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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*
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ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL
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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
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
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
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
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CONTENTS
Presidents and First Ladies.................................................................................4 Notables.......................................................................................................... 111 Military.............................................................................................................151 Aviation............................................................................................................157 Space..............................................................................................................160 Art, Architecture, and Design...........................................................................165 Comic Art and Animation ................................................................................176 Literature.........................................................................................................179 Music...............................................................................................................203 Classic Entertainment.....................................................................................222 Sports..............................................................................................................240 Olympics .........................................................................................................244 Conditions of Sale...........................................................................................266
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Stunning 1792 autograph letter as president to the Dean of St. Asaph 1. George Washington. ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.5 x 9, October 20, 1792. Letter to “The Rev’d Doct’r Shipley,” William Davies Shipley, in full: “I have been honored with your polite letter of the 23d of May, together with the works of your late Right Reverend father, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, which accompanied it. For the character & sentiments of that venerable & amiable Divine, while living, I entertained the most perfect esteem; and have a sincere respect for his memory, now he is no more.—My best thanks are due to you for his works, and the mark of your attention in sending them to me,—and especially for the flattering expressions respecting myself, which are contained in your letter.” Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with light stains to the edges and corners; aside from the spotted staining to the borders, this is a remarkably clean and well-preserved letter. A beautiful, crisply penned and heartfelt letter from the sitting president to William Davies Shipley, the son of Jonathan Shipley, who had been Bishop of St. Asaph from 1769 until his death in December 1788. The elder Shipley had grown popular in the colonies thanks to his vigorous opposition as a member of the House of Lords against King George III’s punitive measures against Boston following the Tea Party in 1774. In the rebellion’s aftermath, Jonathan Shipley maintained close friendships with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, and officiated the wedding of the Adams’ eldest daughter in 1786. William had been convicted of seditious libel in 1784 for publishing a pamphlet advocating for political reforms, though his punishment was thrown out by the judge in the legal cause celebre which became known as ‘the Case of the Dean of St. Asaph.’ In transmitting his father’s newly published works to the American president, William Shipley wrote of the ‘high Esteem & Veneration’ his father held for Washington’s character, which ‘added to the near Relation which much of the Contents [of his work] bears to that glorious Cause which had ever his warmest Wishes, And which he lived to see so nobly vindicated (principally thro’ your Exertions).’ Washington clearly appreciated the gesture—he replied with this thoughtful note, and the two-volume set of Shipley’s Works remained in his personal library at the time of his death. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Washington announces a reward for the return of runaway slaves, just hours after the Battles of Lexington and Concord
2. George Washington. Extraordinary Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “Go: 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. Oversized. 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 brick-maker. 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 6 | February 7, 2018 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
Superlative Revolutionary War discharge for an early patriot 3. George Wa s h i n g t o n .
Revolutionary War–dated partlyprinted DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 13.75, June 7, 1783. Continental Army military discharge headed “By His Excellency George Washington, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.” In part: “These are to certify that the Bearer hereof Rich’d Cottrill Private in the Second N. York Regiment, having faithfully served the United States six years and six months, and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by General Washington, and countersigned below by Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. The lower portion of the document recognizes Cottrill’s six years of service with the “Badge of Merit,” and is endorsed by his commander Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. On the reverse is a statement noting that the certificate “shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace,” and that he is to be considered on furlough until that time. In fine condition, with just a bit of light toning along the intersecting folds, rough edges, and show-through from print to opposing sides; this specimen is far more well-preserved than usual documents of this type, and it boasts an ideal example of Washington’s signature. As commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, General Washington took it upon himself to organize and train his soldiers. By war’s end, this highly disciplined and hands-on approach carried over into Washington insisting on signing every discharge certificate personally. The 2nd New York Regiment was raised on May 25, 1775, in New York City for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. After joining the regiment, Richard Cottrill ostensibly saw action at the Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed in June 1783 at Newburgh, New York, and disbanded on November 15, 1783. Dating to the end of the Revolutionary War and featuring a bold signature of the nation’s first commander-in-chief, this is an immensely desirable discharge for one of America’s veteran patriots. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“My Countrymen I fear do not sufficiently attend to Greek & Latin” 4. John Adams. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, February 22, 1799. Letter to Dutch radical leader and Mennonite minister Francois Adriaan Van der Kemp in New York, in full: “I have just received your favour of the 20th of January: and am sensibly touched with the Remembrance of our learned & ingenious Friend whom I saw at the Red Lyon in Leyden. I thank you for his poems. Whether you will find Purchasers for the Edition of his juvenile Poems you meditate I cannot say.—My Countrymen I fear do not sufficiently attend to Greek & Latin after they leave Colledge—perhaps not there.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with slight splitting along intersecting folds.
After leading the Dutch Patriot movement throughout the 1780s, Van der Kemp emigrated to New York in 1788. He maintained an extensive correspondence and friendship with Adams throughout the 1780s and 1790s, and was well-known by the likes of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and Hamilton. With his January 20th letter to Adams, Van der Kemp sent some of the works of the classical scholar Laurens van Santen, who passed away in 1798. Adams had been introduced to van Santen at the Golden Lion Hotel in Leiden in 1781, where they conversed on the merits of ancient Greek statesman and orator Demosthenes. At that time, Adams was serving as the ambassador to the Dutch Republic, where he laid an enduring foundation for Dutch-American friendship by securing official recognition of the United States in 1782; the Netherlands became the second country in the world, after France, to recognize America’s independence. A wonderful letter from Adams’s presidency connected to his intellectual curiosity and his important early days as a diplomat. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Jefferson pays for wine delivered to Monticello in 1826
5. Thomas Jefferson. ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, April 18, 1826. Letter written from Monticello, in full: “I received yesterday your favor of the 8th inst and this day desire Colo. Bernard Peyton, my correspondent in Richmond to remit to you for messrs Dodge and Oxnard, on my account the sum of 124d.61c as stated in your letter, which I hope will get safely and speedily to hand. I salute you with great esteem and respect.” Handsomely double-matted and framed with a plaque and engraved portrait to an overall size of 24.5 x 29. In fine condition, with light rippling, and a hint of a possible repair to the central horizontal fold. A letter from Jefferson to Bernard Peyton of the same date, recorded in the Jefferson Papers, notes that this payment was for ‘the amount of my last supply of wines Etc. from Messrs Dodge and Oxnard of Marseilles.’ Bernard Peyton, a member of the famous Peyton family, was Jefferson’s young protege. Only twice did Jefferson ever solicit President Monroe for an office, and when Monroe turned down Bernard Peyton’s application for a position, Jefferson was deeply wounded. A fantastic, boldly penned letter by the founding father. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Thousand-acre land bounty for a veteran of the Continental Army’s Virginia Line
6. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Partly-printed DS, signed
“Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 12.75 x 15, March 28, 1807. A grant for a 1000-acre parcel of land, issued to John Flemming, “a Major for three years,” under the provisions of “An Act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment.” Signed at the conclusion by Jefferson and countersigned by Madison. Handsomely double-matted and framed with engraved portraits of both founders to an overall size of 35.25 x 23. In very good condition, with intersecting folds and moderate overall wrinkling; both signatures are light but legible. A desirable and attractively presented presidential combination with a direct relationship to the American Revolution. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Hand-addressed free frank to an American diplomat 7. Thomas Jefferson. Desirable full free frank, measuring
9.75 x 8 unfolded with a center panel of 5 x 3.5, boldly addressed in Jefferson’s hand to “George W. Erving esquire, at Colo. Bomford’s, Washington,” and franked in the upper left, “free, Th: Jefferson.” A docketing notation on the lower panel dates the cover to September 10, 1822. In fine condition in its folded state, with uniform toning and two vertical folds; unfolded, the frank displays blocks of toning, old mounting remnants along the bottom, and some seal-related paper loss to the lower edge. Accompanied by a color copy of the letter that this once contained, inviting Erving to visit him at Monticello. George Erving was a career American diplomat, and during Jefferson’s administration had served as US Consul in London and Charge d’Affaires in Madrid. Several months prior, Erving had generously donated his personal collection of commemorative Revolutionary War medals to the National Library. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Madison celebrates the centenary of Washington’s birth 8. James Madison. Third-person ALS signed “J.
Madison,” one page, 7.5 x 4.75, April 5, 1832. In full: “J. Madison with his best respects to Mr. Southard, thanks him for the copy of his ‘Centennial Address,’ which is very happy, both in the choice & the case of its matter, and will doubtless be generally read with the pleasure with which it appears to have been heard.” In fine condition. Samuel L. Southard, a prominent New Jersey statesman, had delivered an address in honor of the centenary of George Washington’s birth on February 22, 1832, which was subsequently published. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
President Madison writes to his former secretary of war 9. James Madison. ALS as president, one page, 7.75
x 9.75, November 1, 1813. Letter to former Secretary of War William Eustis, in full: “Will you permit me to enclose for your consideration a commission which may be recommended by the advantage of local conveniency? It will not be put on record untill your decision shall warrant, which it will be agreeable to receive as soon as it may be reasonably expected.” In fine condition, with archival repairs on the reverse to separation along the two horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Monroe recommends a Revolutionary War veteran to be “marshall for W. Tennessee” 10. James Monroe. ALS as president, one page,
7.75 x 5.75, October 20, 1819. Boldly penned letter to a gentleman, written from his Oak Hill plantation, in part: “I return to the dept., the communication lately received from Mr. Forsyth, with some other papers, on which I have made the notes which appeared to be proper. I lately sent the recommendations in favor of persons who were candidates for the office of marshall for W. Tennessee…I am inclined to think that Gen’l Purdy has the strongest claim.” The closing line refers to “the arrival of Mr. Adams,” a reference to John Quincy Adams, who was Secretary of State in Monroe’s cabinet. In fine condition. Robert Purdy, a veteran of the Revolution and War of 1812, was indeed appointed as marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, and confirmed by the Senate on October 22, 1819. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
11 . J a m e s Madison and James Monroe. Partly-
printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 14.75 x 8.25, November 30, 1811. President Madison grants John Cooke of Fairfield County, the “North East quarter of Section Number Twenty one, of Township Number Eight, in Range Number Fourteen of the unappropriated lands in the military district…directed to be sold at Chilicothe by the act of Congress.” Signed at the conclusion by President Madison, and countersigned by Secretary of State Monroe. Off-white seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Double-matted and framed with engravings of Madison and Monroe to an overall size of 22.5 x 27.25. In very good condition, with overall wrinkling, a hole to the center, and all writing (including Madison’s signature, but with the exception of Monroe’s) quite light but fully legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 13
12. James Monroe. ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page,
6.75 x 4, no date. Letter to “citizen Miolin,” in full: “I regret that I have none such here or should be very happy to send them. I will however most certainly have a stand prepared immediately & beg leave to present them to the convention—Health and fraternity.” In fine condition, with scattered light staining. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Monroe bearing a preprinted signature. A desirable, boldly penned letter. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
13. James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 8.5, April 13, 1819. President Monroe grants to Abraham Miller “the South East quarter of Section sixteen, in township seven, of range seven (Military district) of the Lands directed to be sold at Zanesville.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The President of the United States having, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed you Consul for the City and Kingdom of Tripoli, I have the honor to inclose your Commission”
14. James Monroe. LS as secretary of state, signed “Ja’s
Monroe,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, July 18, 1812. Letter to Richard R. Jones, in full: “The President of the United States having, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed you Consul for the City and Kingdom of Tripoli, I have the honor to inclose your Commission for that office. The instructions for your guide, in the execution of this trust, will be prepared and forwarded, on your signifying a readiness to proceed to your station. In very good condition, with toning, intersecting folds, paper loss along the hinge, and a diagonal tear beneath the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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15. James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Partly-
printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 11.25 x 14.5, March 1, 1823. Scallop-topped ship’s paper issued for the “Schooner Imperial of New York, James Gill master and commander…mounted with two guns navigated with eight men.” Signed at the conclusion by Monroe, and countersigned by Adams. White paper seal tattered and toned but still affixed to lower left corner. In very good condition, with heavy wrinkling and creasing, scattered toning and stains, intersecting storage folds (one passing through a single letter of Monroe’s signature), and several small holes. Despites its flaws, both signatures remain clear and essentially unaffected. On the date of this document, Monroe sent a message to the House of Representatives requesting information on what was being done to stop ‘an illegal blockade of the ports of the Spanish Main, and to depredations of privateers fitted out from Porto Rico and other Spanish islands on the commerce of the United States.’ Incidentally, the Imperial is mentioned in George Coggeshall’s 1852 book, Voyages to Various Parts of the World from 1799 till 1844. The vessel also is known to have participated in the Seminole Wars. An impressive early presidential pairing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
16. John Quincy Adams. Ink signature, “John Quincy Adams, Born 11. July 1767., At the foot of Penn’s hill, at Braintree, now Quincy,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip. Double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 9.75 x 12.75. In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The 79-year-old Adams reflects on faith and family 17. John Quincy Adams. Wonderful ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, September 25, 1846. Letter to
Reverend Alvan Lamson of Dedham, in full: “I return herewith the manuscript of the Rev’d Dr. Gilman, with many thanks to him and to you for the privilege of perusing it, and with further thanks to you, for the copy of your Convention Sermon, in vindication of the simplicity of the congregation form of worship. The Reminiscences of New England at the close of the eighteenth century were fraught with deep interest to me carrying back my memory to a still earlier period when the lady so kindly noticed and so truly described in this manuscript was the maiden daughter of my grandfather, the Rev’d William Smith, Pastor of the first congregational church in Weymouth, and I was a child in the 7th year of my age, sent out from Boston, in the spring of the year 1774 when that town was beleaguered by the Red-dressed grievances as they were called by the Rev’d Mather Byles, of General Gage, and committed to the charge of my grandfather and grandmother Smith—She was a daughter of Col. John Quincy whose name I bear and was a second mother to me, until her death—My aunt Betsey was the youngest of three daughters, one of them was the wife of Richard Cranch Esq’r and the other was my mother. Ten years later, in 1785, my aunt Betsey had become the wife of the Rev’d John Shaw of Haverhill with whom I studied and resided from August 1785 to March 1786 previous to entering Harvard University and during that time experienced again from her all the kindness and tenderness of a mother. Nearly ten years after this in the winter of 1796 Rev’d Shaw died, and towards the close of the century she married the Rev’d Peabody of Atkinson and there Dr. Gilman first became acquainted with her in the manner related in his affecting narrative. And there I believe at the same time two of my sons, then students at the Academy of Atkinson now no more, were enjoying the same angelic kind of maternal affection and benevolence which had been extended to their father thirty years before. I never saw Mrs. Peabody at her house in Atkinson, and had but a light and transient personal acquaintance with Rev’d Peabody himself; but whatever I have heard of his character perfectly corresponds with the graphic delineation of it in the Reminiscences of Dr. Gilman. I have read with great attention, and equal satisfaction your discourse on Congregational Puritanism. I consider the form of congregational worship with the principles of its establishment among the real glories of that grossly slandered and really heroic race of men, as the foundation of New England belongs to them—Perhaps in the simplicity of their mode of worship they have been surpassed by the disciples of George Free, and William Penn, but they never did like the associates of Penn make hereditary monarchs of their spiritual leaders, nor like the Baptists of Rhode Island make an Idol Saint in counterpart to Roger Williams—It has afforded me a pleasure of somewhat whimsical character to witness recently one of the loftiest tributes to the puritan character in the form of an Italian Opera. I consider the essentials of Christianity as equally professed in every variety of their religious devotions and preferring those of the Congregational Church in which I was born and bred, I cheerfully join in social worship with all others willing to receive me in Communion with them.” In very good to fine condition, with some light toning, and old tape repairs to splitting along the intersecting folds and the hinge. In the twilight of his career an elder Massachusetts congressman, lineage and religion served as focal points for the 79-year-old Adams. The first half of this letter finds Adams reflecting on the life of his aunt Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Smith, the daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy, and the sister of Abigail, wife of President John Adams; in the second half, his discourse turns to the defense of “Congregational Puritanism,” contrasting colonial religious figures William Penn and Roger Williams before asserting that his circles of prayer ultimately serve the same higher purpose: “I consider the essentials of Christianity as equally professed in every variety of their religious devotions and preferring those of the Congregational Church in which I was born and bred, I cheerfully join in social worship with all others willing to receive me in Communion with them.” Both Adams and his father, as well as their wives, Louisa and Abigail, are interred at the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. The recipient of this letter, Reverend Alvan Lamson, served as the pastor of the First Church and Parish in Dedham, and belonged to several historical societies. A month after writing this letter, on November 20, 1846, Adams suffered a mild stroke on a trip to the Harvard Medical School; after extended convalescence he made a full recovery and returned to his duties in Congress. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The president remembers Pennsylvania’s late chief justice: “Few of the illustrious citizens of our country have been more entitled to be held up as the models of future ages” 18. John Quincy Adams. ALS as
president signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 29, 1827. Beautifully penned letter to prominent Philadelphia lawyer Horace Binney, in part: “I received a few days since the copy of your Eulogy upon the late Chief Justice Tilghman which you had the goodness to send me, and for which I pray you to accept my thanks. I have read it with all the interest which the subject and the manner in which it is treated, were alike suited to inspire, and with a sincere admiration of both. If as we have reason to hope the virtues of the future age may be stimulated by the glowing exposition of the bright examples of the past, few of the illustrious citizens of our country have been more entitled to be held up as the models of future ages, than the excellent man whose great and good qualities have been delineated by the peril of a congenial hand. I regretted that the circumstances of my transient visit to Philadelphia, while they brought me so near to the opportunity of hearing your discourse, did not permit me to enjoy it. The perusal of it has at once renewed my regret at the loss, and yielded me a valuable indemnity for the privation.” In fine condition. William Tilghman had served as chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1805 until his death in April 1827. Tilghman, Binney, and Adams were all members of the American Philosophical Society, of which Tilghman was president. Binney’s ‘An Eulogium upon the Hon. William Tilghman, Late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania,’ published by Philadelphia’s Philip H. Nicklin, was a masterful 46-page commemoration of Tilghman’s life and legacy, offering biographical details and an eloquent evaluation of the late judge’s skill in handling legal matters. A highly desirable, boldly handwritten letter from the president demonstrating his enormous respect for the nation’s judiciary. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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19. John Quincy Adams. Early partly-
printed DS, endorsed “J. Q. Adams” on the reverse, one page, 8 x 6.5, June 11, 1793. An order issued to the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, commanding him bring Samuel Nicholson of Boston “before Our Justices of Our Court of Common Pleas…to answer unto Zephemiah Newland” concerning a debt. Endorsed on the reverse by Adams as a witness. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and toning, and professional repairs to the two vertical folds. Adams had been admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1791, and began practicing law in Boston. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The ‘Hero of New Orleans’ earns “the respect of the Granddaughters of Genl. Stark” 20. Andrew Jackson. ALS as president, one page, 8
x 10, June 23, 1829. Letter to Major Henry Stark, son of the late General John Stark, sent to thank his daughters for a gift. In full: “I have received your note of the 19th inst. and the enclosure from the Misses Starks containing a beautiful watch paper which they have had the goodness to present to me. I beg you, Sir, to assure them that I accept it with pleasure, and feel much gratified by so favorable a mark of the respect of the Granddaughters of Genl. Stark.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in his own hand. Professionally silked on the reverse and in fine condition, with smoothed intersecting folds, mild toning to borders, a trivial brush to ink in one word, and repaired paper loss from seal removal to second integral page. Accompanied by the original address panel that contained the watch paper, a hand-colored engraving of the Battle of New Orleans, and a portrait of Jackson. John Stark was a major general in the Continental Army who became known as the ‘Hero of Bennington’ for leading the decisive American victory at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. A scarce handwritten letter as president and a fine association between early American military heroes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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21. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed
vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.5, December 1, 1830. President Jackson grants William S. Fleming a tract of land in “St. Stephens, Alabama, containing Eighty acres and eleven hundredths of an acre.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing, pinholes of paper loss, and the signature light but legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
22. Martin Van Buren. ALS as president signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 8 x 9.75, June 15, 1839. Letter to William C. Waddell, in full: “It is my intention to leave here for New York on the 20th Instant but travelling by private conveyance I cannot now speak with certainty as to the period of my arrival. I hope to reach there by the first or second of July—probably the latter day.” In fine condition, with scattered creasing and several intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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23. Martin Van Buren.
ALS as secretary of state, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 5, 1829. Letter to General Samuel Smith, in part: “I enclose you Mr. Brown’s letter with my thanks for your politeness in sending it to me. No delay will take place in sending a minister to France & I shall be obliged to you for your promised hints upon our affairs in that quarter.” In fine condition, with two light semicircular stains and a repaired area of paper loss to the left edge. During this time, Van Buren was serving as secretary of state in the Jackson administration; one of his notable successes in this capacity was settling long-standing claims against France and winning reparations for property that had been seized during the Napoleonic Wars. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
24. Martin Van Buren. Partly-printed DS as president,
signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.5 x 7.25, June 10, 1840. President Van Buren authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the order remitting the forfeiture and penalties, incurred by the British Barque Margaret, Edmond Roach, Master.” Signed at the conclusion by Van Buren. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and faint staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
25. Martin Van Buren. Hand-addressed free frank panel, 4.25 x 3.25, addressed by Van Buren to “Thomas N. Carr, Esq, New York,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, M. Van Buren.” Postmarked at Kinderhook, NY, May 23 [no year]. Matted and framed with an engraved plate, an original 1841 Van Buren campaign token, and a handsome engraved color portrait to an overall size of 16.25 x 13.75. In fine condition, with light toning to the left side of the vertical fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Ultra-rare autograph endorsement by President William Henry Harrison, filing away a letter from “an old soldier of mine” 26. William Henry Harrison. Extremely rare autograph endorsement signed, presumably as president, “W. H. Harrison,
W. H. Henderson, an old soldier of mine, Private drawer,” dated “8th March 1841” in pencil, on the docketing panel of a letter sent to him by William H. Henderson, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, Springfield, Illinois, February 7, 1841. Henderson’s letter to Harrison, which was evidently brought to him in Washington by Col. William Prentiss, reads, in part: “I hope you will allow me the privilege of troubling you with a short communication, on a subject of some interest to me and first I will mention some of the reasons why as one unknown to you, I use that freedom. My Father was a Virginian acquainted with your Father. He imigrated early to Kentucky, was in St. Clairs defeat, and afterward, under General Wayne…where he was acquainted with you…I was born in Kentucky and belonged to Colo. R. M. Johnson’s Regiment of Mounted men, and to Capt. James Davidson’s Company, and was with you at the battle of the Thames, and although I may be unknown to you, I hope under the aforesaid circumstances you will excuse the liberty of addressing you this letter. It has fallen to my lot never to have been blessed with more than a very limited portion of the comforts of life or the means of obtaining them. I am now forty-eight years of age, and have a wife, and seven children all sons, and I am desirous of doing all in my power to provide for their immediate wants, but particularly for their future welfare, and usefulness…I should be glad to receive from you some appointment in the duties of which I could perform without dishonouring myself, or your administration, or injuring my country…In relation to all things pertaining to qualifications or merit, I hope you will allow me to refer you, to the Honl. John Bell and Christopher H. Williams members of the House of Representatives from Tennessee. The Honl. John T. Stuart from this State. And to Colo. Prentiss the bearer himself.” In fine condition, with unobtrusive professional repairs to one of the intersecting folds.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from University Archives, describing the piece as “A genuine endorsement of William Henry Harrison written while President circa March 8, 1841…I believe this is authentic short of conclusive documentation indicating Harrison wrote the endorsement prior to his presidency,” as well as a copy of a letter describing Harrison’s whereabouts in the days leading up to his inauguration provided by Robert G. Gunderson, Harrison’s biographer; this letter concludes: “It is hard to tell just when Prentiss delivered the letter to WHH or to a member of his staff, but it is highly unlikely that he could have got it to him before WHH returned from Virginia on February 28. From that date until March 4, WHH must have been preoccupied with many more important things than random letters of application. One might logically conclude that it was unlikely that WHH would have been inclined (or even had the time) to read such a letter until things settled down after the Inaugural. March 8, 1841, certainly is not an unlikely date.” Carrying Henderson’s letter with him, Col. William Prentiss traveled from Springfield, where he was secretary of the Illinois Board of Public Works, to Washington seeking an office for himself. Brandeis University has in its archives a letter dated March 10, 1841, written in Washington by Supreme Court Associate Justice John McLean to Secretary of State Daniel Webster recommending Prentiss ‘for the unnamed office to which he is applying.’ Perhaps, when Prentiss delivered Henderson’s letter to President Harrison on March 8th, the president told him to apply for an office, and he subsequently obtained the recommendation from Justice McLean to improve his odds of receiving it. An appointment would require Senate confirmation, and the Senate adjourned indefinitely on March 15th. President Harrison passed away on April 4th, and on April 13th, during the Senate recess, President Tyler named William Prentiss as US Marshal for the District of Illinois. The author of this letter, William H. Henderson, had enlisted in Col. Richard M. Johnson’s Kentucky Mounted Riflemen in 1812. After the Battle of the Thames in 1813, he moved to Tennessee, and then to Illinois in 1836 after serving a year in the Tennessee State Senate. There is no record of Henderson receiving a presidential appointment, but President Harrison clearly valued this letter—denoting “an old soldier of mine” on the reverse and filing it away with his private papers. To our knowledge this is the only William Henry Harrison signed endorsement as president extant. It is interesting to note that an unsigned Harrison presidential endorsement on an address leaf appeared at auction in 2006, which was similarly penned perpendicular to the address—apparently this was his common filing method. As President Harrison died just one month after entering the White House, his autograph as president is ultra-rare—this extraordinary example would be a cornerstone piece of any American history collection.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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During his innovative ‘Log Cabin’ campaign, Harrison refuses to leave Ohio “pending the canvas for the Presidency” 27. William Henry Harrison.
ALS as Whig candidate for president, signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 7.75 x 10, July 23, 1840. Letter to Rufus Reed, Thomas Sile, and “others of the Committee of Erie County Pennsylvania,” written from his farm in North Bend, Ohio, in part: “Your letter of the 7th Inst. was received… It would have afforded me great pleasure to be able to inform you that I could comply with the kind invitation which it contains. But I have not yet brought my mind to the determination to relinquish the rule which I had prescribed to myself to not leave the State pending the canvas for the Presidency & should I ever determine to do so the receipt of several previous invitations (which in point of time would conflict with yours) will prevent me from being with you the day named in your letter.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral sheet in Harrison’s hand. In fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. At the time of his nomination, Harrison was the oldest candidate to ever run for president. Democratic newspapers famously cast him as an old ‘granny’ who would rather ‘sit in his log cabin drinking hard cider’ than attend to the administration of the country. Rather than shy away from the criticism, the Harrison-Tyler ticket adopted the log cabin and hard cider as campaign motifs, along with the catchy slogan emphasizing his military credentials—‘Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too.’ The public latched onto these symbols of the common man, and Harrison’s campaign events drew massive crowds. Although this letter declining to leave his home state may suggest a leisurely pace, Harrison was in fact the first presidential candidate to actively campaign. Between June and October he gave twenty-four addresses—however, in keeping with his ‘prescribed rule,’ every single one of them was in Ohio. Harrison went on to handily defeat the incumbent Martin Van Buren in the November election, carrying 19 of 26 states. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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General Harrison heads north to the Battle of Tippecanoe 28. William Henry Harrison. ALS signed “Willm H. Harrison,” one page, 8
x 12.75, October 14, 1811. Letter to General John Gibson, written as Governor of the Indiana Territory, from Battaille des Illinois. In full: “Finding it problematical whether I shall be able to reach Vincennes or not by the 28th inst. I have enclosed you a proclamation postponing the meeting of the Legislature until the 2d Monday of November. As soon as you receive this I wish you to put the seal on the Proclamation & take it to Stout & get some copies printed, one of which you will please to enclose to each member & send some by the Post now to be struck up a long road. I hope you will not fail to send them on by this mail as it is important that the members should receive it as soon as possible. I must refer you to Mr. Wallace for the news of the Camp.” In very good condition, with light toning and repairs to splitting along the intersecting folds, and light scattered staining.
As governor of the Indiana Territory in 1811, Harrison was authorized by Secretary of War William Eustis to march against Tecumseh’s nascent confederation as a show of force. As hostilities rose, Harrison wrote this letter to one of his cabinet members with instructions for the postponement of the Indiana Territory’s Legislature meeting: the impending conflict was unavoidable and required Harrison’s full attention. Just weeks later, with 1,000 troops behind him, the General marched north to Prophetstown in an attempt to intimidate the Shawnee into making peace. But when the tribes launched a surprise attack on the morning of November 7th, battle ensued and Harrison defeated the tribal forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was hailed a national hero, and earned the nickname ‘Old Tippecanoe,’ a name that he would underscore in his successful campaign for the presidency years later. This letter, sent at a crucial time, as the general put official business on the back burner to give heed to the conflict at hand, marks the beginning of the battle that would become the highlight of his career. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Tyler delays an execution for “murder on the High Seas” 29. John Tyler. Manuscript DS as president, one page, 9.25 x 13.75, July 9, 1844. Document reads, in part: “Whereas…David Babe alias William Brown, was convicted of murder on the High Seas, and sentenced to be hung on the seventh day of March 1844 from which sentence four respites have been granted him…And whereas divers good and sufficient reasons have been suggested for further postponing the execution of said sentence—Now, therefore, I, John Tyler, President of the United States of America…have further respited, and do hereby further respite the execution of the said David Babe alias William Brown, until the first Friday in June 1845.” Signed at the conclusion by Tyler, and countersigned by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun. Crisp white paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Double-matted with a portrait of Tyler to an overall size of 22.5 x 18.75. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and a few areas of toning to edges. Research indicates that Brown was eventually pardoned by President Polk. Such highly important stays are seldom seen. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Appointing a district judge, President Tyler praises “your exalted merits as a jurist, and worth as a man” 30. John Tyler. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January
26, 1842. Letter to prominent Philadelphia lawyer Horace Binney, in full: “I took the liberty, on being informed of the death of Judge Hopkinson, of nominating you to the Senate as his successor to the judicial station so long and so usefully held by him. I did this without previously consulting you, upon the principle that it was every way my duty to make you a tender of the place in the only way in which it could officially be done—and to devolve upon you the privilege of declining or accepting as your own sense of what best became you to do so, should dictate. I felt also desirous of tendering you in a manner which could not be misunderstood on evidence of my own opinion of your exalted merits as a jurist, and worth as a man. In this opinion I am most happy now to inform you that the Senate has fully concur’d, and that I shall forward you as soon as it can be made out, your commission in due form. I beg you to accept my sincere wishes for your health happiness and long life.” In fine condition. A staunch anti-Jacksonian, Binney had served in the House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835 before returning to Philadelphia to practice law. On January 13th, Tyler had submitted to the Senate the nomination of Binney to be a United States judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to replace the deceased Joseph Hopkinson. Although the Senate immediately confirmed the nomination, and despite the wishes of President Tyler, Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and other members of the cabinet, Binney ultimately declined the judgeship. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Pass for a whaling voyage in the Indian Ocean 31. John Tyler. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J.
Tyler,” one page, 21.5 x 16.5, July 24, 1844. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “John Swift, Jr., master or commander of the Ship called Good Return…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Indian Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and utensils for a Whaling Voyage.” Boldly and prominently signed in the center by President Tyler and countersigned by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun. The white paper seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning along intersecting folds, and a strip of old mounting remnants along the reverse of the central vertical fold. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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One week after concluding the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, President Polk sends the Senate “information in relation to import duties, levied as contributions in the pacts of Mexico, in our military occupation” 32. James K. Polk. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 9, 1848. Letter “To The Secretary of War,” William L. Marcy, in full: “I desire to send a message to the Senate to day, in answer to their Resolution, calling for, information in relation to import duties, levied as contributions in the pacts of Mexico, in our military occupation.—I cannot do so, until I receive your Report. As soon as it is prepared will you send it to me?” In fine condition, with several horizontal folds. An extraordinary letter penned just days after the conclusion of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which formalized the end of the Mexican-American War; as part of the agreement, the United States agreed to pay Mexico the sum of fifteen million dollars. In exchange, the US received the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas and the ownership of much of the West, including California and areas comprising vast swaths of New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado. The US Senate ratified the treaty a month later on March 10, 1848. Inspired by ‘Manifest Destiny,’ this finalized Polk’s crowning achievement—the great westward expansion of the United States. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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33. James K. Polk.
Elaborate ink signature, “I Have the Honor to be, Very Respectfully, yr obt & very Hmbl Servt, James K. Polk,” clipped from the close of a letter. Doublematted and framed with a color portrait and nameplate affixed to the glass to an overall size of 11.5 x 14.5. In fine condition, with overall toning. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Boldly signed four-language pass for the Superior’s 1849 whaling voyage 34. Zachary Taylor. Scarce partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21.5 x 16.75, November 28, 1849. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Edwin A. Luce, master or commander of the Ship called the Superior…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and Utensils for a Whaling Voyage.” Boldly signed in the center by President Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of State John M. Clayton. The white paper seal affixed at center remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with toning from prior display, a small chip to the top edge, and light show-through at the corners from old tape on the reverse. Any Taylor presidential document is quite uncommon, as he served only 16 months before suddenly passing away on July 9, 1850; these highly displayable four-language ship’s passes are an especially desirable format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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President Taylor writes to America’s first Secretary of the Interior 35. Zachary Taylor. ALS as president, signed
“Z. Taylor,” one page, 5 x 8, November 27, 1849. Boldly penned letter to Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing, in full: “Permit me to introduce you to my friend Mr. Henry Waller of Louisiana, who has business connected with your dept., as he informs me any facility you may be able to afford him in transacting it, will oblige your, ob’t serv’t.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Taylor’s hand, “Hon. Tho’s Ewing, Secr’y of the Interior, Washington, Politeness of Mr. Waller.” In very good to fine condition, with several old pieces of tape to the edges, and a light block of toning from prior display.
The Department of the Interior, which consolidated bureaus such as the General Land Office from the Treasury Department and the Indian Bureau from the War Department, had been created by Congress on the eve of President Taylor’s inauguration. In crafting his cabinet Taylor aimed to represent the geographic diversity of America, choosing the Hon. Thomas Ewing—who hailed from the politically ripe state of Ohio—as the new department’s first head. This letter introduces the secretary to Henry Waller, a surveyor from Taylor’s home state of Louisiana. Waller’s “business connected with your dept.” was presumably in relation to Land Office operations. Handwritten letters from Taylor’s presidency are rare, as he passed away just sixteen months into his term and wrote little during that time. A scarce and exceedingly desirable letter from a sitting president to a cabinet member. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Five-volume set from Fillmore’s personal library
36. Millard Fillmore. Signed books from Millard Fillmore’s personal library: History of the Great Reformation of the Six-
teenth Century in Germany, Switzerland, &c. by J. H. Merle D’Aubigne, Volumes I–V. Published in New York by Robert Carter & Brothers, 1843–1853. Signed on the title page of each volume in ink, “Millard Fillmore, March 26, 1857, Rebound April 16, 1860, J-5.” In pencil, Fillmore has crossed out the “J-5” bookshelf designation, replacing it with “G-1.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with some scattered staining and foxing to title pages. Book condition: G/None, with edgewear, staining to boards, rubbing to spines, and general wear; the front hinge of Volume V is cracked and fragile, and the front board of Volume III is completely detached, and at one time was crudely repaired with tape (remnants of which remain). Fillmore had each book attractively rebound in black morocco over olive green boards, spines in compartments with four raised tooled bands, lettered in gilt “D’Aubigne’s / Reformation” and volume number in Roman numerals in two compartments. Starting Bid $300
“Desirous of reading the whole,” Fillmore requests a copy “of the Opinions of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott” 37. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Ham-
ilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott to be printed & being desirous of reading the whole, may I ask the favor of a copy if you have one to spare.” Reverse of blank second integral page is docketed in an unknown hand on the reverse, and affixed to an identical size sheet. In fine condition. After living with his master in states and territories where slavery was illegal, Dred Scott returned to Missouri and sued for the freedom of himself and his family, claiming that their residence in free states made them free people. The Supreme Court decision, delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, was issued on March 6, 1857, and declared that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not bring suit in Federal courts. In addition, the Court declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. While personally opposed to slavery, Fillmore had previously opposed abolitionist demands to exclude it from the territory gained in the Mexican War, supporting the Compromise of 1850. A handsome letter regarding one of the most important and controversial legal decisions in US history, which became one of several precipitates for the ultimate breakdown in American politics, the southern secession, and the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare letter from the first day of his presidency 38. Millard Fillmore. ALS as vice president, one page, 5 x 7.25, July 9, 1850. Letter to William Rich, in full: “I have your note of the 8th inst. enclosing a sealed box or package directed to Miss C. P. Emmons, Care of Dr. C. Emmons, Springville, N.Y. and agreeably to your regards shall take great pleasure in forwarding the package to some one in Buffalo, by the first safe conveyance.” In fine condition. Fillmore ostensibly wrote this letter while vice president during the daytime on July 9th, as President Zachary Taylor lay stricken with the symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Two days earlier, Fillmore had been called from the vice-president’s dais in the Senate chamber to the White House to keep vigil outside the president’s bedroom. On July 8th, the feverish President Taylor remarked to a medical attendant: ‘I should not be surprised if this were to terminate in my death.’ This letter seems to represent Fillmore, knowing what was soon to come, tying up loose ends before ascending to the nation’s highest office. When President Taylor passed away at 10:35 PM on July 9th, the powers and duties of the presidency devolved on Fillmore, who was immediately notified of the death via messenger. After a sleepless night, Fillmore was formally sworn into office at noon on July 10th. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
39. Millard Fillmore. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x
10.25, December 20, 1850. President Fillmore authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United states to “the restoration to citizen life of Wilson S. Parkes.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by Fillmore. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Days before the Dred Scott decision, Fillmore declines to opine on whether “the ‘Missouri Compromise was constitutional or not’” 40. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, February 25, 1857. Letter to E. H. Wade, in full: “I have your letter desiring to know whether in my opinion the ‘Missouri Compromise was constitutional or not.’ I understand this question is now pending before the Supreme Court of the United States, where it has been ably argued, and will soon be decided. Under such circumstances it would be arogance [sic] in me to assume to give an opinion. My duty is to submit to that decision as the last appeal known to our constitution.” In fine condition, with faint toning at the corners.
Three years after the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 virtually nullified the 1820 Missouri Compromise and led to the establishment of popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott v. Sandford case threatened to expand slavery into the territories. On March 6, 1857, less than 10 days after Fillmore wrote this letter, the Supreme Court declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional on the grounds that Congress, prohibited by the Fifth Amendment, had deprived individuals of private property without due process of law. Despite being an opponent of slavery, Fillmore deemed the Compromise of 1850 necessary to preserve the Union and steadfastly enforced the Fugitive Slave Act. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
41. Millard Fillmore. Partly-printed DS as president, one
page, 14.5 x 9.25, August 27, 1850. President Fillmore appoints Moses H. Fitts as “Deputy Postmaster at Lewiston, in the State of New York.” Signed at the conclusion by Fillmore, and countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster. White paper seal remains affixed to lower left. Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 20.25 x 15. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to, and small areas of paper loss along, the intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Every thing looks well for Harrison and reform, all are united and confident of success” 42. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 8.5, January
28, 1840. In full: “Will you do me the favor to send me immediately the names of 10–15 or 20 of such persons in your town as are active at elections and to whom I can occasionally send a speech, document or paper—Please give me their names plainly written, immediately under the name of their nearest post office, if there is more than one post office in your town. We are all in fine spirits here. Every thing looks well for Harrison and reform, all are united and confident of success. Please do give me the names as soon as possible.” In fine condition, with show-through from tape repair to reverse. During the election of 1840, New York senator Fillmore united with fellow Whig party members to bolster the support of candidate William Henry Harrison. Fillmore’s notable influence in Congress and within the regions of western New York steered Harrison towards a rousing presidential victory. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Pierce looks to Spain for Cuba purchase 43. Franklin Pierce. ALS as
president signed “Fr. Pierce,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7, December 7, 1854. Letter to N. H. Osgood in New York. In part: “The Spanish Minister is, I learn, still unable to give any attention to business and I am unable to see his Secy in season to communicate prior to the day that Genl. Spofford has fixed upon for his departure—I inclose herewith three letters from Genl. Cushing to personal friends in Cuba—Wishing for Genl. Spofford a safe passage & pleasant sojourn.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds with one small edge separation and brushing to ink in a couple words. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. One goal of the Pierce administration was to purchase Cuba from Spain, and the Ostend Manifesto was drafted in 1854 to describe the rationale. The plan came under attack for its advocacy of military intervention if Spain refused as well as its intention to make Cuba a ‘slave’ state. The public outcry forced Pierce to shelve his plans to annex Cuba and dealt a severe blow to his administration. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Pierce writes of the Fort Sumter supply crisis two weeks before its bombardment: “Even if there be no purpose to bring on civil war, will not halting, blundering, arrogant imbecility stumble on it?” 44. Franklin Pierce. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, March 27, 1861. Letter to his former private White House secretary Sidney Webster, in full: “I received your letter of the 14th inst. some days since, and wrote to Mr. Merritt, our consul, particularly with reference to Mr. Neilson. Mr. M. is an intelligent kindhearted man—has seen a great deal of the world and is a thorough Gentleman. I feel quite sure, that Mr. Neilson & his sick sister w’d receive every attention from him without any suggestion from me, but Mr. N. ought not to come to the States before the June steamer, and my letter may be useful. I’m tired of reading the contradictory newspaper accounts with regard to the purposes and policy of this administration. Pray can you tell me in what condition Dr. Fox or Mr. Lamon found the supplies in Ft. Sumpter [sic]? If there were two dozens of candles instead of one and four barrels of beef instead of two I do not think the fortress will be evacuated just at present. The question seems to turn solely upon supplies & upon the ability to hold the place. That is, if the thing is to be done at all, the Adm’n seems chiefly solicitous, that there shall be no doubt about the fact that it is done from the lowest possible motives. In this at least I think the public judgment is already prepared to give them the credit of success—on the other hand with how much breadth and sagacity the affairs of the new confederation have been and are apparently conducted—The Republican House and Republican Senate have seemed to me to be as weak and blind & destitute of any well defined purpose as the Republican Executive. That we of the North are to be humiliated in this unequal match of statesmanship, is to me clear enough. The folly of the new tariff considering the condition of the country & the circumstances of its enactment is amazing, but it does not stand alone, it is a part of the whole. Chas. Sumner Ch’r of the Committee on Foreign relations, Henry Wilson on that of war, etc. etc.—what can we reasonably expect. Even if there be no purpose to bring on civil war, will not halting, blundering, arrogant imbecility stumble on it? I hope not but under the guidance of present counsels, if the word in this connection be not a solecism, no man can tell what a week may bring forth. Fort Pickins [sic] as well as Ft. Sumpter must be evacuated—The idea of collecting revenue in the ports or harbors of the Gulf States must be distinctly abandoned or collision is unavoidable. Mrs. Pierce is pretty well for her and my health is perfectly restored. Give my love to Sarah and kindest regards to Gov. Fish and family—In this Mrs. P. would heartily unite if she were sitting by me—.” In fine condition. Shortly after leaving the White House in 1857, Pierce returned to his native New Hampshire and then embarked on a three-year tour of Europe and the Bahamas. During his time abroad Pierce maintained correspondence with Webster, the son-in-law of Senator Hamilton Fish and a brilliant Manhattan lawyer who, in 1892, published Franklin Pierce and His Administration. The election of Abraham Lincoln as the “Republican Executive” compelled South Carolina to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860, a decision that placed the still-under-construction Union garrison of Fort Sumter directly within enemy territory. Confederate demands to surrender the fort were ignored and President Buchanan’s attempts to transport troops and provisions to the Charleston sea fort were repulsed on January 9, 1861, when cadets from the Citadel fired upon the merchant steamer Star of the West. The resupply of Fort Sumter became the first major crisis for President Lincoln, and three months later, on April 12, the fortress served as the site of the first battle of the Civil War. Handwritten letters by Pierce remain scarce and highly sought-after, with this example all the more remarkable given Pierce’s commentary on a pivotal event that led to the outbreak of the Civil War just sixteen days later. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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“I shall not be surprised if the Democrats shall pay a compliment to the Granite State”
45. Franklin Pierce. ALS signed “Fr. Pierce,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1841. In part: “A few words tonight to be sent out tomorrow with an addendum. I came on in company with…Woodbury from Boston. Our joining has been contemplated by an accident and unusually pleasant. Arrived here at about 12 o’clock today and am pleasantly located with Allen Tappan Miller & wife…The federalists had a caucus last night and nominated [John] White of Kentucky who has been here four years…for Speaker. Dawson of Georgia is the next highest candidate—a good deal of dissatisfaction I understand on the part of Wise & others. Still the probability is that White will be elected on the first ballot. I shall not be surprised if the Democrats shall pay a compliment to the Granite State by putting Atherton in nomination. I think you will be surprised, as I certainly was, to hear that F. O. J. Smith was nominated for Clark. The inhabitants of the City, it is said, are extremely indignant at Clark’s defeat in caucus and are making great exertions to defeat Smith—but the conservatives must be appeased. I shall be able to give you more information if not ascertained results tomorrow.” The following day, Pierce notes that White was elected Speaker and shows the breakdown of votes, of which White received 121, with his closest rival, J.W. Jones of Virginia receiving 84. Pierce adds that the House proceeded to ballot “viva voce for Clark” and gives the breakdown on that vote. Pierce continues to note that the “second ballot was in progress” when he left, and proceeds to make a pun on the name of candidate F. O. J. Smith of Maine: “Fog was in the fog—probably cannot be elected. Our friends will go for any one rather than him…I shall feel much interest to know how the examination of the books proceeds…You must write me all about this matter and also about the currents & counter currents in the Legislation. I have just heard from the Capitol that M. St. Clair Clark was elected Clerk on the 4th ballot…Our delegation voted to a man for Clark on the 4th ballot. It is impossible to form any conjecture as to the tone and principles of Vice President Tylers message you will probably have received it by express before this reaches you…My communications you know are for yr own eye alone.” In fine condition. This lengthy letter relays the thoughts and response of Pierce following the House of Representatives elections for the 27th Congress, which were held between July 1840 and November 1841. In the wake of a depression caused by the financial panic of 1837, trust in President Martin Van Buren, a Democrat, had waned enough to give the Whigs their first control of the House, with John White of Kentucky, as Pierce predicted, elected as speaker. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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46. Franklin Pierce. Ink signature,
“Very respectfully, Yr. Friend & Servt., Franklin Pierce, Concord, N.H., Ap’l 2nd, 1862,” on an off-white 5 x 8 lightly lined sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Pierce’s own hand to “Lewis W. Clark, Esq., Atty & Counsellor, Manchester, N.H.,” which bears a two-cent Andrew Jackson postage stamp. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
47. Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce” as president and “Jeffer. Davis” as secretary of war, one page, 13 x 17, August 14, 1854. President Pierce appoints John McCleary as a “Brevet Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Pierce, and countersigned below by Davis. War Office seal remains affixed to the upper left. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 23.25. In very good condition, with moderate overall soiling and toning, some staining near the edges, and a small hole above the word “States” at the top. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Buchanan the ‘doughface’ seeks Southern support during his 1852 campaign 48. James Buchanan. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, February 23, 1852. Lengthy letter to Virginian statesman Henry A. Wise, in full: “I returned home last night & today received your favor of the 13th. Instant at the Post Office soon after its arrival. Learning at Washington that you would be there some time this week, I should have remained; but was obliged to return on account of the near approach of our 4th. March Convention. I was exceedingly anxious to see you & have a long talk with you. My visit to Richmond was apparently all I could desire. William F. Ritchie treated me with much kindness & was instrumental in getting up the invitation to me from the members of the Legislature. He, however, gave me no assurance of support; yet I cannot believe he is unfriendly. He will probably pursue a course of strict neutrality. There was & probably still is a leaning on the part of some of the Virginia Delegation & people towards Douglass; & this too among the advocates of state rights, strict construction & economical expenditures of the public money! The Southern press is said to be in his favor. It rarely omits an opportunity to give me a ‘dig.’ The last was an assertion that I had been induced to withhold a letter which I had written in favor of the Missouri Compromise by Senator Foote!! This is a bare faced falsehood as Col. King can inform you. It was not published on the advice of Jefferson Davis & himself. It is not strange that any portion of the Virginia Democracy should incline to favor a candidate who is brought forward by the contractors, speculators & all the cormesants who desire to get their hands into the Public Treasury? I think, however, that Douglass stock is rapidly declining; at least it so appeared to me whilst at Washington. Some of the friends of Cass who had been seduced from him by the attraction of ‘the little giant of the West’ were returning to their first love: & I think the Virginians who had inclined to favor him were regarding me in a more friendly light. You can soon, however, tell all about it. The fears of those who regard the division on Penn’a as formidable obstacles in my way are altogether groundless. Should I be nominated I firmly believe I shall carry the State by an old fashioned Jackson majority. Our State pride has for the first time been thoroughly aroused & the honest masses think that after the lapse of sixty years they are entitled to the candidate. The opposition of Cameron and the disorganizers would scarcely produce a ripple on the surface. The noise of which they make is for foreign rather than domestic consumption.
