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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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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*
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BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES
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Showing strong leadership for his men, Washington writes to Governor Trumbull to repay patriot soldiers at the end of the Revolution 1. George Washington Letter Signed. Revolutionary War-dated LS signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.75 x 12.75,
June 11, 1783. Written from the “Head Quarters” of the Continental Army, a letter to Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, forwarding paperwork relative to the reimbursement of Army officers, in full: “I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency the Collection of papers which was promised in my Letter of last Week. I have the Honor to be, With great Regard & Esteem, Sir Your Excellency’s Most obedient & humble servant.” In very good condition, with overall staining, and repairs on the reverse to fold separations. On June 8, 1783, General Washington wrote a circular to the chief executives of the American states, and through them to the American people, a letter of farewell that outlined four necessities for the survival of the United States as an independent republic: that the Union remain organized under a supreme governing body; that the debt of the nation accrued during the War of Independence be repaid; that militia be of a high and consistent standard throughout the country; and that a peaceful relationship exist between all citizens of the United States, regardless of region. As is echoed in this very letter, Washington similarly advocated for Congress to compensate the soldiers, officers, and veterans of the Continental Army. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare brass ‘1789 Memorable Era’ button from Washington’s inauguration 3. George Washington Brass ‘Dated Eagle’ Inauguration Button. Sought-
after brass shank button issued for the presidential inauguration of George Washington, 1.75˝ in diameter, with the front featuring a central eagle encircled with engraved text: “March the Fourth, 1789 Memorable Era.” Reverse retains the original shank. It has been majoritively accepted that this button was made shortly before March 4, 1789, the day Washington’s inauguration was originally scheduled. Likewise, it is believed that Washington’s inaugural suit of brown cloth from the Hartford Manufactory was adorned with gilt buttons decorated with an eagle by the engraver William Rollinson. However, no surviving examples have been located, and no direct relation between those buttons and the ‘Dated Eagle’ type offered here has been established. Starting Bid $200
4. John Adams Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 14.25, January 15, 1799. President John Adams, “in consideration of military service performed by Robert Thompson (a soldier for the war) to the United States, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment,” grants a plot of land to an assignee containing “two hundred acres situate between the little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. Matted and framed with a portrait and plaque to an overall size of 30.5 x 25.25. In very good condition, with overall staining, somewhat affecting the readability of the body of the document. The land referred to here, known as the Virginia Military District (in what is now Ohio), consisted of a tract in the southwestern part of the state that contained more than four million acres. General George Washington had enticed residents to join the Continental Army by offering them large bounties in land in exchange for either three years of service, or the duration of the war. After the Revolution, state officials used the land to award claims to veterans in exchange for their military service. Starting Bid $300
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Handwritten letter by Jefferson, forwarding funds to Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko
5. Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7 x 3.5, January 27, 1812. Handwritten letter from Monticello, addressed to “Jonathan Smith esquire, Cashier of the Bank of Pensylvania,” in full: “Please to pay to the order of John Barnes of the half year’s dividend, due and payable on the 1st instant on Gen’l Kosciuszko’s twenty shares of Pensylvania bank stock.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Jefferson. Handsomely matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 14 x 16.75. In very good to fine condition, with several edge tears, and a restored area of paper loss to the bottom edge, affecting the start of the word “Philadelphia.” Jefferson was a close friend of Kosciuszko, who had served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolution and oversaw the construction of state-of-the-art fortifications, including those at West Point. When Kosciuszko revisited the U.S. in 1797-98, he gave Jefferson power of attorney to administer the $12,000 that Congress had paid him for his Revolutionary service. Jefferson turned the management of these funds over to John Barnes, his own financial agent, who forwarded interest payments regularly to Europe for Kosciuszko’s use. The offered document is part of these transactions. Starting Bid $1000
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6. James Madison Partial Document Signed as President. Partly-printed
DS as president, one page, 4.25 x 8.75, September 26, 1811. The English-language section of a four-language ship’s papers issued to “John Murphy, master or commander of the Schooner called Globe… lying at present in the port of Baltimore and bound for Bordeaux, and laden with Sugar, Coffee & Logwood.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by President James Madison. Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 21.25 x 17.5. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, paper loss to the top, and a tiny edge tear just touching the last letter of the signature. Starting Bid $200
One day after his election, Senator Monroe asks to borrow money
7. James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, November 10,
1790. Letter to Mr. Browne, in part: “Will Mr. Browne be so obliging as advance me 20 or 25 guineas tonight & wait the repayment on the 15 or 20th of next month to his order in Phil’d. I take the liberty to mention the subject to him, from a belief it will be more convenient to him than any other person & from a disposition on my part to make every attention to his & Mr. Donald’s command they may think proper to honor me with whilst there.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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8. James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President and Secretary of State. Partlyprinted vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10.25 x 14, May 2, 1821. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued to the “Ship Imperial of New York, Peter Destebecho Jr. master or commander… To Pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandize without any hinderance seisure or molestation.” Signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and Secretary of State Adams. The beige paper seal remains affixed to the lower left. Mounted, matted, and framed with two engravings bearing facsimile signatures to an overall size of 36 x 23.5. In fine condition, with light soiling and creasing. Starting Bid $200
9. Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Document Signed as President and Secretary of State. Partlyprinted vellum DS, signed “Andrew Jackson” as president and “M. Van Buren” as secretary of state, one page, 11.25 x 14.5, February 27, 1830. A patent issued to Philip Benedict, who “hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement in the stove to be heated with stone coal.” Signed at the conclusion by President Jackson, Secretary of State Van Buren, and Attorney General John M. Berrien. Mounted, matted, and framed with two engravings bearing facsimile signatures to an overall size of 34 x 23.5. In fine condition, with the two signatures a couple of shades light, and the handwritten text of the document quite light but legible. Starting Bid $200
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32 volumes signed by Millard Fillmore on behalf of his wife
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10. Millard Fillmore Signed Books. Impressive signed book set: Cooper’s Novels, With a Discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of the Author by William Cullen Bryant, in 32 volumes. NY: W.A. Townsend and Company, 1859–1861. Each volume is signed on the front pastedown by Fillmore on behalf of his wife, with variations including “Mrs. Millard Fillmore” (14), “Mrs. C. C. Fillmore” (5), and “Mrs. Caroline C. Fillmore” (13). In addition, Caroline also signed and dated many of the volumes on the title page. An impressive set of the works of James Fenimore Cooper, from the Fillmore family library. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with general wear. This set was deaccessioned from the Buffalo and Erie County Historical library, the public library of which was co-founded by the Fillmores, (and to which they donated much of their library), and as such has the expected library stickers on the spines. A decidedly impressive presidential set. Starting Bid $1000
11. Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis Document Signed as President and Secretary of War. Partly-printed
vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce” as president and “Jeffer. Davis” as secretary of war, one page, 15 x 19, January 24, 1857. President Pierce appoints Samuel S. Carroll as a “Second Lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Pierce and countersigned by Secretary of War Davis. The beige paper seal remains affixed to the upper left. Matted and framed with two engravings to an overall size of 30 x 28.5. In very good to fine condition, with overall rippling, Pierce’s signature a couple of shades light, and Davis’ signature extremely light but still legible. Starting Bid $200
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President Lincoln—along with fellow abolitionists and the ‘father of battlefield medicine’—endorses the promotion of a cavalry lieutenant in 1862
12. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President. Superlative Civil War–dated autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” penned on the reverse of a letter written to him by members of the 38th Congress, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 7, 1862. The letter, recommending Simeon J. Davenport “for the Position of Second Lieutenant of the U.S. Cavalry,” is endorsed by Senators Zachariah Chandler and Jacob M. Howard, and Congressmen Bradley F. Granger, Francis W. Kellogg, Rowland E. Trowbridge, and Isaac N. Arnold; it boasts further handwritten endorsements by Colonel Benjamin Lloyd Beall and Assistant Surgeon Jonathan Letterman. On the reverse, President Lincoln writes: “Let this appointment be made if there be any vacancy not already committed to any other.” In fine condition, with professional reinforcements to folds. In addition to the obvious desirability of Lincoln’s clear, legible endorsement as president, the other important signers of this document add to its significance. Of particular note are Chandler, a supporter of the Underground Railroad, vocal advocate for the abolition of slavery, and later Secretary of the Interior under Grant; Arnold, who, in 1864, introduced the first resolution in Congress proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, and later wrote a biography of Lincoln; and Letterman, who is credited as the originator of modern methods of battlefield medical management. A spectacular Civil War-era piece. Starting Bid $1000
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President Lincoln discharges an “insane” Southern sympathizer—an endorsement once owned by self-improvement author Dale Carnegie 13. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President. Civil War–dated autograph endorsement signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” on a 2.75 x 3 slip clipped from a larger document, February 12, 1865. Lincoln writes, in full: “In a long verbal conversation with Mr. Judge Fisher assured, as within, of his confident belief that Dr. Worrell is partially insane I suppose that on this ground he should be discharged.” A handwritten collector’s note penciled on the reverse, signed by E. Huse and dated 1937, states that this is a genuine Lincoln autograph. In very good condition, with light staining and toning, and a thin strip of old tape along the top edge. This note is published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8, noting that it was owned by famous self-improvement writer Dale Carnegie, who authored the biography ‘Lincoln the Unknown.’ Starting Bid $500
Iconic oversized portrait of President Lincoln and son Tad 16. Abraham Lincoln and Tad Lincoln Oversized Albumen Photograph. Iconic oversized 7 x 9 albumen photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad, taken by Mathew Brady’s assistant Anthony Berger on February 9, 1864. Affixed to a slightly larger mount, and double-matted and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 20.25. In fine condition, with some small spots to the image, and toning to corners of the mount. Starting Bid $200
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15. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas: Political Debates First Edition Book. Historically
significant first edition book: Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois. First edition, first printing (with “2” at the bottom of page 17 as required). Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Hardcover bound in publisher’s original cloth, 6.5 x 9.5, 268 pages. The ‘Correspondence’ leaf features Lincoln’s letter to the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio acceding to the publication of his speeches, and the leaf preceding the first numbered page is blank and genuine. Book condition: VG-/None, with an ink notation and small tear at the bottom of the title page, a few pencil ownership inscriptions, rubbed boards cracked at joints and somewhat loose, and minor foxing to textblock; the binding is tight and pages generally clean. This is the first published edition of the famed debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, which launched Lincoln into national prominence. Published as a presidential campaign tool in April 1860, these collected speeches became a bestseller, and by the time of Lincoln’s official nomination, some 30,000 copies were in circulation. Douglas complained of the publication that ‘Mr. Lincoln’s speeches have been refined, corrected, and improved…while mine have been mutilated and in some instances the meaning changed.’ A scarce and sought-after example of an important work in American political history. Starting Bid $200
17. Abraham Lincoln 1860 Presidential Campaign Ferrotype Button. Very desirable ferrotype button from the
1860 presidential campaign, 1˝ in diameter, featuring a portrait of a beardless Abraham Lincoln on one side, with his vice presidential running mate Hannibal Hamlin on the other. Their portraits are encircled with raised text, “Abraham Lincoln, 1860” and “Hannibal Hamlin, 1860.” In fine condition, with Hamlin’s image slightly blurry, and a speck of emulsion loss to each. Starting Bid $200
14. Abraham Lincoln 1864 Presidential Campaign Ferrotype Button. Extremely desirable
ferrotype button from the 1864 presidential campaign, 1˝ in diameter, featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side, with his vice presidential running mate Andrew Johnson on the other. Their portraits are encircled with raised text, “For President, Abraham Lincoln” and “For Vice President, Andrew Johnson.” In fine condition, with some slight imperfections to images. Starting Bid $200
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18. Abraham Lincoln 1864 Presidential Campaign Ferrotype Button. Unusual ferrotype button from the 1864 presidential campaign, .75˝ in diameter, featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side, marked as “A. Lincoln,” with his vice presidential running mate Andrew Johnson on the other, “Johnson.” Both sides of the brass button featured raised text: “P-T. Apr. 2. 1861.” In fine condition, with both images slightly dark, and soldering remnants to Johnson side. Starting Bid $200
19. Abraham Lincoln Bust by Gutzon Borglum. Handsome
plaster bust of Abraham Lincoln created by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, measuring approximately 7.5˝ tall, 5.25˝ wide, and 5˝ deep, with his signature and date etched into the right side: “Gutzon Borglum, 1912.” A fragment of granite stone is inset in the base, perhaps derived from one of Borglum’s colossal works. In very good to fine condition, with a few minor flecks and chips to the bronzepatina paint. Starting Bid $200
Important electoral poll book recording Southern Indiana’s opposition to Lincoln in 1864
20. Abraham Lincoln 1864 Presidential Election Poll Book. Important presi-
dential poll book from the town of Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, 16 pages, 8.5 x 14, November 8, 1864. The book reveals opposition against Lincoln in Southern Indiana, recording 344 votes for the George B. McLellan/George H. Pendleton ticket against 245 votes for the Abraham Lincoln/Andrew Johnson ticket. Inside, the document logs the names of 590 voters in Corydon. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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21. Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14 x 10.25, January 22, 1866. President Johnson appoints Edwin F. Cook of New Jersey as “Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America, to Chile.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Johnson and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State William Hunter. The white seal affixed to the lower left corner remains fully intact. In fine condition, with a missing lower right corner tip. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
23. U. S. Grant Document Signed as President.
Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 10.5, May 15, 1869. President Grant appoints James M. Reed as “Deputy Postmaster at Steubenville, in the State of Ohio.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Grant, and countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with old tape on the back of some splitting to the intersecting folds. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
Unusually oversized portrait of Grant 22. U. S. Grant Oversized Portrait. Huge original 15 x 17.75 albumen portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform taken by Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia after Lincoln’s assassination, affixed to its original 16.75 x 19.5 mount. Beautifully matted and framed to an overall size of 29 x 33. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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Scarce ALS as president—FDR is forced to cancel plans due to his son’s emergency surgery
25. Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, [September 9, 1938]. Letter to “Uncle Fred,” his mother’s brother Frederic Delano, in full: “All my nice plans for going to Algonac tomorrow for your Birthday are off—for I go to Rochester tonight & Jimmy’s operation is Monday. Meanwhile ever so many Happy Returns—You are the grandest person I know—in every way.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House transmittal envelope addressed in FDR’s own hand, “Hon. F. A. Delano.” As Hitler set his sights on the Sudetenland, escalating the situation abroad, the U.S. president faced his own struggles at home. After previously unsuccessful treatments for a small gastric ulcer, Roosevelt’s son James was scheduled for emergency surgery on September 12th. Canceling plans to attend his uncle’s 75th birthday celebration at the Delano family estate in Algonac, he offers his warmest wishes for “ever so many Happy Returns.” A kind, sincere, and decidedly rare handwritten letter from the president, setting aside his private worries and international concerns. Starting Bid $500
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Three days before the approval of the 1935 Neutrality Act—“Things do look serious in Europe but we have passed so many serious crises during the past few years that I still hope” 26. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House
letterhead, August 28, 1935. Letter marked “Personal” and directed to Norman Hapgood, in full: “Many thanks for your notes. The Senate Resolution has been much modified and an actual reading of it shows that it takes away little Executive authority except the embargo on certain types of arms and munitions (the type to be determined by me) between now and next February. Discretion must, of course, remain in the Executive in the long run. Things do look serious in Europe but we have passed so many serious crises during the past few years that I still hope.” In fine condition. Three days after this letter, the Neutrality Act of 1935 was passed by Congress on August 31, 1935, and imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. Roosevelt invoked the act after Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in October 1935, which prevented all arms and ammunition shipments to both countries. FDR letters boasting content presaging World War II and referencing important policies are both scarce and very desirable. Starting Bid $200
FDR directs Treasury Secretary Morgenthau to “hold everything” with Lockheed until his return 27. Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President.
Rare ALS in pencil as president, signed “Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Handwritten memo to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., marked “Restricted,” in full: “Think I approve your suggestion about Lockheed but in view of fact nomination cannot possibly go in till my return please hold everything.” In fine condition. Consignor notes that Roosevelt wrote this while aboard the famous cruiser USS Houston, which he sailed on several times during his presidency. It is unusual for such a message not to have been retained in the presidential archives. Its plain nature—in pencil on a lined sheet—is compensated for by its rarity as such an important directive. Starting Bid $200
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28. Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book. Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 192 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5, 384 pages. Signed on the beautifully designed colophon in fountain pen by Roosevelt below a watercolor vignette of the White House. The original owner’s name, “Louis A. Boulay,” is also stamped on the cover. Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG/None, with scuffing and edgewear to leather. Starting Bid $200
President Truman awards John W. Snyder the Medal of Merit for his “financing and construction of facilities required for the successful prosecution of the war”
30. Harry S. Truman Documents Signed. Historic custom-made green Morocco leather scrapbook, 14 x 11, imprinted on the front cover, “The Medal for Merit, John W. Snyder,” containing two documents signed by Truman: one awarding him the Medal for Merit in 1947, signed by signed at the conclusion by President Truman and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; and the citation to accompany the award of the Medal for Merit, recognizing his Snyder’s “exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the United States” as Executive Vice President of the Defense Plant Corporation, signed at the conclusion by President Truman. In overall fine condition, with light wear to the leather covers. As head of the Defense Plant Corporation, Snyder directed the financing of the facilities at Oak Ridge for the construction of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which effectively ended World War II. Starting Bid $500
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29. Harry and Bess Truman Signed White House Place Card. White House place card belonging to “Mrs. Clifford,”
ostensibly Margery Kimball, the wife of Clark Clifford, who served as President Harry Truman’s counsel. The card, 4.25 x 2.5, bears an embossed presidential seal and is signed on the front in fountain pen by President Harry S. Truman, and on the reverse by First Lady Bess Truman. Both the front and reverse are signed by 21 others, including: Kimball and her husband, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Physician Wallace H. Graham, Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman and his wife, White House Press Secretary Charlie Ross, and more. The card is dated to May 8, 1946. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Truman accepts a “mounted sample of fused sand” from the first atomic bomb test site 31. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one
page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 9, 1971. Letter to Winston Dabney, Chairman of the Los Alamos Veterans Reunion Committee, in part: “It was interesting to read of your project and its past history and I am fully aware of the great contribution that was made by Scientific Laboratory in the creation of the nuclear weapons where the first test was made in Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. It pleases me to know that those who participated in that had a reunion of the members in commemoration of that occasion.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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Harris & Ewing photograph of President Truman’s inauguration, signed by the ceremony’s leading men 32. Harry S. Truman Signed Inauguration Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 7.25 Harris & Ewing
photo of the second inauguration of President Harry S. Truman, displayed in its original 13 x 11.75 studio folder, signed on the mat in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman,” “Fred M. Vinson,” “Stanley Reed,” “Dean Acheson, January 20, 1949,” and “Charles Elmore Cropley.” In very good to fine condition, with a vertical bend and light silvering to the image, and wear and old mounting residue to the presentation folder. Accompanied by an invoice from Goodspeed’s Book Shop, dated 1976. At President Truman’s second inauguration on January 20, 1949, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson administered the presidential oath of office, while Justice Stanley Forman Reed administered the vice-presidential oath of office. Cropley was clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, and responsible for holding the Bible while Truman took his oath. Dean Acheson, who served in Truman’s cabinet as Secretary of State and played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War, observed the ceremonies from stage right. A decidedly historic photograph boasting a rarely seen combination of signatures. Starting Bid $200
Less than a week after V-E Day, “regarding my Proclamation” of victory 33. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page,
7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to Martin A. Lewis, in full, “Your kind message regarding my Proclamation is indeed greatly appreciated. My warmest thanks to you!” Truman adds a handwritten postscript: “Why don’t you come in and say hello?” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope. Truman’s friend, Martin A. Lewis, Jr., had served as Chief of Missouri Parks and Refuges from 1929-1932. Just four days earlier, President Truman officially announced the surrender of Germany from the White House Radio Room on May 8, 1945, signaling the end of World War II. Starting Bid $200
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Rare free-franked envelope to one of his judicial appointments 34. Harry S. Truman Signed Free Frank. Scarce authentically signed and postally used free-franked mailing envelope, 6.25 x 4.25, addressed in type to the Hon. and Mrs. David Edelstein in New York, and franked in the upper right in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman.” Postmarked at Kansas City on January 11, 1963. Enclosed is a printed card sending thanks for holiday greetings. In fine condition. While pre-printed Truman free franks exist by the thousands, very few authentically signed examples are known. Appointed to the federal bench by President Truman in 1951, Edelstein was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed by President Truman: his service terminated upon his death on August 19, 2000. Starting Bid $200
Stunningly gorgeous brooch gifted by Jackie to her personal secretary
35. Jacqueline Kennedy Gifted Brooch with Autograph Gift Note. Vintage brooch by designer Marcel Boucher, gifted by
Jacqueline Kennedy to her personal secretary in 1960. The golden rope pin measures approximately 1.5˝ x 1.75˝ and is encrusted with faux emerald and pearl cabochons, and marked “Boucher” and “6778” on the reverse; gold content is unknown. Includes an ANS by Jacqueline Kennedy, signed “Jackie,” on a 4 x 3 card, in full: “Merry Christmas Mary and lots of Love”; includes the transmittal envelope addressed by Jackie to “Mrs. Mary Gallagher, c/o/ John F. Kennedy, 3307 N. St. NW, Washington, DC.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Mary Barelli Gallagher. Starting Bid $300
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“The few days at home I have are too precious to spend posing for pictures”— Jackie on her busy interviewing schedule 36. Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS, two pages both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, Hyannis Port letterhead, October. Letter to “Mrs. Lloyd,” written from the Kennedy family’s Cape Cod compound, in part: “I will do some sort of story for you—but it will have to be a compromise—A 1 page thumbnail sketch is what I’d like...I am so tired of all the hard work & confusion that goes into a story—especially one with pictures…We are traveling so often this fall—the few days at home I have are too precious to spend posing for pictures.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
JFK writes ten days after the tragic loss of his infant son, Patrick 42. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President.
TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 19, 1963. Letter to Margaret Cogswell, gratefully sending thanks for her support after the death of his premature son. In full: “You were kind indeed to think of us at this very difficult time. Your message was a comfort to me and my family and we are very grateful to you.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
Ten days prior, John and Jackie Kennedy lost their newborn son Patrick to infant respiratory distress syndrome 39 hours after his birth. Having already suffered a miscarriage in 1954, and a stillbirth the following year, Patrick’s death was an especially difficult loss for the First Couple. An assassin’s bullet would claim the life of President Kennedy just three months later. Starting Bid $300
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JFK’s French textbook used as a 14-year-old at the Choate School in 1931: “This Book Is Not An Orphan, Do Not Adopt It” 38. John F. Kennedy’s 1931 French Textbook Used as a 14-Year-Old at Choate, with 77 Partial and Full Signatures by JFK, also Signed by Brother Joe. John F. Kennedy’s 1931 French
textbook: “The New Chardenal,” signed in ink by Jack Kennedy and by his older brother Joe Kennedy. Used by JFK as a 14 year old in his first year at Choate, with an incredible 77 partial and full signatures by JFK, with many variations, doodles, and homework assignments. Clever statements on the front and back pages from JFK warn against stealing his book, stating in pencil below Choate’s address, “This book is not an orphan, do not adopt it.” Handwritten highlights include Jack Kennedy’s French interrogatives in his handwriting, 77 partial and full signatures by JFK (including a full “John Francis Fitzgerald Kennedy” on page 267, probably the only such signature extant), JFK’s drawing of “Le Pantheon A Paris,” Kennedy writing his name and family address (Kennedy John F., 294 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY”), one of the earliest extant drawings from JFK’s vivid imagination at 14 years of age: a smiling and happy face in the sky above La Porte St. Denis in his textbook, his signature 12 times on one page alone, and another witty warning: “Jack Kennedy, Choate House, Room 101, Choate, Drop this book!! This book is not an orphan, do not adopt it.” A truly remarkable and historically significant artifact shining a light on many different aspects of JFK’s developing mind and personality as a 14 year old teenager. Starting Bid $1000
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The Kennedys ‘Cape Cod Casual’ original vintage photographs featured in People Magazine 37. The Kennedys ‘Cape Cod Casual’ Original Vintage Photographs (42) Taken by Katherine Graham. Forty-two (42) one-of-a-kind photographs taken
in Aug. 1961 by Katherine Graham: Exceedingly rare casual photographs taken in Aug. 1961 of President Kennedy and the First Lady, and powerful friends Bunny and Paul Mellon and Washington Post publisher Phil Graham and his wife Katherine. Photos of the Kennedy’s with their friends relaxing at a clambake, boating and swimming at the 26-acre Mellon estate, set in Cape Cod’s Osterville, featuring 1,000 feet of continuous shoreline. Despite being at their sprawling estate these photographs were taken unpretentiously at their beach shack. The Mellon home was one town over from the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, rendering it prime territory for the Kennedy’s to make quick trips and spend some quality time with friends.
