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Notables ................................................................................................................................................3 Military ................................................................................................................................................ 34 Aviation............................................................................................................................................... 41 Space ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Art, Architecture, and Design.............................................................................................................. 44 Comic Art and Animation .....................................................................................................................48 Literature .............................................................................................................................................65 Music ...................................................................................................................................................69 Classic Entertainment .........................................................................................................................84 Sports ..................................................................................................................................................92 Conditions of Sale .............................................................................................................................115
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notables
Declaration of Independence
1. Abraham Clark Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the
Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1726-1794). American Revolution-dated ADS, signed “Abra: Clark,” one page, 7.75 x 7.75, April 23, 1771. Neatly penned resolution concerning a property dispute between Isaac Freeman and his son-in-law Robert Moores regarding the omission of “other goods and effects” such as “the use of bacon, horses, sheep or anything else.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Clark as the arbitrator. In fine condition, with light overall toning. Starting Bid $200
2. Robert Morris Autograph Letter Signed. Important financier
who signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution (1734-1806). ALS signed “R. Morris,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, October 9, 1794. Handwritten letter to his close friend and business partner John Nicholson, regarding the purchase of flour for the North American Land Company, in full: “I wish you would send me an acct (exact) of the flour shipped by your order with the cost of charges that I may include the contract for flour in the settlement of amounts.” In fine condition, with light soiling. Starting Bid $200
American Politicians
Part of Alexander Hamilton’s 1787 handwritten draft for ‘An Act Raising Certain Yearly Taxes’ in New York State
3. Alexander Hamilton Handwritten Manuscript.
Handwritten manuscript by Alexander Hamilton, one page, 8.25 x 12, no date but circa March 1787. The autograph manuscript for pages 21-22 of Hamilton’s third draft of a New York State bill for ‘An Act Raising Certain Yearly Taxes within This State.’ In part: “Assessor shall leave with each possessor of land his or her bailiff Agent or servant or fix up upon some public place of the dwelling house of such possessor of land his or her bailiff agent or servant, if any there be on the premisses a memorandum in writing of the amount of this tax to the end that each person may be prepared in time to pay the same And the said tax shall be payable in the several counties at the respective periods hereinbefore limited for the payment of the tax on inhabited dwelling houses, and in the same proportions, and shall be collected to all intents and purposes within the times and in the manner prescribed for the collection of the said tax on inhabited dwelling houses.” Corner-mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 16 x 20. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing, and professional repairs (and possible complete backing) to repair small areas of paper loss. The balance of Hamilton’s draft is held as part of the Hamilton Papers in the Library of Congress; this leaf was attached to an unrelated document decades ago, and retained by his descendants until 2017. Starting Bid $1500
4. Sanford B. Dole Document Signed. First president of the Republic of Hawaii and founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (1844–1926). Manuscript DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, April 12, 1880. In part: “Know all men that I Sanford B. Dole of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands, the Administrator duly appointed and qualified by the Supreme Court of the said Hawaiian Islands…hereby make, constitute and appoint John Hatch of Portsmouth, of the State of New Hampshire…my true and lawful attorney.” Signed at the conclusion by Dole, and countersigned by diplomat Frank P. Hastings, “F. P. Hastings.” An official certificate from the US Consulate at Honolulu, also signed by Hastings, is tied between the pages with a green ribbon. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Activists and Social Leaders
MLK signs during a 1964 ‘march on the ballot box’ in Cleveland
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature.
