RR Auction: December 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction by RR Auction

December 7, 2016

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Lot 424 Chernabog production cel from Fantasia

OVER 100 ANIMATION LOTS START ON PAGE 134 Lot 452 Cheshire Cat production drawing from Alice in Wonderland

Harry Kleiman, Animation Expert When young Harry Kleiman’s family moved to Los Angeles in 1968, the cartoon fanatic—insatiable in his appetite for all things animated—began spending nearly every day after school visiting animation studios, learning about the process, and meeting the industry’s icons: Walter Lantz, Bob Clampett, Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Chuck Jones, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, Grim Natwick, and Friz Freleng. These meetings sparked what would become his lifelong passion and business pursuit. In 1980, Kleiman finished college and founded Collectors Paradise Galleries, attending dozens of conventions each year to buy, sell, and—his favorite—educate new collectors. In 1982, he was the first person to approach the Don Bluth Studio about selling their original cels from The Secret of Nimh. He also began making deals with Gary Goldman, offering cels from Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. In 1984, he partnered Collectors Gallery in Studio City, where he was introduced to fellow animation enthusiasts from around the world. Over the years, Kleiman accumulated one of the most impressive animation art collections in existence, portions of which he generously lent out to animation scholars to continue broadening the world’s understanding and appreciation of this beloved art form. As an animation veteran who has spent his life studying, buying, and selling, Kleiman is eager to branch out and educate the next generation. We are proud to be a part of his lifetime of passion.

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AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

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

PSA/DNA

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

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STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION

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

ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL

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

PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES

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

FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS

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

RENATO SAGGIORI

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

BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES

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

JAMES CAMNER

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

RICH CONSOLA

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

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RR Auction is thrilled to present our specialized Science & Technology section, a varied assemblage of unique artifacts both great and small,

each demonstrative of humanity’s insatiable thirst for innovation. Early

handwritten letters and manuscripts converge with computer prototypes and lunar surface-used equipment, while figures like Thomas Edison,

Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and countless Nobel Prize winners—history’s foremost minds of the past and present—unite to establish a truly diverse and comprehensive selection.

Nobel Prize Winners ��4

Scientists, Mathematicians, and Physicians ��14

Inventors.................................................................................................20 Space.....................................................................................................27 Technology/Computers ��36

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science & technology Nobel Prize Winners Einstein’s brief history of physics: “It became even clearer that light is an undulatory phenomenon” 1. Albert Einstein. ALS in pencil in German, signed “A.

E.,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 7, 1954. Letter to J. W. De Haas, patiently chronicling the history of ether theory. In part (translated): “Originally, the physicist tried to make do with space, time, and material particles. Everything else should have been derivable from these. Real difficulties arose, however, when it became even clearer that light is an undulatory phenomenon. In the case of water waves, waves were clearly recognized as a condition of something else (a wavelike movement of material). It is no wonder that one felt it necessary to understand light in an analogous manner—a view that was, at first, increasingly successful. For this reason, physicists decided, (not without internal hesitation), to accept as possible the existence of a material that could not be perceived (Ether), and to understand light as a wavelike movement of such. When, through Faraday-Maxwell, the science of the electromagnetic field and of light were discovered and increasingly better understood, then it was no longer difficult to conceive of light as a motion. Instead of counter-posing a mass to it, one was even more forced to give the electromagnetic field an independent existence alongside of material particles. This transition (of thought) was almost brought to a conclusion by Lorentz, insofar as he understood that the (electro-magnetic) field with it abiding law was completely independent from material particles. The only thing retained from the earlier mode of thinking was the idea that the field was necessarily understood as a (not further analyzable materially-based) quality of something

else. That one makes oneself unnecessarily heavy through such prejudice of vision, was something that no-one at first thought of. Gradually, however, this Ether disappeared by its theoretical vagueness, for the sole reason that it had no role in theory. As long as things stand as such, there is no sense in schlepping Ether into your thinking. For this reason your plan seems to me to be as if a psychologist were trying to prove the existence of ghosts through a thorough study of dreams.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and some smudging to the text affecting a few words. This remarkable letter harkens back to the earliest days of Einstein’s study—while in Italy at just 16 years old in 1895, he wrote what is generally considered his first scientific paper, entitled ‘On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field.’ This study stemmed from the late 19th century idea that light was propagated through a ‘luminiferous aether,’ a concept used to explain its wave-like qualities. Here, Einstein discusses the ether theory proposed by Hendrik Lorentz between 1892 and 1904, which introduced a strict separation between matter and ether in a model in which the ether is completely motionless. Ultimately, it was Einstein’s own theory of special relativity that dealt the death blow to the ether concept—a step in its history that he neglects to mention here, a testament to his humility. Epitomizing Einstein’s professorial simplicity and vast knowledge of scientific history, this letter exists as one of the finest Einstein pieces we have encountered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $20000

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Stunning original Karsh portrait of Einstein, signed by both 2. Albert Einstein.

Exceptional vintage glossy 10.5 x 13.5 silver gelatin portrait of Einstein with his hands clasped below his gentle visage, signed and inscribed in black ink in the lower border in German, “To Mr. Leon Harmon, as a symbol of my gratitude, A. Einstein ‘54.” Also signed in white ink in the lower left by the photographer, Yousuf Karsh. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 22.5. In very good to fine condition, with areas of light crazing to the emulsion and light silvering to the perimeter; Einstein’s signature and inscription are somewhat faded, but fully readable. Consignor notes that the photo was obtained from the Harmon family. Leon Harmon was a researcher in mental/ neural processing at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study when he first met Einstein in the early 1950s. After helping the physicist set up a new hi-fi audio system at his home, as compensation Harmon was offered to choose from a set of photographs Einstein stored in a bedroom footlocker. The chosen portrait derived from photos taken by Yousuf Karsh in 1948 at Princeton’s IAS; the now iconic sitting has been lauded for its honest and serene portrayal of the aging Nobel Prize winner. Signed a year before his passing, this brilliant photo depicts Einstein with tangible calmness, exuding the benevolence and quiet intensity of one of history’s foremost minds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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3. Camillo Golgi. Italian

physician, pathologist, and scientist (1843– 1926) who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906. Untranslated TLS in Italian, signed “C. Golgi,” one page, 8.5 x 12.25, University of Pavia letterhead, July 21, 1905. A letter related to the Cabinet of Mineralogy. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

To a fellow Nobel laureate

4. Max Planck. Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “Max u. Mayn Planck,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Berlin’s Brandenberg Gate, December 29, 1923. Letter to Nobel Prize–winning biochemist Hans von Euler-Chelpin and his wife Astrid thanking the couple for their friendly wishes. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Bohr approves a technical paper on “Interferometric absorptions of the Cobolt–Curve–Spectre” 5. Niels Bohr. Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. DS in Danish, one page, 8.75 x 11.25, October 1, 1936. Danish master’s degree examination for student Ove Larsen, in order to qualify for a faculty position in mathematics or natural science. The practical paper concerns (translated) “Interferometric absorptions of the Cobolt–Curve–Spectre in the ultraviolet area are wanted procured in order to examine the hyperfinestructures of the lines and if possible relate these to those thermo-fissions that are known from the analysis of the visible area.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Bohr. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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6. Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Four vintage ink signatures of recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on various slips and cards, including: Herbert S. Gasser, known for researching human nerve cells; Edward C. Kendall, the co-discoverer of cortisone; Philip S. Hench, the co-discoverer of cortisone; and Charles B. Huggins, who discovered that hormones could be used in treating cancer. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

8. Glenn Seaborg. Nobel Prize–winning chemist (1912– 1999) who was instrumental in the discovery of several elements. Handwritten manuscript in pencil by Seaborg, unsigned, two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. Two pages from one of Seaborg’s drafts of an essay on scientific history. In part: “… for methods to transform common material into gold, who in their wandering study of substances with their crude apparatus were the forerunners of the modern chemists…A number of the elements were known during biblical times, although of course the present concept of the chemical elements was not recognized. Thus the metals gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, tin, mercury, and also possibly zinc, as well as the nonmetals sulfur and carbon, were all well known and mentioned in the literature some 2000 years ago.” Includes a 1980 TLS enclosing the pages, signed “Glenn T. Seaborg.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

7. Tadeusz Reichstein. Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culminated in the isolation of cortisone. Lengthy handwritten manuscript by Reichstein, unsigned, 23 pages (numbered 31–53), no date. Working section of a draft headed “Experimental Part,” containing notes on conducting and observing an experiment, data recorded, and a bibliography. The manuscript begins, “All m.p. were taken on the ‘Kofler’ hot stage microscope and are corrected. Opt. notation measured on a Schmidt & Haensch Polarimeter (visual) and Perkin Elmer 141 polarimeter (photoelectric).” Various portions of the draft have been revised with new sections affixed over them. In fine condition, with expected wear for a working draft. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The Nobel winner’s 285–page scientific notebook 9. William S h o c k l e y.

American physicist (1910–1989) who won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the transistor. One-ofa-kind green cloth binder of scientific and experimental notes kept by Shockley, mostly in pencil, totaling approximately 285 pages (most single-sided), 7 x 9, dated January 8, 1945–April 5, 1956. The extensive notes track several projects Shockley undertook at the time he was working on the solid-state transistor, namely the development of the delta and sweep-wing aircraft, with specific notes concerning the Bell X-5 and the F-86. Shockley’s notes include copious calculations, detailed graphs and diagrams, wind-tunnel testing schedules, and lengthy bibliographies referencing over 650 relevant pieces of literature on the subject. In overall very good to fine condition, with tears to binder holes on several of the sheets. Accompanied by a series of candid photographs of Shockley and a separate hand-drawn electrical schematic. Shockley’s involvement with aircraft began during WWII while working for Bell Labs, where he would also work on the development of the transistor. He became involved with radar research in 1942, and in 1944 organized a training program to introduce radar bomb sights to B-29 bomber pilots. As many of Shockley’s scientific manuscripts are now in institutional holdings, material in his hand of this caliber is seldom encountered. Overall, this notebook is a testament to the intellectual discipline and breadth of knowledge of one of the most important inventors of the 20th century. Starting Bid $300

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Watson, Crick, Sanger, and Seaborg— plus nearly 75 fellow Nobel laureates 10. Nobel Prize Winners: Scientists. Collection of

more than 100 items, predominately consisting of signatures of Nobel Prize–winning scientists on individual off-white 8 x 5 cards, some inscribed, including: Melvin Calvin, Linus Pauling, Max Perutz, Vladimir Prelog, Ilya Prigogine, Frederick Sanger, Glenn T. Seaborg, Alexander R. Todd, Val Fitch, Antony Hewish, Alfred Kastler, Louis Neel, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey, Emilio Segre, William Shockley, Chen-Ning Yang, Julius Axelrod, David Baltimore, Allan Cormack, Francis Crick, James D. Watson, Andrew Schally, and approximately 50 others. Also includes signatures of Nobel Peace Prize recipients Elie Wiesel, Mairead Maguire, and Bernard Lown, as well as non-Nobel scientific autographs such as Jonas Salk, Harold Edgerton, Denton A. Cooley, Harold M. Agnew, Bruno Rossi, Clyde W. Tombaugh, and others. In overall fine condition. A complete list is available online at RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $200

Sanger’s draft for a piece on “DNA sequencing” 11. Frederic Sanger. British biochemist (1918–2013) who

won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice: once in 1958 for his work on the structure of proteins, and once in 1980 for his contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids. Handwritten manuscript by Sanger, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Third page from a draft for an article, with sections headed “DNA sequencing” and “Direct sequencing by partial degradation,” in part: “The two main difficulties which have hitherto precluded any extensive sequencing of DNA are the very large size of all DNA molecules and the apparent lack of suitable enzymes for their specific degradation.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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12. Severo Ochoa.

Spanish physician and biochemist (1905–1993) awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA. Photocopied typescript in German related to a Nobel Prize meeting in 1981, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, signed along the bottom in ballpoint by Ochoa, who adds an expression related to eIF2 (a eukaryotic initiation factor) and GDP (guanosine diphosphate). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

14. Louis Neel. French

physicist (1904–2000) awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids. Hand-corrected typed manuscript in French, unsigned, four pages, 8.25 x 10.5, circa 1953. Draft for an article entitled “Magnetism. Les structures d’orientation” published in the French scientific journal Comptes rendus de l’Academie des sciences [Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences] in 1953, revised throughout in Neel’s hand. Includes a 1979 ALS in French, signed “Neel.” In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Haemoglobin, the Breathing Molecule” 13. Max Perutz.

Molecular biologist (1914–2002) who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. Handwritten manuscript by Perutz, unsigned, 12 pages, 8.25 x 11.75. no date. Draft of a piece entitled “Haemoglobin, the Breathing Molecule.” In part: “When I was a young chemistry student in Vienna, I wanted to solve a fundamental problem in biochemistry. One day I set out for Cambridge to meet the Great Sage…John Desmond Bernal…who worked at the Cavendish Laboratory…What does haemoglobin do?… Haemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs…It took me 16 years from 1937–1953 to discover a method of interpreting the X-ray diffraction patterns of haemoglobin…I was wildly excited when it finally emerged.” Includes a 1981 ALS in German, signed “M. F. Perutz.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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15. Vladimir Prelog. Hand-

written manuscript in German, signed at the top of each page, “V. Prelog,” three pages, 8.25 x 11.75, no date. Untranslated handwritten draft for an article entitled “Die Rangordnung du Ligandin,” apparently related to the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules for naming a stereoisomer of a molecule. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

16. Andrew Schally.

Endocrinologist (born 1926) awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain. Handwritten manuscript, signed as a contributing author, “A. V. Schally,” one page, 8 x 10.5, January 1978. Page from draft for a piece entitled, in part, “Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Synthesis of a Tetradecaptide.” A slip stapled to the upper left corner is also signed in ballpoint, “O.K., sent—enclosed, Andrew V. Schally.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

18. Abdus Salam. Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926– 1996) who received the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. Handwritten manuscript titled and signed at the top, “Developments In Particle Physics by Abdus Salam,” one page, 8 x 11, circa 1979. Page from a draft for a lecture given at the European Physical Society Conference in Geneva in June–July 1979. In part: “A conference so vast, so many-sided, is impossible to summarize and I shall not attempt to do so. My major theme will be a gauge-theorist’s appreciation of the developments in Particle Physics reported at the Conference: And in particular I wish to address myself to the question raised by Prof. Fichichi in his opening address: Is there likely to be a ‘desert’ in Particle Physics Phenomena…?” Includes a 1980 TLS from Salam transmitting the page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

17. Hamilton O. Smith. Microbiologist (born 1931) who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery

of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics. Handwritten manuscript, titled and signed at the top, “Molecular basis of restriction and modification in bacteria, Hamilton O. Smith, Dept of Mol. Biol & Genetics, JHU Medical School,” five pages, 8.5 x 11, circa 1984. In part: “There are only a limited number of ways for bacteria to protect themselves against viral attack. One way is by antigenic variation of surface receptors, thus assuming that some bacteria in the population will escape infection. Another very effective way is by restriction and modification of DNA.” Includes a 1984 ALS transmitting the manuscript, describing it as “the first draft of an abstract…for a lecture I am to deliver,” signed, “Hamilton O. Smith.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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19. Jack Steinberger. Physicist (born

1921) who co-discovered the muon neutrino and was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics. Handwritten manuscript, initialed “J. S.,” three pages, 8.25 x 11.75, circa 1986. Complex scientific manuscript, headed, “Probability the an electron, energy Ee will be counted as a hadron.” Includes a 1989 ALS in German, signed “J. Steinberger.” In fine condition, with a small tear to the bottom edge of the letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

20. Erwin Neher. German biophysicist (born 1944) specializing in the field of cell physiology who was awarded the Nobel

Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 for his discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells. Handwritten manuscript by Neher, unsigned, 25 pages in a thin notebook, 8.25 x 11.75, no date. Draft of an article entitled “Explaining secretion control by patch-clamp techniques.” In part: “Secretory processes are most prominent among the diverse functions of living cells. They can be subdivided into constitutive secretion like that of antibodies, and regulated secretion, like the exocytosis of hormones, neurotransmitters and chemical mediators.” Includes an ALS in French, signed “E. Neher.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Scientists, Mathematicians, & Physicians

21. Joseph-Louis Lagrange. Handwritten letter in French sent to Lagrange by a mathematician, “Guillon,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.25, 1798. The letter proposes to solve one of the three great mathematical problems of antiquity, the ‘Angle Trisection.’ In part (translated): “I initially established first principle that when two intersecting at an angle, if one passes through the center and the outer portion of the other is equal to the radius, the convex and concave arcs between these two intersecting among them is 1:3.” He illustrates four related figures on a separate sheet, affixed to the last page by one corner. In fine condition. The angle trisection problem concerns the ability to divide any angle into three equal parts using only a compass and straightedge—a classical problem of ancient Greek mathematics that was proved impossible to accomplish in 1837. Lagrange, the recipient of this letter, made enormous contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics, and succeeded Leonhard Euler as the director of mathematics at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The discoverer of helium 22. Norman Lockyer. English scientist and astronomer (1836–1920) credited with Pierre Janssen as the co-discoverer of helium. Uncommon ALS, one page, 4.5 x 5.75, Solar Physics Observatory letterhead, November 21, no year. Response to an invitation, in full: “It will give me great pleasure to dine with you on Dec. 4.” In fine condition, with a few small stains affecting nothing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Darwin responds to a letter “about the intelligence of your Dog” 23. Charles Darwin. ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, Down letterhead, April 25, no year but docketed 1871. Letter to “Johnson,” in full: “I am very sorry to hear of the death of your daughter: I know from old experience how bitter a loss it is & how irreparable it long appears—Many thanks for your kindness in writing to me about the intelligence of your Dog: I have myself seen closely analogous behaviour. With my best wishes for your restored peace of mind.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Bold full signature from 1872 24. Charles Darwin. Bold ink signature, “Charles Darwin,

Down, Beckenham, Kent, March 30, 1872,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 slip. Affixed to a larger album page and in fine condition, with a single vertical fold. Darwin first used the word ‘evolution’ in 1871’s The Descent of Man, before adding it to the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in 1872. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Pasteur’s experimental notes on fermentation

25. Louis Pasteur. Handwritten scientific notes in French, unsigned, one page, both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, dated June 19–28, [1857], headed at the top in pencil in another hand, “(fermentation de l’acide Tartrique) From his laboratory notebook tartaric acid.” Seven groups of 11 numbered items, possibly test tubes, have been handwritten by Pasteur: one group on June 19, four groups on June 22, and two groups on June 28. In his notes to the right of the June 19 group, Pasteur brackets Numbers 1 and 2 and, in French, compares numbers 5 and 7 with 8 and 9, concluding, “In the same way N. 8 and 9 during the 24 first hours.” He then pens, “Report of N.3 and 4 / N.1 and 2 = 4, 6.” On June 22, Pasteur brackets four additional pairs of numbers and adds, “Report = 4, 3.” There are numerous brackets on the second page. In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“An insult to biological science” 27. Joseph Lister. British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the

practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Portland Place letterhead, February 18, 1893. Letter to Archibald Geikie, in full: “Sir James Crichton Browne’s name is up for ballot for the Athenaeum on Monday. I learn, on what I fear is only too good authority, that Lord Coleridge is endeavouring to induce members to black-ball him, for no other reason than that he does not disapprove of so-called ‘vivisection.’ It would be a great injustice to Sir James and an insult to biological science if this attempt were to succeed; and I hope it may be in your power to attend and give your vote in his favour.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“What a tremendously virulent affair the poison must have been”

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

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

29. Henri Poincare. French mathematician, physicist, and

philosopher of science (1854–1912) who famously formulated the ‘Poincare Conjecture,’ which went unsolved for nearly a century. Scarce ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to social psychologist Gustave Le Bon, explaining that he is going away on a trip and will be back in December. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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30. William Osler. Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849– 1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ANS signed “Wm. Osler,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, 13 Norham Gardens stationery card, August 25, 1916. Note to US Colonel Alfred E. Bradley, in part: “So glad to hear from you. I will get you the list from…the leading English authority. When do you return? We must see you again.” Addressed on the reverse in the hand of Osler. In fine condition. Bradley was a medical observer in England who was anticipating US involvement in the war. When America did enter, he was promoted to Brigadier General and became the Chief Surgeon of the A. E. F. in France. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Prescient essay on security by ‘the father of the hydrogen bomb’ 31. Edward Teller. Hungarian-born

nuclear physicist (1908–2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the hydrogen bomb. Scarce handwritten manuscript by Teller, unsigned, eleven pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. Draft of a piece entitled “The deadly secrets.” In part: “Secrecy is security. The two concepts are used in our official documents as though they meant the same thing. In an insecure world we should have some security. But is secrecy security? There is little or no secrecy about our fabulous fast computers. They happen to be important for defense. In this rapidly growing technology we are outpacing all our competitors. In the forties we had a monopoly on nuclear weapons. We guarded it with high security barriers. Yet the monopoly is gone. The Russians are getting ahead of us in the development of the instruments for nuclear weapons.” Teller goes on to trace the history of the development of nuclear weapons, discussing the paradox of openness within the scientific community and names like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Enrico Fermi, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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32. Charles H. Best.

Medical scientist (1899– 1978) who co-discovered insulin in 1921. Glossy 5 x 8 half-length photo of Best at his desk, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ballpoint, “For Harry Nadley, Charles H. Best.” In fine condition, with scattered light creases and some skipping to his surname. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

33. Edward Teller. Glossy

8 x 10 close-up photo of Teller, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

34. Albert Sabin. American medical researcher (1906– 1993) best known for developing a practical oral polio vaccine. TLS signed “Albert B. Sabin,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Medical University of South Carolina letterhead, May 26, 1977. Letter to Karl Geyer, in part: “Your letter…addressed to me at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel arrived here at a time when U was unable to attend to my correspondence. In accord with your request, I am sending you herewith a handwritten manuscript of a communication that will soon be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of Sabin’s twelve-page handwritten draft for an article entitled “Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Inventors Remarkable submarine drawing by its inventor, Robert Fulton

35. Robert Fulton. Extraordinary original drawing of a submarine moored offshore accomplished by Fulton in ink and watercolor on an off-white 18.75 x 13 sheet, identified at the top as “Sketch the Second,” and signed in the lower margin, “R. Fulton, 13th Messidor an 3 [June 22, 1805].” Encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In very good to fine condition, with scattered wrinkling, soiling, and foxing, and several tears repaired on the reverse. This submarine resembles Fulton’s famous Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history, which was designed between 1793 and 1797 before being successfully tested in 1800. Although the French Navy was interested in the development, Napoleon wrote Fulton off as a charlatan and refused to pursue funding the invention. Fulton was then recruited by England to develop military hardware—including the first modern ‘torpedoes’—in addition to designing preliminary plans for a second submarine. However, Fulton’s second design was abandoned after the Royal Navy’s 1805 victory at Trafalgar, and his work became largely ignored; frustrated, he returned to American shores in 1806. A superb original drawing by one of the most innovative minds of the 19th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Excessively rare 1827 letter by the inventor of photography

36. Nicephore Niepce. French inventor (1765–1833) now credited as the inventor of photography. Exceedingly rare ALS

in French, signed “J. N. Niepce,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, May 12, 1827. Letter concerning a debt sent to a judge in Lyon, written from “Au Gras.” In part (translated): “This letter will be delivered by Mr. Granjon, notary, my attorney, who went to Lyon to notify means to make the repayment of Mr. Philippe Farge and father. I beg Mr. Granjon to present you, Sir, and to confer beforehand with you on this subject. The testimonies of kindness and genuine interest you have kindly granted me here during your stay too short, is a title I like to avail myself to call if your immediate cooperation, the less effective your benevolent intervention the case in question. Remembering your pleasant memory, sir, after such a long silence, I can relate what if one of your honest methods, so delicate with me; so it is very sweet to me to take this opportunity for you to express again my gratitude, and even recommend me to your kind interest.” Retains the integral address leaf accomplished in Niepce’s hand. In very good condition, with creasing and folds, several pin holes (some near the signature area), and some paper loss to address panel. In 1826 or 1827, Niepce used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene, a heliographic image entitled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’ which is now displayed at the Ransom Center. The image depicts the view from an upstairs window at Niepce’s estate, Le Gras, in the Burgundy region of France. This exceedingly rare letter is of great significance in this light—it is one of the only known letters from the period in which the first photograph was made, and was written in the same setting at Le Gras. It also concerns his debts, likely those incurred to finance his experiments. By 1829 Niepce was nearly out of money and got in touch with Louis Daguerre, who was experimenting with similar processes, to form a partnership. Together, they developed the physautotype, which used lavender oil as the photographic agent rather than the bitumen that Niepce initially used. After Niepce passed away in 1833, Daguerre continued to experiment and ultimately developed what is commonly thought of as the first photographic process, the daguerreotype. This is believed to be the first letter by Niepce to appear on the market since 2002, when an archive sold at Sotheby’s for nearly $500,000. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Morse deems himself an “honored instrument” of the true creator of the telegraph, “the Giver of every good and perfect gift”

37. Samuel F. B. Morse. ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 30, 1862. Letter to Minister J. Treadwell Walden, in part: “I have read with deep interest your admirable written article...and were I to designate its character, and the impressions, it has made upon me, or its high intellectual power, in fitting terms, I might, perhaps, be accused of being unduly influenced by its panegyric, and the flattering terms, in which you are pleased to speak of my humble instrumentality in introducing to the world the invention which has modified so greatly, and is still further to modify the intercourse of nations. While conscious of the position which humanely speaking, has justly been assigned to me by the almost unanimous voice of the civilized world (Great Britain as a Government is an exception), I...am fully sensible that I am a we[ak] if honored instrument in the han[ds] of the Giver of every good and perfec[t] gift, by whom it has pleased Him to grant this boon to his children, and to Him be all the glory. A duty is doubtless devolved upon me of showing the truth in regard to the priority of instrumentalities, and of vindicating the American claim to priority, yet I desire to perform that duty in no spirit of self-laudation.” In very good to fine condition, with some light staining, paper loss along the hinge affecting a few words of text, and writing showing through from opposing sides, not affecting readability. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Morse’s mention of “Great Britain as a Government is an exception” is in reference to the ongoing dispute with English inventor Charles Wheatstone, who, along with William Cooke, invented an electrical needle telegraph around the same period as Morse. In 1851, the Morse telegraphic apparatus was officially adopted as the standard for European telegraphy, with only the United Kingdom opting to employ the use of Wheatstone and Cooke’s needle telegraph. The religious subtext of the letter suitably echoes Morse’s famous first telegraph from the basement of the US Capitol on May 24, 1844—‘What hath God wrought?’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Exceedingly rare “Thomas Alva Edison” Bolivian light bulb patent 39. Thomas Edison.

Remarkable printed patent schematic diagram, signed “Thomas Alva Edison,” one page, 16 x 22, no date but circa 1880. Schematic submitted to the government of Bolivia in the course of obtaining a patent, illustrating electrical distribution systems related to his invention of the incandescent light. Beautifully signed in full at the bottom by Edison, and countersigned by two witnesses, “Chas. H. Smith” and “Geo. T. Pinckney.” Identified in the upper right as the second sheet, “Lamina 2,” with “Bolivia” penciled below. In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, some short edge tears, and tape reinforcements to edges on the reverse. In Menlo Park on December 31, 1879, Thomas Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb after experimenting for over a year. He began submitting patents for his invention in the United States in 1879 and sought protection abroad beginning in 1880. By 1881, Edison had established the groundwork for large scale production of his lamp and began to focus on the even more ambitious project of developing an infrastructure for the distribution of electricity. This schematic not only boasts an exceptionally rare full Edison autograph, but represents the beginnings of what has become Edison’s most famous achievement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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$100,000 check from Edison’s battery company 40. Thomas Edison. Edison Storage Battery Co. business check, 8.5 x 4, filled out in another hand and signed by his son Charles Edison, payable to “Ourselves” for $100,000, May 31, 1919, endorsed on the reverse, “Thos. A. Edison.” In fine condition, with expected wear. The Edison Storage Battery Company was organized in New Jersey on May 27, 1901, to develop, manufacture, and sell the alkaline storage battery that Edison had developed, which was used for mining lamps, train lighting and signaling, submarines, and electric vehicles. The massive amount of this check would be the equivalent of about $1,387,000 today. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Stunning early portrait of the light bulb inventor 41. Thomas Edison. Fantastic early 5.25 x 7.5 cabinet

photo of the young Edison, signed and inscribed on the mount in ink, “To L. B. Foley, from Thomas A. Edison.” Published by J. M. White & Co. of Port Huron, Michigan. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 9.5 x 12.5. In very good to fine condition, with dampstaining to the borders in no way affecting the early, penetrating portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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42. Thomas Edison. Pencil ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on a white 3 x 2.25 slip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Book of poems from the library of ‘The Light-Giver’ 43. Thomas Edison. Book

deriving from the personal library of Thomas Edison, gifted and signed by celebrated American poet and playwright George Sterling: The Caged Eagle and Other Poems. First edition. San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 168 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink, “For Thomas A. Edison, with deepest respect, George Sterling, San Francisco, July 15th, 1916.” In addition, Sterling has annotated the book on the table of contents and on the page featuring ‘The Light-Giver,’ a poem referencing “Great Edison” and his invention of the light bulb. Autographic condition: fine, with some light toning and foxing to the signed page. Book condition: VG/None, with various library markings from the defunct Upsala College of East Orange, NJ, which was nearby Edison’s West Orange home and laboratory. A fabulous, virtually unobtainable copy of a book from Edison’s personal library which boasts a direct connection to his most famous invention. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The ‘Father of Electric Traction’ 44. Frank J. Sprague. Naval

officer and inventor (1857–1934) who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. Sharp 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Sprague in his military uniform, signed on the reverse in crisp black ink, “Frank J. Sprague, North Adams, Mass., U. of U. A., June 2, 1878.” Published by F. M. Zuller, Richfield Springs, US Naval Academy. 4.25 x 6.5 signed photograph. In fine condition, with some light foxing to the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“I am working on aid for infantile paralysis” 45. George Washington Carver.

ALS signed “G. W. Carver,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, February 10, 1935. Letter to Reverend C. Greenway, in part: “Your request has been before me for several days. 2097 letters are piled up before me as I write, from suffering humanity besides the people who come to me every day and night. I am working on aid for infantile paralysis, and am getting some interesting results, most encouraging.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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46. Automotive Engineering. Technical manuscript in French concerning engines, contained in an 8 x 10 notebook, 54 pages, circa early-to-mid 20th century. The manuscript is rife with hand-drawn schematics and diagrams, and headings throughout the notebook include (translated), “Elementary Concepts of Physics,” “Elementary Mechanical Concepts,” “Elementary Concepts of Electricity,” and the longest section, “Technology Study on the Engine.” This includes lengthy, detailed notes with specific mentions of technologies and manufacturers including “Renault,” “Diesel,” and “Hispano,” as well as copious notes on general topics and systems. In overall very good to fine condition, with some tears to binding and a couple loose pages. Starting Bid $200

Space The esteemed astronomer welcomes a new member to The Athenaeum

47. Edwin Hubble. Rare TLS signed “Edwin P. Hubble,” one page, 6 x 8, Athenaeum letterhead, January 19, 1933. Letter to James H. Wayland, in full: “As a candidate for the doctor’s degree you are eligible for regular membership in the Athenaeum and it gives me pleasure to send you the enclosed card to replace the continuing guest card which you now hold.” In fine condition. Hubble served on the governing board of The Athenaeum, Caltech’s faculty club, handling membership issues and helping to organize lectures by professors and intellectuals from around the world—in 1931, Albert Einstein had addressed the group upon arriving for his visiting professorship at the institute. The recipient, then a PhD student, would go on to have a distinguished career as a pioneer in biomedical engineering by developing the intravital microscope. Wayland eventually became a professor at Caltech himself, and founded the Athenaeum Apicians, a gourmet dining club that met at Caltech’s Athenaeum beginning in 1964. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

“Flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969” 49. Dave Scott’s Apollo 9 Flown Mission Patch. Flown

embroidered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.5˝ in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969, Dave Scott.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 9 patch included with this letter was flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969… This Apollo 9 patch has been in my personal collection since we returned from the mission.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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From the South Pole to the Moon

50. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit and South Pole Flown Flag. Flown 5.5 x 4 American flag carried to the South Pole from January 9–15, 1970, and then flown to lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 mission from July 26 to August 7, 1971, signed with his first initial on the bottom white stripe in blue ink, “D,” and adding “SP, A–15.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Dave Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the United States flag included with this letter...was carried to the South Pole, Antarctica...and then flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15...This South Pole/Apollo 15 US Flag has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” Flags carried on any Apollo mission are highly desirable, with this particular flag making an extra trip to Earth’s southernmost point. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

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“Flown in Lunar Orbit for 6 days during Apollo 15” 51. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit Flown Beta Cloth Bag. Dave Scott’s flown Personal Preference Kit (PPK)

Beta cloth bag carried into lunar orbit on the Apollo 15 mission, 10.25 x 12.25, signed and flight-certified on the front in blue felt tip, “Flown in Lunar Orbit for 6 days during Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR,” with ID label sewn on front, reading: “SEB 32100025-301, S/N 1049.” In very good to fine condition, with expected wear from use. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 Beta Cloth Bag, S/N 1049, was flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15…This Beta Cloth Bag, S/N 1049 has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” The Apollo 15 stowage lists identify only three Personal Preference Kits carried in the Command Module at launch and one in the Lunar Module, which Jim Irwin wrote was accidentally left behind on the LM in his autobiography. Apollo 15 shows a marked decrease in the number of PPKs on board compared to the other missions, with the previous Apollo 14 having carried fourteen on the CM. A desirable flown format directly from the Commander’s personal collection. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

“Carried to the lunar surface aboard the Lunar Module Falcon”—from the commander’s personal collection 52. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Sieger Cover. Uncommon Apollo 15 postal

cover, 6.5 x 3.75, numbered 43 of 400, carried to the lunar surface aboard the LM Falcon, signed in the lower left corner by crew members Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin. In fine condition. This cover comes from astronaut Dave Scott’s personal collection. Accompanied by a one-page notarized typed document certifying the flown status, signed by the full crew, “Alfred M. Worden,” “David R. Scott,” and “James B. Irwin,” and also initialed by each crew member. Also included is a two-page letter of authenticity signed by Dave Scott, which reads, in part: “I hereby certify that the postal cover No. 43 included with this letter was carried to the lunar surface aboard the Lunar Module Falcon.” Scott goes on to recall the controversial history of these covers and their eventual return to the Apollo 15 crew. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000

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Essential drill chuck used in each of Apollo 15’s historic lunar EVAs 53. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Used Drill Chuck. Commander Dave Scott’s drill chuck used on the lunar

surface during the three historic EVAs of the Apollo 15 mission. The drill chuck measures 1.25 x 2.5 x 1.25, and is engraved with the serial number, “467A8060002—019, SN–4.” The Apollo Lunar Surface Drill (ALSD) consisted of two basic experiments: the Heat Flow Experiment (HFE), and the deep drill core; both of which required the successful operation of the drill chuck. In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill Chuck included with this letter was used to emplace two heat flow probes to record the temperature of the lunar surface as well as a deep core tube to extract 2.9 meters of lunar material from the surface of the Moon…The scientific objective of the HFE was to measure the steady-state heat flow from the lunar interior. Two predicated sources of heart are: (1) the original heat at the time of the Moon’s formation, and (2) radioactivity. In addition to temperature, the experiment is capable of measuring the thermal conductivity of the lunar rock material. In conjunction with the seismic and magnetic data contained from other lunar experiments, the values derived from the heat flow measurement will help scientists build more exact models of the Moon and thereby provide a better understanding of its origin and history. The scientific objective of the deep core drill was to obtain a 10-foot core of lunar materials for analysis of thermal properties and stratigraphic composition of the upper surface of the Moon…The drill was used to insert a deep core tube into the surface near the HFE probes to collect lunar material from the surface down to a depth of ten feet. The deep drill core tube consisted of six sections, each 40 cm long…This Lunar Surface Drill Chuck has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” Towards the end of the mission’s first lunar surface EVA, Scott’s initial attempt to drill the HFE bore stem proved a difficult task. After reaching a depth of 5.3 feet, lunar soil particles rode up the helix of the drill bit and hastily halted its momentum. The extreme torque had also subsequently locked the drill chuck and was released using a wrench. The drilling of the second bore stem, which, due to time constraints, was postponed until the following EVA, also concluded with a limited depth mark due to tightly packed lunar soil. Alternately, however, the drilling of the deep core tube was relatively quick in contrast, but extraction of the tube, which essentially screwed itself into the soil, was again delayed until the following EVA. Results from the experiments concluded that the Moon, far more radioactive than previously thought, bore a significant stratigraphic history, revealing a total of 58 individual layers in the deep core sample. An essential artifact related to some of the most substantial and important lunar surface findings of the Apollo program. Pre-certified Starting Bid $5000

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CDR Scott’s amazing 14-foot long lunar photography chart

54. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown Photography Chart. Exceptional flown Apollo 15 lunar orbit chart, folded to 13 x 7.5, signed and flight-certified in the photography legend in black felt tip, “Flown to the Moon on Apollo 15, July 26– Aug 7, ’71, Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” The chart is comprised of twenty-four map plates taped together at the center which if detached and unfolded would measure over fourteen feet long. The chart depicts the entire lunar surface during revolutions 1 through 18, and is labeled on the first panel, “Lunar Orbit Chart A, Apollo 15 Revs 1–18, July 26, 1971, SKB 32100115-377, S/N 1001, 1st Edition May 20, 1971.” The landing site is shown on page A13, and the map provides appropriate information for photographing the areas depicted. Map features extensive blue ink notations in another hand. In fine condition, with a crease to one page.

Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 ‘Lunar Orbit Chart A’ is from my personal collection and was flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15…This chart is comprised of 21 map plates depicting the entire lunar surface covered during revolutions 1 through 18…This unique Chart also contains a handwritten circle in blue around the crater ‘Aitken’ with blue handwritten notations, ‘Terminator Rev 3 Nassau Bay CM 4 80 mm lens,’ indicated by a hand circle and arrow from the crater ‘Nassau.’ This is one of four such charts used by the crew for hand-held Hasselblad orbital photography during our six days in lunar orbit…Lunar Orbit Charts portray lunar topography by shaded relief with a western illumination, and include revolution numbers, and times of crossing…The Photograph Legend information includes symbols for the lens to be used (80mm or 250mm), the time interval between frames, and a target number. Ground tracks below the orbit are marked by red and blue lines…This ‘Lunar Orbit Chart A’ has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” An intricately detailed and visually impressive piece with ideal provenance. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $2500

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Critical piece of the Apollo 15 PLSS 55. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Used PLSS/RCU Cover. Portable

Life Support System (PLSS) Remote Control Unit (RCU) dust cover, measuring 1.5˝ in diameter and .5˝ tall, featuring a black and silver stripe indicator on the top, a central nipple steel bolt in the center, and rim ridged in a diamond pattern for grip. The aluminum cap, with partially legible handwritten part numbers, was used to protect the PLSS-RCU connector from contamination due to lunar dust accumulated during each EVA on the lunar surface. In very good to fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “l hereby certify that the Apollo 15 PLSS-RCU Electrical Connector Dust Cover included with this letter was an integral part of the PLSS that l used during the three periods of Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon...This Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Dust Cover was a vital element in the protection of the electrical connection between the PLSS and the Remote Control Unit (RCU) which was mounted on the astronaut’ s chest and used to monitor the condition and operations of the PLSS. Of particular concern was the pervasive dust that accumulated on the spacesuit and PLSS during the Extravehicular Activities (EVAs). Prior to donning the spacesuit, the Dust Cover was removed and temporarily stored in the onboard ‘purse’ for retrieval and replacement after each EVA. Alter the Dust Cover was removed, the RCU cable was attached after the spacesuit was donned. Upon re-entering the Lunar Module after an EVA the RCU was disconnected and the Dust Cover was placed over the PLSS connector to protect from dust contamination and potential malfunction of the connection between the PLSS and the RCU....This PLSS-RCU Connector Dust Cover has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” Starting Bid $1000

Miniature Apollo 15 rover license plate carried on the lunar surface 56. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown License Plate. Flown aluminum ‘lunar rover license

plate,’ 1.5 x 1, marked with the registration number “LRV 001,” with “MOON” as the home state, the year 1971, and the NASA and Boeing logos in the corners. Astronaut Dave Scott carried this on all three lunar EVAs, including on the lunar rover. In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the miniature metal Lunar Rover license plate…included with this letter was carried on Apollo Lunar Rover No. 1 for three days of surface exploration during Apollo 15…I carried these license plates in a pocket of my Apollo A7L-B EVA Spacesuit…during our nearly three day stay on the Moon as we drove 27.76 km across the lunar surface during approximately 19 hours of three EVAs exploring the Hadley Apennine region. In commemoration of the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the first vehicle to be driven on another world, I designed and had produced these small license plate replicas for use as presentation mementos after our mission to the Moon.” A sought-after flown piece from the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Starting Bid $1000

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Surface–used map for Apollo 15’s Lunar Rover 57. Dave Scott’s Lunar Surface-Used Rover ‘Bearing Map’. Remark-

able lunar map used on the surface of the moon during the first two Apollo 15 EVAs, labeled “Hadley Rille, EVA-I, 1 of 2, EVA–II, 1 of 3,” one page, 10.5 x 8, vertically signed and certified on the left side in black felt tip, “This map was aboard Lunar Rover #1 on the lunar surface at Hadley–Apennine during Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” The map bears a few of Scott’s handwritten notations identifying various areas and geological features of the moon’s surface, including “Crystal,” “Nameless,” “Quadrant,” “Pooh,” “Samstag,” “Salyut,” and “Domingo.” In fine condition, with light toning to adhesive remnants on reverse. Accompanied by a detailed signed letter of provenance from Dave Scott, in part: “I certify that the Apollo 15 Lunar Rover ‘Bearing Map’…included with this letter was carried aboard Lunar Roving Vehicle #1 on the surface of the Moon for three days during Apollo 15…This map was used for landmark recognition during navigation from the Lunar Module to the stations of exploration on each EVA and in emergency return to the LM in the event the Lunar Rover was unable to return for any reason. To be readily available, this map had been temporarily removed from a book of ‘LM Lunar Surface Maps’ and attached to a Rover post with a large clip. The Map contains traces of lunar dust and was exposed to the temperature extremes, radiation, and Solar Wind on the surface of the Moon.” The map features “dark curved lines depicting pre-planned traverse routes from the Lunar Module south to Hadley Rille on EVA-1 and to Hadley Delta Mountain on EVA-2 and subsequently north return back to the LM for both segments.” This map represents the intended pathways of the Lunar Rover on the beginning portions of the first two EVAs of Apollo 15, the first mission to use the innovative roving vehicle. On July 31, Commander Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin unloaded the Rover and embarked on the first EVA to Elbow Crater along the Hadley Rille at around 8-10 km/h, arriving back at the LM Falcon some six hours later to employ the ALSEP and perform drilling experiments. On the next day, the second EVA took the crew to the edge of Mount Hadley Delta, passing the South Cluster and Dune Craters, where the pair sampled boulders and craters along the Apennine Front. In total, the two astronauts spent 18.5 hours outside the LM and collected approximately 170 pounds of lunar samples. As a map extensively used on the Lunar Rover during the Apollo 15’s surface operations, this is a truly extraordinary piece of tremendous historical significance. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $5000

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File clip used during Apollo 15’s three-day stay on the lunar surface 58. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown LM Data File Clip.

Dave Scott’s flown data file clip carried aboard the lunar module Falcon during the Apollo 15 mission, 1.75 x 2.25 x 1, with a swatch of Velcro affixed to bottom and engraved ID numbers, “P/N SEB32100094–301, S/N 1070, Assy.” Commander Scott used this clip to secure equipment such as checklist sheets, flight maps, and any loose articles; it was most frequently used to keep his checklist book open to the right page during the crew’s 12-day mission to the moon back. In fine condition, with expected wear. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 Data File Clip included with this letter was used aboard the Lunar Module Falcon on the surface of the moon for 3 days during Apollo 15…This particular Data File Clip is identified in the Apollo 15 ‘LM Lunar Launch Stowage List,’ page 78. The traces of dark material in the velcro are most likely lunar dust from our space suits or other equipment…This Data File Clip has been in my personal collection since returning to earth.” A decidedly appealing and uncommon piece used extensively during the flight of Apollo 15, the first extended scientific exploration of the Moon. Starting Bid $500

Massive 10–foot long aerodynamic test model

59. CIAM/NASA Wind Tunnel Test Model. Remarkable complete

aerodynamic wind tunnel test model from Russia’s Central Institute of Aviation Motors, the largest aerospace engine testing facility in Europe. The massive aluminum test model measures approximately 10.5 feet long with a diameter of 8.5 inches, and has rotating fins at the rear which measure 26 inches across; the model weighs approximately 110 pounds. It is held in an 11–foot long heavy duty metal transport case with red “NASA” lettering on the sides, which weighs an additional 120 pounds. An apparently identical model has been used in tests conducted at NASA’s Langley Research Center Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. In fine condition. A tremendously impressive aerospace piece. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 35

Technology & Computers Cerf and Kahn’s landmark paper— “A protocol that supports the sharing of resources that exist in different packet switching networks”

60. Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn 1974 Internet Paper.

Scarce and historically significant publication: “A Protocol for Packet Network Communications” by Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn in IEEE Transactions and Communications, Volume Com-22, Number 5, May 1974, pages 589–733. First edition, bound in original wrappers. In fine condition, with a small notation and tiny staple holes to the upper corner of the front cover. Accompanied by a custom-made leatherbound clamshell case. This is a superb example of this publication, which when found is typically rebound and ex-library. Cerf and Kahn’s landmark computer science paper appears on pages 637–648 and presents the Transmission Control Program (TCP), which made the internet possible. The abstract begins: “A protocol that supports the sharing of resources that exist in different packet switching networks is presented.” The authors lay out a network architecture describing gateways that sit between networks which send and receive packets of information. Cerf and Kahn presented their first paper on the new Transmission Control Program at an INWG meeting at the University of Sussex in England in September 1973, and it was first published in this May 1974 issue of IEEE Transactions and Communications. The Transmission Control Program outlined here was later divided into a modular architecture of two layers, the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol—commonly referred to as ‘TCP/IP,’ which remains the main communications protocol used for the internet today. Starting Bid $1000

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Rare 1971 calculator featuring Intel’s first microprocessor 61. 4004 Unicom Calculator. Rare

UniCom 141P calculator, a groundbreaking piece of computing equipment as it used the Intel 4004, the first commercially available microprocessor by Intel. The unit measures 8 x 5.5 x 13 and has a serial number of “26KC260609.” A label on the reverse also reads, “A 3081 01, 08/07/74.” This example boasts the earliest type of Intel 4004, the white ceramic C4004 microprocessor with grey traces, labeled “C4004, 10069.” In very good to fine condition. The UniCom 141P is the OEM version of the Busicom 141-PF, the first consumer product to incorporate a microprocessor. Busicom, a small Japanese manufacturer of advanced electronic calculators, contracted with Intel in 1969 to design a set of integrated circuits for a line of programmable calculators. This spurred the invention of Intel’s 4-bit microprocessor, the 4004, the following year. The complete chipset, known as the MCS-4, also includes the 4001 ROM, 4002 RAM, and 4003 Shift Register, all of which can be seen on the board of this UniCom 141P. Busicom held exclusive rights to these innovative chips until mid-1971, when Intel renegotiated their contract and regained control of the property. On November 15, 1971, Intel announced the availability of the first microprocessor chipset family, the MCS-4 micro computer set (all from the Busicom design) with an advertisement in Electronic News. A remarkable piece of the utmost significance in computing history. Starting Bid $1000

62. Bill Gates.

Co-founder of Microsoft considered one of the wealthiest people in the world (born 1955). Original 3.5 x 2 Microsoft business card naming Gates as “Chairman and Chief Software Architect,” signed in black felt tip, “Bill Gates.” Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 9 x 7. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

63. Bill Gates.

Scarce 8-inch floppy disc, signed and inscribed in silver ink, “Good luck Bill, Bill Gates.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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65. Apple: Ronald Wayne. Laser-

print copy of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co., 7.5 x 10, signed in the lower right in black ink, “Ronald G. Wayne,” over his embossed personal seal. In fine condition. Wayne received a 10% stake in Apple as one of the company’s three founding partners, but he relinquished his equity only two weeks later for the sum of $800. He was the designer of this logo, which depicts Isaac Newton under a tree with an apple dangling above. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

66. Apple: Steve Wozniak. Signed book: iWoz [Chinese Edition]. Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press, 2007. Softcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip, “Woz.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

68. Technology Executives. Col-

lection of six items signed by leaders of significant tech companies, predominately consisting of magazine covers from Time, some inscribed, including: Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita (magazine cover signed in Japanese and TLS signed in English); General Electric CEO Jack Welch; AT&T chairman Frederick Kappel; Litton Industries founder Charles ‘Tex’ Thornton; and DuPont executive Lammot du Pont Copeland. In overall very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, scattered creasing, and mailing folds. Starting Bid $200

1983 prototype of Apple’s first portable computer 67. Apple II Early Prototype Computer. Sought-after Apple

IIc prototype computer, identified on the bottom with a green “Apple Computer Inc.” label bearing an ink Apple inspection stamp, checked “Prototype,” with a serial number of “P1085.” The computer measures 11.5 x 12 x 2.5 and weighs 7.5 pounds. The prototype nature of this unit is further confirmed by the following features: there are no additional company names or product logos on the case; the case has a smooth finish, rather than textured; the date codes on the ICs and motherboard PCB, which date the boards to November 1983; and other design differences compared to the production model. In very good to fine condition, with some yellowing to the plastic. The fourth model in the Apple II series of personal computers, the Apple IIc was Apple’s first compact and portable computer. It was released in April 1984 to lackluster success, outsold by the IIe due to its greater expandability at the cost of a slightly larger size. Nevertheless, this represents a significant milestone in Apple history as the company’s initial endeavor into the realm of portable computers. Starting Bid $300

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FINE AUTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS From presidents and Declaration signers to rock stars and animation wizards, the variety found in our latest monthly Fine Autograph and Artifact catalog is as grand as ever. Literature comes alive with Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, and Harper Lee, as does the vivid color and splendor of Fantasia, Cinderella, and other Disney classics. Our Space section continues to soar with sought-after signatures and flown covers, patches, and checklists, and the Modern Horror Archive of Stanley Wiater casts legendary writers like Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Richard Matheson in an entirely new light. Turn the page and explore!

Presidents & First Ladies �� 39 Notables �� 68 Military �� 101 Aviation �� 108 Space ��113 Space Artifacts �� 120 Art, Architecture, & Design �� 123 Comic Art & Animation �� 130 Walt Disney Studios �� 134 Warner Brothers Studios �� 169 Other Studios �� 171 Literature �� 172 Classic Music �� 187 Contemporary & Modern Music �� 190 Classic Entertainment �� 205 Sports �� 222 Conditions of Sale �� 229

presidents & first ladies 70. George Washington.

Sought-after ink signature as president, “G:o Washington,” on an off-white 8.75 x 2.25 slip clipped from a document, circa 1794–1795, countersigned by Secretary of State Edmund Randolph. Matted with an original silhouette portrait dated 1807 to an overall size of 15 x 13. In very good condition, with a bisecting vertical fold, and light discoloration affecting about half of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500

Desirable 1806 Jefferson–Madison ship’s pass 71. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 20.5 x 16, November 26, 1806. A four-language ship’s pass issued to “Robert Thompson, master or commander of the Brig called the George…lying at present in the port of New York bound for Jamaica and laden with flour, fish, Bread, Crackers, Lumber.” Signed in the center by President Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary of State Madison. The white paper seals affixed to the left side remain intact. In very good to fine condition, with horizontal folds passing through signatures, professional restoration on the reverse to reinforce splitting along intersecting folds, and chipping to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Rare treatise from Madison’s library

72. James Madison. Signed book from the personal collection of President James Madison: Clio: or, a discourse on taste. Addressed to a young lady. By I. U. [James Usher]. Second edition. London: T. Davies, 1769. Hardcover (contemporary sheep, spine sparingly gilt), 3.75 x 6, 247 pages. Signed on the title page with his ownership signature in black ink, “James Madison.” Autographic condition: very good, with edge toning to the signed page not affecting the boldness of the signature. Book condition: G/None, with front board detached, edges and joints rubbed, and cracked rear hinge. Accompanied by a custom-made half morocco clamshell case. Provenance: James Madison–James Madison Cutts–The Victor and Irene Jacobs Collection, Sotheby’s, 1996; The Charles E. Sigety Collection, Christie’s, 2015. James Madison Cutts, Jr., who graduated from Brown in 1856 and went on to earn a Medal of Honor for his gallantry during the Civil War, was the grand-nephew of James and Dolley Madison. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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73. James Madison. Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 unfolded with a center panel of 5 x 3.5, boldly franked at the top by Madison, “Free, James Madison,” and addressed in another hand to “F. R. Hassler, Esq’r, Washington City.” Postmarked Orange-CH. Va., July 3, [1835].” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and seal-related paper loss above (but not affecting) the signature. Accompanied by a color copy of the original letter contained within this cover, which expressed approval of Hessler’s scientific qualifications for a professorship at the University of Virginia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Gorgeous volume by “the most pleasing English Poet of the present century” 74. John Quincy Adams. Signed book:

Poems by Samuel Rogers. London: T. Cadell, 1834. Hardcover (contemporary morocco-grained sheep), 5.5 x 8, 295 pages. Signed and inscribed in bold ink on an inserted leaf bound opposite the frontispiece, “Mr. H. H. Emmons requests the acceptance by J. H. Meredith Esq’r of two volumes of poems by the most pleasing English Poet of the present century—The Pleasures of Memory perhaps entitle him to a station among the druids of a former age, with the Bards of Avon, and of Thames, and of Siloa’s brook that flow’d Fast by the Oracle of God. John Quincy Adams, Quincy, 11 Oct’r 1847.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. Accompanied by a custom-made half morocco clamshell case.

During the last summer of his life, Adams occupied himself by reading his favorite poets—Milton, Herodotus, and the contemporary Samuel Rogers. Feeble and stricken with palsy, Adams recorded the writing of this inscription in his diary, complaining of the physical effort which it required. A beautiful presentation volume boasting a fine literary inscription. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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75. John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS as pres-

ident, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.75 x 9.75, May 25, 1825. President Adams grants John Talbert of Butler County, Ohio, a parcel of land “in the district of Terra Haute, State of Indiana, Containing Eighty acres.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left bears a central crack but remains mostly intact. In very good to fine condition, with small holes along folds, and scattered soiling; Adams’ signature is clean and unaffected. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce twice-signed William Henry Harrison book

76. William Henry Harrison. Signed book: Voyage to South America, Vol. II by Don George Juan and Don Antonia de Ulloa. Second edition. London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1760. Hardcover (contemporary calf), 5.25 x 8, 410 pages. Signed twice in bold ink by Harrison: signed once on the title page with his ownership signature, “Will’m Henry Harrison,” and signed and inscribed later on a free end page, “Presented by W. H. Harrison to his friend Morgan Neville.” The reverse of the title page is inscribed in another hand, “A present from Mr. William Reynolds, June 10th 1792.” Autographic condition: very good, with light staining to the signed pages, and a small tears and areas of paper loss to the lower left corners. Book condition: VG-/ None, with foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, rubbing to spine and joints, and mild soiling to text block. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. Provenance: Swann, 1991; The Library of Marshall B. Coyne, Sotheby’s, 2001. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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77. John Tyler. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 17.25, February 3, 1844. President Tyler appoints John Pope as “a Commander in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by President Tyler and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy David Henshaw. The white Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower portion. In fine condition, with scattered light staining. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

78. John Tyler. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 9.5, November 7, 1844. President Tyler approves a land grant in which “Jonathan Hunt of Mobile County, Alabama…according to the provisions of two several Treaties with the Chickasaw Indians…and several acts of Congress” has purchased a tract of land “at Pontotoc, Mississippi, containing three hundred and twenty acres and fifty two hundredths of an acre.” Signed at the conclusion by Tyler, and countersigned by the recorder of the general land office. White paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Matted and framed with an unsigned engraving of Tyler, with the reverse of frame bearing an affixed Goodspeed’s Book Shop label. In very good to fine condition, with heavy overall wrinkling to the vellum. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after carte-de-visite of Fillmore 79. Millard Fillmore. Very rare 2.5 x 3.5 carte-de-visite portrait of Fillmore in a bust-length pose, signed in ink, “Millard Fillmore, 1867,” who also signs on the reverse, “Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, July 22, 67.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed borders, a central vertical crease passing through Fillmore’s image, and small corner mounting traces on the reverse. Fillmore remains exceedingly scarce in signed carte-de-visite portraits, with this example being just the third we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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The ten-volume Library of American Biography from Fillmore’s collection—signed twenty times!

80. Millard Fillmore. SSigned ten-volume set of books from the collection of Millard Fillmore: The Library of American Biography, Volumes I–X. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1860–1865. Matching hardcovers, 4.5 x 6.75. Signed vertically in ink on the front pastedown of every volume, “Millard Fillmore, Jany. 26, 1867,” and signed again on the title page of all volumes in the same manner. Overall autographic condition: fine, with mottled toning to some pages. Overall book condition: VG/None. Accompanied by custom-made clamshell cases for two volumes. Provenance: The Victor and Irene Jacobs Collection, Sotheby’s, 1996. A simply remarkable set of twice-signed volumes from the president’s library. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500

81. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 4, May 4, 1857.

Response to an autograph collector, in full: “I have yours of the 1st ult. and regret to say that I can not furnish you with General Taylor’s autograph.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/ DNA authentication holder. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and light overall soiling. Starting Bid $200

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President Pierce forwards a copy of The Constitution’ with handwritten letter: “I hope you will read the volume carefully—that you will be led to regard the principles of the Constitution with habitual reverence and to give them at all times a loyal and hearty support”

82. Franklin Pierce. Signed book: The Constitution by W.

Hickey. Seventh edition. Philadelphia: T. K. and P. G. Collins, 1854. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 521 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in crisp ink as president, “Master W. S. A. Starrett, from Franklin Pierce, Washington, Aug. 11, 1855.” Includes an ALS from Pierce to Starrett, three pages on two adjoining sheets, August 11, 1855, in full: “As I know but one family resident in Mont Vernon on which bears your name, I infer that you are a son of my early companion & friend Appleton Starrett. I cheerfully comply with the request contained in your note of yesterday. If my supposition in regard to your father be correct, I beg you to present to him my kindest regards—I shall send to you with this a small volume containing the Constitution, a history of the proceeding which led to its adoption and ratification and other valuable information—I hope you will read the volume carefully—that you will be led to regard the principles of the Constitution with habitual reverence and to give them at all times a loyal and hearty support.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light toning to the signed page; the letter has a tear to the final page not affecting any handwriting. Book condition: VG/None. Like Pierce, Joseph Appleton Starrett was born in 1804 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, where the two became acquainted as children. His son, William Sullivan Appleton Starrett, who received this thoughtful gift from the sitting president, went on to serve in Company B, 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Pierce’s affectionate 1851 Christmas gift to his son, a year before tragedy struck 83. Franklin Pierce. Signed book: The Playmate by

Joseph Cundall. Boston: Wm. Crosby & H. P. Nichols, circa 1847. Hardcover, 6.25 x 8.25, 411 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page to his son as a Christmas gift, “Benjamin Pierce, from his affectionate Father, Dec’r 25, 1851.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light toning and foxing to the signed page, and a light bend passing through part of the handwriting. Book condition: VG/None. Accompanied by a custom-made slipcase. Two months before entering the White House in 1853, Franklin and Jane Pierce experienced the ultimate tragedy when their last child, Benjamin, was killed in a gruesome train accident on January 6th—just a year and twelve days after the date of this book’s inscription. Having already lost their other two children, this final blow seriously affected both of them for the rest of their lives, and Pierce remained stricken with grief throughout his presidency. Inscribed to the then 10–year–old Benjamin Pierce, this is a remarkable piece of presidential family history. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

Two days before leaving office, Buchanan appoints a lieutenant in the “Rock Creek Cavalry” 84. James Buchanan. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 9.25, March 2, 1861. Buchanan appoints Alfred Ray “First Lieutenant of the ‘Rock Creek Cavalry’ of the Militia of the District of Columbia.” Signed at the conclusion by Buchanan and countersigned by Secretary of War Joseph Holt. Double-suede-matted and framed with a portrait and a biographical plaque to an overall size of 24.25 x 25.5. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light staining. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Buchanan’s personal annotated copy of Constitutional Law

85. James Buchanan. James Buchanan’s personally-owned and –used law book, entitled “Constitutional Law,“ published

by Philadelphia’s Abraham Small in 1822, hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 9.5, 415 pages. Buchanan has added copious handwritten notations to two pages of the unsigned volume; the first instance, on page 313, written vertically along the right edge, “and the dividends which should arise from their stock for twenty years” and “‘or both, in each state, as Congress, with the absent of such state shall by law direct, & in the manner most conducive to the general welfare, according to the sales of representation, in the most numerous branch of the N. L.’” The second and more substantial portion of handwriting can be found on the reverse of the final free end page, “Vide page 313. These resolutions were referred to a Committee of the whole House; and the subject was debated on the 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 March 1818: on which day that Committee reported the following resolutions to the House. 1. That Congress has power, under the Constitution, to appropriate money for the consideration of post roads, military & other roads, & for the improvement of water courses. 2. Resolved, that Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct post roads & military roads: Provided that private property be not taken for public use, without just compensation. 3. Resolved, that Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct roads & canals, necessary for commerce between the States: Provided that private property be not taken for public purposes, without just compensation. 4. Resolved that Congress has power, under the Constitution, to construct canals for military purposes; Provided, that private property be taken for any such purpose, without just compensation being made therefor. The ayes & noes were taken upon the passage of each of these resolutions. The first passed in the affirmative, Yeas 90, Nays 75. The second passed in the negative Ayes 82, Noes 84. The third passed in the negative, Ayes 71, Noes 95; & the 4th. also passed in the negative Ayes 81, Noes 83. Vide Journal H. R. page 335, P. S. W. Mercer voted against the third resolution.” The title page is signed by Buchanan’s niece Harriet Lane Johnston, “H. L. Johnston, 1868,” who acted as the bachelor president’s first lady during his presidency; title page also bears a Buchanan ownership notation in an unknown hand. Housed in a custom-made presentation slipcase. Autographic condition: very good, with mottled foxing to interior pages. Book condition: G/None, with text block detached from boards, which have been crudely repaired with tape. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“Every person here is anxiously expecting the answer of the Czar” 86. James Buchanan. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, December 22, 1855. Letter to Hon. Peter D. Vroom, written while serving as minister to the United Kingdom. In part: “I have received a letter from Dr. W. W. Bidlack, now at Tangier, who informs me that he has written to the Russian Minister at Berlin soliciting the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Russian Army…I cannot interfere in favor of the appointment of Dr. Bidlack to an office in the Russian Army; but it is due to him to state my personal knowledge of his family and himself. His father, the Hon: Benjamin A. Bidlack, was a worthy and excellent man. He repeatedly represented his County (that of Luzerne) in the Legislature of Pennsylvania and afterwards represented his District in the Congress of the United States…In regards to Dr. Bidlack, he went out to Tangier as the youthful companion and friend of Mr. Collings, U.S. Consul General, who recently died there….He has undoubtedly received a regular education as a physician and surgeon… Every person here is anxiously expecting the answer of the Czar to the propositions made by Austria and accepted by France and England. If this should be favorable, I doubt whether the terms, whatever they may be, will prove satisfactory to the British people. They seem to be intent upon the recovery of the military prestige which they have lost during the two last campaigns, and to accomplish this object, have made vast naval preparations.” In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. With the Crimean War winding down, Buchanan kept close watch on Russia as 1855 came to a close. The initial terms set forth by Austria at this time were in fact accepted, and a peace conference began in Paris in February of 1856 to address the remaining issues. Buchanan’s key concern—Russian naval power—was addressed in one of the most crucial points of the final treaty: establishing the Black Sea as neutral territory. This closed it to all warships and prohibited fortifications and armaments on its shores. Meanwhile, the agreement preserved the Ottoman Empire and forced Russia to surrender some of the territory it had gained. An extremely desirable letter on foreign policy from the president-to-be. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Rare book from Mary Todd’s library 87. Mary Todd Lincoln. Signed book: The Life of Marie Antoinette. Second edition. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1877. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 432 pages. Signed on the half-title page in crisp black ink, “Mary Lincoln, 1878.” A carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln has also been affixed to the first free end page. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G+/None. An extremely rare autograph and marvelous association piece between powerful women. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Lincoln forwards the exchange of a former Virginian congressman

Images is larger than actual size 88. Abraham Lincoln. ANS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, February 25, 1865. In full: “Allow the bearer, Roger

A. Pryor, to pass to Gen. Grant, and report to him for exchange.” Also includes an ink signature, “Very respectfully—Roger A. Pryor, 1888,” on the reverse of Pryor’s personal calling card. In very good to fine condition, with moderate overall soiling to Lincoln’s card, and a few pencil erasures to Pryor’s. A former newspaperman and Virginian congressman known for his fiery pro-slavery diatribes, Roger Atkinson Pryor enlisted as a private and scout under General Fitzhugh Lee after a failed attempt to command his own division. Roughly a year later on November 28, 1864, he was captured by Union forces and held in Fort Lafayette in New York as a suspected spy. Pryor was released on behalf of an exchange on February 27, two days after this note was written, squarely traded for General John Dent, the brother-in-law of General U. S. Grant. Penned amidst a nation’s turmoil and the stresses of the highest office, this is an immensely desirable handwritten presidential note. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Boldly signed carte-de-visite of the 17th president 89. Andrew Johnson. Fantastic 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Johnson in near profile, boldly signed on the reverse in black ink, “Andrew Johnson, Feb. 14th 1869.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/ DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Signed photos of Johnson remain especially scarce, with this example augmented by its uncharacteristic right-facing pose. Starting Bid $300

Grant arranges boats for the arrival of Quinby troops 90. U. S. Grant. Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj: Genl,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, April 14, 1863. Letter to Major General McPherson, in full: “Has any arrangements been made to bring Quinby’s Div. here? I naturally supposed that the transcripts which brought him out of the Pass would bring him down here. If nothing has been done direct him to stop all boats except mail boats going up until he gets enough to bring him down. Commence moving one Div. of your command to this place. Boats enough to move the entire Div. cannot be sent all at once but let the troops come on what boats there are and the same boats can return for the balance.” Grants adds a postscript, “The boat that takes this can be sent directly on for Quinby to be released and go north if Quinby does not require it.” In fine condition. Grant’s mention of a “Pass” is likely in reference to the Yazoo Pass Expedition, a joint operation during the Vicksburg campaign which saw the forces of Grant’s Tennessee Army and David D. Porter’s Mississippi River Squadron attempt to flank rebel troops by navigating through the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta. In large part due to natural obstacles, the expedition was ultimately a failure, with Brigadier General Isaac F. Quinby wisely dismissing any chance of a fourth, futile attempt. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The Union’s valiant commanding general 91. U. S. Grant. Highly appealing carte-de-visite bust-length

portrait of the revered Union general, signed in black ink, “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U. S. A.” Published by J. E. McClees of Philadelphia. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of all Union Armies on March 9, 1864, so this carte-de-visite would have been signed sometime between this 1864 promotion and Grant’s entry into the White House in 1869. Starting Bid $300

92. U. S. Grant.

Uncommon partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, March 26, 1869. President Grant appoints Albert G. Caldwell as “Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Grant, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie. Dark blue embossed seal remains affixed to lower portion. In very good to fine condition, with light scattered staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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93. U. S. Grant.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 26, 1870. President Grant directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of John Thrasher, Jr.” Signed at the conclusion by President Grant. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

94. U. S. Grant.

ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, April 27, 1882. Letter to Messrs. Fitch & Fox, in full: “You are authorized to draw on me at three days signal for the amt. due Mr. Greene, and which Mr. Olmstead owes.” In fine condition, with one small tear to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

95. Rutherford B. Hayes. Part-

ly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 14 x 18, June 12, 1879. President Hayes appoints William C. Forbush as a “Captain in the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.” Signed at the conclusion by Hayes and countersigned by Secretary of War George W. McCrary. Retains the blue seal affixed to the upper left. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 23. In fine condition, with some moderate rippling to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

“The war must be a long one—the rebellion cannot be ended till we strike, strike, strike—and strike again” 96. James A. Garfield. Civil War–dated ALS signed “J. A.