I had two long talks with Donelson. I think you are mistaken in supposing he is for Houston; & I feel confident he does not favor Douglass. It is probably that with him Cass and myself are nearly on an equal footing; but old associations with the Van Burens, Benton, Blair, etc. may incline him to General Butler. At present he is for the Census Printing. Had he followed my advice when he consulted me as to the proper mode of conducting the Union, he would have been far more popular than he is with the members of Congress. This advice was in conformity with the resolution you offered relative to the compromise at the meeting in Richmond. Donelson is a good fellow; but his paper don’t pay & I think he is much discouraged. Upon the whole I found the symptoms at Washington to be quite favorable as I had anticipated & I firmly believe that with the support of Virginia I shall stand a better chance for the nomination than any of the prominent candidates. You can do me more service in Virginia than any other man; & I know full well that you have the disposition. General Scott will, beyond a doubt, be the Whig candidate; & he will be far stronger in Pennsylvania than any other man of his party. General Cass will be weaker before the people in this State than any of his Democratic competitors. We carried the State in favor of Bigler, a most popular candidate by little more than 8000, in a vote of between 350 & 400,000 (I do not recollect the exact number) & if the vote of Pennsylvania shall be deemed necessary to secure the election, care should be taken in the selection of a candidate. Our Democracy look with confidence to Virginia; & sad will be their disappointment if the Old Dominion whose candidates they have always sustained, should no prefer the Illinois or Michigan candidate.” Buchanan adds a brief postscript: “I hope you will find time before leaving Washington to give me a little of your experience.” In fine condition. During his campaign for the 1852 Democratic presidential nomination, Buchanan sought the support of influential officials like Virginia delegate Henry Wise in an attempt to curry Southern favor. In this insightful letter, Buchanan posits his thoughts and chances against popular opponents like “the little giant of the West,” Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Texas Senator Sam Houston, and Michigan Senator Lewis Cass, who won the Democratic nomination in 1848. When the Democratic National Convention assembled in the first week of June, Buchanan and Cass battled to near even votes until New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce, brought aboard as a compromise choice on the 35th ballot, seized the nomination with a wave of Democratic support. A rare and early handwritten letter from Buchanan during his first run at the presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Four-language ship’s pass for a Pacific whaling voyage 49. James Buchanan. Partly-printed DS as
president, one page, 21.75 x 16.75, June 20, 1860. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Orrick Smalley, master or commander of the Barque called Edward…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and utensils for a whaling voyage.” Crisply signed in the center by President Buchanan and countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. The embossed white paper seal affixed at the bottom remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning along intersecting folds, and a strip of old mounting remnants along the reverse of the central vertical fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The papers on file present a very naked case” 50. James Buchanan. Neatly penned ALS as president, one
page, 6.5 x 8, August 21, 1857. Letter to H. B. Swarr, in part: “I have written Adam Kendes a kind letter which may perhaps satisfy him. The papers on file present a very naked case. I have again examined the file sent to me, & there is nothing there from Conestoga Township such as you mention. The removal & appointment depend altogether upon your own statements.” Affixed at the left edge to a cardstock sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The Democratic party, at least in the Senate, were never more united or more harmonious” 51. James Buchanan. ALS, one page both
sides, 8 x 10, January 13, 1842. Letter to John C. Plumer, in part: “I observe by the public papers that my old friend & competitor at the Bar, Judge Rogers, has been nominated to the Senate. Although I do not anticipate any serious objection to his confirmation, yet my own feelings dictate that I should communicate at least to one of my friends in the Senate my knowledge of his character, both judicial & personal. I have been upon terms of the closest intimacy with him for almost thirty years & I have never known a more honest & honorable man nor a more sage & upright judge. One great purpose of limiting the judicial tenure to a term of years, a provision in the Constitution of which I highly approve, was to subject the character & conduct of the judge to the ordeal of public opinion; and if his conduct has been such as to merit & obtain the public approbation, that he should then be rewarded with a re-appointment…The Exchequer Bill alias Government Bank is still under discussion. Mr. Benton is now making a powerful speech against it. In its present form, or any thing like it, Congress will never adopt it…The Democratic party, at least in the Senate, were never more united or more harmonious. They move along on the direct road of these principles & are acquiring moral strength throughout the country every day. On the other hand the Whigs are divided & disputed & know not what to do. The Governor’s message is excellent & has received the approbation of every Democrat with whom I have conversed.” In fine condition. In the wake of the Panic of 1837 and its subsequent depression, the Whig party sought to rescue the nation’s floundering economy by rallying around William Henry Harrison in the 1840 presidential election. Following Harrison’s unprecedented death, John Tyler’s subsequent succession proved at odds with Congressional Whigs, which saw Tyler twice vetoing Henry Clay’s legislation for a national banking act. The Whig party’s factionalism and shaky loyalty were later embodied by its disastrous showing at the 1842 Senate elections, which would further contribute to the aforesaid harmony amongst Buchanan’s fellow Democrats. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
52. James Buchanan. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 16.5, February 25, 1861. President Buchanan appoints Robert F. Bradford as “a Lieutenant in the Navy…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Buchanan, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey. Green Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 24.25. In very good condition, with Intersecting folds (one passing through a single letter of the signature), scattered toning and soiling, and a small area of paper loss to printed text. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Virtually nonexistent Lincoln land grant, signed the day after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation
53. Abraham Lincoln. Excessively rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, January 2, 1863. President Lincoln grants 120 acres of land in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to “Margaret Donnell Widow of Eli Donnell who served in the name of Eli Donnald Private Captain Harpole’s Company Tennessee Militia War 1812.” The document goes on to note that the plat has “been assigned by the said Margaret Donnell to George H. Marsh and by him to Emma C. Stebbins now Emma C. King in whose favor said tract has been located.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln, and countersigned by Recorder of the General Land Office G. W. Granger. The printed “By Sec’y” text beside Lincoln’s signature has been struck through, signifying that the president himself signed the document—a highly unusual occurrence. The embossed white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. Docketing on the reverse indicates that the land patent was filed for record on July 25, 1878. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. The rather mundane presidential practice of signing land grants was discontinued in 1833 during Andrew Jackson’s second term, when Congress passed a law authorizing the president to appoint a special secretary to sign land patents on his behalf. It is therefore incredibly rare to find an authentically signed land grant from later on. Indeed, this is the only Lincoln-signed land
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grant we have ever encountered, and our research suggests that no other authentically signed example has appeared at auction. The vast majority of land grants issued during the Lincoln administration were signed by William O. Stoddard, who was specifically appointed for the task on July 15, 1861. The ultimate recipient of this parcel of land, Emma C. King, was the wife of Horatio Collins King, son of politician Horatio King, who briefly served as postmaster general at the end of the Buchanan administration. Lincoln and the elder King saw eye-to-eye on many issues, and in April 1862 President Lincoln appointed Horatio King to the three-man Emancipation Commission, which reviewed petitions for compensation by DC-area slave-owners affected by the end of slavery in the district. In September, Lincoln issued a warning that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state that did not end its rebellion by the new year. On January 1, 1863—the day before signing the present document—President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law, thereby ending slavery in the United States. In addition to being an unheard of format for a Lincoln signature, this remarkable document dates to a defining moment in American history and landmark achievement of Lincoln’s legacy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
Lincoln grants a visit for “a Prisoner of War at Johnson’s Island” 54. Abraham Lincoln. Desirable Civil War-dated endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card dated March 9, 1865. The endorsement, penned in another hand, reads: “Allow Mrs. C. W. Frazier to visit her husband a Prisoner of War at Johnson’s Island.” Affixed along the left edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. In September 1863, Captain C. W. Frazer of Company B, Fifth Infantry, was captured and delivered to the Confederate officers’ prison camp located on Lake Erie’s Johnson’s Island. His wife, Letitia Frazer, who moved from Memphis, Tennessee to Sandusky, Ohio, so as to be nearer her detained husband, wrote an impassioned letter to President Lincoln, begging for ‘the opportunity to convince him that his duty is at home and to leave the Rebel Army.’ Without hesitation the president allowed Letitia Frazer, upon her taking the oath of allegiance, ‘an interview with her husband,’ once every ten days until his release. On June 11, 1865, Frazer was paroled and returned to Memphis and his family, resuming his law practice and becoming the president of the Confederate Historical Association of Memphis. Frazer later authored a war drama entitled Johnson’s Island, a play that featured ex-Confederate soldiers as its chief actors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
Wartime appointment for a captain in the 19th Infantry Regiment
55. Abraham Lincoln. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 17, June 8, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Byron G. Daniels as a “Captain in the Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. Archivally double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 26.5 x 24. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases and light soiling, and overall writing light but legible (including much of Lincoln’s first name). Accompanied by a large photocopied packet of Daniels’s war records. According to records he was disabled in August 1864 and tendered his resignation on September 13. He later served as United States consul at Hull, England, during the 1890s, and passed away in 1900. A desirable military commission by Lincoln from the height of the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Lincoln appoints a notable Maine politician
56. Abraham Lincoln. Civil War–dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.5 x 15, January 21, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Sebastian S. Marble as “Collector of Customs for the District of Waldoborough, in the state of Maine.” Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned by Salmon P. Chase as secretary of the Treasury. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and splitting along intersecting folds; the signature is clear, bold, and unaffected. Sebastian Streeter Marble served as collector of customs for the Waldoboro district from 1862 to 1863, and then from 1864 to 1867. A delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864 and 1880, Marble later served as the 41st Governor of Maine. A day before signing this commission, Lincoln instructed Arkansas commander General Frederick Steele to permit elections following the adoption of the state’s new antislavery constitution. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
57. Abraham Lincoln. Crisply penned ink signature, “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 3 x 1.75 sheet affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition, with light soiling, and old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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58. Abraham Lincoln. Bold ink signature, “Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white
slip matted to 4 x 1, attractively suede-matted with a carte-de-visite portrait to an overall size of 7.75 x 9.75. Both the signature and carte-de-visite are lightly tipped to the mat and could be easily removed; the full signed slip beneath the mat measures 4.25 x 2.25. In fine condition. A superlative, clean example of Lincoln’s full signature, which is rarer than his typically abbreviated ‘A. Lincoln.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Rare pass to Lincoln’s White House funeral
59. Abraham Lincoln. Rare pass to the White House funeral
for the fallen President Abraham Lincoln, printed on a heavy white 5 x 3.25 card with black mourning border, reading: “East. Admit the Bearer to the Executive Mansion, On Wednesday, the 19th of April, 1865.” In fine condition. The funeral service took place in the East Room of the White House, with the Lincolns’ pastor, Dr. Gurley, giving the funeral address and Bishop Simpson, who would later deliver the funeral address in Springfield, offering a prayer. A scarce and sought-after funeral memento. Starting Bid $200
Invitation to a White House party: “The President and Mrs. Lincoln. At home, Tuesday Evening, March 1, 1864”
60. Abraham Lincoln. Engraved presidential invitation
to the White House, 5.25 x 2.5, reading: “The President and Mrs. Lincoln. At home, Tuesday Evening, March 1, 1864, From 9 until 12 o’clock.” In fine condition, with a tiny chip to the upper left corner. On this day, President Lincoln submitted the nomination papers for Grant’s promotion to lieutenant general to the Senate; that evening, the Lincolns entertained members of Congress and their families at the Executive Mansion. Starting Bid $200
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Lincoln approves the release of two prisoners of war 61. Abraham Lincoln. Autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” on a 6.5 x 3.25 address overleaf attached to a letter written by Thomas Jacks requesting the release of two prisoners, March 1, 1865. In part: “I would most respectfully request that you release from prison upon their taking the Oath of Allegiance-W. M. Johnson-Alton, Ills-and Monroe Thomas-Fort Delaware. I am not personally acquainted with either of these prisoners but they are endorsed to me by gentlemen of high respectability. They are both Conscripts-poor men with families.” The endorsement, written in the hand of Lincoln’s secretary John Hay, in full: “Let W. M. Johnson & Monroe Thomas, Prisoners of War, be discharged on taking the oath of Dec. 8, 1863.” In fine condition, with light brushing to the date, and almost all of the integral sheet bearing Lincoln’s endorsement trimmed away. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
62. Mary Todd Lincoln. Very desirable ink sig-
nature, “Mary Lincoln,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 slip. In fine condition, with light toning to the right edge, easily matted out. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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63. Andrew Johnson. Pencil signature as governor of
Tennessee and vice president–elect, “Andrew Johnson, Nov 17th 1864,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip. Matted and framed with an oval engraving and a block of four 17-cent stamps honoring Johnson to an overall size of 17.5 x 12. In fine condition, with some light soiling. Johnson had secured the vice presidency as part of the Lincoln–Johnson ticket in the presidential election only nine days earlier, on November 8, 1864. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
64. Andrew Johnson. ALS signed “A. Johnson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 29, 1852. Written from Washington, D.C., a letter to “Lowry,” in part: “Your letter has been received. The petition referred to in regard to the establishment of a Post Route etc—has been referred to the Committee on P. O. & roads and will be reported in the general bill. All new routes must first be established by law unless the receipts will pay the expense of carrying the mail, and I presume no one would be willing to carry the mail for receipts on the route. There can be nothing done till the general bill passes. It shall be attended to. There is no news of interest. The convention is now in session at Baltimore. Nothing definite done as yet.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
65. Andrew Johnson. Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, April 20, 1865. President Johnson appoints L. Curtis Brackett of the US Volunteers in the service of the United States with “the rank of Captain by Brevet.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson, and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Blue War Department seal remains affixed to left side. In fine condition, with moderate intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Presidential pardon for a Civil War soldier-turned-robber 66. Andrew Johnson. Autograph endorsement in pencil, signed as president,
“A. J.,” one page, 3.75 x 8, [October 9, 1865]. President Johnson directs Secretary of War Stanton to pardon Riley Brown out of mercy for his father who has appeared on his son’s behalf. In part: “The father Riley B. applies in person for the pardon of his son who is an old man and presents many reasons for the release of his son and excites much sympathy. Therefore out of…mercy to an afflicted parent the pardon is granted.” Includes an executive memorandum in another hand noting that Private Riley Brown of the Ohio Volunteers was convicted of robbery and sentenced to two years in prison and a dishonorable discharge, dated October 9, 1865, on the reverse. In fine condition, with light show-through from toned adhesive to reverse near the top of the page. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
67. Andrew Johnson. Partly-
printed DS as president, one page, 16.5 x 10.5, October 12, 1866. President Johnson appoints C. Hyde Beckwith as “Deputy Postmaster, at Cazenovia, in the State of New York.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson, and countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. White seal remains affixed to lower left. In fine condition, with tiny areas of paper loss at fold intersections. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce handwritten letter from President Grant, penned from his Long Branch summer home in 1874
68. U. S. Grant. ALS as president, four pages on two adjoin-
ing sheets, 5 x 8, August 10, 1874. Written from Long Branch, New Jersey, a letter to John Hoey, in part: “It will be impossible for me to visit Mr. Dinsmore this week, as I should much like to do; and as he will be leaving in a few days for a climate more conducive to his health my visit will have to be put off until another season. I am just in receipt of a letter from Gov’r Fish in answer to one I wrote him last week asking him to come this way when going to Washington next. I have some important business with him of a public nature such as filling the Russian mission etc. He writes that he will be here on Thursday of this week…and then too there is a further embarrassment in the way. I had accepted an engagement with John Hill, Ex., Member of Congress to visit the Mining and Manufacturing regions of Northern New Jersey on Thursday & Friday, of last week, and in account of unexpected visitors had to break the engagement after he had made all arrangements for the trip…I could hardly go under the circumstances on Saturday which is the earliest day I could get away, and even then I expect to have company who will only pass a few days with me. Please excuse me to Mr. Dinsmore and say I hope to see him here before leaving.” In fine condition. Grant began summering with his family in Long Branch in 1867, and returned to his beachfront cottage at 995 Ocean Avenue for eight consecutive summers. Grant routinely stayed in Long Branch for three months at a time—arriving at the end of June, beginning of July, and remaining through September—and used the soothing Atlantic getaway to oversee matters that varied from personal to international, such as post-Civil War reconstruction and the potential annexation of the Dominican Republic. A New Yorker and general manager of the Adams Express Company, John Hoey was a developer of Long Branch, New Jersey, where he built a celebrated mansion, several cottages, and a park, and formed a friendship with Grant, Long Branch’s most prominent summer resident. Hoey, in 1888, succeeded the referenced William B. Dinsmore, as president of Adams Express. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
69. U. S. Grant. Lengthy autograph endorsement, signed “U. S.
Grant, Lt. Gen.,” penned on the reverse of a letter sent to him by Maine Senator Lot M. Morrill, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 16, 1866. Grant’s response, in full: “Gen. Chamberlain having been disabled by wounds received in service from prossecuting his duties in civil life, his muster out with the first batch of Generals was contrary to the rule then established. I would new respectfully recommend that the order in his case be revoked and the muster out be made to take effect from the 15th of Jan’y 1866. I understand Gen. Chamberlain has yet to undergo a severe surgical opperation before he can possibly recover from the wound received in 1864.” An endorsement from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton is penned on the same leaf: “Approved & Referred to the Adjutant General, E. M. Stanton, Jany 16, 1866.” The Morrill side of the letter is also signed by five other members of Maine’s Congressional delegation, including: William P. Fessenden, John Lynch, and Frederick A. Pike. In very good to fine condition, with an area of old adhesive residue, several horizontal folds, and a wrinkled fold passing through the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 49
Sought-after 1874 ship’s papers for Pacific whalers 70. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,
22 x 17, June 30, 1874. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “George W. Allen, master or commander of the Bark called Mears…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and utensils for a whaling voyage.” Crisply signed in the center by President Grant and countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. The white paper seal affixed at the bottom remains mostly intact, with paper loss to points at the bottom. In very good to fine condition, with light toning, intersecting folds, and a strip of old mounting remnants along the reverse of the central vertical fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
71. U. S. Grant. Bold and crisp ink signature, “U. S. Grant,
July 28th 1881,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
72. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,
17.75 x 14, October 20, 1873. President Grant appoints Aaron Bell of California “to be Register of the Land Office at Shasta, California, vice Joseph Isaacs, deceased.” Signed at the conclusion by Grant, and countersigned by Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Lower left corner embossed with the Department of the Interior seal. In very good condition, with Grant’s signature light, but legible, and scattered toning and foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Hayes recommends “a soldier of great merit” 73. Rutherford B. Hayes. LS
as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 3, no year. Letter of recommendation, in full: “Eugene Burdine wishes a place in the Public printing office. If it can be given him without injustice to others consistently with the public service, I will be especially gratified.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Executive Mansion envelope, which has been marked in the president’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
74. Rutherford B. Hayes. ALS as
president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page on a 4.5 x 2.75 Executive Mansion card, March 4, 1878. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “Col. Skiles is personally known to me as a soldier of great merit and a capable business man. It will specially gratify me if he can…receive an appointment in the Civil Service.” In fine condition, with a small crease to the upper right corner and some soiling on the reverse. Accompanied by an engraved portrait. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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One month before his assassination, President Garfield weighs the touchy subject of patronage in an immensely rare autograph letter 75. James A. Garfield. Extremely rare ALS as president, signed “J. A. Garfield,” two pages, 4.25 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 3, 1881. Letter to influential Philadelphia banker Wharton Barker, in full: “Since you were here, I have seen some people from Philadelphia who say there will be a great deal dissatisfaction if more people are brought into the Philad’a offices from other parts of the state—This, in connection with my embarrassment in reference to the names already sent to the Senate—leads me to think we had not better go in the direction named at least for the present. I will delay at any rate until Windom returns.” In fine condition, with an area of old tape residue to the upper left corner of the second page, and partial splitting to one fold. Provenance: The Malcolm S. Forbes Collection of American Historical Documents, Christie’s, March 27, 2002. Barker had been the first person to back Garfield for the presidency at the 1880 Republican National Convention, and successfully canvassed the delegates for the votes that won him the party’s nomination; he also aided Garfield in crafting policy on international trade. More than any other singular figure, Barker was responsible for Garfield’s becoming president. In this letter, the chief executive takes a cautious position in the distribution of appointments, citing “embarrassment in reference to the names already sent to the Senate.” This is surely a reference to his monumental patronage battle with New York Senator Roscoe Conkling. The leader of the Stalwart Republicans, Conkling had compromised to support Garfield’s nomination and election as president, expecting to be repaid with patronage positions for his own supporters. President Garfield first alienated the senator when he named William Windom, mentioned here, as Treasury Secretary on March 7th, rather than the Conklingapproved Levi P. Morton. When President Garfield submitted a list of further nominations to the Senate soon after, he complied
with many of Conkling’s recommendations but named William Robertson, one of Conkling’s foes, as Collector of the Port of New York. Enraged, Conkling tried to rally his fellow senators to approve the appointments of his friends, but deny Robertson the lucrative job. Garfield responded by withdrawing all nominations except for Robertson’s, elevating the conflict from a minor squabble to a political war. Popular support swelled in Garfield’s favor, and Conkling resigned from the Senate in mid-May in protest. By spurning Conkling, Garfield solidified and expanded the power of the executive branch. At the time of this letter, a minor background player was the deranged office seeker-turned-assassin Charles Guiteau, who had convinced himself that he was responsible for Garfield’s election and was owed an appointment as an ambassador. Guiteau was among the scores of unqualified job seekers who continually showed up at Garfield’s White House only to be continually denied—on May 14th, Secretary of State James G. Blaine plainly told Guiteau to leave and never come back. On the morning of July 2, 1881, the frustrated Guiteau shot President Garfield as he entered the Baltimore and Potomac Railway station, famously proclaiming ‘I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts!’ as the police dragged him away. Guiteau later claimed that his despair over not receiving a government job reached its breaking point with Conkling’s resignation, and that he was inspired to remove Garfield from office in order to reunite the Republican Party. Because of Guiteau’s devilish feat, Garfield’s autograph as president is of the utmost rarity—this is the very first autograph letter as president by Garfield we have offered. It is also an extraordinary example, written to his key supporter on the topic of patronage appointments—the very subject that ultimately influenced his tragic demise. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000
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President Garfield appoints an Indian Agent 76. James A. Garfield. Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, June 2, 1881. President Garfield appoints John Harries as “Agent for the Indians of the Lemhi Agency in Idaho.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Garfield and countersigned by Secretary of the Interior Samuel J. Kirkwood. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, intersecting folds, and a staple hole and thin stain to the upper left. Presidential appointments by Garfield are extremely scarce, as he actively served just four months as president—having taken the office in March 1881, he was shot on July 2 and passed away in September. The Lemhi Agency was established in 1873 for the Bannock, Shoshoni, and Tukuarika (or Sheepeater) Indians in eastern Idaho; the Indians under the Lemhi Agency were moved to the Fort Hall Reservation and the Lemhi Agency was closed in 1907. One of Garfield’s main concerns was the proper administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and he abhorred the rampant corruption of the Indian Agents. This is the very first Garfield appointment for an Indian Agent that we have offered—an exceptionally desirable example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Rare full Garfield signature, with eight members of his cabinet 77. James A. Garfield. Fantastic signature display
of the Garfield cabinet, highlighted by a rare full ink signature, “James A. Garfield,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card bearing a contemporary date notation to the lower left of May 15, 1881, which makes this likely signed as president. The display features an additional eight cards, each signed in ink by a cabinet member of the Garfield administration, including: Vice President Chester A. Arthur; Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln; Secretary of State James G. Blaine; Secretary of the Treasury William Windom; Secretary of the Interior Samuel J. Kirkwood; Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh; Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt; and Postmaster General Thomas Lemuel James. Doublematted and framed with identification captions to an overall size of 27.25 x 13.75. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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78. James A. Garfield. Patriotic free franked envelope address panel with a “40th Congress / House of Representatives” background design, 8.25 x 3.75, addressed in another hand to “Hon. Joseph H. Wilson, Commissioner Gen. Land Office, Washington DC,” and franked in the upper right, “J. A. Garfield MC.” Postmarked “Free” at Washington, March 20th. In fine condition, with a lightly trimmed top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
79. James A. Garfield. Free-franked mailing envelope,
6.75 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to “Edw. Fitch Esq., Ashtabula, Ohio,” and franked in the upper right, “J. A. Garfield, M.C.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered wrinkling and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare presidential appointment signed just one month before he was shot 80. James A. Garfield. Rare partly-
printed DS as president, signed “James A. Garfield,” one page, 17 x 14, June 1, 1881. President Garfield appoints Presley C. Lane as “Postmaster at Palmyra, in the county of Marion, State of Missouri.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by Garfield and countersigned by Postmaster General Thomas L. James. The gold seal and red ribbon affixed to the lower left remain crisp and fully intact. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light bands of toning to the signature area from the seal and ribbons. Accompanied by an unsigned engraved portrait. Lane was active in politics, representing Marion County in the state legislature in addition to his role as postmaster. Presidential appointments by Garfield are extremely scarce, as he actively served just four months as president—having taken the office in March 1881, he was shot on July 2 and passed away in September. An exemplary Garfield document from his brief term as executive. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Scarce autograph letter as president to Judge Edwards Pierrepont 81. Chester A. Arthur. Scarce ALS as president, two pages, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 19, 1883. Letter to Judge Edwards Pierrepont, in full: “My time has been so occupied since the opening of the session that my private letters have received no attention. I thank you cordially for your kind note of the 6th inst. I expect to go to New York tonight or tomorrow & hope to have have [sic] the pleasure of seeing you while I am there.” Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with a complete separation to hinge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Arthur’s hand. Pierrepont had briefly served as a reform-minded attorney general in the Grant administration, before being removed and appointed as minister to Great Britain. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
82. Grover Cleveland. ALS
as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 21, 1887. Letter to “Dear Doctor,” in full: “Since writing you I have heard from Dr. Ward who says that he will be responsible for rooms and the cottage and transportation from Paul Smith’s station to Saranac Inn. I have further information too about the train, though I don’t yet know when we shall leave Troy. This will be so early in the morning however as to be quite inconvenient, and we shall have a special car and a sleeper from here I suppose. At any rate our accommodations will be so good that I am constrained to withdraw the suggestion I made that you might precede us to Troy and I now advice by all means and for the comfort of all concerned that you join us at Jersey City. Our train will leave here at 4 P.M. and arrive at Jersey City at 9:15. If that is not the hour I will let you know. So you will not probably be interested in knowing the hour of our leaving Troy which I promised in my last to give you. If for any reason you do want to know it let me hear from you.” In fine condition, with a partial split to the hinge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I have never been able to suppose that anyone believed that I was dishonest or self-serving in the discharge of the duties pertaining to the great office of President” 83. Grover Cleveland.
Excellent ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, November 26, 1903. Letter to Frank Thorn, in full: “I have received the copies of ‘What’s the use?’ which you sent me, and have read the Horvath article with indignant amazement, and your reply, (not altogether correct in some small details), with grateful satisfaction. Somehow I have never been able to suppose that anyone believed that I was dishonest or self-serving in the discharge of the duties pertaining to the great office of President; and it has never seemed to me that any decently inclined man needed any assurance from me on that subject. I have often wished that any word spoken and every act done in the transactions upon which scandalous charges against me are dirtily based, could have been heard and seen by every American citizen. In this condition of mind I have not been able to bring myself to the humiliation and degradation of pleading my honesty. Through some tribulation I have been able there for [sic] to keep my faith in the American people as ‘the best people in the world.’ I have no idea that Mr. Horvath believes what he has written; and I am usually able to look upon such deliverances as his, as a sort of adulteration or allay of American decency which prevents our people from being ‘too good to live.’ I certainly have no occasion to feel cast down on account of the silly attacks of the ‘base sort,’ in the light of the recent evidence of just and generous appreciation of my work among those amenable to American manliness and fair play. And a man should be abundantly satisfied when added to this there are those so friendly and so competent as you, at hand, to stand up in his defense. You have certainly done me no small service; and I thank you for it from the bottom of my heart.” In fine condition, with a tiny edge separation at horizontal mailing fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Cleveland’s hand. After stirring up the Buffalo newspaper scene writing under the pen names Hy Slocum, Frank Clive, and possibly Carl Byngfrequently contributing to the Buffalo Express before being banned from the paper by co-owner Samuel Clemens-New York attorney Frank Manly Thorn turned his attention to Democratic politics. After years of campaigning for local fellow attorneyturned-President Grover Cleveland, Thorn was appointed chief clerk of the Internal Revenue Bureau, a position he held through Cleveland’s first administration. Returning to his home in New York at the end of the 1880s, Thorn remained a dedicated supporter, combining his friendship, political interest, and writing ambitions into frequent publications defending Cleveland’s reputation. A wonderfully heart-felt letter from Cleveland regarding the publication ‘What’s the use?’-one of Cleveland’s most famous quotes regarding the presidency-to his longtime friend and supporter, in his corner for over two tumultuous decades. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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84. Grover Cleveland. ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 19, 1893. Letter to Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont, in part: “Gov. Lee has impressed me with the importance of the Virginia election and I wish you would give him the benefit of your advice.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Executive Mansion envelope, which has been annotated in the president’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare handwritten letter from the new president 85. Benjamin Harrison. ALS as president signed “Benj.
Harrison,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 25, 1889. Letter to Pennsylvania Congressman Samuel J. Randall, in full: “I have yours of this date with the inclosure to such has had my attention. I return Mr. D’s letter as you request.” In fine condition, with scattered brushing to the ink. A particularly early letter from President Harrison, who was sworn into office at the start of the month. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce handwritten letter from President McKinley, recommending a prominent Methodist bishop 86. William McKinley. ALS as president, one page, 4.75
x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 18, 1898. Letter to the Diplomatic and Consular Offices of the United States, in full: “Bishop Walden of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, is leaving for an extensive visit to foreign countries, and I have peculiar pleasure in commending him to our representatives abroad. He is an old friend and a valued one. I will appreciate any courtesies which you have in your power to extend to him.” In fine condition, with a light block of toning from prior display, and some old mounting remnants on the reverse of the integral page. McKinley was a devout lifelong Methodist who became active in his local church at the age of 16. As a congressman and then as governor of Ohio, McKinley worshipped at the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he befriended Bishop John Morgan Walden. Given that Walden was often tasked with inspecting missions around the globe, this uncommon presidential letter of recommendation is likely related to his international travel duties, which included missions in Mexico, South America, Europe, China, and Japan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
87. William McKinley. ALS as president, signed “W. McK.,” one page, 4.25 x 2.75, Executive Mansion stationery card, July 23, 1898. Letter to Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, in full: “This will be given to you by Miss Anderson daughter of Col. Anderson whose application for Paymaster is on file. I wish you to bring his case to my attention when there is a vacancy.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original Executive Mansion envelope, annotated in McKinley’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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88. William McKinley. Uncommon 4.25 x 5 book-
plate photo of McKinley working at his desk, affixed to the original 5.75 x 7.25 cardstock mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “Dr. Marcus Benjamin, William McKinley.” In fine condition. Benjamin was a marine taxonomist and the longtime editor of publications for the United States National Museum; the mineral benjaminite was named in his honor. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
89. William McKinley. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15, September 12, 1899. President McKinley appoints Wallace N. Batchelder as “First Lieutenant in the Forty-sixth regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by McKinley, and countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. Blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Matted and framed to an overall size of 27.25 x 22.75. In very good to fine condition, with toning and creasing to the sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Signed first edition of President Roosevelt’s first State of the Union Address 90. Theodore Roosevelt. Signed
book: Message of the President of the United States, FiftySeventh Congress, First Session. First edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hardcover (original full red cloth, gilt top), 6.5 x 9.5, 121 pages. Boldly signed on the half-title page in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” Autographic condition: fine, with light scattered foxing to signed page. Book condition: VG/None, with scattered light wear to cloth. Housed in a period custom red cloth chemise and red half morocco slipcase. Delivered on December 3, 1901, President Roosevelt’s first State of the Union Address was given, in his words, “under the shadow of a great calamity.” Roosevelt had become president after William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in September. After addressing the nation’s shock and grief in the aftermath of the tragedy, Roosevelt’s message gradually moves on to a discussion of the nation’s position on issues foreign and domestic. His message set forth a blueprint for his historic administration, during which he enacted legislation to reign in financial speculators, conserve the environment, and protect individual liberties. A rare book in its own right, this boldly signed example is truly spectacular. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Roosevelt writes to the publisher of Little, Brown and Company 91. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS as president, one page, White House let-
terhead, May 14, 1905. Letter to John Murray Brown, in full: “It was a pleasure to hear of you through our good friend Dr. Lambert. Wishing you well.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, addressed in Roosevelt’s own hand. Little, Brown and Company was founded in 1837 by Charles Little and James Brown. The latter’s son, John Murray Brown, took over the company in 1884 and by the 1890s, had expanded the company into general publishing, which now included works of fiction. In 1901, the same year Roosevelt was sworn into office, he published The Naval Operations of the War between Great Britain and the United States, 1812–1815, through Little, Brown, and Company; additionally, the year he wrote this this letter, Roosevelt published the hunting book Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter with Charles Scribner’s Sons. An extremely appealing handwritten letter from Roosevelt, whose prolific literary career sets him apart from all other presidential scribes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Phenomenal hand-edited speech draft from 1916, with Roosevelt invoking his famous phrase
92. Theodore Roosevelt. Printed draft of a speech made by Theodore Roosevelt
at an event held in his honor by the Illinois Bar Association (IBA) at Chicago’s Hotel La Salle on April 29, 1916, eight pages, 7 x 24 (final page is trimmed to 7 x 7.75), with the upper border of the first page bearing an ANS in pencil by Roosevelt, addressed to Nathan William MacChesney, the president of the IBA, in full: “Dear Mr. McCh’ny, Here is the speech, with a few merely verbal corrections, sincerely, Theodore Roosevelt.” In addition to this short note, Roosevelt has made 43 handwritten corrections in pencil throughout, which consist of minor grammatical corrections, strike-throughs, and punctuation marks. Most significant however is the presence of Roosevelt’s now iconic maxim in regard to foreign policy, which can be found within the last paragraph of page six: “I once used the phrase, to sum up our proper foreign policy:—’Speak softly and carry a big stick.’ There was a good deal of laughter over that phrase. But it expresses a pretty sound policy all the same. Remember, that I was President seven years and a half and that I never spoke with wanton harshness of any nation. I always spoke softly, I was always just as nice and polite as any man could be. But I carried a big stick!” Roosevelt’s speech, in part: “Mr. President, and my Hosts of the Illinois Bar Association: I felt it a particular privilege to accept your invitation because I was glad to have a chance, as our Methodist brethren say, to show why it is borne in on me to testify to precisely this type of audience in this part of our common country; to address an audience of men who by advantages, by training, by practice, must inevitably play a leading part in the community; and to address such an audience in Lincoln’s state, in the heart of our great country. And, friends of the Bar Association, questions of elective and legislative machinery, even questions of internal reform, sink into insignificance when we are confronted by the great question as to whether we are to be a nation at all or a mere knot, a tangle, of squabbling nationalities. Lincoln once said, speaking in this State, that the country could not endure half slave and half free; and nowadays America can not endure half hyphenated and half not. Again, such questions are necessarily of small account while in international matters all moral sanctions and standards of conduct have vanished into chaos, unless we prepare ourselves to defend the lives of our citizens and the honor and vital interests of the nation as a whole. There is no use of discussing what measures of internal reform we shall have if it is going to be an alien victor who settles the discussion. A year and three quarters have passed since the opening of the Great War. At the outset our people were stunned by the vastness and terror of the crisis. We had been assured by many complacent persons that the day of great wars had ended,
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Speak softly and carry a big stick
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that the reign of violence was over, that the enlightened public opinion of the world would prevent the oppression of weak nations. To be sure there was ample proof that none of these assurances were true, and far-seeing men did not believe in them. But there was good excuse for the mass of the people being misled. Now, however, there is none. War has been waged on a more colossal scale than ever before in the world’s history; and cynical indifference to international morality, and willingness to trample on inoffensive, peace loving peoples who are also helpless or timid, have been shown on a greater scale than since the close of the Napoleonic Wars of a century ago. Alone of the great powers we have not been drawn into this struggle. A two-fold duty was imposed upon us by the fact of our prosperity...first, to make our voice heard for the weak who were wronged by the strong, and for international humanity and honor, and for peace on terms, and only on terms, of justice to all concerned. And, second, immediately, and in thoroughgoing fashion, to prepare ourselves so that there might not befall us on an even greater scale, such a disaster as befell Belgium. Those were our two duties. We have signally failed in the performance of both... This is not a pleasant truth, but it is the truth; and, as a people, we will do well to remember Emerson’s saying that in the long run the most unpleasant truth is a safer traveling companion than the pleasantest falsehood. Our duty is to face the facts and then to take the thoroughgoing action necessary to meet the situation those facts disclose. The most foolish thing we could do is to sit together, to come together in meetings and
tell one another how great we are, and then wait till we go up against the rifles in order to find out that our words amount to nothing unless we are able to back them by deeds. Our prime duty, infinitely our most important duty, is the duty of preparedness. Unless we prepare in advance we can not, when the crisis comes, be true to ourselves.” In very good to fine condition, with rusty paperclip impressions to the first page, some splitting to folds, and some short edge tears. Few presidential aphorisms have endured to the extent of Roosevelt’s famous ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far,’ a proverb he first publicly used during an address at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901 (four days later, President William McKinley was shot by an assassin, and eight days after that, the 42-year-old Roosevelt assumed the role as the nation’s chief executive). The motto, which suggests that civil diplomacy, if compromised, should have the ability to wield forceful action, was perhaps best exemplified by Roosevelt’s use of the Great White Fleet in 1907, when an armada of over a dozen steel battleships circumnavigated the globe in a demonstration of Washington’s naval dominance, all without firing a shot. At the time of this 1916 speech, Roosevelt was again considering another run for the presidency, and in June was nominated as the Progressive Party candidate; he later turned down the offer via telegraph, instead tending his support for Republican hopeful Charles E. Hughes. Derisive of President Wilson’s inaction yet staid in its patriotic fervor, this speech merges introspection with no-nonsense rhetoric in is a distinctly Rooseveltian manner, making plain America’s need for entrance into the ‘Great War.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000
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Roosevelt on his 1912 Republican nomination— “if the people do desire me to undertake it, I shall do so” 93. Theodore Roosevelt. Historic TLS from Roosevelt asserting his readiness to accept the Republican nomination for President of the United States, one page, 7.5 x 9, no date but circa February 1912. The letter is Roosevelt’s response to a dispatch sent to him by a group of seven Republican governors on February 10, 1912, announcing their support for his potential candidacy, in full: “I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me, expressing as it does the carefully considered convictions of the men elected by popular vote to stand as the heads of government in their several states. I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to he decided with any reference to the personal preferences or wishes of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole. I believe with all my heart the principles for which I have stood and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action. If the people as a whole regard me as the best instrument to use at this particular moment for the task of putting these principles into effect, I will not shirk the duty that their demand would put upon me. But I very strongly feel that this matter should be settled by the free expression of the people themselves. I earnestly hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance through direct primaries to express their preference as to who shall be the nominee of the Republican Presidential Convention. If the people do not wish me to undertake this task, most certainly I do not wish to undertake it; if the people do desire me to undertake it, I shall do so, and shall strive to perform the task with whatever of courage and ability I possess.” The letter from the governors is also included, and reads, in full: “We, the undersigned Republican Governors, assembled for the purpose of considering what will best insure the continuation of the Republican Party as a useful agency of good government declare it as our belief, after a careful investigation of the facts, that a large majority of the Republican voters of the country favor your nomination, and a large majority of the people favor your election as the next President of the United States. We believe that your candidacy will insure success in the next campaign. We believe that you represent, as no other man represents, those principles and policies upon, which we must appeal for a majority of the votes of the American people and which, in our opinion, are necessary for the happiness and prosperity of the country. We believe that in view of this public demand you should soon declare whether if the nomination for the presidency comes to you unsolicited and unsought you will accept it. In submitting this request we are not considering your personal interests. We do not regard it
as proper to consider either the interests or the preference of any man as regards the nomination for the presidency. We are expressing our sincere belief and best judgment as to what is demanded of you in the interests of the people as a whole. And we feel that you would be unresponsive to a plain public duty if you should decline to accept the nomination, coming as the voluntary expression of the wishes of a majority of the republican voters of the United States, through the action of their delegates in the next National Convention.” Signed at the conclusion by William E. Glasscock of West Virginia, Chester Hardy Aldrich of Nebraska, Robert P. Bass of New Hampshire, Joseph M. Carey of Wyoming, Chase Osborn of Michigan, Walter R. Stubbs of Kansas, and Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri. Both letters are impressively double-matted and framed with a portrait of Roosevelt and an engraved plaque to an overall size of 29.5 x 36.25. In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge, and a couple chips and marks to frame edges. Three years after backing William H. Taft to become his White House successor, Roosevelt sought to displace the sitting president with a late march into the Republican National Convention in June 1912. Roosevelt had initially planned to run for president in 1916, aiming to oust whichever Democrat beat Taft the election prior, but strong shows of support from Republican leadership and his own fast waning patience for Taft’s conservative policies prompted Roosevelt to declare in February 1912: ‘My hat is in the ring! The fight is on and I am stripped to the buff!’ Although Roosevelt won the majority of primaries, which included Taft’s home state of Ohio, his loss at the Republican Convention led to his formation of the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. Roosevelt carried a tireless campaign across 10,000 miles and 34 states, effectively using his ‘bully pulpit’ to speak out in favor of Progressive Era causes like minimum wage laws, conservation, women’s suffrage, safer workplaces, and the eight-hour workday. At a stop in Milwaukee on October 14, Roosevelt was shot in the chest by an assassin’s bullet; when he realized that he was not fatally injured, Roosevelt completed his full 90 minute speech. The historic presidential election of 1912—consisting of a former, current, and future president—was ultimately captured by Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson, whose campaign was helped in large part by the Republican Party split. An early and historically significant letter relating to Roosevelt’s late entry into the 1912 presidential race; Roosevelt’s second place finish is widely considered one of the most successful third-party candidacies in American history. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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From Cuba in 1898, Colonel Roosevelt writes to the father of a fallen Rough Rider “who died a hero’s death” 94. Theodore Roosevelt. Amazing archive related to Rough Rider
Tilden W. Dawson, one of the first Americans killed in the SpanishAmerican War, highlighted by a war-dated TLS to the fallen soldier’s father from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, signed “T. Roosevelt,” two pages, 5.5 x 8.75, written while “In camp near Santiago de Cuba,” July 31, 1898. In full: “I wish I could give you more definite assurances about the body of your gallant son, who was killed in our first fight, but I do not know whether the Government will send him back or not. I have no power to do it myself, glad though I would be able to send back every one of the gallant men who now lie dead on the Cuban battlefields. At present they all lie in the graves we dug for them. Your son’s grave is marked and a record kept of it, and if the Government should ever wish to send him back we will be able to identify it at once. Pray accept my deepest sympathy, and yet though I sympathize with you I must congratulate you upon having a boy who did so well and who died a hero’s death.” Letters signed by Roosevelt from his two months leading the Rough Riders in Cuba are very scarce. The balance of the archive comprises several additional letters, photographs, news clippings, and two pocket-sized books. One of the letters is an ALS from famed war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, four pages on two adjoining sheets, no date, also to Dawson’s father, in part: “Your boy was shot almost among the first, and died, or lost consciousness, at once. His chest moved for some time but it was entirely muscular, and he suffered no pain. I examined his wound and washed it, and found he had been shot through the brain, the ball entered his head about two inches above his eyes. He was not disfigured as the wound was covered by his hair. He looked so young and handsome that I was more sorry for him almost than for all of the others, and I am glad you wrote to me so that I can tell you that he died among the first three men of the war, and in the very first fight…He was buried in a grave with eight others at a place where the trails meet on the top of a beautiful hill…I think I gave his testament to his ‘bunkie’ whose name I do not know.” Davis described Dawson’s death in his September 1898 article ‘The Rough Riders at Guasimas,’ mentioning the ‘testament’: “In the pocket of his blouse was a New Testament with the name Tilden Dawson, Mo, scribbled in it in pencil.” Dawson’s ‘bunkie,’ private Thomas Isbell (who was wounded at Las Guasimas), evidently returned this small red clothbound volume to his father, as it is present in this archive; the second volume included is Dawson’s small book of Union Hymns. Among the other items are: two trimmed real photo postcards of Tilden Dawson in civilian clothing; a stereoview of the Rough Riders (cracked and repaired with tape); two official War Department documents concerning the disposition of Dawson’s remains; a three-page ALS by Lieutenant Richard C. Day (“The battle of the 24 was very fierce…I passed up and down the line several times. Your son was always in his place doing his duty”); papers related to Dawson’s Cherokee ancestry; and various other letters, papers, and a multitude of newspaper clippings. In overall very good to fine condition, with the Roosevelt letter showing some splitting along intersecting folds, and small areas of paper loss. On June 22, 1898, Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders—a skilled cavalry squad composed of Native Americans, ex-Indian fighters, cowboys, frontiersmen, and Ivy League athletes—landed at Daiquiri, Cuba, amid swarms of mosquitoes and heavy rain. They met their first test two days later while advancing through the mountainous terrain at Las Guasimas. The hour-long skirmish cost them eight men, including Dawson, but the Rough Riders sent the enemy into full retreat toward Santiago in a strategic victory. Roosevelt’s men went on to their famous victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1st, and the regiment was home to New York by mid-August. A truly spectacular archive boasting an outstanding, heartfelt war-dated letter by the famed commander of the Rough Riders and future president of the United States. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 67
To Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock on the development of his 1916 Progressive campaign 95. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, Oyster Bay letterhead,
August 6, 1915. Letter to famed Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock, who was one of Roosevelt’s life-long friends. In full: “That’s a first-class suggestion of yours of ‘Preparedness, Peace and Prosperity’ for the platform. Probably you are right also about my attacking Wilson. It is impossible to avoid criticism of the Administration; but I shall mention Wilson by name as little as possible. That’s a striking editorial in the Chicago Tribune!” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and a faint block of toning from prior display. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Bullock volunteered as one of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and was named a Captain of Troop A in Grigsby’s Cowboy Regiment, which did not see any combat. Bullock remained one of Roosevelt’s close friends, and the president once proclaimed, ‘Seth Bullock is a true westerner, the finest type of frontiersman.’ In 1905, Bullock organized a ‘Cowboy Brigade’ to ride in Roosevelt’s 1905 inaugural parade. In this letter, Roosevelt replies concerning some advice related to his 1916 third-party campaign for the presidency, in which he hoped to unseat the incumbent Woodrow Wilson. Interestingly, it was in fact Wilson who adopted ‘Preparedness, Peace and Prosperity’ as a campaign slogan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
96. Theodore Roosevelt.
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 26, 1905. Letter to former New York Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, in full: “I thought your letter of the 23rd first rate. I wish you would let me send it to Schieren or Ogden or McKeen. It might do them good. It is curious to see how helpless well-meaning men are when they start out to reform politics without knowing much about it. But I am astonished that these particular men, who have had some experience in practical politics, should assume such an attitude. I shall of course do nothing whatever without hearing from you.” In fine condition, with light intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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97. Theodore Roosevelt. Partly-
printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 1, 1909. A traveler’s letter of credit from Lee, Higginson & Co., in part: “We hereby authorize him to draw upon Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons of London, sight drafts to an aggregate amount of £2000 Sterling.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 14. In fine condition. Nearing the end of his presidency, Roosevelt was likely amassing funds for an upcoming expedition to Africa, which departed from New York City on the steamer Hamburg on March 23, 1909. Outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution, the safari’s purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian’s new Natural History museum; their final animal specimen tally was around 11,400, a number which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
98. Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft.
Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, March 21, 1908. Roosevelt appoints Edward Nicoll Woodbury as “Second Lieutenant in the Coast Cavalry Corps in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by William H. Taft. Blue War Office seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact with slight wear to a couple of points. In fine condition, with signatures a shade light. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
99. William H. Taft. Vintage matte-finish 5 x 8 seated 1908 portrait of Taft by I. Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio, signed in bold fountain pen as president, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, Oct. 10, 1910.” Affixed to a larger heavy mount, which is chipped and toned, and which could easily be matted out. In fine condition, with light silvering to darker areas of the image. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Taft edits a biography draft mere weeks after leaving the White House
100. William H. Taft. Original manuscript draft of William H. Taft’s biographical entry
for the American Encyclopedia of National Biography by pastor and magazine editor John Wesley Hill, 10 pages, 8.5 x 10.5, with seven pages bearing ink notations and emendations in Taft’s own hand (pages 7–9 are without Taft handwriting). Of the nearly 200 words penned by Taft, the majority can be found on pages one (34 words), three (44), four (28), and five (36). On page three, Taft writes vertically along the left margin: “While in the Philippines, Mr. Taft was twice offered by President Roosevelt appointment to the Supreme Bench of the United States but he reluctantly declined because he felt that he could not then give up the work in the Philippines without prejudice to the cause.” On page five, Taft emends a section relating to the Cuban occupation: “He announced a basis of compromise approved by President Roosevelt which President Palma declined to participate in. Then President Palma resigned and left the government headless. Having no other recourse, Mr. Taft announced a provisional government and [declared himself provisional governor].” The manuscript also bears numerous emendations by Hill, and four pages feature affixed newspaper clippings. Also included with the manuscript is a TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7.5 x 10, personal letterhead, June 14, 1913, addressed to Hill, in full: I have yours of June 12th, enclosing a biographical sketch of myself which was sent to you for revision by the American Encyclopedia of National Biography. I have made some memoranda in it by way of correction, and return it herewith.” In overall very good to fine condition, with creasing to the letter, and binding holes, creasing, and some edge loss to the biographical sketch. John W. Hill was the chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee from 1916-1936, and prior to that, a pastor at the Metropolitan Temple Methodist and Episcopal Church in New York City. Both Hill and Taft were originally from Ohio, and their personal friendship spanned decades. Taft had departed the White House only three months prior, and he soon accepted the position of Kent Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School, arriving in New Haven on April 1, 1913. Given that was it was too late in the semester to teach an academic course, Taft instead prepared eight lectures on ‘Questions of Modern Government,’ which he delivered in May. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Taft seeks greater free trade with Canada— “I have been very much gratified by the passage of the Reciprocity Bill” 101. William H. Taft.
ALS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, White House letterhead, July 22, 1911. Letter to his aunt, Delia Torrey, in part: “I have your note of July 19th with its kindly excerpt from the Harper’s Weekly. Today I have been very much gratified by the passage of the Reciprocity Bill by a vote of 53 to 26 with five pairs. This is really a great victory for the best interests of the Government and I am very proud to have been instrumental in making the agreement and in inducing its passage. I have to give a dinner to Admiral Togo when he comes to Washington and a reception afterward. It will be a Men’s affair. Nellie will not be here to help me. The Democrats are dwelling into everything to cast suspicion on the administration…They are very unscrupulous in their methods and most unfair; but I have to stand it. I can only hope that the good will out balance the bad. I have good news from Beverly. I am going to seize this hill immediately after the passage of the Reciprocity Bill to veer up to Beverly for two days. I shall return by Tuesday morning if I have good luck. Nellie had a nice long letter from Robert which I enclose to you. He seems to be having a very good time. Charley and Annie sail for Quebec on July 27th and will spend August and September at Murray Bay. I am afraid I shall not begin my vacation much before the middle of August. The last vote fixed for the Senate is Aug. 7th, but there will be some delay beyond that.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, addressed in Taft’s own hand. Roughly five months after President Taft urged its approval, the Canadian Reciprocity Bill passed the Senate with a vote of 53 to 27 on July 21, 1911, just a day before this letter was written. The bill, as negotiated by Taft and Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, sought for improvement of commercial relations between the two countries, a long step towards making the whole of the United States and Canada a vast free trade continent. Taft, in a special message delivered on January 26, asserted as much: ‘My purpose in making a reciprocal trade agreement with Canada has been not only to obtain one which would be mutually advantageous to both countries, but one which also would be truly national in its scope as applied to our own country and would be of benefit to all sections.’ While Canadian liberals approved the bill, the country’s conservative faction, led by Robert Borden, made it a pressing issue in the 1911 Canadian Federal Election, with Borden capturing victory behind the slogan, ‘No truck or trade with the Yankees.’ Much to Taft’s dismay, the treaty was later rejected by Borden’s new Conservative government. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Wilson goes to West Point 103. Woodrow Wilson. Fan-
tastic pairing of letters signed by President Wilson: a TLS as president, one page, 5.25 x 8, White House letterhead, May 17, 1916, addressed to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in full: “I have your letter about the West Point commencement. I hope sincerely that I can arrange to attend. I have hoped ever since I came here to go to West Point and say a few words to the graduating class, and you may count on me unless I am prevented by circumstances which I cannot now foresee”; and an ALS as president, in pencil, one page, 4 x 6.25, May 18, [no year but circa 1916–1919], addressed to “My dear Ed,” in full: “I am passing through the city on my way to West Point—but the interval is too brief to see you. Your letter reached me this morning just before I left. I shall be free to see you on Sunday afternoon and shall look forward to our talk with the greatest pleasure. I am anxious to have a chance to go over the whole matter.” In overall fine condition, with old tape to the edges of, and a block of toning to, the typed letter; the handwritten letter shows brushing to a few words of text. Three weeks after sending the typed letter to the Secretary of War, President Wilson indeed traveled to West Point for the first time and gave an address at the academy’s commencement ceremony on June 13, 1916. In response to the ‘Preparedness Movement’ and America’s vulnerability to foreign powers, he had signed into law the National Defense Act on June 3, 1916. The historic legislation expanded the scope and strength of the National Guard fourfold to 400,000 men, while incorporating the concept of a citizen-army that the president could mobilize during a national emergency. This sweeping revision galvanized the American public amid World War tensions and excited the scores of graduates that listened to Wilson speak. Wilson impressed upon his audience that America did not desire war, but threats to the nation would not go unanswered: ‘There is nothing that the United States wants that it has to get by war, but there are a great many things that the United States has to do. It has to see that its life is not interfered with by anybody else who wants something…We love that quiet, self-respecting, unconquerable spirit which does not strike until it is necessary, and then strikes to conquer.’ The autograph letter can be attributed to Wilson’s presidency as he admittedly had not been to West Point prior to May 17, 1916, and he would have been incapable of writing it after his stroke in 1919. It very well may have been written on May 18, 1918, as he was in New York City on that date to participate in the opening of a Red Cross fundraising campaign. A remarkable pairing of presidential letters boasting highly desirable West Point content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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President’s plea to Congress for a railroad bailout: “Perhaps $500,000,000 will be necessary” 104. Warren G. Harding.
Remarkable AMS in pencil as president, eleven pages, 5.25 x 8, no date but circa July 1921. Harding’s draft for a message to Congress on July 26, 1921, urging the extension of the War Finance Corporation’s powers to provide assistance in the economic crisis afflicting American railroads. In part: “To the Senate and House of Representatives: It is necessary to call the attention of congress to the obligations of the government to the railroads, and ask your cooperation…These obligations have already been recognized by the congress, in the passage of the transportation act restoring the railroads to their owners, but previous negotiations were made in the contract under which the railroads were operated by the government for the period of the world war….The government admittedly owes the railway company large sums on account of under maintenance…The railway administration though possessing assets, does not command the funds necessary to meet what will be its admitted obligations. There is no thought to ask Congress for additional funds. Perhaps $500,000,000 will be necessary. The railroad administration has, or will have…ample securities to meet all requirements, if Congress only will grant the authority to negotiate these securities and provide the agency for their negotiation. With this in view you are asked to extend the authority of the War Finance Corporation so that it may purchase these railway funding securities accepted by the Director General of Railroads. No added expense, no added investment is required on the part of the government; there is no added liability, no added tax burden. It is merely the grant of authority necessary…the avoidance of added appropriation or liability will appeal to Congress and the public alike. The after-war distresses of two great and fundamental activities have been riveting the anxious attention of the country. One is the readjustment and restoration of agriculture, the other is the distress of our railway transportation system…Railway solvency and efficiency are essential to our healthful industrial, commercial and agricultural life. Everything hinges on transportation….The railways need only the financial aid which the fulfillment of our obligations will bestow, to inaugurate their far-reaching revival. Its effects will…banish to a large degree the depression which, though inevitable in war’s aftermath, we are all so anxious to see ended.” In fine condition. Handwritten material from Harding’s tenure in the White House is scarce, especially at such great length. Harding’s proposition of a half-billion-dollar railroad bailout was met with significant opposition, especially as railway worker wages were being significantly cut at the same time. His opponents argued that the bill would effectively loot the public treasury for private profit and the government would undoubtedly lose hundreds of millions of dollars. The crisis came to a head the following year with the Great Railroad Strike of 1922, which became the largest railway work stoppage since the infamous Pullman Strike of 1894. While President Harding made some efforts to resolve the conflict, his solutions stood firmly beneficial to capital rather than labor. Order was not restored until September 1922, when a federal judge issued an obviously unconstitutional injunction that banned workers from assembling, picketing, or advocating for the strike. While the corruption that came hand-in-hand with the Harding administration was largely unknown until after his death, this controversial early episode certainly foreshadows his dubious legacy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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President Harding writes his sister “at Xmas time” 105. Warren G. Harding. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, December 23, 1922. Letter to his sister Abigail, in full: “Enclosed find a little Christmas gift, a token of a brother’s loving regard. I shall think of you at Xmas time, and I shall have a real regret that I can not celebrate in the atmosphere of home and amid the surroundings of family and friends. My love and good wishes to you.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope. A heartfelt missive between siblings that reveals Harding’s disappointment in not being able to spend the holidays with his friends and family back in Ohio; his wife, Florence, had collapsed from kidney failure the September prior and was still confined to a wheelchair. This would be the second and last Christmas Harding celebrated as president. Handwritten letters from Harding as commander-in-chief—especially those bearing familial content— remain exceedingly rare and sought-after. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
“I am descended from John Coolidge & Mary” 106. Calvin Coolidge. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, July 6, 1925. Letter to A. P. Mason, in full: “Your note is received. Thank you. I am descended from John Coolidge & Mary, and supposedly their son Simon.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, as well as a mailing envelope signed in black ballpoint by Grace Coolidge, postmarked October 26, 1955. Handwritten letters from Coolidge during his presidency are quite uncommon, with this example all the more desirable given its genealogical content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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107. Calvin Coolidge.
Handsome matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 bustlength portrait of President Coolidge, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Leonard Wheeler, With Regards, Calvin Coolidge,” with another hand adding below, “1923.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
President Hoover’s “old Fishing Camp” in Shenandoah Park 108. Herbert Hoover. ALS in pencil, likely as president, signed “H. H.,” one page, 5.5 x 8, no date. Letter to “Akerson,” his White House Press Secretary George E. Akerson, concerning “Shenandoah Park,” in part: “Arrange date for someone to accompany Sullivan to the Creek and old Fishing Camp which he had in mind for us. Also get the Cadillac Limousine from where ever it is for Sullivan to use going over.” In fine condition. Hoover is quite uncommon in ALSs, and those written as president are exceedingly rare—in 1932, he claimed, ‘I do not write more than one letter per annum with my own hand.’ Given the context of this particular letter, it was most likely written during his presidency: it is addressed to his White House press secretary; it seems to reference the Rapidan Camp in Shenandoah National Park, which was founded shortly after his inauguration and served as a rustic retreat throughout his administration; and Hoover took delivery of a Cadillac limousine at the White House in 1929. It is also possible that it was written just prior to his presidency: Hoover first hired Akerson as his private secretary in 1926; his desire to build a woodland retreat became known while he was presidentelect a few months before his inauguration; and he could be referring to a different Cadillac. The site for the camp, located at the headwaters of the Rapidan River, was finalized and purchased within three weeks of President Hoover’s inauguration, financed from his own personal fortune. First Lady Lou Henry Hoover oversaw the design and construction, which was provided for free by the Marines as a ‘military exercise.’ It quickly became Hoover’s beloved weekend getaway spot. In an August 1929 speech, he spoke fondly of the camp: ‘I fear that the summer camp we have established on the Rapidan has the reputation of being devoted solely to fishing. That is not the case...but fishing is an excuse and a valid reason of the widest range of usefulness for temporary retreat from our busy world…Fishing seems to be the sole avenue left to Presidents through which they may escape to their own thoughts and may live in their own imaginings and find relief from the pneumatic hammer of constant personal contacts, and refreshment of mind in the babble of rippling brooks.’ In addition to its recreational use, Hoover utilized the site to host secure meetings with world leaders—it was essentially a precursor to Camp David. Although he purchased the land and building materials with his own funds, Hoover donated the camp to the federal government to be used as a retreat by future presidents after losing his re-election bid in 1932. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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On the eve of his election to the presidency, Hoover thanks an RNC operative “for all these months of most effective service” 109. Herbert Hoover. Uncom-
mon ALS in pencil, one page, 8.25 x 6.75, Western Union letterhead, November 4, 1928. Letter to “David Hinshaw, Republican National Committee,” written just two days before the 1928 presidential election. In full: “As you go on a needed holiday I want you to carry along my feeling of gratitude not only for all these months of most effective service but my heartfelt appreciation of your personal devotion and loyalty.” Handsomely double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 14.5 x 22.5. In fine condition. Two days later, Hoover steamrolled Democratic candidate Al Smith in the presidential election, securing 444 electoral votes to Smith’s meager 87. Provenance: The Albert H. Small Collection, Christie’s, May 2012. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
110. Herbert Hoover.
Scarce original pencil sketches made by President Herbert Hoover on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet. Hoover’s abstract doodles consist of various geometric shapes, concentric patterns, and layered and crisscrossing lines, with Hoover adding notations near each sketch: “CS, Capt Baker,” “M. C. Megal for Embassy—,” “Jones—of Iowa,” and “Sackett to Germany—.” Although undated, the names listed correspond with the period of 1929–1930; Frederic Mosley Sackett was appointed as the ambassador to Germany on February 12, 1930. Also included is an ink signature, “Herbert Hoover,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In overall fine condition, with light smudging to the sketch and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge of the signature. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I, too, have been collecting source material for many years—mostly U. S. Navy” 111 . F r a n k l i n D . Roosevelt. ALS as presi-
dent, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 19, 1934. Letter to Frank C. Deering, in full: “Some day I shall hope to heave the pleasure of seeing your collection—I, too, have been collecting source material for many years—mostly U. S. Navy.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Roosevelt’s hand. Frank C. Deering of Saco, Maine, a member of the American Antiquarian Society, was a noted bibliophile and one of the great collectors of early Americana. His personal library focused on New England history, Western narratives, and Indian narratives and captivities. Although Franklin D. Roosevelt was better known as an avid stamp collector, he also spent much of his spare time dedicated to a massive American naval history collection, primarily composed of prints, engravings, and paintings. FDR’s collection of naval artwork earned renewed national interest in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy initiated an exhibition dedicated to it at the National Archives, organized under the name ‘The Old Navy, 1776–1860: An Exhibit of Prints and Watercolors from the Naval Collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt.’ Kennedy also published a fascinating article in the August 10, 1962 issue of Life Magazine, detailing his impressions of the collection and describing Roosevelt’s collecting habits. In closing, JFK observed: ‘‘The Old Navy’ is thus evidence of the collecting passion of an extraordinary President. But it is much more than this. It is, as Roosevelt intended it should be, a reminder of the strength and style of our naval tradition.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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The 32nd president’s premium embossed matchbook 112. Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt’s personally-owned and -used fine quality brown leather matchbook, measuring 2 x 2.25 closed, featuring his giltembossed initials on the front flap, “FDR.” The matchbook is fully stocked with 15 matches and features a small black fastener at the bottom, allowing the matches to be replaced—a function of FDR’s valet. In very fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo and a letter of provenance from the wife of Arthur S. Prettyman, who had served as Roosevelt’s valet from 1939 until his death in 1945, and continued to work for President Truman, as his personal valet, until he left office, in 1953. In part: “It gives me pleasure to present to you one of the leather matchbook covers that was owned and used by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. These were given to my husband, Arthur S. Prettyman sometime during World War II, by the President…The personal matches of the President have 1/2 inch FDR initials embossed in gold on the leather cover…These personal matchbook covers are most attractive.” A cogent piece of FDR history—a necessity for the lifelong cigarette smoker. The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. Starting Bid $200
The impact of women on the New Deal— “an instrumentality for peace whose influence can in many instances have the determining power” 113. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White
House letterhead, April 4, 1938. Letter to Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, director of the Democratic National Convention Women’s Division, in full: “I am glad to hear of plans formulated by the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee to hold a series of regional conferences during the ensuing months. It seems to me that such conferences, which will bring together for discussion and common counsel, regional groups of women voters, will be of great practical helpfulness to the participants and to the party. It is of the utmost importance that our womenfolk be given accurate information about the accomplishments of the New Deal and the objectives of the Democratic party. The better our aims and accomplishments are understood, the surer we are to command the confidence and the support of the women of the United States. The New Deal has given abundant evidence of its confidence in the leadership and ability of women. The women, in their turn, have, by loyalty and ability, understanding and discernment, justified fully the expectations of the Administration. They are a factor in our family, social, economic and political life, and an instrumentality for peace whose influence can in many instances have the determining power. Government can be no more than the collective wisdom of its citizens and I welcome these regional conferences. They will afford a forum through which the Women’s Division can, by encouraging discussion and common counsel, increase the collective wisdom which we all seek and which we must attain in order to make Government representative and efficient.” In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the left side, and two pieces of archival tape along the back top edge. Like many of their male counterparts, women also benefited from many of the major reforms of the New Deal, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, which set maximum hour and minimum wages, and the Fair Labor Relations Act, which guaranteed workers the right to organize and led to more than 800,000 women joining unions by the end of the 1930s. An exceptional letter representing Roosevelt’s long-standing support for women’s political advocacy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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114. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Handsome 10.5 x 13.5 engraved portrait of
President Roosevelt, boldly signed below the image in fountain pen. Framed and in fine condition, with just a touch of light toning to the margins. Accompanied by a 1937 White House transmittal letter from Roosevelt’s secretary Missy LeHand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
FDR denies a request for the “summary removal of the Superintendent of Banks” 115. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5,
State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, June 25, 1931. Letter to W. Kingsland Macy of the Republican State Committee, in full: “I beg to acknowledge your letter of June 24th, written on the stationery of the Republican State Committee, of which you are Chairman. I take it, however, that this letter is a personal one from you and that you are not speaking for that body. I do not accede to your request for the summary removal of the Superintendent of Banks.” In fine condition, with small staple holes at the top. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Thanking the White House Chief of Staff for good wishes upon his “64th birthday” 116. Harry S. Truman. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 9, 1948. Letter to John R. Steelman, his chief of staff, in full: “Your birthday note was read with appreciation and much satisfaction. You were very kind to me. The communication from you made the 64th birthday much happier. My able staff, represented by you makes my job possible; and I’d say that to each of them too.” In fine condition, with trivial stains along the extreme bottom edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Truman’s hand. Steelman’s official title was ‘The Assistant to the President of the United States,’ a position now known as ‘White House Chief of Staff’—the president’s most trusted and important advisor. A fantastic association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
117. Harry S. Truman. Uncommon signed book: Log of the
President’s Trip to the Berlin Conference. Spiral-bound softcover, 9 x 10.75, 140 pages. Signed on the front cover in black ink by Truman. The book contains a two-page 15.5 x 10.75 fold-out map charting Truman’s trip, as well as numerous historic photographs of Truman pictured with numerous important historical figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and King George VI. In fine condition, with mild handling wear. The Berlin Conference established the Council of Foreign Ministers to continue working on postwar relations, including peace treaties, German reparations, methods for handling war criminals, and the admission of the defeated countries to the United Nations, among other topics. On his return from Berlin, Truman received word that Japan had been struck with a nuclear bomb, leading to the eventual end to all hostilities. The image of Truman and Stalin on the cover is quite rare given that it was the only time the two world leaders would meet face-to-face. After the Allied victory in World War II, the two men would lead their respective super powers in the Cold War struggle that pitted the US against the USSR. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Truman issues a Red Cross citation to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 118. Harry S. Truman. Unique DS as president, signed
“Harry S. Truman,” one page, 14 x 11, no date but circa 1949. A calligraphically inscribed certificate, in full: “This Citation is hereby awarded, Dwight D. Eisenhower, by the American National Red Cross, in grateful recognition of distinguished humanitarian service during the 1949 fund campaign.” Signed at the conclusion by President Truman and countersigned by E. Roland Harriman as chairman of the campaign; the area for the signature of the president of the American National Red Cross is blank. In very fine condition. The 1949 American Red Cross fund campaign commenced on February 28th, kicking off with a special television program emceed by James Stewart which featured addresses by President Truman and General Eisenhower, and a dramatic sketch performed by Helen Hayes. An outstanding association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“That paper has treated me like a pickpocket!” 119. Harry S. Truman. TLS,
one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 19, 1956. Letter to Thomas E. Turner of the Central Texas Bureau, in full: “Thank you very much for sending me th e e di tori al about Margaret from The Dallas Morning News—it is very interesting. I suppose there has to be a first time for everything and I more than appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me the editorial.” Truman adds a closing line in his own hand, “That paper has treated me like a pickpocket!” In fine condition, with an extra horizontal fold near the bottom edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
120. Harry S. Truman. Handsome matte-finish 7.25 x 11.25 head-and-shoulders photo of President Truman, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To John C. Campbell, with kindest regards & best wishes, Harry S. Truman.” Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 18. In fine condition, with a somewhat noticeable crease to the lower left. John C. Campbell served in the State Department as a specialist on Eastern Europe from 1942 to 1946, and as an advisor in various roles thereafter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 81
121. Harry S. Truman. Impressive matte-finish 9.5 x 13.25
Harris & Ewing portrait of Truman, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Kind regards to Chas. E. Perkins, Harry S. Truman.” Affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition, with trimming to the mount. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
122. Harry S. Truman and Cabinet. Outstanding oversized matte-finish 14.5 x 10.5 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and his cabinet, taken in January 1950, signed in the lower border in ink by President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Postmaster General J. M. Donaldson, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. A caption is affixed at the bottom of the image. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and brushing to a few signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Limited edition WWII memoir, signed on its desirable D-Day order 123. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 983/1426. 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: very fine. Book condition: VG+/None in a VG- slipcase, with a split edge at the top of the slipcase and some adhesive damage to the sides. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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December 1959 Ike handwritten note penned aboard the U.S.S Des Moines 124. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Leatherbound guest log for the U.S.S. Des Moines CA–134, 8.5 x 10.75, signed on the seventh page in fountain pen as president, “Des Moines—with her captain and crew have made of my three days cruise not only recreation and rest but a most enjoyable holiday—I am grateful. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 15–18 December, 1959.” Signed below on the same page by his son and daughter-in-law, John and Barbara. Owned by Captain Charles C. Slayton, the guest log begins on November 25, 1959. Following its decommission in July 1961, the log was used as Clayton’s personal guest book until its final entry on August 25, 1973. Filled out on the first 116 pages, the log is signed by hundreds of guests, with several notables that include Emory P. Roberts, James J. Rowley, James Hagerty, W. F. Peterson, and W. R. Shuler, Robert D. Murphy (his calling card is also included). In fine condition, with expected wear to logbook cover; signed page is exceptionally crisp and bold. Accompanied by an unsigned book photo of Eisenhower preparing to descend a staircase on the U.S.S Des Moines, and three correspondence letters between Captain Slayton and the Navy Department. In an effort to promote US foreign relations, President Eisenhower set about on an international goodwill tour in December of 1959, visiting eleven European, Asian, and North African countries on an ambitious nineteen-day trip. As part of the expedition, Eisenhower boarded the U.S.S. Des Moines CA-134 while the cruiser was anchored off the coast of Athens, and embarked on a restful voyage that would ultimately dock in Toulon, France three days later. The short respite proved effectual for the President, who would charge forward on the second leg of his international tour, visiting Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay in February 1960, trips that he hoped would go far in softening a tense international climate. A rare, bold presidential-era note, written during the last few years of his distinguished two-term presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
125. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 Bachrach portrait of Eisenhower in a bust-length pose and wearing his five-star military uniform, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Mrs. Henry P. Davison, with best wishes and warm greetings to the mother of my old and valued friend, truly, Dwight D. Eisenhower, May 8, 1950.” Framed to a slightly larger size. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The “longest and most self-revealing letter” that President Eisenhower ever wrote
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126. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, signed
“Thanks again—sincerely, D. E.,” six pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, December 10, 1953. Incredible letter to his former speechwriter Emmet J. Hughes, in reply to an elevenpage letter sent by Hughes upon leaving the administration in 1953, which cited the vulnerabilities of his regime. Eisenhower writes, in part: “On December 12, 1941, I was called to the War Department and given a task that had much to do with the concentration of our troops—ground and air—to utilize them for various projects throughout the world. Within a surprisingly short time after the beginning of the war, well-meaning people were springing up all over the country to urge ‘action.’ It was un-American to be passive under attack; it was shameful that we had apparently deserted the Bataan garrison to its fate; it was unthinkable that the Germans could come over to our Florida coast line and sink our tankers within sight of our shores; it was criminal that the War Department was allowing our cities to be exposed to attack by clandestine bombing which could come from Iceland or the Hudson Bay or a submarine. In short, it was implied that while the people occupying the responsible directive positions in our armed services were probably not traitors or really criminal, it was obvious that they were too deliberate, too cautious, too fearful to be mentioned in the same breath with the red-blooded writers of these various exhortations and diatribes. Actually the time had to be used, and was used effectively, to build the teams of leadership and of combat units necessary to win the war… When we finally captured the last Italian and German forces in Italy in the following May, great joy swept over the allied world and the allied commanders were heroes, far-seeing soldiers, virtual supermen. It was all of two or three weeks before the old anvil chorus got again into full play; in fact we were lucky to have the chance to take the little island of Pantelleria, which stilled the chorus long enough to get off our attack against Sicily in July…The story was repeated in Italy and reached new heights during the spring months following my January return to Britain. That was in 1944, when I went back to prepare the Overlord Operation…By that moment I had long since learned to avoid reading the newspaper. They stormed that success had gone to my head and I was not ready to risk my phony reputation on the outcome of the great battle that now alone could defeat the Germans and save democracy—the battle on the shores of northwest Europe. I learned one lesson through all these many months and many experiences. It is that in war there is scarcely any difficulty that a good resounding victory will not cure—temporarily. And I learned that there is a priority of procedure in the preparing for and carrying forward great tasks that the leader ignores at his peril. People close to a respected or liked commander fear he is losing his stature and urge the ‘squelching’ of a Montgomery or a Bradley or a Patton; the seizing of the limelight in order to personalize the whole campaign for the troops and the public. But obviously in the hurly burly of a military campaign—or a political effort—loyal, effective subordinates are mandatory. To
tie them to the leader with unbreakable bonds one rule must always be observed—Take full responsibility, promptly, for everything that remotely resembles failure—give extravagant and public praise to all subordinates for every success. The method is slow—but its results endure!! Not for one moment am I classing your constructive comments with the kind of never-ending columnist criticism that bears a startling familiarity to the kind of military castigation that I learned to ignore in wartime…This brings us to the discussion of methods necessary to assure accomplishment. One man can do a lot—he can especially do a lot at any particular given moment, if at that moment he happens to be ranking high in the public estimation. By this I mean if at that moment he is dwelling in the ivory tower and not in the dog house. But in our complicated political system, even with such an individual standing, success is going to be measured, over the long term, by the skill with which the leader builds a strong team around him… A team of leaders is made up of people who believe in certain things—often simple things—very deeply. This consolidation of intellectual approach to the Administration’s problems has been going on in the Cabinet and on the Hill for almost a year… This morning we examined in the Cabinet meeting the plans of the Federal Housing Administrator for expanded activity in the business of providing housing of decent standards for every American citizen…This is one small example to show you that I believe the right kind of team is evolving and that things will be done which will not only be classed as effective programs for the benefit of the plain citizen, but which will operate in such a way as to gain the respect even of those who too often in the past have opposed such measures… I fully recognize that the responsibility is mine. Occasionally I must go on the air to let the people have direct knowledge of the important and comprehensive programs that are in the mill. But I also take the responsibility for producing a legislativeexecutive team that will not be too dependent upon the mere presence, words, or even the counsel of the chief, but which will, because of its complete solidarity of faith in ideas and ideals, be capable of functioning both collectively and in all of its parts. If I cannot do this, there is no question that the entire effort I have put into the political game has been wasted, and it would have been far better had I never been put into this office. On the other hand, if I am successful, that success will have a permanence that will be far greater than if it were traceable in the public mind and in fact only to an individual.” In fine condition. Accompanied by Hughes’s retained carbon copy of his original letter to Eisenhower on Time-Life International letterhead, as well as a typed note from Hughes, in part: “This has been described to me (by several Eisenhower aides, including his personal secretary, Ann Whitman) as the longest and most self-revealing letter DDE ever wrote in eight years in the White House.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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“The competition faced by the Defense Department is the sternest in the world, that provided by the military might of the Soviet Union” 127. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, signed “D. E.,” two pages, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 6, 1958. Letter to businessman Irving Geist. In part: “I am sure it is no news to you that I am engaged in an all-out effort to secure legislation under which the Defense Department may be organized to meet modern security requirements with maximum efficiency and minimum cost…As of today, the Defense Department must operate under a system, or lack of system, similar to one that, as I say, would not be tolerated by a successful business corporation. All of us know that the competition faced by the Defense Department is the sternest in the world, that provided by the military might of the Soviet Union. The single objective of the Defense Department is the nation’s security; in this it must be successful…In a successful company the Board of Directors operates through its Chief Executive Officer…I believe that, in a similar manner, the Secretary of Defense must, under broad policies prescribed by the Congress, make sure that the Defense establishment operates under a single direction.” In fine condition, with a stray ink mark near the signature. Eisenhower oversaw the first major reorganization of the Department of Defense in 1958, which streamlined departments and channels of authority. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Let’s keep it up—for America, and for the cause of world peace” 128. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS signed “D. E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, June 9, 1960. Letter to James S. Copley, chairman of Copley Newspapers, in full: “I am most grateful for your vigorous help on the mutual security program. Knowing your dedication to our national welfare, I am not in the least surprised that you would react so swiftly to the situation outlined in my earlier letter. Since you and others have taken steps to avoid a crippling appropriations cut, the action of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the House Appropriations Committee has been twice postponed. These events are perhaps not unrelated. Those opposed to this great program of course hope for a waning of public interest. This must not happen. I most earnestly hope that all of us will redouble our efforts in behalf of this program at every point in the legislative process. Again, my warm appreciation of your cooperative efforts. Let’s keep it up—for America, and for the cause of world peace.” In fine condition, with two filing holes to the top. Accompanied by an unsigned letter from Eisenhower to Copley, dated May 14, 1960. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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129. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders
photo of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Frank Madson, with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 15. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Jack has arrived—and it is too good to be true—he is in marvelous health” 130. Jacqueline Kennedy. Excep-
tional ALS signed “Jackie, xxxxx,” four pages, 4.75 x 7.75, United States Lines letterhead, no date but circa August 1955. Letter to her mother Janet Auchincloss, in full: “You can’t imagine the horror we went through here Aug. 12—reading about hurricanes—yesterday Lee & I had the sweetest letter you could possibly imagine from Mrs. Whitehouse— describing every detail at the party—from Janet’s dancing technique—to Yusha’s Arab friends, decorations—your green organdie dress—it all sounded too perfect for words and we were so happy. I know you must be exhausted now that it is all over—but it must be nice to know it was such a memorable evening—Jack has arrived—and it is too good to be true—he is in marvelous health—had a lovely rest in Sweden—we have a nice room at the Hotel du Cap & luckily a lot of his English friends are in the South at France—so we have had pleasant dinners with them—I feel so glad for Jack to see him being able to drink wine, walk without crutches—last nite was Michael’s birthday & we had a party with birthday cake—Jack at last seems to be relaxing & not talking about going back to careen around Massachusetts—so if he keeps feeling well—we may be here till late September—probably going to London at the end—Then when I come home there will be the house to fuss with—which I am terribly looking forward to—All love to you Mummy—& to everyone & especially to Rini—who must be in 7th heaven—We will write again soon—please don’t get 2 tired. I hope you are still coming in October—Lee & M will die if you don’t.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed by Jackie who adds on the reverse, “Kennedy, Hotel du Cap, Cap d’Antibes, France.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Elegant Tiffany cigarette case gifted by “JBK” in ‘66 131. Jacqueline Kennedy. Gold
vermeil on sterling silver cigarette case by Tiffany & Co., gifted by Jackie Kennedy to Helen Lempart Westbrook in 1966. The elegant case measures 3.5 x 2.25 x .25, and is engraved inside the spring-loaded cover, “1966, For Helen, with appreciation and affection, JBK.” The maker’s hallmark is stamped above, “Tiffany & Co., Sterling 925, Italy.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a light blue Tiffany cloth bag. The recipient, Helen Lempart Westbrook, worked in the Kennedy White House. Starting Bid $200
“Jackie” writes to her favorite artist: “For Christmas my mother gave me the drawing of me which she bought at your exhibition last summer in Newport” 132. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “Jackie Kennedy,” one page, 6.25 x 9.25, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1960. Letter to artist Franz Bueb, in part: “For Christmas my mother gave me the drawing of me which she bought at your exhibition last summer in Newport. Would you trade it for the one you did of Alice (Auchincloss) that I loved so much in Southampton? I do hope you still have it. Mine has a frame & everything—I will send it anywhere you like if you will just send me that one of Alice unframed! I hope we’ll see you later on this winter when we’ll be in Palm Beach. Do let me know soon about this as I will be so happy if that drawing will be mine!” In fine condition. Bueb was a German-born artist who taught painting to Jacqueline Kennedy during the 1950s and 1960s. Bueb painted many portraits of the future first lady, as well as various landscapes of Chatsworth, England, the former home of John F. Kennedy’s late sister Kathleen. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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133. Jacqueline Kennedy. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Kennedy, “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” payable to Mary Hopkins for $25, December 25, 1988. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold, light diagonal crease, and some adhesive residue on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
134. Jacqueline Kennedy. TLS signed “All my happy New Year wishes, Jackie,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, 1040 Fifth Avenue letterhead, postmarked January 12, 1994. Letter to Elisa Sullivan, in full: “I love both my Christmas presents and you for thinking of me. The ‘Caroline’ Christmas ornament is adorable and the horse theme Kleenex container is in my pocket book ready to be used. It’s the best idea ever.” Jackie adds the salutation in her own hand. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
135. Jacqueline Kennedy. Signed book: One Special Summer. Limited signed first edition of 500 copies. NY: Delacorte Press, 1974. Hardcover in dust jacket, 11 x 13.25, signed in ink on the colophon, “Jacqueline Bouvier” and “Lee Bouvier.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/VG-. Blue textured paper-covered boards; bump to upper corners; spine and edges sunned; front hinge cracked. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve; small chips/tears and creases along edges; spine and folds sunned and insect damaged. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare handwritten condolence letter from President Kennedy— “You have given so much to so many in your life”