Large and desirable ballpoint signature, “Martin Luther King,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 album page, annotated along the top by the collector: “23 October 1964 - Olivet Institutional Baptist Church.” In very fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “NM-MT 8.” One week after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Cleveland on March 23, 1964, for a ‘march on the ballot box’ to encourage participation in the upcoming elections. He appeared at five street-corner rallies, visited two schools, and spoke at Olivet Institutional Church, one of the largest African American congregations in Cleveland. Starting Bid $200
Notorious Figures
Elusive handwritten letter from the ‘Mad Monk,’ beseeching on behalf of a friend in need— “Starving. Help him feel better. Give him a job”
6. Grigori Rasputin Autograph Letter Signed. Exceedingly rare ALS from the Siberian holy man, signed “Rasputin,” one page, 5 x 8, undated but likely dating to the period of his greatest influence, circa 1905-1916. Penned in bold fountain pen, the letter is scrawled in his usual broken Russian and reads, in full (translated): “My dear, I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Starving. Help him feel better. Give him a job.” Rasputin has drawn a cross at the top of the letter, a mark suggesting that he is a mouthpiece of God. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, and scattered small stains. Letters and autographs of the Russian mystic are rare in any format, and most examples found are signed with his first name only. This example, fully handwritten and punctuated with his notorious surname, is of the utmost desirability. Grigori Rasputin remains among the most coveted of all the Russian autographs. Starting Bid $5000
Businessmen
8. William Fargo Signed Stock Certificate. Businessman (1818–1881) who co-founded the famous express firm Wells, Fargo & Co., served as president of American Express, and later directed the New York Central and Northern Pacific Railways. Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 11.25 x 7.5, February 3, 1873. Stock certificate for ten shares in the American Express Company issued to Catherine Putnam, signed in ink by Fargo as president, Alex Holland as treasurer, and J. N. Knapp as secretary. Beautifully matted and framed with a portrait and biographical plaque to an overall size of 31 x 23. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
9. J. Pierpont Morgan Document Signed. Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Pierpont Morgan,” one page, 13.5 x 9.5, June 30, 1886. First mortgage bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company in the amount of $1000, endorsed on the reverse by J. P. Morgan and H. C. Fahnestock as trustees. Bound at the left edge with five pages of the original coupons, with 199 of 200 still present. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
10. John D. Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler Signed Stock Certificate. Partly-printed DS, signed “J. D. Rock-
efeller” and “H. M. Flagler,” one page, 12 x 7.75, May 10, 1880. Stock certificate for 100 shares in Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust issued to W. C. Andrews, signed at the conclusion by John D. Rockefeller as president, Henry M. Flagler as secretary, and Joel Francis Freeman as treasurer. Endorsed on the reverse by Andrews to transfer the shares to Charles W. Harkness. The original receipt remains attached to the left edge. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
11. Nathan Mayer Rothschild Document
Signed. European Jewish financier (1777–1836) who founded his family’s famous banking dynasty and handled Allied loans for the campaign against Napoleon. Rothschild helped to ensure Britain’s preeminence as a financial market when bonds he handled as an investment banker were denominated in sterling and the interest made payable to London in pounds. Among the powers availing themselves of the new arrangements was Czarist Russia, which floated a loan for £3,500,000 in 1822. Partly-printed DS, in Russian, English, and French, signed “N. Rothschild,” one page, 9 x 14, March 1, 1822. Russian imperial bond for 960 rubles, signed in the upper right margin in ink by Rothschild. Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 23 x 20.5. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and light stains along the central vertical fold from apparent old tape repairs on the back. Starting Bid $200
Scientists and Inventors
An Edison family heirloom, dedicated to their “darling daughter”
12. Thomas Edison Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish
7.5 x 7.25 photo of Thomas and Mina Edison together in his study, matted to an overall size of 12 x 13.5, boldly signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain pen by Thomas Edison, “To our darling daughter Madeleine, Father and Mother.” Also lightly signed in pencil by the photographer, “George Higgins.” The mat and photograph are detached from the backing due to dried adhesive, but could be easily repaired; otherwise in fine condition, with a small corner bump, and some trivial foxing, to the mat. Starting Bid $200
‘Why I am an Optimist’— compelling 1932 article draft by Einstein on the state of humanity and the individual— “No man can find his own soul until he strikes a balance in the account between himself and society at large”
13. Albert Einstein Signed Typed Manuscript Draft.
Typed draft of an article entitled “The Individual and the Collective Community. Professor Albert Einstein tells Why I am an Optimist,” signed at the top of the first page in black ink, “Albert Einstein. 15. XI. 32,” six pages, 8.75 x 11.25. The content of this manuscript was later published as the article, ‘Why Civilization Will Not Crash,’ which was featured in the August 12, 1933 issue of Liberty Magazine. The text, which bears some corrections in an editorial hand, in part:
“The optimist affirms, the pessimist denies, life. The pessimist, for all his denial, clings as a rule, to the sweet habit of living. Every man at one time or another asks himself Hamlet’s immortal question ‘To be or not to be.’ If he decides that being is on the whole preferable to not-being he is an optimist, even if he quotes Schopenhauer of the Biblical adage that all is vanity.
I am an optimist.
I affirm life because, whatever may be the destiny of dissolving suns and dissolving universes, there is such a thing as progress and evolution in the cycle of the human species, however brief its existence may be measured in astronomical terms.
