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2. George Washington Document Signed as President - Three-Language Ship’s Papers for a Trade Voyage. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 12.75 x 15.75, September 1, 1794. Three-language ship’s papers issued to “George Smith, master or commander of the Schooner called the Hector…lying at present in the port of Salem, bound for St. Sebastian, and laden with Fish, Flour, Soap, Provisions, Indigo, Coffee, Cocoa, Leather & Shoes.” Neatly signed in the center by President George Washington and countersigned by Secretary of State Edmund Randolph. Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 29 x 23. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, Washington’s signature light but fully legible, and possible complete backing on the reverse (not examined out of the frame).
When France declared war on England in February of 1793, the US was put in a precarious position, proclaiming neutrality but still formally allied with France under the treaty of 1778. Both sides harassed and seized American ships. Used to establish proof of nationality and guarantee protection for ships, these documents were signed in bulk by Washington and Randolph, then forwarded to the collectors of customs at different ports for distribution. There, local officials would confirm the legitimacy of the vessels, their cargo, and their personnel. Starting Bid $1000
“If by Post, free, Go: Washington”— a desirable free-franked cover to
Virginia Loan Office Commissioner John Hopkins
Image larger than actual size.
4. George Washington Hand-Addressed and Signed Free Frank. Extremely desirable full free frank, measuring 9 x 7.5 unfolded with a 5 x 3 center panel, addressed by George Washington to “John Hopkins, Esq’r, Richmond,” and franked in the lower left, “If by Post, free, Go: Washington.” The lower panel retains remnants of the black wax seal, and is docketed in another hand, “Genl. Washington, March 25, 1787, rec’d Apr. 12, 1787.” In fine condition, with expert professional repairs to seal-related paper loss.
Washington’s correspondence with Hopkins is recorded in The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, ed. W. W. Abbot. On March 20th, Hopkins had written to inform Washington that he had made a payment on his behalf: ‘Mr Buchanan applied to me some time since for a further payment on your subscription to the James River Company, and as there were several pressing demands on it, and you at a distance I have taken the liberty of paying to the Treasurer the sum of Fifty pounds, on your account, for which I herewith transmit you a Receipt.’
Under this cover, Washington replied on March 25th, thanking him for his intervention and asking that similar matters be referred directly to him in the future: ‘At the same time that I pray you to accept my thanks for the advance you were so obliging as to make, on my Acct. to Mr. Buchanan (as treasurer for the James river Company) I cannot help expressing my surprise at the application to you. Sure I am that nothing ever dropped from me that could induce him to make it; & I now beg that if it should ever be made on any similar occasion, that you would be pleased to refer him to me; for I should feel very unhappy if it should so happen that I might not have it in my power to answer a similar call. Your letter, with Mr. Buchanons rect, is the first intimation I have had of the Company’s call on the Members for a dividend of their subscription. In the present instance I happen to be provided, and send the money with my sincere acknowledgments to you for the advance of it.’ From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $500
President Washington commissions a former Continental Army officer as
one
of only sixteen original US Marshals
3. George Washington Document Signed as President, Commissioning One of Sixteen Original US Marshals. Historic manuscript DS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 10.75 x 9.75, September 26, 1789. President Washington appoints Nathaniel Ramsey of Maryland as “M[ar]shal of and for the Maryland District…for the Term of four years.” Beautifully signed at the conclusion by President Washington. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve and double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and nameplate. Small areas of paper loss along intersecting folds (affecting a few words in the center) and some mild show-through at the top edge from mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise fine condition; Washington’s crisp signature against the bright, clean document is a choice exemplar.
The office of United States Marshal had been established just two days earlier when President Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789 into law. The newborn country was divided into sixteen judicial districts, each to be headed by a marshal whose primary function was to enforce federal laws at the local level. It was up to President Washington to appoint the sixteen marshals and many of the men he chose had distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War; Ramsey was no exception, having commanded troops in the defense of Philadelphia and at the Battle of Monmouth. He went on to serve two terms as marshal, holding the position until 1798. This early presidential document is unusually clean and visually appealing, and as one of just sixteen possible US Marshal appointments for the original class it is an extremely rare format. Starting Bid $1000
A crucial message
between Founding
Fathers on “the present American crisis”—Governor Randolph affirms the presence of Virginia statesmen George Washington, James Madison, Patrick Henry, George Wythe, John Blair, and George Mason as representatives for the
Constitutional Convention
5. Edmund Randolph Names George Washington and James Madison Among the Virginia Delegates Attending the Constitutional Convention Important LS as governor of Virginia, signed “Edm: Randolph,” one page, 7.25 x 9, December 6, 1786. Addressed from Richmond, a letter sent to an unidentified recipient who has been revealed as Connecticut Governor Samuel Huntington. The brevity of Randolph’s text belies its importance, although he underscores the significance of his topic by reporting that this message essentially duplicates an earlier one from December 1st. In full: “My anxiety for the well being of the federal Government will not suffer me to risque so important a consideration upon the safety of a single letter. Your excellency will therefore excuse me for again intruding on you with the inclosed text of our Legislature, and repeating the request urged in my Letter of the 1st. instant, that you would give a zealous Attention to the present American crisis. The gentleman, appointed by Virginia for the Convention at Philadelphia, are General Washington, Mr. Patrick Henry, the late Governor, Mr. George Wythe & Mr. John Blair, two of the Judges of the high court of chancery, Mr. James Madison jun. a member of Congress, Mr. George Mason, a Member of the legislature & myself.” In fine condition.
Huntington has docketed the reverse of the second integral page in his own hand. Below the word “Connecticut,” he writes: “Gov’r Randolph letter, Decem’r 6th–1786, receiv’d Jany. 5–87, answer’d Jan’y 8th–87.” Research shows that a reply letter sent by Huntington to Randolph on December 23, 1786, further confirms the former as the recipient of this offered letter. The reply reads: ‘I am honored with your Excellency’s letter of the first instant, enclosing the Act of your legislature appointing Commissioners to assemble in Convention at Philadelphia in May next, for the purposes therein mentioned, & shall embrace the earliest opportunity to lay those papers before the legis-
lature of this state.’ This terminology indicated Huntington’s approval of the call; he would later be a great supporter of the Convention and the new Constitution it produced.
In September 1786, the Annapolis Convention called for a larger convention to meet in Philadelphia the following May to amend the Articles of Confederation. The Convention of 1787 quickly adopted a larger brief, however, and eventually produced an entirely new charter of government: the Constitution of the United States. Of the 12 states that sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which was boycotted by Rhode Island, the Virginia contingent was perhaps the most illustrious. In addition to the Convention’s presiding officer, George Washington, and de facto recording secretary, James Madison, the Old Dominion also sent such able participants as George Mason, George Wythe, and Randolph himself. The ‘Virginia Plan of Government,’ which these delegates submitted for the consideration of the whole body on May 29th, began the principal debates of the Convention.
Ultimately, most of the Virginia delegates refused to endorse the Constitution when it was adopted on September 17, 1787, believing that the document was insufficiently republican. Washington, Madison, and John Blair were the only Virginia signatories; Mason and Randolph remained at the Convention until it was adjourned, but refused to sign; and Wythe and Henry had previously retired from Philadelphia. After a lengthy struggle, the Virginia ratifying convention approved the Constitution on June 26, 1788, by a vote of 89 to 79. Randolph attended Virginia’s ratifying convention in June 1788 and voted with Madison and John Marshall for adoption.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, December 13, 1995, Lot 314. Starting Bid $2500
“There is nothing in human Nature and human history more ridiculous than this whole subject”
Enlightening handwritten letter
from John
Adams on divine right and hereditary privilege—
“Divine Right to Power Privilege and Distinction…there is nothing in human Nature and human history more ridiculous than this whole subject”
7. John Adams Autograph Letter Signed on the Folly of Divine Right - “There is nothing in human Nature and human history more ridiculous than this whole subject”. ALS from John Adams, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, May 1810, made all the more rare and desirable by an array of scribblings at the top of the first page done in the hand of Adams’ three-year-old granddaughter, Elizabeth Coombs Adams, daughter of his son Thomas B. Adams. The elder statesman explains as much in the letter’s postscript, which he signs with his initials, “J. A.” It reads: “I am ashamed to send this without an Apology. The blotts and scrawls were done by a little grand daughter of three years old who stole into my Chamber…My babe taking advantage…has in my momentary absence spoiled my paper. I cannot copy it.” The main body of the handwritten letter combines praise for the “Endicott Pear Tree,” some commentary on the futility of genealogical research into the Smith and Adams families, a passage on divine right, and “at the end a little Politicks.” In part: “I received from our Quincy stage under the direction of Mr. Thayer a box of Scions from the Endicott Pear Tree, carefully preserved and in admirable order…accept my best Thanks…Mr. Smith of Weymouth and Mr. Isaac Smith of Boston the first my (father-in-law)…were the sons of a Mr. Smith who lived and died in Charleston. He possessed an estate… which is descended to my Wife and her Sister Peabody but as I understand he comes from England and cannot be nearly related to the Gentleman whose Farm you mention. He was related to the Palatine family of Smiths in South Carolina… an acquaintance and correspondence has been continued with them. But it is idle to trace families by the name of Smith for there are as I am told seventy families of that name in New York who know of no relation to each other. The same may be said of Adams for there are seven hundred families
of them I believe in France Spain Italy England Scotland Ireland and Germany who know of no Relation nearer than Adam in Paradise.
Among the Jews, the distinction of Families was by divine appointment; among the Greeks and Romans Families were demigods by descent from Jupiter…Mars Bacchus and Apollo, that is by Rapes Fornications and Adulteries and Incest. Among the Christian Nations the Nobles have claimed. Divine Right to Power Privilege and Distinction…there is nothing in human Nature and human history more ridiculous than this whole subject; and yet there is nothing more immovably fixed by Nature in the weakness of human Understanding Habits Prejudices and Passions…
The portrait of the Endicott Pear Tree is beautiful in the highest degree and the hand writing equal to any I have seen of any engrossing Clerk in Europe or America. The tree had died at top as Dean Swift and his melancholy Oak did. The Ladies say that the little Urchin of a Cupid who holds up the wreath; a little fat, broad faced square headed sprite resembles me more than the portrait…
Excuse me at the end a little Politicks. Have you read Mr. John Bristed’s Scottish and Methodistical Hints on the National Bankruptcy of Great Britain? Have you read the Boston Patriot of last Saturday? What think you of an alliance between G. Britain, the U. States of America and the Spanish Provinces of S America? Would this not make of Great Britain the most Universal and most despotic Empire that ever existed on this Globe?” In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the hinge, and some minor edge loss affecting a few words of text. Starting Bid $2500
6. John Adams Partial Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 7.5, March 7, 1801. English and Dutch section of four-language ship’s papers issued to “the Ship called the Joseph… lying at present in the port of New York bound for Amsterdam,” and laden with products including tobacco and coffee.” Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by President John Adams. Trimmed, affixed by its top edge to a smaller card, and in fine condition, with Adams signature a bit light, other handwritten portions lighter, and some scattered staining to the upper left corner. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives. Interestingly, Adams had resided in Amsterdam during his time as the first United States Minister to the Netherlands, a capacity in which he served from 1782 to 1788. Starting Bid $500
Jefferson formally announces the “amendment of the Constitution of the United States” to include the Bill of Rights
8. Thomas Jefferson Historic Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Announcing Ratification of the Bill of Rights to Governor Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire. LS as secretary of state, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.5 x 9.25, March 1, 1792. Letter to “His Excellency the Governor of the State of New Hampshire,” Josiah Bartlett, a fellow signer of the Declaration of Independence, announcing some infrastructure acts in addition to the important ratification of the Bill of Rights. In full: “I have the honor to send you herein enclosed, two copies duly authenticated, of an Act concerning certain fisheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government of the fishermen employed therein; also of an Act to establish the Post Office and Post roads within the United States; also the ratifications by three fourths of the legislatures of the several States, of certain articles in addition to, and amendment of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by Congress to the said Legislatures.” In fine condition, with some minor paper loss to the bottom edge and corners.
Thomas Jefferson, though not directly involved in drafting the Bill of Rights, was a strong advocate for including it in the U.S. Constitution to safeguard individual liberties. He corresponded with James Madison, urging the addition of amendments to protect citizens’ fundamental rights: ‘A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.’ However, he also encouraged the ratification of the Constitution as it stood, with a view toward amending it later: ‘Half a loaf is better than no bread. If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.’
With Jefferson’s blessing, the Constitution was ratified in 1788. Introduced in 1789, the Bill of Rights consists of the first ten Constitutional amendments—limiting governmental power and ensuring freedoms like speech, religion, and the press. As secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson oversaw the ratification of these amendments and formally communicated their adoption to the newly founded nation’s governors. A remarkable, most historic letter by the celebrated American statesman. Starting Bid $5000
Jefferson touts American superiority over Europe: “Some greatly enlightened minds in Europe are in science far beyond any thing we possess; but...the mass of their people, within which term I include from the king to the beggar, is returning to Gothic darkness while the mass of ours is advancing in the regions of light”
10. Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed on Scientific Progress in Europe: “The mass of their people, within which term I include from the king to the beggar, is returning to Gothic darkness”. ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 24, 1816. Handwritten letter to William Lee, a merchant and commercial agent serving as United States consul at Bordeaux, responding to multiple letters received over the course of the previous 20 months. Writing from Monticello, Jefferson thanks Lee for sending a copy of his book ‘Les États-Unis et L’Angleterre,’ a work that Lee had published in 1814 ‘with a view to enlighten the people of France on the motives of our War and to help our good cause.’ Over a year later, Lee wrote again to Jefferson, enclosing a letter by Francois Gard, an instructor at the Institution Nationale des Sourdes-Muettes [National Institution for the Deaf and Mute], inquiring about potential support for the establishment of a similar school in the United States. Although Jefferson declined to become involved, he was glad to see a similar letter from Gard to Dr. Samuel Mitchell published in the New York newspapers, helping to organize support for the charter of the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in 1817.
In full: “Your letters of Dec. 20. 14. and May 11. 16. are yet to be acknoleged: and my thanks to be returned for the book which accompanied the former on the subject of Great Britain and America. that able exposition prepared the European mind for receiving truths more favorable to us, and subsequent events have furnished facts corroborating those views. I believe that America, & by this time England also are more justly appreciated. some greatly enlightened minds in Europe are in science far beyond any thing we possess; but leaving them out of the account (& they are but few) the mass of their people, within which term I include from the king to the beggar, is returning to Gothic darkness while the mass of ours is advancing in the regions of light. during the paroxysm of Anglomany lately raging in Bordeaux you must have had a mortifying time. that
rage cannot last. the English character is not of that cast which makes itself be loved.
I was just about publishing mr Garde’s letter when I saw in the newspapers that addressed to Dr Mitchell. his position in a populous city, and convenient to others, being so much more favorable than mine for the views of M. Garde, I rejoiced to see his letter in so good hands and surceased medling in it myself, my inland & rural situation affording me no facilities for promoting it’s object. should you have occasion to write to mr Garde, I will thank you to throw in a line of explanation and to tender him my respects & best wishes for his success.
Not doubting that after so long a residence in France your wishes are still there, I heartily sympathise with them and hope the circumstances are not very distant, which may render your return agreeable and useful. Accept my salutations and assurances of perfect esteem and respect.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made presentation case bound in quarter morocco.
The recipient, William Lee, an established Boston merchant, had been appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1801 to be an American commercial agent in Bordeaux. He was given consular rank the following year and served abroad until 1817, making regular shipments of wine to Jefferson, who had developed a taste for fine French wines during his own time there in the 1780s. When Lee returned to the United States, he became second auditor of the Treasury, a position he held until 1829.
A unique, exceptionally well-preserved autograph letter by Thomas Jefferson, offering his acute observations of intellectualism in Europe versus the United States, and passively lending his support to a progressive educational initiative. Starting Bid $2500
Rare American Philosophical Society membership certificate,
boldly signed by Thomas Jefferson and fellow patriot-intellectuals in 1792
11. Thomas Jefferson Signed American Philosophical Society Certificate. Beautiful partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 19 x 11.75, February 4, 1792. American Philosophical Society membership certificate issued to “Charles Mathurin de la Forest, Vice Consul General of France to the United States,” boldly signed at the conclusion by Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, John Ewing, William Smith, James Hutchinson, Robert Patterson, Samuel Magaw, Jonathan Williams. The certificate retains its pink ribbon with affixed white embossed seal of the society. Beautifully mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 25.5.
On the frame’s reverse is a window containing an ALS by Jonathan Williams, countersigned by James Hutchinson, one page both sides, 8.5 x 7.25, January 25, 1792, notifying de la Forest of his election as a member. In full: “We have the pleasure to inform you that on the 20th Inst. the American Philosophical Society added your name to their list of Members.—The principles of this Institution embrace all nations, and while the
Society endeavors to add their mite to the common cause of humanity, they fondly hope to experience from distinguished Characters of other places, Such communications as may tend to diffuse that philosophical Light, which so eminently shines in the Country you represent. Your certificate of membership will be made out as soon as possible, in the meantime we could not delay the pleasure we feel in making this communication.” In fine to very fine condition, with intersecting folds and exceptionally bold, ideal signatures.
The oldest extant learned society of its kind in the United States, the American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, for ‘prompting useful knowledge among British plantations in America.’ The Society’s first three presidents were Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Jefferson. Among its notable early members were Thomas Paine, George Washington, John Adams, John Marshall, James Madison, and others. Starting Bid $1000
12. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Partial Document Signed as President and Secretary of State. Partial partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 8.5 x 2.75, January 8, 1802. Concluding section of a land grant issued during Jefferson’s administration, signed in ink by President Thomas Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. In good to very good condition, with overall creasing, soiling, light staining touching Jefferson’s signature, and toned adhesive to reverse. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. Starting Bid $500
13. James Madison Signed Check as President. Office of Pay and Deposit of the Bank of Columbia check, 6.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by President Madison, “James Madison,” payable to “A. B. or bearer” for $100, June 7, 1813, drawn on the president’s “Private Account.” Archivally mounted, double-matted, and framed under museum glass with a portrait, plaque, and caption to an overall size of 18.5 x 15.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
14. James Madison Signed Free Frank as Secretary of State. Free franked mailing cover, folded to 5.5 x 3, addressed in a secretarial hand to “W. W. Pelham, Boston,” and franked in the upper right as secretary of state, “James Madison.” Postmarked “Free” at Washington on October 13th, with an ink notation inside: “Oct. 13, 1804, Secretary of State, (Certificate).” Reverse panel bears remnants of the original red wax seal. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200
With war looming, Madison as secretary of state seeks counsel on the “Treaty lately concluded between the American and British Commissioners,” a pact designed to renew the 1795 Jay Treaty
15. James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State on the Fruitless Monroe–Pinkney Treaty of 1806. LS as secretary of state, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, no date (circa early 1807). Letter referencing the Monroe–Pinkney Treaty drawn up in 1806 by American and British diplomats to renew the 1795 Jay Treaty, ostensibly addressed to Maryland Senator Samuel Smith, in full: “The Treaty lately concluded between the American and British Commissioners being in a situation to admit of deliberation on its several articles, it is thought highly advisable to avail the Executive of such observations on those relating to commerce and navigation as your intelligence and experience on those subjects will enable you to afford. You will render an acceptable service therefore by forwarding with as little delay as may be, the views under which the enclosed articles as they stand in that instrument present themselves to you. It is wished that your observations may be pointed particularly 1st. to the actual operation of the Articles respectively, whither in reference to Commerce or Navigation. 2d. to the question whither the articles in their respective forms, be, or be not, on the whole, preferable to a treaty without any provisions on the respective subjects of them. 3d What alterations might be made favorable to the United States, and not otherwise to Great Britain. 4th. What desirable alterations would not be disadvantageous to Great Britain, in a degree forbiding the hope of obtaining them 5th. Whither the General stipulations concerning the trade between the two Countries, comprehends or not, the trade between the Continental Colonies of Great Britain and the United States, and if they do, how would they effect the interest of the latter? I only add that this last branch of trade does not appear to have been contemplated by the parties to the negotiation and that it was, as is indeed sufficiently expressed, understood between them, that the Trade to the East Indies, was to be direct from, as well as to America. You will be fully sensible of the propriety of making this letter confidential as well as
private, and will I am sure in execut’g the task which it imposes on you, use all the circumspection, which the delicate nature of it suggests.” The second integral page bears a “Rush Mill 1805” watermark. In fine condition.