The PEOPLE Magazine EXCLUSIVE—Cape Cod Casual: rare and previously unseen images of the President and First Lady relaxing at Bunny Mellon’s beach house in 1961. Seldom seen images of JFK eating, swimming, smoking, and chatting. Jackie never wanted the public to see her smoking as she is seen doing so in these photos. Photos also of Washington Post publisher Phil Graham with his wife Katherine. Shockingly within 2 years of these photos Phil
Graham would commit suicide on Aug. 3, 1963 at age 48 and President Kennedy would lose his life about 4 months later. The cover of the booklet bears a handwritten notation stating: “The President of the USA and Mrs. Kennedy taken at Mrs. Melon [sic] in Mass. (Cotuit), Aug. 1961, Photos by Mrs. Graham.” Image highlights: - Jackie Kennedy barefoot—very rare photograph as Jackie was known to be self conscious of her size 10 shoe size. - The President drying off after coming out of the water - Jackie drinking a cup of coffee onboard with her camera by her side. - Jackie Kennedy smoking and talking with good friend and painter William Walton - Paul Mellon and Jackie in conversation - Rare image of President Kennedy eating - A relaxed President with hostess Bunny Mellon - Phil Graham and President Kennedy smoking - President Kennedy making a point to Phil Graham - President Kennedy and Phil Graham swimming - Jackie the photographer on the Mellon shoreline - President Kennedy getting ready to take his friends for a ride on the water Starting Bid $1000
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John F. Kennedy’s original reading copy of his speech marking the “official beginning of the 1960 Presidential Campaign” 39. John F. Kennedy’s Original Reading Copy of His Speech Marking the “Official Beginning of the 1960 Presidential Campaign”. John F. Kennedy’s 9-page original reading copy of his speech with hand-annotations marking the official beginning of the 1960 presidential campaign, Sept. 3, 1960, at the San Francisco Int’l Airport, 3 page press release from the Democratic National Convention of this speech, 4 pages of questions and answers from John F. Kennedy’s press conference after his speech, and 2 pages of remarks from Governor Edmund Brown. A historically significant John F. Kennedy artifact: “This rally marks the official beginning of the 1960 Presidential Campaign,” JFK adds in pen, “and I think it is appropriate that we begin this in California.” “This rally marks the official beginning of the 1960 Presidential campaign” Kennedy, John F. typescript, unsigned, with scattered holograph annotations, reading copy of the speech he delivered at the San Francisco International Airport on September 3, 1960. Over 50 holograph words, mostly short phrases written between printed lines, including 9 lines of notes on blank verso of last page concerning plans to visit L.A. and Detroit and mentioning “Soapy” [G. Mennen Williams, Governor of Michigan]. The printed text is identical to the text used by JFK’s press office. 9 pages, printed on separate sheets; bottom inch of last page torn away (without affecting printed text), Notes: Following the first sentence is a handwritten addition: “And I think it is appropriate that we begin this in California.” Also, on the first page are handwritten alternatives to the
printed phrase “water down medical care”: “oppose”, and “halt sound plans” on the second page, the handwritten “American people” is substituted for “voters.” In addition to a few scattered minor changes, on the back of the last page are written some handwritten notes, which have been crossed out: “Do you think it is a mistake to go to L.A. Check Detroit unless it is really something I would rather cancel & take my chances.” “If it can’t be done let’s ask Soapy when we –.” The printed text includes the following lines: “[T]here are the new leaders, new nations, new weapons of destruction. The balance of power is shifting. The gap between the rich and poor is growing. and the world in which we are only a tiny minority is restless, watching and on the move.” “We must move, too. This nation is ready to start moving again. Our vacation is over… We are ready to face the facts, to shoulder our burdens, to tackle the job of building a new and better world beyond the new frontier…” JFK WRITES NOTES ON THE BACK OF HIS READING SPEECH: “Do you think it is a mistake to go to L.A.?” “Check Detroit unless it is really something—I would rather cancel & take my chances” “If it can’t be done lets ask Soapy when we—” JFK unlike his brother Robert 8 years later, did cancel his L.A. appearance after San Francisco, and flew instead to give a speech at the Michigan State Fair. Gerhard Mennen “Soapy” Williams referenced above was at this time the Governor of Michigan and a friend of John Kennedy. Starting Bid $1000
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John F. Kennedy’s 1947–52 Congressional address & telephone book
40. John F. Kennedy’s 1947–1952 Congressional Address + Telephone Book Including Initialed Invoice. John F. Kennedy 1947–1952 Congressional Ad-
dress and Telephone Book with Initialed Invoice for cleaning his apartment:
JFK’s personally owned and used late 1940s and early 1950s address and telephone book from his days as a U.S. Congressman. Amazing look into JFK’s inner circle at this time in his life. Includes letter of provenance, from Kennedy’s secretary Evelyn Lincoln—ex. Robert White sale. Important people in JFK ‘s life at this time on one page for quick access, including
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Judge Morrissey, Dave Powers, his father Joe, brother Robert, and political adviser Mark Dalton. JFK’s three phone numbers with his brother and father’s addresses and telephone numbers are all included on one special page in this unique address and telephone book. JFK prints his name and address on the first page and has written his phone number directly below. Includes an itemized bill for cleaning his apartment on Bowdoin St. (the site of many photographs from this collection) from Jan. 25, 1952 signed “OK—J.K., 1-25-52” for a total of $55.50. Also included are two letters from two of his Greek constituents who pledge their friendship to JFK. Starting Bid $1000
Young Jack Kennedy defends a schoolmate as a Choate senior
41. John F. Kennedy ALS to Choate Headmaster Mr. St. John Nov. 22 (ironic date), 1934. John F. Kennedy
ALS to Choate Headmaster Mr. St. John Nov. 22 (ironic date), 1934: Three page ALS as a 17 year old senior at Choate in 1934 to the headmaster Mr. St. John (George St. John). At Choate, traditionally each senior was assigned a freshman ‘new boy’ to help adjust to the school. The normal expectation was that the senior would provide guidance during the beginning of the first semester. That Kennedy took it upon himself to follow the progress of his charge, as evidenced by this letter, was far beyond the expectations placed by the school. It was of such note that the school administration mailed Kennedy’s letter to Eugene’s family as part of his first years progress report. Unpublished. JFK’s time at Choate brought many life long friendships particularly with “Lemmer” Lem Billings. This was at a time when JFK displayed rebellious behavior with many of his classmates and formed a secret society with them known as The Muckers Club. It is significant to see a rare letter of this type survive from this period showing another side of JFK’s developing personality.
Kennedy writes in full: “Nov. 22, 1934 Dear Mr. St. John: My new boy, Eugene Arrendell, is one of the nicest boys, in my and others opinion, in Choate. He played a very fine game of foot-ball this year, and has remained as unconceited as he was when he first came. His studies have been quite low, but every marking period has been an improvement in each subject. As an example of this, one of his subjects came up from a 56 to a B-. He works very hard, and gets along with his room ate (sic) as well as he does with everyone that he comes in contact with. His attitude towards Choate, when he first came, was one of bewilderment, but now it is one of ardent loyalty. He is a credit to Choate, Mr. St. John. Faithfully yours, Jack Kennedy” Starting Bid $500
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JFK signed press release of speech responding to Truman suggesting Kennedy drop out of presidential race, July 4, 1960 43. John F. Kennedy Signed Press Release of Speech Responding to Truman Suggesting Kennedy Drop Out of Presidential Race July 4, 1960. John F. Kennedy July 4, 1960 Signed 7-Page Press Release:
Highlights of John F. Kennedy’s speech: “Truman suggests I step aside as a presidential candidate in 1960. In response, let me say: I do not intend to step aside at anyone’s request.” “To me, an open convention means one reflecting the free will of delegates freely elected in contested primaries and state conventions. But based on my observation of him in 1952, 1956 and last Saturday, Mr. Truman regards an open convention as one which studies all the candidates—reviews their records— and then takes his advice.” “and finally, the heart of Mr. Truman’s objection it seems, is his question as to whether I am ready for the country, or the country is ready for me, in terms of maturity and experience. Let me say this as objectively as I can: I did not undertake lightly to seek the Presidency.” “But this much ought to be understood: if we are to establish a test for the presidency whereby 14 years in major elective office is insufficient experience, then all but 3 of the ten possibilities mentioned by Mr. Truman must be ruled out—all but a handful of our Presidents since the very founding of the Nation should have been ruled out including… the 3 great Democratic Presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman himself.” “It is time for a new generation of leadership to cope, with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won—a world of peace and goodwill, a world of hope and abundance. And I want America to lead the way to that new world.” “Mr. Truman asks me if I think I am ready. And I am reminded that one hundred years ago, Abraham Lincoln—not yet President, and under fire from the veteran politicians—wrote these words: “I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, I believe that I am ready.” “Today I say to you—in all humility—that if the people of this nation select me to be their President, I believe that I am ready.” Starting Bid $300
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Kennedy honors his close friend and ambassador to Ireland, a “credit to his country and community” 44. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed. TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 25, 1962. Letter to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger about his friend Grant Stockdale, ambassador to Ireland, in full: “Through you I would like to extend my greetings to those attending the dinner tonight honoring my old and valued friend—Grant Stockdale. I am very proud of the way in which Ambassador Stockdale carried out his duties during his service in Ireland. He is a credit to his country and community and I know that he will continue to serve his fellow citizens in any way in which he is called upon.” In fine condition, with some faint soiling along the right edge. Starting Bid $200
45. John F. Kennedy’s DNC Fundraising Scarf. John F. Kennedy’s personally-owned DNC fundraising scarf, measuring
18.5 x 18.5, featuring two golden donkeys in the center, surrounded by a blue star pattern. Includes a letter from Kennedy’s personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln to noted JFK collector Robert L. White, in part: “This white, blue and bronze Bronzini silk scarf...was one of the items the Democratic National Committee used for fund raising. President John F. Kennedy was one of those contributors. This scarf was placed in the file cabinet in a storage room outside the Oval Office and was discarded on November 23, 1963.” Mounted and matted together with a photo to an overall size of 35.5 x 27. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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46. John F. Kennedy Typed Speech Draft. Typed draft for a speech by Sena-
tor John F. Kennedy, two pages, 8.5 x 11, titled and dated, “New York Herald Tribune Excerpt—Oct. 29, 1957 on Communist Situation in Kerala.” A small number of notes and corrections have been made in an unknown hand. Drafted during Kennedy’s tenure as a Democratic Senator, the speech focuses on the impoverished Communist situation in Kerala, in part: “It has a higher rate of literacy (around 40 per cent) than any state in India. Yet more than 1,250,000 of Kerala’s people are chronically unemployed. Unemployment and food are the state’s gravest problems, and any government that can solve them is assured of a long term of office. No solution is in sight...The Communists have made mistakes since taking office, but it must be said that they have given the state a more honest and hardworking administration than their predecessors.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Amazing JFK sketches relating to the 1961 Berlin standoff
47. John F. Kennedy Original Pencil Sketches. Original pencil sketches of President John F. Kennedy on a light yellow 7.75 x 12.5 notebook sheet, unsigned, no date but circa late October 1961. The doodles consist of a small sailboat, a ladder leaning against a wall, a box with arrows pointing skyward, and a series of seven boxes, with Kennedy writing inside six of them; the uppermost box reads, “Haiti,” and the boxes in the lower right include, “this morning,” “Armored personnel carriers,” and “Berlin,” the latter of which he has written a total of three times. Page features one unintelligible word to left side, which may read “private.” These sketches date to Kennedy’s Oval Office meeting with Dr. Louis Mars, ambassador of Haiti, on October 26, 1961, as well as to the hostile faceoff between American and Soviet tanks, which included three M-59 armored personnel carriers, at the Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point in Berlin, which occurred on the very same day. On October 27th, Kennedy met with various higher-ups to discuss the situation in Berlin, and it is during this meeting that the president most assuredly made these sketches. In fine condition. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
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The brass of the Democratic Party of 1959— JFK, Truman, and Roosevelt
48. John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman Signed Seating List for a DNC Dinner Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt. Seating list from the Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee Diamond Jubilee Dinner honoring Eleanor
Roosevelt at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on December 7, 1959, eight pages 8.5 x 14, signed on the cover sheet in blue ballpoint by John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The cover is also signed by 10 other Democratic leaders in ink and ballpoint, including: Adlai Stevenson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Pat Brown, Paul M. Butler, Mike Monroney, Mike Mansfield, Carl Albert, John McCormack, Stuart Symington, and Robert Meyner. In very good to fine condition, with staple holes and a paperclip impression to the upper left corner, light toning, and two horizontal folds. Technically an evening feting the former first lady, an Associated Press news story instead dubbed the evening a ‘beauty contest’ of 1960 presidential hopefuls from the Democratic Party. Led by Truman, the night’s ‘honorary chairman,’ the article cited Stevenson, the event’s official chairman, as the leading candidate and the Democrats’ best chance to secure the White House. Starting Bid $300
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49. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (2) Campaign Posters. Two 1960 campaign posters: a scarce
large-sized 26.75 x 41.5 poster from the 1960 presidential campaign with ‘floating head’ portraits of the Democratic ticket, with white text, “Kennedy for President / Johnson for Vice President,” matted and framed to an overall size of 29 x 44; and a color 20.75 x 12.75 poster featuring Kennedy and Johnson side-by-side in suits, with white banner text, “Leadership for the 60’s / Kennedy - Johnson,” framed to an overall size of 24 x 16. Starting Bid $200
Splendid oversized 1930s Kennedy family portrait
50. Kennedy Family Oversized Photograph. Outstanding original matte-finish 14 x 11 portrait of the Kennedy family circa 1938, showing them at their family estate in Palm Beach, Florida, with JFK seen next to his brother Joe, Jr., standing behind the couch. In fine condition, with lightly trimmed edges. An absolutely beautiful image capturing the essence of the powerful American family. Starting Bid $200
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Exceedingly rare Reagan gift watch, presented to his 1980 campaign donors and then recalled to avoid bad publicity 51. Ronald Reagan Limited Edition Wristwatch for 1980 Campaign Donors.
Elegant limited edition wristwatch watch produced in 1981 as a gift for donors who contributed to Reagan’s successful 1980 presidential campaign. The gold-plated timepiece, one of 1,000 custom-made by Time In Motion, Inc., features Ronald Reagan’s facsimile signature atop a dial embossed with the official Presidential Seal. In very fine condition, this watch features a black lizard-grain leather strap, beautiful German-made dial, and quartz movement. Included is the original leatherette presentation box and slip cover.
These watches were approved for presentation to 1,000 supporters who made donations of $1,000 or more to the Republican National Committee during Reagan’s 1980 campaign. However, when news broke that White House National Security Adviser Richard V. Allen accepted a pair of watches valued at about $340 in November 1981, the plan was paused. White House officials are barred from accepting any gift worth more than $50, so to avoid further bad publicity, the decision was made to forego the distribution of more gift watches. A total of 950 Reagan watches were dismantled, and the dials were destroyed and returned to the White House. Only 50 watches had been given previously to diplomats and officials. Starting Bid $500
Just after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Reagan muses: “I’m pushing in the 80’s and wish I was not quite so many”
52. Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Dutch,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Lydia Hupfer McArthur, in full: “Just a line to thank you for your letter of July 29. Nancy & I were so happy to hear from you. I’m getting along but not quite a 101. I’m pushing in the 80’s and wish I was not quite so many. Nancy & I are happy to have your letter. Thanks and our love. We are happy to hear from you.” Reverse of page bears a collector’s date notation, “9-94.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of a previous letter, as well as by the original mailing envelope, hand-addressed and franked in the upper right, “Ronald Reagan.” Lydia Hupfer ‘Hup’ MacArthur was the widow of Pete MacArthur, program director of WOC in Davenport, Iowa. In 1932, MacArthur had given a then 21-year-old Reagan his first job as a sports announcer. They would remain friends until her passing at the age of 102 in 1995. Starting Bid $300
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53. Ronald Reagan Signed Inauguration Day Cover. Sought-after ‘Inauguration Day’ cover with a cachet honoring President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, postmarked at Washington, D.C., on January 20, 1981, signed in the upper right corner in black ink by Ronald Reagan. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
54. Ronald Reagan Signed Personal White House Place Card. Rare White House place card for “The President,”
4.25 x 2.25, bearing an embossed presidential seal, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint as president, “To Patty, with best regards, Ronald Reagan.” In fine condition. During presidential dinner receptions, this card would have been placed in front of Reagan’s seat to designate his spot at the table. A highly uncommon presidentially signed format. Starting Bid $200
55. Ronald Reagan Signed Panoramic Photograph. Limited edition color 15 x 5.25 panoramic photograph of ‘The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’ in Simi Valley, California, numbered 10/250, signed in the lower border in black ink by Reagan. The print is also signed by the photographer, Tom Lamb. Handsomely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 20.75 x 12.25. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from TAL Photographics. Starting Bid $200
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56. Ronald Reagan Typed Quotation Signed. TQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, signed in black ink by Ronald Reagan. The quote is from Reagan’s speech at the Berlin Wall in West Berlin on June 12, 1987: “’Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’” Matted and framed with a photo from the historic event to an overall size of 16.75 x 17.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
57. Ronald Reagan and George Bush Signed Letters. Pair of letters from Ronald Reagan and George Bush:
an ALS signed “Ron,” personal stationery with embossed presidential seal, September 14 (no year), which references Thomas Jefferson: “I’ve used him (his name) in some recent speeches myself and he continues to get laughs”; and a TLS as president, signed “George Bush,” The President stationery card, November 16, 1992, in part: “I especially appreciate loyal friends like you who never gave up the battle. In spite of the tough campaign, Barbara and I still have so many blessings.” Attractively matted and framed together with a photo of the two former presidents to an overall size of 19.75 x 19.5. In overall very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Pristine baseball signed by Barack Obama, graded MINT+ 9.5 by PSA/DNA 58. Barack Obama Signed Baseball (PSA/DNA MINT+ 9.5). Choice official Rawlings Major League (Selig) baseball
signed in black felt tip on the sweet spot by Barack Obama. Housed in a PSA/DNA authentication cube, graded “Mint+ 9.5” (autograph grade 10, and ball grade 9). In very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity and grading from PSA/ DNA. A scarce and desirable signed baseball from the world’s most influential Chicago White Sox fan, connecting American politics with its national pastime. Starting Bid $500
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“Happy 100th birthday, from one Punahou graduate to another!”—President Obama acknowledges his roots from the White House
59. Barack Obama Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page on a 6.5 x 4 White House stationery card, no date. Letter to “Betty,” in full: “Happy 100th birthday, from one Punahou graduate to another!” In very fine condition. Barack Obama—then known as ‘Barry’—graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a member of the class of 1979. In his memoir, Dreams From My Father, Obama recalled how his grandfather pulled strings to get him in, and his family’s pride in his attendance: ‘For my grandparents, my admission into Punahou Academy heralded the start of something grand, an elevation in the family status that they took great pains to let everyone know.’ The recipient of this letter was most probably Elizabeth Peet McIntosh (1915–2015), known as ‘Betty,’ a 1931 graduate of Punahou who served as an undercover agent for the OSS (the forerunner of the CIA) during World War II. As an operative, she waged a disinformation campaign through the distribution of fake reports, postcards, and documents designed to demoralize Japanese troops. Starting Bid $300
Obama’s golf scorecard, obtained from his valet 60. Barack Obama Signed Score Card. President Barack Obama’s tri-fold score card from the Woodlawn Golf Course at Fort Belvoir Golf Club in Virginia, measuring 12 x 6, no date, filled out entirely by the president, who signs his surname in the player field, “Obama,” and tracks the score for his three playing partners—“Eric,” “Marv,” and “Mel”—over 16 played holes. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Samuel Sutton, the personal valet to President Obama. Starting Bid $200
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Impressive signed overhead view of Trump Place at Riverside South
61. Donald Trump Signed Oversized Photograph. Large color semi-glossy 19.25 x 23.5 photo of Manhattan’s Riv-
erside South Park, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Dear Mary—It was great workin with you. You are the best! Good luck! Donald.” The photo is double-matted to an overall size of 28.5 x 32.5, with the lower portion bearing an affixed caption presenting the photo to Mary Musca for her “outstanding efforts in the realization of Riverside South Park at Trump Place.” The mat is signed by 14 of Musca’s coworkers and project associates. In fine condition, with a trivial brush to Trump’s inscription, some light soiling to the mat, and a few small dents to the top of the image. Starting Bid $200
Three American Presidents and their First Ladies 62. Reagans, Bushes, and Fords Signed White House Engraving. Official engraved portrait of the White House by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 7.5 x 5.75, signed in ink and ballpoint by Ronald and Nancy Reagan, George and Barbara Bush, and Gerald and Betty Ford. Framed to an overall size of 9.75 x 7.75. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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notables Declaration of Independence Desirable Franklin document signed three months before the start of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
164. Benjamin Franklin Document Signed. Manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presid’t,” one page, 6.25 x 3, March 2, 1787. An endorsement from Benjamin Franklin as the President of Pennsylvania, in full: “Let a Commission issue as prayed for the directed to Matthew Clarkson, Matthew Mease, Peter Baynton and Richard Bache Esquires, or any four of three of them.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Franklin. Cloth-matted and framed with a portrait and engraved plaque to an overall size of 19.75 x 17.5. In fine condition. Roughly three months after signing this endorsement, Franklin served as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, which was held from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. A desirable document from Franklin, the only Founding Father who is a signatory of all four of the major documents of the founding of the United States: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Paris, and the United States Constitution. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare document from the North Carolina signer 165. Joseph Hewes Document Signed. Secretary of the Naval Affairs Committee during the Revolutionary War (1730–1779) who signed the Declaration of Independence, one of only three Quakers to do so. Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 11.5, August 10, 1777. Document from Chowan County, North Carolina, in part: “Know all men by these presents that Benjamin Joy, Joseph Hewes, and Arch Corry all of the County and State afor’d are held and stand…bound unto Evan Skinner High Sheriff of the County afor’d in the full…sum of one thousand pounds.” In very good to fine condition, with some scattered stains, and professional repairs to areas of ink erosion. Hewes’s untimely death at 49 has made his autograph especially scarce, and he is considered among the ‘very rare’ signers of the Declaration. Starting Bid $300
The ‘Chancellor’ trades six lambs for a new dethatcher
166. Robert R. Livingston Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Rob. R. Livingston,” one page both sides, 7.25 x
9, April 8, 1792. Letter to the Reverend Vanderkemp, in part: “I am much obliged by your offer to supply me with a scarificator having hitherto had very little confidence in the various new modelled instruments of husbandry, supposing that every thing useful might be effected by the plough, harrow, & roller. I have not furnished myself with a scarificator—if however you are satisfied that it is a useful implement I will with pleasure receive yours—in exchange for six Lambs but as they will not at the time you mention be fit to drive without their dams it will be best to let you take three ewes & three ewe Lambs. I have none that are black not of any better breed than that you already possess…Be pleased Sir to present Mrs. Livingston’s comps. & mine to Mrs. Vanderkemp.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Livingston’s hand, and retains his red wax seal. In fine condition, with some light staining, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $200 Hundreds of more items are listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 41
American Politicians “High appointments, both military and diplomatic, are intended to be offered me by the President” 167. Thomas Hart Benton Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Thomas H. Benton,”
one page both sides, 8 x 10, December 30, 1846. Letter to a gentleman in Missouri, regarding his boundless ambitions and the leadership to which he aspired in the Mexican War. In part: “Some movement may be made among my friends in the General assembly to nominate me for the Presidency? It will be very unfortunate if they do...High appointments, both military and diplomatic, are intended to be offered me by the President, and which I shall accept if offered. For the first, an act of congress will be necessary, to create the rank of Lieutenant General: the President will ask it by special message: if created by Congress, I have agreed to take it.” In very good condition, with light staining and toning, small areas of paper loss, and splitting to the horizontal folds. Starting Bid $200
Clay on his ‘unexpected defeat’ by Polk in 1844 169. Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed
“H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 2, 1844. Handwritten letter to Dudley Selden, despairing over being “unexpectedly defeated” by James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential election. In part: “I am happy to receive a letter from you, conveying an assurance that, altho’ we have been most unexpectedly defeated, all our friends manifested solidarity to one cause. I had no reason to doubt that such was the fact…We have failed, in consequence of the most extraordinary of circumstances. I suppose that no alternative is left to us but that of submission as well as we can, adherence to our principles and to one organization, and to exert one utmost endeavor yet to save our country.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Significant handwritten letter from Burr to Monroe, rife with intriguing content
168. Aaron Burr Autograph Letter Signed to James Monroe. ALS, one
page both sides, 7.5 x 9, June 18, 1794. Handwritten letter to James Monroe, who was about to leave for France as US Minister to France, written at the height of Burr’s power as a Senator from New York. In part: “You must have rec’d Mr. Prevost’s final answer before you left Philad’a. He has the utmost sensibility to your goodness & politeness...If you should be at any time without a secretary and should choose to receive him as such, he will cheerfully obey your summons. You will find me a very punctual correspondent—and the more extensive the cypher is which you proposed to make, the more interesting may our letters be to each other—a name which will occur frequently, had best be designated by two or three different characters—I leave this wholly to you.” He adds a postscript, in part: “If you should find books cheap in Paris & bills on America can be sold, I shall trouble you or Mr. L. with large orders—Report says that Miss Woolstonecraft is married—if so, her credit on me ceases.” In fine condition, with slightly irregular toning. Starting Bid $200
On Whig election prospects in New York: “The Abolitionists, I observe are increasing in your quarter. Will they adhere to Binney, or finally go for M. V. Buren, if, as I now suppose to be certain, he should be nominated?” 170. Henry Clay Autograph Letter Signed with Free Frank. ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10,
November 25, 1843. Letter to T. Childs in Rochester, marked “Confidential,” commenting on New York and the tariff prior to the key 1844 presidential election. In part: “It has been a long time since I heard directly from you, and I am desirous to know your opinion how the land lies in the Western part of N. York, after the late election. At my distance from you, it looks badly. What is the cause? I had hoped for better things, and especially was I disappointed in Munroe and Rochester. The Abolitionists, I observe are increasing in your quarter. Will they adhere to Binney, or finally go for M. V. Buren, if, as I now suppose to be certain, he should be nominated? How does it happen that, whilst the South & S. West appear to be coming round to the Tariff, the North, judging from elections, is receding form the protective policy? The South is in favor of so adjusting a Revenue Tariff as to discriminate in behalf of the manufacturing interest. I speak of the Whigs now, in that form, as much protection can be afforded as is needed or could be obtained in any other way.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Clay’s hand, and franked “Free, H. Clay” in the upper right corner. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Free-franked letter signed by Hamilton as the US Army’s second-incommand 171. Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed with Free Frank. LS signed “A. Hamilton,”
one page, 7.75 x 13, August 24, 1799. Letter to Major John Adlum in Reading, Pennsylvania, in full: “I enclose to you a letter which you will please deliver to Lieutenant Boote. Should Mr. Boote be willing to repair to this place, you will give him permission to do so. In such case you will annex his party of infantry to the other company of infantry which forms part of your detachment.” Addressed on the reverse in another hand, and franked in the upper right by Hamilton, “On public service, A. Hamilton.” In very good to fine condition, with slightly irregular light toning, small repairs to fold intersections, and a restored area of paper loss to the right of the signature. In addition to distinguished service during the American Revolution and as a major in the 11th Regiment of Infantry of the Provisional Army, the recipient of this letter, John Adlum, was a pioneering viticulturist known for his cultivation of the Catawba grape. Hamilton, following his important and influential term as Secretary of the Treasury in Washington’s administration, returned to the US Army in 1798 as a major general. When Washington died on December 14, 1799, Hamilton assumed command of the Army as its senior officer. As a twice-signed military order from a historic early American period, this Hamilton letter is of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $500
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RFK denies his dad cut off JFK’s signing privileges— a story that “serves only to present Jack in a humiliating light as financially incompetent”
173. Robert F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed. TLS twice signed “Bob,” with handwritten postscript, two pages, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, April 18, 1957. A wonderful letter to journalist Jack Anderson, Washington Bureau Chief of Parade Magazine, considered by many to be the ‘father of modern investigative journalism.’ In part: “I enjoyed the article in the April 28 Parade very much, and appreciated the nice words it contained about my work as well as my brother...However, the article did contain three items which are inaccurate, and which I thought ought to be cleared for the record inasmuch as you may be writing or commenting on our family again at some future time. What bothers me about these items is not only what seems to be an attempt to weave a pattern indicating excessive parental control of otherwise helpless sons, but also because the inaccuracy of each of these items could have been determined with a minimum of checking.” He goes on to debunk points about speechwriters allegedly hired for JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign, a curious real estate deal, and a “story about ‘an ultra-swank New York restaurant’ and Dad cutting off Jack’s signing privileges.” In fine condition, with staple hole to top left and mild creases to lower right corners. Accompanied by a photocopy of Anderson’s article on the Kennedy brothers from Parade magazine. A famously close-knit family with generations of notable politicians, the Kennedys—especially Bobby—had cultivated a mutually beneficial working relationship with the media, enabling them to effectively promote their ever-growing political ambitions. An outstanding letter from the ‘Brother Protector,’ defending his family’s name to an important media figure. Starting Bid $200
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“He would not have wanted his death to be a cause for the taking of another life”—the Kennedy family position on the death sentence given to Sirhan Sirhan for his killing of RFK
174. Ted Kennedy’s Poignant 5-Page Autograph Letter Signed to Attorney Evelle Younger on RFK and Death Penalty for Sirhan Sirhan. Ted Kennedy 5-page
ALS May 18, 1969 to Mr. Evelle Younger District Attorney who prosecuted Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Remarks by District Attorney Evelle J. Younger May 21, 1969 Case of People v. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
After finding Sirhan Sirhan guilty of murder in the first degree, District Attorney Evelle J. Younger asked the Kennedy family if they had any comments or recommendations relative to the penalty in this case, which was death in the electric chair. At this time in California a judge could if he wanted to as a form of clemency reduce the punishment of death to life imprisonment. The following 5-page Ted Kennedy letter to the court represented the Kennedy family position in regards to the death penalty Sirhan Sirhan faced. It wasn’t until 1972 that the death sentence was eliminated as punishment in California for first degree murder and replaced by life imprisonment without the chance of parole. This also meant that all prisoners who were on death row at the time and waiting for execution had their sentences converted to life imprisonment which became the case for Sirhan Sirhan.