Garfield,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, December 22, 1862. Letter to a colonel, in part: “I am delighted with the prospect of having your regiment with me...I have been so long kept in this court that my impatience has sometimes amounted almost to despair of getting into the field at all—but I hope we are drawing toward the close of our long siege. In regard to the formation of Brigades of course I cannot not tell what our material will be or how large my command—though I know the intention now is to give me a Division—But if it can be done I shall be very ready to do anything for you in my power—I hope we shall before long see the way open for work. The Cabinet seems to be going to pieces and this world of Washington is in such a ferment as had not been seen for many a long day. The war must be a long one—the rebellion cannot be ended till we strike, strike, strike—and strike again—tough bloody blows that cost us fearfully dear, but that at last will break the strength of the South—We have not yet found the General to lead us all—When we find him we shall make swift work.” In fine condition, with light fading to text and signature, small splits along intersecting folds, and two old tape impressions at top edge and corner. Garfield had entered the Union Army at the start of the war, but returned home in the summer of 1862 to nurse a severe illness. He returned to duty in autumn, first serving on the court that adjudicated the court-martial of Fitz John Porter. The court-martial lasted from November through January, and Garfield mentions his dismay that the trial was holding him back from returning to battle. Vocal about his disagreement with the way the Union was handling itself—citing Washington’s politicians as too timid to take decisive actions and calling for the military to use more aggressive tactics in hopes of pulverizing the rebels—he was anxious to get involved. An exquisite wartime letter showcasing Garfield’s unbounded patriotism and enthusiasm for his country. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The president and the assassin 97. James A. Garfield and Charles Guiteau. Two items: an

ink signature, “J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio,” on an offwhite 4.25 x 2 card; and an ink signature, “Charlie Guiteau,” on a lightly line offwhite 3.75 x1.5 slip bearing collector’s ink notations. Both are double-matted and framed with a Memorial Service of James Abram Garfield engraving bearing preprinted signatures of William McKinley and John Sherman to an overall size of 16 x 20. In fine condition, with light soiling to the Guiteau signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

98. Grover Cleveland. Original

4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Cleveland, signed below in black ink, “Grover Cleveland, May 24, 1892.” Published by the Otto Sarony Studio of New York. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/ DNA authentication holder. In very good condition, with three creases, the heaviest of which passes through Cleveland’s face. Signed between Cleveland’s two nonconsecutive terms as president. Starting Bid $200

Impressive compilation including McKinley, Harrison, and over 300 fellow congressmen

99. William McKinley and the 1884 Congress. Exceptionally clean leatherbound autograph album 7.5 x 9.5, signed inside by approximately 318 members of the 1884 Congress, highlighted by William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, Wade Hampton, John T. Morgan, William S. Rosecrans, Henry W. Slocum, John Sherman, William Mahone, Samuel J. Randall, Augustus H. Garland, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, George H. Pendleton, Thomas F. Bayard, Alfred H. Colquitt, Zebulon B. Vance, Matthew C. Butler, William H. Forney, and over 300 others. In fine condition. A beautiful volume signed by a large percentage of the 48th United States Congress. Starting Bid $300

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100. William McKinley. Signed

book: Speeches and Addressed of William McKinley. First edition. NY: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 388 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink as president, “For Mr. Charlemagne Tower, with cordial regards, William McKinley, July 31, 1900.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. Charlemagne Tower served as US minister to Austria-Hungary and ambassador to Russia during President McKinley’s administration. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Exceptional photo of President McKinley and his short-lived vice president 101. William McKinley. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 6 group photo of President and First Lady McKinley seated on a raised platform with the vice president, the second lady, and several other important political figures, affixed to the original photography mount, signed in black ink, “William McKinley,” “Ida McKinley,” “Garret A. Hobart,” and “Jennie T. Hobart.” Reverse of the mount bears a Benjamin Kohn studio stamp, as well as ownership ink notations dated August 1899. In fine condition, with slight edge chipping, and missing lower left corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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102. William M c K i n l e y.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 18, February 15, 1901. President McKinley appoints William C. Forbush as a “Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by McKinley and countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. Retains the blue seal affixed to the lower left. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 23. In very good to fine condition, with moderate overall rippling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

103. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS as pres-

ident, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, October 7, 1905. Letter to New York Congressman Herbert Parsons, in part: “Having waited until to-day I do not think it wise to wait any longer in the Morris matter. I took the appointment up with Root, who thinks it ought to be made. He had recommended John S. Wise, but evidently thinks Morris a better man…It is a very real regret to me not to be able to appoint him. If I could conduct public business only with reference to my own feelings I should do so as a matter of course.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 10.5 x 13. In fine condition. An interesting letter on the strains of the office and the necessity of separating personal feelings from political matters. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The ex-president writes while “On Safari” in Africa 104. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS in pencil, one page, 7.75

x 9.75, December 2, 1909. Letter to a Mr. Horne, written while “On Safari.” In full: “I have such sympathy with your project that I wish I could say ‘yes’ off hand; but it is not possible for me to make any engagements at present.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand, and a postcard depicting a map tracing Roosevelt’s journey through Africa. Just after leaving the White House, Roosevelt famously undertook the Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition in 1909–1910; this trip to Africa was a defining moment in Roosevelt’s post-presidential legacy, even resulting in his authorship of African Game Trails, a book on the subject. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“You have done fine and patriotic work” 105. Theodore Roosevelt. LS,

one page, 6.75 x 9.25, Oyster Bay letterhead, September 24, 1918. Letter to Frank Wilkinson, in part: “I am sorry I cannot be with you… but I am making a speech in Baltimore on that day. You have done fine and patriotic work and I wish you all success.” Roosevelt adds, “Good luck!,” in his own hand at the conclusion. Matted and framed. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Didn’t Dewey do well?”— three days after the Battle of Manila Bay 106. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 8

x 10.5, Navy Department letterhead, May 4, 1898. Letter to Hon. James Eckels of the Commercial National Bank in Chicago. In full: “I thank you heartily for your kindness. Didn’t Dewey do well? I will have all the documents I can get sent to you.” In fine condition, with filing holes to top edge. This was written just three days after Admiral George Dewey’s decisive victory in the Battle of Manila Bay, and two days prior to Roosevelt’s resignation as assistant secretary of the Navy to form the First US Volunteer Cavalry—better known as the ‘Rough Riders.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

107. William H. Taft. World War 1-dated TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10.25, personal letterhead, August 10, 1918. Letter to Gus J. Karger of The Times– Star, in part: “I am very much pleased and amused at the Russian business. With a camouflage of statement as to our motives, and with an ostentatiously small force, we are entering at Archangel and at Vladivostok, and we shall never come out until we establish an Eastern front for Germany in Russia. The force which will be sent must be followed by larger forces, and no matter how the administration tries to masquerade it, it is action against the Bolsheviki, and the Bolsheviki are the power which Germany will back, and which Germany will have to back. We shall be engaged in backing the other side, and we shall have to send more and more troops. Russia will have to have a civil war, in spite of herself, and it is the best thing she can have. All this gush about not using Russia to wage war against Germany is utterly without substance, because the only way to help Russia is to fight Germany in Russia, and drive Germany out of it. These self-denying announcements of course no one quarrels with. Of course we don’t wish to take any part of Russia, and of course we don’t wish to exercise any control over her government, but she is loaded with Germany, and we have got to kick Germany out. The only way we can kick her out is by the use of military force.” Taft makes several handwritten emendations, and adds a postscript to the conclusion: “I suppose Hulbert continues to trail along in the procession of events with Wilson six months behind.” In very good condition, with scattered staining and rippling from onetime exposure to moisture. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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President Wilson’s reserved church pew from 1913–1914 108. Woodrow Wilson. President Woodrow Wilson’s personal-

ly-used chair from Central Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, bearing an engraved plaque on the top rail, “This chair was reserved for and occupied by President Woodrow Wilson while a worshipper in this church, 1913–1914.” The theater-style pew itself measures approximately 21 x 33 x 20, and is attached to a heavy mahogany display stand measuring 30 x 41 x 24, with a velour barrier rope across the front. A second plaque is attached to the armrest, reading, “President C.D.B. King of Liberia also occupied this chair, 1921.” In very good condition, with general age-related wear (dings, scratches, worn upholstery, and so forth) expected in a well-used item of this type. Accompanied by a short, privately printed book entitled Woodrow Wilson in Church by his pastor James H. Taylor, signed and inscribed by Taylor inside the front cover. In the book, Taylor recalls that Wilson attended services at the church on the first Sunday of his administration, and soon after sent a letter stating that his family would like to become regular attendees. Wilson also asked if pews were assigned to members of the congregation and inquired about pew rents; Wilson’s letter is depicted within the book. Though not customary, Rev. Taylor was happy to oblige and offered the Wilsons assigned seating ‘so that you may feel perfectly at home in our church.’ The Central Presbyterian Church had a growing congregation and expansion plans were already under way; a new, bigger church building was to be built, and President Wilson was given the honor of laying the cornerstone on December 19, 1913. The new church opened on May 31, 1914, and President Wilson was presumably given a new pew. This one seems to have been set off for display, and perhaps reserved for visiting dignitaries as in the case of Liberian President Charles D. B. King. A unique piece of historically significant personal presidential memorabilia. Oversized. Starting Bid $200

109. Woodrow Wilson. Limited edi-

tion vintage matte-finish 14 x 18 photo of an artistic portrait of Woodrow Wilson by artist Frederick Reynolds, numbered 46/300, signed in pencil in the lower border by Wilson and by the artist. Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 24. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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110. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Desirable bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Roosevelt as president, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” payable to veterinarian George Lauder Stringham, D.V.M., for $22.50, September 7, 1944. In fine condition, with cancellation holes to signature area. This check was likely to pay for treatment of FDR’s beloved Scottish Terrier, Fala, one of the most well-known presidential pets. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

‘The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific’ 111. Harry S. Truman. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 3, 1961. Letter to Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., the director and editor at the Princeton University Press, in full: “Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness in sending me a copy of ‘Japan Subdued: The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific’ by Herbert Feis. I more than appreciate it and hope I will have an early chance to read it.” In fine condition. Truman’s reference to the Feis book recalls one of history’s most famous ‘unsent’ presidential letters. In his book, Feis, a special consultant to three secretaries of war, queried whether a combination of blockade and further conventional bombing could have supplanted the use of an atomic weapon to defeat the Japanese. Following the release of unclassified documents, Feis struggled even further with the newfound evidence and drastic recourse, and sent Truman a letter requesting details into the final decision to destroy Hiroshima. Incensed by Feis’ ‘egghead contemplations,’ Truman handwrote a scathing reply letter, one which was ultimately never sent. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

112. Harry S. Truman. Uncommon signed book: Log of the Presi-

dent’s Trip to the Berlin Conference. Spiral-bound softcover, 9 x 10.75, 140 pages. Signed on the front cover in black ink by Truman. The book contains a two-page 15.5 x 10.75 fold-out map charting Truman’s trip, as well as numerous historic photographs of Truman pictured with numerous important historical figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and King George VI. In fine condition, with mild handling wear. The Berlin Conference established the Council of Foreign Ministers to continue working on postwar relations, including peace treaties, German reparations, methods for handling war criminals, and the admission of the defeated countries to the United Nations, among other topics. On his return from Berlin, Truman received word that Japan had been struck with a nuclear bomb, leading to the eventual end to all hostilities. The image of Truman and Stalin on the cover is quite rare given that it was the only time the two world leaders would meet face-to-face. After the Allied victory in World War II, the two men would lead their respective super powers in the Cold War struggle that pitted the US against the USSR. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Ike on Churchill—“We will not see his like again” 113. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Two

TLSs, both signed “Ike,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead. Both letters are addressed to Eisenhower’s former White House Chief of Staff Wilton B. Persons. The first, dated February 25, 1965, in part: “The journey to London was a sad one for me as you know but I did not want to pay my last respects to Sir Winston. We will not see his like again. I do appreciate your complimentary comments on the little tribute to his memory. Amazingly enough we have been swamped with correspondence about it, and The National Geographic reproduced it in pamphlet form”; the second letter, dated September 20, 1966, in part: “I am not booked for any ‘series’ of TV appearances this fall. However, on ABC I will be in one show that is called ‘Churchill as a Soldier.’ I think it will come out on the anniversary of his death in January.” In overall fine condition, with some light foxing to the earlier letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

114. John F. Kennedy. Un-

common swatch of dark blue seat leather from the 1961 Lincoln Continental X-100 presidential limousine Kennedy was riding in at the time of his assassination, measuring approximately .5 x .75. Double-matted with an image of Kennedy in the limousine and an information caption to an overall size of 11 x 14. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from John Reznikoff/University Archives. In fine condition. A poignant, historic reminder of that fateful November day. Starting Bid $200

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115. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed

“Jack,” one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, January 15, 1955. Letter to Marian and Jim Fitzgerald, in full: “I want to thank you for your very nice Christmas card. It was most kind of you to remember us and we appreciate your thoughtfulness more than we can say. I hope to be back to work in the not too distant future and look forward to seeing you some time soon. With every good wish for the New Year, I remain.” Kennedy adds at the bottom in his own hand, “Many thanks.” In very good to fine condition, with several horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

116. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John,”

one page, 6.25 x 9, United States Senate letterhead, June 13, 1955. Letter to Marian Fitzgerald, in full: “I want you to know that I deeply appreciate your kind message upon the occasion of my return to Washington. I am certainly delighted to be back at work after such a long time away. I hope to have the opportunity to see you sometime soon when I am in Massachusetts so that I may thank you personally for your thoughtfulness. With best wishes to you and Jim.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining in the left margin. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

117. John F. Kennedy.

Unused original “Press Section, Balcony Only” ticket, number 1349, 2.5 x 6, to the ‘Texas Welcome Dinner’ presented in honor of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, to be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Austin at 7:30 PM on November 22, 1963. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA authentication holder. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Days after pushing for the Voting Rights Act— “There are few issues before the people of this country that are so rooted in rightness” 118. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, March 17, 1965. Letter to Ohio congressman Michael Joseph Kirwan, in full: “Your telegram was a bright and happy event in my day. Of course I am glad that you heartily approved of what I had to say. There really can be no argument about the position that I have taken for there are few issues before the people of this country that are so rooted in rightness—constitutionally, morally, and humanly. Thank you, my dear friend, for your very kind words.” Attractively matted and framed with the original mailing envelope, and two photos—one of Johnson with Alabama Governor George Wallace, the other of an African-American family watching the speech on TV—to an overall size of 24.25 x 23.25. In fine condition. March of 1965 proved a formative period in the Civil Rights Movement and for the legacy of President Johnson. In the wake of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama, and the murder of civil rights activist James Reeb two days later, Johnson gave a nationally televised speech on March 15, 1965, evoking the words of Martin Luther King—‘We shall overcome’—while subsequently urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Once through the Senate and House, the bill saw the number of southern black elected state and federal officeholders nearly double over the succeeding decade. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 61

Scarce portrait of the Nixon cabinet 119. Richard Nixon and Cabinet.

Desirable color textured semi–glossy 9.75 x 7.75 official White House photo of President Nixon and his cabinet, signed and inscribed in blue ink by Nixon, “To Claude Harkins, with best wishes, from Richard Nixon,” as well as several other members of his cabinet, including: James Lynn (2), Peter Brennan, George P. Schultz, Anne Armstrong, Elliot Richardson, Claude S. Brinegar, William P. Rogers, Earl L. Butz, Richard Kleindienst, Roy L. Ash, Rogers C. B. Morton, and Caspar W. Weinburger. Reverse bears a faint “Official Photograph, The White House, Washington, D.C.” stamp. In fine condition. A decidedly uncommon cast of signatures from the controversial Nixon cabinet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

“The argument that developing a nuclear defense system is an escalation of the arms race is completely demolished” 120. Richard Nixon. Two TLSs, both signed “RN,” one

page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead. Both letters are addressed to journalist Joseph Kingsbury–Smith. The earlier letter, dated December 21, 1983, in part: “I hope that you will be able to follow through in urging joint Soviet/ American development of non-nuclear defense systems in space. As you note, I covered this issue only briefly because of space limitations on pages 37 and 38 of Real Peace…If we proceed along these lines, the argument that developing a nuclear defense system is an escalation of the arms race is completely demolished. If both countries go forward together, the goal would be to develop a common shield. If either acts singly, the obvious purpose would be to develop a shield so that they could safely use the sword”; the later letter, from January 5, 1984, in full: “Your column, as usual, was right on target in reporting my proposal with regard to a defensive missile system. And many thanks for your generous reference to my little book.” Nixon adds the salutation in his own hand to each letter, and adds a postscript to the 1983 letter, “Best wishes for Christmas & the New Year, RN.” In overall fine condition, with light toning to the earlier letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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President Nixon thanks an “old and trusted friend” for his “letter of support on Vietnam” 121. Richard Nixon. TLS as president signed “RN,” one

page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 23, 1973. Letter to James S. Copley, chairman of Copley Newspapers, in full: “I want you to know how much I appreciated your December 29 letter of support on Vietnam. I am confident we are pursuing the right course to bring an honorable peace as soon as possible, and it means a great deal to have the backing of an old and trusted friend in these decisions. Herb Klein tells me you have been in the hospital. You are a great fighter and I’ll look forward to hearing the welcome news that you are back at home. Pat joins me in sending regards to Helen and you.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Reagan offers what he can of his father’s upbringing

122. Ronald Reagan. ALS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 4, personal stationery, April 15 (no year but circa 2002-2003). Letter to R. S. Michalicek, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “I’m afraid I cant be of much help with regard to my fathers upbringing. I know he was orphaned when he was 6 yrs. old and then raised by an aunt...My father was a true Irishman. His father came to this country from an Irish village—’Ballyporeen’ in County Tiperary. Some of my fathers growing up took place in Iowa in the North East part. He played baseball on a town team but for the life of me I cant remember which town. I hope this will be of some help to you and I’m sorry I cant be more explicit.—Oh one more thing—he & my mother were married in Tampico Ill.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Reagan’s own hand, as well as the original letter and mailing envelope from the recipient. Starting Bid $200

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Scarce potrait of six first ladies 123. First Ladies. Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of six first ladies posing together in chronological order, signed in felt tip by Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Clinton. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare fully signed Clinton Library photograph 124. Presidents and First Ladies. Amazing color sat-

in-finish 11 x 8.5 photo taken at the 2004 opening of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, signed in the lower border in blue and black felt tip by Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, George Bush, Barbara Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, George W. Bush, and Laura Bush. In fine condition, with a trivial stain near the upper right edge. A spectacular, historic image rarely seen in fully signed examples. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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125. Abraham Lincoln MB $200

126. Rutherford B. Hayes

127. Chester A. Arthur

MB $200

128. Benjamin Harrison

129. Benjamin Harrison

130. William H. Taft

131. Woodrow Wilson

132. Woodrow Wilson

133. Warren G. Harding

134. Calvin Coolidge

135. Calvin Coolidge

137. Eleanor Roosevelt

138. Franklin D. Roosevelt

139. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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136. Herbert Hoover MB $200

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140. Franklin D. Roosevelt MB $200

141. Harry and Bess Truman

142. Harry S. Truman MB $200

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144. Harry S. Truman

145. Harry S. Truman

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143. Harry S. Truman MB $200

146. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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147. Richard Nixon

148. Richard Nixon

149. Richard Nixon

150. Gerald Ford

151. Gerald Ford

152. Gerald Ford

153. Gerald Ford

154. Gerald Ford

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155. Jimmy Carter MB $200

156. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

157. Ronald Reagan

158. Ronald Reagan

159. Bill Clinton

160. Hillary Clinton

161. Hillary Clinton

162. Hillary Clinton

163. Hillary Clinton

165. Hillary Clinton

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166. Barack Obama

167. Barack Obama

169. Carters, Bushes, and Ford

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170. Presidents and First Ladies MB $200

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notables Declaration of Independence Boldly signed 1786 appointment

171. Benjamin Franklin. Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin Presid.,” one page, 14.75 x 9, May 12, 1786. As president

of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, Franklin certifies the status of Assheton Humphreys as “a Notary and Tabellion Public in and for the said Commonwealth, duly appointed and commissioned.” Boldly signed below the blindstamped seal by Franklin and countersigned at the conclusion by James Trimble. A two-page power of attorney document certified by Humphreys is affixed. In very good condition, with a trimmed lower edge and scattered small tears and areas of paper loss. Franklin issued this document as president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, a position analogous to the modern position of governor. Franklin’s signature is a superb, crisp example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

172. Edward Rutledge. American politician from South

Carolina who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence (1749–1800). Two ink signatures, “E. Rutledge,” on an off-white 5 x 1 slip clipped from a financial document. In very good to fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Heartfelt 1776 letter from the rare New Jersey Signer

173. Francis Hopkinson. Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Fr. Hopkinson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, measures 12.5 x 8 open, March 29, 1776. Letter to his sister, Nancy Coale, in part: “I have been pleasing myself all Winter with the fond Hopes of paying you a visit in the Spring, but now the Time is come I find so many Difficulties in the way, that I know not how to break thro them all. The Critical Situation of Public Affairs & my own uncertain Circumstances are principal Obstacles...We are exceedingly anxious to hear from you expecting the Time draws nigh in which you hope to increase your Family. May God grant you a happy Delivery!—You know not the tender Cares & heart–felt Pangs this new Connection will create—But it is the Lot of human Life, that every Acquisition of Joy brings with it the Seeds of much Sorrow—I hope the latter will never thrive in your Garden.—When I think of my dear, my darling Jemmy—I feel one of those Touches of Grief which Nature can least bear...I hear the Dr. is engaged in a Salt Petre Works—how does he go on? I hope he has good Success—I too have been fiddling at it—but in a very small way.” Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In very good condition, with unobtrusive professional repairs and reinforcements, and heavy overall foxing not affecting readability. At the start of the War for Independence, Pennsylvania’s Frankford Mill served as the lone American manufacturer of gunpowder. On February 23, 1776, Continental Congress resolved to remedy this shortage by promoting the production of saltpeter across the United Colonies; saltpeter being an ingredient in a recipe for ‘nitre,’ or potassium nitrate, one of three gunpowder essentials. Although Hopkinson attests to “fiddling at it—but in a very small way,” civilian urgency is plainly captured. Three months later, Hopkinson was elected to represent New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress, approving and signing the Declaration of Independence soon thereafter. In addition to his legal career, Hopkinson was also an acclaimed composer, with the somber mention of “Jemmy” recalling a song he had written nearly twenty years earlier entitled ‘With Jemmy on the Sea,’ one of the earliest American compositions. An affectionately penned letter deriving from a notable chapter in both the life of Hopkinson and the narrative of the American Revolution. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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American Politicians and Leaders 174. Charles Calvert. The third

baron of Baltimore (1637–1715) who inherited the colony in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert; he served as the governor of Maryland from 1661–1676. Scarce manuscript DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 8.5, June 10, 1671. Document relating to a land transaction, in part: “Caecilius, Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltimore to all persons to whom these presents shall come Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting…to William Keene of the province of Calvert…and Ann his wife…do hereby grant unto him the said William Keene…property containing 50 acres in West St. Mary’s manor, St. Mary’s Co., Md., in the woods adjoining Thomas Courtney’s tract of land…called ‘Keene’s rest.’” Signed in the lower right corner by Calvert. Reverse bears additional docketing relating to the land purchase, and is signed by witnesses Thomas Courtney and Robert Ellys, and by William Keene and office clerk Robert Ridgely. Housed within a standing 15.5 x 11.75 frame, with a window on the reverse for viewing the opposite side. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, and moderately heavy rippling to the vellum. Early Maryland colonial documents signed by Calvert are exceedingly rare, with this being the first such example we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Hamilton makes a monetary request to NYC’s Mayor Varick 175. Alexander Hamilton. Uncommon ALS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 6.25 x 8, May 4, 1798. Request letter written to Richard Varick, in full: “A friend of mine has a sudden and unexpected call for 5000 Dollars which I am anxious to assist him with. Can you assist me with 1000 under the certainty that it will be replaced on Wednesday next? If you can you will do me a pleasure.” Hamilton’s clerk, John Patterson, has added docketing notations concerning receipt of payment. In fine condition, with a small split along one of the intersecting folds. As the 45th mayor of New York, Varick backed the unpopular Jay Treaty of 1794, and, a year later, attempted to quell a minor upheaval near City Hall during a pro-treaty speech given by Hamilton; the latter was reported to have been pelted with stones by the pro-French spectators. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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The ever-popular Alexander Hamilton

176. Alexander Hamilton. Extremely desirable crisp ink

signature, “Free, A. Hamilton,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.5 slip clipped from a free frank. In fine condition, with a light diagonal crease and scattered soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

177. Robert Todd Lincoln. Attractive

2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln, signed in ink, “Robert T. Lincoln.” Reverse bears a “Collection of Americana, Frederick H. Meserve” stamp. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

178. Francis W. Pickens. Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the USA (1805–1869). Early Civil War-dated ALS signed “F. W. Pickens,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, State of South Carolina, Executive Department letterhead, June 7, 1861. Letter to Mr. Furman, the president of the state bank, written just two months after the Battle of Fort Sumter. In full: “In any notice I may have given to the Commissioner of the State House to suspend the work, I did not mean to approve that you must not sell any more of the stock if a purchaser offered and not below the ninety five required, but I was required to stop the work the 1 April unless the bonds could be sold for ninety five.” In fine condition, with a few random light smudges. In view of the outbreak of the Civil War, Governor Pickens decided to halt construction of the new State House in order to finance the war effort. The construction site for the new South Carolina State House would later be set ablaze by Union troops under Sherman, and the building would not be completed until 1907. An exceptional historical missive from the early days of the South Carolina Confederacy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Randolph hurries “to German Town, where a child of his lies at the point of death” 179. Edmund Randolph. American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. Third-person ALS signed “E. Randolph,” one page, 7.5 x 9.25, January 25, 1794. In full: “E. Randolph presents his compliments to Mr. Kean, and thanks him for his note of this morning. He would proceed to make the change desired, if he was not summoned hastily to German Town, where a child of his lies at the point of death. But on his return he will have it accomplished.” In fine condition, with light ink offsetting from premature folding. Written just weeks after Randolph’s appointment as secretary of state, this message is presumed to have been directed to Alexander Hamilton through his employee John Kean, the first cashier of the Bank of the United States. Randolph was supposed to meet with Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and President George Washington concerning a recent resolution of the Senate calling for the correspondence between Randolph and the minister to France, Gouverneur Morris, to be turned over in what was essentially a partisan witch hunt. In a letter to President Washington of the same date, Randolph explained that he had to attend to his dying child in Germantown but would review his letters from Gouverneur Morris while away. Randolph soon returned to Philadelphia and took part in a cabinet meeting on January 28th, in which they determined that pieces of correspondence would be turned over at President Washington’s discretion. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Webster sends his cook a recipe for “Chowder” 180. Daniel Webster. Amus-

ing ALS signed “Danl Webster,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. A letter to his cook, Monica McCarty, headed “Chowder,” in part: “‘A codfish & a haddock, both fresh from the sea, make the best chowder, cooked together—skin the two fish, take off the heads, & take out all the bones—Boil the heads & bones, by themselves, to make a jelly, to enrich the chowder—If you have salted fat pork, put some slices into the pot…If you have no pork, pure lard will answer the purpose; but it must be pure, & nice.” Pencil notations on last page indicate date of August 4, 1852. In fine condition, with splitting along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Activists and Social Leaders 181. Susan B. Anthony.

National-American Woman Suffrage Association check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Anthony, payable to United Typewriter & Supply Co. for $3.50, February 3, 1897. In fine condition, with trimmed top edge and a few small rust stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

182. Helen Keller. TLS,

two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, July 1, 1923. Letter to Betsy, in part: “Your telegram on my birthday made me very happy. I am amazed that you remembered the date of my birth. Certain people seem to have the faculty of remembering everything that will add to the pleasure of their friends, and you are one of them…I think of you many times, and always with arms full of flowers. The poem ‘To a Tree’ hangs over my desk, and I often touch it with loving fingers, and my thoughts fly Denverwards with a great longing to see you again. I once cherished a fragile hope that we might visit you this summer. But alas! that sweet hope has faded and fallen like the flowers in my garden which bloom for a day, and are gone.” In fine condition, with some small light stains and moderate intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

“God’s Love shall heal and liberate all mankind!” 184. Helen Keller.

TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, December 3 [1922]. Letter to Mora H. Henderson, in full: “You were indeed most kind to send me the book, ‘Answers to Questions Concerning Christian Science,’ in braille, and I appreciate your sweet thought even more than the gift itself. You are right. I am always glad to hear messages of cheer that open darkened minds to the Divine Light. These days when multitudes are overwhelmed with a sense of ‘the desolation, the bankruptcy, the collapse of human existence,’ every brave thought is precious that gives them hope and the courage to attempt a new, happier, more useful life. Truly, new possibilities of life are forever dawning within us, and at last God’s Love shall heal and liberate all mankind!” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

183. Helen Keller. AQS

in pencil on an off-white 5.5. x 3.5 card, in full: “Every brave deed wrought for freedom is a star pointing to victory, Helen Keller.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

185. Helen Keller. ALS in pencil, one page both sides, 5.25

x 3.5, Denver’s The Brown Palace Hotel letterhead, February 14, 1914. Letter to Miss Hortop, in full: “It was lovely of you to think those sweet flower thoughts and send them to my teacher and me by such eloquent messengers. I’m sure you are as sweet as your flowers. We both thank you and wish you all success.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Signed after the funeral of a murdered Selma marcher 186. Martin Luther King, Jr. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.,” on the reverse of a color 5.5 x 3.5 American Airlines postcard. A notation in the lower right, made by the flight engineer, reads, “Flt #910, 3-3065, Detroit–New York. In fine condition, with light uniform toning. Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance from the original recipient, who was the flight engineer on the flight, and a detailed letter of provenance from his daughter describing the historical context in which it was signed. King was in Detroit on March 30th to attend the funeral of Viola Liuzzo, a white civil rights activist who had traveled south to participate in the Selma to Montgomery marches. When shuttling fellow activists back to the Montgomery airport after their success in reaching the Alabama State Capitol on March 25th, she was shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. In the aftermath of this tragedy, Liuzzo’s funeral was held on March 30th at the Immaculate Heart of Mary church in Detroit, which was attended by dignitaries including King, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, William G. Milliken, Jimmy Hoffa, and Walter Reuther. A remarkable historical piece considering its significant date. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

188. Nelson Mandela. Appealing

187. Nelson Mandela. Signed book: Long Walk to Free-

dom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ballpoint, “N. Mandela.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the publisher’s original certificate of authenticity. A gorgeous edition of Mandela’s autobiography. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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glossy 8 x 10.5 photo of Mandela sparring with Jerry Moloi, a professional featherweight, at Moloi’s boxing gym in Orlando, Soweto, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “N. Mandela, 10.2.2001.” In fine condition, with a small bend to the upper right corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Supreme Court Internal Supreme Court memo— “There was no question of civil liberties involved” 189. Hugo Black. ALS signed

“H. B.,” one page, 4 x 5.5, Supreme Court of the United States Memorandum letterhead, October 14, 1947. Letter to Justice Frank Murphy. In full: “Frank: The CJ & I were just looking at your concurrence in Williams II wherein you stated that while it was unfortunate that they must go to prison, there was no question of civil liberties involved— suppose the Williams’ had been colored? You would have been in an awful fix. Or Indians!” The reverse bears a notation in Black’s hand, “Murphy J,” addressing the memo to Justice Murphy. In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the left edge. From the collection of Justice Tom C. Clark. This rare piece of correspondence between Supreme Court justices was quite likely penned from the bench during the arguments in Sherrer v. Sherrer and Coe v. Coe, which took place on October 13–14, 1947. These concerned the validity of out-of-state divorce proceedings, as had Williams v. North Carolina in 1942. In that case the Supreme Court upheld the state’s ruling, finding the plaintiff guilty of bigamous cohabitation. When the Williams decision was reaffirmed by the court on appeal in 1945 (“Williams II”), Murphy joined the majority opinion and wrote a separate concurrence; Black had dissented, and here seems to poke fun at his friend’s opinion. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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190. Supreme Court. Impressive set of three engravings: an original 12.75 x 16.75 engraved portrait of Chief Justice E. B White, signed in the lower border in pencil by White and the artist, “Schneider”; a matte-finish 13.75 x 18 photo of a portrait engraving of Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes by Harris & Ewing, signed below in pencil by Hughes and the artist, “Franklin P. Mead”; and a matte-finish 12.75 x 17 photo of a portrait engraving of Justice Harlan Stone, signed below in pencil by Stone, and Mead as the artist. Each is individually matted and framed to approximate sizes of 20 x 25. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

191. Benjamin Cardozo. Vintage

matte-finish 9 x 12.25 seated portrait of Justice Cardozo by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Faithfully yours, Benjamin Cardozo, Abraham S. Robinson, Esq., May, 1932.” Cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 15.75 x 19.75. In fine condition, with light rippling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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192. Bushrod Washington. US Supreme Court

associate justice (1762–1829) and the nephew of George Washington. Autograph check, 7.75 x 2.5, filled out entirely in Washington’s hand and signed, “Bush. Washington,” payable to “A. C. Couzenous or bearer” for $33.33, February 17, 1812. In very good to fine condition, with creasing, toning, and calculations on the reverse lightly showing through. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Businessmen Early handwritten letter from Gould—“I think men ought to aspire high”

193. Jay Gould. ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, December 29, 1855.

Letter to John, in full: “I see by your card that you have established an office in Polo and made your debut in the legal profession and I heartily wish you that over whelming success with which energy and unyielding industry are generally crowned. There is no place however high to which those principal motives may not aspire. I think men ought to aspire high. Our lyceum is progressing finely. We have some interesting debates—they say however that when Jay comes down with his chargers & clear the track, look out for the consequences. Folks are well here. The death of J. W. Fisher caused quite a censation [sic]. It is a solemn consideration that one so young, so promising and so useful should be cut down.” Upper left corner bears his personal blindstamp. In very good condition, with old tape residue along the top edge, and along the entire central horizontal fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Handwritten poetry from the publishing tycoon 194. William Randolph Hearst. Seven pages of poetry

handwritten by Hearst, the first in pencil on five sheets and the other in ink on two sheets. The pencil poem, apparently an ode to his favorite restaurant in Spain, in part: “Did you ever have coffee / more creamy / hot and steamy / than that is / You’re a practised and / persistent eater / Did you ever taste ham / that was sweeter / Or bread that is whiter / Or rolls that are lighter / Than those that they serve / you at Ronda.” The second, in part: “Will you walk into my parlor / said the poppie to the kids / It’s a place to rest your bodies / and a place to hang your lids / You can drink a whiskey cocktail / or enjoy the cup that cheers / And there are no smells and noises / to remind you of Tangiers.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by three unsigned typescripts of the second poem. In an interesting association, Hearst used a church in Ronda, Spain, as the basis for the design of his famous Hearst Castle. Hearst enjoyed writing poetry throughout his entire life, sharing it with close friends but rarely publishing it himself. Provenance: William Collier Family Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 77

The Pulitzer publishing dynasty

195. Joseph Pulitzer. Collection of three DSs by Pulitzer and his sons, 15.25 x 8, dated 1885–1915, all being stock certif-

icates for The Press Publishing Company, retaining their affixed receipts. First is an 1885 certificate for three thousand, nine hundred and ninety shares, signed twice by Joseph Pulitzer and twice by his son Ralph Pulitzer; second is a 1910 certificate for four shares, signed three times by his son Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. [Joseph Pulitzer II]; and third is a 1915 certificate for forty-six shares, signed three times by Ralph Pulitzer. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Intellectuals