On March 25, 1807, Madison sent a letter to Samuel Smith referencing the Monroe–Pinkney Treaty and enclosing this offered letter. Madison wrote, in part: ‘The enclosed will inform you that it has been thought proper to ask your ideas as to the Commercial articles of the Treaty. The Contents of the Instrument are not precisely such as you suppose; as to the E. Inda. trade particularly. As to impressments also, the question here is understood to turn not on form, but substance. On the whole the P. prefers further negotiation to a Treaty which, liable to a variety of inferior objections, fails as to an object most of all contemplated in the measures of Congs. and the Mission Exty. You will infer from the proclamation just published, that the future course will be in the spirit of the past.’
In 1806, the Monroe-Pinkney Treaty was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain to address ongoing concerns about the British impressment of American sailors and the neutral trading rights of American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars. The treaty was negotiated by the minister to Britain, James Monroe, and his associate, William Pinkney, on behalf of the Jefferson administration, and by Lord Holland and Lord Auckland on behalf of the Ministry of All the Talents, a government that was headed by Lord Grenville. The negotiations began on August 27, 1806, and the treaty was signed on December 31, 1806. President Jefferson angrily rejected the treaty after receiving it in March 1807, feeling it did not go far enough on either issue. Still unresolved five years later, these were the primary tensions that gave rise to the War of 1812. Starting Bid $1000
18. John Quincy Adams Signed Check. Bank of the Metropolis check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Adams, “J. Q. Adams,” payable to M. A. Giusta for $474.28, November 2, 1819. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and some small stains.
This check is evidently made out to his valet, Antoine Michel Giusta, whom he hired after they met in Belgium in 1814. Giusta married Mrs. Adams’s maid, and the two managed the Adams’ households together. Giusta went on to become the White House steward when Adams became president in 1825. Starting Bid $200
20.
Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President.
Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 18, June 30, 1834. President Jackson appoints Marmaduke Burrough of New Jersey as “Consul of the United States of America, for the Port of Vera Cruz, in the United Mexican States, and such other parts as shall be nearer thereto than to the residence of any other Consul or Vice-Consul of the United States within the same allegiance.” Prominently signed at the conclusion in ink by President Andrew Jackson and countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed at the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the intersecting folds, reinforced with tape on the reverse. The appointee, Marmaduke Burrough (1798–1844), a Philadelphia physician and diplomat, had the distinction of acquiring America’s first rhinoceros during his time as consul in Calcutta. Starting Bid $200
19. Andrew Jackson Signed Check. Bank of Tennessee check, 7 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Jackson, “Andrew Jackson,” payable to B. R. Owen for $330.43, March 28, 1845. In fine condition. Jackson remains decidedly scarce in signed checks, presidential or otherwise. Starting Bid $200
“The president is awaiting the result”—
President Jackson
presses for the nomination of a diplomat to Mexico tasked with negotiating a purchase of
21. Andrew Jackson Third-Person Autograph Letter Signed as President, Urging the Nomination of a Diplomat to Mexico. Thirdperson ALS as president, signed twice within the text as “The President,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, March 11, 1830. Boldly penned handwritten letter to Virginia Senator Littleton Tazewell, in full: “The president with his respects to the Hon’ble Mr. Tazewell would thank him to have the nomination of Col. A. Butler acted upon at as early a period as possible. The president is awaiting the result to send out some necessary instructions to him.” The reverse of the second integral page is addressed in the president’s hand. In fine condition.
Included is a three-page letter from Anthony Butler to President Jackson, dated from Mexico on December 26, 1831, which begins: “You will perceive along with the Treaty of Commerce & Navigation an additional article to the Treaty of limits and boundary, by which it is provided that the Ratification of both treaties may be exchanged at the same time. This affair…was so strongly urged on me in 1830 when the Other Treaty was on hand, and the jealousy against us and the suspicions that we had designs against Texas were so strong, that I deemed it best to gratify them with the additional article.”
A friend of Jackson’s friend for 20 years, Anthony Butler (1787-1849) was a former Kentucky congressman who was appointed Chargé d’Affaires in Mexico on October 12, 1829; the reason Jackson’s letter is dated later is that Butler was commissioned during a recess of the Senate; he was recommissioned on March 12, 1830, after confirmation. Butler proved an over-eager diplomat, even by Jackson’s definition. He had authorized Butler to attempt to purchase Texas for the U.S., but, when this failed, Butler attempted bribery, and the Mexican government promptly demanded his recall.
Texas
Jackson’s attempts to secure Senate approval of Butler’s appointment as a diplomat to Mexico was a move that roused considerable controversy among Whigs. On learning of Butler’s nomination in December, Henry Clay, for instance, remarked: ‘He is wholly incompetent, of desperate fortune and bad character, and was a fugitive from civil justice both in this State and Mississippi. He actually fled or retired to Texas, from whence he did not emerge until lately, since the elevation of Geni Jackson’(December 25, 1829). Starting Bid $500
22. Martin Van Buren Signed Check. Bank of Kinderhook check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Van Buren, “M. Van Buren,” payable to Joseph H. Racey for $45.05, May 7, 1856, with Van Buren writing: “five cents in full for his servant till this day.” Stamped “Deposited by A. S. Foster” and endorsed by five on the reverse, including Racy and Foster. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Handwritten Harrison letter on
“a severe attack of inflammatory Rheumatism, which has confined me a fortnight”
23. William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed on a ‘severe attack of inflammatory Rheumatism’. ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 7.25 x 4.75, December 6, 1837. Handwritten letter addressed from North Bend, Ohio, in full: “Your letter of the 4th found me just recovering from a severe attack of inflammatory Rheumatism, which has confined me a fortnight. Tho still suffering much pain I have made out this morning to write these letters for you. Wishing you all success & happiness.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet and in very good to fine condition, with overall wrinkling and light creasing. Starting Bid $200
24. William Henry Harrison Document Signed. Partlyprinted DS, signed “W. H. Harrison, Clerk,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, June 16, 1836. As Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio, Harrison endorses a deed by which Zenos Bronson, “in consideration of one hundred Dollars…paid by David Bolles of Cincinnati, Hamilton County and State of Ohio,” conveys a “tract or lot of land containing two hundred two and an half acres, situate lying and being in the Seventh District, Wilkinson County and State of Georgia.” Signed at the conclusion in ink by Bronson, two witnesses, and a justice of the peace, and endorsed on the third page by Harrison as clerk. In fine condition, with a stain to the top. Starting Bid $200
President Tyler grants reprieve to pirate David Babe, convicted of a mysterious murder at sea
25. John Tyler Document Signed as President, Granting a Stay of Execution to a Convicted Pirate and Murderer. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, May 13, 1844. President Tyler authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the further respite of David Babe alias William Brown, until the 19th day of July next.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President John Tyler. In fine condition, with a vertical fold along the left edge (and thin old mounting strip along its reverse). David Babe, alias William Brown, was convicted of piracy and murdering the mate of the schooner Sarah Lavinia in 1843, in spite of little evidence of the crime. His cause was taken up by the press and public, who petitioned President Tyler to pardon the pirate; ultimately, citing ‘the doubtful character of the evidence against him,’ President Tyler granted reprieves of Babe’s death sentence six times, but could not bring himself to pardon him. Finally, in June 1846, President James K. Polk granted Babe a full and unconditional pardon, freeing him from prison after three years. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
President Polk excuses his attorney general from attending a cabinet meeting
26. James K. Polk Autograph Note Signed as President to Attorney General John Mason. ANS in pencil as president, signed “J.K.P.,” penned in the lower margin of a letter sent to him by Attorney General John Y. Mason, one page, 8 x 10, April 29, 1845. Mason writes, in full: “I am so much indisposed that unless my presence is necessary at the cabinet meeting I beg that I may be excused from attending to-day.” Below, Polk writes: “There is nothing of so much importance as to demand your presence to day.” Mason addresses the letter on its integral leaf, “To the President.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
President Polk deals with a man convicted of “counterfeiting the silver coin of the U. States”
27. James K. Polk Document Signed as President, Dealing with a Silver Coin Counterfeiter. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 9.5, December 19, 1846. President Polk authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to remaining portion of imprisonment fine and costs, imposed upon Jason Mahan, for counterfeiting the silver coin of the U. States, by the U.S. Circuit Court for the Easter District of Pennsylvania.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President James K. Polk. In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
Scarce example of an unissued four-language ship’s pass signed by President Zachary Taylor
28. Zachary Taylor Document Signed as President - Unissued FourLanguage Ship’s Pass. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21.25 x 16.5, no date. An unissued four-language ship’s paper that is signed boldly on the right side by Zachary Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of State John M. Clayton. Professionally restored and in very good to fine condition, with irregular toning, and an area of paper loss to the center that has expertly backed. Any Taylor presidential document is quite uncommon, as he served only 16 months before suddenly passing away on July 9, 1850; these four-language ship’s passes are an especially desirable format, this being our first unissued example. Starting Bid $200
Scarce United States Navy commission signed by President Zachary Taylor
29. Zachary Taylor Document Signed as President, Appointing a Passed Midshipman in the US Navy. Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 11 x 8, September 26, 1849. President Taylor appoints Andrew W. Johnson as “a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Zachary Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy. In fine condition. Any Taylor presidential document is considerably scarce, as he served only 16 months before he died suddenly on July 9, 1850. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
30. Zachary Taylor Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Z. Taylor, Bt. Br. Genl., U.S. Army,” one page, 7.75 x 10, May 12, 1838. Handwritten letter to William B. Lewis, auditor at Washington, written from “Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay, E. Florida.” In full: “I have the honor to transmit herewith Major I. B. Brant’s Qr. M. U.S. Army duplicate receipts for one hundred & fifty dollars being Draft No. 2168 on the agency at St. Louis, Mo., which sum amt. was placed in my hands on acct. of contingencies as for the reg. service.” In very good to fine condition, with unobtrusive repairs to tears and fold separations. A boldly penned letter from Taylor’s service in Tampa during the Second Seminole War. Starting Bid $200
Commanding Fort Crawford, Col. Taylor approves extra whiskey for overworked troops and prisoners
31. Zachary Taylor Document Signed for Whiskey Rations - PSA MINT
9. Manuscript DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comd’g,” one page, 7.5 x 4.25, June 30, 1833. Return for rations at Fort Crawford, in full: “Return for extra whiskey for Men on extra duty and Prisoners on Fatigue at Fort Crawford, M.T.” Boldly approved at the conclusion by Colonel Zachary Taylor as Fort Crawford’s commanding officer. Affixed to a same-size sheet and in fine condition, with a small rusty paperclip impression to the left edge. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “MINT 9.” Starting Bid $200
32. Zachary Taylor Signed Free Frank as President. Free franked mailing envelope as president, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed in another hand to “Seth F. Kelly Esqr., Agent People’s Line, Albany, N.Y.,” and franked in the upper right, “Z. Taylor.” Postmarked “Free” at Washington, September 10, [1849]. In fine condition, with light soiling and splits to edges. Taylor received franking privileges upon his ascent to the presidency, and passed away before his term ended. Given his short tenure in the White House, presidential autographs by Taylor are especially scarce. Starting Bid $200
President
Pierce appoints a controversial judge to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia
33. Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.75 x 15.75, December 14, 1855. President Pierce appoints William M. Merrick “to be Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Franklin Pierce and countersigned by Secretary of State William L. Marcy. The white paper seal affixed at the lower left remains intact. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
President Pierce directs his Secretary of State to exchange ratifications for the historic Gadsden Purchase, which forever defined the Mexico–United States border
34. President Franklin Pierce Signed Expansion Document, Ratifying the 1854 Gadsden Purchase with Mexico. Significant partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, June 29, 1854. President Pierce directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “a Power to Hon. Wm. L. Marcy etc. etc. to exchange ratifications of a Treaty between the United States and the Mexican Republic, signed on the 30th December last, as amended by the Senate of the U.S.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by Franklin Pierce. In fine condition.
This document pertains to the Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, which concluded with the United States agreeing to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. Gadsden’s Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War. The purchase was the last substantial territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States and defined the Mexico–United States border. The Arizona cities of Tucson, Yuma, and Tombstone are on territory acquired by the U.S. in the Gadsden Purchase. Starting Bid $200
President Buchanan writes to Bolivia’s provisional president to accredit the country’s new U. S. Minister Resident
35. James Buchanan Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, September 14, 1858. President Buchanan directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “the envelope of a letter addressed to His Excellency, the Provisional President of Bolivia, (accrediting Mr. John Cotton Smith as Minister Resident of the United States).” Signed prominently at the conclusion by James Buchanan. In very good to fine condition, with a light diagonal crease to the lower left, and light toning to the edges and folds.
José María Linares Lizarazu (1808–1861) served as the 13th president of Bolivia from 1857 to 1861. After returning from exile in 1848, Linares became president of the Bolivian Congress and later overthrew President Jorge Córdova to assume the presidency. Linares, Bolivia’s first civilian president, declared himself dictator in 1858 and confronted the power of the clergy and the military through a reform program. He repressed several uprising attempts, and in 1861, he was deposed by his supporters and replaced by a triumvirate that sentenced him to exile. The former president fled to Chile, where he died shortly after his exile. Starting Bid $200
President Lincoln commissions a “Chief Engineer in the Navy” on August 5, 1861—the same day he enacted the first federal income tax
36. Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Document Signed as President, Appointing a “Chief Engineer in the Navy”. Uncommon Civil War–dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.25, August 5, 1861. President Lincoln, “by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,” appoints Alexander Henderson as “a Chief Engineer in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion in ink by President Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. The green seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with Welles’ signature very faded, and irregular ink adhesion to Lincoln’s.
Naval appointments are far scarcer than other military appointments made by President Lincoln. Consignor notes that this originates from the noted Lincolniana collection of the late Dr. Arthur C. Hansen.
On the same date, August 5, 1861, President Lincoln consulted with General Benjamin Butler on military and slavery topics. He also approved an act levying income tax of three percent on income exceeding $800 per year—the first federal income tax. Starting Bid $1000
At the outset of the Civil War, President Lincoln appoints a Surveyor General to the embattled border state of Missouri shortly after the Camp Jackson massacre
38. President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Surveyor General “for the District of Illinois and Missouri,” Four Days Before the First Battle of Bull Run. Civil War-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 14.5, July 17, 1861. President Lincoln appoints William Cuddy of Missouri “to be a Surveyor General of the United States for the District of Illinois and Missouri.” Signed in bold ink at the conclusion by Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of Interior Caleb B. Smith. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, a block of uniform toning from prior display, and scattered creasing and wrinkling.
On May 10, 1861, less than a month after the start of the Civil War, over 30 people were killed when Union troops and civilians clashed following news of a potential secessionist plot to overtake a nearby depot at the St. Louis Armory. Intent on alleviating the border violence of Missouri, an integral tugof-war state over the issue of secession, Lincoln signed this appointment while hoping to restore order and salvage any neutral stance the people of Missouri may have had. On July 21st, four days after Lincoln signed this commission, Union forces were routed at the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War and a shock to the North that compelled Lincoln a day later to sign a bill for the enlistment of another 500,000 soldiers. Starting Bid $1000
37. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Note Signed as President. Choice Civil War–dated ANS as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 3.25 x 2, August 10, 1863. Lincoln writes, in full: “Send me over the commission for Mr. James.” Matted with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 6.25 x 10. In very fine condition.
On the same day, President Lincoln met at the White House with Frederick Douglass, who urged the president to improve the treatment of African-American soldiers fighting to save the country. In the meeting, Douglass illuminated the importance of African-American enlistment for the Union cause, and Lincoln gave him permission to recruit in the South. Starting Bid $1000
President Johnson and the Crow Tribe agree to the terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, establish an 8-million-acre reservation in Montana Territory
39. President Andrew Johnson Ratifies a Treaty with the Crow Tribe in 1868. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 12, 1868. President Johnson directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “my proclamation announcing the ratification of a Treaty made and concluded with the Crow tribe of Indians on the 7th day of May, 1868.” Signed at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson. The document is affixed by its left edge inside a presentation folder that also contains a printed copy of the ‘Treaty with the Crows, 1868.’ In very good to fine condition, with light rippling, a short tear, and a paperclip impression, all to the top edge.
In the spring of 1868, eleven Crow chiefs traveled to what is today southeastern Wyoming (Dakota Territory at the time) to meet with officials representing the United States government. On May 7th, the Crow delegation agreed to conditions specified by the government and later that year the U.S. Senate and President Johnson ratified what is today known as the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, or the 1868 Treaty with the Crow Indians. In addition to establishing an eight million-acre Crow Reservation (the first with definite legal boundaries), situated entirely in what was then the Territory of Montana, the treaty recognized a tribal right to hunt on ‘all unoccupied lands of the United States.’ Starting Bid $200
40. Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President. Manuscript DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 26, 1866. President Johnson authorizes his aide, Edward Duffield Neill, to purchase government surplus for his own use. In full: “The Quarter Master General will allow Mr. Neill, one of my Secretaries, to purchase such unserviceable material at private sale, at the appraised value, for family use.” Crisply signed at the conclusion in ink by President Andrew Johnson. In fine condition. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
President Grant sends a “letter to the Emperor of China” introducing the newest American envoy, a Michigan politician who would later decline the post
41. President U. S. Grant Appoints an Envoy to China in 1869. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 10, 1869. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “the envelope of my letter to the Emperor of China — Cred’ls of Mr. Howard.” Signed at the conclusion by U. S. Grant. In fine condition.
An interesting document that ostensibly relates to President Grant’s appointment of William A. Howard as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China. Records show that Howard took the oath of office, but did not proceed to post due to his health; the job was then accepted by California Governor Frederick Low. Howard, a former two-time Michigan congressman, also served as the land commissioner of the North Pacific Railway and, in 1878, was appointed as Governor of Dakota Territory by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Starting Bid $200
“The funding bill, if it becomes a law as it left the Senate, may stop new banks, and drive most of the old ones out of existence”
42. U. S. Grant
Autograph Letter Signed to His Former Postmaster General: “I will not be in Washington at the Inauguration”. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 5.75, February 20, 1881. Handwritten letter to “My Dear Ex. P.M.G.,” former Postmaster General John A. J. Creswell, in part: “I will not be in Washington at the Inauguration, probably not again during the winter or spring. My expectation now is to go to Mexico in the next few weeks. I spoke to the president of the new bank to be started here in relation to making your bank their Washington agt. or correspondent. I will place the matter before the cashier…But the funding bill, if it becomes a law as it left the Senate, may stop new banks, and drive most of the old ones out of existence.” In fine condition. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
Postal appointment for a former Union officer who fought at Chickamauga
43. U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Appointing a Veteran of Chickamauga as Deputy Postmaster. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 11.25, March 3, 1871. President Grant appoints H. P. Van Cleve to be “Deputy Postmaster at Saint Anthony’s Falls in the State of Minnesota.” Signed at the conclusion by President Ulysses S. Grant and countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. The white paper seal affixed at the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
44. U. S. Grant Document Signed as President - Pardon for a Counterfeiter. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 15, 1872. President Grant directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “a Warrant for the pardon of William Creger, alias Greger.” Crisply signed at the conclusion in ink by President Ulysses S. Grant. In fine condition, with faint edge toning. After pardoning Creger for counterfeiting in 1872, President Grant pardoned Creger once again roughly three years later on January 20, 1875, for reasons unknown. Starting Bid $200
“I am however entirely withdrawn from official life & under no circumstances would for a moment consider the position you name, or any other appointment”
45. Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed, Denying Interest in a Cabinet Position Under Harrison. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, December 24, 1888. Handwritten letter to Theodore B. Roesch, marked “Confidential,” in part: “The kind expressions in your note of the 21st are appreciated. I am however entirely withdrawn from official life & under no circumstances would for a moment consider the position you name, or any other appointment.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Hayes’s own hand, as well as a letter from the research division of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and a photocopy of Roesch’s letter to Hayes, asking about speculation in the press that Hayes would be ‘probably becoming a member of Gen. Harrison’s cabinet.’ From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
President Hayes proclaims a day of Thanksgiving for 1877
46. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President - Thanksgiving Proclamation (1877). DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.75 x 10, October 29, 1877. President Hayes directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my Proclamation appointing a day of Thanksgiving.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Rutherford B. Hayes. In fine condition.
Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, American presidents have carried on the custom of proclaiming a day of national Thanksgiving for 160 years. Although Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday in 1941, the annual tradition of the president proclaiming the holiday remains today. Starting Bid $200
President Hayes goes to war with the ‘Boomers’ who insist on settling in lands “known as the Indian Territory”
47. President Rutherford B. Hayes Aims to Keep ‘Boomers’ from Settling in Indian Territory. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.75 x 10, April 26, 1879. President Hayes directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “my Proclamation relative to certain settlers upon lands of what is known as the Indian Territory.” Signed at the conclusion by Rutherford B. Hayes. In fine condition, with a short tear to the left edge.
On April 26, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a ‘Proclamation Regarding Indian Territory’ to address tensions involving illegal settlements in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). This proclamation was significant in the context of westward expansion and the conflict between the federal government, Native Americans, and “certain settlers” which newspapers coined as ‘Boomers.’ As these lands were still under federal jurisdiction and Native treaties, Hayes issued the proclamation to reinforce that entering or settling on Indian Territory was illegal without federal authorization. This did little to deter the Boomers who, despite being arrested on a few occasions, continued to press for settlement by organizing expeditions and public campaigns. These tensions persisted until the Land Runs of the 1880s and 1890s when portions of Indian Territory were opened to settlers after significant legal and political changes. Starting Bid $200
Rare letter signed by President James A. Garfield, graciously accepting a Republican booster’s refusal of a postmaster appointment
48. James A. Garfield Letter Signed as President to an RNC Delegate, Accepting His Refusal of a Postmaster Appointment. Rare LS as president, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5.5 x 9, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 29, 1881. Letter to W. A. M. Grier in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in part: “I regret that you have concluded to decline the position of Third Assistant Postmaster General. I was greatly desirous of having you in the public service, and shall be very glad if I find it possible in any other way to do so. Thanking you for your kind letter and regretting the embarrassments which the event has caused us both.” In fine condition,
with an area of light toning to the first page.
The recipient of this letter was W. A. M. Grier, a Pennsylvania delegate who notably cast the sole vote for James A. Garfield on the second ballot of the 1880 Republican Convention in Chicago. This loyalty continued over dozens of rounds of voting until Garfield finally emerged as the nominee. Grier had been enlisted early to support Garfield’s candidacy, and his dedicated support ultimately helped secure Garfield’s nomination. Starting Bid $1000
President Garfield ratifies the Angell Treaty of 1880 and suspends the flow of Chinese immigrants into the United States
49. President James A. Garfield Suspends Chinese Emigration and Restricts the Trade of Opium. Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 9, 1881. President Garfield authorizes and directs the secretary of state to affix the Seal of the United States “to a full power authorizing James B. Angell to exchange ratifications of two Treaties bet. U.S. & China, signed at Peking Nov’r 17, 1880.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by Garfield. In very fine condition. Garfield documents signed as president are rare in this desirable size and format. Moreover, this document was signed by Garfield less than two months before he was shot by Charles Guiteau.
This document relates to the Angell Treaty of 1880, named after American diplomat James Burrill Angell, which was a modification of the 1868 Burlingame Treaty between the United States and China, passed in Beijing, China, on November 17, 1880. It affirmed that the United States government would temporarily suspend immigration of skilled and unskilled laborers from China, while still allowing the immigration of white-collar professionals. The treaty also reaffirmed the United States’ continuing commitment to protect the rights and privileges of Chinese laborers already present in the United States. The treaty was concluded along with another treaty, also negotiated by the Angell Commission, that imposed restrictions on trade in opium. Starting Bid $1000
President Arthur seeks to “conclude a treaty of commerce between the United States and Spain”
50. Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President, Authorizing a Diplomat to Negotiate a Treaty of Commerce with Spain. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7 x 7, June 7, 1884. President Arthur directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to a full power given by me to John W. Foster, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain, to negotiate and conclude a treaty of commerce between the United States and Spain, with any person or persons duly authorized so to negotiate on the part of His Catholic Majesty.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by President Chester A. Arthur. Archivally double-matted and framed under museum glass with a portrait, plaque, and dollar coin to an overall size of 18.5 x 13.5. In fine condition, with the coin loose within the mat. Starting Bid $200
President Arthur sends a letter to Franz Joseph I of Austria, congratulating him on “the birth of a Princess in the immediate family”
51. President Chester A. Arthur Congratulates Franz Joseph I of Austria on the Birth of a Princess. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, April 24, 1883. President Arthur directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to an “envelope containing my letter addressed to His Majesty Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, & Apostolic King of Hungary upon the birth of a Princess in the immediate family.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by Chester A. Arthur. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
President Cleveland sends a “letter of congratulations addressed to His Imperial Majesty Alexander III, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias”
52. President Grover Cleveland Sends a Congratulatory Letter to Alexander III of Russia, Three Days Before the Emperor’s Death. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, October 29, 1894. President Cleveland directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my letter of congratulations addressed to His Imperial Majesty Alexander III, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias.” Signed at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland. In fine condition.
Although it’s uncertain for the exact cause of Cleveland’s congratulatory letter, it may have related to the future wedding of Alexander III’s firstborn, Nicholas II, who married Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) less than a month later on November 26, 1894. Sadly, on November 1st, Alexander III died at the age of 49 just three days after this document was signed. His passing immediately elevated the twenty-six-year-old Nicholas as the tsar of Russia. Starting Bid $200
President Cleveland proclaims “a day of Thanksgiving” in 1887
53. Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President - Thanksgiving Proclamation (1887). Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, October 25, 1887. President Cleveland directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my Proclamation designating a day of Thanksgiving, etc.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland. In fine condition.
Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, American presidents have carried on the custom of proclaiming a day of national Thanksgiving for 160 years. Although Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday in 1941, the annual tradition of the president proclaiming the holiday remains today. Starting Bid $200
To extend the “Northern boundary of the State of Nebraska,” President Harrison issues a proclamation “Extinguishing Indian Title to Certain Lands”
54. President Benjamin Harrison Abolishes Indian Title to Extend the Northern Boundary of Nebraska. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10, October 23, 1890. President Harrison directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my Proclamation relative to the Northern boundary of the State of Nebraska.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Benjamin Harrison. In fine condition.
This document relates to ‘An act to extend the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska,’ which was a law approved by Congress on March 28, 1882, and can be found in Chapter 52 of the Statutes at Large for the 47th Congress. The law was designed to open up land for settlement after the Indian title to certain lands was extinguished. To do so, the sitting President would need to declare the Indian title extinguished to any lands that were not allotted to the Ponca tribe of Indians and other Indians. Once this was done, the land would be open for settlement. On October 23, 1890, the date of this document, President Harrison did just that with Proclamation 298. Starting Bid $200
55. William McKinley Document Signed and $500 Bill. Partly-printed DS, signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 14.25 x 9, May 12, 1894. A “Certificate of Indebtedness,” certifying that “the State of Ohio is indebted to James Espy, or assigns, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars,” redeemable on July 1, 1896, at a rate of three percent. Signed at the conclusion in ink by Governor William McKinley, and countersigned by Secretary of State Samuel E. Taylor and Auditor E. W. Poe. Archivally double-matted and framed under museum glass with a portrait, plaque, and an original Series 1934 $500 Federal Reserve note featuring William McKinley to an overall size of 28.5 x 17.5. In very good to fine condition, with creasing and a tape-repaired tear to the $500 bill. Starting Bid $200
In the wake of Hawaii’s annexation, President McKinley issues an executive order “suspending a Hawaiian election”
56. President William McKinley Suspends Hawaiian Elections in 1899. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 13, 1899. President McKinley directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my Executive Order suspending a Hawaiian election, etc.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by William McKinley. In fine condition.
This document appears to relate to the Newlands Resolution, which was passed on July 7, 1898, by the United States Congress to annex the independent Republic of Hawaii. It was the first major piece of legislation to make Hawaii a part of American territory. After annexation, Hawaii was managed under the authority of the U.S. government, but formal territorial governance structures were not in place until the Organic Act of 1900. It’s possible that McKinley issued this executive order to delay local elections and to prevent interference with the implementation of American electoral systems. Starting Bid $200
President McKinley proclaims a day of Thanksgiving for 1899
57. William McKinley Document Signed as PresidentThanksgiving Proclamation (1899). DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, October 25, 1899. President McKinley directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to “my proclamation setting apart Thursday, November 30, next, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by William McKinley. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original print of McKinley’s 1899 Thanksgiving proclamation.
Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, American presidents have carried on the custom of proclaiming a day of national Thanksgiving for 160 years. Although Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday in 1941, the annual tradition of the president proclaiming the holiday remains today. Starting Bid $200
President Roosevelt directs his Secretary of State to exchange ratifications of a treaty “providing for the construction of a ship canal to connect the water of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans”
58.President Theodore Roosevelt Ratifies a Treaty for the Construction of the Panama Canal (1904). Partlyprinted DS as president, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10, February 24, 1904. President Roosevelt authorizes and directs the secretary of state to affix the Seal of the United States to “my full power authorizing John Hay to effect the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty between the United States and Panama providing for the construction of a ship canal to connect the water of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, concluded at Washington, November 18, 1903.” Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt. In very fine condition.
Signed by Roosevelt two days before the ‘Isthmian Canal Convention’ was proclaimed, this superb document helped officially set into motion the construction of the Panama Canal, which was completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. Cutting across the isthmus of Panama, the establishment of the canal revolutionized maritime trade in the region, effectively reducing ship travel time from the Atlantic to the Pacific by about 5 months and travel distance by some 8,000 nautical miles. Starting Bid $200
“It is too ticklish a thing to take chances on”— President Roosevelt cautions against a Republican businessman’s proposed parade
59. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed on a Proposed Parade: “It is too ticklish a thing to take chances on”. TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, White House letterhead, October 1, 1908. Letter to E. A. Drake, president of the “Business Men’s Republican Association,” in part: “About the parade, I certainly would not advise you to undertake it unless you are sure you can make a great success of it, and with the Chairman of the County Committee and others against it. I should feel very doubtful about it despite my confidence in Mr. Sherrill. Do not under any circumstances go into it unless you are positive you can make it a great success. Otherwise very real damage might be done. Personally, I should very gravely doubt the wisdom of your undertaking it unless you can convince Herbert Parsons and some of the others in authority of the wisdom of your action. It is too ticklish a thing to take chances on.” Archivally double-matted and framed under museum glass with a portrait, plaque, and dollar coin to an overall size of 18.5 x 14.5. In fine condition, with the coin loose within the mat. Starting Bid $200
60. Theodore Roosevelt Signed Check as President. Personal check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by President Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt,” payable to George E. Roberts for $2, January 31, 1906. In fine condition. A scarce, highly desirable presidential check boasting an exceptionally bold signature. Starting Bid $200
Theodore Roosevelt hand-edits a mimeographed draft of his 1913 theological essay
‘The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit’
61. Theodore Roosevelt Hand-Edited Mimeographed Typescript for His Essay ‘The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit’. Mimeographed and hand-edited draft of Theodore Roosevelt’s typed manuscript for his theological essay “The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit,” which was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons as the ninth chapter in Roosevelt’s 1913 work History as Literature and Other Essays. The mimeographed manuscript, 27 pages, 8.5 x 10.5, no date, contains both pencil notations and facsimile notations, the latter of which were made by Roosevelt on a previous draft and appear darker in contrast. Roosevelt, who changed the essay’s original title from “The Search for Truth in Science and Religion” to its final form, reflects Roosevelt’s views on the interplay of faith, reason, and morality. In the opening section, he champions the possibility of retaining religious feeling in the face of scientific progress against those who claim that one or the other must be chosen exclusively. His intelligence and rhetorical skill are prominent throughout this section, which
he begins: “There is superstition in science quite as much as there is superstition in theology, and it is all the more dangerous because those suffering from it are profoundly convinced that they are freeing themselves from all superstition. No grotesque repulsiveness of medieval superstition, even as it survived into nineteenth-century Spain and Naples, could be more intolerant, much more destructive of all that is fine in morality, in the spiritual sense, and indeed in civilization itself, than that hard dogmatic materialism of to-day which often not merely calls itself scientific but arrogates to itself the sole right to use the term. If these pretensions affected only scientific men themselves, it would be a matter of small moment, but unfortunately they tend gradually to affect the whole people, and to establish a very dangerous standard of private and public conduct in the public mind.” In very good to fine condition, with edgewear and a couple of small stains. Starting Bid $500
Roosevelt on the limitations of his new post as vice president: “I now find, however, that I am expected not to recommend anyone for appointments, not to make any political speeches, or speeches to the political clubs, and to make very few speeches indeed that are even non-political; as well as to write no articles!”
62. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter
Signed as Vice President-Elect - “I am not well contented with these conventions, and I think I shall depart from them somewhat”. TLS as vice president-elect, one page, 8.25 x 11, January 4, 1901. Sent from Oyster Bay, a letter from Roosevelt to his friend (and soon-to-be-governor of Massachusetts) Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., in full: “I am exceedingly sorry to have to write you what I must, but I find that it is against all the conventions for a Vice President to make a political speech, or a speech at a purely political club, so I shall not be able to speak at the Home Market Club. I had made several such engagements and have cancelled them all. I was utterly unaware of the existence of these conventions, being too busy with closing up my governorship that I did not think of the vice presidency at all. I now find, however, that I am expected not to recommend anyone for appointments, not to make any political speeches, or speeches to the political clubs, and to make very few speeches indeed that are even non-political; as well as to write no articles! I am not well contented with these conventions, and I think I shall depart from them somewhat, but not until I get on the ground and learn thoroughly what I can and what I cannot do. I am exceedingly sorry, old fellow, but I do not want to begin by any possible blunder or by doing anything which can give aid and comfort to my enemies. I do wish you could be in Washington about the Inauguration.” Roosevelt adds a few handwritten corrections to the text. In very good to fine condition, with torn file holes and small stains to the left side.
The ticket of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt was elected on November 6, 1900, and the latter was soon being schooled about the office he would hold as of March 4, 1901. Aware of the fact that his new position as VP held no real power, he was evidently unaware of the sundry unwritten rules that placed limitations on a vice president’s activities. Most notable of these rules was a ban on his performing public speeches or writing articles, forms of communication Roosevelt deeply enjoyed and determined to keep doing. A fascinating letter from the VP-elect, who looks forward to educating himself on the constraints of his new role in Washington.Starting Bid $200
Roosevelt outlines the platform of the Progressive Party, hand-editing a passage on the “protective tariff”
63. Theodore Roosvelt Hand-Edited Speech, Outlining the Progressive Party Platform. Unsigned typed manuscript hand-edited by Theodore Roosevelt, 7 x 8, 60 pages, for a speech delivered before the Pennsylvania Progressive Conference on June 30, 1914. Roosevelt outlines the platform of the Progressive Party in his first major political address since the presidential campaign of 1912, making significant edits in pencil on page 37, in a discussion of the tariff program, in part: “I ask all honest believers in a protective tariff, and especially all working men, to consider it fact that this is the only program offering hope of permanent well being; whereas the alternative program is one of violent oscillation between such tariffs as the Payne-Aldrich bill, made by Senator Penrose…and the present tariff bill, made by President Wilson and his followers, [as] well as the gentleman now running for the Senate in Pennsylvania on the Democratic ticket.” He has also crossed out a line on page 14, in which he mentions “Mr. Lorimer in Illinois” as a political ally of Penrose. The balance of the speech discusses the Progressive Party’s platform at length. In very good to fine condition, with progressively heavy staining to the last fifteen pages, affecting only appearance and not readability. Accompanied by a handsome full leather presentation folder. Starting Bid $200
President Wilson pays ‘dollar-a-year man’ Eugene Meyer, future owner of the Washington Post, for his “patriotic and valuable services” rendered as head of the War Finance Corporation
64. Woodrow Wilson Signed ‘Dollar-a-Year Man’ Check as President to Eugene Meyer for His “Patriotic and Valuable Services” as Director of the War Finance Corporation. Treasurer of the United States ‘War Industries Board’ check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by President Wilson, “Woodrow Wilson,” payable to Eugene Meyer, Jr. for $1, September 6, 1919. Countersigned at the conclusion in ink by Bernard Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board, and E. K. Ellsworth, disbursing officer. The imprinted memo notes: “Object for which drawn: in acknowledgment of patriotic and valuable services given voluntarily to the United States in time of war.” In fine condition.
The recipient, Eugene Meyer (1875–1959), was a successful businessman, financier, and newspaper publisher.
Meyer went to Washington, D.C., during World War I as a ‘dollar-a-year man’—his token salary, represented in the present check—for Woodrow Wilson, becoming the head of the War Finance Corporation and serving there long after the end of hostilities. President Calvin Coolidge named him as chairman of the Federal Farm Loan Board in 1927, and President Herbert Hoover promoted him to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in 1930, serving in that capacity until 1933. He then purchased the Washington Post, investing millions of dollars to turn around the bankrupt newspaper.
Accompanied by a 1989 letter from his daughter, Katharine Graham, who led the The Washington Post from 1963 to 1991, inquiring about the availability of the check. Starting Bid $200
“That is a challenging thesis which you propose in the title: Why Sea Power Will Win the War”
65. Franklin D. Roosevelt WWII-Dated Typed Letter
Signed as President: “That is a challenging thesis which you propose in the title: Why Sea Power Will Win the War”. World War II–dated TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, White House letterhead, May 8, 1944. Letter to Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., in full: “Delighted upon my return from the South to find your new book waiting for me. The warmth and generous terms which you embody in that inscription on the flyleaf have made me very happy. That is a challenging thesis which you propose in the title: Why Sea Power Will Win the War. One gathers that you are carrying on in the best Mahan tradition. I shall look forward with keen anticipation to an opportunity of reading this thoughtful study. My hearty thanks to you.” Archivally double-matted and framed under museum glass with the original White House mailing envelope, and a portrait, plaque, and dollar coin to an overall size of 24.5 x 23. In fine condition, with the coin loose within the mat. Starting Bid $200
An exceptional multi-signed portrait from a memorable Minnesota day—President FDR and the American Legion pay tribute to the Mayo Brothers
66. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Mayo Brothers Signed Photograph. Superb vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 8.25 photo of President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in a convertible with famed physicians Charles Horace and William James Mayo during FDR’s visit to Rochester, Minnesota, in the summer of 1934, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt, “C. H. Mayo,” and “W. J. Mayo.” Handsomely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 14. In very fine condition. On August 8, 1934, over 40,000 spectators braved the summer sun to attend President Roosevelt’s American Legion tribute to the Mayo Brothers at their clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for their work in caring for disabled veterans. Starting Bid $300
Eisenhower presents his portrait to an affair partner: “To Captain Kay Summersby—W.A.C., a valued assistant of World War II”
67. Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph to Captain Kay Summersby, His Intimate WWII Assistant. Remarkable matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower in his five-star general’s uniform, neatly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Captain Kay Summersby— W.A.C., a valued assistant of World War II; with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” In fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image.
When Britain entered World War II in 1939, Kay Summersby joined the British Mechanised Transport Corps (MTC), driving an ambulance throughout the London Blitz in 1940–41, then assigned as a chauffeur to visiting dignitaries. In May 1942, she was assigned to drive Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mark W. Clark during their tenday visit to London. The next month, Eisenhower requested Summersby as his personal driver. As the war progressed, Summersby rose from driver to personal secretary and military aide; Eisenhower helped her to become a citizen of the United States and a commissioned officer in the US Women’s Army Corps (WACs).
Though the extent of their intimate relationship is a subject of debate, Summersby’s ghostwritten 1975 memoir—Past Forgetting: My Love Affair with Dwight D. Eisenhower—documents an unconsummated extramarital affair. Their romance goes unmentioned in her earlier book, Eisenhower Was My Boss, published in 1948 with this inscribed portrait reproduced as its frontispiece. Early editions of both books are included.