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In part: “My brother was a man of love and sentiment and compassion. He would not have wanted his death to be a cause for the taking of another life. You may recall his pleas when he learned of the death of Martin Luther King. He said that ‘what we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion towards one another.’ Moreover he was a young man totally committed to life and living. He stood against injustice, poverty, and discrimination for those evils lessened life. He grew to despise war for war denies the sacredness of life. And he had a special affection for children for they held the promise of life. We all realize that many other considerations fall within your responsibility and that of the court. But if the kind of man my brother was is pertinent we believe it should be weighed in the balance on the side of compassion, mercy and God’s gift of life itself.” This five-page letter is one of the most powerful, moving, and emotional letters ever written. Starting Bid $500
Rare official photograph signed by JFK Jr. as a child and adult 175. John F. Kennedy, Jr. Signed Photograph and Iconic Wire Photo. Two
historic items: a Cecil Stoughton photograph of young John Jr. with a scribble signature of John Jr. as a 2 year old, later inscribed to Mr. Stoughton from John Kennedy Jr. as an adult, “To Mr. Stoughton, Now I can sign my name, Best, John Kennedy.” The charming portrait of young Kennedy showing his first tooth out smile playing with a toy helicopter and a picture of Marine One in the White House. Photo taken by first official White House photographer, Cecil W. Stoughton, who asked the boy to sign his name and hence the below scribble. Stoughton then helped the boy write “John.” Some time in the 1990s, Stoughton and John Jr. found themselves at the same table at a NASA event in Florida. Stoughton asked John Jr. to re-inscribe this photo which he graciously did: “To Mr. Stoughton, Now I can sign my name, Best, John Kennedy.” Stamped on back by Stoughton. Unique piece from John Jr. who tragically died a few years after signing this photograph. Also includes an original vintage glossy wire service photograph of John Jr. saluting his father during the funeral procession on November 25, 1963. Starting Bid $300
176. John F. Kennedy, Jr Signed Oversized Photograph Inscribed to a FBI Special Agent. Over-
sized color photograph of John Jr. on Martha’s Vineyard in 1995 taken by the FBI who were on a stakeout for Whitey Bulger and later inscribed by John Kennedy to FBI Special Agent William Rosenbaum, “Bill, thanks for your help, John Kennedy.” Provenance: letter of explanation about this photograph from Special Agent William Rosenbaum with his FBI card. Incredible one of a kind FBI surveillance photograph of John Kennedy Jr. Letter and FBI card from Special Agent William Rosenbaum is included and explains the unusual set of circumstances of how and why this photograph was taken in the summer of 1995. The FBI was following up on a tip that Whitey Bulger was meeting somebody of interest to the FBI at Martha’s Vineyard and from a distance the FBI spotted a man and a woman who they took pictures of that turned out to be John and his girlfriend and soon to be wife Carolyn Bessette having a picnic. Kennedy inscribed this framed oversized photograph (41” x 31”) to Agent Rosenbaum who helped Kennedy push his dory out to the water. Starting Bid $200 Hundreds of more items are listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 47
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William Penn and Captain Kidd— an extraordinary seven-page ALS with a three-page inventory of Captain Kidd’s treasure 178. William Penn Autograph Letter Signed and Document Signed on Captain Kidd’s Treasure. ALS
signed “Wm. Penn,” seven pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, December 30, 1700. Handwritten letter to Secretary of State James Vernon, written from Philadelphia, transmitting an account of goods received from on board Captain Kidd’s ship and referencing several figures central to Kidd’s saga. The letter chiefly concerns the suspicious Rev. Edward Portlock, who, as it turns out, agreed to hide some 600 pieces of gold handed to him by Dr. Robert Bradinham, physician to the famed Capt. Kidd. Portlock, who decried piracy from the pulpit, hid the pirate treasure beneath the church floor. When Bradinham was found out and apprehended, he agreed to testify against Kidd in return for a pardon; here, Penn has evidently received false news of Bradinham’s death. Penn also refers to “Gillams Confession,” presumably the memoir written in prison by a one-time pirate associate of Kidd, who went by both James Gilliam and James Kelly. Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, also mentioned several times by Penn, was the colonial governor of Massachusetts and, initially, a major financial sponsor of William Kidd’s privateering efforts. After Kidd’s exploits devolved into piracy, Lord Bellomont engineered his capture at Boston, and returned Kidd to England, where he was tried, convicted, and hanged in 1701. Penn writes, in part: “By my last of this instant, ye went by one Capt. Jeffreys, from New Yorke, I informed thee that I had been beforehand with Gillams Confession, and seiz’d wt. goods of his remain’d in the hands of Orr, Thomson & Lewis (for Birch, I cannot fine had any) and that I obliged them to give their Bonds for wt. they had disposed of; a coppy of which is atth. (of what is seiz’d or sold) I here inclose... But this last post from York, bringing us the news of Doc. Bradenham’s death, with two more, unnamed, made some in this place a little uneasy, that had been too familiar with him; and in short, I finde, the Church of England Minister, one Port-
lock, was his repository of wt. treasure was not seiz’d by the Governm’t wch. I sent home with him...I shall dispatch today or tomorrow, letters to Govern’r Blakston & Gove. Nicolson, to apprehend the Parson & his mony, if they can ketch it... I waved to write any thing to the discredit of ye Parson, when Bradenham went home, apprehending the disadvantage I lay under of being believe’d, or I could have related their intimacy, & how indecently I found ye Parson Plotting & Pipeing with him & ye other Pyrats, at ye time I went my selfe to see them in ye boat, in order to their transportation. But that the Gentleman should, not long after, inveigh agst. ye Quakers for their being too tame & easy to Pyrats, and yet in the pulpit, because they would not fitt forth vessels of warr to fight, persue & take them, while himselfe, at the same time, stood possest of a Pyrats treasure, gott by the worst of ways, needs no aggravation.” Penn adds a page-long handwritten postscript, initialed “W.P.,” pleading for a pardon for “a poor Sweedish woman that kill’d her basterd Childe.” The enclosed manuscript document, headed “An Account of Goods recv’d from on board Capt. Kidd’s ship by George Thomson, William Orr and Peter Lewis of the Town of Lewis in the County of Sussex annexed to the Province of Pennsylvania,” is initialed by Penn on the second page, “W.P.,” and totals three pages, 7.5 x 12, documenting evidence seized from the three men “upon information given that they had traded with some of Kid’s Crew,” including fine textiles—”callicoe,” “muslin,” “flower’d silk,” and “coloured handkerchiefs”—sugar, and “Pieces of Eight.” It is likely that the bulk of these items originally came from Kidd’s principal prize, the Quedagh Merchant, which carried a cargo that included 130 bales of textiles and 70 to 80 tons of sugar. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and small stains. A remarkable letter and document on the legendary pirate and his famous loot. Starting Bid $5000
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Activists and Social Leaders Rare letter from the Black Consciousness Movement activist on a suspicious death at the hands of police— a fate he would meet one year later 180. Steve Biko Typed Letter Signed. South
African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977) at the forefront of the the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s, known for popularizing the slogan ‘Black Is Beautiful.’ He was severely beaten during an interrogation by police and died of his wounds while imprisoned. TLS signed “B. S. Biko,” one page, 5.75 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 12, 1977. Letter on the death and inquest of fellow Black Consciousness Movement activist Mapetla Mohapi, who died while in police custody. At this time, Biko was prohibited from leaving King William’s Town due to his activities with the BCM. In full: “Re: Mapetla Mohapi. I have been asked by the attorney representing the Mohapi family in the above matter to make myself available for consultations on the 16th January with their counsel as well as attend the inquest which has been set down for the 17th and 18th January. Kindly grant me the necessary permission to enter the premises of the King William’s Town Magistrate’s Court on the relevant dates and to attend the consultation which will be held somewhere in King William’s Town. I do not as yet know where exactly Mr. Mxenge plans to have the consultation.” In fine condition. Mapetla Mohapi (1947–1976) was the secretary of the South African Students’ Organisation and a member of the Black Consciousness Movement. On July 16, 1976, he was detained under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act—the first to be detained under that section—for allegedly transporting young men across the border to Botswana for military training. He was found dead in his cell on August 6th, with jeans wrapped around his neck in an apparent suicide; the police produced a suicide note, which was later shown to be a forgery, lending credibility to the idea that authorities staged his death. His wife sued the police minister, and hoped to involve Biko in the inquest. A year later, Biko would also be detained under Section 6, and ultimately met the same tragic fate. Starting Bid $500
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King finds himself unable to help a woman pleading on behalf of a relative incarcerated in a Cuban prison
181. Martin Luther King, Jr. Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Martin L. King, Jr.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern
Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, January 14, 1966. Letter to Irmina H. Santaballa, in full: “I was sorry to learn of the plight of your relative, Senor Gregorio Pedro Garcia Y Garcia, in his incarceration in a Cuban prison, especially in light of his indicated poor health. I feel my capacity to assist him is limited by my lack of awareness of the particularities of his case and by the fact that I am not a citizen of Cuba. Have you contacted the United States State Department? It seems to me that that agency would be much better equipped to give you information as to how to proceed than I am, given my limitations in this area.” In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, intersecting folds, and some light staining to the lower left corner. Starting Bid $500 Hundreds of more items are listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 51
“The Jew ought to stop wasting his time investigating the black man. We’re both threatened by the same enemy”
182. Malcolm X Signed Typescript Page for Alex Haley’s 1963 Playboy Interview. Page 23 from the original typescript of Alex Haley’s
1963 interview of Malcolm X for Playboy magazine, one onionskin page, 8 x 10.75, signed “Malcolm X” in the bottom margin (with a marginal line indicating his approval of the contents). In part: “But I don’t want to use up all the time talking about the Jew calling the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s followers anti-Semitic. But I want to tell you what I always think about every time I hear that. I think about the Jews changing their names—trying to become exactly what’s the worst anti-Semite there is, the Anglo-Saxon Christian. The Jew ought to stop wasting his time investigating the black man. We’re both threatened by the same enemy. The answer for the black man that the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is teaching is—separate! From everything white.” Malcolm signs his approval at the bottom of the page in pencil, making only one change: the deletion of the phrase “We’re both threatened by the same enemy.” Handsomely double-matted and framed with a portrait and an engraved plaque to an overall size of 25.25 x 23. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000 52 |
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Impressive oversized color portrait inscribed to his attorney 183. Nelson Mandela Oversized Signed Photograph. Won-
derful color semi-glossy 11.25 x 16.25 portrait of the revered South African president, signed and inscribed in silver ink, “To Priscilla Jana, Best wishes to a highly competent & impressive public figure. N. Mandela, 5. 12. 96.” In fine condition, with light scattered creasing. This photo was a birthday gift to Mandela’s lawyer, Priscilla Jana, his esteemed council who represented him in proceedings to gain an order of protection for Mandela’s children against harassment by the state. Jana also represented notable figures like Thabo Mbecki, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Walter Sisulu, and later served as South Africa’s ambassador to Ireland and the Netherlands. A superb portrait of the South African revolutionary in the midst of his tenure as president. This is the largest color photograph of Mandela that we have offered. Ex. Priscilla Jana, Clarkes Africana, South Africa. Starting Bid $200
184. Nelson Mandela Signed Inauguration Cover. Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the inauguration of Nelson Mandela on May 10, 1994, signed in black ballpoint, “N. Mandela, 7-102000.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
185. Edward Snowden Signed Book. Signed book: Per-
manent Record. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2019. Softcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 339 pages. Signed on a bookplate affixed to the title page in black felt tip, “E. Snowden.” In very fine condition, with a PSA/DNA label affixed to the bookplate. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Supreme Court “The bank of The United States will not be rechartered, and gentlemen speculate on a great rise in state stock” 186. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed. ALS
signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the sale of some bank stock. In part: “I requested Mr. Lynch, the broker, to sell two shares for the most he could get…The rise is to be ascribed to the opinion that the bank of The United States will not be rechartered, and gentlemen speculate on a great rise in state stock when the present charter shall expire.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Marshall’s hand. In very good to fine condition, with a tear to the left edge, scattered light stains, and damage to the integral address leaf, including a tear and the top third trimmed off and not present. Starting Bid $500
187. Supreme Court: Burger Court Signed Photograph. Color matte-finish 14 x 9 formal official portrait of
the Burger Court, signed on the mount in ink by all pictured: Byron R. White, William H. Rehnquist, William J. Brennan, Jr., Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall. Cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 18.5. In fine condition, with faint toning around the perimeter of the image. Consignor notes that the photo was obtained from one of Justice Marshall’s clerks. Starting Bid $200
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Scientists and Inventors
188. Thomas Edison Signature. Choice bold ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 card. Mounted, matted, and framed with a photo and plaque to an overall size of 22 x 21.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
Incredible large signed photograph of chemotherapy pioneer Paul Ehrlich
189. Paul Ehrlich Signed Photograph. German scientist and pioneer of chemotherapy (1854–1915) who was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine with Elie Metchnikoff in 1906. Impressive vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 12.5 photo of Ehrlich in a seated pose, presented in its original 12.25 x 16.25 mat, signed on the mat in ink, “P. Ehrlich.” Framed and in very good to fine condition, with some staining to the mat, and staining and silvering to the image. Ehrlich’s autograph is scarce in any form, and this is just the second signed photograph we have offered; the other example, a postcard portrait sold nearly ten years ago, is no match for the extremely rare, imposing size of this example. From the estate of noted British scientist John Freeman (1877-1962) who worked with Ehrlich, Metchnikoff, Fleming, and others. Starting Bid $200
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Einstein quote on ‘The Meaning of Life’
190. Albert Einstein Autograph Quotation Signed on ‘The Meaning of Life’. AQS in German at the bottom of a 4
x 7.5 bookplate belonging to Arthur Leonard Ross, affixed to the front pastedown of a first edition of About Zionism: Speeches and Letters by Professor Albert Einstein. In bold and clear fountain pen, Einstein writes, in full: “Den Sinn des Lebens kann man fühlen, aber nicht mit dem Verstand begreifen [One can feel the meaning of life, but not understand it with the mind]. Albert Einstein, 1932.” The book, published in New York by Macmillan in 1931, is a hardcover with dust jacket, 4.75 x 8, 94 pages. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/G+, with Einstein postage stamps affixed to the first free end page, the front panel of the jacket split along the spine, losses to edges of the jacket, and clipped corners to front flap. Starting Bid $5000
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Handwritten response for life advice: “To save time is a wonderful quest if a person is able to make something wonderful out of it”
191. Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 5 x 6.75, March 26,
1923. Handwritten response to a solicitation for life advice from an American educator, in full (translated): “To save time is a wonderful quest if a person is able to make something wonderful out of it. Otherwise it’s better to sit back and live comfortably and to be sure not to pack it with too many things to do as you would overpack your briefcase.” In very good to fine condition, with light dampstaining and associated wrinkling to the top and bottom edges, not affecting the main body of text. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Though Einstein packed his own life with many things to do—developing world-changing scientific theories, mentoring young physicists, and advocating for world peace—he also found time for leisure. Among his beloved hobbies were playing the violin, sailing, and reading. On the whole, Einstein’s life was well balanced yet extraordinarily productive. A wonderful letter from the genius. Starting Bid $2500
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A 1945 study of spacetime curvature, handwritten by Einstein for his article ‘A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation’
192. Albert Einstein Handwritten Scientific Manuscript. Important scientific manuscript written in the hand of Albert Einstein in German, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date circa 1945. A draft variant of page 9 of the manuscript of ‘Auf die Theorie metrischer komplexer Raume gegründete Feldtheorie’ (‘A Field Theory Based on the Theory of Complex Metric Spaces’), the initial version of the article ‘A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation,’ published in Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 46 (Oct. 1945), pp. 578-584. Headed “Krümmung [Curvature],” the piece concludes (translated): “This tensor seems to me to be excellent above all other tensors to be formed in S4. We want to take a closer look at it.” In differential geometry, the Einstein tensor, also known as the trace-reversed Ricci tensor, is used to express the curvature of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold. In general relativity, it occurs in the Einstein field equations for gravitation that describe spacetime curvature in a manner that is consistent with conservation of energy and momentum. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
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To a Fordham chemistry professor: “Write me precisely in which form you want to do it so that no incorrect impression might be produced”
193. Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton let-
terhead, February 8, 1950. Letter to Dr. George Antonoff, Professor of Chemistry at Fordham University, in full: “I agree in principle that you use my letter in the way you propose. My condition is, however, that you write me precisely in which form you want to do it so that no incorrect impression might be produced.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and toning, a small stain, and a rusty paperclip impression to the upper left edge. Starting Bid $500
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Crisp Einstein signature on Princeton stationery
195. Werner Heisenberg Signed Photograph. German
194. Albert Einstein Signature. Ink signature, “Albert Einstein,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 sheet of Princeton stationery. Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 9.75 x 14.75. In fine condition, with a faint diagonal bend to the right blank area. Starting Bid $300
Stunningly rare signed oversized portrait of Elie Metchnikoff—the first we’ve ever seen 196. Elie Metchnikoff Signed Photograph. Russian bi-
ologist and zoologist (1845-1916) best known for his pioneering research into the immune system for which he, with Paul Ehrlich, was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Rare and extraordinary vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.5 photo of the pioneering immunology researcher, affixed to its original 11 x 14 mount, crisply signed on the mount in ink, “Elie Metchnikoff.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 18.75. In very good to fine condition, with light toning to the mount, and light silvering to the darker areas of the image. Signed photographs of Metchnikoff are exceedingly rare—this is the first of any size we have ever encountered—and the large-format dimensions of this example make it particularly impressive. From the estate of noted British scientist John Freeman (1877-1962) who worked with Ehrlich, Metchnikoff, Fleming, and others. Starting Bid $200 60 |
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theoretical physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Scarce glossy 4 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo affixed to a 5.25 x 7.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by Werner Heisenberg. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Sixteen letters from the pioneering Dr. George Papanicolaou
197. Georgios Papanikolaou Archive (16 Letters). Greek physician (1883–1962) who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, known for his invention of the ‘Pap smear.’ Archive of sixteen letters from Dr. George Papanicolaou to veterinarian, dog breeder, and eugenicist Leon Whitney, comprising thirteen TLSs and three ALSs, most signed “George” or “Pap,” plus a telegram and Whitney’s retained carbon copies of his letters to Papanicolaou; in all, the archive represents 35 pieces of correspondence. This friendly correspondence covers a diverse variety of subjects, including diagnoses of cancer in humans and dogs, dog breeds, flowers, Turkish food, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. also includes an excellent copy of Papanicolaou’s 1954 work Atlas of Exfoliative Cytology in its original binder, with 38 plates of non-malignant and malignant cells. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $500
Intellectuals
198. Karl Jaspers Typed Letter Signed. German psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) who attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. TLS in German, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, stamped personal letterhead, December 21, 1951. Letter to Franz Wegwitz, sending thanks for a pleasing review and informing him of the demise of the magazine ‘Die Wandlung.’ He adds a brief handwritten note concerning radio lectures for an introduction to philosophy. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Religious Figures Extremely rare autograph of the ‘Borgia’ pope
199. Pope Alexander VI Document Signed. Born into the prominent Borgia family as Rodrigo de Borja, he served as
pope from August 11, 1492 until his death in 1503; his papal bulls of 1493 confirmed or reconfirmed the rights of the Spanish crown in the New World following the finds of Christopher Columbus. Rare manuscript DS, one page, 11 x 11.75, Rome, January 4, 1502. Significant ‘motu proprio,’ a type of document issued by the pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him, featuring two handwritten inscriptions signed with his initial. The first, “fiat ut petitur sine pregjudicio [be it as asked without prejudice],” is signed with his initial, “R”; the second, “fiat ut supra [be it as above],” is also signed with his initial, “R.” The document legitimizes the illegitimately born Julius des Mucciarelleis. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, and multiple vertical folds. A legendary figure as a controversial pope and head of the fascinating Borgia family, Pope Alexander VI was one of the most notorious characters of the Renaissance era. His autograph is virtually unobtainable, and this is the only example we have ever offered. Starting Bid $1000
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World Leaders and Politicians
200. Francisco Franco Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Francisco Franco in uniform, affixed to its original 9.5 x 12 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by Franco and inscribed in another hand in Spanish, with a date of December 12, 1938. Also signed on the mount in pencil by the photographer. Framed and in very good to fine condition, with light toning, and scattered small stains, to the borders. Franco is uncommon in larger signed photos. Starting Bid $200
201. Samuel Pepys Document Signed. British civil
servant (1633–1703) who was promoted to Secretary to the Admiralty in 1673. He is best remembered as the author of a nine-year, multi-volume diary, one of the essential documents of 17th century British history and literature. Manuscript DS, one page, 7.5 x 9, June 27, 1667. Document authorizing the payment of 504 pounds for cordage shipped to the Navy at Portsmouth, in part: “These are to certifie that there is due unto Thomas Pitt the sum of five hundred and four pounds seven shillings four pence for…cordage by him delivered into his Ma’ts stores at Portsmouth.” Signed in the lower border in ink by Samuel Pepys, and countersigned by Sir William Penn and Sir William Batten. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing and staining, minor paper loss, and splitting to the ends of the somewhat fragile folds. Penn was an English admiral and politician (1621–1670) who was the father of the founder of Pennsylvania; Batten (c. 1600–1667) was an English naval officer and politician. Both are frequently mentioned throughout Pepys’ famous diaries. Starting Bid $200
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Royalty
Impressive Beaton portrait of the splendent Queen Mother 203. Elizabeth, Queen Mother Signed Oversized Photograph by Cecil Beaton. Exquisite matte-finish 15 x 18 photo of the Queen Mother
wearing a beautiful ball gown, the Greville Tiara, and the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter, affixed to the original 20 x 25.25 studio mount, signed boldly on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R., 1960.” The mount is also signed in pencil by the photographer, Cecil Beaton, whose stamp is on the reverse with number, “464/44.” In fine condition, with a tear to the lower left edge, easily matted out. A gorgeous portrait of the Queen Mother in an elegant full-length pose that is made all the more desirable for its uncommon size and sublime visual appeal. Starting Bid $200
202. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer 1801 Mezzotint Engraving. Large 1801 mezzotint engraving of the “Right Honour-
able George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty,” 21 x 29.75, which depicts Spencer in a standing full-length pose wearing Garter Robes and holding a plumed hat in his right hand, with a column and curtain to the left and a view of a tree and building to right background. Painted and published by John Singleton Copley, and engraved by Robert Dunkarton. In very good to fine condition, with foxing, staining, and chipping to the borders; the image itself is sharp and unaffected. Starting Bid $200
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204. King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma of Hawaii Signatures. Rare ink signa-
tures, “Kamehameha” and “Emma,” on an off-white 4 x 6.5 sheet embossed in the upper left with a royal crest. In fine condition, with two horizontal folds. Kamehameha (1834–1863) reigned as the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1855 to 1863; his wife, Emma (1836–1885), was later a candidate for the throne but King Kalakaua was elected instead. Starting Bid $200
