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presidents and first ladies 1. George Washington: Wooden Relic Cane by WilliamA. Hutchinson. Unique 36˝-long hand-crafted cane made by William A. Hutchinson of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, using wood from George Washington’s birthplace. The cane is annotated in ink, “From George Washington’s Birthplace—Holly.” The handle appears to be ebony and walnut, with the tip executed in matching walnut. In fine condition.
William A. Hutchinson spent almost 50 years at the turn of the 20th century crafting canes and walking sticks from historic and exotic woods. By the time he died in 1949, he had amassed a collection of around 550 canes, almost all made by himself. His collection was featured in several newspaper articles of the period. Starting Bid $200
With “blind eyes, and palsied hands,” 87-year-old John Adams declines a request, “tantas componere lites non possum”
2. John Adams Letter Signed “with my blind eyes, and palsied hands” (December 31, 1822). LS, one page, 6.75 x 6.75, December 31, 1822. Addressed from Quincy, a letter to his friend Elkanah Watson, in full: “I have received your letter of the 26 — with my blind eyes, and palsied hands — tantas componere lites non possum [I cannot settle so many disputes].” The holographic portions of the letter have been excised and affixed to a larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with haloing, scattered light staining, and toning. Starting Bid $500
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Crafted with wood from President Tyler’s stair rail, presented to an officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution
3. John Tyler: Wooden Relic Gavel from Tyler’s House. Appealing 10.75˝-
long gavel crafted from wood removed from President Tyler’s house, with an engraved silver identification plaque on the head: “Presented to Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker, Former Vice President General, N.S.D.A.R., Hampton, Va., 1923, Wood From Stair Rail of the President Tyler House.” In fine condition, with minor tarnishing to the plaque. Starting Bid $200
4. James K. Polk Autograph Letter Signed as President to Secretary of War William Marcy (1845). ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, July 23,
1845. A handwritten letter from James K. Polk sent to his Secretary of War, William Marcy, in part: “I herewith hand you the papers—which have been transmitted to me relating, to the Prussian Agency at Albany.” In fine condition, with light show-through at the top corners from small pieces of old tape on the reverse. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce naval appointment from President Taylor, promoting a future commander of the North Atlantic squadron 5. President Zachary Taylor Signed Naval Document Appointing a ‘Passed Midshipman’ . Rare partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11 x 8, September 26, 1849. President Taylor appoints Edward C. Grafton as “a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Zachary Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William B. Preston. In fine condition. Given his short 16-month tenure in the White House, presidential appointments signed by Taylor are especially scarce. After his commission to passed midshipman, Boston native Edward C. Grafton earned a series of appointments during his naval career. He was in command of the ‘Gettysburg’ of the North Atlantic squadron in 1866 and was promoted to commander before retiring from service on January 18, 1871. Starting Bid $200
6. Zachary Taylor Franking Signature – Very Likely as President. Rare ink franking
signature, “Z. Taylor,” in the upper right corner of a 5.5 x 3.25 mailing envelope. In fine condition, with light soiling. Accompanied by an original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait photo of Taylor in uniform.
Zachary Taylor never served in Congress, so, until he became President, he only had the franking privilege during his military career when he would always sign with his rank. Although only he had the presidential franking privilege, he did allow members of his family to send mail under his frank, which was illegal. Evidently, he would sign an envelope in the franking position, as in the envelope here offered, and give it to family members. Starting Bid $300
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President Grant approves amendments to a Japan postal treaty 7. President U. S. Grant Approves a Postal Treaty with Japan (1876). Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 8,
1876. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “an Additional Agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan, modifying the provisions of the Postal Convention of the 6th August 1873, and also of the Agreement of April 26th 1875 between the two countries.” Signed crisply at the conclusion by U. S. Grant. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
President Grant continues Lincoln’s tradition, declaring “the day for a National Thanksgiving” in November 1875 8. U. S. Grant Document Signed as President for “National Thanksgiving”. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75
x 9.75, October 27, 1875. President Grant directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to my Proclamation fixing the day for a National Thanksgiving.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Grant. In fine condition. On October 27, 1875, President Grant issued his ‘Proclamation 226,’ declaring the Thursday, November 25th, as a day of “National Thanksgiving,” recommending that ‘the people of the United States, abstaining from all secular pursuits and from their accustomed avocations, do assemble in their respective places of worship, and, in such form as may seem most appropriate in their own hearts, offer to Almighty God their acknowledgments and thanks for all His mercies and their humble prayers for a continuance of His divine favor.’ This continued the tradition set by President Abraham Lincoln, who in 1863 proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. It would not be until a 1942 Act of Congress that Thanksgiving received a permanent observation date—the fourth Thursday in November—and was no longer up to the discretion of the president. Starting Bid $200
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President Arthur appoints “a day for National Thanksgiving” in 1883 9. Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President (1883) - Thanksgiving Proclamation. Partly-printed DS
as president, one page, 8 x 10, October 26, 1883. President Arthur directs the Secretary of State to “cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to my Proclamation appointing a day for National Thanksgiving.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Chester A. Arthur. In fine condition. Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, American presidents have carried on the custom of proclaiming a day of national Thanksgiving for 160 years. Although Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday in 1941, the annual tradition of the president proclaiming the holiday remains today. Starting Bid $200
President Cleveland proclaims “a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer” in 1895 10. Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President (1895) - Thanksgiving Proclamation. Partly-printed DS
as president, one page, 8 x 10, November 4, 1895. President Cleveland directs the Secretary of State to “cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to my Proclamation setting apart Thursday the 28th day of November as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland. In very fine condition. Accompanied by original prints of Cleveland’s Thanksgiving proclamations for 1894 and 1895. Starting Bid $200
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“Special” document signed by President Harrison on “the repression of the Slave-trade” 11. President Benjamin Harrison Signed Document on the “repression of the Slave-trade” (Brussels Conference Act of 1890). Partly-printed DS as president,
signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10, January 19, 1892. President Harrison authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to the General Act signed at Brussels July 2, 1890, for the repression of the Slave-trade and the restriction of the importation into and sale in a certain zone of Africa, of fire-arms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Benjamin Harrison. The upper left corner is marked “Special.” In very fine condition. This document relates to the Brussels Conference Act of 1890. Starting Bid $200
Diverse assortment of signed material from William McKinley as an Ohio statesman
12. William McKinley Small Collection of (7) Signed Letters, Notes, and Documents (18861893). Small collection of seven notes, letters, and
documents from William McKinley, consisting of one ALS, one ADS, one TLS, two ANSs, and two LSs, each signed either as “McKinley,” “Wm. McKinley,” or “Wm. McKinley, Jr.” The items range in size from 7.75 x 4.25 to 8 x 10.75, with all but one dating from 1886 to 1893, indicating that six are signed either as an Ohio congressman or as the state’s governor. With the exception of one, all of the items are either sent to or related to Cleveland journalist George Walker. In overall fine condition. A more detailed listing can be found in our online description. Starting Bid $200
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13. William McKinley: Wooden Relic Cane by William A. Hutchinson. Unique
36˝-long hand-crafted cane made by William A. Hutchinson of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, using wood from William McKinley’s house in Canton, Ohio. The cane is annotated in ink, “From Wm. McKinley’s Home, Canton—Ohio,” and is accompanied by a hand-annotated descriptive sleeve, offering further details about the cane and a brief history of McKinley’s presidency. The sleeve, in part: “White Pine from William McKinley’s Home at Canton, Ohio…The wood from which this cane is made was procured by Arthur O. Hill, 1800 Yale Ave., N.W. Canton, Ohio, and received from him Dec. 29, 1934—Handle, curly maple, ebony, oak from Pennsylvania Canal and Balaustre—Tip, curly maple. President McKinley lived in this house about seven years. He at first rented it from George D. Horton and purchased it while he was president.” In fine condition. William A. Hutchinson spent almost 50 years at the turn of the 20th century crafting canes and walking sticks from historic and exotic woods. By the time he died in 1949, he had amassed a collection of around 550 canes, almost all made by himself. Many were kept in homemade paper tubes on which he wrote the history of the piece. His collection was featured in several newspaper articles of the period. Starting Bid $200
Roosevelt establishes American neutrality during the Russo-Japanese War, a conflict that led to his reception of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize 14. President Theodore Roosevelt Signed Document Affirming American Neutrality at the Start of the RussoJapanese War (February 11, 1904). DS as president, signed
“T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10, February 11, 1904. President Roosevelt directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my proclamation of the neutrality of the United States during the present hostilities between Japan and Russia.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt. In fine to very fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by two printed copies of Roosevelt’s ‘Neutrality–Russia and Japan’ proclamation. The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire between 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. After Japan’s decisive naval victory at the Battle of Tsushima, the war was concluded with the Treaty of Portsmouth on September 5, 1905. At the behest of the two nations, the peace conference was mediated by President Roosevelt, who, for his efforts, won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, making him the first American to ever win a Nobel Prize. Starting Bid $300
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“It does prove your rightness making unkind remarks about some people who see in Nazi-ism ideals of peace and good-will”
15. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter on Nazi-ism and ‘Another crisis in Germany’ (February 1938).
TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, February 10, 1938. A letter from Roosevelt to Colonel Arthur Murray, in part: “I begin to think that events in this world move with a velocity which increases with every passing year. Even since your letter, written on January twenty-fourth, so many new things have happened that you are completely out of date! Another crisis in Germany, but it does prove your rightness making unkind remarks about some people who see in Nazi-ism ideals of peace and good-will. I am getting on better with some of your people—for they are really showing signs of wanting to meet me part of the way— perhaps not fifty percent yet! I, too, am pursued by catch-cries in this country, and I am in the midst of a long process of education—and the process seems to be working slowly but surely.” In fine condition, with rusty staple holes to the upper left corner. Accompanied by two typed replies from Murray. Starting Bid $300
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“This is a wonderful spot—too delightful to open mail soon, but I have to keep up!” 16. Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed. Scarce ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter to “Miss Conklin,” in full: “Will you please send on my mail & continue to do so every 2 or 3 days till Aug. 20th? Sorry to bother you—This is a wonderful spot—too delightful to open mail soon, but I have to keep up!” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
From Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea: “I hope you’ll return the favor by coming and staying with us at the White House” 17. Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Rare MultiSigned Autograph Letter Signed as First Family – Sent to Robert S. McNamara. Scarce ALS as president
signed “Bill,” “and We hope to see you soon – Hillary,” and “Chelsea Clinton,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, August 29, 1993. Handwritten letter to former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, in full: “I can’t thank you and your family enough for opening your homes to us. We never needed a vacation more or enjoyed one more-I hope you’ll return the favor by coming and staying with us at the White House. Thanks again.” McNamara lightly added the year of the letter next to the date. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Early letter from President Obama, heeding “the good advice” of a supporter urging him to quit smoking
19. President Barack Obama Early Autograph Letter Signed, Welcoming “Good Advice” to Quit Smoking. Early ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 4.25, White House
letterhead, no date [circa early 2009]. Handwritten letter to Michael P. Powers, who had written to President Obama on the day of the latter’s inauguration, January 20, 2009, which reads: “Thanks so much for the wonderful letter, and the good advice. I am returning the picture, since it must be important to you, but I will remember your dad’s memory.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House transmittal envelope and a copy of Jeanne Marie Laskas’ To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope. This offered letter, as well as the original typed letter from Powers, imploring Obama to quit smoking, are printed in the book on pages 36 and 37. Obama’s 2020 memoir A Promised Land reveals how the stress of the White House led to a few bad tendencies, including smoking, noting that he would sometimes smoke up to 10 cigarettes a day and often look for a ‘discreet location to grab an evening smoke.’ Obama purportedly broke the habit in 2011. Starting Bid $500
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FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LOTS 21 - 26 The Baltimore-based architectural woodworking firm Knipp & Co. was chosen as a subcontractor for President Harry S. Truman’s renovation and restoration of the White House, which took place between 1948 and 1952. Their work is discussed in the article ‘White House ‘Contractor’s Salvage’ Revived’ by Barbara D. McMillan: “Knipp & Company was very much on the scene during the dismantling of the house. It hauled away moldings, architectural elements, wood floors, and even lath under the plaster for the general contractor, who began work on December 13, 1949…It was President Truman’s stated intention to save ‘all the doors, mantels, mirrors and things of that sort so that they will go back just as they were.’ Architect Lorenzo S. Winslow also ‘appreciated the old, and from the outset urged the careful conservation and reuse of paneling, window sash, molding and doors.’ These intentions, however, were not fully realized. Some of the wood was damaged upon removal, and some was stylistically inappropriate as Winslow tried to adapt the White House interior to the time of its original architect, James Hoban…Franklin Knipp, who became president of the firm in 1964, stressed that most of the removed millwork from the White House arrived to them unmarked, with nothing to indicate where it had come from, unless it was from a ‘primary’ room (a State Room) or one that was to be reconstructed, such as the State Dining Room.” As the White House renovations came to a close, the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion, with the approval of President Truman, established a ‘souvenir program’ to dispose of excess raw materials removed from the Executive Mansion, such as bricks, nails, plaster, and wooden relics. McMillan reports: “White House moldings that were not reused in the White House reconstruction but left stored with the Knipp firm were originally intended by the firm to be returned to the White House, until at last Major General Glen E. Edgerton, the government’s representative on the work, ordered Knipp to stop bringing back the old wood.” This ‘contractor’s salvage’ subsequently remained in Franklin Knipp’s custody for decades; he subsequently offered them as gifts to friends, and repurposed items for use in his own home on Maryland’s Gibson Island.
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21. White House Door/Shutter with Hinges. Large
hinged door or shutter panel from the White House, measuring 20˝ x 55˝ x 1.25˝, featuring a stately two-panel design with hinges on either side. One side appears to have been painted in a traditional white color, with paint residue along the sides of the panels and in crevices; the paint was stripped, leaving behind a rough finish. The opposite side is smooth, without signs of having been painted. In very good condition, with the hinges rusted. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration.Starting Bid $200
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22. White House Board with Paint and Metal Tag. Board removed from the White House, measuring 51˝ x 7.5˝ x 1˝, featuring a section painted in off-white, with cracks and chips revealing several other colors underneath—hues of white, light green, gray, and beige. The lower section is painted “219” and bears a nailed-on “219” metal tag. In very good to fine condition, with wear, dampstaining, and chipping to paint. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Starting Bid $200
White House doorway rosette molding piece from Truman’s renovation 23. White House Doorway Corner Molding. Fantastic
piece of decorative doorway corner molding from the White House, measuring 9˝ x 9˝ x 3˝, featuring a plaster-cast flower in relief set into the center of a deep frame. Moldings in this style can be seen in numerous images of the White House interior taken during the first half of the 20th century, situated in the upper corners of doorways in the Green Room, Red Room, Blue Room, and elsewhere. This piece is coated with several layers of paint, many of which are cracked and chipping; the outermost layer is a grayish off-white, which covers various hues of beige and bright white. In good to very good condition, with age-related cracking, peeling, and loss to paint and plaster, a crack to the central wooden panel, and a chip to one corner. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Starting Bid $300
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Historic White House doorway molding with multi-layered paint—a window into the Executive Mansion’s decades of decoration
24. White House Doorway Transom Molding. Historic piece of doorway transom
molding from the White House, measuring 26˝ x 8.75˝ x 3˝, featuring two reeded sections with a cornice-type edge. Door casings in this style can be seen in numerous images of the White House interior taken during the first half of the 20th century, situated around doorways in the Green Room, Red Room, Blue Room, and elsewhere. This piece is coated with several layers of paint, many of which are cracked and chipping; the outermost layer is a grayish off-white, which covers various hues of beige, bright white, gold, and light green. Interestingly, an examination of the paint layers reveals that the two reeded sections were once painted gold—a quality which would be reproduced in the Kennedy-era Blue Room. In good to very good condition, with age-related cracking and losses to paint, two nail holes at center, and a few annotations. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Starting Bid $300
“Carving from East Room”— ornate trim from the White House 25. White House East Room Trim Carving. Ornate piece of carved trim molding from the White House, measuring 36˝ x 4˝ x 1˝, featuring an attractive carved leaf pattern. The reverse is annotated in ink, “Carving from East Room, Around Portrait,” and in red carpenter’s pencil, “Model #26, Wall Panel, Drawing #5-53.” In fine condition. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Starting Bid $200
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Unique wall panel piece representing the modernization of the White House
26. White House Wall Panel Section with Electrical Outlet Cutout. Unique wall panel from the White
House, measuring 19.5˝ x 32˝ x 1.5˝, featuring a central rectangular panel with a cut-out for an electrical outlet. The front is painted in a traditional off-white color and is annotated in red grease pencil across the top rail. Electricity was first installed in the White House during Benjamin Harrison’s administration in 1891. Irwin ‘Ike’ Hoover, an electrician who later became White House Chief Usher, recollected that ‘the Harrison family were actually afraid to turn the lights on and off for fear of getting a shock…I would turn on the lights in the halls and parlors in the evening and they would burn until I returned the next morning to extinguish them.’ In very good to fine condition, with some chipping to paint. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Starting Bid $300
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John F. Kennedy ‘Jackie - Before the Storm’—a massive expressionist portrait by Giovanni DeCunto 68. Jacqueline Kennedy Painting by Giovanni DeCunto. ‘Jackie - Before
the Storm’ Acrylic on canvas, 34˝ x 46˝.
“This portrait of Jackie was painted in honor of our beloved first lady. America was in its most hopeful period and she stood out like a beacon of light” - Giovanni DeCunto Mere moments before history was broadcasted live in front of the world to see. Seen smiling from ear to ear, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, shortly before her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Like so many promising leaders before him, President John F. Kennedy’s life was cut short, and the dreams of a generation were altered instantly. DeCunto’s artist statement: ‘My paintings are my palette for chaos and order to collide. I take the high art and the low art, which is commonplace, and let them battle it out on the canvas. The contemporary issues confronted in the work provoke a response, both emotional and intellectual, and symbolize the struggle towards birth that our society now faces. We are at the beginning. Painting, to me, is the great equalizer. I paint for humanity. I call to arms; the eternal spirit of man, the builder, the organizer and the evolutionary spirit that creates civilizations. I am speaking of that common, human thread that the great thinkers of the past continue to teach to us; the common link which triumphs over adversity, poverty and injustice.’ Starting Bid $5000
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Jackie purchases two Thomas Anshutz watercolor paintings from Graham Galleries in New York — “May 29th is my husband’s birthday when I will give them to him, so just try and imagine his delight that day. He will probably hang them in his office where I will never see them!”
69. Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed as First Lady, Procuring Watercolor Paintings for Her Husband’s Birthday (1963). ALS as first lady, four pages, 5.5 x 6.75, The Carlyle (Madison Avenue, New York) letterhead,
no date (circa February 1963). Handwritten letter to Robert C. Graham of the esteemed James Graham & Sons art gallery, in part: “Alas, this is my one day in New York, filled with deadly errands to do from morning till evening. I will really try to come to your gallery but I have a terrible fear I will be so behind schedule all day...I am so touched and cannot believe that Mr. Anshutz has presented me with a watercolor...I love all Thomas Anshutz’ so much I know I will adore this one...May 29th is my husband’s birthday when I will give them to him, so just try and imagine his delight that day. He will probably hang them in his office where I will never see them! – but later on in our own house they will be in the room I love most.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original envelope hand-addressed by Kennedy. Starting Bid $200
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Karsh’s renowned portrait of John and Jacqueline Kennedy, signed as president and first lady
71. John and Jacqueline Kennedy Oversized Signed Photograph by Yousuf Karsh. Enduring color 16.5 x 21.5
Yousuf Karsh photographic portrait print of John and Jacqueline Kennedy, captioned “The President and Mrs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy,” signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “For Senator Ernest Gruening – a distinguished public servant with the esteem and best wishes of his friend – John F. Kennedy,” and in blue ballpoint, “Jacqueline Kennedy.” The lower right bears a ‘Karsh of Ottawa’ copyright caption. Framed and in fine condition. During a career that spanned over 60 years, portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh captured many of the most important figures of the 20th century. Immortalizing his
subjects with an eye for lighting, color, and geometry, Karsh’s keen attention to detail is readily apparent in this dynamic portrayal. The Kennedys sat for Karsh on many occasions throughout their decade-long marriage, but it was 1957 — the year this photo was taken — that would produce Karsh’s most complex and enduring images of the couple. Ernest Henry Gruening was an American journalist and politician (1887–1974) who served as Governor of Alaska and later as one of the state’s first senators in 1959. Starting Bid $500
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“With the affectionate regards of her friends” — JFK and Jackie-signed portrait presented to a longtime White House secretary 72. John and Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Photograph to Longtime Secretary Helen Lempart. Outstanding
matte-finish 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo of President Kennedy in profile, his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, smiling to his immediate right, signed and inscribed in the lower border in bold fountain pen to his longtime secretary, “For Helen Lempart — with the affectionate regards of her friends —John F. Kennedy, 1953–1963,” and in blue ballpoint, “Jacqueline Kennedy.” Archivally mounted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 14. In fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image, and pen trouble forcing Jackie to redo a few letters of her signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA, and by an excised section of the original frame backing, which contains a signed handwritten provenance statement from Lempart: “This was a gift to me from President Kennedy when I left the White House to go to Rome in January of 1963.” Provenance: Hake’s, Helen Lempart Archives, March 2019. Starting Bid $500
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Elusive signed check and letter from Senator John F. Kennedy, reimbursing a supporter in lead-up to his push for the 1956 VP nomination 74. John F. Kennedy Rare Signed Check with Typed Letter as a Massachusetts Senator, Seeking the 1956 Vice Presidential Nomination. Tandem of items signed by
John F. Kennedy as a Massachusetts senator — a TLS signed “Jack” and a rare personal check signed “John Kennedy” — both sent to Rhode Island Senator John Pastore during Kennedy’s unsuccessful bid for the Vice Presidential nomination at the 1956 Democratic National Convention. The TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, June 20, 1956, personal United States Senate letterhead, in full: “I am enclosing my check for $27.94 to cover cost of your transportation from New Bedford to Washington on the 30th of May. Again, thank you for going up there and with kind regards.” Kennedy has added a handwritten postscript below: “This is the committee’s desire.” Beneath this inscription, Pastore has written a note back to Kennedy, “It was an honor
and pleasure to come to New Bedford. This is unnecessary although your thoughtfulness in doing it is appreciated, John.” The accompanying personal check (The National City Bank of New York), 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Kennedy, made payable to Pastore for $27.94, dated June 19, 1956. made out to John O. Pastore. Boldly signed “John Kennedy.” In overall fine condition. Both items are individually encapsulated in Beckett authentication holders. Signed prior to his first major political setback, this tremendous pairing of Kennedy keepsakes is representative of his resolve shown as both a soldier and a statesman; moreover, checks signed by Kennedy are of considerable scarcity — as president or otherwise — with this being only the fourth example that we have ever offered. Starting Bid $1000
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Choate senior portrait of John F. Kennedy, inscribed to his lifelong best friend Lem Billings 75. John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph - Choate Senior Portrait Inscribed to His Lifelong Best Friend. Superlative sepia matte-finish 6 x 9.25 Choate senior portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Lemmer, The gayest soul I know—In memory of two tense years and in hopes of many more—your Pal and supporter! Ken.” Also signed by the photographer in pencil and dated 1935. Archivally triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 16.5. In fine condition. John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne Billings met at Wallingford, Connecticut’s prestigious Choate Preparatory School in 1933 and formed an instant connection. Consummate pranksters, “Ken” and “Lemmer” were just two of their quirky nicknames for one another. The boys found comfort away from home in their similar senses of humor-during their senior year, they formed a secret society known as ‘The Muckers Club.’ The bane of their Choate headmaster’s existence, Jack and Lem were known as Public Enemy Number 1 and Number 2 and were nearly expelled on several occasions.