196. Robert Solow. Economist (born 1924) known for his work on the theory of economic growth who was awarded the

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987. Handwritten manuscript by Solow, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, no date. Notes made for a lecture on a paper by Peter Howitt, in part: “Howitt’s ‘middleman model’ appears to be a useful way to talk about some markets. It clearly won’t do for the labor market, nor for commodities that are typically produced to order, like construction and large exported goods, nor for services like transportation, gas and electric utilities…So hardly a paradigm for the whole economy.” A 1988 ALS by Solow on a post-it note is affixed to the upper left, describing the page. In very good condition, with heavy vertical creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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1933 edition of New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis 197. Sigmund Freud. Signed book:

Neue Folge der Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis]. Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 254 pages. Crisply signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Sigm. Freud, 1932.” Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG-/None. This book was a follow-up to his 1916 Introduction to Psychoanalysis, one of his most popular and influential works. The first book contained twenty-eight lectures that outlined his views of the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of neuroses, and this 1933 work comprised an additional seven lectures, numbered 29–35, as Freud intended them to complement those in the earlier volume. Freud’s New Introductory Lectures offered clear accounts of his latest thinking on the subjects of dreams and anxiety, and he updated his theory on the role of the super-ego in lecture 31. The year 1933 marked an important point in both the expansion and suppression of Freudian psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic societies and institutes were founded in Holland, Norway, and Jerusalem, while at the same time the Nazis rose to power in Germany and targeted Freud’s books among those they burned and destroyed. A rarity in signed books, this is a superior example of Freud’s autograph. Starting Bid $300

198. Jan Tinbergen. Dutch economist (1903–1994) known for the development and application of dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969. Handwritten manuscript, signed at the top, “J. Tinbergen,” eleven pages, 8.25 x 11.75, February 1979. Draft for an article entitled “Sectoral Composition of GNP and Educational Composition of the Labour Force in the Coming Thirty Years.” In part: “Forecasting is a very risky activity, in particular because of the political uncertainties and of the uncertainties in technological development. The generally known illustration of the latter is the impact the chips will have on the expansion of automation and the latter on the demand for new services as a consequence of their lower price after further automation.” Tinbergen goes on to discuss the GNP derived from manufacturing in different nations, as well as the roles of education, research, social services, and other government services. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Religious Figures Concerning Pope Paul VI, the “Holy Liturgy,” and religious retreats 199. Pope John Paul II. DS in Polish, signed “Karol card. Wojtyla,” one page, 8 x 11.5, January 29, 1977. An official decree, in part (translated): “Taking into the account indications from The Conciliar Constitution regarding Holy Liturgy and especially direct indications from The Pope Paul VI about deeper understanding of spiritual life through retreat I recommend Priest Franciszkowi Chowancowi from Archdiocese of Krakow that he will lead Retreat from 7.II to 12.II.1977 Trybsz/Trybsz Mlyn Parish. I also allow The Priest jurisdiction to listen confession and lead Holy Masses in special rooms which are not sacral or ‘sub divo’ but only in a special circumstances. I allow this only if it will be spiritually beneficial for the people which are taking part in the retreat. I also allow him to provide Holly Communion at the end of retreat.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

200. Pope John Paul II. TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card. Wojtyla,” one page, 6 x 4, personal letterhead, August 11, 1969. In full (translated): “Thank you very much for the greetings from Swinoujscie. I and New Huta remember ‘Wezlakow’ and their hard work dedicated to the God’s House. God bless you.” In fine condition, with two punch holes and a vertical crease to the left side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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World Leaders and Politicians 201. Winston Churchill. Coveted ink signature, “W. S. Churchill,” on an off-white 2.5 x 2 slip affixed to a light pink 4.75 x 3.75 album page bearing a clipped image and collector’s ink notations below. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Incredible collection of intimate letters from the Earl of Beaconsfield 202. Benjamin Disraeli. Grouping of fourteen ALSs

signed “B. Disraeli” and “D,” fifty-nine pages in total, most approximately 4.5 x 7.25, dated between August 1868 and June 1873. All addressed to Henrietta Frances, Lady Chesham. This intimate correspondence chronicles a decidedly stressful juncture in Disraeli’s life as he was entrenched in his role as opposition leader while his wife, Mary Ann Lewis, had become terminally ill. Although the condition of his wife remains a foremost subject, Disraeli also shares his thoughts on contemporary politics, noting that the “working classes of radical Wycombe are at strike, & there is a plan to transfer the chair-trade to Tory Marlow. This wo[ul]d be a party triumph.” In the summer of 1872, while treating for his wife in London, Disraeli is a bit more lighthearted, and expounds on the small joys of exploring the city, “We took the opportunity of becoming acquainted with our beloved metropolis…a much more wonderful thing, than those, who pass their lives in a dozen streets & a couple squares, can comprehend: such miles of villas, all of different architecture, such a prodigious number of beautiful churches…we travelled more than 200 miles, & felt the same interest we sh[oul]d have done in a strange land.” One particularly somber letter, dated January 16, 1873, a month after the death of his wife, reads, in part: “I have not seen any one, & the resumption of public labor, tho’ inevitable, seems to me impossible. Lord Cairns is coming down here on Monday, wh[ich]: will break the ice, & then I must see others—& the time is pressing…I have now no home except Hughenden, & I must find one. It is a difficult thing—I feel that the fox has his cave, & the wild birds have their nests, but I have no place wherein to lay my head. Lord Beauchamp & others of my friends have placed their houses at my disposal, but I love my friend too much to visit them with my cares & sorrows. I suppose it will end in taking refuge in an hotel.” Also includes an ALS signed “Beaconsfield,” on mourning stationery, dated October 10, 1878, and an ALS from his wife on Grosvenor Gate letterhead, no date. In overall fine condition. A truly unique digest of Disraeli missives. Starting Bid $200

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Desirable order of the Golden Kite 203. Emperor Meiji. DS in Japanese,

one page, 22.75 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Golden Kite upon a distinguished member of the military. Tightly rolled and in fine condition. Established in 1890 by Emperor Meiji, the Order of the Golden Kite was a military award commemorating the mythic Jimmu Tenno, the ‘Romulus of Japan.’ It was awarded to soldiers and military officers who demonstrated bravery, leadership, or command in battle. This is one of the few orders made exclusively for the Japanese military, while most others could be given to civilians, diplomats, and other officials including those from other countries. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

Given to “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” as he leaves the South African colony of Natal 204. Mohandas Gandhi. Unique certificate of appreciation presented to “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,” unsigned, one page, 12.5 x 9.25, October 15, 1901. Certificate bestowed to Gandhi by Abdul Cadir and the Natal Indian Congress, in full: “We, the undersigned, representing all classes of Indians living in Natal, beg leave to present this Address to you on the eve of your departure for India, to very briefly express, howsoever poorly, the deep sense of gratitude we entertain towards you for the valuable services you have so untiringly and cheerfully rendered, and the exemplary self-sacrifice you have everwillingly undergone to watch and further the interests of your fellow-countrymen since your arrival in the Colony over eight years ago. Your unique career teaches many a luminous lesson, and we hope to model our actions by the noble example set by you. In all you did you were guided by high ideals, and your unflinching devotion to duty made your methods and work most efficient. We feel that in honouring you we honour ourselves. We sincerely hope that after discharging the domestic duties that necessitate your going to India, you will decide to cast your lot with us again, and continue the work you have been so admirably doing. In conclusion, we wish you bon voyage, and pray to the Almighty to confer His choicest blessings on you and yours.” In very good condition, with light overall fading, and tears, staining, and paper loss to the borders not at all affecting the main body of the document itself. Starting Bid $200

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Rare photo of Gandhi attending London’s Round Table Conference

205. Mohandas Gandhi. Immensely desirable vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of Mohandas Gandhi walking alongside Madan

Mohan Malaviya after the second session of India’s Round Table Conference, signed in fountain pen, “M. K. Gandhi.” Reverse of photo bears two Associated Press of Great Britain copyright stamps, as well as collector’s ink notations identifying Malaviya and the date, “London Sept. 1931.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and faint silvering to some of the darker areas. As the delegate acting on behalf of the Indian National Congress, Gandhi attended the second session of the British-organized Round Table Conference, a three-part conference series held in London from 1930 to 1932, with the aim of discussing the ongoing constitutional reforms in India. Malaviya, who had formerly been president of the Congress and played a significant role in the Gandhi–led non-cooperation movement, joined him as a representative advocating for a free India. From September 7–December 11, 1931, Gandhi issued several claims—Congress alone represented political India; the dalit, or ‘untouchables,’ were Hindus and not minorities; and that there should be no separate electorate for Muslims—all of which were rejected by the attending delegates. Unable to reach an agreement, Gandhi returned to India and was arrested in Bombay on January 4, 1932, for ‘good and sufficient reasons.’ Interestingly, this signed photo also dates to a period in which Gandhi, suffering from pain in his right thumb, opted to write with his left hand, a temporary inconvenience that lasted from August 8–December 19, 1931. Previously sold by Sotheby’s of New York, December 1998.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 83

206. Syngman Rhee. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, Kyung Mu Dai letterhead, September

8, 1955. Letter to C. D. Batchelder of the Daly News, in part: “I have received your drawing of the cartoon which appeared in the August 12 Daily News and I want to thank you for your sympathetic interpretation of our situation. We will always be grateful to American Government officials, civilian and military, as well as the great people of America who are in sympathy with us and willing to help us. Unfortunately there are some people who have been influenced by Communist propaganda and are trying to coexist with the Communists which is a very dangerous idea and can only be corrected by enlightened leaders of public opinion like you. If we yield to the demands of the would-be world conquerors no free nation, large or small, can hope to survive.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Royalty Rare Ferdinand and Isabella document related to the Inquisition 207. Ferdinand and Isabella. LS in Spanish, signed by Ferdinand, “Yo el Rey,” and Isabella, “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, July 26, 1494. Letter sent to Juan Arias de Villar, the bishop of Oviedo. In full (translated): “Reverend father in Christ, bishop, our president, and judges of our High Court. We are sending to order that Doctor Alonso Ramirez de Villaescusa, our municipal royal representative in the town of Valladolid, speak to you on our behalf about some things contained in a memorandum that we are sending to him, signed with our names, and that he will show you. We order you to give him trust and credence and that this be done and put into practice in this way with the diligence and care for which we have confidence in you.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, writing showing through from the reverse, and several expertly repaired tears and small areas of paper loss. The recipient of this letter, Juan Arias de Villar, was named bishop of Oviedo by King Ferdinand in 1487 and confirmed by Pope Innocent VIII. Between 1485 and 1490, Alonso Ramirez de Villaescusa was sent to Toledo as a judge concerning property confiscated by the Inquisition. In 1491, the Royal Court at Valladolid, presided over by the bishop of Leon, wrongfully allowed an appeal of an order by the Supreme Council of the Inquisition to Rome; Queen Isabella promptly dismissed the bishop and complicit judges and replaced them with Juan Arias de Villar, the bishop of Oviedo. An intriguing letter with content associated with the Inquisition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 84 | December 7, 2016 | NOTABLES

Preceding the capture of Therouanne in 1513, King Henry VIII encourages his commander: “Employe yorself by batery and other exployt of warre for the getting of that towne” 208. King Henry VIII. LS signed “Hen-

ry R,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 12, July 7, [1513]. Letter to army commander George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, encouraging him to proceed with the capture of Therouanne. In part: “We be also well content wt yor certificate made unto us of the state of or enemyes whereof ye be ascertayned…Willing and desiring you not only substancially to loke thereunto for the suertie of yorself and of or armyes being then wt you, but also to slakke no tyme, but wt all diligence to employe yorself by batery and other exployt of warre for the getting of that towne, And nowe ye know by espiell and taking of prisoners the state of that towne and of what power it is to resiste you we doubt not but ye wol endevor yorself thereafter accordingly.” He goes on to discuss a strategy to convince German mercenaries, probably the infamous ‘Black Band,’ to withdraw from the service of Francis I based on the Holy Roman Emperor’s alliance with the English, in consideration of “an article conteigned in the treatise lately concluded ratified sworne and confermed betwyxt Themperor and Us,” which might persuade the Germans to leave the French king’s army “and come to Us.” He also sends to Talbot “sixe lastes of gounepowder,” but not any shot “because we knowe not the compasses ne moldes of yor ordenunces.” In fine condition, with expected wear. Amidst the War of the League of Cambrai, King Henry VIII sent this letter seven days after arriving in Calais with a force of 11,000 troops. George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, commanded a vanguard of 8,000 and had already set out toward Therouanne with the goal of capturing the town. Shrewsbury’s men besieged Therouanne throughout July but made little progress against the French and German defenses, while King Henry set up camp to the east. The German emperor, Maximilian I, arrived in early August, and King Henry hosted him at the English encampment. Battle soon broke out when a detachment of French cavalry attempted to resupply the town, and the combined forces of Maximilian’s artillery and Henry’s bowmen defeated them and captured Therouanne with relative ease. This skirmish, which became known as the ‘Battle of the Spurs,’ was King Henry’s first significant military victory. A simply remarkable, historically significant letter on military strategy from early in Henry VIII’s reign. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000

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Remembering the late prince on their wedding anniversary 209.

Queen Victoria.

Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “the poor Queen,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Osborne letterhead, February 10, 1862. Queen Victoria thanks General Grey for translating some verses on the anniversary of her wedding to Prince Albert, who had passed away only months earlier in December 1861. In part: “How beautifully the General had translated those touching lines and he expresses the poor Queen’s constant feelings! She feels her Darling Husband very, very near today! But she knows not where she is! She lives in a Dream! All seems here now, so unreal! She wishes much to see the General before he embarks. Will he message to her before he goes?…This most ever beholden upon our day of happiness…all we have enjoyed & all the good that pure Angel did to the World.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

210. Queen Victoria. Manuscript DS,

signed “Victoria R. I.,” seven pages on four sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, April 15, 1878. Special Statute of the Order of the Star of India to ordain, direct, and appoint “the Sovereign and a Grand Master and of One hundred and seventy five ordinary Companions or Members to be divided into three classes” designated as Knights Grand Commanders, Knights Commanders, and Companions of the Order. Signed at the top of the first page in black ink. Document bears the original green ribbon, with the white Order of the Star of India seal affixed to first page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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211. Queen Alexandra.

Queen Consort to Edward VII of England (1844–1925) and mother of George V. Wonderful vintage matte-finish 6 x 8 full-length Alice Hughes portrait of Queen Alexandra in her brilliant coronation gown and robe, affixed to the slightly larger original studio mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Alexandra, Coronation day, August 9th, 1902.” In fine condition, with trimmed left edge and light foxing to the mount. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Remarkable early portrait of the 14-year-old future king 212. King George V. Very early 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of a young George V in a seated pose and wearing a naval uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink, “November 14th, 1879, George, Gibra[l]tar.” Published by the W & D. Downey Studio in London. In very good to fine condition, with a crease to the upper right corner and scattered overall speckled foxing. Along with his elder brother Albert Victor, George entered the navy in 1877, and by 1879 both were assigned to the HMS Bacchante as part of a squadron designed to patrol the sea lanes of the British Empire for the next three years. An exceedingly early and uncommon example, portraying the future king as a 14-year-old midshipman. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York 213. King George V and Mary of Teck. Brilliant pairing of

vintage sepia matte-finish full-length portraits of King George V and Mary of Teck, each approximately 6.75 x 10.75, individually signed in fountain pen, “George, Singapore 1901” and “Victoria Mary, Singapore, 1901.” Each is affixed to a same-size studio mount. In overall very good to fine condition, with light fading and foxing to the images, and slight chipping along the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

214. Queen Liliuokalani. Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands (1838–1917) who actively pursued the preservation of the islands for their native residents. Vintage ink signature, “Liliuokalani,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card bearing an affixed postage stamp (not affecting signature). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“The Americans are going to pull us thru,” exclaims the 24-year-old prince, “we should be done without them!” 215. King Edward VIII. World War I-dated ALS signed “Edward,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, General Headquarters, British Forces in Italy letterhead, July 4, 1918. Letter to Captain Faussett, in part: “We had quite a stiff 24 hr. battle 3 weeks ago when the Austrians attacked us tho. they did no good & we killed & captured a lot of them; these old ‘Dagoes’ gave us a few days’ anxiety on the Piave but the situation was restored & the Austrian offensive was converted into a complete failure within a week!! My visit to Rome was semi official on ‘on duty’ & it was one long string of official visits, meals, receptions, etc & I had to make a speech in a place like the Albert Hall one night & I also visited the Pope!!...Except for that week in Rome which was not leave I haven’t been away at all since I’ve been back in Italy these last 3 months...it’s a delightful climate & we see a lot of the sun & life tho. deadly dull & monotonous is pleasant & peaceful as compared to the W. front where they have had such a terrible 3 ½ months of it!! Oh!! This — — war how it does drag on tho. it’s going to last another 10 years, that’s what I feel about it tho. of course the Americans are going to pull us thru we should be done without them!!” In very good to fine condition, with punch holes and old tape residue along the left edge, affecting a few words of text. Prince Edward was eager to serve on the front lines during WWI, but, as the heir to the throne, Edward was routinely denied such a jeopardizing situation. Assignments to safe positions on the Italian front vexed the prince, who purportedly queried, ‘What difference does it make if I am killed? The king has three other sons!’ His persistence sent him to France, where he served on the staff of the commander of the British Expeditionary Force. Although his front line experience was brief, Edward, to his satisfaction, was under fire several times. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

216. King Edward VIII. TLS signed “Edward R. I.,” one black-bordered

page, 7.25 x 9.25, Buckingham Palace letterhead, no date but circa 1936. Letter to Lieutenant J. R. Durham-Matthews, in full: “I wish to place on record my gratitude to you for the part which you took in the vigil over my Father in Westminster Hall, from the 23rd to 28th January, 1936.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original royal mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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217. King George VI.

Large and distinguished matte-finish 8 x 11 portrait affixed to its original 9 x 13 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen with his given name, “Albert, 1926.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 19. In fine condition, with some fading and silvering to the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

219. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Royal

Christmas and New year card from 1939, measures 11.5 x 8.25 open, featuring a wonderful Marcus Adams family portrait of King George and Queen Elizabeth posing with their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret and the family corgi, signed below the photo in fountain pen, “George R. I., 1939” and “Elizabeth R.” Also signed in pencil by the photographer. Card retains the original blue ribbon. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing to the covers, not at all affecting the image. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

The king and queen in 1937

218. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Scarce vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 10 full-length Dorothy Wilding portrait of King George, Queen Elizabeth, and their children Margaret and Elizabeth, affixed to the original, slightly larger mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “George R. I., 1937” and “Elizabeth R.” Reverse bears a Wilding studio label, numbered 09666. In fine condition, with some light toning and silvering, not adversely affecting the handsome portrait. Photographs signed by both George and Elizabeth remain quite uncommon. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Early portrait of the future queen 220. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Circa 1947 royal Christmas card with an embossed golden crown on the front, measures 13.75 x 5.75 open, bearing a wonderful family portrait of King George and Queen Elizabeth talking with Elizabeth while Margaret plays the piano, signed on the adjacent side in fountain pen, “George R. I., 1947,” and in black ink, “Elizabeth R.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

221. Queen Mary of Teck. Wife of King-Em-

peror George V and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1867–1953). Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6 full-length portrait of Mary Queen of Teck by Hay Wrightson of London, affixed to its original 8 x 11 studio mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Mary R, 1945.” Also signed on the mount in pencil by the photographer, with the reverse bearing a photography studio stamp. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

223. Queen Elizabeth II. Strikingly beautiful

vintage matte-finish 7 x 6.25 seated portrait of the 22-year-old Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, affixed to the original 8.75 x 10.25 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Elizabeth, 1948.” Reverse bears an affixed Wilding studio label. In fine condition. Elizabeth first sat for the Wilding Studio in a dual photo session with her sister Margaret on May 27, 1946. Nearly six years later, Wilding would take another portrait of Elizabeth, only this time as queen, a photograph which has become one of the defining images of the early years of her reign. Elizabeth signed this photograph in the year she gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

Season’s greetings from Elizabeth and Margaret 222. Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Circa 1946 Royal Christmas card by Raphael

Tuck & Sons, measures 15.25 x 6.25 open, featuring a superb Dorothy Wilding seated portrait of the sisters, signed below a preprinted greeting in fountain pen, “from Elizabeth” and “& Margaret.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Uncommon early portrait of Elizabeth and Philip 224. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Vintage matte-finish 6 x 8

portrait of the royal couple, affixed to the original 8.25 x 12 studio mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth, 1949” and “Philip.” Also signed on the photo in black ink by the photographer, “Bruno.” Reverse bears a studio photography stamp. Mounted and in fine condition, with areas of light toning to the mount. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The royal family in 1957 225. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Wonderful royal Christmas card from 1957, measures 15.5 x 9.25, featuring a color family photo of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their children, Charles and Anne, and a pair of corgis, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Philip” and “1957, Elizabeth.” In very good to fine condition, with some light toning and staining, and old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Christmas note to Prince William “from Granny” 226. Queen Elizabeth II. ANS signed “from Granny,” one page, 4.75 x 3.75, Buckingham Palace stationery, no date. In full: “William, I hope you enjoy opening this each day.” In fine condition. This note is understood to have originally been sent to the prince with an advent calendar. A seldom-encountered piece of correspondence from within the royal family, enhanced by its fitting Christmastime association.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Wilding portrait of the Windsor couple

Scarce oversized royal portrait

227. Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Attractive matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, affixed to the original 6 x 8 studio mount, signed in fountain pen by both, “Wallis Windsor” and “Edward.” Also signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, “Dorothy Wilding.” Mounted and in very good to fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance, in part: “The Duke of Windsor...and the Duchess used to dine with Sir Frederick Williams Taylor who lived at ‘The Wave’ Nassau. My father was chauffeur & secretary to Sir Frederick, and this photo was given to him by Sir Frederick.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

228. Princess Grace and Prince Rainier. Wonderful glossy 8.5 x 13 photo of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, neatly signed in fountain pen, “Grace de Monaco” and “Rainier, Prince de Monaco.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 18.5. In fine condition, with a few light creases, and a small tear to the surface of the emulsion in the lower right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

229. Elizabeth, Queen Mother. Drummonds Bank

check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by the Queen Mother, “Elizabeth R.,” payable to Lady Katharine Seymour for £200, December 18, 1973. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Prince Charles becomes a Red Crow chief

232. Prince Charles. Royal Christmas card from 1992, measuring 16 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles posing with his sons William and Henry, signed and inscribed inside in black ink, “Reg—from, Charles.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

230. Prince Charles. Christmas and New year card from

1977, measures 9.5 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles wearing a Native American headdress, face paint, and ceremonial shirt, signed and inscribed in blue ink to his grandmother, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, “Darling Granny…and very much love from your ancient, red Indian grandson, Charles,” adding below his picture, “Chief Red Crow—1977!” In very fine condition. The Prince of Wales became the honorary Red Crow Blood Chief of the Blackfeet nation at a Red Indian gathering during a visit to Alberta, Canada on July 1, 1977. An entirely unusual, if not politically incorrect, inscription to the Queen Mother. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

233. Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

Royal Christmas card from 1985, measuring 10.25 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the family with Prince William and Prince Harry on horseback, signed and inscribed inside in ink, “Paul, from Charles and” and “Diana.” In fine condition. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Prince Charles with his 1986 staff 231. Prince Charles. Color semi-glossy 9.5 x 7.75 group portrait of Charles and his staff, affixed to its original 12 x 10 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Charles 1986.” In fine condition, with a faint block of toning from prior display. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Touching handwritten letter from the princess 234. Princess Diana. ALS signed “Diana,” four pages on two sheets, 6 x 7.75, Kensington Palace letterhead, January 3, 1990. Letter to Nicky Tinsley, in part: “I thought a great deal about our conversation & I kept on thinking what a brave lady you are to go through all this & I also thought that love you & Bill have for each other is so special & wonderful that you support each other as much as you obviously do—Forgive me for being so personal but I mind so much for you both & want to help in any way that I can or that’s possible. Hopefully by the time this letter reaches you, Vivienne Parry from ‘Birthright’ will have made contact—she is the strength in this particular organization & has brought enormous hope into peoples lives in similar situations.” Expertly double-matted and framed to show the first page and signature, copies of the second and third pages, the original mailing envelope addressed in Diana’s own hand, and a nameplate to an overall size of 30 x 31.5. In fine condition.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

A few months after her much publicized divorce 235.

Princess Diana. ALS signed “Diana X,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, Kensington Palace stationery, December 21, 1996. Letter to Simon Barnes, written a few months after Diana and the Prince of Wales finalized their divorce. In part: “I was enormously touched to receive your lovely present—I have not read ‘The Celestial Prophecy’ & I’m relying on you to alert me to these great books! Thank you so much for thinking of me at Christmas time—After all the changes that have taken place this year it’s marvelous of you to be so thoughtful.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Titanic Excessively rare original photo of the Titanic iceberg

236. Titanic. Remarkable original mounted matte-finish 6.75 x 4.75 photograph of the infamous iceberg that the Titanic struck on the night of April 14, 1912, affixed to its original 9.75 x 8 photographic mount. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, depicts the North Atlantic horizon, with the iceberg at the left. In fine condition, with a tiny piece missing from the lower left corner tip of the mount. Louis M. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This was among the thirty images he captured that day, and he kept a similar example in a personal album identified as, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The berg the Titanic struck, taken at sunriseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; [photocopy included]. The shape of the iceberg in this photograph is also a close match to a drawing by artist Colin Campbell Cooper, also a passenger aboard the Carpathia, who made a sketch of the two-peak iceberg on the horizon on the morning after the disaster. Photographs of this iceberg are understandably tremendously rare, and often disputed; the preponderance of evidence supporting this example make it a truly spectacular, museum-quality piece. Starting Bid $1000

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Remarkable account of the Titanic disaster: “After being afloat for about an hour I saw the boilers explode and the ship go down. At that moment about 1600 people jumped into the ocean and began to cry for help” 238. Titanic: C. E. Henry Stengel. ALS signed “C. E. Hen-

ry Stengel,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Stengel & Rothschild Tanners & Manufacturers letterhead, May 3, 1912. Letter to Charles Gorsuch in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. In part: “My experience on the ‘Titanic’ was such as no one can realize the experience is often written about in books but very rarely experienced by people. Until I was allowed to get into a boat the suspense was fearful as my wife was in the second boat lowered and they only allowed women in the boats and with all were loaded that were around. It was only by luck I walked to the emergency boat which was away from the regular life saving boats. After being afloat for about an hour I saw the boilers explode and the ship go down. At that moment about 1600 people jumped into the ocean and began to cry for help this cry which was like a wail I will never forget. After floating for about 5 hours we were picked up by the ‘Carpathia’ and of course was relieved when I found my wife.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand. Stengel, a leather manufacturer from Newark, boarded the Titanic as a first class passenger with his wife Anna May. According to his account of the accident, the impact of the iceberg awakened him but he had initially assumed the noise was a dropped propellor. After seeing his wife board the fifth lifeboat, filled entirely with women, Stengel found himself forced to roll onto the first emergency lifeboat because the bulwark was so high. Both Stengel and his wife survived the disaster, and they were reunited aboard the Carpathia after being rescued. Starting Bid $300

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Explorers and Archaeologists

239. Ernest Shackleton. Renowned polar explorer

(1874–1922) who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. LS signed “E. H. Shackleton,” one page, 8 x 10, British Antarctic Expedition 1907 letterhead, November 24, 1909. Letter declining an invitation, in full: “Major Forbes has forwarded your letter to me. I thank you very much for your kind invitation but I shall be returning to town from Reading after the lecture.” In fine condition. Major William Lachlan Forbes, mentioned here, was secretary of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. King Edward VII would bestow the rank of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order upon Shackleton on December 14, just twenty days after he wrote this letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

240. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Canadi-

an explorer and ethnologist (1879–1962) best known for his expeditions to the Arctic and for his studies of the native peoples there. Two ALSs, one signed in full and one signed with an initial, each one page, October 1929. The first, in part: “About 2:30 P.M. Wednesday I arrive at the Palmer Hotel. It may be I shall have a little free time in the afternoon, but I cannot be sure of that.” The second, in part: “To continue our talk at dinner this evening I am asking my publisher to send you a copy of The Standardization of Error.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by both original mailing envelopes addressed in Stefansson’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Notorious Figures and Lawmen Letter to a North Carolinian senator who offers “congratulations on the work of the Division in the Lindbergh case” 241. J. Edgar Hoover. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Division of Investi-

gation letterhead, 1934. Letter to North Carolina Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, in full: “I have your letter dated September 20, 1934, expressing your special interest in Mr. Pierce Y. Matthews of Asheville, North Carolina, who is desirous of securing an appointment in the Division of Investigation. In accordance with your request, I have forwarded to him an application blank, together with information regarding the positions in the Division of Investigation. When Mr. Matthews’ application is received, you may be assured that I will give it my personal attention in connection with the filling of any vacancies that arise to which one with his training and experience might be appointed and that I shall keep in mind your interest in him. I am sorry that I did not have the opportunity to talk with you upon the occasion of your visit to the Department, but hope that you will be able to pay me a visit in the near future. Your comments regarding the publicity given the work of the Division in the Nationalist are appreciated, as well as your congratulations on the work of the Division in the Lindbergh case.” In fine condition, with two old rusty paperclip impressions. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, and a US Senate reference sheet, signed by Reynolds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

242. Joseph Petrosino. New York City police officer (1860–1909) who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime; he was assassinated by the Black Hand during a ‘top secret’ mission to Sicily. Rare ALS signed “Jos. Petrosino,” one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10, Banca Italiana letterhead, August 6, 1894. Letter to Dr. E. Harrison Griffin, in full: “I don’t know how much is the bill for services rendered to me, but I will send you fifteen Dollars ($15.00 on account. If there is any more I will pay you when I come back from the country on Sept. 1st 1894.” Petrosino adds a short postscript, “Please excuse me for delaying so long in paying you.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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243. 1852 Union Lithograph

244. 19th-Century America

245. Menachem Begin

246. Business

247. Neville Chamberlain

248. Francois Coty

249. Mikhail Gorbachev

250. King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie

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251. King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie

252. King Juan Carlos I

255. Prince Henry and Princess Alice

256. Prince Henry and Princess Alice

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253. King William III

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254. Nobel Prize Winners: Economics

257. Princess Alice

258. Princess Anne

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260. Princess Diana: Earl Charles Spencer

263. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

264. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

259. Princess Anne

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261. Princess Grace and Family MB $200

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267. Thaddeus Stevens

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265. Royal Christmas Cards

266. Royalty

268. Charles Revson

262. Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

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269. Donald Trump MB $200

270. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr MB $200

271. World Leaders MB $200

military Burgoyne seeks safe passage for an officer of the Convention Army 272. John Burgoyne. Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “J: Burgoyne,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, March 27, 1778. Letter to Major General William Heath, in full: “I should be glad to know if a small vessel could be got to carry Capt. Willoe to Halifax, & what the expense would be, and am to desire you will please to order passports to be taken by Capt. Willoe to Canada, & duplicates by the Flag of Truce that goes by the way of Albany, for the sage conduct of the Vessels that are to bring the Clothing and other articles for the Convention troops to the port of Boston. The dispatches are ready to go by the flag of Truce to Albany as soon as you please.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Burgoyne’s hand. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and old tape reinforcement along the hinge on the integral address leaf. Following the Battles of Saratoga in September and October of 1777, Heath was placed in charge of the Convention Army of Burgoyne’s surrendered troops, a total of roughly 5,900 British, German, and Canadian soldiers, each of whom agreed to return to their homeland with the assurance of never again setting foot on American soil. Given the sheer size of the army, diplomatic negotiations bottlenecked, and soldiers were forced to spend a year in various barracks and houses around Cambridge. An aide-de-camp to General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, Captain Samuel Willoe was granted parole to return to Halifax with his family on April 15, narrowly avoiding prolonged imprisonment following Continental Congress’ decision to revoke the convention after Burgoyne’s refusal to provide a descriptive list of all captured officers. A fascinating letter related to a true turning point in the war for independence. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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274. John L. Burns. Gettysburg shoemaker (1793—1872)

273. P. G. T. Beauregard. Seldom-seen 2.5 x 4.25 cartede-visite head-and-shoulders portrait of Beauregard, signed in ink, “G. T. Beauregard, 1866.” Published by S. Anderson of New Orleans. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

who, upon seeing the Union soldiers march past his home, joined the Iron Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg at the age of 69. He was wounded, but survived to become a national celebrity. Exceptional 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Burns posing with a rifle, signed on the reverse in ink, “John L. Burns, Gettysburg.” Published by E & H. T. Anthony of New York from a Brady photographic negative. In fine condition, with light staining beneath the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare handwritten letter from the future admiral of the Royal Navy 275. John Byng. Royal Navy officer

(1704–1757) whose loss of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War led to his execution. ALS signed “J. Byng,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 8.75, June 13, 1743. In part: “Inclosed I send the order…of Expence of corks, staves, etc, which were sent me…It is but true what I told you at Mr. Hickson in relation to Mr. Surrdige the Monie you gave him on my account he has absented himself with and I have never seen nor heard of his since, I always took him for a very Honest man, but we are all so till we are tried, this is his wife, his damn Scotch wife.” Byng adds a lengthy postscript, in part: “Charles Hardy’s flag is Hoisted on board one and I believe he will Hold if Court Martial this day, If you have any news…favour me with it, and you will oblige me.” In fine condition, with some light foxing, and writing showing through from opposing sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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276. George A. Custer. Civil War–dated hand-addressed

mailing envelope, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife in pencil, “Mrs. Genl Custer, 369 Cor of H & 18 Sts., Washington D.C.,” bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp and postmarked Washington April [1865]. The envelope is imprinted: “Headquarters Third Division, Cavalry Corps., Official Business.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling. Custer commanded the Third Cavalry Division from September 30, 1864, through the end of the war in April 1865. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Portrait of the Confederate president 277. Jefferson Davis. Rare 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Davis, signed in ink, “Jeffn Davis.” Published by C. R. Rees & Bros. of Richmond, Virginia. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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278. Abner Doubleday. Partly-printed DS,

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

279. Washington Lafayette Elliott. Union brigadier

general (1825–1888) who led a division of IV Corps at the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Uncommon 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Elliott in a head-and-shoulder pose, signed in ink, “W. L. Elliott, Brig. Genl. U. S. A., Commg 2 Div 4.” Published by Taylor & Seavey for the Army of the Tennessee. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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280. Winfield Scott Hancock. Appealing 2.25 x 4 cartede-visite portrait of Hancock wearing his military uniform in profile, signed in ink, “Winf’d S. Hancock, Maj. Genl. U. S. A.,” who signs and inscribes the reverse, “For Brig. Maj. Genl J. L. Donaldson, with compliments of, Winf’d S. Hancock, Major Genl. U. S. A., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, January 7, 1867.” Published by F. Gutenkunst of Philadelphia. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The ‘Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock,’ as captured by Brady 281. Robert Hendershot. Boy soldier known as the ‘Drummer