In Eisenhower’s own account of his war years, Crusade in Europe, he mentions Summersby only once: ‘Kay Summersby was corresponding secretary and doubled as a driver.’ After Eisenhower left Europe, he never saw her again. A unique, desirable association. Starting Bid $500
“Woe to him who believes he can, by force, destroy our institution, or subdue our people!”— hand-edited speech from Dwight Eisenhower on the Soviet threat, delivered to the American Legion as the Republican presidential nominee
68. Dwight D. Eisenhower Hand-Edited Typescript for an American Legion Speech Delivered During His 1952 Presidential Campaign. Hand-edited typescript draft of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s speech delivered to the American Legion during his 1952 presidential campaign as the Republican Party nominee. The unsigned speech, 15 pages, 8.5 x 11, is headed “DRAFT - American Legion, August 10, 1952,” and contains ample handwritten notations and emendations made in pencil by Eisenhower, who adds an opening line to the upper margin of the first page: “My old friends of the American Legion, it is good to be back again.” Eisenhower’s speech, which focuses on the state of geopolitics and the potential for conflict with the Soviet Union, reads, in part: “I shall talk to you about the current threat to the United States of America, its nature, its scope, and its strength. You veterans of America’s wars have a special concern in these matters. Our nation is what it is today because of the service you have rendered, the personal risks you have taken, the sacrifices you have made…
“The first characteristic of the threat we face is its many-sided nature. The men in the Kremlin are far too shrewd to start a global war under conditions similar to those that brought defeat to Hitler and the Japanese warlords…If and when they ever decide it is to their advantage to start a global war, they shall most certainly hope at that moment to have under their iron-fisted control the productive, industrial, and human strength necessary to carry the conflict to a successful conclusion…
“All of this effort behind the Iron Curtain is accompanied by virulent political and propaganda attack upon all of the free world. Their agents are everywhere. Indeed, though we say it in sadness, shame, and in anger, we know that they have succeeded in penetrating into significant sectors of our own country — even at times into the governmental structure itself. How this can happen in a country that has been the home of the greatest mass prosperity, happiness, and freedom that the world has known is beyond our comprehension.”
Eisenhower continues the speech on the reverse of the seventh page with three handwritten paragraphs: “Here, on this point, I do not hesitate to speak for you, my old comrades, or the millions that are Americans, in answering those power-hungry, ruthless, but stupid, dictators. Americans do not quit – they do not forsake their principles…They need only to understand the problem…Peace loving we have been and shall remain – but woe to him who believes he can, by force, destroy our institution, or subdue our people!” Ink notations to the reverse of the last page note that the speech was “Dictated & proofread by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on his trip to Gallup, N. Mex, Aug. 10, 1952.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
69.
Jacqueline Kennedy Signed
Photograph to Fashion
Consultant Bea Traub. Marvelous vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy dressed in a stylish coat and hat, signed and inscribed in ballpoint “For Bea Traub, with best wishes, Jacqueline Kennedy.” In fine condition, with faint silvering to some of the darker area of the image. The recipient, Bea Traub (1901-1982) was a fashion consultant and mother to chairman of the Bloomingdale’s department store, Marvin S. Traub. Jackie Kennedy is widely known as one of the greatest style icons of all time, celebrated for her incredible sense of fashion; this portrait, inscribed to one of her close advisers, presents an exquisite association. Starting Bid $200
Lt. Kennedy promises to send PT-109 photos to a fellow survivor: “Also I have a drawing of the boat”
70. John F. Kennedy A utograph Letter Signed to a Fellow PT-109 Survivor. World War II-dated ALS signed “Jack Kennedy,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department, Submarine Chaser Training Center (Miami, Florida) letterhead, April 26, 1944. Handwritten letter to “Mac,” fellow PT-109 survivor John E. Maguire, in full: “Thanks for your letter. I’ll get busy on the pictures and see what I can round up—and also I have a drawing of the boat which I will forward to you. The situation here is normal—but once you get your feet up on the table in the morning the real tough work of the day is done. What do they plan to do with all of you fellows—have they given you any date or when you’ll be moving out again. Glad [Edgar] Mauer got back—I hope [Maurice] Kawal & [Charles] Harris do soon. I was sorry to hear about your mother—though I am glad that you got back in time to see her. Heard from Mrs. [Andrew] Kirksey, everything seems to be going well for her. In regard to your coming down here—they are closing up here in a few weeks—and in addition are really putting out the work down here and I am not sure you could stand the pace. Regards to the boys & you’ll hear from me on the pictures.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and handling wear. Starting Bid $500
Contemplating a campaign for Congress, the 28-year-old “Jack Kennedy” visits a local women’s club:
“I think you formed an exceptional club— and I imagine that you are very proud of its members and the work they are doing”
72. John F. Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed to a Boston Women’s Club Organizer (1946). ALS signed “Jack Kennedy,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, Hotel Bellevue letterhead, February 8, 1946. Handwritten letter to Mrs. J. H. Muldoon, in full: “I had a wonderful time Monday night and I am very glad you invited me. I think you formed an exceptional club—and I imagine that you are very proud of its members and the work they are doing. I hope I see you soon again.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Kennedy’s own hand and incorporating his name, “J. F. Kennedy,” in the return address area. Also includes a later Western Union telegram sent by Kennedy to Muldoon, stamp-dated May 13, 1947, in part: “Reference is made to the annual spring tour of the Brighton Women’s Club. Am delighted that you are going to be able to stop here in Washington and would like to do something for you and other members during your stay.”
Following his stint as a foreign correspondent with Hearst Newspapers, Kennedy returned to America and stayed at the Hotel Bellevue in Boston where his grandfather John F. Fitzgerald, former Boston Mayor and U.S. Congressmen, was spending his retirement. When Kennedy decided to run for Congress in April 1946, his father rented a two-room suite for him at the hotel so he had an official residence in the Congressional district. An astute political observer, JFK understood the power of the women’s vote and visited local women’s clubs during his early Congressional campaigns. Later on, ‘Kennedy Teas’—meet and greets which allowed women voters to meet the candidate and his family in a relaxed, elegant setting— became a hallmark of his 1952 campaign for the Senate. An estimated 70,000 voters attended these events, which was nearly JFK’s exact margin of victory over incumbent Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.—who subsequently blamed ‘those damn Kennedy Teas’ for his loss. Starting Bid $500
‘Inaugural Edition’ of Profiles of Courage signed by President Kennedy and presented to the son of General Maxwell D. Taylor, JFK’s trusted Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
71. President John F. Kennedy Signed ‘Inaugural Editon’ of Profiles in Courage, Presented to the Son of General Maxwell D. Taylor. Signed book: Profiles in Courage. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink as president to historian and biographer John Maxwell Taylor, “For John Taylor, with every good wish from his friend – John Kennedy, August 1961.” The front cover bears Kennedy’s facsimile signature. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with John Maxwell Taylor’s personal bookplate affixed to the front pastedown and minor rubbing to the spine.
The recipient, John Maxwell Taylor, is the son of General Maxwell D. Taylor, who served as JFK’s primary military advisor as his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A superb association between a sitting American president and the son of the highestranking military officer in the United States. Starting Bid $1000
73. John F. Kennedy: Fishing Tackle Box from the ‘Honey Fitz’ Presidential Yacht. Vintage Ocean City blue fiberglass tackle box attributed to the Honey Fitz presidential yacht, measuring 16˝ x 7˝ x 7.5˝, with a “Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht” decal affixed to the top of the lid. Inside, the three-level fishing box contains eleven lures (including two “South Bend Finn-Oreno” minnows), a Bicco fish scaler, a Blakemore brush gripper, a Shakespeare Spin-Wondereel No. 1730 casting reel, a Langley Fisherman’s De-liar Model 228 scale, and a few other fishing trinkets. In very good to fine condition, with wear from use and an overall musty odor. Starting Bid $200
High school physics worksheet by the young JFK, plus one by his lifelong best friend Lem Billings
74. John F. Kennedy Choate Physics Lab Handwritten and Signed Worksheet (c. 1935), with a Physics Lab Page by Lem Billings. Choate physics laboratory worksheet filled out by Kennedy and signed in pencil at the top, “John F. Kennedy,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.25, no date but circa 1935. Kennedy answers twelve questions for a laboratory experiment involving a lead-acid battery, recording his observations: at the conclusion of the experiment an electric “bell rings,” showing that the battery had “electrical energy stored up.” Additionally includes a similar physics lab worksheet filled out and signed by Kennedy’s Choate roommate and lifelong best friend Lem Billings, “K. LeMoyne Billings,” answering four questions about an experiment to determine the specific gravity of bodies heavier than water. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
75. John F. Kennedy 1961 White House Christmas Gift Print. Gorgeous color glossy 14.75 x 12.75 mounted photo by famed White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, showing Caroline’s ducks in the fountain on the South Lawn, with “With our appreciation and best wishes for a happy Christmas, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961” printed in facsimile below. Attractively suede-matted and ornately framed to an overall size of 24.75 x 22.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
76. John F. Kennedy 1963 White House Christmas Gift Print. Gorgeous color 14.75 x 12.75 lithograph print produced by Hallmark from Edward Lehman’s Green Room painting, with “With our appreciation and best wishes for a happy Christmas, 1963, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy,” printed in facsimile below. Handsomely suedematted and ornately framed to an overall size of 24.75 x 22.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
JFK writes to the Republic of the Congo’s first president: “I am pleased that my Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg, will be able to visit you in Leopoldville”
77. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President to Joseph Kasavubu, President of the Republic of the Congo. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 15, 1961. Letter to President Joseph Kasavubu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in full: “I am pleased that my Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg, will be able to visit you in Leopoldville. Mr. Goldberg has my complete confidence, and I therefore hope you will feel free to discuss with him any questions you wish to take up. I thank you for receiving Mr. Goldberg, and in my own name and that of the American people, I send you friendly greetings and best wishes.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by the original White House transmittal envelope. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
78. John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Senator John F. Kennedy in a handsome suit and tie, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint to his driver, “To L.W. Ross, with best wishes, John Kennedy.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and moderate handwriting contrast.
Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “On October 25, 1959, I drove Senator John F. Kennedy in the parade to the LeClaire Hotel, where he addressed a $5.00 a plate dinner in the Top Hat Room. Later a group of us went back to the VIP Suite and Jack asked, ‘If we would mind if he had a beer.’ I said, no, go ahead, and he asked me for a can of Millers. He asked me if there was anything he could do for me. I said I collect autographs and I would appreciate an autograph picture of him to be mailed to me when he got back to Washington. He said, ‘I will give one to you right now.’ He asked one of his Aides for a photograph of himself. He was sitting between me and my wife when he signed it.” Starting Bid $200
79. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “John,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 17, 1953. Letter to Richard S. Kelley of Boston, in part: “Just a note to let you know that I have contacted Colonel Mesick, Commanding at the Watertown Arsenal, in the interest of Mr. Thomas Lally. I shall be in touch with you again as soon as I receive a report from Colonel Mesick.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
President Kennedy extols the heroic WWII efforts of ‘The Spotters’ of the Australian Army— “Those of us who owe so much to these dedicated men are always delighted to see their contributions and exploits recognized and publicized”
81. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President, Praising the Efforts of the Australian Army ‘Spotters’ During WW2. TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 6.25 x 5.75, White House letterhead, May 21, 1963. Letter to Mr. McLay, in part: “You were most thoughtful and considerate to send me a copy of ‘The Spotters’ on behalf of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Association. I am very pleased to have this interesting account of the activities and experiences of the A.I.F. and to know of its close associations with the Coastal Watchers in New Guinea. Those of us who owe so much to these dedicated men are always delighted to see their contributions and exploits recognized and publicized.” Matted with a photo of Kennedy to an overall size of 15.75 x 12. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing. The New Guinea Air Warning Wireless, also known as ‘The Spotters,’ was a unique signals unit of the Australian Army formed in January 1942 in Port Moresby, Territory of Papua, during World War II, to provide early warning of Japanese air attack, and subsequently providing surveillance of shipping and groundbased troops. Starting Bid $200
Unique piece connecting JFK’s
grandfathers— an elegy for P. J. Kennedy, signed by ‘Honey Fitz’
82. Patrick J. Kennedy: Hand-Illuminated Mourning Poem, Signed by Boston Democratic Leaders including John ‘Honey Fitz’ Fitzgerald. Hand-illuminated mourning poem honoring the memory of Patrick J. Kennedy, the paternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy, one page, 14 x 20.5, no date but circa 1929. Commissioned by leaders of the Democratic Party in Boston, the poem is headed: “In wholehearted desire to memorialize East Boston’s native son, our late, love associate and cherished friend, Patrick J. Kennedy, who truly lived for men in emulation of the Gentle Nazarene, whose teachings our deceased comrade unfailingly followed.” The first verse reads: “Great Heart and Noblest Roman of them all, / in tender fragrant memory we recall / that gentle voice and smiling mien / pulsating sympathy so keen / that those distressed were wont to lean / on Kennedy.” Signed at the conclusion in ink by eight prominent Boston Democrats, including John F. ‘Honey Fitz’ Fitzgerald, the maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy. Archivally double-matted and framed to an overall size of 20 x 26.5. In fine condition, with a bit of scattered foxing. Starting Bid $200
Poignant signed White House photograph of President Kennedy and his Secret Service staff
83. John F. Kennedy and Secret Service Signed Photograph. Remarkable original glossy 9.25 x 7.5 photo of John F. Kennedy posing with his Secret Service staff in the Oval Office, signed in blue ballpoint by President John F. Kennedy, and also signed in blue ink by six members of the Secret Service: Director Jim Rowley, John Campion, John O’Leary, Bob Wallace, Jerry Behn, and Floyd Boring. Reverse is stamp-dated October 2, 1962, and bears the credit stamp of “R. L. Knudsen PHC, USN, Office of the Naval Aide to the President.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, a few creases, light emulsion crazing, and some fading to the image.
This remarkable Oval Office image, captured just prior to the onset of the Cuban Missile Crisis, shows President Kennedy
surrounded by key members of the Secret Service—the agency that would come under serious scrutiny following JFK’s assassination on November 22, 1963. Most notable is James J. Rowley, who was named director of the United States Secret Service in 1961, and, following recommendations from the Warren Commission, went on to modernize the agency’s lawenforcement and training procedures, expanding the use of electronic technology, and bolster its protective intelligence operations. Also noteworthy is Floyd Boring, a career Secret Service agent who served under five presidents: he took part in the gunfight that foiled an assassination attempt on Harry S. Truman in 1950 and was in charge of the advance arrangements for Kennedy’s ill-fated trip to Dallas. A superior, poignant signed portrait of President Kennedy and his Secret Service. Starting Bid $500
84. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed White House Card. Official White House card, 3.75 x 2.5, signed in bold fountain pen, “With best wishes, Lyndon B. Johnson.” In very fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
White House cards signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson are quite rare and coveted by collectors, with RR Auction having offered only six others in its history—the first of which was, at the time, the only known authentic example and described in Charles Hamilton’s 1983 authoritative publication, American Autographs, and in Larry F. Vrazlik and Michael Minor’s 1991 book From the President’s Pen. Starting Bid $200
LBJ cuts
a rare check to the
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
85.Lyndon B. Johnson Rare Signed Check to the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Johnson, “Lyndon B. Johnson,” payable to the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop for $350.48, September 25, 1972. In fine condition. LBJ is very scarce in signed checks, and this example boasts a marvelous association—established in 1938, the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop specializes in Lincolniana, material related to the Civil War, and material related to presidents of the United States.
This unique check connects two great presidents who made transformative contributions to civil rights in the United States. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and push for the 13th Amendment laid the foundation for ending slavery and advancing the concept of equality. A century later, Johnson built on this legacy by championing landmark civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which sought to dismantle racial segregation and protect voting rights for African Americans. Both presidents faced significant resistance in their times but used their political power to drive systemic change in the pursuit of equality. Starting Bid $200
Comprehensive, content-rich correspondence archive of Jimmy Carter, containing 70 signed letters from the former American president, who remarks on religion, politics, health and family, and notable figures of past and present, ranging from Winston Churchill and Martin Luther to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
86. Jimmy Carter Correspondence Archive of (70)
Signed Letters with Broad-Ranging Subject Matter on Religion, Israel and Palestine, Trump, Putin, Baseball, His Health, Billy Carter, and Much More. Correspondence archive between Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Lutzweiler, the archivist at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, containing 70 signed letters from the former American president which touch upon diverse contents and themes, including religion, literature, history, politics, and much more. Dated from October 2000 to July 2019, the archive features 60 letters from Lutzweiler to Carter, who, in one of the upper corners, adds a handwritten response signed as either “Jimmy C.” or “Jimmy Carter.” Complementing these letters are 10 sent by Carter to Lutzweiler, including nine TLSs and one ALS (greeting card), each one page, personal letterhead, ranging in size from 6.5 x 8.5 to 8.5 x 11. Also includes four TLSs from Rosalynn Carter, dating from 2007 to 2018.
The archive contains an exhaustive subject table that offers unique, educational insight into the personal thoughts, philosophies, and interests of the architect behind the historic Camp David Accords. The correspondence discusses political
issues and figures like the Israel and Palestine conflict, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin; historical and literary notables like Winston Churchill, Martin Luther, and Mark Twain; religion and theologians like Paul Tillich and C. I. Scofield; and popular personas like Jerry Falwell, Yasser Arafat, Dick Cheney, and Sandra Day O’Connor, among others. In overall fine condition. The archive contains a Christmas card and a ‘thank you’ card that bears printed facsimile signatures of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
Interested parties can browse the archive via a PDF link found in our online description.
A small number of the Lutzweiler letters are incomplete (i.e. missing their last page), and the majority of the letters are accompanied by their original mailing envelopes. Also included with the archive are printed and PDF copies of Lutzweiler’s 189-page unpublished memoir, Jimmy C. and Me: Jimmy L. The President and One of His Pen Pals, and a copy of The High Point Enterprise newspaper from December 18, 2016, which shows pictures of Carter and Lutzweiler together, images for the lead article, “The Two Jimmys.” Starting Bid $1000
87. Jimmy Carter’s 2004 Venezuela Recall Election
‘International Observer’ Badge. Jimmy Carter’s official “Lider de Mision / Observador Internacional” credential from the 2004 Venezuelan presidential recall referendum, 3.5 x 5.25, featuring a passport-style portrait at the top, issued as no. “OBV0001C.” Includes a 12.5 x 8.5 flag of Venezuela, five color satin-finish 12 x 8 photos of Carter meeting with Venezuelan politicians (including Hugo Chávez), newspaper clippings related to Carter’s participation as an election monitor, a typed statement by Carter regarding the trip on The Carter Center letterhead, and relevant press releases from The Carter Center. In overall fine condition.
Jimmy Carter played a significant role in the 2004 Venezuelan recall election as part of an international observation team led by the Carter Center. He worked alongside the Organization of American States (OAS) to ensure the referendum, which sought to recall President Hugo Chávez, was conducted fairly. The Carter Center ultimately endorsed the election results, which showed that Chávez had survived the recall with 59% of the vote. Directing his remarks at opposition figures who made claims of ‘widespread fraud’ in the voting, Carter called on all Venezuelans to ‘accept the results and work together for the future.’ Carter’s involvement underscored his commitment to promoting democracy and transparent electoral processes worldwide. Starting Bid $200
89. Ronald and Nancy Reagan (2) Signed White House Cards. Scarce pairing of official 4 x 2.5 White House cards, individually signed in black felt tip, “Ronald Reagan” and “Nancy Reagan.” In overall very fine condition. Scarce and seldom-offered in this form. Starting Bid $200
“Ronnie” pretends to be Nancy, writes a draft letter to his California successor on his appointment of a controversial Vietnam P.O.W. who “collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his comrades”
88. Ronald Reagan Handwritten Draft Letter Under the Guise of Nancy Reagan - Critiquing Governor Jerry Brown’s Appointment of a Vietnam P.O.W.. Unfinished draft of a letter handwritten by Ronald Reagan under the guise of his wife, Nancy Reagan, to be sent to California Governor Jerry Brown on his controversial appointment of Edison Miller, a former P.O.W. in Vietnam, to the Orange County board of supervisors. The letter, which finds Reagan incorporating his first name, “Ronnie,” within the text, no date (July 1979), two pages, 8.5 x 13, reads, in part: “I’ve debated for some time whether to write this letter and came to the conclusion I must. I have just watched on TV your appointee to the Orange Co. board of supervisors take his oath of office. It was an oath not too dissimilar to the one he had taken as an officer in the Marine Corps – an oath he violated when as a prisoner of war in Vietnam he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his comrades. This letter is prompted by my own memories of those tragic war years. Memories of calls to mothers after I had visited their sons in our hospitals. Memories of those sons, their bodies shattered, some were double & even triple amputees, but they had a gallantry that tore your
heart in two…Very much in my memory are the Prisoners of War who were finally returned to us after years of torture –torture beyond anything one could imagine. Ronnie & I were privileged to have some 200 of those gallant & heroic men in our home over a period of several weeks. They were the P.O.W.s who claimed Calif. As their home. Some were from Orange County.” In fine condition.