Jack spent much of his time at Choate very ill, and it was Billings who gave him the unwavering support he needed to persevere. In pain most of his life, JFK hardly ever complained—Lem was the first and virtually only person with whom he shared his physical suffering. He lifted Jack’s spirits at such a formative time when the future president could have easily sunk into despair. Lem (a closeted gay man) secretly loved Jack and made an unrequited pass at him early in their relationship. The resulting awkwardness didn’t put a damper on their friendship, and upon their 1935 Choate graduation they exchanged senior portraits. The here-offered example was Jack’s gift to Lem (confirmed on page 26 of David Pitt’s 2007 book, Jack and Lem). At all the difficult turns in Kennedy’s presidency, Lem was there—he talked him through the Cuban Missile Crisis and even had his own room at the White House. Their inseparable 30year friendship lasted right up to that fateful day on November 22, 1963. This exceptional piece—one of the youngest known Kennedy signed photos in existence—is an integral part of JFK’s personal history. Starting Bid $1000
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Oversized presidential portrait presented to his brother-in-law and key campaigner: “For Peter—who helped make this picture possible—with all of the best—Jack” 76. John F. Kennedy Oversized Signed Photograph to Peter Lawford: “Who helped make this picture possible”. Magnificent color vintage glossy 14.5 x 17 photo of President John F. Kennedy seated at his desk inside the White House’s Oval Office, matted to an overall size of 21 x 24.5, signed on the mat in fountain pen to his brother-in-law, the actor Peter Lawford, “For Peter—who helped make this picture possible—with all of the best—Jack.” Impressively framed and in very fine condition. British-born actor Peter Lawford married Kennedy’s younger
sister, Patricia, in 1954, and became a citizen of the United States in April 1960, in time to vote for his brother-in-law in the upcoming presidential election. Throughout the campaign, Lawford and his fellow members of the ‘Rat Pack’ campaigned on Kennedy’s behalf—Frank Sinatra famously dubbed him ‘Brother-in-Lawford’ during this period. The endorsements of Lawford, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop did much for Kennedy’s popularity, connecting him to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood’s elite. Kennedy recognizes Lawford’s influence in this inscription, thanking him for helping to “make this picture possible.” Starting Bid $1000
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JFK signs an early copy of Profiles in Courage to his former press secretary
77. John F. Kennedy Signed Book to Press Secretary. Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Early printing with ‘D-F’ date code. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “To Bob Thompson—with esteem and warmest regards from his friend—John Kennedy.” Autographic condition: fine, with a small adhesive remnant to the right edge of the signed page. Book condition: VG/G, with several splits, repairs, and edge chips to the jacket. Robert E. Thompson (1921–2003) was a top political writer and Washington journalist who worked as John F. Kennedy’s press secretary in the late 1950s, quitting just prior to the then-Senator’s presidential campaign. Starting Bid $1000
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President Kennedy presents a 1961 edition of Why England Slept to his former press secretary 78
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78. John F. Kennedy Signed Book as President – Why England Slept (1961) – Presented to Press Secretary. Signed book as president: Why England Slept. Later printing. NY: Wilfred Funk, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 252 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint to his former press secretary, “For Bob Thompson, with the high regards of his friend, John F. Kennedy. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with small nicks and edge tears to the jacket.
Based on his Harvard thesis, Kennedy’s first book examines the years leading up to World War II and the measures taken—or not taken—by England to extinguish the German threat before it developed into world war. First published in 1940, the book sold 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom and the United States and earned $40,000 in royalties. On Kennedy’s ascension to the presidency in 1961, the book was reprinted in New York by Wilfred Funk. Robert E. Thompson (1921–2003) was a top political writer and Washington journalist who worked as John F. Kennedy’s press secretary in the late 1950s, quitting just prior to the then-Senator’s presidential campaign. Starting Bid $500
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“I hope that you will accept my apology for what happened”—Congressman Kennedy’s long handwritten letter to a constituent
79. John F. Kennedy 1951 Autograph Letter Signed Apologizing to Constituent. Rare ALS signed “John Kennedy,” two pages both sides, 6.25 x 9, Congress of the United States letterhead, February 15, [1951]. Letter to Frank F. Previte, Jr., in full: “I am very sorry to hear about your recent experience in my office in Boston. While we are short-handed due to Joe Rosetti of South Boston who was formerly in the Boston office and while it will be another week before the new man comes in—there is still no excuse for the treatment that you received. I am sending your letter to Boston to be read by everyone so that there will not be a repetition of this. I will be in Boston this Saturday about 5:00 P.M. at 122 Bowdoin St., if you can come around, I would like to discuss your case with you. If you cannot, would you write to me directly in Washington and I will see that some action is taken. I hope that you will accept my apology for what happened.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope bearing a pre-printed franking signature; also includes a secretarial letter from Kennedy on February 8th, recommending Previte for a position as storekeeper at the Navy’s shipyard in Quincy, as well as its envelope. Starting Bid $300
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80. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President.
TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 7, 1963. Letter to Maryland Congressman Edward Garmatz, in full: “Please accept my warmest congratulations on your birthday. I hope that this will be a happy and memorable occasion and that the years to come will bring you continued health and happiness.” In fine condition, with uniform overall toning, and a stain to the lower right edge. Starting Bid $300
82. John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph – Pictured as a Massachusetts Senator by Jacques Lowe. Glossy 8 x 10 portrait
photo of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, an image originally taken by Jacques Lowe in Hyannis Port in July 1958, signed and inscribed in black ink, “…with every good wish from his friend, John Kennedy.” Matted to an overall size of 11 x 14. In very good to fine condition, with fading and skipping to the handwriting; the photo is affixed to a heavy sheet of cardboard, with adhesive residue and associated emulsion loss matted out to produce a pleasing display. Starting Bid $200
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President Kennedy on a potential Point Loma fishing pier in San Diego: “When the pier is completed, the Navy will allow fishing from it on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays”
81. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President on the Construction of a Point Loma Fishing Pier.
TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” two pages, 6.5 x 9.5, White House letterhead, January 29, 1963. Letter to Pat Brown, the Governor of California, discussing plans for a “Point Loma fishing pier situation in San Diego,” in part: “It is my understanding that…the Navy will create an electronics platform in the form of a large ship drawn from the Reserve Fleet. This platform will be anchored approximately 3,000 feet off Point Loma and several thousand feet north of the existing outfall sewer trestle. A rock breakwater will be constructed to seaward of this electronics platform. A pier will be constructed to connect the land with the electronics platform. This proposed pier will consist of a rock causeway for one-third of its length, and a floating pier the remainder of the distance. When the pier is completed, the Navy will allow fishing from it on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On occasions when the Naval Electronics Laboratory is conducting experimental work, this privilege will be denied.” Archivally double-matted and framed with a portrait photo of JFK to an overall size of 31.25 x 18. In fine condition, with scattered stains to the second page, not at all affecting the signature. Starting Bid $200
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83. John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Senator John F. Kennedy in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Mrs. Annegen, and the boys and girls of Horace Mann Junior High School—with every good wish—Senator John Kennedy.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, tack holes to the borders, and all of the handwriting extremely light but legible at an angle. Starting Bid $200
84. John F. Kennedy Plate From His Last ‘Official’ Dinner (November 18, 1963). Beautiful deep cobalt
blue dinner plate produced especially for the ‘Dinner of the Inter-American Press Association in honor of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy,’ held at the Hotel Americana in Miami Beach on November 18, 1963, just four days before JFK’s assassination. The plate measures approximately 10.5˝ in diameter and features gilt edging and ornamentation of the presidential seal, as well as the coats of arms of the IAPA’s 14 member states. The manufacturer’s imprint on the cream underside reads, “Syracuse - China - 93 G U.S.A.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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“Plan to show somewhere what Federal gov’t has done for South”—handwritten economic notes by Senator John F. Kennedy 86. John F. Kennedy Handwritten Notes as Senator on Economy and Labor. Unsigned handwritten notes by
Senator John F. Kennedy, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, no date but circa mid-1950s. A page of Senator Kennedy’s handwritten notes on labor and the United States economy. In part: “point being that South can show… that they are much worse off. Plan to show somewhere what Federal gov’t has done for South…some of her problems are the result of what you say here—human failings…but they are more fundamental…difficulty here is we have them both mixed up.” In very fine condition. An interesting piece in which the young Senator recognizes the fundamental and geographical forces affecting the economic realities of the United States’ citizenry, and the impact that the federal government might have on the lives of its constituents. Starting Bid $200
Over 40 original photos of John F. Kennedy as president, captured by his three White House photographers 87. John F. Kennedy Collection of (43) Original Vintage Photographs. Marvelous collection of 43 original vintage
photographs of President John F. Kennedy, glossy and mattefinish, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, the majority of which feature credits stamps to the reverse attributing the photos to White House photographers Cecil W. Stoughton (4), Robert L. Knudsen (10), and Abbie Rowe (17); although uncredited, five other photos bear negative numbers typically found on the reverse of a Stoughton photograph. The collection visually documents many public events and candid moments captured during the nearly three-year presidency of John F. Kennedy. The vast majority of the photos bear editorial marks and/or annotations to the reverse. In overall fine condition, with most photos bearing a faint paperclip impression to one edge. Starting Bid $200 34 |
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From President Kennedy’s desk— his personally-owned copy of his Harvard thesis-turned-bestseller, Why England Slept
88. John F. Kennedy’s Personal Copy of Why England Slept with Original Photograph. President
John F. Kennedy’s personally-owned copy of his book Why England Slept. Later printing. NY: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 252 pages, with a card imprinted in blue with his name and the presidential seal loosely laid in. In fine condition, with light wear to the dust jacket. Accompanied by an original vintage glossy 9 x 7 silver gelatin press photo from January 1962, showing Kennedy at his desk in the White House, with this book seen beside him. Includes a letter of provenance signed by JFK’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in part: “This picture was taken of President John F. Kennedy by a photographer to be used in an article to be written by Douglas B. Cornell with the title ‘Busy President,’ on January 18, 1962. Kennedy is sitting at his desk in the White House looking at a calendar. He was celebrating his first month in office…It will be noted that there
is a copy of President Kennedy’s book ‘Why England Slept’ at his elbow, which had just been reprinted by Wilfred Funk, Inc. This copy you now have in your possession.” Provenance: John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection, Lot 520, Guernsey’s, December 2005. Based on his Harvard thesis, Kennedy’s first book examines the years leading up to World War II and the measures taken—or not taken—by England to extinguish the German threat before it developed into world war. First published in 1940, the book sold 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom and the United States and earned $40,000 in royalties. On Kennedy’s ascension to the presidency in 1961, the book was reprinted in New York by Wilfred Funk. A fantastic piece, direct from the president’s desk. Starting Bid $200
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90. John F. Kennedy Presidential Inauguration Street Sign. Original “No Parking” street sign from the “Presidential Inauguration” of John F. Kennedy at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961. The patriotically colored metal sign measures 12 x 18, with bold red and blue text reading: “Presidential Inauguration, No Parking, Midnight January 19 to Midnight January 20, 1961.” In fine condition, with expected wear. Starting Bid $200
91. John F. Kennedy’s PersonallyOwned Democratic Donkey Pin. President John F. Kennedy’s personallyowned jewel-encrusted, silver-tone Democratic donkey pin, measuring approximately 1.5˝ x 1.75˝, with straightpin clasp on the back. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned provenance note from JFK’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, stating that this symbol of the Democratic Party found its way into John F. Kennedy’s desk: “A donkey made with shiny, glittering stones to be worn at a fund raiser or some other democratic event by a girl or a woman as a decorative pin.” Provenance: John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection, Lot 560, Guernsey’s, December 2005. Starting Bid $200
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92. John F. Kennedy: Parker Jotter White House Gift Pen. Desirable black Parker Jotter push-activated
ballpoint pen designed to be given as a White House gift by President John F. Kennedy, engraved on the side in silver with “The White House” above JFK’s facsimile signature. Includes the original box. In fine condition, with the ink cartridge missing. Starting Bid $200
93. John F. Kennedy – As We Remember Joe Book – Privately Printed in an Edition of 250. Rare unsigned
book: As We Remember Joe. First edition, first issue (with winged device on title page printed in red). Privately printed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1945. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 75 pages. Includes a handsome custom-made cloth-bound clamshell case. Book condition: VG/None, with light rubbing to boards. In August 1944, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., was killed in action during World War II when his plane exploded over England. Hoping to honor his brother, JFK solicited contributions of the reminiscences of family and friends of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., collected and published as a 1945 Christmas gift for members of the Kennedy family and Joe’s close friends. In his foreword, Kennedy excuses those who might not have contributed because they ‘are at this time fighting around the globe—or have, like Joe, died.’ A highly sought-after first edition, limited to only 250 copies. Starting Bid $200
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94. ‘Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy’ Specially Bound Book From the Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy. Rare unsigned book from
the personal collection of Jaqueline Kennedy — Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy. Washington, DC: privately-printed, 1961. Gilt-embossed hardcover with matching slipcase, 7 x 10, eight pages, the inside front cover bearing an affixed Sotheby’s label, indicating that this book was auctioned at their “The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis” sale on April 23-26, 1996. Book condition: NF/ None in a VG+ case. This is one of an unspecified limitation (generally believed to be about 100) of specially bound copies of President Kennedy’s inaugural address, many of which were given to his closest friends and staffers as Christmas gifts. In the address, Kennedy went over the major themes of his campaign and famously urged the American people, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.’ A defining speech of the 20th century, historians regard it as the most significant inaugural since that of Lincoln, given from the same portico a hundred years earlier. Starting Bid $200
Hand-edited letter from President Kennedy on movies and “the Egyptian matter” 95. John F. Kennedy Annotated Typed Draft Letter as President. Typed draft letter from President John F. Kennedy,
unsigned, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, no date (January 1963). A hand-edited draft letter from JFK, who adds two words in his own hand: the first name of the recipient, “Johnny,” striking through the originally typed “Giovanni,” and “now.” The letter, in full: “Many thanks for your kind thought in sending me the bed. It was delivered in person by your American representative Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. The movies are not any better than they were in Florida but it is now more pleasurable to watch them. I shall be in touch with you shortly about the Egyptian matter.” In fine condition, with staple holes and a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Although uncertain, “the Egyptian matter” may be in reference to the ongoing North Yemen Civil War, which began when a group of military officers, supported by Egypt and the Soviet Union, staged a coup against the ruling monarchy in September 1962. They declared the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and began implementing a republican system. The opposing faction, known as the Royalists, which sought to restore the monarchy, was supported by the U.S. government and President John F. Kennedy, who in a letter written to Faisal of Saudi Arabia, dated October 25, but kept confidential until January 1963, said: ‘You may be assured of full US support for the maintenance of Saudi Arabian integrity.’. Starting Bid $200 38 |
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96. John F. Kennedy 1962 ‘Birthday Party’ Ticket and Program.
Desirable pairing of items from President John F. Kennedy’s famous birthday celebration held at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, including: an original ticket stub for “President Kennedy’s Birthday Party and Gala All Star Show,” 6.25 x 3.75, featuring his portrait on the left side; and the original program from the event, entitled ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ on the front cover, two pages, 8.25 x 10.5, listing the performers inside, including Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Callas, Peter Lawford, and Marilyn Monroe—whose sultry rendition of ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ is remembered even today. In overall fine condition. 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.’ Starting Bid $200
97. John F. Kennedy’s May 1963 White House Press Pass. President John F. Kennedy’s official White House press
pass from a trip to New York on May 23, 1963, measuring 3˝ in diameter, retaining its original blue cord. The pass reads: “White House Press, Trip of the President, May 23, 1963.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by JFK’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in full: “On May 23, 1963 President John F. Kennedy had a speaking engagement in New York at a Fundraising dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Before leaving passes were issued to White House Press, which entitled them to ride on Air Force Two. This pass, which you now have in your possession, is one of those passes. It ended up in the President’s pocket where it remained until George, his valet, removed it the next morning. He sent it over to the Oval Office, along with other papers. It was discarded.” Provenance: John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection, Lot 412, Guernsey’s, December 2005. Starting Bid $200
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Bell telephone credit card issued to “President John F. Kennedy, White House” 98. John F. Kennedy’s Personal Bell System Credit Card (1961). John F. Kennedy’s personally-
owned 1961 Bell System credit card, 3.5 x 2.5, filled out in type: “President John F. Kennedy, White House, Washington 25 DC,” with card number “960 7800 L32.” The reverse features blank spaces to record frequently used telephone numbers. In fine condition. Provenance: John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection, Lot 546, Guernsey’s, December 2005. Starting Bid $200
99. John F. Kennedy (2) Original 1960 Presidential Campaign Posters. Superb pair of original color posters for
John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign, 13.5 x 20.75 and 20.75 x 13.5, both feature a patriotic color scheme, portrait images of JFK and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson, and bold white text, “Kennedy for President, Johnson for Vice President” and “Kennedy – Johnson, two great Democrats.” Both posters were produced by the Democratic National Committee. In overall fine condition, with a chipped upper right corner and old tape remnants to reverse of the horizontal poster. Starting Bid $200
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Large portrait of JFK from his important 1960 campaign push for the Wisconsin primary 100. John F. Kennedy Oversized Portrait Photograph as a Massachusetts Senator. Marvelous large-format
matte-finish 10.5 x 13.25 portrait photograph of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. This photo was taken by photographer Louis Fandrick of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on March 30, 1960, during Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign and a week before the Wisconsin primary on April 5th, when he earned a narrow victory over Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. Impressively mounted and framed to an overall size of 19.75 x 23.75. In very fine condition. Kennedy won the Wisconsin primary with the support of Catholic voters, including some Republican Catholics who voted in the Democratic primary. Days before the event, Kennedy said it had been the ‘toughest, closest, most meaningful.’ Although the unexpectedly slim victory left questions about Kennedy’s ability to carry the convention or the election in the fall, his resounding primary win in West Virginia on May 20th forced Humphrey to withdraw from the race and many of his detractors to take notice. The Wisconsin showdown was covered in the documentary film Primary. A veteran of World War II, Louis Fandrick (19182004) worked as a news photographer and photo engraver at the Manitowoc Herald-Times Reporter for 42 years, retiring in 1981. Starting Bid $200
101. John F. Kennedy (3) Senate-era Neckties – Presented to His Press Secretary with a JFK U.S. Senate Card. Three vintage
neckties presented by Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy to his former press secretary, Robert Thompson, each approximately 53.5˝ in length, made by Wembley, A. Sulka & Company, and Central Cottage Industries Emporium. Included with the ties is one of JFK’s personal United States Senate business cards, 3.5 x 1.75, with a golden embossed seal and printed text, “John Fitzgerald Kennedy, United States Senate, Massachusetts,” annotated in a secretarial hand, “With all best wishes for a Merry Christmas.” In overall fine condition. From the personal collection of Robert E. Thompson (1921–2003), a top political writer and Washington journalist who worked as John F. Kennedy’s press secretary in the late 1950s, quitting just prior to the then-Senator’s presidential campaign. Starting Bid $200
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“All Massachusetts must share pride in this milestone”
102. John F. Kennedy (3) Typed Letters from His Massachusetts Senate Office. Grouping of three typed
letters from Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy or from his press secretary Robert Thompson, all unsigned, dated between September and December 1958. The Kennedy letter, one page, September 27, 1958, addressed to Dr. Charles Salemi, Grand Venerable of the Independent Order of the Sons of Italy, in full: “I want to congratulate you and all those who served with you in the Independent Order of the Sons of Italy upon your 50th Anniversary. All Massachusetts must share pride in this milestone and in your successful efforts over the past 50 years to establish better understanding among all Americans. I know that even greater achievements lie ahead as the Independent Order of the Sons of Italy begins its fiftyfirst year in Massachusetts.” Highlights of the Thompson letters: October 6th, sent to a journalist at the Parkersburg Sentinel, “Enclosed herewith is a print of a photo of Senator Kennedy, his wife and his daughter”; and December 2, sent to Joseph E. Manion, “I would appreciate your holding for a short while the campaign material enumerated in your letter. The new Senate office building is not opening until sometime in February, and we are horribly cramped for space at this point. Once the new building is open, Senator Kennedy will have considerable additional office space, and we then can file the material. The books you gave me — the copies of ‘Profiles’ — were stolen on election night, but we have replacements for them and will see that they are autographed.” The reverse
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of Thompson’s October letter bears a stapled note sheet with secretarial notations. In overall very good to fine condition, with some wrinkling to onetime moisture exposure. Accompanied by a TLS from Satrya P. Bennett, the treasurer of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, sent to Kennedy on September 11, 1958, noting that they would “appreciate a word of greeting…to appear on our Souvenir Program,” in honor of the church’s 85th anniversary. From the personal collection of Robert E. Thompson (1921–2003), a top political writer and Washington journalist who worked as John F. Kennedy’s press secretary in the late 1950s, quitting just prior to the then-Senator’s presidential campaign. The men met through Robert F. Kennedy, who had befriended Thompson during the McClellan Committee hearings into labor racketeering. It was at a party in 1958 at RFK’s Hickory Hill estate that JFK asked Thompson to become his press secretary. One of Thompson’s major contributions to his new boss’s 1958 senatorial reelection campaign was a movie he put together entitled ‘The U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy Story,’ which was broadcast on Massachusetts television. Kennedy later remarked that ‘it was the best thing (he) had in the campaign.’ Thompson left Kennedy’s staff in 1959 and joined the Washington Bureau of the New York Daily News, where he eventually became their White House correspondent and was assigned to cover the new American President: John F. Kennedy. Starting Bid $200
103. John F. Kennedy Original Unpublished Photographic Print – Presented to His Press Secretary.
Unpublished original matte-finish 12 x 15 photographic print of President John F. Kennedy standing next to a large portrait painting of fellow Democratic leader Franklin D. Roosevelt. This uncommon print was presented by Kennedy to his former press secretary Robert Thompson. Affixed to a same-size cardstock mount and in fine condition, with some faint silvering to the image. President Kennedy posed next to this painting when he delivered remarks at the opening of ‘The Old Navy, 17761870,’ a National Archives exhibit of naval prints and watercolors from the collection of former president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on June 27, 1962. From the personal collection of Robert E. Thompson (1921–2003), a top political writer and Washington journalist who worked as John F. Kennedy’s press secretary in the late 1950s, quitting just prior to the then-Senator’s presidential campaign. The men met through Robert F. Kennedy, who had befriended Thompson during the McClellan Committee hearings into labor racketeering. It was at a party in 1958 at RFK’s Hickory Hill estate that JFK asked Thompson to become his press secretary. One of Thompson’s major contributions to his new boss’s 1958 senatorial reelection campaign was a movie he put together entitled ‘The U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy Story,’ which was broadcast on Massachusetts television. Kennedy later remarked that ‘it was the best thing (he) had in the campaign.’ Thompson left Kennedy’s staff in 1959 and joined the Washington Bureau of the New York Daily News, where he eventually became their White House correspondent and was assigned to cover the new American President: John F. Kennedy. Starting Bid $200
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John F. Kennedy’s 61-page diary from 1945, documenting everything from the founding of the United Nations to Hitler’s bombed bunker 104. John F. Kennedy’s Diary from 1945, with Comments on Hitler, FDR, Politics, and World War II. Remarkable diary kept by John F. Kennedy in his capacity as a special correspondent for Hearst Newspapers during the summer of 1945, containing twelve handwritten pages (on seven leaves), plus 49 typed pages (all single-sided). These 6 x 9.5 loose-leaf pages are housed in a black Trussell top grain cowhide binder. Originally sold in 2017 for $718,750, the diary originated from JFK’s research assistant, Deirdre Henderson. For an in-depth analysis of the diary’s contents, including full transcriptions and images of each page, we recommend you refer to Henderson’s book, Prelude to Leadership.