Towering royal portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
206. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Oversized Photographs. Magnificent pair of oversized vintage
matte-finish portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from 1953: the Elizabeth photo by Dorothy Wilding measures 14 x 18, and shows the queen seated and wearing a strapless dress with the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter, a Lesser George at the waist, and the Diamond Diadem crown, signed on the original studio mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1954”; the Philip photo by Baron Studios (Sterling Henry Nahum) measures 15 x 18, and portrays the prince in a handsome standing pose attired in his Admiral of the Fleet uniform, signed on the original studio mount in fountain pen, “Philip, 1954.” Both photos are individually mounted and framed to an approximate size of 22 x 29; lower board of both frames feature an engraved plaque that reads: “Presented by Coronation Chapter, Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire, Dec. 1, 1954.” In overall fine condition, with light rippling to the side edges of the Elizabeth photo. A beautiful pair of oversized royal portraits of the world’s most recognized couple. Starting Bid $1000
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Exceptionally attractive 1957 portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 207. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph. Wonderful vintage matte-
finish 7.25 x 9.5 portrait of the royal couple, signed on the original studio mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R., 1957” and “Philip.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 16.75. In fine condition, with the signatures a couple of shades light. Accompanied by a letter of provenance. A particularly desirable official royal photograph—Queen Elizabeth has perhaps never looked more radiant, nor has Prince Philip appeared quite so handsome. Starting Bid $500
American West
208. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody Signature. Vintage ink signature, “True to friend & foe, W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill,’ Born. Scott Co., Iowa, Feb. 26th, 1845, Rutland, N.Y., July 27th 1895,” on an off-white 7 x 4.5 sheet. Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 13.75 x 18.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Notorious Figures
Chess set belonging to the teenaged Oswald
209. Lee Harvey Oswald’s Chess Set. Vintage chess set given to Lee Harvey Oswald by his mother after the family
had moved to New Orleans in 1954, consisting of 14 white plastic pieces and 14 red plastic pieces. Housed in the original burgundy leather box, 6.75 x 2.25 x 4, with an embossed gold image of a knight piece on the lid. In very good to fine condition, with moderate wear to the box and lid (which is detached but present); the chessmen themselves are in fine condition. When Marguerite Oswald was summoned to testify before the President’s Commission on the assassination of President Kennedy on February 12, 1964, a portion of her testimony noted chess as one of the childhood hobbies of her son. Starting Bid $500
210. Lee Harvey Oswald Hand-Addressed and Signed Envelope. Hand-addressed air mail envelope, 6.25 x 4.25, addressed by Oswald to his brother Robert, “U.S.A., Fort Worth, Texas, 7313 Davenport St., R. Oswald,” adding his “U.S.S.R., Minsk” return address and name in Russian, “A. Oswald,” at the bottom. Annotated along the edge with the date of May 5, 1961. In fine condition. Accompanied by a color copy of the letter this envelope originally contained, in which Oswald offers updates on his life—newly married, he and his wife have taken up a small flat near the radio factory where he works. Oswald’s use of “A. Oswald” is noteworthy, as the Warren Report said that Oswald went by the nickname ‘Alek’ while in Russia. He would also use the alias ‘Alek Hidell’ upon his return to the United States, and purchased the assassination weapon—a mail order 6.5*52mm Carcano Model 91/38 infantry rifle—under that name. A significant autograph from a definitive moment in Oswald’s life. Starting Bid $200
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military
Ultra-rare American naval autograph— a letter on deserters from Captain John Lawrence to Commodore Rodgers
302. James Lawrence Autograph Letter Signed. American naval officer who served as a commander of the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. He is perhaps best known for his dying command, ‘Don’t give up the ship!,’ following an intense battle with the HMS Shannon off of Boston Harbor. ALS signed “Jas. Lawrence,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.25, September 6, 1810. Written from “Brooklline,” a letter to Commodore John Rodgers of the USS President, in part: “The man who signs himself Simon Latham, deserted from the Wasp previous to my taking charge of her, on examination a few days past I found that after making good the time he was absent...he deserted from the boat whilst getting off wood,—the other, Truly, I understood from Captn Shaw, when last in Norfolk, had been transferred from the Gunboat to the Wasp...I was ignorant of his having been sent from the Gunboats untill I saw Captn Shaw his time is now out.” In very good to fine condition, with partial splitting to the hinge, two edge tears, ink erosion affecting one word of text, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $500
Rare signed portrait of the Confederate general 303. Robert E. Lee Signed Photograph. Highly desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite
portrait of Robert E. Lee in uniform with three stars discernible on his collar, boldly signed in ink, “R. E. Lee.” Published by The ‘Lee’ Photographic Gallery of Richmond, Virginia. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling, scattered small spots, and some skipping to the signature. Starting Bid $500
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304. James Longstreet Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “James
Longstreet, Paymaster,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 28, 1861. Letter to Major R. B. Reynolds, in part: “My intention was to suggest that some of it be left here for the convenience of officers and discharged soldiers. It certainly can make no difference to me personally who receives the funds…I have never entertained for a moment, the idea of having the Department without turning over my funds to you.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Patent model of Stuart’s saber hanger invention, with a letter pitching it to the Virginia legislature
305. J. E. B. Stuart Autograph Letter Signed and Saber Hanger Patent Model. Remarkable archive associated
with Stuart’s invention of a saber hanger, including an ALS encouraging purchase of his device for state troops and the original patent model displayed in a shadowbox. The ALS, signed “J. E. B. Stuart,” is written on the reverse of the full-page diagram from a two-page circular advertising the invention, 8.25 x 10.5, January 25, 1860, in part: “I write...to enclose this to you to ask that you bring the improvement described to the notice of the Legislature and have it introduced into the Cavalry Service of our state. Get at least an appropriation for $500...This improvement meets with great favor among the officers of the Army.” Stuart’s original brass working patent model, along with its patent office tag (“No. 25,684, 1859, J. E. B. Stuart, Method of attaching sabers & belts, Patented Oct. 4th 1859”) is mounted in an impressive 32 x 24 shadowbox, along with prints of the text of the patent and an image of Stuart in uniform. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Patton writes home from Mounted Service School
308. George S. Patton Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “George S. Patton, Jr.,” four pages on two adjoining
sheets, 5.5 x 7, Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas letterhead, no date but likely circa 1913. Letter to his “Mama,” in part: “Sundies here are like Sheridan or a grave yard I never saw anything so quiet...I started my instruction Thursday and gave two lessons with fair success so I hope it will be all right. So far I have been able to take the riding course with the class of course it does not amount to much yet just riding at a walk and trot and getting settled in the saddle.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a modern glossy photo of Gen. Patton. Starting Bid $200
309. Horatio Nelson Hand-Addressed Free Frank.
Sought-after hand-addressed and free franked cover, measuring 8.75 x 7.25 with a central panel of 4.75 x 3, addressed by Nelson to “William Pearce, Esq’r, Admiralty, London,” and franked in the lower left corner by Horatio Nelson as Duke of Bronte, “N & B.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning and soiling, and some seal-related paper loss. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA and an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Starting Bid $200
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aviation
Earhart signs a copy of her ‘Only Baggage’ poem
355. Orville Wright Signed FDC. Very appealing FDC
353. Amelia Earhart Signature. Vintage fountain pen signature, “It is an accomplishment to make ‘baggage’ poetic, Amelia Earhart, Jan. 5, 1933,” penned at the bottom of a 4.25 x 6.5 book page bearing a poem entitled ‘Only Baggage,’ written on June 20, 1928, which cleverly describes her participation in the flight. Matted and framed with a photo and FDC to an overall size of 16.5 x 18.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
354. Charles Lindbergh Signed Book. Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 531. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Hardcover with acetate jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition VG/VG, with a bump to the top edge of the rear board and some cracks to the acetate jacket. A sought-after example of this high point of aviation literature. Starting Bid $200
with a cachet honoring the Wright Brothers’ first successful air plane flying at Kitty Hawk, postmarked on June 19, 1941, bearing an affixed “Air Mail” label and stamp, signed vertically in fountain pen along the left side by Orville Wright. In fine condition, with a touch of light soiling and creasing. Starting Bid $200
From fiction to fact— the Jules Verne classic signed by eight Apollo astronauts
360. Apollo Astronauts (8) Signed ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ Book. Signed book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 323 pages. Signed on professionally tipped-in adjacent opening pages in bold black ink by eight Apollo astronauts: “Tom Stafford, Apollo X, Cdr.,” “Alan Bean, Apollo 12 LMP,” “Frank Borman, Apollo 8 CDR,” “James Lovell, Apollo 8, 13 CDR,” “Michael Collins, Apollo XI CMP,” “Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP,” “Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 LMP,” and “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG. Starting Bid $200
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space Our first Armstrong-signed baseball in eight years
362. Neil Armstrong Signed Baseball. Official Rawlings American League (Brown) baseball signed on a side panel in ballpoint by Neil Armstrong. In fine condition, with light staining to side panels. Baseballs are among the most desirable formats for signatures across all categories, with space being no exception. Armstrong autographs are as sought-after as ever, and this baseball—the first signed example that we’ve offered in eight years—represents a must-have crossover keepsake. Starting Bid $300
363. Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.
Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Neil Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in green felt tip, “To Moe Perman—Neil Armstrong.” In fine condition. Armstrong very rarely signed in green ink. Starting Bid $200
364. Neil Armstrong Typed Letter Signed. TLS, 8.5 x 11, Univer-
sity of Cincinnati letterhead, October 31, 1975. Letter to Mrs. Al Norrell, executive director of The Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. In part: “Thank you for your kind letter and invitation to join with you at the forthcoming open house...on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Grayson County Easter Seal Society. I will be out of the country on December 14th and will not be able to accept your thoughtful invitation.” In fine condition, with a couple of light stains in blank areas. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a carbon copy of Norrell’s letter to Armstrong. Starting Bid $200
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Flown Apollo 15 “LM Malfunction Procedures” page, deriving from the Dave Scott collection 365. Apollo 15 Flown LM Malfunction Procedures Page. Flown double-sided 8.5 x
10.5 checklist page carried to the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 15 “LM Malfunction Procedures’’ manual. This checklist page, dated April 12, 1971, numbered “7” and “8,” provides a 10-step malfunction index for the Primary Guidance and Navigation System, with tab marked to either side: “PGNS.” It was taken from the flown manual entitled “Apollo 15, LM Malfunction Procedures, Part No. SKB32100116-386, S/N 1001,” originally from the collection of Dave Scott and sold by RR Auction in April 2018. In fine condition. Accompanied by a provenance packet that includes a certificate of authenticity from Artifact Cloud, and a notarized certificate attesting to its authenticity. Starting Bid $200
Flown landmark page of the Gagarin crater, from the personal collection of CDR Cernan
366. Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown CSM Lunar Landmark Map Book Page. Gene Cernan’s flown page removed
from the CSM Lunar Landmark Map book carried aboard the command module America during the Apollo 17 mission. The page measures 8 x 10.5 and is labeled in the lower right corner, “1st Edition November, 1972 (DMAAC),” with the reverse bearing an affixed Eugene A. Cernan Space Collection label, “The crew used this flown Apollo 17 CSM Lunar landmark Map to study the Moon from lunar orbit,” signed in black ink by Cernan. The page features two overhead views of the large lunar impact crater Gagarin. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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art, architecture, and design Suing the notorious Jay Gould for his failure to pay for “certain pictures of defendant together with frames for the same” 411. Mathew Brady Document Signed. Early American
photographer (1922–1896) known for his scenes of the Civil War and for his portraits of eminent politicians and other illustrious Americans. Extraordinary manuscript DS, signed “M. B. Brady,” one page both sides, 8 x 11.75, March 6, 1872. New York Superior Court document in the case of “Mathew B. Brady against Jay Gould,” in part: “The plaintiff by J. K. Herbert his attorney, complains…That on or about the 16th day of April A.D. 1869, the plaintiff made, sold, and delivered to the defendant certain pictures of defendant together with frames for the same…There remains due and unpaid thereon the sum of four hundred and sixty-nine dollars.” Brady boldly endorses a statement at the conclusion. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Admission pass for the 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opening ceremonies
412. Brooklyn Bridge Opening Ceremony Ticket. Original engraved ticket by Tiffany & Co. for the historic
opening ceremonies of the Brooklyn Bridge, 6.5 x 2.75, reading: “Opening Ceremonies, New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May twenty-fourth, 1883, Admit One, This ticket must be presented at the entrance.” An embossed element to the lower right depicts a leaf emblazoned “NY & BB.” In fine condition, with some light soiling and toning. The opening ceremonies included speeches, bands, cannon fire, and fireworks, with notable attendees including President Chester A. Arthur and future President Grover Cleveland, then governor of New York. Starting Bid $200
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The great Surrealist draws a sketch for a benefactor while preparing the “paranoid spectacle of ‘Tristan Fou’” 413. Salvador Dali Autograph Letter Signed with Sketch. ALS in French, signed “S. Dali,” one page, 6 x 9, no date. Handwritten letter to a friend, with a desirable sketch by the artist in the upper right corner: a simple landscape scene depicting two figures in the foreground, pointing at an enormous sun overhead. Dali writes, in part (translated): “You know that there are periods when just the thought of writing a letter plunges me into feelings of anguish? All that you have written me proves to me that you live in a mental climate of unsteady reality. Very interested to know that you are nearer to ‘The Critical Paranoiac Activity.’ Two sparkling sciences dealing with the Ruins of Marxism - Biology and Morphology.” Dali states that he will be in Paris for two months, preparing the “paranoid spectacle of ‘Tristan Fou’ with music by Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche.” He asks his friend to advance him more money towards the painting, because “money melts like magic there.” In fine condition, with a small hole to the lower right corner affecting one word of text. The ‘paranoiac ballet’ adaptation of Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde was written by Dali in 1936-38, but production and performance was stalled until 1944. Dali enacted total control over the project: he wrote Tristan Fou’s libretto, designed the stage and costumes, directed the play, and choreographed the entire piece in collaboration with Leonide Massine. After premiering with the Grand Ballet in New York City, the “paranoid spectacle” traveled to London, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Venice, and Paris between 1949 and 1958. Starting Bid $300
414. Salvador Dali Signed Book. Signed book: Essays of Michel
de Montaigne: Translated by Charles Cotton, Selected and Illustrated by Salvador Dali. Limited first edition, numbered 776/1000. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1947. Hardcover, 7 x 9.75, 472 pages. Signed nicely on the colophon in black ink by Dali. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None, with an ownership inscription to first free end page. Starting Bid $200
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The great painter of Paris theatre attends an opera by “the infamous Reyer, the lord of the score”
415. Edgar Degas Autograph Letter Signed. Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.5, no date. Letter to a friend discussing the opera, with mentions of composer/critic Ernest Reyer and singer Rose Caron, renowned for her interpretations of Brunehild in Reyer’s Sigurd. In part (translated): “So when are you coming back? I’m asking you that, forgetting that you like the open fields, and that you are a garden-lover; it is there that I shall come one of these days to drop a Wagnerian cobblestone on your head. Thus, ‘twas I, the boor—subtly dominating the domain of modern plasticity, but more usually the imbiber of the honey of [the bees] of Hymettus from the opera Sigurd. I saw it again, and failed to meet Reyer at Muller’s cafe, to the right of the monument. The divine Mademoiselle Caron; I compared her (to her face) to the figures of Puvis de Chavanne, who she didn’t know about. Rhythm… rhythm! [I hope] that your good wife will give it back to me someday soon, in front of the infamous Reyer, the lord of the score.” In fine condition, with a slight brush to the signature. Degas’ frequent visits to the opera, ballet, and café-concerts provided him with plenty of subjects for his artwork, which included two of the characters mentioned here: rough drawings of Reyer are present in sketchbooks from circa 1877, and he painted a portrait of Mme. Caron around 1892. A great letter evoking his consuming love of the theatre. Starting Bid $300
416. Juan Gris Autograph Letter Signed. Spanish painter and sculptor (1887–1927) associated with Cubism. ALS in French, one page, 7 x 4.5, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter to a friend. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200
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419. Henri Matisse Signed Book. Signed book: Ulysses. Limited edition, numbered 567/1500. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover bound in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and beautiful embossed gilt decoration to front, 9.25 x 12, 363 pages. Signed on the colophon in pencil, “Henri Matisse.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None, with cracked hinges, light rubbing to edges, and gentle bumps to lower corners. One year after the decade-long ban on publishing Ulysses in the United States was lifted, George Macy of the Limited Edition Club commissioned Henri Matisse to illustrate a deluxe edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. While Joyce was excited to have such a prominent artist illustrate his work, he and Macy were somewhat disappointed to find that Matisse did not read the book and based his artwork entirely on Homer’s ancient epic The Odyssey. The resulting book, featuring six original soft-ground etchings by Matisse and twenty reproductions of his preliminary drawings, was published in a limited edition of 1500, all signed by the artist; the first 250 were signed by the author as well. Starting Bid $200
Matisse pulls strings at French Museum 420. Henri Matisse Typed Letter Signed. TLS in French, one page,
5 x 8.25, December 26, 1945. Letter referencing a museum and fellow artist Aristide Maillol, opening with nine words penned in Matisse’s own hand. In part (translated): “I lobbied Mr. Salles regarding your candidature. With my regrets, I forward the letter concerning you from the Director of the Musées de France. I hope that the affair of the statue of Maillol is on track to be realized.” Matted with an image of one of his works to an overall size of 18.75 x 12.75. In fine condition, with some light creasing. Starting Bid $200
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422. Claude Monet Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French,
two pages, 5.25 x 8, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, October 24, 1915. Untranslated handwritten letter by Monet, penned from his famous Giverny gardens. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
421. Claude Monet Signed Calling Card.
Personal calling card belonging to Claude Monet, 3.75 x 2.25, who has signed in purple ink, “Cl. M.,” and added a brief sentiment in French above. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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423. Berthe Morisot Autograph Letter Signed. French painter (1841–1895) considered one of the greatest female Impressionists alongside Mary Cassatt. She was married to Eugene Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Edouard Manet. ALS in French, signed “B. Manet,” one page, 5.25 x 4.75, January 22, 1899. Untranslated handwritten letter by the pioneering female Impressionist. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Choice photograph of Picasso with rare, lengthy inscription to his best friend, the sculptor Jaime Sabartes
424. Pablo Picasso Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Picasso bundled up for chilly weather, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to his best friend, the Spanish sculptor and writer Jaime Sabartes, “Para Jaime Sabartes, esta fotografia hecha en Tolosa en donde estuvimos juntos este invierno, Picasso, 1946.” Reverse bears a “Photo Boix, J.S.U.” credit stamp. In very fine condition. Picasso first met Sabartes in 1899 when they were both just eighteen years old and began a lifelong friendship. Sabartes initiated the establishment of the Museu Picasso in Barcelona with the donation of his personal collection, which consisted of nearly six hundred of Picasso’s works. A beautiful and very significant photo with a superb association. Starting Bid $500
425. Camille Pissarro Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” written in pencil on the front of his 3.75 x 2.25 personal calling card, November 3, 1901. Handwritten letter to a doctor, in full (translated): “I am more or less settled; if you wish to see my series of Dieppe and Eragny, come on Monday or Tuesday morning before the paintings are shipped away. Best personal regards to your wife from us both.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Artistic correspondence from the master sculptor to his colleague: “As for the statuary group, it is still at the plaster-mold maker’s” 426. Auguste Rodin Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “A. Rodin,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, July 18, 1882. Lengthy handwritten letter to the painter and etcher Alphonse Legros, in part (translated): “Monsieur Chenier is sending your medals and engravings today. I don’t know why he kept them for so long. As for the statuary group, it is still at the plaster-mold maker’s; he probably has a great deal of work. From there I am going to have it cast...but you know that Liard doesn’t work very fast, for he does everything himself and his patina takes a long time to do...As for your portrait, I took the liberty of sending it to Antwerp, to the exposition, along with the one of Monsieur Lamour...I am going to write to Monsieur Tonides to tell him that his mask has been received and to thank him warmly for the magnificent block of stone he gave me.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Rousseau celebrates the 25th anniversary of his Groupe des Indépendants exhibition 427. Henri Rousseau Autograph Letter Signed. Important French post-
impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner (1844–1910) known for his lush jungle paintings and stylized portraits. Recognized as a self-taught genius, his work exerted an extensive influence on several generations of avant-garde artists. Extremely rare ALS in French, signed “H. Rousseau,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, June 2, 1910. Writing from Paris ninety days before his death, Rousseau invites his correspondent to a party celebrating his work. In part: “Tomorrow night, I’ll give a small party for my anniversary and for the quarter century that I have shown my work with the Indépendants. I hope that your health as well as that of your better half is good, and that both of you will be willing to honor this family party with your presence. In this hope, I send you my very cordial handshake.” He pens his address as “2 bis rue Perrel,” and adds a brief postscript: “My workload goes over my head, but I have also invited our friend Bouillon tomorrow night, Friday at 9.” In fine condition, with scattered small stains. This is the first Rousseau letter that we have handled. His artwork rejected by the official Salon, Rousseau had exhibited for the first time with the Groupe des Indépendants in 1885, showing his canvases ‘Italian Dance’ and ‘Sunset.’ He would continue to exhibit with the Société des Artistes Indépendants for the rest of his career. He enjoyed throwing parties, and the silver jubilee of his first Indépendants exhibition event proved to be a fine excuse for one; his circle of friends included Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Guillaume Apollinaire, and others of the artistic persuasion, and they regularly reveled together. Starting Bid $200
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comic art and animation
462. Chuck Jones Signed Oversized Sketch. Original felt tip sketch of Bugs Bunny with a carrot in his hand accomplished by Jones on an off-white 14.75 x 17 sheet, signed and inscribed, “For Dave and Toni, Bugs Bunny & Chuck Jones 1983.” Double-matted to an overall size of 19.75 x 22. In fine condition, with a strip of light toning along the right edge. Oversized drawings of such iconic cartoon characters are extremely rare and desirable. Starting Bid $200
“Love has destroyed a lot of good pitchers”— Peanuts on love and baseball, a terrific original Schulz comic strip from 1990
463. Charles Schulz Original Comic Strip. Original hand-inked four panel Peanuts daily comic strip drawn by Charles
Schulz for September 12, 1990, 20.75 x 7, signed vertically in the last panel with his artist signature, “Schulz.” The comic follows a conversation between Schroeder and Charlie Brown during a baseball game, with the latter, seen standing on the pitcher’s mound, explaining: “I got a letter from Peggy Jean today…she says she still likes me.” Schroeder, the catcher: “If you’re talking to me, Charlie Brown, I’m standing here behind you…” Charlie Brown whirls about in his direction, “Oops…sorry,” before Schroeder walks away muttering: “Love has destroyed a lot of good pitchers.” A “1990 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.” notice is affixed between the first and second panels. Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 11.5. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
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464. Charles Schulz Original Sketch of Snoopy. Original sketch of Snoopy by Charles
Schulz, which shows Charlie Brown’s dog obediently seated in grass, accomplished in black felt tip on an off-white 5.75 x 3.75 sheet signed “Charles M. Schulz.” Matted and framed with a photo of the Peanuts gang to an overall size of 17 x 14.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