I am an optimist in spite of Depression, Famine, Dissatisfaction and the rebirth of Militarism, the Four Riders of the New Apocalypse riding in the bloody train of the World War.” In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. A full transcript of the draft can be found online. Starting Bid $1000
Einstein develops a new mathematical formalism for General Relativity
14. Albert Einstein Handwritten Scientific
Manuscript. Significant page of a handwritten scientific manuscript by Albert Einstein, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1943. A superb example of Einstein’s creative process and working method, exploring the application of bivector fields to the tensor equations of General Relativity. Bivectorial mathematics deals with the possibility of operationally viewing a field as a composite product of two vectors. At the time of this manuscript’s composition, Einstein was just beginning his efforts to generalize the relativistic theory of gravitation into a fuller unified system of equations integrating electromagnetic field theory. This project of unification and Unified Field Theory would preoccupy Einstein for the remainder of his life, and the present autograph is accordingly to be understood as one of the earliest extant specimens of Einstein’s final approach to Unified Field Theory. Einstein is clearly moving in uncharted waters here, his grasp on the material tentative and the movements subject to reversal and revision—Einstein here striking through an entire sequence of meticulously articulated equations and redrafting sentences even as he is putting pen to paper.
Einstein published two articles on bivector fields in 1944: Bivector Fields I dealt with symmetric field components and Bivector Fields II dealt with antisymmetric components (defined with relation to the affine connection). Submitted simultaneously for publication in 1943, they are Einstein’s only Unified Field Theory papers to appear during World War II. As Einstein himself explained in these papers, his prior attempts at Unified Field had failed because he attempted to change only a single basis for the theory (e.g. by adding a higher spatial dimensionality) whereas Einstein came to realize that ‘a decisive modification of the fundamental concepts is unavoidable.’ Departing therefore from a strict Riemannian metric, Einstein indicates that ‘we have found new concepts and relations which from a logical viewpoint seem simple and natural enough to be of interest.’ But Einstein cautioned, ‘whether we have succeeded in the solution of this physical problem is still uncertain.’
Einstein’s two articles on Bivector Fields were published in English in the Annals of Mathematics. The articles were originally written in German and translated by Einstein’s assistant Bergmann. The Library of Congress contains the finished manuscripts of the two articles. Only a handful of leaves like the present representing early states of the article are known to have survived, and they are of the greatest rarity in private hands. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
Scarce handwritten prescription by the creator of homeopathy
15. Samuel Hahnemann Autograph Letter Signed. Ger-
man physician best known for creating a system of alternative medicine called homeopathy (1755-1843). Rare ALS in French, signed “S. Hahnemann,” one page, 3.75 x 6, January 3, 1842. Handwritten prescription to a lady, in part (translated): “I ask you to have the child that is ill breathe the small bottle at the right time just a little and to observe his reaction as you use to do so carefully. If you have to make the child breathe another day the same small bottle please do not forget to shake it five or six times before the respiration...P.S. Your servant will bring me back the small bottle (ant.CR.)” In fine condition. Rare and important medical instructions from the creator of homeopathy. Starting Bid $300
German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowledge. ALS in German, signed “A. v. Humboldt,” one page, 7.25 x 7.5, February 2, 1840. Untranslated handwritten letter by the great naturalist. Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in very good condition, with scattered staining and several small repaired edge tears. Starting Bid $200
Intellectuals
17. Sigmund Freud Hand-Addressed Envelope. Hand-addressed mailing envelope imprinted “Prof. Dr. Freud” on the flap, 6.25 x 5, addressed by Freud to “Mr. le Docteur T. Schnierer, Paris, 34 Avenue de Wagram.” Postmarked at Hampstead, August 16, 1938. In good to very good condition, with creasing, tears, paper loss, and a piece of clear tape touching the first letter of the addressee. Freud moved to England in the last years of his life, establishing a home and office at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, North London; this envelope is dated only 70 days after his arrival in London on June 6th. Starting Bid $200
18. Carl Jung Signed Photograph. Vintage glossy 5 x 7
silver gelatin photo of Carl Jung seated and writing at his desk, affixed to its original 8 x 9.75 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “C. G. Jung.” In fine condition. A superb signed portrait of the esteemed Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at work in his study. Starting Bid $200
Religious Figures
Rare 1514 pay order for wine and habiliments of war signed by Henry VIII’s ‘alter rex,’ Thomas Wolsey
19. King Henry VIII: Thomas Wolsey Document