Boy of the Rappahannock’ remembered for his reputed heroics at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. Scarce 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of drummer boy Robert Hendershot holding an American flag with his drum at his feet, by Mathew Brady of Washington, circa 1860s. Reverse bears the photographer’s imprint, “Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C.” In fine condition. Hendershot claimed to have helped push off the first boat as the 7th Michigan Infantry crossed the Rappahannock River to Fredericksburg, clinging to the gunwale under heavy fire during the voyage. His story was reported nationally and made him famous, earning him a brief stint as a performer at P. T. Barnum’s museum. Starting Bid $200

282. Matthew F. Maury. Naval officer and oceanographer

(1806–1873) who published the first textbook of modern oceanography. LS signed “M. F. Maury,” one page both sides, lightly-lined, 8 x 10, June 24, 1845. Letter to Professor Alexander Twining, penned while Superintendent of the Depot of Charts and Instruments of the Navy Department at Washington, regarding a naval telescope. In part: “I have had a conversation with Commodore Crane relative to your eye piece. The authority given to him and through him to me in the case, is based upon your propositions to the Secretary of the Navy. The date of the letter I do not now recollect but, it was the letter with which you enclosed one from Bache. The Commodore suggests and I can concur with him, that you had better have the exclusive contract of the mechanical execution of your contrivance…and then I will take it up and pronounce upon its practical operation.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

283. George B. McClellan. Uncommon 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of McClellan in uniform in 1862, crisply signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink. Published by Silsbee, Case & Co. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition, with light stains to the image. Starting Bid $200

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284. George G. Meade. Scarce 2.5

x 3.5 carte-de-visite portrait of Meade in his military uniform, signed in ink, “Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Genl. U. S. A.” Published by Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown in Philadelphia. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

285. Oliver Hazard Perry. American military officer (1785–1819) who served in the War of 1812 and earned the title ‘Hero of Lake Erie’ for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. ALS signed “O. H. Perry,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, July 17, 1817. Letter to Edward J. Coal of Baltimore, in full: “I had the pleasure to find your letter of the 28th June on my return home two days since—accept my sincere thanks my dear for your kind offer in giving currency to any reply I might make to Heaths pamphlet—while I am sensible that this book containing as it does many falsehoods and much distortion of the truth will make in the opinions of many any good men impressions unfavorable to me—I shall decline altogether noticing it—It is a source of mortification that nearly twenty years of honorable service should not have found in the public mind some favor—and that a worthless fellow, whom misconduct & impertinence brought upon himself a chastizement (certainly improper while he held a commission) should have it in his power by distorting some facts and with holding others to injure my character I must console myself with the good opinion of the Government & a few friends who know how to estimate my character and I trust you and my old friend your partner are among the numbers.” Encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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286. John Sedgwick. Union general

(1813–1864) who was killed by Confederate sharpshooters at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, ironically while berating his men for hiding from enemy fire. Handsome 2.5 x 3.75 cartede-visite bust-length portrait of Sedgwick posing in his military uniform, signed in ink, “John Sedgwick, Maj. General.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

287. George H. Thomas. Uncommon 2.25 x

4 carte-de-visite head-and-shoulders portrait of Thomas in his military uniform, signed in ink, “Geo. H. Thomas, Maj. Genl U. S. A.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

288. Omar Bradley MB $200

289. Civil War Generals

MB $200

291. Civil War Newspapers MB $200

294. Ferdinand Foch MB $200

298. John J. Pershing MB $200

290. Civil War Letters

MB $200

292. Enola Gay

293. Enola Gay

296. Winfield Scott Hancock

297. Winfield Scott Hancock

MB $200

295. Minoru Genda MB $200

MB $200

299. William T. Sherman MB $200

MB $200

300. John Sullivan MB $200

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aviation

301. Aviation: Bleriot, Chamberlin, and Byrd. Ink

302. Aviation: Earhart, Fechet, and Willebrandt.

signatures, “L. Bleriot,” “Clarence D. Chamberlain,” and “R. E. Byrd,” on an off-white 5.25 x 6 sheet bearing an affixed newsprint photograph of the three aviators and several others. In very good to fine condition, with creasing, soiling, and mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Ink signatures, “Mabel Walker Willebrandt,” “Amelia Earhart,” and “J. E. Fechet, Chief of A. C.,” who adds the date, “Mar. 29 ‘30,” on an off-white 3.5 x 5.75 sheet bearing an affixed newsprint photograph of all three. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare Hughes letter to his right-hand man concerning Vegas real estate 303. Howard Hughes. ALS signed “Howard,” three pages, lightly-lined, 8.5 x 13.25, date penned in another hand, “5/16—2:15 P.M.” Letter to his assistant, confidant, and former FBI agent, Robert “Bob” Maheu, in part: “Please tell me the details of the closing of the purchase of the Stardust Drive-In theater and the so-called ‘pie shaped piece of land’…in the maps that Herb Nall sends me frequently to illustrate some piece of property, he has never shown this property as being owned…I only want to see a map illustrating the two pieces of property in order that there be no misunderstanding particularly about the pie-shaped piece of land, which is best known to me…Meantime, Bob, I want most urgently to see you get started on the project we have discussed for the sale of the hotels. Before I tell you please to go ahead and see the top man in Denny’s, I want you to consider this decision once more very carefully. So much is involved, I am hesitant to say go ahead until I understand fully what changing circumstances led you to shift your views away from the Dominick & Dominick public offering plan which you favored so strongly and to favor instead the Denny approach…You explained it at the time, but I never did completely understand it. This is very important. There is a lot of money involved, and once you talk to Denny’s, it will be impossible to change back to the other plan.” In fine condition, with small area of staple-related paper loss to the upper left corner of each page. Despite having never met face-to-face, Maheu was one of Hughes’s closest aides and trusted advisor’s during the 1960’s. Most significantly, Maheu shielded Hughes from the public and orchestrated the deals that made the reclusive billionaire a Las Vegas power player during the city’s critical development period. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Lindbergh focuses on his conservation efforts: “Only a fraction of my life for the last forty years has been devoted to aviation” 304. Charles Lindbergh. TMS

signed “Charles (A. Lindbergh),” five onionskin pages, 8.25 x 11, July 12, 1971. Detailed criticism and commentary concerning a biographical manuscript written by Alden Whitman of the New York Times, responding page-bypage and line-by-line with specific corrections. In part: “P. 3, line 4: I made the first nonstop airplane flight between the continents of North America and Europe, solo or otherwise…P. 3, line 13: My statement was: ‘I have had enough publicity for a lifetime and several reincarnations.’ Please correct for accuracy…P. 12 (.6): I saw one Javan rhinoceros—for about fifteen seconds. P. 12 (.8): Please change ‘I think we’ve got the problem of guarding the rhinos in hand’ to ‘I hope we’ve got the problem of guarding the rhinos in hand.’ There are real problems remaining…P. 16 (.10): I am not sure what is meant by a ‘new’ Lindbergh. I am not aware of any major change. I simply decided to take part in conservation activities for several years fairly intensively, and have adjusted my life accordingly. P 16 (.7): Only a fraction of my life for the last forty years has been devoted to aviation. P. 17 (.1): I first learned of the danger of extinction of the Tamaraw from Noel Simon…As I recall, my first trip to the Philippines in this connection came in 1968, when I worked with Tom Harrisson in connection with both the Tamaraw and the Monkey Eating Eagle…P. 26 (.2): I never laid out an air route along the Atlantic coast. However, I often flew along the coast to reach Miami, which was the major Pan American Airways base in the early days of the company…I don’t know where you got these ideas. I thoroughly disagree. I did not fly the Atlantic because I thought I ought to. Such a thought didn’t occur to me. (See my account in ‘The Spirit of St. Louis.’) P. 81A (.4) When I took off from Long Island in the ‘Spirit of St. Louis,’ I was not eligible for the Orteig prize, and did not expect to receive it. (See account in ‘The Spirit of St. Louis.’) P. 82 (.2): I did not continue in aviation almost exclusively until 1964—far from it…P. 83 (.7) You are guessing here again, in regard to elements you don’t know about and that I prefer not to talk about. I did not ask Pan American for $600 a month. I was offered much more—and took much more when I began working as a consultant for the company, in 1928...But Alden, this does not relate to conservation, and bringing it in is quite contrary to our understanding in regard to the articles that were to be written for the Times. I regard this as private information and hope you will see fit to delete it from your book.” In fine condition. Although Whitman’s manuscript was seemingly never published, he did author a number of articles about Lindbergh; in fact, he even made a trip to the Philippines with Lindbergh during the pilot’s advocacy efforts on behalf of the native peoples. In his later years Lindbergh became heavily involved in environmental causes and alleviating the plight of oppressed indigenous cultures. In 1968 he flew to Indonesia and Borneo, lobbying presidents Sukarno and Ferdinand Marcos—who he mentions here—to help protect the endangered Javan rhinoceros and tamaraw. In 1971, the year of the present manuscript, Lindbergh went to live among the Tasaday in the jungles of the Philippines, comparing the exhilaration brought by this unique experience to that of his historic flight. Lindbergh’s private nature is also evident in his comments, as he becomes increasingly irritated with the biographical inaccuracies that he discovers throughout the manuscript. A supremely interesting piece involving one of the lesser-known aspects of Lindbergh’s life. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Flown on Lindbergh’s record-breaking Sikorsky seaplane 305. Charles Lindbergh. Uncommon postal cover flown aboard the record-setting flight of the Sikorsky S-42 Pan American Clipper, 9.5 x 4, with a cachet honoring the seaplane’s eight speed records set on August 1, 1934, vertically signed along the left side in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh—Nov. 1935.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Inscribed to the fighter pilot who “took a Zero off my tail” 306. Charles Lindbergh.

Signed book: The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh. Later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 1038 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in fountain pen, “To my friend Charles H. MacDonald, who took a Zero off my tail, With appreciation, admiration, and best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG-. In 1943, the famous aviator was in the Pacific as a civilian to observe fighter tactics with the 475th AAF Group. On August 1 he participated in a mission over Palau led by double-ace Col. Charles MacDonald when their P-38s encountered enemy aircraft. One of the Zeros homed in on Lindbergh’s plane and only a long shot by MacDonald forced him off. For allowing Lindbergh to fly in actual combat, MacDonald was ordered back to the States temporarily, but the two men remained lifelong friends. Lindbergh’s account of the action appears on pages 890–893 of this book. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Six legendary aviators

307. Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post, and Harold Gatty. Program for a luncheon given in honor of Wiley Post and

Harold Gatty by the Mayor’s Committee on Receptions of the City of New York at the Hotel Ritz Carlton on July 2, 1931, 6.5 x 8.75, signed on the back cover in black ink, “C. A. Lindbergh,” “Wiley Post,” “Harold Gatty,” “Bernt Balchen,” “Clarence D. Chamberlin,” and “Casey Jones.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and handling wear, and light soiling along a central vertical fold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

309. Orville Wright. Foun-

308. Orville Wright. Bank check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in

another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Louise Russel Cochran for $300, October 10, 1944. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

tain pen signature, “Orville Wright,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with specks of rusty paperclip impressions which could mostly be matted out. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Desirable portrait of the elder Wright brother

310. Wilbur Wright. Rare matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 portrait of the elder Wright brother by New York’s White Studios, affixed to its

original studio mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Col. Geo. S. Anderson, with my compliments, Wilbur Wright.” In very good to fine condition, with light scuffing near Wilbur’s ear and light silvering to the darker portions of the image; the mat has a few small stains and missing lower corner tips, which could be tastefully matted out to great advantage. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Before attaining rank of brigadier general, New Jersey-born George S. Anderson served as a colonel on different occasions between 1899 and 1903, a time period which approximately places this inscription to the years the Wright brothers were making final adjustments in preparation of their inaugural flight on December 17, 1903. Given his early death from typhoid fever in 1912, signed photos of the elder Wright are extremely scarce. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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space 311. Gus Grissom. Choice

vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Grissom in a handsome suit and tie, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Virgil I. Grissom.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

313. Edward H. White II. Of-

ficial color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White posing beside a rocket model in his space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To William Sanzo, Best wishes for a bright future— Edward H. White II.” In fine condition, with two small corner bends and faint paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Fully signed photo of NASA’s first astronauts 312. Mercury 7. Exceptional

official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts looking at a model rocket, signed in black ink or fountain pen, “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” and “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” and in ballpoint, “Alan B. Shepard” and “Donald K. Slayton.” Reverse bears ink ownership notations. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing, primarily to the top border, and Glenn retracing his ballpoint signature with a fountain pen. A sought-after, uninscribed, and fully signed photo of America’s original seven astronauts. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

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Apollo 7 in-flight log book annotated by entire mission crew 314. Apollo 7. Extraordinary crew log book extensively

used throughout the Apollo 7 flight, 32 pages (16 double-sided sheets) plus cardstock covers, 5 x 8, signed and flight-certified on the rear cover in black ink, “Flown on Apollo 7—Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7.” The log book is extensively filled out with in-flight notes, remarks, and observations by all three astronauts on 23 of the 32 pages. Their entries are logged using the Ground Elapsed Time, and cover a wide range of content, including scientific observations, practical recommendations about the spacecraft and flight procedures, objective health observations, and humorous remarks. The very first handwritten page consists of their “B.M. Log,” where Cunningham has recorded the times of each crew members’ bowel movements. The last entry, however, is made by the boastful Eisele, who adds a censored joke, “CMP is #1 on the __ list—(Wally is a poor t(h)ird).” In other health matters, later in the log is a record of medication taken by the crew in the hand of Schirra, who had developed a severe head cold and frequently took aspirin. The two opening pages feature Cunningham’s extensive instructions for future astronauts, headed “Using waste mgm’t bags on board Apollo spacecraft,” which he later published in his book The All-American Boys, in part: “I suggest dropping your drawers and getting comfortable.” At 178:00, Eisele writes: “CMP donned fresh underwear (oh, how sweet it is!). Unrestrained weightlessness is a unique experience. It’s fun, it’s easy, it’s exciting. We all adapted to it quickly, and found that moving about and controlling one’s body is incredibly easy—there is no special training required for IVA…Orientation is no problem. There is no up or down, and you could care less.” An hour later, Eisele observes, “This spacecraft is beautifully suited for taking photos of the earth. The earth is in view nearly all the time in one window or another…I think we really screwed up by scimping [sic] on the camera film. We have only a few frames left and have to ration them carefully. If we can lug along a 7 pound TV camera we sure as hell ought to be able to carry a few extra film packs.” The entries also reveal a growing dissatisfaction with Mission Control and some of the mission planning. At 145:00, Eisele writes, “I think the CMC is most presumptuous in assuming its own state vector is perfect and landmarks are poorly mapped.” Cunningham then suggests some modifications to the space-

craft, “Delete both window #4 mirrors, no use and weight saving. Also, it is embarrassing thinking of all the things that could have been carried instead of the Brooklyn Bridge in the LEB.” At 241:18, Schirra notes, “Crew discipline—In role of starting a task then to completion difficult— GRND distracts and crew themselves tend to—from menial to critical.” He also writes, “4 to 5 lbs of fuel for the last day photos yet—40 to 50 lbs for stupidity.” There are a few notes mentioning eating, including a humorous one from Cunningham at 235:08 as the mission nears its end, “Happiness is finding some bacon squares on day 10.” The astronauts also describe unusual noises and anomalies throughout the mission, log photography, track impromptu repairs or repurposing of materials, and discuss comfort and exercise. Includes a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cunningham writing in the log book, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “Note to log: ‘Waste management—allow yourself at least 45 minutes.’ Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7.” In very good condition, with staining and foxing to cover and some inside pages (but interior mostly clean) and expected rusting to binder rings from age. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Eisele’s son, Andrew Eisele, and an additional letter of authenticity signed by Cunningham. The Apollo 7 mission was the first manned Apollo flight and first true test of the redesigned Command and Service Modules after the Apollo 1 fire. The outcome would determine the future of objectives of the American space program, and its success allowed Apollo 8’s flight to the moon to proceed just two months later. The in-flight notes offered here are of enormous historical significance, providing the ultimate insight into the experiences of the Apollo 7 crewmen as they circled Earth for eleven days. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $2500

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An Apollo 11 present to the US ambassador to Canada 315. Apollo 11. Oversized color semi–glossy 10.5 x 13.5

full-length photo of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, mounted to the original 15.5 x 19.5 presentation mat, inscribed on the mat in black ink, “To His Excellency Adolf Schmidt, United States Ambassador to Canada, The Apollo 11 Crew,” and signed in black felt tip by the full crew, “Neil Armstrong,” “M. Collins,” and “Buzz Aldrin.” Framed and in very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing to the mat, and wear and dings to the original frame; light professional cleaning and reframing would render this a phenomenal display. Signed in full by Earth’s first lunar ambassadors, this is a remarkable and uncommonly large example of Aldrin’s iconic moon pose. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

Fully signed day-after-splashdown newspaper 316. Apollo 11. Uncommon front page of the Miami Herald dated July 25, 1969, 14.5 x 23, featuring a main article addressing the return of the Apollo 11 crew, with the headline reading “Moon-Walk Heroes Home Safe.” Signed on the article photo in black ink, “Buzz Aldrin,” and in black ballpoint, “Mike Collins” and “Neil Armstrong.” Cloth-matted and framed with a large photo of the crew and two engraved plaques detailing the mission and President Nixon’s post-landing congratulations to an overall size of 37 x 30.5 x 37. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and expected overall age toning. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Zarelli Space Authentication. Autographed by the Apollo 11 crew soon after their exhausting mission and subsequent quarantine, this next-day newspaper is enhanced by its handsome presentation and historical significance. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $300

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Cernan-certified quintet of lunar flown cue cards

317. Gene Cernan. Collection of five flown single-sided Command Module cue cards carried into lunar orbit on Apollo 17, measuring between 5.5 x 3.25 to 2.5 x 8.5, each stamped on the reverse with flight certification, “Flown to lunar orbit aboard the Apollo 17 CM ‘America,’” and signed in blue ink, “Gene Cernan.” One card is boldly headed “CDR Boost/Aborts.” In overall fine condition. A spectacular set of flown artifacts from the last man on the moon. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000

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Rare ‘Type 3’ Yankee Clipper insurance cover from Bean’s collection

318. Apollo 12. Rare Apollo 12 ‘Type 3’ insurance cover with a cachet showing a Yankee Clipper ship against a lunar background, bearing a November 14, 1969, Kennedy Space Center launch date postmark, signed in black felt tip by Alan Bean, Dick Gordon, and Charles Conrad. Notation on the reverse in Bean’s hand reads, “Insurance cover from my collection, Apollo 12 LMP.” In fine condition. An attractive cover produced only in very small quantities, with excellent provenance from the mission’s Lunar Module Pilot. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Twenty Apollo astronauts—including eight moonwalkers— commemorate man’s first step 319. Apollo Astronauts. Amazing color limited edition

22.5 x 28 lithograph by Alan Bean entitled ‘In the Beginning…,’ numbered 811/1000, signed in pencil or ballpoint by 20 Apollo astronauts, each signing under his mission emblem. Signers are: Wally Schirra, Walt Cunningham, Frank Borman, Jim McDivitt, Rusty Schweickart, Tom Stafford, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean, Fred Haise, James Lovell, Harrison Schmitt, Charlie Duke, Dave Scott, Al Worden, Alan Shepard, Stu Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell. Matted and framed to an overall size of 29.75 x 35.5.In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Greenwich Workshop folder. A visually stunning and very desirable collection of Apollo astronauts. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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“First Photo of the Earth from the Moon, August 23, 1966” 320. First Photo of Earth Taken by a Spacecraft. Incred-

ible glossy 13.25 x 4.25 photo of the Earth with the lunar surface below, affixed to a 16.25 x 7.75 display mount bearing preprinted text, “First Photo of the Earth from the Moon, August 23, 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1, Distance from Earth 232,000 Mi, Altitude Above Moon 730 Mi.” Framed with a caption affixed to the reverse offering details on the historic photo. In fine condition, with a few light gouges to the images, and some faint foxing to the mount. This wonderful photograph by the customized high-resolution camera of the Lunar Orbiter I. The image shows a large area of the moon’s eastern edge marked by the presence of several massive craters—for reference, the largest such crater, pictured center and to the right of Earth, is roughly 140 miles across. Each picture taken by the Orbiter camera was read out at earth receiving stations as a series of 35mm strips of film, 16 inches long, which had to be edge-matched for a composite picture. An absorbing and historic piece of aeronautic and photographic history. Starting Bid $200

History’s most famous cosmonauts

321. Cosmonauts. Vintage textured matte-finish 11.25 x 8.5 photo of six legendary cosmonauts seated at a celebratory dinner, affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed in the lower border in various ink types by Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andrian Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Valentina Tereshkova. In very good to fine condition, with chipping to the edges, light scuffing, and some scattered creasing. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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space artifacts

Erasable memory driver for the Block II computer

322. Apollo Block II Erasable Driver. Rare Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) module, 9.75 x 1 x 1.75, labeled on the

red exterior, “Erasable Driver Module B9–10, NASA No. 2003114-021. Mfd by Raytheon Co., S/N Ray. 100.” Also marked, “Scrapped Module, For Engineering Use Only.” In very good to fine condition. This module was responsible for providing required voltages to read and write from the 2K word erasable memory in the AGC. The AGC was the primary computer onboard the Command Module and Lunar Module used to autonomously navigate and fly the spacecraft throughout all phases of the lunar mission. An extremely desirable space-age computer piece. Starting Bid $200

323. Apollo Block II Gimbal ACSK 89. Black electronic component with 23 pins on one side, 3.75 x 1.75 x 1.5, stenciled in white text, “Gimbal Servo, Amplifier, 2007114-021, ACSK 89.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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324. Apollo PIP Pre-AMP Assembly. Small black electronic component with nine pins on one side, 1.5 x 1.25 x 1, stenciled with white text, “PIP Preamp Assy, 2004060-011, ACSK 24.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

325. Buzz Aldrin

326. Buzz Aldrin

327. Buzz Aldrin

328. Buzz Aldrin

329. Buzz Aldrin MB $200

330. Buzz Aldrin and Alan Shepard

331. Apollo 13

332. Apollo 15

333. Apollo Astronauts

334. Neil Armstrong

335. Neil Armstrong

336. Neil Armstrong

MB $200

337. Neil Armstrong MB $300

MB $200

338. Astronauts MB $200

MB $200

339. Gene Cernan MB $200

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340. Columbia STS-1 MB $200

341. Charlie Duke MB $200

342. Charlie Duke MB $200

343. Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov MB $200

344. Gemini 3

345. Moonwalkers

346. Space Artwork

347. STS-68: Tom Jones

348. STS-68: Tom Jones MB $200

349. STSâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;73: Kathy Thornton

350. Valentina Tereshkova

351. Wernher von Braun

352. Wernher von Braun

353. Paul Weitz

354. Paul Weitz

355. Paul Weitz

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art “I am extremely desirous to procure in the flesh (feathers and all)”— Audubon’s comprehensive ‘want list’

356. John J. Audubon. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 10.75, September 12, 1836. Letter to Thomas McCulloch concerning his ornithological work. In part: “Should you not have heard of my return to the United States prior to this, this will confirm the fact to you. I have been here with John one week. Along with this, I send you a copy of my third Vol. of Ornithological Biographies, hoping that it may give you some pleasure.—I am extremely desirous to procure in the flesh (feathers and all) as soon as possible when that species of bird [is] more abundant, and more easily procured in your section of America than South of it, and now beg of you to fulfill for me the following commission. That is to say to procure for me all the species annexed on the other side, or as many as you can procure, in Common Rum or whatever other spirits sufficiently strong to save them from putrefaction, in pairs as much as possible, and if not, by two of each species, to have these put into a good cask, with a list of the species contained therein, and to ship this to New York…If you will attend to this you will render to Science and to myself a very great obligation, and I shall feel great pleasure to do anything for you in return which you or yours may desire at my hands.” On the following pages, Audubon lists numerous species of birds he would like specimens of, including both their common and scientific names, with a few including the “Snowy Owl,” “Three Toed Woodpecker,” “Raven,” “Hudson Bay Titmouse,” “Canada Swan,” “Common Buzzard,” “March Hawk,” and “Arctic Ground Finch.” In fine condition, with splitting along intersecting folds. Audubon first visited Thomas McCulloch, Sr., and his son, Thomas, Jr., in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1833, where they held one of the finest collections of taxidermy birds in private hands. The younger McCulloch kept a lengthy correspondence with Audubon and frequently sent samples of Nova Scotian bird life to Audubon in New York. This letter—essentially a lengthy ‘want list’—is extremely interesting in connection with Audubon’s career, which included taxidermy in addition to his famous illustrations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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357. Pierre Alechinsky. Belgian

359. Erte. Art Deco–

artist (born 1927) whose work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 7.25, April 2, 1983. Letter concerning a poster design, in part (translated): “I’ve finished the drawing for the Musical Theatre’s poster 1983. I would be able to print it at Peter Bransen at the end of May as we said…P.S. I come back from Bougival in April and I would like to find a letter from you confirming the printing, and so on.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

style color 19.75 x 29 poster for Erte’s exhibition at the Sears Vincent Price Gallery in Chicago from December 11–January 6, 1968, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Erte to Sherman Emery.” Mounted to a same-size sheet of foam core and in very good to fine condition, with creasing to lower right corner, a few edge dings, and a small hole to top center. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Angel, crown, and castle— a fantastically embellished Dali book 358. Salvador Dali. Signed

book: Dali par Dali de Draeger. France: Draeger, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 7.75, 156 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page and adjacent page in blue ballpoint to “Perello.” Dali sketches an angel, floating crown, and castle landscape scene, prominently signing the title page, “Dali, 1970,” and also signing beneath the angel sketch, “Dali.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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The famed Civil War photographer honors his personal trainer 360. Alexander Gardner.

Washington-based photographer (1821–1882) who learned the craft while managing Mathew Brady’s studio and achieved fame for his images of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln. LS signed “Alex Gardner,” three pages on two sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, May 9, 1866. Letter to strongman and gymnast Abner S. Brady inviting him to a benefit at Grover’s Theatre in Washington to be held in his honor, signed at the conclusion by over forty Washington notables. In part: “We the undersigned, members & friends of your Gymnasium, in the high appreciation in which you are held by us, as well for your indefatigable zeal in promoting the physical well being of all who have placed themselves under your instruction & care, as for your uniformly genial and exemplary deportment as a citizen…to tender to you a complimentary benefit, and for this purpose have already engaged the building. We propose in addition to the giving a full Gymnastic Exhibition to vary the entertainment with choice music, to the end that our efforts may prove a decided success.” In addition to Gardner, other signers include fellow photographer John Goldin, Lincoln’s friend and bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon, Ford’s Theatre stage manager Henry Clay Ford, Grant’s military secretary Ely S. Parker, Grant’s aide-de-camp P. T. Hudson, Mayor Richard Wallach, and future Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler. In very good condition, with intersecting folds and heavy dampstaining and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

361. Al Hirschfeld.

Limited edition 14.5 x 19.75 print of Marlene Dietrich, numbered 31/200, signed in the lower right in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” Framed and in fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

362. Al Hirschfeld. Signed book: Art and Recollections

from Eight Decades. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, 12.25 x 10.25, 306 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black felt tip, “Hirschfeld, 11/10/91.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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363. Jeff Koons. American artist (born 1955) known for

working with popular culture themes and his reproductions of commonplace objects. Signed book: Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal. First American edition. NY: Thames & Hudson, 2014. Hardcover, 7 x 9.75, 294 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip by Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

365. Pablo Picasso. Czechoslovakian postage stamp affixed to an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card, signed in red artist’s pencil, “Picasso.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Delightfully inscribed with a smoky sketch

364. Pablo Picasso. Signed book: Picasso. Paris: O. D. E. J., 1965. Clothbound hardcover, 9.5 x 10.75, 48 pages. Stylishly signed and inscribed on the reverse of the first free end page in black felt tip, “Pour Lucie, Picasso, 12. 8. 68,” adding a plume of smoke to match the adjacent image of a man with pipe. In fine condition. An exceptionally clean and bold inscription highlighted by the rare addition of a Picasso sketch. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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366. Pablo Picasso. Uncommon 6.75 x 4 clipped newspaper photo of Picasso in front of his 1949 work ‘La Colombe [The Dove],’ signed in pencil, “Picasso, 21.4.67.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Picasso’s hand, and bearing his imprinted return address on the back flap. The Dove was used to illustrate the poster of the 1949 Paris Peace Congress. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

An officially certified Renoir 367. Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Outstanding matte-finish 7 x 8.75 photographic print of one of Renoir’s figural studies closely resembling his ‘Three Bathers,’ signed in the lower border in black ink, “Renoir.” Lower border also bears official certification stamps in French signed by the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer to authenticate Renoir’s signature, dated April 11, 1907. Handsomely double-cloth-matted and framed. In fine condition, with a small crease beneath the signature area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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The Impressionist’s advice for creating “pure music”— “You must pronounce the notes—do, re, mi, fa, sol”

368. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ALS in

French, signed “Renoir,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, January 27, 1910. Interesting letter to a friend, in full (translated): “No fruit, either cooked or raw, nor jam. Noodles, macaroni, cooked in plain water, and ground meat. You will find some very convenient gadgets for grinding up meat at Alex’s or at any hardware store. Did you go to Montmartre to choose the king (of artists, etc.)? Tell Renee to sing the names of the notes. In my day, people sang the notes and saved time. This must be her teacher’s fault. Just to say ‘Ah—ah—ah’ isn’t worth anything. You must pronounce the notes—do, re, mi, fa, sol. By singing the names, you are more accurate and you strike each note like a bell without giving it any feeling. It is pure music.” On the reverse, Renoir has added two short postscripts, both initialed “R”: “Have the ground meat grilled like a steak” and “Lentils. Dried peas.” Attractively matted and framed with a print, with a window in the backing for viewing the postscripts. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

369. Ambroise Vollard. Important French art dealer (1866–1939) who represented the likes of Van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, and Gaugin. Document in French, one page, 6.75 x 10, July 29, 1941. Notarial act regarding Vollard’s estate, stating that his brother Lucien Vollard asks the bailiff to make free Ambroise Vollard’s merchandise (paintings, sculptures, and so on). If Lucien Vollard cannot be at the appointment, the painter Paul Cezanne will attend as executor. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Lengthily inscribed 1915 edition of Stieglitz’s Camera Work 370. Alfred Stieglitz. Im-

portant American photographer (1864–1946) who played an instrumental role in developing the craft as a legitimate art form. Signed book: Camera Work, Number XLVII. NY: January 1915. Softcover, 8.5 x 12, 73 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with a lengthy inscription, “‘What is 291,’ Why did I ever have the question?—Having had to ask the question I now wonder whether I know the answer—now that sixty-eight have told each other what it is to them—To One who was not here to be asked the Question. But who I feel feels more what 291 is than most of these who think they know—To Maurice Sterne, a kindred spirit, in appreciation, Alfred Stieglitz, February 4th, 1915.” Also includes an unsigned copy of Camera Work, Number XLVI. In good to very good condition, with damage and paper loss to the spines, and chipping and staining to the almost completely separated fragile covers; interior pages are all clean and sound, with some toning and smudging to the signed page touching the month of the date. Stieglitz founded and managed the 291 art gallery in New York, a pioneering gallery that helped elevated the art of photography to the same stature of painting and sculpture. Sterne was a painter and sculptor who came to prominence while living in the American West. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

372. Benjamin West. Distinguished

371. Andy Warhol. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Warhol holding a little pig, boldly signed vertically in thick black felt tip. In fine condition, with a crease to the upper right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Anglo-American artist (1738–1820) best known for his large-scale paintings of historical scenes. Manuscript DS, signed “Benjamin West P. R. A.,” one page, 8 x 12.5, October 9, 1818. Document for King’s Warehouse, Customs, London. In part: “We have received four Cases, containing casts in Plaister belonging to Peter Turnerelli, Exhibitor in the Royal Academy, and imported by him for his sole use and improvement in the Arts, and not by way of Merchandise or for sale in this Country.” Signed at the conclusion by three Royal Academicians: architect John Soane, painter Martin Archer Shee, and painter Benjamin West. Retains the Royal Academy’s red wax seal to the lower left. In fine condition. Originally purchased from Walter R. Benjamin and accompanied by the original paper folder. Turnerelli was an Irish sculptor who had been art tutor to the royal princesses in the early 1800s. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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comic art & animation 375. Disney Animation. Collec-

373. Mel Blanc. Hand-painted animation cel of two anthropomorphic farmyard pigs, 10.75 x 8.25, signed in black felt tip by Mel Blanc. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

tion of assorted proofs and original artwork for Disney advertising materials and Super 8 film covers, some in English and some in Spanish, ranging in size from 8 x 8 to 20 x 15, with titles including: Mickey Mouse: The First 50 Years; A Walt Disney Christmas; Mickey’s Memorable Moments; Walt Disney Films; The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh; Black Hole; Mickey Mouse Disco; Goofy Safe Driving; Mickey Mouse Birthday Party; The Beastly Ball; The Jungle Book; Donald Duck; The Fox and the Hound; Three Cheers!; Pinocho: Vuelve a la Vida; and Disney Classic Cartoon Stories. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Issued to a Disney World designer

374. Walt Disney. Rare 1958 Disneyland Gold Pass, 3.75 x 2, issued to “Mr. and/or Mrs. Welton Becket,” and signed at the bottom in blue ink, “Walt Disney.” Reverse has been signed by Welton Becket as the card holder, which allowed him, his wife, and a party of five into Disneyland. In fine condition, with some mild toning to reverse, and a couple strokes of Disney’s signature a shade or two light.