Towards the close of World War II, Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy arranged for his 28-year-old war hero son to work for Hearst, allowing JFK to attend the opening session of the United Nations in San Francisco in May before traveling abroad to cover post-war Europe during the summer of 1945. Kennedy followed Prime Minister Churchill throughout England during his reelection campaign, then traveled to Ireland and France. He attended the Potsdam Conference with Navy Secretary James Forrestal, observed war ruins in Germany, and even viewed the charred remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker in Berlin and the Führer’s infamous Berchtesgaden ‘Eagle’s Nest.’ Kennedy rightly observes Hitler’s place in history as “one of the most significant figures who ever lived.” The diary opens with a handwritten page containing Kennedy’s reflections on World War II: “Salana de Wolfgang once wrote: ‘War is fatal to a democracy if beaten et(c).’ This war has been won—we cannot lose our liberty at the hands of the enemy. But it is still a question whether we shall have it in our own hands. We have been gravely weakened by this war—our values have been changed as never before we have suffered the loss of nearly 8 hundred thousand young men—many of whom might be the leadership that we will so desperately want. To meet the challenges of the post war years we must show far greater concern for the new years of our country than we have ever shown in the past.” This initial passage informs much of the ensuing text, as Kennedy examines America’s values and evaluates the nation’s role
in the post-war world. These insightful passages demonstrate Kennedy’s strong grasp of global affairs and his interest in world politics. When Kennedy returned stateside, he established a residence in Boston and mounted a campaign for Congress. In a prescient handwritten entry of January 27th, Kennedy weighs his political future: “Conversation with Dan O’Brien, says I’ll get murdered—no political experience—a personal district. Says I don’t know 300 people personally…the attack on me will be inexperience…He is the first man to tell me that I can’t win!” Contrary to O’Brien’s assertion, Kennedy would be elected to the House of Representatives in 1946. Just fifteen years later, he would be inaugurated as president—and made responsible for dealing with the real-world outcomes of many of the thoughts and predictions made here. Further handwritten pages offer some notes on legislative policies—housing, wages, social security—as well as a tidbit recorded from a conversation on politics, with an interesting observation on the autoworkers strike: “Strikes are due to Truman’s failure, to get G.M. to come through…Remember Roosevelt’s principle that you have to keep politicians & policies apart.” He also writes out some meaningful political aphorisms: “In politics you don’t have friends—you have confederates. One day they feed you honey—the next will find fish caught in your throat. You can buy brains but you can’t pay—loyalty…’The best politician is the man who does not think too much of the political consequences of his every act’…Democratic party has survived because—Wilson—’it had a heart in its jacket.’ ‘The one great failure in American govt is the govt of critics.’” The bulk of the diary’s interest comes in Kennedy’s typed entries, which are rife with astute observations on world politics in the aftermath of the war. JFK’s first assignment as a Hearst reporter was to attend the ‘San Francisco Conference’ in May–June 1945, which resulted in the formation of the United Nations. On July 10th, having observed the UN proceedings for weeks, Kennedy records startling predictions on Russia, including incredulous premonitions of the Cold War: “The clash with Russia…may be finally and indefinitely postponed by the eventual discovery of a weapon so horrible that it will truthfully mean the abolishment of all the nations employing it.”
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Kennedy then traveled to England to cover the first post-war British elections. His boyhood hero, Winston Churchill, was vying for reelection and lost in a fantastic upset. In an entry of June 21, 1945, Kennedy observes the triumph of the Labour Party, and offers unguarded commentary on capitalism and FDR: “Capitalism is on the way out—although many Englishmen feel that this is not applicable to England with its great democratic tradition and dislike of interference with the individual…Socialism is inefficient; I will never believe differently… Mr. Roosevelt has contributed greatly to the end of capitalism in our own country, not through the laws which he sponsored or were passed during his Presidency, but rather through the emphasis he put on rights rather than responsibilities.” On June 30th, he mentions Dwight D. Eisenhower—eventually his presidential predecessor—with glowing praise: “General Eisenhower has taken a great hold on the hearts of all the British people.” Commenting on the political leanings of postwar Europe, the liberal Kennedy does not hesitate to observe the ‘dangers of the left’ in a powerful statement on July 2nd: “The great danger in movements to the Left is that the protagonists of the movement are so wrapped up with the end that the means becomes secondary…To maintain Dictatorships of the Left or Right are equally abhorrent no matter what their doctrine or how great their efficiency.”
here is that the Russians are never going to pull out of their zone of occupation but plan to make their part of Germany a Soviet Socialist Republic…If a split among the Big Four develops…it will be serious. Germany will be unable to build…If we don’t withdraw and allow them to administer their own affairs, we will be confronted with an extremely difficult administrative problem. Yet if we pull out, we may leave a political vacuum that the Russians will be only too glad to fill.” Continuing through Germany, Kennedy witnesses the destruction of Berlin as he travels the streets, an experience that would hold great sway over his feelings on war: “The devastation is complete…the stench—sickish and sweet from dead bodies—is overwhelming.” He even views the remains of Hitler’s bombed out bunker, expressing doubt that the Führer’s true body was recovered: “Hitler’s Reich Chancellery was a shell. The walls were chipped and scarred by bullets…The room where Hitler was supposed to have met his death showed scorched walls and traces of fire. There is no complete evidence, however, that the body that was found was Hitler’s body. The Russians doubt that he is dead.” Time columnist Hugh Sidey, who knew Kennedy well, would later say of the 35th President, ‘If I had to single out one element in Kennedy’s life that more than anything else influenced his later leadership it would be the horror of war.’
“This war has been won— we cannot lose our liberty at the hands of the enemy”
On July 24th, he discusses his first trip to his ancestral homeland—Ireland. Armed with extensive knowledge of Irish political, religious, and economic history, Kennedy used this trip to his advantage in preparation for his 1946 congressional run. On July 28th, Kennedy records some “Notes on France,” offering insight into his political acumen: “People are disappointed with DeGaulle. He has not pleased any group (which may be a sign of fair government) and has made himself extremely unpopular with most. Any movement against DeGaulle will take the form of a swing to the Left—the victory of the Socialists in Britain may accentuate this swing.”
One of the most significant events chronicled in the diary is the historic ‘Big Three’ meeting in Potsdam, Germany, which saw Churchill, Stalin, and Truman decide the fate of the post-war world. Attending on July 29th as a personal guest of Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Kennedy writes: “With Secretary of the Navy Forrestal…we drove…to Potsdam through miles of Russian soldiers.” He goes on to voice his eerily insightful opinions on Russia and their threat to the world: “One opinion
Winding down his time in Europe, Kennedy ends his trip with a visit to Berchtesgaden, the location of Hitler’s famed ‘Eagles Nest’ chalet. Reflecting on the scene, Kennedy records his shocking and prescient views of Hitler: “After visiting these two places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made.” The diary is in very good to fine condition, with torn binder holes to a couple of the handwritten pages, some rubbing and toning to the pages written in pencil, and general wear. Accompanied by two vintage photographs from JFK’s trip to Europe, as well as some reprinted photos of Kennedy from the era.. Starting Bid $50,000
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Unique, extraordinary, and historically significant JFK correspondence archive from the family of a PT-109 sailor lost at sea 108. John F. Kennedy: PT-109 Archive: Marney Collection. Extraordinary archive of material, highlighted by four letters by John F. Kennedy, from the family of Harold W. Marney, one of two crew members killed when the PT-109 commanded by JFK was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in the early morning hours of August 2, 1943. Featuring two handwritten letters that Kennedy wrote to Mrs. Marney in late September 1943 from Chelsea Naval Hospital, where Kennedy was recuperating from his back injury caused by the PT-109 collision. In the first letter he writes, “This letter is to offer my deepest sympathy to you for the loss of your son” and “I am truly sorry that I cannot offer you hope that he survived that night.” In the second, he writes, “from the time that the destroyer hit us—nothing more was seen or heard from Harold,” and “I know how unsatisfactory is the word ‘missing’—but that is all that we can tell—that is all of the information we have.” The third handwritten letter is in response to a condolence card that Mrs. Marney sent after his brother Joe was killed in action flying over Germany. He writes, “I know you know how we all feel—boys like Harold and my brother Joe can never be replaced.” The fourth letter was typed and signed by President Kennedy on April 24, 1961, forwarding her an original framed photograph of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. He notes her son’s name on this monument and writes, “whose memorial wall bears the inscription of your son and my former shipmate.” Also included are Harold Marney’s Purple Heart and citation, three letters from Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and typed letters with secretarial signatures of Senator Kennedy from 1958 and 1959. Starting Bid $10000
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“You have been wonderful to all of us — as you were wonderful to my brother” — Robert Kennedy to medical research champion, Mary Lasker
106. Robert F. Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed: “You have been wonderful to all of us — as you were wonderful to my brother”. ALS signed “Bob Kennedy,”
both sides of his personal black-bordered 5.25 x 3.75 Attorney General stationery card, no date (circa late 1964). Handwritten letter to Mrs. Lasker, in full: “Thank you for your lunch, the visit to your home and your hospitality to all of us the night of the dinner. You have been wonderful to all of us — as you were wonderful to my brother. My thanks and affection.” In very fine condition. The referred to “lunch” is ostensibly the Lasker Awards Luncheon, which occurred on November 19, 1964, which would make the recipient Mary Woodard Lasker (1901–1994), a champion of medical research, who, with her husband, pioneer advertising executive Albert Davis Lasker (1880–1952), established a legacy of advocacy and philanthropy in support of science and health. ‘Mary Lasker was one of the country’s best-known and most effective activists in the cause of increased public funding
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for medical research. For decades, she tirelessly persuaded the American public that the national investment in medical research would yield invaluable benefits for human health. Her simple warning was, ‘If you think research is expensive, try disease!’ Mrs. Lasker’s early efforts focused on developing public support to advance research on cancer. She founded the Citizens Committee for the Conquest of Cancer and took her cause to Congress and the American public as a leading proponent of the National Cancer Act, which was signed by President Nixon in 1971. Her ardent advocacy for greater government funding of all the medical sciences contributed to increased appropriations for the National Institutes of Health as well as the creation of several NIH institutes. Mary Lasker’s work transformed the medical research enterprise, which earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. As a permanent monument to her efforts, in 1984 Congress named the Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education at the National Institutes of Health.’ Starting Bid $200
Rare war-dated letter from JFK’s older brother, on U.S. Naval Air Station letterhead
107. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Rare WWII–Dated Autograph Letter Signed. Brother (1915-1944) of John F. Kennedy who served as a bomber pilot during WWII; he was tragically killed due to an airplane malfunction while flying a secret mission. World War II-dated ALS, signed “Joe Kennedy,” one page both sides, 7 x 10.5, U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida letterhead, August 22, 1941. Handwritten letter to Mr. John Bratton Davis, who Kennedy affectionately refers to as “Brat,” in part: “Thanks very much for the picture. I am stationed down here at the present, but I may be sent on to Corpus Christi any day. I am hoping however to be stationed here to finish my course. Tom Phillips has joined the Naval Air Corps in Calif., and we are trying to get together—which ought to make it a lot of fun. Best of luck…and I will certainly stop in and see you if I am around South Carolina way.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope and a modern print of the Kennedy brothers in uniform. Starting Bid $300
109. Robert F. Kennedy Autograph Note Signed on a John F. Kennedy Condolence Card. ANS signed “Bob
Kennedy,” penned in ballpoint on a black-bordered 5.25 x 3.75 condolence card issued in memory of his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The handwritten note, in full: “Dear Congressman, My thanks to you, Bob Kennedy.” The printed card reads: “We are deeply touched by your thoughtfulness in letting us know that you share in our sorrow. We are consoled by the knowledge that the love he gave is returned in full measure.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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“President Kennedy Shot”— rare original Dow Jones ticker tape reports from November 22, 1963 111. Kennedy Assassination: Dow Jones Ticker Tape from November 22, 1963. Chilling original Dow Jones News Service ticker tape wire teletype report from the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, headed: “Friday, November 22, 1963 9 AM.” The report consists of 29 pages of varying lengths, ranging from about 26˝ to 40˝, and presents an actual, real time account of the assassination and its immediate aftermath. Filled with amazing content, the reports begin with a summary of international news on economic cooperation in Europe, elections in Japan, trading in London, commodities prices, and other financial news.
were fired as the motorcade entered the triple underpass… Pandemonium broke loose around the scene…Gov. John B. Connally of Texas was also cut-down by bullets…It was impossible to tell at once where Kennedy was hit but bullet wounds in Connally’s chest were plainly visible…The gunfire might possible have come from an automatic weapon. It was difficult to determine immediately whether the first lady and Mrs. Kennedy were injured…At 1:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Acting White House Secretary Malcolm Kilduff was asked whether the president was dead - I have no word now - Kilduff replied.”
Soon, the teletype reports on Kennedy’s arrival “at Dallas Love Field by plane at 12:38 PM EST.” Further economic reporting is interrupted by the chilling headline: “President Kennedy Shot.” The piece reports: “President Kennedy was shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas - Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy - she cried oh no - the motorcade sped on. AP photographer James W. Altgens said he saw blood on the president’s head…AP reporter Jack Bell asked Kenneth O’Donnell presidential assistant if Kennedy was dead - O’Donnell gave no answer. Kennedy was reported taken to Par[k]land Hospital near the Dallas Trade Mart where he was to have made a speech…Bell reported three shots
The pages that follow track the ensuing news from Dallas, including the scene at Parkland Hospital, the leaked report of Kennedy’s death by a priest who administered the last rites, the official announcement of the JFK’s death, the all-out manhunt for the assassin and apprehension of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the swearing-in of Lyndon B. Johnson on Air Force One. Printed on official paper watermarked “Dow Jones,” the reports are rolled and in overall fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance briefly discussing the history of the piece, which was retained by a Kidder Peabody stockbroker following the tragic events of November 22, 1963. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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Lee Harvey Oswald’s first handgun, sold to his older brother for $10: “I told Lee that he had no business having a gun” 115. Lee Harvey Oswald’s First Gun: Iver Johnson .38 Revolver, Personally-Owned by the Assassin.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s personally-owned antique Iver Johnson First Model Safety Automatic Hammerless Top Break revolver, serial #4942, caliber .38 S & W centerfire, with a 3.25˝ barrel and factory checkered hard rubber grips with the owl’s head pattern at the top. The revolver retains 95 percent of the original nickel-plated finish with only traces of blue on the triggerguard. The hammer and trigger have a good deal of case colors remaining. The first sight blade is missing and the bore is in very good condition with sharp rifling and a couple of small patches of light corrosion. The left side of the frame below the hammer is punch-dot engraved “LEE” over what appears to be a “VL.” The mechanism works well, however the spring on the cylinder catch is weak and the cylinder will sometimes rise higher on the arbor than it should when the revolver is opened to eject the shells. This is undoubtedly what Lee’s older brother Robert L. Oswald referred to when he told Lee that “the cylinder was off center and…dangerous to fire.” To a knowledgeable shooter this condition does not affect the safety of the revolver, only the ease of reloading.
Included is a letter of provenance signed by Lee’s brother, Robert L. Oswald, telling the story of the gun, in part: “In early October 1956, Mother found out that my brother Lee had gotten a pistol. She was scared to death of guns. At the time, my mother, Lee and I were living in an apartment in Fort Worth, Texas…I told Lee that he had no business having a gun. I don’t know where it came from, how he got it, or where he got it. I told him I’d give him ten dollars for it…Lee turned 17 ten days later, on October 18th, and on October 24, 1956, he joined the Marines.” The letter is accompanied by two images of the check that Robert wrote to his brother as payment for the gun, with the back of the check clearly showing Lee Harvey Oswald’s signature. In her testimony before the Warren Commission, Lee’s mother Marguerite told the same story, although she placed it a few months earlier while they were in Louisiana; taking into account the fact that Robert did not join Lee and Marguerite in New Orleans, it is most likely that the timing was simply misremembered by Marguerite. An absolutely unique firearm and piece of American history; it will transfer as an antique with no restrictions under Federal law. Starting Bid $2500
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Two large bloodstained leather swatches from President Kennedy’s assassination limousine
112. President John F. Kennedy Assassination (2) Large Swatches of Limousine Leather. Two large swatches of light and dark blue seat leather from the 1961 Lincoln Continental X-100 presidential limousine Kennedy was riding in at the time of his assassination. The swatches are taped together to an overall size of 7˝ x 3˝, with the tape on the underside of the leather accordingly marked in blue ink, “Center” and “Border.” In overall fine condition. Includes a detailed letter of provenance on White House letterhead from F. Vaughn Ferguson, a technical service representative at the White House whose primary responsibility was the care of the presidential limousine. Important to note that only Mr. Ferguson was permitted continual hands-on contact with the 1963 presidential limousine after the tragic assassination of our president. In part: “Four days after the Assassination the White House upholsterer and I removed this leather at the White House. The light blue leather is from the center of the rear seat. The dark blue leather is from the border of the rear seat. The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President, John F. Kennedy.” Starting Bid $500
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A day after shooting JFK, Oswald makes a long distance phone call to New York from Dallas Police Headquarters
116. Lee Harvey Oswald Dallas Jail Phone Call Receipt (November 23, 1963). Fascinating partly-printed
document, unsigned, one page, 5 x 3.25, November 23, 1963, a day after Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. A City of Dallas “Long Distance Messages” receipt with the following fields filled out in a secretarial hand: Phone No. “Jail,” Time “10:00 PM,” Personal calling “Lee Harvey Oswald,” Dept. “Jail,” To “New York AC 24611,” Person called “Ay C073110,” Date “11-23-63,” and Payment Received “Luise Swinney.” The upper and lower left corners are marked “Out collect, da 10:04, Ay C07-3110, da - 10”06 PM” and “AC 212.” In fine condition, with a vertical fold, and wear and toning to edges. After his arrest and transport to the Dallas jail, Oswald repeatedly informed the press that he needed legal representation. During his interrogation by the Dallas Police, Oswald was more specific, requesting the services of New York lawyer John Abt. He is recorded as saying: ‘I want that attorney in New York, Mr. Abt. I don’t know him personally but I know about a case that he handled some years ago, where he represented the people who had violated the Smith Act... I don’t know him personally, but that is the attorney I want... If I can’t get him, then I may get the American Civil Liberties Union to send me an attorney.’ Oswald made several phone calls from the Dallas jail in the two days before he, too, was gunned down, many of which were in an attempt to reach Abt. Abt, who was away on vacation with his wife at the time, later appeared before the Warren Commission and testified about the attempted phone calls by Oswald. Starting Bid $200
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Original window from the Texas School Book Depository
117. Original Window from the Texas School Book Depository. An original
window sash from the Texas School Book Depository that was in the building when the shots were fired on November 22, 1963. The window measures 40.5 x 32.25 and retains its original glass and dark green paint, as well as the lock hardware and rope cords on the sides. In very good condition, with soiling and wear; a few chipped fragments are included. The Texas School Book Depository—located at 411 Elm Street in Dallas, Texas—was the building where Lee Harvey Oswald worked on November 22, 1963, from where official governmental investigations concluded that the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy (and wounded Texas Governor John Connally) were fired. The Texas School Book Depository building was built in 1901. From 1963–1970 the Texas School Book Depository leased and occupied the entire building. In 1977, Dallas County purchased the building, and began their first phase of renovations to its exterior. After exterior renovations were completed, the building was dedicated on March 29, 1981. In 1986, phase two building renovations took place. Original windows were removed and energy conservation replica windows replaced the originals. Farris Rookstool, III served as a principal historian in the planning of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. When all of the original window sashes were discarded by Dallas County, the county gave him the entire lot of discarded windows. Rookstool has had them privately stored since 1986. Rookstool is a former FBI Analyst who served on the FBI JFK Task Force and is currently an Emmy Award–winning historian. Starting Bid $1000
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119. Lee Harvey Oswald 1957 High School Yearbook. Original 1957 Arlington Heights High School ‘Yellow Jacket’ yearbook, 8.25 x 10.75, 151 pages, depicting Oswald in his 10th-grade biology class on page 104. Caption below the photo reads, “Bing! You’re hypnotized, says Janet Bolin to Lee Oswald in the old bio lab.” In fine condition, with light rubbing and wear to cover edges, and some dampstaining to the front pastedown and first page. Oswald had enrolled in 10th grade at Arlington Heights for the fall semester, attending for just a few weeks before dropping out on September 28 to join the Marines. Starting Bid $200
121. Jack Ruby: Bullet Fired From the Gun that Shot Oswald. A bullet shot by the actual .38 caliber Colt Cobra
revolver, Serial #2744 LW, used by Jack Ruby to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, in the basement at Dallas Police Headquarters, along with its spent cartridge case. The bullet and casing, identified as part of the ‘Owner’s Proof Edition,’ are mounted in a display with an engraved plaque, photograph, and certificate of authenticity signed by Anthony V. Pugliese III of the National Historical Mint. The photo is signed by Lee Harvey Oswald escorts Detective Jim Leavelle and L. C. Graves, Earl Ruby, the brother of Jack Ruby, and Pugliese. The framed piece measures 18 x 24. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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122. Jack Ruby Signed Check. Silver Spur business
check, 8 x 3, filled out and signed by Ruby, “Jack L. Ruby,” payable to Meisenbach, Inc. for $300, October 22, 1950. Double-matted and framed with a photograph of Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald to an overall size of 19.5 x 23.5. In fine condition. In 1947 Ruby moved to Dallas to help run the Singapore Supper Club (later called the Silver Spur Club), which was owned by one of his sisters. That same year he also legally changed his name from Jacob Rubenstein to Jack L. Ruby. Starting Bid $200
123. Jack Ruby: Carousel Club Business Card and Stationery Sheet. Rare original business card and stationery
sheet from The Carousel Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas. Both the card, 3.75 x 2.25, and the stationery sheet, 8.5 x 11, have a similar design with phone number and address, and both list “your host…Jack Ruby.” The card features a nude dancing girl next to a cocktail glass and reads: “Continuous Shows! Glamorous Girls! Girls! Girls! Open To 2 AM Nitely.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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notables Declaration of Independece Franklin issues a land grant for “Susan’sburg” in 1788
154. Benjamin Franklin Document Signed (1788). Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 16 x 13.5,
March 12, 1788. As president of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Executive Council, Franklin issues a land grant to Peter Baker “a Certain Tract of Land, called ‘Susan’sburg’ situate in Washington Township Franklin County…containing One hundred and two Acres and one hundred and thirty five perches.” Signed prominently on the left side by Benjamin Franklin, and countersigned below by Charles Biddle as secretary. The upper left retains the original paper state seal of Pennsylvania. In fine condition, with some light staining and soiling. Franklin issued this document as president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, a position analogous to the modern position of governor. Starting Bid $1000 Hundreds more items listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 61
War-dated commission for a Massachusetts justice of the peace, boldly signed by John Hancock in 1781
155. John Hancock War-Dated Document Signed as Governor of Massachusetts. Revolutionary War–dated
partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 18.75, September 20, 1781. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints John Bliss of Wilbraham “to be one of the Justices to keep the Peace in the County of Hampshire for the term of seven years, if he shall during that time behave well in the same Office.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Governor John Hancock and countersigned by Secretary John Avery, Jr. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left corner remains intact. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 23. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, in no way affecting the impressive signature, and an old description affixed at the head. Starting Bid $500
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156. George Wythe Document Signed. Manu-
script DS, signed “Witness, G. Wythe,” one page, 7.5 x 6, December 31, 1793. Manuscript receipt, in part: “Rec’d of William Nelson esq’r six pounds seven shillings and six pence for the Tax due on the following Lotts for the year 1792.” Signed in the lower left in ink by Wythe as a witness. Affixed to a same-size sheet, stamped on the back: “Autograph Collection of Dr. Max Thorek, Chicago.” In fine condition, a couple of chips to the edges. Starting Bid $300
American Politicians and Leaders Used in the Senate by FDR’s vice president, John Nance Garner, in 1939 158. John Nance Garner’s 1939 United States Senate Gavel. Significant wooden gavel used by Vice President
John Nance Garner in the United States Senate in 1939. The gavel measures 10˝ long and boasts several dings to one of the hammerhead surfaces, evidently from Garner’s repeated use. In fine condition, with expected signs of wear. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from his secretary, E. R. Garner, on letterhead from “The Vice President’s Chamber,” in part: “A gavel is being mailed to you today under separate cover, which has been used by Mr. Garner in the Senate to give it a bit of historical background and which goes to you with his best wishes.” Also includes the original mailing envelope for the letter (with facsimile free frank) and two original press photos of Garner in the Senate. Starting Bid $200
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Excessively rare limited edition set of 40 ‘American Statesmen’ biographies, specially bound with autographs of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and dozens of fellow founders 157. American Statesmen - Ltd. Ed. Book Set (40) with Autographs of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and More. Excessively rare limited ‘large paper’ edition of the 40-volume
biographical book set entitled “American Statesmen,” published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. from 1898–1900 and 1908–1917, with all volumes numbered 57/500. This remarkable complete set was printed and bound by the Riverside Press of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in handsome full crushed green morocco gilt; every volume is extra-illustrated with an original letter or document signed by the subject. Highlights include Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt. Autographic conditions range from good to fine, with various scattered staining, splits to folds, and trimmed edges resulting from the binding process. The books are likewise generally good to very good, with spines uniformly darkened, many weak joints (some broken), and general exterior wear. Starting Bid $5000
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World Leaders and Politicians Rare circa 1915 portrait of Winston Churchill, signed for his WWI driver
159. Winston Churchill Signed Photograph (c. 1915). Early circa 1915 matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 portrait of Churchill smiling in a fine head-and-shoulders pose by A. H. Poole of Waterford, signed across the bottom in ink, “Winston S. Churchill.” Also bears the pencil signature of the Poole studio. Flush-mounted on bevelled board with studio’s printed note to verso (‘… this photograph is delicately finished by hand…’), and loosely enclosed in Poole’s original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Accompanied by a brief provenance note, indicating that this photograph was signed for Edith Nancy Bennett who drove Churchill, (and Sir Arthur Duckham), during the First World War. A very rare, early portrait of Churchill; we have been unable to locate another example, either signed or unsigned. The National Library of Ireland holds Poole’s archive, including the negative of this photograph which they, or Poole’s archive, date to February 1915. Starting Bid $500
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“I send you herewith a copy of my new book”— Churchill sends a first edition of his World War I history, The World Crisis
160. Winston Churchill Autograph Letter Signed in First Edition Book. ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one
page, 5 x 8, Villa Rêve D’or letterhead, April 7, 1923. Handwritten letter to newspaper editor Robert Donald, in full: “I send you herewith a copy of my new book, with my best wishes.” Affixed inside a first edition of said book, The World Crisis: 1911–1914, hardcover bound in the publisher’s original blue cloth, published in London by Thornton Butterworth Limited in April 1923, 6.75 x 9.5, 536 pages. The original release date was April 10th; Churchill sent copies to friends prior to the official release. Autographic condition: fine, with light rippling to the letter from mounting. Book condition: VG/None. This was the first volume of six in Churchill’s history of the First World War, widely considered to be his magnum opus. His American biographer William Manchester wrote: ‘His masterpiece is The World Crisis, published over a period of several years, 1923 to 1931, a six-volume, 3,261-page account of the Great War, beginning with its origins in 1911 and ending with its repercussions in the 1920s. Magnificently written, it is enhanced by the presence of the author at the highest councils of war and in the trenches as a battalion commander.’ Skilled as a writer, orator, and historian, Churchill would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 ‘for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.’ Starting Bid $200
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Skeptical of the League of Nations, de Gaulle queries “Who can believe that Stalin will stop the march of his army in the face of world indignation?”