Signed. English statesman and Catholic bishop (1473–1530) who served as almoner to King Henry VIII and was made Lord Chancellor, the king’s chief adviser, in 1515. In that role, he was the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state, and was often depicted as an alter rex (‘other king’). After failing to negotiate an annulment of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Wolsey fell out of favor, was stripped of his government titles, and brought up on charges of treason. Exceedingly rare manuscript DS, signed “Thomas Wulcy,” one page, 7 x 8.5, November 25, 1513. Privy Council warrant ordering “Daunce,” John Dauntesey, to make payments in Flanders to Richard Fermour and William Brown, Merchants of the Staple at Calais, of £1000 to be paid to William Copland for the purchase of “artillerye and other habilymentes of Warre” and a further £1000 to be paid to Alan Kyng “for provision of Wyne for the kynges use.” Signed below in ink by five members of the Privy Council: Thomas Wolsey as Cardinal and Archbishop of York; Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk; Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester; Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester; and and Sir Thomas Lovell. A receipt by Fermour and Brown, dated December 6, 1513, is penned on the lower half of the document. Endorsed on the reverse, “ex[aminat]ur p[er] Dalison” [examined by George Dalison, Auditor of the Exchequer]. In very good to fine condition, with an incorrect date notation at the head, two trimmed edges, a few minor pencil notations, and circular adhesive remnants from a removed Ray Rawlins Collection label to the lower left corner.
Provenance: illustrated in full in The Guinness Book of World Autographs by Rawlins (1977, p. 241), and included in the auction of the Rawlins Collection by Sotheby’s in June 1980.
Penned in the time of the Anglo-French War (1512-1514), this document is an example of Wolsey’s wide-ranging influence and his abilities to keep English troops supplied and wellequipped. One of the recipients, Richard Fermor, was given a share in the contract for victualing the royal army during the Tournai Campaign of 1513, and he exported large quantities of wheat, flour, beer barrels, cannonballs, harness, and saltpetre. Wolsey would have a key role in negotiating the Anglo-French Treaty of 1514, which secured a temporary peace between the two nations. Starting Bid $1000
Rare 1514 letter by the protector of Martin Luther
20. Martin Luther: Frederick III the Wise, Elector of
Saxony. Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther. As one of Luther’s most powerful early defenders, Frederick successfully protected him from the Holy Roman Emperor, the Pope, and other hostile figures. He secured Luther’s safe passage to and from the Diet of Worms, and subsequently staged Luther’s abduction to ensure his return to Wittenberg. A lifelong Roman Catholic, Frederick’s actions were borne not out of religious conviction but from his personal belief in a fair trial and the rule of law; he is said to have converted to Lutheranism on his deathbed. Extremely rare ALS in German, one page, 8 x 12, 1514. Untranslated handwritten letter by Frederick the Wise. In very good to fine condition, with a few small edge tears, light soiling, and mounting remnants along a reverse edge. Starting Bid $200
21. Pope Pius X Signed Photograph. Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in
1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophies, he became, in 1954, the first pope to be elevated to sainthood since Pius V in 1712. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 8.5 full-length photo by d’Alessandri of Rome, affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Pius PP. X,” with a sentiment in Latin written above the signature in another hand and a photographer’s stamp to left side of image. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, and silvering to the darker areas of the photo. Starting Bid $200
World Leaders
22. Letizia Bonaparte Autograph Letter Signed. Mother
of Napoleon Bonaparte (1750–1836) who shared her son’s exile in Elba during 1814. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Mama,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, February 1, 1820. Handwritten letter to one of her granddaughters, which begins “My dear little girl.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, a stain to the upper right corner, and a tear to a blank area. Starting Bid $200
24. Charles de Gaulle Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, April 15, 1962. Handwritten letter to his cousin Marc Lami, in part (translated): “You have done me honour and pleasure. Thank you for this new encouragement.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in the hand of de Gaulle. Starting Bid $200
Scarce oversized portrait of the Vice President of the Republic of China
23. Chen Cheng Signed Photograph. Chinese political and military
leader (1897–1965) who was one of the main National Revolutionary Army commanders during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 12 photo of Chen Cheng, affixed to a 14 x 18 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in ink, and dated August 12, 1961. In very good to fine condition, with light silvering to the image, and minor damage to the edges of the mount, and to the top edge of the photo. Starting Bid $200
25. Jose de Galvez y Gallardo Document Signed. Spanish politician
and lawyer (1720–1787) who served as visitor general of public finance in New Spain, governor of the Council of the Indies, and was one of the main promoters of the Bourbon reforms. In the viceroyalty of New Spain, he established a new General Command, which included the Californias, Nueva Vizcaya, New Mexico and Sonora, later adding Coahuila and Texas. Scarce manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Jph de Galvez,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, September 17, 1777. Addressed from San Ildefonso, an official letter issued to the Governor of Paraguay, in part (translated): “With this letter is given to the viceroy of these Provinces the convenient order to provide that in Paraguay, ruled by you, Sealed Paper should begin to be used as in the rest of the Americas and that by now you will be provided with as much paper as necessary.” Signed at the conclusion by Jose de Galvez y Gallardo. In fine condition, with scattered overall foxing. Starting Bid $200
