s major contributions during this period were in the field of quantum theory. A desirable and rather early example of an Einstein signed photo. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

Fulton anxiously awaits Napoleon’s approval of his Nautilus in Paris 225. Robert Fulton. American inventor, engineer, and

entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors included a commission from Napoleon that resulted in the first practical submarine, the Nautilus. ALS signed “Robt. Fulton,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, April 15, 1800. Letter to his mother, Mrs. Mary Smith, in full: “On the 3d of July 99 I wrote you by Mr. Griffiths and sent him 36 Guineas for you. Mr. Griffiths sailed from France for Phila. where I desired him to put the mony [sic] into the hands of a Member of Congress or Member of assembly from your part of the country who could forward it to Mr. Hogg for you. If you have not heard of the mony [sic] I advise you to write to Mr. Ross [US Senator James Ross] who I believe is a member for Washington and desire him to inquire in Phila. for Mr. Griffiths who is a native of Baltimore and resided some years in France desiring Mr. Ross to receive the mony [sic] for you. I am in excellent health still detained in this country on business which is very important to me—but time and distance has not robed [sic] me of one sentiment of affection for you and all my relations, please to remember me particularly to each of them.” A short postscript reads, “Although I am in Paris, you can direct your letters to the Fultons in London as usual.” Reverse of second integral page bears an address panel in Fulton’s hand to his mother in Pennsylvania. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining and some seal-related paper loss. Five days before writing this letter, Fulton had contacted the French government to inform them that the Nautilus, the first practical submarine, was nearing completion and that he hoped those in authority—including Napoleon—would give him the proper financial ‘encouragement’ needed to finish the job. Fulton was confident that the vessel could be used by the French in their ongoing war against the British. A one-of-a-kind letter with a subtle and covert reference to the Nautilus. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 91

Excessively rare 1651 document by the discoverer of blood circulation

226. William Harvey. English physician (1578–1657) who was the first to describe in detail the circulation of blood. Extraordinarily rare vellum manuscript DS, signed “Will Harvey,” one page, 29.5 x 21, July 10, 1651. Indenture between “Doctor of Phisick” William Harvey, his brother Eliab Harvey, Edward Dering, Heneage Finch (1st Earl of Nottingham), John Prestwoode, and Henry Pratt, for the assignment of “all that park of Baron comonly [sic] called Baron Parke…in the said county of Liecester.” Signed at the bottom by the interested parties, with William Harvey and his wife Elizabeth signing in the lower left; red wax pendant seal tags are attached below for each of the signers. In fine condition. Following his education in medicine at the University of Padua and University of Cambridge, Harvey accepted a position at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1607. He soon distinguished himself and was named as one of the Royal College of Physicians’ Lumleian lecturers. It was during his lecture in 1616 that Harvey first announced his findings on the circulation of blood. In 1618 he became the physician to King James I. It was not until 1628 that he published his completed treatise on the circulatory system, De Motu Cordis, which was at first received with great scrutiny. Harvey’s work disagreed with the accepted theories regarding the heart and blood that had been established for centuries. However, Harvey’s groundbreaking ideas were eventually accepted within his lifetime. Harvey is one of the rarest autographs in all of science—far rarer than Isaac Newton—and this impressively large document boasts a superb example of his signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000 92 | April 13, 2016 | NOTABLES

“My gun was first patented in 1862, but I have taken out eight patents for improvements” 227. Richard Gatling. ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 5 x 7.75, January 12, 1894. Written from Hartford, Connecticut, a letter to Lee Slyman, in full: “In compliance with your request I will say, my gun was first patented in 1862, but I have taken out eight patents for improvements in it and in its feed since the above date.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants affixed to reverse. A year after inventing his famous rapid-fire multi-barrel gun, Gatling achieved the first of his many patents for the weapon on November 4, 1862. In his original patent order, he asserts that the ‘object of this invention is to obtain a simple, compact, durable, and efficient firearm for war purposes, to be used either in attack or defence, one that is light when compared with ordinary field-artillery, that is easily transported, that may be rapidly fired, and that can be operated by few men.’ After several modifications, Gatling’s gun—a hand-cranked, breech-loading cannon with ten revolving barrels capable of firing 250 rounds a minute—served as in indispensable source of military might, and helped change the tides of the Civil War in favor of the Union forces. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

228. Joseph Lister. ALS, one page both sides, 4 x 6, black-

bordered 12 Park Crescent letterhead, October 11, 1895. Letter to Dr. William Bulloch, in full: “I am much obliged to you for your report of the puerperal septicemia. What a tremendously virulent affair the poison must have been to produce sloughing of the entire mucous membrane of uterus & vagina. It does seem a great pity that the serum was not used a day earlier.” In fine condition, with soiling to first page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Lister’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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In his first teaching position, Rontgen prepares lectures on “practical Physics” and “Physical Chemistry”

229. Wilhelm Rontgen. Distinguished German physicist (1845–1923) who discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he was awarded the

Nobel Prize in 1901. ALS in German, signed “Dr. W. Rontgen,” one page, 8.25 x 5.25, October 1874. Letter announcing a lecture series, in full (translated): “I propose to lecture during the winter semester: 1) Publicly: Introduction into practical Physics. 2 hours weekly. 2) Privately: Selected chapters on Physical Chemistry, particularly on Gasometric Methods. 2 hours weekly. I would ask those gentleman who with to attend the first lecture to discuss the schedule with me at 5 pm on Monday 26 Oct, and for the second lecture at 6 pm on Monday 26 Oct, in the Physics lecture room.” In fine condition, with a mounting strip neatly affixed at left edge.

This letter dates to very early in Rontgen’s career, only shortly after earning his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1869. He became an assistant to his favorite professor there, August Kundt, who he followed to the University of Strasbourg in 1873. He qualified as a lecturer there in 1874—his first teaching position—and outlines his lectures in physics and chemistry here. It would be twenty years before he began to experiment with X-rays. An immensely desirable example from a significant moment in the young physicist’s career. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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World Leaders and Politicians Rarely seen example of the ‘Father of the Turks’

230. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Turkish army officer, statesman,

and writer (1881–1938) credited as the founder of the Republic of Turkey. Rare and bold fountain pen signature, “Gazi M. Kemal,” on a handsome 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp of the Turkish leader. In fine condition. Ataturk was given the title of “Gazi” by the Grand National Assembly following his defeat of the Greeks in the Greco-Turkish War, which secured the independence of Turkey. He soon became the nation’s first president and embarked on a series of tremendously influential reforms, producing the modern nation that continues to exist today. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

232. Fidel Castro.

DS in Spanish, one page, 7.5 x 11.75, March 3, 1959. Untranslated document concerning repairs and reconstruction of schoolhouses. Signed at the conclusion by Castro as prime minister, Manuel Urrutia Lleo as president, and the minister of works. The affixed blue seal and ribbon remain intact. In very good condition, with irregularly trimmed edges and several horizontal creases. A desirable early date, as Castro’s revolutionary regime had taken over just a few months earlier. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

233. Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang. Choice ink

signatures of Chiang Kai-shek (in Chinese) and Madame Chiang (in English, “Mayling Soong Chiang”), on individual 6 x 9.5 album pages hand-embellished with calligraphic titles and postage stamps honoring them. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

231. British Prime Ministers. Collection of eleven items signed by British prime ministers encompassing over 250 years, including: Walpole (signature), Newcastle (signature), Canning (envelope panel), Grey (envelope panel), Peel (ALS), Melbourne (envelope panel), Russell (envelope), Palmerston (partial ALS), Gladstone (ALS), Baldwin (signature), and Callaghan (SP). In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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The esteemed “Order of the Rising Sun” presented by Emperor Meiji

234. Emperor Meiji. DS in Japanese, one page, 23.75 x 18.25, circa 1890–1912.

Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Sixth Class, Order of the Rising Sun upon a distinguished individual. Includes the award medal with black lacquered presentation case and lapel pin. Tightly rolled and in very good condition, with overall creases and light staining. Established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji, the Order of the Rising Sun is given to honor those who have made significant achievements in international relations, the promotion of Japanese culture, advancements in their field, development in welfare, or the preservation of the environment. A highly sought-after autograph enhanced by the inclusion of the handsome award medal. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Beautifully signed “Napoleon” while celebrating his successes 235. Napoleon. Choice LS in French, signed “Napoleon,” one page, 8 x 9.5, December 1, 1806. Letter to “my sister and cousin,” likely his brother Joseph’s wife Julie Clary, the queen of Naples. In part (translated): “Your Majesty does not doubt of the high value I attach to your gracious favors and how content I should be to be of service to Your Majesty. When all this has been cleared up I’ll be very happy to do something that will please you. May Your Majesty never have any doubts about my sentiments for you. With this, my sister and cousin, I pray God that He keep you in his holy and worthy care.” In fine condition. The next day Napoleon celebrated two significant anniversaries: it had been two years since his coronation as emperor of the French and one year since his great victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. A superior, boldly signed letter boasting an outstanding example of his rarely seen full first-name signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

236. Napoleon. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Np,” one page,

8.25 x 12, March 29, 1811. Untranslated official military report submitted by Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, the Duke of Feltre. Prominently signed in the left margin by Napoleon with his approval. In very good condition, with several blocks of toning (one over the signature), and scattered folds and creases. Accompanied by an unsigned engraved portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Royalty

Exceedingly rare Henry VIII document connected to Anne Boleyn’s treason

237. King Henry VIII. Rare and early manuscript DS, signed “Henry R,” one page, 11.5 x 5, March 20, 1509/10. Petition to grant Bartholomew Brereton an extension of his appointment to the office of the Crier of the Exchequer of Chester, in part: “Whereas your humble subject Bartholomew Brereton hath hadde and occupied the rome and office of Crier of theschequer dore of Chester as well by the grannte of the late Prince Arthur your brother...as sith his deathe by the grannte of the late king your fadre...that this bill signed with your most gracious hande may be sufficient warrant to your Chamberlyn of your county of Chester to make hym sufficient letters patente thereof.” In very good condition, with a small hole to upper left blank area and overall light soiling and wrinkling. Dating to the first year of King Henry’s reign, this outstanding document boasts a fascinating connection to the controversy with his second wife, Anne Boleyn, that would befall him later on. Bartholomew Brereton was the granduncle of William Brereton, a Groom of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII. In May 1536, William was one of those tried and executed for treason after being accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn, who was also put to death. Henry VIII is rare in any sort of autographic material, particularly with such fascinating content from so early in his rule. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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238. King James II. LS in French, signed “Jacques R,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 13, October 1, 1693. Untranslated letter to Count Caprara, auditor of the Rota at Rome. The embossed paper seal affixed to the second integral page remains mostly intact. In very good condition, with staining, small areas of paper loss, and old repairs to integral leaf. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

239. King George III. Manuscript DS, signed three times, “George R,” two pages both sides, 11.5 x 19, December 23, 1774. Unusual document pertaining to troops stationed on the island of Minorca, detailing per diem pay for various ranks of soldiers. Prominently signed three times at the top by the king, with each page also countersigned at the conclusion by three officials. In fine condition. The British had taken possession of Minorca following their victory in the Seven Years’ War, but a combined force of Spanish and French troops took it back in 1781. An interesting piece from a tumultuous period of British history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare 1720 German letter sent from the British monarch’s Hanover palace 240. King George I. LS in German,

signed “George R,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, October 2, 1720. Letter to Wilhelm von Munchhausen, sent from Herrenhausen in Hanover. in part (translated): “As the current urgent needs in regards to matters of the Estate, necessitate communication with the Trustees of our Fiefdom Bahmberg, the 30th of this month has been set as the day on which the proposition is to be deliberated. Your reliable presence there is herewith kindly requested. For this purpose you are expected to arrive with certainty late on the 29th of this month in our city of Hanover.” Second integral page is professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. In addition to his status as King of Great Britain, George was a native of Hanover and inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg. Although he spent most of his time in England after ascending the British throne, King George did visit Hanover six times during his reign; this letter comes from one such instance. The royal palace of Herrenhausen is most famous for its botanical gardens, which had been commissioned by King George’s mother, Sophia of Hanover. This rare, early document represents the famed House of Hanover and its broad line of power throughout Europe. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 99

Beautiful Marie Antoinette pay order issued at Versailles 241. Marie Antoinette. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, October 1, 1783. Document issued at Versailles addressed to “The Treasurer General of Our house and finances M. Marc-Antoine-FrancoisMarie Randon de la Tour,” in full (translated): “We want and command the monies mandated by the state and slated for the maintenance and food of several of our officers for the current year. Pay in cash the four master grooms in Our service by commission, the sum of three hundred sixty-five pounds that We granted them for wages and food for the past quarter of July, August and September. Keep this letter as a receipt. The sum of three hundred sixty-five pounds will be granted and allocated to your accounts as an expense for our dear and beloved people to the accounts of the King, Our very honored Lord and Husband.” Boldly signed in the lower left by Marie Antoinette to approve the payment; document also bears Marie’s secretarial proxy signature to the right side. In fine condition, with a small hole beneath the signature, and faint soiling and edge toning. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. There were vast expenditures required for Marie Antoinette to maintain her household and frivolous lifestyle, perhaps best represented by her main project of this year—the construction of a miniature village, the Hameau de la Reine. She spent much of 1783 occupied with the creation of this rustic hamlet, a place of leisure where she could escape from the pressures of royal life. With the public becoming increasingly resentful of her extravagant lifestyle, this period marked the beginning of her downfall. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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242. King William IV. Partly-printed vel-

lum DS, signed “William R,” one page, 15.25 x 11.75, March 1, 1835. King William appoints Peter Robert Wright as “a First Lieutenant in Our Corps of Royal Engineers.” Prominently signed at the top by King William. The blue seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

243. King Kalakaua. Bold ink

signature, “Kalakaua,” on an offwhite slip affixed to an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring his majesty. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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244. Queen Liliuokalani. Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands (1838–1917) who actively pursued the preservation of the islands for their native residents. Fountain pen signature, “Liliuokalani,” on an off-white card affixed to a handsome 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked 1897. In 1898, Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne when Hawaii was annexed to the United States. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Queen Victoria.

Three items: an ALS signed “Victoria R,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 4, 1843, addressed to Lady Palmerston, sending condolences on the death of her daughter-in-law, in part: “I have heard with horror on Saturday the news of the death of your lovely and amiable daughter-in-law Mrs. William Cowper. At first I did not, could not believe it but alas! There is no doubt of this dreadful event. It is needless to say what both the Prince & I feel for your bereaved son, whose grief must be heart rending”; an uncommon 5 x 2 floral swatch of Queen Victoria’s coronation robe, brocaded in silver and pink, affixed to a slightly larger sheet; and a partlyprinted DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 15.75 x 11.75, April 1, 1849. Queen Victoria appoints Edward Trevor “to be a Captain in Our Royal Regiment of Artillery.” Signed in the upper left by Queen Victoria. The embossed blue paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In overall very good condition, with numerous tape repairs to letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Choice example of the ‘Khodynka Cup of Sorrows’ 246.

Nicholas II. Original enameled cup made for the coronation of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna on May 18, 1896, measuring 4˝ tall and 3.75˝ in diameter, featuring an elaborate design with the initials of the royal couple in Cyrillic below an Imperial crown. The opposite side bears an image of the Imperial Russian Eagles surmounted by the crown. In fine condition, with a few chips along the rim; a much better example than typically seen. On the morning of the coronation, hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered at Khodynka Field in Moscow to observe the ceremonies and receive these commemorative cups, a great novelty for the period. A false rumor swept through the crowd that the cups contained gold coins, causing a riot to ensue as people tried to obtain cups before the limited supply ran out. Over a thousand people were trampled to death in the chaos—an omen of things to come during Nicholas’s reign—and these souvenirs thus became known as the ‘Khodynka Cup of Sorrows.’ A superb relic that breathes history with its association to the last Romanov leader. Starting Bid $300

Magnificent Wilding portrait of the newly ascended Queen 247. Queen Elizabeth II. Fetching vintage matte-finish 8.75 x 11.5 portrait of Elizabeth wearing her glimmering crown jewels by Dorothy Wilding, affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R., 1953.” In fine condition, seemingly removed from the original larger mount, with light stains from adhesive remnants to reverse, and a crease to upper right corner. This portrait was taken at a sitting in the year of Elizabeth’s accession to the throne in 1952, and has become one of the defining images of the early years of her reign. It is a stunning photograph that beautifully captures the Queen’s youth and regal splendor, and is truly impressive in both size and clarity. A splendid representation signed in the year of her coronation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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248. Princess Diana. Nine original glossy press photos related to

Princess Diana and her royal wedding, ranging in size from 6 x 8 to 7 x 9.5, including three showing her as the lone subject, two of Diana and Prince Charles, two posed portraits of her wedding party, one of the royal family overlooking the crowds outside Buckingham Palace, and one of the interior of Westminster Abbey. Most bear stamps or press captions affixed to the reverse. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

249. Princess Diana. ALS signed “Diana,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, July 1, 1987. Letter to her friend John Gairdner, a London Fashion Week producer, in full: “You are wonderful to remember my birthday. A very large arrangement of flowers arrived just now & they have made my room smell glorious! I am surrounded by cards & presents & I feel very spoilt indeed to have such special friends who take the time & trouble to send me something for the 1st! Thank you a million times, John, for showing such kindness as I am so thrilled with your flowers.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Diana’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Titanic 250. Archibald Gracie. Titanic survivor and author (1859-1912),

who was drawn under when the vessel sank, but managed to reach a life raft and succeeded in rescuing 29 other passengers. He completed the manuscript for his book The Truth About the Titanic shortly before his death in December of 1912. The Riggs National Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Gracie, payable to The Grafton for $20, May 16, 1906. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The claim of an American “passenger on board the unfortunate ‘Titanic’” 251. Titanic. Letters concerning a claim by one

of the survivors of the Titanic disaster, Eleanor Genevieve Cassebeer, consisting of two TLSs by her attorney, a TLS from the White Star Line to their law firm Hill Dickinson & Co., and further carbon copies of correspondence from the law firm. First is a TLS from her lawyer, July 20, 1914, in part: “I have a client Mrs. E. G. Casabere [sic] who some time ago made a claim in respect of her losses whilst a passenger on board the unfortunate ‘Titanic.’ I am anxious to find out the present position of matters.” Second is a letter on White Star Line letterhead addressed to Hill Dickinson & Co., July 22, 1914, headed “TITANIC,” in full: “We enclose letter received from Mr. Joseph Davis, Solicitor, London, in connection with the claim made by Mrs. E. G. Casabere, and we shall be glad if you will deal with the same.” A carbon copy of the firm’s reply to Davis informs him, “We have not got a note of any claim by Mrs. Casabere and perhaps you would send us a copy of the claim which was made.” Davis’s TLS in response and a copy of the White Star Line’s original letter acknowledging the claim, “amounting to $8619 for losses sustained on the S.S. ‘Titanic,’” are both present. The final piece is a carbon copy of the two-page Hill Dickinson & Co. letter in response, informing him that the claim is better suited for a lawyer based in New York rather than one in London. In overall very good condition. Cassebeer, returning home to New York after a trip to Europe to visit her son, was traveling alone and boarded the Titanic as a first-class passenger at Cherbourg. She was awake in her cabin at the time the Titanic struck the iceberg and was rescued in lifeboat number five. She spent just a year in New York before taking another overseas journey to London, which is where she was living at the time this legal correspondence took place. However, as Europe erupted in World War I at the end of July, she applied for an emergency passport and safely sailed home to America in September 1914. She would later correspond with Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember, and was one of the survivors to attend the premiere of the film adaptation in 1958. An interesting archive of material related to the legal claims of this notable eyewitness to tragedy. Starting Bid $300

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A Bulgarian widow whose husband perished “upon the Defendants’ Steamship ‘Titanic’”

252. Titanic. Partly-printed document, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, notated April 12, 1913. Writ issued by Oppenheimer, Blandford & Co., in the

matter “Between Vana Mitova, Widow, Plaintiff, and Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Defendants.” In part: “To Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited…We Command You, that within Eight Days after the service of this Writ on you…you do cause an Appearance to be entered for you in an Action at the Suit of Vana Mitova…The Plaintiff’s Claim is as the Widow of Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff deceased for damage for the death of the said Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff caused by the negligence of the Defendants or their servants while the said Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff was a passenger upon the Defendants’ Steamship ‘Titanic.’” At the conclusion the document notes that the plaintiff “resides at Sadovetz Loukovit in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.” The document is unsigned but bears numerous pencil office notations. In very good condition, with creasing, several tears, and upper left reinforced with archival tape. A significant number of the Titanic’s third-class passengers—between thirty and forty of them, or about eight percent—were Bulgarian, predominately men planning to emigrate to America. Though the records are imprecise, it is believed that every single Bulgarian aboard the liner perished in the disaster. This interesting document represents the little-known and tragic story of the Bulgarians lost at sea. Starting Bid $300

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Explorers and Archaeologists

The Antarctic’s premier explorer— “The ‘Belgica’ of the Southern night, 1898”

253. Adrien de Gerlache. Gorgeous sepia 6.25 x 4.25 photo of a ship trapped within an Arctic ice field, affixed to its original photography sheet and mount, signed in French on the mount in black ink (translated), “The ‘Belgica’ of the Southern night, 1898. A small alterable token of a large and unalterable friendship, A. de G.” In fine condition, with a crease to left border of mount, and some chipping near initials. In 1896, Belgian Royal Navy lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache began preparations for his first Antarctic expedition by purchasing the Norwegian whaler Patria. After extensively refitting the ship and building an ideal crew—Roald Amundsen and Frederick Cook among its members—he rechristened it the Belgica and set sail in August of 1897. Shortly after crossing into the Antarctic Circle on February 15, 1898, the ship became immovably trapped in the ice, forcing the crew to remain there through the winter. Battling off scurvy, hunger, and insanity, they eventually cleared a makeshift channel through the use of tools and dynamite. De Gerlache and the crew of the Belgica fled the ice fields on March 14, 1899, returning to Antwerp with more than a year’s worth of meteorological observations. A remarkable photograph of the ice-locked Belgica—the first we have offered—boldly signed by its idealistic young commander. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 106 | April 13, 2016 | NOTABLES

“I also found Captain Scott an inspiration”

256. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Two items: an

uncommon glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Norgay wearing a sweater with a patch for the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, signed in fountain pen; and a ballpoint signature, “E. P. Hillary,” on a white 4.25 x 2.75 card. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

254. Edmund Hillary. ALS signed “E. P. Hillary,” one page on the

inside of an aerogramme, 7.75 x 9.75, September 19, 1954. Letter to Sydney Giles, in full: “I am sorry not to have replied to your letter before this but unfortunately it arrived when I was away in the Himalayas. Thank you for your kind thoughts. I also found Captain Scott an inspiration in my younger days and I think that all of us can produce a good deal of courage in many ways if we only give ourselves the chance.” In fine condition, with light handling wear. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

257. Ernest Shackleton.

255. Fridtjof Nansen. Fountain pen

signature, “Fridtjof Nansen,” on an off-white slip affixed to a 6 x 9.5 album page attractively hand-embellished with a calligraphic title. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