465. Charles Schulz Original Sketch of Charlie Brown.
Original sketch of Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz, accomplished in black felt tip on an off-white 4.5 x 6.75 sheet, which is signed, “Schulz.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 8.75 x 10.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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literature “I am a person who never goes anywhere, except when men like Conan Doyle come and drag me out of my rooms” 476. James M. Barrie Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “J. M. Barrie,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, June 10, 1892. Handwritten letter to Richard Holt Hutton, editor of the Spectator. In full: “I am a person who never goes anywhere, except when men like Conan Doyle come and drag me out of my rooms before I can get the door locked.” In fine condition. An unusual letter associating two of the great names in popular English literature. Starting Bid $200
Oversized original artwork by Bemelmans for Yolanda and the Thief 478. Ludwig Bemelmans Original Painting. Belgian-born American author and illus-
trator (1898-1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children’s books. Fabulous original painting by Ludwig Bemelmans for “Yolanda and the Thief,” accomplished in gouache on paper in a 24 x 28 wooden inset frame, signed and dated on the frame in paint, “’45, Bemelmans.” Subsequently ornately framed to an overall size of 29 x 33.5. In very good to fine condition, with some scuffing to the signature, and some damage to the outer frame. Bemelmans sold MGM the screen rights to his 1943 short story ‘Yolanda and the Thief,’ and the Technicolor musical film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Fred Astaire, debuted in 1945. This enchanting original artwork by Bemelmans may have been a preliminary concept for a poster or advertising design. Although the film was received poorly at the box office, it has earned cult-classic status for its fantastic visuals and whimsical, dreamlike quality. Starting Bid $300
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One day after Richard Hickcock’s execution, Capote comforts the In Cold Blood killer’s mother: “You have lost a son, and I have lost a friend”
479. Truman Capote Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Truman,” one page both sides, 6 x 8, personal letterhead, April 15, 1965. Handwritten letter to Eunice Hickcock, the mother of Richard Hickcock, one of two killers who became the subject of Capote’s non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, written the day after his execution. In full: “I was allowed to visit Dick that night. I stayed with him to the very end. He behaved with great dignity and courage, and I was very proud of him. But how sad it is! What a cruel tragedy! I am so sorry for you, Eunice. And for myself as well. You have lost a son, and I have lost a friend of whom I had grown very fond. Remember, you can always rely on me for anything at any time. Please use the enclosed check to take a nice trip somewhere. God bless you!” In fine condition. In the early morning hours of November 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family were murdered in a rural Kansas farming community. Two ex-convicts, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, were captured six weeks later, put on trial, found guilty of the murders and sentenced to death. They would remain on death row for nearly six years, before both being executed on April 14, 1965. Even before they were apprehended, writer Truman Capote had developed an interest in the story and traveled to Holcomb, Kansas, to interview the locals. After Smith and Hickcock were imprisoned, Capote interviewed both extensively, eventually befriending them and serving as an official witness to their executions. He compiled over 8,000 pages of research notes while writing In Cold Blood, which was first published as a four-part serial in The New Yorker, beginning on September 25, 1965. Random House released it in book form on January 17, 1966, where it achieved overnight success. In Cold Blood remains the best-selling true crime book of all time. Starting Bid $500
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480. Raymond Chandler: First Edition of The Lady in the Lake. Scarce unsigned book: The Lady in the Lake. First
edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket (publisher’s printed price of $2.00 present on inner front flap), 5.5 x 7.75, 216 pages. Book condition: VG/VG, with professional restorations to dust jacket including small areas of repaired losses and color infill at spine ends and edges. The Lady in the Lake takes Detective Philip Marlowe out of Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy businessman’s estranged wife. Starting Bid $200
481. Agatha Christie Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, November 26, 1959. Short letter of thanks for roses. In full: “What lovely red roses! Only one person has died for me so heroically so long!” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Christie’s hand. Starting Bid $200
Brilliant 1897 portrait of Clemens, signed boldly with his famed pen name, “Truly yours, Mark Twain” 482. Samuel L. Clemens Signed Photograph. Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of ‘Mark Twain,’ which shows author Samuel Clemens in a handsome profile pose, signed in bold fountain pen, “Truly yours, Mark Twain, Nov. ‘97.” Published by the Sarony studio of New York. The photo is affixed to a larger black 10.5 x 11.5 album page. In fine condition, with mild bowing to photo. Starting Bid $500
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Handwritten letter from Clemens, mentioning his latest travel book, “Tramp Abroad”
483. Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” penned on both sides of his 5 x 3 personal monogrammed stationery, April 8 (no year, circa 1880). Letter to “My Dear ‘Jo,’” in full: “I’ve ordered the ‘Tramp Abroad’ to be sent to you, but I couldn’t write my name in it because I wasn’t close enough to it. You write it in, yourself. You can write better than I can, anyway. Give old Bob my love. I hope you both are happy & prospering.” In fine condition, with some scattered light toning, mostly to edges. Starting Bid $200
485. Joseph Conrad Signed Photograph. Un-
484. Samuel L. Clemens Signature. Highly desirable double ink signature, “Sam’l L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Handsomely double-matted and framed with a Rockwood portrait to an overall size of 10.75 x 15.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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common early 4.25 x 6 mattefinish photo of Conrad by W. H. Jacob of England, affixed to its original 7.75 x 9.75 mount, boldly signed in ink, “With affectionate regard, Jph Conrad, 1903.” An annotation on the reverse in another hand states that the photo was presented to writer R. B. Cunninghame Graham, one of Conrad’s close friends. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and soiling, and creasing to the corners of the mount. Starting Bid $300
Dickens on a follow-up to his “Capital Punishment” series in the Daily News 486. Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed. Third-person ALS, signed within the text
as “Mr: Charles Dickens,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, March 16, 1846. A handwritten letter marked “Private,” which reads, in part: “Mr: Charles Dickens presents his compliments to Mr: Burke, and begs to say with thanks to Mr. Burke for his obliging letter, that he has always had it in contemplation to follow up the letters on Capital Punishment with a letter on Secondary Punishments.” Dickens adds the date and his address at the conclusion: “1 Devonshire Terrace, York Gate Regent’s Park.” The letter is affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with light stains and mailing folds. Starting Bid $200
Lewis Carroll sends a logic puzzle and makes note of his predilection for young ladies
488. Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed. English author and logician (1832–1898) who wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll, celebrated for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page both sides, 8 x 5, September 24, 1887. Letter to “Edith,” written from his summer lodgings at 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne. In part: “If I have not utterly offended & estranged you by my unceremonious remarks on your mathematical work, will you try a new kind of problem that I have devised? If you can do it, I will send you a harder one of the same species. ‘A bag contains 3 counters, each of which is known to be black or white. A white counter is put in, the bag shaken, & a counter drawn out, which proves to be white. What is now the chance of drawing a white counter?’ After the weeping ‘Edith’ (about whom I think I told you) had gone back to her indispensable mother I had another ‘Edith’ to stay with me. Her age was (oh, Mrs. Grundy, what has become of you?) nearly 19! She was a very pleasant companion. (But why aren’t you 19, my child? Then perhaps you might come, which would be delightful.) She staid nearly a week: & then I had the elder sister of the weeping Edith—also nearly 19. So now I haven’t a shred of character left, for observance of conventional propensities! However, I’m ‘en garcon’ again now, & hoping to get a lot of my book done. It’s been getting on very well lately: & I have been delighted to find myself, day after day ‘oi the vein’ for original writing.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered small stains, several vertical folds, and the handwriting on the first page extremely light but still readable. Starting Bid $200 Hundreds of more items are listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 87
Dodgson confirms to Macmillan that he “did not write ‘Woman’s Mission’” 487. Charles L. Dodgson Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 8 x 5, October 31, 1888. Handwritten letter to Alexander MacMillan, the cofounder of Macmillan Publishers, in full: “The only answer I can give is that I did not write ‘Woman’s Mission.’ Is it ‘published by your firm’? And if so, who did write it?” Dodgson adds a brief postscript: “Thanks for ‘Athaneum’ notice.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light creasing, none of which affect the handwriting and its bold ink. Starting Bid $200
Scarce, distinguished portrait of the crime fiction pioneer 489. Arthur Conan Doyle Signed Photograph.
Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Conan Doyle in profile, by Elliot & Fry of New York, affixed to its original 8 x 11 photographer’s mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “With cordial remembrance, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ap. 13/13.” Also signed below the image in pencil, “Elliot & Fry.” In fine condition. In 1913, Doyle would publish the second book in his ‘Professor Challenger’ series, The Poison Belt, and the oft-anthologized short story, ‘The Horror of the Heights.’ A rare portrait benefited from its immaculate condition. Starting Bid $300
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Having secured a poem from the youthful “Henry D. Thoreau,” Emerson solicits contributions for The Dial 490. Ralph Waldo Emerson Handwritten Letter. Handwritten letter by Ralph
Waldo Emerson (signature clipped out and absent), four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, April 18, 1840. Letter to Rev. Thomas T. Stone in East Machias, Maine, soliciting contributions to Margaret Fuller’s newly founded journal, The Dial. Emerson writes that it has “a few anonymous correspondents on whose writings I set a high value. Henry D. Thoreau, a youth teaching a school in this town, has given me for her a beautiful poem. I have promised her some contribution for each number for a year.” In very good condition, with splitting to the intersecting folds, complete separation to the topmost horizontal fold (which could be repaired by a conservator), an edge tear and seal-related paper loss, and Emerson’s signature clipped off (and his name added in an unknown hand). Starting Bid $200
Fitzgerald seeks solace in Ashville’s clean mountain air while struggling with finances and Zelda’s mental health 491. F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 22, 1936. Letter to his secretary Isabel Owens, written from the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. In part: “I am going North without fail for Thanksgiving and spend at least one day in Baltimore trying to get things in better shape...There is a lot I want to talk over with you. It would be nice if you could tell me where certain articles are that I stored: my wife’s skating skirt Scotty has been wearing, and my wife’s two pairs of skiing boots—the tall ones from Quebec and the ones from Switzerland...It will save time if you will in the meantime have gotten in touch with the Storage Company and perhaps have been able to make a visit there to see that in that gray bandbox of Zelda’s there are the brush and mirror.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Starting Bid $500
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“I am embroiled with the stupidest tax-collector since Louis XV” 492. F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Sincerely &
Gratefully, F. Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8.5 x 14, April 6, 1931. Letter to “Miss Sillcot,” in full: “I hate to call upon you once again well before I have had a chance to thank you for your past favor, but I am embroiled with the stupidest tax-collector since Louis XV. He refuses to allow me one cent of deductions for typing (though I can’t type a word myself), office rent ect because I have not kept expense books! However the immediate matter is the moot question of earned income. Can you tell me if any writers pay taxes on magazine stories as un-earned income? Do not all writers that you know of list their stories as earned income and are they ever questioned? Is not the ruling vague and in practice haven’t the authorities in Washington recognized the money earned by a writer as earned income? Can you write me about this? I believe I am merely up against the stupidity of one man but will be glad to know if you are cognizant of the general precedent and any variants thereupon that may have reached your ears.” He adds a postscript along the left edge: “P.S. Needless to say he did not allow the movie gift as a charity.” In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and a repaired tear to the upper right edge. During the 1920s, Fitzgerald’s annual income from all sources averaged under $25,000—a very large sum at the time, but not quite a fortune. He and Zelda lived a lavish lifestyle, frequently spending money faster than it came in and frequently finding themselves in financially dire straits. Unlike many others of the era, Fitzgerald was extremely honest in his tax reporting and usually kept meticulous records (though here he admits to neglecting his expense books). However, he did occasionally press the limits of allowable deductions: when the IRS objected to his 1924 deduction of $2,450 as a business expense for a ‘trip to Europe for the purpose of obtaining material for stories,’ he did not pursue it any further. A beautifully penned letter from the great Jazz Age writer as he seeks to understand the complexities of America’s tax code. Starting Bid $500 90 |
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Fitzgerald’s second novel, inscribed for a noted NYC bookman
493. F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed Book. Signed book: The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, second printing, first state (Bruccoli A8.1.b). NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. Hardcover bound in dark bluish green cloth, lettered in gilt and blind, with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 449 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in fountain pen, “For George W. Stair, from F. Scott Fitzgerald, New York City.” George W. Stair was a noted bookman who originally owned and operated a rare bookstore near Rockefeller Center. Stair had already retired from the business when Brentano’s asked him to manage their Rare Book Room in New York, at 586 Fifth Avenue. In early March 1922, Zelda and F. Scott were in New York, staying at the Plaza Hotel (768 Fifth Avenue). They were there for two reasons: 1) Scribner’s publication promotions for The Beautiful and the Damned, including book signings; and, 2) the abortion of Zelda’s second child. Despite disappointing reviews, rare book dealers like George Stair recognized Scott Fitzgerald’s potential and considered acquiring his signature on a first edition a significant association. The following are the only variations from the first edition, first printing of this Fitzgerald title: Scribner’s colophon on copyright page (missing on first printing); dust jacket title lettering in solid black (instead of white in black outline, as in first printing). There are no textual variants noted between first and second printings. Dust jacket in very good plus to near fine condition: shallow chipping on head and toe of spine, also some on upper edge of front panel and corners; otherwise, front panel is remarkably clean and bright, as is back panel. Dust jacket spine only slightly tanned (unusual for this white background dust jacket). Both inner flaps of dust jacket are near fine. Book itself is in very good plus to near fine condition: cloth covers clean and fresh; gold print on spine only lightly dulled. Interior pages show some tanning, but only a shade. Binding and hinges strong. Book overall clean and attractive. Starting Bid $2500
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Rare first edition of Howl, signed by Ginsberg and annotated by the poem’s dedicatee Carl Solomon
Addtional images are available online.
494. Allen Ginsberg Signed First Edition of Howl (Annotated and Signed by Carl Solomon). Signed book:
Howl and Other Poems. First edition, first printing (with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear). San Francisco: The City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Softcover, 5 x 6.25, 44 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in black felt tip, “Allen Ginsberg, for Brynn Carroll,” with sketches of a sun in the “O” and around the recipient’s name. Also signed in green felt tip by Carl Solomon, to whom the poem ‘Howl’ is dedicated, who annotates numerous pages with his complaints and comments about Ginsberg’s poem. Solomon draws an arrow from his name on page 9, “later to become a Grand Juror in Bronx County”; makes some corrections on page 15 (“Brooklyn College” for CCNY); asks, “Who is safe?” on page 16; corrects “Pilgrim” for Rockland several times in Verse III; and writes “Recovery comes slowly” at the conclusion. After ‘Footnote to Howl,’ Solomon writes and signs: “Why he wrote the poem, I don’t understand. I was seeking only a rest and attempting to give up smoking. I don’t understand all this grand opera. Carl Solomon.” On page 43, Solomon writes and signs again: “Now that I am so famous, I feel like calling myself the Count of Lautreamont in order to safeguard my privacy. This is, perhaps, the opposite of grandiosity. Carl Solomon.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with slight lifting to adhesive of the wrap-around paper label on rear, minor soiling, and light creasing to the edge of the front wrapper. Accompanied by a custom-made slipcase. Only 1,000 copies of the first run of Howl were printed, and this example—signed by Ginsberg and the poem’s subject, unexpectedly made famous by the controversial work—is a truly outstanding example of the landmark Beat Generation book. Starting Bid $1000
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“Americans say ‘Time is Money.’ I have spent much time in vain in your country”
495. Maxim Gorky Autograph Quotation Signed. Important Russian writer (1868–1936), who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. AQS in Cyrillic on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Gorky. In full (roughly translated): “Americans say ‘Time is Money.’ I have spent much time in vain in your country.” In fine condition, with a repaired upper right corner, and faint toning from prior display. Starting Bid $200
497. Ernest Hemingway Signed Check. National City
Bank of New York check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to Hotel Ambos Mundos for $80, June 21, 1933. Reverse bears four Cuban revenue stamps and the ink-stamped endorsement of Ambos Mundos, the Havana hotel that was the writer’s longtime Cuban residence. Hemingway called the hotel ‘a good place to write’ and produced the opening chapters of For Whom the Bell Tolls there. In fine condition, with some light creasing and an unobtrusive central vertical fold. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. A desirable autograph with a great literary association. Starting Bid $200
Working draft to Howe’s ‘In the Cologne Cathedral’ 498. Julia Ward Howe Autograph Poem Signed. Au-
tograph draft of a poem, signed “Julia Ward Howe,” two pages (7.75 x 10.25 and 7.75 x 5), no date. The poem, titled “In Cologne Cathedral,” begins: “I felt the glories of the ancient shrine / Wrap me about with harmonies divine / The childlike faith, the earnest sacrifice, / The inspiration of the truly wise.” There are corrections over several words, indicating that this was a draft of the final poem and not a commemorative copy. In very good condition, with trimming to second page, partial separations along horizontal folds, light toning, a few smudges, wrinkles, and pinholes, and a faint pencil stroke through signature. Starting Bid $200
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“The height of my ambition was to have something published in The Crisis”
499. Langston Hughes Typed Manuscript Signed and (2) Signed Books. TMS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1962. Extensively hand-edited and corrected draft entitled “Author’s Postscript: Personal” from his 1962 book Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. Also includes two signed books: a 1930 hardcover edition of Not Without Laughter, and a 1945 hardcover edition of The Big Sea, both of which are signed and inscribed on an opening page by Hughes. In overall very good to fine condition, with file holes to the left margins of the typescript and a small adhesive remnant to the signed page of Not Without Laughter. Starting Bid $200
Peacefully resting in Tyrol, Ibsen occupies himself “poetically exclusively with human character and with human fate”
500. Henrik Ibsen Autograph Quotation Signed. Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works,
including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of modern drama. AQS in German on an offwhite 7.5 x 3.75 sheet, dated at Bolzano, Italy, November 9, 1884. Handwritten quotation by Ibsen, in full (translated): “I let all my problems rest in dear peaceful Tyrol and occupy myself poetically exclusively with human character and with human fate. Bozen, 9 November 1884, Henrik Ibsen.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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James Joyce edits Finnegans Wake in a handwritten letter filled with his iconic prose
501. James Joyce Autograph Letter Signed. Rare and extraordinary ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6, 2 Square Robiac letter-
head, May 18, 1926. Handwritten letter to Lily Bollach, a typist working on the manuscript of Joyce’s famed ‘Work in Progress,’ which would become Finnegans Wake; these changes relate to Book III, Chapter 3. In full: “It is all my fault for copying out of an earlier version. I am sorry to have put you to unnecessary trouble. Please read ‘noblesse of leechers at this Saxontannery etc’ and later ‘during alleged recent act of our chief magistrades as required by statues’ for ‘Mockmacmahonson’ in the other place read ‘Mockmacmahonitch’ and after the words ‘man in the coombe’ insert ‘Fauxfitzhuorson.’ The verse begins correctly as you say ‘Day shirker.’ With many apologies and kind regards.” Addressed on the reverse in Joyce’s hand. In fine condition, with old tape stains along the top and bottom edges. Filled with experimental language like that seen here, James Joyce began his masterwork, Finnegans Wake, as a ‘Work in Progress’ in 1923. Fragments appeared in literary journals over the course of 17 years, before the completed novel was finally published in May 1939. Joyce corrects a draft of the manuscript in this remarkable letter, writing out ideal examples of the stylish, idiosyncratic language that characterizes the work. Very few Joyce letters offer such distinct examples of his inimitable prose. Starting Bid $1000
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“My trainer’s name is Johnny Walker”— original manuscript for Kerouac’s last major article, published in The Atlantic
503. Jack Kerouac Hand-Corrected and Signed Manuscript Proof. Typed manuscript for the article “In the Ring” by Jack Kerouac, six pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1968, initialed on the last page in black ballpoint by the author, “JK”; also includes the hand-corrected galley proof, printer’s instructions, and first printing in the March 1968 issue of The Atlantic. The article describes boxing and wrestling matches witnessed around New England during his youth, and stands as a great example of Kerouac’s stylish semi-autobiographical prose. In small part: “I saw this guy outside the little training gym my father ran in Centerville, Lowell Mass., about 1930, when he first introduced me to sports by taking me in there to watch the boys hammer away at punching bags and big sandbags, and if you ever see an amateur heavyweight whacking away full-fisted at a sandbag and making the whole gym creek, you’ll learn never to start a fight with any big boy you ever do meet in any bar from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon.” The manuscript has several emendations throughout—minor pencil corrections to spelling and grammar (presumably in the hand of an editor), and a couple of ink corrections (including the word “trainer’s”), evidently in Kerouac’s hand. The three-page uncorrected author’s proof features two corrections in Kerouac’s hand, one striking through the extra letter in the misspelled “gymn,” and the other changing “Rex Arena” to “Crescent Rink.” The accompanying document, headed “Atlantic Accent & Books Headings,” offers printing/typesetting instructions for the article’s appearance in the magazine, the title (“In the Ring”) and author (“by Jack Kerouac”) to be displayed flush left in the same size. In fine condition, with toning and splits to folds in the galley proof. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made clamshell box with gilt-stamped quarter-leather binding. This was the last piece of Kerouac’s to appear in a major publication during his lifetime, as he passed away at the age of 47 on October 21, 1969. Complications due to cirrhosis after a lifetime of heavy drinking caused the death, a casualty anticipated in the closing line of this piece: “I say, God bless young fighters, and now I’ll take a rest and wait for my trainer’s bottle, and my trainer’s name is Johnny Walker.” An excellent original work from the Beat Generation pioneer, and an archive that chronicles the publishing process from start to finish. Starting Bid $5000 96 |
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Twice-signed personal check cashed by Kerouac and his mother
502. Jack Kerouac Twice-Signed Check. Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, “Jack Kerouac,”
payable to cash for $100, June 17, 1959; also endorsed on the reverse by Kerouac and his mother, “Jack Kerouac” and “Gabrielle Kerouac.” In fine condition. Kerouac and his mother lived in Northport, New York, between 1958 and 1964. Starting Bid $200
504. Charles Lamb Signed Handwritten Acrostic Poem. Exceptional handwritten acrostic poem by Charles
Lamb, who signs at the bottom, “Ch’s Lamb, Enfield, 16 Apr. 1831.” The four-stanza poem, one page, 7.25 x 9, is headed “Acrostic” at the top and, accordingly, spells out the recipient, “To Sarah James of Beguildy,” with the first letter of each successive line. The poem reads, in part: “Sleep hath treasures worth retracing / Are you not in slumbers pacing / Round your native spot at times / And seem to hear Beguildy’s chimes?” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, toning, and soiling. Starting Bid $200
505. Jack London Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page,
8 x 9.75, stamped personal letterhead, March 29, 1906. Letter to Mabel Applegarth, his ‘first love’ from his late-teen years, including his brief period at UC Berkeley where Mabel was also a student. In part: “Since my return from the lecture-trip I have declined all lecture-propositions with the exception of Oakland, as I have to be down in Oakland now and again and I don’t lose any time…You can explain this to the Unitarian people, and add that I am not lecturing anywhere else outside of Oakland.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 12.25 x 14.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Choice autograph letter by Herman Melville, breezily taking an advance on his historical novel Israel Potter
506. Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed. Scarce ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page, 4.75 x 6.75, November
25, 1854. Melville writes to his publisher, G. P. Putnam & Co. in New York. In full: “I have taken the liberty to draw on you today at three days’ sight for Sixty Dollars ($60); about which sum will probably be due on Dec: No: of ‘Israel Potter.’” The book, Melville’s only historical novel, was based on the eponymous Revolutionary War hero (1744-1826); among the historical figures who make cameos in the story are George III, Benjamin Franklin, and (through Melville’s imaginative license) Ethan Allen and John Paul Jones. In fine condition, with a trimmed left edge, and a tiny repair to the upper left corner. A gorgeously penned and perfectly preserved example that looks as fresh as the day it came from the great author’s pen. Starting Bid $1000
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507. A. A. Milne (2) Autograph Letters Signed. Two ALSs, signed “Blue” and “A. A Milne,” three pages in total, dated July 2, 1920, and November 27, 1942. Both letters are addressed to close friend Vincent Seligman. The earlier letter, penned on Mallord Street letterhead, in part: “I am afraid that my wife won’t be able to go out now until after September, but it is very nice of Mrs. Seligman to ask us.” The second letter, in part: “I shall now answer your questions…1. Moon. A fortnight after he’d got his commission he came back on embarkation leave, and sailed on August 26th. He shouldn’t have gone really but wrangled himself into the place of an officer on leave…he arrives at Irak on Nov 3rd, and I suppose will be there for a bit: anyway, we haven’t heard since.” Milne adds a short poem for a postscript, “A force, however badly paid, owes / its striking power to its DADOS; / from toilet paper down to pistol / it owes it all to DADOS Bristol.” In overall fine condition, with creasing to the top of one of the letters. Starting Bid $200
508. A. A. Milne Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, Hotel
Timeo letterhead, February 24, 1931. Handwritten letter from Sicily, to his literary agent Nancy Pearn. In part: “Avanti also Congrazziolatione and Spaghetti! (Spanish for good!). Yes, I must agree about the title, but I don’t think I need bother about cuts and such like. Tell Hunt I assume that he is a man of intelligence and will treat it intelligently. I shall be finished by Autumn, I swear.” He adds a postscript: “The weather has not been too good, but even so, this place is prettier than Henrietta Street.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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509. Kenneth Patchen Archive. Significant archive of rare
and important materials related to the experimental American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen, from the collection of musician, writer, and critic Tony Glover. Patchen, whose protest writing, humor, and modern myth-making imagery anticipated the work of Bob Dylan, was a central influence on the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation. Highlights include: - A rare out-of-series ‘painted’ edition of Panels for the Walls of Heaven, published by Bern Porter in 1946, signed inside the rear board in black felt tip, “One of the ‘Over-runs’ from the 150 copy Painted Edition of this book. Out of Series, Kenneth Patchen.” Bound in original thick blue-painted boards. - A first edition of Sleepers Awake, published by in New York by Padell, 1946, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in thick blue felt tip, “For David & Karen Glover, with every good wish, 24-6-64—Palo Alto, Kenneth Patchen.” - A fifth edition of The Journal of Albion Moonlight, published in New York by Padell in 1946, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in thick red felt tip by Kenneth Patchen, “For Karen & David Glover, all the good wishes of Miriam & Kenneth Patchen.”