26. Karl Liebknecht Typed Letter Signed. German
socialist and co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany (1871–1919) who is best known for his opposition to World War I and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. TLS in German, signed “Dr. K. Liebknecht,” one page, 8.25 x 11, August 21, 1901. Untranslated letter to a colleague concerning a legal case. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200 27. Hermann Moll: 1725 World Map. Early circa 1725
color double hemisphere map entitled “A New Map of the World according to the New Observations by H. Moll Geographer,” 13.75 x 8.75, which shows the globe in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment and European imperialism. This fascinating global perspective depicts the latest state of knowledge of the world in the first quarter of the 18th century. The delineation of Europe, South America, and southern Asia is quite sophisticated, and the American West is largely conjectural, featuring California as an island, the most beloved of cartographic misconceptions. New Zealand is pictured as is New Holland, a historical European name for mainland Australia. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Exceedingly rare 1960 autograph of Chairman Mao, signed as he sought to promote the Communist cause in Latin America
28. Mao Tse-tung Signed Invitation. Exceedingly rare
vintage ballpoint signature of Mao Tse-tung on the reverse of a 6.75 x 4.5 Chinese dinner invitation to a Buffet Party hosted by the China-Latin America Friendship Association at the Xinqiao Fandian (Hotel) on Thursday, 27 October 1960 at 6:30 pm, “in order to kindly see off the cultural friendship delegations of Latin American countries.” In fine condition, with minor soiling. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
In 1960, Mao was hard at work cultivating relationships with foreign nations as he planned to develop China from an agrarian economy to a socialist world power. Latin American nations leapt to the forefront of potential partners after the Cuban Communist revolution of 1959. The China-Latin America Friendship Association had been established in Beijing earlier that same year, in March 1960, and soon became the general fortress of cultural infiltration into Latin America. The U.S. diplomat Roy R. Rubottom Jr., who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1957-60), noted that, also in 1960, Mao Zedong appeared to have ‘gone out of his way’ to receive Latin American Communist leaders and to exhort them to give their full backing to the kind of revolution he favored.
Chairman Mao met with multiple Latin American delegations in May 1960, and would go on to host Che Guevara in November. These discussions frequently revolved around the shared struggle against American imperialism, as well as general Communist ideals. As a piece linking Mao to ideological revolutions abroad, this is an extremely desirable and exceptionally rare signature from one of the major political and cultural figures of the 20th century. Starting Bid $10000
29. Walther Rathenau Signed Postcard. Important Ger-
man statesman and socialist leader (1867–1922) who served as foreign minister during the Weimar Republic and initiated the Treaty of Rapallo; he was assassinated by the ultra-nationalist Organisation Council terrorist group. Postcard signed “Dr. W. Rathenau,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, postmarked January 13, 1903. Invitation response card submitted to “Fischer, Verlag” in Berlin, in part (translated): “I will be attending the dinner in honor of Maurice Maeterlinck on January 18th, 7:00 am, in the ‘Hotel Rome.’” In fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the top. Starting Bid $200
The rare general of the Mexican Revolution— our first signed portrait of Pancho Villa
30. Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa Signed Photograph. Extremely rare matte-finish 6.75 x 10.75 photo of Villa in full uniform around the time he was making the autobiographical film The Life of General Villa with D. W. Griffith, prominently signed in ink, “Francisco Villa.” Reverse bears a collector’s notation in pencil, “Given to Maj. Aultman by Villa-1915. They had met while then Maj. Aultman was at Fort Bliss, Texas.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, clipped corner tips, a small repaired tear to top edge, and a fleck of surface loss to the left of the signature. Extremely rare in this format, this is the first signed photograph of the revolutionary we have offered. Starting Bid $500
Royalty
Magnificent consular appointment from Catherine the Great
31. Catherine the Great Document Signed. The most
renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from July 9, 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Manuscript DS in Cyrillic, signed “Ekaterina,” one page, 21 x 14.75, August 8, 1769. An untranslated consular appointment to the papal states, signed prominently at the conclusion by Catherine the Great, and countersigned by Prince Alexander Golitsyn. The lower portion retains the original large white paper seal. Professionally and archivally cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 30 x 24.25; window to frame backing reveals a manuscript translation in Latin. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
32. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Document
Signed. The Duke of Savoy from 1580 until his death in 1630 (born 1562) who was known as the Great and Testa d’feu (or ‘Hothead’), for his rashness and military aggression; both ambitious and confident, Charles pursued a policy of expansion for his duchy, seeking to expand it into a kingdom. Untranslated manuscript DS in Italian, signed “Emmanuel,” one page, 8 x 11.5, May 29, no year. In fine condition, with some seal-related staining. Starting Bid $200