LS signed “E. H. Shackleton,” one page, 8 x 10, British Antarctic Expedition 1907 letterhead, November 24, 1909. Letter declining an invitation, in full: “Major Forbes has forwarded your letter to me. I thank you very much for your kind invitation but I shall be returning to town from Reading after the lecture.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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260. 19th-Century America

261. David Brearley Starting Bid $200

262. William Jennings Bryan

263. William Jennings Bryan

264. John C. Calhoun

265. Simon Cameron

266. Daniel Carroll

267. Henry Clay

268. George Clinton

269. John Dickinson

270. Eliphalet Dyer Starting Bid $200

271. George Washington Goethals

274. Politicians

275. Philip Schuyler

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272. Jared Ingersoll Starting Bid $200

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273. Richard Mentor Johnson Starting Bid $200

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276. William H. Seward Starting Bid $200

280. Daniel Webster Starting Bid $200

277. Charles Sumner Starting Bid $200

278. John Taylor of Caroline

279. Charles Thomson

281. Daniel Webster

282. Felix Frankfurter Starting Bid $200

2 8 3 . O l i v e r We n d e l l Holmes, Jr

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284. Antonin Scalia

285. Roger B. Taney

286. Marie Lafarge

287. Eliot Ness

288. William Fargo

289. Henry Flagler

290. James J. Hill

291. Samuel Slater

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293. George Washington Carver

294. Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey

295. George Eastman

296. Abraham Jacobi

297. Jerome de Lalande

298. Guglielmo Marconi

299. Cyrus McCormick

300. Samuel F. B. Morse

301. James D. Watson

302. Bertrand Russell

303. Nicolae Ceausescu

304. Francisco Franco

305. Mikhail Gorbachev

306. Indian Leaders

307. David Lloyd George

292. Donald Trump

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308. Benito Mussolini Starting Bid $200

310. Jawaharlal Nehru Starting Bid $200

311. William Pitt the Younger

313. Duke and Duchess of Windsor

314. King George III

315. Queen Victoria

317. Frederick Douglass Starting Bid $200

318. William Lloyd Garrison

319. Booker T. Washington

321. Robert Treat Paine

322. Edwina MacKenzie

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312. Syngman Rhee Starting Bid $200

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316. Clara Barton Starting Bid $200

320. Elbridge Gerry Starting Bid $200

309. Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III

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323. Titanic

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112 | April 13, 2016 | MILITARY

military Impossibly rare 1676 King Philip’s War letter: “We are in expectation of the enimi everi day” 325. King Philip’s War: John Sharpe. Excessively rare firsthand primary account of King Philip’s War by one of its participants: an ALS signed “John Sharpe,” one page, 7.5 x 12.25, January 8, 1676, written on a handmade sheet of rag content paper with a column and grape leaves style watermark. Letter to his former employer, mill-owner Thomas Meekins. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “my saving remembrance unto you and my dame hopeing you are weell as I am at the riting heareof blessed be god for it: my wiff desiars to be remembered unto you and my dame and wee are yet in our habitations thro gods marsi but we are in expectation of the enimi everi day if god be not the more marsifull unto us I have been out 7 weeks my self and if provision had not grown short we had folood the enimi into your borders and then I would have given you a visit if it had been posibel for I went out a volintere under Ca wardsworth of milton but he is caled hom to scout about there oune toun and so I left off the desine at present—there is many of oure frends are taken from us Ca. Jonson of roxberi was slaine at naragansit and will lincorn died before his wound was cured: and filap Curtis was slaine at a wigwame above mendham but we have lost but one man with us these wares my mother vose is ded and my sister swift I pray remember my lov to John elis and his wiff and the rest of oure frinds and however it is like to fare with us god knows and wee…Comit all oure afairs into his hands so having nothing els desiaring youre praiars for us.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral leaf, “This for loving Master Thomas Meekins living at hatfield.” In very good condition, with small areas of paper loss along edges and fragile folds, and light staining to parts of text and edges (not affecting readability). First published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Journal, January 1856. The bloodiest conflict to take place in 17th–century America, King Philip’s War placed a coalition of Native Americans led by Metacomet, who had taken the English name King Philip, against the settlers of New England. Sharpe, who had taken leave, had been fighting under the command of Captain Samuel Wadsworth and provides a summary of the action that had taken place. Notably, he points out the death of Captain Isaac Johnson, killed at the Great Swamp Fight against the Narragansett tribe despite it being a brutal, lopsided colonial victory. Sharpe soon returned to action under Captain Wadsworth and in April the troops marched to Sudbury to relieve the town from Metacomet’s siege. While reconnoitering nearby the men were ambushed by Wampanoag warriors and both Sharpe and Wadsworth were killed. Primary manuscript material from King Philip’s War is virtually unobtainable, with this example boasting excellent content from an early date. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $10000

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326. John Bowman. Pioneer, colonial militia officer, and sheriff (1738–1784) who raised men to support General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois Campaign in the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed twice, “Jno. Bowman,” one page, 17.5 x 10, April 7, 1779. Two separate promissory notes on a single page in which Bowman agrees to pay John Todd of Kentucky “the sum of two hundred pounds Virginia Currency” and “One Hundred & eight pounds sixteen shillings Virginia Currency.” In very good condition, with repaired separations to intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

The heralded French commander of the Battle of Chesapeake

327. Daniel Brodhead.

Military and political leader (1736–1809) who earned the respect of George Washington for his leadership during the Revolution. DS, one page, 8 x 12.75, April 14, 1796. Land survey for a tract of land belonging to John Singer in Luzerne County “containing Four hund’d seven acres three quarters.” Signed at the conclusion by Brodhead. A diagram of the land plot has been sketched at the top of the page. White paper seal affixed to lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with toning along folds, and two small tape repairs to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

329. François Joseph Paul de Grasse. French Admiral (1732– 1788) who commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Chesapeake, blocking the escape route of Cornwallis which subsequently led to the British surrender at Yorktown. DS in French, signed “Le Comte de Grasse,” one page, 8 x 12.5, March 8, 1778. An untranslated article of the gunner aboard the ship “L’Orient,” detailing new procedures for mooring cannons, and listing necessary cordage and further rigging specifications. Signed at the conclusion by de Grasse. In fine condition. Initially built as an 80-gun war ship for the French Navy, the Orient was reduced to a 74-gun second rate vessel in 1778 before ultimately wrecking five years later in Trincomalee off the East Indian coast. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

328. Charles Cornwallis. ALS signed “Cornwallis,” one page, 7.25 x 5.5, no date. In part: “The bearer appears to me by the inclosed letter to be in great distress—you will leave for his the sum that is absolutely necessary, as I do not mean to be unpaid.” Cornwallis adds a brief postscript to the lower left. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and a small edge chip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“The belligerent aspect has evaporated, no fight” 330. Stephen Decatur. American naval officer (1779–1820) who cemented a reputation as a hero for his leadership during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Rare ALS signed “S. Decatur,” one page, 7.25 x 8, January 19, no year but circa 1812. Written while aboard the USS United States, Decatur pens a letter to “Bullus,” friend and Naval doctor John Bullus, in full: “I wrote you by last mail informing you that a fight might take place. The belligerent aspect has evaporated, no fight—the enclosed is a correct tho abridged account; you must not say it comes from me.” Decatur adds a brief postscript to the conclusion, “My compliments to Mrs. B.” Neatly trimmed and partially affixed to a larger sheet. In fine condition.

The mention of a “fight” refers to a proposal made by Decatur to Sir Thomas Hardy for a potentially massive confrontation between British frigates Endymion and Statira, and American warships the Macedonian and the United States. Hardy, after much deliberation, relented to a meeting between the Statira and the Macedonian, but declined to allow the Endymion to meet the more powerful United States. Fearful that premature reports would find their way into the press, Decatur had beseeched Bullus in an earlier letter to ‘wait on all the editors with whom you may have influence, and request them to withhold publishing until the affair is settled.’ Unwilling to force Macedonian commander Jacob Jones into such a position, Decatur also declined, and the battle, as this letter affirms, was ultimately rejected by both sides. A fascinating piece of correspondence related to what could have been one of the definitive battles of 1812. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

331. Thomas Gage.

British general (1719– 1787) who was commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775. Manuscript DS, signed “Thos. Gage,” one page, 8 x 13, January 24, 1766. Colonial pay order, in part: “By His Excellency The Honorable Thomas Gage, Major General & Commander in Chief of all His Majesty’s Forces in North America…You are hereby directed…for the Subsistence of His Majesty’s Forces under my Command, to Pay, or Cause to be Paid, to Captain Lieut. Ralph Phillips, Commanding Three Companys of the First Battalion of His Majesty’s Sixtieth (or Royal American) Regiment of Foot, (in South Carolina and Georgia,) whereof Lieut. General Sir Jeffery Amherst is Colonel in Chief…Five Hundred Ninety One Pounds, Three Shillings Sterling.” In very good to fine condition, with a small stain under the signature and old repairs to hinge and adjoining page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

332. Jean-Baptiste Gouvion. French general (1747–1792) who participated in the American and French Revolutionary Wars before being killed by a cannon while serving under Lafayette. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Gouvion,” one page, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1789–1792. Official military pass, in part (translated): “Pass M. Taverniere sub-lieutenant at the disposal of the General Staff of the National Guard into the Champs de Mars where he is engaged in duties in relation to the Artillery engaged at the Federation of 14.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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333. Simon Kenton.

Famous frontiersman and soldier (1755–1836) who was a friend of Daniel Boone and served in the American Revolution, Northwest Indian War, and War of 1812. Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, October 31, 1817. Legal deposition regarding property. In part: “This Deponent on being interrogated sayeth that he became acquainted with Locust Creek in the year 1775 which s’d Creek was into the Ohio about four Miles below where the Town of Augusta now stands, and from and after the latter end of the year 1782 said Creek was well known by the name of Locust Creek to the Locators and Hunters who frequented that part of the country.” Signed at the conclusion by Kenton and countersigned by a witness. In very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Lafayette attends to his own ‘Louisiana Purchase’ 334. Marquis de Lafayette. ALS in

French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, January 20, 1816. Letter to Mr. Albin Michel in New Orleans. In full (translated): “This letter is taken into your hands, sir, by the respected merchant of Lyon, Mr. Michaud, who will establish his trade in New Orleans. Please allow me to recommend him particularly to your good advice, and to the services that you may be able to render him. It is now a long time since I received an answer to the letters I have been sending to Louisiana. Sir John Coghill is in France. We should meet when he comes back from the city he is now visiting, but he has no more information than I do about the present situation of the rented place near the city.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases, and mild overall toning. Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Congress decided to reward Lafayette for his heroic actions during the Revolutionary War by offering him a land grant in the new territory. Lafayette sought a claim in New Orleans, but constantly encountered bureaucratic roadblocks and legal conflicts involving the claim; the issue went unresolved until after his death in 1834. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 116 | April 13, 2016 | MILITARY

335. Marquis de Lafayette.

Untranslated LS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, November 2, no year. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

336. Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. Noted French

admiral (1720–1791) who participated in the American Revolution. Manuscript DS in French, signed “la motte picquet,” one page, 8 x 4.75, May 24, 1788. Untranslated document from on board the Saint-Esprit, signed at the conclusion by Picquet de la Motte, chevalier de Riviere, de Silans, and Traboulet. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Accompanied by an unsigned engraved portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

337. David Wooster. American general (1711–1777) remembered

for his service in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War; he was killed in action at the Battle of Ridgefield. Revolutionary War– dated autograph endorsement, “The above pass is to be attended to, David Wooster, Brigdr. Genl.,” on a manuscript pass, one page both sides, 8 x 2.75, November 25, 1775. Above Wooster’s endorsement reads, “Mr. Will’m Dunlap has the Generals permission to pass to Ticonderoga. By order of the General, James van Rensselaer and DeCamp, Montreal, 25 Nov’r 1775.” The reverse bears a pass written at Ticonderoga a month later on December 17, “The within Named Mr. Wm. Dunlap is permitted to pass to General Schuyler at Albany.” This portion is endorsed by Col. James Holmes and Col. G. Van Schaick. Two edges affixed to mounting strips, with an old clipped description affixed at the top. In very good to fine condition, with a small split through the “D” in Wooster’s signature. A great example from a significant period and location during the invasion of Canada at the beginning of the American Revolution. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Two days after Britain’s declaration of war, the newly appointed commander seeks a purser for the HMS Victory

338. Horatio Nelson. ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page both sides, 7 x 8.75, May 20, 1803. Letter to John McArthur, in part: “I did not expect such a letter after all my attentions to your wishes, but never mind. I do not deserve any reproach from any man I hope. I wrote you first that any arrangement you made was perfectly agreeable to me. Mr. Aldrige came in the way and as he had been used to the Vict’y, I considered it the same thing to you, and so I still think. The new Purser of the Victory you know must be indifferent to me. I look to the captaining and I have repeatedly said to you that I could not have the least objection to your going in here. I think Capt. [Samuel] Sutton will get into a serious scrape with the Admiralty for giving you leave of absence. I understand she is very deficient till Capt. Sutton judged himself for you, your recommendation shall be attended to. I never showed you any inattention and therefore little expected so unkind a letter, but I am still the same towards you.” Nelson adds a postscript, “I have influence with the Ad’y to get you or any man a first rate. I at this moment am soliciting for the removal of a namesake from Purser of a Sloop to a frigate. I have no more paper. My kindest regards to Lord Hood, I will write him as I go down channel.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with light edge staining. Provenance: Anderson Galleries, New York, March 26, 1917. On May 18, 1803, the day Britain declared war on France, Nelson was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean fleet and designated for the HMS Victory. With his flagship not yet prepared for battle, he sailed onboard the HMS Amphion until his Flag Captain, Samuel Sutton, could join the blockade at Toulon on July 31 with the Victory. John McArthur came to the attention of Nelson through the latter’s role as a prizeagent and as purser and secretary to Lord Samuel Hood, the preceding commander of the Victory. McArthur’s initial letter is likely in defense of his ill-timed “leave of absence,” a decision Nelson gracefully touches upon while likewise encouraging McArthur to, if not accept, suggest a worthy replacement for the ship’s purser. Although McArthur declined the offer, his presumed differences with Nelson proved short-lived; he would go on to pen the first authoritative biography of Nelson in 1809. A unique and intriguing letter originating from the very onset of the War of the Third Coalition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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To Zachary Taylor on the 2nd Regiment of Indiana’s role in the Battle of Buena Vista 339. Nathan Kimball. Military officer (1822–1898) who distinguished himself at the Battle of Buena Vista and served as a Union general in the Civil War. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 12.5, August 17, 1848. Letter to General Zachary Taylor concerning the Battle of Buena Vista. In part: “The incorrectness of your report in relation to the conduct of the 2d Ind. Regiment in the great battle of Buena Vista…You are aware that the leaders of the Cass party in Indiana are endeavouring to injure your prospects in the state by Charging you with having slandered the 2d Regt of Indiana and Vol. (Col Bowles) in your report… Now General I am an humble one—a supporter of the ‘Taylor & Fillmore’ ticket. I am an Indianan & I was in the Battle of Buena Vista & a member of the 2d Ind Regt. I had the honor to command a company—being its Capt and I know the conduct of the regiment during that day…I am anxious to know whether or not you have officially received the supplemental report of General Lane…in the Cause of Lane & Bowles & also whether or not one or both of those documents don’t furnish sufficient evidence of the gallant bearing & good conduct of the 2d Ind Regt. to cause you to make a supplemental or a corrective report to the Detailed report made by you in regard to that regt. in the battle of Buena Vista. The Leaders of the Cass party are denouncing you on that account. They denounce & stigmatize all of us who support you—as cowards & slanderers—As I was in that battle and knew the conduct of that regt—& the causes that produced the misfortunes of our regt—and the cause of your making your detailed as you did—I have been called upon to take the stump by your friends & by my own desire to see your cause successful & the truth to triumph by lending my feeble aid—this I have done, but I have been assailed on all hands, by the papers and stump orators of the opposition. I have told the people that you were not to blame—that your report was made up from the reports of your subordinates…They say in answer that—now having all the proper & sufficient datta to go upon you refuse to correct…they say—you refuse to do Justice to Indianians who fought bravely at Buena Vista—because you don’t correct your detailed report of that glorious battle & they say you have the proper & sufficient official datta to enable you to correct that report. General—you can immagine our feelings here when we hear all this—having been under you—having served under you in that battle & venerating you as I do—it goes hard to hear this, and I wish you to condescend to answer this that I may meet your enemies—& the enemies of my state—these barely fawning sycophants—I know that you are willing to do Justice to my brave associates in arms of the 2d Regt. Ind. Volunteers & that you will do it in an individual capacity in answering this—& officially if you have the proper official datta to go upon—I enclose a paper notice…one of my efforts in your behalf, and I do hope that…you will grant me an answer, for by it we will be able to defend you and ourselves.” Docketed in Taylor’s hand, “To be attended to Baton Rouge, from Indiana Troops.” In very good condition, with creasing, splits along folds, and seal-related paper loss. Taylor had emerged from the Mexican-American War as a national hero and reluctantly accepted the Whig Party’s invitation to lead their ticket in the 1848 presidential election. His campaign in Indiana became contentious over past statements condemning the Second Indiana’s retreat during the Battle of Buena Vista, giving the entire state a national reputation for military cowardice that continued until the Civil War. Democratic candidate Lewis Cass played upon the public’s anger over Taylor’s insult as a campaign tactic to great success, defeating him in Indiana by a margin of just three percent. Nevertheless, Taylor won the election as broad appeal drew votes from across the political spectrum. Featuring desirable military and political content, this lengthy letter offers great insight into the hotly contested 1848 electoral campaign. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Sending unauthorized troops to Zachary Taylor “to unite with their comrades with you in the war against Mexico” 340. Edmund P. Gaines. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, May 26, 1846. Letter to the future president, “General Zac. Taylor, the U.S. Army in Mexico.” In full: “This will be handed to you by Colonel Morton Simms of Alabama, who goes with some choice volunteers of that state, to unite with their comrades with you in the war against Mexico. Col. Morton is warmly recommended to me by my brother G. S. Gaines & my nephew H. S. Lyon, as a gentleman of great integrity, honor, and chivalry. Give him if you can an opportunity to measure his strength with your gallant enemy and you will confer a favor on him.” He adds an important postscript, “I send you a copy of my orders of yesterday from the Adjt. Genl. directing me to countermand my authority for raising mounted Gun men.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered overall creasing and a small stain along fold. This letter dates to just thirteen days after President Polk declared war on Mexico and concerns Gaines’s unauthorized call for volunteer troops from Louisiana. Even after being reprimanded by the War Department he called upon Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri for the same. Gaines was then removed from his command for insubordination and received a court martial, but successfully defended himself. A remarkable piece of wartime correspondence of the utmost historical interest. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

341. Jefferson Davis. ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 5 x 8, December 20, 1858. Letter to William E. Baker. In part: “I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your’s.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Clearing up the Tennessee Campaign and “the orders under which Beauregard went to the South” 342. Jefferson Davis. Handwritten letter, unsigned, three pages on two adjoining lightly lined sheets, 5.25 x 8, May 26, 1879. Headed “Memo,” at the top by Davis, addressed to Major William T. Walthall, in part: “Since I saw Genl. Hood I have read the book of my deceased and much lamented friend Genl. R. Taylor, and was struck with his account of the expedition of the army under the command of Hood—Is quite wrong as to the orders under which Beauregard went to the South and the purpose I expected him to promote. P 208—The plan of crossing the Tenn. River was first made known to me through a cypher dispatch from Bgd. [Beauregard] and was never sanctioned by me, instead of having him as stated first adopted by me so as to filter Bgd. Hood will remember my conversations with him at his Hd. Qrs. next to Atlanta, and probably saw the orders of the C. S. Adj. Genl. to Bgd. and may have heard from him of the conference I held with him at Augusta, in the presence of Genl. Hardee. Hood may also have, or remember the cypher dispatch sent by Bgd. to me announcing the plan to move across the Tenn. as well as my answer to it. As I have told you when the matter had passed beyond the stage at which the pursuit of Sherman was feasible, I was one of those who wished more than was expected from the invasion of Tenn. and objected to the tour of unmeasured censure heaped upon it after the failure. How did Bgd. abandon the Army after joining it, why & for what object as these declared as intimated. You know my recollections & may explain fully to Genl. Hood.” In fine condition, with small repaired holes to second integral page. General Richard Taylor, the son of Zachary Taylor and Davis’s brother-in-law, had recently written a book entitled Destruction and Reconstruction, which was critical of some Confederate campaigns and officers, including the failed 1864 Franklin-Nashville campaign, which saw Hood drive northwards from Atlanta to threaten William T. Sherman’s hold on central Tennessee. After several attempts over the fall and winter months, Hood’s forces were soundly defeated and pushed back to Mississippi. At the same time as writing this letter, Davis was preparing to write his own book, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, with the assistance of Walthall. A particularly interesting letter, with the former Confederate president attempting to tactfully set the record straight. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

343. Abner Doubleday. Partly-printed DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 10.5 x 17, October 5, 1852. Indenture mortgage document between Doubleday, his wife Mary, and Henry Brackin, for the sale of the Doubleday’s property in Baltimore for the sum of $600 with the document providing detailed information about the property and the transaction. Prominently signed at the conclusion by Doubleday and countersigned by his wife Mary. Also included is a surveyor’s plot of the property owned by Doubleday and his wife, 16.5 x 13, giving an aerial view of the land at the corner of Baltimore Street and McClellan Alley. In very good condition, with a cleanly separated central horizontal fold and smaller splits at edges. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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344. Gettysburg. Two items related to Gettysburg: a letter in pencil, Wheatland, July 4, 1863, in part: “We got here safely without being

mistaken by the Rebels though they seemed to be in hot pursuit all the time. I have seen quite as many of the boasted sons of our Southern States, as I have any desire to see, unless I could see them marched back as prisoners…They seem to be concentrating their forces at Gettysburg, and have been fighting there for three days. The last account we had, our men were gaining and have taken six thousand prisoners… My friends have all lost considerable property, but feel willing for a still greater sacrifice, if it is needed to close this war…This is the 4th of July. I hope before the close of the day, we may duly celebrate it by sending up our sheets with those of our victorious army, & that the present struggle may end in a decisive victory to our forces”; and a partial self-contained manuscript DS related to finances, March 11, 1876, signed by James Armstrong of the South Carolina Company K ‘Irish Volunteers,’ remembered for his actions at Gettysburg where he seized the battle flag of his regiment from the fallen color bearer and led his men onward through the town square. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“I consider it my duty to state, that General Grant was drunk in St. Louis” 345. U. S. Grant: Union Soldier. Civil War–dated ALS signed “F. A. Dick,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 28, 1862. Letter to Attorney General Edward Bates. In part: “Seeing it stated that the late attack by Rosecrans upon Price at Iuka failed, for want of cooperation by Genl. Grant, I consider it my duty to state, that General Grant was drunk in St. Louis on Friday the 26th…I did not see him myself, but Henry J. Blow met & talked with him, and stated to me that the Genl. was ‘as [drunk] tight as a brick.’ Believing, as I do, that much of our ill success results from drunken officers, I intend to do my duty in reporting such crime upon their part, so that the facts may reach those who have power to apply the remedy…I make this fact as to Grant known, because I have heard it denied that he now drinks—If drunk in St. Louis on the 26th, he may be drunk in command of his army a few days later.” Dick struck through the word “drunk” and changed it to “tight” in relating to what Blow told him. Endorsed on the reverse by Bates, “Respectfully referred to the Secy of War. Mr. Dick is a lawyer of fair standing, at St. Louis, & brother in law to Frank Blair. Edwd. Bates.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds with tape-repaired edge separations, light soiling, and brushing to in a few words. This letter is quoted in the sixth volume of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. Starting Bid $200

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Stonewall tends to his horses in Mexico City in 1848 346. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.