162. Charles de Gaulle Autograph Letter Signed on Stalin and the League of Nations (December 6, 1939).
World War II-dated ALS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, December 6, 1939. Handwritten letter on Joseph Stalin and the League of Nations, in part (translated): “It is now behind the League of Nations that the democracies hide their collective weaknesses. After having made this entity a hollow organization whose primary object was to defend a peace that no one had made the effort to guarantee by worthy treaties, now the nations governing the world rely on this Society whose only achievement is to have promoted a certain tourism on the shores of Lake Geneva. Who can believe that Stalin will stop the march of his army in the face of world indignation at the sole request of this aggregate of states that nothing but their partisan interests binds. Destroyed by the very people who wanted and carried it, this Society now finds itself thrown into this war like the last rampart that good offers against evil. There is a collective neurosis here that future generations will analyze with incredulity and severity.” In fine condition, with a couple of small stains. Starting Bid $1000
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Royalty Exquisite 1783 pay order issued by Marie Antoinette, dating to the construction of Hameau de la Reine
164. Marie Antoinette Document Signed (1783). Manuscript
DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.75 x 14.5, July 1, 1783. Untranslated document by which Marie Antoinette directs the Treasurer General at the Ministry of Finance to pay a sum of 300 livres, boldly endorsed in the lower left by the queen. Also secretarially endorsed in the lower right. In fine condition. There were vast expenditures required for Marie Antoinette to maintain her household and frivolous lifestyle, perhaps best represented by her main project of this year—the construction of a miniature village, the Hameau de la Reine. She spent much of 1783 occupied with the creation of this rustic hamlet, a place of leisure where she could escape from the pressures of royal life. With the public becoming increasingly resentful of her extravagant lifestyle, this period marked the beginning of her downfall. A fantastic and well-preserved document affiliated with the extravagant spending that led to the queen’s demise. Starting Bid $1000
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163. King Louis XV Autograph Letter Signed to His Grandson. Beautiful and scarce ALS in French, signed
“Louis,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, July 21, 1766. Addressed from Compiègne, an intimate handwritten letter from King Louis XV sent to his grandson, in full (translated): “Is it true that the Prince of Brunswick looks like your poor father. I would tend to believe it by the portraits that were sent to me and by everything that has been relayed to me. I still have a heavy cold but it is better since I have taken yogurt for two days and a little bit of theriaque at night. Summer has come back and I have felt more health going on my hunt than I have ever this year. That will be very good for the vineyards. We are both leaving during this week so that my next letter will be sent from Versaille. I kiss you tenderly my dear grandson.” Louis adds a postscript: “We have had yesterday a beautiful ceremony of the ordination that has been done by the Bishop of Soissons in the chapel and there were 29 celebrants.” The reverse of the second integral page retains the original red wax seal. In fine condition. An exquisite handwritten letter from Louis XV, examples of which are very rare, especially those with such a frank tone and directed to a close relative. Starting Bid $200
165. Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card (1983).
Royal Christmas card from 1983, embossed in gold on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 10.5 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles in a kilt and Diana sitting on a swing with toddler Prince William, signed inside in fountain pen, “from Charles and” and “Diana.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200
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Massive signed portrait of the Queen and her prince 166. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Oversized Photograph (1984). Magnificent oversized
color glossy 19.75 x 23.75 portrait photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip by Peter Grugeon, depicting the queen seated and wearing her crown and royal sash, with Philip standing in a full-length pose, bedecked with his military decorations, affixed to its original mount that is signed neatly below in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R., 1984” and “Philip.” Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 29.75 x 41.5. In fine condition, with a couple of scratches to the top and bottom of the mount, not affecting either the image or the signatures. A majestic signed portrait of the royal couple befitting of their fame and historical stature. Starting Bid $200
167. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card (1956).
Exquisite royal Christmas and New Year’s card from 1956, with a gilt-embossed crown on the front, measuring 13.75 x 9.75 open, featuring a wonderful photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posing with their two young children on the deck of the HMY Britannia, signed in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1956” and “Philip.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Activists and Social Leaders
A decade before the Harpers Ferry raid, John Brown talks of the wool trade: “Money is still tight & manufacturers talk quite as poor as usual”
168. John Brown Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.75, March 17, 1848. Handwritten letter to his business partner, Simon Perkins of Akron, Ohio, sent from Springfield, Massachusetts. In part: “When I wrote you last I promised to give you some further particulars in regard to our business soon. At the time I thought matters were so wronged with Burlington that we should have no further trouble with them: & we have got $10,000 in Acceptances most of which we have got discounted. This helps a little for the present but the prospect is dull about getting the matter closed before the opening of navigation; which however we look for soon; as we have had but very little winter. We have some 20 or 30 thousand lbs of fine wool not contracted away, & we think there is some prospect that we may have to put it down some to realize the cash on it. Money is still tight & manufacturers talk quite as poor as usual.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Brown’s own hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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Beautifully penned handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass – “I have but one fault to find with your report and that is it was a little too generous to me”
169. Frederick Douglass Autograph Letter Signed. Scarce ALS
signed “Fred’k Douglass,” one page, 5 x 8, February 13, 1883. Handwritten letter to journalist George H. Walker, in part: “I am much obliged by your respected letter and copies of the Cleveland Herald with a spirited report of the Banquet given in my honor some weeks ago. I have but one fault to find with your report and that is it was a little too generous to me.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in the hand of Douglass. Starting Bid $200
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“Without hope, all things become meaningless, and thus we who are so deeply involved in this nonviolent revolution must always keep in mind the conviction that our nation is moving towards its proper and pronounced ideal of real democracy and equality for all citizens” 170. Martin Luther King, Jr. Typed Letter Signed on Civil Rights Movement: “Our nation is moving towards its proper and pronounced ideal of real democracy and equality for all citizens”. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11,
Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, May 19, 1964. Letter to Alban Wall, a Pennsylvania-based poet and supporter, sending thanks for a moving poem. In full: “Your sensitive letter and the moving poem which was attached have been received and I wish to express my very deep appreciation for these expressions of your personal commitment to our search for freedom and justice. Without hope, all things become meaningless, and thus we who are so deeply involved in this nonviolent revolution must always keep in mind the conviction that our nation is moving towards its proper and pronounced ideal of real democracy and equality for all citizens. Support such as you have indicated provides us with additional strength to continue our struggle with ever-increasing vigor, and love for those who would perpetuate injustice. Thank you again for your letter. May God bestow His blessings upon you and Mrs. Wall and your loved ones.” A carbon copy of Wall’s poem, entitled “To My Black Brother,” is stapled to the letter at the upper left. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Dr. King wrote this letter the day after he and the SCLC made their first visit to St. Augustine, where demonstrations to end segregation had begun the previous summer. At this time the Civil Rights Act was stalled in a Senate filibuster after passing in the House on February 10, 1964, and King and the SCLC hoped that their support of the protests in the country’s oldest city would help garner national attention in support of the Act’s passage. A month later, on June 19, the filibuster ended and the Civil Rights Act passed in the Senate. On July 2, it was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dr. King would go on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize later that year. Starting Bid $1000
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Scarce signed program from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s acceptance of the 1965 Pacem in Terris Award
171. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Program (1965 Peace and Freedom Award). Fantastic program for the 1965 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award ceremony in Davenport, Iowa, on April 28, 1965, fifteen pages, 5.5 x 8.75, signed prominently on the front cover in bold blue ballpoint, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.” In fine condition. King was one of four individuals honored with the Pacem in Terris (Peace and Freedom) award at an event organized by the Davenport Catholic Interracial Council at the local Masonic Temple. After accepting the award, King delivered a resounding speech to the crowd of nearly 800 attendees, calling for the end of segregation, social action, and civil rights legislation. His words from that night, in part: ‘To make justice a reality, we must develop massive action programs. With a strong action program—picketing when necessary, demonstrating when necessary, marching when necessary—all undergirded with the philosophy of non-violence we can bring the American dream into full reality.’ Starting Bid $1000
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“All of the bad that I learned, and displayed, I owe to white America”
172. Malcolm X Signed Page for Alex Haley’s 1963 Playboy Interview – Discussing Elijah Muhammad and ‘white America’. Page 37 from the original typescript of Alex Haley’s 1963 interview of Malcolm X for Playboy magazine, one
onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, signed “Malcolm X” in the bottom margin (with a marginal line indicating his approval of the contents). In part: “[Malcolm X] I have no dissatisfaction whatever with what I am here, sir. I can imagine for me no greater privilege or honor than that of being able to speak the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. He is the only one that has ever done anything good for me. The white man, America, did not bring out any talent that I had. At my most impressionable age, a white man told me not to be a lawyer, like you say, but to be a carpenter. Then all of the bad that I learned, and displayed, I owe to white America. Mr. Muhammad was the only one that could reach past the mud that my character manifested. I owe to him, and him alone, any positive characteristics or skills that I display now.” In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Starting Bid $500
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Lifesaving ‘Schutz-Pass’ issued to a Budapest native by Raoul Wallenberg during World War II
173. Raoul Wallenberg Signed Schutz-Pass Document. World War II-dated DS in German and Hungarian, quickly signed by Wallenberg with an ink scribble (as he commonly did on documents of this type), one page, 8 x 13.25, August 23, 1944. Blue and gold two-language Schutz-Pass issued to “Franz Spiegel” of Budapest. Upper left provides his personal information including his 1926 birth date, height, eye, and hair color. Adjacent to his personal information is Spiegel’s signature and affixed photograph. Bottom portion bears printed statements in German and Hungarian, hastily signed in the lower left corner by Wallenberg, and countersigned by Swedish Minister to Budapest, Carl Ivan Danielsson. In fine condition, with some repaired paper loss to the top. A similar example of Wallenberg’s rushed signature can be found in the book Fleeing from the Fuhrer by William Kaczynski and Charmian Brinson. Starting Bid $500
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Businessmen
Early Standard Oil stock certificate issued by Rockefeller and Flagler to a fellow senior executive
174. John D. Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler Signed Standard Oil Stock Certificate Issued to a Senior Executive. Early partly-printed DS,
signed “John D. Rockefeller” and “Henry M. Flagler,” one page, 11 x 6.5, March 31, 1875. Rare stock certificate for 203 shares of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio issued to senior executive H. H. Rogers, signed on the front in ink by John Rockefeller as president and Henry M. Flagler as secretary, with Rogers signing on the reverse, “Henry H. Rogers.” In fine condition, with edge toning from prior display. Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840–1909) was an American industrialist and financier who made his fortune in the oil refining business, becoming a leader at Standard Oil. An exceptional association piece signed by a triumvirate of Standard Oil bigwigs. Starting Bid $300
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Apple Brand new, factory-sealed example of the original iPhone
175. Apple iPhone (First Generation, Sealed 8GB). Unopened first generation original Apple iPhone, Model A1203,
Part No. MA712LL/A (8GB), Serial No. 7W741GHXWH8. The box features a life-size image of the iPhone with twelve icons on the screen, indicating that it is from the earliest production (2007); a 13th icon, for iTunes, came later in the year. In brand new, factory-sealed condition, with tears to one corner and the top of the sealed plastic packaging. ‘iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone,’ Steve Jobs said during his keynote speech that introduced the innovative product. He was right. Developed in secrecy, the original iPhone is the smartphone that transformed the industry, revolutionizing cellphone design as one of the first ‘slate’ form factor phones. The iPhone removed nearly all physical controls in favor of an easy-to-use capacitive touchscreen interface. It put the internet into our pockets with the first full-featured mobile web browser, and essentially launched the market for apps with the introduction of the App Store, making third-party applications easy to access and download. The iPhone ushered in the modern age of the smartphone and catapulted Apple to the top of the charts as one of the world’s most valuable companies. Starting Bid $1000
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Scientists and Inventors Darwin seeks a copy of a new essay on evolution: “Please to send me Ray Lankester’s Lecture or Essay on Degeneration”
176. Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed Seeking an Essay on Evolution. ALS signed “C. D.,” one page on
a 4.75 x 3 postcard imprinted “Mrs. C. Darwin” (with the “s” crossed out by Darwin), May 3, [1880]. Handwritten note to book publishers Williams and Norgate, in full: “Please to send me Ray Lankester’s Lecture or Essay on Degeneration.” Addressed on the reverse in Darwin’s own hand, “Williams & Norgate, 14 Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing and soiling. An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, Lankester published ‘Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism’ in 1880, establishing him as a leader in the study of invertebrate life histories. A significant piece connecting two great scientific thinkers of the evolutionary era. Starting Bid $500
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177. Thomas Edison Signature. Bold vintage fountain pen signature, “Thos. A. Edison, April 4, 1929,” on the reverse of an off-white 4 x 2.5 calling card imprinted with the name of Czech railway inspector Frantisek Cech. In fine condition, with a trivial brush to the date. An ideal example of Edison’s classic ‘umbrella’ autograph. Starting Bid $200
Edison extends an invitation to “visit and inspect the plant and machinery of the Edison Portland Cement Company...where many innovations in practice have been adopted”
178. Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed. TLS
signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, July 8, 1908. Letter to Augustus Meyers, a veteran of the Civil War who went onto become a real estate developer in New York City. In part: “I have received a number of requests recently for an opportunity to visit and inspect the plant and machinery of the Edison Portland Cement Company at New Village, N.J., where many innovations in practice have been adopted. Under these circumstances I have arranged for a special trip to the Works on Saturday, July 18th, and shall be glad if you will be my guest on that occasion.” In very good condition, with light toning and soiling, old mounting remnants and residue on the back, and old repairs to fold separations. Starting Bid $200
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Einstein on masochism and a Freud biography
182. Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on Freud. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped
personal Princeton letterhead, January 6, 1941. Letter to psychoanalyst Theodor Reik, one of Freud’s first students in Vienna. In part (translated): “Thank you very much for sending your two books. I have already read this about masochism with great interest; it seems very convincing to me. What I have read so far in the book about Freud, I really liked. There is much more than a biography in the ordinary sense, and it will certainly help to demand the understanding of Freud’s wonderful personality.” In very good to fine condition, with minor losses to corners, and irregular toning affecting only appearance. A fascinating letter connecting two of the great intellectuals of the 20th century. Starting Bid $1000
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Limited edition signed portrait of Albert Einstein by a noted Jewish artist
183. Albert Einstein Signed Limited Edition Etching. Magnificent limited edition etching of Einstein in near profile, 9 x 11, numbered 89/100, signed in the lower right in pencil, “Albert Einstein.” Also signed in the lower left by the artist, “Hermann Struck.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and Einstein’s signature quite light but fully legible. Struck was a German Jewish artist and passionate Zionist known for his etchings; he created portraits of several distinguished subjects including Einstein, Freud, Nietzsche, and Ibsen. A superb autographed etching from the revered genius. Starting Bid $500
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Einstein replies to an invitation to an anti-war play: “When I’m in New York for a few days, I’ll try to see your play”
184. Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 9, 1935. Letter to Dr. Rudolf Wittenberg, author of the anti-war play The Ostriches. In full (translated): “Thank you very much for your kind invitation. Unfortunately, I was obliged to do something else on all the days you specified. When I’m in New York for a few days, I’ll try to see your play.” In very good to fine condition, with multiple intersecting folds, general handling wear, and torn file holes to the left edge. A desirable letter pertaining to Einstein’s pacifist inclinations. Starting Bid $500
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“I have never had a nicer or more welcome message from someone unknown to me”
187. Robert Oppenheimer Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 6 x 9.5, Hotel Benton letterhead, April 26, 1955.
Handwritten letter from Corvallis, Oregon, to Dr. Aida Sloan, in full: “Thank you for your birthday card, & for the good intelligence that it brought. I have never had a nicer or more welcome message from someone unknown to me; & I write with appreciation & gratitude.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Oppenheimer’s hand. Oppenheimer turned 51 years old in 1955, ten years after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Starting Bid $200
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“Is the machine invented by E. Whitney for separating Cotton from the seeds a useful invention or is it not?”
189. Eli Whitney Autograph Manuscript Signed Three Times on Cotton Gin Patent Lawsuit. Important American
inventor (1765–1825) remembered for developing the cotton gin, revolutionizing agriculture in the American South. Autograph manuscript signed three times within the text, “Eli Whitney” (2) and “E. Whitney,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, no date but circa 1800. A handwritten series of questions from a deposition in a patent suit over the cotton gin, headed: “John Holland—of New Haven.” In part: “Have you had any opportunity of being acquainted with the Machinery used in Cotton Manufactories in Great Britain—And have you any knowledge of a machine invented by the said Eli Whitney for separating Cotton from the seeds?…Have you ever known any Machine on similar principles use previous to the invention of Eli Whitney either for cleaning cotton from the seeds or any other purpose? Does this machine resemble in Form or in Principle a machine called the Teazer or Devil?…Does it make any difference in the principle of the machine whether a whole row of teeth be made from one & the same piece of metal: or from different pieces of metal, such as pieces of iron wire? When the teeth are made of wire does the machine more easily get out of order? Does it injure the staple of the cotton?…Is the machine invented by E. Whitney for separating Cotton from the seeds a useful invention or is it not?” In fine condition. Eli Whitney designed the innovative cotton gin in a mere ten days, completing a prototype in April 1793. He patented the invention in 1794, and subsequently struggled to stop southern farmers from copying his design and illegally reproducing the machine to use without payment. He would spend years defending his patent from imitators. This significant handwritten document reveals several of Whitney’s concerns pertaining to the invention, prepared as part of the vigorous defense that he mounted to protect his intellectual property. Starting Bid $300
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The first Chinese Nobel laureate offers some insight into “what goes on at Brookhaven” 190. Yang Chen-Ning Autograph Letter Signed on Physics. Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922) who made
significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics, and condensed matter physics; he became the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1957. ALS signed “Frank,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but postmarked July 23, 1953. Handwritten scientific letter to Professor Joaquin M. Luttinger at UC Berkeley, regarding ongoing research in physics at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In part: “Sorry for not having written you earlier. I had hoped to write you after I get the manuscript ready, but it looks as if this may still take some more time, so I am writing you now. The paper is difficult to write, and I do wish to say more about justifying the approximation we made. I promise to get it done in another two weeks. O.K. (?) As a compensation, and in exchange for your acceptance of my apologies, I shall offer you here some information about what goes on at Brookhaven. They have here a 1.5 Bev ?beam and a neutron beam of an extended spectrum all the way to 2.2 Bev. Experiments have been done with H2 cloud chambers, emulsions & counters in these beams. You probably already know the result that ?+ + H total ? ? 35 mb. at 500 Mev. & 1.5 Bev. This seems to indicate, to-gether with cosmic ray data, that in these high energy events Fermi’s statistical theory is quite correct. Some V’s have been found in the neutron beam, (a few). But the most exciting news are those found in the 1.5 Bev ?- beam, because here the incoming energy is known & the H2 cloud chamber pictures with a magnetic field really give you a lot of information. Two pictures of the sketched type have been
found. All angle & momenta measurements indicate AB is a Vo with Q ? 50 Mev. Assuming the reaction to be: ?- + H ? Vo + ? ? one neutral particle One finds M? = 350 ± 70 } in one case = 1270 ± 70 } in another case. The production ? for this process seems to be ~ a few mb which is extremely large considering the fact that the Vo & ? have very little K.E. in the c. of m. centre of mass system. A holiday spirit prevails here among the theorists, of which there are many: Sachs, Fermi (gone now), Kroll, Goldberger, Van Hove, Berlin, Goldstein, Ruderman, Henley, Foldy, Christian, Noyes, etc. What’s new in California?” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Yang’s hand and incorporating his name (“C. N. Yang”) in the return address. Yang penned this letter while conducting research at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. It was during this period that he, with Robert Mills, developed non-abelian gauge theory, widely known as the Yang–Mills theory—perhaps his most well-known and important contribution to physics. This fascinating letter outlines, in complex technical detail, some of the ongoing research at Brookhaven, and, at the conclusion, makes reference to several of the physics luminaries affiliated with the laboratory. Among those mentioned are Enrico Fermi, Robert G. Sachs, Norman Myles Kroll, Marvin Goldberger, Leon Van Hove, Herbert Goldstein, Leslie Foldy, and H. Pierre Noyes. Starting Bid $200
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Intellectuals Scarce signed portrait of Sigmund Freud, presented by his daughter Anna to a meritorious Harvard psychiatrist
191. Sigmund Freud Signed (6.5 x 9) Photograph. Exceptional vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of the pioneering psychoanalyst in a near-profile pose, affixed to its original 9 x 12 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Sigm. Freud, 1936.” In fine condition, with staining to the bottom edge of the mount, which could easily be matted out to produce a stunning display. The consignor notes that this signed photo was presented to Dr. Joseph Jules Michaels by Anna Freud, Sigmund’s sixth and youngest child. Dr. Michaels was a professor of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis at Harvard University from 1936 until his death in 1966. Dr. Michaels’ extensive research dealt with the causes of delinquency and impulse character disorders. He was the author of more than 90 articles and books in the field. Beginning in 1933, he trained at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow. During WWII, as a major in the Medical Corps, he was chief of neuropsychiatric service at the Newton D. Baker Hospital, later receiving the Legion of Merit. Anna Freud gifted this photo to Michaels in Vienna as the two of them studied dream interpretation together. Starting Bid $1000
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Unique guest book filled with the scientists and world leaders of the Cold War and atomic age—including Nobel Prize winners Bohr, Cockroft, and Rabi
194. Notables: Niels Bohr, John Cockroft, Haile Selassie, Muammar Gaddafi, Chen Yi, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Others Signed Guest Book. Unique guestbook belonging to Jean-Paul Galland, state chancellor in Geneva from 1961
to 1978, filled with a wide assortment of autographs from notable intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and religious leaders, with various affixed portraits and candids inside. Highlights include: Haile Selassie, Montgomery of Alamein (ALS and SP), CERN founders (Pierre Micheli and Felix Bloch), Conference Internationale sur L’utilisation de L’Energie Atomique (Niels Bohr, John D. Cockroft, Ralph Bunche, Lewis Strauss, Isidor Isaac Rabi, and others), Eleanor Roosevelt, Norodom Sihanouk, Chinese Marshal Chen Yi, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, Prince Philip, Golda Meir, and Muammar Gaddafi.