In July 1979, Governor Brown named Edison Miller, a former P.O.W. in Vietnam, to the Orange County board of supervisors. Miller had been formally censured by the Navy Department after an investigation into charges that he had collaborated with the North Vietnamese. The California Democratic establishment was livid over Brown’s choice, with State Assemblyman Richard Robinson describing Miller as ‘Hanoi’s answer to Tokyo Rose.’ Nancy Reagan publicly released ‘her’ letter on July 24, 1979. A fascinating draft letter from California’s ex-governor to his successor, cleverly using his wife’s name and public image to convey his own dislike for Brown’s political appointments. Starting Bid $200
90. Ronald Reagan and George Bush Signed Inauguration Invitation and Inaugural Gifts/Ephemera. Exceptional archive of material from the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president and George H. W. Bush as vice president, highlighted by an official engraved invitation to the inaugural ceremonies, held on January 20, 1985, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in black felt tip, “Ronald Reagan” and “George Bush.” Accompanied by a transmittal envelope from the Office of the Vice President and a letter from Vice President Bush’s assistant, returning the “Inaugural invitation with the V.P.’s signature.”
Additionally includes: two unopened bottles of Korbel Brut champagne with special Reagan/Bush inaugural foil seals; an invitation to the inaugural ball; an attractive “Volunteer Staff” ribbon/badge, displayed in a handsome 4.75 x 10.75 shadowbox frame; a 24 x 18 silk-screened souvenir poster honoring the 50th American Presidential Inaugural; a certificate of appreciation from the inaugural committee, with transmittal letter and envelope; three credential passes to the “Air & Space” ball, “V.P. Salute,” and “Gala”; volunteer credentials for the “Inaugural Headquarters”; and a “50th American Presidential Inaugural Commemoratives” souvenir catalog. In overall fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
$100 signed by Donald Trump—“MINT 9”
91. Donald Trump Signed $100 Dollar Bill - PSA MINT 9. Series 1990 one-hundred-dollar bill, signed prominently on the portrait side in black felt tip by Donald Trump. In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “MINT 9.” Starting Bid $200
92. White House Doorway Molding with Original Multi-Layered Paint. Historic piece of doorway, possibly transom molding from the White House, measuring 32” x 8.5” x 3”, featuring two reeded sections with a cornice-type edge. It is pine with an ornate reeded decoration featuring multiple layers of original white paint. The paint has typical age-related cracking with some paint loss on left side. Original nail holes can be seen on the back with one early square nail visible. In good to very good condition, with the piece loosely assembled and the upper cornice segment detached. Door casings in this style can be seen in numerous images of the White House interior taken during the first half of the 20th century, situated around doorways in the Green Room, Red Room, Blue Room, and elsewhere. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from historian and collector Wayne Smith, author of White House Renovation Souvenirs. Also includes a signed hardcover copy of the book.
The Baltimore-based architectural woodworking firm Knipp & Co. was chosen as a subcontractor for President Harry S. Truman’s renovation and restoration of the White House, which took place between 1948 and 1952. Their work is discussed in the article ‘White House ‘Contractor’s Salvage’ Revived’ by Barbara D. McMillan: “Knipp & Company was very much on the scene during the dismantling of the house. It hauled away moldings, architectural elements, wood floors, and even lath under the plaster for the general contractor, who began work on December 13, 1949…It was President Truman’s stated intention to save ‘all the doors, mantels, mirrors and things of that sort so that they will go back just as they were.’ Architect Lorenzo S. Winslow also ‘appreciated the old, and from the outset urged the careful conservation and reuse of paneling, window sash, molding and doors.’ These intentions, however, were not fully realized. Some of the wood was damaged upon removal, and some was stylistically inappropriate as Winslow tried to adapt the White House interior to the time of its original architect, James Hoban…Franklin Knipp, who became president of the firm in 1964, stressed that most of the removed millwork from the White House arrived to them unmarked, with nothing to indicate where it had come from, unless it was from a ‘primary’ room (a State Room) or one that was to be reconstructed, such as the State Dining Room.”
As the White House renovations came to a close, the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion, with the approval of President Truman, established a ‘souvenir program’ to dispose of excess raw materials removed from the Executive Mansion, such as bricks, nails, plaster, and wooden relics. McMillan reports: “White House moldings that were not reused in the White House reconstruction but left stored with the Knipp firm were originally intended by the firm to be returned to the White House, until at last Major General Glen E. Edgerton, the government’s representative on the work, ordered Knipp to stop bringing back the old wood.” This ‘contractor’s salvage’ subsequently remained in Franklin Knipp’s custody for decades; he subsequently offered them as gifts to friends, and repurposed items for use in his own home on Maryland’s Gibson Island. Starting Bid $200
93. White House Doorway Molding with Original Multi-Layered Paint and Extension Piece. Historic piece of doorway molding from the White House, measuring 56” x 8.5” x 3”, featuring two reeded sections with a cornicetype edge. It has on one end, an 8.5˝ extension, which may have been the back of a corner rosette. The painted length, which was the visible section, measures 47.5˝. It is pine with an ornate reeded decoration featuring multiple layers of original white paint. The paint has typical age-related cracking with some paint loss. Original nail holes can be seen on the front and back. In good to very good condition. Door casings in this style can be seen in numerous images of the White House interior taken during the first half of the 20th century, situated around doorways in the Green Room, Red Room, Blue Room, and elsewhere. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from historian and collector Wayne Smith, author of White House Renovation Souvenirs. Also includes a signed hardcover copy of the book. Starting Bid $200
94. White House Doorway Molding with Original Multi-Layered Paint and Extension Piece. Historic piece of doorway molding from the White House, measuring 59.1” x 8.5” x 3”, featuring two reeded sections with a cornice-type edge. It has, on one end, an almost 8 inch extension, which may have been the back of a corner rosette. The painted length, which was the visible section measures 51.25˝. It is pine with an ornate reeded decoration featuring multiple layers of original white paint. The paint has typical age-related cracking with some paint loss, especially on one side. Original nail holes can be seen on the front and back. In good to very good condition. Door casings in this style can be seen in numerous images of the White House interior taken during the first half of the 20th century, situated around doorways in the Green Room, Red Room, Blue Room, and elsewhere. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from historian and collector Wayne Smith, author of White House Renovation Souvenirs. Also includes a signed hardcover copy of the book. Starting Bid $200
95. White House Interior Door/Wall Panel. Large door or wall panel from the White House, measuring 59.3” x 20.9” x 1.25”, featuring a stately two-panel design. One side appears to have been painted in a traditional white color, with traces of paint residue in crevices; the paint was stripped, leaving behind a rough finish. The opposite side is smooth, without signs of having been painted. The panel has damp stains along the top and bottom and some nail holes around edges. In very good condition. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from historian and collector Wayne Smith, author of White House Renovation Souvenirs. Also includes a signed hardcover copy of the book. Starting Bid $500
96. White House Utility Wall Panel Frame with Outlet Hole. Historic wall panel from the White House, measuring about 21.5” across the top by 31.7” high, featuring a cut-out on one side for an electrical outlet. The interior panel piece is missing. The front has the original white paint. Nail holes are visible throughout and hand sawn marks are visible on the back of the pine wood. Electricity was first installed in the White House during Benjamin Harrison’s administration in 1891. In very good condition, with some chipping to paint. Originates from the Knipp & Co. ‘contractor’s salvage’ resulting from their work in the renovation of the White House during the Truman administration. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from historian and collector Wayne Smith, author of White House Renovation Souvenirs. Also includes a signed hardcover copy of the book. Starting Bid $200
Notables Declaration of Independence
314. Samuel Chase Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1741-1811) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death. Partial self-contained ADS signed “Sam’l Chase,” one page, 8 x 1.25, December 12, 1775. Chase writes out a financial receipt, in full: “Recd. 12 Dec. 1775 of Thomas Harwood Junr. Treasurer of the Western Shore forty pounds Curre’tt of order of the Provincial Convention.” On the reverse is a manuscript record of Harwood sending payment to the Convention, signed by “R. Tootell.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives. Starting Bid $200
William Floyd signs on July 4th
315. William Floyd Document Signed (July 4, 1774). Signer of the Declaration of Independence and a U.S. representative from New York (1734–1821). Uncommon manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 12 x 16, July 4, 1774. Document outlining the ruling of a suit from arbitrators William Floyd, Benjamin Floyd, and Timothy Miller, regarding a dispute between three gentlemen in which one will pay the other a sum of fifty pounds, while the third pays the same to the first. Signed at the conclusion in ink by the Floyd, Floyd, and Miller. In very good condition, with old tape repairs on the back of fold separations and edge loss (impinging on the signature). Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives. A large, boldly signed document from exactly two years prior to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Starting Bid $200
316. John Hancock Handwritten Document with “Hancock” - PSA EX 5. Partly-printed third-person document filled out by John Hancock, signed within the text on behalf of his uncle, “Thomas Hancock,” one page, 9 x 4.5, January 28, 1762. A bill of lading, mostly filled out by Hancock, in part: “Shipped by the Grace of God, in good Order and well Condition’d, by Thomas Hancock, By Order of His Excellency Sir Jeffrey Amherst…. upon the good Sloop called the Phenix…now riding at Anchor in the Harbour of Boston and by God’s Grace bound for Halifax in Nova Scotia, to say, Four Thousand Three hundred Feet of Two Inch plank, & Thirteen hundred & Eighty four feet of Three Inch plank & One small Box directed to General Bastide.” In fine condition, with a slightly rough top edge affecting the “Hancock” last name. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “EX 5.” Starting Bid $200
317. Philip Livingston Autograph Letter Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York (1716–1778). Scarce ALS signed “Phil: Livingston Jun’r,” one page, 8.5 x 12, April 2, 1746. Handwritten letter to to Henry Van Rensselaer, in part: “Inclosed is a letter from Mr. Storke wherein he desires you to pay me the ballance of the Acct. you owe him being £9:10—sterling. As often as I have seen you I have not thought to speak to you about it. The current exchange is now at 90 pr. ct. advance so that £9:10—sterl’g is £18:1—New York currency which I hope you will please to pay me as soon as possible.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition, with scattered light soiling and staining. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
318. Lewis Morris Document Signed for Attendance in the New York State Senate. Founding Father, landowner, and developer from New York who signed the Declaration of Independence and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1726–1798). Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.5 x 5.75, November 29, 1784. State of New York pay order issued for Morris’s attendance in the state senate, in part: “The State of New-York, To Lewis Morris…For my Attendance in Senate, as a Member from the Southern District, from the thirteenth Day of October to the Twenty ninth Day of November, including two traveling Days, is Fifty Days, at 16/- per Day.” Boldly endorsed below by Morris to confirm receipt of said payment. Professionally inlaid into a larger sheet and in fine condition, with light toning along the folds. Morris served as a New York State Senator from the Southern District from 1777 to 1781, and again from 1783 to 1790. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
319. John Penn Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of North Carolina (1741-1781). ADS, signed on the reverse, “J. Penn Att’y,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 4.5, August 7, 1786. Handwritten order by Penn addressed to the sheriff of Granville County to arrest a man and have him appear “before the County Court of Pleas” to answer to a debt of £10.14.0. Endorsed on the reverse by Penn. In very good to fine condition, with separation to the top of one of the three vertical folds. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
320. Caesar Rodney Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (17281784) who famously rode his horse 80 miles non-stop to break the deadlock within the Delaware delegation to vote in favor of independence on July 2, 1776. ADS, signed “Caesar Rodney, Surv:g Trustee,” one page, 10 x 1.5, May 11, 1771. Handwritten receipt for a mortgage payment, in part: “Recd of John Hardin the Sum of Thirteen pounds, Eleven shillings, and four pence.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
321. Richard Stockton Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and delegate to the Continental Congress (1730–1781). ADS, signed “Rich. Stockton Att’y,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 11.75, April 1764. Legal document penned by Stockton in connection with a case before the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas, in part: “Jacob Covenhoven was attached to answer unto Michael Tarr in a Plea of trespass on the Case &c And whereupon the s’d Michael by Richard Stockton his attorney complains that whereas the s’d Jacod…was indebted to the s’d Michael in the sum of thirty nine Pounds ten Shillings & seven Pence proclamation Money of New Jersey as well for work, labour & services.” Signed at the conclusion in ink by Stockton. In good to very good condition, with trimmed edges (affecting some of the text at the bottom of the document), tears and paper loss, and several old repairs to fold separations, none of which affect the signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Stockton’s autograph material into the ‘very rare’ category among the Signers—an echelon second only to that occupied by the virtually unobtainable Gwinnett and Lynch. Starting Bid $200
322. George Wythe Signature. Scholar, jurist, and opponent of slavery (1726-1806) who was the first of the seven Virginia signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Bold ink signature, “Go. Wythe,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1 clipped slip. Affixed to a slightly larger album page and in fine condition, with closely cropped edges. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives. Starting Bid $200
World Leaders and Politicians
Sought-after signed Churchill portrait by Vivienne of London
330. Winston Churchill Signed Photograph. Iconic vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.25 portrait of Winston Churchill by Vivienne of London, affixed to its original 4.5 x 6.5 mount, neatly signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Winston S. Churchill.” Reverse bears a Vivienne copyright stamp. In fine condition, with faint silvering to the darker areas of the image.
Vivienne (1889–1982) was a leading society portrait photographer who began as an assistant to her husband Ernest and their son, Antony. In 1949, Antony, by then making a career photographing actors in Hollywood, married Churchill’s daughter Sarah, an actress. Both families became friends and Vivienne made many portraits of Churchill. This is one of her most enduring images. From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert. Starting Bid $200
Deng Xiaoping signs his Time ‘Man of the Year’ cover
332. Deng Xiaoping Signed Magazine - Time’s Man of the Year. Complete issue of Time Magazine from January 1, 1979, 8 x 10.75, 64 pages, honoring Deng Xiaoping as Time’s ‘Man of the Year,’ signed toward the upper right in black felt tip by the visionary leader of China. The cover features a portrait of Deng Xiaoping by artist Richard Hess. In fine condition, with slight uniform overall fading. Accompanied by four color photographs, each taken during New York Senator Robert Garcia’s visit to Beijing in early 1979, showing Garcia, Deng, or Chief U.S. Liaison to the People’s Republic of China Leonard Woodcock, including one showing Deng signing the copy of the January 1, 1979 issue of Time Magazine. A remarkable, well-documented piece, signed by the ‘Architect of Modern China.’
Deng, as vice premier, overthrew Hua Guofeng to assume de facto control over China as paramount leader in 1978. He engaged with President Jimmy Carter to establish formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979. This historic diplomatic step allowed for increased economic and cultural exchanges, helping open China to the world and laying the groundwork for its modernization. Starting Bid $1000
Royalty
Emperor Franz Joseph I confers nobility upon the Baron von Widmann—a remarkable document with a large, hand-painted heraldic emblem
333. Franz Joseph I of Austria HandIlluminated Document Signed. Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1830–1916) who reigned from 1848 until his death. Partially hand-illumated vellum manuscript DS in German, seven pages, 11 x 14.5, dated 1881. Ornate official document granting nobility to Bohuslav von Widman, making him the Baron of Widman, featuring a remarkable, colorfully hand-painted coat of arms. Signed at the conclusion in ink by Franz Joseph I of Austria. The document is housed in a purple velvet folder, split at the spine, with a royal crest gilt-stamped on the front board; housed in its original metal presentation case, along with a remarkable 4.75˝-diameter golden royal seal. In very good to fine condition, with the cover and pages all detached, but present. Starting Bid $200
Lovely 1994 Christmas card from Diana to her cherished Sandringham housekeeper
337. Princess Diana Signed Christmas Card (1994). Royal Christmas card from 1994 embossed on the front with the Spencer family arms, measuring 16 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Diana posing with her young sons William and Harry, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Collie, love from, Diana.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. This card was sent to Violet Collison – who Diana knew simply as “Collie” – the housekeeper at Park House on the Sandringham Estate, where the princess spent her childhood years. Starting Bid $200
338. Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card (1986). Royal Christmas card from circa 1986 embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 14 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the royal couple posing with their young sons William and Harry, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Johnny and Mrs. Robertson, from Charles and,” and “Diana.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Religious Figures
339. Mother Teresa Signed Photograph. Desirable glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer, nicely signed in blue felt tip, “God bless you, M Teresa mc.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
In a Salt Lake City debt dispute, Brigham Young ensures that “this sister has her rights, inasmuch as her husband is on a mission”
340. Brigham Young Letter Signed. LS signed “Brigham Young,” one page, 5 x 8, November 24, 1869. Letter to John Clark, in part: “Sister Ann Holmberg informs me that Thomas Pierpont is indebted to her husband by written agreement to the amount of $650.00 & has not complied with the terms thereof, while she is really in need of means. I would like you, therefore, to give this matter your immediate attention & see that this sister has her rights, inasmuch as her husband is on a mission & she must have her support. It is evidently a just debt & if so it ought to be paid.” Affixed to the reverse is an advertising card for “Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution,” a Salt Lake City import and wholesale enterprise, listing Brigham Young as a director. In very good to fine condition, with light staining from the card mounted to the reverse. Accompanied by an original carte-de-visite portrait of Brigham Young, taken circa 1869 and published by Savage & Ottinger of Great Salt Lake City, Utah. Starting Bid $200
Activists and Social Leaders
“You may not know that during recent years I have never sat for a photograph”
341. Mohandas Gandhi Typed Letter Signed – “During recent years I have never sat for a photograph”. TLS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” one page, 7.5 x 8.75, December 29, 1927. Addressed from “The Ashram” in Sabarmati, a letter to Miss Francis Fuke at London’s St. Thomas’s Hospital, in full: “I have your letter. I cannot think of anything better than that you should attach yourself to some hospital where you could easily come in contact with those whom you have in view. I remember your visit to the Ashram. I am travelling just now and I have no photograph such as you want. You may not know that during recent years I have never sat for a photograph, but of course there are many snapshots available in the bazaar.” Gandhi has made a few handwritten corrections to the text of the letter, in addition to adding a total of 10 words. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $500
“The black man in America sees the African’s human rights recognized, which makes his civil rights automatic. And the black man in America sees himself, after four hundred years right here, not given the same respects by the same white man”
343. Malcolm X Signed Page for Alex Haley’s 1963 Playboy Interview on Black Identity - PSA NM-MT 8. Page 9 from the original typescript of Alex Haley’s 1963 interview of Malcolm X for Playboy magazine, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, signed in the bottom margin in ballpoint, “Malcolm X,” with a marginal line indicating his approval of the contents. Malcolm X comments on Black identity and culture around the world, contrasting Africa with the United States of America. In part: “His cultural roots earn him respect. His identity earns him respect. And most of all, he owns some land. The black man in America sees the African’s human rights recognized, which makes his civil rights automatic. And the black man in America sees himself, after four hundred years right here, not given the same respects by the same white man. The black man in America is beginning to recognize that he has been a hostage, cuddled up next to the white man.” In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “NM-MT 8.” Starting Bid $500
Businessmen
“Everything has a few defects and our system of government is no exception. But it is still the best system of government in the world”
344. Howard Hughes Handwritten Statement on Defending the Spruce Goose Before Congress. Unsigned handwritten manuscript in pencil by Howard Hughes, five pages, 8.5 x 11, headed at the top in another hand: “Howard Hughes—Trout—7:45—Aug. 11, 1947.” Hughes writes out some notes for his interview on Robert Trout’s radio show, regarding the defense of his ‘Spruce Goose’ airplane project before a Congressional committee. Hughes writes, in part (additions and strike-throughs represented in brackets): “It’s a strange thing—I arrived here in Washington less than a week ago with bitterness and resentment in my heart. I was bitter toward a man who was attempting to abuse me. And I was bitter toward our political system which permitted this abuse. Which [permitted a] man to misuse his high political office and permitted him to crucify me for the purpose of trying to drive a business deal. Yes: I was bitter toward our whole system of politics [and its imperfections]. But I have learned a great deal during my brief stay in Washington.
I have learned that our system [which has survived for a good many years] may [is still] have a few defects [but it is pretty sound and foolproof in the first analysis but it] that is true, but so has everything else, whether it be something tangible, like an icebox, or something intangible like a poem.
Yes everything has a few defects and our system of government is no exception. But it is still the best system of government in the world. And as long as we have [a free press] the fair minded American public and a free press watching over us, I guess we are all right.