Manuscript DS, signed “T. J. Jackson, 1st Lt. 1st Arty, AAQM,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 20, 1848. Jackson, stationed in Mexico City, confirms receipt of “the following quarter master’s Property: 4 Four King Bolts, 4 Four Wagon Tongues, 1 One Curry Comb, 1 One Horse Brush.” In fine condition, with paper loss to left edge and top right corner affecting nothing. Interestingly, it was during this time in Mexico that Jackson first met Robert E. Lee. Boasting a supremely crisp signature as well as desirable equine content—the comb and brush being specialized horse grooming implements—this is an especially appealing piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

347. Confederate Colonel E. P. Jones. ADS, signed “E. P. Jones,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12, February 2, 1863. A pass written by Colonel E. P. Jones of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. In part: “Mr. Tench Coxe and Mr. Franklin Coxe with their families desire to pass our lines, to go to Pensylvania [sic], if consistent with the Laws and Regulations of the Confederacy…Unless they go on to Philadelphia immediately, their property will be confiscated by the Government…Mr. Franklin Coxe went into the service as soon as the War commenced, and served faithfully under my command…I know them to be loyall [sic] and true to our Government.” Also endorsed at the conclusion by James L. Orr and James H. Farrow. Light toning and a partial separation to one horizontal fold, otherwise fine condition. The 2nd South Carolina was one of the most active regiments from either side during the war, participating from the very beginning with the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Among their numerous other significant battles were Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Spotsylvania Courthouse. An interesting document revealing some of the conflicting interests of southerners during the war between the states. Starting Bid $200

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Rare 1862 handwritten field pass for a Richmond farmer

348. Robert E. Lee. Civil War–dated ADS, signed “R. E. Lee, Genl,” one page, 7.25 x 3.5, May 22, 1862. Document issued from “Hd Qrts Richmond,” instructing that a gentleman “of Richmond will be allowed to pass all guards & patrols from this City to his farm on Brooke turnpike & to return at his pleasure.” Restored to good to very good condition, with heavy soiling, and extensive repairs and reconstruction to separations. On this same day, General Lee met with Confederate President Jefferson Davis and rode out to Mechanicsville with the intention of meeting Joseph E. Johnston and reviewing military strategy, but they ultimately did not meet; instead, Lee and Davis were dismayed to find their troops disorganized and ill-prepared for defense. Johnston would be wounded later that week, making way for Lee to assume command of the Army of Northern Virginia. Handwritten field passes from Lee at this crucial time in his military career are rare and of the utmost desirability. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

An 1864 encounter with “old Abe” at Ford’s Theatre 349. Abraham Lincoln: Union Soldier. Civil

War–dated ALS signed “Wm. Henry Shelton,” three pages both sides, 5 x 7.5, April 9, 1864. Letter describing an encounter with Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. In part: “Monday evening I heard Edwin Forest as Macbeth at Ford’s theater. The royal family occupied a box and formed the main attraction between the scenes. Mrs. Lincoln had a lady friend with her and each was clad in a real ermine cape surmounted by a white hat and feather…It is not expected that I should speak of the clothes of Abraham the father…I was a little surprised on the next evening at the German Opera to see the Lincoln family again. A gentleman who sat next to me said rather sneeringly that he believed the president attended the theater instead of going to church. I told him that perhaps we ought to be at church instead. He said every man was his own judge of that, and added ‘old Abe included.’” Matted and framed with a plaque and partial transcription to an overall size of 26 x 13, with a window in the backing for viewing the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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“To Arms! To Arms!” 350. Union Recruiting Broadside. In-

teresting early printed recruitment broadside, 13.5 x 16.5, April 22, 1861, encouraging enlistment in a Union rifle company. The top features a handsome engraving of an eagle holding a banner reading, “Our Country!,” with large lettering below, “To Arms! To Arms!” The advertisement reads, in full: “All able-bodied men who are willing to join a Rifle Company, and offer their services, are requested to hand in their names at the Head Quarters of the Union Blood Rifle Guards without delay. All neighboring towns can address the Company, at the Head-Quarters in Bedford, and hold themselves in readiness to march at an hour’s notice.” The headquarters address is filled out in manuscript below, “Over Stone Store, S. D. Mathews Recruiting Officer.” Intersecting folds with small separations at intersections, and a few trivial tiny edge tears and creases, otherwise fine condition. Starting Bid $200

351. World War I. Large printed map of Germany’s central Rhine Valley near Koblenz with watercolor annotations, consisting of several panels affixed together to a size of 32 x 36, stamped at the upper left, “Secret, Scale 1/200.000, Map Room G-3 ADV GHQ,” and labeled December 16, 1918, in the affixed legend. The map, annotated shortly after US troops completed their march into Germany as an occupying force at the end of World War I, illustrates the corps and divisional boundaries within the zone of the US Third Army’s occupation. Folded and in very good to fine condition. From the collection of General Robert C. Richardson, who helped in the rapid buildup and training of the American Expeditionary Force and served on the reparations board of the peace commission in Paris at the war’s end. Starting Bid $200

Iconic oversized image of the Japanese surrender

352. Chester Nimitz. Sought-after mattefinish 12 x 10.75 photo of Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Alex A. Cumming—With best wishes and warm regards—C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USA.” A pre-printed signature is also inherent to the image. In fine condition, with some creasing to borders. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“I am delighted to have the rank as well as the command”

353. George S. Patton. TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, Headquarters Second Armored Division, Fort Benning letterhead, April 17, 1941. Letter to his brother-in-law, Charles F. ‘Chill’ Ayer, in full: “Thanks very much for your kind note of congratulation. Apparently, our conversation together on the subject had a sub-conscious influence on the powers that be. Anyway I am delighted to have the rank as well as the command. We certainly enjoyed seeing you and Theodora and only regret that you could not have stayed with us longer. With renewed thanks and best love to you both in which Beatrice joins me.” In fine condition, with a small repair to paper loss at left edge. Written just two weeks after his promotion to major general, Patton was put in charge of training the full-strength tank corps of the US Army, nicknamed ‘Hell on Wheels.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Remarkable WWII correspondence between Italian brothers, one a POW at Georgia’s Camp Wheeler 354. World War II. Uncommon collection of World War II corre-

spondence between Italian brothers Cesario and Lorenzo Esposito, the former a prisoner of war detained at Camp Wheeler in Georgia, and the latter an American citizen attempting to contact his brother. Dated from August 7, 1943, to August 10, 1944, the lot consists of 18 pieces, eight of which are “Prisoner of War” postcards and letters, written in Italian and uninscribed, in which Cesario details to his brother the circumstances of his capture and subsequent imprisonment. The remaining items include post related to the placement of Cesario and Lorenzo’s exhaustive attempts to secure visitation, including: postal and Western Union telegraphs, and various response letters from the American Red Cross, the Headquarters Army Services Forces, and the Headquarters Prisoner of War Camp, signed and authorized by leading officers such as Sgt. Lt. A. L. Zanecchia, Colonel Howard F. Bresee, and Captain Henry J. Boudreaux. One particular letter highlighting the indefinite location of Cesario, dated April 22, 1944, in part: “The Provost Marshal General directs me to reply to your letter of 20 April 1944, requesting information on the new camp location of Italian prisoner of war Cesario Esposito, 4WI–38133m who according to your letter may be transferred, in the near future, from Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Wheeler, Georgia, to an unknown location. As you already are in direct communication with the above-named prisoner of war, it is suggested that you write direct to your brother…requesting him to inform you of any change in his status.” In very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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weapons, uniforms, and artifacts Superb Pennsylvania infantryman’s complete cartridge box 356. 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. Federal

pattern infantryman’s M1864 .58 caliber cartridge box carried by Union soldier Adam Fitzkee of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, identified on a period pasteboard card enclosed in the implement pouch reading, “Cartridge Box used by Adam Fitzkee.” The black bridle leather accouterment set is complete with the M1864 cartridge box, sling, and attached percussion cap box. The cartridge box measures approximately 8 x 6.5 x 2 and retains both original inner two-compartment tins, all inner flaps and tabs, brass oval “US” plate adorning the main flap, and both roller buckles and finial. Crisply impressed on the top of the inner flap is the maker’s stamp, “H. W. Oliver, Pittsburg, PA.” The leather shoulder strap is stamped “Boyd & Sons, Boston,” and is complete with both sets of leather billets intact. An attractive circular brass Eagle breastplate decorates the sling, and the leather percussion cap box is attached with two leather loops on the back; a maker’s mark, “W. Kinsey & Co, Newark, NJ,” is stamped on the top of the inner percussion cap box flap, and the box retains its original fleece and pink. All stitching is original and tight. Some flaking and cracking to the sling, otherwise overall fine condition. Impressively well-preserved with great visual appeal. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Accompanied by a packet of photocopied records detailing Fitzkee’s military service. Fitzkee served two stints in the Union Army, first in Company B, 130th Pennsylvania Volunteers from August 1862 until March 1863. During this period he received a scalp wound at Antietam while charging an enemy position near the sunken road. He reenlisted in February 1865, this time serving in the 195th until January 1866. Starting Bid $500

357. 14th New Jersey Regiment. ANS signed

“Jos. Brown,” one page, 5 x 3, in full, “A piece of the old Flag of the 14th New Jersey regt, carried in many a Battle,” with a loose 3.5˝ long fragment of maroon flag fabric and a golden braided thread. The note is affixed to the reverse of a letter from Brown to his mother sent home from the front, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, March 6, 1865, in which he apologizes for not writing more often and sends some money so she can buy him some tobacco and pens. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, tape-repaired tears, moderate to heavy soiling, and some chipping and toning to edges. Brown served in the 14th New Jersey from 1862 through the end of the war and was one of just one hundred men from the regiment to survive. They saw substantial action throughout, including at the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Shenandoah Valley, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg. Starting Bid $200

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358. 3rd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Model

1858 smooth side canteen, measuring approximately 8˝ in diameter and 3˝ thick, retaining its original carrying strap and about eighty percent of its original brown cloth cover. Also retains its original metal and cork stopper and chain. Despite significant wear, the dark stencil of crossed rifles with an “A” above and a “3, CT” below are discernible on one side of the cloth covering, indicating Company A of the 3rd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. In very good condition, with several dents to the body and aforementioned wear to cover. Starting Bid $200

359. Civil War. Two items: an original brass button as worn on

many pre-war Federal naval uniforms, approximately .75˝ in diameter, featuring a spreadwinged eagle facing to its right with a lined spade shield under its left wing and stamped backmark, “Treble Gilt, Standard Colour,” classified as ‘NA 62-G’ in A. H. Albert’s reference volume; and a Civil War or Indian War–era hardtack cracker, measuring 2.75 x 2.75 x .25, with ink notations reading “A. Michenor, Company…6th Regm, Pa. Vols.” In overall very good to fine condition, with flaking to the top of the hardtack affecting portions of the notations and a diagonal crack through the center. Prepared with flour and water, hardtack were commonly given to soldiers for food since they lasted a long time and were inexpensive; they were also very difficult to break or bite, thus the name. The exact date and nature of this piece are unknown but most likely Civil War or Indian War period, for which surplus hardtack from the Civil War was used. Starting Bid $200

360. Civil War Artifacts. Collection of a wide variety of Civil War–era artifacts, including: a bone-handled fork and spoon set, the knife with a ‘Lamson & Goodnow’ maker mark and patent date of 1860; an unmarked ‘camp spoon’ with floral decorations at the top of the handle; a scissors-like wick trimmer with patent date of 1864; a wooden toothbrush handle with sixty tiny holes for bristles, now absent; an unsmoked ‘torpedo-shaped’ rolled cigar; a package of Pure Yellow Bank tobacco from W. H. Goodwin & Co. in its original wrapper; a package of Queen of the Valley fine cut chewing tobacco from J. W. Loomis in its original wrapper; a set of unused matches; an 1863 five-cent US fractional currency note; an 1864 fifty-cent Confederate note; a section of wood from an original beam from Libby Prison, doublematted with descriptive text and two images; and an attractively displayed collection of eight items, including an 1864 $30 Confederate bond note, a brass button excavated from a Confederate campsite, and six bullets excavated from the Shenandoah Valley. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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361. Civil War Relics. Interesting collection of six Civil War relics,

including: an identified tin canteen with canvas cover and strap bearing the initials “W. N.,” having belonged to Weed Nims of the 12th Iowa; a ‘bullseye’ canteen with a star on the face and original cork stopper intact; a tin coffee pot; a tin cup; a tin plate; and a tin pail. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

362. Confederate Buttons. Two desir-

able Confederate buttons: a Confederate block ‘C’ brass button with a backmark of “H T & B, Manchester” as worn on the uniform coat of a cavalryman, approximately 1˝ in diameter, with a face featuring a stippled, Roman block letter “C” displayed against a smooth background with a raised edge; and a scarce Confederate local block ‘A’ brass button as worn on the uniform of an enlisted artilleryman, approximately 1˝ in diameter, with a face featuring the simple Roman block letter “A” displayed against a plain background. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

363. Confederate Flag Remnants. Two large white and red

remnants from a Confederate flag, each measuring approximately 3 x 3, sent home during the Civil War by Captain John D. Conley of the 16th Maine Regiment. Attractively double-matted and framed with an image and printed description at the bottom to an overall size of 12 x 15. In fine condition. The printed description reads, in part: “According to family tradition, these were from the flag known as the Stars and Bars. Officers of his regiment divided this captured flag as souvenirs.” Starting Bid $200

364. Confederate Holster. Dark brown leather Confederate holster featuring a flap cut with a small tear at tip, measuring approximately

14˝ long and 6˝ at its widest, with a brass pear-shaped finial and light floral design around the finial closure hole. A thin leather strap is sewn beneath the flap to hold it in place, and the belt loop on the reverse measures .75 x 2. All seams are good except a short area near the top with period repair. In very good condition, with scattered crazing, flaking, and wear to leather. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Starting Bid $300

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365. Confederate Holster. Superb non-regulation Confederate leather belt holster for a large-cailber sidearm, measuring approximately 15˝ long and 7.5˝ at widest, with a ball-type brass finial, fully intact flap and closure tab, original tightly sewn leather bottom plug, and 3 x 5 belt loop. Constructed of supple black bridle leather, this is a strong example that appears to be form-fitted for a large frame revolver such as a Colt Model 1851 Navy, Colt Army Model 1860, or Remington New Model Army. Light overall crazing to leather, flaking and cracking to flap surface, and some scuffing at hinge, otherwise fine condition; a small area at the front of the flap is noticeably worn and slightly protruded, evidently due to the revolver’s hammer rubbing against it while in use. Starting Bid $200

Exceedingly rare Confederate child’s kepi 366. Confederate Kepi. Wonderful

dark blue wool kepi manufactured in the Confederacy, presumably for a drummer boy or child given its small size at approximately 6˝ in diameter, featuring a dark leather visor and adorned with gold braid trim in the chasseur pattern. The construction of the kepi is correct for the Civil War period. It is made of a dark blue wool broadcloth material and measures about 2˝ tall in the front and 5˝ in the back, with the top stiffened by a dark pasteboard covered in black cotton cloth. The same pasteboard material lines the plain leather sweatband, measuring 12.5˝ high, and the visor is constructed of three layers of leather, with black patent leather on top and brown leather on the bottom; an additional strip of thin black patent letter is machine sewn along the front edge. The trim appears to be a gold metallic braid hand-sewn to the body with a single strand thread. The chinstrap is a simple piece of flat braid with no loops or slides, and originally held in place by brass half-dome buttons, one of which remains entirely intact and the other with only the shank still in place. In very good condition, with a period repair to a split in the center of the visor, a small central hole in the top of the cap (seemingly from a missing button), and a split to the inner sweatband. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Accompanied by a letter by Civil War historian Les Jensen detailing his thorough examination of this kepi and providing his expert opinion that it is indeed an original Civil War kepi, noting that “it is a particularly fascinating survival, since very, very few child’s caps are known to survive.” Starting Bid $500

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Remarkable archive from a wounded Union soldier held at Libby Prison 367. Libby Prison: Charles H. Burd. Fasci-

nating collection of material related to Lt. Charles H. Burd, 4th Maine Volunteers, who was shot in the head at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, captured by the rebel forces, and held in the Confederacy’s notorious Libby Prison for nine months before an exchange back to the Union. The group is comprised of letters related to Burd’s wound and recovery, the bullet fragments that were surgically removed from his skull, various related ephemera, and some personal effects. Included is an LS from Lorenzo Thomas to Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, January 21, 1862, in part: “Major General Wool has been directed to propose the exchange of Lieutenant Charles H. Burd…for some person held as a prisoner by the United States.” This must have been in response to an ALS by Hamlin, also present, dated a month earlier, stating that he will “call the attention of the Secy of War to the case of Lieut Burd.” By far the most fascinating item in the archive is the actual bullet that was removed from Burd’s head, consisting of two fragmented pieces approximately half an inch in diameter, one of which visibly retains pieces of his skull lodged inside. The surgery and these bullets are described in two letters, both signed “J. W. Brown,” February 27 and March 5, 1862. The first, from Fort Monroe, in part: “I found Chas. quite comfortable…He removed here…to have his head operated upon. He had a terrible wound…To-day it has been performed. Two of the most skillful surgeons in the U. S. removed the balance of the ball, which had passed thro’ both tables of the skull and was embedded in his brain. It was knitted to the bone, and was a most delicate job. His life hung by a thread. Thank God, it is removed and he is quite smart. He is now walking the room.” Brown’s second letter, in part: “I left Chas. in good health and first rate spirits…I brought home the bullet taken from his head at Ft. Monroe, & have also the piece taken out by Dr. Banks in the field. They make quite a lump of lead. The last piece has the bone adhering to it which was broken when it was taken away…Chas. is fat, strong, & is a good deal more of a man than when he left us, in mind & body. He says he went away a democrat, a pro-slavery man, he comes back a rank abolitionist. He has seen the masters, and I presume that satisfied him…I saw a great many interesting sights among the rest Abraham Lincoln and lady.” Three cartes-de-visite of Burd are included, most notably one in which his head is bandaged following the surgery and two showing him in uniform. Also includes a DS signed by Edwin M. Stanton appointing Burd to the Invalid Corps, as well as some other related letters and documents, and a mounted albumen photograph of Libby Prison. In addition to the comprehensive archive of papers, a number of Burd’s personal effects are present, among them a purple and gold officer’s sash, two ‘prisoner art’ carved bone cufflinks, a rare bone spoon, and a few items from family members. In overall very good to fine condition. This absolutely unique collection not only chronicles the recovery of a wounded prisoner-ofwar, but reveals firsthand sentiments of those involved. Starting Bid $1000

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368. Confederate Navy.

Cuff-size brass button as worn on Confederate naval uniforms, measuring approximately .5˝ in diameter, with a face featuring the letters “CN” below crossed cannons with a fouled anchor device on a line field. Exhibits a backmark of “Courtney & Tennent.” In fine condition. Commander George Tarry Sinclair purchased many of these buttons from Gilbert M. Tennent for expected use on the CSS Texas. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Starting Bid $200

370. Drumsticks. Pair of Civil War–era wooden drumsticks, each

measuring approximately 17.25˝ long with a .75˝ diameter base. In overall fine condition, with general wear from use. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Starting Bid $200

371. Union Belt. Field-procured, dark brown narrow leather waist

369. Union Cavalry Spurs. Choice pair of intact Federal regu-

lation brass cavalry spurs of wartime manufacture in a large size, measuring 3.5˝ across the boot opening and 5.25˝ long, with each spur shank exhibiting strap loop cutouts with squared inside corners. Attached to each neck is a freewheeling, sharp 14-tooth iron rowel. Possibly cleaned and in fine condition. Provenance: The Horse Soldier. Starting Bid $200

belt measuring approximately 34˝ and 1.5˝ wide with a brass, diestruck, lead-filled oval belt plate which measures 3.5 x 2.25 and has an overall dark ochre patina with lighter spots along the edges. The plate has a noticeable inward bend at the left edge and moderate oxidation present on the lead filling on the reverse. Leather belt has a heavily flaked and crazed exterior with numerous scuffs and blemishes, but is still intact and relatively supple for its age. The tag end of the belt has a pointed tip and regularly spaced adjustment holes, but the buckle end has an uneven border with hand cut pass-throughs for the arrowhead fasteners of the plate. This would indicate that the belt itself was probably salvaged from some other sling or harness strap encountered in the field. The plate has a slightly more open design with more space above and below the “US” than is usual for Civil War era plates, very similar to the 1839 Pattern Dragoon plate (no. 24 in Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795–1874 by Sydney C. Kerksis; 4th ed. 1991), but without the looped wire fasteners. This is a fine example of a Civil War soldier’s belt, resourcefully ‘repurposed’ from something else. Starting Bid $200

Fantastic US Navy Civil War uniform 372. Union Navy. Desirable Civil War enlisted man’s naval uniform including both the jumper and trousers, entirely hand-stitched and constructed of fine blue wool. The jumper has a straight-cut body with rounded corners at the bottom and 3.5˝ slits on each side with handwhipped grommets to allow the use of a drawstring. It features two white cotton stripes around the bib and single stripes on the cuffs, which have two-button closures with one wooden and one gutta percha button on each. The jumper also features decorative hand-whipped ‘darts’ at the upper corners of the single breast pocket. The trousers have an 11˝ wide bib front with five buttonholes along the top as well as four vertical buttonholes at the waist, retaining all original four hole stained wooden buttons. They are lined inside the waist area with lighter blue polished cotton and retain the original black cotton drawstring. A few repairs and minor moth holes, otherwise fine condition. A rarely encountered example. Provenance: Heritage Auctions. Starting Bid $300

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Shot through at the Battle of Averasborough

373. Union Flag Belt. Black leather 2˝ wide flag belt with a large single-tine brass buckle worn by Civil War soldier Ben Hunter, who carried the flag of the 79th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A large section (approximately 1 x 1.5) of the strap is missing where it was struck by a bullet at the Battle of Averasborough, North Carolina, on March 16, 1865. In very good condition, with overall brittleness to leather and a professional repair to a tear next to the area it was struck. Accompanied by a handwritten descriptive note, dated at Olney, Illinois, June 25, 1883, in full: “Presented by William M. Mann by order of Colonel Asria Doan of Wilmington, Ohio. The old Flag Collar which I carried from the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19th, 1864, to the Battle of Averysboro, North Carolina, March 16th, 1865. Have not seen this collar till June 25, 1883.” The opposite side reads, “Flag Belt used by Ben Hunter of Cuba 79 O. V. I. in Battle of Averysboro, N. Carolina, March 16th, 1865. The bullet that went through this belt passed through his body. Hunter is still living. Wm. Doan.” Also includes copies of Hunter’s war records listing him as a ‘Color Bearer’ and surgeon’s report identifying the location of his wound as his right breast, precisely where this strap would have fallen. Starting Bid $500