Other signers include: King Olav V, King Hussein of Jordan, Anthony Eden, Konrad Adenauer, Ilya Ehrenburg, Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant, John Foster Dulles, Antoine Pinay, Augustin Bea, Willy Brandt, Georges Pompidou, Rusty Schweickart, Moshe Dayan (SP), Makarios III (SP), Kurt Waldheim, Chaim Herzog, Abba Eban, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Pierre Messmer, Francois Mitterand, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Donald Coggan, Juan Carlos I and Sofia of Spain, and others. A secretarially-signed portrait of JFK is also affixed inside. In overall fine condition. A unique compilation of scientists and world leaders of the Cold War and atomic age. Starting Bid $300
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American West Handwritten letter by the 28-year-old “Buffalo Bill,” early in his Wild West show career: “Our business here has been good” 195. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody Autograph Letter Signed and Cabinet Photo. Early ALS
signed “Buffalo Bill,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Plankinton House letterhead, May 7, 1874. Handwritten letter to “Lieut. Albee,” in part: “Well that was a thin headache but happy to say it did not prove fatal. I missed the train and had to remain until morning. How was that for a thin miss. Our business here has been good…I will send you my photo from Chicago. Will be glad to hear from you at any time and would like to meet you some time on the plains.” In fine condition, with small edge splits to intersecting folds. Accompanied by an original cabinet photo of Buffalo Bill by Sarony of New York.
This letter dates to early in William F. Cody’s career in show business: he made his debut in Chicago in December 1872, starring with his friend Texas Jack Omohundro in the Wild West show The Scouts of the Prairie. Cody founded the ‘Buffalo Bill Combination’ in 1874, performing for part of the year while scouting on the prairies the rest of the year. He wrote this letter from Milwaukee, where they performed from May 5–8, 1874; the Chicago run of their tour, as he mentions, took place from May 11–16. Starting Bid $300
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Rare signature of Geronimo on the calling card of his Fort Sill captor
196. Geronimo Signature on Calling Card of Ft. Sill Captor. Chiricahua Apache (1829-1909) who attained
the status of legend for his steadfast defense of Native American lands before surrendering in 1886. After years of imprisonment, Geronimo became a celebrity, appearing at such venues as the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis and in Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 inaugural parade. Scarce and bold ink signature, “Geronimo,” on the reverse of an offwhite 3.25 x 1.75 calling card of George A. Purington of the 8th US Cavalry. In fine condition, with a small stray ink splotch touching the start of the signature. Accompanied by a color postcard portrait of Geronimo. Purington was the officer in charge at Fort Sill, where Geronimo and other Chiricahua Apache were held as prisoners of war beginning in 1894. In 1904, Geronimo became acquainted with S. M. Barrett, who expressed interest in helping him publish the story of his life. Geronimo reluctantly agreed, provided that he was paid and the officers at Fort Sill did not object. Barrett contacted Purington for permission, who refused and said that the ‘old Apache deserved to be hanged rather than spoiled by so much attention from civilians.’ Going over Purington’s head, Barrett then asked permission from President Theodore Roosevelt, who ordered Purington to stand down and allow the publication to proceed. The resultant work, entitled Geronimo’s Story of His Life, was published in 1906. Geronimo’s signature is extremely scarce on its own, and the association with his life’s story makes this a particularly interesting example. Starting Bid $500
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Scarce handwritten document from a Texas Revolutionary 197. Byrd Lockhart Autograph Document Signed. Texas surveyor (1782-1839),
Alamo defender, courier, and Texian officer during the Texas Revolution. ADS, one page, 8 x 4, March 12, 1831. State of Texas, Bexar County handwritten promissory note from Byrd Lockhart, who writes: “Rec’d of Andrew Scott Fifteen Dollars which I promise to account for to the bearer of this on Demand.” Signed at the conclusion by Lockhart, who adds to the left side, “$16, for Coffee $1.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining and soiling, short fold splits, and loss to the upper right corner affecting no text. Starting Bid $200
Extremely rare 1899 handwritten letter from the imprisoned Jim Younger 198. James Younger Rare Autograph Letter Signed from Prison. American outlaw (1848–1902) and member of
the James–Younger Gang who was the brother of Cole, John, and Bob Younger. ALS signed “Jim,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, no date but circa 1899. Written while incarcerated at Minnesota State Prison, a letter to Carano, in full: “This might be of service to you some day—by way of identification in a strange place.” Stamped “Permitted” in the upper portion. Reverse features a letter written by prison surgeon and physician Dr. A. E. Heback addressed to Sara McNeil, dated October 17, 1899, in full: “Expected to see you today but sickness here prevents. May success attend you.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and intersecting folds. A botched bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, resulted in the downfall of the James–Younger Gang on September 7, 1876, after an alarm was quickly sounded and the gang was forced to retreat under a hail of bullets from enraged townsfolk. The James brothers escaped but the three Younger brothers, starving and seriously wounded, surrendered to authorities after two weeks on the run. Jim, Cole, and Bob all pleaded guilty to avoid hanging, with the latter dying in prison in 1889. A little over a year after his release, Jim Younger took his own life on October 19, 1902, despondent over parole terms that restricted him from marrying his girlfriend Alice Miller. Younger’s autograph is extremely rare in any format. Starting Bid $300
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military Benedict Arnold enters the lumber trade upon his return to North America—a desirable handwritten letter detailing his bad business deals
273. Benedict Arnold Autograph Letter Signed on Lumber Trade. ALS signed “B. Arnold,” one page both
sides, 7 x 8.5, February 1, 1788. Handwritten letter by Benedict Arnold discussing his New Brunswick lumber trade with the United States and the misuse of his name as debt security. In part: “In the Spring of 1786, Capt. Abiather Camp was Employed by me to barter some provisions in the States for Lumber, and to agree for a quantity of Lumber to be paid for in Goods. He went to Machias, where contrary to my Instructions he trusted his Goods, (which have never been paid for) and Contracted in his Own Name to Deliver Sails & Cordage, Anchors etc. for a vessel, and receive Lumber in payment, in expectation that I would furnish the Goods, but as, on his return I had not the Goods he Applied to Mesr. McGeorge & Co. to furnish the Articles & take Lumber in payment, as the People with whom the Contract was made, were strangers to him, they wished me to be Security, which I offered to do provided they would give me a Commission…which they declined, & delivered the Goods to Capt. Camp…They in my Absence pretended to Mr. Hervey that, I had obligated myself for the payment of the Debt and to prevent a Suit Mr. Hervey was induced to draw a Bill on me for the Amt. of their Demand, which has been returned Protected for which they have now sued him.” A late 19th-century presentation inscription is written along the bottom in another hand. Handsomely double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait (featuring a facsimile signature) to an overall size of 17.75 x 13.5, with a window in the backing for viewing the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000 Hundreds more items listed online at www.RRAuction.com | 95
274. Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed. French statesman and military officer (1757-
1834) who became an intimate associate of George Washington, and who advanced the American cause on both sides of the Atlantic. Though he espoused many of the principles behind the French Revolution while advocating a limited monarchy, extremist elements in the French Assembly declared him a traitor, whereupon he was jailed for five years. In 1824-1825 he revisited America, where he was hailed as a hero and granted a generous stipend and parcel of land. ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 10, 1830. An untranslated handwritten letter from Paris. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Starting Bid $200
275. Ambrose P. Hill Rare Signed Civil War–Dated Endorsement (1863).
Confederate general who gained early fame as commander of the ‘Light Division’ under Stonewall Jackson and was killed during the Third Battle of Petersburg (1825-1865). Rare endorsement signature, “A. P. Hill,” on a blue 3.25 x 3 slip, dated at “Hd Qrs 3rd Army Corps, Aug’t 10, 1863.” Hill signs to to forward a soldier’s request, penned in another hand: “Respectfully forwarded & requested he be returned to his Reg’t.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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276. William T. Sherman Signed Cabinet Photograph. Scarce original
4 x 6.5 cabinet portrait photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman in uniform, signed in ink, “W. T. Sherman, Dec. 25, 1884.” Cloth-matted and framed with an engraved information plate to an overall size of 14.25 x 21.5. In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Sherman stepped down as commanding general of the United States Army on November 1, 1883, and retired from the Army on February 8, 1884. He was living in New York at the time he signed this cabinet photo, which was assuredly presented as a Christmas gift. A decidedly uncommon signed pose of the revered Union general. Starting Bid $200
As Commanding Officer of “Standing Rock, D.T.,” George Custer approves a change to the 1875 Army Register, seeking to amend “a great injustice” to an exonerated soldier 277. George A. Custer Signed Endorsement from Fort Abraham Lincoln (July 1875). Endorsement signed “G. A. Custer,” penned at the conclusion of a manuscript copy of a communication sent by Brigadier General Alfred Terry to Custer as the Adjutant General of the Department of Dakota, concerning the requested amendment of a “certain remark and note in the Army Register for 1875,” relative to the Volunteer record of Lieutenant William Badger of the 6th Infantry. The communication, four pages, 7.75 x 9.75, July 21, 1875, supports the omission of Badger’s mention in the register and is signed by O. D. Greene as assistant adjutant general, and the immediate lower section is endorsed vertically by Custer, with an administrative hand adding the location, “H’dqr’s Fort A. Lincoln DT, July 29, 1875,” and his rank, “Lieut. Colonel 7 Cavy, Brevet Maj, Gen’l USA, Commdg.” The document is countersigned by two other 6th Infantry officers at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory: 2nd Lieutenant Theodore H. Eckerson and Captain John S. Poland. In fine condition, with light toning along the folds. Starting Bid $300
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“We have lost a gallant comrade-in-arms”— a condolence letter from General MacArthur
278. General Douglas MacArthur Consoles the Mother of a Fallen Army PFC. World War II-dated TLS from General
Douglas MacArthur, one page, 8 x 10.5, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area letterhead, February 23, 1945. Letter of condolence to bereaved mother Julia Lennon, in full: “My deepest sympathy goes to you in the death of your son, Private First Class William L. Lennon. His service to his country was characterized by his devotion to his duty, and in his death we have lost a gallant comrade-in-arms.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the lower right corner. Accompanied by three typed condolence letters to Lennon from top officers of the United States Army—Robert S. Beightler, James Alexander Ulio, and J. D. Frederick—as well as a photograph of a letter from Lennon’s company commander, Captain Harvey W. Mattingly, explaining the circumstances of the soldier’s death. Interested bidders are strongly urged to read the accompanying letters in our online description. Starting Bid $200
279. Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph with ‘The Victory Car’. Exceptional vintage glossy
12 x 9.5 photo of Montgomery standing and saluting from inside his Humber Staff ‘Victory’ Car, signed in the lower left in fountain pen, “Montgomery of Alamein.” In fine condition, with moderate signature contrast against the brick roadway. Starting Bid $200
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Rare handwritten letter by “Bonaparte,” transmitting a large sum of money
280. Napoleon Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, dated “le 23 floréal.” Handwritten
letter, in full (translated): “I am sending you, Madame, 10,000 ff. Thank you for speaking to me. I will always be very happy to find the opportunity to please you.” In fine condition. A later note in ink indicates that the addressee is Marie-Euphémie-Désirée de Tascher de La Pagerie (1739-1803), paternal aunt of the future Empress Joséphine. A close friend of the governor of Martinique, the Marquis François de Beauharnais, she had arranged the marriage of her niece to his youngest son, Alexandre de Beauharnais. Starting Bid $1000
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Napoleon writes to his Minister of War: “I am going to raise the conscription for 1809, it is convenient that the army is organized beforehand”
281. Napoleon Letter Signed on Conscription and Organization of Troops. LS in French, signed “Np,” one
page, 7.25 x 9.5, January 30, 1808. Letter to his Minister of War, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, in part (translated): “General Clarke, I am going to raise the conscription for 1809, it is convenient that the army is organized beforehand and that at least the location of the depots is fixed. Describe to me the organization project concerning the formation of the companies and the fifth battalion again that you have already provided [and] continue your considerations on the formation of the legions, especially since this formation can only take place next year.” In fine to very fine condition.
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Napoleon built directly on the Directory’s conscription law of September 1798 with quotas of conscripts for every département based on communal birth registers. The annual conscription levy was a top priority for the prefects who had to deal with chronic resistance to the unpopular system. Napoleon initially set the quota at 60,000 Frenchmen annually, but by 1810 it already hit 120,000. While Napoleon could still replenish his army with conscripts following the Russian disaster in January 1813 by calling up the class of 1814 a year early and enforcing several supplementary draft calls, the decisive defeat in the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813 depleted the army beyond the capacities for compensation. A final call for the conscription of 300,000 men in November 1813 went largely unfulfilled. Starting Bid $200
Napoleon organizes his troops at the advent of the Peninsular War 282. Napoleon Letter Signed on Organization of Troops. LS in French, signed “Np,” one page,
7.25 x 9, January 26, 1808. Letter to his Minister of War, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, concerning the transfer of troops. In part (translated): “General Clarke, I agree with this distribution of four thousand men and join them as soon as possible.” In very fine condition.
The letter was written at the advent of the Peninsular War following the invasion and occupation of Portugal (19–30 November 1807), when French troops started occupying strategically important locations in Spain. The troop transfer could also be in connection with the occupation of the Papal States on February 2, 1808. Starting Bid $200
283. Napoleon Rare Cut Signature. Rare ink signature, “Bonaparte,” on an off-white 2 x 2.5 sheet clipped from a document, with another hand adding above in French, “Recommended to the Forestry Administration, the 14th of Thermidor.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Renato Saggiori. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver, factory-engraved for the American Express Company
284. American Express-Marked Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver. American Express-marked Colt Model 1877 Lightning Revolver, serial #99302, .38 Long Colt, 4 1/2” barrel with a fine, bright bore that has some mild freckling within the grooves. The metal surfaces of this 1894-made revolver retain about 40-50% of the original blue finish on the barrel, ejector rod housing, and cylinder, with the balance having a mixture of pewter gray and plum-brown patina. The back of the hammer retains much of the original brilliant fire blue, and the frame has muted original color case-hardening remaining. The checkered, hard rubber grips are in fine condition with only a few tiny handling marks scattered about, and minimal flattening of the checkering points. The interior of the right grip panel is marked with a previous owner’s initials: “WB.” Additionally, the backstrap is engraved with an American Express Co. property mark and rack number: “Am. Exp. Co. No. 27.” The action is mechanically fine, and functions in both single and double action with very good timing and lock-up. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter from 2023, confirming the revolver’s configuration and backstrap engraving. It further lists this as one of a twelve gun shipment that left Colt’s Hartford factory on December 10, 1894, to William Reed & Sons of Boston, on behalf of C. E. Seaton, Superintendent of the American Express Co. American Express was founded as an express mail service in 1850, operating stagecoaches and railroad cars transporting goods and valuables across the United States. Consequently, its personnel were armed to combat robbers and bandits who preyed along the various transit routes across the country. This revolver was one of their company-issued weapons, and would make a splendid addition to any collection. This is an antique firearm and transfers with no federal restriction. Starting Bid $300
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285. Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver with Indian Wars Era Accessories. Civil War-era Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver, serial #7492, .44
Caliber, 7 1/2” barrel with a very good bore that has light pitting within the grooves. This is an 1861-made revolver that has matching numbers on the frame, barrel, gripstraps, and wedge. No visible number is present on either the cylinder, or arbor. The metal has an overall dull blue-black and brown patina throughout, with numerous scattered handling and small impact marks. Some old, added blue is still present on the cylinder and recoil shield. The brass trigger guard has old buffing marks along the exposed metal, as well as a dull yellow-ochre patina, while the backstrap is smooth pewter gray, with some added blue at the top end. The onepiece walnut grip is in good plus condition, with handling marks and small bruises throughout. There are some additional small chips around the butt, and a partial cartouche on the right side. The lock-up is tight and the action is functional, but the sear is worn and slips when the hammer is fully pulled back. The revolver is accompanied by an Indian Wars-era belt and holster. The dark brown bridle leather has flaked over about 50-60% of the surface area, and comes complete with rectangular US Eagle belt plate, cap box, and 11 US Infantry uniform buttons added to the buckle and tag ends of the belt. All of these items are housed in a period wooden travel chest with brass tack designs and US Army eagle buttons on the leather covering. The chest measures 18” x 10 1/4” x 6 1/4” and has a multi-colored cloth lining, with an old New Hampshire newspaper lining the floor. The chest has a lockable brass hasp (key not included). A nice grouping of Army service mementos from the mid-19th century. Starting Bid $300
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Pair of Civil War-period Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Revolvers, embellished with Morgan silver dollars
286. Pair of Embellished Civil War Colt Model 1860 Army Revolvers. Pair of embellished Civil War Colt Model
1860 Army Revolvers, serial #113454 and #139801, .44 Caliber, 7 1/2” barrels with very good bores that both have some mild freckling and pitting within the grooves. These revolvers, both made in 1863, are in almost identical condition, with matching numbers on all appropriate parts (although the wedge on serial #139801 has been renumbered to match). Both revolvers have an overall plum-brown patina mixing with dull pewter gray, and both have about 20-30% of the cylinder scene still visible. The brass trigger guards have a matching pale yellow-ochre patina, with no traces of the original plated finish remaining. The walnut grips of the revolvers have inset decorations on both sides: Morgan silver dollars (reverse sides out) with small copper triangles above on the right side of serial #113454; the same on the left side of serial #139801; and square filigree plaques on the opposite sides of both guns. The copper inset on serial #113454 has what appears to be initials engraved into the metal: possibly “JS,” “JF,” “HS,” or “HF;” and “1872 / Pecos” on serial #139801. Both revolvers are mechanically functional, although serial #139801 has a very stiff, possibly replaced mainspring. This is a great looking pair of embellished 1860 Armies that would make a great addition to a collection of Wild West artifacts. Starting Bid $300
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Scarce factory-engraved Winchester Model 1873, shipped to Mexico via the brother of ‘Pecos Bill’ Shafter, customs agent J. N. Shafter
287. Winchester Model 1873 Special Order Short Rifle (Factory Engraved). Factory-engraved Winchester Model
1873 Special Order Short Rifle, serial #629042B, .44 caliber, 20-inch octagon barrel, featuring a handsome ‘Style 10’ factory engraving, with scroll designs on one side and a standing buck on the other. The deluxe rifle features a fancy checkered stock and forearm. The gun is marked “44 W.C.F.” at the breech, and the bottom of the brass cartridge elevator is marked “44 CAL.” The serial is indicated on the lower tang, and the upper tang is marked: “Model 1873, Winchester, Trademark.” Accompanied by a letter from the Cody Firearms Museum, with information extracted from Winchester’s records: “Received in warehouse on March 10, 1908; Shipped from warehouse on March 20, 1908, Order number 134178, Shipped to: Gmo. Peter & Co. Exp. Seu. C. Torreon Coah., Mexico, In care of J. N. Shafter, Eagle Pass, Texas.” The association with John Shafter is particularly noteworthy: he was a resident of Eagle Pass, Texas—which had been the first American settlement on the Rio Grande—and worked as a customs agent for the Mexican International Railway (FIM). He was the brother of General William R. (‘Pecos Bill’) Shafter, who led several raids into Mexico against Apaches and Comanches. Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is named for William R. Shafter, as are the city of Shafter, California, and the ghost town of Shafter, Texas. A scarce and desirable association piece. Starting Bid $1000
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Complete set of weapons from a veteran of the Spanish-American War— revolver, holster, and sword 288. Private Purchase Colt Model 1892 New Army Revolver and US Model 1902 Army Sword Belonging to Lt. Col. Charles B. Woodman, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Private-purchase Colt Model 1892 New Army
Revolver and US Model 1902 Army Sword belonging to Lt. Col. Charles B. Woodman, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, who served in the Spanish-American War. The Colt Model 1892 New Army Revolver is serial #13686, .38 US (.38 Long Colt), 6” barrel with an excellent, bright bore. The revolver was made in 1894 and retains 95-97% of the original bright, commercial blue finish, with small areas of gray fading at the muzzle, edges of the cylinder flutes, and along the gripstraps. The hammer and trigger retain most of their original bright fire blue, and the original checkered hard rubber grips are in excellent shape with very little wear evident. The revolver is housed in a private purchase brown leather flap holster and cartridge belt that have flaked heavily, but still remain supple and fully serviceable. The inside of the holster is marked: “C. B. Woodman / 1st Mass. Heavy Art’y / 13 / 686 / 785,” and a period pistol lanyard with swivel is also included. The Model 1902 US Army sword measures 39 1/4” overall, with a 33 3/4” curved, single-edged blade having wide single fullers and 2/3 length etched panels on either side. The blade is retailer marked on the ricasso: “BENT & / BUSH / BOSTON;” with Col. Woodman’s name on the reverse panel: “Lt. Col. / Chas. B. Woodman / 1st Mass. Artillery.” The blade retains practically all of the original factory polish with frosted and lightly pitted nickel on the triple-branched guard, quillon, and gripstrap. The horn finger-groove grip is in fine shape, but does have a small amount of insect damage where it meets the ferrule. The scabbard has a commensurate amount of mild surface oxidation, and a single shallow dent on the reverse side, just below the hanger rings. A period portepee, in black thread and wire bullion, is also included. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was one of a very few volunteer heavy artillery regiments available for service. With a coastline of about 4,000 miles to defend, and an unknown number of Spanish naval units thought to be at sea. Against this threat, the US fielded 93 coastal batteries, 70 of them manned by US Army Regulars, and the remaining 23 by volunteers. Of those 23, fully 12 of them were manned by the 1st Mass. Artillery, engaged in the protection of the New England coast under its commanders: Col. Charles Pfaf, and Lt. Col. Charles Woodman. Initially, the entire regiment was sent to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor, but by the end of hostilities, detachments manned defensive batteries at New Bedford, Salem, Gloucester, Newburyport, Marblehead, and Nahant. While Woodman’s 1902 Army sword was acquired well after the war, the privately purchased Colt revolver would almost certainly have been carried by him during his Spanish-American War service. This is a splendid grouping of items, in very good-fine condition, and would make a great addition to any US military collection. Starting Bid $300
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289. Yorktown Battlefield: Wooden Relic Gavel. Appealing 11˝-long gavel crafted from wood removed attributed to the Yorktown battlefield, with an engraved silver identification plaque on the head: “Wood from Yorktown, Va. Battlefield.” Also bears a monogram plaque, engraved: “EHLB.” In fine condition, with minor tarnishing to the plaque and a ding to the tip of the handle. Starting Bid $200
Wood from the Yorktown Tavern, presented to an officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution
290. Yorktown Tavern: Wooden Relic Gavel. Appealing 12.5˝-long gavel crafted from wood removed from the Yorktown Tavern, with an engraved silver identification plaque on the head: “Presented to Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker, Honorary State Regent of R.I.D.A.R., Former Vice President General, National Society D.A.R., at Yorktown, Virginia, April 1923, Live Oak From Original Sill From Old English Tavern built 1725, Washington, LaFayette & Cornwallis all Stayed at this Tavern.” In fine condition, with minor tarnishing to the plaque. Starting Bid $200
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aviation Lindy and the Spirit of St. Louis
315. Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph with The Spirit of St. Louis. Vintage pearl-finish 6.5 x 8.5 photo of
Charles Lindbergh posing outdoors with a hand on the propeller of his record-setting monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, signed in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh, Mar. 27, 1928.” In very good to fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image, light wrinkling, and two missing corner tips (easily matted out). On December 14, 1927, a Special Act of Congress awarded Lindbergh the Medal of Honor, despite the fact that it was almost always awarded for heroism in combat. It was presented to Lindbergh by President Coolidge at the White House on March 21, 1928, just six days before this photograph was signed. Starting Bid $200
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space
319. Roger Chaffee Signed Photograph. Rare official color glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo (S-64-31447) of Chaffee in a handsome formal pose with pilot’s wings on his lapel, signed in black felt tip, “Roger B. Chaffee.” Reverse bears “A Kodak Paper” watermarks. In fine condition, with small creases to the upper right corner tip, and a paperclip impression to the top edge. A sought-after uninscribed portrait of the ill-fated Apollo 1 astronaut. Starting Bid $200
321. Edward H. White II Signed Photograph. Official
color vintage 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White wearing his silver space suit and posing with a model rocket, signed in bold black ink, “Edward H. White II.” In very fine condition. A sought-after uninscribed portrait of the ill-fated Apollo 1 astronaut. Starting Bid $200
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320. Gus Grissom Signed Photograph. Uncommon official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Gus Grissom in a handsome formal pose, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. A sought-after uninscribed portrait of the ill-fated Apollo 1 astronaut and the second American in space. Starting Bid $200
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art, architecture, and design “Allow the person sent by the Durand-Ruel Gallery to take my painting” 397. Mary Cassatt Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.75 x 6.75, Mesnil-Beaufresne letterhead, September 14, [no year]. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard. In part (translated): “Mr. Durand-Ruel has just communicated to me his answer to your letter. I will ask you if you would be so kind as to tell your employee to allow the person sent by the Durand-Ruel Gallery to take my painting in your house. I would like to do what I have to do during my stay here in Paris where I have all the models and the proper place to work and October would be a little late if I leave Paris for the south of France.” In fine condition. Paul Durand-Ruel was the most important commercial advocate of the Impressionists, and counted Degas, Monet, Manet, Pissarro, and Renoir amongst his other artists. A neatly penned, highly desirable letter directly related to her artwork. Starting Bid $200
Vibrant original artwork by Peter Max, a futuristic utopia from the ‘Cosmic Series’
399. Peter Max Original Artwork – ‘Cosmic Series: Charlotte Ver. I #3’. Fantastic original artwork entitled ‘Cosmic Series: Charlotte Ver. I #3,’ accomplished in mixed media on paper in 2015, 16 x 12, signed at the top in multicolored paint, “Max.” Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 25.5, and signed and inscribed on the frame’s backing in silver ink, “For Michael, love Max, 2015.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Peter Max certificate of authenticity, a photo of Max posing beside the piece, and the original invoice. A striking, vibrant example of Max’s use of vivid colors and bold brushstrokes. Starting Bid $500
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Rare carte-de-visite portrait of the modernist painter, presented to his student and model
398. Edouard Manet Signed Photograph. Rare 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Manet in a bust-length pose by F. Mulnier of Paris, signed and inscribed in ink on the reverse to his student, Eva Gonzales, “A Mlle. Eva, E. Manet.” In fine condition. The recipient, Éva Gonzalès (1849-1883), entered Manet’s studio in 1869, when she became his student. Eva’s presence brought Manet out of his shell. Manet is said to have begun a portrait of her at once, which was completed in March 1870 and exhibited as Mlle E. G., at the Paris Salon the same year. Manet’s work received critics as Mlle E.G. is presented in a stiff posture and an expensive dress, clearly unfit for creating artwork. Gonzalès was Manet’s only formal student and modeled for several other painters of the Impressionist school. Her work as a painter was celebrated by Salon reviewers for her inherent intuition and her intrinsic technical skill. In 1879 she married Henri Guérard, a graphic artist and Manet’s engraver. Starting Bid $1000
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401. Claude Monet Autograph Letter Signed to a French Art Critic and Champion of the Impressionist Movement. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.5, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, April 22, 1897. An untranslated handwritten letter to his friend Gustave Geffroy (1855–1926), a French journalist, art critic, historian, and novelist, who was one of the ten founding members of the literary organization Académie Goncourt in 1900. One of the first historians of the Impressionist art movement with his publication of Histoire de l’impressionnisme in 1892, Geffroy knew and championed Monet, whom he met in 1886 in Belle-Île-en-Mer while traveling for research on prisons of the Second Empire. Monet introduced him to Cézanne, who painted his portrait in 1895. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope hand-addressed by Monet. Starting Bid $300