136. John F. Kennedy.
ALS as president, signed “Cordially, Jack,” one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to “Dear Chic,” in full: “I was terribly sorry to hear of your loss. I know what a blow this is to you! You have given so much to so many in your life.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Charles Hamilton. President Kennedy penned this heartfelt message on a very unusual, larger size of White House stationery than typically seen, making it an especially eye-catching letter. An exemplary piece, this is just the third Kennedy ALS as president we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Timeless Sulka scarf worn by JFK 137. John F. Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy’s personally owned cream-colored silk scarf from A. Sulka & Company, worn by Kennedy during his tenure as a congressman and into his early senatorial career, measuring approximately 53.5 x 15.5, with attractive herringbone pattern, classic black-andtan fringe ends, and an embroidered open monogram bearing Kennedy’s initials, “JFK.” In fine condition, with a couple trivial dark marks. Provenance: Robert White Collection, Guernsey’s, 1998. The Sulka brand became synonymous with the style of the upper crust and political elite, and long served as the go-to haberdashery for the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, and Clark Gable, amongst others. An accouterment of his classic style, this is an exquisite scarf sported by Kennedy as he strolled the chilly sidewalks of Boston during the early 1950s. Starting Bid $500
Beautiful 1961 Kennedy appointment for his secretary of labor, a future justice of the Supreme Court 138. John F. Kennedy. Partly-printed DS
as president, one page, 23 x 19, March 15, 1961. President Kennedy appoints “Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor…a Member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for a term of two years.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Kennedy and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The embossed white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition. The following year, Kennedy would appoint Goldberg to an even larger role—Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Goldberg would serve on the Court from September 28, 1962 to July 26, 1965, where his liberal views shifted the Court’s balance toward a broader construction of constitutional rights. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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One-of-a-kind 1962 photo inscribed to astronaut Wally Schirra as the Cuban Missile Crisis takes hold 1 3 9 . J o h n F. Kennedy. Color
glossy 8.25 x 7 photo of President Kennedy meeting with Wally Schirra and his family in the Oval Office, affixed to its original 10.75 x 10.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To Commander Walter Schirra—and his family—with esteem and best wishes, John Kennedy.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 16.75 x 16.5; the original photo, which had faded, has been covered with a crisp, clear new print, and the mount and image subsequently set and displayed in a new frame. In fine condition. Schirra visited the White House on October 16, 1962, just two weeks after becoming the fifth American in space during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. As the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs, Schirra’s career in NASA represents each step in answering Kennedy’s 1961 call to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The president’s unequivocal support of America’s space program was largely informed by the international politics of the Cold War, with the United States and Soviet Union battling for supremacy in spaceflight. Despite the success of Schirra’s flight, the news of America’s progress in the Space Race was soon eclipsed by the greatest challenge of the Cold War: just 45 minutes prior to meeting with Schirra, Kennedy was shown the first photographs of Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, which had been taken two days earlier during a U-2 reconnaissance flight. After the Schirra family left the Oval Office, Kennedy began planning America’s response and the Cuban Missile Crisis commenced. Items signed by Kennedy with such direct and wonderful ties to Project Mercury are exceedingly rare, and highly sought-after by both presidential and space collectors. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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140. John F. Kennedy. Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of Kennedy taken after being nominated as the Democratic
presidential candidate in August of 1960, affixed to the original 8 x 11.75 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, most likely as president, “To David Spurgen—with best regards, John F. Kennedy.” Double-matted to an overall size of 14 x 17. In fine condition, with a couple of trivial creases to background. Although taken in the summer of 1960 by Alfred Eisenstaedt, this was the preferred portrait Kennedy would sign and give out during the beginning of his administration. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“Here he is with all the world on his shoulders”— McNamara’s haunted legacy in Vietnam 142. Lyndon B. Johnson. Supremely rare
ALS as president, signed “L. B. J.,” one page, 5 x 7.25, White House letterhead, dated “Monday 13th.” Letter to “Marg,” Margaret McNamara, the wife of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, in full: “Here he is with all the world on his shoulders and both of us behind him every step of the way.” In fine condition. By the mid-1960s, Robert S. McNamara was truly a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders. He had been appointed Secretary of Defense at the start of the Kennedy administration, and remained in the position in President Johnson’s cabinet. Under Kennedy, he oversaw the build-up of American forces in South Vietnam, and under Johnson he was a prime architect of the conflict’s escalation. However, he began to question the effectiveness of US military involvement in Vietnam as early as late 1965, and by 1967 was openly seeking a way to launch peace negotiations. McNamara would later say that his continued support of the war stemmed from loyalty to the administration’s policy—casting Johnson’s words here, that he is “behind him every step of the way,” in a somewhat darker light. The war became McNamara’s personal nightmare, tormenting him for the rest of his life. Between the extreme rarity of Johnson’s autograph letters as president and its connection to the tragic legacy of the Vietnam War, this is an absolutely remarkable, historically significant example. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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143 . Lyndon B. Johnson. Rare ANS as president on
an official 4 x 2.25 card embossed with the presidential seal, no date. Note to Robert Perry in Bethesda Naval Hospital. In full: “To Bob—Sorry to hear of your going in the hospital! Take care—get well—Hurry back—Our best always, Lyndon B. Johnson.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the official White House transmittal slip addressed in type to Perry at the hospital as well as the original envelope for the card bearing the same embossed presidential seal on the flap. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Three generations of the Johnson family 144. The Johnsons. Scarce
color glossy 11.5 x 8.25 photo of the Johnson family posing on the White House lawn, showing Luci Johnson and husband Pat Nugent, the president and first lady with new grandson Patrick, and Lynda Johnson and her husband Chuck Robb, affixed to the original 15 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink or felt tip, “For Mary Lasker—Merry Christmas from some of her loving friends! Lady Bird, December 1967,” “Lyndon B. Johnson,” “Luci and,” “Pat Nugent,” “Lynda and,” and “Chuck Robb,” with the Nugents adding the fingerprint of their infant son, Patrick Lyndon. In fine condition, with some small edge dings and a short tear to the top edge, all easily matted out. Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson’s efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Exceptionally rare handwritten letter from President Nixon to “a fine family in the service of the United States”
145. Richard Nixon. Excessively rare ALS as president, one page both sides, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 14, 1971. Letter to General and Mrs. Aldrich, thanking them for their hospitality. In full: “I want you to know how much I enjoyed staying in your delightful home. The Christmas decorations, the decor and particularly the charming family pictures (the wedding picture especially!) made me feel very much at home. I know our visit was a great inconvenience for your family and staff-give them my appreciation. A very happy Christmas to all of you. We are proud to have such a fine family in the service of the United States.” In fine condition, with trivial mounting remnants to upper corners. Air Force General Thomas A. Aldrich, stationed at Lajes Field in the Azores, hosted President Nixon from December 12-14 during his visit to the archipelago for a meeting with French President Georges Pompidou. The summit was convened for the two leaders to discuss monetary policy regarding systems of international exchange. The Nixon administration’s major economic goal was to halt inflation, and in order to do so the president made the decision to cancel the direct convertibility of the United States dollar to gold. Autograph letters signed by President Nixon are exceedingly rare, and with an association to one of the most influential changes in the economy in modern history this is an absolutely incredible example. Ex. Christie’s, December 19, 2002; sale 1060, lot 326. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Nixon sends his condolences to actor Jimmy Stewart, whose son was killed in Vietnam 146. Richard Nixon. War-dated TLS
as president, signed “Dick,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, June 16, 1969. Letter to actor Jimmy Stewart and his wife Gloria, in full: “I have learned with great sorrow of the death of your soon Ronald. There is little I could say, I know, that would make your grief any less. I can only assure you that the nation he died to serve shares your grief and will forever honor his memory. I pray for the day when this war can be ended, and peace restored. I wish that your son could have lived to see that day. His courage, his devotion and his sacrifice have brought it closer. When it comes, there will be a special place in the thoughts of his country men for him and for you, and for the others who have borne the burdens of loss. Pat joins me in extending our deepest sympathy and in the hope that the profound respect your son has so tragically earned will help sustain and comfort you. You will be in our prayers, and in our hearts.” In fine condition. When James Stewart married former model Gloria Hatrick McLean in 1949, he became the stepfather to her two sons, Michael and Ronald, the latter being the solemn subject of this letter. On June 8, 1969, the 24-year-old McLean, a first lieutenant in the third Marine Division, was killed by enemy fire while on a six-man recon patrol eleven miles northwest of the Vandegrift Combat Base in Quang Tri Province. He was struck with a bullet to the chest while protecting an injured soldier and was posthumously awarded Silver and Purple Stars by President Nixon for ‘conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action.’ A moving letter from President Nixon written early into his administration, which is further augmented by its famous recipient and emotional weight. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Rare presidential speech notes— Ford addresses the American recession of 1975 147. Gerald Ford. Rare grouping of three
items relating to President Ford’s address to the Conference Board at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 1975. The group is highlighted by a typed fifth draft of Ford’s speech, eight pages, 8 x 10.5, January 21, 1975, copiously emended and annotated in pencil by the president. Notable edited passages can be found on page three: “However, I did not come here this evening simply to repeat my State of the Union Address. In this forum, I will not discuss the past. It is beyond our control. Instead I will discuss where we are heading”; page seven: “As a starter, I will invite to the White House at their earliest convenience members of the Budget Committee of the Senate and House to confer with me on the problems we all face. To continue doing what we have been doing is wrong. We need a new direction”; and on page eight: “Since 1969, our military manpower has been reduced by over 40 percent. Five years ago personnel costs for the Dept of [Defense] were —% of military expenditures. This fiscal year personnel costs are—% of an— defense.” Ford adds further notes along the bottom of the final page: “This dramatic shift in how we allocate spend our defense dollars has prevented us from doing all we should in R & D & procurement of modern weapons. In many areas as a consequence our military services are faced with bloc obsolescence in equipment.” The speech is accompanied by an ALS in pencil, signed with his initials, “GRF,” written on a light blue 4.25 x 7.25 sheet of Aboard Air Force One letterhead, in full: “This need lots of work / I have written in some suggestions.” Ford’s autograph is very uncommon on any type of presidential stationery, such as this “Aboard Air Force One” example. Also included is a “Clearance Form for Presidential Speech Material,” one page, 8 x 10.5, which bears an ANS in the upper right corner, initialed in red felt tip, “GRF, Change as per Alan Greenspan, p. 12.” The form, directed to the president from Paul A. Theis, lists the following fields: Speechwriter, “Bakshian,” Editors, “Casserly / Theis,” and Basic Research/Speech Material Supplier, “Scheduling Office and Research Office, Economic Policy,” with a clearance list at the bottom initialed by several White House personnel members. In overall fine condition. Hosted by the Conference Board, an independent nonprofit institution for business and economic research, the dinner ceremony at Sheraton-Park Hotel allowed President Ford to explain how he planned to fix the worst recession since World War II. Echoing his first state of the union address of a week earlier, Ford proposed a one-year tax reduction of $16 billion to stimulate economic growth, and then highlighted a call for reform in federal spending, defense policy, and profits and investment. On March 29, 1975, Ford reluctantly signed the Tax Reduction Act of 1975, a $22.8 billion tax-cut package that served as a compromise between his original $16 billion reduction and the Senate’s $32 billion figure. The plan worked steadily, and by July 1976, over 3.8 million Americans were at work than when the bill was first passed. A unique glimpse into Ford’s uphill battle for the American workforce. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 98 | February 7, 2018 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
Rare handwritten letter from President Carter regarding “selection committees for federal circuit judges” 148. Jimmy Carter. ALS as
president, signed “Jimmy,” two pages, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 25, 1977. Letter to West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph, in full: “We are establishing selection committees for federal circuit judges, have one functioning for FBI director, and will use a similar procedure for choosing future Supreme Court justices if vacancies occur. This is a process which worked superbly when I was Governor of Georgia. It leaves complete control of the final selection in the hands of the responsible person, removes some of the political disadvantages from personnel appointments, and is very popular because it gives the public legitimate assurance that selections are made on a basis of merit. Also, distinguished citizens can be appointed (publicly or privately) to the selection committee itself. I’ve enclosed a copy of an order issued by me for circuit judge selection. I’m sure you will find this interesting, and you may think it advisable to have a similar group in your state to make recommendations for district judges. I would appreciate your private and rank comments on this process.” Carter has added below the letterhead: “Personal and Confidential.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Accompanied by the referenced executive order, headed: “Establishing the United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission.” As part of his 1976 presidential campaign, Carter vowed to alter traditional methods of selecting federal judges if he were elected. Similar to the Judicial Selection Committee he implemented as Governor of Georgia, Carter promised to establish nominating commissions that would select candidates on the basis of their professional competence. On December 13, roughly a month after defeating Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election, Carter, along with future Attorney General Griffin Bell and Mississippi Senator and longtime chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee James Eastland, began setting clear guidelines on how best to divide responsibility for choosing federal judges, deliberations which led to President Carter establishing the United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission on February 14, 1977. A fascinating letter regarding Carter’s impact on judicial reform—handwritten letters by Carter as president remain exceedingly rare. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Reagan thanks Jonathan Winters, his former Dean Martin Show roaster, for his “generous words” 149. Ronald Reagan. ALS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to actor Jonathan Winters, in full: “It was good to hear from you and I appreciate your generous words. Nancy sends her best and I’m happy to join your collection.” In fine condition, with light irregular toning. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Profiles in History affirming that the letter was obtained “directly from Jonathan Winters, to whom the letter was addressed.” Years before reaching the White House, California Governor Ronald Reagan appeared on The Dean Martin Show on September 13, 1973. As the celebrity guest of honor, Reagan was roasted by a series of personalities that included Jackie Vernon, Phyllis Diller, Dom DeLuise, Jack Benny, Don Rickles, and Nancy Reagan. Also among the lineup was Jonathan Winters, who proceeded to dress up as Miss Maude Frickert, the purported first-grade elementary teacher of Reagan, and a character he played frequently throughout his career. Over the course of the three-minute roast, Winters poked fun at Reagan for everything from his suspiciously youthful hair color to his decision to go to college in Eureka, Illinois. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
Bush on the Panama Invasion— “Our troops did an outstanding job” 150. George Bush. ALS as president, one page, 6.25 x
4.25, The President stationery card with embossed golden seal, January 22, 1990. Letter to Douglass Campbell, in full: “Many thanks for your support for our actions in Panama. Our troops did an outstanding job. Barbara joins me in sending our warmest best wishes for 1990.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, annotated in another hand. In the largest military action by the US since the Vietnam War, over 27,000 soldiers and 300 aircraft invaded Panama on December 20, 1989, during Operation Just Cause. The invasion was designed to safeguard lives of US citizens in Panama, defend democracy and human rights, combat drug trafficking, and protect the integrity of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties through the immediate deposition of de facto ruler Manuel Noriega. Bush remains exceptionally rare in handwritten letters as president, with this example particularly desirable given its connection to one of Bush’s most controversial actions. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“I will be at the Ryder Cup” 151. George Bush.
ALS signed “GB,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, Walker’s Point letterhead, August 20, 1999. Letter to Harold Wiesenthal, in full: “I’m sorry it’s so hot down there. Thanks for sending the shirts. They haven’t arrived yet but I’m sure they will soon. Again, you are too kind! I will be at the Ryder Cup—probably for all 3 days so be sure to say ‘Hi.’” In fine condition, with a JSA label affixed to the reverse (certificate of authenticity not present). Desirable golfing content from the former president; attending the event, he witnessed a remarkable comeback by the American team, who overcame a 10-6 deficit going into the final round to defeat the European team by a score of 14.5 to 13.5. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
To the LSU coaching legend: “You have done so much to help set proper priorities for your athletes, sometimes putting education ahead of victory on the court—a truly great example for all” 152. George Bush. ALS, one
page both sides, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 8, 1997. Letter to Louisiana State University’s men’s basketball coach Dale Brown upon his retirement, in part: “There was something very special about this article. ‘Class’ is one word that clearly applies to you; but it’s even more. You have done so much to help set proper priorities for your athletes, sometimes putting education ahead of victory on the court—a truly great example for all.” Bush adds a brief postscript, “I happily recall my campaign visit to LSU years ago with you at my side.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I loved your letter with the Lincoln quote” 153. Bill Clinton. Scarce ALS as president, signed “Bill,” one
page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 4, 1993. Letter to Paul Bursey, Jr., of the nonprofit Putting the Earth First, in full: “I loved your letter with the Lincoln quote—it was a real boost.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of Bursey’s original letter, which includes a quote by Lincoln, in part: “If I tried to read, much less answer, all the criticisms made of me and all the attacks leveled against me, this office would have to be closed for all other business.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
154. Bill Clinton. Uncommon DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, State of Arkansas letterhead, December 8, 1980. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton commutes a murderer’s sentence: “Whereas Sandfort Wilborn, A.D.C. 55301, was convicted in Columbia County, Arkansas of the crime of Murder First Degree and sentenced on October 22, 1963 to a term of life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction; and Whereas, the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends that the sentence of Sandfort Wilborn be commuted from Life to parole eligibility; Now therefore, I, Bill Clinton, by the virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas do hereby commute the sentence of Sandfort Wilborn to a term of seventy-seven (77) years; four (4) months.” Boldly signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Governor Clinton and countersigned by Secretary of State Paul Riviere. In very good to fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The Oval Office is a shrine to Democracy” 155. George W. Bush. ALS as presi-
dent, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 10, 2006. Letter to Ronald Wade, in full: “The Oval Office is a shrine to Democracy. It reminds me that the office of the President is larger than the occupant of the office. On the walls are paintings of our state of Texas. As well, George Washington and Abe Lincoln are honored.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the large original White House mailing envelope. Ronald Wade was a floor leader at the 1988 Republican National Convention and was later appointed by George H. W. Bush to his Presidential Inaugural Committee. He served as the regional director for Bush’s campaign races in 1980, 1988, and 1992. The same day he wrote this letter, George W. Bush spoke to the House Republican Conference in Cambridge, Maryland, and addressed issues related to job growth, home ownership, and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which he signed into law two days prior. George W. Bush takes a place among the most elusive modern presidents in handwritten White House letters, with this example one of only a few that have ever come to market. A quintessential presidential offering in both its rarity and bold patriotic content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Amid the greatest financial crisis since the Depression, President Obama remains optimistic on economy—“Things will keep betting better” 156. Barack Obama. Rare
ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 4, White House stationery card letterhead, postmarked January 11, 2010. Letter to Jennifer Cline, in full: “Thanks for the very kind and inspiring letter. I know times are tough, but knowing there are folks out there like you and your husband give me confidence that things will keep betting better!” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelopes, as well as a copy of a Huffington Post article from November 2, 2010, which lends background on the recipient, Jennifer Cline, and the original sale of the letter. The inauguration of Barack Obama coincided with one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression. Only a month later, on February 17, 2009, Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion economic stimulus package designed to cut taxes, extend unemployment benefits, and fund public works projects. The plan worked gradually, and within seven months’ time the nation’s GDP growth turned positive thanks in part to $240 billion pumped into the economy. During his State of the Union speech on January 27, 2010, Obama declared ‘the markets are now stabilized, and we’ve recovered most of the money we spent on the banks.’ From the time of that message to the day Obama left office, an on-the-mend US economy created about 2.4 million jobs per year. An inspiring message of hope relating to what is perhaps Obama’s greatest accomplishment—handwritten letters from Obama as president remain especially scarce. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
157. White House Cane. Handsome cane crafted from wood removed from the White House during the expansive renovations undertaken by Harry S. Truman, measuring 36˝ in length, and bearing a small plaque with a presidential seal, reading: “Original White House Material, Removed in 1950.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Remarkable hand-embroidered White House flag, used during four administrations
158. White House Flag. Very rare and impressive official presidential flag of
the finest handcrafted quality, used in the White House during the administrations of four US presidents between 1969 and 1989. The beautiful double-sided rayon flag measures 50˝ x 36˝ (approximately 4´ x 3´), and is bordered by 3˝ heavy silver-and-gold metallic fringe on three edges (no longer used after c. 1970). Each side displays an incredibly detailed, colorful, hand-embroidered presidential seal. Within the sleeve of the flag is a typed label reading, “Flag, Individual, President / Rayon With Silver Gold Fringe Bullion, 3 ft. x 4 ft. Type II Head / DSA 100-69C-0738-8345-570-9887 / Olympia Specialties Inc.” Soft leather loops are hidden inside the sleeve at either end. In very fine condition, with a barely visible snag in dark blue field. This flag was in service at the White House under Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan before being acquired by the consignor through a White House connection when the flag was officially retired and replaced for the incoming George H. W. Bush administration in January 1989. A nearly impossible to acquire White House artifact—seldom does such an exceptional example of presidential history become available. Starting Bid $2500
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159. John Quincy Adams
160. James Buchanan
161. James Buchanan
162. George Bush
163. George Bush
164. George Bush MB $200
165. George and Barbara Bush
166. George W. Bush
167. Jimmy Carter
168. Jimmy Carter
169. Jimmy Carter
170. Grover Cleveland
171. Grover Cleveland
172. Grover Cleveland
173. Bill Clinton
174. Bill Clinton
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176. Bill and Hillary Clinton
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180. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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184. Eisenhower Family
185. Millard Fillmore
188. Gerald Ford
189. Gerald Ford
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178. Calvin Coolidge MB $200
182. Dwight D. Eisenhower MB $200
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191. U. S. Grant
192. Warren G. Harding
193. Warren G. Harding
194. Benjamin Harrison
196. William Henry Harrison
197. Rutherford B. Hayes
198. Rutherford B. Hayes
199. Herbert Hoover
200. Herbert Hoover
201. Herbert Hoover
202. Herbert Hoover
203. Andrew Johnson
204. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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206. Andrew Johnson
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207. John and Jacquelline Kennedy
208. John F. Kennedy
209. Abraham Lincoln
210. James Madison
211. William McKinley
212. James Monroe
213. Richard Nixon
214. Richard Nixon
215. Richard Nixon
216. Richard Nixon
217. Richard Nixon
218. Presidential Inaugurations
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222. Eleanor Roosevelt
223. Franklin D. Roosevelt
224. Franklin D. Roosevelt
225. Theodore Roosevelt
226. William H. Taft
227. William H. Taft
228. William H. Taft
229. William H. Taft
230. William H. Taft
231. Harry S. Truman
233. John Tyler
234. Martin Van Buren
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notables
Declaration of Independence Beautifully signed 1787 Pennsylvania land grant
237. Benjamin Franklin. Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one
page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 29, 1787. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Franklin issues a land grant to James Hepburn for a “Certain Tract of Land called ‘Antrim’…in the late Purchase Northumberland County…containing Four hundred Acres.” Neatly signed in the upper left by Franklin and countersigned by James Trimble. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains partially intact and creased. In very good to fine condition, with scattered rippling and some creasing to pronounced intersecting folds. The Constitutional Convention was taking place in Philadelphia at the time Franklin signed this document, and he would soon be appointed to the ‘Grand Committee’ that was in charge of negotiating a consensus between the various factions of delegates. An excellent document from this momentous period of American history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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The first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
238. John Hancock. Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.25, July 2, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Adolphus Spring as “Ensign of a Company in the fifth Regiment first Brigade of Seventh Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth, comprehending the County of Worcester.� Boldly signed on the left side by Hancock, and countersigned by John Avery as secretary. The official seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and creasing, and repairs on the reverse to splitting along some of the several intersecting folds (one of which passes horizontally through the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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American Politicians “The insolence of Mr. Buchanan & his faction will in the end destroy the Democratic party” 239. Simon Cameron. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 25, 1852. Letter to Colonel Frazer, in full: “I was disappointed in the expectation of meeting you here on Tuesday last. Can’t you come up some evening & remain over night? I will be in Harrisburg tomorrow night and after that will be at home. I want to talk with you. It is a matter for grave reflection, whether we shall break up the convention if the majority back the Baltimore delegation, or put up with the wrong. My present belief is that we should revolt. The insolence of Mr. Buchanan & his faction will in the end destroy the Democratic party, unless the strong hand is raised to crush him and save it. Of his nomination at Baltimore there is little danger, but his motives here, at home, must be taught decency & that can only be done by strikes. You will of course be in Harrisburg at the conventions.” Cameron adds a brief postscript: “I thank you for James letter. I am in strong hopes that he is a redeemed man.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with several intersecting folds. Buchanan campaigned quietly for the 1852 Democratic presidential nomination, but his public letter criticizing the Wilmot Proviso, which proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War, angered slavery opponents like Cameron who questioned Buchanan’s morals and sympathy towards the South. At the 1852 Democratic National Convention, Buchanan won the support of many southern delegates but failed to win the two-thirds support needed for the presidential nomination, which went to Franklin Pierce. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Activists and Social Leaders 240. Otto Frank. TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, September 26,
1969. Letter to Gary, in full: “A few days after I had received your kind letter, I went on a holiday and only returned a short while ago. This is the reason why my answer to you is so delayed. I am satisfied to learn from your letter that Anne’s Diary and the film based on it, made such a strong impression on you, that you feel you ought to do something in her spirit. It is very difficult however for me to give you advice, as the Anne Frank Foundation has no center in the States as yet. One of its aims is to work against discrimination and as there are surely a number of organizations in U.S.A. working on the same field, you should join one of them and help in their activities. We know that in the richest country of the world America there is so much poverty and misery that everyone with ideals can do some welfare-work. Did you ever read Anne’s tales, published by Bantam-Books under the title ‘Tales from the House behind.’ In some of these tales f.i. ‘the fairy, ‘Riek,’ Give’ Anne’s strong feeling for the poor and underprivileged people is showing. I think if you look around you can find many ways to be helpful. Wishing you all the best.” In fine condition. The Anne Frank Foundation was founded May 3, 1957, as means of protecting the house Frank, her family, and four others hid inside during World War II. In 1960, the building, which is located in central Amsterdam, was established as a museum with exhibitions that focus on Anne Frank and the various forms of persecution and discrimination. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“It was a miracle of glistening red, gold, silver, blue and emerald”
241. Helen Keller. TLS, one page both sides, 7 x 10.5, December 31, 1923. Written from Forest Hills, a letter to Betsy, in part: “We had a very happy Christmas. My teacher and Polly trimmed a darling evergreen in the sun-porch. It was a miracle of glistening red, gold, silver, blue and emerald. Moreover, it was aquiver with life. For we caused to alight upon it birds, fishes, little jumping green frogs, all manner of tiny dolls, deer and elephants, and some fantastic creatures that were neither fish, fowl or beast. I wish you could have sat with us round the fire, and felt for a few hours the true peace and gladness which we believe will some day fill the whole world.” In fine condition, with some light toning along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“There is no darkness so deep but the sunlight of Faith can find its heart” 242. Helen Keller. Wonderful AQS in pencil on an off-white 6.75 x 4 sheet, in full: “There is no darkness so deep but the sunlight of Faith can find its heart, Helen Keller, Mt. Pleasant, Jan. 16, 1916.” Also signed in ink by her teacher, “Anne S. Macy.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 9.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Sought-after Easton Press signed edition
243. Nelson Mandela. Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ballpoint, “N. Mandela.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the publisher’s original certificate of authenticity. A gorgeous edition of Mandela’s autobiography. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
244. Nelson Mandela. Signed book: Long Walk to Free-
dom. First edition, first printing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip, “N. Mandela, 14.5.99.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a May 19, 1999, letter from Mandela’s administrative secretary which reads, in part: “Your book ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ has been autographed by the President as you requested.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
246. Nelson Mandela. Desirable felt tip signature and inscription, “To Gila Katz, Compliments, N. Mandela, 20.8.91,” on an off-white 7 x 7.5 sheet, also signed by Enos John Mabuza, founder of the Inyandza Movement, which thwarted attempts by the South African government to incorporate the Kangwane homeland into Swaziland. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
245. Nelson Mandela. Desirable 5 rand proof coin
depicting Mandela issued by the South African Mint in 2000, presented in its original 5 x 5.5 CD-style plastic case, signed on the cardstock insert in black felt tip, “N. Mandela, 12.7.2001.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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To director Raoul Walsh on WWII: “As for Hitler and his gangsters, it will take three years to subdue them after we have begun to defeat them—and we have not yet begun” 247. William Randolph Hearst. Interesting TLS signed “W. R. Hearst,” two pages, 8.5 x 10, personal letterhead, September 15, 1942. Letter to Warner Bros. director Raoul Walsh, in part: “I would like to do ‘In the News’ columns, but they would be too critical of the government. I am not afraid of Administration persecution, but I think the public thinks the seamy side of the situation should not be exposed to view. Doubtless the public is right. We need optimism. But what we need most is competence. The New Deal is utterly visionary, and I dear a debacle as in France. One can worry inwardly about such things, but cannot say them publicly. My contention is that we ought to be concentrating on the Japs. We could save India—make China victorious—divert the Japs from all thought of Australia or Alaska, if we sent the arms and planes to the Orient that we are wasting in useless or hopeless places. As for Hitler and his gangsters, it will take three years to subdue them after we have begun to defeat them—and we have not yet begun. If we wait too that long to concentrate on the Japs, they will be swarming all over Australia and Hawaii and Alaska as they swarmed over the Philippines. I would like to see us disinfected of those vermin promptly. It would be an easy job if we set about to do it seriously. It could be done in a year. The European job is a hard one, a dangerous one, a financially exhausting one, a bloody one, a long and woeful one. There will be blood and sweat and tears enough to satisfy even Churchill. Those are my thoughts and fears. God grant that I am wrong. One thing I do know—that the New Deal has never made a success of anything yet—never fulfilled a promise—never kept a pledge. Can we hope that it will reverse its record now?” Each page is removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with light edge toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Every once in a while there is a plague of something or other— locusts or grasshoppers or rats or politicians” 248. William Randolph Hearst. Amusing ANS signed “WRH,” penned at the
bottom of a letter requesting that Hearst assist in a rodent problem, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, May 19, 1936. In full: “OK. Bring in the executioner. I don’t the plague is due to absence of ‘varmints.’ Every once in a while there is a plague of something or other—locusts or grasshoppers or rats or politicians—something to affect us. It has been as in all recorded time—and the politicians are the worst. If we ever get rid of them let us institute a special pass over.” In fine condition, with light overall creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Scientists and Inventors Exceptionally rare 1748 Bernoulli letter 249. Daniel Bernoulli. Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782) known for his applications of mathematics to fluid mechanics. ALS in French, one page, 7.25 x 9.75, July 7, 1748. In full (translated): “The honor to be associated to the most renowned company in the world is by itself without a doubt an inestimable price to any man sentient of glory, and all the circumstances converge to make it even more precious to me in particular. It is one [glory], Sir, to see that you are taking a part in my election and have no doubt that you have contributed to it in my favor. Please be assured of my true gratitude; also have the kindness to testify to that fact to all that you know having honored me by their suffrage. I am particularly congratulating myself, Sir, to have the honor to be your colleague and I hope that you will find me even more worthy of your commerce and that it would not only be only a commerce of civility. I desire more than ever to take advantage of your insight that I have always respected.” In fine condition, with light foxing and edge toning. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
250. John Dalton. English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (17661844) best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory. Third-person ALS signed within the text “J. Dalton,” one page, 4.75 x 6.5, dated Manchester, April 14, 1825. Letter to Reverend J. Corrie, in full: “J. Dalton presents his respects to the Rev. Mr. Corrie & begs he will do him the favour to accept of the accompanying portrait & two small pamphlets.” Second integral page bears an address panel written in Dalton’s hand. Light scattered soiling and paper loss to second integral page from removed wax seal, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare 1882 Edison application patent for “dynamo or magneto electric machines” 251. Thomas Edison. Tremendous partly printed DS, signed “Thomas Alva Edison,” six total pages, 7.75 x 12.75, October 28, 1882. A patent application for the “Improvements in means for regulating the generative capacity of dynamo or magneto electric machines,” which reads, in part: “The said Invention has for its object providing simple and efficient means for regulating the generative capacity of dynamo or magneto electric machines supplying lamps or other translating devices located in derived or multiple arc circuits, by acting upon the commutator brushes or springs to move them away from and towards the points of greatest difference in potential, or most effective generation. This object is accomplished by mechanism hereinafter described which is both actuated and controlled by the current generated and is connected with the commutator brushes so as [to] move them together in one or the other direction. The electric [current] to this mechanism supplied by the current generated are made and broken by an electro magnet also energized by the current generated by the machine.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Edison with his trademark ‘umbrella’ signature, and countersigned by Henry Wessells Seely, Edward Hamilton Pyatt, and notarized by William Henry Meadowcroft. Orange New York County notary seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Also includes a pair of printed mechanical diagrams with a stapled partly printed document relating to the above patent, also dated October 28, 1882, and signed on behalf of Edison in a secretarial hand. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to intersecting folds, and some paper loss to the edges of the fragile sheets. This magnificent document dates to a period of great activity for Edison in his pursuit of electric lights and distribution, with Edison executing a total of thirty-four patent applications covering electric lighting and electric railways between October 4th and November 28th; amazingly, Edison had executed fifty-three patent applications earlier that summer. In early September 1882, roughly two months before signing this document, Edison delivered electricity to his first paying customers when he opened the Pearl Street power station in New York City. Seely patented the electric flat iron on June 6, 1882, and was a witness to many of Edison’s patents, including his 1881 ‘incandescing electric lamp.’ Seely’s signature appeared on more than 100 patents in the early 1880s, and he served as an occasional witness up to 1892. Meadowcroft was a close friend and former secretary of Edison, as well as a co-author of the famed inventor’s biography. A wonderful and highly displayable Edison patent. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“See ‘Loud Speaking Telephone’ in Prescott’s work on Elec. & other works on telephony” 252. Thomas Edison. ALS signed “Edison,” one page, 8 x 10.5, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works letterhead, no date. Letter to “F.L.P.,” probably Frank L. Perry, who was a journalist for the trade periodical Western Electrician. In full: “See ‘Loud Speaking Telephone’ in Prescott’s work on Elec. & other works on telephony. The apparatus is not only useful for telephones but for other things it has no ‘self induction’ and would record attenuating waves absolutely true up to 100,000 per second.” In very good condition, with creasing, soiling, and light show-through from old tape repairs on the reverse. Edison refers to the works of George B. Prescott, an American electrical engineer who wrote several books on the history of electricity, including an 1877 work entitled ‘Electricity and the Electric Telegraph’ and an 1878 work entitled ‘The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph and Other Novelties.’ In 1879, Edison invented a new telephone receiver with a carbon-button transmitter and an electromotograph receiver that would be dubbed ‘The Edison Loud Speaking Telephone.’ A fabulous, early letter concerning a tremendous technical innovation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Brilliant 1935 portrait of Einstein
253. Albert Einstein. Superlative matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 portrait of Einstein in a plaid sweater, signed in green ink, “Albert Einstein, 1935.” Attractively suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 17.75. In fine condition, with some light contrast to signature against the busy background. Einstein had recently emigrated to the United States when he signed this stunning photo—in 1933 he took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, and would become an American citizen in 1940. This is a positively magnificent portrait of the genius in his prime, certainly one of the finest images we have encountered. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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The ‘father of bacteriology’ pledges to continue his “fight against infectious diseases”
255. Robert Koch. German medical scientist (1843–1910) regarded as the father of bacteriology. He isolated the tuberculosis bacillus and the anthrax virus, and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905. ALS in German, signed “R. Koch,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, May 8, 1896. Letter to the hygienist Giuseppe Sormani in Pavia, thanking him for “the honor which the Royal Italian Society of Hygiene has proved by this appointment to me,” and promising to continue his “research in the field of hygiene and in particular the fight against infectious diseases.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Koch’s hand. Italy was a center for the study of malaria during this period and in the spring of 1898 Koch would travel to Grosseto, the main town of the Tuscan Maremma, to carry out extensive research on the subject. In addition to his work on tuberculosis, Koch dedicated much of the rest of his life to research on the control of the mosquito-borne disease. A fine letter with excellent content concerning his groundbreaking studies. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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256. Robert Oppenheimer. Brilliant American physicist (1904-1967) who directed
the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading to the development of the first atomic bomb. TLS, one page, 5.5 x 6.5, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, August 26, 1963. Letter to Norman Cousins of the Saturday Review, in full: “I very much liked your letter in the TIMES yesterday. I hope that you will like this very brief talk that I gave last June in Chicago. With warm good wishes.” In fine condition, with light creases and staple holes to the upper left corner. Cousins was an American political journalist, author, and professor, who advocated on behalf of nuclear disarmament and world peace, which he promoted through his writings in the Saturday Review. Cousins also served as president of the World Federalist Association and chairman of the Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Intellectuals Rare 1763 letter by the revered French polymath 258. Jean le Rond d’Alembert. French polymath (1717–1783) known for his contributions in the realms of mathematics, physics, philosophy, and music theory; he served as co-editor of the Encyclopedie until 1759. ALS in French, signed “D’alembert,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, January 18, 1763. Letter to noted French economist and statesman Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, who was serving as tax collector of Limoges, recommending the young engineer Guillaume Viallet, who took part in who took part in the writing of the Encyclopedie. In part (translated): “I have just received, Monsieur, a letter from the Abbé Bossut [mathematician] who writes me that Mr. Viallet is a very honest man with a very kind and praiseworthy personality, an excellent practitioner who has on theory only basic knowledge but who can go much further with some time because he is very intelligent and very crafty. To that extent, I think that you should ask Mr. Trudaine about him. He is living in Rethel which is the center of the department. Here is what Abbé Bossut is writing to me and I think I can assure you that he told me the truth…The post is departing right now so I cannot write more. I am embracing you from the bottom of my heart.” Retains the integral address leaf addressed in d’Alembert’s hand to Monsieur Turgot in Limoges. In very good to fine condition, with overall light toning and foxing, a short edge tear, an old bit of adhesive residue to the upper right blank area, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. This is just the second letter by d’Alembert we have offered, and the first in more than five years. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Freud pens a preface to promote psychoanalysis in America 259. Sigmund Freud. ALS in Ger-
man, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.5 x 9, personal letterhead, August 31, 1929. Letter to Dr. Dorian Feigenbaum, in full (translated): “I will be very pleased writing for you a preamble to your forthcoming publication. This introduction shall contain nothing more than remarks regarding the way this is studied in America and also a confirmation that the source for competent and pertinent information shall come from you and your team. I shall write this in German and it will be up to you making arrangements for translation.” In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to top edge. Upon meeting Otto Gross, the counterculture icon and maverick disciple of Freud, in the army during the First World War, Dorian Feigenbaum went on to be analyzed by and train under the controversial psychoanalyst. After six years working as a psychiatrist in Switzerland, he moved to Palestine, where he served as a psychiatric adviser to the government; from there he traveled to America and joined the New York Psychoanalytic Society. Despite Freud’s falling out with Feigenbaum’s mentor, he gladly accepted the doctor’s request to write an introduction for a special issue of The Medical Review of Reviews. When it was published in 1930, it appeared with Freud’s invigorating words, ending, ‘It is to be hoped that works of the kind that Dr. Feigenbaum intends to publish in his Review will be a powerful encouragement to the interest in psycho-analysis in America.’ A rare handwritten letter from the field’s founding father, helping to promote international interest in his colleagues’—and his own—work. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Rousseau writes on the publication of his controversial treatise, Emile, or On Education 260. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Important
Swiss-French philosopher and writer (1712–1778) who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society. ALS in French, signed “J. J. Rousseau,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, January 31, 1762. Letter concerning the publication of his work Emile, or On Education, likely written to the French bookseller Duchesne. In part (translated): “Epine [Rousseau’s messenger] told me a long time ago that you were in charge of the shipping costs, and as paying on both sides would be useless, I have left you pay them. We will arrange together when it is finished, especially about the book you have already sent me and the one I would need. To be honest, when I suggested that way of doing things, which was the easiest and the cheapest, I had expected more haste and regularity, and consequently less packages. I am worried by the way Mr. Neaulme [printer in Amsterdam] prints my book and I am requesting some pages to him by the post. He answers me that I have to ask your authorization. So I am asking you. Greetings from the bottom of my heart.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Emile, or On Education, was sold at the end of May 1762 at the bookshop of Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne with a print credit ‘from Jean Neaulme in Amsterdam’ in order to avoid censorship. This book, which describes all the steps of Emile’s education from birth to wedding, was condemned by many of the official institutions, including La Sorbonne and the Parliament of Paris because of Rousseau’s criticism of religion in the section entitled ‘Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar.’ During the French Revolution, Emile served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education. In History Comes to Life, Ken Rendell notes Rousseau’s letters and documents are very rare—this example, concerning what he considered the ‘best and most important’ of all his writings, is supremely desirable. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 124 | February 7, 2018 | NOTABLES
Magnificent signature of the Wealth of Nations author
261. Adam Smith. Scottish moral professor and a respected
pioneer of political economy (1723–1790) whose magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first modern work of economics. Rare, prominent ink signature, “Adam Smith,” on an off-white 3.5 x .5 slip clipped from a letter. Handsomely mounted, suede-matted, and framed with a plaque and portrait to an overall size of 9.5 x 14. In fine condition, with a small edge tear beneath his first name. While we have offered Smith’s letters in the past, this is the first clipped signature of the renowned economist that we have offered—an outstanding piece from a foundational intellectual. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
Religious Figures
262. Mother Teresa. Printed prayer slip with an image
of Mother Teresa holding a child, 6.25 x 3.25, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“You can forget that they were ever in the world”— a frustrated Elijah Muhammad deals with contractor woes
263. Elijah Muhammad. Two items: a TLS signed “Elijah Muhammad,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 31, 1965, to Judge H. B. Daniels, in part: “In the Name of Almighty Allah, The Most Merciful Saviour; Our Deliverer. Master of the Day of Judgment, to Whom all praise is due. Dear Judge and Attorney: I received your letter concerning the meeting with your and the Sound People on Tuesday, the third of August. I am sorry, but I will not be meeting with these people anymore, because of the constant excuses that they made to force me to do that which I said that I would not do (put up security money for them to finish the job while I had already given them half of the money without any money being put into excrow or a mortgage house). Mr. Smithbaker (of the Engineered Sound Inc.) knew very well that their money was secure. Their demanding the balance being put into a trust fund shows bad faith in me, while they had no cause for such. Since they could not put over their rotten job with a camera not large enough, and bringing a man from elsewhere to come to adjust the camera on a day that I was not there, they want to make it appear as if I would not pay them. They want to make it look bad on my honesty to pay them when the job is completed. I do not want anything more to do with the Sound People or this particular contractor…As far as I am concerned, you can forget that they were ever in the world.” Also includes a check from The Honorable Elijah Muhammed’s Poor Fund, 7.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Muhammad, “Elijah Muhammad,” payable to the Nunn Bush Shoe Company for $4,000, June 24, 1971. The check is encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for the letter. Starting Bid $200
264. Pope Benedict XVI. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in 1927, he
served as Pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Since his resignation, Benedict holds the title Pope Emeritus. Semi-glossy 4 x 5.75 cardstock portrait of the pope emeritus as cardinal, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Joseph Card Ratzinger.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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265. Pope John Paul II. Unusual woodblock-print diploma from the 1973 Polish Festival of Sacrosong, measuring 19.25 x 14 open, signed inside in fountain pen, “Karol card. Wojtyla.” Also signed by several other officials. A cloth logo is affixed to the front cover. In fine condition, with light soiling and one small edge chip. The Sacrosong Festival was a cultural movement that helped preserve Catholic identity in Poland during the Cold War, and was supported by the future Pope John Paul II. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
266. Pope John Paul II. Interesting woodblock-print
diploma from the 1976 Polish Festival of Sacrosong issued to “Jana Gwiazdy,” 9.5 x 13.75, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint, “Karol card. Wojtyla.” In fine condition. The Sacrosong Festival was a cultural movement that helped preserve Catholic identity in Poland during the Cold War, and was supported by the future Pope John Paul II. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
267. Pope John Paul II. TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Kuria Metropolitalna letterhead, September 18, 1971. Letter to the Presidium of the National Council of the Krakow, in full (roughly translated): “According to the decree of 31 December 1956 on the organization and filling of church posts, I inform that I intend to serve as the pastor in the sub-parish of Don. Fr. Francis Fig, currently serving as vicar of the Econom in the Podstolicach, because the pastor of this parish Fr. Jacek Matoga resigned from parish duties.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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270. Pope Sixtus V. Born Felice
268. Pope John Paul II. TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card Wojtyla,” one page, 5.75 x 4, illustrated ‘Resurrexit’ stationery, Easter 1969. In full (roughly translated): “Ladies and gentlemen, For the memory and constant sympathy, heartily thank you from the whole heart will wish the grace of the Christ of the Risen.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Peretti di Montalto (1521–1590) who served as Pope from 1585 to 1590. He was responsible for reforming the central administration of the church, instituting financial reforms to restore solvency to the papal states, completing Saint Peter’s dome, and rebuilding the Vatican. Untranslated LS in Italian, signed “Sixtus pp V,” one page, 8 x 10.75, November 1585. In very good to fine condition, with rough edges, staining to the lower blank area, and small areas of ink erosion (nor to the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Pope Pius IX’s ornate red papal shoe
269. Pope Pius IX. Ornate red velvet shoe with leather sole attributed to Pope Pius IX, measuring 11˝ long, featuring discolored yellow-gold bands trimming the edges with matching ornate embroidery on the top and sides of the foot, and a thick red rope shoelace. In very good condition, with some areas of damage and loss of material, and overall expected wear. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Fr. Richard Kunst, the curator of papalartifacts.com, in part: “Red shoe worn by Bl. Pope Pius IX (1846–1878). Based on my years of experience and compared to other shoes from the same pontiff I consider this shoe to be certainly authentic.” Starting Bid $300
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World Leaders and Politicians
271. Fidel Castro. Colorful certificate of merit issued to Gre-
gorio Laza by the Cuban government, 8 x 11.5, signed at the bottom in blue felt tip by Castro. Suede-matted with a plaque and portrait to an overall size of 20.75 x 17.5. Several horizontal creases (none affecting the Castro signature) and light overall wrinkling, otherwise fine condition. These certificates were issued to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and also in celebration of the new millennium. Castro signed some of these documents and gave them to Cuban sports and arts personalities. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Original letters now published for the first time had better be printed in their original form subject”
272. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “WC,” one page, 8 x
10, Chartwell letterhead, July 8, 1936. Letter to C. C. Wood, chief copy editor at George G. Harrap & Co., relating to the publication of his biography, Marlborough: His Life and Times, in part: “With regard to letters quoted in the text, I will finally decide about any cuts in these when the final slip-proofs leave me. As I am having one more re-print, I do not alter them now, neither do I deal with all your queries, ‘spelling, capitals and punctuation.’ I think the original letters now published for the first time had better be printed in their original form subject only to an occasional adjustment to make them read intelligently. All the other letters already published by various authors should be modernised upon a regular principle.” The letter is annotated in the left margin by Wood with notes related to the editing of the extensive work. In fine condition, with two short tears and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Highly desirable pay order signed just one month before executing the leader of Penruddock’s Royalist uprising 273. Oliver Cromwell. Manuscript DS, signed “Oliver P,” one
page, 8 x 11.25, April 19, 1655. In part: “Our will and pleasure is, and governs hereby required…to pay unto Sislobono Long Esquire (and for Masters of Requests) the sum of one hundred sixty six pounds six shillings eight pence, for…much of his salary due to him.” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the upper left corner tip, trimmed left edge, and scattered foxing. During the early years of Cromwell’s Protectorate, Royalist conspirators led by the Sealed Knot and the Action Party planned a series of uprisings against the government to restore the monarchy by force. In March of 1654, Colonel John Penruddock led a successful revolt in Salisbury and headed west to gain more supporters, but when they arrived in Devon, it took only a single troop of the New Model Army to defeat them. Most of the Royalists fled or were killed, but several, including Penruddock, were captured and brought before a judge to hear their punishment; less than one month after signing this document, Cromwell oversaw their execution. An incredibly scarce and highly sought-after piece from the early years of Cromwell’s reign as Lord Protector. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
The paramount leader of modern China 274.