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- More than 40 pieces of correspondence from his wife and muse, Miriam Patchen, including handwritten and typed letters, cards, and postcards, often artistically rendered. Most letters include their original mailing envelopes. These significant letters offer intimate glimpses into Patchen’s life and work. - Two hand-colored silkscreen broadsides of Patchen’s ‘picture-poems,’ entitled “The Moment” and “To Whomever.” Both framed. - A box of Glover’s research notes about Patchen and his works, including a few of Glover’s typed drafts of articles about the Patchen (one with an attached slip from the Evergreen Review, declining to publish the piece). Plus Glover’s card index tray filled with cards bearing typed notes about Patchen’s body of work, with reviews, publishing data, press mentions, and assorted other blurbs. Also includes 36 unsigned books by and about Patchen (including many desirable first editions), a program for the 1974 ‘Hallelujah Anyway’ exhibition at the University of North Dakota; an issue of ‘Anarchy 34’ from 1963, with a piece on Patchen; and three examples of the prospectus for ‘Jargon 50: But Even So.’ In overall very good to fine condition. View additional images online at www.RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $200
Rare “Peter Rabbit” sketch by Beatrix Potter, sent to the composer of the Peter Rabbit Music Books
510. Beatrix Potter Signed Sketch of Peter Rabbit. Sought-after ink signature and inscription, “[From:] Wm. and Beatrix Heelis, [To:] Christopher and Phyllis Le Fleming and the young man, from Peter Rabbit, Christmas 1936,” on an off-white 4.25 x 6 presentation sheet, with Potter adding a wonderful small sketch of a rabbit and a trail of winding “x” marks. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and scattered light foxing.
With their playful plots, imaginative critters, and some of the liveliest illustrations in children’s literature, Beatrix Potter’s little books—23 in total, published over the course of two decades—were an instant and enormous success. By 1935, the 69-yearold had all but given up her writing career, focusing on her farming and sheep breeding above all else. But despite her weakening eyes and a tremble in her hand, she cheerfully embarked on a new project called The Peter Rabbit Music Books when the young composer Christopher Le Fleming—‘a rather peculiar visitor,’ as she called him in a letter to a friend—approached her with a set of piano pieces he had written, inspired by her stories and suitable for children. A wonderful association piece boasting a rare original Peter Rabbit sketch by Potter. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare publishing document from the notoriously reclusive Thomas Pynchon
511. Thomas Pynchon Document Signed. DS, one page, 8.5 x 13, March 10, 1967. Rider to an agreement between Thomas Pynchon and the Italian publisher Valentino Bompiani & C., concerning the exclusive license granted to them “to publish and to sell in the Italian language, in volume form only, a work entitled ‘V’ by the Author, Thomas Pynchon…in their quality paperback reprint series ‘I Delfini,’ paying a flat 7 1/2%…on each and every copy of the said work sold.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Pynchon. In fine condition. Pynchon’s debut novel, V. was first published in English in 1963. In his typical imaginative postmodern mode, Pynchon traces the exploits of a discharged sailor named Benny Profane, his reconnection in New York with a the Whole Sick Crew (a group of pseudo-bohemian artists), and the quest of an aging traveler named Herbert Stencil to identify and locate the mysterious entity he knows only as ‘V.’ The novel was nominated for a National Book Award, and received the William Faulkner Foundation Award for best debut novel. Starting Bid $500
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Salinger on his “raw-food” diet 512. J. D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed. Intriguing TLS signed
“Jerry,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1972. Letter to Eileen Paddison, discussing a wedding photograph and his ‘raw food’ diet. He writes that everyone looks happy in the picture, and suspects that the bride and groom have a great chance at success. He goes on to comment at length on his search for a complete dietary solution, discussing the years spent looking into a vast array of different types of diets. He has settled on a ‘raw food’ diet, where nutrients can not be altered by exposure to heat. Certain things that taste too badly—like eggs—he is willing to heat to a hundred degrees, but not more. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $300
Evading “cranks, etc.,” the reclusive Salinger opens a P.O. box under the pseudonym “John Boletus” 513. J. D. Salinger Document Signed. DS, signed “J. D.
Salinger,” one page, 6 x 4, February 20, 1964. Official card from the Post Office in Cornish, New Hampshire, filled out by Salinger to open a post office box under the name “John Boletus,” printing the pseudonym in the “Name of Applicant” box, and signing in cursive at the conclusion, “J. D. Salinger.” An explanation is typed at the center: “Applicant is an author who is planning to have only mail addressed to the name above, which is a pseudonym, placed in the box to avoid having cranks, etc. taking advantage of the fact in their contact with the name Jerome Salinger. Mr. Salinger also uses the above name (Boletus) in business with the Windsor Co. Nat’l. Bank.” According to the card, the box was closed on July 16, 1987. In fine condition.
This remarkable document demonstrates Salinger’s famously reclusive nature—operating under a pseudonym to avoid “cranks”—as well as his encyclopedic knowledge of mushrooms. He likely chose the name because of its innuendo—boletus being a Latin name for mushroom, and one in the same kingdom/division/class as the ‘phallus’ mushroom. His frequent use of the pseudonym is referenced in the New Yorker article ‘A Night at the Movies’ by John Seabrook, and in Vanity Fair’s ‘Salinger in Love’ by Joyce Maynard. An extraordinary piece from the recluse writer. Starting Bid $500
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Extraordinary signed first edition of the final Dr. Seuss book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
514. Dr. Seuss Signed Book. Signed book: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! First edition. NY: Random House, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.25 x 11.25, 44 pages. Signed and inscribed adjacent to the half-title page in black ink, “With best wishes to Matt Stiller! Dr. Seuss, March 1990.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: NF/NF.
The consignor notes that the book was purchased at the Strand Book Store in New York City during the week of its publication, and then mailed to Dr. Seuss shortly thereafter. Although unconfirmed, it remains highly unlikely that the author performed any public book signings for Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his final book, given that he had experienced complications from his oral cancer prior to the book’s release date; Dr. Seuss would lose his battle with cancer at the age of 87, a year-and-a-half after signing this copy. Signed examples of Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, the last Seuss book to be published during his lifetime, are virtually nonexistent, with research revealing no other examples sold at auction within the past 15 years—that this is a first edition only further elevates its already immense desirability and scarcity. Starting Bid $2500
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Scarce movie contract for an adaptation of Steinbeck’s The Wayward Bus 515. John Steinbeck Document Signed. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 22, 1947. Official letter addressed to Liberty Films, Inc., regarding a supplement to an earlier Letter-Agreement for a film adaptation of Steinbeck’s novel The Wayward Bus, which finds Steinbeck requesting the film company “to give additional consideration to my said story.” Signed neatly at the conclusion in black ink by Steinbeck. In fine condition. A screen version of Steinbeck’s novel, directed by Victor Vacas and starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, and Dan Dailey, was released in 1957. Documents related to Steinbeck’s storied Hollywood career remain uncommon. Starting Bid $200
“Meetings are not my kind of activity,” writes Steinbeck during work on the Arthurian legend 516. John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, December 1957. Handwritten letter to John Ciardi, in part: “Bread Loaf sounds very attractive and besides I have been hearing about it for years from Edith Mirrielees. But meetings are not my kind of activity. I am no good at them. Besides, I have never lectured in my life and I’m afraid it’s too late to start now.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope. The “Malory research” Steinbeck alludes to is undoubtedly his exhaustive exploration of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Although left unfinished, the work was later published in 1976 as The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. Starting Bid $200
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Advice to a schoolteacher: “If you want them to read my work—forbid it. Then they will not only read it but will have a fine sense of sin too” 517. John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 8 x
12.5, October 25, 1948. Handwritten letter to a teacher, in part: “I am sorry I have neither books nor pictures. The first I do not have around and the second I do not like. Please don’t make your students read my work. This could give them a hatred they would never out grow. If you want them to read my work—forbid it. Then they will not only read it but will have a fine sense of sin too and some triumph over authority.” In fine condition, with small tape stains at the corners. Starting Bid $200
518. John Steinbeck Signed Photograph. Intense glossy 4.75 x
6.5 close-up publicity photo of author John Steinbeck, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with light brushing to his first name. An uncommon format, as Steinbeck was always reluctant to sign photos of himself. Starting Bid $200
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519. Robert Louis Stevenson Signature. Bold and neat ink signature, “Robert Louis Stevenson, 1893,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 slip, affixed to a mount below an original albumen photograph of Stevenson, showing him in an exotic locale, to an overall size of 5 x 7. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Tolkien on the rules of metre and prosody, in relation to Middle English and ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
520. J. R. R. Tolkien Typed Letter Signed. TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.25, June 22, 1957. Letter to Andrew Schiller, commenting on the classic medieval tale ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ and the structural rules of the English language. In part: “I regret that I have not, even now, time to discuss your interesting paper or statement of queries concerning the metre of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. My chief sympathy is with your remark in the second paragraph from ‘In the first place’ to ‘as we sing.’ Also there is surely a natural intermediary between ‘reading silently,’ a process that cannot at the period have yet become normal, and ‘chanting according to a bardic tradition,’ for the existence of which in the English-speaking areas I know of no evidence; namely reading aloud in a manner basically allied to the natural speaking voice... For me metre is the conscious learned pattern, the rules (which are in a sense artificial, and may even be in a sense false). According to metre a master can tell a pupil that a line ‘does not scan’—which is not the same thing as saying that it is phonetically unpleasant or that it is not capable of phonetic analysis. Prosody is the analysis of what is there, linguistically and (in the widest sense) phonetically, especially in relation to the artificial pattern. In which, of course, the nature of the language itself, and of the idiosyncrasies of a given person will inevitably be concerned. In dealing with a dead metrical practice, that has not left a record or tradition of ‘the rules,’ I think that most enquiries, and notably those dealing with the ‘alliterative’ tradition, become confused...What do you think were ‘the rules’ in this case? And how were they learned? There must have been some...One thing is certain: they were not formulated according to musical notation, nor in the terms of modern structural linguistics. Where does ‘alliteration’ come in? I think that is the first point of enquiry. Though it is much neglected by analysts of the supposed rhythmical structure of Old and Medieval ‘alliterative’ verse.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $300
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“May God grant you...spiritual strength, which depends a lot on oneself”
521. Leo Tolstoy Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in Cyrillic, signed “Count L. Tolstoy,” two pages on two adjoining sheets,
5.25 x 8.5, no date. Letter to Prince Dmitry Dmitrievich, in full (translated): “I am forwarding to you the letter to my mother-in-law, Lyubov Aleksandrovna Behrs, in which I am writing to her that you were so kind to undertake to deliver this money to her, and even there, in Petersburg, to complete the transaction, thus saving her the trouble. I would not have bothered her at all had not the transfers been already made in her name. I’m sorry to trouble you. Thank you very much. May God grant you success and, most importantly, spiritual strength, which depends a lot on oneself.” He adds a postscript, “Tomorrow, I shall send the 1,000-ruble bill with the transfer to L.A. Behrs.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare handwritten letter by the Basque essayist: “The intimate object of humanity is to realize history, which is the thought of God on the earth of man”
522. Miguel de Unamuno Autograph Letter Signed. Very rare ALS in Spanish, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, November 26, 1923. Lengthy handwritten letter to writer and critic Lewis Mumford, shortly after a military coup brought Miguel Primo de Rivera to power in 1923, commenting on Mumford’s work The Story of Utopias. In part (translated): “Without our having here a Regional Survey, I, who in my 59 years of life have scarcely left the Iberian Peninsula, have gone over with all my soul, largely on foot, Spain and Portugal and above all my native Basque country and this basin of the Duero, and, communing with it, have made for myself my utopia. And believe me that this corner of the world has something of Ireland, Denmark, India and China. Now we have to defend ourselves against the troglodytic Fascist or Mussoliniesque utopia which has been brought to us by this shameful pronouncement of a general with less brains than a sheep and who is making vile and degrading my poor Spain…What your book tells me…makes me understand that what you call utopia is to live history. To live history, is to live in history, in the universal consciousness, and for history, free from the myth of progress. The intimate object of humanity is to realize history, which is the thought of God on the earth of man.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope (addressed in Unamuno’s hand), and a complete translation.Starting Bid $200
523. H. G. Wells Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 7 x 9, 120 Whitehall Court letterhead, September 30, 1921. Handwritten letter to Fran Duschinsky, in full: “I’d like to get you that invitation if I could but at present I don’t think I can. I am just going off to America to attend the Washington conference & I may stay in America until next spring. Thank you for writing so freely to me and for sending me the poem & the prose passage. No one shall see your letter. I wish I could help you.” In fine condition, with mailing folds. Starting Bid $200
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Woolf on her influential essay A Room of One’s Own—“Many of the arguments were left rather crude, because of my audience—young girls”
524. Virginia Woolf Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, 52 Tavistock Square letterhead, December 3, 1930.
Letter to Mr. Hapgood, presumably editor and author Norman Hapgood, in full: “On the contrary, I remember very well meeting you at Maynard Keynes’. It is very good of you to remind me of it so pleasantly. I have a passion for reading memoirs, and on that account alone should have been delighted to read yours. But I have found them far above the usual interest, and, having finished them, have laid them where my husband will read them as soon as he had despatched the usual run of books that come to him in the way of business. There are many questions about them, that I should like to ask you, but can hardly bother you, all across Europe. I hope there will be a continuation—it is a fascinating story. I am very glad that A Room of Ones Own has interested you. As you probably guessed, many of the arguments were left rather crude, because of my audience—young girls. And I daresay they were meant to stimulate rather than to wind up. There is more to be said about Shelley as you hint. But I am satisfied if I have stirred up interest and led people like yourself to start their own probably better equipped minds. I suppose much of what I say hardly applies to America. With thanks and kind regards from us both.” Woolf adds “young girls” and makes a few corrections to the text in her own hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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music 609. Georges Bizet Autograph Letter Signed. French composer (1838–1875) whose operatic masterpiece, Carmen, was completed just before his untimely death from heart disease. Boldly penned ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, no date. Letter inquiring about music lessons, in part (translated): “My dear friend, Is Madam Retz giving lessons at home or outside? And at what price? You will be very kind to give me all the information about this.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Strauss receives three interesting songs—“The man has a lot of talent!” 612. Richard Strauss Autograph Letters Signed. Two ALSs in
610. Edvard Grieg Signed Photograph. Important Norwegian
composer and pianist (1843-1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the ‘Piano Concerto in A minor,’ the incidental music to Peer Gynt, and the ‘Holberg Suite.’ Uncommon vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of the composer, nicely signed in ink, “Edvard Greig.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
German, each one page on 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, 1896 and 1916, both to Bernhard Schuster. The first, in part (translated): “Who is, Mr. Bernhard Schuster? The man has a lot of talent! Receive my warmest thanks for sending the interesting 3 songs!” The second, in part (translated): “If you don’t want to just hand over the score to me—I am usually safe to speak from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the hotel.” In very good to fine condition, with slightly irregular toning to both and clipped corners and a punch hole to the earlier letter. Starting Bid $200
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Typed lyrics from Guthrie’s papers— “Question Box,” “Whyo Whyo Why?,” and “Jesus Christ”
611. Clara Schumann Signed Photograph. Composer and one
of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era (1819–1896). She and her husband, composer Robert Schumann, were early champions of Johannes Brahms. Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Schumann by J. Ganz of Brussels, boldly signed at the bottom in ink by the talented pianist, “Clara Schumann, Leipzig, 6 Marz 84.” In fine condition. A rare and beautiful signed portrait. Starting Bid $200
614. Woody Guthrie’s Typed Lyrics with Annotation. Three pages of Woody Guthrie’s personally-owned typed lyrics, 8.5 x 14, February 3–5, 1947. The first sheet, for an unreleased song entitled “Question Box,” is annotated in the left margin in Guthrie’s hand: “Holler tune—high hope—’Head Rise.’” The second, “Whyo Whyo Why?,” appeared on his album Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child. The third is an evidently unpublished version of “Jesus Christ.” In very good condition, with light toning, chipping, edge loss, and old tape along the back top edges. Starting Bid $300
“Perhaps when you grow a bit older this will develop into a book or picture collecting hobby” 613. George Gershwin Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, RKO Studios, Inc. letterhead, November 5, 1936. Letter to a young autograph collector, in part: “I am very happy to write to a young girl who has already a hobby of collecting letters. Perhaps when you grow a bit older this will develop into a book or picture collecting hobby, which would be most worthy.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200
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Signed at the famed 1963 Royal Variety Performance, with photo evidence of the Lennon autograph
615. Beatles Signatures. Desirable pairing of two sheets containing complete Beatles autographs from 1963: an off-white
5 x 8 sheet signed in blue ballpoint, “Beatles, Ringo Starr,” “John Lennon,” and “George Harrison”; and a light blue 6 x 3.75 sheet signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Fiona, Love Paul McCartney (Beatles), xx.” Includes a vintage glossy 4.75 x 6.5 photo of Starr and Lennon, which depicts the latter being handed a pen and holding the very signed page offered here. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds to both sheets, and some creasing to the accompanying candid photo. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, and by a letter of provenance from the daughter of the original recipient: “The Beatles autographs date from 4 November 1963 when they performed in the Royal Variety performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, in the presence of H. M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The photograph shows John signing the autograph for my father, the actor Gerald James, who was taking part in the performance as one of the Pickwickians with Harry Secombe, with Ringo in the foreground, taken during the performance.” Starting Bid $1000
617. Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney Signatures.