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375. American Revolution

376. Thomas Grosvenor

377. Jedediah Huntington

378. Henry Jackson

379. Eli Leavenworth

380. Edmund P. Gaines

381. Matthew Perry

382. Union POW Orlando R. Chamberlain

Starting Bid $200

383. Civil War

Starting Bid $200

384. Civil War

Starting Bid $200

386. Civil War Letters Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

385. Civil War

Starting Bid $200

387. Confederacy Starting Bid $200

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388. Confederacy

389. Confederacy

Starting Bid $200

390. John C. Fremont

Starting Bid $200

391. Confederate Captain Walter Goodman

392. Abraham Lincoln: Union Soldier

393. Abraham Lincoln: Union Soldier

394. The Rowe Family

395. Winfield Scott

396. Philip H. Sheridan

397. William T. Sherman

398. Union Soldier

400. John J. Pershing

401. John J. Pershing

Starting Bid $200

399. Seth Williams Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

402. Eddie Rickenbacker

403. Sgt. Alvin C. York

404. Omar Bradley

405. Enola Gay

406. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

407. Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk

408. Mitsuo Fuchida and Paul Tibbets

409. Douglas MacArthur

410. Douglas MacArthur

411. George C. Marshall

413. George Washington Bicentennial Flight

414. Duke of Wellington

Starting Bid $200

412. Jonathan M. Wainwright Starting Bid $200

415. Francois Christophe de Kellermann Starting Bid $200

416. Robert Baden-Powell Starting Bid $200

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aviation 417. Aviation. Commemorative ‘first flight’ airmail cover with a stamped cachet honoring the first flight from Wake Island by the Pan American Clipper in August 1935, 7.5 x 4, signed in fountain pen by the pilot. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

418. Louis Bleriot.

Vintage Lindbergh portrait inscribed to the Secretary of Commerce’s wife

Fountain pen signature, “L. Bleriot,” on a handsome 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring him. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

419. Amelia Earhart. Crisp ink

signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an offwhite slip affixed to an appealing 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring the legendary aviatrix. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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420. Charles Lindbergh. Handsome vintage matte-finish 8.5 x

11 portrait of Lindbergh by Underwood & Underwood of Washington, DC, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Mrs. William F. Whiting, Sincerely, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants and a James Spence authenticity label affixed to reverse. William Whiting served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the final months of the Coolidge administration. In December of 1928, he assumed head of American delegation at the International Conference on Civil Aeronautics, a symposium which celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ successful manned flight at Kitty Hawk, and was attended by several notable aviators including Lindbergh and Orville Wright. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

421. Charles Lindbergh. Impressive

oversized 1933 poster for Pacific Alaska Airways, 21 x 32.5, signed in the upper left of the map near his air route between Barrow and Nome in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh.” Affixed to a foamboard mount annotated on the reverse by a collector, “Owned and presented by Robert J. Gleason, who ‘radio equipped’ those planes.” In very good condition, with overall wrinkling and creasing, old tape repairs to lower fold and to small holes in the poster itself, and scattered staining. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

422. Orville Wright. TLS,

one page, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, December 21, 1935. Brief letter to Reverend H. Randel Lookabill, in full: “I thank you for your letter of congratulations on the thirty-second anniversary of our first flight. I also thank you for the clipping from the ‘Sentinel.’” In fine condition, with small mounting remnants to edges. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. An appealing, boldly signed example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

423. Orville Wright. Fountain

pen signature, “Orville Wright,” on an appealing 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and two aviationthemed postage stamps. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Wright meets nine young fliers nearing the end of their 20,000-mile air tour of America 424. Orville Wright. Vintage glossy 9.75 x 8 photo of Wright meeting with nine young pilots known as the ‘Sky Fleet,’ signed in ink by all pictured, with Wright signing diagonally in the center below his image. Among the other signers are “Lt. Sheldon B. Yoder,” “Lieut. A. F. Kalberer,” “Lieut. A. C. Lybarger,” “Lieut. Horace J. Reid,” “Lieut. J. S. B. Harvey,” and “E. E. Seward.” In very good condition, with a tear to top edge, a crease to lower right, a stain to left edge, and scattered overall creasing. Sponsored by the General Tire and Rubber Company, a group of nine young pilots dubbed the ‘Sky Fleet’ set out on a nationwide tour in 1929 to promote commercial aviation. At the tail end of their five-month, 20,000-mile air tour, the squadron of army pilots descended upon Orville Wright’s Dayton-based research laboratory for a brief layover. Despite having met President Hoover and several of the nation’s top leaders, the majority of the fliers professed that their proudest moment was speaking with Wright, the man who started the industry in which they were engaged. A one-of-a-kind image from a historic moment in early aviation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Exceptional photo of the Wright Model A, signed during his tests at “Lemans, 12 Nov. 1908”

425. Wilbur Wright. Rare real photo postcard depicting the Wright Model A in flight, 5.5 x 3.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Lemans, 12 Nov. 1908, With my compliments, Wilbur Wright.” Addressed in another hand to American sculptor Frederick Macmonies in Giverny. Scattered soiling to correspondence side and scattered light creases and silvering to image side, otherwise fine condition. In the course of delivering his Wright Flyer to a French syndicate, Wilbur traveled to Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans to perform a captivating series of flights and prove his plane’s capabilities. During these test flights he repeatedly broke his own speed and endurance records, far surpassing the requirements of the French contract. A month before signing this postcard, on October 10, he set the distance and duration records for a flight with a passenger, and six days later on November 18 he set an altitude record, soaring to 90 meters. Autographs of the elder Wright are extremely scarce due to his early death from typhoid fever in 1912, with this being an exceptionally desirable format as it both depicts his famous Flyer and was signed at the site of his important demonstrations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 138 | April 13, 2016 | Aviation

space 426. Gemini 6. Official color

glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Gemini 7 spacecraft as viewed from Gemini 6 during rendezvous, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford. Reverse bears purple NASA caption text. A small tear to the right edge and chip to the lower left corner, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

429. Edward H. White II. Official color

8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White in his silver Gemini spacesuit, signed in blue felt tip, “Ed White.” In fine condition, with light creasing to top right and light stains to border. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

430. Edward H. White II. Desirable

fountain pen signature, “Edward H. White II,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and Project Mercury postage stamp. In fine condition. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

427. Gemini 12. Two bank notes: a Series 1969 D dollar bill,

signed and inscribed on the right side in black felt tip, “To B. C., with best wishes, Buzz Aldrin,” also signed on the front and back by three others; and a Series 1963 A dollar bill, signed in black ink, “James Lovell,” and in black felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin,” who adds “Gemini XII” along the top. In overall fine condition, with expected handling wear. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

428. Jim McDivitt.

Limited edition 13 x 19 print of a sketch by artist Paul Calle, showing the dramatic launch of a Saturn rocket, numbered 24/250, signed in black ink, “Jim McDivitt, Gemini IV CDR.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

431. Gus Grissom.

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Grissom in a suit and tie, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with light overall rippling. A sought-after uninscribed example of Grissom’s handsome portrait. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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432. Gus Grissom. Uncommon ballpoint signature, “Virgil I. Grissom,” on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and area intended for a postage stamp. In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Apollo 9 Robbins medal from a moonwalker’s personal collection 433. Apollo 9. Flown Apollo 9 Robbins medal, approximately 1-inch diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling silver medal is engraved with the last names of astronauts James McDivitt, Dave Scott, and Rusty Schweickart, as well as “March 3–13, 1969” and is serial numbered “146.” Medal is encapsulated in a plastic NGC holder and graded MS64. Medal is accompanied by the original case, labeled “146.” Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dave Scott stating, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 9 silver medallion number ‘146’ included with this letter is from my personal collection and was flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969. I was Command Module Pilot on Apollo 9…Each astronaut crew designed the medallions for their mission and had them produced by the Robbins Company…The medallions were carried aboard the spacecraft during the mission and returned to the crew after the mission. Apollo 9 medallion number ‘146’ included with this letter has been in my personal collection since the mission.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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CMP Scott’s flown Apollo 9 patch

434. Apollo 9. Flown embroi-

dered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.25˝ in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown on Apollo 9, Dave Scott, CMP.” In fine condition, with the signature difficult to decipher due to spreading. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Dave Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 9 patch included with this letter was flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969...The design of the patch represents the orbits of the CSM and the LM during their rendezvous maneuvers. Apollo 9 was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle carrying both the CSM and the LM, thus its image is depicted along with the names of the three crew members. The red filling of the letter ‘D’ indicated that Apollo 9 was a ‘D’ mission in the sequence of planned Apollo missions (’A’ through ‘J’). This Apollo 9 patch has been in my personal collection since we returned from the moon.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after fully signed VIP launch pass

435. Apollo 11. Official NASA Kennedy Space Center launch viewing pass for Apollo 11 featuring the mission insignia, no. 6551,

5 x 3, signed on the front in felt tip by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. These blue passes were generally reserved for high-level VIPs, while similar passes with gray backgrounds were issued for general use. A fantastic uninscribed example of this scarce format. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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Sought-after ‘Type 1’ insurance cover from Aldrin’s collection 436. Apollo 11. Exceptionally desirable Apollo 11 ‘Type 1’

insurance cover with a color cachet depicting the moon landing, bearing a July 20, 1969, Houston, Texas postmark, signed in blue felt tip by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Cover is also marked along the reverse bottom edge, “BA27.” The cover is lightly affixed to a sheet of personal letterhead signed by Buzz Aldrin, which reads, in part: “This Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club postal cover…is one of the ‘insurance covers’ signed by the Apollo 11 crew before our launch on July 16, 1969…The cover displayed above has been in my private collection since 1969 and has an identifier of BA27 written on the reverse side. It was signed by the Apollo 11 crew—Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and myself prior to launch.” In fine condition. These famous insurance covers, produced immediately prior to space missions in order to provide financial security for astronauts’ families in case of disaster, have earned near-legendary status as the ultimate space-related philatelic item, and exist as one of the most sought-after formats for astronaut autographs. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000

Magnificent Learjet memoir fully signed by the Apollo 11 crew and President Ford 437. Apollo 11. Signed book: An Unfor-

gettable Flight. Limited presentation edition, editor’s copy. Reno, NV: Jack Bacon and Company, 1996. Hardcover, 8 x 9.25, 259 pages. Signed on the half-title page in blue felt tip by by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gerald Ford, the first Learjet test pilot Hank Beaird, and Learjet fleet owner and pilot Clay Lacy. Also signed on the following page by the author, Moya Lear. In fine condition. A decidedly rare and historic assemblage of signatures in this fabulous limited edition book. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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Uncommon oversized litho signed by the first lunar landing team 438. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Official color 14 x 11 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascending from the lunar surface after man’s first moon landing, signed in blue felt tip by Neil Armstrong and black felt tip by Buzz Aldrin. In fine condition. A classic image not often found in signed examples. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

Yearly review book signed by 1969’s most recognizable name

439. Neil Armstrong. Signed book: The 1970 World Book Year Book. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1970. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10, 628 pages. Signed on page 68 in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11.” Opposite page bears an affixed letter of provenance from the original recipient, in full: “In the early 1970’s my late husband, Frank M. Cudd, flew with the Special Air Missions Sqdn. at Andrew’s Air Force Base, Maryland. On one of his trips, Astronaut, Neil Armstrong, was a space available passenger on an overseas flight, and I sent this encyclopedia along, hoping there would be a a discrete moment to get Mr. Armstrong’s signature. They returned to Andrews AFB on March 19, 1971. I went out to meet the plane, to pick up my husband, and was privileged to meet both Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

440. Neil Armstrong.

Program for a ‘Salute to Aviation’ event at Johnson County Executive Airport, Olathe, Kansas, May 29, 1976, twelve pages, 3.75 x 9, signed on the front cover in black ballpoint by Neil Armstrong and black felt tip by Congressman Larry Winn, Jr. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA, an original candid photograph of Armstrong and Winn at the event, and a letter of provenance from the original recipient, stating that she was involved in organizing the event and was responsible for introducing Armstrong to the attendees. Also includes multiple reprint photographs of Armstrong at the event. Excellent provenance for this desirable aviation-associated piece. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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443. Michael Collins. Mo-

mentous limited edition 22 x 17 print of a Paul Calle sketch showing Apollo 11 c o m m a n d module pilot Michael Collins prior to launch, numbered 18/250, signed in blue ink, “Michael Collins,” and by the artist, “Paul Calle.” Lower right bears a printed signature and date. In fine condition. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

441. Neil Armstrong. Uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white spacesuit, signed in black felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered scuffing to surface and overall mounting residue to reverse. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300 444. Alan Bean. Vibrantly colored limited edition 26 x 16 giclee print

442. Neil Armstrong.

Sought-after official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Irwin Schuett, Best Wishes, Neil Armstrong.” In fine condition, with a few trivial creases to edges. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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on stretched canvas of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘Lunar Grand Prix,’ numbered 15/95, signed in the lower right in black felt tip by Bean. In very fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

445. Apollo 13. Flown swatch of fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, approximately 1 x 2. Encased in a cylindrical 2.5 x 4.25 piece of Lucite cut at an angle for display purposes, with an Apollo 13 emblem and certificate of authenticity at the bottom. In fine condition. The Leon Ford Collection. Starting Bid $200

447. Edgar Mitchell.

446. Fred Haise. Beautiful color semi–glossy 20 x 16 photo of the

Earthrise, signed in gold ink, “Our spectacular view of Earth on our way to the moon from our CSM Odyssey! Fred W. Haise, Apollo 13 LMP.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Color semi–glossy 16 x 20 photo showing the dramatic liftoff of a Saturn rocket, signed in gold ink, “Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot, January 31. 1971,” with another hand adding, “Earth quakes in her throes and we wonder for why but the blind planet knows when her ruler is nigh, Rudyard Kipling.” In fine condition. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

From the South Pole to lunar orbit 448. Apollo 15. Flown American flag, 5.5 x 4, carried to the South Pole in 1970, and flown to lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission. Flag is signed on three white stripes in blue ink, “Dave Scott, carried to South Pole, Antarctica, Jan 9–15, 1970. Flown to the moon aboard Apollo 15, July 26–Aug 7, 1971.” Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dave Scott stating, in part, “I hereby certify that the United States flag included with this letter…is from my personal collection and was carried to the South Pole, Antarctica…and then flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavour during Apollo 15…I was a member of the NASA contingent of six on an official visit to Antarctica from 9 through 15 January 1970… Throughout the journey, I carried the attached United States flag in the pocket of my parka as a symbol of exploration…This South Pole/Apollo 15 US flag has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” In fine condition. Flags carried on any Apollo mission are highly desirable, with this particular flag making an extra trip to the bottom of the world. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

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Apollo 15 Robbins medal made from the storied ‘1715 Spanish Plate Fleet’ silver 449. Apollo 15. Apollo 15 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5˝ diameter, with a raised design on the face of the Apollo 15 mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling silver medal is engraved “Man’s Flight Through Life Is Sustained by the Power of His Knowledge” along with the July 26, 1971, launch date; July 30, 1971, moon landing date; and August 7, 1971, return date. This medal is serial numbered “143” along the rim and was not flown. Medal comes in its original case, also numbered “143.” Condition is mint state. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dave Scott stating, in part: “I hereby certify that approximately 20% of the silver contained in the Apollo 15 silver medallion number ‘143’ included with this letter was part of a [1 kg] silver ingot salvaged from the famous ‘1715 Spanish Plate Fleet’ that was destroyed by a hurricane almost 300 years ago. This ingot was carried in my Personal Preference Kit (PPK) during Apollo 15, July 26-August 7, 1971. Upon return to Earth, the Spanish silver was mixed with silver from certain Apollo 15 medallions that had been stored on Earth prior to launch to form the combined-silver Apollo 15 medallions such as #143…Prior to the mission, 304 medallions were struck [but due to weight limitations only 127 were carried on the flight]…After the mission the Robbins Company restruck the 177 medallions that had not flown and included the flown Spanish silver bar in the mix…This Apollo 15 medallion serial number ‘143’ has been in my personal collection since the mission.” Prior to Apollo 15, the entire run of medallions had been carried on each flight; but because of spacecraft weight limitations resulting from additional payload on Apollo 15 (the first extended scientific exploration of the Moon), this mission could only carry 127 on board. Though unflown in their final format, these post-mission medallions (as noted by the correct spelling of ‘Apennine’) do contain flown silver from the Spanish Plate Fleet ingot—which clocked twice as much lunar flight time as any complete medallions carried on any flight before Apollo 15—combining 300 years of adventure, from Old World sea exploration to the modern world of space exploration. Starting Bid $500

Scarce Pucci-designed ‘Silver XV’ flown patch 450. Apollo 15. Scarce flown Apollo 15 mission

patch with the addition of an embroidered silver “XV” hallmark near the center, measuring almost 4˝ in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown to the Moon, Dave Scott CDR.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 patch (with silver ‘XV’) included with this letter is from my personal collection and flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15… This cloth patch…features the Apollo 15 crew insignia designed by Emilo Pucci…the Roman numerals ‘XV’ are embroidered in silver thread on the edges of the crater rims in the center, and the initials of Emilo Pucci (‘EP’) are reproduced as a hallmark in the lower center…This special Apollo 15 patch has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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Lunar license plate carried on all three Apollo 15 moonwalks 451. Apollo 15. Flown aluminum ‘lunar rover license plate,’ 1.3 x 0.8, marked with the registration number “LRV 001,” with “MOON” as the home state, the year 1971, and the NASA and Boeing logos in the corners. Astronaut Dave Scott carried this on all three lunar EVAs, including on the lunar rover. In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the miniature metal Lunar Rover license plate…included with this letter was carried on Apollo Lunar Rover No. 1 for three days of surface exploration during Apollo 15…I carried these license plates in a pocket of my Apollo A7L-B EVA Spacesuit…during our nearly three day stay on the Moon…In commemoration of the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the first vehicle to be driven on another world, I designed and had produced these small license plate replicas for use as presentation mementos after our mission to the Moon.” Starting Bid $500

452. Apollo 17. Color

satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 17 crew posing with the lunar rover, signed in blue and black felt tip by Harrison Schmitt, Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans. Reverse bears purple caption text and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks. In fine condition, with scuffing to finish. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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454. Apollo-Soyuz.

Official color 10 x 8 NASA ‘floating head’ lithograph of the Apollo-Soyuz crew, fully signed in black ink by Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, Deke Slayton, Alexei Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication.

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453. Moonwalkers. Phenomenal color limited edition 37 x

24.5 lithograph entitled ‘The Great Moment,’ numbered AP 26/56, signed in gold ink by four moonwalkers, including: “This Great Journey Started with This Single Step, Alan Bean, Apollo 12,” with Bean drawing a Command/Service Module to hide a mistake; “A Great Beginning, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14”; “What a View, What a Place! Charlie Duke Apollo 16”; and “The Reality of Dreams… Gene Cernan, Apollo XVII, ‘Last… on Moon.’” Also signed in pencil by the artist, Paul Calle. Rolled and in fine condition, with scattered creases to edges which could be matted out. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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Birthday wishes from 17 astronauts— including Armstrong and Aldrin 455. Moonwalkers and CMPs. Unique

vintage birthday card featuring an affixed image of Snoopy as an astronaut with hand-inked text, “I’ve gotta hurry, it’s Tom Lane’s birthday!,” on an off-white 12 x 9 cardstock sheet, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by seventeen astronauts, including: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Young, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, Gene Cernan, Jack Swigert, Donn Eisele, Tom Stafford, Jim McDivitt, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton, Ron Evans, Richard Gordon, Al Worden, Jack Lousma, and Joe Engle. Also signed by various NASA personnel, including Hal Collins and Dee O’Hara. In fine condition, with light fading to some signatures. An impressive array of astronauts, highlighted by Armstrong and five other moonwalkers. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

456. NASA Exceptional Service Medal. NASA Exceptional Service Medal issued to Elizabeth R. Covert in 1978, measuring 1.5˝ in diameter and suspended from a 1.5˝ long blue-and-gold ribbon pin. The gold-colored medal features a globe in the center encircled by laurels, with a scroll reading “NASA” across the middle. The reverse is engraved with the award’s name, “Exceptional Service.” The medal is housed in its original presentation box, along with its matching lapel pin and rosette. Includes the original presentation certificate framed to an overall size of 15 x 12, issued on December 18, 1978, awarding the medal in “recognition of a dedicated career characterized by the qualities of integrity, service, and excellence that has contributed so much to the substance and style of NASA’s achievements.” Rubbing and chipping to the top of the presentation box affecting some of the lettering, otherwise fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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“Flown aboard the Skylab space station, 1973-1974” 457. Skylab. Flown American flag carried on board the Skylab space station, 5.5 x 4, affixed to a 14 x 11 printed presentation certificate which reads, “This flag was flown aboard the Skylab space station, 1973-1974.” The certificate was presented to Charles W. Matthews in October 1981 to recognize his “outstanding contribution to the manned space flight programs.” Certificate retains its original gold seal affixed to the right side, below which is an autopen signature of Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Pin holes to corners, some scattered foxing, and a uniform block of toning to flag (now partially affixed), otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

458. Cosmonauts. Exceptional assemblage of nine cosmonaut autographs on five 6 x 9.5 album pages hand-embellished with calligraphic titles, consisting of small affixed signed photos and signatures directly on the pages, including: Yuri Gagarin (signature), Valentina Tereshkova (SP and signature), Gherman Titov (signature), Pavel Popovich (SP), Valery Bykovsky (SP and signature), and Andriyan Nikolayev (SP and signature). Also includes a TLS by Andriyan Nikolayev. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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459. Wally Schirra

460. Buzz Aldrin

461. Buzz Aldrin

462. Buzz Aldrin

463. Alan Bean

464. Alan Bean

465. Edgar Mitchell

466. Apollo 15

467. Jim Irwin

468. Harrison Schmitt

469. Apollo LM

470. Mission Control

471. Dee Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara

472. Dee Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara

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473. Cosmonauts Starting Bid $200

art, architecture, & design 475. Jean Arp and Max Ernst.