33. Christine Marie of France Document Signed.
Sister of Louis XIII and the Duchess of Savoy by marriage (1606-1663). Manuscript DS in Italian, signed “Christine,” one page, 8.25 x 12, July 1643. Untranslated official document issued to Carlo Filippo Morozzo. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing, toning, and staining to the edges. Starting Bid $200
34. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Document
Signed. Member of the House of Habsburg (1503–1564) who ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 until his death, a reign characterized by conflict with the Ottoman Empire and wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants. Vellum manuscript DS, in German, signed “Ferdinand,” one page, 17.5 x 17, August 18, 1557. Untranslated official document signed at the conclusion by Emperor Ferdinand I. In very good to fine condition, with heavy intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
Rare document signed by Queen Elizabeth I’s French suitor, the Duke of Anjou
35. Francis, Duke of Anjou Document
Signed. Youngest son (1555–1583) of King Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici, remembered for his courtship of Elizabeth I of England; he died of malaria at age 29. Rare vellum manuscript DS, in French, signed “Francoys,” one page, 14.75 x 11.75, August 13, 1583. Untranslated document signed at the conclusion by Francis, Duke of Anjou. The embossed white paper seal affixed to the left side remains intact. In very good condition, with overall wrinkling, scattered soiling, and a few repairs on the reverse. Starting Bid $200
36. Frederick the Great Letter Signed. King of Prussia (born
1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786, whose political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the humanities earned him the sobriquet ‘Frederick the Great.’ LS in German, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, January 6, 1750. Untranslated letter signed by Frederick the Great. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
The Duke of Orleans announces the birth of a son to Queen Anne
37. Gaston, Duke of Orleans Autograph Letter Signed. Third son (1608–1660) of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de’ Medici, and brother of King Louis XIII; remembered for his frequent quarrels with his brother and Cardinal Richelieu. ALS in French, signed “Gaston,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 9, August 17, 1650. Handwritten letter by the Duke of Orleans, announcing to the Queen Regent, Anne of Austria, the birth of a son, and protesting his fidelity towards her. Addressed on the reverse, “A la Reyne.” In fine condition, with minor scattered foxing. The birth of Gaston’s only son, Jean Gaston, Duke of Valois, was greatly celebrated by his older half-sister, Anne Marie Louise, ‘la Grande Mademoiselle,’ who ordered a large fireworks display in Paris to celebrate his birth. The little boy sadly passed away at the age of two at the Palais d’Orléans. Starting Bid $200
38. Henry I, Duke of Guise Document Signed. Valiant nobleman (1550–1588) who became known as Le Balafre (Scarface) after being wounded at the Battle of Dormans in 1575. With a charismatic and brilliant public reputation, he rose to heroic stature among the Catholic population as an opponent of the Huguenots, founding the Catholic League in 1576 to prevent Henry of Navarre from taking the throne. A powerful opponent of Catherine de Medici, he was assassinated by the bodyguards of her son, King Henry III. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Henry de Lorraine,” eight pages on adjoining sheets, 8 x 11.75, no date. Untranslated document signed twice by Henry I, Duke of Guise, and countersigned by several others. In very good to fine condition, with a central horizontal fold, toned edges, and partial splitting to hinge. Starting Bid $200
39. King George VI Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Albert,” three
black-bordered pages, 5 x 8, 145 Piccadilly letterhead, May 29, 1936. Handwritten letter to William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, in part: “Many thanks for your letter suggesting Lonsdale’s house as an alternative to Clarence House. I feel we shall have to go to Clarence House, and there are some advantages to it. The House will have to be thoroughly done up by your department!!” In fine condition. Following the abdication of his brother Edward on December 11, 1936, ‘Bertie’ would assume the throne a little over six months after writing this letter. Starting Bid $200
Rare letter signed in full by King Henry VII, addressed to the great patron of Leonardo da Vinci