405. Pablo Picasso Signature with (2) Candid Photographs. Vintage leather autograph album, 5 x 6.25, signed and inscribed inside in red ballpoint, “Pour Madame Donahue, tres choux, Picasso.” Includes two vintage matte-finish 5 x 6 candid deckle-edge photos, one of Pablo Picasso in conversation, and the other of a multi-tiered side table containing several Madoura Studio ceramics. The reverse of both photos bears an “F. Bongiovanni” photography stamp. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Amazing oversized portrait of Picasso, signed with a sketch of a bull for a friend and Cubist scholar
402. Pablo Picasso Oversized Signed Photograph with Bull Sketch to Art Critic. Stunning vintage matte-finish 9 x 11.25 photo of Picasso with a cigarette in hand, beautifully signed and inscribed across the top in blue ballpoint, “Pour mon cher ami Douglas Cooper, Picasso, le 9.10.61,” with a charming sketch of a bull in profile below. Reverse bears a Joel Mariaud credit stamp. In fine to very fine condition. Cooper was a noted Picasso scholar and collector who befriended the artist; in addition to publishing works on Picasso, he helped to organize exhibitions of his works. Boasting a wonderful sketch of a bull—a frequent subject in Picasso’s works, including the iconic ‘Guernica’—this is the quintessential Picasso signed photograph, and the first we have offered that incorporates a sketch. Starting Bid $1000
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Picasso poses with a portrait of an old friend—a gift to his trusted housekeeper
403. Pablo Picasso Oversized Signed Photograph to Housekeeper. Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.75 half-length
photo of Pablo Picasso holding up his 1901 portrait of Spanish sculptor and writer Jaume Sabartes, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Pour Ines Sassier, Picasso, le 10. 5. 68.” Pencil notation on the reverse indicates that the photo was originally taken by Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s second wife. In fine condition, with very light edge wear. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Picasso met Ines Sassier while vacationing in Mougins in 1936 and, delighted by her charm, promptly welcomed both her and her sister to the staff at his Rue de Boétie apartment. She remained Picasso’s close friend, advisor, cook, and confidante for more than three decades. Picasso first met Sabartes in 1899 when they were both just 18 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 wonderful photograph boasting great personal associations. Starting Bid $500
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Gorgeous Pablo and Jacqueline Picasso dual-handwritten letter
404. Pablo Picasso Autograph Noted Signed on a Handwritten Letter from His Wife. ANS in French signed
“Picasso,” penned in blue ballpoint at the close of an ALS by his wife Jacqueline Roque, signed “Jacqueline,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, February 3, 1961. A beautiful handwritten display piece from the Picassos to their beloved housekeeper Ines Sassier, with Jacqueline writing the body of the untranslated letter and Pablo adding the date above, “Cannes A.M., le 3.2.61,” and a short note to the lower left corner. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed on the front by Jacqueline and annotated on the reverse by Pablo, who incorporates his surname into the address: “Envoi Picasso – Cannes, A.M.” Picasso met Ines Sassier while vacationing in Mougins in 1936 and, delighted by her charm, promptly welcomed both her and her sister to his domestic staff. She remained Picasso’s close friend, advisor, cook, and confidante for more than three decades. Picasso lived and worked in the grand mansion at 7 Rue des Grands Augustins from 1936 and 1955, and eventually retired to his hilltop estate in Mougins, called Mas de Notre Dame de Vie, in 1961. Starting Bid $300
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406. Camille Pissarro Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page, 5.25 x 8, January 21, 1892. Addressed from Paris, an untranslated handwritten letter from Camille Pissarro, requesting to borrow a painting. In fine condition. A neatly penned letter from the Danish-French impressionist. Starting Bid $200
Extremely rare invitation to Andy Warhol’s first solo art exhibition 408. Andy Warhol Rare Original Invitation for His First Solo Exhibition – ‘Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote’ (1952). Original
5 x 3.25 invitation for Andy Warhol’s first solo exhibition, ‘Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote,’ which was held at the Hugo Gallery in New York City from June 16 to July 3, 1952. In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the edges. Starting Bid $300
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comic art and animation 417. Berlioz, Marie, and Toulouse production key master background set-up from The Aristocats. (Walt Disney Studios, 1970)
Original production key master background set-up featuring Berlioz, Marie, and Toulouse from The Aristocats, depicting Duchess’s three kittens running after each other in their opulent Parisian home. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background from the same film, which also features an overlay line cel used to add extra detail to the luxurious room. Character images range in size fro 1.75 x 1.5 to 4.25 x 1, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 11. Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 23.5 x 20. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
418. Walt Disney Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-
finish 10 x 8 photo of Disney offering a fountain pen to his newest movie star, a small dog that closely resembles Benji, prominently signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Anna Marie, Best wishes, Walt Disney.” In very good to fine condition, with a couple of unobtrusive vertical creases. Starting Bid $500
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Rare ‘pink elephants’ concept painting from Dumbo’s famed hallucination sequence 419. Pink elephants concept painting from Dumbo. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941)
Original concept painting of pink elephants from Dumbo, ostensibly done by Disney animator Maurice Noble, who worked on color coordination and character design for Dumbo, including the mesmerizing ‘pink elephant’ sequence. Accomplished in gouache on black 15.5 x 12.5 artist paper, the scene shows the four ‘bubble’ hallucinations from the perspective of Dumbo, who became inebriated after having accidentally drank champagne spilled into a circus water vat. The total image measures 11 x 11.5. In fine condition. An early imagining of a particularly surreal Disney moment. Starting Bid $300
Stunning Courvoisier set-up of Fantasia’s closing ‘Ave Maria’ segment 420. Monks ‘Ave Maria’ production cel from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Stu-
dios, 1940) Brilliant original production cel of the monks from Fantasia, depicting the long line of hooded figures, each carrying a lighted taper, as they emerge from the woods and walk below a hill at sunrise during the film’s beautiful final ‘Ave Maria’ segment. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale, the lower left of which bears a WDP stamp. The image measures 6.25 x 1, with a mat opening of 9 x 7.5. Matted and framed to an overall size of 21.75 x 16.5. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition. A splendid Courvoisier display piece from Fantasia’s emotional closing scene. Starting Bid $300
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November 8, 2023 | COMIC ART AND ANIMATION
421. Lady production cel from Lady and the Tramp. (Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original production cel featuring Lady from Lady and the Tramp, which shows the American Cocker Spaniel in a wonderful full-length pose against a color copy background. Image measures 4.25 x 4.25, with a mat opening of 9.75 x 6.75. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 14. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
422. Peg production key master background set-up from Lady and the Tramp.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original production key master background set-up featuring Peg from Lady and the Tramp, depicting the sassy Pekingese in a large full-length walking pose against a handpainted production background from the same film; the background shows the interior of a pound cel, with a hay-covered stone floor and metal-barred doors and walls. The cel image measures 8 x 6.75, with a mat opening of 20 x 11. Attractively triplematted and framed to an overall size of 29.25 x 20.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
423. Tramp production cel from Lady and the Tramp. (Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original
production cel featuring Tramp from Lady and the Tramp, showing the lovable mutt in a full-figure seated pose. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 5.5 x 5.5, with a mat opening of 9.75 x 6.75. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 14. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Presented by Courvoisier, a beautiful production cel of Pinocchio, ready for his first day of school
425. Pinocchio production cel from Pinocchio (Walt Disney Studios, 1940). (Walt Disney Studios, 1940)
Wonderful original production cel from Pinocchio, showing the boy-puppet holding an apple on his first day of school. On the request of his father, Geppetto, Pinocchio is shown in mid-twirl, his head and bright smile in a fixed position, while his torso and legs spin about clumsily, proving to his father that he’s ready for the day ahead. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 2.5 x 5, with a mat opening of 5.75 x 5.75. Suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 14.25 x 15.5. In fine condition. A beautiful production cel from a truly memorable moment in Pinocchio. Starting Bid $300
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424. Figaro production cel from Pinocchio. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940)
Original production cel featuring Figaro from Pinocchio, depicting Geppetto’s pet cat lying in bed with a surprised expression. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image (cat and bed) measures 6 x 5, with a mat opening of 9.5 x 8. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 15.75. In very good condition, with noticeable dampstaining to wood background, resulting in surface flaking and lifting; the cel, which also bears some lifting from the backdrop, retains its paint and color. Starting Bid $300
426. Grumpy production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original production cel featuring Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which depicts the perpetually upset dwarf with crossed legs seated on a barrel. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Character image measures 2.25 x 4.5, with a mat opening of 5.5 x 7.5. Matted and framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 15.75. In fine condition, with some curling to cel. Starting Bid $300
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427. Happy production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original pro-
duction cel featuring Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which pictures the pleasantly plump dwarf in a jolly full-length pose. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Character image measures 3.75 x 6.25, with a mat opening of 5.75 x 7.75. Matted and framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 15.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
430. Merlin and squirrel key master background set-up from The Sword and the Stone. (Walt Disney Studios, 1963) Original production key master background set-up featuring Merlin and a squirrel from The Sword in the Stone, showing Merlin in squirrel form being hugged by a female squirrel. The cels are placed on a hand-painted production background from the same film, which features a close-up of a tree branch, which includes an overlay line cel used to add detail to the wood and bark. The full squirrel image measures 10.5 x 8, with a mat opening of 13.25 x 9.5. Nicely triplematted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 19. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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literature
434. Albert Camus Autograph Letter Signed to Armand Lanoux. French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960) who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957; his best-known works include The Stranger and The Plague. Uncommon ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, NRF (Nouvelle Revue Française) letterhead, October 25, 1957. Short untranslated handwritten letter to fellow French writer Armand Lanoux. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
436. Charles Dickens HandAddressed Mailing Envelope to His Brother-in-Law, the Father of ‘Tiny Tim’. Hand-addressed and signed mailing
envelope panel, 4.5 x 2.5, neatly addressed by Dickens in fountain pen to his brotherin-law, “Henry Burnett Esquire, 90 Upper Brook Street, Manchester,” and signed nicely in the lower left, “Charles Dickens.” Matted with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 11 x 17.5. In fine condition, with light soiling. Henry Burnett was a singer and music teacher (1812-1893) who married Fanny Dickens (1810-48), Charles Dickens’s sister, in 1837. Their invalid son, Harry (1839-1849), was the inspiration for Tiny Tim Cratchit and Paul Dombey. Starting Bid $200
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Rare cabinet portrait of Charles Dickens, signed at the end of his last American tour
435. Charles Dickens Signed Photograph from His Last American Tour. Rare 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Charles Dickens in a regal full-length pose, published by J. Gurney & Son in 1867, boldly signed on the reverse in blue ink, “Charles Dickens, First May 1868.” Reverse is imprinted: “Carte Impériale by J. Gurney & Son, 707 Broadway, N.Y.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and soiling to the signed side, and mottling to the image itself. After an initial 1842 visit to the USA, Dickens returned in December 1867 for a second tour. Shuttling between Boston and New York, he conducted over 70 readings of his works and netted approximately £19,000 in royalties. Starting Bid $1000
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November 8, 2023 | LITERATURE
The Alice in Wonderland creator writes to a bookseller, asking for “a list of contents” for a multi-volume set
437. Charles L. Dodgson Third-Person Autograph Letter Signed to Booksellers. Third-person ALS, signed
within the text, “C. L. Dodgson,” one page on a 4.75 x 3 postcard, November 2, 1890. Handwritten letter to “Messrs. B & J. F. Meehan,” booksellers in Bath, in full: “Mr. C. L. Dodgson has received Messrs. Meehan’s Catalogue No. 29. He would be glad to have a list of contents of the 7 vols. of Hinton (377), & to see a specimen vol. He w’d pay postage both ways.” Addressed on the reverse in Dodgson’s own hand. Attractively cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 9.75 x 8.25, with a window in the backing for viewing the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Our first signed check from the To Kill a Mockingbird author
438. Harper Lee Signed Check – the first and only example we have ever offered. Rare personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Harper Lee, “By: Nelle Harper Lee,” payable to Firsts for $40, January 1, 1997, with Lee adding in the memo field below, “Subscription.” In fine condition. Lee remains scarce across all signed formats, with this being the first example of a signed check that we have ever offered from the beloved author. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce first edition, first issue of Jack London’s iconic The Call of the Wild 439. Jack London: The Call of the Wild (First Edition).
Scarce and sought-after first edition book: The Call of the Wild by Jack London. First edition, with two pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover bound in the publisher’s original vertically ribbed pictorial green cloth with gilt title and design stamped in red, black, and white, 5.5 x 7.75, 231 pages. Complete with 11 full–page color printed plates including frontispiece (tissue guard absent) and 7 full–page woodcuts by Philip P. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, with numerous decorations by Charles Edward Hooper. Book condition: VG-/None, with moderate edgewear, some scuffing and rubbing to boards, wear to spine extremities, rubbing to gilt top edge, and ownership inscription to half-title page. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century, The Call of the Wild is recognized as ‘one of the first American novels to examine the quest of the pioneering individual who breaks away from the sheltered environment of civilization and is romantically compelled to find freedom in nature. In the early part of the century this was considered the American dream’ (Parker, 16). Starting Bid $300
Longfellow pens the final stanza of ‘The Day Is Done’ 442. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Quotation Signed from ‘The Day Is Done’. AQS on an off-white 7 x 4.5
sheet, signed and dated at the conclusion, “Henry W. Longfellow, Jan. 25, 1867.” Longfellow pens the final stanza from his poem entitled ‘The Day Is Done,’ in full: “And the night shall be filled with music / And the cares, that infest the day, / Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, / And as silently steal away.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and wrinkling to the right side. Starting Bid $200
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Longfellow pens one of his most famous poems: “The Arrow and the Song”
440. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Manuscript Signed of ‘The Arrow and the Song’. AMS signed
“Henry W. Longfellow,” one page, 5 x 8, November 18, 1880. Longfellow pens one of his most famous poems, “The Arrow and the Song,” in full: “I shot an arrow into the air, / It fell to earth, I knew not where; / For, so swiftly it flew, the sight / Could not follow it in its flight. / I breathed a song into the air, / It fell to earth, I knew not where; / For who has sight so keen and strong, / That it can follow the flight of song? / Long, long afterward, in an oak / I found the arrow, still unbroke; / And the song, from beginning to end, / I found again in the heart of a friend.” Longfellow signs again on the adjoining leaf: “With Mr. Longfellow’s compliments.” In very fine condition. First published in The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1846), “The Arrow and the Song” is one of Longfellow’s most famous and beloved poems. The poet recorded its composition in a journal entry of October 16, 1845: ‘Before church, wrote The Arrow and the Son, which came into my mind as I stood with my back to the fire, and glanced on to the paper with arrow’s speed. Literally an improvisation.’ Starting Bid $300
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Longfellow offers advice for publication of “admirable translations of my poems”
441. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” four pages on
two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 16, 1855. Handwritten letter concerning the translation of his literary works, in part: “I am extremely sorry to say, that I have not been able as yet to find a publisher for your admirable translations of my poems— admirable, if they are all equal, to those you have had the kindness to send me. The objection is, the small sale of French books in this region and the great expense of printing works in a foreign language. My publisher says, and I rather incline to his opinion, that it would be much better to print and publish in Paris, and let him import such copies as he might find saleable. I hope this will not prevent you from translating ‘Evangeline,’ as you suggest the possibility of doing it. It ought to be done into Prose—I should say—a rhythmic, poetic prose, divided into stanzas. What is your opinion? Many thanks for the ‘Cimetière juif de Newport.’ It is excellently well translated. Truly, you have a wonderful facility of doing these things. This fits like a glove.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Movie still production updates for the author of Gone With the Wind: “I think the background of the picture showing Rhett playing poker with the whiskered Federal officers is especially fine”
443. Margaret Mitchell Typed Letter Signed on Receiving Movie Stills from the Set of Gone With the Wind. TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 6.75 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 12, 1939. Letter to Marcella Rabwin, in full: “The stills you mailed me on May 8th have just arrived. Thank you so much for them. Of course I found them very exciting. I did not realize that the picture had progressed up to the point of the jail sequence and the Ku Klux raid. From this distance it would seem that the picture is going into the home stretch and it does not seem possible that your organization can have done so much in so short a time. I think the background of the picture showing Rhett playing poker with the whiskered Federal officers is especially fine. Of course I can’t help hoping that he won all their chips in this game! I wish you would thank Mr. Selznick for me for his kindness in sending me these stills. My husband and I enjoy them so very much — probably no one in the world could be as interested as we are.” Cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 15.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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Sartre reflects on the property rights of Revolutionary France
445. Jean-Paul Sartre Lengthy (19-page) Handwritten Manuscript on ‘Property (Ideology)’. Substantial handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, 19 gridded pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. An untranslated and unpublished working manuscript entitled “Propertie (Ideologie),” containing a lengthy reflection on property rights, especially in 18th-century and Revolutionary France. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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Rare English-language letter from the great French realist 446. Stendhal Rare Autograph Letter Signed in English. French writer born Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842) considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. Desirable ALS signed “H. Beyle,” one page, 7.75 x 10, February 15, [1827]. Handwritten letter to Frederick Yates, in full: “I thank you very much for the tiket [sic] you send me. By some mistake of the devils, they refused admittance but to the upper galleries, so I have not seen the performance. But in Lancaster, in the last August, I have admired the efficiency and energy of your mimickal [sic] powers. I thank you anew Sir.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Letters from Stendahl written exclusively in English are especially rare, this being our first and only example. Starting Bid $300
“Such communications give courage,” Stevenson writes in the wake of his father’s death 447. Robert Louis Stevenson Autograph Letter Signed on the Death of His Father – “Such communications give courage”. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, black-bordered mourning statio-
nery, no date but circa 1887. Handwritten letter to Edwin W. Carr, in full: “It is annoying to me that I should have left your really moving letter so long unanswered. Late as it is, let me thank you for it heartily; such communications give courage and refresh that sense of the thing being worth doing that so easily faints.” In fine condition, with a complete separation to the central horizontal fold repaired with archival tape on the reverse. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Stevenson’s hand, affixed to the front pastedown of an 1887 hardcover edition of Stevenson’s Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. Starting Bid $200
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448. Ivan Turgenev Autograph Letter Signed. Highly influential Russian author (1818–1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of 19th-century literature. ALS in French, signed “Iv. Turgenev,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal monogrammed letterhead (50. Rue de Douai, Paris), February 5, 1880. An untranslated handwritten letter from the esteemed Russian scribe. In fine condition. Previously sold by Walter R. Benjamin Autographs, Inc., and accompanied by the noted dealer’s folder. Starting Bid $200
450. Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5, October 4, 1881. Handwritten letter to Marcus L. Mayer, director of the Princess’s Theatre in London, in part (translated): “I received your letter to-day, and I believe I can answer you on behalf of d’Ennery and I that we accept your proposal. If you want to send 1500 francs to d’Ennery and to me the same sum, we will wait for the balance on the dates which you will indicate, at the end of December and February 15.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Verne reserves tickets for “Around the World”
449. Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed, Reserving Tickets for “Around the World”. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, January 4, 1889. Addressed from his residence in Amiens, France, a handwritten letter from Jules Verne, in full (translated): “I ask Madame Poritzer to please supply Mr. Debry with his tickets for Around the World. Sending compliments from her devoted.” In fine condition. The ‘Around the World’ event for which Verne was reserving tickets remains uncertain, however, 10 months after writing this letter, the plot of Verne’s classic 1872 novel came to life when American journalist Nellie Bly boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria and began her own 40,070-kilometer ‘Phileas Fogg’ journey on November 14, 1889. She managed to do the journey within 72 days and even had enough time to meet and interview Verne in Amiens. Starting Bid $200
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music Scarce ‘VI Original Canzonettas’ signed by Austrian master Joseph Haydn
486. Franz Joseph Haydn Signed Score for ‘Dr. Haydn’s VI Original Canzonettas’. Austrian musician (1732-
1809) who takes a place among the first rank of composers in the history of Western music. The sheer magnitude of his gift, along with his seemingly inexhaustible industry, resulted in one of the largest and most significant bodies of work by any single figure. His mastery of two forms, in particular—the string quartet and the symphony—practically defined the Classical style and exerted a potent influence on all composers who followed, most notably Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, both of whom were intimate acquaintances of the older composer. Exceptionally rare signed music score for ‘Dr. Haydn’s VI Original Canzonettas, for the Voice with an Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte,’ with dedication to Mrs. John Hunter, ‘Printed for the Author, & Sold by him at No. 1 Bury Street, St. James’s, at Mess’rs Corri, Dussek & Co., Music Sellers to her Majesty, No. 67, Dean Street, Soho, & Bridge Street, Edinburgh,’ no date but circa June 1794, 9.5 x 13, 31 pages, signed in the lower right of the title page in bold ink, “Haydn.” The score contains six songs—I. ‘The Mermaids Song,’ II. ‘Recollection,’ III. ‘A Pastoral Song,’ IV. ‘Despair,’ V. ‘Pleasing Pains,’ and VI. ‘Fidelity.’ Bound together with other works including by Harrington, Abington, Kent, Harrison, Hook, Storace, and Paisiello. In very good to fine condition, with heavy wear to the covers; interior pages remain clean and fine. The text for Haydn’s settings were provided by the dedicatee, Mrs. John Anne Hunter (1742-1821), a poet and wife of famous London surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793). She entertained some of the finest leading literary, musical, and artistic figures of the time at her salon, and it is thought that this is how she was first introduced to Haydn in 1791, during his first visit to England. The best known songs from their collaborative efforts are ‘The Mermaid’s Song’ and ‘My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair,’ both of which are still performed today. Starting Bid $1000
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“It is very unjust of you to leave me waiting like a fool” 487. Robert Schumann Autograph Letter Signed. Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and art songs, made him one of the central figures of the German Romantic tradition. ALS in German, signed “R. S.,” one page, 4 x 5.5, no date. A handwritten letter to a court musician named “Gottschalk,” in full (translated): “It is very unjust of you to leave me waiting like a fool and act as if you have simply ceased to exist. You know that my tasks cannot bear any delay, so you need to at least let me know where things stand. Either send the Impromptus back to me immediately, or send them to me when you have them finished. I have to send them off early on Wednesday.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and soiling.Starting Bid $300
“I am as busy as a cat on a tin roof. Ya dig?” 488. Louis Armstrong Autograph Letter Signed. ALS
signed “Satchmo, Louis Armstrong,” one page on the reverse of an 8.5 x 11 ‘Lose Weight The ‘Satchmo’ Way’ flyer (featuring his facsimile signature), September 12, 1970. Handwritten letter to Danny J. Kruslak, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “I’ve just received your record, and will give it a big listening to when I return back home in Corona N.Y…I can’t play the record of yours’ otherwise-elsewhere because right now, I am as busy as a cat on a tin roof. Ya dig?” In fine condition, with light horizontal lines from onetime inclusion in a magnetic photo album. Starting Bid $200
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489. Django Reinhardt Signed ‘Swing Records’ Photograph. Scarce vintage pearl-finish 6.5 x 8.5 Swing Records publicity photo of Django Reinhardt by the Harcourt Studio, signed in black ink, “D. Reinhardt.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light stains, tack holes to the corners, and moderate signature contrast. Starting Bid $200
491. Beatles: George Harrison Signature. Crisp ink signature and inscription, “To Jane – Love, George Harrison,” on
the reverse of a color glossy 6 x 4 postcard of a British Airways Concorde. The consignor notes that the signature was obtained on a flight from New York to London in the 1980s by a member of the cabin crew. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $200
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Extremely scarce 1966 Fab Four signatures from their final tour
490. Beatles Signatures – Rare 1966 examples from their last-ever tour. Vintage ballpoint signatures, “George
Harrison,” “John Lennon,” “Ringo Starr,” and “Paul McCartney (vocal and drums),” who above adds the inscription, “Best wishes to Louise, from the Beatles,” on an off-white 6.75 x 8.5 sheet. The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained on August 18, 1966, when the Beatles were flying to the USA to perform at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack in Boston, Massachusetts, on the evening of the same day; the group had performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, the previous night. In very good to fine condition, with overall light fading, a few small stains, and a vague central vertical bend. Full sets of Beatles autographs from their 1966 USA tour are extremely scarce; the band was perpetually guarded by a tight blanket of security that kept eager fans at bay. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, a Pan American first-class menu, and a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $1000
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‘Instant Karma’ signed by the Lennons at the London Clinic
492. Beatles: John Lennon and Yoko Ono Signed 45 RPM Record – ‘Instant Karma’. Apple Records UK press-
ing of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono single ‘Instant Karma / Who Has Seen the Wind,’ signed in black felt tip on the sleeve, “Peace from, John Lennon” and “+ Yoko Ono.” In fine condition, with a trivial brush to the first letter of the sentiment, and paper loss to the upper right corner tip. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from a nurse at the London Clinic, which reads: “This single was given to me from my aunt who lived in London when visiting her back in 1970/1971. At that time, she was living in Crystal Palace with her partner who was a male nurse working in one of the London Hospitals, but do not know which one, but he did treat a lot of famous stars there I was told. My Aunt knew I was a Beatles fan and gifted me the single and told me it was given to her partner when he treated John Lennon in the Hospital and on John’s release signed about a dozen of these singles and handed them to the staff who had looked after him.” Given past signed examples of ‘Instant Karma,’ the hospital in question is very likely The London Clinic. Recorded by Lennon while technically still a member of the Beatles, ‘Instant Karma’ was recorded on January 27, 1970, and released a little more than a week later, making it one of the fastest-released songs in music history. Although it is unknown exactly who was being treated in the hospital, it is well-documented that Lennon never left Ono’s side during an emergency blood transfusion during her pregnancy in late 1969. Starting Bid $1000
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One of the final checks Lennon signed as a member of the Beatles
493. Beatles: John Lennon Signed ‘Apple Corps Limited’ Check – one of the last he would sign as a member of the Beatles. Scarce ‘Apple Corps Limited’ business check (District Bank Limited, London), 8 x 4, filled out in another hand and signed in bold black felt tip by John Lennon, payable to Apple Corps Ltd. Payroll for £8884.62, January 8, 1970. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.