Ballpoint signatures, “Arp” and “Max Ernst,” on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 album page bearing numerous other signatures on both sides of page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

476. Artists. Fifteen postcards featuring various artworks, approximately 4 x 6 and 6 x 4, each signed by the artist in felt tip or ballpoint, including: Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, George Tooker (2), Jacob Lawrence (3), Claes Oldenburg, Alex Katz (2), Duane Hanson, Will Barnet (2), Ronald B. Kitaj, and George Segal. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

The remarkable shaping of Mount Rushmore’s Washington

478. Gutzon Borglum. Matte-finish 10.25 x 13.25 photo of the George Washington visage on Mount Rushmore, shown in half-profile with several workers rappelling the enormous sculpture, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Official, Gutzon Borglum.” Reverse bears a Publishers Photo Service copyright stamp. In fine condition. Accompanied by its original Mount Rushmore National Memorial mailing envelope. Seven years after it was begun, Washington’s head was finally completed and dedicated to the public on the fourth of July in 1934. A tremendous photo that captures the true scale of the enormous monument, the first of the four iconic faces to be revealed. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

479. Miguel Covarrubias.

477. Artists. Fifteen postcards featuring various artworks, approxi-

mately 4 x 6 and 6 x 4, each signed by the artist in felt tip or ballpoint, including: Jasper Johns, Jacob Lawrence (3), George Tooker (2), Wolf Kahn (ins), Peter Blake (ins), James Rosenquist, Jack Levine, George Segal, Will Barnet (3), and Duane Hanson. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist, and art historian (1904–1957) known for his stylized portraits. Original vintage signed pencil sketch of a simple figure in profile on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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480. Salvador Dali. Signed

book: Salvador Dali: Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection. First edition. NY: Heliographic Co., 1965. Paperback, 8.5 x 11, 160 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “Dali.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

483. Fernand Khnopff. Belgian symbolist painter (1858–1921). Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Pencil notation in upper left corner indicates the year the signature was obtained, “1888.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

481. Charles Dana Gibson. Wonderful

original vintage signed ink portrait sketch of a young boy on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page, prominently signed in black ink, “C. D. Gibson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

482. Alberto Giacometti. Rare ballpoint signature, “Alberto Giacometti,” on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 album page bearing numerous other signatures on both sides of page. Also signed by artist Roberto Matta, and, on the reverse, playwright Eugene Ionesco. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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484. W. H. D. Koerner. Famed illustrator of the American West

(1878–1938). Original vintage signed ink and colored pencil sketch of a cowboy relaxing beside his horse on an off-white 9.5 x 6 album page, neatly signed, “W. H. D. Koerner, 1932.” In fine condition. A choice Western–themed piece by the artist known for his robust use of color. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Art is a gigantic landmark” 485. Oskar Kokoschka. ALS signed “Oskar,” one page both sides, 7 x 4.5, no date but circa 1942. Letter to Chatin Sarachi, a distinguished Albanian diplomat, in part: “I was so glad when I got your sweet letter. Your love of Art is a blessing specially in this time of ours that gives man only substitutes instead of passions. You can be sure that you will contribute to this holy cause for which no human blood had been ever spent but for which the love of thousands and thousands of enchanted pilgrims has burnt. Art is a gigantic landmark that divides the earth of the worship of the bloody sacrifice from the earth of the cultured man. I cannot say very much, I can, sometimes, stammer a little when I see a sign of that life in myself that in the great masters become the very light and sun of their whole existence. Our world has been raped of its light. Too often all of us have all reasons to gnash our teeth and to hate a society which shows no spark of understanding for the immense loss that does mankind incalculable harm while humanity fights its stupid barbarous wars! Why? I regret that you didn’t send me your long letter of Albanian philosophy. Yesterday I got, finally, a copy of my Comenius essay published by the Cambridge University Press. The title of the whole book is: The Teacher of Nations, Addresses and Essays in Commemoration of Comenius, edited by Joseph Needham (5 shilling). My essay is The True Cuckoo’s Egg laid in the nest of the little birds.” In fine condition. An exceptional letter rife with poignant, lyrical content from the impassioned Austrian artist. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

An exceptional original sketch 486. Reginald Marsh. American painter (1898–1954) best known

for his scenes of urban life in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. Original vintage signed pencil sketch of a woman and ghostly man seated side-by-side on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page, signed in the lower right. In fine condition. A fantastic and rather large illustration by the acclaimed artist. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“Go by Durand-Ruel who has photographs of the nursing child”

487. Pierre Auguste Renoir. ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.5, Les Collettes letterhead, September 15, 1914. Letter to his son Jean Renoir, in part (translated): “It isn’t worth it to burden you with the two canvases I was talking about. If you receive this letter in time to go by Durand-Ruel who has photographs of the nursing child, ask him for one. If he doesn’t have one tell him to send one to Cagnes when he does. As for the La Boulangere pay her…either 50 francs a month or 2 francs a day if you feed her during your stay and 3 francs if you don’t feed her. We’re waiting for you next Monday with pleasure.” He adds two postscripts, both signed with his initial “R”: “Give the address to the concierge” and “Don’t worry about the photograph when Guino comes he’ll bring it.” In fine condition. Exhibiting Impressionist works at his own galleries despite critics’ initial resistance, influential dealer Paul Durand-Ruel essentially created the market for Impressionism, establishing the biggest names in the movement. In addition to Renoir, he represented the likes of Degas, Manet, Monet, and Pissarro. This letter presumably refers to one of his several portraits of women nursing their babies, the most notable being his 1885 painting of his wife nursing their first son. The “Guino” mentioned is certainly Richard Guino, a sculptor hired as an assistant to sculpt under Renoir’s guidance as he suffered from arthritis and partial paralysis in his hands from a stroke. After his wife’s death in 1915, he had Guino create a sculpture based upon the 1885 painting. It may be that this idea was actually conceived prior to her death, as this letter seems to indicate. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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489. Auguste Rodin. ALS in

488. Norman Rockwell. Original vintage signed ink sketch of a small dog sitting above an open soup can on an off-white 9.5 x 6 album page, signed in black ink, “Your faithful friend, Norman Rockwell.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

French, signed “Rodin,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. Untranslated letter mentioning the Dutch painter Hubert Vos. In fine condition. Originally purchased from Goodspeed’s Book Shop and accompanied by their paper folder. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“The friendship that has bound us, has no childish ways and no end” 490. Auguste Rodin. ALS in French, signed “Rodin,” one page, 4.25

x 6.5, March 1897. Letter to the novelist Alphonse Daudet. In part (translated): “You did me the honor of inviting me, and I thank Mrs. Daudet for her gracious invitation but I am unfortunately dependent on a strict diet due to my health. I hope and I still hope, and how many times I fell for the pleasure of being with friends. You know and I know as…the friendship that has bound us, has no childish ways and no end.” In fine condition, with uniform toning and a small stain at the top. Rodin had been friends with Daudet for nearly two decades, the latter remaining especially supportive of his work during his famously controversial commissions of the late 1890s. He even occasionally turned to his friend for inspiration, as the writer Jules Renard once heard Rodin, contemplating titles for his works, ‘naively asking Daudet what he should call these astonishing creations he had made.’ A fine association piece between two French artistic greats. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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The creator of ‘Sixteen Jackies’

493. Andy Warhol. Attractive catalog cover for the 491. Everett Shinn. American realist painter and member of the

Ashcan School (1876–1953). Superb original vintage signed pencil sketch of a stage actor holding an umbrella on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page, signed “Everett Shinn, 1933.” In fine condition. An excellent, representative example of Shinn’s especially well-known theater artwork. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

American Myths exhibition at the Kent Fine Arts Center held from October 9 through November 11, 1986, 10.25 x 10.75, depicting Andy Warhol’s ‘Sixteen Jackies’ artwork, signed below in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

492. Andy Warhol. Color

postcard of Warhol’s 1962 work entitled ‘Marilyn Monroe,’ 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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494. Andy Warhol. Signed book: Andy Warhol: Films and Paintings. Great Britain: Studio Vista/Dutton, 1971. Paperback, 5 x 7.25, 160 pages. Signed on the title page in purple felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

495. Gutzon Borglum Starting Bid $200

496. Howard Chandler Christy

497. George Peter Alexander Healy

498. Al Hirschfeld

499. Winslow Homer

500. Roy Lichtenstein

501. Richard Loederer

502. Alphonse Mucha

503. LeRoy Neiman

504. Maxfield Parrish Starting Bid $200

505. Augustus SaintGaudens

506. John Tenniel

508. Alberto Vargas

509. Andrew Wyeth

510. N. C. Wyeth

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507. Vanity Fair Starting Bid $200

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comic art & animation The Francis Greeley Collection

For decades, Army vet Francis Greeley reached out to nearly every comic artist he could think of, diligently sending letters with custom-made album pages and self-addressed stamped envelopes in hopes of receiving in return a self-portrait, autograph, or original drawing for his ever-growing collection. From the obscure to the internationally renowned, hundreds of artists happily embraced his request, returning exceptionally detailed and thoughtful responses, often in full color. Of special note are the 1930s-1940s political cartoons contained within, which were the focus of an exhibition at the Parke Avery Historical House in New York in 1989. While the main focus of Greeley’s collection are these comic art pieces, he also reached out to politicians, social leaders, astronauts, fine artists, and more, providing an even more complete look into American life in the early 20th century. Spanning subjects and styles, and beautifully telling the story of American comic art , Greeley’s collection is one of the most comprehensive and visually fascinating we have ever seen.

Gorgeous original sketch of Raggedy Ann and Andy 511. Johnny Gruelle. Original vintage signed ink and colored pencil sketch of siblings Raggedy Ann and Andy standing in front of a bush of beautiful flowers on an off-white 9.5 x 6 album page, signed in black ink, “With all good wishes—Johnny Gruelle—1932.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

512. Otto Messmer.

Exceptional original vintage signed ink and graphite sketch of Felix the Cat on an off-white 9.5 x 6 album page, neatly signed and inscribed in black ink, “To P’v’t. Francis Greeley— O. Messmer.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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513. Pat Sullivan. Origi-

nal vintage signed ink sketch of Felix the Cat on his way to go fishing on an off-white 9.5 x 6 album page, signed in the lower left, “Pat Sullivan.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Tremendous sketch of the power-punching sailor Popeye 514. Elzie Segar. Original vintage signed ink and graphite sketch of Popeye delivering a mammoth left hook on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page, signed below in black ink, “Segar,” with the inscription, “To me fren Francis Greeley, yers trulie, Popeye,” and a small cigar below saying “Yours to the last ash.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Extraordinary vintage sketch of Shuster’s Superman 515. Joe Shuster. Stunning original vintage signed pencil sketch of Superman in profile on an off-white 6 x 9.5 album page, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “With best personal regards to Francis Greeley, Joe Shuster, creator of Superman.” In fine condition. An incredible early drawing of one of America’s greatest pop culture icons. Starting Bid $300

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Hundreds of original sketches from the golden age of American comic art

516. Comic Art. Amazing collection of over 400 original sketches by artists and cartoonists on individual 6 x 9.5 album pages, most dating

from the 1930s through the 1950s. Spanning styles and genres, the collection includes a significant number of self-portraits, beloved comic characters, political figures and cartoons, sports scenes, canine companions, and military figures. With exceptionally detailed and thoughtful drawings from the men and women who defined the genreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the obscure to the celebratedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this fascinating collection encapsulates the golden age of comic art, providing an expansive and beautiful look at the myriad styles that graced the pages of newspapers nationwide. A comprehensive list of the artists included is available online at RRAuction.com, along with videos showing each item. While we have done our best to compile an accurate and complete list of names, additional research is necessary, with hidden treasures certainly contained within. In overall very good to fine condition. Interested parties are encouraged to view the collection in person at our offices or call us with specific inquiries, as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted.Starting Bid $5000 www.RRAuction.com | 161

517. Gene Ahern

518. Joe Barbera

519. C. D. Batchelor

520. Dan Beard

521. Dick Calkins

522. E. Simms Campbell

523. Walt Disney Studio Artist

524. Grace Drayton

525. Edwina Dumm

526. Hal Foster

527. Rube Goldberg

Starting Bid $200

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528. Harold Gray Starting Bid $200

529. Milt Gross

530. Bill Hanna

531. Fred Harman

532. Will James

533. Harold Knerr

534. Clayton Knight

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535. Manning DeVilleneuve Lee

Starting Bid $200

536. Marge

537. Bill Mauldin

538. Rex Maxon

539. Windsor McCay

540. George McManus

Starting Bid $200

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541. Rose Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill

542. Frederick Opper

543. J. S. Pughe

544. Robert Ripley

545. W. Heath Robinson

546. Bud Sagendorf

547. Otto Soglow

548. William Steig

549. Cliff Sterrett

550. Mort Walker

551. Chic Young

552. Bela Zaboly

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553. Walt Disney. Large and crisp ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 slip. Archivally triple-matted and framed with a portrait and plaque to an overall size of 21.5 x 16.5. In fine condition, with a couple trivial stains to the slip. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from noted Disney expert Phil Sears. Starting Bid $300

Signed following the world premiere of Darby O’Gill and the Little People

554. Walt Disney. Folding dinner menu for a commemorative supper honoring Mr. and Mrs. Walt Disney to be held at the Mansion House, Dublin, on June 24, 1959, following the world premiere of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 4.5 x 7, signed inside the front cover in black ballpoint, “Walt Disney,” and signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by noted British broadcaster Pete Murray, “To Joan, Pete Murray.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of Disney and a certificate of authenticity from noted Disney expert Phil Sears. Darby O’Gill and the Little People, a tale of sneaky leprechauns starring Sean Connery, was a sensation in Ireland and great excitement surrounded the premiere. On that morning, Disney attended a special screening with Irish President Sean T. O’Kelly and hundreds of underprivileged children from local hospitals and orphanages. Following the premiere a dinner was held at the Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, where Disney signed this menu. A unique and desirable format connecting Disney to Irish folklore. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 165

558. Chuck Jones. Lim-

556. Marcia Fertig. Set of three limited edition hand-painted animation cels, each 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip by artist Marcia Fertig, and set against pre-printed backgrounds. The cels include: a skiing Tom and Jerry, entitled ‘Downhill Adventure,’ numbered 198/250; Droopy, the wolf, and a nurse in a doctor’s office, entitled ‘I’ve Got a Pulse,’ numbered 112/250; and bulldogs Spike and Tyke building a new doghouse, entitled ‘Spike and Tyke,’ numbered 86/250. All cels bear a 1991 King Features limited edition gold stamp. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

557. Chuck Jones. Limited edition hand-painted animation cel showing Daffy Duck sleuthing about as Sherlock Holmes, numbered 83/100, 12 x 9.25, signed in the lower right in black felt tip by Chuck Jones. Cel bears a black ink 1981 Warner Bros. copyright notice and a Linda Jones Enterprises limited edition label in the lower left corner. Triple-matted and framed against a pre-printed background. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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ited edition handpainted animation cel showing Porky Pig as Professor Watson holding a pipe and saying, “‘Eh-eh-buh-buhali-uli-eel-uh-elementary mu-my dear Holmes…,’” n u m b e r e d 73/200, 9.25 x 11.75, signed in the lower right in black felt tip by Chuck Jones. Cel bears a black ink 1984 Warner Bros. copyright notice and a Linda Jones Enterprises limited edition label. Triplematted and framed against a pre-printed background. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

559. Chuck Jones. ALS in pencil, signed “Chuck,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 14, 1975. Letter to Mark, in part: “Answering a nasty letter is so easy, the adrenalin[e] pumps, the venom dances merrily out of your finger-tips. Answering a beautiful letter has a much longer gestation period—at least for me—saying ‘thank you’ is just not enough. Let me tell you this, Mark, your letter is the best demonstration ever of the rationale for going out to do these symposiums. Work. Shops. Whatever they are. Indeed and indeed, I have been fortunate to spend my life doing work I love; at the time I was not aware of it—it just felt good and right.” In overall fine condition.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

560. Virgil Ross.

Original graphite and colored pencil sketch of actor Edward G. Robinson sticking up Bugs B u n n y, a c c o m plished by Ross on a white 12.5 x 10.5 sheet of animation paper, stylistically signed in the lower left in pencil, “Virgil Ross.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

561. Virgil Ross. Original

signed graphite and colored pencil model sketches of Bugs Bunny in a variety of poses on a white 16.5 x 13.5 sheet of animation paper, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

563. Charles Schulz. TLS

signed “Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 7.25 x 11, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates letterhead, May 3, 1996. In full: “I don’t think you have any idea what we are already providing dogs and people. I have a huge park right across from the Ice Arena where people bring their dogs every day. I would also hope that you know about Canine Companions. I can’t do everything.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

564. Charles Schulz. Excellent vintage ballpoint sketch 562. Virgil Ross. Original production drawing of Bugs Bunny pretending to be a track star as a disgruntled Yosemite Sam prepares to fire his pistol. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper. Signed below in pencil by Ross, “‘Virgil Ross.’” In fine condition. An appealing, nicely colored sketch. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

of Snoopy bounding through the air on a beige 5.75 x 4 album page, signed and inscribed, “For Francis with best wishes—Schulz.” A collector’s notation dates the sketch to August 4, 1958. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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568. Scooby Doo. Hand-

565. Charles Schulz. Signed book: Christmas is Together-Time.

San Francisco: United Features Syndicate, 1964. Hardcover, 5.5 x 5.75. Signed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “With every good wish—Charles M. Schulz,” with the addition of a desirable sketch of Snoopy sitting in the grass. Autographic condition: fine, with light rippling from one-time moisture exposure. Book condition: G+/None. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

painted animation cel featuring Scooby-Doo, Daphne, and Shaggy walking warily through a Middle Eastern town, used in the 1985 production of ‘The 13 Ghosts of Scooby–Doo,’ and set against a color copy 14 x 11 background. Total image size measures 8 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

569. Myron Waldman. Original graph-

ite and colored pencil sketch entitled ‘Popeye Takes a Swing,’ showing the large-armed sailor in a baseball uniform moments after connecting on a pitch, accomplished by Waldman on an off-white 11 x 14 sheet, signed along the bottom in pencil. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

566. Charles Schulz.

Large original signed orange felt tip sketch of Charlie Brown wearing a baseball cap and glove on an off-white 14 x 17 sheet affixed to a same-size mount, signed and inscribed, “For Andrew—Schulz.” In very good condition, with ink somewhat light, and scattered overall soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

567. Scooby Doo. Hand-

painted animation cel featuring Scooby-Doo and Shaggy crashing into each other in a darkened hallway, used in the 1985 production of ‘The 13 Ghosts of Scooby–Doo,’ and set against a color copy 13.75 x 11 background. Image measures 6.5 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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570. Myron Waldman.

Limited edition sericel entitled ‘Tallstacks,’ numbered 7/2,500, 16.75 x 13, depicting Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and his four nephews about to board a riverboat, with an infuriated Bluto looking on from the top deck. Signed in black ink by Waldman and set against a pre-printed background. Cel bears a 1999 King Features limited edition gold stamp. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Toon Art. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

literature Early signed photo of the fairy tale scribe 571. Hans Christian Andersen. Exceptional 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite photo of

Andersen, signed along the bottom in black ink, “H. C. Andersen.” Reverse bears a pencil notation dating the signature to 1853. In very good condition, with slightly trimmed edges, and moderate overall foxing. Andersen remains scarce in signed photos, with this example depicting the revered Danish author early in his career. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

“Your copy of Tarzan of the Apes is not a first edition” 573. Edgar Rice Burroughs. TLS,

572. Robert Browning. ALS, one page,

4.5 x 7, April 25, 1883. Letter to “Lady Violet.” In full: “Had I only known your wish before! As it is, if I can possibly catch one of the subordinates I will try for a ticket: but, under circumstances which you probably know, the principal is hardly to be got at now—more’s the pity! It would have been so easy two seasons ago!” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 13, 1939. Letter to Jean B. Richard, in full: “In reply to your letter of February 9, I am sorry to say that your copy of Tarzan of the Apes is not a first edition copy, but one of the popular reprint editions published by A. L. Burt & Company.” In fine condition, with a small hole and splits along intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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574. Samuel L. Clemens.

Wonderful vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 bustlength portrait of the middle-aged Clemens, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink, “For Mr. Bright, With the best holiday wishes of S. L. Clemens, About New Years,’ ‘86.” Matted and framed with a window in the backing for viewing the reverse. In fine condition, with a light vertical scratch extending from top edge to Clemens’s face. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

575. Samuel L. Clemens. Un-

usual ink signature featuring his pen name, “Mark Twain,” penned across his given n a m e , “ Tr u l y Yours, S. L. Clemens,” on a slip affixed to a 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp of the beloved author. An additional collector’s date notation of July 15, 1886, is written below the signature. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and creasing to the slip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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576. Charles Dickens. Ink signature, “Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dickens, London, England,” on an off-white 9.25 x 1.5 slip clipped from a housing register, dated January 22, 1842. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Verbose letter of praise and appreciation to the noted dictionary-maker 577. Charles Dickens. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, January 12, 1850. Letter to reference book editor Joseph T. Haydn, best known for compiling Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates. In part: “I should blush to accept your beautiful present, endeared to you by so honorable and gratifying an association, (for I know how little I have done to deserve it), if I did not feel a sincere pride in your good opinion, and an exalted respect for your character, and its unaffected modest independence. As a reminder of what it is good for me to have become acquainted with, and what it would be very bad for me to forget, and as something that I never can look upon without pleasure, I accept the seal with many thanks, and shall wear it from this time forth, religiously.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, soiling first page, and stains to extreme edges. This letter is published in The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens. Dickens had recently helped Haydn out of some financial distress by recommending him for the ‘Queen’s Bounty,’ a one-time grant distributed through the Royal Literary Fund. It seems that Haydn thanked Dickens, who was in the midst of publishing David Copperfield, by presenting him with a fine signet ring. A lengthy, boldly penned letter with an appealing literary association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

“The intolerable rubbish that are called ‘books’” 578. Charles Dickens. Outstanding ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, May 29, 1857. Letter to writer Henry Morley, in part: “Many thanks for your book, which I hope and believe will do exceedingly well. I should be heartily glad to hear of its swamping whole continents of the intolerable rubbish that are called ‘books,’ and are sold to the wretched…travellers.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the hand-embellished album page to which it was previously affixed. Morley was a contributor to several periodicals, including Dickens’s magazines Household Words and All the Year Round. A fabulous, literary–themed letter. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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582. Maxim Gorky.