There was only one reason why Senator Brewster [took a] hit the road for the back woods of Maine. There was only one reason why his little investigation folded up and died a natural death to-day. Just one reason—public opinion was against him.”
The statement is continued in another hand in blue ballpoint and type: “From the moment when I walked into that hearing room it was obvious that every man & woman in the audience & every representative of the press there was behind me…I only wish all of the millions of men & woman everywhere who have pulled me thru this fight could be at the airport at noon.
[During the ensuing weeks I will do my level best to make up for the time I have lost in appearing and preparing for this hearing. I will be testing the world’s largest airplane. This is the Flying Boat which I have built for the Government and into which I have put $7,200,000 of my own money. I believe that what will be learned from this airplane will be worth many times what has been put into it. From it the nation will gain tremendous knowledge and experience for the general advancement of American Aviation.
I will also continue the testing program on the XF-11, which I believe will turn out to be the most efficient photo-reconnassance [sic] airplane ever built.]
I only wish all of the millions of men and women everywhere who have pulled me through this fight could be at the airport tomorrow at noon to shake my hand or let me shake theirs, for me to thank them personally before I leave. Thank you, Bob Trout.” In fine condition.
The Hughes Aircraft Company famously developed the Spruce Goose, a massive wooden flying boat designed during World War II but completed too late for the war effort. The plane’s only flight, piloted by Hughes himself in November 1947, showcased the billionaire aviator’s determination to prove its viability despite widespread skepticism. That same year, Hughes faced intense scrutiny during the ‘Brewster Hearings,’ where he defended his wartime contracts and ambitions under questioning by the U.S. Senate. Starting Bid $300
Scientists and Inventors
“My book has been almost too much for me”—Darwin comments on the publication of The Descent of Man
346. Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed on The Descent of Man: “My book has been almost too much for me”. ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, February 27, [1871]. Handwritten letter to “Fox,” William Darwin Fox, a clergyman, naturalist, and a second cousin of Charles Darwin, written from his brother’s house at “6 Queen Anne St.” In full: “I write this letter to thank you so much for your kind letter and to say that we shall be delighted to see you if you can pay us a visit in April when you pass through London.—I am decently well but my book has been almost too much for me. Erasmus sends his very kind remembrances. We go home in few days—I have many letters to write—so goodbye.” In fine condition, with minor loss to the upper right corner tip. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
Darwin replies to a letter from Fox of February 21st, which thanked him for sending an early copy of his new book—The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex—published in London by John Murray on February 24, 1871. As recorded by the Darwin Correspondence Project, Letter no. 7505, Fox wrote to Darwin: ‘I have to thank you much for ‘the Descent of Man.’ I have often wondered when it would come out, and need not tell you how anxious I was to see it. That its perusal will give me intense pleasure I have no doubt—tho’ very prob-
ably I may not agree with you wholly. I have been too much engaged since Sunday, when I received your Book, to be able to throw myself into it, and luxuriate in it; I have only roamed a little thro’ it, somewhat with the feeling of a Miser gloating over his treasure without enjoying it. I hope very shortly to be able to give it my full attention, and anticipate no little pleasure from doing so.’
This ‘lost’ response, not yet recorded by the Darwin Correspondence Project, offers the great naturalist’s personal perspective on the arduous process of publishing The Descent of Man—the first of Darwin’s works to include the word ‘evolution.’ In the groundbreaking work, Darwin applies his theories to human beings, exploring the idea of sexual selection and proposing that traits such as beauty, strength, and even intelligence evolved not just for survival but to attract mates. The work also addresses the controversial notion that humans share common ancestry with other primates, sparking widespread public debate and influencing evolutionary biology and anthropology. Within three weeks of publication, a reprint had been ordered, and 4,500 copies were in print by the end of March 1871, netting Darwin almost £1,500. Starting Bid $1000
Amidst World War I, Edison thanks his gramophone division for buying war bonds:
“Extend this appreciation to all subscribers in your Department for their patriotism and sacrifice in meeting the payments for the Bonds”
347. Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed, Applauding His Record Division’s “very handsome subscription to the Liberty Loan”. TLS signed in pencil, “Edison,” one page, 6.25 x 9, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, June 18, 1917. Letter to P. R. Gray of the Disc Record Products Division, in full: “Accept my warm appreciation for your efforts in obtaining the very handsome subscription to the Liberty Loan. Also extend this appreciation to all subscribers in your Department for their patriotism and sacrifice in meeting the payments for the Bonds, which I trust you will facilitate with the Banks in the same spirit of co-operation.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and slightly irregularly trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200
Cut section of the first transatlantic telegraph line, as presented by Tiffany’s
350. Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Relic by Tiffany’s. Segment of the first transatlantic telegraph cable from 1858, measuring 4˝ long, made into a souvenir and sold by Tiffany & Co. The cable is wrapped with a brass band, reading: “Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Guaranteed by Tiffany & Co., Broadway, New York, 1858.” In fine condition. Led by Cyrus W. Field and the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the first complete transatlantic telegraph cable was laid from Valentia Island on the west coast of Ireland to Heart’s Content on the east coast of Newfoundland. Field sold a quantity of the leftover cable to Tiffany’s to be transformed into souvenirs of the historic telegraph line. Starting Bid $200
“You can tell at first glance that they weren’t chosen like presidents!”
349. Albert Einstein Autograph Note Signed: “You can tell at first glance that they weren’t chosen like presidents!”. ANS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page on a 3.5 x 2.5 card, January 12, 1954. Einstein writes to “Herr Igersheimer,” thanks his correspondent for an unknown ancestral gallery, adding (translated): “You can tell at first glance that they weren’t chosen like presidents!” In fine to very fine condition, with Einstein’s handwriting remaining exceptionally bold.
The recipient of this note is presumably Joseph Igersheimer (1879-1965), a German ophthalmologist known for his pioneering work on the treatment of syphilis. In 1933, Igersheimer’s Jewish ancestry led to his exile from Nazi Germany. Einstein took an active role in securing him a position in Turkey: he wrote to the Turkish prime minister in September 1933, requesting that forty professors and doctors (including Igersheimer) be permitted to practice in the country as German laws increasingly prohibited Jews from continuing their scientific and medical work. Between 1933 and 1939, Joseph Igersheimer was the architect of modern ophthalmology in Turkey; he then immigrated to the United States, joining the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine.
Igersheimer was one of many German Jews to benefit from Einstein’s name and influence. Einstein is credited with saving hundreds of lives as an ardent advocate for Jews seeking to escape Hitler’s reach and find asylum elsewhere—he even joked that he ran an ‘immigration office.’ He frequently made visa applications for other German Jews, personally vouched for refugees fleeing Nazi rule, solicited philanthropic support from fellow celebrities, and aided in securing employment for refugees around the world. Starting Bid $500
Signed limited first edition of Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist—the closest Einstein ever came to writing an autobiography
348. Albert Einstein Signed Book - Philosopher-Scientist (Ltd. Ed. #180/750). Desirable signed book: Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, Volume VII of the Influential Library of Living Philosophers book series, edited by Paul Arthur Schlipp. Limited first edition, numbered 180 of 750 subscription copies. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University, 1949. Chocolate-brown leatherette hardcover with slipcase, 6.75 x 9.75, 781 pages. Signed neatly on the colophon in black ink, “Albert Einstein, 49.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with adhesive residue to front pastedown from a removed bookplate. Housed in a handsome custom-made clamshell case. Starting Bid $1000
American West
Ornate 1836 “Texian Loan” certificate supporting the Revolution, signed by ‘Father of Texas’ Stephen Austin
354. Stephen F. Austin Document Signed - Ornate 1836 Texian Loan Certificate Supporting the Revolution. Partly-printed DS, signed “S. F. Austin,” one page, 8.5 x 10.75, January 11, 1836. Ornate financial document headed “Texian Loan,” in part: “Received of James M. McCulloch & Co. Thirty-two Dollars, the First Installment on a Loan of Three Hundred and Twenty Dollars, made by him this day to the Government of Texas for Five Years.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Stephen F. Austin and countersigned by two other commissioners, Branch T. Archer and William H. Wharton. In fine condition, with a diamond-shaped area of paper loss at the center, affecting a few words of text.
Stephen Austin’s provisional government issued these certificates to raise money to finance the ongoing Texas Revolution. January 11, 1836, is the earliest known date for these Texian Loan documents, coming just six weeks before the infamous Battle of the Alamo. These ‘loans’ were essentially land purchase contracts redeemable at fifty cents per acre, a cheap price designed to attract large investments. As a document representing the Revolution and foundational stages of the state’s government, this is of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $300
Superb autograph of the legendary Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull, signed while imprisoned at Fort Randall:
“My wife’s Bro. was clerk in the fort at Randall at the time Sitting Bull was a prisoner there, & he learned Sittingbull to write his name”
355. Sitting Bull Signature. Scarce and desirable ink signature, “Sitting Bull,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 card, imprinted on the opposite side: “Randall House. This Hotel, which is located at Fort Randall, Dakota, has been built by the Post Trader, for the accommodation of all who visit the most pleasant Military Post on the Frontier. Although in the Indian Country, this Post is strongly garrisoned and safe from danger. Tourists and others will find it a pleasant place to visit.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and a small stain, and small old mounting remnants on the reverse.
Includes a remarkable contemporary handwritten letter of provenance, signed “C. D. Pease,” explaining his receipt of the autograph. In part: “I am enclosing you a Card of the Randall House South Dakota & on the back of it is Old Sitting Bull (Indians) own signature written by him. My wife’s Bro. was clerk in the fort at Randall at the time Sitting Bull was a prisoner there, & he learned Sittingbull to write his name. he always wrote it in this same style. I have had it 28 years. I did have Sittingbull’s Pipe & Tobacco pouch but some on[e] has gobbled them from me.” Also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives; plus a Sherwoods Spirit of America tag, one of America’s leading specialists in Native American artifacts and historic Americana.
After Sitting Bull surrendered to federal forces at Fort Buford, he became a living symbol of the Native American Indian resistance. During his two years in captivity at Fort Randall, he achieved celebrity status as tourists and newspaper reporters flocked to see him. Certainly one of the most sought-after of all Western and Native American signatures. Starting Bid $500
Notorious Figures and Lawmen
356. John Wilkes Booth Original 1863 Broadside for ‘Marble Heart! Or The Sculptor’s Dream’ (Boston, Mass.). Original 5 x 15.5 broadside for John Wilkes Booth’s performance at Willard’s Howard Athenaeum in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 10, [1863], which states that “Mr. J. Wilkes Booth Will appear in his Great Impersonations of Phidias and Raphael…In the Great French Play, in 4 Acts and a Prologue, entitled the Marble Heart! Or The Sculptor’s Dream.” Booth is then listed twice below for his roles in the prologue and drama: “Phidias, The Sculptor, Mr. J. Wilkes Booth” and “Raphael Duchalet, Mr. J. Wilkes Booth.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 8.5 x 20.75. In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200
Aviation
Lindy with the Spirit of St. Louis, signed during his 1972 conservation trip to Mexico
535. Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph of the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’. Glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Lindbergh posing outdoors with his record-setting monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, signed in black felt tip, “Charles A. Lindbergh, Mexico City, March 10, 1972.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Lindberg traveled to Mexico on a conservation trip in March 1972. While there he interviewed with local journalists and met with several Mexican officials and politicians to discuss measures to protect the gray whale of the Baja California peninsula. A photocopy of Lindbergh’s Mexican itinerary for March 10, 1972, is included.
The recipient of this photo was George A. Rylance, who worked with the U.S. Foreign Service for over 20 years and served as public affairs counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City from 1969 to 1973. Starting Bid $200
Space Exploration
A space-exploring classic by Jules Verne signed by Apollo astronauts Borman, Haise, Collins, Duke, Scott, Worden, and Cunningham
545. Apollo Astronauts (7) Multi-Signed Book - From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon . Multisigned book: From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon by Jules Verne. Great Illustrated Classics. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 308 pages. Signed inside on adjacent opening pages in black felt tip by seven Apollo astronauts: “Frank Borman, Apollo 8 CDR,” “Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 LMP,” “Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP,” Michael Collins, Apollo XI CMP,” “Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP,” “Dave Scott, Apollo 9 CMP, Apollo 15 CDR,” and “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP.” In fine condition, with tears and sunning only to the price-clipped dust jacket. Starting Bid $200
546. Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph. Unusual vintage glossy 14 x 11 photo of NASA’s famous Mercury 7 wearing cowboy hats, signed in various inks by six of the seven original astronauts: “Scott Carpenter,” “Gordon Cooper,” “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Alan Shepard,” “W. M. Schirra, Jr.,” and “D. K. Slayton.” The signature of Gus Grissom is secretarial. Inscribed at the top in an unknown hand, “To the Denney’s,” and additionally signed by Walter C. Williams, an engineer and NASA deputy associate administrator during Project Mercury. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 16.25. In very good to fine condition, with a central vertical fold, some light edge wear, and substantial fading to Cooper’s signature. Starting Bid $200
Scarce oversized American flag carried into orbit on Apollo 9
547. Apollo 9 Flown Oversized American Flag - From the Personal Collection of Jim McDivitt. Fantastic large-size American flag carried into orbit on Apollo 9, measuring 18˝ x 11˝, signed and flight-certified in black ink by the mission’s commander, “Flown on Apollo 9, Jim McDivitt.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Astronaut Central.
Apollo 9, the first flight to test the Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit, demonstrated the LM’s ability to separate from and redock with the Command Service Module (CSM), a critical maneuver for future moon landings. Additionally, Apollo 9 provided valuable insights into crew operations and spacecraft systems that were essential for the success of subsequent lunar missions. Flown flags of this unusually large size are few and far between—flags typically seen are approximately one-ninth the size at about 6˝ x 4˝. A fantastic, impressive piece from a vital Apollo mission. Starting Bid $300
‘Luna 69’—scarce Apollo 11 cover signed in Mexico City during their famous 45-day ‘Giant Leap’ tour
548. Apollo 11 Signed ‘Luna 69’ FDC - Obtained in Mexico City During the ‘Giant Leap’ Tour. Appealing Spanish-language FDC entitled “Luna 69” and bearing a large cachet of a bootprint of the surface of the moon, signed boldly in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong,” “M. Collins,” and “Buzz Aldrin.” The cover bears a stamp, which reads (translated): “Mexican Post Office Issue Day, September 29, 1969 / Apollo 11 Astronauts Visit.” In very good to fine condition, with slightly irregular light toning, and old mounting remnants on the back.
After three weeks in confinement, the crew of Apollo 11 left quarantine on August 10, 1969. Two days later they attended a luncheon at Houston’s Rice Hotel, then flew to New York City where the crew was honored with a ticker-tape parade before embarking on their famous 45-day ‘Giant Leap’ tour, which began with a stop in Mexico City on September 29, 1969. Starting Bid $200
Rare ‘Spirit of Flight’ lithograph signed by Neil Armstrong for the National Aviation Hall of Fame
549. Neil Armstrong Signed Limited Edition Lithograph - ‘Spirit of Flight’. Rare limited edition color 29.5 x 22.5 lithograph of a Pat Whipp painting entitled ‘Spirit of Flight,’ depicting the Wright Brothers, Neil Armstrong, and iconic moments from aviation and aeronautical history, created for the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1989, numbered 45/50, signed in the lower border in pencil by Neil Armstrong. The print is also signed by the artist. Rolled and in fine condition, with a couple of creases.
Artist Pat Whipp created the ‘Spirit of Flight’ artwork in 1989 for fundraising activities organized by the National Aviation Hall of Fame, which would sell the work as both a poster and as a limited edition lithograph. Bear Monita, the NAHF’s executive director at that time, sent a request to Neil Armstrong asking that he autograph 50 of the lithographs for a special limited edition. Accompanied by a copy of the original 1989 letter sent by Armstrong to Monita, acquiescing to adding his signature to the ‘Spirit of Flight’ lithograph series. Starting Bid $200
550. Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover. Unusual Apollo 14 launch day cover with a cachet honoring the ‘Man on the Moon,’ postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971, signed on the reverse in black felt tip by three Apollo astronauts, including the first man on the moon: “Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11,” “Jack Swigert, Apollo 13,” and “Dave Scott, Apollo 9.” Addressed in type to Kevin Steen, a cancer-stricken boy who was a special guest at two Apollo liftoffs and was invited onboard the recovery ship for Apollo 17. In fine condition. Accompanied by photocopies of 1972 newspaper articles about Steen, documenting his unique involvement in the Apollo program. A spectacular and uncommon grouping of large, bold vintage autographs of three Apollo pioneers. Starting Bid $200
“Flown to the Moon!”—a lunar map plate carried on Apollo’s most scientific flight
551. Apollo 15 Flown Lunar Map Plate Signed by Al Worden. Flown single-sided lunar map plate carried on the Apollo 15 mission, 10.5 x 7.75, signed and flight-certified in black felt tip, “Flown to the Moon! Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP.” Marked as number “10,” the map identifies Le Monnier and its satellite craters, as well as the Littrow rilles, with “Fresh Ridge” and “Vance’s Ash” locations circled and indicated in felt tip. In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by Worden, certifying that “this Lunar Map was used during the historic flight of Apollo 15,” and discussing the details and significance of the mission at length: “Apollo 15 was the first mission to explore the mountains and rilles of the Moon. Commander Dave Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin completed three moonwalks for a combined duration of 18 hours and 33 minutes on the lunar surface…Our mission included the introduction of a Lunar Roving Vehicle to traverse the Moon’s surface and a scientific instrument bay in the Service Module to study the Moon from above. Our journey took 295.2 hours to complete, during which time we traveled over 1.4 million miles.” Starting Bid $200
Art, Architecture, and Design
Audubon compares the diets of two quadrupeds: “As far as my acquaintance with the habits of the horse and the hog... the hog certainly eats the greater variety of vegetables”
578. John J. Audubon Autograph Letter Signed, comparing the Dietary Habits of the Horse and Hog. Ornithologist and artist (1785-1851) whose monumental pictorial studies of the birds and quadrupeds of North America take a place among the most distinguished accomplishments in the history of zoology and natural history illustration ALS signed “John James Audubon,” one page, 6.75 x 4.5, April 6, 1847. Handwritten letter to C. A. Clinton, Esq. In part: “I can faithfully say that as far as my acquaintance with the habits of the horse and the hog goes, that the hog certainly eats the greater variety of vegetables. We will be happy to see you here…as soon as you can fit it convenient.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 17.75 x 10.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
The Barbizon school founder writes from pastoral France
579. Jean-Francois Millet Autograph Letter Signed. French painter (1814–1875) known as one of the founders of the Barbizon school. ALS in French, signed “J. F. Millet,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, May 15, 1860. Untranslated handwritten letter by Millet from the village of Barbizon, France, where refined his realist technique. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
“I hope that you found the house and garden as well as the greenhouse in good shape”
580. Claude Monet Writes Home from London, Seeking an Update on His Beloved Garden and Greenhouse. ALS in French, signed “Your old man Claude,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 9, 1900. Addressed from London, a handwritten letter to his second wife, Alice, in partl (translated): “I hope that you found the house and garden as well as the greenhouse in good shape. It would be good that you keep an eye on it from time to time so that Pascal gets used to being watched a little, just the same it would be good to know what is going on at Florimond’s garden, see if the vegetables are in good shape, know what is planted. Eugene is supposed to go twice a week…I am shattered by the Comédie-francaise’s fire of which I have
learned yesterday at dinner but don’t know all the details yet.” In fine condition.
By this point, Monet was a well-established artist and one of France’s leading landscape painters. During this stay in London, he had been working on his House of Parliament series, which were identically sized portraits created from Monet’s view from his room in the St. Thomas’ Hospital. Of note is Monet’s references to his beloved garden. By the early 1900s, his flower garden contained hundreds of thousands of flowers and required the attention of five full-time gardeners. Starting Bid $500
“I’m no professional ceramicist, I think, maybe a second-rate ceramicist?”