Deng Xiaoping. Immensely influential Chinese reformist leader (1904–1997) who was the architect behind the modernization of China’s economy by opening the country to global markets. Sought-after glossy 9.5 x 7 photo of Deng Xiaoping at a diplomatic meeting with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, signed in black felt tip by both leaders. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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275. Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier. President of Haiti (born 1907) from
1957 until his death in 1971, whose rule, based on a purged military and the use of a pervasive cult of personality, resulted in the murder of 30,000 to 60,000 Haitians and the exile of many more. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Papa Doc wearing a hat and white suit, signed in black ink and adding a lengthy inscription in French. In fine condition, with a few light surface creases. Highly rare in signed pictures, this originates from the estate of Duvalier’s secretary Francesca Saint Victor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The esteemed “Order of the Golden Kite” presented by Emperor Meiji
276. Emperor Meiji. DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, April 1, 1906. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Golden Kite upon a distinguished member of the military. Includes the award medal with its black lacquered presentation case, as well as the document’s wooden box and black lacquered case. Tightly rolled and in fine condition. Also accompanied by a document for the Order of the Rising Sun, not signed by the emperor. Established in 1890 by Emperor Meiji, the Order of the Golden Kite was a military award commemorating the mythic Jimmu Tenno, the ‘Romulus of Japan.’ It was awarded to soldiers and military officers who demonstrated bravery, leadership, or command in battle. This is one of the few orders made exclusively for the Japanese military, while most others could be given to civilians, diplomats, and other officials including those from other countries. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 131
Stunning certificate naming a Japanese citizen to the Order of the Meiji, including the Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure badge
277. Emperor Hirohito. Desirable manuscript DS in
Japanese, one page, 23.5 x 18, April 18, 1940. Document in which the Emperor of Japan confers the Imperial Order of Meiji upon Eiichi Yamamoto. In full (translated): “By the grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the throne with unbroken imperial line, hereby confers the Second Class of the Imperial Order of Meiji upon Eiichi Yamamoto who is currently decorated with Senior Fifth Rank and the Third Order of Merit, and invests him with the insignia of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, granting him with the benefits and privileges associated with this rank and honor. I have set my hand and caused the seal of the Empire of Japan to be affixed at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, this 18th day of April, 1940.” Boldly signed by Hirohito and countersigned by Yasumaro Shimojo, Junior Third Rank, the First Order of Merit, Director of the Decoration Bureau and by Kohei Utsunomiya, Senior Fifth Rank, the Fourth Order of Merit, Clerk of the Decoration Bureau. In fine condition, with folds around the perimeter of the document and some scattered light creases. Included is the Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2.75? diameter, presented to Eiichi Yamamoto. “Kunko Seisho” is engraved on the reverse of the badge, which identifies it as
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praising achievement. Award is housed in its original 4 x 4 leather and felt case, gilt-imprinted on the cover that it is the Order of the Sacred Treasure, with the case showing expected minor wear. The insignia of the order incorporates symbols for the three imperial treasures: the Yata Mirror, so sacred that not even the Emperor is allowed to look at it; the Yasakani Jewel, made of the finest jade; and the Emperor’s personal Sword. White enameled rays represent the sword (slight chip on one of the 40 rays). The central disc bearing an eight-pointed silver star represents the mirror, surrounded by a wreath with redenameled dots (one with slight chip) representing the jewel. Established as the Order of the Meiji in 1888 by Hirohito’s grandfather, the Order of the Sacred Treasure is awarded to those who have made distinguished achievements in a wide variety of civil or military services, ranging from research fields, to social work, to state and local government. These documents, by which the emperor himself honors a citizen, become a part of the recipient’s family legacy and do not often leave Japan. A vibrant and highly sought-after piece, signed by the emperor just five months before Japan would sign the Axis Pact with Germany and Italy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
278. Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma. Seventh
Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born 1678) from 1694 until his death in 1727. Untranslated ALS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 11.25, October 31, 1725. Reverse of second integral page bears the original paper seal. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
279. Li Hongzhang.
Qing Empire general (1823-1901) who quelled several major rebellions and served as the premier viceroy of Zhili and the minister of Belyang from 1871 to 1895. Ink signature in Chinese characters on an off-white 3 x 4.75 card affixed to a slightly larger mount. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
280. Napoleon. LS in French, signed “Np,� one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, April 8, 1815. Letter to his Interior Minister, the count Carnot, whom he informs about the nomination of a new prefect for the Departement Pas de Calais who was soon to be expected arriving from Pau. The troops in this area (16th division in the north) barely held the line. He proposes that the State Council of Arras should unseat the sub-prefects, mayors and other officials appointed by the King and replace them by others. A postscript in another hand reports the departure of Baron Ronjoux from Paris before midnight; however, this should not prevent the appointment of a city council who is to depart during the night. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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An enraged Mirabeau evokes the Marquis de Sade 281. Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau. Controver-
sial leader of the early stages of the French Revolution (1749–1791). ALS in French, signed “Mirabeau fils,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7.25, January 28, 1774. Letter to M. Raspaud, a lawyer in the Parliament of Aix, expressing extreme anger toward his father and mentioning the Marquis de Sade. In part (roughly translated): “This passes the joke…and as soon as we become fierce, I will show the teeth; for I could have kept quiet about the harshness of a father, when it touched only me, but I testify God and the men whom I owe more to my son and my wife than to my father; I testify God and men that a woman who has nothing to reproach herself for, who feeds her son, who has brought more than a hundred thousand crowns of dowry, a thousand crowns of money, and who has married his equal, can not be deprived, I do not say of the necessity that no living being can lose, I say an honest and decent interview…All these people believe me so stupid or cowardly, if they do not suppose me able to claim for my wife, to plead her case with all eloquence of indignation and fury. She is not my accomplice; when it will be, do we imagine in good faith that my father’s vehement diatribes have persuaded me that I was guilty of the divine and human majesty, and that it was necessary to forbid my fire and water? He plans to employ new blows of authority: ‘It is the resource of slaves in credit, when they are wrong; but I will certainly sound the ignominy of such a process, and, since it is necessary, I will plead the cause of humanity against the friend of men.’” He enumerates the needs of servants, speaks of the workmen at his house and declares: “I do not want, nor can I believe that the Marquis de Marignane, suffers that my father oppresses us until we take away his sustenance, that he insists seriously that his daughter quits; he had not been removed, nor had he removed his wife from M. de Sades, who was defiled by all the crimes. Send him my letter; he will be good enough, no doubt, to dictate to me my steps, to which I will conform very exactly, provided that they will render us justice that I shall have at any price whatsoever.” In very good to fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the last page, and ink erosion throughout the text, but not affecting the signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Exceedingly rare 1561 letter on the health of Medici’s daughter, the queen consort of Spain 282. Catherine de Medici: Louise de Bretagne. ALS in French, signed “Loise de Bre-
taigne,” three pages on two sheets, 8.5 x 12, Toledo, Spain, February 20, 1561. A letter from Louise de Bretagne, Baroness of Castelbau and of Clermont Lodeve, the first lady-in-waiting to Elisabeth de Valois, addressed to Catherine de Medici, in part (translated): “The health of the Queen your daughter grows better and better since I wrote to you; because two days after I sent you the last dispatch they made her take a little medicine to finish purging her, which has done her so much good that she has no ailment n the world since, and before she was always complaining, either of sick stomach or of headache. It is now several days since she complained of anything…The King has not come to sleep with her yet, for which I am very glad for she is not quite well enough. The journey to Monson is becoming much less practicable and they say it will not be made this summer, which we will again spend here; therefore I assure you that the Queen is much grieved because of the hope she had of seeing you there. The Prince [Don Carlos] has his fever again rather badly, the cause being I think the great army which they say the Turks are preparing to bring this summer to Goletta [port of Tunis] and to the forts which they lost there this year, in order to take something else. From the last couriers who came from Don Juan Manrique there is much comment here about the story that the funeral of the late King [her son, 16-year-old Francis II, died December 5, 1560] was conducted with one little candle, which is thought very strange. It is also said for about a fortnight, that Monsieur the Cardinal of Lorraine is going to Metz after Easter, and Queen Mary either to Joinville or to Scotland.” Beautifully housed in a custom-made leather-bound presentation folder. In fine condition, with an area of paper loss to the left side of the final page. Accompanied by a full translation. The text of this letter is published in Collection de Documents Inedits sur I’Histoire de France (Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1838). The 14-year-old Elisabeth of Valois, the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, married Philip II of Spain, the son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Isabella of Portugal, in 1559. Elisabeth contracted smallpox shortly after arriving in Spain, and, despite intervals of fair health and bearing two children, lived a brief life, dying at the age of 23. The recent funeral of Catherine’s son, Francis II, is also briefly mentioned; immediately following his untimely death, Catherine was appointed governor of France with sweeping powers, initially acting as regent for her 10-year-old son and new king, Charles IX, who was consecrated on May 15, 1561. The queen consort of the late King Francis, Mary Queen of Scots, did indeed travel to Joinville, spending time there with her uncles and then as well at Nancy, remaining in France for the coronation of Charles before leaving for Scotland on August 15, 1561. An historically poignant letter with content relative to the lives and tragic fates of two of Catherine de Medici’s children. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
283. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Mexican
general and politician (1794–1876) best known in the US for his role in the Mexican-American War and the slaughter of scores of Americans at the Alamo. Partlyprinted DS, signed “Ant. Lopez de Santa Anna,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 11.75, January 25, 1835. Untranslated appointment of Francisco G. Coure as Army Colonel. Prominently signed on the first page by Santa Anna, with an additional nine signatures of various officials and officers on the second and third pages. In fine condition, with light dampstaining to the right edge, far from the beautifully bold signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Soong permits the UNRRA “to operate air transport service for distribution of relief supplies” 284. T. V. Soong. Chinese
businessman and politician (18911971) who briefly served as the premier of the Republic of China; brother-in-law to Chinese President Sun Yat-sen. Notable pair of TLSs, both one page, 8.5 x 11, President of the Executive Yuan letterhead, dated April 20 and 25, 1946. Both letters are addressed to Ralph Olmstead, the operations director for the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) China Office, and General Claire Lee Chennault. The earlier letter, in full: “The Chinese Government hereby gives permission for UNRRA, China Office to operate air transport service for distribution of relief supplies under the following conditions: (1) Duration: Until the end of UNRRA, China Office operation in March, 1947. (2) Free use of civilian airfields. Use of military airfields should be negotiated with Commission of Aeronautical Affairs direct.” The second letter, in full: “As you know, I have already agreed on behalf of the Government to UNRRA’s setting up a temporary outfit to fly relief supplies to interior points. I wish, however, that you will instruct the new outfit not to take Chinese or American flight, ground or office personnel from the existing airlines in China. I am sure you will agree with me that establishing a new outfit at the expense of existing airlines will not solve our problem.” The letters are stapled together and preceded by a carbon copy typed letter from Olmstead to Chennault, dated April 27, 1946, which reads, in part: “I am enclosing a copy of a memorandum from His Excellency Dr. T. V. Soong granting permission to UNRRA, the China Office, to operate Air Transport Service for the distribution of relief supplies…We entirely agree with Dr. Soong’s wish that the new organization not take Chinese or American flight, ground or office personnel from the existing airlines in China. This proviso will, I trust, be incorporated into any contract which may be signed between yourself and CNRRA or UNRRA.” In overall fine condition. What Olmstead refers to as the “Air Transport Service” was later deemed the Civil Air Transport, which was created by General Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946 as the CNRRA (Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) Air Transport. Under an agreement with the UNRRA, the Civil Air Transport was authorized to take possession and then distribute relief supplies. The service was later owned by the CIA, which supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia, including the famed Air America. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Royalty 285. Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Empress of Austria and Queen of
Hungary as wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, known widely as ‘Sisi,’ remembered for her obsessive concern with her health and beauty (1837–1898); she was assassinated by an Italian anarchist. Hand-addressed envelope by the empress, 4.5 x 2.25, addressed to “Seiner Majestat dem Kaiser von Oesterreich, Ofen [His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Ofen].” The reverse retains the black wax seal, with a small chip to the lower right. The black-bordered envelope likely dates from the time immediately after the suicide of her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf, on January 30, 1889; her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph I, stayed in Ofen (Budapest) for several weeks in the spring of 1889. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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An order from the Spanish Inquisition— “Bring swift justice to whoever it is due” 286. Ferdinand and Isabella. LS in Span-
ish, signed by Ferdinand, “Yo el Rey,” and by Isabella, “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.25 x 9, July 12, 1503. In full (translated): “Doctor de Villaescusa, our appointed mayor in the town of Valladolid. We instruct you to promptly conduct the investigation you have started on the municipal lands that the denizens of the said town have invaded and seized; and that, once everyone’s position has been heard, bring swift justice to whoever it is due, so that the town may receive reparation according to what, in conformity with your findings, has been seized and settled. [And see] that nothing might be done [to them] that they might find further reason to complain.” Signed at the conclusion by the king and queen, and countersigned by Juan de la Parra. In fine condition. Dr. Alfonso Ramires de Villaescusa served as both an advocate and magistrate in cases of property seizure during the Inquisition’s mass expulsion of Jews and converts. Following the Treaty of Granada and the surrender of the Moors in November 1491, the completion of the Reconquista left the Spanish kingdom in need of reparation. Issued by Ferdinand and Isabella on March 31, 1492, the Alhambra Decree ordered the removal of all practicing Jews from the regions of Castile and Aragon within a four-month span, an edict designed to purge Jewish influence from Spain’s large converso population. The broad expulsion also meant that all monies and property left behind were to be roundly confiscated by the Spanish crown. A desirable dual-signed order from the Catholic monarchs known for their institution of the Inquisition and their sponsorship of Christopher Columbus. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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287. King Edward VIII. Partly-printed DS, signed by Edward as prince, “Edward P,” and Queen Mary, “Mary R,” one page, 16 x 12, June 10, 1929. On behalf of His Majesty George V, Prince Edward appoints Godfrey Thomas Brampton Adams “to be an Officer in Our Land Forces…in the Rank of Second-Lieutenant.” Signed at the head by Edward VIII and Queen Mary. Countersigned at the foot by Walter Braithwaite and Herbert J. Creedy. The blue paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with areas of creasing and three heavy vertical folds. King George V suffered a serious, life threatening illness during 1929 and spent three months of the year convalescing in Bognor, West Sussex, following which he bestowed the Royal Regis suffix to the town. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The ‘Sun King’ oversees his nation’s finances from Versailles 288. King Louis XIV. King of
France (born 1638) from 1643 until his death in 1715, known as the ‘Sun King’ for the glittering splendor of his court at Versailles and the unparalleled glory of France during his 72-year reign. ALS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 9.75 x 14.75, January 23, 1699. On the reverse of a financial document headed “Actual Receipts made by the Sr. of Turmenies, guard of the Royal Treasury, during the Month of January 1699,” King Louis XIV pens seventeen lines on finances. The king writes, in part (translated): “That of twenty thousand nine hundred and fifty-two pounds has raised a floor which has fallen by the rest of the last nine months… The receipts amounted to twenty million four thousand two hundred and seventy nine livres twelve sols seven deniers leaving the receipts exceeding the expenditure of ten thousand cents, ten cents seven seven sols seven deniers that Turmenyes will use by my orders for this coming month...Done and arrested in my honor at Versailles, the 13th day of January, 1699.” Signed at the conclusion by King Louis XIV and countersigned by Comptroller General of Finances Louis Phelypeaux; Chairman of the Royal Council of Finances Paul de Saint-Aignan, Duke of Beauvillier; and Auguste-Robert de Pomereu, adviser to the Royal Council of Finances. The front of the document tallies sums amounting to 673,360 pounds. Professionally inlaid within a thin border. In very good condition, with toning, soiling, light stains, and professional repairs to paper loss along the edges and fold intersections. Financial documents from Louis XIV are very rare, as most were lost or destroyed during the French Revolution—most of those known extant are held by the Archives Nationales in Paris. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 138 | February 7, 2018 | NOTABLES
289. King Francis I. King of France (born 1494) who reigned from 1515 until his death in 1547. Known as the ‘Father and Restorer of Letters,’ the cultured and well-read Francis, himself a poet, ushered in the Renaissance in France with generous support for a number of writers and ambitious construction projects. Vellum manuscript DS, in French, signed “Francoys,” one page, 15.5 x 7, May 7, 1538. An order to Guillaume Proudomme, his finance minister, directing him to pay Martin de Trypye the sum of 5000 livres. In very good to fine condition, with a heavy central vertical fold, and some scattered staining and creasing; the king’s signature is crisp and clear. Accompanied by a handsome engraved portrait of the king. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Boldly endorsed 1786 pay order by the notorious Marie Antoinette 290. Marie Antoinette. Manuscript DS in French, signed “payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, July 1, 1786. An order to Treasurer General Randon de la Tour, directing him “to pay to Mr. Mollin, Maitre d’hotel de la table du Premier Maitre d’hotel, the sum of 200 livres which we granted him for the clothes of our office boys…during the first six months of the year… The present sum of two hundred pounds will be spent and allocated in the expenditure of your accounts by our dear and well beloved people of the accounts of the King, our very honored lord and husband in Paris.” Boldly endorsed at the conclusion by Marie Antoinette and countersigned by her secretary Nicolas-Joseph Beaugeard; in 1793, Beaugeard was a conspirator in the failed plot to rescue King Louis XIV from execution. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Consignor notes that this originates from the collection of Theogene Chavaillon. Marie Antoinette’s expenditures to maintain her flamboyant lifestyle and lavish palace were enormous, and during this time she was growing increasingly unpopular among the French people. In 1785, her public image had been tarnished beyond repair with the ‘Diamond Necklace Affair,’ when she was implicated in a fraudulent scheme to purchase an expensive necklace. A wonderful example boasting the bold, crisp signature of the infamous queen. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 139
“Dresses from the Collection of Diana” 291. Princess Diana. Marvelous signed book: Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. Limited edition, numbered 115/250. NY: Christie’s, 1997. Purple leatherbound hardcover, 12 x 17, 204 pages. Prominently signed and numbered on the “The Sale” prefatory page in black ink, “Diana.” An opening page features a printed copy of a letter written by Diana stating that her son William inspired the sale, and the volume boasts magnificent fullcolor images of each dress to be sold. In fine to very fine condition. Accompanied by a catalog order form. Christie’s released this luxurious limited edition signed deluxe version of the auction catalog for their charity sale of dresses from Diana’s wardrobe in 1997. The sale, which benefitted AIDS and cancer charities, was held on June 25, 1997, and raised over $3.6 million. The highlight of the sale was Princess Diana’s off-the shoulder, midnight-blue velvet dress designed by Victor Edelstein, famously worn during a dance with John Travolta at the White House in 1985, which brought in $222,500. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Splendid letter to her midwife, the Queen relays news of baby Edward and a teenaged Charles 292. Queen Elizabeth II. Wonderful ALS signed “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Buckingham Palace letterhead, August 5, 1964. Written from Eastbourne, a letter to “Rowie,” her midwife Helen Rowe, in full: “I am terribly sorry we never got in touch with you before you left London. Mabel was ill in bed when you wrote, and I confess I misread your letter in a great hurry and remembered the wrong day you put down, and when I was away at Arundel last week, I suddenly was reminded of your letter and of course it was too late by then! The baby is wonderful—good as gold, trying to sit up and weighing 15 lbs. 12! He smiles and giggles at everyone, and make everyone happy! Charles, I’m thankful to say, is better but very frail as yet. I hope we see you when we return in October.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed by the queen, who adds her initials next to her personal stamp, “ER.” On March 10, 1964, Queen Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Edward, roughly 16 years after her first child, Prince Charles. At this time, the 15-year-old Prince of Wales was convalescing from a bout of pneumonia after having been taken ill during a camping trip with other boys from Gordonstoun School. A trainee at King’s College Hospital, London, who later transferred to the Middlesex Hospital for Midwifery, Sister Helen Rowe was Britain’s most famous midwife. Rowe was present for the births of all four of Queen Elizabeth II’s children, as well as for the children of other British elite and royalty. Mabel Anderson was nanny to all four of Elizabeth’s children; she retired in 1981 after 32 years of service. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Support for the soldier who saved her from ‘Bloody Mary’ 293. Queen Elizabeth I. Extremely rare manuscript DS, in Early Modern English, boldly signed at the top, “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, September 4, 1570. Elizabeth orders Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to help rectify financial issues being had by William Piers. Lengthy document states, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “Right trustie and welbeloved we grete you well, we have our self hard this bearer capteyn William Perse...where of late time we graunted that he shuld have an estate in reversion for term of certen yeres of the late Abbey of Tresternaugh with the land and possessions thereto belonging...we be informed by the said Perse that our surveior there hath by a survey made increased the rent therof farr above that which one Robert Jans late tenant of the same did paie, so as the said William Perse if he shuld paie so great a rent as now by the survey is newly incresed shuld not have anie benefit by our grant as we intended; we ar plesed to remitt the consideration hereof to you...to reform and diminishe the rent newly incresed by the surveior to such a resonable rate as your self shall think convenient for the benefit of the said William Perse...we understand also by him that he hath of his own cost & charge builded a house in our towne of Knockfargus upon our soile...and do leave the same to your consideration giving you authoritie herby to cause such estate either in taile or fee simple to be made to him with reservation of such rent as your self shall think resonable...we have also upon his recommendation of the good faithfull and constant service of Sir Bryan Mackphellyme caused that ether a cheine of gold or a portion of plate of the value of fortie poundes shuld be delivered to the said Pers to be in our name speciallie by him given to the said Mackphellym...we have also taken order for the satisfaction of the said Perse for his demand of money due as he hath informed our councell...thus you maie see how we are favorably disposed toward our said servant thinking him worthy of all this our favor.” Reverse of second integral page is docketed in several different hands. Beautifully archivally cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of the Queen to an overall size of 25.75 x 20. In very good condition, with mild dampstaining to both pages (some over the signature, but not affecting the boldness or legibility of the signature or document whatsoever), small separation and reinforcement along hinge, slight paper loss to right edge of first page, second integral page professionally inlaid to a slightly larger sheet, and two W. C. Putnam Collection stamps to reverse of first page and front of second integral page. The man featured in this letter, William Piers (c. 1510-1603), was an English constable sent to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in 1566. Especially noted for his attempts to drive the Scots from Ulster, he was appointed governor of Carrickfergus [Knockfargus] in 1568. The reasons for the requests of special treatment in this document can be ascertained from Burke’s Peerages and Baronetcies, which describes Piers as ‘a distinguished soldier and a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth’ who ‘on more than one occasion saved her from the vengeance of her step-sister, Queen Mary.’ Captain Piers clearly ingratiated himself with Elizabeth by at times protecting her from the wrath of ‘Bloody Mary,’ thus earning her favor and a lifetime of substantial support. Recognizing Piers for his outstanding service, the Queen rewarded him with a large land grant which included the grounds of Tristernagh Abbey-a generous endowment apparently undermined by the recent appraisal of the property. In order to correct this, she not only orders Sidney to cut the recently increased rent, but asks that he offer Piers a low rate for his second property and provide him with additional remuneration due in the form of gold. An extraordinarily rare and truly remarkable document with incredible content and intimate associations. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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295. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
294. Queen Elizabeth II. Gift tag featuring a colorful bird design, 2.25 x 4.75, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint to the famed milliner Philip Somerville, “Mr. Somerville, Happy Christmas, Elizabeth R.” The front is dated “2001” in another hand. In fine condition, with a small area of surface loss to the picture side of the tag. Somerville was widely known for his hat designs worn by Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
296. Queen Victoria. Signed book:
The Riviera: Etchings & Vignettes by Alexander Ansted. London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1894. Hardcover, 9.25 x 13, 80 pages. Signed and inscribed on the halftitle page in black ink, “To The Hon: Mary Hardage, from her affectionate Victoria R. I., Osborne, Christmas 1893.” Autographic condition: fine, with scattered faint foxing. Book condition: VG/None, with bumps to corners, wear at spine ends, and a few small but noticeable stains to the exterior. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Desirable 1959 royal Christmas and New Year’s card with their crests embossed on the front, measuring 16 x 8.25 open, featuring a printed image of Philip, Elizabeth, and their two children inside, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Philip” and “Elizabeth R, 1959.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Titanic Outstanding certificate signed by the future Titanic captain, discharging a fireman from the Majestic 297. Edward J. Smith. Scarce DS, signed “E. J. Smith,”
one page, 8 x 6, October 30, 1896. A certificate of discharge issued to T. Riley a fireman aboard the S.S. Majestic. The document states Riley served aboard the vessel from October 7–28, 1896, and was discharged in Liverpool. Printed near the bottom is a certification statement which reads, “I certify that the above particulars are correct and that the above named Seaman was discharged accordingly, and that the character described hereon is a true copy of the Report concerning the said Seaman.” Signed at the conclusion of the statement by Smith as the vessel’s master, and countersigned by a shipping representative. The discharge also bears two “V.G.” stamps in areas for character of conduct and ability. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Smith to an overall size of 21.25 x 13. In very good condition, with scattered wrinkling, soiling and toning, paper loss to left edge, and some light scorch marks along extreme bottom edge. Smith joined the White Star Line in 1880, and assumed command of the Majestic in 1895. When the Boer War began in 1899, Smith and the Majestic’s crew (sans fireman Riley) transported troops to Cape Colony without incident. For his service, King Edward VII awarded Smith the Transport Medal. As he rose in seniority, Smith became a favorite of the wealthy financiers and notables who frequently traveled aboard his ships, acquiring the nickname the ‘Millionaires’ Captain.’ From 1904 on, Smith commanded the White Star Line’s newest vessels on their maiden voyages, including the R.M.S. Titanic. An exceedingly rare autograph in any form. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Explorers and Archeologists
298. Lord Carnarvon. English aristocrat (1866–1923) and ama-
teur Egyptologist best known as the financier of Howard Carter’s excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Ink signature, “Yours truly, Carnarvon,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.5 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with a light central horizontal fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Humboldt aims to nominate Cuvier’s protege to the French Academy of Sciences 299. Alexander von Humboldt. German naturalist and ex-
plorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowledge. ALS in French, signed “A. Humboldt,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, postmarked October 18, 1838. Letter to his colleague Louis Freycinet, a French navigator who in 1811 published the first full outline of the coast of Australia. In full (translated): “As I am prevented by the departure of a diplomatic courier to see you tomorrow I am unable to congratulate you on your happy return and to renew the homage of my old and affectionate devotion to you. I hasten to be imprudent and indiscreet and already ask you a favor. I would like your help to nominate to the institute my friend and collaborator Mr. Valenciennes who is professor in the Jardin des Plantes and associated with Mr. Cuvier in the great and classic work on fish, of which the 13th volume is now published. I would be happy to know that you have no previous engagements and that you may work with me toward this nomination. I beg you my dear and respectable friend not to answer me back on this subject. I just need to have mentioned this candidly and express my wishes. You are able to judge better than anyone the merits of the candidates but I hope your friendship with me will weigh on the balance. Mr. Milne-Edwards, the other competitor, is also a very distinguished scientist and also highly esteemed. Please accept the expression of my highest affectionate consideration and my gratitude that dates far back.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Humboldt’s hand. In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. In this remarkable letter evoking the atmosphere of the French Academy of Sciences in the 1830s, Humboldt advocates for the election of his friend Achille Valenciennes, a protege of Georges Cuvier who worked on the 22-volume Histoire naturelle des poissons [Natural History of Fish]. Cuvier had assigned Valenciennes the task of classifying animals described by Humboldt on his famous journey to Latin America at the turn of the century, which began their lifelong friendship. Although Henri Milne-Edwards, himself an eminent zoologist, was elected to the seat in 1838, Valenciennes—with Humboldt again acting as a patron—joined the Academy in 1844. An extraordinary letter boasting a wealth of significant scientific associations. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
300. Robert E. Peary. Final page of a typescript draft for the article ‘Fighting the Arctic Ice,’ designated at the top as page seven, 7.75 x 10, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “R. E. Peary.” The page begins: “…boat, a piece of ice about the size of a small house came rushing to the ship, and we just barely succeeded in pulling the boat under the Erik’s stern in time to escape being smashed like an egg-shell against her side. The Erik herself groaned and rocked with the blow.” The typescript has several pencil emendations in an editor’s hand, with the red ink “piece” likely penned by Peary. In fine condition, with a few small edge tears and toning. Peary’s article ‘Fighting the Arctic Ice’ was published in the Pall Mall Magazine in 1905. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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American West
Excessively rare survey receipt from 1784—the year his legend took hold
302. Daniel Boone. Rare ADS, one page, 6.5 x 8, November 23, 1784. Boone confirms receipt of a payment for surveying work in Fayette County, Kentucky. In part: “Rec’d…of Charles Patterson sixty six shillings, for the purpose of surveying & clearing out a entry by him made by me in Fayatt [sic] county for five thousand six hundred & twenty five acre land.” Impressively double-suede-matted and framed with a portrait and engraved biographical plaque to an overall size of 31.25 x 18.25. In very good condition, with intersecting folds with tiny holes at intersections (not affecting the signature), a few small edge tears, and a couple stray marks of ink. An especially important date within the context of Boone’s biography, November of 1784 marked the release of The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke by John Filson, which included a chronicle of Boone’s adventures exploring Kentucky and during the American Revolution. The stories made Boone an instant celebrity nationwide-and worldwide when the book was translated into French and German shortly after the initial publication. Fayette County was also home to Boone and his family; he established a stockaded station on the waters of Fayette’s Boone Creek in 1779, with the hope of settling there for the rest of his life, though he abandoned the site in 1783 for a nearby location on Marble Creek. Very rare and immensely desirable, this is an astounding piece of American history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Indian Wars–era bearskin coat and accoutrements 303. Indian Wars–Era Bearskin Coat, Gauntlets, and Hat. An Indian Wars–era private
purchase tailor-made bearskin coat, with toggle-fastened front, quilted interior, and polished cotton sleeve linings. The interior bears a “Gordon & Ferguson, Saint Paul” label. Complete with a pair of matching bearskin gauntlets and a US-issued seal fur cap, featuring a die-struck crossed saber US Cavalry badge at the front of the crown. In very good to fine condition, with general overall wear. This type of winter outerwear would have been worn on Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s 1876–77 expedition with his ‘Yellowstone Command’ during the Great Sioux War. After learning of Custer’s defeat at Little Big Horn, Miles fought against the Lakota and their allies in the northern plains; to his enemies, Miles became known as ‘man-with-the-bear-coat’ for the similar winter overcoat he wore in these excursions. These full-length black bear officer’s coats are much scarcer than their buffalo counterparts, which were more readily available to the command. An excellent assemblage of winter campaign equipage from the late 1870s. Starting Bid $500
304. Texas. Attractive DS, one page, 8 x 12.75, October 16, 1830. A real estate document from the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company, issued as certificate No. 5750, which certifies that “the Subscribers as the Trustees and Attorneys of Lorenzo de Zavala, Joseph Vehlein, and David G. Burnet, have given and hereby give to Anthony Dey…One Labor of Land within the limits of four adjoining tracts of Land in Texas.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by company officers Anthony Dey (who signs again on the reverse), William H. Sumner, George W. Curtis, and W. H. Willson as secretary. In fine condition, with thin paper along the extreme right edge. Starting Bid $200
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Notorious Figures
305. Carlo Gambino. Boss of New York’s most powerful crime family (1902–1976) and model for the title character in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather. S. G. S. Associates business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Gambino, “Carlo Gambino,” payable to Bertelli’s Service Station for $110.53, June 4, 1963. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Scarce letter from the Mafia’s notorious boss
306. Lucky Luciano. ALS signed “Charlie Lucky Luciano,”
one page, 5.75 x 8.25, September 10, 1959. Letter to John A. Fischback, in full: “I received your note and the check of one dollar. I am not going to cash your check of 1 dollar. I will keep it that way. Best wishes.” In fine condition, with two horizontal folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Luciano’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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307. Francis Gary Powers. American military pilot (1929-1977) who attained
worldwide notoriety in 1960 when the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over the Soviet Union; his release negotiation was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning 2015 film Bridge of Spies. TLS signed “Love, Barbara & Gary,” 8.5 x 11, postmarked June 16, no year. Letter to his parents, in full: “I guess that it has been a long time since I wrote last. The time seems to be flying here and I am pretty busy most of the time. I just returned from a trip to Germany last night and did not get in until late. I took a T–33 to Wiesbaden and picked up another one and the c.o. and brought them back. Needless to say Barbara could not go along. It wasn’t such a long trip so it wasn’t too bad. I picked up some things for the German Shepherd that we bought up there the last time we were there. I also bought some fishing equiptment [sic] for I am trying to become a fisherman. Several of us boys went trout fishing and I cought [sic] two small ones, about eight inches. There are supposed to be some large ones here. One man caught one that weighted eleven pounds. That is what I am looking for. Could you send me one of the forms to get my drivers license renewed. I have let it expire and will try to get a new one anyway without having to take the test again maybe I will be able to get away with it. Well Barbara is waiting for me to go to the PX so I had better stop for now. Bye for this time.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The first prosecutor of the Salem witch trials 308. Salem Witch Trials: Thomas Newton. Manuscript
DS, signed at the conclusion, “Tho: Newton, attorney for the Defendt,” one page, 9 x 2.5, April, 1718. Legal document relating to the case of John Jonkins (plaintiff) and Richard Whittridge (defendant) “for the Land now in controversy.” Document has been neatly mounted to a 10.5 x 7.25 off-white sheet. In fine condition, with light vertical folds, and some slight show-through from docketing on reverse. Accompanied by a college paper entitled ‘Salem Prosecuted: The Role of Thomas Newton and Anthony Checkley in the Salem Witchcraft Crisis.’ Newton arrived in the Massachusetts Bay colony from England in 1688, perhaps in response to a 1685 plea for England to ‘send some honest lawyers, if any such in nature,’ as there were only two trained attorneys in all of New England—because of this shortage, Newton was the only person involved in the Salem trial with formal legal training. After Governor William Phips established a court to try people accused of witchcraft in May of 1692, he appointed Newton to serve as prosecutor. Little is known of Newton’s tenure, as he chose to leave the position just two months later. During this period, the interrogation of witnesses was left to magistrates, while the appointed prosecutor did preparatory work, such as drawing up indictments, compiling records, and determining the order in which cases would be heard. This is where Newton had the biggest impact on the trials; he selected Bridget Bishop to be tried first, believing that they had the strongest case against her. She was accused of bewitching five young women—including Abigail Williams, later portrayed in Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible—and was tried on June 2, 1962. Newton was right: Bishop was found guilty and executed by hanging on June 10. A scarce and desirable document from this instrumental figure in the early stages of the infamous Salem trials. Starting Bid $200
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309. William George Armstrong
310. Louis Brandeis
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312. British Prime Ministers
313. British Princesses MB $200
314. William Jennings Bryan
315. Andy Card
316. Benjamin Cardozo
317. Pierre C. Cartier
318. Civil Rights
319. Jacques Cousteau
320. Samuel Cunard
321. DNA: Francis Crick
322. DNA: James D. Watson
323. William Fargo
324. John Kenneth Galbraith
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311. Billy Breakenridge
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325. Giuseppe Garibaldi MB $200
326. Hell’s Angels: Barger and Christie
327. J. Edgar Hoover
328. J. Edgar Hoover
329. Kaiser Wilhelm II
330. King George V
331. Edwina MacKenzie
332. Guglielmo Marconi
333. Joseph McCarthy
334. Jerry Parr
336. Joseph Pulitzer
337. Samuel Remington
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335. Princess Amelia MB $200
338. Jonas Salk MB $200
339. Margaret Thatcher MB $200
military 340. P. G. T. Beauregard. Scarce 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of the Confederate general in a bust-length pose, floridly signed in ink, “G. T. Beauregard, 1868.” The photograph is mounted on a thinner stock than is typical for a carte-de-visite. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and several small pin holes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Stonewall tends to his horses in Mexico City in 1848 341. 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
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342. Abner Doubleday. Union general (1819-1893) who commanded a division at Gettysburg and has controversially been credited with the invention of baseball. ALS, one page, both sides, 4.75 x 8, August 7, 1882. Letter to George Bliss who led the 1st Regiment of the R.I. Cavalry in the Battle of Middleburg, June 17–19, 1863, part of the Gettysburg campaign. In part: “In reference to the criticism by Chaplain Denison you had the kindness to send me, I would like to correct the Roster of the 2d. R. I. Infantry. Did Colonel Horatio Rogers command it at Gettysburg? I will substitute your name as leading the advance on the retreat from Middleburg instead of that of Captain Bixbie. The account I gave if I remember rightly was taken in a great measure from reports in The Rebellion Record…I would like to purchase the work referred to in the criticism called Sabres and Spurs. If it is for sale in your town, would it be asking too much to have you forward it to me at Morristown N. J. by express marked C. O. D…I hardly know where to look for an account of the charge of the 2d. R. I. Infantry at Salem Heights but will try and find the official report of the Colonel if it is published…I consulted General Newton and General Shaler in reference to the operations of the 6th Corps.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Letter originates from the Collection of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Remarkable 1853 West Point diploma, recommending a “promotion in the Ordnance, Artillery or Infantry” 343. Robert E. Lee.
Beautifully engraved partly-printed vellum DS, signed “R. E. Lee,” as superintendent of West Point, one page, 20.75 x 25, June 17, 1853. United States Military Academy diploma presented to George Bell “having been carefully examined on all the Branches of the Arts, Sciences, and Literature taught at the United States Military Academy has been judged worthy to receive the Degree required by Law preparatory to his advancement in the U. S. Army…and recommend him to the president for promotion in the Ordnance, Artillery or Infantry.” Signed at the conclusion by Lee as superintendent of the Academy, and also signed underneath by ten professors, including Robert S. Garnett, George H. Thomas, Dennis Hart Mahan, George W. Cullum, and Robert Walter Weir. In very good to fine condition, with light toning, intersecting folds, small holes (primarily to the margins), and Lee’s signature quite light but fully legible. Bell would go on to serve as a commissary officer in the Union Army throughout the Civil War, and was brevetted brigadier general for his faithful and meritorious service during the rebellion.