579. Alexandre Dumas, pere. Untranslated ALS in French, signed

Sought-after ink signature in Cyrillic, on an off-white card with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring the great author (card no longer affixed). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Alr. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date but postmarked November 13, 1855. Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Dumas’s own hand. In very good to fine condition, with a tape repair to second integral page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

580. Robert Frost. Handsome portrait etching of Frost by Richard Hood, 6.25 x 7.25, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by the poet, “Robert Frost,” and in pencil by the artist. In fine condition, with mild toning to borders. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

581. Robert Frost. ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 6.75, no date but

postmarked November 4, 1930, Amherst, Massachusetts. Letter to Martha Ellen Sachs, in full: “I should have answered you sooner. My difficulty is my inability to look far ahead. I am more or less tied at Amherst till the end of January. What should you say to some day in February, preferably a Wednesday, the earlier in the month the better? All my Thursdays are taken. If Wednesday is not good for you, you make some suggestion. The fee is two hundred. Thank you for your kind letter and forgive so much business in such short space. I had a pleasant word from Orton Lowe in today’s mail to remind me those days at Penn State. The thermometer was wrong but everything else was all right.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Frost’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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583. Henrik Ibsen. Very

bold ink signature, “Henrik Ibsen, 1893,” on a clipped slip with an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring the revered Norwegian playwright (signed slip no longer affixed). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Hugo the antiwar activist: “All the women from the island, the poor as the rich, are shredding linen or bringing cloth” 584. Victor Hugo. Annotated article in French, unsigned, one page, 4.25

x 6.5, July 22, 1870. Printed version of Hugo’s open letter entitled “To the Women of Guernsey,” written from his home at Hauteville House on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War. At the bottom, Hugo pens a note in ink, in full (translated): “Upon this call, a women committee was formed immediately. All the women from the island, the poor as the rich, are shredding linen or bringing cloth.” The printed letter, in part: “It has pleased to a few men to sentence to death part of mankind, and an outrageous war is brewing. This war is not a war of liberty, nor a war of duty, it is a war of caprice. Two nations are going to kill each other for two prince’s pleasure. While thinkers perfect civilization, kings perfect war. This one will be atrocious. Chef-d’oeuvre is announced. A rifle kills twelve men, a canon will kill a thousand. What will flow in the Rhine, it is not pure and free water from the great Alps, anymore, it is blood of men. Mesdames, some mothers, sisters, daughters, women, are going to cry. You are all going to be in mourning, the ones here because of their misfortune, the ones there because of the misfortune of others. Mesdames, what carnage! What shock for all these unfortunate combatants! Allow me to send a prayer to you. Since these blinds forget that they are brothers, be their sisters, come to help them, make shreds from all the old household linen, of no use here, which can save lives of wounded over there. All the women of this country working on this brotherly act of kindness, it will be beautiful; it will be a great example and a great service. Men do evil, you women, do the remedy; and since there are bad angels on this earth, be the good ones. If you want, and you will want, a little time we can have a considerable quantity of shredded linen…We will make two equal parts; and we will send one to France and one to Prussia.” In fine condition. Hugo had been living in Guernsey since 1855 when he was declared a traitor and exiled by Napoleon III. This became one of his most productive periods, and he released Les Miserables to great success in 1862. This open letter to the women of Guernsey, written three days after the Franco-Prussian War commenced, was published in many French newspapers. His humanist sentiments again caused some to brand him a traitor. Although Napoleon III was his political nemesis, Hugo was an ardent champion of French Republicanism and cherished his home nation. He did benefit, however, when Napoleon III was captured by the Prussians at the beginning of September 1870. With the emperor deposed and the French Third Republic established, Hugo made his triumphant return to Paris. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

585. Guy de Maupassant. ALS in French,

signed “Maupassant,” one page on a 5 x 3 postcard, January 30, no year. In part (translated): “I am taken with a migraine, and it is impossible for me to give you a review today.” Addressed on the reverse in Maupassant’s own hand. In fine condition, with a central horizontal crease, handling wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“You say the Pathway is unhappy stuff. Well, so is all my writing” 586. T. E. Lawrence. Fantastic

ALS signed “T. E. Shaw,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.75, December 11, 1928. Letter to writer Henry Williamson, written from Miranshah. In part: “The public are (so Cape says) swallowing the Pathway avidly. I have sent for a copy: but so out of the way is this place that I’d not heard of its being out till Cape’s letter, the post before yours with the Rutter books. You say the Pathway is unhappy stuff. Well, so is all my writing. Let not us impotents be shy of our impotencies, behind the licked envelopes of letters. You’ll laugh to hear that I still pick up Tarka often, read a few pages, and lay it down. I find it holes more than I thought, even at first: and what I said the first time was ‘pemmican’: a variety, I’m told, of pressed beef. The public pressure on you to write another book before you feel inclined to think of a pen seriously, must be horrid.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand. Published in volume nine of The Letters of T. E. Lawrence and excerpted in Williamson’s Genius of Friendship: T. E. Lawrence. Rife with commentary on Williamson’s noteworthy novel Tarka the Otter, reflections on his own writing, and a closing line embodying his disillusionment with fame, this is an ideal Lawrence letter. At the request of his publisher, Williamson had forwarded Holy Cities of Arabia, a two-volume work by Eldon Rutter that had come out recently and was received enthusiastically and compared in several reviews to Lawrence’s writing. Williamson, who would soon win the Hawthornden Prize for Tarka, had himself just released The Pathway, the final volume of his tetralogy The Flax of Dream. Although Williamson wrote prolifically—apparently embracing the “public pressure” that Lawrence disdained—none of his other works surpassed the popularity of Tarka. A simply superb example with remarkable content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Sir Walter Scott comments on Lord Byron 587. Sir Walter Scott. ALS signed

“Walter Scott,” one page, 7.25 x 6.25, no date. Letter concerning a quarrel between Lord Byron and Samuel Rogers. In part: “I never heard Rogers say a single word against Byron—which is rather odd too. He had brought Byron, Campbell & Moore together. Campbell did not take to the poetic Lord—and left the company early—Moore and Byron commenced their friendship…Byron made a bitter and undeserved satire on Rogers.” An old auction description clipping is affixed to the blank upper margin. In very good condition, with intersecting folds and mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“Northerners believe that all Southerners are ignorant degenerates bent on oppressing the Negro, and...Southerners believe that all Northerners are vicious busybodies” 588. Margaret Mitchell. TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, February 6, 1947. Letter to Josephine Chandler, in part: “Some of the thoughts you expressed in your letter were thoughts that have been in my mind and those of many Southerners for a long time—that all of us are begged to ‘understand the Russians and the Chinese and the ‘good’ Germans while no one tries to make us understand our own people. In fact, it seems to some of us that very definite efforts are made to bring about misunderstandings and hatred between the different sections of our country—to make Northerners believe that all Southerners are ignorant degenerates bent on oppressing the Negro, and to make Southerners believe that all Northerners are vicious busybodies bent on telling us how to run our business. As neither of these ideas is true, it would be well for all of us to do our best to fight against the spread of such falsehoods. It was good of you to write that you wanted another book about the characters in ‘Gone With the Wind’ because you thought it might help to bring understanding of the South. I thank you most sincerely for the compliment, but I do not contemplate writing such a sequel. In fact, I do not not contemplate writing anything at present, as my husband is slowly recovering from a very serious illness, I have done most of the nursing, for the South suffers from the nurse and orderly shortage which faces the whole country.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. While World War II shifted the country’s attention from internal fissures to global misunderstandings, the deep-seated issues that divided America during the Civil War continued to thrive. Honing in on the most harmful of the North-South stereotypes, Mitchell astutely acknowledges the work still to be done to heal the US. Also pointing out her decision not to write another novel—Gone With the Wind was the only book she ever published—this is a fantastic letter from one of literature’s most celebrated Southern writers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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On the copyright of letters “sold, not as literature, but as material relics of a modern saint” 590. George Bernard Shaw. ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 8 x 10, The Christian Science Monitor letterhead, December 16, 1925. Response at the bottom of a letter written to him concerning a question on the copyright of letters. In part: “The law on the subject is quite simple. This piece of paper belongs to me: you have sent it to me as a gift. But copyright does not pass without a consideration; therefore the copyright in what you have written on it remains yours. I may not publish or multiply copies of your letter; but if you forget what you wrote and wish to refresh your memory by reading it I can withhold it from you either absolutely or until you have paid me for allowing you to look at it. My property in the paper gives me this power. Now that I return you your gift of paper the position is reversed. It is yours again: you can refuse to let me see it. You can sell it or give it away or burn it. But you may not copy nor publish these lines. My letters are often sold. So are other manuscripts which have passed out of my hands. But they are sold, not as literature, but as material relics of a modern saint. I have never protested.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a transmittal letter forwarding Shaw’s response to an interested party. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“All my friends are the out law kind / And all my deals are shady” 591. Shel Silverstein.

Fantastic felt tip sketch and handwritten draft on both sides of a 8.25 x 10 manilla envelope. On one side, Silverstein has drawn a large and whimsical man dressed in outlaw-style Western garb, as well as a less-defined face and two baseball gloves. On the opposing side, Silverstein has penned a lengthy draft of a poem or lyrics, in part: “If you hear a knockin at the door at night / that aint no burglar baby / it just cause all my friends are the out law kind / And all my deals are shady / so you take this and gimme that / And we’ll both meet in hades.” In very good condition, with moderate scattered creases and staining. Accompanied by an unsigned 50th anniversary edition of The Giving Tree. A highly desirable combination of original artwork and a seemingly unpublished literary piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“My country, ’tis of thee” 592. Samuel Francis Smith. Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary. Highly desirable AQS on an off-white 10 x 8 lined sheet, neatly signed at the conclusion, “S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, Oct. 31, 1892.” Smith pens the four original verses of ‘America’ in their entirety. In part: “My country, ’tis of thee, / Sweet land of liberty, / Of thee I sing; / Land where my fathers died, / Land of the pilgrims’ pride, / From every mountain side, / Let freedom ring.” In fine condition, with a small split to top edge and mounting remnants to reverse. Accompanied by an unsigned matte-finish portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Urging his son to ‘Go west, young man’ 593. John B. L. Soule. Teacher, journalist, and minister (1815–1891)

who is said to have written ‘Go west, young man’ in an 1851 editorial in the Terre Haute Express. ALS signed “J. B. L. Soule,” three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 12, 1881. Letter to his son, William L. Soule, in part: “Sorry to hear that you do not feel well— though that, as you say, may be from fatigue & temporary. But your weight—that’s awful—but that may be for want of palatable food and hot weather…Do you even think or feel that you had better come back, or do you feel that you had better continue there for an indefinite time?… If not, shake Vegas dust off your feet, and try some other place. —By the way, be wary of strangers, however pleasant & friendly. Don’t be enticed by one to go to any strange place or to go out at night…Don’t expose yourself to great heat. You couldn’t bear a sunstroke.” Reverse of first page and area below signature bears an ALS in pencil from Soule’s sister May. In fine condition, with a chip to top edge of first page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Soule’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Handsome limited edition of Steinbeck’s magnum opus 594. John Steinbeck. Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.25, 602 pages. Nicely signed on the colophon in blue ballpoint. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition VG+/None, in a VG– slipcase. A beautiful signed first, enhanced by its difficult-to-find slipcase. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“Wordsworth’s direction is Rydal Mount, Grasmere” 595. Alfred Lord Tennyson. ALS signed

“ A Te n n y s o n , ” one page, 4.25 x 7.25, May 26, 1848. In full: “ Wo r d s w o r t h ’ s direction is Rydal Mount, Grasmere in Westmoreland or Cumberland— I forget which.” In fine condition. Two years after this letter was written, Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as the Poet Laureate of Great Britain. A wonderful connection between two of history’s greatest poetic minds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

597. Jules Verne. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 6.75, October 7, 1898. In fine condition. An appealing, boldly penned example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

596. J. R. R. Tolkien. TLS, one page, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, no date but

postmarked May 1, 1972. Letter to Miss Donna Sadlier, in full: “It was most kind of you to write to me and please do not feel ashamed. As Miss Hall explained, I receive every day of the week, from all parts of the world, requests for autographs; because these requests are so numerous I really have to restrict autographs to family and friends. When you wrote originally, Miss Hill quite rightly told you that my wife had just died, and I am very touched by your kind card. It was so thoughtful of you and I am very grateful.” Tolkien adds a brief postscript, hand writing the first word: “So I send you a little autograph slip to put in a copy of my work.” A horizontal fold passing through the signature, toning to the top, a tiny edge tear and piece of tape to the left edge, and surface loss and small tears to corners from mounting, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Tolkien’s wife Edith, who had served as the inspiration for the elvish character Luthien in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, had passed away in November 1971. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Verne clarifies the publishing history of his Voyages Extraordinaires 598. Jules Verne. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 5.25, December 30, 1892. Letter to the artist Raymond Ducrest de Villeneuve. In part (translated): “Please express all our regrets to your wife whom we should so much have liked to meet…When your telegram arrived, we didn’t know you were in Paris, and since we know other Raymonds, and I had some difficulty in recognizing that it was from you. I’ll oblige you therefore always to sign Ducarest. Bombarnac hasn’t appeared yet in book form… that will be at the end of January. I’ll have the book sent to you along with Carpathians. You can count on that.” In fine condition, with uniform toning. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The two books Verne mentions, The Carpathian Castle and Claudius Bombarnac, were numbers 37 and 38 of his Voyages Extraordinaires series. These stories were published in three distinct editions: a ‘pre-original’ version serialized in a periodical, an ‘original’ edition in book form, and a ‘deluxe’ edition with lavish decorations and gilt. Of the fifty-four novels in the Voyages Extraordinaires, all were released in this sequence the only exception being Claudius Bombarnac—the ‘pre-original’ and ‘deluxe’ versions were published in 1892, but the typical book format was not released until 1893. This was probably the cause for Ducrest’s confusion. A choice letter with excellent content regarding his famous science-fiction and adventure novels. Starting Bid $200

Exceptional letter on his “new edition of the American Dictionary” 599. Noah Webster. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 24, 1841. Letter to Gideon Hawley in Albany. In full: “Mr. Medfield, the bearer, goes to Albany with a few copies of the new edition of the American Dictionary for sale. This edition is much improved, & the typographical execution is thought to surpass any works of the kind in this kind of publication. I inclose for your reading a manuscript which I had at first intended to be addressed to the Regents of the University. But I know not that it would be becoming for me or useful to others. When I see what books are used in schools in your state, as in others, I pretty much despair of ever doing any good by my publications. I inclose a bill for the Northern Light one year.” In very good to fine condition, with small tape repairs to small edge tears. After publishing his first dictionary in 1806, Webster immediately began work on an expanded version, which would grow to over 70,000 entries—many of which had never appeared in any dictionary before—and take 26 years to complete. Plagued by debt from the relative failure of the first edition, which sold only 2,500 copies and forced him to mortgage his home, it was crucial that the second edition succeed. A year prior to this letter, 82-year-old Webster finally published the new edition to a much wider and more receptive audience—presumably including some of the New York school systems he was targeting in this letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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600. H. G. Wells. ALS, one

page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, Chiltern Court stationery card, September 16, 1934. Letter to Herbert W. Mansfield, in part: “If you are interested in my Autobiography, I hope you will read the book. The Herald extracts are very much cut about. I forget the Christian name of the Sutton who broke my leg. I’m interested to hear the Midhursts’ have saved my bedroom. I must look in & see it one day.” In fine condition. Wells was a student and then a student-teacher at the Midhurst Grammar School in 1882 and 1883. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Woolf directs a potential Monologue writer to the care of Elizabeth Bowen 601. Virginia Woolf. ALS

signed “V. W.,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, no date but postmarked June 19, 1934. Letter to her friend Lyn Irvine, writer and editor of the literary journal The Monologue which she founded in 1934, in full: “Elizabeth Bowen, Waldencote, Old Headington, Oxford. Says she would like very much to write for Monologue. Would you send her a copy & with the above address & say how long, etc. Her name is Mrs. Cameron.” Woolf adds a brief postscript, “Also she’d like to subscribe.” Addressed on the reverse in Woolf’s own hand. In fine condition, with a small stain, and a few postal cancelations. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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602. Virginia Woolf. Signed

book: Beau Brummell. Limited edition, numbered 543/550. NY: Rimington & Harper, 1930. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.5 x 12.75, 8 pages. Crisply signed opposite the title page in purple ink by Woolf. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None, in a G– slipcase. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

603. Emile Zola.

Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, February 23, 1895. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by a letter from the University of Toronto, expressing thanks for the transcription and requesting a photocopy of the letter; the aforesaid translation is not included. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

604. Louisa May Alcott Starting Bid $200

605. Ray Bradbury Starting Bid $200

606. Ray Bradbury Starting Bid $200

607. Edgar Rice Burroughs Starting Bid $200

608. Agatha Christie

609. Jean Cocteau Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

610. Colette

611. Theodore Dreiser

612. Camille Flammarion

613. E. M. Forster

614. Erle Stanley Gardner

615. Nathaniel Hawthorne

616. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

617. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

618. Langston Hughes

619. Washington Irving

Starting Bid $200

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620. Harper Lee Starting Bid $200

621. Sinclair Lewis

622. Jack London

Starting Bid $200

623. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

624. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

625. Maurice Maeterlinck

626. John Masefield

627. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

628. Jean-Paul Sartre

629. Sir Walter Scott Starting Bid $200

630. Ernest Thompson Seton

631. Hunter S. Thompson

632. Hunter S. Thompson and Johnny Depp

633. James Thurber

634. Thornton Wilder

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

classic music 635. Enrico Caruso.

Vintage sepia mattefinish 6.25 x 8.5 seated portrait of Caruso smoking a cigar, prominently signed in fountain pen, “Enrico Caruso, New York, 1909.” Blindstamped in the lower right corner, “Dickinson, 1909.” Affixed to its original same-sized mount. In fine condition, with neatly trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

638. Bohuslav Martinu. Prolific Bohemian-Czech composer (1890–1959) of modern classical music. Choice matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of Martinu with cigarette in hand, nicely signed in fountain pen against the bright white background, “B. Martinu.” In fine condition, with uniformly trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

636. Cesar Franck. Com-

poser and pianist (1822– 1890) who won some official recognition as the nominated successor of Benoist as organ professor at the Conservatoire. Sheet music booklet for Rebecca published by G. Hartmann in Paris, 72 pages, 7.75 x 11.25, signed and inscribed on the title page in French in crisp black ink by Franck, and dated January 22, 1882. Beautifully half-bound in leather with marbled boards and gilt-stamped spine, retaining the original wrappers inside. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

639. Gabriel Pierne. French composer, conductor, and organist (1863–1937) who won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1882, and was taught by other such masters as Antoine Francois Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Emile Durand, Cesar Franck, and Jules Massenet. Vintage matte-finish 5.25 x 3.5 postcard of a Henri Manuel photo showing Pierne reading at his desk, signed and inscribed in French in ink, “Gabriel Pierne,” adding the date below. In fine condition, with some silvering to dark areas of the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after musical quote for an accomplished German soprano 637. Gaetano Donizetti. Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a

leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white sheet of 8 x 6.7 musically lined paper, signed and inscribed in French (translated), “Every good wish to Madame Hasselt van Barth, Donizetti, 1845.” Donizetti pens an extended bar of a melody in A major. In fine condition. The recipient, Anna Maria Wilhelmine van HasseltBarth, was a soprano who starred in many bel canto roles. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Just weeks after his first opera at La Scala—the earliest Puccini photo we have seen

642. Albert Roussel. Leading

French modernist composer during the interwar period (1869–1937). Superb 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Roussel in a head-and-shoulders pose by G. L. Manuel Freres, boldly signed in black ink. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

643. Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Rus-

640. Giacomo Puccini. Ideal 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet portrait of a young Puccini, inscribed in Italian in black ink to singer Romilda Pantaleoni and signed, “Giacomo Puccini, Mliano, 10.2.85.” Published by Pagliano and Ricordi of Milan. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and overall light soiling. A year earlier, the unknown Puccini had staged his first opera, Le Villi, at Teatro dal Verme. Despite the fact that the orchestra was made up of mostly conservatory students, the performance was a success; Casa Ricordi purchased it and put it on at La Scala in 1885. The recipient of this photo, Romilda Pantaleoni, played the role of Anna just a month earlier. Combining the notable recipient and the extremely early date—perhaps the earliest known photo signed by the revered composer—this is an extraordinary find. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Elusive portrait inscribed to a colleague 641. Bedrich Smetana. Distinguished Czech composer (1824–

1884) best known for his colorful symphonic poem The Moldau and the opera The Bartered Bride. Rare 4 x 6 cabinet photo of Smetana in a bust-length pose, signed and inscribed on the reverse in Czech in bold black ink to conductor Adolf Cech. Photo by J. Mulac of Prague. In fine condition, with uniformly trimmed edges and soiling to reverse. An eminent conductor in his day, Cech premiered two of the six pieces of Smetana’s Ma Vlast [My Homeland], including the beloved Moldau; he went on to premiere the complete set in November of 1882. A fantastic association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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sian dramatist, opera librettist, and translator (1850–1916) and the younger brother of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. ALS in Cyrillic, signed “M. Tchaikovsky,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, January 2, 1909. Long letter to Serge Tanayev. In part (translated): “That I didn’t write to you is not a big trouble, the trouble is that I’ve deceived you as concerns financial support. I, of course, could have found one way or another of delivering money to you, but I was exhausted from work when in Petersburg, and here I faced so many obstacles to finding your place of residence that I started reproaching myself, and thinking of you I put the blame on you: ‘It’s of his own choosing not to write to me!’ Now I have neither excuses nor money to send to you. Darling, please, wait till the beginning of February, I count on getting a certain amount from the Playwright and Composer Society. ” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Looking forward to “55 bottles of Domino wine sent from Florence” 644. Giuseppe Verdi. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 4.5 x 7, June 13, [1894]. Letter to his friend Giuseppe De Amicis. In part (translated): “A case of 55 bottles of Domino wine sent from Florence May 29…Before I pay for them do me the pleasure of letting me know whether they’ve arrived or not… Our health is good.” In very good to fine condition, with a block of toning over the signature area and faint foxing. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Verdi, well known as a wine lover, composed a short ballet based on Otello in 1894, having completed his final opera, Falstaff, the previous year. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Choice 1870 letter to his music publisher on “a changed and expanded finale” 645. Richard Wagner. ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, December 15, 1870. Letter to his publisher Schott & Co. In full (translated): “Here I send you the addition I promised, i.e. a changed and expanded finale. If you consider it useful you could indicate accordingly on the title page—Second Edition with an Expanded Finale.” In fine condition. Wagner had married Cosima in Lucerne on August 25, 1870, and on Christmas morning—exactly ten days after writing this letter—famously presented her with the Siegfried Idyll. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Rare letter from London while completing the influential Oberon 646. Carl Maria von Weber. German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school (1786–1826). LS signed “C. M. von Weber,” one page, 5 x 8, March 11, 1826. Letter to a British painter, penned in the hand of Romantic composer George Smart and signed at the conclusion by Weber. In full: “I should have had much pleasure in complying with your request, but that I have promised to sit to another artist if my time will admit of it but which I much fear.” In fine condition. Weber had been commissioned to write an opera based on C. M. Wieland’s epic poem Oberon and had just arrived in London on March 6 to complete it and begin rehearsals with The Royal Opera. He stayed at the home of Sir George Smart, his close friend and an accomplished musician in his own right. Although suffering from tuberculosis, Weber was able to push through rehearsals and conduct the premiere of Oberon one month after writing this letter. He conducted twelve performances of it before passing away at Smart’s house on June 5. As Weber could not speak English and had to dictate this letter to Smart, similar examples are exceedingly rare. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

647. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Influential English composer (1872–1958) of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. ALS signed “RW,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Oriel College letterhead, May 29, 1939. Letter in his difficult to decipher hand apologizing for his inability to visit London due to “lack of money” and “lack of a car.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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648. Leonard Bernstein Starting Bid $200

652. Gabriel Faure Starting Bid $200

655. Reinhold Gliere Starting Bid $200

659. Jules Massenet Starting Bid $200

649. Ferruccio Busoni Starting Bid $200

650. Paul Dukas Starting Bid $200

653. Rudolf Friml Starting Bid $200

656. Charles Gounod

651. Georges Enesco Starting Bid $200

654. Alexander Glazunov Starting Bid $200

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657. Engelbert Humperdinck

658. Bohuslav Martinu

660. Yehudi Menuhin

661. Camille Saint-Saens

662. Richard Strauss

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contemporary music 663. Louis Armstrong.