These gold passes, charmingly adorned with a depiction of Sleeping Beauty‘s castle, were reserved for Walt Disney’s most important associates. Noted architect Welton Becket shared a long personal and professional relationship with Disney; his firm designed the ‘Magic Skyway’ exhibition for the 1964-1965 World’s Fair and later designed both the Contemporary and Polynesian resorts for Orlando’s Disney World. Any Disney-issued pass is extremely desirable, this one even more so with its direct relation to an integral contributor to Disney’s creative vision. Pre-certified Phil Sears. Starting Bid $500

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The Brothers Disney 376. Walt and Roy Disney. Two DSs: the first, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint, “Walter E. Disney,” one page, 8.25 x 6.75, May 18, 1962, consists of the final page of a contract in which Walt Disney “does hereby assign, transfer and set over unto WED Enterprises, Inc…all of Disney’s rights, title and interest in and to the following motion pictures… ‘Those Amazing Careys,’ ‘The Miracle of the White Stallion,’ and ‘Savage Sam.’” The second, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Roy O. Disney,” one page, 8.25 x 9, July 6, 1954, related to a contract between Buena Vista Film Distribution and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association. Both are double-matted and framed with an image of the famous brothers, a nameplate, and an original 1938 machine-printed Walt Disney Studio model sheet used for the production of the short film The Whalers, to an overall size of 28.5 x 25. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by three certificates of authenticity from Phil Sears, as well as the remaining document sheets for the Walt Disney-signed contract. A highly appealing display piece featuring the seldom-encountered tandem of both Disney brothers. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified Phil Sears. Starting Bid $300

377. Hank Ketcham. Signed book: The Merchant of Dennis. First edition. NY: Abbeville Press, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 9.25, 256 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink, “To Vicky—Hank Ketchum,” adding a small sketch of Dennis the Menace with floating hearts. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

378. Walter Lantz. Signed book: The Walter Lantz Story. First edition. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 254 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink, “Walter Lantz, 1988,” adding a wonderful ink sketch of Woody Woodpecker. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Wonderful original painting of Woody Woodpecker 379. Walter Lantz. Extreme-

ly scarce original painting by Walter Lantz, oil on canvas, 9.5 x 7.5, showing Woody Woodpecker next to a bowl of fruit. Painting is signed in black paint in the lower left, “Walter Lantz,” and signed and inscribed on the wooden canvas stretchers on the reverse, “To Russ and Sue— best wishes, Walter Lantz.” Reverse of the canvas also bears a partially affixed ‘Walter Lantz Happy Art’ label and a Lantz copyright stamp. Attractively cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 12. In fine condition, with a few chips and marks to stretchers affecting a bit of the last name of signature. An outstanding and highly desirable painting of Lantz’s most famous character—a vivid, spectacular piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

381. Pioneers of Animation. Com-

380. Pinocchio. Signed book: Pinocchio by Pierre Lambert.

First edition. NY: Hyperion, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 13 x 13, 235 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ink by animators Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Berny Wolf, Don Lusk, Ken O’Connor, Thor Putnam, Joe Grant, and Ward Kimball. In fine condition. Originally sold only through the Howard Lowery Gallery. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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memorative program for A Tribute to the Pioneers of Animation, September 1, 1994, 5.5 x 8.5, 64 pages, signed in felt tip and ballpoint on slips affixed throughout by 26 animators, including: Bob Allen, Ed Benedict, Dick Bickenbach, Preston Blair, Shamus Culhane, Marc Davis, Ron Dias, Eyvind Earle, Bob Givens, Bill Hurtz, Ollie Johnston, Paul Julian, Ward Kimball, Walter Lantz, Bill Melendez, Maurice Noble, Ken O’Connor, Bill Peet, Virgil Ross, Irv Spence, Frank Thomas, Richard Thomas, Myron Waldman, Clair Weeks, Lou Zukor, and Morey Zukor. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

382. Virgil Ross. Original

drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny playfully harassing a row of theatergoers, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 28.75 x 13 animation paper. Total image measures 26 x 6.75. Rolled and in fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

383. Virgil Ross.

Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny eating a carrot next to the hulking and terrified Gossamer, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on a white 12.5 x 10.5 sheet of animation paper. Images measure 3.75 x 7 (Bugs) and 4 x 8 (Gossamer). In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

385. Presentation medal from Sword in the Stone.

Scarce original Sword in the Stone presentation medal from Disneyland, measuring 2.5˝ in diameter, suspended from its original purple ribbon. The front features a raised image of Merlin and Arthur attempting to pull the sword from the anvil, and the reverse bears the Disneyland logo encircled with text, “The Happiest Place on Earth.” In fine condition. These medals were presented during a beloved Fantasy Land ceremony to a young volunteer at the park who would help Merlin remove the sword and be proclaimed ‘Ruler of the Realm.’ Medals from this now defunct ceremony were not available for sale at any of the parks and are now quite uncommon. Starting Bid $200

384. Charles Schulz. TLS signed

“Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, April 16, 1980. Letter to Sandie, in full: “For me, the main factor would be a one-day tournament. What time of day would not matter—even having it last all day would be suitable. Fridays or Saturdays would certainly be alright. The season of the year is almost impossible to predict because of other personal commitments. These are about the only thoughts I have.” Schulz has added a wonderful large sketch at the bottom of the letter, portraying Snoopy swinging a tennis racquet and entirely missing the ball. Matted and framed, and in fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of the original letter from the recipient. Starting Bid $300

386. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Signed book: Walt Disney’s Bambi: The Story and the Film. First edition. NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 11.25, 208 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “To Vicky with Best Wishes—Frank Thomas,” and in black ink, “Ollie Johnston, 10–14–90.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Walt Disney Studios 390. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Steamboat Willie. (Walt Disney Studios, 1928) Original

production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie, showing the iconic mouse’s head and arms with drum mallets. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 4 x 3. In fine condition. During a wonderful musical sequence, Mickey cheerfully opens a bull’s mouth to play percussion on the oversized teeth. A remarkably early and desirable production drawing from the first cartoon to feature synchronized sound. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $300

391. Four Baby Mickeys production layout drawing with background detail and production flap from Mickey’s Nightmare. (Walt Disney Studios, 1932) Original production layout drawing with background detail and production flap from Mickey’s Nightmare, showing four baby Mickeys playing in a bedroom with a makeshift hammock of brassieres. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 Walt Disney Productions animation paper, listing the scenes as “35” and the animator as “Hardy.” Total image measures 10.75 x 7.75. Original blue contact layout sheet affixed to reverse left side of paper. In fine condition, with a chip to bottom edge and pin holes to central upper border. Starting Bid $200

392. Mickey and Minnie Mouse production drawing from Touchdown Mickey. (Walt Disney Studios, 1932) Original production drawing featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse from Touchdown Mickey, showing them seated together on the goal posts in the final scene of the cartoon. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 10 x 7. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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393. Mickey Mouse and Black Pete production drawing from Touchdown Mickey. (Walt Disney Studios, 1932)

Original production drawing from Touchdown Mickey, showing the titular mouse as a pigskin hero carrying the football over a sliding Black Pete. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 9 x 2.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

394. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Building a Building. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Building a Building, showing the whistling rodent in the midst of making a large fish sandwich. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.75x 3.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

395. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Giant Land. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Giant Land, depicting the mouse in a cautious full-length pose. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.25 x 2.5. In fine condition, with two trimmed areas to bottom edge. Starting Bid $200

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396. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Giantland. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production

398. Pluto production drawing from Mickey’s Pal Pluto. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production drawing

397. Mickey and Pluto production drawing from Mickey’s Gala Premiere. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933)

399. Pluto production drawing. (Walt Disney Studios, cir-

drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Giantland, depicting the titular mouse raising a finger in a decidedly cautionary pose. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 2.5 x 2.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Original production drawing from Mickey’s Gala Premiere, showing Mickey wearing a tuxedo and pulling a distressed Pluto by his collar. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 5.5 x 4. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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featuring Pluto from Mickey’s Pal Pluto, portraying the normally benevolent pooch as a horned and pitchfork-bearing devil. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.5 x 4. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

ca 1933) Original production drawing of Pluto, with outstretched tail, in a notably slow-moving hunting pose. Blue artist notations read, “Pluto E, White A, Scene 8 B.” Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 7 x 3.25. In fine condition. An exceptionally early, lengthwise depiction of Mickey’s faithful bloodhound. Starting Bid $200

400. Mickey Mouse production drawing from The Mail Pilot. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original production

402. Pluto, God of the Underworld production drawing from The Goddess of Spring. (Walt Disney Studios,

drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from The Mail Pilot, showing the pint-sized aviator zooming through the air with apparently frozen wings. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.75 x 2.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

1934) Original production drawing featuring Pluto, God of the Underworld, from the Silly Symphony short The Goddess of Spring, showing the devilish ruler of Hell with his arms in the air. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 5.5 x 8. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

401. Persephone production drawing from The Goddess of Spring. (Walt Disney Studios, 1934) Origi-

403. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey Plays Papa. (Walt Disney Studios, 1934) Original production

nal production drawing featuring Persephone from the Silly Symphony short The Goddess of Spring, showing the lovely daughter of Zeus and Demeter with her hand to her chest. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.25 x 6.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey Plays Papa, depicting the titular character intently reading a book entitled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Cry in the Night.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 6 x 6. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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404. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Fire Brigade. (Walt Disney Studios, 1935) Original

production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Fire Brigade, portraying the titular character wearing a fireman’s helmet and waving his hand. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 2.75 x 4.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

405. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck production drawing from Mickey’s Service Station. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1935) Original production drawing from Mickey’s Service Station, showing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck warily looking over their shoulders as they flee from an unseen assailant. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Images measure 2.75 x 2.25 (Donald) and 3.5 x 3 (Mickey). In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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406. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Circus. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Circus, showing the excited rodent wearing a top hat and twirling a cane. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.25 x 5.75. In fine condition, with an ink smudge to lower right corner, which can be easily matted out. Starting Bid $200

407. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Elephant. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original produc-

tion drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Elephant, depicting carpenter Mickey in overalls and bending a saw in his hands. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3.5 x 3.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

408. Movie Stars concept drawing from Mickey’s Polo Team. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original concept drawing

featuring eight caricatures of movie stars from Mickey’s Polo Team, including Mae West, George Raft, W. C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, and Edward G. Robinson, signed in pencil by the artist, “T. Hee.” Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Each image measures 2.5 x 3.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

409. Max Hare production drawing from Toby Tortoise Returns. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original

production drawing featuring Max Hare from the sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare, Toby Tortoise Returns, showing him holding a box packed with fireworks. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 7 x 6.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

410. Goofy production cel from a Mickey Mouse short cartoon. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1937) Original

production cel from a Mickey Mouse short cartoon, showing Goofy in a jubilant half-length pose. The cel is slightly trimmed to 11.25 x 9.5 Image measures 4.25 x 5.75. In fine condition, with some wrinkling. Starting Bid $200

411. Goofy production drawing from Mickey’s Amateurs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Exceptional original

production drawing featuring Goofy from Mickey’s Amateurs, showing the musical pooch in full band leader attire while he attempts to play his ‘50-piece band,’ a multi-instrumental device on wheels. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on slightly trimmed 11.5 x 9.25 animation paper. Image measures 10 x 8.75. In fine condition, with trivial creases and a small tape-repaired tear to right edge. Starting Bid $200

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412. Doc production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original

production drawing featuring Doc from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing him with a finger raised. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 4 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

414. Happy production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original

production drawing featuring Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing him seated. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3 x 4. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Magnificent original cel featuring all seven dwarfs 413. Dopey, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, and Sleepy production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1937) Exceptional original production cel featuring Dopey, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, and Sleepy with their blanket from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing all seven standing at the foot of their bed. The cel is trimmed to image and placed on a hand-painted watercolor background prepared by the Art Props Department at Disney Studios. Image measures 9 x 5.5, with a mat opening of 12 x 7.5. Framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 15.5. In fine condition, with some minor cracking to paint. Starting Bid $500

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Large cel of the Snow White villainess 415. Evil Queen production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Exquisite original production cel featuring the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing her casting a wicked stare. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background made circa 2010. Image measures 6 x 10, with a mat opening of 8 x 10.5. Mat dimensions are 12 x 16. In fine condition. A wonderful, large image of this memorable antagonist. Starting Bid $1000

416. Snow White production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios,

1937) Beautiful original production cel featuring Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing her holding an adorable sleeping bunny. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted star background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 2.75 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 6.5 x 7. Framed to an overall size of 13 x 14.25, with the original Walt Disney Enterprises and gallery exhibition labels affixed to the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

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417. Snow White production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937)

Original production drawing featuring Snow White with her arms raised from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Character image measures 3.25 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

418. The Huntsman production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Stu-

dios, 1937) Rare original production cel featuring The Huntsman from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 3 x 4.25, with a mat opening of 5.5 x 5.5. Framed to an overall size of 20 x 20. In fine condition. A stunning Courvoisier set-up of this very scarce character. Starting Bid $300

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419. Wicked Witch production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Fantastic original production cel featuring the Wicked Witch from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, portraying the evil character in profile. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 4.5 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 5.5 x 5.5. Framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 13. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

420. Mickey Mouse production drawing from The Worm Turns. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1937) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse in his lab coat from The Worm Turns. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3.5 x 4. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

421. Ferdinand and Matador production cels from Ferdinand the Bull. (Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Choice original production cels

featuring Ferdinand and the Matador from Ferdinand the Bull. The cels have been trimmed to image and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Images measure 3.25 x 4 and 4.25 x 5, with a mat opening of 9 x 7.25. Mat dimensions are 15 x 14. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition. This classic early Disney cartoon won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). A fabulous Courvoisier set-up featuring the shortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main characters. Starting Bid $300

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422. Clark Gable concept drawing from The Autograph Hound. (Walt Disney Studios, 1939) Original

concept drawing featuring the caricatured Clark Gable from the Donald Duck cartoon The Autograph Hound, signed in pencil by the artist, “T. Hee.” Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 7.5 x 7. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

423. W. C. Fields concept drawing from The Autograph Hound. (Walt Disney Studios, 1939) Original concept

drawing featuring the caricatured W. C. Fields in a full-length pose from the Donald Duck cartoon The Autograph Hound, signed in pencil by the artist, “T. Hee.” Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 6 x 9.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

424. Chernabog production cel from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Stu-

dios, 1940) Original production cels from Fantasia, portraying the monstrous Chernabog in a devilish and rare close-up pose. Image measures 10 x 8.25, with overall dimensions of 12.5 x 10. In fine condition. Slightly more common in production drawings, the Chernabog, Disney’s most evil character, remains exceedingly rare in cel format, with examples of such ferocious proximity highly sought-after by animation collectors. Starting Bid $500

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Amazing Fantasia production artwork of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

425. Mickey Mouse production cel and production background from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Incredible original production cel and production background featuring Mickey Mouse from Fantasia, showing him as the iconic Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The cel is trimmed to image and placed on an original hand-painted Fantasia production background from a different sequence, with an additional production layout ‘mountain top’ hand-painted post production to create this wonderful set-up. Character image measures 5.25 x 5, with overall background dimensions of 15.75 x 12.5. Mat dimensions are 20 x 16. In fine condition. A simply stunning Disney piece. Starting Bid $5000

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426. Chernabog production drawing from Fantasia. (Walt Dis-

ney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring the terrifying Chernabog from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Night on Bald Mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sequence of Fantasia. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12.5 x 15.5 animation paper. Image measures 9.5 x 8.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

427. Coachman production drawing from Pinocchio.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring the large evil Coachman from Pinocchio with a pipe clenched between his fingers. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 8 x 6. In fine condition, scattered creasing. Starting Bid $200

Jiminy Cricket and Lampwick in a scene from Pleasure Island 428. Jiminy Cricket and Lampwick production cels and production background from Pinocchio. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cels and production background featuring Jiminy Cricket and Lampwick from Pinocchio, showing them conversing atop a billiards table in the pool hall on Pleasure Island. The cels have been trimmed to image and placed on the original hand-painted production background. Overall dimensions are 11 x 8.75. In fine condition. A rare piece with its original background. Starting Bid $500

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429. Pinocchio concept storyboard from Pinocchio.

431. Pinocchio production concept storyboard from Pinocchio. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Fantastic original

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Exceptional original concept storyboard from Pinocchio, portraying the titular character staring upward at some appetizing pies during the Pleasure Island sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 7 x 5.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

production concept storyboard from Pinocchio, showing the titular protagonist tying firecrackers to the tail of a donkey during the Pleasure Island sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 8 x 5.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

430. Pinocchio production concept storyboard from Pinocchio. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production

432. Pinocchio production drawing from Pinocchio.

concept storyboard from Pinocchio, showing the food-tempted boy puppet during the Pleasure Island sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 8 x 5.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Pinocchio from Pinocchio, showing the boy puppet crouched down with his cap in the air. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Total image measures 3.75 x 6.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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433. Pinocchio production drawing from Pinocchio. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing from Pinocchio, portraying the partially changed title character with his tail tied to a rock during the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underwater sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

435. Stromboli production drawing from Pinocchio.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring the antagonist Stromboli from Pinocchio, depicting him dancing. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 6.75 x 7. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

434. Pinocchio production drawing from Pinocchio. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Superb original production drawing from Pinocchio, depicting the partially changed title character dragging a rock with his tail during the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underwater sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.25 x 3.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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436. Donald Duck production cel from Chef Donald. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Large original production cel from Chef Donald featuring Donald Duck baking. Image measures 5.5 x 9.5, with overall dimensions of 9.75 x 12.25. In fine condition, with some rippling to celluloid. Starting Bid $200

437. Goofy production cel from The Art of Skiing. (Walt Disney Studios,

1941) Original production cel featuring Goofy from The Art of Skiing, showing him kicking up snow in his wake as he speeds down a slope. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 5.5 x 4, with a mat opening of 9.25 x 8.5. Framed to an overall size of 15 x 14, and retains the original Courvoisier labels on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

438. Donald Duck production drawing from Timber. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Original production drawing featuring Donald Duck from Timber, portraying the mischievous duck as he prepares to shove some stolen food into his polka dot bindle. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.5 x 5.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

439. Mickey Mouse and Nephews Concept Storyboard. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1942) Original story-

board panel featuring Mickey Mouse and his two nephews from an unreleased concept cartoon short. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 8.25 x 8.75 animation paper. Image measures 7 x 4. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Fabulous Courvoisier set-up

440. Bambi and Thumper production cels from Bambi. (Walt Disney Studios, 1942)

Original production cels featuring Bambi and Thumper from Bambi in a forest setting. The cels have been trimmed to image and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Images measure 4.5 x 4.5 and 2.5 x 2.25, with a mat opening of 9 x 7.5. Mat dimensions are 13 x 11.5. In fine condition, with some cracking to paint near Thumper’s eye. Starting Bid $300

441. Cleo production color model drawing from Figaro and Cleo. (Walt Disney Studios, 1943) Original

production color model drawing featuring Cleo from Figaro and Cleo, showing Geppetto’s pet goldfish surrounded by bubbles. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 6 x 4.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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442. Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Bear production cels from Song of the South. (Walt Disney Studios, 1946) Uncommon

original production cels featuring the slow-witted Br’er Bear looking up at Br’er Rabbit from Song of the South. The cels are placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background. Images measure 4.75 x 4.75 and 2.5 x 4, with a mat opening of 9.75 x 6.5. Framed to an overall size of 16 x 12.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

443. Mary Blair concept painting from Melody Time.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1948) Impressive original concept painting by Mary Blair for an ominous moment of the ‘Johnny Appleseed’ musical segment from Melody Time, showing Appleseed as he makes his way though a blustery forest at night. Accomplished in tempera on 9 x 7 artist’s board. In fine condition. A distinctly threatening yet beautiful nocturnal scene. Starting Bid $500

444. Ichabod production cel and production background from Legend of Sleepy Hollow. (Walt Disney Studios, 1949) Original production cel and production background featuring Ichabod from Legend of Sleepy Hollow, showing the lead character happily holding a pie as he prepares for a Halloween party. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background. Image measures 8 x 6.5, with a mat opening of 15 x 11.5. Framed to an overall size of 21 x 18. In fine condition. An impressively large example from this memorable scene. Starting Bid $300

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445. Minnie Mouse and Pluto production drawing from Plutoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sweater. (Walt Disney Studios, 1949) Original production drawing featuring Minnie Mouse and Pluto from Plutoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sweater, showing the two characters fighting. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 8 x 3.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

446. Cinderella production cels from Cinderella.

447. Footman and Glass Slipper production cel from Cinderella. (Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Fantastic original

production cel featuring the footman presenting the iconic glass slipper from Cinderella. The cel is trimmed to image and placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background. Image measures 6 x 4, with a mat opening of 10.75 x 7.5. Framed to an overall size of 21 x 18. In fine condition. Cels featuring the glass slipper are quite rare. Starting Bid $200

(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Gorgeous original production cels from Cinderella, portraying Cinderella in her beautiful pumpkin carriage, racing around a dark bend with pursuing riders and the iconic Disney castle in the background. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background. Images measure 7 x 4.25 (carriage and horses), 12.25 x 7.5 (tree), and 2.75 x 1 (riders), with overall dimensions of 13 x 7.5. In fine condition. A scarce and exquisite rendering of the adored princess just moments after losing one of her glass slippers. Starting Bid $300

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448. Gus and Jaq production cels from Cinderella. (Walt Disney Studios, 1950)

Original production cels featuring Gus and Jaq from Cinderella, portraying Cinderella’s lovable mouse friends looking at each other. Character images measure about 2.75 x 2.75, with mat openings of 5 x 5. Archivally framed side-by-side to an overall size of 20 x 13. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!’ 449. Mary Blair concept painting from Cinderella.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Spectacular original concept painting by Mary Blair from Cinderella, fantastically portraying Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother transforming a pumpkin into an elegant ball coach in the film’s famous ‘Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo’ sequence. Accomplished in tempera on 13.5 x 11 artist’s board. In fine condition. A wonderful concept painting of this memorable scene. Starting Bid $500

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450. Mary Blair concept painting from Cinderella.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Beautiful original concept painting by Mary Blair from Cinderella, portraying the large, multi-spired castle of Prince Charming at night, its many windows illuminated and soft mist rolling across its frontage. Accomplished in tempera on 9.5 x 7.75 artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board. In fine condition. A splendid nocturnal rendering of the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Castle. Starting Bid $500

451. Alice production cel from Alice in Wonderland. (Walt Disney Stu-

dios, 1951) Excellent original production cel featuring Alice from Alice in Wonderland, depicting her seated at the end of a banquet table with tea to be served. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background. Image measures 2.5 x 4.25, with overall dimensions of 15 x 12.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

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The exceedingly rare Cheshire Cat 452. Cheshire Cat production drawing from Alice in Wonderland. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1951) Original rough production drawing featuring the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, showing the classic character with his mischievous grin. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. The large image measures 12 x 8. In fine condition. Production drawings of the Cheshire Cat are very rare and among the most sought-after production materials from Alice in Wonderland. Starting Bid $500

453. Mickey Mouse production cel from Plutopia. (Walt Disney Studios, 1951) Original production cel featuring Mickey Mouse from Plutopia, showing the classic character holding open a door. The cel is placed on a matching color copy background. Image measures 5.25 x 4.5, with overall dimensions of 15.5 x 13. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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454. Little House keymaster background set-up from The Little House. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1952) Original keymaster background set-up featuring the titular anthropomorphized ‘Little House’ from The Little House, showing the character sadly looking out upon the rubbish-strewn street. The cel is trimmed to image and placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 6.5 x 5.5, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 11. Framed to an overall size of 20 x 16.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

455. Susie keymaster background set-up from Susie the Little Blue Coupe. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1952) Rare original keymaster background setup from Susie the Little Blue Coupe, portraying the titular automobile parked near a snowy sidewalk and looking under the weather with a droopy antenna and icicles hanging from her nose. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background. Image measures 5.5 x 5.5, with overall dimensions of 12 x 10. Reverse of background bears a “Property of Walt Disney Productions” stamp. In fine condition. A desirable, seldom-seen character from a film that served as a stylistic inspiration for the 2006 Disney-Pixar animated feature, Cars, its 2011 sequel, Cars 2. Starting Bid $500

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Beautiful set-up aboard Hook’s Jolly Roger 456. Captain Hook and Tinker Bell production cels and production background from Peter Pan. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1953) Original production cels and production background featuring Captain Hook and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan, showing the pixie alighting on the surprised captain’s hook. The Tinker Bell cel has been trimmed to image and applied to the Captain Hook cel, which is placed on a hand-painted production background of Hook’s ship the Jolly Roger. Character image measures 4.25 x 6.75, with overall dimensions of 15.5 x 12.5. In fine condition. A vibrant, striking piece from a beloved Disney feature. Starting Bid $1000

Fanciful scene from Peter Pan 457. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell production cels and production background from Peter Pan. (Walt Disney Studios,

1953) Original production cels and production background featuring Peter Pan and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan, showing the title character staring up at the playful pixie. The cels are trimmed to image and placed on a hand-painted production background of Hook’s ship the Jolly Roger. Character images measure 7 x 8.25 and 1.25 x 1, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 10. Mat dimensions are 19.5 x 15.5. In fine condition. A marvelous set-up from an iconic classic. Starting Bid $500

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Peter Pan and friends soar over London 458. Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael production cel from Peter Pan. (Walt Disney Studios,

1953) Original production cel featuring Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael from Peter Pan, showing the characters soaring over the city of London. The cels are trimmed to image and placed on a custom prepared background of London based on the film, hand-painted by an ex-Disney artist in the early 2000s. Overall character image measures 5 x 3, with a mat opening of 15.5 x 11.5. Archivally framed to an overall size of 24.5 x 21. In fine condition. A gorgeous set-up from a classic film. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $200

From Mickey’s last theatrical short 459. Mickey Mouse production cel from The Simple Things. (Walt Disney Studios, 1953) Original production cel

featuring Mickey Mouse from The Simple Things, showing the beloved character fishing. Image measures 5.5 x 7, with overall dimensions of 12 x 10. In fine condition. This was a historically significant cartoon, as it represented the final regular entry in the Mickey Mouse series of theatrical shorts. Starting Bid $200

460. Lady and Jock production cels from Lady and the Tramp.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original production cels featuring Lady and Jock from Lady and the Tramp. Images measure 4.75 x 5.75 and 4 x 5.25, with overall dimensions of 12 x 10. Retains the detached original backing, which bears an affixed gold label stating that it is an original hand-painted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production, and was released exclusively at Disneyland. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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461. Donald Duck and Bird production cels from Happy Birthday Donald Duck. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1957) Original production cels featuring Donald Duck and a bird from the ‘Happy Birthday Donald Duck’ cartoon on the Disneyland TV show, showing the lovable duck wearing a party hat. The cels are trimmed to 10 x 7.5 and stapled to their original backing, bearing a gold label on the reverse from the Art Corner at Disneyland. Character images measure 7 x 5 and 1.25 x .75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Beautiful panoramic concept of Sleeping Beauty’s forest cottage

462. Eyvind Earle concept painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Stunning original concept

painting by Eyvind Earle featuring the cottage from Sleeping Beauty where Briar Rose lives with her fairy godmothers deep in the forest. Accomplished in tempera on 24 x 8.5 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. In fine condition. Disney artist Eyvind Earle was Sleeping Beauty’s production designer, and Disney gave him a significant amount of freedom in designing the settings and selecting colors for the film. Earle also painted the majority of the backgrounds himself, and his stylistic influence is readily apparent in the final product. Starting Bid $1000

Eyvind Earle’s vision of the Sleeping Beauty countryside

463. Eyvind Earle concept painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original panoramic concept

painting by Eyvind Earle featuring the landscape setting from Sleeping Beauty, depicting the countryside and castle with rolling fields in the distance. Accomplished in tempera on 23.25 x 8.5 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. In fine condition. An especially large, vivid piece of original artwork by the Sleeping Beauty production designer. Starting Bid $1000

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466. Maleficent production drawing from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original panoramic 464. Flora production cel from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original production cel featuring Flora from Sleeping Beauty, portraying the shocked fairy godmother in shadows. Image measures 5.75 x 9, with overall dimensions of 16 x 12.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

production drawing featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing the wicked villainess holding her staff while dramatically pointing with one wretched finger. Accomplished in graphite on trimmed 22 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 19 x 11.5. In fine condition, with some scattered creasing and a trimmed right edge. Starting Bid $200

Amazing fairy godmother scene from Sleeping Beauty

465. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather production cels and master pan background set-up from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original full production cels and master pan background set-up featuring the fairy god-

mothers Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty. The cels are placed on an incredibly detailed hand-painted production background of the interior of the fairiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cottage, attributed to Eyvind Earle and his staff. Character images each measure about 4.5 x 6.5, with a mat opening of 21 x 9.25. Mat dimensions are 31 x 19. In fine condition. A simply stunning display. Starting Bid $1000

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467. Maleficent production drawing from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original panoramic

production drawing featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, portraying the evil sorceress in her dragon form in the fight finale. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 30 x 12.25 animation paper. Image measures 18.75 x 11.5. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200

A dance with the prince

468. Prince Phillip and Aurora production cel from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original production cel featuring Prince Phillip and Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, showing them dancing at the end of the film. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background. Image measures 6.5 x 5.5, with overall dimensions of 20 x 15. In fine condition. A beautiful cel from a romantic, magical scene. Starting Bid $500

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469. Sleeping Beautyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dress production cel from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Very rare original production cel

featuring Sleeping Beautyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gorgeous pink gown from the cottage dressmaking scene in Sleeping Beauty. Image measures 5 x 9.75, with a mat opening of 7.5 x 10. Mat dimensions are 13 x 15.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

From the famous 101 Dalmatians living room TV scene 470. Puppies production cel and production background from 101 Dalmatians. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1961) Fantastic original production cel and production background from 101 Dalmatians featuring three puppies in the famous living room scene where the dogs watch TV. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background. Total character image measures 11.5 x 5, with a mat opening of 14 x 11. Framed to an overall size of 24 x 21. In fine condition. A fabulous cel with beautiful large full character figures against a recognizable original production background. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $300

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The original concept for ‘It’s a Small World’ 471. Mary Blair concept painting from It’s a Small World. (Walt Disney Studios,

circa 1964) Unusual original concept painting by Mary Blair for the facade of the ‘It’s a Small World’ exhibit and ride created by WED Enterprises for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, featuring interesting geometric designs in blue, white, and gold. Accomplished in tempera on 21 x 13.5 artist’s board. In fine condition. Blair, who had been an art director on several Disney animated features, including Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, and Peter Pan, developed the attraction’s whimsical design and color styling, and the final product indeed resembled this wonderful concept painting. Starting Bid $1000

From the classic ‘Bare Necessities’ scene 472. Baloo keymaster background set-up from The Jungle Book. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1967) Original keymaster background set-up featuring Baloo from The Jungle Book, showing the lovable character during the ‘Bare Necessities’ sequence. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 5.25 x 6.5, with a mat opening of 15.75 x 11. Mat dimensions are 24 x 19. In fine condition. An amazing piece highlighted by the meticulously detailed keymaster production background. Starting Bid $1000

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473. Duchess and Goose production cel from The Aristocats. (Walt Disney Studios, 1970) Original production

cel featuring Duchess and Goose from The Aristocats, showing them fondly looking at each other. The cel is placed on a Disney litho background. Images measure 3 x 5.25 and 4 x 6.25, with a mat opening of 9.75 x 8. Mat dimensions are 14 x 12. Reverse of the backing bears a gold label stating that it is an original hand-painted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production, and was released exclusively at Disneyland. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

474. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1980s) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey Mouse, numbered 223/275, portraying him as the Sorcererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apprentice from Fantasia. Total image measures 8 x 5.5, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 11. Framed to an overall size of 24 x 20, with a Disney certificate of authenticity affixed to the backing. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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475. Uncle Scrooge production cel and production background from DuckTales. (Walt Disney Studios, 1987) Original production cel and production background featuring Uncle Scrooge from DuckTales, showing him angrily holding on to his top hat and pointing his cane. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background. Image measures 7.25 x 8, with overall dimensions of 13.5 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

476. Ariel and Flounder production cels from The Little Mermaid. (Walt Disney Studios, 1989) Original production cels featuring Ariel and Flounder from The Little Mermaid, including an additional bubbles special effects layer. Images measure 6 x 8.5 and 3 x 2.5, with overall dimensions of 17 x 12.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

479. Simba and Rafiki keymaster background set-up from The Lion King Commemorative Plate.

477. Peter Pan keymaster background set-up from Peter Pan Commemorative Plate. (Walt Disney Studios,

1996) Original keymaster background set-up featuring the cast of characters from Peter Pan, used to make the Bradford Exchange plate ‘Flight to Neverland,’ the fifth plate in the commemorative series ‘Musical Memories.’ The cel is placed on the matching hand-painted production background depicting Pride Rock. Mat opening measures 12˝ in diameter, framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 24. In fine condition. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $200

(Walt Disney Studios, 1998) Original keymaster background set-up featuring Simba and Rafiki from The Lion King, used to make the Bradford Exchange plate ‘Guiding the Future King,’ the fourth plate in the commemorative series ‘The Circle of Life.’ The cel is placed on the matching hand-painted production background depicting Pride Rock. Mat opening measures 14.75˝ in diameter, framed to an overall size of 20 x 26. In fine condition. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $200

480. Ariel and Flounder production key master background set-up from Little Mermaid II. (Walt Disney

478. Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and Rabbit production cels from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. (Walt Disney Studios, 1996) Original production

cels featuring Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and Rabbit from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, presented in a special Disney mat printed with artwork from the show. Mat openings measure 6.5 x 6.5. Framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 13.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Walt Disney Company. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $200

Studios, 2000) Original production cel, production background, and matching production drawings from Little Mermaid II, showing Ariel hugging Flounder underwater. The cel is placed on a hand-painted key master background. Image measures 2.75 x 3, with overall dimensions of 15 x 11.5. Includes the matching animation production artwork and background layout drawings, both accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on sheets of 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper. All pieces bear Walt Disney stamps or seals. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

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484. Ariel keymaster background set-up from The Little Mermaid II.