After distinguishing himself in the Mexican-American War, Lee reluctantly accepted an appointment as superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point in 1852, where he remained for three years. In addition to Lee’s ever-desirable signature, this document boasts that of the extremely rare Robert Selden Garnett, who signs as a tactics instructor—Garnett would become the first general officer killed in the Civil War on July 13, 1861. As West Point graduated a mere 140 cadets during Lee’s entire tenure as superintendent, these documents are quite scarce and thus immensely desirable. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Rare handwritten letter from an Iwo Jima flag-raiser 344. Iwo Jima: Ira Hayes. ALS signed “Ira H. H.,” two pages, 6.25 x 10, July 26, no year. Letter to his parents and brothers, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “Just a short letter to let you know that the watch I asked for got here 2 day’s ago & in good shape. Thanks a lot for all the trouble. I’ll sent my other watch back later on. Right now I’m having a crystal & stem put on. I’ll also sent my ring home It was given to me by some folks in Chicago. They were also Indian’s. Its a yellow gold ring with a touch of pink gold & a red stone which is garnett. In other words it’s my birthstone ring for January. It cost 39 smacker’s for em, they should of took the price tag off. Im allright, & as I said time again & again please do not worry, I couldn’t be any happier. I got the paper’s a while back ago. And was glad to know what the scope was back home. I’ll bet Dean & Kenny are really getting their full of watermelon’s. Damn I wish I was too. Well I think I’ll close here till next time.” Hayes signs his name in the lower left corner of both pages, “Cpl. Ira H. Hayes.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
345. George A. Custer. Hand-addressed mailing
envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs. Genl. Custer, Ft. Riley, K.,” with annotations in another hand, “Politeness of Maj. Genl. Gibbs, USA.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing, light stains, and short edge tears. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
346. Chester Nimitz. Vintage matte-finish 13.75 x 10.5 photo of Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Colonel and Mrs. C. E. Childs—AFR, with best wishes—C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, US Navy.” In very good condition, with mild rippling, mainly to borders, some light corner creases, and some scattered irregular ink adhesion to signature and inscription. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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348. [Horatio Nelson]. Contemporary manuscript copy of a Horatio Nelson’s last written words, entered in his diary as the Battle of Trafalgar began, one page, 9.75 x 15.75, October 21, 1805. In part: “Victory—October the 21st 1805, then in Sight of the Combined fleets of France and Spain distant about ten Miles. Whereas The eminent services of Emma Hamilton…have been of the very greatest service to our country… First that she obtained the King of Spain’s letter…of his intention to declare War against England…Secondly the British Fleet under my command would never have returned the second time to Egypt had not Lady Hamilton’s influence…I leave Emma Lady Hamilton therefore a Legacy to my King and Country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. I also leave to the beneficence of my Country my adopted Daughter Horatia Nelson Thompson, and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson only.—These are the only favours I ask of my King and Country at this moment when I am going to fight their battles.” At the conclusion, the clerk has added Nelson’s signature, “Nelson & Bronte,” as well as those of the witnesses, Henry Blackwood and Thomas Masterman Hardy, with “The above is a true Copy from the Original.” In fine condition. After Lord Nelson’s death, Captain Hardy was charged with conveying his diary back to England. Despite the efforts of Captain Hardy and other friends, Parliament did not bestow any honors or pension upon Lady Hamilton or their child, Horatia—despite Nelson’s final and most earnest request. Starting Bid $200
Rare portrait of the great Japanese admiral 349. Admiral Heihachiro Togo. Japa-
347. Horatio Nelson. War-dated hand-addressed envelope panel, 4.5 x 2.5, addressed by Nelson to “Lieut. Brown R.N., Transport Office, Liverpool,” adding the date above, “London September fourth 1805,” and signing in the lower left, “Nelson & Bronte.” In very good condition, with two small edge chips and moderate overall soiling. Ten days later, on September 14, 1805, Nelson boarded HMS Victory at Portsmouth for the last time, after just a few weeks spent with his family following more than two years at sea. With full command of the British Royal Navy, Nelson would meet the combined fleet of France and Spain in the decisive Battle of Trafalgar in a little over a month’s time. Shortly before boarding the Victory, Nelson wrote the following in his private diary: ‘Friday night at half past Ten drove from dear Merton where I left all which I hold most dear in this World to go to serve my King & Country. May the Great God whom I adore enable me to fulfill the expectations of my Country and if it is his good pleasure that I should return my thanks will never cease being offered up to the Throne of his Mercy.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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nese naval hero (18481934) who led his country’s fleet to victory in the RussoJapanese War. Vintage mattefinish 8.75 x 11.75 halflength portrait of Togo in uniform, signed in black ink, “Admiral H. Togo,” and then below in Japanese characters. Affixed to the original 13.75 x 16.75 mount. In fine condition, with light toning and soiling to the mount, and light silvering to darker areas of the image. Togo remains quite rare across all formats, with this signed portrait representing the first we have ever offered. A large, handsome depiction with a pair of clean, bold signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
350. William Alexander, Lord Stirling
351. Viscount Edmund Allenby
352. Robert Baden-Powell
353. Louis-Alexandre Berthier
354. Omar Bradley
355. Civil War
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356. Civil War
357. William Colfax
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360. Enola Gay MB $200
361. Douglas Haig MB $200
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362. Winfield Scott Hancock
363. Japanese Flag Trophy
364. Douglas MacArthur
365. Horatio Nelson
366. John Pope
367. William S. Rosecrans
368. John Sedgwick
369. Spanish-American War
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370. Admiral Heihachiro Togo
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371. Vietnam-Era Flags
372. Daniel Waldo
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373. Leonard Wood
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374. World War I MB $200
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aviation 376. Alan Cobham and Richard Covey. Two
items: a 6 x 3.5 commemorative cover with a cachet honoring English aviation pioneer Alan Cobham’s First United States Overland Flight, initialed in fountain pen by Cobham; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Easter Island taken from orbit, matted to an overall size of 11 x 14, signed on the mat in black felt tip by space shuttle astronaut Richard Covey, “Easter Island, Sept. 1985. Easily identified from orbit because of the distinctive shape of the volcano Rano Kan— and there is no other land for a thousand miles! Dick Covey, pilot of STS-51-I.” The reverse of the photo bears a stamp that reads, “NASA photo taken and authenticated by,” and is signed in black felt tip, “Richard O. Covey, Easter Island 1985.” Also affixed to the reverse is a caption indicating the image number, date, and coordinates. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
377. Amelia Earhart. Vintage glossy 3.25 x 4 silver gelatin
portrait of Earhart wearing a scarf and aviator coat, signed in black ink. Reverse bears ink notations in another hand. In very good condition, with several tack holes, and some light scratching to the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
A grand portrait of Lindy 378. Charles Lindbergh. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10.5
portrait of Lindbergh in a casual full-length pose, showing the pilot posing on a step and wearing a handsome striped suit with a hand in his pocket, signed in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Archivally suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 16.75 x 19.25. In fine condition. An exceptional portrait of Lindbergh elevated furthermore by its neat autograph and unusually large size. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Recovered from the tail of the Hindenburg 379. Hindenburg Flown Fabric Swatch. Flown
swatch of red fabric recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenburg following its disastrous explosion at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey on May 6, 1937, originating from the red field of the Nazi flags on the airship’s tail. The unusually large swatch measures 6.25 x 5 and is annotated on the reverse in ballpoint, “Hindenburg, May 6, 1937.” It was recovered by the teenage Rosemary Dowling, who was on the ground with her sisters; her father Patrick was among the naval crew working to dock the airship when it exploded. In fine condition, with expected wear and soiling. Accompanied by a provenance statement from Rosemary Dowling’s grandson, former Obama White House aide Joshua Lamont. He writes, in full: “My grandmother Rose (December 31, 1922 – February 9, 2008) was 14 when she and her sisters convinced their father Patrick (May 24, 1892 – June 28, 1964), to bring them to NAS Lakehurst the night he was assigned to the Hindenburg’s landing crew. Hours later, engulfed in flames The Hindenburg infamously crash landed, killing 36 and effectively ending the era of the great airships. The sisters were hurried to a safe spot as their father joined the search and rescue efforts for the 95 survivors. The sisters roamed around the crash site, finding relics including burnt coins, melted dining spoons and an odd red swatch of material my grandmother found and took home. She kept it inside a book for more than 70 years, until she passed away in 2008. Two years later, I kept this piece of my family history on my office desk. Asked about it one day, I shared my grandmother’s story, revealing the red swatch preserved and hidden inside. Hearing this, our boss came in and insisted I find out more and report back. Weeks later, I delivered the report Mrs. Obama requested and what experts from the National Archives, The Smithsonian and other local university historians confirmed: this was not a piece brought onboard the airship, but an actual piece of the Hindenburg itself, fairly large compared to comparable known pieces. Sensing the same question I had about where the red came from, I shared a popular photo of the Hindenburg as it flew over Manhattan just hours before the crash. The source of the red was clear in the photo: like all Zeppelin airships of the time, the tail was adorned with the well-known black and white symbol, centered on a bright red field, instantly recognized as the flag of Nazi Germany.” Starting Bid $800
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380. Joe Sutter. American engineer (1921–2016) for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747; Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine has described Sutter as the ‘father of the 747.’ Color 11 x 8.5 heavy paperstock photo of a Boeing 747 taking flight, signed in black ink by Sutter. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
381. Orville Wright. The Winters National Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, “Orville Wright,” payable to Mabel Beck for $60.96, June 13, 1941. In fine condition, with a trivial tear to the top edge. Mabel Beck was Orville Wright’s devoted friend and personal secretary for nearly 40 years. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
1908 “Wright Bros.” check to their instrumental mechanic
382. Wilbur Wright. The Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wilbur Wright, “Wright B[r]os.,” payable to Chas. E. Taylor for $18, April 4, 1908. Annotated underneath “Wright Bros.” are the initials “W. W.,” signifying that it was Wilbur who signed the check. Endorsed on the reverse by Taylor, who was the designer, engineer, and builder of the first engine used in the Wright Flyer. Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with three light vertical folds and a punch hole affecting “Bros.” Dating to the year of the Wrights’ most important demonstration flights, this is an early example boasting an ideal association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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space 383. Wernher Von Braun. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Army Ballistic Missile Agency letterhead, May 23, 1960. Letter to Roger Caras of Columbia Pictures, in part: “I was happy to cooperate with you as to the radio tape and the albums. Thank you for sending the copy of Clinical Symposia. I shall read it when time permits, and I know that as a skin diver that I shall find it interesting.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
384. Buzz Aldrin. Certificate of retirement from the Armed
Services, 11 x 14, dated March 1, 1972, certifying “that Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.,…having served faithfully and honorably was retired from the United States Air Force.” Signed at the conclusion by Chief of Staff John D. Ryan and Air Force Flight Test Center Commander Robert White. Certificate is housed in its original presentation folder and is accompanied by a TLS from White to Aldrin, dated February 29, 1972, in part: “Your retirement…concludes an outstanding military career of more than 20 years of loyal and dedicated service…The loyal and conscientious service you have rendered will remain as an inspiration for others to follow.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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385. Buzz Aldrin. Huge color satin-finish 20 x 16 full-length
photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, Neil Armstrong, signed in black felt tip, “We came in peace for all mankind, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI, July 20, 1969.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
First on the Moon, fully signed by Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins 386. Apollo 11. Signed book:
First on the Moon. Later printing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 434 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in blue ink, “Best Wishes to Prof. Wayne Jolly—Neil Armstrong,” and in black ink, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI,” and “Michael Collins, Apollo XI.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with a price-clipped dust jacket and a crease to the rear dust jacket flap. Accompanied by the original 1982 transmittal letter for Armstrong’s signature, and a certificate of authenticity from a Novaspace private signing for the Collins signature. Dr. Wayne Jolly was a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Brock University in Ontario. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500
387. Neil Armstrong. Program for the 23rd Annual VFW Con-
gressional Awards Banquet held in Washington, DC, on March 9, 1971, 5.75 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Neil Armstrong and one other, and signed on the back cover in black felt tip by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. In fine condition, with light toning to edges. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Uninscribed portrait of the Apollo 11 astronauts
388. Apollo 11. Vintage color glossy 9.5 x 7.25 photo of the crew of Apollo 11 posing in their white space suits against a large lunar backdrop, affixed to the original 14 x 11 mount, signed on the mount in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong,” “M. Collins,” and “Buzz Aldrin.” In fine condition, with a light block of toning from prior display, and fading to the image and the signatures. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
389. Neil Armstrong. Fascinating TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Peace
Corps letterhead, July 16, 1971. Letter to Grant Treaster, Jr., in part: “I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how much I appreciate your efforts in entering the Peace Corps’ Tenth Anniversary Poster Contest. The response from the nation was overwhelming. Well over 1,500 posters were entered in the contest, with the majority of them being of very high quality. And I am pleased to advise you that from among that number, the judges selected your poster as one of the sixty finalists. Although there is no monetary prize for this distinction, I would like to congratulate you on your achievement.” In fine condition, with slight show-through from adhesive remnants to reverse. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping showing Treaster’s poster submission. Armstrong served as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps from 1971-1973. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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390. STS–1. Flown fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, flown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during its inaugural flight on April 12–14, 1981. Flag is affixed to a 7.75 x 9.75 certificate “Presented to James C. Harrington…in recognition of the significant contribution you made to the success of the mission.” Certificate also bears printed signatures of shuttle astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen. Framed with mild blocks of toning to flag, otherwise fine condition. Starting Bid $200
391. STS–107. Flight crew briefing for Space Shuttle Columbia (STS 107), 11 x 8.5, 28 pages, headed “OV-102 L-1 Day.” Introduction states that the briefing includes “STS-109 in-flight anomalies and major problems which occurred during landing.” Signed in black felt tip or ballpoint by the complete crew next to their printed names on the cover page: Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Dave Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon. In fine condition with a staple at the top left corner and very subtle haloing to ink. Fewer than 100 of these booklets were produced for the briefing held at Kennedy Space Center prior to the terminal countdown demonstration test (TCDT). For this event, the crew flew in from Houston to the Kennedy Space Center for a full dress rehearsal. This briefing is one of the first scheduled crew events to take place during this two-to-three day TCDT. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
‘Astronaut Suit Up’ envisioned by the ‘father of digital art’ 392. Digital Space Suit Artwork Print. Color 20 x 30 print entitled ‘Astronaut
Suit Up’ created by renowned digital artist Laurence Gartel in 2015, signed in the lower right corner in black felt tip by Gartel. Rolled and in fine condition. Considered the ‘father of digital art,’ the New York born-and-raised Gartel has worked in the digital medium for over forty years—preceding even the advent of the personal computer. Gartel taught Andy Warhol to use the Commodore Amiga in order to make a Debbie Harry album cover, and was friends with many of those in the NYC art scene. Gartel’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, and Norton Museum of Art, and is also included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History, Bibliothque Nationale in Paris, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was the official artist of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and created a massive Grammy statue wrapped in psychedelic vinyl that still resides at The Recording Academy. He also created the art for the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) launch at Kennedy Space Center in 2015. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 163
393. Buzz Aldrin
394. Buzz Aldrin
395. Apollo 12
396. Apollo 14
397. Neil Armstrong
398. Astronauts
399. Astronauts
400. Alan Bean
401. Gene Cernan
402. Gene Cernan and James Lovell
403. Challenger: Scobee and Onizuka
406. James Lovell and Frank Borman
407. Shuttle Crawler Plate
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art, architecture, & design
Bartholdi grants legal powers to protect “the statue of ‘Liberty Illuminating the World,’ commemorative monument that must be raised in the port of New-York” 409. Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. Manuscript DS in French, signed “A. Bartholdi,” one page, 6.75 x 9, June 20, 1877. Legal document granting power of attorney to Georges Glaenzer, Bartholdi’s business associate, concerning marking rights for the Statue of Liberty. In part (translated): “1st. Mr. Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor, residing in Paris…2nd. Mr. Georges A. Glaenzer, merchant, Secretary of the Franco-American Union…As follows: Mr. Bartholdi gives for the present to Mr. Geo. Glaenzer full and entire power of attorney to supervise the reproduction, effect the sale, and prosecute any counterfeiting of his work, the statue of ‘Liberty Illuminating the World,’ commemorative monument that must be raised in the port of New-York, and authorizes him to act in his name in all that is necessary to accomplish this triple goal.” In fine condition, with light handling wear, and an unobtrusive tear near the left edge. Bartholdi and Glaenzer collaborated extensively during the process of fundraising for, fabricating, and overseeing the permanent placement of the Statue of Liberty. This document authorized Glaenzer to act on Bartholdi’s behalf to protect the integrity of the sculptor’s design in all of its manifestations. Although Bartholdi was extremely protective of his rights and reproductions, bootleg Statue of Liberty items became abundant in both France and New York. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Scarce 1936 letter by the influential German Expressionist 411. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. German
410. Alexander Calder. Two items: an ALS, signed “Sandy
Calder,” one page, 8.5 x 11, December 26, 1954, addressed to “Dorothy,” in full: “Balance this on the point of your (so far) stabile. Blow at it, and I hope it will clear, to make the whole turn. Happy New Year”; and an ANS, signed “Love, Sandy,” one page, 8.5 x 11, November 16, 1965, penned on a letter addressed to Calder from an employee at The Museum of Modern Art, asking the artist what colors should be used to repaint his gifted work, ‘Wall Mobile with Yellow Panel,’ as well as how best to replace the work’s broken cords. Calder’s response: “The paint I use is Ronan’s coach colors—Sign craft red, bulletin blue etc, can be obtained at de Lemos 1555–3, I don’t use much green any more—but that you can probably mix.” In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
painter and printmaker (1880–1938) who was instrumental in creating the style that defined ‘Expressionism’ in 20th-century German art. Scarce ALS in German, signed “E. L. Kirchner,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, March 3, 1936. Letter to K. W. Senn about a meeting they will have on Thursday. In part (translated): “I will provide some paintings, and I am glad to get acquainted with you.” In fine condition. During the period he wrote this letter Kirchner became increasingly disturbed by the rise of the Nazis in his homeland (he had moved permanently to Davos, Switzerland, in 1918), and news of their attacks on modern art threw him into a deep depression. The Nazis branded his artwork as ‘degenerate’ in 1937 and confiscated all of his paintings on display in public museums, which amounted to over 600 works; Kirchner would commit suicide the following year. A rare piece from the early stages of this tragic era in art history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“There really is no other city like Paris if it comes to living and painting”
412. August Macke. Painter and leading member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914) who
was killed at the front in Champagne, France, in 1914. ALS in German, signed “August,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7.25, October 18, 1909. Letter from his honeymoon in Paris addressed to his mother in Siegburg, sending late birthday greetings. On their trip via Frankfurt, Colmar, and Bern, the young couple was accompanied by their friend, the painter Louis Moilliet. In part (translated): “With all the fuss here in Paris, I have nearly forgotten your birthday. Even my wife, who normally thinks about this sort of thing, did not remember it, until just now. We have looked at each other in surprise realizing that the 16th is already past. The birthday letter for a dear mother by her loving son, however, will be early enough as it is. You will be surprised to learn that we are now in Paris. We decided this quite quickly: M. Moilliet is this accompanying us. We get along very well. Now, three days ago, Walter arrived, and yesterday, Artur came too. Isn’t that wonderful!…All is excellent. We are considering staying here for the whole time since it is just so beautiful. Besides, I have met a painter through M. Moilliet who is extremely good and to whom I look up. It is not sure, but quite likely that we will stay here. There really is no other city like Paris if it comes to living and painting. I think, Lisbeth has enjoyed herself, too. Only Walter has been telling us about the rest of the wedding, which seems to have been quite nice. We have been to Frankfurt, Colmar, Bern. In Bern, we have had a great time with Ms. Moilliet, wife of the colonel.” Reverse of the final page bears an untranslated letter by his wife, Elisabeth. In fine condition, with a bit of light foxing. In October 1909, after having finished his requisite year of military service, Macke married Elisabeth Gerhardt. Their honeymoon led them to Paris, where Macke drew inspiration from the Fauves and the Futurists. Despite Macke’s professed love of Paris, the couple soon moved to Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria, where he commenced a period of extreme artistic productivity. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
413. Henri Matisse. Signed book: Ulysses. Limited edition, numbered 529/1500. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12, 363 pages. Signed on the colophon in pencil “Henri Matisse.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and beautiful embossed gilt decoration to front; light rubbing to edges; gentle bump to front upper corner; light scuff to gilt illustration on front; and a block of discoloration to opening free end pages. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Exquisite 1839 autograph draft of Peale’s “Lecture on the Fine Arts” 414. Rembrandt Peale. Renowned
American painter (1778–1860) regarded as one of the finest portrait artists of his day, most famous for his paintings of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Fantastic AMS, signed and titled on the front cover, “The Fine Arts, by Rembrandt Peale,” 38 pages, 7.75 x 12.75, no date but circa 1839. Peale’s draft for a lecture to be given on the fine arts, consisting of 27 pages, followed by 11 pages of his notes, again titled and signed at the top of the first page, “Lecture on the Fine Arts by Rembrandt Peale.” In part: “The Fine Arts comprehend Painting, Sculpture, Engraving & Architecture; to which some persons add Music, the Drama & Gardening…A taste for architecture has been rapidly spreading in our country; & Latrobe’s Capitol, now being enlarged to an Imperial grandeur; Walter’s exquisite Girard College, and numerous examples of Gothic architecture, are differing principles of the purest taste, enslaved to no exclusive system, but leaving to architecture the same liberty of expression, that is allowed in the variations & Refinements of language… Painting is an art that demands many requirements. The artist must see all forms accurately in their boundaries and proportions, and be able readily to transfer them to his canvas. He must understand the laws which regulate their lights, shadows & reflexions [sic], and must learn to compound his tints with skill from the crude materials of his palette.” Peale offers a wide-ranging discussion on art history and theory complete with a reference to his father’s status as the first painter of George Washington. He broaches the subject in the context of a discussion of the fact that prior to the American Revolution, the British colonies had produced but a few artists (most notably John S. Copley and Benjamin West), all of whom found it necessary to travel to Europe to earn crucial training and patronage: “Here I may be indulged for mentioning a fact that worthy of Note in the History of our Arts; that my father, Charles Wilson Peale, after studying two years with Mr. West, in London, returned in 1771, and was during fifteen years the only Painter of any known standing in all this Western world—having sitters for Portraits from Canada & the West Indies—This continued till the year 1785, when the versatility of his genius tempted him into the fields of Natural History, making his name better known among Naturalists than it has been among Painters; Yet the Portraits of distinguished Men, begun during the War of the Revolution, many of which now decorate the Hall of Independence, will perpetuate both his patriotism & his name among the Artists of his Country. He was the friend of Washington, of whom he painted the first Portrait—and many others.” Throughout, Peale has amended the text by writing on separate slips and pasting them into the paragraphs to be revised. The manuscript is loosely bound in its original wraps. In very good to fine condition, with occasional smudges and stains; the cover is creased and somewhat heavily worn. Accompanied by an attractive custom-made leatherbound clamshell case. In addition to being a prominent artist in his own right, Peale was one of its greatest proponents—he played a central role in the development of institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Design, and the American Academy of Fine Arts. This thoughtfully prepared essay is especially significant, as it is not only a lengthy treatise by Peale but lends great insight into the status of the arts in America during the mid-19th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Marvelous original sketch by Matisse, with mention of his iconic chapel 415. Henri Matisse. ALS in French, signed
“H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Fantastic letter boasting an outstanding original ballpoint sketch of a person wearing a crown. In full (roughly translated): “Happy father and mother of this beautiful child! Thank you for thinking in showing to us this masterpiece. All goes well here, good health, the chapel goes well too. I give up wanting to understand people.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and a few trivial edge tears. It seems that the letter is to his son, Pierre, and refers to the birth of one of Matisse’s grandchildren. He references his important chapel project, the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, which he designed using his famed cut-out method. This is just the third Matisse sketch we have ever offered, and it is an outstanding example in his unmistakable modernist style—a simplistic yet elegant line drawing that utilizes some of the shapes common in his work. The same contours he uses in this crown can been seen repeated in the stained glass designs of the chapel, which Matisse regarded as his masterpiece. A truly spectacular piece by one of the leading artists of the 20th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
416. Pablo Picasso. Impressive thick yellow ink signature,
“Picasso, 22.2.61,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 envelope. In fine condition, with light toning along the top edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Gifted some socks, Picasso returns the favor 417. Pablo Picasso.
ALS in pencil, in Spanish, signed “Picasso,” one page on the reverse of a 12.5 x 9.25 menu, no date. Picasso writes to thank his friend for sending him some socks, sketching a sock at the bottom. He also writes that he is with “Minuni,” a bullfighter whose hospital expenses had been paid by Picasso after seeing him injured in the ring. In very good to fine condition, with light handling wear, and small holes at fold intersections. A large, impressive letter featuring an original sketch by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
The renowned Impressionist tends to his farm 418. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ALS in French,
signed “Renoir,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 6, September 29, 1913. Renoir writes from Paris to a friend, requesting that he keep an eye on his house in Nice. In part (translated): “The death of our farmer puts us in great embarrassment. The house is not completely alone though Louise will be there Tuesday or Thursday but I used to count on you to take a look from time to time.” In fine condition. The aging Renoir had moved to a farm at Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice, in 1907 so that he could be in a warmer climate close to the Mediterranean coast. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The Impressionist’s advice for creating “pure music”—“You must pronounce the notes— do, re, mi, fa, sol” 419. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, January 27, 1910. Interesting letter to a friend, in full (translated): “No fruit, either cooked or raw, nor jam. Noodles, macaroni, cooked in plain water, and ground meat. You will find some very convenient gadgets for grinding up meat at Alex’s or at any hardware store. Did you go to Montmartre to choose the king (of artists, etc.)? Tell Renee to sing the names of the notes. In my day, people sang the notes and saved time. This must be her teacher’s fault. Just to say ‘Ah—ah—ah’ isn’t worth anything. You must pronounce the notes—do, re, mi, fa, sol. By singing the names, you are more accurate and you strike each note like a bell without giving it any feeling. It is pure music.” On the reverse, Renoir has added two short postscripts, both initialed “R”: “Have the ground meat grilled like a steak” and “Lentils. Dried peas.” Attractively matted and framed with a print, with a window in the backing for viewing the postscripts. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
Uncommon oversized portrait of Rockwell 420. Norman Rockwell.
Large color semi-glossy 14.25 x 18.25 portrait of Rockwell in a seated half-length pose, signed and inscribed to his personal cook in black felt tip, “My best wishes to my friend Nellie Srodulski, Sincerely Norman Rockwell.” Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 26. In fine condition. An atypically large signed photo of the prolific American painter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Your old sculptor, Rodin” 421. Auguste Rodin.
ALS in French, signed “Votre vieil sculpteur [Your old sculptor], Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, August 17, 1891. Letter offering condolences to journalist Edmond Bazire, whose father had just died. In part (translated): “From distance I can not attend the mortuary service of your father…I also sent you my dear friend, and Mrs. Bazire express my deep and respectful friendship.” In fine condition. In 1883, Bazire had advised Rodin to make a portrait of a famous man to help establish his own reputation, and introduced him to Victor Hugo. Although Hugo refused to pose at sittings, he allowed Rodin to visit and make preliminary sketches. Rodin was able to complete the bust in 1883, two years before Hugo’s death. A desirable association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
422. Georges Rouault. French Fauvist and Expressionist painter,
and printmaker in lithography and etching (1871–1958). Crisply penned ALS in French, signed “G. Rouault,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter mentioning a recently published book, in part (translated): “My dear Joseph, I did not know if it was you who published this book because there is Edouard—before your name. Without you knowing M. Offenstadt—whom I succeed—would you please do me a great service, to give only my address of the museum.” In fine condition, with a rough top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
423. Maurice de Vlaminck. French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, whose work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. ALS in French, signed “Vlaminck,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 7.75, La Tourilliere letterhead, no date but circa 1927. Letter to his editor, in part (translated): “I received your letter and your New Year’s wishes that I am sending back to you in a friendly way. For the name of the author put Maurice Vlaminck. I’ve written to Delpeuch, editor of Grasse Normandie, that he send you a copy…I write very little right now and my memoirs, as you say, do not move forward.” In fine condition. The book Grasse Normandie by Gabriel Reuillard, illustrated by Vlaminck, was published by Andre Delpeuch in 1926. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
424. James Abbott McNeill Whistler. ALS,
one page, 7 x 4.5, no date. In full: “My very dear little Nora—Your letter was most sweet and touching and I am most devoted to you—Always yours,” with Whistler adding his famous ‘butterfly’ signature. In very good to fine condition, with a short split to the central vertical fold, and a block of toning from prior display. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Lautrec’s retelling of the legend of Hercules and Cacus, complete with original sketches
425. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Autograph manuscript
in French and Latin, signed at the conclusion three times, “Monfa,” two pages, both sides, 8 x 12, with the top of the second page bearing the red stamped monogram, “HTL.” Lautrec tells the legend of Hercules and Cacus, in full (translated): “The face was horrible; his strength was matching his stature, his body was huge and this monster was the son of Vulcan. The dwelling was a cave with deep refuges, and so hidden that wild animals could hardly find it. Human heads and arms are nailed at the entrance; dried up ground is whitened by bones. The son of Jupiter left the rest of his oxen herd, so poorly watched over; the one that were stolen lowed. I hear the call he said, and was guided by the sound. The avenger reached the monster caves. He had blocked the entrance with a boulder detached from the mountain. Ten men would have barely shaken it. Hercules lifted it on his shoulders, the same one that had lifted the vault of heaven and by his effort he shattered his load. Even the air resounded with the noise of that fall and the weight of this mass rattled the land…Cacus engaged the fight first and in his furor he attacked with blows of stone and sticks. That had no effect, in vain he resorted to his father’s strategies and spewed flames noisily. When he blows you would think hearing a typhoon or quick thunderbolt thrown from the ablaze depths of Etna. The son of Alcide warned him and grabbed him with his three-knotted club, he struck three or four blows on his adversary’s face. He fell and vomited a torrent of blood and of smoke and while dying a large space of earth ran over him.”
Lautrec has also added multiple small ink sketches to the top and bottom borders of the manuscript, including several rough sketches at the top of the first page, most likely of Cacus; five partial and complete sketches of oxen next to the stamped monogram at the top of the second page; two sketches of a man’s head at the bottom of the third page; and two sketches of horse heads at the conclusion. A bit of scattered mild soiling, and light wrinkling and creasing, and a couple of trivial edge tears, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a letter from the Committee Toulouse-Lautrec confirming the authenticity of this work. While the world has come to recognize Lautrec as a master storyteller through his artwork, this remarkable piece shows him honing his skills in both word and image. Though he was physically defined by his frailty, the polar opposite of the mythic Hercules, the artist held a different kind of strength far surpassing the ordinary man. Bringing to life the figures of this epic tale with but a few rough lines from his pen, stunning examples of his characteristic simplicity, he gives new form to the centuries-old story, presenting a truly Lautrecian vision. The only Lautrec we have offered with his rare “Monfa” signature (the conclusion of his complete family name, Toulouse-LautrecMonfa, referring back to the village in southern France whence his descendants came), and holding multiple sketches in his easily recognizable style—including two of horses, which frequently appeared in his work—this is by far the finest piece we have ever offered from the bohemian master. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000
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Stunning oversized hand-drawn schematic for a Frank Lloyd Wright home
426. Frank Lloyd Wright. Remarkable original working drawing of the con-
crete work layout for the Pratt House, 35 x 24, signed on a red Taliesin square in the lower right in fountain pen, “F. LL. W., Mch 20/49.” Executed in graphite, red pencil, and black ink, the plan was likely drawn by Wright’s apprentice Lois Davidson Gottlieb. It is labeled across the bottom, “Sheet No. 2, General Plan, Scale: 1/4˝=1´, House for Mr. & Mrs. Eric Pratt, Galesburg Country Homes, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect.” The detailed schematic depicts the house from above, showing the entire floor plan with each room labeled. In fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, some tape remnants and small tears to edges, and faint stains to the upper blank area. Wright designed the Pratt House in his Usonian style as part of the ‘Galesburg Country Homes’ subdivision which included four houses of Wright’s conception. The Pratts decided to build the house themselves, and it had a somewhat modular design so that they could add to it as their family grew. As they neared completion in 1951, Wright toured the neighborhood and was said to have found ‘numerous almost fatal faults’ including poorly laid blocks of concrete. Nevertheless, the Pratts continued the project and today the home is considered a fine example of the Usonian form. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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427. Artists and Architects
428. Rosa Bonheur
431. Christian Dior
432. Harold Edgerton
433. Max Ernst
434. William Hogarth
435. Margaret Keane
436. Don Maitz
437. Hiram Powers
438. Norman Rockwell
439. Norman Rockwell
440. Alberto Vargas
441. Andy Warhol
442. Andy Warhol
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429. Pierre Bonnard MB $200
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430. Giorgio de Chirico MB $200
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comic art & animation “R. Crumb was here…” —an impromptu self portrait 443. Robert Crumb. Original ink self-portrait sketch accomplished by Crumb on a light gray 2 x 3.25 card, signed at the top in bubble letters, “R. Crumb was here…,” depicting himself saying, “Ya got an honest face…,” and dated “March ‘’93.” Handsomely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 8 x 13. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance form the original recipient, in part: “I received this autographed sketch from R. Crumb himself. I owned and operated Printfast, Inc. a printing/copy shop in Ashland, Oregon from 1984 until 2017. In March of 1993 I saw a new employee of mine struggling with copying a large sketchbook and went to assist her. As soon as I saw the sketchbook I recognized the art of R. Crumb. I turned around and saw Robert speaking with his wife in the lobby. I approached him and said, ‘I hate to be a pain in the ass, but could I get your autograph? None of my friends will believe you were in my shop!’ I handed him my business card and a pen. Robert handed me back the pen, reaching into his shirt pocket for his own, and proceeded to draw me this sketch.” A fantastic, miniature piece of original onthe-spot artwork by the great ‘comix’ cartoonist. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
444. Disney Promotional Artwork. Original hand-painted promotional artwork, 19 x 20, featuring a family watching the Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on a projection screen in their home. Matted to an overall size of 25 x 26. In fine condition. This artwork was presumably produced for some sort of home video advertisement. Starting Bid $200
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445. Ferdinand production cel from Ferdinand the Bull. (Walt Disney Studios,
1938) Original production cel featuring the young Ferdinand from Ferdinand the Bull, showing him sitting in a meadow as a butterfly floats through the air. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Character image measures 2.25 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 6.75 x 6.75, below which is penciled, “Ferdinand.” Framed to an overall size of 14.75 x 15.75. The piece has the original Walt Disney Productions/Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition. This classic early Disney cartoon won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). Starting Bid $200
446. Charles Schulz. Signed book: Peanuts Jubilee. Second printing. NY: Ballantine Books, 1976. Softcover, 10.75 x 8,
223 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed on the title page in blue felt tip, “For Kelley—Charles M. Schulz,” with the addition of a wonderful large original sketch of Snoopy reclining on the first word of the title. In fine condition, with a bit of soiling to the front cover. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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447. Reginald Birch
448. Quentin Blake
449. Mel Blanc
450. Cartoonists
451. Disney: Bob Gurr
452. Disney: Marty Sklar
453. Disney: Tyrus Wong
454. Will Elder
455. Matt Groening
456. Don Herold
457. Don Herold
458. Stan Lee
459. Floyd Norman
460. Chris Renaud
461. Charles Schulz
462. Bob Singer
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literature
463. Guillaume Apollinaire. Influential French poet and playwright
(1880–1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as such. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Guil. Apollinaire,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, Ministere des Colonies letterhead, September 20, 1918. In fine condition. Apollinaire would die only two months later as a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
The influential French mystery writer 464. Jules Amedee Barbey d’Aurevilly. French author (1808–
1889) known for his mysteries that explored hidden motivations and hinted at evil. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, ‘Never More’ letterhead, June 27, no year but circa 1880. In part (translated): “I am obliged to absent myself for a few days. Upon my return, I have the pleasure to send for you the day and time when I will receive you. I have not forgotten you, and I am delighted to learn that you have not forgotten me.” In fine condition, with scattered creases. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Barbey d’Aurevilly’s own hand, as well as a carte-de-visite portrait labeled in the lower border in his own hand. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The frustrated Baudelaire hopes to settle his debts 465. Charles Baudelaire.
Influential French writer (1821– 1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 collection Les Fleurs du Mal. ALS in French, signed “Charles,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, March 3, 1858. Long letter about his financial trouble and his grudge against Narcisse Ancelle, the lawyer in charge of managing Baudelaire’s inheritance. Baudelaire hopes he will only have to negotiate with M. Jaquotot, his mother’s lawyer. He finds M. Ancelle’s methods deplorable and disloyal, whereas he is very satisfied with M. Jaquotot who has stayed completely calm and with whom he has analyzed his debts and the ways to deal with them. He expects to soon get the 3000 Francs that his mother has promised him and that are probably withheld by M. Ancelle, and he hopes to join her soon in Honfleur. In part (translated): “I feared that this conference was a trap for bringing about an enforced reconciliation… Mr. Jaquotot began to reproach me very strongly for my violence, and then asked me what my grievances were. I first spoke of the remoteness of that accursed Neuilly, of the numerous occupations of Ancelle which never allowed him to do just and in time what was to be done, of his deplorable habits of mind, of his lightness, its stupidity, and finally all its little disloyalty, which had the result not only of harming me, but also of exasperating me…All this is very delicate, it is to please you, and also because of the desire that I have to go, that I wait coldly, because a grudge that is not at all calmed me to rush things, at the risk of sacrificing everything, considering an absolute break as the happiest thing that can happen to me. But you do not think so; I do not know why, and I submit, that is, I will not provoke this rupture. You accuse me of accusing you. It’s absurd. How can I accuse you at the moment when you render me an immense service, at the moment when I must be full of gratitude, at the moment when you offer me a shelter? Only I deplore a way of seeing that has greatly harmed me, I regret that you hid some things from me, that you went too quickly and without warning me…Now, to the grace of God!—What fatigue for such simple things! I am very tired and I would like to work well.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture, as well as a letter from Antoine Jaquotot to Mme. Aupick [Baudelaire’s mother], in which he confirms the encounter with Baudelaire and accepts to serve as an intermediary should Mme. Aupick desire it. In 1827, Baudelaire’s widowed mother married Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Aupick, which strained their relationship for years to come. A chief point of contention was Baudelaire’s extravagant spending, and in 1844 the family had a court appoint Narcisse Ancelle as a legal advisor to oversee the young man’s funds. Trailed by his creditors in February 1858, Baudelaire had trouble bearing the investigation conducted by Ancelle, when the lawyer came to his apartment to interrogate the proprietor about Baudelaire’s mores and habits. Enraged, the poet had threatened to slap the notary in the face in front of his wife and children. Gradually, he calmed down, decided against going to Honfleur, and instead traveled to Corbeil in order to check on the printing process of his translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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466. Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Signed book: Tarzan and the Leopard Men. First edition. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1935. Hardcover with facsimile dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 332 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “To Maureen Farrow, all good wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzana.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG, with sunning to spine and chipping at spine ends. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
A critique of bull fighting told through the eyes of Buffalo Bill’s horse 467. Samuel L. Clemens. Signed
book: A Horse’s Tale. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1907. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 153 pages. Signed on the front pastedown in black ink, “Mark Twain.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G+/None. Red clothcovered boards; mild wear to edges, with small tears in cloth at corners; spine sunned (title ink has disappeared); approximately 1.5˝ light waterstain to front at spinetail, affecting exterior only; light rubbing to front, with portion of title gone; light soiling, front hinge cracked; approximately 1˝ tear to upper edge of title-page. Clemens wrote this story as a protest against bull fighting at the request of Minnie Maddern Fiske. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare autograph letter by the revered English poet 468. William Cowper. English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800) who was one of
the most popular poets of his time and an influential forerunner of Romantic poetry. ALS, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, April 17, 1752. Letter concerning financial matters related to an estate, in part: “I did not think it adviseable to mention any thing last night on the Subject of the unexpected Deposite required lest it shoud get Air. But as you know the very great importance It is of the me to be furnished therewith and are not fearfull of having the Estate left upon your hands. If you woud be so good as to assist me in that Particular I shall be ready not only to pay you Interest for the money during the time It is employd for my Service but make good all Costs & Damages occasiond by moving your money and ye deducting or paying Poundage or Charges otherwise accrueing in transacting This Affair.” He adds a postscript, “Sir for ye Reason above be so good (considering my Deafness) to write your answer.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, light soiling, a small hole above the text, and archival repairs to fold splits and paper loss to the top edge. A decidedly scarce example, this is the first Cowper autograph we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
469. Charles Dickens. ALS, one page, 4 x 4.75, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, January 31, 1861. Letter to George Head and Co., in full: “I beg thank you for your letter of yesterday’s date, and to add that I shall be much obliged to you if you will have the goodness to order me 4 tons of coals.” In fine condition, with ink offsetting from premature folding. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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470. Charles Dickens. ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Tavistock
House, January 16, 1854. Brief letter to Sir James Emerson Tennent, in full: “You may rely on me most implicitly.” In fine condition, with a few spots of scattered light toning. Tennent was a friend of both Charles Dickens and Dickens’s biographer John Forster, and was the dedicatee of Dickens’s last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Doyle recommends “a good trance medium”
Striking portrait of the revered Count of Monte Cristo author 472. Alexandre Dumas, pere. Prolific
471. Arthur Conan Doyle. TLS signed “A. Conan Doyle,”
one page, 8 x 7, Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex letterhead, June 7, 1930. Letter to Mrs. Dawson Scott, in full: “I think Mrs. Garrett would be best. I think if you get into touch with Mr. R. H. Saunders, 199 Ewell Rd., Surbiton he would be most likely to be able to fix it up with Mrs. Garrett. She is a good trance medium and has as one of her controls Abduhl Latif whose wisdom would particularly appeal to Tagore.” In fine condition, with light creasing to the corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
French writer (1802–1870) known for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Rare and desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Dumas by Pierre P eti t, bol dl y signed below the image in black ink. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Choice signature of the Great Gatsby novelist
473. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Beau-
tiful fountain pen signature, “from, F. Scott Fitzgerald,” on an off-white 3 x 2 slip. Handsomely double-suede-matted and framed with a portrait of Fitzgerald to an overall size of 12 x 22. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Poetic criticism from the French master: “Metaphors must be rigorous and right from one end to the other”
474. Gustave Flaubert. Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo,
and A Sentimental Education. ALS in French, signed “G,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, December 22, 1852. Letter to his mistress, the poet Louise Colet, offering a critique of her poem ‘La Paysanne.’ In part (roughly translated): “Metaphors must be rigorous and right from one end to the other…We have told you and we repeat to you that we could make the Peasant a completed thing, that there was the stuff of a masterpiece—probably published as it is, (or was) it will always be very remarkable in fragments, especially. But should we stop in the best?—And it seems to me that there is a morality of the mind consisting in constantly wanting perfection…One must not say to oneself that’s all because the weak cry out for pride. But when we are not convinced that we can reach the first rank, we miss the second.—Come on, name of God! Get up, then.—Take me back this end with full arms and return us all, complete. Farewell, I kiss you dear.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Flaubert’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
475. Ian Fleming. TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 5 x 8, 4 Old Mitre Court letterhead, October 17, 1960. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry, in full: “Very many thanks for the dotted i’s and crossed t’s, and these will be embodied in the book if and when. You are kind to have taken so much trouble.” Fleming has added the salutation in his own hand. In fine condition, with two filing holes to the left edge. Accompanied by three packets of information and an unsigned letter dated October 8, 1960, presumably from Terry, with the packets offering travel information on Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna. While working as foreign manager of the Kemsley newspaper group’s Sunday Times, Fleming hired Terry to be posted in Germany. Utilizing this legitimate news organization as a cover, Fleming also ran an intelligence outfit known as Mercury which used foreign correspondents to gather information in sensitive foreign zones—Terry was one such correspondent. Fleming likely incorporated the information referenced into his 1963 travelogue Thrilling Cities, which covered Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, and ten other destinations around the globe. A desirable letter written by Fleming well into his days as a successful spy novelist. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Neither Out Far nor In Deep” 478. Robert Frost. Won-
476. Ian Fleming. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Ian Fleming,”
on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with some light staining, easily matted out. Accompanied by a first American edition of The Man with the Golden Gun, hardcover with dust jacket, published by The New American Library in 1965. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom”
derful handwritten poem by Robert Frost, entitled “Neither Out Far nor In Deep,” one page, 5.5 x 7, no date. The three stanza poem, in full: “The people along the sand / All turn and look one way. / They turn their back on the land. / They look at the sea all day. / The land may vary more; / But wherever the truth may be— / The water comes ashore / And the people look at the sea. / They cannot look in deep, / They cannot look out far; / But such the watch they keep / From being the kind they are.” Signed at the conclusion by Frost. Framed to an overall size of 10.25 x 11.25. In fine condition, with the lower edge irregularly trimmed, and light show-through from mounting traces on the reverse corners. First published in 1936, Neither Out Far nor In Deep is a wonderfully cryptic little poem, and an ideal example of original Frost verse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
479. Zane Grey.
477. Robert Frost. Signed book: Collected Poems of Robert
Frost. First trade edition. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 349 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom, Robert Frost.” Autographic condition: fine, with light flap-related toning over half of the page. Book condition: VG/G, with significant chipping and old tape repairs inside the dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Desirable vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 portrait of Grey, signed in green fountain pen. In fine condition. Grey remains extremely scarce in photos of this size. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Huxley assigns the rights to “Pride and Prejudice” 482. Aldous Huxley. DS, one
480. Ernest Hemingway. Hand-addressed airmail enve-
lope, 6.5 x 3.75, addressed in Hemingway’s hand to “Miss Kaye Halle, 3001 Dent Place N.W., Washington, D.C.,” marked “Personal,” incorporating his signature in the return address area, “E. Hemingway, P.O. Box 555, Ketchum, Idaho.” Postmarked at Ketchum, Idaho, February 25, 1961. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, a light vertical fold, a tear touching the “E,” and archival mounting tape on the reverse. Hemingway killed himself in his Ketchum home mere months later on July 2, 1961. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
page both sides, 8.5 x 11, September 11, 1939. Metro–Goldwyn– Mayer Pictures contract in which Huxley affirms that he has granted all rights unto Loew’s Incorporated for “that certain adaptation continuity entitled ‘Pride and Prejudice.’” Signed at the conclusion by Huxley. In fine condition, with several marginal staple holes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
481. Julia Ward Howe. ALS signed “J. W. Howe,”
three pages on two adjoining sheets, which are taped to a fixed position and measure 9.75 x 8, April 11, 1891. Letter to Colonel Higginson, in part: “You were appointed one by a Committee of five to draft a circular which may be printed with names appended…I wish to beg that you will act as Chairman of this Committee, and meet with them at my house on Monday evening next 13th., at 8 o’clock. I know that this is asking a great deal, but chivalry, you know, obliges even more than noblesse, and those who combine both obligations—I must say no more…If you will only help us to start the night…it may save, not only loss of time, but also…importunate mistakes.” In very good to fine condition, with some paper loss and tape along the hinge. Includes a printed copy of Howe’s The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which bears affixed clippings. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Uncommon signed copy of the beautiful prose-poem in Finnegans Wake 483. James Joyce. Signed book: Anna Livia
Plurabelle. Limited first edition, numbered 69/800. NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Gilt-embellished hardcover, 4.75 x 7, 60 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ink by Joyce. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None. Accompanied by an original 78 rpm record of Joyce reading ‘Anna Livia Plurabelle.’ The first version of Anna Livia Plurabelle was published in 1925 as a part of Joyce’s ‘Work in Progress,’ which evolved into his monumental 1939 work Finnegans Wake. This ‘Anna Livia Plurabelle’ section, which would appear as the eighth chapter in book one, is regarded as one of the most beautiful prose-poems in the English language and has earned the most critical praise of any portion of Finnegans Wake. An absolutely wonderful limited edition piece. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
484. Harper Lee. Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th
Anniversary Edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “Harper Lee.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
485. Harper Lee. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, January 6, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: “This season has been so hectic for me that I simply cannot remember if I have thanked you for Good Old Boy—and an autographed copy at that. If I have already done so, I guess it won’t hurt to do it again! If I haven’t, please know that I’ve intended to do so—thank you! I have loved Willie Morris’s work ever since North Toward Home, and don’t know how I missed this one, but did, so it will give me special pleasure—like finding a gold nugget—to settle down with it. Again, thank you for the book and the generosity that prompted you to send it.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Lee’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Exceedingly rare Kafka postcard from the 1909 trip that inspired ‘The Aeroplanes at Brescia’
486. Franz Kafka. Much lauded and influential Czech-born writer (1883–1924) whose man-turned-insect story Metamor-
phosis (1915) and novel The Trial (1925) have earned a permanent and prominent place in the canon of modern literature. Rare ANS in pencil in German, signed “Dr. F. Kafka,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Lago di Garda in Punta San Vigilio, postmarked September 14, 1909. Letter to Josefine Misek, in full (translated): “Just a last greeting before my personal obeisance.” In fine condition, with the postal cancellation passing through the text but not affecting readability. Beginning with their initial meeting in 1902 at Charles University, where both were students, Franz Kafka and Max Brod met almost daily, building their now famous literary friendship. Taking frequent trips together, the budding authors traveled to Italy in the fall of 1909, whence Kafka sent this postcard to Josefine Misek, his colleague at Workers’ Accident Insurance Institute. While in Brescia, they saw a spectacular airshow featuring the legendary aviator Louis Bleriot; the next day, Kafka began work on his essay ‘The Aeroplanes at Brescia,’ a portion of which was published in the newspaper Bohemia later that month—one of his first published pieces. An extraordinarily rare piece with excellent biographic and literary associations. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $2500
Atypically large portrait of London 487. Jack London. Brilliant vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 head-and-shoulders
portrait of London wearing a suit and tie, vertically signed within his shirt area in fountain pen, “Jack London, March 14, 1913.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 15.5. In fine condition, with slight fading to the handwriting, and light silvering to the perimeter. In 1913, among various short stories and poetry, London published a pair of fictitious novels—The Abysmal Brute and The Valley of the Moon—and what would be his final autobiographical novel in John Barleycorn, a book that dealt with his fondness for drink and subsequent struggles with alcoholism. London is scarce in signed photos, with this example being the largest we’ve ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Notes from London—“Readings from ‘Call of the Wild’” 488. Jack London. Amus-
ing group lot of four unrelated items, each annotated in ink by London, including: a trimmed 9.25 x 6 sheet bearing London’s personal address stamp in the upper right, postmarked December 20, 1904, with London making a short list and signing below: “(a) Lecture—The Class Struggle, (b) Readings from ‘Call of the Wild,’ Jack London”; an 8.5 x 11 onionskin sheet headed “Horse Medicines,” with the final ingredient for the “Tonic Digestive” section circled by London, who adds: “for exceptionally run-down condition & severe cold”; an 8.5 x 11 sheet bearing a list of published short works by London, who emends the header to read, “Eight Miscellaneous Articles,” and adds the final work in the lower border: “That Dead Men Rise Up Never”; and a sealed 9 x 4.25 mailing envelope, which reads: “My Outlook on Life, How I Became a Socialist.” In overall very good to fine condition. An exceptional small collection of London items that touch on several aspects of the author’s brief but celebrated life; the year 1904 saw the publication of The Sea-Wolf, which sold out immediately on the strength The Call of the Wild, which was released the year prior; draft horses were among London’s passions on his Beauty Ranch in Sonoma County, California; ‘That Dead Men Rise Up Never’ was published as part of the short story collection The Human Drift in 1917; and in 1903, he published the essay ‘How I Became a Socialist,’ which shares that his views were influenced by London’s experience working laborious, low-paying jobs. Starting Bid $200
490. John Stuart Mill.
489. Guy de Maupassant.
French naturalist writer (18501893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4 x 6.5, personal letterhead, no date. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
British philosopher and civil servant (18061873) who was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy. ALS signed “J. S. Mill,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Blackheath Park letterhead, July 1, 1860. Letter to an unidentified gentleman, in full: “Allow me to thank you for your kind invitation to dinner on Friday the 10th, but my occupations compel me at present to decline all evening engagements, and on that particular evening I am obliged to be at the House on account of Mr. Fawcett’s motion to open Dublin University.” In fine condition, with a lightly trimmed left edge. Henry Fawcett, a blind member of Parliament, was a close friend of Mill’s and disputed the educational monopoly in Ireland of the University of Dublin. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The Symbolist observes heartbreak: “She has had two last tears, cold and virginal, which hurt me this very evening” 491. Stephane Mallarme.
Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism. ALS in French, signed “Stephane M.,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, [August 13, 1871]. Beautiful letter to Symbolist poet Henri Cazalis, written from London, about Cazalis’s former fiancee Ettie Yapp, the daughter of a Daily Telegraph correspondent in Paris. In part (translated): “I have not written to you yet, because to cut up this monster called an Exhibition, to make bad but conscientious articles (bad, because it is impossible to say anything in four times,) is the business of a few days. This, thanks again to Mr. Yapp, who was good and exquisite for me.” About Ettie Yapp, he writes: “At first glance, I understood dear Ettie, cold, and like a young woman who did not get married. I was deeply moved, and, I will tell you, saddened for a long time. For a moment of loneliness near me, Mrs. Yapp asked me if I had seen ‘Mr. Cazalis who broke the life of the poor child, which however does not suffer any more; but is nonetheless bitter.’ Yesterday evening finally, dear Ettie invited me to the balcony, and we were a long time without being able to find a word to tell us…According to her, everything is over, because she has mainly lost confidence in you. Her very intention was to tell me to pray to you that you were burning the letters you have from her. I wanted to talk about your sadness, which she guessed, as something distant, but sure. She assured me that she would live only in Florence [her sister], who will perhaps be married soon. She will not marry. However, she has had two last tears, cold and virginal, which hurt me this very evening…I betray her friendly trust. Inquiring if you knew she was not married, where she was - she asked me not to tell you about her.” He adds a postscript, “I do not think I can write you this letter, without begging you to burn it, is not it?” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture, as well as a 1965 issue of Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France, which publishes the text of this letter in an article entitled ‘Mallarmé et son amie anglaise.’ Yapp would later marry the Egyptologist Gaston Maspero. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Scarce uninscribed first printing of Gone With the Wind
492. Margaret Mitchell. Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First edition, first printing (with “Published May, 1936” on the copyright page, and “1936” on the title page). NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover with later-issue dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 1037 pages. Boldly signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Margaret Mitchell.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with toning and evidence of old tape to the edges. Book condition: VG-/VG, with the spine slightly cocked with a gentle crease to the cloth, minor fraying at spine ends, wear to corners, and some staining to the bottom of the textblock (most prevalent to the opening pages); the later-issue dust jacket has a few small edge tears and some dampstaining at the bottom. When Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, she had no idea of the sensation it would become. It was an instant bestseller, selling over 1,000,000 copies within the first six months of its publication, and she became so overwhelmed by the countless requests that she received to autograph copies of her novel that less than a year after its publication, she vowed not to sign any more—not even for close friends or relatives. A sought-after copy of this 20th century classic, particularly elusive in uninscribed examples. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
493. Margaret Mitchell. TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 4 x 5, July 27, 1943. Letter to “Mr. Orth-Pallavicini,” in full: “I was so glad to have your letter this morning and to know that we will have the pleasure of a visit from you when you come to Atlanta. After your basic training is over and you get your week-end leave, we expect to see you.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Muir assumes the sprawling estate of his father-in-law
494. John Muir. Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 13, November 22, 1890. Superior
Court of Contra Costa County legal document, in part: “John Muir is hereby appointed Administrator of the Estate of John Strentzel deceased.” Signed at the conclusion by Muir. In fine condition, with a stain to the top and a small area of paper loss to the right edge. In 1880, Muir married Louisa Strentzel, the daughter of Muir’s good friend and companion, John Strentzel, a Polish-born physician who gained fame as a pioneer in the area of experimental California horticulture. When Strentzel passed away in October 1890, Muir and Louisa moved into the late doctor’s 10,000 square foot home in Martinez, California, which is now preserved by the National Park Service as the John Muir National Historic Site. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Tell him I approve of him and I approve of his dear whiskers!” writes Potter, who adds a small doggy sketch 495. Beatrix Potter. ALS signed “Beatrix Heelis,” 6.25 x 7.5,
January 9, 1943. Written from Castle Cottage, a letter to Margaret “Hetty” Douglas, in full: “’Spot’ looks a sensible dog and very well set up on his legs, and strong enough to take care of himself. He looks a very suitable dog, for guard and company. A good brown chest, and a very pleasing face—well marked. Tell him I approve of him and I approve of his dear whiskers! I hope you won’t clip him into an object when he is middle-aged and stout. We were glad to hear that you and Ina are getting on all right. It’s unpleasant weather, an awfully wild night (Monday morning) but pleasantly surprised to see no worse snow, and thawing a bit. The roads are like glass. With love & all good wishes for New Year.” Potter adds a small sketch of a bearded dog within the body of the letter. In fine condition, with light creasing and intersecting folds. Hetty Douglas was the niece of Mary Welsh Scott, the wife of Beatrix’s younger brother, Walter Bertram. During their childhood both Beatrix and her brother kept an array of pets—rabbits, mice, frogs, lizards, snakes, and a bat—creatures that helped unify their love for nature and art by serving as models for their endless sketching. Potter’s career in children’s literature began with a letter to a sickly boy named Noel, the son of her former governess Annie Carter Moore, which contained a quick tale of ‘four little rabbits,’ and featured a number of cute rabbit sketches. The letter offered here, although written in the year of Potter’s passing at the age of 77, holds much of the same youthful charm redolent of her earliest missives. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Scarce letter by the esteemed author of In Search of Lost Time 496. Marcel Proust. French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world literature. ALS in French, signed “Marcel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, blackbordered stationery, no date but circa 1904–1905. Unpublished letter to the writer Lucien Daudet, in part (translated): “I have been awake for four days only at eleven o’clock in the evening…It would be too painful for me to convince you again that you were coming here tonight. I hope I do not wake up so late, but I’m not sure. So if you want that’s what I will do. When I wake up I will send you a car to tell you that I will be able to receive you an hour later (time to sit down, smoke, etc.). If you find it’s too late you will not come, if it’s your time, you’ll come.” In fine condition, with light creasing, and slight separation along the central horizontal fold. The son of famed French novelist Alphonse Daudet, Lucien Daudet was overshadowed by his father as an author, and today he is better remembered for the long friendship he shared with Proust. In 1897, Proust fought a duel with poet Jean Lorrain over Lorrain’s assertion that the Proust-Daudet friendship was in fact a homosexual affair; both duelists survived. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
497. Ayn Rand. Signed book: The Fountainhead.
Later printing. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.5, 754 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “Ayn Rand, 1/17/66.” Autographic condition: fine, with light toning and a former owner’s bookplate in the center of the signed page. Book condition: VG-/ VG, with toning and edgewear, ownership inscription removed from title page, some creasing to pages, and mild dampstaining to textblock edges; the dust jacket has chipping to edges and a sunned spine. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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498. Romain Rolland. French drama-
tist, novelist, essayist, art historian, and mystic (1866–1944) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, June 17, 1939. Letter to a lady on the subject of his biography of Beethoven, originally published in 1903. He is pleased to hear that a new edition will be published, and mentions his work ‘Le Chant de la Resurrection,’ which has met with great public success. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
499. Francoise Sagan. Important French writer (1935–
2004) who attained international prominence with the publication of her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at the age of 18. ALS in French, signed “Francoise,” one page both sides, 6 x 7.75, no date. Untranslated letter to journalist Paul Giannoli, thanking him for flowers and expressing deep friendship. Intersecting folds and a few irregular spots of adhesive to the front, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare and precise mechanical drawing from the Little Prince author 500. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. French poet and
writer (1900–1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa during World War II, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. Original unsigned ink sketch accomplished by Saint-Exupery on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 sheet, showing a detailed mechanical cog or gear system, with the image repeated ten more times in a much more simplified manner, each labeled by Saint-Exupery. Along the left edge, he has doodled a seemingly unrelated character with wide eyes and a large nose. In very good condition, with some splitting along the intersecting folds, paper loss to edges (most notable to upper left corner), a few small edge tears, and some scattered toning. Any artwork from Saint-Exupery is quite scarce, particularly such an intriguing, intricate example. Starting Bid $200
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Handwritten notes from the revered French polymath
501. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Magnificent handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date.
An interesting collection of handwritten mathematical expressions and notes by Saint-Exupery. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and staple holes to the upper left corner. Saint-Exupery loved mathematical enigmas and riddles, and possessed superior skills in the subject, making this an especially desirable piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
The French existentialist eats chocolate with his companion, Simone de Beauvoir 502. Jean-Paul Sartre. ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Grand Bar de la Poste letterhead, no date but annotated in pencil July 20, 1937. Letter to French theatre actress Wanda Kosakiewicz, written during a shopping expedition where Sartre was buying provisions. He assures Wanda that he is fond of her, promises her a much longer letter, and asks her to thank her sister for the chocolate. In part (translated): “We buy tomatoes, canned goods, oil, vinegar, tobacco, soap, that I know and in ten minutes we leave, we will settle on the bridge. I want you to know that I know how much I care about you—as strong as if you were there. I’ll write you a huge letter on the boat—if I’m not sick, I’ll start it this afternoon and finish it Friday by working there every day…I’m happy for you because you will see your sister soon. She will probably be there when the letter arrives. Tell her that the little jars of chocolate were very good and that the Castor [Simone de Beauvoir] ate hers with a lot of pleasure. I ate mine tonight in Lyon…Do not send your letters by plane. It seems that they are lost. By the boat they take eight days. Write me often. I salute you.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Sartre’s own hand. Kosakiewicz was a love interest of Sartre and the younger sister of Olga Kosakiewicz, a student of the existentialist philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir, Sartre’s lifelong companion. Sartre’s nickname for Beauvoir was ‘Castor’—the French word for beaver, due to the phonetic similarity. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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503. Maurice Sendak. Signed book: Nut-
cracker. Sixth printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 1984. Softcover with dust jacket, 10 x 9.75, 102 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in blue ink, “For George, Maurice Sendak, Nov. 9,” with the addition of a sketch of a small talking nutcracker, which says, “With great pleasure!” Scattered foxing to signed page and an area of dampstaining to lower right corner of dust jacket, otherwise fine condition. The book is inscribed to George Christy, a renowned gossip columnist for the Hollywood Reporter for over 25 years. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Where the Wild Things Are with Mickey Mouse sketch 504. Maurice Sendak. Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “For David, Maurice Sendak, May ‘80,” who adds a wonderful full-length sketch of Mickey Mouse saying “Hi!” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
505. Maurice Sendak. Original ink sketch by Sendak of Carol from Where the Wild Things Are on a white 10 x 8 piece of heavy cardstock, signed below by Sendak. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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506. Shel Silverstein. Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter’s contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to the sale and assignment of original musical compositions entitled: “Elissa,” “Fat Man’s Back in Town,” “Annabella,” “The Whistlin’ Song,” and “Go Back, Learn How to Use That Thing.” Silverstein signs at the conclusion of the second page in blue ballpoint, and has struck through two song titles on the attached “Schedule A” sheet, adding his initials, “S. S.,” to both edits. The second item is an off-white 9 x 12 sheet bearing numerous handwritten notes made in black ink by Silverstein on both sides. The front features facial sketches of bald men and a humorous note: “If you are curious about the 3 musical chords that accompany this ditty song or the highly dramatic electric presentation that Shel Silverstein gives it then—rush out & buy this Songs & Stories Album. If you are not curious go look in the mirror and ask yourself ‘What kind of shallow person am I—Who has no curiosity?” The reverse side features several phone numbers and a numbered list detailing a progression of a child’s activities: “1. He Walks, 2. He sees swing, 3. Head opens—crack, 4. Kid’s head up, 5. Kid climbing out, 6. Kid jumps down, 7. Kid runs, 8. Kid swings, 9. Kid runs back, 10. Kid climbs, 11. Kid closes head, 12. He leaves—smiling,” with the last line a sketch of a disgruntled face, which matches another at the end of the sixth line. Along the right side appears to be a short poem: “I shall draw you pretty pictures / I shall tell/show you pretty tales/things / Like / And birds with broken wings.” In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and light staining. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
507. Rabindranath Tagore. Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Rare ALS in Bengali, one page on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postal card, postmarked October 18, 1900. Letter to Bengali poet and editor Jatindramohan Bagchi, in full: “Blessed, There is no surety of my movements. If I feel good and I am physically fit then I shall stay till the end of my holidays and then go. How are you doing and how long will you be there.” In very good condition, with a central vertical fold, a small hole in the stamp, a tear to the right edge, and scattered staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
508. Leon Uris. Signed book: Exodus. First edition. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 626 pages. Signed on the half-title page in green ballpoint, “Shalom, Leon Uris.” Autographic condition: fine, with the removal of an ownership inscription from the top of the signed page. Book condition: VG/VG, with small edge tears to dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The corrected final proofs of my book of poems Deaths & Entrances” 509. Dylan Thomas.
ALS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, November 6, 1945. In full: “Here enclosed are the corrected final proofs of my book of poems Deaths & Entrances. Thank you for printing the poem as it is on pages 43–54. I do hope something can be done about page 45.” Handsomely doublematted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 17.5 x 13. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a stain to the lower right edge. Published by J. M Dent in 1964, Deaths and Entrances contains some of Thomas’s most well-known classic poems, most notably ‘Fern Hill.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
510. Voltaire. Neatly penned partial autograph document in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page, 6.5 x 8, January 5, 1761. The untranslated document appears to concern a business transaction, with Voltaire stating that he has paid the interest on land owned by the de Crassy family; he then confirms that he does not want the land, but rather to see it remain with its ‘legitimate owners.’ Cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 11.75 x 13.75. In fine condition, with light staining along the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Voltaire writes from Colmar 511. Voltaire. ALS in French,
signed “V,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1753–1754. Letter to Francois-Louis Defresney in Strasbourg, in part (translated): “My dear and lovely child, some people tell me that I will have the pleasure to meet you in Colmar. You will comfort, just like in Strasbourg, a poor ill man and if friendship can heal, you will be my doctor. The Knight of Klinglin and I are the most desperate ill men in the whole province. I am very thankful to you for your kind attention towards my lost luggage. It was coming from Leipzig. I do not know who brought the case at my house. He was probably also in charge of my luggage from Leipzig. I am sure that this will be under your control. I am also expecting a trunk from Paris that has been sent to you by carters. All my consolations come from you. Thousands of tender respects to your mother and to your friends.” Addressed on the integral address leaf in Voltaire’s hand. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Voltaire lived in Colmar from October 1753 to November 1754, where he focused on compiling a lengthy synthesis of German history entitled Annals of the Empire. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
512. Paul Verlaine. Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumultuous love affair with the prodigiously gifted teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud. ALS in French, signed “P. Verlaine,” one page, 4 x 6.25, June 5, 1894. Letter to the Paris Review, in part (translated): “Could you give the last issue of the Paris Review to the person who will give you that word.” At the bottom, he gives his address: “187 rue St Jacques.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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513. Noah Webster. Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the
first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 8, 1841. Written from New Haven, a letter to J. G. Mogen, in full: “The suspension of specie payments by the banks in Philadelphia will probably affect very much the business of the South & West, & it may affect my resources. I have a note for 3000 dollars on which I have relied for funds to pay the bill for stenotyping the Bible. If this should fail me, I shall not be able to pay you with punctuality; & it may be for a great length of time. I wish you therefore to suspend the work, till you hear further from me. I hope to be able to ascertain whether the note will be paid or not, within two or three weeks; but of this I am not certain. In times like these, the most wise & prudent men can make no certain calculations or matters of business.” Addressed on the reverse in Webster’s own hand. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and intersecting folds. Now holding an honored place in the history of American English—as well as being a treasured tool of writers and term paper-writing students—Webster’s first dictionary only sold 2,500 copies. He was forced to mortgage his home in order to publish a second edition in 1840-1841, resulting in a life plagued with ceaseless debt. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
514. Kurt Vonnegut. Signed book: Cat’s Cradle. First edi-
tion. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 233 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Bloomington—July 7, 1964.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG-, with several chips to the dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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515. Edith Wharton. Signed book: Twelve Poems by Edith Wharton. Limited edition, numbered 125/130. London: Medici Society, 1926. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 51 pages. Boldly signed on the colophon in black ink by Wharton. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G+/None. Blue cloth-covered spine and paper-covered boards; edges worn, with chips in paper at corners; soiling, rubbing, and scattered light foxing to exterior; very light foxing to endpapers and few interior pages; previous owner’s name in ink on front endpapers; few interior hinges split; one page has notes in ink and a large portion of the page (approximately 2.5˝ x 5˝) clipped. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
516. William Carlos Williams. Physician and Pulitzer Prize-
winning writer (1883–1963) whose innovative verse made him one of the most influential figures in 20th century American literature. TQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed below in black ink, “William Carlos Williams.” An excerpt from the first volume of Williams’s epic poem, Paterson, in full: “For the beginning is assuredly / the end—since we know nothing, pure / and simple, beyond / our own complexities.” In fine condition, with light staining to the right edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
517. Roger Zelazny. American poet and writer of fantasy and
science fiction (1937–1995). Signed book: The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 229 pages. Signed and inscribed on the dedication page in black felt tip, “To Joe—Good fishing. Don’t let the big one get away. Roger Zelazny.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/ VG, with a punch to the dust jacket’s price. Zelazny’s novelette ‘The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth’ won the 1966 Nebula Award. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
518. Emile Zola. Boldly penned ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 9, 1901. Letter to the French poet Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, concerning the succession of the new director at the Figaro newspaper. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Zola’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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519. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
520. Ray Bradbury
523. Roald Dahl
524. Allen Ginsberg
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527. L. Ron Hubbard MB $200
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528. Stephen King MB $200
521. William S. Burroughs MB $200
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526. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
529. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
530. Donald Grant Mitchell
533. Gahan Wilson
534. John Wyndham
525. Thomas Harris
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531. Robert W. Service
522. George Combe
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music
Archive compiled by Auer’s pupil, a Minnesotan music teacher, including a handwritten speech given before “the best violinteaching element in this section of the United States” 535.
Leopold
A u e r.
Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer (1845–1930) who was renowned as a violin teacher; among his top students were Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, and Mischa Elman. Scrapbook compiled by one of Auer’s students, containing a signed photo, four ALSs, one LS, a TLS, two signed Christmas cards, and a handwritten speech, as well as a variety of unsigned newspaper clippings, program pages, and original photographs affixed within. Highlights of the scrapbook include: a glossy 8 x 10 Underwood & Underwood photo of Auer holding his violin in a three-quarter-length pose, signed in fountain pen, “L. Auer, 1924”; two Christmas cards signed by Auer, “L. Auer,” and one signed by his wife Wanda, “Wanda and Leopold Auer”; a 1923 ALS signed “Leopold Auer,” in part: “I am keenly interested in the meeting of your association at Saint Paul; this will be my maidenly appearance as a teacher before such a numerous assembly of specialists”; a 1923 ALS signed “Leop. Auer,” in part: “I am delighted to learn… that you as well as the teachers were satisfied with my first demonstration class. I am proud of my success in this new field for me…I miss you painfully in my summer class both as one of the most gifted students, and secondly, as a friendly and sympathetique personality among strangers”; a 1923 ALS signed “L. Auer,” accepting a lunch invitation; a 1923 LS signed “Leop. Auer,” concerning arrangements for his demonstration lessons; a 1924 ALS signed “L. Auer,” sending his schedule; a three-page handwritten speech by Auer, given before the Minnesota Music Teachers Convention, beginning: “I am proud of having the privilege upon this occasion and under such enviable auspices to be associated with a body of musicians of noted excellency; in fact it is the first time in my career that I meet an assembly of specialists representing the best violin-teaching element in this section of the United States”; and a 1927 TLS signed “Prof. L. Auer,” recommending his correspondent, in part: “Mme. Lota Mundy has been my pupil for several seasons. Her familiarity with my method of teaching enables her to impart instructions in full accordance with it. She also excels as an artistic and musicianly concert soloist.” Also affixed within the scrapbook are two additional letters by his wife Wanda Bogutska Stein (one showing the front only), as well as a printed announcement of their 1924 wedding. Two of the letters, a photo, and some programs are loosely laid in and not affixed to the scrapbook pages. In very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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536. Max Bruch. German composer (1838-1920) who wrote
over 200 works, including staples of the violin repertoire. Scarce AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, signed and inscribed to “Olaf Halvorsen” in German in black ink, “Max Bruch, Berlin (Friedenau), 11. August 91.” Bruch pens seven bars of music from Frithiof’s Saga, opus 23 of his 1864 cantata, adding the title below. In fine condition, with a short split to the central vertical fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Bruch’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare autograph by the revered Austrian composer 537. Anton Bruckner. Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) whose symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism. Rare ALS in German, signed “Bruckner mpp,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, no date. Untranslated letter giving instructions how to conduct a specific passage of music. In very good to fine condition, with splitting along intersecting folds, and light show-through from old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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538. Enrico Caruso. Pair of untranslated ALSs in Italian on individual 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, one dated October 24, 1904, and the other postmarked November 18, 1904. In overall fine condition, with creasing to the lower left corner, and old mounting remnants on the address side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
541. Fromental Halevy.
539. Enrico Caruso. Fantastic original self-portrait sketch by Caruso, showing himself in profile, accomplished in ink on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed in the lower right, “Enrico Caruso, London, 1905.” In very good to fine condition, with overall soiling and toning, and a few small stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
540. Gaetano Donizetti. Italian com-
poser (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Reverse of second integral page addressed by Donizetti. In fine condition, with scattered creasing and intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
French composer of over thirty operas, best known for La Juive (17991862). Lengthy AMQS on an off-white 11.75 x 8.75 musically lined sheet, signed at the conclusion, “F. Halevy, 8 Mai 1854.” Halevy pens twenty-four bars of music and lyrics from “Romance de Guido et Ginevra,” writing the title at the top. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
542. Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Unusual dual AMQS on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed and dated twice, “R. Leoncavallo, Brissago 18 Sept. 1908,” and “R. Leoncavallo, London, 18 Sept. 1911.” Most prominently, Leoncavallo pens four bars of music and lyrics from the second act of his infamous “La Boheme”; three years later, he pens an additional four bars from “Pagliacci” vertically in the left margin. Affixed to a slightly larger card. In very good to fine condition, with overall light soiling and toning. Leoncavallo famously wrote his version of ‘La Boheme’ at the same time as Giacomo Puccini—while Puccini’s has become a staple of the operatic repertoire, Leoncavallo’s is rarely performed today. Leoncavallo’s ‘Pagliacci,’ on the other hand, remains popularly performed today.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 205
Liszt’s oratorio for ‘The Legend of St. Elizabeth’
543. Franz Liszt. Rare AMQS on an off-white 10 x 6.5 musically lined sheet, signed and inscribed in French in black ink, “F. Liszt, A Madame Henriette Fuchs—affectueusement.” Liszt attractively pens seven bars of music, which he identifies above: “Motif de le Legende St. Elisabeth.” In fine condition. Completed in 1862, the oratorio The Legend of St. Elizabeth combined devotional and theatrical elements on grand scale, with the work bearing many musical parallels to the dramas of Wagner. An exquisite offering that represents one of Liszt’s sacred oratorios, with this example far more elusive than his 1866 masterpiece Christus. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
544. Giacomo Puccini. Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders
portrait of Puccini, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian, “Giacomo Puccini, New York, 19.II.07.” Affixed to the original Henri Manuel studio mount. In fine condition, with trimming to the mount, and ink adhesion trouble to one word of the inscription. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Mammoth portrait of the renowned Soviet composer 545. Dmitri Shostakovich. Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Outstanding matte-finish 10.25 x 12.5 photo by B. F. Stein affixed to its original 15.5 x 19.5 mount, signed on the mount in black felt tip in Cyrillic, “D. Shostakovich, 21 March 1975, Moscow.” In fine condition. A fantastic example dated a little over four months before he died. Shostakovich is very scarce in signed photos, and this is by far the largest we have ever had—the handful of others have been postcard sized! Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“My country, ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing” 547. S a m u e l F r a n c i s Smith. Ap-
546. Richard Wagner. ALS in German, one page, 5.25
x 8.5, October 23, no year. Untranslated letter to “Herr Fritzsche,” presumably his publisher, to whom he returns proof sheets, and agrees to certain proposals concerning the latter. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, splitting along intersecting folds, and a light block of toning from prior display; second integral page detached but present. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
pealing AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, “S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, May 24, 1895.” Smith neatly pens the iconic lines of his classic “America,” in full: “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 three horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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548. Eric Dolphy. In-
novative jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (1928–1965) who died suddenly at the age of 36 from a diabetic coma. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Eric Dolphy,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheet. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
549. Ella Fitzgerald. Vintage
glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Fitzgerald in a tender close-up pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To ‘Buck,’ you’re one of the swellest fellows I know. Here’s wishing you & you & especially you the best, Sincerely, Ella (Tisketty Tasketty) Fitzgerald,” playing off of her 1938 hit ‘ATisket, A-Tasket’ in her signature. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and two slightly heavier creases to the left of her head. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
551. Charles Mingus. Influ-
ential jazz bassist and composer (1922–1979) whose complex, innovative works meld elements of jazz, classical, and gospel. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Charles Mingus,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheet. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The innovative jazz pianist
552. Thelonious Monk. Idiosyncratic pianist, composer, and arranger (1917–1982) who takes a place among the most innovative and influential figures of modern jazz. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Thelonius Monk,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheet. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Miss Billie Holiday” grants use of her image “for advertising of beer only” 550. Billie Holiday. DS, signed “Miss Billie Holiday,” one page, 8.25 x 11, September 28, 1950. Tom Kelley Studios consent document for the Schmidt Lithography Company. In part: “I consent to the use of my name, portraits and pictures (photographed by Tom Kelley only) and reproductions thereof, for advertising of beer only—by you and by anyone making such use with your approval.” Signed at the conclusion in green fountain pen by Holiday, who adds her manager’s address, “745 5th Ave, Joe Glaser, New York City.” In very good condition, with a horizontal fold passing through the signature, brittle overall toning, and trimmed edges with a few small chips. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Ellington, Hawkins, Basie, and many more 553. Jazz Musicians. Astounding collection of over 80 signatures of legendary jazz musicians, each signing in ink on individual off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheets, with musicians including: Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Ball, John Henry Barbee, Chris Barber, Count Basie, Acker Bilk, Art Blakey, Ron Bowden, Rudy Braff, Roy Brooks, Garnett Brown, Oscar Brown, Jr., Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Jaki Byard, Don Byas, Harry Carney, Ron Carter, Buddy Catlett, Sonny Cohn, Henry Coker, Johnny Coles, Bob Cunningham, Paul Desmond, Eric Dixon, Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Fontaine, Frank Foster, Vernel Fournier, Charles Fowlkes, Bud Freeman, Erroll Garner, Paul Gonsalves, Dexter Gordon, Freddie Green, Jimmy Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Jake Hanna, Coleman Hawkins, Charles Haywood, Johnny Hodges, Clifton James, Dave Jones, Elvin Jones (2), Jo Jones, Clifford Jordan, Connie Kay, Blue Mitchell, Grover Mitchell, Joe Morello, Ray Nance, Albert Nicholas, Hammie Nixon, Anita O’Day, Sonny Payne, Coleridge Perkinson, Oscar Peterson, Nat Pierce, Russell Procope, Ben Riley, Charlie Rouse, Marshal Royal, Jimmy Rushing, George Russell, Sahib Shihab, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Sunnyland Slim, Sonny Stitt, Billy Strayhorn, Ed Thigpen, Butch Warren, Ron Weatherburn, Frank Wess, Cootie Williams, Tony Williams, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, and Bill Yancey. In fine to very fine condition. An exceptional assemblage of some the biggest and most influential names in jazz. Starting Bid $200
Porter okays Scandinavia to perform “Anything Goes” 554. Cole Porter. DS,
four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 8, 1953. Memorandum of agreement between Lars Schmidt of Gothenburg and Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, in which the latter group grant exclusive rights for the “musical play entitled Anything Goes” to be performed “on the spoken stage in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in a first-class manner…for a period of five (5) years.” Signed at the conclusion in black or blue ink by Porter, Wodehouse, Crouse, Lindsay, and Schmidt (Bolton’s attorney has signed on his behalf). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
555. John Philip Sousa. AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, signed below in black ink, “John Philip Sousa, 1901,” who pens four bars of music from an unidentified work, adding below, “dolce.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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556. Fats Waller. Vin-
tage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 photo of Waller smiling and holding a cigarette in a fantastic full-length pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Willie Woods, Here tiz!!! Thats what I’m talkin about, Keep your nose clean, ‘Fats’ Waller.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 15.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
558. Hank Williams. A Smoky Mountain Boys programstyle ‘picture album,’ 8.5 x 10.75, signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Hank Williams, and in pencil by Jess Easterday, Jimmie Riddle, Roy Acuff, Ray Kirby Oswald, and Joe ‘Pap’ Zinkan. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Drinkin’ inna ginny mill way cross town / Didn’t have no job and my money runnin’ down” 557. Woody Guthrie. Fantastic autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song, titled and signed at the top, “Casing Her Joint, Talking Blues, Woody Guthrie,” one page, 7.75 x 10.75, December 14, 1949. The handwritten lyrics begin: “Drinkin’ inna ginny mill way cross town / Didn’t have no job and my money runnin’ down, / I met a perty girl said she hadda plan / to make all th’ money you could carry in y’r hand, / sidled up ta me, asked me ta buy ‘er a shot. / I motioned to the barman ta bringa little juice / the girl oozed me over in a darklit booth / she drunk a few drinks and got to the point / says, ‘I needa good man to case a few joints’… / ‘There’s not nothin’ to it,’ she says ta me, / ‘ya just walk around a block as easy as you please / an’ if ya see any prowler cars or dicks / walk back ta my room and tell me the fix.’” The song’s narrator goes on to tell the story of ‘casing joints,’ culminating in incarceration, and concludes: “This makes me just about the champeen joint caser going! / That’s why they built alla these iron bars alla ‘round me, here! Here’s my moral an’ my point: If ya cetch a perty gal don’t case her joint! It’s against the law.” In fine condition, with a small crease to the upper left corner. A marvelous example of Guthrie’s folk-story songwriting, replete with his humor and home-spun vernacular. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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Full vintage set of the Fab Four
559. Beatles. Beautiful vintage gilt-lined leatherbound autograph book, 7.25 x 4.75, signed inside on the same page in black ballpoint by George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, and in pencil by Paul McCartney. In fine condition, with two very faint areas of toning. Accompanied by the autograph book’s original box and a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Consignor notes that the signatures date to late 1963, early 1964. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
560. Beatles. Vintage light green 4.5
x 3.75 album page signed in red ballpoint by Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison, and in blue ballpoint by Paul McCartney. In very good condition, with surface paper loss to the upper left, a diagonal creases running though the “P” in “Paul,” and some light creasing and soiling. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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Lennon lends a hand at a Philly radio fundraiser 561. Beatles: John Lennon. Amazing color glossy 3.5 x
4.25 Polaroid photo of Lennon posing with Philadelphia radio host Brother Love during the opening day of the 1975 WFIL– PARC (Philadelphia Association of Retarded Children) Marathon fundraiser, signed and inscribed in the upper border in blue ballpoint “To da Brother Love, John Lennon, 75,” who adds a small self-portrait sketch to the left page of the open book. In fine condition, with light scratches to the photo emulsion. Accompanied by a lengthy letter of provenance from the original recipient, Alan Smith, who was an American radio personality under the name ‘Brother Love.’ He describes acquiring the autograph at a WFIL/PARC marathon charity event in 1975, in part: “Jay Cook, the Program Director…somehow, in conjunction with Capitol Records convinced John Lennon to join us to ‘kick off’ the event on Friday afternoon…John arrived early, hung around talking with all of us getting to know our names, sensing our personalities, deciding who was funny and who wasn’t and things he would store in his mind about those he would be sharing the mic with…Within 2 hours of its start, John called Yoko on speaker phone in the studio…to ask if it would be alright if he stayed a little longer as he was having such a wonderful time with us and enjoyed the comradery as well as wanting to help raise as much money as we could for ‘these poor children’…Over the next day and a half I spent an inordinate amount of time (as did my wife at the time) with him around the studio, the building, at dinner, etc. He was open and charming, extremely bright as we all know, and answered each and every question everyone asked him as if it were the first time anyone had thought to ask it. Unparalleled graciousness for one of the most recognizable people on the planet at the time and greatest songwriters to ever hold a pen…My wife took the picture in the radio studio while we were on the air and when we were looking at it, he took it from my hand and signed it and drew the little face on it. We had copies of his latest LP in the studio and he picked one of them up, signed it to me, gave it to me with a wink without a word said and we moved on…The celebration of that wordless moment gave me more insight into the kind of person he genuinely was. Unasked, unspoken kindness just because.” From May 16-18, 1975, the Philadelphian rock station WFIL and the advocacy organization PARC cosponsored the Helping Hand Marathon, a weekend fundraiser to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Lennon spent the entire three days answering phones, taking pledges, and meeting fans; he even stayed long enough to do the weather report for WPVI-TV. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500
562. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Felt tip signature and inscription, “To all at the
Foresters!! Paul McCartney, 97,” on an off-white 8.25 x 11.5 page of sheet music. In fine condition, with light handling wear. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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The McCartneys fly British Airways 563. Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney. Ballpoint signatures and inscriptions, “To John, love, Linda McCartney” and “and Paul McCartney,” with Linda adding a small smiley face on the reverse of a 6 x 4 postcard showing a British Airways Concorde. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Consignor notes that the signatures date to the 1980s. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from the sister of the original recipient, in part: “My brother John… worked for British Airways for over 30 years and during this time he was a steward on Concorde. The postcard was found among his effects when he died…My brother was a very funny person with a dry wit and I can only assume that the McCartneys appreciated this as he was unimpressed by celebrity and was unlikely to have requested an autograph. However, this obviously meant something to him as he kept it safe.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
“To Stan, Best Wishes, Bob Dylan”
565. The Eagles.
CD booklet for Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2, signed in silver ink by Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmit, and in blue felt tip by Joe Walsh, Don Felder, and Don Henley. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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564. Bob Dylan. Uncommon 8 x 10.5 magazine photo showing Dylan with a slew of other music legends, including Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Hall and Oates, and Madonna, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Stan, Best Wishes, Bob Dylan.” In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
566. Free. Ballpoint signatures of Paul Rodgers, Paul Kos-
soff, Andy Fraser, and Simon Kirke on an off-white 6.25 x 4.25 trimmed cardstock sheet. In very good condition, with creasing and intersecting folds. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Candid photo of Sergeant Presley 567. Elvis Presley. Rare
vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Presley standing in US Army uniform, signed neatly on the reverse in blue ballpoint. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $200
Classic fully signed Decca promo card 568. Rolling Stones. Vintage Decca Records promo card of the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Gill, Mick Jagger, x,” “To Gill, Love, Brian Jones,” “Charlie Boy, xxx,” “Keith Richard, xx,” and “Bill Wyman, xxx.” Text on the reverse of the card promotes their recent singles, ‘Come On/I Wanna Be Loved’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned.’ This features the same image used for the cover of the band’s selftitled debut EP, which Decca released in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album. In fine condition, with a light crease to the upper left corner and small old mounting remnants on the reverse. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained at Leek Town Hall on December 24, 1963. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “I worked behind the soft drinks bar at the Town Hall with my friend Julia Wardle. We closed up for a while to meet the group behind stage. Mick Jagger was a bit late so he was in a rush but he was a perfect gentleman. Brian Jones seemed to be in a world of his own and Charlie Watts looked very morose. Keith Richards was very hungry so he sent out for some pies, which we found out later gave him food poisoning. After the concert they chatted behind stage and Julia and I were the first to get their autographs.” This promo card features the same image used for the cover of the band’s self-titled debut EP, which Decca released in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album. An attractive fully signed example. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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571. Michael Jackson. Color glossy
8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of Jackson during the Black or White period, prominently signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
569. U2. War album signed on the back cover in black ballpoint, “Bono, 83,” and in blue ballpoint, “Edge,” “Adam,” and “Larry.” In very good to fine condition, with some surface loss to the edge above Bono’s signature. The record is not included. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
“Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller” 570. Michael Jackson. DS,
one page, 8.5 x 11, March 13, 1985. A release form sent to his manager Frank DiLeo, in full: “I hereby grant permission for Jerry Kramer & Associates to utilize approximately four seconds of footage from Michael Jackson ‘Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller’ video, to be incorporated into the music video Amadeus. The Amadeus music video will be used for promotional broadcast purposes only.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a light stain at the center of the signature. Released in tandem with the iconic ‘Thriller’ music video, ‘Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller’ was an hour-long documentary that provided candid behind-the-scenes glimpses of the video’s production. A fantastic document associated with Jackson’s famed music video. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
572. Michael Jackson. Color
glossy 10.75 x 14 photo of Jackson performing on stage in a black sequin jacket, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
573. Michael Jackson. Color
glossy 10.75 x 14 photo of Jackson during the Dangerous era, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $200
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574. Franz Lehar MB $200
575. Yehudi Menuhin MB $200
576. Claudia Muzio MB $200
577. Walter Henry Rothwell MB $200
578. Louis Armstrong
579. Louis Armstrong
580. Louis Armstrong
581. Leonard Bernstein
582. Bill Evans
583. George Gershwin
584. Lena Horne
585. B. B. King
586. Liberace
587. Glenn Miller
588. Otis Rush
589. Stephen Sondheim
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590. Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins
592. 1950s Rock and Roll
593. 1960s Rock and Roll
595. Aerosmith
596. Aerosmith
597. Beach Boys
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599. Beatles: Ringo Starr
600. Beatles: Klaus Voormann
601. Jeff Beck
602. The Blues Project
603. David Bowie
604. David Bowie
605. Cheap Trick
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594. AC/DC MB $200
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598. Beatles
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591. John Denver
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606. Eric Clapton MB $200
608. Neil Diamond
607. Def Leppard
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610. Foghat
611. Marvin Gaye
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614. Hall and Oates
615. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Noel Redding MB $200
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618. Joan Jett MB $200
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609. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
612. Genesis
613. Hall and Oates
616. Jefferson Airplane
617. Jefferson Airplane
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620. Clyde McPhatter MB $200
621. Miscellaneous Musicians
622. Musicians
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623. Rick Nelson
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625. Paul Revere and The Raiders
626. Tom Petty
627. Pink Floyd: David Gilmour
628. Pink Floyd: Gerald Scarfe
629. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
630. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
631. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
632. Iggy Pop
633. The Pretenders
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624. Oasis
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634. Ramones 1978 Bataclan Poster MB $200
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636. The Righteous Brothers
637. Rock and Roll
638. Rolling Stones
639. Rolling Stones: John Pasche
640. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards
641. Roxy Music
642. Rush
643. Bob Seger
644. Bob Seger
645. Grace Slick
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646. Bruce Springsteen
647. Ten Years After
648. Stevie Ray Vaughan
649. Neil Young
650. Ramones
635. The Raspberries
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651. Ramones MB $200
652. Ramones 1980 Odeon Hammersmith Poster MB $200
653. Ramones 1981 Brooklyn College Poster
654. Ramones 1981 London Poster
655. Ramones 1985 Glascow Poster
656. Ramones 1986 Brandeis Poster
657. Ramones 1987 Italy Poster
658. Ramones 1987 Munich Poster
659. Ramones 1990 Belgium Poster
660. Ramones Tonight Show Papers
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662. Bay City Rollers MB $200
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661. The Sex Pistols MB $200
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663. Bee Gees MB $200
664. Michael Jackson MB $200
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classic entertainment 667. Humphrey Bogart. Vintage pencil signature, “Humphrey Bogart,” on a light green 4.5 x 4.5 album page. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, light toning, and a few small stains. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
668. Humphrey Bogart. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 666. Ingrid Bergman. Vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 photo of Bergman in a radiant half-length pose, signed in fountain pen. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and crazing, stains to the top border, and the signature a bit light. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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portrait of Bogart in a pin-stripe suit, signed and inscribed in black fountain pen, “To Jack Perry, Good luck Jack, Humphrey Bogart.” In very good condition, with all writing a few shades light, professionally re-backed, and well-done professional repairs to tears and creases. Bogart is quite scarce and very desirable in signed photos of this size. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
The Cartwrights at Ponderosa Ranch 669. Bonanza. Vintage glossy 10
x 8 photo of Ben, Hoss, and Little Joe Cartwright posing with set designers from the show Bonanza, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint by Michael Landon and Dan Blocker, and in black felt tip by Lorne Greene. The reverse is also signed by Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, and pioneer set decorator Grace Gregory, who adds an inscription, “To Edna Robinson, Keep enjoying ‘Bonanza.’” Collector’s notations on front and reverse date the signatures to June 13, 1968. In very good to fine condition, with impressions on the photo side from the signatures on the reverse. Accompanied by a photo taken at the time of the signing, showing Landon posing with the recipient, with the reverse bearing collector’s notations: “’Little Joe’ Michael Landon and me at Ponderosa Ranch at dedication of Bonanza’s TV series ranch house at Incline Village. Gov. Paul Laxalt was introduced by Lorne Greene.” Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Interview desk from three seasons of The Colbert Report 670. Stephen Colbert’s Screen-Used Interview Desk. Screen-used circular interview table from Comedy Central’s late-night talk show and satirical news series The Colbert Report, used by host Stephen Colbert to interview hundreds of guests between January 2010 and December 2012 (seasons 6–8). The dark brown extendable Crate & Barrel table with curved pedestal base stands approximately 30˝ tall and 48˝ in diameter, with the tabletop bearing numerous marks and scratches made by Colbert himself. Included with the table is a four-page list of the over 400 guests that sat opposite Colbert during the show, which is signed on the final page in blue ink, “It’s all true! Stephen Colbert.” Also included is a notarized letter for the aforementioned guest list, as well as a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Colbert, signed in silver ink, “Stay strong! Stephen Colbert.” In fine condition, with expected wear from use.
The Colbert Report premiered on Comedy Central on October 17, 2005, and enjoyed a 10-season run that included numerous awards and a broad and diverse array of celebrity guests. During the three seasons this table was used, notable interviewees included: Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Bernie Sanders, Charlie Rose, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk, James Cameron, Itzhak Perlman, Joan Rivers, Ken Burns, Bill Bryson, Caroline Kennedy, Laird Hamilton, Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig, Dolly Parton, Mark Cuban, Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow, Richard Branson, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Carell, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Werner Herzog, William Shatner, Claire Danes, David Copperfield, Dean Kamen, Diane Keaton, Geoffrey Rush, Henry Kissinger, Jon Krakauer, Kevin Spacey, Martin Sheen, Morgan Freeman, Newt Gingrich, Patti Smith, Quincy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Vince Gilligan, and many more. On September 8, 2015, roughly nine months after taping his final episode, Colbert made his highly anticipated CBS premiere as David Letterman’s Late Show successor. Backed by provenance from its hilarious longtime host, this interview table palpably represents the show’s influential union of comedy and politics—a phenomenal piece of television history. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 223
671. Gary Cooper. Hand-
some vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Cooper in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jesse King, With many many thanks and many good wishes always, Gary Cooper, 1954.” In fine condition, with a small tear to the right edge. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
The elusive Frances Farmer 672. Frances Farmer. Vin-
tage circa 1937 glossy 8 x 10 Paramount Pictures publicity portrait of Farmer, signed and inscribed in white ink, “To Roy, exclusively, Frances F a r m e r. ” I n very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and some scratches to the upper left background area. The consignor notes that this was inscribed to Roy Roberts, who was a lighting technician in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s; Farmer’s “exclusively” inscription is a reference to her 1937 film Exclusive, which Roberts worked on. Given her incarceration and subsequent years away from acting, Farmer remains rare across all signed formats, with this lovely photo—signed in bold white ink—an ideal and sought-after example. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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673. Judy Garland. Vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Garland smiling with Mickey Rooney in the 1938 film Love Finds Andy Hardy, signed in green fountain pen. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Guinness gifts a portrait to his famous leading lady, Rosalind Russell 674. Alec Guinness.