Vintage glossy 7 x 8.75 publicity photo of Armstrong by Gibson of Chicago, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “My Best Wishes to Mrs. Pauline Williams, From Louis Armstrong, 20/8/33.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, and scattered creases and spotting. A wonderful and unusually early signed portrait, scarce from this classic era. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

664. George Gershwin. Desirable vintage 3.25 x 4.25 magazine

photo of an artist’s depiction of Gershwin playing the piano, signed in fountain pen. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with unobtrusive surface impressions and a trivial brush to the first letter of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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665. Muddy Waters.

Glossy 8 x 10 Cameron Inc. publicity close-up photo of Muddy Waters, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

666.

Jim

Reeves.

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 fulllength photo of Reeves leaning coolly on his guitar, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best of everything to Mary, Sincerely, Jim Reeves.” Tack holes and slight chipping to corners and top and bottom borders, with slight scattered creasing, otherwise fine condition; none of which affect the clear image or bold signature. An exemplary photo of ‘Gentleman Jim,’ one of the foremost practitioners of the Nashville sound. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

667. 1960s Rock and Roll. Collection of five items signed by 1960s rock and roll groups, primarily consisting of signatures on album pages, including: Jay and the Americans (signatures), Poco (signatures), Peter and Gordon (signatures), The Quiet Five (promo card), and The Swinging Blue Jeans (signatures). In overall fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

668. Beatles. Vintage off-white 2.75 x 4.25 lightly-lined pocket

address book page signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Janice, love from the Beatles, George Harrison” and “John Lennon,” and in black ballpoint, “Ringo Starr xxx.” Page is affixed to a 3.5 x 4.5 off-white album page. Scattered ink marks and some light show-through from a signature on reverse, otherwise fine condition. Signatures were originally obtained following a concert at the Granada in Mansfield, England, on March 26, 1963. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

Beatles signatures from their 1964 Aussie tour 669. Beatles. Leatherbound autograph album, 5.25 x 3.25, signed inside in blue ballpoint by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, with George Harrison signing on the following page. Harrison appears to have traced over his initial signature in an attempt to increase its boldness. In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved nameplate indicating that the signatures were obtained at the Sheraton Hotel in Sydney on June 2, 1964. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

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Gorgeous artist’s proof from their first US concert 670. Beatles. Stunning limited edition 23 x 17 artist’s proof print by noted photographer Rowland Scherman, showing the Beatles performing during their first American concert at the Washington Coliseum on February 11, 1964. Signed in the lower border in pencil by Scherman and numbered ‘A/P.’ Handsomely archivally matted and framed. In fine condition. This magnificent image captures the energy of the concert, which came just two days after the Beatles’ legendary appearance on Ed Sullivan. Scherman is especially well known for his 1960s music photography, particularly for his many iconic images of Bob Dylan. Oversized. Starting Bid $200

671. Beatles. Sought-after The Beatles Yesterday and Today mono ‘third state’ butcher

cover. This ‘third state’ version features the ‘butcher’ cover, the previously affixed ‘trunk’ cover pasteover having been expertly removed from the album jacket to reveal the butcher cover underneath. In fine condition, with faint glue residue lines running horizontally on the front. Accompanied by a photocopy of the recall notice. Within days of releasing this miscellany of previous hits, Capitol recalled all copies in response to retailers’ negative reactions to the original macabre cover image. The recalled copies were ‘retrofitted’ with a new pictorial flat, pasted over the first featuring an innocuous image of the boys posed around a steamer trunk. This example presents much more nicely than the ‘peeled’ Yesterday and Today albums typically found. Starting Bid $200

Fully signed one-pound payment to the Fab Four’s US tour manager 672. Beatles. Bank of England one pound note, 6 x 2.75, signed and inscribed on the portrait side in black ballpoint, “To Bob Bob, from, Paul McCartney (BYRDS),” “To Bob, best wishes, George Harrison MBE,” “To Bob’oners, from, John Lennon LSD,” and “To Bob, best wishes, Ringo Starr.” In fine condition, with light to moderate contrast to a few signatures. Bob Bonis served as the band’s US tour manager from 1964–1966. The humorous titles added after their respective signatures, as well as the note’s recipient, add to the uniqueness of this piece, especially Lennon’s reference to the psychedelic hallucinogen, which he first tried in early 1965. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

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673. Beatles: Harrison and Starr. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band CD signed on the back of the slipcase in black ballpoint by George Harrison and Ringo Starr. In fine condition, with light skipping to the Starr signature. The CD is included. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Signed for a ten-year-old during the filming of Help! 675. Beatles: McCartney and Starr. Vintage ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on an off-white 6 x 4.5 sheet of The Montagu Beach Hotel stationery. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by a letter of provenance, in part: “These autographs of the Beatles were obtained for me by a family friend when I was living in Barnet, North London, in 1965. Our family friend was a dental nurse who worked for a dentist called Mr. Bridgeman–Williams in his practise in Hadley Woods, a nearby suburb. Mr. Bridgeman–Williams, to the best of my knowledge travelled to The Bahamas as part of The Beatles’ entourage, when they were filming ‘Help’ in 1965. He arranged the signing of the autographs for me and passed them on to me via our family friend. I was ten years old at the time and an avid autograph hunter. These autographs have been the most treasured of all my collection.” A crisp pair of signatures from the Beatles rhythm section, obtained at the very peak of Beatlemania. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

676. Beatles: George Harrison. Early 1963

ballpoint signature, “George Harrison, xx,” on a pink 4.25 x 4 page removed from an autograph book. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

677. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Circa

mid–1965 ballpoint signature of Paul McCartney on a purple 3 x 4 slip clipped from the cover of a Talk of the Town program, affixed to a same-size mount. In very good condition, with creases, and some wrinkling from mounting. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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Sought-after limited edition ‘Pink Peace’ 678. Beatles: Ringo Starr. Color limited edition 14 x 14 giclee

print entitled ‘Pink Peace,’ numbered 26/60, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Ringo.” Beautifully archivally matted and framed. In fine condition. An especially desirable example given the artwork’s connection to the counterculture of the 1960s. Oversized. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

679. Beatles: Ringo Starr.

Glossy 9.75 x 8 photo of Starr with long hair and wearing a leather jacket, signed in red ballpoint. In very good to fine condition, with a crease touching his face, and some scattered impressions. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

681. David Bowie.

Let’s Dance album signed on the front cover in silver paint pen, “David Bowie, 95.” In fine condition. The record is not included. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from REAL and PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

680. Beatles: Ronnie Wood. Stylish limited edition 26.5 x 31 lithograph of a Ronnie Wood close-up portrait painting of John Lennon entitled ‘John,’ numbered 20/30, signed in the lower border in pencil by Wood. Framed and in fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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682. Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty. Two

albums: a Bayou Country album signed in silver ink, “Rock on! John Fogerty”; and a Green River album signed in blue felt tip, “Rock on! John Fogerty,” “Stu Cook,” and “Doug Clifford.” In overall fine condition. The records are included. Both albums are accompanied by full letters of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Jimi says “Keep Kool,” just days into his raucous 1968 Scandinavian tour 683. Jimi Hendrix. Track Record

promo card for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 4 x 6, dated October 1967, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Jimi Hendrix, Keep Kool.” Reverse lists catalog numbers for four singles, “Hey Joe... Purple Haze...The Wind Cries Mary... The Burning of the Midnight Lamp,” and the trio’s recently released debut LP, “Are You Experienced.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, a young Danish journalist who was interviewing Hendrix for his school magazine, in part: “The autograph is written on January the 7. 1968… The short story is that 3 schoolboys… contacted the road manager Lemmy Kilmister for an appointment between two concerts, which we got. And Jimi Hendrix was very relaxed and gave us all the time we needed, but outside the door the big Danish and Swedish newspapers were waiting. And when we were finished the time was up and they didn’t get in.” Also accompanied by three modern photos of Hendrix taken during the interview; one which shows a table with a number of promotional cards, and another in which this very promo card is held by the recipient, about to be handed to Hendrix for his signature. Also of interest is the presence of Hendrix’s bandaged right hand, which he injured just four days prior. Arriving in Gothenburg on January 3, 1968, for their four-show tour of Sweden and Denmark, Jimi and his band wasted no time in beginning the party. After a long night out, they returned to the Hotel Opalen, where the staff soon began receiving complaints. Upon entering Hendrix’s room at four in the morning, the staff found that his drunken rampage had ended with a punch through the hotel window—an a seriously injured Hendrix. He was taken to a hospital to receive stitches in his right hand and charged with criminal damage; luckily the Swedish authorities granted special permission so the band could travel to Denmark for the tour’s penultimate show. Augmented by its fantastic provenance and mention of the band’s young road manager—heavy metal legend and Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister—this is an exceptionally desirable promo card dating to the Experience’s brief yet notorious Scandinavian layover. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

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684. Buddy Holly. Vintage

pencil signature, “Buddy Holly,” on a light pink 3.75 x 4 sheet. Double-matted and framed with an image of Holly and the Crickets to an overall size of 12 x 16. In fine condition. Precertified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Stunning print from the rock masters’ 1975 legendary Earls Court performances 685. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page. Phenomenal

limited edition 12.5 x 19 gelatin silver print of a photo of Jimmy Page during a performance, his coat open and picking hand raised high into the glare of a stage light, numbered 42/50, signed in the lower border in black ink by Page. Also signed in black ink by the artist, Dick Barnatt. Framed and in fine condition. Originally purchased from JimmyPage.com, and accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA, along with two photos taken at the time of the Page and Barnatt signings. Shot on the final night of Led Zeppelin’s incredible five-concert showcase at London’s Earls Court Arena in late May of 1975, this remarkable image depicts the band’s influential guitarist at the very height of his showmanship and popularity. An amazing, long out-of-print edition capturing the energized spirit of rock and roll. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

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686. Jerry Lee Lewis. Glossy

8 x 10 photo of a young Lewis with slicked back hair and a stylish coat, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Collector’s ink notation on reverse indicates that the signature was obtained in Germany in July of 1993. Precertified REAL. Starting Bid $200

688. The Police. Synchronicity album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland. In fine condition, with paper loss at upper left corner. The record is included. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained in person. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

691. Elvis Presley. Blue ballpoint

signature, “Elvis Presley,” on an offwhite 4 x 3.25 clipped album page, with a ballpoint signature and inscription from swimmer and actress Esther Williams on the reverse. Collector’s ink notations above signature. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Gilmour, Waters, Wright, and Mason boldly sign their masterful album

689. Pink Floyd. Scarce The Wall album signed on the front and back covers in blue felt tip by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason, who adds “Pink Floyd” in bubble letters. Displayed open and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 12.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. The last studio album to feature this early lineup, this is a highly sought-after fully signed record; enhanced by its strikingly bold autographs against the sleeve’s crisp background, this is a remarkable example. Starting Bid $300

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Scarce twice-signed 1957 program cover 692. Elvis Presley. Exceptional vintage 7.75 x

9.75 double-sided program cover from the 1957 Elvis Presley photo folio, signed on both sides in blue ballpoint. Smoothed overall creases and some mild staining to the forehead and nose areas on one side, otherwise fine condition. A wonderful uninscribed example with a pair of bold signatures. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Roger Epperson/ REAL. Starting Bid $300

Stones rock Sheffield City Hall in 1963 693. Rolling Stones. Exceptionally rare program for a Rolling Stones performance at the City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, on November 13, 1963, four pages, 7.5 x 10, signed inside in blue ink, “Mick Jagger,” “Keith Richards,” “Bill Wyman,” “Brian Jones,” and “Charlie Watts, xxx.” Other scheduled performers include: The Four Plus One, Vance Arnold and the Avengers, Johnny Tempest and the Cadillacs, and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. In very good condition, with three horizontal folds. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in full: “In Nov. 1963 I was a 19 year old & I used to help Geoff & Peter Stringfellow on club nights. They had three clubs in Sheffield at this time....They then decided to put a pop concert on at the City Hall in Sheffield including Sheffield, Liverpool & Manchester groups with the Rolling Stones as the headline act. I stood at the back of the auditorium to watch the ‘Stones’ as they were my favourite act of the time. After the show I went back stage & asked if they would sign my programme which they did. Peter Stringfellow then asked myself & another lad if we would take the ‘Stones’ across the road to a restaurant called ‘The Roman Room’ for a meal. When we arrived the manager took one look at us & promptly claimed they were full. When I explained who they were, that they were the headline act from the City Hall, he relented and put us in a room to ourselves upstairs. Also included on the programme was Vance Arnold And The Avengers. Vance Arnold is nowadays better known under his real name, Joe Cocker.” An exceedingly early complete set of Stones signatures from right around the time they released their second hit single, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man.’ Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

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Fully signed ‘Still Life’ from the band’s 1981 American tour 694. Rolling Stones. Still Life album signed on the front cover

in blue felt tip by Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Keith Richards, and in black felt tip by Ronnie Wood. Framed and in fine condition. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from REAL and PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Fully signed 1964 Stones promo card 695. Rolling Stones. Uncommon promo card for the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, signed on the front in blue ballpoint by Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Brian Jones, and in red ballpoint by Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts. Reverse bears printed signatures of each member. In very good condition, with a central vertical fold and tape remnants to borders. This card features the same image used for the cover of the band’s self-titled debut EP—released by Decca in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album—as well as for the more commonly seen Decca-issued promo card bearing the Stones’ latest singles. A desirable fully signed example from their early years, bound for international stardom. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

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The earliest Who incarnation—The Detours 696. The Who. Extremely rare

set of vintage ballpoint signatures and inscriptions, “To Mary Anne, Best Wishes, The Detours, J. A. Entwistle,” “Pete Townshend,” and “Good Luck, Doug Sandom,” on an off-white 4 x 3.5 slip, and a vintage circa 1965 ballpoint signature, “Roger Daltrey,” on a blue 4.75 x 3 card. In overall very good condition, with toned tape remnants to trimmed edges of the Detours slip. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “During the early 1960’s I had a holiday job at the Tax office in Acton, West London. John Entwistle was also working there and he obtained the autographs of some of his band ‘The Detours’ and their road manager Doug Landon [sic].” Not long after being expelled from school for smoking, a 15-year-old Roger Daltrey joined his first rock band, The Detours, a skiffle cover group that played around the Greater London area. In 1961, he invited his former Acton County Grammar School classmate John Entwistle to join as the band’s bassist, and although he was already playing in the jazz band The Confederates, Entwistle accepted, bringing the band’s guitarist, Pete Townshend, along with him. Following the departure of two singers—Colin Dawson and Gabby Connolly—and drummer Doug Sandom, Daltrey assumed vocal duties and Keith Moon took over behind the kit. Upon the discovery of the act Johnny Devlin and the Detours, the group officially changed their name to The Who in February of 1964. Highlighted by the presence of Sandom and Entwistle’s addition of “The Detours,” this remarkable set of signatures represents The Who in one of their earliest formations—a rare and highly appealing lineup of British rock history. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

London Calling album signed by five of the Clash

697. The Clash. London Calling album signed on the front cover in gold ink by Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Tony Chimes, and in silver ink by Topper Headon. In fine condition. The record is included. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained in person. An appealing full set of the classic Clash lineup, enhanced furthermore by the addition of Chimes, the band’s original drummer. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200 198 | April 13, 2016 | contemporary music

698. Ronnie Wood. AMS signed “RW,”

one page, 8 x 11.75, November 18–19, 1996. An unpublished poem entitled “The Weather That Won’t Go Away,” in part: “The snow was falling and the fire was suppressed beneath the threatening cold chill coming in down the chimney…But the dampness squirms in to chill you so be sure to cover your shoulders while you sleep.” In fine condition. From the collection of Ronnie Wood. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

699. Ronnie Wood. Highly desirable original sketch of two men in uniform accomplished in graphite on a white 9 x 12 sheet, headed “Act I,” and signed in the lower right corner in pencil, “Ronnie Wood.” In fine condition. This sketch portrays two memebrs of the Royal Ballet in full costume at a dress rehearsal, and is part of Wood’s series the Tu-Tu Diaries. Intended to become part of an exhibition of full-scale paintings and pastel drawings, this series includes notable subjects including Tamara Rojo, Jonathan Cope, Carlos Acosta, and Darcey Bussell. An wonderful artistic piece by the acclaimed musician. From the collection of Ronnie Wood. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

700. The Ramones. Satin-finish

8 x 10 Radioactive publicity photo of The Ramones, signed in black felt tip by Joey, Johnny, Marky, and CJ Ramone. In fine condition, with overall wrinkling from prior mounting. Accompanied by letter of authenticity, signed in red felt tip by CJ Ramone. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

701. Beastie Boys. Satin-finish 10 x 8 Capitol Records publicity photo of the Beastie Boys sitting on a couch, signed in red felt tip by Ad Rock, MCA, and Mike D. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

One-of-a-kind candid signed during his 9-month jail stint 702. Tupac Shakur. Exceptionally rare color glossy

3.5 x 4.25 Polaroid photo of Tupac Shakur posing with his wife, signed and inscribed in the lower border in red ink, “Me & my wife Keisha (we are divorced now), 2 Lee Keep ya head up, 2pac,” with Shakur adding the date in black ink, “July 23, 1995.” In fine condition. Consignor notes that this photo was sent to a British fan who began corresponding with Shakur in August of 1995. Following his sexual assault conviction, Shakur was incarcerated in Dannemora for nine months before being released on October 12, 1995. Despite his detainment, he continued to stay busy—he married his longtime girlfriend Keisha Morris on April 4th, and his album Me Against the World became a bestseller, making him the first artist to have a number one album on the Billboard 200 while in prison. A remarkably intimate depiction of Shakur, who remains exceedingly rare in any format; this is the first signed photo of the influential rapper and actor we have ever offered. Please note: both PSA/DNA and Roger Epperson (REAL) have seen this item but, due to lack of exemplars, have not issued an official opinion. Starting Bid $500

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704. Broadway Composers

705. James Brown

706. Etta James

707. B. B. King

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709. Gladys Knight and the Pips

710. Richard Rodgers

712. AC/DC

713. Aerosmith

714. The Carpenters

716. The Cars

717. Eric Clapton

703. Louis Armstrong

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711. Screaminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jay Hawkins Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

715. Bow Wow Wow Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

718. Eric Clapton Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

719. Cream

720. Deep Purple

722. Duran Duran

723. Dave Edmunds

724. The Everly Brothers

726. Guns Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roses: Slash

727. The Hollies

728. Elton John Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

730. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page

731. Little Richard

732. Little Richard

733. Lynyrd Skynyrd

Starting Bid $200

721. Doobie Brothers Starting Bid $200

725. Genesis

Starting Bid $200

729. KISS

Starting Bid $200

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734. Moody Blues Starting Bid $200

738. Rush

Starting Bid $200

742. Supertramp Starting Bid $200

735. Rick Nelson Starting Bid $200

736. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters

737. Ramones

739. Grace Slick

740. Grace Slick

741. Stone Temple Pilots: Scott Weiland

Starting Bid $200

743. Van Halen Starting Bid $200

746. Yes

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

744. Van Halen Starting Bid $200

747. Michael Jackson Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

745. Gene Vincent Starting Bid $200

749. Sonny and Cher Starting Bid $200

classic entertainment 750. Actors and Actresses. Collection of ninety unsigned vintage candid photos of various celebrities, measuring from 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 5.5, showing them at various events, traveling, or simply in the street, with subjects including: Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra (2), Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Newman (5), Robert Redford (2), Barbra Streisand, Ingrid Bergman (2), Joan Crawford, Catherine Deneuve, Joanne Woodward, Kim Novak (2), Goldie Hawn, Betty Hutton, Ann Sothern, Louis Jourdan, and dozens of others. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

7 5 3 . P. T. Barnum. Ink

751. Josephine Baker.

Chic vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Baker in a fulllength pose, nicely signed in fountain pen. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

signature, “Never forget ‘Jumbo’ the great elephant— the largest beast now known on the the face of the earth. April 26th, 1882, P. T. Barnum,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. Ink notation below in another hand indicates his age at the time of signing. In fine condition. Barnum purchased Jumbo, the largest elephant in captivity, from the London Zoo in 1882 and turned him into an instant international superstar. After making his American debut at Madison Square Garden just weeks before Barnum signed this card, he remained one of the greatest attractions in the famous touring circus until his tragic death in a railway accident in 1885. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

752. Anne Bancroft.

Circa 1955 vintage glossy 8 x 10 Columbia Pictures publicity photo of the enchanting Bancroft, signed and inscribed in black ink, “My very best to you always Kenny, Anne Bancroft.” In fine condition, with a crease to upper left corner. An exceptionally early and attractive image of the versatile leading lady. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

754. Lon Chaney, Jr. Vintage

matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of a frightened Lon Chaney, Jr., from the 1942 crime-drama Eyes of the Underground, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “‘Tough aint He Chas,’ Lon Chaney.” Professionally cleaned, discreet repairs to two surface cracks near the left edge, and skillfully re-backed to restore missing left and bottom edges, otherwise fine condition. The resulting photo displays beautifully, perfectly capturing Chaney against a backdrop of eerily menacing shadows. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Expansive collection: from Grace Kelly to Groucho Marx, Neil Armstrong to Norman Rockwell, and six of the seven principal Wizard of Oz characters 755. Autograph Collection. Enormous collection consisting primarily of signatures (cards, album pages, FDCs, etc), plus various signed photos, magazines, programs, and other formats, mostly entertainers (with many Academy Award winners) but also assorted other fields, contained in 40 binders. Fourteen of the binders are dedicated to mostly multi-signed modern opera programs, and include names such as Pavarotti, Domingo, Sills, and many more. Overall there are more than roughly 5000 individual signers combined in the collection. Some of the highlighted signatures include: Bud Abbott, Evelyn Ankers, Jean Arthur, Fred Astaire, Gene Autry, Lucille Ball, Tallulah Bankhead, John Banner, Theda Bara, Ethel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Ray Bolger, Nadia Boulanger, Charles Boyer, Pappy Boyington, Johnny Mack Brown, Billie Burke, George Burns and Gracie Allen, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Feodor Chaliapin, Hillary Clinton, Ronald Colman, Aaron Copland, Alfred Cortot, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Cecil B. deMille, Marie Dressler, Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower (napkin), Pete Everest, Barry Fitzgerald, John Ford, Ava Gardner, John Garfield, Ira Gershwin, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Sydney Greenstreet, Jack Haley, Philippe Halsman, Margaret Hamilton, William S. Hart, Susan Hayward, Rita Hayworth, Jascha Heifitz, Katharine Hepburn, Ed Hillary, Al Hirschfeld, William Holden, Bob Hope, Vladimir Horowitz, Leslie Howard, Lady Bird Johnson, Al Jolson, Jennifer Jones, Yousuf Karsh, Grace Kelly (as “Grace de Monaco”), Stephen King, Alan Ladd, Bert Lahr, Hedy Lamarr, Carole Landis, Charles Laughton, Oscar Levant, Harold Lloyd, Peter Lorre, Douglas MacArthur, Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay, Groucho Marx, Pietro Mascagni, Spanky McFarland, Ron McNair, Ed Mitchell, Maria Montez, Clayton Moore, Frank Morgan, Ramon Novarro, Sanda Day O’Connor, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Ignace J. Paderewski, Linus Pauling, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Pickfrod, William Powell, Vincent Price, Prince Rainier, Basil Rathbone, Alan Reed, James Whitcomb Riley, Paul Robeson, Bill Robinson, Norman Rockwell, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Irene Ryan, Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk, Charles Schulz, Norman Schwarzkopf, James Stewart, Igor Stravinsky, Gloria Swanson, Jack Swigert and Gene Cernan, Shirley Temple, Sidney Toler, Clyde W. Tombaugh, Arturo Toscanini, Harry S. Truman (taped over), Donald Trump, Lana Turner, Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Veidt, Lupe Velez, Erich von Stroheim, Johnny Weissmuller, Mae West, John Greenleaf Whittier, Anna May Wong, Alexander Woolcott, Fay Wray, Chuck Yeager, and Gig Young. Photos, programs, and letters of note include: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Yul Brynner, Jimmy Carter, Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert, Frank Hawks, Sonja Henie, Richmond P. Hobson, Herbert Hoover, Boris Karloff (and others, on an Olympiad program), Marcel Marceau, Merle Oberon, Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Temple, Paul Tibbets, William Westmoreland, and Wendell Willkie. In overall very good to fine condition. Due to the large quantity a few secretarial and/or printed signatures may be included. Interested parties are encouraged to view the collection in person at our offices or call us with specific inquiries, as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted. Starting Bid $2500

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756. James Dean. Sought-after vintage fountain pen signature,

“James Dean,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip bearing a collector’s date notation of 1955. Affixed to a same-size card. In very good condition, with toned adhesive residue and staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

758. Entertainers, Athletes, and More. Diverse collection of one

hundred books, almost all hardcover, each signed by the associated celebrity or author, including: Buzz Aldrin, Julius Erving, Mike Farrell, Al Franken, Louis Gossett Jr, Helen Hayes and Anita Loos, Janis Ian, Phil Jackson, Tommy James, Magic Johnson, Sebastian Junger, Kitty Kelley, Caroline Kennedy, Ed Koch, Shirley MacLaine, Gino Marchetti, Tim McCarver, George McGovern, Zubin Mehta, Helen Mirren, T. Boone Pickens, George Raft, Carl Reiner, Bobby Richardson, Tom Ridge, Cokie Roberts, Karl Rove, Marco Rubio, Sissy Spacek, Peter Ustinov, Jesse Ventura, Robert Wagner, Eli Wallach, John Waters, Mookie Wilson, and Al Worden. In overall fine condition. A complete list is available online at RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $200

757.