40. King Henry VII Letter Signed. King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing of the crown on August 22, 1485, until his death on April 21, 1509, and the first monarch of the House of Tudor. LS in Latin, signed “Henry R,” one page, 11.75 x 10.5, July 14, 1496. Letter to the Italian Renaissance nobleman Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, famed as a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and best remembered as the man who commissioned ‘The Last Supper.’ The letter conveys elaborate pledges of continued friendship and benevolence toward Ludovico and commends to him his envoy Christopher Carbonario. The letter’s body is attractively penned by the King’s Latin Secretary, Pietro Carmeliano, often credited as the man who introduced the italic hand into England. It is prominently signed at the conclusion by King Henry VIII—a rare example of the king’s full signature, as he often signed with only initials. Docketed at the head in Italian in an unidentified 18th-century hand. In fine condition, with some light staining and soiling.
This historic letter was written at a time when Henry VII supported the League of Venice, formed by the Republic of Venice, the Duke of Milan, the King of Naples, Pope Alexander VI, Ferdinand II, and the Emperor Maximilian to keep Charles VII out of Italy. He had also recently signed the ‘Intercursus Magnus,’ or ‘Great Agreement,’ a long-lasting commercial treaty with Duke Philip IV of Burgundy, which was Henry’s most successful diplomatic achievement in terms of the economy. A spectacular and significant letter by the first Tudor king. Starting Bid $1000
King Henry VIII orders lavish collars and leashes for his beloved dogs, plus costumes for the royal leash boys
from 1509 until his death in 1547, remembered for his role in the English Reformation, his six marriages (and his beheaded ex-wives), and his radical changes to the English Constitution. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Henry R,” one page, 11.25 x 7.75, October 30, 1533. Warrant ordering Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver collars and chains for his dogs, and costumes for royal leash-boys John Berwick, Richard Bolton, William Hammond, and Thomas Maxson, each to receive: “oon Dublet of chamlet” (“…any dublet…lyned with fustyan and Canvas…”); “three shyrthendy shyrte…made with draught worke”; “a gowne of fowre brode yardes of woollen cloth…to bee finred with yrisshe lambe”; “thre payre of hosen”; “fowre peyre of doble soled shoes” (or eight pairs of singlesoled); “oon hatte”; “fyve brace of colers”; “fowre cheynes of the best”; and “thre leas[h]es.” In fine condition, with some light creasing and soiling. From Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir: ‘Henry’s favourite pets were his dogs, especially beagles, spaniels and greyhounds; the latter were considered a particularly noble breed. Over the years the King sent hundreds of such dogs, all ‘garnished with a good iron collar’ as gifts to the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France. Henry’s own dogs wore decorative collars of velvet—permitted only to royal dogs—and kid [leather], with or without torettes (spikes) of silver and gold; some were adorned with pearls or the King’s arms and his portcullis and rose badges. His dogs’ coats were of white silk and the dogs had their fur regularly rubbed down with a ‘hair cloth.’ Sixty-five dog leashes were found in Henry’s closet after his death.’ As illustrated by the present document, the King Henry’s hounds were generously outfitted and the royal leash boys were equally handsomely attired. Provenance: The Enys Collection of Autograph Manuscripts, Bonhams, 28 September 2004. Starting Bid $1000
42. King Kalakaua Document Signed. King of Hawaii (1836-1891) who was elected to the vacant throne in 1874 by a legislature that had been convened for the purpose. Kalakaua almost single-handedly restored many of the nearly extinct cultural traditions of the Hawaiian people. Uncommon partly-printed DS, signed “Kalakaua R,” one page, 8.5 x 14, June 5, 1879. King Kalakaua appoints E. P. Adams as “a Member of Our Privy Council of State.” Signed at the conclusion by King Kalakaua and countersigned by Minister of the Interior Samuel Gardner Wilder. The reverse features printed text in the Hawaiian language. In fine condition. Adams was an English investor who, in 1880, founded the Kilauea Sugar Company along with Sanford P. Dole and two others. By this document, he was appointed to the Privy Council—known as the ‘Wilder Cabinet’ after its most influential member, Samuel G. Wilder—a group of economic and diplomatic advisors to the king. Starting Bid $200
43. King Louis XIV: Madame de Maintenon Letter