581. Pablo Picasso Autograph Letter Signed - “I’m no professional ceramicist, I think, maybe a second-rate ceramicist?”. ALS in pencil, in French, signed “Picasso,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 1, 1953. Addressed from Vallauris, a handwritten letter to his friend and financial advisor Max Pellequer, in part (translated): “I’m sending you a page of contributions –have a look at it. I’m no professional ceramicist, I think, maybe a second-rate ceramicist?…You will tell me what I need to say. I’m working, taking baths, and working and working. I’m sending you my best regards to you.” In fine condition, with some light creasing. A fascinating handwritten letter from the great Spanish artist, who, despite his prodigious pottery output and ample time spent with the medium, curiously dismisses his talents as a “professional ceramicist.” Starting Bid $200
582. Andy Warhol Signed Book with SketchThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol. Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 241 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black felt tip, “To Barbara, Andy Warhol,” who adds a sketch of what appears to be a woman’s lips. In fine condition.Starting Bid $200
Fantastic 1958 Disneyland ‘Big 10’ ticket cover signed by Walt Disney Animation and Comic Art
608. Walt Disney Signed Disneyland Ticket Booklet Cover. Scarce and exquisite vintage circa 1958 Disneyland ‘Big 10’ ticket booklet cover, 6 x 2.5, signed in blue ballpoint by Walt Disney. Originally priced at $3.25 for adults, all ticket coupons have been removed from the booklet, which retains its “Welcome to Disneyland” stub in the rear. In fine condition.
Walt Disney envisioned Disneyland as a place where families could enjoy imaginative experiences together, inspired by his desire to create an immersive and magical environment. He opened the park in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955, overcoming significant financial and logistical challenges. Disneyland revolutionized the entertainment industry by blending storytelling, technology, and design to create an unprecedented theme park experience. Starting Bid $500
Beautifully signed portrait photo of the great Walt Disney
609. Walt Disney Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 portrait photo of Disney seated in a handsome front-facing pose, prominently signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Janice, Best Wishes, Walt Disney.” Impressively cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 14.25 x 16.25. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $500
610. Charles Schulz Signed Sketch of Snoopy. Original vintage sketch of Snoopy by Charles Schulz, depicting Charlie Brown’s dog seated in a full-bodied pose, accomplished in black felt tip on a blue 8 x 9.25 sheet, which is signed below, “Charles M. Schulz.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
“My unusual experiences in the spring of 1974 amounted to an evolution on my part to a new, higher, and historically evolved way of comprehending reality; it, I believe, will be the way human beings will someday ordinarily view and experience themselves and world”
624. Philip K. Dick Typed Letter Signed on Comprehending Reality. TLS signed “Love, Phil,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, September 10, 1981. Lengthy letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in part: “My unusual experiences in the spring of 1974 amounted to an evolution on my part to a new, higher, and historically evolved way of comprehending reality; it, I believe, will be the way human beings will someday ordinarily view and experience themselves and world. My experience will some day not be construed as unusual and certainly not psychotic. Of course what I saw was disorienting! I was seeing in a radically new way! The only ‘psychotic’ part was the shock to me to discover that world—and myself as well—was/were not what I had always thought.” In fine condition, with two tape-repaired tears to the second page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200
Three pages from Ayn Rand’s hand-edited screenplay for The Fountainhead: “You’ll find that you can’t sue us”
627. Ayn Rand Hand-Annotated Pages (3) from Her Screenplay for ‘The Fountainhead’. Three hand-annotated pages from Ayn Rand’s personal copy of the screenplay for The Fountainhead, 8.5 x 11, each amended in pencil by Rand. Includes: page 99, scene 151/152, when Roark first sees how badly his vision for Cortlandt Homes has been corrupted, with Rand adding a line of dialogue for the “First Official,” “You’ll find that you can’t sue us”; page 100, scene 152A, where Rand amends Keating’s line to read: “They got themselves such a set-up”; and page 102, scene 153A, where Dominique reveals she is going to leave Gail, and Roark asks for her help in solving his problem, with Rand adding to Dominique’s affirmation: “Roark, Anything you wish.” In overall fine condition.
Provenance: from the estate of Ayn Rand, auctioned as part of a larger lot by the Ayn Rand Institute in 1993 and accompanied by a photocopy of their letter; then sold by Bonhams, December 4, 2007. Starting Bid $500
628. Ayn Rand Document Signed for The Objectivist. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist, Inc. letterhead, May 1, 1969. An agreement between The Objectivist and Erica Holzer for the purchase of an article entitled “The War of Liberation in Hollywood,” a critique of the cynicism of contemporary Hollywood cinema. Signed at the bottom in black ballpoint by Ayn Rand, who adds her initials, “A. R.,” in the left margin to confirm the deletion of “Nathaniel Branden Institute” from the contract’s final paragraph. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
The Metamorphosis author, Franz Kafka, writes to his fiancée
626. Franz Kafka Signed Envelope. Much lauded and influential Czechborn writer (1883–1924) whose man-turned-insect story Metamorphosis (1915) and novel The Trial (1925) have earned a permanent and prominent place in the canon of modern literature. Sought-after hand-addressed mailing envelope, 6 x 4, addressed by Kafka to his fiancée, “Fraulein, Felice Bauer, Frankfurt 9/M, Hotel Monopol-Metropole,” signed on the reverse with his return address, “Abs. Dr. F. Kafka, Prag Poric 7.” Bauer’s address has been struck through and corrected in another hand. Postmarked at Prague, April 19, 1913. In fine condition.
Kafka met Felice Bauer for the first time in August 1912 at a dinner hosted by his friend Max Brod, and he soon began to send her letters almost daily. These were eventually collected and published as Letters to Felice. Lasting from September 1912 to October 1917, Kafka’s correspondence with Bauer overlapped with his writing The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and the beginning of his work on The Trial. Despite two engagements during their period of correspondence, Kafka and Bauer would never marry. Few of Kafka’s works were published during his lifetime, and he passed away in obscurity from tuberculosis at age 40. His autograph is thus exceptionally rare and of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $500
Steinbeck plans a movie with director Elia Kazan: “The Queen of Greece told us that if Kazan and I would work together on a film about Greece, the Greek government would give us every facility, even financing”
629. John Steinbeck (2) Autograph Letters Signed on Travels to Spain, a Project with Elia Kazan and the Queen of Greece, and Financial Matters. Two ALSs, signed “John Steinbeck” and “John,” each one page, 8.5 x 11 and 6.75 x 11, February 10, 1954, Steinbeck writes to his literary agent Elizabeth Otis, discussing his forthcoming plan to attend ‘Holy Week’ ceremonies in Spain with the intent of writing several pieces about the celebrations, noting the possibility that Elia Kazan would be joining him on a trip to Greece in connection with a collaborative film project to be sponsored by Queen Frederica.
The first, in part: “Following is a projected plan for your files and so that you can have something definite to sell. As you know I am going to Spain in March to attend the Holy Week ceremonies and the Féria in Seville. These two celebrations are unique in the world as far as I know—a complete return to the middle ages. Before I saw this a couple of years ago I tried to read up on it and found singularly little in English had been done…Therefore I will try to do several pieces on the subject and Elaine will photograph the whole thing…There is a strong chance that Elia Kazan will join us in Spain. If that is so we will probably fly to Greece to set up the Greek moving picture we have been discussing. To fill you in—the Queen of Greece told us that if Kazan and I would work together on a film about Greece, the Greek government would give us every facility, even financing. I have a story and it would be a good thing business wise to visit the Queen.”
The second, in part: “As you know I go to Europe on March 1, of this year. It may be that during the ensuing months we may be out of touch It is also possible that Elaine’s mother Mrs. Anderson of Ft. Worth, Texas, or Waverly Scott or my sons John and Thom might have an emergency which would require you to disburse money to them. If this should happen let this be your authority and permission for such disbursement out of my funds.” In fine condition, with a trivial stain to the upper right corner tip of the lengthier letter.
Although Elia Kaza had worked with Steinbeck for two of his films, Viva Zapata (1951) and East of Eden (1955), the two never collaborated on a film about Greece, despite the Queen of Greece having offered financing and locations for such a film in 1954 and again in 1962, when Steinbeck visited Athens and the Aegean islands. Starting Bid $300
“Don’t try to gulp Firenze, take it in little nibbles. It grows on you little by little”
630. John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed, Offering Advice on Travels in Italy. ALS signed “John,” two pages, 8 x 11.5, no date. Handwritten letter to jazz bandleader Eddie Condon and his family—”Dear Phyllis and Eddie and Maggie”—in part: “Asking me to recommend any one for any thing is a risk, I hope you know and have calculated. I am enclosing the form, which you should see, and I hope she gets the job. Meanwhile, we are thinking of people she would like to meet. But that hardly ever works. Elaine will write you about the Gianessis and the Gianessis about Maggie and from there she can go any place because they know everyone, and besides they are great fun. I know it’s a Venetian name. They came to Florida three or four hundred years ago.
Maggie—don’t try to gulp Firenze, take it in little nibbles. It grows on you little by little…Go up to Fiesole and remember that Lorenzo the Magnificent lived there and…the David was carved…on the edge of the Piazza della Republica. And walk up the path of Dante’s Trail on the other side where he strolled every day before working on the Comedia.” On the next page, he adds a handwritten postscript, signed “J.S.,” in part: “I am returning the clippings which you may want to keep but I am keeping two of the photographs. Maggie will do just fine in Florence.” In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and a few small tears to the top edge. Starting Bid $200
“One must love life, even a bad one, and live it bravely”
631. Emile Zola Signed Engraving: “One must love life, even a bad one, and live it bravely”. Prolific French journalist, novelist, and activist (1840-1902) best known as one of the leading figures of naturalism and for his inflammatory 1898 open letter, ‘J’Accuse!,’ which exposed the anti-Semitism of the French press and government in the infamous Dreyfus Affair. Scarce 6.5 x 9.75 engraved portrait of the esteemed author, signed and inscribed in ink in French, “Coulin. Il faut aimer la vie, même mauvaise, et la vivre bravement, pour enfanter, car l’oeuvre n’est faite que de volonté et d’amour [One must love life, even a bad one, and live it bravely, to give birth, because the work is made only of will and love], Emile Zola.” Affixed to a larger mount and in very good condition, with overall toning, soiling, and staining to the mount, easily matted out. An outstanding sentiment from the celebrated French writer. Starting Bid $200
“The skies were fairer, the shores were firmer, from ‘Sea Pictures’”
649. Edward Elgar Autograph Musical Quotation Signed from ‘Sea Pictures’. Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. Wonderful AMQS from Edward Elgar on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, which is signed below in fountain pen by Elgar, who above adds three bars of music from ‘The Swimmer,’ the fifth song from his classic 1899 song cycle Sea Pictures, Op. 37. Below the music, Elgar adds lyrics and the title, “The skies were fairer, the shores were firmer, from ‘Sea Pictures.’” Double-matted with a portrait photo to an overall size of 9.75 x 16. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
650. Gioachino Rossini Signed Souvenir Photograph for the 500th Performance of William Tell. Important Italian composer (17921868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Seville and William Tell. Rare vintage 2 x 3.5 portrait photo of Gioachino Rossini, affixed to a 4.25 x 6.25 mount engraved in French (translated), “February 10, 1868, 500th Performance of William Tell, to Mr. Hustache, Grateful Remembrance,” signed below in ink, “G. Rossini.” Another hand has added the dedication. In very good to fine condition, with edge toning passing though the signature. Rossini attended the 500th performance of his classic in 1868 at the Paris Opera. A magnificent tribute to William Tell, the grandest and final opera of Rossini’s illustrious career. Starting Bid $200
“My Album is out and a new single record ‘Three Cig In An Ash-Tray’ this coming Monday”
651. Patsy Cline Autograph Letter Signed on Her Debut Album and New Single, ‘Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray’. Wonderful ALS signed “Patsy,” five pages, 5.25 x 8.75, July 31, 1957. Addressed from Winchester, Virginia, a handwritten letter to her fan club president, Treva Miller, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “I’m sorry I haven’t written sooner, but I had to take a little rest & then I had to go to New York for the ‘Big Beat’ Show…My Album is out and a new single record ‘Three Cig In An Ash-Tray’ this coming Monday. They are puting out an L.P. & and an E.P…Sure is a bad time of the year right now. The work is really slowing down. All the Opry acts are out hunting work…Well, I must close and get busy packing…my next stop is the Wisconsin State Fair…there to Mississippi Fair with Eddy Arnold.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope handaddressed by Cline, who incorporates her signature into the upper left return address field, and a first edition of the book Love Always, Patsy: Patsy Cline’s Letters to a Friend, which features this very offered letter. Starting Bid $200
652. AC/DC: Bon Scott and Angus Young Signed Promotional Album - Live from the Atlantic Studios. Atlantic Records promotional AC/DC Live from the Atlantic Studios album, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Bon, AC/DC,” and in black ballpoint, “Angus Young, AC/DC.” In very good to fine condition, with partial edge separation, and surface paper loss to the top of the front. The record is included. The first signed example of this rare AC/DC album that we’ve ever offered—AC/ DC Live was distributed exclusively by Atlantic Records 2 radio stations in 1978 and became a widely bootlegged record amongst AC/DC fans. Starting Bid $200
Beatles signatures from their raucous mini-tour of Sweden in October 1963
653. Beatles Signatures - Obtained During the Band’s October 1963 Swedish Tour. Vintage ballpoint signatures of the Beatles—“Paul McCartney, xxx,” “John Lennon, xxx,” and “Ringo Starr”—on an off-white 8.25 x 11.75 scrapbook page that features a stapled Swedish program photo of the Beatles, which is signed in ballpoint, “George Harrison.” The image depicts the band wearing their famous gray collarless suits during a Dezo Hoffmann photo shoot at his Wardour Street studio in London, England, in April 1963. The consignor notes that the signatures were obtained in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 1963. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning, and punch holes to the left edge. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.
Months before Beatlemania swept across the United States with the band’s legendary performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Fab Four traveled to Sweden for a five-concert tour in October 1963 that showcased an edgier side of the Beatles, injecting standard rhythm and blues with a frenetic punk pace and attitude. Despite their popularity in Sweden, the Beatles were second on the bill to Joey Dee and the Starliters, however, the band’s television appearance on Drop In, and their subsequent seven-song set at Stockholm’s Karlaplansstudion, quickly secured their status among Swedish audiences. Starting Bid $1000
The Beatles attend a luncheon hosted by their music publisher Dick James, sign an invitation before heading to London’s Astoria Cinema for ‘The Beatles’ Christmas Show’
655. Beatles Signed Cafe Royal Luncheon Invitation, Obtained Before their Astoria Cinema ‘Christmas Show’ (December 30, 1963). Rare invitation for a luncheon hosted by Beatles music publisher Dick James at the Cafe Royal in London on December 30, 1963, 6 x 4.5, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ballpoint, “To Russell, best wishes, from the Beatles, Paul,” “John,” “Ringo,” and “George Harrison.” The recipient of this invitation, Brian Willey, obtained the signatures at the luncheon, which was attended by the Beatles, and asked that the band add the inscription for his son, Russell. Later that day, the Beatles performed at London’s Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park as part of ‘The Beatles’ Christmas Show,’ a 16-day run of two nightly shows between December 24, 1963 and January 11, 1964. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and scattered stains.
Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Russell Willey: “In December 1963, [my father] was invited to a luncheon hosted by the Beatles’ music publisher Dick James. The Beatles were there and he asked them to autograph the back of his invitation card, with a dedication to me. I was eight years old at the time.” Starting Bid $500
John Lennon sends rock and roll to Russia, agrees to ship 50,000 copies of Imagine to the Soviet Union
656. Beatles: John Lennon Signed Contract Sending 50,000 Copies of Imagine to the USSR. DS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, January 4, 1977. Agreement between EMI Records and Lennon regarding the shipment of his Imagine album to the USSR. In part: “In consideration of the release of 50,000 copies of the album entitled ‘Imagine’ in the USSR it is hereby agreed that a royalty of a sum of £2,880 shall be
payable to you in respect thereof in substitute for that royalty specified in Clause 5 of the said Agreement in respect of such sales of the said album in such country only.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Lennon and countersigned by EMI executive L. G. Wood. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo. Starting Bid $1000
Vintage Rolling Stone magazine from February 1970,
signed boldly by John
Lennon, the publication’s ‘Man
of the Year’
658. Beatles: John Lennon Signed ‘Man of the Year’ Rolling Stone Magazine (February 7, 1970). Original issue of Rolling Stone magazine from February 7, 1970, No. 51, measuring 8.5 x 11.5 folded (as issued), with the front cover featuring Annette Yorke’s iconic portrait of John Lennon and Yono Ono with a pair of doves perched on their hands, signed above the image in black felt tip by John Lennon. The upper left of the cover proclaims Lennon as “Man of the Year,” and the lower section bears the main article title: “A Private Talk with John.” An unknown hand has added facial features to the two birds. In fine condition, with some edgewear. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Perry Cox, who affirms that the autograph was obtained in the late 1970s. A rare Lennon-signed issue of Rolling Stone that dates shortly before the Beatles’ official disbanding. The cover imagery aligns itself with Lennon and Ono’s famed bed-in protests and the couple’s multimedia ‘War Is Over’ campaign in December 1969. Starting Bid $300
Lennon and the Beatles make landfall in Sweden in October 1963
657. Beatles: John Lennon Signed Photograph (Swedish Tour of 1963). Vintage glossy 9.5 x 7 photo of the Beatles kneeling together in front of a mirror during their first tour of Sweden in late October of 1963, signed in blue ballpoint by John Lennon. The reverse bears a stamp for the Swedish newspaper Stockholms-Tidningen. In very good to fine condition, with old tape stains to the corners, and very minor ink adhesion issues.
Months before Beatlemania swept across the United States with the band’s legendary performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Fab Four traveled to Sweden for a five-concert tour that showcased an edgier side of the Beatles, injecting standard rhythm and blues with a frenetic punk pace and attitude. Despite their popularity in Sweden, the Beatles were second on the bill to Joey Dee and the Starliters, however, the band’s television appearance on Drop In, and their subsequent seven-song set at Stockholm’s Karlaplansstudion, quickly secured their status among Swedish audiences. Starting Bid $500
John Lennon lends a ‘Helping Hand’ for three days at a Philadelphia radio marathon fundraiser for multiple sclerosis
659. Beatles: John Lennon Signed Photograph with Sketch for Philadelphia’s WFIL Helping Hand Marathon. Original color glossy 3.5 x 4.25 Polaroid photo of John Lennon posing with Philadelphia radio host Brother Love during the opening day of the 1975 WFIL–PARC (Philadelphia Association of Retarded Children) ‘Helping Hand’ Marathon fundraiser, signed and inscribed in the upper border in blue ballpoint, “To da Brother Love, John Lennon, 75,” who adds a small selfportrait sketch to the left page of the open book. In fine condition, with thin scratches to the photo emulsion. Includes an original WFIL Helping Hand Marathon flyer, which pictures “Special Guest Star John Lennon (In Person),” and a WFIL promotional booklet picturing Brother Love. From May 16-18, 1975, the Philadelphian rock station WFIL and the advocacy organization PARC cosponsored the Helping Hand Marathon, a weekend fundraiser to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Lennon spent the entire three days answering phones, taking pledges, and meeting fans; he even stayed long enough to do the weather report for WPVI-TV. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a lengthy letter of provenance from the original recipient, Alan Smith, who was an American radio personality under the name ‘Brother Love.’ Starting Bid $300
660. Beatles: John Lennon Signature. Highly desirable vintage ballpoint signature, “John Lennon,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 slip of graph paper. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
662. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signed Postcard. Circa 1990 color 5.75 x 4.25 MPL Communications Ltd. postcard featuring an image of Paul and Linda McCartney in a warm seated pose, signed nicely in felt tip by Paul McCartney. The consignor notes that the signature dates to around the time that the card was produced. In fine condition, with a small crease to the lower right corner. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
Full page of face sketches done by Paul McCartney as a student at the Liverpool Institute High School
664. Beatles: Paul McCartney Full Page of Original ‘Face’ Sketches. Original sketches by Paul McCartney as a student at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys in the mid-1950s. Accomplished in pencil on an off-white 8 x 9 sheet from a Liverpool planning document, the drawings include several facial caricature sketches, with some showing a full-face view and others done in profile. In fine condition. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from Tracks and noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo. Starting Bid $200
663. Beatles: Paul McCartney Original Sketch. Original smiley face sketch by Paul McCartney, accomplished in felt tip on an off-white 9.25 x 8 sheet, which is signed, “Cheers! Paul McCartney.” In fine condition, with two small, very faint stains to the right side. Starting Bid $200
665. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signature. Prominent felt tip signature, “All the best! Paul McCartney,” on a blue 11.25 x 8.75 sheet, which bears two mounted color glossy 4 x 6 candid photos of McCartney, and his wife Linda, at an event where the Beatle great received the Honorary Freedom of the City of Liverpool. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
666. Beatles: Ringo Starr Signed Document. DS, signed “R. Starkey,” five pages, 8 x 13, December 9, 1975. A contract between “Richard Starkey of Tittenhurst Park” and Dunbar & Company Limited, which relates to various record royalties from the Beatles and a loan of £75,000. Signed at the conclusion by Ringo Starr as “R. Starkey.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
667. Jeff Buckley Signed Electric Guitar. Black-bodied Glarry Stratocaster-style electric guitar, signed on the white pickguard in blue felt tip by Jeff Buckley, who adds a small heart. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL.