Vintage mattefinish 10.75 x 13.5 portrait of Guinness as Koichi Asano for the 1961 film A Majority of One, signed and inscribed to his costar in blue ballpoint, “Roz—I’m looking you straight in the face, out of the corners of my eyes, and I tell you you are marvellous, and a dear, and it’s been a thrill to work with you, Love, Alec.” In fine condition, with trimmed borders, and a small area of clear residue at the bottom edge. Consignor notes that “Roz” is Guinness’s costar and love interest in the film, award-winning actress Rosalind Russell. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Cary Grant’s last will and testament— initialed by him 20 times 675. Cary Grant. DS, fifteen pages, 8.5 x 13, September 24, 1974. Grant’s last will and testament, in part: “I, Cary Grant, residing in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence of any person whomsoever, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.” In article IV, Grant gives and bequeaths monies ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, or relinquishes debt, to a list of sixteen individuals, couples, and/or institutions. In Article V, Grant gives and bequeaths “all of my automobiles, wearing apparel, ornaments and jewelry…to Stanley E. Fox [who]…shall distribute certain of my personal effects…in his sole judgment” to a list of friends and his only child, Jennifer Grant. Additional articles relate to Grant’s trust estate and its various distributions to his daughter and cousins Margaret and Eric Leach. Signed and dated at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Grant, who likewise adds initials to every preceding page, and to any and all emendations found therein. In fine condition. Grant was preparing for a performance of Conversation with Cary Grant at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa, on the afternoon of November 29, 1986, when he succumbed to a massive stroke, dying later that night at the age of 82. The bulk of Grant’s estate, estimated at 60 to 80 million dollars, was bequeathed to his wife Barbara Harris and his daughter Jennifer Grant. Grant’s final will, signed November 26, 1984, also stipulated several cash awards, including a $100,000 bequest to his longtime bookkeeper, Joseph Marin; $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund; $25,000 to Variety Arts International, and $20,000 to the John Tracy Clinic for hearing-impaired children. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
676. Gunsmoke. Group
of three vintage photos of classic Gunsmoke characters from the enduring TV series, including: a vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Paula—Best wishes, ‘Doc,’ Milburn Stone”; a vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Paula—Good luck always, ‘Kitty,’ Amanda Blake”; and a vintage 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Paula from your friend, ‘Chester,’ Dennis Weaver.” In overall fine condition, with slight brushing to Stone’s signature, and tiny pinholes to borders of the Stone and Blake photos. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Wonderful early portrait of Audrey 678. Audrey Hepburn. Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 deckle-edge postcard photo of Hepburn in a lovely head-and-shoulders pose, signed in black ink, “Best wishes, Audrey Hepburn.� In fine condition, with moderate signature contrast and poor ink adhesion in places. An enchanting early photo of the classic actress. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Rose Sayer and The African Queen
679. Katharine Hepburn. Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 fulllength photo of Hepburn as Rose Sayer from the 1951 film The African Queen, signed in blue fountain pen by Hepburn. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and trimmed borders. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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680. Alfred Hitchcock. DS, one page,
682. Grace Kelly. Vintage
8.5 x 11, February 1977. Actor’s Television Motion Picture Day Players contract between Hitchcock and Allyn/Lunney Productions for the former to conduct an interview on a show entitled “The Story of Princess Grace—Once Upon A Time…Is Now,” for a payment of $2000 for two hours of his time. Boldly signed at the bottom of the first page in blue ink by Hitchcock, who also initials the attached rider. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
glossy 8 x 10 studio portrait of Kelly in a headand-shoulders pose wearing a floral patterned dress and cardigan, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Helen, Fondly, Grace Kelly.” In fine condition, with a few light creases, and a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Hollywood’s first werewolf
Exquisite portrait of Scarlett O’Hara
681. Henry Hull. Vi n -
tage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the transformed D r. G l e n d o n from the 1935 film Werewolf of London, signed and inscribed vertically in fountain pen, “Cordially, Henry Hull.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Werewolf of London is best remembered for being the first mainstream Hollywood movie to feature a werewolf, and has since served as inspiration for pop culture staples like Warren Zevon’s hit single ‘Werewolves of London,’ and the Oscar-winning 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. Hull remains very scarce in this character, and even more so in examples of this size. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
683. Vivien Leigh. Vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 close-up photo
of Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, signed in purple ink. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing. An absolutely gorgeous portrait of Leigh as her most iconic character. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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684. Bela Lugosi. Un-
common vintage sepia matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Lugosi with his fourth wife, Lillian Arch, boldly signed and inscribed in dark blue ink by both, “To Anna Krotos, sincerely, Bela Lugosi” and “Lillian Lugosi.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
685. Steve McQueen. DS, signed “Steven T. McQueen,” one page, 8.5 x 11, July 9, 1996. A waiver of notice and consent to the holding of a special meeting by the board of directors for Solar Plastics Engineering Company to consider “the election of an Assistant Secretary of the corporation.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by McQueen, and countersigned by Robert Schiller and Luben Jordan. In fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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686. Monty Python. Wonderful vintage glossy 8.25 x 5.75 cardstock photo of the Monty Python crew in character, signed in ink and ballpoint by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. In fine condition, with a bit of light creasing. A very early signed photo of the legendary British comedy group. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
687. George Reeves. American actor (1914–1959) who is best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman; his death at the age of 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing topic. Vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 Paramount Pictures publicity photo for the 1943 film So Proudly We Hail!, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Warren, with thanks for your interest, George Reeves.” In very good condition, with scattered light creasing, and a heavier diagonal crease to the upper left. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Rare oversized portrait inscribed to Universal’s publicity director 689. Paul Robeson. Vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To John LeRoy Johnstone From Paul LeRoy. What a swell guy! They don’t make them any better. Thanks Johnnie & all possible good fortune—Paul Robeson.” In fine condition, with some loss to the left border, easily matted out. Paul Robeson’s middle name was LeRoy, thus this playful inscription to John LeRoy Johnstone, the publicity director for Universal Studios. Robeson is uncommon in signed photos, and this is the first oversized example we have offered. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
“Go f— yourself”
691. Elizabeth Taylor. Vintage blue ink signature, “Go f— yourself, Elizabeth Taylor,” on a 5.25 x 6.75 sheet of The St. Francis stationery. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. A humorous example which the consignor notes derives from the personal affects of a deceased Hollywood agent. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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692. Academy Award Winners
693. Actors
694. June Allyson
695. Dana Andrews
696. Jean Arthur
697. Fay Bainter
698. Josephine Baker
699. Brigitte Bardot
701. Belita
702. Joan Bennett
703. Ingrid Bergman
705. Janet Blair
706. Carroll Borland
707. Connee Boswell
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700. John Barrymore MB $200
704. Billy Bevan MB $200
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708. Charles Boyer
709. Rossano Brazzi MB $100
710. Broadway
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711. Yul Brynner
712. Yul Brynner
713. Richard Burton
714. John Carradine
715. Adolfo Celi
716. Tommy Chong
717. Claudette Colbert
718. Gary Cooper
719. Joan Crawford
720. Joan Crawford
721. Creature From the Black Lagoon
722. Laura Hope Crews
723. George Cukor
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724. Helmut Dantine MB $100
725. Helmut Dantine and Andrea King MB $100
726. Linda Darnell MB $100
727. Linda Darnell and Dana Andrews
731. Robert DeNiro
728. Doris Day
729. Olivia de Havilland
730. Gloria DeHaven
732. Leonardo DiCaprio
733. Marlene Dietrich MB $100
734. Directors and Producers
737. Bill Elliott
738. Joan Evans
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736. Irene Dunne MB $100
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735. Ellen Drew MB $100
739. Nanette Fabray MB $100
740. W. C. Fields
741. Errol Flynn
742. Sidney Fox
743. Kay Francis
744. Elisabeth Fraser
745. Clark Gable
746. Greta Garbo
747. Greta Garbo
748. Greta Garbo
749. John Garfield
750. Peggy Ann Garner
751. Greer Garson
753. Paulette Goddard
754. Gloria Grahame
755. Sydney Greenstreet
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752. Lillian Gish MB $200
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756. Cedric Hardwicke
757. Gabby Hayes
758. Edith Head MB $200
759. Mary Healy
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760. Hugh Hefner
761. Hugh Hefner
762. Paul Henreid
763. Audrey Hepburn
764. John Hodiak MB $100
765. Hogan’s Heroes: John Banner
766. Hollywood
767. Kim Hunter
768. John Huston
769. Van Johnson
770. Jennifer Jones
771. Boris Karloff
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772. Evelyn Keyes
773. Andrea King
774. Klaus Kinski MB $200
775. Bert Lahr
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776. Hedy Lamarr
777. Hedy Lamarr
778. Hedy Lamarr
779. Carole Landis
780. Charles Laughton MB $200
781. Charles Laughton and Rosalind Ivan
782. David Lean
783. Andrea Leeds
784. Diana Lynn
785. Irene Manning
786. Fredric March
787. Marilyn Maxwell
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788. Lon McCallister
789. Roddy McDowall
790. Carmen Miranda
791. Marilyn Monroe
792. Marilyn Monroe
793. Maria Montez MB $100
794. Paul Newman and Robert Redford
795. Margaret O’Brien
797. Michael O’Shea
798. Merle Oberon MB $100
799. Our Gang: Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer
802. John Payne
803. Gregory Peck
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796. Maureen O’Hara MB $100
800. Maria Ouspenskaya MB $200
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801. Larry Parks MB $100
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804. Walter Pidgeon MB $100
805. Ella Raines MB $100
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807. Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
806. Basil Rathbone
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808. Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder
809. Al Ringling
810. Charles Ringling
811. Henry Ringling
812. Edward G. Robinson
813. Zachary Scott
814. Dinah Shore
815. Sylvia Sidney
816. Jay Silverheels
817. Alexis Smith
818. Ann Sothern
819. Barbara Stanwyck
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821. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
822. James Stewart and Donna Reed
823. Gloria Swanson
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825. Three Stooges: Ted Healy
826. Three Stooges: Jules J. White
827. Gene Tierney
828. Claire Trevor
829. Lana Turner
830. Lana Turner
831. Lana Turner
832. Martha Vickers
833. Robert Walker
834. Raoul Walsh
835. Mae West
820. Star Trek MB $200
824. Tarzan
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836. West Side Story MB $200
838. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
837. Western Legends MB $200
840. Esther Williams
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841. Wizard of Oz: Clara Blandick
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839. Cornel Wilde MB $100
842. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton
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844. Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr
845. Wizard of Oz: Frank Morgan
846. Natalie Wood
847. Monty Woolley
848. Fay Wray
849. Fay Wray
850. Jane Wyman
851. Vera Zorina
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852. Muhammad Ali. DS,
sports
one page, 8.5 x 11, October 10, 1977. An extension for a previous “bout agreement” from August of 1977, between Ali and Top Rank Inc., including the delivery of a 3.5 million dollar letter of credit. Signed at the conclusion by Ali, his manager Herbert Muhammad, and Bob Arum. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
854. James J. Corbett. Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Irene, with best wishes from, Sincerely your’s, Jim Corbett, Jan 23/25,” on a beige 5.5 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Foxx, Hornsby, Grove, and Goslin highlight a mid-1930s autograph album
853. Baseball: 1930s. Vintage circa 1934–35 softcover autograph album, 6.25 x 4.25, signed throughout in pencil by over 70 baseball players (several on affixed slips), with highlights including: Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Charles Gehringer, Chas. ‘Red’ Ruffing, Lefty Grove, and Goose Goslin. Among the other signers are: Jo-Jo White, Firpo Marberry, Bill Rogell, Pete Fox, ‘Chief’ Hogsett, ‘Schoolboy’ Rowe, Wes Ferrell, Buck Walters, Luke Hamlin, Ray Hayworth, Tommy Bridges, Flea Clifton, Al Schact, Bill McAfee, Oscar Melillo, Buck Newsom, Grover Hartley, Bump Hadley, Lefty Mills, Rollie Hemsley, Alan Strange, Harlond Clift, Sam West, Lena Blackburne, Skeeter Newsome, Bob Johnson, and more. A few nonbaseball signatures are also inside, including a slip signed by Spencer Tracy, Maureen O’Sullivan, and Mickey Rooney, and a card signed by Edward R. Murrow. A later signed postcard of Rod Carew is also loosely laid in. In very good to fine condition, with occasional smudging and creasing, and general moderate overall handling wear. The consignor notes that these autographs were chiefly obtained at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., by a young boy in 1934–35. Starting Bid $200 240 | February 7, 2018 | SPORTS
855. Enzo Ferrari. TLS in Italian, signed “Ferrari,” one page, 6.75 x 9.25, Ferrari letterhead, August 18, 1947. Letter to famed Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, in part (translated): “On returning from the mountain, where I went to spend August with my child, this morning I found your letter of the 14th with which you inform me that you received my message of the 9th and of your desire to participate in the Livorno circuit with one of my cars. In all likelihood it will be ready by then, we’ll keep you informed for the testing day. My secretary informs me of having sent you a check for £47,500 on the 13th, the award for ranking at circuit in Parma that I hope you have already received.” In fine condition. Nuvolari drove a Ferrari 125 Spyder at the Livorno race on August 28, 1947, but did not finish. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I have noticed my name in your column many times and recognized it as a friendly attempt to give me a boost” 856. Lou Gehrig. TLS signed “Lou,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 24, 1938. Letter to NY Daily News sportswriter Jimmy Powers, in full: “I am sorry you took the incident so seriously; it didn’t annoy me to that extent, but I did mention it to Jack Smith because I was a little afraid that the quotation might put me in a bad light with my fellow players. I have noticed my name in your column many times and recognized it as a friendly attempt to give me a boost. However, I appreciated your note, and I hope you do no feel that I am angry about the quotation.” The lower half bears pencil office notations in another hand. In fine condition, with a bit of light creasing near the salutation. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Styled in the muckraker mode, Jimmy Powers was no stranger to controversy in the New York sports world. Although the exact quote referenced by Gehrig in this letter is unknown, the athlete and journalist would seriously butt heads two years later when Powers unscientifically speculated that Gehrig’s ‘polio germ’ had infected the rest of the slumping Yankees lineup. Gehrig launched a libel lawsuit against Powers and the NY Daily News, which was eventually settled for $17,500. A highly unusual format, this is the only letter from Gehrig we have ever offered. Starting Bid $500
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Remarkable fully signed 1951 Ryder Cup program 857. Golf: 1951 Ryder Cup. Pro-
gram for a dinner honoring the Ryder Cup teams of the United States and Great Britain held at the Waldorf Astoria on October 22, 1951, 8.25 x 11, eight pages, fully signed on the front cover by all members of both teams: Jimmy Demaret, Lloyd Mangrum, Sam Snead, Jack Burke, Jr., Henry Ransom, Ed ‘Porky’ Oliver, Ben Hogan, Skip Alexander, E. J. ‘Dutch’ Harrison, Clayton Heafner, Charlie Ward, Jack Hargreaves, Harry Weetman, John Panton, Max Faulkner, Arthur Lees, Fred Daly, Dai Rees, Ken Bousfield, Jimmy Adams, and Arthur Lacey. Also signed by Ryder Cup officials: Robert Hudson, who revived the Ryder Cup by sponsoring it in 1947; Richard S. Tufts, who managed Pinehurst; Joe Novak, the PGA president; and one other. The back cover of the program is affixed to a slightly larger scrapbook page. In fine condition, with a small light stain touching Hogan’s first name. Consignor notes that this originates from the collection of Lord Lyle, who was president of the Professional Golfers Association of Great Britain in the 1950s. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
859. Rocky Marciano.
Vintage ballpoint signature, “Rocky Marciano,” on an off-white 5 x 4.5 album page. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Best wishes, Jackie Robinson”
858. Bobby Jones.
Matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of Jones swinging a wood on the fairway, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “For Marshall Bean, with sincere good wishes, Bob Jones.” Triple-clothmatted and framed to an overall size of 14.75 x 17.5. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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860. Jackie Robinson. Vintage 8 x 10.25 book photo of Robinson crossing home plate and avoiding a tag, signed in black ink, “Best wishes, Jackie Robinson.” In fine condition, with a faint stain to the lower right edge, and a missing upper right corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
861. Muhammad Ali MB $200
862. Muhammad Ali
863. Muhammad Ali
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865. Baseball: Rookies of the Year MB $200
866. Jack Dempsey
867. Football
868. Joe Frazier
869. Joe Frazier
871. Joe Louis
872. Joe McCarthy
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873. Barney Oldfield MB $200
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874. Olympic Figure Skaters MB $200
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875. Jesse Owens MB $200
876. Sam Snead MB $200
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olympics 877. Paris 1900 Summer Olympics Silvered Bronze Winner’s Medal for ‘Regates a la Voile’. Scarce
winner’s medal issued for a sailing event at the Paris 1900 Summer Olympics. Silvered bronze, 42 mm x 60 mm, 57 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed “Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900,” features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition; the reverse identifies the event as sailing, “Regates a la Voile,” and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium. Stamped “Bronze” on the edge. Sailing/yachting made its debut as an Olympic sport as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics; races for smaller boats were held on the river Seine from May 20–27, and competitions for larger craft were hosted in the North Atlantic off the coast of Le Havre from August 1–5. Starting Bid $200
878. Paris 1900 Summer Olympics Silvered Bronze Winner’s Medal for ‘Exercices Physiques et Sports’. Winner’s medal issued for the Paris 1900 Summer Olympics. Silvered bronze, 40 mm x 58 mm, 57 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed “Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900,” features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition; the reverse identifies the sport as physical exercise and sports, “Exercices Physiques et Sports,” and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium with a stadium and the Acropolis in the background. Stamped “Bronze” on an edge. Starting Bid $200
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879. Paris 1900 Summer Olympics Gilt Silver Winner’s Medal for ‘Concours Scolaires’. Desirable win-
ner’s medal issued for the Paris 1900 Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 42 mm x 60 mm, 57 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed “Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900,” features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition; the reverse identifies the event, “Concours Scolaires de Jeux Athletiques,” and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium. Stamped “Argent” on the edge. A handsome example of this scarce gilt silver prize medal. Starting Bid $200
880. Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Bronze Award Medal. Non-athletic award medal from the
Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale, which played host to that year’s Summer Olympics. Bronze, 63.5 mm, 100 gm, by Jules-Clement Chaplain. The front depicts a profile view of Marianne, the national symbol of the French Republic; the reverse bears an athlete with a torch riding on the back of Nike, the goddess of victory, with tablet below issuing the medal to “J. Lac.” Stamped on the edge with the Paris mint’s cornucopia symbol and “Bronze.” Since this Olympics did not issue participation medals, these non-athletic award medals are used as a placeholder in participation medal collections. With its brilliant Art Nouveau style, this uncommon award exists as one of the most aesthetically pleasing of all Olympic-related medals. Starting Bid $200
881. Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Silvered Bronze Medal. Non-athletic award
medal from the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale, which played host to that year’s Summer Olympics. Silvered bronze, 63.5 mm, 98 gm, by Jules-Clement Chaplain. The front depicts a profile view of Marianne, the national symbol of the French Republic; the reverse bears an athlete with a torch riding on the back of Nike, the goddess of victory, with tablet below issuing the medal to “J. Chassignard.” Stamped on the edge with the Paris mint’s cornucopia symbol and “Bronze.” Since this Olympics did not issue participation medals, these non-athletic award medals are used as a placeholder in participation medal collections. With its classic Art Nouveau style, this uncommon award exists as one of the most aesthetically pleasing of all Olympic-related medals. Starting Bid $200
882. Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Gilt Bronze Award Medal. Gorgeous non-athletic
award medal from the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale, which played host to that year’s Summer Olympics. Gilt bronze, 63.5 mm, 102 gm, by Jules-Clement Chaplain. The front depicts a profile view of Marianne, the national symbol of the French Republic; the reverse bears an athlete with a torch riding on the back of Nike, the goddess of victory, with tablet reading “Lanquetin.” Stamped on the edge with the Paris mint’s cornucopia symbol and “Bronze.” Since this Olympics did not issue participation medals, these non-athletic award medals are used as a placeholder in participation medal collections. With its brilliant Art Nouveau style, this uncommon award exists as one of the most aesthetically pleasing of all Olympic-related medals. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 245
Immensely rare 1904 St. Louis official’s participation medal
883. St. Louis 1904 Summer Olympics Official’s Participation Medal. Extremely rare official’s participation medal issued for the St. Louis 1904 Summer Olympics. Copper, 40 mm, 30 gm, by Dieges & Clust, New York. The front, inscribed, “Olympic Games, St. Louis, USA, 1904,” features an idealized nude athlete mid-stride with a laurel branch in his hand; the reverse features the lengthy text, “1803, Universal Exposition Commemorating the Olympic Games, 1904, Physical Culture Department, Frederick J. V. Skiff, Director of Exhibits,” encircled by ivy leaves with the shield emblems of St. Louis, France, and USA. Topped with a loop, this type of medal was originally suspended from a colorful ribbon and issued only to officials; those issued to athletes were identical, but lacked the loop and instead had an entirely plain edge. This is a beautiful example with a handsome, dark patina. The 1904 St. Louis is the rarest and most coveted of all Olympic participation medals. Starting Bid $2500
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884. St. Louis 1904 Collection of (4) Exposition Medals.
Group of four medals issued at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, which played host to that year’s Olympic Games. Each medal was struck from bronze alloy at the US Mint in Philadelphia, and they feature identical designs in the center by Adolph A. Weinman, with different border shapes and tablet text. Includes: a bronze “gold medal” shield, 70 mm x 70 mm, 143 gm, with a starred border and wreaths at each point, complete with its original red presentation box; a square bronze “silver medal” plaque, 67 mm x 67 mm, 176 gm, with a Fleur de Lis at each corner; a circular “bronze medal,” 65 mm, 110 gm; and a bronze “commemorative medal” shield, 70 mm x 70 mm, 144 gm, with starred border and wreaths at each point. The front of each shows a large eagle with wings spread above a tablet with award designation, “Louisiana Purchase Exposition,” and two dolphins below symbolizing the nations’ eastern and western boundaries, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; on the reverse is an allegorical figure of America sheltering a Native American maiden under her cloak, symbolically absorbing the history of native peoples into the history of the United States, with raised text encircling the image, “Universal Exposition-Saint Louis-United States of America, MCMIV.” The square “silver medal” plaque exhibits scattered tarnishing, and the corners of the “gold medal” box lid are split. Held from April 30 to December 1, 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition served as the host of the third Olympiad, the first American Olympic Games and first to take place outside of Europe. Starting Bid $200
885. Athens 1906 Intercalated Summer Olympics Gilt Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for the Athens 1906 Intercalated Summer Olympics. Gilt bronze, 50 mm, 58 gm, by Nikephoros Lytras. The front shows a seated Nike holding a laurel crown above a phoenix rising from flames, with the Acropolis in the background; the reverse bears an inscribed Greek legend within a laurel wreath, with the mint along the bottom edge, “W. Pittner, Wien.” Includes the seldom-seen original circular case. The 1906 Athens participation medal was manufactured from the unused inventory of the 1896 Athens participation medals; the only difference being that a 1906 plaque has been soldered over the original 1896 date. Starting Bid $200
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Bronze medal from the 1920 return of the Summer Games, complete with its excessively rare case
886. Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Bronze Winner’s Medal. Sought-after winner’s medal issued for the Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 81 gm, by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed “VII Olympiade”; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, “Anvers MCMXX.” Complete with its exceedingly rare red leather case, gilt-stamped with a legend indicating third place finisher, “3me Prix, VIIe Olympiade, Anvers 1920.” A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Summer Games. In spite of such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions-the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional third place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity. Winner’s medals from the 1920 Games are hardly—if ever—offered with their original presentation cases. Starting Bid $500
LA Games silver ‘souvenir’ medal 887. Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics ‘Souvenir’ Silver Medal.
Scarce ‘souvenir’ winner’s medal issued for the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics. Silver (possibly silver-plated bronze), 55 mm, 72 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli. The front, inscribed, “Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1932,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by jubilant athletes. Edge engraved “Souvenir.” A small number of spare medals were produced for the Xth Olympiad to be awarded in the rare instance of a tie or draw. Those remaining after the fact were engraved with the word “Souvenir” and bestowed to select highranking officials and various others. A considerably rare LA Olympics medal. Starting Bid $300
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888. Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics Participation Medal. Uncommon participation
medal issued for the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 69 mm, 147 gm, by Julio Kilenyi. The front depicts an athlete standing with an unfurled Olympic flag reading “Xth Olympiad 1932.” The reverse features two seated female figures supporting the shield of the United States under raised text, “Los Angeles, California”; the figure on the left is holding an olive branch, and the other rests her hand on a shield bearing the seals of the State of California and the City of Los Angeles. Edge bears the engraved maker’s mark of the mint, “WhiteheadHoag.” Includes a handsome non-original vintage presentation case. Starting Bid $200
Scarce bronze participation medal from the fourth winter Olympiad
890. Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for the Garmisch
1936 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 71 gm, by Kunststickerei M. Jorres. The front, inscribed, “Olympische Winterspiele, 1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,” features the Olympic rings over an alpine summit; the reverse bears the Olympic motto, “Citius Altius Fortius,” over a fir branch. Only 1,660 of these were struck, making it one of the rarer participation medals. Starting Bid $200
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Large bronze winner’s medal from the IV Winter Olympiad
891. Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Bronze Winner’s Medal. Rare winner’s medal issued for the Garmisch 1936
Winter Olympics. Bronze, 101 mm, 297 grams, struck by Deschler and Sohn of Munich, Germany, and designed by Richard Klein. The front features a female holding a victory wreath and riding a triga on arch above winter sports equipment, with raised text, “Garmisch-Partenkirchen”; the reverse shows the Olympic rings encircled with raised text, “IV Olympische, Winterspiele 1936.” Only 755 athletes competed in these games, with a total of 36 gold, 36 silver, and 36 bronze medals minted, making these large medals exceedingly scarce and desirable amongst collectors. One of the very largest of Olympic medals. Starting Bid $2500
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892. Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics Swimming Participation Badge. Participant’s badge issued for swimming at
the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Bronze, 43 mm x 110 mm, 14 gm, manufactured by Lauer, featuring the Olympics rings over the Brandenburg Gate. The front is engraved “XL Olympiade Berlin 1936, 3911.” The gilt lettering on the dark blue ribbon, “Schwimmen,” has faded to essential indecipherability. Starting Bid $200
Classic 1948 London relay torch, complete with original burner 893. London 1948 Summer Olympics Torch. Sought-after official 1948
London Olympics torch, comprised of aluminum alloy, measuring 16˝ in length and 5.75˝ at its widest point, designed by Ralph Lavers. The upper part is designed in the shape of a cauldron with three ‘cut-outs’ of the Olympic rings, encircled below by the inscription, “Olympia to London, with thanks to the bearer: XIVth Olympiad 1948.” Complete with its rare steel burner cylinder, which is rusted through on the top. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, on July 17, 1948, and traveled a total of 3,365 km before reaching the opening ceremony at Wembley Stadium on July 29. The 1948 Olympics in London represented the first Summer Games since 1936 after a twelve-year hiatus due to World War II. The total number of torches manufactured was 1,688. A classically designed torch from the second ever Olympic torch relay. Starting Bid $500
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894. Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation
medal issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Bronze, 45 mm, 48 gm, by Constantino Affer. The front features the head of Victory crowned with Olympic rings and encircled with raised text, “VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali”; the reverse depicts a snowflake over Mt. Pomagagnon, with raised text, “Citius, Altius, Fortius, Cortina 1956.” Starting Bid $200
895. Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participa-
tion medal issued for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 63 mm, 105 gm, by Andor Meszaros. The front depicts the Olympic motto encircled by pairs of athletes following the march of a flag-bearer; the reverse bears the Melbourne coat of arms and Olympic rings, with raised text along the top, “Olympic Games Melbourne, 1956.” Complete with its original circular plastic case. Starting Bid $200
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896. Stockholm 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal
issued for the equestrian events held in Stockholm for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 38 mm x 50 mm, 39 gm, by John Sjosvard. Inspired by a sculpture in the Parthenon, the front, inscribed around the upper border, “XVI Olympiadens Ryttartavlingar Stockholm 1956,” features an ancient Greek horse and rider on a platform, with the Olympic rings below; the reverse face is plain. Due to Australian agricultural quarantine regulations, the equestrian events of the XVI Olympiad were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden, making the 1956 Summer Games the second Olympics not to be held entirely in one country; the 1920 Olympics, which Antwerp, Belgium co-hosted with Amsterdam and Ostend, were the first. Given the low number of participants in the equestrian events—158 in total—Stockholm medals remain rare and highly sought-after. Starting Bid $300
897. Rome 1960 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal
issued for the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 55 mm, 78 gm, by Emilio Greco. The front features a nude female torchbearer superimposed over Olympic rings; the reverse bears a convocation of eagles soaring high above the Olympic stadium, with raised Italian text encircling the edge. Starting Bid $200
Tokyo’s iconic 1964 ‘flare’ torch 899. Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics Torch. Official 1964 Tokyo Olympics torch,
consisting of a blackened aluminum alloy bowl and a stainless steel cylinder, measuring 25.5? in length and 6.75? at its widest point. Manufactured by Nippon Light Metal Co., the bowl is engraved “XVII Olympiad Tokyo 1964” with a set of Olympic rings, and the lower portion of the cylinder bears the Tokyo Games logo and reads “Showa Kaseihin Co., Ltd., 3-1964.” Some scattered nicks and dings to the bowl and cylinder, and upper portion of the cylinder notably darkened and discolored. The Olympic torch was carried for 51 days by 870 runners for a total of 26,065 kilometers. Designed on the principle of the coal-mine safety lamp, the Tokyo Olympic torch was filled with priming powder and fumigant, a two-component ignition material that needed to be wind and rain resistant, and which could both easily ignite and extinguish. Its effect was similar to that of a flare, and it proved a safe and reliable instrument over the course of its hemisphere-trotting relay. Although a typhoon and various plane issues caused a one-day delay late in the schedule, the triumphant final relay by Yoshinori Sakai through Tokyo’s National Olympic Stadium on October 10, 1964, served as a defining moment for a still healing post-war Japan. This torch beautifully represents the moment the fifth ring of the Olympiad touched down on Asian soil. Starting Bid $500
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900. Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation
medal issued for the Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 68 mm, 158 gm, by J. M. Coeffin. The front depicts a Greek athlete wearing a headband superimposed against a background of snowflakes; the reverse bears the Grenoble Games emblem and a city view with the Belledonne mountain range in the background, with raised text along the bottom, “X Jeux Olympiques D’Hiver.” An impressive medal with boldly realized designs to either side. Starting Bid $200
901. Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics CNO Badge. Scarce gold-plated badge for
the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games, 38 mm x 51 mm, featuring the Grenoble Games emblem with bottom white enamel bar inscribed, “C.N.O. [Comite National Olympique].” The metal badge was designed by Arthus Bertrand of Paris. Starting Bid $200
902. Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics Committee Badge. Scarce
gold-plated director’s access badge for the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games, 38 mm x 51 mm, featuring the Grenoble Games emblem with green enamel bar inscribed, “C.O.J.O.” Issued to a member of the Committee d’Organisation des Jeux Olympique. The metal badge was designed by Arthus Bertrand of Paris. Members of the committee received a green badge, while this rare goldplated type was reserved for directors. Starting Bid $200 254 | February 7, 2018 | OLYMPICS
903. Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics Badge. Attractive
gold-plated ‘Guest of Honor’ badge for the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic Games, 38 mm x 43 mm, featuring an enamel emblem of the Grenoble Games. The metal badge was designed by Arthus Bertrand of Paris. Starting Bid $200
904. Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics Copper Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for
the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics. Copper, 50 mm x 50 mm, 116 gm, by Lance Wyman. The front depicts various Olympic sport pictograms and the Mexico City Games emblem; the reverse is engraved between two parallel lines, “Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada.” A highly detailed Olympic medal with a distinctly appealing design. Starting Bid $200
905. Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal
issued for the Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 136 gm, by Shigeo Fukuda. The front depicts the Sapporo Olympic emblem; the reverse features a stylized athlete with arrows on his arms and legs. Starting Bid $200
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906. Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics Silvered Bronze Participation Medal. Participa-
tion medal issued for the Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics. Silvered bronze, 50 mm, 32 gm, by W. Pichl. The front depicts the Innsbruck Olympic emblem on ice crystals surrounded by text, “XII Olympische Winterspiele”; the reverse portrays the Bergisel ski jump with a panorama of Innsbruck and the Austrian Alps in the background. Starting Bid $200
907. Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics Copper Participation Medal. Participation medal
issued for the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. Copper, 45 mm, 40 gm, by G. Huel/P. Pelletier. The front features the Montreal Olympic stadium above two lines of raised text, “XXle Olympiade, Montreal 1976”; the reverse bears the Montreal Games logo. Complete with its original black leather case. Starting Bid $200
908. Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics Nickel-Silver Participation Medal. Participa-
tion medal issued for the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics. Nickel-silver, 76 mm, 202 gm, by Marcel Jovine/ Neil Kennedy. The front depicts modern relief views of the nine winter sports; the reverse bears the Lake Placid Games emblem encircled by the raised words of the Olympic oath in four concentric circles. Complete with its original blue box with cardboard sleeve. Starting Bid $200
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909. Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics IOC Participation Badge. Official badge for
the 83rd International Olympic Committee session in Moscow, measuring 1.25 x 2.5 with a 3˝ long green ribbon suspended below, featuring Olympic rings at the top and a Moscow image in the center, reading, “83 I.O.C. Session, Moscow, 1980,” and engraved at the bottom, “C. N. O.” In fine condition. At this session, Juan Antonio Samaranch was elected as president of the IOC. Starting Bid $200
911. Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for the Calgary
1988 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 64 mm, 133 gm, by Cornelius Martens. The front depicts the Calgary Games emblem and raised French and English text, “Calgary 1988, XV Olympic Winter Games”; the reverse bears a panoramic view of Calgary, the Saddledome Stadium, and the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with the Olympic motto below. Complete with its brown velvet case. Starting Bid $200
910. Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Torch. Official 1980 Moscow Olympics torch, comprised of aluminum, measuring 22˝ in length and 4˝ at its widest point, designed by Boris Tutschin. The gray body features red text in Cyrillic, “Moscow-Olympiad-1980,” and a gold-colored top of the handle bears the emblem of the Games and Olympic rings. The top is also accented with a golden ring. Burner remains in place. Some scuffs and a few dings and dents to the body. In all, about 5,435 torchbearers participated in the relay, which lasted from June 19 to July 19. These Olympics were especially controversial due to the USSR’s recent invasion of Afghanistan, and the United States led 65 countries in a boycott of the Games. Starting Bid $200
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912. Albertville 1992 Winter Chrome-Plated Steel Olympics Participation Medal. Par-
ticipation medal issued for the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics. Chrome-plated steel, 68 mm, 198 gm, by Renee Mayott and struck by the official French Mint, Monnaie de Paris. The front depicts the Albertville Games emblem encircled with French and English text, “XVI Olympic Winter Games 8-23 February 92, XVI Jeux Olympiques D’hiver 8–23 Fevrier 92”; the reverse depicts a star hanging over the Alps and Olympic rings, encircled with the Olympic motto, “Citius, Altius, Fortius, Albertville 92.” Starting Bid $200
Barcelona’s impressive modernist torch 913. Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics Torch. Official 1992 Bar-
celona Olympics torch, comprised of aluminum and plastic, measuring 26˝ in length and 7˝ at its widest point, designed by Andre Ricard. The metal body is inscribed in gold text, “XXV Olimpiada Barcelona 1992,” and bears the emblem of the Games. Exhibits noticeable wear to the rubber grip. The massive fifty-day relay included nearly 9,500 torchbearers who carried the Olympic flame by foot and bicycle for a total of 5,940 km throughout Spain. The lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremonies was especially memorable, as Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo ignited the cauldron by shooting an arrow lit from the Olympic flame. A large, attractive torch with a decidedly modern design. Starting Bid $300 258 | February 7, 2018 | OLYMPICS
914. Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. 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
Choice unused 1996 Atlanta relay torch 915. Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics Torch. Official
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics torch, constructed of gold-plated brass, aluminum, and Georgian pecan hardwood, measuring 31.75˝ in length and 2.5˝ at its widest point. Designed by Peter Mastrogiannis, the wooden handle represents the connection of the flame between heaven and earth, and the torch’s twentytwo reeds, representing every host city of the Olympic Games since 1896, are gathered by bands at the top and bottom, with the top displaying the Atlanta Games logo and the quilt of leaves design, and the bottom band listing all Olympic cities and their dates since 1896. The torch relay was run from April 27 to July 19, 1966, and covered 26,875 km across the United States by over 12,000 torchbearers. Its journey included a trek on the Pony Express, a ride on the Union Pacific Railroad, and the first instance in which an Olympic relay torch made its way into space when it was carried aboard Space Shuttle Columbia as part of STS-78. A highly appealing relay torch from the Centennial Olympic Games. Starting Bid $200
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916. Atlanta 1996 Summer Paralympics Gold Winner’s Medal. Win-
ner’s medal issued for the Atlanta 1996 Summer Paralympics. Gilt silver, 82 mm, 214 gm, by Copeland Hirthler Design. The front of the medal, inscribed “1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games,” features the Paralympic Games emblem above stylized flames representing the human spirit and Blaze, the mascot of the Atlanta Paralympic Games; the reverse features a braille inscription. The first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, the Atlanta Games were held from August 16 to 25, and were attended by 104 participating nations. The Games consisted of 508 events spread over twenty sports, and witnessed a total of 1577 athletes taking home medals—518 of these gold first-place prizes were awarded. Since their inauguration in 1948, the Paralympic Games have taken place in the same years as the Olympic Games and have adopted many celebrated Olympic traditions, including the torch relay, opening and closing ceremonies, the lighting of a cauldron, and the presentation of gold, silver, and bronze medals. A desirable winner’s medal from the Paralympic Games, which have become increasingly popular events worldwide. Starting Bid $200
Gorgeous IOC centennial torch
917. International Olympics Committee 1996 Centennial Torch. Uncommon official International Olympic committee (IOC) centennial torch, constructed of aluminum and wood, measuring 21.75? in length and 6? at its widest point. The main body is ribbed in a fashion similar to the twenty-two reeds found on the Atlanta torch, with a band above the wooden handle engraved with the names all the host cities and their dates since 1896. This unique torch was lit in Greece on March 30, 1996, and designed specifically for use at an event in Athens hosted by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first modern Games. Representatives from each host city since 1896 attended and participated in a torch run inside Athens Olympic Stadium using these torches. An elegant, unused torch commemorating one hundred years of Olympic excellence. Starting Bid $200
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918. Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 137 gm. The front features a forest of small trees on a mountain side with a curve denoting a ski slope; the reverse bears the Nagano Games logo and a wreath effect along the rim. Complete with its original white paper sleeve with foam holder. Starting Bid $200
919. Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics Participation Medal. Participation medal is-
sued for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Silver-colored, 50 mm, 69 gm. The front depicts the Sydney Olympic emblem surrounded by the ‘fluid energy’ motif used for the Games; the reverse bears the Olympic rings and reads, “The Games of the XXVII Olympiad,” surrounded by the same motif. Complete with its clear plastic case and blue presentation box, with slight wear to the box. Starting Bid $200
920. Torino 2006 Winter Olympics Pewter Participation Medal. Participation medal
issued for the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. Pewter, 40 mm, 33 gm, by Quatrini. The front depicts the Torino Games emblem with the Aqueduct of Alpignano above; the reverse bears several rays of ice crystals and the Olympic rings and motto below. Complete with its original cardboard and plastic case. Starting Bid $200
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921. Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Participation Medal. Participation medal issued for the Beijing 2008 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 wooden presentation case. Starting Bid $200
922. Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Diploma. Uncommon official fifth-place diploma from the 2008 Beijing Summer
Olympics made of a luxurious Chinese silk backed by cardstock, 18 x 13.75, issued to Mark Todd as a member of New Zealand’s eventing equestrian team. Includes the gorgeous original presentation box with hand fan. Starting Bid $200
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923.
London 2012 Summer Olympics Torch.
Sought-after official 2012 London Olympics torch, comprised of metal and aluminum, measuring 31.5˝ in length and 4.25˝ at its widest point, designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, and manufactured in collaboration by Tecosim, LPG Gas, Bullfinch and Premier Sheet Metal. The gold-colored torch body consists of two envelopes of aluminum alloy perforated with 8,000 circles, a number which matches with both the amount of torchbearers and the United Kingdom relay miles, and features a golden metal logo of the Games near the top. The triangular shape refers to the multiples of three found in the Olympic movement’s values of excellence, friendship, and respect, the Olympic motto of ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius,’ and London’s hosting of the Games for the third time. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia on May 10, 2012, and embarked on an eight-day journey across Greece and Crete before flying over to London. Commencing in Land’s End in Cornwall on May 19, the UK portion of the relay was designed so that 95 percent of the population of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey would be a maximum of one hour from the torch route. After seventy days and 15,775 total km, the massive relay touched down in London’s Olympic Stadium on July 27. A truly regal and gorgeous example of an Olympic torch, and a work of art that earned the Design of the Year Award at London’s Design Museum. Starting Bid $300
924. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Torch. Official 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics torch, constructed of aluminum and various polymers, measuring 37.5˝ in length and 5.75˝ at its widest point, developed by a team of designers led by Vladimir Pirozhkov and Andrei Vodyanik. The torch was modeled after the feather of a Firebird or phoenix, which symbolizes good luck or fortune in Russian folklore, and was immortalized in Igor Stravinsky’s eponymous ballet. The torch’s silver color represents winter ice, and the red, the traditional color of Russian sport, denotes the fires kindling in the mountains around the resort. The upper portion bears the Sochi Games logo, with two labels near the handle, both reading “134.” One of these labels sealed the metal cover over the body, and the seal has been broken; the cover sits slightly crooked against the body. Complete with its original torch relay carrying bag. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, on September 13, 2013, and made its way onto Russian soil on October 7, traveling through all eighty-three regions of the Russian Federation during its five-month and 65,000 km relay. Additionally, other specially designed Sochi torches reached the North Pole, the summit of Mount Elbrus, submerged thirteen meters into Lake Baikal, and another even entered outer space, with cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Rayazansky passing the torch outside the International Space Station. Inspired by the feather that bestows good luck in its purest form upon its bearer, this is a wonderful and uniquely designed torch. Starting Bid $200
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Carried in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic relay 925. Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Torch With Original Display and Accompaniments. Official 2016 Rio
de Janeiro Summer Olympics torch, constructed of recycled aluminum and colored resin, measuring 27˝ in length and 3.5˝ at its widest point, designed by Sao Paulo studio Chelles & Hayashi and manufactured by Recam Laser. The torch features a white body that automatically expands upon being lit to reveal multicolored segments drawn from the hues of the Brazilian flag, representing the natural wonders surrounding the host city. The Rio Olympic emblem also adorns the top. Includes the original brown carrying bag, tube (top cap missing), a custom-made display stand featuring details of the Rio relay itinerary and a map, and an official Rio 2016 certificate of authenticity issued to torchbearer Matthew Chotos. The torch relay began in Olympia on April 21, and concluded on August 5 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janiero, after visiting over three hundred of Brazil’s towns and cities. A record number of countries participated in the Rio Games, including first time entrants Kosovo and South Sudan. Ten thousand and nine hundred athletes participated in 306 medalling events of 45 sports disciplines. A rare opportunity to own a relay torch from the most recent Summer Olympic games. Starting Bid $300
926. Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Winner’s Medal Presentation Tray. Attractive
official Rio 2016 Summer Olympics wooden award presentation tray, measuring approximately 21.5 x 15.75 x .5, emblazoned on the front rim with white text, “Rio 2016.” Reverse bears an affixed leatherette Rio memorabilia label. Accompanied by an official Rio certificate of authenticity. During the award ceremonies, medals and trophies were carried to winning athletes upon these wooden trays. Starting Bid $200
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The official torch of the 2018 Winter Olympiad 927. PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Torch. Official 2018 Py-
eongChang Winter Olympics torch, constructed of a white metal exterior shell with gold-colored metal interior, measuring 27.5˝ in length and 3.25˝ at its widest point, designed and manufactured by Young-se Kim, Inno Design / Groupe Hanhwa. At the top, the exterior shell is divided into five vertical branches to form a pentagonal shape, representing the sporting passion and spirit that unites the five Olympic continents (Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia). A colorful raised PyeongChang 2018 emblem decorates the body of the torch, and the handle is printed with golden stars and bears an identification label: “001–096.” The white and gold colors used in the design represent the snow and ice of the Winter Games, as well as the Olympic flame, and correspond with the color scheme of the PyeongChang relay. The 700 millimeter length of the torch represents the altitude of PyeongChang, which lies 700 meters above sea level. The torch is specially designed so that the flame can burn continuously despite inclement weather: it generates an air tunnel that sends more oxygen to the flame, and a pentagonal hole at the bottom of the torch allows water to drain. Complete with its drawstring bag and carrying tube. Accompanied by the official PyeongChang 2018 Olympic torchbearer certificate, which reads, in part: “The International Olympic Committee and the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are proud to recognize you for your active participation as a Torchbearer in our journey to ‘Let Everyone Shine’ and your outstanding contribution toward the success of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Torch Relay.” Also includes the certificate folder. The flame-lighting ceremony for the 2018 Games was held in Olympia, Greece, on October 24, 2017. Following an eight-day and 2,100 kilometer journey around Greece, the flame arrived on Korean soil in Incheon on November 1st, to commence the 101-day relay toward PyeongChang Olympic Stadium, where the Olympic cauldron will be lit on February 9, 2018. The relay aims to highlight the country’s leading technologies, traditional culture, and most spectacular sites, and will feature about 7,500 torchbearers in total. A truly stunning Olympic torch that features a harmonious union of traditional and modern aesthetic—an exceedingly rare opportunity to own a torch from the forthcoming Olympic Games. Starting Bid $500
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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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