On the day John Lennon signed this check, producer Glyn Johns was in Olympic Studios, London, remixing the Beatles song ‘Let It Be’ for release as a single. Fittingly, it would become the Beatles’ final single before Paul McCartney announced his departure from the band on April 10, 1970. The album, Let It Be, was released just weeks later, on May 8, 1970, and the Beatles would officially break up not long after the release of the album and its associated movie. Any checks signed by Lennon are extremely rare and this is an extraordinary example penned in the final days of the Beatles’ historic run. This is undoubtedly one of the last checks Lennon signed while still an active member of the Beatles. Starting Bid $500
494. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signed 45 RPM Single Record – ‘Pretty Little Head’. UK 45 RPM record of the 1986 Paul McCartney single ‘Pretty
Little Head,’ signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Paul McCartney. The consignor notes that the signature was obtained outside McCartney’s MPL offices in London in either 1986 or 1987. In very fine condition. The record is not included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a letter of provenance from the original recipient. Starting Bid $200
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495. Buddy Holly and the Crickets Signatures. Vintage autograph album, 5 x 4,
signed inside on the same page in ink, “Buddy Holly,” “Joe Mauldin,” and “‘The Crickets,’ Jerry Allison.” In fine condition. An attractive signature set of these influential rock and roll pioneers. Starting Bid $300
Hendrix saves the day at the 1970 New York Pop Festival 496. New York Pop Festival 1970 Poster (Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, and more).
Scarce original 23 x 35 poster for the New York Pop Festival held at Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island on July 17-19, 1970, which lists the festival’s roster of big-name musical acts, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Grand Funk Railroad, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, Steppenwolf, Richie Havens, Ten Years After, Mountain, Ravi Shankar, and The Tony Williams Lifetime, who will be joined on stage by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and special guest star Miles Davis. Lower border features ticket and venue information, with bold text: “Purchase Tickets Early. No Tickets Will Be Sold At The Gate.” Rolled and in fine condition, with dampstaining along the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200
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Exceptional Elvis photo signed while in the Army at Fort Hood 497. Elvis Presley Signed 1957 Program Photograph, Obtained By an Officer at Fort Hood. Vintage 8 x 10 program photo from 1957 of Elvis turning his head toward the camera, beautifully signed against the light background in blue ballpoint. In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance from the widow of Jerry Ledford, Elvis’s Second Lieutenant while at Fort Hood, stating that her husband was in the Army and assigned to basic training at Fort Hood at the same time Elvis was there and that he occasionally helped to ‘smuggle’ Elvis off of the base in an effort to evade fans and paparazzi; near the end of his training, Elvis signed pages of a souvenir photo booklet for them. A fabulous image of ‘the King’ from the late 1950s. Starting Bid $300
1969 International Hotel wine menu, signed at an all-night party during Elvis’s first Vegas engagement 498. Elvis Presley ‘Wine Menu’ Photograph, Signed at an All-Night Party at the Las Vegas International Hotel (1969). Wine menu cover from the International Hotel,
8 x 10, featuring a full-page image of Elvis on the front, signed in black ballpoint, “Thank you, Elvis Presley.” In fine condition, with a short tear to the top edge, and the handwriting quite light but fully legible. Accompanied by a statement of provenance from the son-in-law of the original recipient, which reads, in part: “In 1969 Elvis Presley started his Las Vegas career at the International Hotel…During the same time Franki Valli and the Four Seasons were playing at the Flamingo. My mother-in-law’s cousin Laura was married to band member Joey Long. One night watching one of Elvis’s concerts they were all invited upstairs to meet Elvis. They were so excited they grabbed the nearest thing for his autograph, which was of all things the wine menu for the summer of 1969; they tore it in half and grabbed a pencil from the table and went upstairs and met and hugged Elvis, and stayed with him through the night.” Starting Bid $300
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Rare Maxim’s letterhead signed in full by the Rolling Stones during their first tour of Ireland
500. Rolling Stones Original Lineup Signatures on Rare Maxim’s Letterhead – Obtained During Their First Tour of Ireland (July 31, 1964). Beautiful vintage ballpoint signatures — “Brian Jones,” “Keith Richard,” “Mick Jagger,”
“Bill Wyman,” and “The Rolling Stones, Love, Charlie Boy” — on an off-white 8 x 10 sheet of Maxim’s letterhead, which was a popular dance hall located on Fountain Street in Belfast, Ireland; the upper left-hand corner of the letterhead bears a foil crest and the phrase ‘Jamais arrière,’ a Gaelic battle-cry which translates to ‘Never behind.’ In fine condition, with two mailing folds. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained on July 31, 1964, during the Rolling Stones’ first visit to Ireland, following the band’s legendary performance at Ulster Hall in Belfast. The band only managed to play for 12 minutes before the show was called off due to rioting caused by hysterical fans. Following the shortened show, the band members retired around the corner to the popular dance hall Maxim’s, where this letterhead was signed in full. Signed letterhead by all original members of the Rolling Stones is quite rare, with this being an outstanding example and the first that we have encountered in several years. Starting Bid $500
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classic entertainment Brilliant signed portrait of Bogie as a young leading man 555. Humphrey Bogart Early Signed Portrait Photograph. Exceptional vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo portrait of a
young Humphrey Bogart wearing a handsome suit and tie in a reflective up-close pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Charley, good luck, Humphrey Bogart.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 15. In fine condition, with scattered small creases. An uncommon early signed pose of the future Oscar-winning leading man. Starting Bid $300
556. Marlon Brando Signed Photograph for Guys and Dolls, Inscribed to “a great fighter and a nice guy”. Vintage matte-
finish 8 x 10 photo of Brando as the smooth, mellow-voiced gambler Sky Masterson from the film Guys and Dolls, apparently from a 1956 Ted Allan photo shoot, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Jack, a great fighter and a nice guy. Very best wishes – Marlon Brando.” In very good to fine condition, with old adhesive stains in the borders, and a central vertical crease passing through Brando’s face, rather unobvious except at an angle. Brando-signed photos are notoriously difficult to find — this one, in character and with a charming inscription, is a particularly outstanding example. Starting Bid $300
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Brando responds to the BBC about “an interview for your program about Tennessee Williams” 557. Marlon Brando Typed Letter Signed, Regarding an Interview About Tennessee Williams. TLS, one page, 7.25
x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 25, 1976. Letter to a journalist from the BBC’s Music & Arts Department, in full: “I was not appraised of your letter in regards to an interview for your program about Tennessee Williams until my return from out of the country yesterday, May 24th. I will be happy to accommodate you if it is not too late. I will be going to Tahiti for my son’s birthday in the next few days, and then I will be returning back here to Los Angeles. My schedule is indefinite, unfortunately.” The recipient’s name has been blotted out and the original mailing envelope flap, bearing Brando’s Mulholland Drive address, is stapled to the reverse. In fine condition, with some light creasing and faint staining. Starting Bid $300
Oversized signed Chaplin portrait from 1921, the same year he released The Kid
558. Charlie Chaplin Signed Oversized (11 x 14) Photograph. Marvelous oversized vintage 11 x 14 portrait photo
of Charlie Chaplin by the Strauss-Peyton Studio of Kansas City, depicting the comedy pioneer posing in a handsome half-length pose in 1921, signed and inscribed in bold fountain pen, “To Jackie, from Charlie Chaplin.” The reverse bears the photography studio’s copyright stamp. In fine condition, with light rubbing to the photo surface, visible at an angle. A spectacular oversized portrait of one of Hollywood’s original funnymen, elevated by its terrific size, great clarity, dark signature, and its important 1921 date, which marked the same year he released the silent era classic The Kid, Chaplin’s landmark first full-length film with complete creative control. That the photo is inscribed “To Jackie” is also quite appealing and coincidental; child actor Jackie Coogan played the title role of the orphaned ‘Kid’ that Chaplin’s Tramp character discovers and raises as his own. Starting Bid $300 146 |
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Amazing triple-signed Dean check from early 1954, shortly before filming East of Eden
559. James Dean Triple-Signed Check (February 17, 1954). The Chase National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, neatly filled out and signed by Dean, “James Dean,” payable to himself, “James Dean,” for $20, February 17, 1954. Endorsed on the reverse in ballpoint, “James Dean,” above a 54th Street Tavern Inc. stamp; Dean hung out at the 54th Street Tavern, an establishment that would cash his checks and that is mentioned in all of Dean’s biographies. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA and a modern glossy photo. Dean would leave New York for Los Angeles on April 8, 1954, to begin shooting Elia Kazan’s East of Eden, the role that would garner him the first posthumous acting nomination in the history of the Academy Awards. Triple-signed checks from Dean remain quite rare and are highly coveted by collectors. Starting Bid $500
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560. Judy Garland Signed Photograph. Youthful vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Judy Garland dressed in white, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Buddy—love, Judy.” In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to the corners, and light staining along the right edge. A beautiful image of the acclaimed singer-actress. Starting Bid $200
561. Judy Garland Signed Photograph. Vintage mattefinish 8 x 10 photo of Garland with her arms folded in a half-length pose against a leaf-pattern backdrop, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Bill — good luck — and come home soon! Love, Judy.” In very good to fine condition, with a small crease above Garland’s left shoulder, and damage to the borders which could easily be matted out to produce quite an attractive display. Starting Bid $200
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Ultra-rare handwritten letter from Garland to her number one fan, expressing pleasure at the notion of “the ‘Judy room’” 562. Judy Garland Rare Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Judy,” one page, 7.25 x 10, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 1, 1956. Handwritten letter to her most well-known fan, Wayne Martin, in part: “I’m sorry to have been so remiss about dropping you a line — and think it’s so very nice of you to keep writing in spite of my bad manners. Give Trippi my love and tell her how flattered I am the [sic] she enjoys and can relax in the ‘Judy room.’” In very good condition, with some staining and heavy toning affecting only appearance. Starting Bid $200
564. Harry Houdini ‘Packing Crate’ Illusion Rope Relic.
Desirable 2.75˝ length of the original rope utilized to bind the crate used by Harry Houdini in his infamous ‘Packing Crate’ escape illusion of the early 1900s. Mounted, matted, and framed with an image of the crate, two printed facsimiles of Houdini autographs, a photo of him on the deck of a ship, and a certificate of authenticity from the National Historical Mint to an overall size of 15.5 x 20.5. In fine condition. Houdini’s great ‘packing crate’ trick combined a number of his talents in an apparent escape from handcuffs in a confined space while underwater. In the illusion, Houdini would be shackled and packed into a wooden shipping crate, which was nailed shut and secured by ropes and chains. The impenetrable box would be thrown into a river to sink. After what felt like an eternity, Houdini would bob to the surface—unharmed and free of the box and handcuffs. Starting Bid $200
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Monroe check signed a month before her breakthrough contract with 20th Century Fox
568. Marilyn Monroe Signed and Filled Out Check (November 15, 1950). Bank of America (Laurel-
Sunset Branch) check, 5.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Marilyn Monroe, payable to Bedford Pharmacy for $5.69, November 15, 1950. In fine condition. Though Monroe had garnered a contract at Columbia Pictures in 1948, it was not renewed, and she had fallen back on a few bit parts and modeling gigs. In 1950, however, Monroe landed small roles in two musicals and two dramas: Love Happy, A Ticket to Tomahawk, Right Cross, and The Fireball. Co-stars of these productions included Mickey Rooney, the Marx Brothers, June Allyson, and Anne Baxter. Also in 1950, Monroe secured larger—though still small—roles in two critically acclaimed films: as Angela Phinlay in John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle, and as Miss Casswell in Joseph Mankiewicz’s drama All About Eve. Monroe’s breakthrough was in part orchestrated by Johnny Hyde, the co-founder and vice president of the William Morris Agency. Hyde took an interest in the starlet, and secured her a seven-year contract at 20th Century Fox in December 1950. Among Hyde’s recommendations to Monroe were cosmetic surgery and superficial alterations to her appearance. These changes to Monroe’s chin, nose, hairline, and hair created the flamboyant ‘blonde bombshell’ look that we know today. A sought-after check signed shortly before Monroe’s career-making contract with 20th Century Fox. Starting Bid $500
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569. Star Wars Original Helmet Prototype Photograph Negatives (44) with Copyright. Amazing set of original
35mm Ilford FP4 safety film strips containing 44 photograph negatives from the production of George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope. The photographs were taken in 1976 by Colin Sheffield, at the request of Andrew Ainsworth, to show George Lucas the early prototype castings for a number of helmets, including the stormtrooper, the TIE fighter pilot, and rebel pilot designs. The strips, which range in size from 1.5 x 1.25 to 9 x 1.25, offer a rare insight into the early designs of the helmets, including full-face helmet variants for the rebel pilots. Includes a USB flash drive containing digital scans of the photographs. In fine condition. The photographs within this lot are sold with copyright. The buyer is solely responsible for ascertaining that each photograph is otherwise cleared for publication. Starting Bid $200
Stellar complete set of 53 MasterPix Star Wars 30th Anniversary photos, highlighted by Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, and Dave Prowse 570. Star Wars MasterPix Complete Set of (53) Official Pix 30th Anniversary Photographs. Complete limited edition set of 53 MasterPix
Star Wars 30th Anniversary photos released by Official Pix as part of the Star Wars Celebration IV Expo held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 24-28, 2007. Each beautifully printed color semi-glossy 10 x 8 cardstock photo features a Star Wars character that ranges from the iconic to the obscure, with highlights including Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Dave Prowse (“is Darth Vader”), Kenny Baker (“R2-D2”), Jeremy Bulloch (“Boba Fett”), Anthony Daniels, Temuera Morrison, Jake Lloyd, Daniel Logan, Ray Park, and George Roubicek. Other signers include: Amy Allen, Margo Apostolos, Lightning Bear, Jerome Blake, Paul Blake, Richard Bonehill, Michonne Bourriague, Debbie Carrington, Michael Carter, Ken Colley, John Coppinger, Sean Crawford, Dermot Crowley, Tim Dry, Mike Edmonds, Nina Fallon, Anthony Forrest, Julian Glover, Rusty Goff, Garrick Hagon, Colin Higgins, Barrie Holland, Gerald Home, Zachariah Jensen, Mike Kingma, Nalini Krishan, Richard LeParmentier, Ian Liston, Rena Owen, Mary Oyaya, Bonnie Piesse, Tim Rose, and more. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by its original Official Pix Celebration IV three-ring binder with related material. Starting Bid $200
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18. George W. Bush Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
20. Four Presidents Signed Photograph Starting Bid $300
27. John Quincy Adams Signed Free Frank Starting Bid $200
28. John Quincy Adams Signed Promissory Note, Endorsed by His Son, Ch... Starting Bid $200
29. James Buchanan and the 27th United States Congress Autograph Albu... Starting Bid $200
30. James Buchanan Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
31. George W. Bush Typed Letter Signed as President on Medicare Refor... Starting Bid $200
32. Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
33. Dwight D. Eisenhower (2) Signatures Starting Bid $200
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (4) Signatures Starting Bid $200
35. James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed as an Ohio Congressman Starting Bid $200
36. James A. Garfield TwiceSigned Free Frank as an Ohio Congressman Starting Bid $200
37. Warren G. Harding Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
38. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President (1891) Thanksgiv... Starting Bid $200
39. President Rutherford B. Hayes Restricts Chinese Immigration with ... Starting Bid $200
40. President Rutherford B. Hayes Sends an Honorary Commissioner to t... Starting Bid $200
41. Andrew Jackson Signed Endorsement as Major General of the 7th Mil... Starting Bid $200
42. Thomas Jefferson Election Newspaper: The National Intelligencer (... Starting Bid $200
43. President Andrew Johnson Approves an 1865 Land 'Treaty with the O... Starting Bid $200
44. Lyndon B. Johnson Document Signed as President for International ... Starting Bid $200
45. Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 Bill Signing Pen for Four Nature Conservat... Starting Bid $200
46. James Madison Inauguration Newspaper: Boston Patriot (April 7, 18... Starting Bid $200
47. James Madison Inauguration Newspaper: Salem Gazette (March 12, 18... Starting Bid $200
48. William McKinley Document Signed as President (1897) Thanksgivi... Starting Bid $200
49. President William McKinley Begins the Evacuation of Spanish Force... Starting Bid $200
50. Barack Obama Signed Book Starting Bid $200
51. Barack Obama Signed Book Starting Bid $200
52. Barack Obama Signature Starting Bid $200
53. Barack Obama Handwritten Notes on 1996 Check Stub Starting Bid $200
54. Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Signed Book Starting Bid $200
55. Eleanor Roosevelt Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
56. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (2) Signatures Starting Bid $200
57. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President on Ohio Da... Starting Bid $200
58. Theodore Roosevelt Signed 1900 Gridiron Club Menu as Governor of ... Starting Bid $200
59. Harry S. Truman: 'Dewey Defeats Truman' Chicago Tribune Newspaper... Starting Bid $200
60. Harry S. Truman Early Signed Check (1925) Starting Bid $200
61. Donald Trump Signed $100 Dollar Bill Starting Bid $200
62. Donald Trump Presidential Jewelry Gifts: Cufflinks and Lapel Pin Starting Bid $200
63. Martin Van Buren Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
64. George Washington: The Gentleman's Magazine (June 1776) Starting Bid $200
65. George Washington: The 66. George Washington: The Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (August 1775) (September 1775) Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
67. President Woodrow Wilson Avoids a National Railroad Strike, Estab... Starting Bid $200
89. John F. Kennedy Massive Literature Collection of (300+) Items Starting Bid $200
118. Lee Harvey Oswald (2) Photographs Starting Bid $200
125. Zapruder: Bell & Howell 126. Jacqueline Kennedy Model 414PD Director Signed Limited Edition Series Zoomatic Movi... Book – One Special Summ... Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
127. John F. Kennedy: Collection of Quotes Gathered by Evelyn Lincoln ... Starting Bid $200
128. John F. Kennedy: Signature Collection of (100 +) Notable Associate... Starting Bid $200
129. John F. Kennedy (5) Magazines Starting Bid $200
130. John F. Kennedy's Paperclips and Rubber Bands from Oval Office De... Starting Bid $200
131. John F. Kennedy: Original Press Release of 'The New Frontier' 196... Starting Bid $200
132. John F. Kennedy: (6) Original Vintage Photographs of Kennedy Chil... Starting Bid $200
133. John F. Kennedy (8) Original Vintage Photographs at Los Angeles A... Starting Bid $200
134. John F. Kennedy (5) Family Photographs Starting Bid $200
135. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Group of (25) Photographs a... Starting Bid $100
136. John F. Kennedy: Texas Welcome Dinner Ticket (November 22, 1963) Starting Bid $200
137. John F. Kennedy: Souvenir Copy of Last Will and Testament Signed ... Starting Bid $200
138. Jacqueline Kennedy and Kennedy Women (5) Multi-Signed FDC Starting Bid $200
139. Kennedy Assassination (3) Early Tape and Film Recordings Starting Bid $200
140. NBC Complete Coverage Reference Book for the Assassination and Fu... Starting Bid $200
141. Kennedy Assassination: Dallas Market Center Press Folder with Tex... Starting Bid $200
142. Kennedy Assassination 143. Kennedy (5) Partial Dallas Assassination: Dealey Plaza Newspapers (2) Original Photographs Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
144. Kennedy Assassination: J. D. Tippit (7) Original Crime Scene Phot... Starting Bid $200
145. Kennedy Assassination: James Leavelle Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
146. Kennedy Assassination: Piece of Window Glass from the Texas Schoo... Starting Bid $200
147. Kennedy Assassination: White House East Room Black Cambric (12˝ x... Starting Bid $200
148. Lee Harvey Oswald Autopsy Photograph Starting Bid $200
149. Lee Harvey Oswald (3) Original Photographs Starting Bid $200
150. Jack Ruby TwiceSigned Document Starting Bid $200
151. Jack Ruby TwiceSigned Document Starting Bid $200
152. Jack Ruby TwiceSigned Document Starting Bid $200
153. Edward Van Sloan Autograph Letter Signed on JFK's Funeral Starting Bid $200
161. Winston Churchill Signed Photograph by Vivienne of London Starting Bid $200
188. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed: "My works on anthrax have ... Starting Bid $200
193. Sigmund Freud Signature Starting Bid $300
199. Apple: Steve
200. Apple: Steve
201. Apple: Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (2) Signed Items – Replica ... Starting Bid $200
Wozniak and Ronald Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (2) Signed Items Wayne (2) Signed Items – Oversize... – Oversize...