481. Ariel and Prince Eric keymaster background set-up from The Little Mermaid II.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2000) Original keymaster background set-up featuring Ariel and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, showing them aboard the ship holding their newborn daughter Melody, with the happy captain in the foreground. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Character images range from 1 x 2.5 to 5.5 x 6.5, with overall dimensions of 20 x 16. Includes the original matching production drawings. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

(Walt Disney Studios, 2000) Original keymaster background set-up featuring a close-up of Ariel from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, showing her aboard the ship at sea. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 6.5 x 6, with overall dimensions of 15 x 11.75. Includes the original matching production drawing. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

482. Ariel and Prince Eric keymaster background set-up from The Little Mermaid II.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2000) Original keymaster background set-up featuring Ariel and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Character images measure about 1 x 2.25, with overall dimensions of 19 x 14. Includes the original matching production drawings. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

483. Ariel and Prince Eric production cel and drawing from The Little Mermaid II. (Walt Disney

Studios, 2000) Original production cel and drawing featuring Ariel and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, showing them aboard the ship. The cel is placed on the original matching production background layout drawing. Image measures 6.5 x 7.5, with overall dimensions of 17 x 13.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

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485. Ariel keymaster background set-up from The Little Mermaid II. (Walt Disney Studios, 2000) Original

keymaster background set-up featuring Ariel from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, showing her in a beautiful lilac dress. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 2.5 x 4.5, with overall dimensions of 18.75 x 11. Includes the original matching production drawing. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

486. King Triton keym a s t e r background set-up from The Little Mermaid II.

489. Ariel limited edition cel from Disney World.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2000) Original keymaster background set-up featuring King Triton from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, showing him holding a seashell photo of his new granddaughter Melody. The cel is placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 5 x 7.5, with overall dimensions of 15 x 12. Includes the original matching production drawing. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney Enterprises certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

487. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2001) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey Mouse in a tuxedo entitled ‘Lights, Camera, Action,’ sold only in 2001 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 4 x 5.25, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

(Walt Disney Studios, 2007) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Ariel entitled ‘Part of Your World,’ sold only in 2007 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 6 x 5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

490. Goofy limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt

Disney Studios, 2007) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Goofy tipping his cap entitled ‘Goofy Moments,’ sold only in 2007 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 4 x 7.5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

488. Dopey limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Disney Studios, 2005) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Dopey with spilled cans of paint entitled ‘All Mixed Up,’ sold only in 2005 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 5.5 x 5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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491. Mickey and Minnie Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Dis-

494. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World.

ney Studios, 2008) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a film set entitled ‘Director’s Choice,’ sold only in 2008 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character images measure 4.75 x 3.75 and 2.5 x 4, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

492. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2008) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Fantasia entitled ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ sold only in 2008 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 2.75 x 5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

493. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2009) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring the relic-hunting Mickey Mouse entitled ‘Mickey Mouse as Indiana Jones,’ sold only in 2009 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 7 x 6.5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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(Walt Disney Studios, 2011) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey Mouse as an animation artist entitled ‘Milestone Mickey,’ sold only in 2011 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 6.25 x 6.25, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

495. Oliver and Dodger limited edition cel from Oliver and Company.

(Walt Disney Studios, 2013) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Oliver and Dodger from Oliver and Company, numbered 6/50, sold only at the Disney Soda Fountain Shop & Studio Store in Hollywood in 2013. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 7 x 7, with a mat opening of 11.25 x 8.25. Mat dimensions are 17 x 14.75. In fine condition, with mild creasing to the mat. Accompanied by a Disney certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200

496. Princess Elsa limited edition cel from Frozen. (Walt Dis-

ney Studios, 2014) Original limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Princess Elsa from Frozen, numbered 98/150, sold only at the Disney Soda Fountain Shop & Studio Store in Hollywood in 2014. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 9 x 9, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 11.5. Mat dimensions are 20.5 x 18. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney certificate of authenticity. A large, beautiful cel of this immensely popular modern character. Starting Bid $200

Warner Brothers Studios 497. Bob Clampett.

(Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1960s) Large original drawing by Bob Clampett featuring Tweety and a vampiric Sylvester, accomplished in felt tip and colored pencil on an offwhite 14 x 16.75 sheet, inscribed in black felt tip within a speech bubble, “U’know—Doug Wight’s putty-tat twied to bite my widdow neck!,” and signed in the lower right, “Bob Clampett.” In very good to fine condition, with uniform toning and light scattered staining. Starting Bid $200

498. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of seven versions of Daffy Duck in various degrees of emotion and costume, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 16.5 x 13.5 animation paper. Total image measures 15.5 x 11. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

499. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s)

Original drawing by Virgil Ross showing Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, and Tweety, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.25 animation paper. Total image measures 11 x 8.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

500. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross showing a dancing Bugs Bunny alongside an admiring audience of Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tasmanian Devil, Pepe Le Pew, Yosemite Sam, and Granny, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.25 animation paper, with the total Image measuring 12.5 x 9. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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501. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s)

Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny pleading to the axe-wielding Mad Scientist as the massive Gossamer looms overhead, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 10.5 x 9. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

502. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s)

Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Dr. Bugs Bunny painting a green line on the tongue of his patient, the Tasmanian Devil, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on animation paper trimmed to a size of 12.5 x 10.25, with the total image measuring 8.75 x 8. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

503. Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s)

Original drawing by Virgil Ross of the Grinch in a furious fulllength pose, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper, with the image measuring 10.25 x 6.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Other Studios 504. Yogi and Cindy Bear production cels from The Yogi Bear Show. (Han-

na-Barbera Studios, circa 1960s) Original production cels featuring Yogi and Cindy Bear from T h e Yo g i B e a r Show. The cels are slightly trimmed and placed on a color copy background. Total character image measures 7.5 x 6, with overall dimensions of 10 x 9.5. In fine condition. Cels featuring Cindy are very rare. Starting Bid $200

5 0 5 . To p C a t production cel from Top Cat.

(Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1961) Original production cel featuring Top Cat from Top Cat, showing him in his typical purple vest and hat. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 3.25 x 3.25, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition, with cel edges slightly trimmed. Starting Bid $200

506. Top Cat and Benny the Ball production cels from Top Cat.

(Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1961) Original production cels featuring Top Cat and Benny the Ball from Top Cat. Images measure 3 x 3.5 and 3.5 x 5, with mat openings of 5 x 7. Mat dimensions are 14 x 11. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

507. The Jackson 5 production cel from The Jackson 5ive. (Rankin

Bass/Motown Productions, 1971) Scarce original production cel featuring all five members of The Jackson 5 from The Jackson 5ive. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 7.5 x 6.25, with overall dimensions of 14 x 11. In fine condition, with creases to upper left. Starting Bid $200

508. Pink Panther production cels and drawings from The Pink Panther.

(DePatie-Freleng Productions, circa 1980s) Three original production cels with drawings featuring Pink Panther from The Pink Panther, showing the title character in various poses. Character images measure about 3.5 x 4, with overall dimensions of 12.5 x 10.25. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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literature

Publishing contract for “At the Earth’s Core” 510. Edgar Rice Burroughs. DS, two pages, 8.5

x 13, July 17, 1922. Contract between Burroughs, the “author and owner of a manuscript entitled: ‘At the Earth’s Core,’” and the A. C. McClurg publishing company in which they agree on terms to “print and publish said manuscript in book form…and to sell the same at a retail or catalogue price of one dollar and seventy-five cents.” In fine condition. At the Earth’s Core, Burroughs’s first novel in the series about the ‘hollow earth’ land of Pellucidar, was first serialized in All-Story Weekly in 1914. This contract represents the agreement for the first time it was published in book form. It has been adapted multiple times and has been a major influence in the realm of science fiction. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Look no further than the words of Albert Einstein who once said—Seek not to become a man of success, but rather seek to become a man of value”

511. Agatha Christie. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, July 20, 1964. Letter

to Ian R. Pepper, in part: “I am sorry that you didn’t understand Mrs. McGinty’s Dead. I shall endeavor to do better next time…I shall say this if you want or need advice then look no further than the words of Albert Einstein who once said—Seek not to become a man of success, but rather seek to become a man of value. I hope they will suffice. Good luck with your life and remember some people who read my books say my books are slow and difficult to follow or they are absurd or too complex. But to me they are simple and of just the right length. I have the same opinion about the books they obviously prefer. So you see Ian, life is just a continuing series of opinions and choices, but it is those opinions and choices which parse the pathways of our life. By them we stand or fall and in some cases it is by them we live and die—as in my books.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in her own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“I might be tempted to break my vow for this” 512. Samuel L. Clemens. ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5.75 x 7.25, November 21, no year. Letter to W. A. Williams, in full: “I might be tempted to break my vow for this once possibly, but I am saved the strain by the circumstance that I shall not be in the city.” Affixed to a 20 x 13.5 mount alongside the original mailing envelope and a sharp portrait of the author. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

513. Samuel L. Clemens. First National Bank of Hartford check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Patrick Mulligan for $84, July 10, 1875. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

514. Charles Dickens. Bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out

and signed by Dickens, payable to The National Provident Institution for £3.1.0, January 3, 1859. Dickens crosses out “London” at the top and adds “Gad’s Hill.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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1820 receipt signed “J. W. v. Goethe” 515. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schubert, and Berlioz, among others. Manuscript DS in German, signed “J. W. v. Goethe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.25, April 15, 1820. Untranslated document concerning a payment of $500. In very good to fine condition, with several intersecting folds, creases to two corners, and a stain to the lower right; Goethe’s scarce full signature is unaffected. An incredibly desirable literary autograph. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Inscribed to a fellow writer-turned-sparring partner 516. Ernest Hemingway.

Signed book: Green Hills of Africa. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket ($2.75 price), 6 x 8.5, 295 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen, “For Rita and Harry, with much affection and wishing them all good fortune, Ernest Hemingway, Key West, 1936.” Autographic condition: very good, with scattered moderate foxing. Book condition: VG-/VG-, with boards and spine toned at edges, cracked front hinge, some scattered foxing, pages slightly browned, and wear and chipping to dust jacket with some losses at top and spine. The recipient, Harry Sylvester, was a short story writer and novelist whose work appeared in popular magazines such as Collier’s and Esquire. Sylvester met Hemingway in Key West in 1936 while on his honeymoon with his bride Rita Ryall Davis and the two quickly developed a close friendship, part of which revolved around their mutual love for boxing; in fact, Sylvester became one of Hemingway’s sparring partners. An excellent association piece with both literary and personal connections to the great American writer. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Gifting his Pulitzer Prize money to his son for his help with The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, and for “pulling Mr. Scott Fitzgerald out of the fireplace” 517. Ernest Hemingway. TLS

signed “Yours, Ernest,” one onionskin page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, no date but postmarked May 21, 1953. Letter to Charles Poore, a New York Times literary critic who wrote extensively on Hemingway and his work. In part: “Glad the book is to the printer. That is the happiest situation I know...Miss Mary said I was her Pulitzer Prize winning husband and had they given it to me for being a good boy for nearly three years or what? I told her I had never understood the Pulitzer prize very well but that I had beaten Tony Pulitzer shooting and maybe it was for that. When we got home there was the check and I endorsed it to Mr. Bumby and sent it to Ft. Bragg. I think that is sounder procedure than sending it back like Mr. Lewis did. It is the same as five months jump pay and I thought the check looked nice endorsed to Capt. John H. Hemingway 0-1798575 who helped me write The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell To Arms and rendered a signal service to literature by pulling Mr. Scott Fitzgerald out of the fireplace where he had gone to sleep when we lived at 115 Rue Notre Dame des Champs... One thing I want to see about Africa is how it has changed. The Mau-Mau business doesn’t seem the thing to get into the high jerk-off knotch about...I hear from Buck Lanham but he is very busy with the 1st Division and he always over-works. He has promised me a job if we ever have to fight. I think things are much better and we will probably never have to fight unless somebody blows up the battleship Maine.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. The book Hemingway references at the beginning of this letter must be The Hemingway Reader, a collection of stories and excerpts compiled by Poore and first published in 1953. The 1953 Pulitzer Prize winners had been announced just three weeks earlier, with Hemingway being awarded the Prize for Fiction in recognition of The Old Man and the Sea. In the next paragraph he references two icons of American literature—Sinclair Lewis, who refused his Pulitzer in 1926; and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had a habit of drunkenly visiting Hemingway unannounced when they were living in Paris in the mid-1920s. Hemingway was about to embark on his second trip to Africa, thus his discussion of the Mau Mau Uprising which made Kenya a dangerous destination for whites. He also mentions Buck Lanham, one of Hemingway’s best friends from his time as a war correspondent, whoserved as the inspiration for Colonel Cantwell in Across the River and into the Trees. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Rare slides of Hemingway at his Idaho lodge

518. Ernest Hemingway. Collection of eight color candid Articolor slides of Hemingway at his Idaho hunting home, each 2 x 2, including two images of Hemingway with close friend, and future biographer, A. E. Hotchner. Hotchner visited Hemingway in Idaho in the fall of 1959 when these photos were taken, most likely by longtime friend and personals secretary Roberto Herrera, as the Articolor company was located in Havana, Cuba. Included are contemporary color prints of each slide. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

519. Henry James. ALS, six total pages, 4.5 x 7, 34 De Vere Gardens letterhead, no date but circa 1897. Letter to Mrs. Seymour, in part: “How more than kind your note—& how terrible to be of a habit so perverse & unworthy that I don’t reply straightway knocking at your door! I am greatly touched by the generosity of your thought of me & the altogether noble account of your hospitality. I have fled from town, but to occupations that preclude visiting & make me even at one who said dismal things…The Victorian Saturnalia appall me—…Some day I shall be delighted—impracticable wretch as I am—to come & spend a Sunday with you—the poor predestined limit of my rare country visiting. Please believe in the appreciation that I meanwhile have of your liberality; which I like to think owes something (I mean the liberality itself) to the very oldtime attachment…that will perhaps enable you to let me call myself your very faithful & old friend.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“Literature is being written in the same dull manner forgettable in a week” 520. Jack Kerouac. Highly desirable TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December

19, 1965. Letter to editor John J. Geoghegan, in part: “Thanks a million for the beautiful leather–bound edition, or copy, of DES ANGELS...My travels have been kind of frantic of late, had to bypass New York twice, but I’m moving back up north next year and will visit New York more often. I’m sorry SATORI IN PARIS was not approved by your editors. I’m glad we made that sale to the reprint people and covered our endeavors. My books in hardbound will sell someday when people finally realize that 99% of literature is being written in the same dull manner forgettable in a week, like Readers Digest, and turn to a new scientific approach to prosody and natural explanation, of which I am one of the pioneers tanks to my studies inside the pages of people like Joyce, Yeats, Laurence Sterne, Rabelais, Villon, Genet, D. H. Lawrence & others. Prosit.” In fine condition. Another installment into Kerouac’s Duluoz Legend, Desolation Angels was a semi-autobiographical novel home to an array of characters based on literary friends like William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Norman Mailer. Satori in Paris, another semi-autobiographical piece, was released the following year in 1966, and centered around Kerouac’s trip to Paris, then Brittany, to research his ancestry. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Rare first edition of A Wrinkle in Time 522. Madeleine L’Engle. Signed

521. Rudyard Kipling. Remarkable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Kipling by Elliott & Fry of London, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink. In fine condition. A superior, scarce example. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

book: A Wrinkle in Time. First edition, first printing. NY: Farrar, Straus and C u d a h y, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket ($3.25 price), 5.75 x 8.25, 211 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front pastedown in blue ink, “For John—who may find himself revealed in several chapters, Madeleine L’Engle.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG, with minor soiling to edges of boards. An exceedingly rare first printing with attractive first-issue dust jacket of the author’s breakthrough, Newbery Medal-winning novel. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Exceedingly rare signed To Kill a Mockingbird first edition 523. Harper Lee. Signed

book: To Kill a Mockingbird. First edition. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Hardcover (brown boards and light green cloth spine with brown titles) with original unclipped dust jacket ($3.95 price on front flap, Jonathan Daniels quote on back flap, Truman Capote photo credit on reverse), 5.5 x 8.25, 296 pages. Signed later on the title page in black felt tip, “Harper Lee.” Autographic condition: fine, with three tiny tears to the top edge of the title page. Book condition: VG+/ G+, with moderate wear to dust jacket including creasing and a few small areas of paper loss (most notably to spine). Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. A true ‘Great American Novel,’ To Kill a Mockingbird became an instant classic upon its debut in 1960 and went through fourteen printings in the first year. However, as Harper Lee was an unknown author, only five thousand copies were printed for its July 11th release; first editions are thus extremely scarce, especially with their original dust jackets intact. Lee was also a reluctant signer, making any signed version quite uncommon. All this considered, signed first editions of To Kill a Mockingbird are extremely rare and among the most prized items in all of American book collecting. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $5000

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“Souvenir scratch pad from the Log Cabin—Big Sur” 524. Henry Miller. Artist’s watercolor scratch pad used by Miller when testing and creating colors to use in his paintings, one page, 13.5 x 19.5, signed and inscribed across the top in fountain pen, “Souvenir scratch pad from the Log Cabin—Big Sur—from Henry to June, 3/20/44.” The page boasts numerous dabs of color in various shades of red, blue, orange, green, black, brown, and yellow, as well as copious handwritten notes by Miller. Among these are reminders to himself, appointments scheduled, shopping lists, and various other jottings, including: “Redwood is nothing but a giant fern!,” “for Yale Review,” “Water cress, Leaks, Parsley, Onions,” “(dig up at deserted shack),” “Dentist—Next Saturday,” and “Get copies of Stranger & Monterey.” Displayed under glass to an overall size of 18 x 24. In fine condition. Miller was known to inscribe these unique ‘scratch pads’ and give them as souvenirs to his close friends; although the specific “June” who received this is not known, it was very likely his ex-wife June Miller, or his close friend June Lancaster. Overall a very interesting, visually dynamic piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Mitchell suggests ‘The English Language in the South’ to Gone With the Wind director David Selznick 525. Margaret Mitchell. Signed book: Southern

Treasury of Life and Literature. Authors edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9, 748 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “To David Selznick from Margaret Mitchell, (see page 350).” Autographic condition: fine, with light toning to the signed page. Book condition: VG/VG-. The page that Mitchell points Selznick to begins an essay by Cleanth Brooks, Jr., titled ‘The English Language in the South,’ which discusses, among other subjects, “negro” pronunciation. Screenwriter Sidney Howard had been struggling to adapt Mitchell’s novel into a screenplay, largely due to the particular language nuances of the book, especially with the black characters; this rare offering from Mitchell to Selznick was seemingly a friendly attempt to offer some guidance. A fantastic piece connecting the literary masterpiece to its Hollywood creators. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Wonderful inscribed copy with rare Curious George sketch 526. H. A. Rey. German-born

author and illustrator (1898–1977) best known for the popular Curious George series of children’s books. Signed book: Curious George. Fifteenth printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Hardcover, 8.75 x 10.25, 56 pages. Signed and inscribed on the page adjacent the title page in black ballpoint, “To the Donovan children, with love from their very old friend, H. A. Rey, July 28, 1966,” adding a brilliant sketch of George waving a ‘large yellow straw hat.’ In fine condition. A tremendous example given that Rey sketches remain scarce and highly sought-after. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

527. Maurice Sendak. ALS signed “Maurice,” two pages inside a card featuring Where the Wild Things Are artwork, 4.75 x 5.75, no date. In part: “I’ve just come home from somewhere very close to you—Seattle, where I spent 4 days working very hard with the Northwest Pacific Ballet Co. on our new production of Nutcracker for next Xmas…we finally all agreed to a conception—a design that we all like…Am also designing the opera version of Wild Things to open also next December in London. It is a great balancing act & for the most part, I’m delighted.” Each line is transcribed in pencil above in another hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“All should obey God and not man”

528. Leo Tolstoy. LS in French, signed “Leon Tolstoy,” five total pages, 8.25 x 10.5, October 23, 1901. Letter to “Mon Prince,”

the former Persian ambassador to St. Petersburg, Prince Mirza Reza Khan Arfa, in which Tolstoy thanks him for a poem he sent, and then reflects on the views of one of the poem’s characters, adding “that the roots of evil are egoism and ignorance.” Tolstoy expounds on this idea with a summation of his personal beliefs, in part (translated): “The most important ignorance is ignorance of the ‘true religion,’…within the reach of all men, founded upon reason, common to all peoples and therefore imperative for all. The principle of this religion is expressed in the Gospel by these words: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’” Tolstoy opposes his correspondent’s view that a sense of brotherhood is possible between states and their heads, holding that true brotherhood would render obsolete all distinctions of authority, “All should obey God and not man.” He continues by declaring that war, perpetuated by self-interested governments, would be abolished by the “true religion,” which would make murder and military service impossible: “Wars can only be abolished by the individuals who are their victims. They will only be abolished when the true religion will be so widespread that the majority of men will be ready to suffer violence rather to use it.” Tolstoy concludes by explaining that he is ill and bedridden, thus unable to write in his own hand. In fine condition, with small splits along intersecting folds and small mounting remnants at corners. The great Russian author of War and Peace was excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church the very year this letter was written. Tolstoy converted to Christianity at the time of his fiftieth birthday, and developed his theological philosophy of Christian anarchism by deviating from traditional doctrine and through strict study of the ministry of Jesus, in particular the Sermon on the Mount. Tolstoy’s “true religion” defied the role of authority and superstition, proclaiming that connection to the universe and to God was only capable through an independent search for truth. Tolstoy fell ill while recuperating in the loaned estate of Countess Panina in Gaspra, a Crimean town the writer would call home from September 8, 1901, to July 26, 1902. A remarkable letter mirroring content found in the 1882 publication A Confession. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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“Never ask an author to autograph a copy of one of his books,” urges Shaw, “without first making sure that all the leaves have been cut open” 529. George Bernard Shaw. Signed book: Man and Superman. First edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co.,

Ltd., 1903. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 244 pages. Signed on the half-title page in fountain pen, “Never ask an author to autograph a copy of one of his books without first making sure that all the leaves have been cut open. See pp. xxvii, 200, 217, 221 and 237. I assure you they are quite worth reading. G. Bernard Shaw, 11/1/24.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/ None. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after autograph letter from the influential French writer 530. Voltaire. ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.5

x 7.25, May 4, [1755]. Letter to his friend Francois-Louis Defresney, written from his home Les Delices in Geneva, Switzerland. In part (translated): “I ask you to give the good course included. I think I can regain enough strength to go back to Strasbourg and Mannheim but must yield to my ills… Would you be so kind as to let me know if I can take a bill to the end of June made on your mother. Spending on quite ugly buildings, have ruined me as if they were beautiful… Do you too have the kindness to take this letter to Mr. de Turkeim.” In fine condition, with some faint foxing. Voltaire moved into Les Delices in 1755, and this was where he wrote important works including Poem on the Lisbon Disaster and Candide. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Rare cabinet photo inscribed to a Symbolist poet

“There is a continuity of concerns and ideas running through my fiction and plays” 532. Tennessee Williams. Uncom-

mon ALS signed “Tenn. Williams,” one page, 6.75 x 10, June 8, 1972. Letter to a teacher, written on the reverse of the initial letter to him. In full: “Forgive my using the back of your letter. I am in the dressing room without stationary [sic]. I am mystified by the parallel between ‘Lord Byron’s’ & ‘Glass Menagerie’—but I am surely well-aware that there is a continuity of concerns and ideas running through my fiction and plays. This seems to be true of all ‘organic writing’—I am sure you know what I mean.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and old tape on the reverse lightly showing through along top and bottom edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

533. Tennessee Williams. Matte-fin-

531. Oscar Wilde. Exquisite 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Wilde in a seated pose circa 1884, signed and inscribed in ink, “Stuart Merrill, from his friend Oscar Wilde.” Published by W. & D. Downey of London. In fine condition, with a light scratch passing though Wilde’s hands, and old mounting remnants on the reverse. Merrill was an American Symbolist poet who first met Wilde in 1890. Later in the decade he would draw up a petition calling for Wilde’s release from prison after his conviction for ‘gross indecency’ resulting from his homosexual relationships. With a magnificent image and desirable literary association, this is an extraordinary piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

ish 5 x 7 photo of Williams smiling, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Marshall, with my best wishes, Tennessee Williams,” above a first failed attempt in black ballpoint. Collector’s notations on the reverse indicate that the photo was taken on a beach in Taormina, Sicily, in 1962. In very good to fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image visible only at an angle. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Massive modern horror archive from a forty-year career—a 100 box collection 534. The Stanley Wiater Archive of Modern Horror Literature. The Stanley

Wiater archive of modern horror literature comprehensively documents the history of the world’s most terrifying genre. A three-time winner of the illustrious Bram Stoker Award, Wiater has earned distinction as a writer, editor, anthologist, journalist, and collector over the course of four decades, with his contributions adding significantly to the growth and visibility of the genre. The enormous archive consists of over one hundred boxes of material from throughout Wiater’s remarkable career. After several years of collecting pulp, horror, and adventure novels, Wiater found himself well positioned when modern horror emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the release of classic films like Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, and then with the unprecedented rise of Stephen King as a mainstream horror scribe. A 1974 interview with Ray Bradbury, Wiater’s first as a budding journalist, paved the way for his career as a writer of oral history, in addition to his initial Bram Stoker Award for Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror, a series of insightful interviews with twenty-six of the genre’s most influential writers. Wiater’s massive collection of audio and videotape, offering over 200 hours of unedited recordings and transcripts, the vast bulk of which have never been published, serve the archive as a uniquely educational keystone and resource. A portion of the interview content includes talks with writers like Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Ira Levin, and David Morrell; and with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, George Romero, Roger Corman, David Cronenberg, and Sidney Pollack. In 2000, Wiater developed a television series fittingly called Dark Dreamers, which, inspired by his book of the same name, featured one-on-one interviews with writers Barker and Matheson, directors John Landis and Wes Craven, special effects wizard Stan Winston, and many more. The result is a collection of over 150 raw, unedited videotapes of never-before-seen footage. In addition to Dark Dreamers, Wiater has edited two anthologies of original fiction by nearly two dozen writers, as well as books on Stephen King, Brian Lumley, and Richard Matheson’s classic Twilight Zone television scripts. He edited Comic Book Rebels, a definitive treatment on the growth of the underground comix movement of the 1960s, and has penned numerous other manuscripts, both published and unpublished, including his first story, which won a contest judged by Stephen King. The archive also features a large number of manuscripts—Wiater’s own and those of writers he anthologized or edited; a substantial amount of business and literary correspondence from a wide array of mainstream and underground writers; the paper archives of the Horror Writers Association; original unreleased material by fantasy surrealist photographer J. K. Potter; and a section of material related to Wiater’s employment with Mirage Studios. Diverse and exhaustively comprehensive, the Wiater archive documents the lore and history of literature’s most terrifying genre with amazing depth and unmatched appreciation, while offering an exclusive first-person invitation into the fraternity of modern horror. A complete, itemized list of included material is available online at RRAuction.com; the archive is being stored in Massachusetts and is available for viewing by appointment. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $10000

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535. Authors

536. Pierre Boulle

537. Ray Bradbury

538. William S. Burroughs

539. Thomas Carlyle

540. Walter Van Tilburg Clark

541. Jean Cocteau MB $200

542. James Fenimore Cooper

544. Max Frisch

545. Alex Haley

546. Sinclair Lewis

548. Bram Stoker and Henry Irving

549. Ernst Toller

550. Writers

MB $200

543. Roald Dahl MB $200

547. Maurice Sendak MB $200

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MB $200

551. Bela Bartok.

classic music

Hungarian-born musician (1881–1945) who, through his far-reaching endeavors as composer, performer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, emerged as one of the most forceful and influential creative personalities of the 20th century. ALS in Hungarian, signed “Bartok Bela,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, March 17, 1937. Letter to the president of the Janos Vajda Association, in part (translated): “I could reply to your letter on the 7th of February only now. I am far too busy sorry I am not able to fulfill your invitation. I have already undertaken too many lectures and performances, beside my other duties that are already tiring, I cannot undertake anything else.” In fine condition, with a stain to the upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

552. Edward Elgar. Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 10, 1895. Letter to Novello & Company, in part: “By this post registered, I send you No. 6 of the set of six part songs for Chorus & orchestra completing the set. Mr. Tours kindly took charge of Nos. 1—5 which I left with him when I called at your establishment ten days ago. The collective title—’From the Bavarian Highlands’ is intended to go on each number—there are subsidiary titles also. My idea was that the set should be published together in book form & that they should be also procurable separately. Nos. 1, 3 & 6 will make a very useful suite for orchestras alone or for piano duet or solo.” Elgar adds a short postscript at the conclusion. In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing and a few staple holes touching text but affecting nothing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

To his copyist on Piano Trio No. 1

553. Johannes Brahms. ALS in German, signed “J. Br.,”

one page on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.25 postcard, no date but postmarked Wieden, September 2, 1889. Letter to his copyist Wilhelm Kupfer, in full (translated): “Tomorrow, Monday I think to arrive there and would be really delighted if I were to find my trio before me. Hopefully at that time I will see you too.” In fine condition, with two unobtrusive vertical creases, and two old tape remnants on the address side. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

554. Gilbert and Sullivan. Two items: an ink signature,

“With W. S. Gilbert’s compliments & thanks,” on a sheet of Grim’s Dyke letterhead, July 21, 1895; and an AQS from The Window, “‘Follow, I follow the chase,’ Arthur S. Sullivan,” on an off-white slip. Double-matted and framed together with portraits to an overall size of 18 x 18. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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555. Roy Harris. American composer (1898–1979) who

wrote copiously on American subject and lore; his Symphony No. 3 joined the American repertoire during the same era as works by Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. AMQS on a light green 4.25 x 2.5 slip, signed at the bottom in ink by Harris, who pens two bars of music of his most famous piece, adding below, “from Third Symphony.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

556. Jan Kubelik.

Enormously popular Czech-born violin virtuoso (1880–1940). Striking early 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of the young Kubelik, signed in black ink. Published by Alfred Ellis & Walery of London. In fine condition, with some areas of light soiling and moderate writing contrast. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

557. Franz Lehar. AMQS on an off-white

1.75 x 5.25 promotional card bearing a small image of Franz Lehar, signed and inscribed below in black ink, “To Mrs. Irene Hyde, Lehar,” adding the date above, “Bad Ischl, 7/7 31, 1931.” Lehar pens two bars of music above the inscription. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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558. Eugene Ormandy. Vintage circa early 1960s glossy 9.25 x 7.25 photo of the Philadelphia Orchestra in its original 16 x 20 presentation mat, signed on the mat in ink by conductor Eugene Ormandy and over 80 members of the orchestra. In fine condition, with a few small surface impressions to the photo. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

559. Arthur Sullivan. En-

glish composer (1842–1900) best known for his operatic collaborations with W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Scarce matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 halflength portrait of Sullivan wearing a monocle, signed in fountain pen, “Arthur Sullivan, Leeds, 1898.” Matted and framed, and in fine condition. This is the first instance in which we have offered a signed photograph of Sullivan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Verdi confirms an order of chianti 560. Giuseppe Verdi. ALS in Italian,

signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5 x 7.75, July 2, 1877. In full (translated): “I have received the Chianti and shall send you a money order for the amount. It won’t be Lire 125 that I send you but only Lire 112 since I shall deduct the price of the crates. The crates have been sent yesterday already. Later on I will tell you if the quality of the wine is to my liking. Please drop me a line and acknowledge receipt.” Matted and framed with an English translation and an image of the composer to an overall size of 20.75 x 18.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Eagerly awaiting “a letter from Liszt” 561. Richard Wagner. ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, June 27, 1849. Letter to Franz Liszt’s secretary Gaetano Belloni, in part (translated): “With all due appreciation for the value and even the pleasure of my retreat in this peaceful place…a thousand pressing reasons impel me to leave as soon as possible for Zurich, the place I’ve chosen to work in…let me know as soon as possible so that I can leave the country immediately to see you in Paris…and prepare my departure for Switzerland and see my wife again… as soon as you have received a letter from Liszt about my affairs, which I have been waiting for so impatiently…so that I can leave the country immediately for Switzerland.” Retains the integral address leaf accomplished in Wagner’s hand, also bearing his monogrammed “RW” red wax seal. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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contemporary music

Sought-after 1943 signature from ‘The Bird’ 562. Charlie Parker. Vintage pen-

cil signature, “Charlie Parker,” on an offwhite 5.75 x 4.25 album page. Includes the original autograph album from late 1943; another page inside the album bears a secretarial signature for Parker. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

564. Frank Sinatra. Won-

derful vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 MGM publicity portrait of the young crooner wearing a bow tie and plaid suit, signed in fountain pen, “Fondly—Frank Sinatra.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, trimmed edges, and clipped corners. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. A highly appealing uninscribed example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Cline heads out on tour with Cash, Jones, and Perkins—“Should really be a wet tour with all these drinking nuts”

Early candid of “Buddy Powell (Piano)” 563. Earl ‘Bud’ Powell. Jazz pianist

(1924–1966) influential in the development of bebop. Choice vintage glossy 4.5 x 7 candid photo of Powell wearing a sharp suit on a city sidewalk, signed in fountain pen, “Buddy Powell (Piano).” In fine condition. An exceedingly scarce example, this is the only signed photo of Powell we have encountered. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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565. Patsy Cline. Fantastic ALS signed “Patsy,” six pages on two sheets, 4 x 5, January 20, 1962. Letter to friend Marie Flynt, in part [grammar and spelling retained]: “Well I’m taking off again on another trip. Start tonight in Tulsa & then to Kansas, Idaho, Omaha, South Dakota, Wichita & Des Moines. This trip with Johnny Cash, George Jones, Carl Perkins, Gorden Terry & myself. Should really be a wet tour with all these drinking nuts…Well looks like my new record is gonna make a little noise after all. It’s going in no 60 slot next week in Bill Board and they are calling it a 2 sided hit...Everyone says this is the best one yet and says ole Hank Cochran (who wrote it) really did his self a master-piece this time...The album to date has sold 40,000 and is just now breakin big in sales.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Cline’s own hand. After the success of ‘I Fall to Pieces,’ which Cochran also penned, Cline released ‘She’s Got You’ on January 10, 1962, which served as the first single for her third studio album, Sentimentally Yours. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Beatles debut in 1963 Lancashire 566. Beatles. Vintage blue ballpoint signatures, “Beatle, John Lennon,” “George Harrison,” “Paul McCartney,” and “Ringo Starr,” on a light green 4 x 3 album page. In fine condition, with a light stain to the lower edge just touching Ringo’s downstroke. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained on May 11, 1963, at the Imperial Ballroom in Lancashire, England; the group’s debut appearance in the northern industrial town attracted an overcapacity crowd of 2,000 frantic teenagers. A full cast of clean, bold signatures. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

Fab Four signatures for a boy in blue 567. Beatles. Complete set of ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison on the reverse of an off-white 3.75 x 6 Leeds City Police Supplementary Statements form. In fine condition, with a small tear to left side of horizontal fold. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained by an on-duty policeman on either June 5th or November 3rd of 1963, the two dates the Beatles performed at Leeds’ Odeon Cinema in 1963. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

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568. Beatles. Vintage fountain pen signatures and inscriptions, “To Adam, best wishes, from The Beatles, John Lennon,” “To Adam, best wishes, from, George Harrison,” and “Ringo Starr,” and a ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Adam, best wishes, Paul McCartney,” on an offwhite 7 x 5.5 sheet affixed to a slightly larger mount. In very good to fine condition, with a tack hole to the top edge, scattered light stains from old adhesive, and a small area of surface loss touching the end of Starr’s signature. Accompanied by an unsigned modern photo of the band.Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

569.

Beatles: George Harrison.

Apple Records business check, 8 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, payable to Burns, Burr & Co. Ltd. for £549.85, May 20, 1971. In fine condition. A fantastic example from soon after the Beatles breakup. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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Paul sends his congratulations

570.

Beatles: George Harrison.