A 1978 pocket diary, 3.5 x 5, signed inside on adjacent pages in blue felt tip, “Paul McCartney,” and in blue ballpoint, “Love, Linda McCartney.” The diary is also signed and inscribed by Denny Laine. In fine condition. The consignor notes that the signatures were obtained on March 20, 1978. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
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616. Beatles Signatures. Vintage ballpoint signatures—”Love from the Beatles, Paul McCartney, xxx,” “John Lennon, xxx,”
“Ringo Starr, xxx,” and “George Harrison, xxx”—on an off-white 7 x 4.5 sheet. Matted and framed with a photo of the Fab Four to an overall size of 14.5 x 17.5. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and creasing, a subtle vertical bend, and some small rust stains to the top; in spite if its flaws, this is a very desirable set of Fab Four autographs, well-spaced and uninscribed, that would make for an exceptional Beatles display. Starting Bid $1000
618. Buddy Holly and the Crickets Signatures. Vintage autograph book,
4.75 x 4, signed inside in ballpoint on the same page by Buddy Holly and the Crickets— “Buddy Holly,” “& The Crickets, Jerry Allison,” and “Joe Mauldin.” The book has also been signed by Des O’Connor, who was also on the tour. The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained by a shop owner during Buddy’s 1958 UK tour, ostensibly when the group performed at the Regal Cinema in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on March 19, 1958. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
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619. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page. Felt tip signature, “Rock on! Jimmy
Page,” on an oversized color 8.25 x 5.75 postcard promoting ‘The Santa Run’ of Newtown, Powys, Mid Wales. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
Very rare Island Records single signed by two of reggae’s biggest names—Marley and Tosh 620. Bob Marley and Peter Tosh Signed 45 RPM Record Sleeve. UK Island Records 45
RPM single record for ‘Satisfy My Soul / Smile Jamaica’ by Bob Marley & the Wailers, signed and inscribed on the original record sleeve in blue ballpoint, “To Donny—All the best, Bob Marley,” and on the reverse side in black ballpoint, “Peter Tosh.” The Marley side is also signed by tour manager “Allan Cole,” “Carlton Bennett, Wailers Drummer,” guitarist “One Love, Junior Marvin,” and bassist “Aston Family Mon Barrett.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the corners. The record is included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Items signed by both Marley and Tosh remain exceedingly rare and sought after. Starting Bid $1000
621. Elvis Presley Signed Program Cover. Vintage cover for an Elvis Presley souvenir program from circa 1957, 8 x 10, which shows Presley smiling and leaning on a ladder, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Miss Flaherty, Elvis Presley.” Mounted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 15. In fine condition, with light creasing in the borders. Starting Bid $200
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Mercury signs a program for the 1986 musical Time 622. Queen: Freddie Mercury. Souvenir program for Dave
Clark’s Time: The Musical, held at London’s Dominion Theatre on May 23, 1986, 20 pages, 6 x 9, signed on the opening page in blue ballpoint by Freddie Mercury. The page is also signed by Clark, who created and directed the musical. The original ticket stub for the show is stapled to the inside back cover. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $200
Moon and Bolan, a rare pairing of rock and roll tragedies 623. The Who: Keith Moon and Marc Bolan. Program for
the Paul McCartney and Wings UK Tour of 1973, eight pages, 8.25 x 11.75, signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Keith Moon and Marc Bolan. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and handling wear. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Includes an original ticket stub from the concert. An exceptionally rare and desirable pairing of rock signatures—Bolan died at the age of 29 in a car accident, and almost exactly one year later, on September 7, 1978, Moon succumbed to a drug overdose at the age of 32. Starting Bid $200
624. Frank Zappa Hand-Annotated Cassette Tape. Sony CRO-60 (chromium dioxide) cassette tape annotated on
both sides in black ink or felt tip by Frank Zappa. The A side features a strip of masking tape marked “Lumpy Gravy,” which has been placed over a custom label identified as “Side One, 7-10-74”; handwriting to the upper portion, covered by the masking tape, faintly reads: “Mothers/Mobile.” The writing on the B side label reads: “200 Motels + Chunga, dolby.” Includes the original cassette tape case. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, Richard Emmett, who was one of Zappa’s music copyists. Starting Bid $200
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625. Frank Zappa Signed Cover Letter and Press Release for 200 Motels. Typed cover letter from “Frank Zappa” to “All Journalists Concerned with 200 Motels,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date (circa 1971), signed at the conclusion in black ink, “F. Zappa.” The letter reads, in part: “We are proud to announce the release of an unusual film called 200 MOTELS...I have taken the time to answer some hypothetical questions...I hope this will prove useful to you, and that it will save me the trouble in personal interviews of endlessly re-phrasing and regurgitating the same data.” Stapled to the letter is a 7-page Q&A press release for the film. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold. Starting Bid $200
626. Frank Zappa: Bruce Bickford’s Claymation Figures and Body Parts. Variety of original sculpted stop animation puppets of Frank Zappa by award-winning animator Bruce Bickford and featured in three of Zappa’s films: Baby Snakes, The Dub Room Special, and A Token of His Extreme. The group consists of anatomical parts like hands, arms, and torsos, and several figures of Zappa, which show the musician shirtless and wearing red pants. The largest figure measures 6.5˝ in length. Includes a DVD of Baby Snakes. In overall fine condition. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $200
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Hand-annotated orchestral score booklets for Zappa’s surrealist musical 200 Motels
627. Frank Zappa’s Collection of (3) Score Booklets for 200 Motels. Three original orchestral score booklets used
in the production of Frank Zappa’s 1971 surreal musical film 200 Motels, with the front covers respectively gilt-titled as follows: “200 Motels, Book I,” “200 Motels, Book II,” and “Shove It Right In,” each with Zappa’s name printed in the lower right corner. These spiral-bound score booklets, each 13.75 x 19.5, contain reproductions of Zappa’s original handwritten arrangements, with many pages also bearing handwritten corrections by Zappa. The first, “200 Motels, Book I,” 88 pages, features six arrangements. The second, “200 Motels, Book II,” 18 pages, intended for “The Restaurant Scene,” is marked in green felt tip by Zappa as “Tony Palmer’s Copy”; Palmer, the film’s co-director, has made annotations in red felt tip. The “Shove It Right In” booklet, 37 pages, is strongly presumed to have been used by conductor Elgar Howarth, who has used multicolored pencil to mark the majority of pages; many also appear to be done by Zappa, whose telltale use of the uppercase can be found on several pages. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by letters of authenticity from Rockaway Records, which affirms that the booklets derive from the personal collection of Marty Perellis, Zappa’s road manager during the early 1970s, and by a detailed letter of authenticity from Richard Emmet, who worked for Zappa as a music copyist from 1978 to 1983. Starting Bid $300
Frank Zappa’s EML Poly-Box Analog Synthesizer Controller 628. Frank Zappa’s EML Poly-Box Analog Synthesizer Controller. An EML Poly-Box remote analog synthe-
sizer controller from the personal collection of Frank Zappa. The controller, 18.5˝ x 12.25˝ x 5.25˝, features a miniature keyboard, input jacks for “Out,” “In,” and “Gate,” switches and knobs for “Voicing,” “Pitch Control,” and “Keyboard Memory,” and red bulbs for 13 different octaves. Back panel bears an on/ off toggle switch (marked “940”), an ICA Ltd. label numbered “128,” and a “Poly-Box, Electronic Music Laboratories” stamp. In very good to fine, untested condition, with expected signs of use, and a missing upper section of left wooden frame. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $200 118 |
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Zappa’s preliminary handwritten arrangement for ‘Think It Over,’ the future title track for The Grand Wazoo
View additional images online at www.RRAuction.com 629. Frank Zappa’s Handwritten Orchestral Arrangement for ‘Think It Over’. One-of-a-kind original 14-page
orchestral arrangement by Frank Zappa for the song ‘Think It Over,’ written as part of the unrealized two-act Broadway stage production Hunchentoot, a science-fiction musical conceived by Zappa while he recovered from his near-fatal attack at the Rainbow Theatre in December 1971. The tape-bound manuscript, 12.25 x 15, is comprised of 14 musically lined sheets that are meticulously and entirely annotated in pencil by Zappa, who incorporates his signature on the cover sheet: “‘Think It Over,’ Part I, Frank Zappa, Concert Pitch Score, Don’t Shoot This Page.” Included with the manuscript are ozalid copies of four sets of instrumental parts for ‘Think It Over,’ which Zappa had originally annotated in black ink. Instruments include: Keyboard (4 pages), Bass Clarinet and Piccolo (2 pages, with mention of “Mike,” presumably reed master Mike Altschul), Trombone I (3 pages), and Trombone III (3 pages, with mention of “Bruce,” presumably trombonist Bruce Fowler). In fine condition, with two taped tears to the cover of the bound score. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Rockaway Records, which affirms that the manuscript and instrumental copies derive from the personal collection of Marty Perellis, the road manager for Zappa’s The Grand Wazoo Tour in 1972, and that they have been authenticated by David Ocker, Zappa’s music copyist from 1977–1984, and by a copy of a detailed letter of authenticity from Richard Emmet, who worked for Zappa as a music copyist from 1978 to 1983. Starting Bid $1000 Hundreds of more items are listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 119
One-of-a-kind leather biker jacket from Zappa’s closet
630. Frank Zappa’s Leather Motorcycle Jacket. Incredible black leather motorcycle jacket personally-owned and -worn by Frank Zappa. The jacket, size 46, features snap down lapels, shoulder epaulets, zippered sleeve cuffs and side pockets, attached belt with rectangle buckle, an upper welt pocket, and a small coin flap pocket. The jacket is also customized with a variety of pins to chest and collar. Inner collar retains the original Perfecto, Schott Bros. tag. In fine condition, with expected signs of use and wear. Zappa was photographed wearing this jacket with conductor Joel Thome while promoting the music of Edgard Varese at the New York Palladium on April 16, 1981; a photo of Zappa wearing the jacket is included. An outstanding and highly displayable piece of rock and roll regalia, previously and proudly worn by one of music’s most eccentric and influential artists. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $1000
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Leg brace worn for months by Frank Zappa after his Rainbow Theatre attack
631. Frank Zappa’s Metal and Leather Orthopedic Leg Brace. A vintage orthopedic leg brace personally-owned and
-worn by Frank Zappa for several months following his attack at London’s Rainbow Theatre on December 10, 1971. As Zappa and the Mothers of Invention started a cover of the Beatles song ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand,’ 24-year-old Trevor Howell emerged from the crowd and punched and shoved Zappa from the stage and into the concrete-floored orchestra pit. As a result of the attack, Zappa suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx. Worn by Zappa on his fractured left leg, the brace is constructed of metal, leather, and lacing, and measures approximately 32˝ in length; the brace terminates with an Italian-made leather dress shoe with original shoestring. In fine condition, with expected wear from use. Accompanied by a letter from the State of California, Department of Rehabilitation, dated April 4, 1972, offering assistance in regard to Zappa’s “recent on-the-job injury.” Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $300
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632. Frank Zappa’s Ornamented Animal Skull. Large
ornamented animal skull from the personal collection of Frank Zappa. The skull, which appears to belong to a type of buffalo, weighs approximately 26.5 lbs, measures 25˝ x 24˝ x 13˝, and is festooned with a variety of wooden and metal embellishments, with faux eyes, muzzle, jowls, and ears, with the bulk of the head lined with small human skull plates. In fine condition. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $200
633. Frank Zappa’s Rainsticks and Didgeridoo from Civilization Phaze III. Frank Zappa’s pair of bamboo rain-
sticks that were used on his posthumously released 1994 album Civilization Phaze III. The rainsticks approximately measure 47.5˝ and 51˝ in length, with one wrapped with bands of colorful string and the other with twine. Also included is a didgeridoo, 46˝ in length, hand-painted with images of fish, that also derives from Zappa’s personal collection. In overall fine condition. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Icons & Idols: Rock n’ Roll 2016, Featuring Property from the Estate of Frank Zappa, November 2016. Starting Bid $300
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classic entertainment
690. Montgomery Clift Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of the handsome actor, signed in blue ballpoint, “Monty Clift.” In very good to fine condition, with overall light mottling. Uninscribed examples are uncommon. Starting Bid $200
692. Grace Kelly Signed Photograph. Vintage pearl-
finish 3.5 x 5.5 German postcard photo of the Paramount Pictures leading lady, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by Grace Kelly. In fine condition, with a faint semicircular postal impression to the upper right corner. Starting Bid $200
691. Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh. Exquisite glossy
7.25 x 9 close-up photo of Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara from the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, signed neatly in blue ballpoint. Archivally double-matted and framed with UV-resistant museum glass to an overall size of 14 x 16. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. A highly desirable portrait of Leigh in her timeless Oscar-winning role. Starting Bid $200
693. Laurel and Hardy Signed Photograph. Vintage
glossy 5.5 x 3.5 photo of the comedic duo side-by-side in their bowler hats, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Hello Charlie! Stan Laurel” and “Oliver Hardy.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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“Happy Birthday, Mr. President”— rare program from JFK’s memorable Madison Square Garden gala, signed by Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas, Peter Lawford, and more 694. Marilyn Monroe and Celebrities Signed JFK Birthday Program. Extraordinary original program for President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, titled ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President,’ two pages, 8.25 x 10.5, signed on the front in ink by Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lawford, Maria Callas, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda, Bobby Darin, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Peggy Lee, Harry Belafonte, Shirley MacLaine, and Diahann Carroll. In fine condition, with an unobtrusive central vertical fold. The signatures on this program were obtained by Frank Lauer, who went to the event as the ‘camera bag-carrier’ for a friend who freelanced for the New Brunswick newspaper The Home News. Issued a press pass, Lauer had free rein of Madison Square Garden and its backstage/basement. He was stuck by the lack of security—the president walked right past him, the celebrity guests were milling about, and he was able to stand there in the hallway, with program in hand, and have all these attendees to sign it. He is also seen in the backgrounds of many of the photographs his friend took that day. Lauer was particularly taken by Monroe and her incredibly striking, practically see-through dress—she had to be sewn into it and she could not sit down. He later reported that she was as beautiful or more beautiful in person than she was on film, an unusual quality for a movie star. On the evening of May 19, 1962, 17,000 people filled Madison Square Garden to celebrate the birthday of President John F. Kennedy. The star-studded gala featured appearances and musical numbers by many noted celebrities including Maria Callas, Peggy Lee, and Diahann Carroll. The song that stole the show, however, was Marilyn Monroe’s now-infamous, sultry rendition of ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President.’ Wearing a dazzling, skintight dress, the spotlight was on Monroe as she delivered the breathy number to the thrilled crowd. President Kennedy was then presented with a massive birthday cake, and he humorously remarked: ‘I can now retire from politics after having had Happy Birthday sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way.’ A rare memento from the historic occasion, this is just the second Monroe-signed JFK birthday program we have seen. Starting Bid $1000
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These photographs comes from the collection of Frank Lauer, who went to the event as the ‘camera bag-carrier’ for a friend who freelanced for the New Brunswick newspaper The Home News. Issued a press pass, Lauer had free rein of Madison Square Garden and its backstage/basement. He was struck by the lack of security— the president walked right past him, the celebrity guests were milling about, and he was able to stand there in the hallway and get their autographs. Lauer was particularly taken by Monroe and her incredibly striking, practically see-through dress—she had to be sewn into it and she could not sit down. He later reported that she was as beautiful or more beautiful in person than she was on film, an unusual quality for a movie star. On the evening of May 19, 1962, 17,000 people filled Madison Square Garden to celebrate the birthday of President John F. Kennedy. The star-studded gala featured appearances and musical numbers by many noted celebrities including Maria Callas, Peggy Lee, and Diahann Carroll. The song that stole the show, however, was Marilyn Monroe’s now-infamous, sultry rendition of ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President.’ Wearing a dazzling, skintight dress, the spotlight was on Monroe as she delivered the breathy number to the thrilled crowd. President Kennedy was then presented with a massive birthday cake, and he humorously remarked: ‘I can now retire from politics after having had Happy Birthday sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way.’
743. Marilyn Monroe Original Photograph. Original
vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph of Marilyn Monroe in her iconic shimmering marquisette dress, taken backstage at President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962. In fine condition.Starting Bid $200
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744. Marilyn Monroe Original Photograph. Original
vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph of Marilyn Monroe wrapped in a white fur shawl with her rhinestoned dress seen underneath, posing beside her publicist, Patricia Newcomb, taken backstage at President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962. In fine condition.Starting Bid $200
745. Marilyn Monroe and Maria Callas Original Photograph. Original vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin
photograph of Marilyn Monroe in her incredible skintight dress, posing beside renowned opera singer Maria Callas, taken backstage at President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
734. John F. Kennedy’s Birthday Celebration. Five original vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photographs taken
at President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, with subjects including: Henry Fonda in a tuxedo; Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton seated together; Peggy Lee; Shirley MacLaine and Jimmy Durante; and Peter Lawford. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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The Hollywood holy grail—oversized portraits of the main Wizard of Oz cast, all inscribed to producer Mervyn LeRoy’s assistant
697. Wizard of Oz Set of (5) Oversized Signed Photographs. Absolutely extraordinary collection of five
original vintage glossy 10 x 13 doubleweight promo photos of the key Wizard of Oz figures in character—Judy Garland as Dorothy, Frank Morgan as the Wizard, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, and Jack Haley as the Tin Man—individually signed in fountain pen by the subjects, with all but Garland adding an inscription to Barron Polan, assistant to Wizard of Oz producer Mervyn LeRoy. Each photograph has a “1939 Loew’s Inc.” copyright notice to the lower left corner, and a typed caption on the reverse. In overall fine condition.
The inscriptions read: “Sincerely, Judy Garland”; “To Barron, with very best wishes, Frank Morgan, ‘The Wizard’”; “To ‘Barron,’ With kindest regards, Bert Lahr”; “To Barron, Best wishes, Ray Bolger”; and “To Barron—With sincere best wishes—Jack Haley.” Autographs on these iconic poses are exceedingly rare to begin with—we have only ever seen one authentic Garland-signed Dorothy portrait (as an 8 x 10), and maybe three Wizards (all 8 x 10s). They are unheard of in this size, and their direct association with the Wizard of Oz producer’s assistant makes them that much more remarkable. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Starting Bid $5000
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Very early oversized portrait of dark-haired Lana Turner 695. Lana Turner Signed Photograph. Excellent vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Turner by Scotty Welbourne, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to Barron Polan (assistant to The Wizard of Oz producer Mervyn LeRoy), “To Baron: With many, many thanks. Always—Lana Turner.” Reverse bears Welbourne’s credit stamp. In very fine condition, with a tiny crease to the lower right corner tip. Starting Bid $200
696. John Wayne Signed Magazine. Issue of The Saturday Evening Post from March 1976, Vol. 248, No. 2, 120 pages, 10.25 x 13.25, featuring a large portrait of John Wayne in Western attire, signed below in black ink, “Yeh—but it’s my face, Duke,” who writes in response to an amusing inscription directly above, done presumably by the article writer David Sutton, who also served as the photographer: “To Dave, My ‘erudite’ friend—who said ‘It may be your photo—but, it’s my makeup.’ Con affectione, Dave.” Sutton appears to have also struck through and emended the lower article title to read: “Me and the Duke.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and handling wear. Previous consignor noted that the magazine originates from the estate of David Sutton, who served as Wayne’s makeup man. Starting Bid $200
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sports
763. 1976 Topps Baseball Near Complete Signed Set Signed Baseball Card Set. Outstanding near-complete 1976 Topps autographed set containing approximately 900 baseball cards signed on the front in ink or felt tip by pictured Major Leaguer, which includes several multi-signed examples and the addition of a fully signed 1976 Topps Traded set. Housed in a three-ring binder, the collection features many signed duplicates and a few cut signatures; also included are complete unsigned 1976 Topps and 1976 Topps Traded sets. Notable missing signed cards include Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, and Thurman Munson. Highlights available online at www.RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $500
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Unprecedented pair of ‘Player Sample’ Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers, signed by a rookie Michael Jordan
767. Michael Jordan: Air Jordan 1 ‘Player Sample’ Sneakers Signed as a Rookie. Pristine pair of unworn Nike Air Jordan 1 (Chicago) ‘Player Sample’ basketball sneakers, with inner collar lining to each stamped with size, 13 (left) and 13 ½ (right), and coding, “850204–TYPS,” and the right sneaker tongue signed in black felt tip by Michael Jordan during his rookie season. The coding number “850204” refers to the date of production, indicating that these sneakers were made in 1985 between the months of February (02) and April (04). The acronym “TYPS” stands for ‘Tong Yang Player Sample,’ which places these sneakers as ‘Player Samples,’ and that they were produced from the ‘Tong Yang’ factory; such examples were made in extremely limited quantities and were never available in retail sporting goods stores. As such, these Air Jordan 1 player samples are similar to those presented to Jordan for his personal inspection, fitting, and approval. Includes white and black laces, and the original red-and-black Nike shoebox with cover; the box is marked as “4280, Air Jordan, W/BLK/ RED,” and bears a size “USA 13” label.
Crucial to the authenticity of these sneakers are the mismatched sizes of 13 and 13 ½, as Jordan wore a slightly larger sneaker on his right foot throughout his career. Boxes containing both 13 and 13 ½ Air Jordan 1 sneakers were exclusively made for their legendary namesake, and were thus never available at public retail stores. Also of consequence is the “850204–TYPS” coding, which correlates to both Jordan’s rookie season and a decidedly narrow window of ‘Player Sample’ production. Deadstock examples of Air Jordan 1 “850204–TYPS” remain extremely rare, with those autographed by a 22-year-old Michael Jordan undoubtedly placed in a realm unique to the Air Jordan canon and the market entire. The sneakers are in very fine, never-worn condition; the shoebox is in very good to fine condition, with various scuffs, bends, and creases. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from PSA/DNA and Beckett Authentication Services, and by a detailed letter of provenance from the original recipient/owner, who affirms that he received these sneakers from an agent at ProServ, a sports management firm that represented Jordan at the start of his career. Starting Bid $10000
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765. Boston Red Sox 2018 World Series Replica Trophy. Attractive full-size replica World Series trophy,
measuring approximately 28˝ tall with a 14˝ diameter base, featuring 30 metal flags (one for each Major League team) encircling a baseball-shaped base, with golden ring engraved, “Presented by the Commissioner of Baseball,” and the silver base engraved, “2018 World Series Champions.” The bottom plate is engraved, “World Series Champions, 2018, Boston Red Sox.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
766. Ty Cobb Signed Check. Personal check, 7.75 x
2.75, filled out and signed in green fountain pen by Cobb, “Tyrus R. Cobb,” payable to “Cash” for $15, May 28, 1952. Archivally custom-matted and framed with two photos of ‘The Georgia Peach’ to an overall size of 21.5 x 28. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
768. Michael Jordan and Julius Erving Signed Commemorative Cover. Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, postmarked June 30, 1985, signed in blue ballpoint by Michael Jordan, in black felt tip by Julius Erving, and in blue felt tip by Micheal Ray Richardson. In fine condition. A superb rookie-era example of Jordan’s signature. Starting Bid $200
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24. Theodore Roosevelt Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
66. Joe Biden: 2021 Inauguration Flag Starting Bid $200
63. John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
64. Joe Biden Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
65. Joe Biden Signed Book Starting Bid $200
67. George Bush Autograph 68. George Bush Autograph Letter Signed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
69. George Bush Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
70. George Bush Typed Letter Signed as Vice President Starting Bid $200
71. George Bush Autograph Note Signed Starting Bid $200
72. George and Barbara Bush Signed Book Starting Bid $200
73. George W. Bush Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
74. George W. Bush Signed Book Starting Bid $200
75. Bush Family (4) Signatures Starting Bid $200
76. Bill Clinton Typed Letter as President Starting Bid $200
77. Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
78. Bill Clinton Signed Book Starting Bid $200
79. Calvin Coolidge Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
80. Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
81. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
82. Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
83. Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
84. Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed White House Place Card Starting Bid $200
85. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
86. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
87. Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Book Starting Bid $200
88. Caroline Fillmore Signed Books Starting Bid $200
89. Millard Fillmore Signed Book Starting Bid $200
90. Gerald Ford Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
91. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed and Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
92. Gerald Ford Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
93. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
94. Gerald Ford Signed Souvenir Typescript Starting Bid $200
95. James A. Garfield Signature Starting Bid $200
96. U. S. Grant Death Notice Starting Bid $200
97. Warren G. Harding Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
98. Warren G. Harding Signed Check Starting Bid $200
99. Warren G. Harding Document Signed Starting Bid $200
100. Warren G. Harding Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
101. Benjamin Harrison Autograph Document Signed Starting Bid $200
102. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
103. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed Starting Bid $200
104. Benjamin Harrison Signature Starting Bid $200
105. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed Starting Bid $200
106. Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison Signed Autograph Album Starting Bid $200
107. Herbert Hoover Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
108. Herbert Hoover Signed FDC Starting Bid $200
109. Herbert Hoover: 1932 RNC Badge Starting Bid $200
110. Herbert Hoover: 1928 RNC Badge Starting Bid $200
111. Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
112. Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
113. Lyndon B. Johnson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
114. Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
115. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Book Starting Bid $200
116. John and Jacqueline Kennedy Gifted Black and Sterling Silver Rosary Starting Bid $200
117. John F. Kennedy (2) Original Photographs Starting Bid $200
118. John F. Kennedy: 'Texas Welcome Dinner' Press Ticket - PSA MINT 9 Starting Bid $200
119. John F. Kennedy: Texas Welcome Dinner Ticket Starting Bid $200
120. John F. Kennedy (2) Texas Welcome Programs Starting Bid $200
121. John F. Kennedy Texas Welcome Dinner Press Pass - PSA EX-MT 6 Starting Bid $200
122. John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
123. Abraham Lincoln Mourning Carte-de-Visite Starting Bid $200
124. Abraham Lincoln and Tad Lincoln Carte-de-Visite Starting Bid $200
125. William McKinley Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
126. James Monroe Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
127. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
128. Barack Obama Signed Golf Score Card Starting Bid $200
129. Barack Obama Signed Book Starting Bid $200
130. Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
131. Ronald Reagan Pair of (2) Razors Starting Bid $200
132. Ronald Reagan Document Signed Starting Bid $200
133. Ronald Reagan Signed White House Mailing Envelope Starting Bid $200
134. Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
135. Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
136. Ronald Reagan Signed Book Starting Bid $200
137. Eleanor Roosevelt Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
138. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
139. Franklin D. Roosevelt Signature and Handwritten Notes Starting Bid $200
140. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
141. Franklin D. Roosevelt Death Notice to Harvard Class of 1904 Starting Bid $200
142. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
143. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
144. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
145. William H. Taft: National American Indian Memorial Invitation Starting Bid $200
146. William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
147. Harry S. Truman Military Service Archive Starting Bid $200
148. Harry S. Truman Document Signed Starting Bid $200
149. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
150. Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
151. Harry S. Truman Document Signed Starting Bid $200
152. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
153. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
154. Harry S. Truman Signed Book Starting Bid $200
155. Donald Trump Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
156. Donald Trump Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
157. Donald Trump Signed Book Starting Bid $200
158. George Washington Archive of (29) Pamphlets Starting Bid $200
159. George Washington Death Massachusetts Resolves Booklet Starting Bid $200
160. Lawrence Washington Estate Accounting Document Starting Bid $200
161. Woodrow Wilson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
162. Woodrow Wilson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
163. Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
172. Alexander Hamilton Franking Signature Starting Bid $200
177. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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257. Edwin Land Oversized Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
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261. Henry Brockholst Livingston Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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273. Eva Peron Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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281. Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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287. Carl Sagan Signed Book Starting Bid $200
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291. Caleb Strong Document Signed Starting Bid $200
292. Samuel J. Tilden Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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294. James Monroe Trotter Document Signed Starting Bid $200
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297. Cornelius Vanderbilt IV Signed Check Starting Bid $200
298. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
299. Chaim Weizmann Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
300. Gideon Welles Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
301. Gideon Welles Document Signed Starting Bid $200
306. Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Starting Bid $200
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310. Atomic Bomb Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
311. P. G. T. Beauregard Signed Check Starting Bid $200
312. John Milton Brannon Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
313. Civil War Parole Pass Starting Bid $200
314. Civil War: John H. Ruoff Journal Starting Bid $200
315. John M. Corse Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
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317. Jefferson Davis Signed Check Starting Bid $200
318. Varina Davis (2) Autograph Letters Signed Starting Bid $200
319. Henry Dearborn Archive Starting Bid $200
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321. James H. Doolittle Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
322. Enola Gay Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
323. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Starting Bid $200
324. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Starting Bid $200
325. Gerhard Fieseler Signed Photograph and Signature Starting Bid $200
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327. Leslie Groves Starting Bid $200
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329. Rufus Ingalls Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
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333. Douglas MacArthur Signed Book Starting Bid $200
334. Douglas MacArthur and Family Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
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336. Charles Marshall Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
337. George B. McClellan Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
338. George W. Morgan Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
339. George S. Patton Signature Starting Bid $200
340. Pearl Harbor Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
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342. William S. Rosecrans Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
343. John M. Schofield Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
344. John M. Schofield Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
345. James A. Seddon Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
346. William Seward Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