202. John Barrow (2) Documents Signed Starting Bid $200
203. David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
204. Otto von Bismarck Document Signed Starting Bid $200
205. Niels Bohr Signed 'Pictorial Biography' Book Starting Bid $200
206. William Jennings Bryan Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $100
207. Warren Buffett Signature Starting Bid $200
208. David Buick Signed Buick Oil Company Stock Certificate Starting Bid $200
209. Fidel Castro Signed 1990 Invitation – 'Justice must be true' Starting Bid $200
210. Fidel Castro Document Signed Starting Bid $200
211. Vint Cerf (3) Signed Items – Photograph and Sketches Starting Bid $200
212. DeWitt Clinton Document Signed (1822) Starting Bid $200
213. Jacques Cousteau Signature Starting Bid $100
214. Dalai Lama Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
215. Charles Darwin Signature with Handwritten Valediction Starting Bid $300
216. DNA: James D. Watson Signed Limited Edition Book – The Double Hel... Starting Bid $200
217. DNA: James D. Watson Signed Limited Edition Book – Avoid Boring P... Starting Bid $200
218. John H. Eaton Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $100
219. Thomas Edison Handwritten Notes Starting Bid $200
220. Elizabeth, Queen Mother Signed Christmas Card (1991) Starting Bid $200
221. Elizabeth, Queen Mother Signed Christmas Card (1969) Starting Bid $200
223. Alexandra Feodorovna Autograph Note Signed Starting Bid $200
224. Franz Ferdinand Signature Starting Bid $200
225. Indira Gandhi Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
226. Giuseppe Garibaldi Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
227. Bill Gates Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
228. Bill Gates Signed Book – The Road Ahead Starting Bid $200
229. Germaine de Foix Document Signed Starting Bid $200
230. J. Paul Getty (2) Signed Checks Starting Bid $200
231. Emma Goldman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
232. Martin Heidegger Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
233. Theodor Herzl Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
234. Edmund Hillary Signed Collector's Edition Book – High Adventure Starting Bid $200
235. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed Commemorative Cover Starting Bid $200
236. J. Edgar Hoover Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
237. Johns Hopkins Document Signed Starting Bid $200
238. Helen Keller Signature Starting Bid $200
239. Joseph P. Kennedy (2) Signed Items – Typed Letter and Signature Starting Bid $200
240. Robert F. Kennedy Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
241. Coretta Scott King Signed Book Starting Bid $200
242. King Charles III Typed Letter Signed to Jimmy Savile Starting Bid $200
243. King Charles III Autograph Letter Signed to Jimmy Savile on the R... Starting Bid $200
244. King George III Document Signed Starting Bid $200
245. King George III Signature Starting Bid $200
246. King George IV Signature Starting Bid $200
247. King George IV Signature Starting Bid $100
248. King George V and
249. King Philip II of Spain Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
250. King William IV Document Signed Starting Bid $200
Mary of Teck (2) Oversized Portrait Photographs
251. King William IV Signature Starting Bid $100
252. Guglielmo Marconi Signature Starting Bid $200
253. Samuel Maverick Autograph Document Signed Twice Starting Bid $200
254. Mother Teresa Autograph Quotation Signed Starting Bid $200
255. Daniel O'Connell Signed Free Frank Starting Bid $200
256. Rosa Parks Signed Book Starting Bid $200
257. Andrew Ponton Autograph Document Signed Starting Bid $200
258. Princess Diana HandAddressed Mailing Envelope Starting Bid $200
259. Princess Grace and Prince Rainier Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
260. Queen Elizabeth II Document Signed Starting Bid $200
261. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card (1957) Starting Bid $200
262. Queen Victoria Document Signed Starting Bid $200
263. Nathan Mayer Rothschild Document Signed Starting Bid $200
264. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Document Signed Starting Bid $200
265. John Selman Document Signed Twice Starting Bid $200
266. William Seward Autograph Letter Signed to Historian Benson Lossin... Starting Bid $200
267. Margaret Thatcher Signed Limited Edition Book – The Downing Stree... Starting Bid $200
268. Titanic: Millvina Dean, Eva Hart, and Edith Haisman Signed Limite... Starting Bid $100
269. Titanic: Millvina Dean (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
270. Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
271. Henry Wells and William Fargo Signed American Express Company Sto... Starting Bid $200
272. Felix Yusupov Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
291. 14th Illinois Cavalry: J. W. January (Amputee) Cabinet Photograph Starting Bid $100
292. Battleship Oregon: Wooden Relic Gavel Starting Bid $200
293. Civil War Collection of (39) Michigan State Reunion Badges and Ri... Starting Bid $200
294. Civil War: Union 'Housewife' Sewing Kit Starting Bid $100
295. George A. Custer Hand- 296. Jefferson Davis HandAddressed Mailing Addressed Cover to Wife as Envelope Prisoner of War Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
297. Stephen Decatur Signature with Partial ALS from Stephen Decatur, ... Starting Bid $200
298. George Dewey Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $100
299. William J. 'Wild Bill' Donovan Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
300. Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
301. Douglas MacArthur Document Signed (1935) Starting Bid $200
302. Hugues-Bernard Maret
Signed Invitation to Napoleon's Coronation
303. George C. Marshall Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
304. Chester W. Nimitz Oversized Twice-Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
305. Eddie Rickenbacker Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $100
306. John Sedgwick Cartede-Visite Photograph Starting Bid $100
307. Arthur St. Clair Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed ... Starting Bid $200
308. John Sullivan Letter Signed (1778) Starting Bid $200
309. Union Soldier's Children Tintype Carried in War Starting Bid $100
310. Anthony Wayne Revolutionary War-Dated Document Signed Starting Bid $200
311. Duke of Wellington Signed Free Frank Starting Bid $200
312. WWII Japanese Binoculars with Case Starting Bid $100
313. WWII: Far East Air Service Command Award of Merit and Photographs Starting Bid $100
314. Sgt. Alvin C. York Signature Starting Bid $200
316. Charles Lindbergh Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
317. Chuck Yeager Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
322. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
323. Bill Anders Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
324. Apollo 10 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
325. Apollo 10 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
326. Apollo 11 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
327. Apollo 12 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
328. Apollo 12 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
329. Apollo 12 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
330. Apollo 13 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
331. Apollo 13 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
332. Apollo 13 Multi-Signed 'Change of Shift Briefings and Press Confe... Starting Bid $200
333. Apollo 13 Flown Lunar Module Netting with CrewSigned Certificate Starting Bid $200
334. Apollo 13 (3) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
335. Apollo 13: James Lovell and Fred Haise (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
336. Apollo 14 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
337. Apollo 14 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
338. Apollo 14: Edgar Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa (2) Signed Photogra... Starting Bid $200
339. Apollo 15 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
340. Apollo 15: Dave Scott and Al Worden (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
341. Apollo 16 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
342. Apollo 16 Descartes Landing Site Preliminary Map – From the Famil... Starting Bid $200
343. Apollo 16 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
346. Apollo 7 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
347. Apollo 7 Signed Recovery Photograph Starting Bid $200
348. Apollo 7 (3) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
349. Apollo 7 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
351. Apollo 8 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
352. Apollo 8: Frank Borman and James Lovell (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
353. Apollo 9 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
354. Apollo 9: Jim McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart (2) Signed Photograp... Starting Bid $200
344. Apollo 16: Charlie Duke 345. Apollo 17: Gene Cernan and Ken Mattingly (2) and Ron Evans (2) Signed Signed Photographs Photographs Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
355. Apollo Astronauts (13) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
356. Apollo-Soyuz Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
357. Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
358. Astronauts MultiSigned (12) Book – 'Exploring Space with a Camer... Starting Bid $200
359. Charles Bassett Signature Starting Bid $200
360. Frank Borman Oversized Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
361. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
362. Yuri Gagarin Signature Starting Bid $200
363. Yuri Gagarin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
364. Yuri Gagarin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
365. Gemini 'Earth Photographs' Book Signed by (10) Astronauts Starting Bid $200
366. Gemini Astronauts (3) Signed Book: Gordon Cooper, Charles Conrad,... Starting Bid $200
367. Gemini 6 and 7 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
368. Gemini 7 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
369. Gemini: James Lovell and Jim McDivitt (3) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
370. Robert Gilruth Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
371. John Glenn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
372. Jim Irwin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
373. Chris Kraft Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
374. Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
375. Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
376. Alexei Leonov Signed Print Starting Bid $200
377. Jack Lousma Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
378. James Lovell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
379. Apollo 9 Flown 'Terminal Phase Initiation' Data Card – From the C... Starting Bid $200
380. Mercury: John Glenn, Wally Schirra, and Scott Carpenter (4) Signe... Starting Bid $200
381. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
382. Moonwalkers Complete Set of (12) Signed and Uninscribed Photograp... Starting Bid $500
383. Moonwalkers (6) Signed Photographs – All Uninscribed Starting Bid $200
384. Moonwalkers (8) Signed Books Starting Bid $200
385. Stuart A. Roosa Family Collection: Lot of (4) Fra Mauro Lunar Cha... Starting Bid $200
386. Apollo 14 'Crew Copy' Lunar Surface Visual Test Training Binder w... Starting Bid $200
387. Elliot See Signature Starting Bid $100
388. Alan Shepard Signed Book Starting Bid $200
389. Skylab Prime Crews (3) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
390. Skylab 1 Oversized Original Photograph Starting Bid $200
391. Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronauts Collection of (48) Signed Pho... Starting Bid $200
392. Space Shuttle and Skylab Astronauts (50+) Multi-Signed Retirement... Starting Bid $200
393. STS-1 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
394. Jack Swigert Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
395. X-15 Pilots MultiSigned Photograph Starting Bid $200
396. John Young Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
400. Joan Miro Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
407. Auguste Rodin Signed Photographic Print – 'Daphnis et Lycénion' Starting Bid $200
409. Ansel Adams Signed Book – Yosemite and the Range of Light Starting Bid $200
410. Artists (10) Signed Items with O'Keeffe, Hockney, and Dali Starting Bid $200
411. Francoise Gilot (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
412. Henri Matisse Signature Starting Bid $200
413. Claude Monet: Letter to Monet on Manet's 'Olympia' Starting Bid $200
414. LeRoy Neiman (4) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
415. Norman Rockwell Signature Starting Bid $200
416. Auguste Rodin Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
428. Happy production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Starting Bid $300
429. Snow White rough production drawing from Snow White and the Seven... Starting Bid $300
431. Mel Blanc Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
432. Walt Disney: (2) Early Mickey Mouse Books Starting Bid $200
433. Edgar Rice Burroughs (6) Books with Tarzan First Editions Starting Bid $200
451. Raymond Chandler Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
452. Cocktail and Bartending Books (5) Starting Bid $200
453. Roald Dahl Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
454. Charles Dickens Signature – Early Example Starting Bid $200
455. T. S. Eliot Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
456. Erle Stanley Gardner Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
457. Zane Grey Lengthy Autograph Letter Signed to His Son, Romer Starting Bid $200
458. Hermann Hesse (2) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
459. Jack London: White Fang (First Edition) Starting Bid $200
460. Jack London: The Scarlet Plague (First Edition) Starting Bid $100
461. Jack London: Before Adam (First Edition) Starting Bid $100
462. Jack London: A Son of the Sun (First Edition) Starting Bid $100
463. Thomas Mann Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
464. Cormac McCarthy Signed First Edition Book – The Passenger Starting Bid $200
465. John Stuart Mill Signature Starting Bid $200
466. A. A. Milne: The Christopher Robin Story Book (First Edition) Starting Bid $100
467. Samuel Pepys Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
468. Ayn Rand Typed Letter Signed on The Fountainhead Starting Bid $200
469. Maurice Renard: New Bodies for Old (First American Edition) Starting Bid $100
470. Margaret and H. A. Rey: Curious George Goes to the Hospital (Firs... Starting Bid $200
471. J. K. Rowling Signed Book Starting Bid $200
472. J. K. Rowling Signed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – Firs... Starting Bid $200
473. Salman Rushdie (2) Signed Books – Fury and The Enchantress of Flo... Starting Bid $200
474. Carl Sandburg Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
475. Dr. Seuss: And to Think 476. Harriet Beecher Stowe: That I Saw It on Mulberry Uncle Tom's Cabin (Early Street (First E... Printing) Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
477. Harriet Beecher Stowe: Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (Fi... Starting Bid $200
478. Jules Verne: An Antarctic Mystery (First American Edition) Starting Bid $200
479. Jules Verne: Lakeside Library Collection of Dime Novels Starting Bid $200
480. Jules Verne: Tour of the World in 80 Days (Early American Printin... Starting Bid $100
481. Jules Verne: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Unauthorized E... Starting Bid $100
482. Jules Verne (3) Early American Editions Starting Bid $100
483. Writers and Artists Autograph Album with (30+) Signatures Starting Bid $200
485. Charles Gounod Autograph Musical Quotation Signed for 'There is a... Starting Bid $200
499. Elvis Presley Ticket for 'Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii' (January 14, ... Starting Bid $200
501. Rolling Stones Vintage Signatures Starting Bid $200
503. Georges Bizet Signature Starting Bid $200
504. Enrico Caruso Signed Sketch Starting Bid $200
505. Pablo Casals Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid $200
506. Pablo Casals Autograph Letter Signed (8 pages) Starting Bid $200
507. Claude Debussy TwiceSigned Form Letter Supporting the Protection... Starting Bid $200
508. Leo Delibes Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $100
509. Henri Duparc Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
510. Jascha Heifetz Signature Starting Bid $100
511. Erich Wolfgang Korngold Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
512. Jules Massenet (4) : Autograph Letters Signed (3) + Autograph Let... Starting Bid $200
513. Jules Massenet Signed Photograph with Autograph Musical Quotation... Starting Bid $200
514. Maurice Ravel Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
515. Camille Saint-Saens Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
516. Lorenz Hart Signature Starting Bid $200
517. John Lee Hooker Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
518. Glenn Miller Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
519. Charles Mingus Quintet Signatures Starting Bid $200
520. John Philip Sousa Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
521. Weather Report Signatures Starting Bid $200
522. AC/DC Original 1977 Electric Circus Concert Poster Starting Bid $200
523. Beatles 1966 Suffolk Downs Concert Ticket Starting Bid $200
524. Beatles: Ringo Starr Signature Starting Bid $200
526. Bon Jovi Signed Album Flat Starting Bid $200
527. David Bowie Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
528. David Bowie Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
529. David Bowie Signature Starting Bid $200
530. Kate Bush Signed Album Starting Bid $200
531. The Cars Signed Album Starting Bid $200
532. Phil Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
533. Deep Purple Signed 1991 Slaves and Masters Tour Book Starting Bid $200
534. Dire Straits Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
535. Eagles: Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey (2) Signed Items Starting Bid $200
536. Genesis Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
537. Genesis Signed 1980 Tour Book Starting Bid $200
525. Beatles: Klaus
Voormann (2) Signed Revolver CD Booklets Starting Bid $200
538. Grand Funk Railroad 1971 Germany Poster Starting Bid $200
539. Jerry Lee Lewis Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
540. Moody Blues Signatures Starting Bid $200
541. Moody Blues Signed Concert Poster Starting Bid $200
542. Moody Blues Signed Tour Book Starting Bid $200
543. Pearl Jam Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
544. The Pretenders Signed Album Starting Bid $200
545. REO Speedwagon Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
546. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts Signed Magazine ... Starting Bid $200
547. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Signed Album Starting Bid $200
548. Supertramp Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
549. Woodstock Three-Day Admission Ticket PSA MINT 9 Starting Bid $200
550. Frank Zappa Signed Album Starting Bid $200
551. Whitney Houston Signed Album Starting Bid $200
552. Whitney Houston Signature - PSA MINT 9 Starting Bid $200
553. Nicolette Larson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
554. Taylor Swift Signed CD Booklet – Evermore Starting Bid $200
571. Academy Award Winners (7) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
572. Classic Actors (20) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
573. Actors and Actresses Autograph Album with (70) Signatures Starting Bid $200
574. Classic Actresses (36) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
575. Julie Andrews Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
576. Fred Astaire Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
577. Josephine Baker Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
578. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (2) Signed Checks Starting Bid $200
579. Jack Benny Program Multi-Signed Television Script (1948) Starting Bid $200
580. Ingrid Bergman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
581. Ingrid Bergman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
582. Ingrid Bergman Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
583. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Signatures Starting Bid $200
584. Anthony Bourdain Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
585. Mel Brooks Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
586. Billie Burke Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
587. John Candy Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
588. Comedie Francaise Multi-Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
589. Bette Davis Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
590. Olivia de Havilland Typed Letter Signed on Errol Flynn Starting Bid $200
592. James Dean Original Oversized Photographic Print by Roy Schatt Starting Bid $200
593. James Dean Original Oversized Photographic Print by Roy Schatt Starting Bid $200
594. James Dean Original Oversized Photographic Print by Roy Schatt Starting Bid $200
595. Marlene Dietrich Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
596. Everybody Loves Raymond Multi-Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
597. Victor Fleming Signature Starting Bid $200
598. William Frawley Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
599. Jonathan Frid Signed Photograph for Dark Shadows Starting Bid $200
600. Clark Gable Signed Oversized Photograph from Honky Tonk Starting Bid $200
601. Clark Gable Signed Check Starting Bid $200
602. Clark Gable Signature Starting Bid $100
603. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph as Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady... Starting Bid $200
604. Alfred Hitchcock Original Sketch Starting Bid $200
605. Buster Keaton Signature Starting Bid $200
606. Laurel and Hardy Signatures Starting Bid $200
607. Gone With the Wind: Vivien Leigh Signed Photograph as Scarlett O'... Starting Bid $200
608. Vivien Leigh Signature Starting Bid $200
609. Vivien Leigh Signed Playbill – Tovarich (1963) Starting Bid $200
610. Carole Lombard Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
611. Magic: Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (First American Edition) Starting Bid $100
612. Magic: Professor Hoffmann (2) Books Starting Bid $200
613. Magic: The Magician's Own Book (First Edition, 1857) Starting Bid $200
614. Jayne Mansfield Signature - PSA GEM MT 10 Starting Bid $200
615. Dean Martin Collateral Note Signed for $250,000 Starting Bid $200
616. Dean Martin Signature Starting Bid $200
617. Marx Brothers Signatures Starting Bid $200
618. Midnight Cowboy: Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
619. Robert Mitchum Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
620. Marilyn Monroe Original Oversized Photographic Print by Roy Schat... Starting Bid $200
621. Marilyn Monroe Original Oversized Photographic Print by Roy Schat... Starting Bid $200
622. Marilyn Monroe Original Photographic Print by Roy Schatt Starting Bid $200
623. Richard Pryor Signature Starting Bid $100
624. Basil Rathbone Rare Signed Oversized Photograph as Sherlock Holme... Starting Bid $200
625. Robert Redford Signed Photograph for Downhill Racer Starting Bid $200
626. Gottfried Reinhardt Typed Letter Signed to George Cukor Starting Bid $100
627. Fred Rogers Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
628. Sherlock Holmes: Dennis Hoey Signed Program – Great Expectations ... Starting Bid $100
629. Frank Sinatra Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
630. Frank Sinatra Signed 1980 London Program Starting Bid $200
631. Frank Sinatra and Friends Signed 1944 Golden Gloves Boxing Progra... Starting Bid $200
632. Star Wars: Alec
633. Barbra Streisand Signed Photograph from What's Up, Doc? Starting Bid $200
634. Tár (4) Signed Limited Edition Prints with Soundtrack Album Starting Bid $200
Guinness Signature Starting Bid $200
635. Elizabeth Taylor Early Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
636. Robert Taylor Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $100
637. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift Signed Candid Photograph Starting Bid $200
639. Three Stooges: Ted Healy Signature Starting Bid $200
640. Frank Tuttle Original Sketch Starting Bid $100
641. John Wayne Signed 642. Wizard of Oz: American Airlines Pamphlet Munchkins (10) Multi-Signed for the 1952 Republi... Photograph Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
638. The Thin Man: Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich Signatures Starting Bid $100
643. 1909-11 T206 Carl 644. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (10) 645. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (10) 646. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (18) Lundgren (Kansas City) with Baseball Cards with Baseball Cards with Baseball Cards with El Principe de Gale... Sovereign and El Pri... Sovereign Backs Sovereign Backs Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
647. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (20) 648. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (25) with El Principe de Gales with HOFer Joe Kelley Backs, incl. J... Starting Bid $200 Starting Bid $200
649. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (3) HOFers - PSA GOOD 2 and GOOD+ 2.5 Starting Bid $200
650. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (3) HOFers with El Principe de Gales Backs - ... Starting Bid $200
651. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (40) with El Principe de Gales Backs Starting Bid $200
652. 1909-11 T206 Lot of (8) with El Principe de Gales Backs, with (3)... Starting Bid $200
653. 1909-11 T206 Sovereign Lot of (2) HOFers - PSA VG 3 and VG+ 3.5 Starting Bid $200
654. 1909-11 T206 Walter Johnson (Hands at Chest) with El Principe de ... Starting Bid $200
655. 1909-12 Tobacco Card Lot of (12) with T202, T206, and E92 Starting Bid $200
656. 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders Lot of (5) with Lajoie and Clarke Starting Bid $200
657. 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Lot of (9) with HOFers Starting Bid $200
658. Baseball Hall of Famers: Mack, Cochrane, and Grove Starting Bid $200
659. Usain Bolt Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
660. Eddie Collins Typed Letter Signed on Waiver Claim Starting Bid $200
661. Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard Signed Print Starting Bid $200
662. Enzo Ferrari Typed Letter Signed to Tazio Nuvolari's Widow on "a ... Starting Bid $200
663. Jack Kearns and Christy Walsh Signed Check Starting Bid $200
664. Sonny Liston Signed Ticket Stub Starting Bid $200
665. Vince Lombardi Typed Letter Signed on Green Bay Packers Letterhea... Starting Bid $200
666. Greater New York Baseball 1903 Stock Certificate Signed by Frank ... Starting Bid $300
667. Jesse Owens Signature Starting Bid $200
668. Branch Rickey Signature Starting Bid $200
669. Sugar Ray Robinson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
670. Tom Yawkey Autograph Letter Signed: "Hope for a pennant soon" Starting Bid $200
671. Cy Young Signature Starting Bid $200
675. Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby (6) Teletype Reports Starting Bid $200
676. John F. Kennedy Assassination (12) Teletype Reports Starting Bid $200
677. John F. Kennedy (6) Original Carswell Air Force Base – November 2... Starting Bid $200
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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. . 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 re-offering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot,
even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 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 further 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 Bid-
der’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.
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
Section 7 Sales Tax
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.
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. The states that are affected are: ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA,RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
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.
If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases.
11.3 Reserves
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%. 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 shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. 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,
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 auction; 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 ”do-not-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 sub-part (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than
the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any 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. 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.
age 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.
(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.
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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:
Section 19 Entire Agreement
(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 authenticity; and (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 dam-
Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer.
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 Massachusetts, 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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