Entertainers.

Interesting collection of an autograph album and photo album: a hardcover autograph book labeled “1974–1984,” signed inside by over 130 notable figures, including: Sean Connery, Sammy Davis, Jr., Alan Hale, George C. Scott, Ray Bolger, Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Glen Campbell, Buddy Ebsen, Bob Newhart, Fred Williamson, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Scatman Crothers, Don Knotts, Martin Sheen, Telly Savalas, Leslie Nielsen, Don Newcombe, Bill Buckner, Tommy John, Tom Harmon, Bill Sharman, Jerry West, and Happy Hairston. Second is a photo album containing thirty signed candid Polaroid photos from a golf course, including: Clint Eastwood, Dinah Shore, Fred MacMurray, Ernest Borgnine, and others. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200 206 | April 13, 2016 | classic entertainment

759. Eric Fleming.

American actor (1925–1966), best known as the trail boss Gil Favor on the popular TV series Rawhide, who drowned at the age of 42 while filming a television pilot in Peru. Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Fleming as Gil Favor, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my dear friend Cathy, Yours ever—Eric Fleming, ‘Gil.’” In fine condition, with creasing and adhesive remnants to corners, and the inscription corrected in another hand. Consignor notes that the recipient of this photo was Cathy Crawford, daughter of Joan Crawford. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

760. Greta Garbo. DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, October 29, 1929. US Department of Labor Immigration Services form #39 for an application to extend the duration of an initial nine-month temporary stay. The form lists the 24-year-old Garbo’s residence abroad, “Artillerigaten 10 Stockholm,” her US residence, “1027 Chevy Chase Drive, Beverly Hills,” her US employer, “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation,” her business engaged in the United States, “Acting in motion pictures, in and about Los Angeles, California, and Locations sent to by employer,” and her monthly income of $16,000. Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Garbo. Housed in a custom-made clamshell presentation case. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

762. Rita Hayworth. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hayworth in a stunning strapless dress, propping herself upon a sheet-covered dais, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Milton T. Moore, Jr., Best Wishes, Rita Hayworth.” In fine condition, with slight scattered creasing. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce 1945 inscribed portrait from Presenting Lily Mars 761. Judy Garland. Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5 photo of Garland as she appeared in the 1943 film Presenting Lily Mars, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Joey—Sincerely, Judy Garland.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and rippling from one-time moisture exposure. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked January 29, 1945. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Glowing oversized Harlow portrait 763. Jean Harlow. Dazzling vintage

matte-finish 9 x 11.5 portrait of the stunning actress in a seated pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Wally—a grand person—and one I’m very grateful to for his help which he gave me when we worked together—Very affectionately, your Jean.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, light creases to the background, and a small edge tear. A simply beautiful example in an ideal format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

764. Audrey Hepburn. Glossy 8 x 10

photo of Hepburn as Regina Lampert from the 1963 film Charade, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Barbara, thank you, Audrey Hepburn.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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765. Audrey Hepburn.

Glossy 9.75 x 8 photo of Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle from the 1964 film My Fair Lady, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a short tear to bottom edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Monroe officially cuts ties with her former business partner and photographer Milton Greene

766. Marilyn Monroe. DS, one page

both sides, 8.5 x 13.5, February 26, 1958. General release of Milton H. Greene from Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York for and in consideration of the sum of One dollars ($1.00).â&#x20AC;? Signed at the conclusion in blue ink by Monroe as president, and countersigned on the reverse by a notary public. In fine condition, with expected document wear. In 1955, eager to take control of her own career and embroiled in legal matters with Fox, Marilyn Monroe and photographer Milton Greene formed an independent film company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). The smashing success of The Seven Year Itch earned Monroe and her company a new measure of clout and respectability, giving them the opportunity to work on Bus Stop and produce The Prince and the Showgirl from start to finish. Personal and professional ties between Monroe and Greene began to deteriorate in the summer of 1956, however, when Arthur Miller accused Greene of undermining his wife in order to further his own financial interests. In the spring of 1957, after refusing a $500,000 buyout offer for his minority interest, Greene sold his stock for $100,000, ending their relationship. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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768. Alfred Hitchcock. Original signed felt tip self-portrait sketch of his immediately recognizable profile on an off-white 3 x 5 card, signed below, “Alfred J. Hitchcock.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200 767. Alfred Hitchcock. FDC, 6.5 x 3.75, with a cachet depicting postal covers circumventing the globe, postmarked May 27, 1975, signed in black felt tip, “Alfred J. Hitchcock.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Plan 9 from Outer Space— a rare complete lobby card set

769. Plan 9 From Outer Space. Scarce and sought-after complete set of eight 14 x 11 lobby cards for Plan 9 from Outer Space (DCA, 1958). Each is professionally framed for attractive display. In overall fine condition, with light scattered creases and soiling.

Under the direction of pulp icon Ed Wood, the science-fiction thriller stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, Vampira, and Bela Lugosi in what has been famously called the ‘worst movie ever made.’ It has attained a legendary status in cinematic pop culture and original material is increasingly desirable. Seldom offered as a full set, this is a spectacular assemblage of lobby cards from the sci-fi cult classic. Starting Bid $200

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770. George Hurrell. Beautiful limited edition matte-finish 15.75 x 19.75 gelatin silver photo of Greta Garbo by George Hurrell, numbered 212/250, signed in the lower border in black ink by the photographer, “Hurrell.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 24.5 x 30.5. In fine condition. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

773. Will Sampson. Sought-

after glossy 10 x 8 United Artists publicity photo of Randle McMurphy and Chief Bromden chewing gum together, signed and inscribed in black b a l l p o i n t , “ To Fred, Thank you, Will Samson, ‘82.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

771. Warner Oland. Uncommon vintage matte-finish 5 x 9.75 photo of Oland as Charlie Chan, signed and inscribed in bold fountain pen, “To Bernice Nelson—Sincerely— Warner Oland.” Also bears a red stamped Chinese chop block signature where he added “C. C.,” signifying his character ‘Charlie Chan.’ In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

772. Playboy. Com-

plete first issue of Playboy magazine, Volume I, No. 1, released in December 1953, 42 pages with third page numbered, 8.5 x 11, featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover. This variation of the first issue lacks a page number on the third page. When magazines that did not sell on the news stand were sent back to the distributor, the cover was torn to indicate it as a “distributor’s return”; this copy has the masthead torn off in this manner. In very good condition, with aforementioned missing upper portion of cover. This is not only the first issue of Playboy ever produced, but also contains a pair of classic images of an American icon—Marilyn Monroe graces both the front cover and full-color nude inside. A sought-after edition of this American classic. Starting Bid $200

774. John Sturges. Not-

ed film director (1910–1992) of such classics as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape. Glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Sturges, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Fred Bohman, best wishes, John Sturges, Hollywood 1985.” In fine condition, with flecks of emulsion loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

775. Orson Welles. Glossy

10.25 x 8 photo of Welles as Charles Foster Kane from the 1941 classic Citizen Kane, signed in black ink, “All best, Orson Welles.” Reverse bears a photography credit stamp. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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776. Actors

777. Actors and Actresses

Starting Bid $200

779. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

780. Ingrid Bergman Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

783. Buster Crabbe Starting Bid $200

786. Easy Rider Starting Bid $200

787. Errol Flynn Starting Bid $200

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778. Actresses Starting Bid $200

781. Bewitched

782. Diana Dors

784. Clint Eastwood

785. Clint Eastwood

788. Ava Gardner

789. D. W. Griffith

Starting Bid $200

790. Theo Hardeen

791. Katharine Hepburn

792. Claudia Jennings

793. Grace Kelly

794. Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier

795. Stanley Kubrick

796. Laurel and Hardy

797. Peter Lawford

798. Vivien Leigh

799. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

800. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis

801. Peter Lorre and Albert Dekker

803. Gummo Marx

804. Paul Newman

805. Peter Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Toole

Starting Bid $200

802. Groucho Marx Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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806. Basil Rathbone

807. Robert Redford

808. Robert Redford

809. S. Z. Sakall

810. Robert Shaw

811. Spartacus

812. Star Trek: Shatner and Nimoy

813. Three Stooges: Moe Howard

816. Robin Williams Starting Bid $200

817. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

820. Fay Wray

821. Darryl F. Zanuck

Starting Bid $200

814. Welcome Back Cotter Starting Bid $200

818. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

815. Orson Welles Starting Bid $200

819. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

sports Scores of Hall of Fame old-timers, including Foxx, Dean, DiMaggio, and the Waner brothers

823. Baseball. Booklet entitled ‘Old Timer’s Baseball Photo Album,’ published in 1961 by JKW Sports Publications, 47 pages, 8.5 x 11, signed throughout in ink by over eighty ballplayers, including: Max Carey, Joe Cronin, Dizzy Dean, Bill Dickey, Dom DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Frank Frisch, Lefty Gomez, Hank Greenberg, Burleigh Grimes, Lefty Grove, Jesse Haines, Gabby Hartnett, Harry Hooper, Waite Hoyt, Carl Hubbell, Travis Jackson, George L. Kelly, Ralph Kiner, Ernie Lombardi, Joe Medwick, Lefty O’Doul, Satchel Paige, Red Rolfe, Red Ruffing, Ray Schalk, George Sisler, Casey Stengel, Bucky Walters, Lloyd Waner, Paul Waner, and Zack Wheat. In fine condition, with covers reinforced. A complete list is available online at RRAuction. com. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

824. Baseball: 500 Home Run Club. Collection of twenty-three baseballs, mostly official Rawlings Major League baseballs, each signed in ballpoint by a member of the 500 Home Run Club, including: Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Eddie Mathews, Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Mike Schmidt, Albert Pujols, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez (2), Ken Griffey, Jr., Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa, Eddie Murray, and Frank Thomas. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered toning to some baseballs. Starting Bid $200

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Over 700 baseballs from a Fenway worker’s collection— Williams, Yaz, Pedro, Nomar, and other Red Sox legends galore 825. Baseball Collection. Massive collection of over seven hundred signed baseballs from the collection of Bob Rigby, the longtime ‘Suites Captain’ at Fenway Park who oversaw food deliveries to the stadium’s private suites. Most of the signatures were thus obtained in person and a good amount of the baseballs are game used. A vast array of Red Sox players are represented—from Hall of Famers to the extremely obscure—as are a number of greats from other teams, and a smattering of other athletes, actors, and broadcasters. Singe-signed baseballs from Red Sox greats include: Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski (2), Pedro Martinez (2), David Ortiz (5), Dustin Pedroia (7), Fred Lynn (7), Jason Varitek (12), Manny Ramirez (2), Roger Clemens (3), Nomar Garciaparra (8), Jim Rice, Jon Lester (5), Bob Doerr, Curt Schilling (2), Jonathan Papelbon (5), Dom DiMaggio (2), Dwight Evans, Adrian Beltre (2), Johnny Damon (19), Johnny Pesky (4), and many more. Other single-signed greats and Hall of Famers include: Hank Aaron, View all baseballs online at www.RRAuction.com Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Frank Thomas (3), George Brett, Goose Gossage (3), Enos Slaughter, Hoyt Wilhelm, Joe Morgan, John Smoltz, Johnny Bench, Lou Brock, Stan Musial (2), Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Phil Niekro, Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton, Wade Boggs, Roy Halladay (3), and Miguel Cabrera. Some of the multi-signed examples include: Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra; 1987 Red Sox team including Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Dwight Evans, and others; Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Ted Lepcio, Walt Dropo, and others; Bob Doerr, Johnny Pesky, and Charlie Wagner; Carlton Fisk, Bruce Hurst, and Bill Campbell; Clay Buchholz and Hideki Okajima; Kevin Youkilis and Doug Mientkiewicz; Carl Yastrzemski (2), Mike Andrews, Curt Flood, Dalton Jones, Dick Williams, John Wyatt, Jose Santiago, and Ken Coleman; Carl Yastrzemski, Rico Petrocelli, Lee Stange, and Gary Bell; Jason Varitek, Mike Timlin, Keith Foulke, and DeMarlo Hale; Pedro Martinez, Jimy Williams, John Cumberland, Joe Castiglione, and Jerry Trupiano; NY Yankees including Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jeff Nelson, and Alex Johnson; and Ted Williams, Rick Ferrell, Johnny Pesky, Bill Monbouquette, Billy Goodman, Frank Malzone, Bob Doerr, and others (many signatures quite faded). Some of the non-sport autographs include writer Stephen King, actor Matt Damon, actor Jimmy Fallon, actor Kevin Costner, and several Boston–area broadcasters. In overall very good to fine condition. A complete list is available online at RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $1000

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Ideal signed photo of Jones at Augusta 826. Bobby Jones. Matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Jones relaxing on a bench and wearing his traditional sweater vest, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Bob Heller, with best wishes, Bobby Jones.” In fine condition, with moderate vertical creasing to left side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

827. Mantle, DiMaggio, Mays, Snider.

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Duke S n i d e r, J o e DiMaggio, Willie Mays, and Mickey Mantle posing in their respective uniforms, each signing in various ink types. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

828. Paavo Nurmi. Finnish long-

distance runner (1897–1973) who won ten Olympic medals—including seven gold—and held the world record for the mile from 1923 to 1931. Scarce ballpoint signature, “Paavo Nurmi,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring his legendary running career. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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829. NY Yankees: 1961. Program for an event sponsored by the Bankers Trust Company at the Hotel Astor on April 10, 1961, two pages, signed inside in blue ballpoint by more than 35 members of the 1961 New York Yankees team, including: Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Elston Howard, Johnny Sain, Johnny Blanchard, Lee Thomas, Ralph Houk, Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson, Ryne Duren, Luis Arroyo, Clete Boyer, Ralph Terry, Jim Coates, Hector Lopez, Jack Reed, Bob Stafford, Bob Turley, Art Ditmar, Duke Maas, Jime Hegan, Danny McDevitt, Mel Allen, and others. In fine condition. A desirable combination of Mantle and Maris from the beginning of their iconic 1961 season. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

833. Jesse Owens.

830. Olympics: 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Participation medal issued for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 60 gm, by Malcolm Grear Designers. The front features the Atlanta Games emblem under raised text, “Games of the XXVI Olympiad”; the reverse bears a quilt of leaves and the raised text, “Centennial Olympic Games.” Complete with its original velvet pouch and green box. Starting Bid $200

831. Olympics: 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Participation medal issued for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Bronze, 55 mm, 122 gm. The front features the Beijing Games logo over the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium, with raised Chinese and English text along the top; the reverse bears five Fuwa mascots over gusts of wind and engraved Chinese and English text, “One World One Dream.” Complete with its original red presentation case. Starting Bid $200

Choice ballpoint signature, “Jesse Owens,” on an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page handembellished with a calligraphic title and postage stamp honoring his performance at the 1936 Olympics. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

834. Honus Wagner. Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 full-length photo of Wagner in uniform, posing on the field, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Julia…J. Honus Wagner, Pirates, 1941.” Mounted and framed. In very good condition, with clipped corners, and reduced ink flow to portions of the signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

832. Herb Pennock. Hall of Fame pitcher (1894–1948) who threw thirty-five shutouts, best known for his time with the powerhouse New York Yankees teams of the 1920s and early 1930s. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 7.25, Philadelphia Phillies letterhead, November 12, 1946. Letter to J. Robert James. In part: “Nothing would please me more than to have lunch with you some day at your convenience. Most any time would suit me. I would like very much to meet you and I could learn more about Walt Savery.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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835. Baseball MVPs Starting Bid $200

836. Baseball: 20 Game Winners

839. Billy Evans

840. Curt Flood

842. Joe Frazier

843. Wayne Gretzky

Starting Bid $200

846. Jake LaMotta and Peter Latzo Starting Bid $200

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846

837. Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson Starting Bid $200

838. Joe DiMaggio Starting Bid $200

841. Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra Starting Bid $200

844. Houston Astros: 1967 Starting Bid $200

845. Kansas City Chiefs: 1969

847. Meadowlark Lemon

848. Sugar Ray Leonard

Starting Bid $200

849. Mickey Mantle Starting Bid $200

850. Mickey Mantle

852. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays

854. Roger Maris Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

855. Willie Mays Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

853. Mantle, Mays, and Snider

Starting Bid $200

858. NY Yankees

851. Mantle, DiMaggio, and Williams

Starting Bid $200

859. Pie Traynor Starting Bid $200

856. Jack Nicklaus Starting Bid $200

857. NY Mets: 1986 Starting Bid $200

860. Mike Tyson Starting Bid $200

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Conditions of Sale ANYONE EITHER REGISTERING TO BID OR PLACING A BID (“BIDDER”) ACCEPTS THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND ENTERS INTO A LEGALLY, BINDING, ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT WITH R&R AUCTION COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC (“RR AUCTION,” TOGETHER WITH BIDDER, THE “PARTIES”). The following terms and conditions (“Conditions of Sale”) constitute the sole terms and conditions under which RR Auction will offer for sale and sell the property described in the catalog of items for auction (the “Catalog”). These Conditions of Sale constitute a binding agreement between the Parties with respect to the auction in which Bidder participates (the “Auction”). By bidding at the Auction, whether in person, through an agent or representative, by telephone, facsimile, online, absentee bid, or by any other form of bid or by any other means, Bidder acknowledges the thorough reading and understanding of all of these Conditions of Sale, all descriptions of items in the Catalog, and all matters incorporated herein by reference, and agrees to be fully bound thereby. This acknowledgement is a material term of these Conditions of Sale and of the consideration under which RR Auction agrees to these terms. RR Auction and Auction: This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction.com Internet site (“RRauction.com”). The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Conditions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog. Bidder: Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal. The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale. Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder. All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be

awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction. If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid. By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. Credit: In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established credit with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collectibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to contact references. Credit will be granted at the discretion of RR Auction. Additionally Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide their social security number, or the last four digits thereof, so a credit check may be performed prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related industry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue. Buyer’s Premium: The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 22.5% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed Auctions (the “Buyer’s Timed Premium”), and a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on live Auctions (the “Buyer’s Live Premium,” together with the Buyer’s Timed Premium, the “Buyer’s Premium”). For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is later. All purchases delivered to Massachusetts are subject to applicable Massachusetts sales tax unless the purchaser possesses a Massachusetts sales tax exemption number. Bidding: Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s), rather than the strict reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS OF VALUATION CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES. RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a re-offering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake.

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Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Payment: Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than thirty (30) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. All sales are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements. All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10)

calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. If RR Auction refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the “Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges: Bidder is liable for shipping and handling. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. Title: Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper.

Rights Reserved: RR Auction reserves the right to withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone. Conducting the Auction: RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auction’s record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. Reserves: Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. Off-Site Bidding: Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form. RR Auction’s Remedies: Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under sub-part (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the

property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any property in RR Auction’s possession owned by such Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Warranties: RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold “as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices. Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly.

All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “Certification of Authenticity”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The Certification of Authenticity inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the Certification of Authenticity, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. The Certification of Authenticity is valid from date of the Auction in which Bidder was awarded the lot (the “Auction Date”) until five (5) years after the Auction Date, without exception. FIREARMS. RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm. Limitation of Damages: In the event that RR Auction is prevented for any reason from delivering any property to Bidder, or Bidder is otherwise dissatisfied with the performance of RR Auction, the liability, if any, of RR Auction, shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the amount actually paid for the property by Bidder. In no event shall RR Auction be liable for incidental, special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of profits, value of investment or opportunity cost. Unauthorized Statements: Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Bidder’s Remedies: Under no circumstance will RR Auction incur liability to a Bidder in excess of the purchase price actually paid. This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder in conformity with the Warranties and Limitation of Damages provisions of these Conditions of Sale, and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available

to Bidder by law. The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, in the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction shall make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner. If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.

Headings: Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages. The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-ac-

tions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.

in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.

The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties’ agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction.

Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.

CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, nonincremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result

Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/ EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid

will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.

phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www. liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector. com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the

Glossary of Condition terms For decades, RR Auction has led the industry in providing an accurate and detailed condition statement for each item that we sell. Starting in 2016 we’ve decided to take a fresh approach to describing each item’s condition. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration. VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important. Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.

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Our auctions continually command the attention of serious collectors and consignors around the world. We have a 40-year history of record-breaking results, with more records still to be broken.

If you are ready to sell and looking for a company that cares about your items as much as you do, call us. Please contact the auction director, Elizebeth, at (603) 732-4280, or via mail at Elizebeth.Otto@RRAuction.com.

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Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make historyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;together For over 35 years, relationships have been the backbone of RR Auction. We have made it a priority to keep our consignors informed and involved, encouraging them to share their voices, to instill their knowledge, and to forge a partnership based on our shared passion for history. With a mutual desire to achieve greatness, these relationships are at the heart of our success.

This September we will be holding our third Remarkable Rarities auction, featuring the most treasured names and cornerstone pieces for all devoted collectors. If you are ready to sell and looking for a company that cares about your items as much as you do, call us. Please contact the auction's director, Tricia Eaton, at (603) 732-4280, or via email at Tricia@RRAuction.com.