Signed. Mistress and second wife of Louis XIV (1635–1719), who served as one of the King’s closest advisers and as governess of the royal children. LS in French, signed “Maintenon,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.75, September 10, [1711]. Untranslated letter from the Château de Fontainebleau. In fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the edge. Starting Bid $200
44. Marie Louise of Parma Letter Signed. Austrian
archduchess (1791-1847) who was Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife and, as such, Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814; she then reigned as Duchess of Parma from 1814 until her death. LS in French, signed “Marie Louise,” one page, 8 x 10, November 12, 1814. Untranslated letter to her uncle Ferdinand I, the King of the Two Sicilies, condoling him on the death of his wife, Queen Maria Carolina of Austria. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200 45. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Letter Signed. Son
(1640–1701) of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, celebrated for his military victory over William III, Prince of Orange, at the Battle of Cassel in 1670, and remembered as ‘the grandfather of Europe.’ Though open about his homosexuality, Philippe fathered five children with two wives, becoming an ancestor of most modern-day Roman Catholic royalty. LS in French, signed “Philippe,” one page, 6.5 x 8.75, December 26, 1699. Untranslated letter to “Mon Cousin, le Cardinal Daste.” In fine condition, with a small tear to the upper left corner and a few tiny stains. Starting Bid $200
mas Card. 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
Rare signed portrait of the Queen and her eldest son
46. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles Signed Photograph. Exceptional color satin-finish 11.75 x 9 photo of
Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, seated with members of the Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on March 27, 1981, signed on the original mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1981” and “Charles.” Framed to an overall size of 15.75 x 14.75. In very fine condition. The Privy Council meeting on March 27, 1981, marked the Queen giving Prince Charles consent to marry Princess Diana, who was not in attendance, under the Royal Marriages Act. A rare union of signatures of the Queen and her heir apparent. Starting Bid $500
Remarkable Russian royal portrait signed by Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia
48. Romanov Grand Duchesses Signed Photograph. Incredibly rare original vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 6.5 portrait of the four daughters of Czar Nicholas II, taken in 1913 for the Romanov Tercentenary and signed by all four in Cyrillic: “Olga,” “Tatiana,” “Maria,” and “Anastasia.” Dated 1916 at the bottom, presumably at the time of signing. Beautifully mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 16 x 17.75. In fine condition.
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Romanova, the daughters of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his consort, Alexandra Feodorovna, were the most famous princesses of their day. Signed photographs are extremely rare, as they were all executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries at Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918, aged 22, 21, 19, and 17, respectively. A magnificent signed photograph and a true rarity of Russian royalty. Starting Bid $5000
49. Russian Grand Duchesses: Olga and Maria
Photograph. Original vintage glossy 4.5 x 3.5 deckleedge candid photograph of two of the daughters of Emperor Nicholas II—Grand Duchesses Olga and Maria—attributed as being taken by their mother, Alexandra Feodorovna, the Empress consort of Russia, who was herself a keen amateur photographer. The photo is affixed to a segment of a scrapbook page, annotated vertically in pencil along the right border in Cyrillic. In fine condition. This photograph matches neatly with other period examples taken by Empress Alexandra. Starting Bid $200 50. Sophia of Hanover Autograph Letter Signed. Rare
ALS in French, signed “Sophia,” one page, 7 x 9, May 4, 1708. Untranslated handwritten letter to “Monsieur le Prince Royal de Prusse.” The integral leaf is addressed in her hand and retains a partial black wax seal, impressed with a coat of arms. In fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the address leaf. Starting Bid $200
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51. Annie Oakley Signature. Rare ink signature, “Annie Oakley,” on the reverse of an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 New Year’s greeting card for 1903. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope postmarked at New York on December 23, 1902. An attractive autograph from the famed female sharpshooter. Starting Bid $200