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348. Thomas Kilby Smith Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
349. Alexander H. Stephens Free Frank Starting Bid $200
350. Gideon Welles Document Signed Starting Bid $200
351. Gideon Welles Document Starting Bid $200
352. Yamamoto Mission Signed Book Starting Bid $200
356. Aviation Lot of (3) Signed Covers: Rickenbacker, Sikorsky, and Ovington Starting Bid $200
357. Amelia Earhart Signed Book Starting Bid $200
358. Jimmie Mattern Signed Print Starting Bid $200
359. Chuck Yeager Signed Metal Sign Starting Bid $200
361. Buzz Aldrin Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
367. Buzz Aldrin Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
368. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
369. Apollo 10 Original 'Type 1' NASA Photograph Starting Bid $300
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371. Apollo 11 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
372. Apollo 11 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
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374. Apollo 14 Commemorative Medal Starting Bid $100
375. Apollo 14 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
376. Apollo 14 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
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378. Apollo 15 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
379. Apollo 17 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
380. Apollo 17 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
381. Apollo 9 Original 'Type 1' NASA Photograph Starting Bid $200
382. Apollo 9 Original 'Type 1' NASA Photograph Starting Bid $200
383. ASTP Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
384. Alan Bean Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
385. Frank Borman Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
386. Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
387. Gene Cernan Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
388. Michael Collins Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
389. Michael Collins Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
390. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
391. Charlie Duke Signed Panoramic Photograph Starting Bid $200
392. Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
393. Yuri Gagarin Signature 394. Gemini 3 Original 'Type 395. Gemini 9 Original 'Type Starting Bid $200 1' NASA Photograph 1' NASA Photograph Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
396. Gemini 9 Original 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid $200
397. Jim Irwin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
398. Jim Irwin Signed Check Starting Bid $200
399. Edgar Mitchell Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
400. Hermann Oberth and Other Rocket Pioneers (7) Signed Cards Starting Bid $200
401. Hermann Oberth and Rudolf Nebel (4) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
402. Ilan Ramon Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
403. Dave Scott Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
404. Skylab 4 Original 'Type 1' NASA Photograph Starting Bid $200
405. Space Shuttle: McCandless, Fullerton, and Allen Signed Poster Starting Bid $200
406. Jack Swigert Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
407. Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
408. Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
409. Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
410. Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
417. Keith Haring Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid $200
418. Keith Haring Signed Report Starting Bid $200
428. Ansel Adams Signed FDC Starting Bid $200
429. Giorgio Armani Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
430. Audubon: Rocky Mountain Neotoma Lithograph Starting Bid $200
431. Richard Avedon Signed Poster Starting Bid $200
432. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Signature Starting Bid $200
433. Leonard Baskin Signed Lithograph Starting Bid $100
434. Gutzon Borglum Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
435. Marc Chagall Signed Book Starting Bid $200
436. Marc Chagall Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
437. Raoul Dufy Signature Starting Bid $200
438. Jean-Louis Forain Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
439. KAWS Holiday Hong Kong Companion Doll Starting Bid $200
440. KAWS MoMA Exclusive BFF Companion Doll Starting Bid $200
441. KAWS Open Edition Companion Doll HandPainted by Dhani Barragan Starting Bid $200
442. KAWS-Platform Companion Doll HandPainted by Moy Starting Bid $200
443. KAWS-Platform Companion Doll HandPainted by valleyDweller Starting Bid $200
444. Kazimir Malevich Document Signed Starting Bid $200
445. Peter Max Signed Book Starting Bid $200
446. Gustave Moreau Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
447. Grandma Moses Signed Book Starting Bid $200
448. LeRoy Neiman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
449. Georgia O'Keeffe Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
450. Georgia O'Keeffe Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
451. Maxfield Parrish Signed Check Starting Bid $200
452. Norman Rockwell Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
453. Norman Rockwell Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
454. Norman Rockwell Signed Book Starting Bid $200
455. Cy Twombly Signed Brochure Starting Bid $200
456. Andy Warhol Signed Page Starting Bid $200
457. Andy Warhol Signed Book Starting Bid $200
458. Andy Warhol TwiceSigned Book Starting Bid $200
459. Andrew Wyeth Signed Lithograph Starting Bid $200
460. Zao Wou-Ki Signed Greeting Card Starting Bid $200
466. Disney: D23 Expo Items Starting Bid $200
467. Disney: Mickey and Minnie Mouse Original Comic Strip Starting Bid $200
468. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera Signed Production Cel from The Jetsons Starting Bid $200
469. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera Signed Production Cel from The Flintstones Starting Bid $200
470. Bob Kane Signed Book Starting Bid $200
471. Hank Ketcham Original Sketch and Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
472. Charles Schulz Signed Lithograph Starting Bid $200
473. Charles Schulz Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
474. Jerry Siegel Signed Comic Book Starting Bid $200
475. Superman: Siegel, Shuster and Alyn Signed Certificate Starting Bid $200
477. Samuel Beckett Signed 496. Maxim Gorky Signature Book Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
525. Conrad Aiken Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
526. W. H. Auden Signed Printed Poem Starting Bid $200
527. Beat Generation Book Lot Starting Bid $200
528. S. N. Behrman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
529. Saul Bellow Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
530. Ray Bradbury Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
531. Charles Bukowski Signed Book Starting Bid $200
532. Charles Bukowski Autograph Note Signed with Sketch Starting Bid $200
533. Charles Bukowski Signed Book Starting Bid $200
534. James M. Cain Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
535. Raymond Chandler: First Edition of The High Window Starting Bid $200
536. Noel Coward Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
537. Michael Crichton Signed Book Starting Bid $200
538. Michael Crichton Signed Book Starting Bid $200
539. Michael Crichton Signed Book Starting Bid $200
540. Michael Crichton Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
541. E. E. Cummings Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
542. Roald Dahl Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
543. Charles Dickens, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
544. E. L. Doctorow Signed Book Starting Bid $200
545. John Dos Passos Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
546. Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
547. Censorship Letter on 'La Dame aux Perles' by Alexandre Dumas, fils Starting Bid $200
548. James T. Farrell Typed Letter Signed and Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
549. Edna Ferber (3) Typed Letters Signed Starting Bid $200
550. Anatole France Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
551. Robert Frost Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
552. Robert Frost Signed Book Starting Bid $200
553. Andre Gide Autograph Manuscript Signed Starting Bid $200
554. Tony Glover's Collection of Erotica and Glamour Books Starting Bid $200
555. Tony Glover's Collection of Literature Starting Bid $200
556. Gunter Grass Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
557. Robert Graves Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
558. Edward Everett Hale Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
559. Dashiell Hammett Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
560. Bret Harte Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
561. Lillian Hellman Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
562. Laurence Housman Autograph Manuscript Signed and Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
563. Washington Irving Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
564. Christopher Isherwood Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
565. James Jones Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
566. Colette de Jouvenel Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
567. Ken Kesey (2) Signed Books Starting Bid $200
568. Louis L'Amour Signed Book Starting Bid $200
569. Louis L'Amour Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
570. Charles Lamb Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
571. Ira Levin Signed Book Starting Bid $200
572. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
573. Thomas Mann Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
574. Edwin Markham (3) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
575. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Signed Book Starting Bid $200
576. John Masefield Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
577. John Masefield Signed Handwritten Poem Starting Bid $200
578. W. Somerset Maugham Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
579. W. Somerset Maugham Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
583. Anais Nin (8) Books Starting Bid $200
580. W. Somerset Maugham 581. Henry Miller Autograph Autograph Letter Signed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
584. Clifford Odets (3) Signed Letters Starting Bid $200
585. Luigi Pirandello Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
582. Anais Nin Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
586. Psycho: Robert Bloch Starting Bid $200
587. Arthur Schnitzler Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
588. Dr. Seuss Signed Book 589. Dr. Seuss Signed Book Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
590. George Bernard Shaw Autograph Note Signed Starting Bid $200
591. Shel Silverstein Original Sketch Starting Bid $200
592. Georges Simenon (2) Typed Letters Signed Starting Bid $200
593. Scott Smith Lot of (3) Items Starting Bid $200
594. Algernon Swinburne Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
595. Alfred Lord Tennyson Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
596. William Makepeace Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
597. Lowell Thomas Signed Book Starting Bid $200
598. Kurt Vonnegut Signed Book Starting Bid $200
599. Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
600. Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
601. Eudora Welty Signed Book Starting Bid $200
602. John Greenleaf Whittier Autograph Quote Signed Starting Bid $200
603. Thornton Wilder Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
604. Tennessee Williams Signed Check Starting Bid $200
605. William Carlos Williams 606. Cornell Woolrich Typed Typed Letter Signed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
607. Emile Zola Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
608. Emile Zola Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
634. Adolphe Adam Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
635. Daniel Auber Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid $200
636. Leonard Bernstein Document Signed Starting Bid $200
637. Leonard Bernstein Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
638. Leonard Bernstein Signed Book Starting Bid $200
639. Cecile Chaminade Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
640. Charles Gounod Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
641. Igor Stravinsky Signature Starting Bid $200
642. Siegfried Wagner Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
643. Dave Brubeck Quartet Starting Bid $200
644. W. C. Handy and J. Rosamond Johnson Document Signed Starting Bid $200
645. The Ink Spots Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
646. Glenn Miller Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
647. Sonny Rollins Signed Album Starting Bid $200
648. John Philip Sousa Signature Starting Bid $200
649. Sarah Vaughan Document Signed Starting Bid $200
650. John Williams Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
651. Johnny Cash (2) Signed Checks Starting Bid $200
652. The Animals Signatures Starting Bid $200
653. Beatles Associates (10) Signed 'Imagine' Poster Starting Bid $200
654. Beatles: Ringo Starr Starting Bid $200
655. Black Sabbath Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
656. The Box Tops: Garry Talley Starting Bid $200
657. The Byrds Signatures Starting Bid $200
658. The Byrds: Gene Parsons Starting Bid $200
659. CBGB Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
660. Eric Clapton Signed Book Starting Bid $200
661. Dokken Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
662. The Doors Signed Book Starting Bid $200
663. The Electric Prunes Signed Album Starting Bid $200
664. The Fabulous Poodles Signatures Starting Bid $100
665. Foreigner Signed Souvenir Lyrics for 'Feels Like the First Time' Starting Bid $200
666. The Four Tops Signed Album Starting Bid $200
667. The Grass Roots Signatures Starting Bid $200
668. Hole Signed Poster Starting Bid $200
669. Jefferson Starship Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
670. Little Richard Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
671. Nirvana Unused 1993 Washington, D.C. Concert Ticket - PSA EX-MT 6 Starting Bid $200
672. Roy Orbison Signed Promotional Card Starting Bid $200
673. Peter and Gordon and Dino, Desi & Billy Signed Program Page Starting Bid $200
674. Pink Floyd: Gerald Scarfe and George Hardie Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
675. Elvis Presley Worn Shirt Fabric from Fun in Acapulco Starting Bid $200
676. Question Mark and the Mysterians Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
677. Rush Signed Flyer Starting Bid $200
678. Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
679. Small Faces Signatures Starting Bid $200
680. Phil Spector Document Signed Starting Bid $200
681. Survivor Signed Souvenir Lyrics for 'High on You' Starting Bid $200
682. U2 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
683. Warrant Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
684. The Who: Book Signed by Arthur FitzGerald, Michael Oswald, and Ross Halfin Starting Bid $200
685. Yes (5) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
689. Michael Jackson Signature Starting Bid $200
698. Actors (3) Documents Signed Starting Bid $200
687. Frank Zappa's Giltwood 688. Eminem Signed Poster Arm Candle Sconce Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
699. Julie Andrews Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
700. Carroll Baker Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
701. Josephine Baker Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
702. Lucille Ball Signed Check Starting Bid $200
703. Batman: Yvonne Craig Starting Bid $100
704. Ingrid Bergman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
705. Humphrey Bogart Signature Starting Bid $200
706. Anthony Bourdain Signed Trading Card Starting Bid $200
707. Marlon Brando Starting Bid $200
708. Richard Burton and Maggie Smith Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
709. Chinatown Poster Starting Bid $100
710. Sean Connery Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
711. Hume Cronyn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
712. Dracula: Helen Chandler Signature Starting Bid $200
713. Clint Eastwood Signature Starting Bid $200
714. Frankenstein: Lionel Belmore Starting Bid $200
715. Frankenstein: Glenn Strange Starting Bid $200
716. Clark Gable Signed Check Starting Bid $200
717. Greta Garbo Signed Check Starting Bid $200
718. Ava Gardner Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Jim Jacobs 722. The Green Slime Poster Starting Bid $100 and Warren Casey Signed Document
721. Grease:
Starting Bid $200
719. Cary Grant Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
720. Cary Grant Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
723. Jack Haley (2) Typed Letters Signed to Liza Minnelli Starting Bid $200
724. Rita Hayworth Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
725. Rita Hayworth Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
726. Hugh Hefner Signed Magazine Photo Starting Bid $200
727. Hugh Hefner Signed Magazine Photo Starting Bid $200
728. Hugh Hefner Signed Print Starting Bid $200
729. Hugh Hefner Signed Book Starting Bid $200
730. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
731. Katharine Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
732. William Holden Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
733. Boris Karloff Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
734. John F. Kennedy's Birthday Celebration Starting Bid $200
735. Werner Krauss Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
736. Carl Laemmle Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
737. Fritz Lang Document Signed Starting Bid $200
738. Sergio Leone Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
739. Gina Lollobrigida Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
740. Ernst Lubitsch Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
741. Rouben Mamoulian Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
742. Whitman Mayo Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
743. Marilyn Monroe Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
744. Marilyn Monroe Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
745. Marilyn Monroe and Maria Callas Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
746. Munsters: Fred Gwynne Starting Bid $200
747. Edward R. Murrow Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
748. Paul Newman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
749. Paul Newman Signed Check Starting Bid $200
750. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Signed Checks Starting Bid $200
751. Satyajit Ray Signature Starting Bid $200
752. Janet Reade Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
753. Diana Rigg Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
754. Robert Shaw Signature Starting Bid $200
755. Frank Sinatra Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
756. Robert Siodmak Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
757. Star Wars: Mark Hamill Starting Bid $200
758. Patrick Swayze Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
759. Elizabeth Taylor Limited Edition Photograph by Philippe Halsman Starting Bid $200
760. Conrad Veidt Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
761. Louis Wolheim Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
762. Anna May Wong Signature Starting Bid $200
764. Boston Bruins Multi-Signed Hockey Stick Starting Bid $200
769. Hank Aaron Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
770. Muhammad Ali Signed Book Starting Bid $200
771. Muhammad Ali Signed Cover Starting Bid $200
772. Muhammad Ali (2) Signed Pamphlets Starting Bid $200
773. Muhammad Ali Document Signed Starting Bid $200
774. Baseball (21) Signed Covers Starting Bid $200
775. Baseball (9) Signed Items Starting Bid $100
776. Baseball Base Stealers (4) Signed Covers Starting Bid $100
777. Baseball Hall of Fame Pitchers (9) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
778. Baseball Hall of Famers 779. Baseball Hall of Famers 780. Baseball Hall of Famers 781. Baseball Hall of Famers (8) Signed Covers (20) Signatures (12) Signed HOF Cards (21) Signed Cards Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $100 Starting Bid $200
782. Baseball Notables (6) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
783. Baseball Pitchers (5) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
784. Baseball Records (10) Signed Covers Starting Bid $200
785. Baseball: 3000 Hit Club Starting Bid $200
786. Baseball: 500 Home Run Club Starting Bid $200
790. Charlie Blackmon Starting Bid $100
787. Baseball: Crawford, Meusel, and Sisler Signatures Starting Bid $200
788. Basketball Hall of Fame Signed Cover Starting Bid $200
789. Yogi Berra and Don Larsen Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
791. Boston Red Sox Hall of 792. Boston Red Sox: Lowe, Famers: Williams, Lowell, and Youkilis Signed Yastrzemski, and Rice (3) Jersey Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
793. Boxing (11) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
794. Jackie Bradley, Jr. Signed Baseball Bat Starting Bid $200
795. Tom Brady Signed Book Starting Bid $200
796. Rudolf Caracciola Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
797. Wilt Chamberlain Signed Book Starting Bid $200
798. Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (3) Signed Covers Starting Bid $200
799. Joe DiMaggio Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
800. Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller Signed Program Starting Bid $200
801. DiMaggio Brothers Signatures Starting Bid $200
802. Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Willie Mays Starting Bid $200
803. Juan Manuel Fangio Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
804. Florida Marlins: 1993 Team-Signed Cover Starting Bid $100
805. Football (6) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
806. Football (4) Signed Items Starting Bid $100
807. Football (8) Signed Covers Starting Bid $200
808. Football Hall of Fame Lot of (113) Signed Goal Line Art Cards Starting Bid $200
809. Football Hall of Fame Lot of (19) Signed Goal Line Art Cards Starting Bid $200
810. Football Running Backs (5) Signed Covers Starting Bid $200
811. Red Grange (2) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
812. Wayne Gretzky Signed Cover Starting Bid $100
813. Rogers Hornsby Signature Starting Bid $200
814. Horse Racing Triple Crown: American Pharoah (3) Original Programs Starting Bid $200
815. Travis Jackson Signed 1933 Goudey #102 Baseball Card Starting Bid $200
816. Don King and Jimmy Young Document Signed Starting Bid $200
817. Don King and Ron Lyle Document Signed Starting Bid $200
818. Don King and Scott LeDoux Document Signed Starting Bid $200
819. Sandy Koufax Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
820. Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
821. Los Angeles Dodgers: 1959 (5) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
822. Connie Mack Signature Starting Bid $200
823. Mickey Mantle Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
824. Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
825. Mickey Mantle (3) Signed Books Starting Bid $200
826. Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
827. Mickey Mantle Starting Bid $200
828. Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
829. Mickey Mantle Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
830. Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
831. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays Signed FDC Starting Bid $200
832. Billy Martin Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
833. Hideki Matsui Signed Baseball Starting Bid $100
834. Willie Mays Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
835. Willie Mays and Willie McCovey Signed Cover Starting Bid $200
836. Joe Namath Signed Book Starting Bid $100
837. LeRoy Neiman Signed Book Starting Bid $100
838. New England Patriots Replica Super Bowl LI Lombardi Trophy Starting Bid $200
839. Jack Nicklaus Signed 1986 Masters Tournament Badge Starting Bid $200
840. NY Yankees (10) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
841. NY Yankees: Captains (4) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
842. NY Yankees: Modern Stars (6) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
843. NY Yankees: Pitchers (6) Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
844. David Ortiz Signed Baseball Bat Starting Bid $200
845. David Ortiz Signed Game-Used Clubhouse Chair Starting Bid $200
846. David Ortiz Signed Baseball Bat Starting Bid $200
847. Jesse Owens Signed Souvenir Card Starting Bid $200
848. Satchel Paige Signed Business Card Starting Bid $200
849. Floyd Patterson and Jake LaMotta Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
850. Johnny Pesky's 2005 Boston Red Sox Home Uniform Starting Bid $200
851. S. Preston (3) Limited Edition Minimalist Sports Prints Starting Bid $200
852. Racing (3) Signed Items Starting Bid $100
853. Jackie Robinson (2) Radio Show Reel-to-Reel Tapes Starting Bid $200
854. Pete Rose Signed Jersey Starting Bid $200
855. Pete Rose (6) Signed Covers Starting Bid $100
856. Nolan Ryan, Rickey Henderson, and Roberto Alomar Signed Covers Starting Bid $100
857. Ozzie Smith Signed Contract and Checks (3) Starting Bid $200
858. Soccer: Diego Maradona Starting Bid $200
859. Soccer: Kylian Mbappe Starting Bid $200
860. Soccer: Lionel Messi Starting Bid $200
861. Soccer: Pele Signed and Match-Worn Shirt Starting Bid $200
862. Soccer: Rivaldo MatchWorn Jersey Starting Bid $200
863. Soccer: Ronaldinho Match-Worn Jersey Starting Bid $200
864. Soccer: Zinedine Zidane Starting Bid $200
865. St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famers: Musial, Brock, and Schoendienst Signed Baseballs Starting Bid $200
866. Bill Terry Signed 1933 Goudey #125 Baseball Card Starting Bid $200
867. Pie Traynor Signed 1960 Fleer #77 Baseball Card Starting Bid $200
868. Mike Tyson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
869. Zach Wheat Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
870. Ted Williams Starting Bid $200
871. Ted Williams Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
872. Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
873. John Wooden Signed FDC and Photograph Starting Bid $200
874. John Wooden (6) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
Conditions of Sale ANYONE EITHER REGISTERING TO BID OR PLACING A BID (“BIDDER”) ACCEPTS THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND ENTERS INTO A LEGALLY, BINDING, ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT WITH R&R AUCTION COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC (“RR AUCTION”) TOGETHER WITH BIDDER, THE “PARTIES”). This Agreement contains important provisions that control rights and liabilities, and specifically has provisions governing how disputes are handled as well as LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY that can be imposed upon RR Auction, WAIVER OF JURY and ARBITRATION PROVISIONS. This acknowledgement is a material term of these Conditions of Sale and of the consideration under which RR Auction agrees to these terms. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. The following terms and conditions (“Conditions of Sale”) constitute the sole terms and conditions under which RR Auction will offer for sale and sell the property on its website, and/or described in the catalog of items for auction (the “Catalog”). These Conditions of Sale constitute a binding agreement between the Parties with respect to the auction in which Bidder participates (the “Auction”). By bidding at the Auction, whether in person, through an agent or representative, by telephone, facsimile, online, absentee bid, or by any other form of bid or by any other means, Bidder acknowledges the thorough reading and understanding of all of these Conditions of Sale, all descriptions of items in the Catalog, and all matters incorporated herein by reference, and agrees to be fully bound thereby.
Section 1 The Parties1.1 RR Auction and Auction This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction.com Internet site. The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Conditions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog. 1.2 Bidder Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal. The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale. Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder. All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction. If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bidder is acting By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. Section 2 Bidding Privileges
2.1 In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established an account with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collectibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to contact references. Privileges will be granted at the sole discretion of RR Auction. Additionally, Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide a cash deposit prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related industry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue. 2.2 Bidder providing any false or misleading information provided in connection with the registration shall be a material breach of the Conditions of Sale and in addition to any other remedies at law shall excuse RR Auction from performance under these Conditions of Sale, including the right to any refund. 2.2 Bidding privileges may be revoked without notice, for any reason, at the sole discretion of RR Auction . Section 3 Buyer’s Premium 3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. Buyer’s premium for our Sports Auctions is 20%. For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s election, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate. Section 4 Bidding 4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auction (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. 4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a reoffering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing. RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder. 4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder. 4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession. 4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder fur-
ther grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reasonably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum indebtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid. 4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction. 4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders. Section 5 Bidding Options 5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be on-increment. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid. 5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. 5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. 5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Section 6 Payment 6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. 6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. 6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.
6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. 6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. 6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. 6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. 6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@ rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service provider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card. Section 7 Sales Tax RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. Please go to our terms on our website to see the states that are affected. If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases. The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%. Pennsylvania sales or use tax may be due in connection with the purchase and delivery of tangible personal property to Pennsylvania individuals and businesses. The purchaser is required to file a use tax return if tax is due in connection with the purchase and delivery in the Commonwealth. This notice is required pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971. 72 P.S. ¤ 7213.2. If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax. Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for ship-
ping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. Section 9 Title Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Section 10 Rights Reserved RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, 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, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time. Section 11 Conducting the Auction 11.1 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. 11.2 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 Auctions 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. 11.3 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. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve. 11.4 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. 11.5 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). 11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auc-
tion; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. 11.7 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. 11.8 Maximum Bids In 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, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. 11.9 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. 11.10 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. 11.11 Bidding in 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. 11.12 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. 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.
During live internet or live auction, 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 or bids (successively or otherwise) 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. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise. 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. 11.13 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 ”donot-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the 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. 11.14 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. Section 12 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 material breach or 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 subpart (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 Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to 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.
Section 13 Warranties 13.1 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, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 13.2 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. 13.3 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. 13.4 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 “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. Section 14 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. Section 15 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 Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction 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. Section 16 Bidder’s Remedies 16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only.
authenticity; and 16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures. 16.3 Title to Items 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, satisfactory to 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 may 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 (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by 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. 16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process (1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim. (2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. 16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner: (1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned 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 with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). 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 within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to
(2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID. 16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00. Section 17 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. Section 18 Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Section 19 Entire Agreement Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction 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 or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement 20.1 The Parties agree that all 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. 20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those 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 Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. 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 also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential. 20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS. 20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. 20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding. 20.6 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. 20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis.
20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction (along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participation in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction. Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these terms and conditions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states: For Residents of California: SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER. A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as required by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.
Section 22 Glossary of Condition terms Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction. Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows: VERY FINE describes an item believed to be 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 we believe to 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 we believe 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 which we believe to have 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 believed to be exceedingly rare or important. Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion. Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.
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