Appealing glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Harrison wearing a shirt and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Robie, love from, George Harrison,” who adds an Om symbol and a cross. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the signature dates to the late 1980s–early 1990s. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

572. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Anniversary card from 2009, measures

11.75 x 5.75, signed and inscribed inside in black ballpoint, “To Joan & Billy, cheers! Paul McCartney,” who draws two bubbling champagne glasses. Collector’s ink notations in upper right date the signature to July 24, 2009. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Rare 1975 power of attorney 571. Beatles: John Lennon.

DS, one page both sides, 5 x 6, February 18, 1975. Barclays Bank of New York document by which Lennon grants David Miller power of attorney for handling his affairs with the bank, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Lennon. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, who notes that Lennon’s personal financial documents are exceedingly rare. Interestingly, Lennon’s album Rock ‘n’ Roll had been released in the US just a day earlier on February 17th. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

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575. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Program

573. Beatles: Paul McCartney.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Paul McCartney, 2011.” In fine condition. The record is included. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, in part: “This album was signed on July 27, 2011 at Hotel Le St–James in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This autograph was obtained in-person by well respected in-person specialist Brad Byrne.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

for Rush’s 1983 world tour for the album Signals, 12 x 12, sixteen pages, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by McCartney. In fine condition, with a bit of light handling wear. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “I obtained this autograph when I was in London in Mai 1983 to see Rush…at Wembley Arena. I had bought a tour program, and I walked past the ‘Marquee Club’ when Sir Paul McCartney came out from the club…I was incredibly surprised, but asked for an autograph. But the only thing I had to write on was my tour program. He laughed and wrote it. He was very nice.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Sgt. Pepper’s signed by Paul, Ringo, and the fifth Beatle 574. Beatles: Starr McCartney.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Paul McCartney,” “Ringo,” and “George Martin.” In fine condition. The record is included. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, in part: “These signatures were obtained in person, with Paul signing on August 1, 2009 at BWI Airport in Baltimore, MD. and Ringo signing in June of 2008 at the Lester Pearson Airport in Toronto, Canada. Additionally…producer George Martin…signed on May 3, 2007 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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576. Beatles: Ringo Starr. Ballpoint signature, “To David, Best wishes, Ringo Starr,” on the reverse of an off-white 2.75 x 4.25 card for The Astor Club. In fine condition, with a fold not affecting the signature, and light staining on the face of the card. Accompanied by a letter of provenance, in part: “In 1982 I shared a flat with David Cowan in Archway…when he decided to use his skills abroad…the flatshare came to an end. While Dave was packing up his belongings, he came across the autograph and gave it to me. As far as I remember, he told me he had visited the club, briefly met Ringo Starr there and obtained the autograph…I seem to remember him telling me he was underage at the time he went to the club… so it would have been the early 1970s.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

A week before Woodstock— Hendrix returns from Paris

577. Jimi Hendrix. Exceptional DS, signed “Jimi Hendrix,” one page, 8.5 x 11 (with 8 x 5.75 showing), August 7, 1969. A typed receipt on Michael Jeffery Management, Inc., letterhead. In full: “Received from Bob Levine $200.00 (Two Hundred) in cash on return from Paris.” Impressively double-matted and framed with a series of artifacts to an overall size of 30 x 24, including an original glossy photo of Hendrix, an original Woodstock ticket, an original Woodstock pin, a peace symbol pendant made from part of the fencing that surrounded the Woodstock festival, a bright red facsimile signature, and two miniature guitars. The document remains fully intact within the frame and is in fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Hendrix had left for a vacation to Mogador, Morocco, on July 30, arriving back in the United States on August 6; his flights had layovers in Paris. This document dates to an extraordinary moment in music history—the week before Woodstock. Hendrix was scheduled to perform ten days later on the 17th, but did not take the stage until the next morning. Complete with original Woodstock artifacts, this is an absolutely spectacular piece epitomizing the legendary rock guitarist. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 195

Speedway soundtrack advertisement signed by the King 578. Elvis Presley. Full page RCA advertisement for Presley’s Speedway soundtrack, 9,75 x 13.75, removed from an issue of Cash Box magazine, dated July 6, 1968, signed in blue felt tip by Presley. Double-cloth-matted and framed with an engraved plaque (indicating that the advertisement was signed in 1968) to an overall size of 18.25 x 29. In fine condition. Oversized. Please contact RR Auction for a shipping quote. Starting Bid $200

579. Elvis Presley. Uncommon vintage

glossy 8 x 9.75 publicity portrait of Elvis in a suit and tie with his classic pompadour haircut, signed and inscribed in green ballpoint, “To Pat, yours, Elvis Presley.” Mounted to a same-size piece of heavy cardstock and in very good condition, with scattered light overall creasing. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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580. Rolling Stones. Excellent vintage Decca Records promo card of the

Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, crisply signed in blue ballpoint by Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts, who adds “xxx.” Text on the reverse of the card promotes their recent singles, ‘Come On/I Wanna Be Loved’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned.’ In unusually fine, clean condition. This features the same image used for the cover of the band’s self-titled debut EP, which Decca released in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album. This promo card is in far better condition than those typically seen—a superlative, fully signed example. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

The Rolling Stones stop in Swarkestone for a ‘Beggars Banquet’ 581. Rolling Stones. Full set of vintage

Rolling Stones signatures on three album pages, including: a blue 3.75 x 4.5 album page signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Jill, Mick Jagger” and “Keith Richards”; a green 4.5 x 3.75 album page signed in blue ballpoint, “Brian Jones”; and a yellow 4.5 x 3.75 album page signed in blue ballpoint, “Bill Wyman” and “Love, Charlie Boy, The Rolling Stones.” In overall fine condition, with old tape stains to the Jagger and Jones pages. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “The year was 1968 in Swarkestone, Derbyshire…I was stuck inside on a sunny, summer’s day revising for my O’ levels when the phone rang, it was our neighbor…from Swarkestone Old Hall Farm asking me and my brother to come and meet the Stones (I thought he was joking). Sure enough, they were all there for a photo shoot for their ‘Beggars’ Banquet’ LP. We walked down to the banks of the River Trent and it was here I was lucky enough to get all of their autographs.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Scarce handwritten letter from the Stones guitarist 582. Rolling Stones: Brian Jones. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 18, 1966. Letter to Gunilla Abelsson, in full: “Thank you nuts for your letter. I don’t mean you are nuts, it’s just an expression I use. I hope you were able to get to see us on our last visit to Sweden, and I hope you’ll get to see us on our next visit. I must rush dear honestly.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in his own hand. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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583. Queen: Freddie Mercury. Wonderfully amusing

circa 1960 ‘friendship page’ removed from an autograph book, measuring 12.5 x 4.25, signed in the middle of the far left ‘Name’ column in black ink, “Fred B.,” with Mercury and ten of his classmates using the succeeding columns to answer a variety of topics, including (Mercury’s choice): Best Boy (”Ramzi”), Best Girl (“Jinan”), Best Actor (“Elvis P.”), Best Actress (“Esther Williams”), Best Dish (“Venison”), Best Movie (“Bathing Beauty”), Best Song (“Kissing Time”), Best Pet Name (Mercury quotes the preceding student), Best Perfume ( “Tom Boy”), Ambition (“Not Decided”), and Best Sport (“Football”). The page has also been signed and filled out by Derrick Branche (“Derek B.”), Bruce Murray (“Bruce M.”), Haroon Ansari (“Haroon A.”), and Victory Rana (“Victory R.”), each a member of Mercury’s first band, The Hectics. In fine condition. Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara and lived with his parents and younger sister in Zanzibar for the first seventeen years of his life. When he was eight-years-old, Mercury began studying at the St. Peter’s Boys School, an English boarding school near Bombay. Mercury began to call himself ‘Freddie’ shortly thereafter, and, at the age of twelve, formed his first musical group with four of his St. Peter’s classmates. With Mercury on vocals and piano, The Hectics played exclusively at school events, covering early rock and roll artists like Elvis Presley, Cliff Richards, Little Richard, and Fats Domino, and playing chart-toppers like ‘Yakkety Yak,’ ‘Rock Around the Clock,’ and ‘Tutti Frutti.’ A fascinating piece of early rock history signed by Queen’s legendary frontman at the start of his musical career. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500

584. The Who. Off-white 20.75 x 12.75 scrapbook page bearing two affixed magazine photos of The Who, signed across the photos in black felt tip by Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. In very good to fine condition. Consignor notes that these vintage signatures were obtained in person in Vienna during the early to mid-1970s. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

585. The Yardbirds. Two light green 3.75 x 2.75 album pages, one signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by Jim McCarty, and the other signed in green ballpoint by Eric Clapton, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Mike O’Neill, with an unknown hand adding “The Yardbirds” above. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “I got these signatures on/about 1965 in a recording studio in London. I was a dancer at the time and Jim from The Yardbirds was my boyfriend (where The Yardbirds & Beatles were recording next to each other in 2 different studios).” A rare combination of signatures given the presence of O’Neill, a singer for The Authentics, who replaced a hospitalized Keith Relf for a few weeks while the latter recovered from a collapsed lung. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200 198 | December 7, 2016 | CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

588. Prince.

586. The Ramones. Massive red, white, and blue 50.5 x

33 concert poster for two Ramones shows at Spain’s Valencia Auditorium on February 9 and 10, 1989, signed in black felt tip by Johnny, Marky, Dee Dee, and Joey Ramone, who adds “89.” In fine condition, with some haloing to signatures and expected storage folds. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Rare never-before-played U Got the Look promotional album from Prince’s personal collection. In fine condition. The record is included. Consignor notes that Prince would receive boxes of complimentary promotional albums prior to each release, and send them to business partners for distribution. Also accompanied by a heart-shaped glass wristband, 5 x 4.5, the same type of which Prince can be seen wearing on the front cover of the album. Starting Bid $200

Rare Sign o’ the Times signed poster 587. Prince. Incredible color 27 x 41 poster for the 1987 concert film Sign o’ the Times, prominently signed in red felt tip, “Love God, Prince,” adding a cross below. Also includes a VHS tape of the same film, a laminated VIP pass for the 1987 Sign ‘o the Times tour, and a heart-shaped mirror pin promoting the movie. Rolled and in fine condition, with scattered creasing and paper loss to left edge of poster. Starting Bid $300

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589. 1970s Rock

590. AC/DC

MB $200

592. Badfinger

593. The Beach Boys

595. Beatles: Best and White

596. Beatles: George Harrison

MB $200

599. Bee Gees MB $200

591. American Pop and Rock

MB $200

594. Beatles MB $200

MB $200

600. Eubie Blake MB $200

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597. Beatles: Paul McCartney

598. Beatles: Ringo Starr MB $200

MB $200

601. British Invasion MB $200

602. Blue Oyster Cult

603. Karen Carpenter

604. Harry Chapin MB $200

605. Eric Clapton

MB $200

606. The Clash

607. Classic Rock

608. Leonard Cohen

MB $200

609. Alice Cooper

610. Cream: Ginger Baker

611. Creed

612. Deep Purple

613. Bo Diddley

614. P. Diddy

615. Willie Dixon

616. The Doobie Brothers

617. The Doors

MB $200

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618. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

619. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

MB $200

621. John Lee Hooker MB $200

622. Jefferson Airplane

MB $200

623. Jethro Tull

MB $200

625. Jerome Kern

628. Jerome Kern

620. The Hollies

MB $200

626. Jerome Kern

627. Jerome Kern

630. The Kinks

631. KISS

MB $200

629. B. B. King MB $200

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MB $200

632. KISS MB $200

633. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page

634. Jerry Lee Lewis

635. Jerry Lee Lewis

637. Van Morrison

638. Musicians

639. Nazareth

641. Rick Nelson MB $200

642. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters

645. Rodgers and Hammerstein

646. Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger

MB $200

636. Manfred Mann MB $200

MB $200

640. Nazareth MB $200

643. Psychedelic Furs MB $200

644. Rhythm and Blues MB $200

MB $200

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647. Rolling Stones MB $200

648. The Runaways

649. The Searchers

651. Slade MB $200

652. The Spencer Davis Group

654. U2

655. U2

658. Woodstock

659. Frank Zappa

MB $200

646

650. Santana MB $200

653. T-Rex and Deep Purple MB $200

656. Uriah Heep MB $200

657. Woodstock MB $200

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classic entertainment Photoplay’s 1926 Best Picture Award for Beau Geste 660. Beau Geste. Rare bronze

Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor, just under 3˝ in diameter, engraved on the reverse: “Presented to Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. by Photoplay Magazine for the Production Beau Geste, the Best Photoplay of the Year 1926.” The front of the medal features the traditional symbolic dramatic masks raised in high relief. In fine condition, with a few minor dings. Beginning in 1920, Photoplay gave out what is considered the first significant annual movie award, the Photoplay Medal of Honor. The award was voted on by readers of the magazine and the producer of the winning film was presented with a gold medallion struck by Tiffany, which was generally kept by the studio; bronze copies such as this were created in very limited amounts as individual keepsakes for some of the film’s important participants. Though Photoplay only gave the single award for best film, its intentions and standards were influential on the Academy Awards founded later in the decade. Starting Bid $200

Boldly inscribed Casablanca-era portrait 661. Humphrey Bogart. Exceptional vintage glossy 8 x 10 Casablanca-era studio publicity photo of Bogart in a pinstriped suit, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Norman, Sincerely, Humphrey Bogart.” In fine condition, with some scattered light creases and surface marks, and a small spot to the emulsion in Bogart’s hairline. The increasing scarcity of signed Bogart images, paired with the time period of this portrait, make this an ideal piece of Hollywood history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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662. Charlie Chaplin. Striking

vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 portrait of Chaplin wearing a bow tie, signed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, Charlie Chaplin.” In fine condition, with some light contrast to signature against the dark background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

664. Clark Gable . Dash-

ing vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of Gable, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Helen, Love & Kisses, Clark.” Reverse bears a Clark Gable MGM stamp. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Gable earns top pay for 1929’s Hawk Island

665. Greta Garbo. Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Garbo, payable to L. Raissman for $2650, January 27, 1981. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

666. Judy Garland.

663. Clark Gable. DS, one page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 14, September 28, 1929. Salary list (payroll voucher) for the Broadway play Hawk Island, signed in pencil by Gable and sixteen other members of the production; Gable’s name appears first and lists him as the highest earner with $400. In very good to fine condition, with overall light soiling, and splitting along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Lovely vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of Garland smiling into the camera, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Fred and Carolruth, Sincerel y, Judy Garland.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Dean, Taylor, Hudson, and others sign the classic Ferber novel 667.

Giant.

Signed book: Giant. Later printing (Cardinal Edition). NY: Pocket Books, Inc., 1953. Paperback, 4.25 x 6.5, 389 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front and back of the first four opening pages, as well as on the inside front and back covers, in various colored ballpoint by twenty-six cast and crew members of the 1956 film Giant, with the majority of actors adding their character names. The half-title page bears signatures of the three main stars: “James Dean, ‘Jett Rink,’” “Elizabeth Taylor, ‘Leslie,’” and “Rock Hudson—Bick.” Other signers include: George Stevens, Fred Guiol, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Earl Holliman, Robert Nichols, Alexander Scourby, Fran Bennett, Charles Watts, Elsa Cardenas, Monte Hale, Mary Ann Edwards, Victor Millan, Pilar Del Rey, Maurice Jara, Ana Maria Majaica, Felipe Turich, Valley Keene, and three others. Also included is a blue ballpoint signature, “Dennis Hooper, (‘Jordy Jr.’),” an off-white 4.25 x 4 slip. In very good to fine condition, with wear to the covers and toning to interior pages, not adversely affecting the remarkable assemblage of signatures. Consignor notes that the original recipient worked on the set of the movie Giant as a bus boy during production in Marfa, Texas. Inspired by Edna Ferber’s classic 1952 novel, Giant was considered a huge success by both crowds and critics alike, amassing a total of ten Oscar nominations with Director George Stevens taking home the film’s only prize. Giant has since become best remembered as James Dean’s final performance in a leading role; the actor died at the age of twenty-four, only ten days before the film’s New York premiere. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 207

Inscribed to a fellow MGM leading lady— Greta Garbo 668. Jean Harlow. Magnificent vintage matte-finish 11 x

14 glamour portrait of Harlow wearing diamond bracelets and covered in white fur, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Brownie, a grand person—and a dear friend—Love, Jean.” In fine condition, with a few small edge tears and creases which could be almost completely matted out to produce a phenomenal display. The recipient, “Brownie,” is none other than iconic actress Greta Garbo, who often went by the alias Harriet Brown, among several others. Given the scarcity and desirability of Harlow across all formats, this engaging photograph, bestowed to a Hollywood legend and an actress Harlow was poised to surpass at MGM, exists as a highly coveted association piece between two silver screen legends. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Hitchcock takes on The Trouble with Harry

669. Alfred Hitchcock. DS, signed “Alfred J. Hitchcock,” four pages, 8.5 x 11, August 23, 1954. Contract between Paramount

Pictures Corporation and Alfred M. [sic] Hitchcock Productions, in which the former grants and assigns all rights “to a certain story entitled The Trouble with Harry by Jack Trevor Story” for the sum of $73,195.91. Signed on the last page in blue ballpoint by Hitchcock. In very good to fine condition, with light blocks of toning, text fading, and mounting remnants from prior display; Hitchcock’s signature remains bold and strong. Despite flopping at the box office, The Trouble with Harry, a black comedy concerning the fate of a dead man’s body, proved to be one of the director’s most subversive and experimental films. Hitchcock was nearly killed during production in Vermont when an overhead bracket supporting a 900-pound VistaVision camera snapped and swiped the director’s shoulder. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Houdini tours Liverpool in 1909 670. Harry Houdini. Remarkable vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.25 Campbell–Gray postcard photo of the master magician with his hands in his pockets, signed at the top in black ink, “Liverpool, 28–10–09,” and below, “Harry Handcuff Houdini.” In fine condition, with old mounting remnants to the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

Very early studio portrait of the great entertainer 671. Al Jolson. Early vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 8.75 portrait of Jolson by the White Studio of New York, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Louis Rosenberg, a first nighter who is human and a good Pal, With Best Wishes from, Al Jolson.” In very good to fine condition, with old clear tape along top and bottom borders, touching the bottoms of the capital letters of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Stunning portrait of Lake in her prime 673. Veronica Lake. Vin-

672. Grace Kelly. Glossy 8 x 10 MGM publicity portrait of the beautiful Kelly, signed in black felt tip. Collector’s pencil notation to the reverse indicates it was signed in July 1982. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and a speckled appearance to the emulsion visible only at an angle. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

tage glossy 8 x 10 Paramount Pictures publicity photo, signed and inscribed in felt tip, “To Alan, The best to you always, Veronica Lake.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and light surface impressions. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

1967 signature from the Little Dragon 674. Bruce Lee. DS, one page, 4.75 x 3.25, stamp-dated March 1967. Invoice from a Phillips 66 gas station in Inglewood, California, showing a purchase of 13 gallons of gas for a total $3.50. The receipt bears Lee’s printed credit card number and name, as well as his vehicle number, the latter written in another hand. Vertically signed along the right edge in blue ballpoint by Lee. In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from his wife Linda Lee, in part: “I…verify the authenticity of the Bruce Lee Credit Card Receipt dated 03/67 for Phillips 66 gas.” Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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675. Vivien Leigh. Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 Warner Bros. postcard photo

of Leigh in a glamorous pose, signed in blue fountain pen. In fine condition, with a light circular postal impression to a blank area. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Stunning candid of the sultry starlet 676. Marilyn Monroe. Vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Monroe with diamond earrings and a white fur stole, signed in fountain pen. Reverse of photo stamped, â&#x20AC;&#x153;224A.â&#x20AC;? In fine condition. A sensational, uninscribed photo of Monroe during a night on the town. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Late 1950 bank check from the iconic blonde 678. Marilyn Monroe. Bank of America

check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Monroe, payable to William D. Wallace for $10, November 15, 1950. In fine condition, with usual bank cancellations. Less than a month before Monroe signed her career-making contract with 20th Century Fox. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

Monroe sends “a 16mm print of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’” 679. Marilyn Monroe . DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 26, 1958. An official letter to fashion photographer Milton H. Greene advising him “that I am now making arrangements, and agree to deliver to you, a 16mm print of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’ without cost to you. It is understood that this print may not be reproduced, and may not be used for exhibitions for commercial purposes.” The document bears a “Marilyn Monroe Productions” blindstamp in the left margin. In fine condition. Monroe and Greene first met in September 1953 when the latter was a photographer on assignment for Look magazine, and the two quickly became friends. Spurred by Monroe’s desire to have more control over her career, the pair formed an independent film production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955. After making Bus Stop in 1956, the Prince and the Showgirl was the company’s second project. It starred Monroe opposite Laurence Olivier in a romantic comedy in which a foreign prince attempts to seduce an American showgirl. Although the movie opened to mixed reviews, the performances of Monroe and Olivier were generally well received. Meanwhile, however, Monroe’s cordial relationship with Greene dissolved and Monroe’s production company folded after making only two films. An exceptionally desirable document related to both Monroe’s career and her personal life. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Farley, Sandler, Spade and other SNL cast members 680. Saturday Night Live.

Sought-after ink signatures of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Elliott, Jay Mohr, Norm Macdonald, Michael McKean, David Spade, Janeane Garofalo, and Kevin Nealon on an off-white 7.75 x 10.75 sheet. In very fine condition. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained in person on Saturday, November 12, 1994, adding that he obtained four in the afternoon during a rehearsal break outside Rockefeller Center, and the rest in the same area after the show ended. Highlighted by the presence of Farley, this sheet boasts several of the biggest cast members from the 20th season of SNL. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

682. Elizabeth Taylor.

Matte-finish 8 x 10 glamour portrait of the enticing beauty, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Fred, Best wishes, Elizabeth Taylor.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

683. Rudolph Va l e n t i n o .

Vintage fountain pen signatures, “Rudolph Valentino, London, 2–8–23” and “Natacha Valentino,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Curtis and Lemmon sign on for the film classic 681. Some Like It Hot. Pair of DSs: an inducement to an agreement between United Artists and Tony Curtis related to the latter’s services in “the photoplay tentatively entitled ‘Some Like It Hot,’” September 19, 1958, signed at the conclusion by Curtis; and an agreement between Ashton Productions and Jack Lemmon in which the latter agrees to “portray the role of ‘Jerry’” in the photoplay “now entitled ‘Some Like It Hot,’” July 1, 1958, signed at the conclusion by Lemmon. Also includes agreement contracts related to the referenced film, individually signed by actor George Raft and actress Paula Strasberg, as well as a letter signed by composer Leopold Stokowski. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Tarzan’s twice-signed passport

The rare archenemy of Sherlock Holmes

684. Tarzan: Johnny Weissmuller. Weiss-

muller’s personal passport, number D1923284, issued on September 11, 1973. Passport measures 3.75 x 6, and contains his typed personal information on the second page, signed at the bottom, “Johnny Weissmuller.” Affixed opposite the personal information page is Weissmuller’s 2.5 x 2.5 passport snapshot, signed vertically in the left border, “Peter Johnny Weissmuller.” Balance of the pages bear visa stamps from around the world, dated between 1975 and 1976, including those from Portugal, Turkey, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. In fine condition. Originates from the estate of Weissmuller’s stepdaughter, Lisa Weissmuller Gallagher. Accompanied by two personal checks payable to the passport office made out by his wife, Maria Weissmuller. A one-of-a-kind collectible from the life of the talented actor and sportsman. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

686. George Zucco. English character actor (1886–1960)

who appeared in nearly 100 films during a career that spanned from 1931 to 1951. Highly desirable vintage matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, and George Zucco posing with a couple of fans on the set of the 1939 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, signed in fountain pen by Zucco. In fine condition, with one small crease, and some light silvering along the edges. Zucco remains scarce across all formats, but is practically nonexistent in signed photos as his most famous character, Professor Moriarty. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Soundtrack agreement for “Snow White and the Three Stooges” 685. Three Stooges. DS, five pages, 8.5 x 11, February 15, 1961. Agreement between the Three Stooges and Chanford Productions concerning royalties for a soundtrack album for “the motion picture tentatively entitled ‘Snow White and the Three Stooges.’” Signed on the fourth page in ballpoint by Howard, “Moe Howard, President,” and on the next page by all three, “Moe Howard,” “Joe DeRita,” and “Larry Fine.” Includes the original blue folder. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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687.

688. Actors

Academy Awards Tickets

MB $200

689. Actors MB $200

MB $200

692. Actresses

691. Actresses MB $200

694. Josephine Baker

695. Noah Beery

MB $200

698. Candice Bergen MB $200

690. Actors MB $200

MB $200

693. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

696. Behind the Scenes

697. Jack Benny

699. Ingrid Bergman

700. Ingrid Bergman and Ann Todd

MB $200

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701. Sarah Bernhardt

702. Broadway Shows

MB $200

704. Celebrities

707. Comedians MB $200

708. Comedians MB $200

711. Buster Crabbe MB $200

706. Child Stars

709. Composers and Lyricists

710. Buster Crabbe

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MB $200

712. Joan Crawford MB $200

MB $200

705. Lon Chaney, Jr MB $200

MB $200

703. Johnny Carson

MB $200

713. Broderick Crawford MB $200

714. Creature from the Black Lagoon

715. Doris Day MB $200

MB $200

716. Clint Eastwood

718. Robert Englund

MB $200

720. Clark Gable

721. Judy Garland

MB $200

719. Errol Flynn

MB $200

723. Cary Grant

717. Film Composers

MB $200

724. Alec Guinness MB $200

725. Jim Henson MB $200

722. Greer Garson MB $200

726. Jim Henson MB $200

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727. Jon-Erik Hexum

728. Bob Hope MB $200

729. Horror

730. Jennifer Jones

MB $200

731. Boris Karloff

732. Boris Karloff

733. Grace Kelly

734. Grace Kelly

735. Emmett Kelly, Sr

736. Hedy Lamarr

737. Burt Lancaster

738. Mario Lanza

739. Stan Laurel

740. Peter Lawford

741. Christopher Lee

742. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

MB $200

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MB $200

743. Sophia Loren

744. Jayne Mansfield

MB $200

746. Groucho Marx

747. Victor McLaglen

748. Marilyn Monroe: Milton Greene

749. Mission: Impossible

750. Roger Moore

751. Sidney Poitier

752. Paul Newman

753. Tyrone Power

MB $200

745. Marcel Marceau MB $200

MB $200

754. Psycho: Perkins and Leigh MB $200

755. Max Reinhardt MB $200

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757. Jean Renoir

756. Steve Reeves

759. The Sopranos: Gandolfini and Falco

760. Stage Actors

762. Barbara Stanwyck

763. Star Trek

MB $200

758. Peter Sellers

MB $200

761. Stage, Opera, and Dance MB $200

764. Tarzan

MB $200

765. Tarzan MB $200

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MB $200

766. Tarzan: Weissmuller and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan MB $200

767.

Tarzan: Johnny Weissmuller MB $200

768. Elizabeth Taylor

769. Elizabeth Taylor and Bob Hope

MB $200

772. Orson Welles

778. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton MB $200

773. Mae West

774. Wizard of Oz

MB $200

771. Mae West

MB $200

775. Wizard of Oz

770. Dalton Trumbo

776. Wizard of Oz: Billie Burke MB $200

779. Wizard of Oz: Munchkins MB $200

MB $200

777. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton MB $200

780. Wizard of Oz: Munchkins

781. Joanne Woodward MB $200

MB $200

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sports Remarkable 1932 autograph book featuring over 50 Hall of Famers—Ruth, Gehrig, Johnson, Wagner, Foxx, Ott, and more

782. Baseball Hall of Famers: Ruth, Gehrig, Johnson, and More. Extraordinary vintage circa 1932 autograph album, 6 x 4.75, signed by over 300 baseball players, including more than fifty Hall of Famers. Some of the Hall of Fame signers include: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner (signed “J. Honus Wagner”), Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott (2, both signed “Melvin Ott”), Hack Wilson, Rogers Hornsby, Al Simmons, Pie Traynor (2), Arky Vaughan (signed “Floyd Vaughan”), Jim Bottomley, Tony Lazzeri, Chuck Klein, Rabbit Maranville, Eddie Collins, Heinie Manush, Kiki Cuyler, Mickey Cochrane, Dizzy Dean, Connie Mack, Max Carey, George L. Kelly, Waite Hoyt, Casey Stengel, A. C. ‘Dazzy’ Vance, Bill McKechnie, Lefty Grove, Frank Frisch, Eppa Rixey, Goose Goslin, Bucky Harris, Chick Hafey, Ernie Lombardi, Leo Durocher, Earle Combs, and Joe McCarthy. In overall very good to fine condition, with some overall toning and unusual toned offsetting to signatures on certain pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at RRAuction.com.Starting Bid $1000

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Remarkable Liston vs. Patterson ticket, signed by the next challenger—“Cassius Clay” 783. Muhammad Ali. Rare purple ticket

stub for the heavyweight championship fight between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson on July 22, 1963, 3.75 x 2.5, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Cassius Clay.” In very good condition, with heavy intersecting folds and a tear extending from the top edge through the first letter of the signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Clay attended the fight, which saw Liston knock out Patterson two minutes into the first round. After the fight Clay jumped into the ring and taunted Liston, demanding a championship bout as soon as possible. Scheduled for February 1964, this became one of the most anticipated fights of all time. Clay—the underdog—was declared the winner by technical knockout after Liston failed to answer the bell in the seventh round. Two days later, Clay announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam and soon after revealed his new name, Muhammad Ali. This set the stage for Ali vs. Liston II, which became immortalized in one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century, Ali pumping his fist while standing over his vanquished foe. Starting Bid $200

Beautiful Berlin torch from the inaugural Olympic relays 784. Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics Torch. Official 1936

Berlin Olympics torch, comprised of steel, measuring 10.5˝ in length and 6˝ at its widest point, manufactured by Krupp. Engraved on the handle with a map of the torch relay route, the Olympic emblem, and inscribed, “Fackel-Staffel, Lauf, Olympia–Berlin, 1936.” The top of the torch is inscribed, “Organisations-Komitee fur die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936, Als Dank Dem Trager.” Some mild scattered scratches to top platform and handle. Includes the original wooden block and incendiary device. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, transporting the Olympic flame from Olympia in Greece to the site of the Games in Berlin. Krupp produced a total of 3,840 torches, and 3,331 torchbearers participated in the relay. In total, it covered 3,187 km over twelve days. Representing the historically important 1936 Berlin Olympics as well as the establishment of the torch relay tradition, this is an iconic Olympic torch. Starting Bid $300

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The trailblazing fisherman and inventor 785. Charles F. Orvis. Vermont angler, sportsman, and pioneer rod maker (1831–1915) who developed the fly reel in 1874. ALS signed “C. F. Orvis,” one page, 6 x 9.5, personal letterhead, March 3, 1910. Letter to Howard C. Hollister, in full: “I am much pleased at your appointment and I congratulate you and I wish you every success—for I feel sure you will be a ‘most Righteous bridge.’ Wishing you every happiness.” Orvis adds a short postscript, “Don’t neglect your fishing—.” In very good to fine condition, with light stains from old mounting remnants on the reverse. The first instance in which we’ve offered Orvis. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Babe on the links 786. Babe Ruth. Pencil signature, “Sincerely,

Babe Ruth,” on an off-white 3.75 x 3.75 sheet of Leewood Golf Club stationery. Framed and in very good condition, with scattered creasing (one crease passing through Ruth’s name), old tape to each corner, and old mounting remnants on the reverse. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. A desirable signature from Ruth, whose notable celebrity golf outings greatly boosted the popularity of the sport. Starting Bid $300

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Ruth and Cobb face off for charity 788. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Admission pass for the “Challenge Match Play” golf tournament between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb for the benefit of the USO at Fresh Meadow Country Club on June 27, 1941, measuring 3˝ in diameter, signed on the reverse in pencil, “Babe Ruth” and “Ty Cobb.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling, and a stain to the right edge affecting neither signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Ruth and Cobb played a three-round golf tournament in June 1941, challenging each other in matches in Newton, Massachusetts; Flushing, New York; and Detroit, Michigan. After winning the first round, Cobb said, ‘In all my life I never competed under such pressure. In my 25 years of baseball, I never had to bear down as hard as I did in that match.’ This pass is for the second round in Flushing, in which Ruth emerged victorious. Cobb won the deciding match, despite shooting fifteen strokes over par. A remarkable piece signed by two of baseball’s early titans. Starting Bid $500

Dick Schaap’s ‘Thrilla in Manilla’ press pass 789. Dick Schaap: Thrilla in Manilla. Dick Schaap’s

press pass for the famous Frazier–Ali ‘Thrilla in Manilla’ fight in the Philippines on October 1, 1975, 5.5 x 4.25, bearing an affixed photo of Schaap, signed below in black felt tip. The pass identifies him, “Name: Dick Schaap, Organization: Sport Mag., Wash. Star, Position: Columnist,” and bears stamped signatures of two officials. Also includes Schaap’s invitation to the “Smokin’ Joe Frazier” victory party—which, of course, did not happen—and an official curfew pass from the Filipino military authorities. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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790. Hank Aaron

791. Muhammad Ali

MB $200

792. Muhammad Ali

MB $200

793. Muhammad Ali

MB $200

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MB $200

797. Baseball Hall of Famers

796. Arthur Ashe

799. Baseball Managers

794. Muhammad Ali

795.

MB $200

798.

MB $200

800. Primo Carnera MB $200

American League All-Stars

Baseball Hall of Famers MB $200

801. Golf MB $200

802. Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer

803. William ‘Pudge’ Heffelfinger

806. Bobby Jones

807. Sonny Liston

MB $200

804. Carl Hubbell

805. Derek Jeter

MB $200

808. Vince Lombardi

MB $200

811

809. Joe Louis MB $200

813. Roger Maris MB $200

810. Mickey Mantle MB $200

811.

Mantle, DiMaggio, and Mays MB $200

814. Notre Dame Football MB $200

812.

Mantle, DiMaggio, and Williams MB $200

815. Jesse Owens MB $200

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817. Philadelphia 76ers: 1967

816. Arnold Palmer MB $200

818. Wally Pipp

MB $200

820. Jackie Robinson

819. Mariano Rivera

MB $200

821. Jim Thorpe

MB $200

822. Mike Tyson

MB $200

823. Dazzy Vance

MB $200

825. Zack Wheat

824. Doak Walker

MB $200

826. Ted Williams MB $200

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827. Ted Williams MB $200

828. Mookie Wilson and Bill Buckner MB $200

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amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner. If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Headings: Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court

of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages. The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.

CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 7324280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, 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. 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. Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/ EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/ EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a nonsale 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. 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.

GLOSSARY OF CONDITION TERMS FOR DECADES, RR AUCTION HAS LED THE INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED CONDITION STATEMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE SELL. STARTING IN 2016 WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A FRESH APPROACH TO DESCRIBING EACH ITEM’S CONDITION. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration. VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important. Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.

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