The consignor notes that the pickguard was signed at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon, on May 8, 1995. Starting Bid $200
669. Fleetwood Mac Signed Album - Mr. Wonderful. UK vinyl pressing of the 1968 Fleetwood Mac album Mr. Wonderful, signed on the inner gatefold in blue ballpoint by Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan. The consignor notes that the signatures date to late 1968. In fine condition, with light edge wear. The record is included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
Phil Collins’ handwritten ‘letter to the fans’ message printed in a program for a 1986 Eric Clapton tour—
“By the time you read this we will already have played some gigs in Europe…maybe by the time you read this I will have been fired!”
668. Phil Collins Handwritten Statement and Sketch for a 1986 Eric Clapton Tour Program. Handwritten ‘letter to the fans’ statement by Phil Collins that was printed in a 1986 program for a tour featuring Collins, Eric Clapton, Nathan East, and Greg Phillinganes. The manuscript is penned in black ink on an off-white 7.25 x 9.75 and is signed at the conclusion by Collins, who adds a small self-portrait sketch of himself playing behind a drum kit. Collins’s handwritten message, in part: “I am really very proud to be able to play on stage with musicians like Greg and Nathan, and of course Eric who I consider to be my dearest friend. By the time you read this we will already have played some gigs in Europe…maybe by the time you read this I will have been fired!!...I hope you enjoy the concert tonight as much as we will!” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by an original ‘Clapton Collins Phillinganes East 86’ program featuring Collins’ statement.
Originates from the estate of graphic designer Bogdan Zarkowski, the designer of the program. Starting Bid $300
“One heart, Bob Marley”
670. Bob Marley Signed ‘Survival’ Album - “One heart, Bob Marley”. Survival album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Harold, One heart, Bob Marley.” In fine condition, with light scuffing, and partial separation to the top edge. The record is included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Despite moderate chart success, peaking at No. 20 in the UK and at No. 70 in the U.S., Survival stands today as a testament to the strength of Marley’s convictions and an enduring meditation on struggle and political injustice. Starting Bid $500
“Where were you while we were getting high?”— iconic handwritten lyrics by Noel Gallagher for the Oasis psych classic ‘Champagne Supernova’
671. Oasis: Noel Gallagher Handwritten and Signed Lyrics for ‘Champagne Supernova’. Handwritten lyrics by Noel Gallagher for “Champagne Supernova,” one notebook page, 8.25 x 11.75, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black felt tip, “Noel, xx,” who penned the lyrics in black ballpoint, which read, in part: “How many special people change / How many lives are living strange / Where were you while we were getting high? / Slowly walking down the hall / Faster than a cannonball / Where were you while we were getting high? / Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne supernova in the sky / Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova in the sky.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Vintage Rolling Stones-signed program for the early headlining package tour, ‘All Stars ‘64’
672. Rolling Stones Signed ‘All Stars ‘64’ Tour Program. Original souvenir program for the “All Stars ‘64” UK tour presented by Robert Stigwood Associates, 8.5 x 11, 14 pages, signed inside on their musician page in black ballpoint by the Rolling Stones: Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. The program is also by other acts on the bill, including Eden Kane, Mike Sarne, Mike Berry, Billie Davis, The Lee Roys, Bern Elliot and the Fenmen, Don Spencer, and Billy Boyle. In fine condition, with light handling wear. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. The majority of these shows were performed in cinemas (Odeon, Gaumont, Regal, Granada, etc.) and were packaged affairs, with the Stones of course as the headliners. While their profile was quite high in the U.K. by now, this tour predated their first visit to the U.S. in early June of 1964. Also of interest is the promotion by Robert Stigwood, who would go on to great fame in the 1970s as the founder of RSO Records and manager of Cream and the Bee Gees. Starting Bid $500
674. Van Halen Signed Album - Women and Children First. Women and Children First album by Van Halen, signed nicely on the front cover in black felt tip by David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen, and in blue felt tip by Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen. In fine condition, with a few light surface gouges in the upper right corner bank area. The record is included. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Rockaway Records. Starting Bid $200
675. Amy Winehouse Signed 2004 Ascot Live Program. Ascot Live horse racing and concert program for July 9, 2004, 60 pages, 5 x 8.25, signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “All my love, Amy, x.” The consignor notes that the signature was obtained at the Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, Surrey, England, on July 9, 2004. When the track’s day of races had concluded, Amy Winehouse performed a concert at the venue. A biography of Winehouse can be found on pages 46 and 47. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
Sought-after original Woodstock poster from
the
festival co-creator’s personal collection
676. Woodstock Music Festival Original Poster Signed by Promoter Michael Lang. Gorgeous original color 24 x 36.75 poster for the Woodstock music festival held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York, between August 15–18, 1969, signed in the lower left corner in black felt tip by its original owner, Michael Lang, a concert promoter and co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival. Original Woodstock posters can be distinguished from a reproduction by the presence of three distinct hallmarks—a small dot to the M in ‘Music’; a small dot to the guitar neck, left of the pinky finger; and a small dot in the upper stem of ‘3.’ Rolled and in fine condition, with subtle fading from display and minor edgewear.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Jeff Gold of Recordmecca, which reads, in part: “This letter is to authenticate an original large-size concert poster advertising the 1969 Woodstock Festival…This poster is from the collection of original Woodstock promoter Michael Lang, who has signed it in the lower left corner, and written an accompanying letter of authenticity. We acquired this directly from Lang.” Also accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by Lang, which reads: “I was the promoter of the 1969 Woodstock festival and have had this poster in my possession since taking it home 2 days after the Festival ended.” Starting Bid $300
677. Notorious B.I.G. Signature. Scarce ballpoint signature and inscription, “To: Meggie, Much love, B.I.G., 95,” on an off-white 3.5 x 3.5 album page. In fine condition, with overall light creasing.
The Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace (1972–1997), was a legendary rapper from Brooklyn, New York, whose profound lyricism and storytelling made him an icon in hip-hop history before his tragic shooting death at age 24. Known for his albums Ready to Die and Life After Death, Biggie’s influence continues to shape the genre. Due to his untimely passing and limited public appearances, authentic Notorious B.I.G. autographs are extremely scarce and highly sought after by collectors. Starting Bid $300
Entertainment
759. W. C. Fields Original Sketch. Original sketch by W. C. Fields, accomplished in ink on an off-white 11.25 x 8.5 sheet, which depicts a man driving a speeding roadster that appears to be soaring high above a valley, with a hiker fleeing from a nearby summit, smoke rising from the chimney of houses below, and a small ship floating in a distant sea, the tops of mountains and an island also visible in the background. Signed in the upper left corner, “Sincerely yrs, W. C. Fields.” In very good condition, with soiling, staining, toning, and several professional repairs to edge tears. Starting Bid $200
Hepburn writes to her “wonderful” theater producer, remarking on her two most famous Broadway roles: “You gave Gigi a great and happy climax” and “I have loved Ondine, it was a difficult part, but most satisfying”
760. Audrey Hepburn (2) Autograph Letters Signed on Gigi and Ondine. Two ALSs from Audrey Hepburn, both signed “Audrey,” eight total pages, 3.75 x 5.25 and 5.5 x 7, dated May 20, 1953, and May 20, 1954, both addressed to actor and theatrical producer Randolph Hale. The earlier handwritten letter, in part: “You are a wonderful person, you have given so much to the theatre…You gave Gigi a great and happy climax, and both she and I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.” The second letter, in part: “I wish we could bring Ondine to San Francisco it really would be so exciting…I have loved Ondine, it was a difficult part, but most satisfying.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelopes, both of which are handaddressed by Hepburn. Starting Bid $200
762. Alfred Hitchcock Signed Oversized Photograph. Large vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait photo of the influential filmmaker, signed and inscribed in white grease pencil, “To Rob, from, Alfred J. Hitchcock.” In very good to fine condition, with a few small creases, edge rippling, and some light silvering. Starting Bid $200
761. Alfred Hitchcock Signed Self-Portrait Sketch. Large original sketch by Alfred Hitchcock of the director’s ever-recognizable self-portrait, accomplished in black ink on an off-white 7.75 x 8.75 sheet, which is signed above and below, “from, Alfred J. Hitchcock.” Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 18. In fine condition, with irregular light toning, and some trivial brushing to the signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
763. Marx Brothers Multi-Signed Book - “Groucho,” “Harpo,” “Chico”. Signed book: The Marx Brothers by Kyle Crichton. First edition. NY: Doubleday, 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 310 pages. Signed on the half-title page in red ink, “Groucho Marx,” “Harpo Marx,” and “Chico Marx.” In fine condition, with some wear to the price-clipped dust jacket. Starting Bid $200
Outstanding early television contract for Marilyn Monroe, foreshadowing her continued success and breakthrough year
764. Marilyn Monroe Early Television Contract, Signed on the Brink of Superstardom. DS, two pages, 8.5 x 14, March 2, 1949. An official letter of partnership addressed to the William Morris Agency, which reads, in part: “1. I hereby engage you as my sole and exclusive personal representative and adviser in the television field throughout the world for a period of three years, commencing on the date thereof. 2. Your duties hereunder shall be as follows: To use all reasonable efforts to procure employment for me in those branches of the television field in which I notify you that my services are or will be available,” with Monroe agreeing to pay “a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the gross return from the television field earned or received by me.” Signed neatly at the conclusion in fountain pen by Marilyn Monroe, and countersigned by agent Samuel Parks. In fine condition. A remarkably early Monroe contract relating to her career-turning partnership with William Morris. Starting Bid $1000
Marvelous 1955 Kodacolor candid of Marilyn Monroe, signed for one of NYC’s ‘Monroe Six’
765. Marilyn Monroe Signed Candid Photograph at Gladstone Hotel in New York City, 1955. Fabulous color vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 Kodacolor candid photo of Marilyn Monroe outside the Gladstone Hotel in New York City, stunningly dressed in a black gown with white fur coat, nicely signed in fountain pen, “Marilyn Monroe.” Stamped on the reverse: “This is a Kodacolor Print, made by Eastman Kodak Company…Week Ending Mar. 12, 1955.” In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
Originally from the collection of James Collins, a member of the so-called ‘Monroe Six’—a group of admiring teenagers who followed Marilyn around the city, taking candids and getting autographs. Touched by their devotion, Marilyn offered them unprecedented access—learning their names and happily fulfilling their requests. Starting Bid $1000
766. Frank Sinatra Signed Photograph. Marvelous vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of a young Sinatra with clasped hands seated and looking over his shoulder with a cool glare, neatly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Lorraine – with fond regards, sincerely, Frank Sinatra.” In fine condition, with somewhat irregular light silvering. Starting Bid $200
“I did not write this, Duke, John Wayne”
767. John Wayne Signed Book - Duke: The Story of John Wayne. Signed book: Duke: The Story of John Wayne by Mike Tomkies. Second printing. Chicago, Illinois: Henry Regnery Company, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 149 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ballpoint, “Dale, I did not write this, Duke, John Wayne.” In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Sports
889. Roberto Clemente Signed Photograph - Early 1960s Uninscribed Portrait. Vintage semi-glossy 5 x 7 lightweight promotional photo of the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder in uniform, signed crisply in blue ballpoint by Robert Clemente. In fine condition. A handsome portrait of Clemente with a desirable early 1960s signature. Starting Bid $200
890. Enzo Ferrari Typed Letter Signed. TLS in Italian, signed “Ferrari,” one page, 6.25 x 4, personal stationery card, September 9, 1986. Sent from Modena, a quick letter to Francesco Santovetti, in full (translated): “Thank you for the welcome gift and best regards.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
“Best wishes, To the boys and good Sisters at Nazareth House, From Babe Ruth”
891. Babe Ruth Signed Photograph, Presented to the Nazareth House Orphanage. Magnificent matte-finish 9 x 6.75 photo of Babe Ruth wearing his baseball cap in a great up-close pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, To the boys and good Sisters at Nazareth House, From Babe Ruth.” Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 16.5. In very good to fine condition, with light bends and scratches, and a thin layer of apparent shellac.
A poignant signed photograph presented to an orphanage not unlike the kind a young Babe Ruth was raised in as a boy. At the age of seven, Ruth was sent to the St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland. The oft-misbehaving Ruth spent the better part of the next 12 years at the reformatory and orphanage, attaining skills such as carpentry and tailoring, while also taking to the sport of baseball under the tutelage of the school’s Prefect of Discipline, Brother Matthias Boutlier. Many of the boys at St. Mary’s played in organized leagues, and Ruth, by the time he turned 18, had become the most feared pitcher at the school. In early 1914, and shortly after his discharge from St. Mary’s, Ruth signed his first professional baseball contract with Jack Dunn, the owner and manager of the minor-league Baltimore Orioles. Starting Bid $500
892. Babe Ruth Signed Olympic Airmail Cover. Vintage fountain pen signature, “’Babe’ Ruth,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3 airmail cover, postmarked at Saint Petersburg, Florida, on February 10, 1932. The cover bears four two-cent postage stamps commemorating skiing at the Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympics, and the reverse bears a stamp honoring the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics. In fine condition, with a faint stain touching Ruth’s last name. Starting Bid $300
893. Cy Young Signed 1948 ‘Baseball’s Great Hall of Fame’ Exhibit Card. Rare vintage 1948 ‘Baseball’s Great Hall of Fame’ exhibit card of Cy Young in his Cleveland Naps uniform, signed nicely in black ink. The lower portion bears a preprinted facsimile signature. In fine condition. A scarce signed exhibit card of the legendary pitcher. Starting Bid $200
16. James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
105. Chester A. Arthur Signature - PSA MINT 9 Starting Bid $200
109. Joe Biden Signed Trading Card Starting Bid $100
113. George Bush Typed Letter Signed as President on the 1992 Election... Starting Bid $200
102. Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President, Addressing a Lett... Starting Bid $200
106. Joe Biden Early Signed Photograph (1974) to "Barry" Starting Bid $200
110. James Buchanan Document Signed as President, Announcing Former Te... Starting Bid $200
114. George Bush Typed Letter Signed, Sending Thanks for His Father's ... Starting Bid $100
103. Chester A. Arthur Letter Signed as President on Black-Bordered Mo... Starting Bid $200
107. Joe Biden 2021 Inauguration Flag Starting Bid $200
111. James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200
115. George Bush Typed Letter Signed to a Maine Fishing Buddy Starting Bid $100
104. Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
108. Joe Biden Signature: "You look great in blue for a blue state" Starting Bid $200
112. George Bush Signed Print Starting Bid $200
116. George W. Bush Signed Campaign Letter by Barbara Bush Starting Bid $200
117. George W. Bush Signed Book - 41: A Portrait of My Father Starting Bid $200
121. George W. Bush (2) Signed Books - 41 and Out of Many, One Starting Bid $200
125. Jimmy Carter Signature as President Starting Bid $200
129. Jimmy Carter Signed Engraved Portrait Starting Bid $200
118. George W. Bush Autograph Letter Signed to Chairman of the Republi... Starting Bid $200
122. Jimmy Carter Typed Letter Signed on an Art Auction Starting Bid $200
126. Jimmy Carter Signed Souvenir Typescript - Joint Resolution on Ame... Starting Bid $200
130. Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President to Congratulate the... Starting Bid $200
119. George W. Bush Signed Ticket Stub Starting Bid $200
123. Jimmy Carter Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
127. Jimmy Carter Typed Letter Signed as President: "It is part of the... Starting Bid $200
131. President Grover Cleveland Congratulates the Guangxu Emperor Starting Bid $200
120. George W. Bush Typed Letter Signed as President to Congressman Bi... Starting Bid $200
124. Jimmy Carter Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
128. Jimmy Carter Typed Letter Signed, Sending Thanks for "the histori... Starting Bid $200
132. Grover Cleveland Naval Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
133. Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President, Commissioning a Fu... Starting Bid $200
137. Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed as President: "Ending the traged... Starting Bid $200
141. Calvin Coolidge Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
145. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower Signed 1962 'Republican Congressional... Starting Bid $200
134. Grover Cleveland Signature Starting Bid $200
138. Bill Clinton Autograph Letter Signed as President on Yitzhak Rabi... Starting Bid $200
142. Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed as President on the World Cou... Starting Bid $200
146. Dwight D. Eisenhower (2) Typed Letters Signed on Golf Gifts Starting Bid $200
135. Frances Cleveland Signed Check and Ruth 'Baby Ruth' Cleveland Rar... Starting Bid $200
139. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter (2) Signatures (2012 Leaf Executive... Starting Bid $100
143. Calvin Coolidge Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
147. Dwight D. Eisenhower (3) Signatures Starting Bid $200
136. Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed as President on the Waco Massacr... Starting Bid $200
140. Calvin Coolidge Early Twice-Signed DocumentFilled Out Entirely... Starting Bid $200
144. Grace Coolidge Autograph Letter Signed as First Lady on the Death... Starting Bid $100
148. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President Starting Bid $200
149. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Postscrip... Starting Bid $200
153. Millard Fillmore Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
157. Gerald Ford Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
161. Gerald Ford Signed Free Frank as President Starting Bid $200
150. Dwight D. Eisenhower Hand-Corrected Typed Letter Draft as Preside... Starting Bid $200
154. Millard Fillmore Signature Starting Bid $200
158. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed on the Constitution, His Successi... Starting Bid $200
162. Gerald Ford Signed Photograph: "I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln" Starting Bid $100
151. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed, One Week After the 1952... Starting Bid $100
155. Millard Fillmore Signed University of Buffalo Diploma Starting Bid $200
159. Gerald Ford Signed Souvenir Typescript on JFK Assassination Starting Bid $200
152. Millard Fillmore Document Signed as President, Pardoning a Sailor... Starting Bid $200
156. Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed as President, Endorsing George Ha... Starting Bid $200
160. Gerald Ford Typed Bicentennial Statement Signed as President (Jul... Starting Bid $200
164.
Starting Bid $100
163. Gerald Ford Signed Photograph to a Watergate Trial Defense Witnes...
James A. Garfield Signed Check as an Ohio Congressman Starting Bid $200
165. James A. Garfield Signed Free Frank Starting Bid $200
169. Warren G. Harding Typed Letter Signed as President to Mount Rushm... Starting Bid $200
173. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President, Appointing a Mari... Starting Bid $200
166. James A. Garfield: Memorial Address by James G. Blaine Starting Bid $200
170. Warren G. Harding Twice-Signed 'Proof of Publication' Document Starting Bid $200
174. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
167. U. S. Grant Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
171. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President to Congratulate Qu... Starting Bid $200
175. Benjamin Harrison Signature Starting Bid $200
177. William Henry Harrison Document Signed Starting Bid $200
178. President Rutherford B. Hayes Restricts Chinese Immigration with ... Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
168. U. S. Grant Signature Starting Bid $200
172. Benjamin Harrison Early War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed (1864) Starting Bid $200
176. William Henry Harrison Autograph Check Signed Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
179. Rutherford B. Hayes Signature (2017 Leaf Pearl Cut Signature #1/5...
180. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as Governor of Ohio
181. Herbert Hoover Autograph Letter Signed to a Congressman on Relief... Starting Bid $200
185. Herbert Hoover Clemency Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
189. Andrew Jackson Hair Strands from Charles Hamilton Starting Bid $200
182. Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed as President on "Vicious and U... Starting Bid $200
186. Herbert Hoover Signature Starting Bid $100
190. Andrew Johnson Autograph Note Signed on Changes in the United Sta... Starting Bid $200
194. Lyndon B. Johnson Document Signed as President, Appointing Gen. E... Starting Bid $200
183. Herbert Hoover Signed White House Card Starting Bid $200
187. Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
191. Andrew Johnson Partial Document Signed Starting Bid $200
195. Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed on Civil Rights and Educati... Starting Bid $200
184. Herbert Hoover Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
188. Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President Starting Bid $200
192. Lady Bird Johnson Signed Check Starting Bid $100
193. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
196. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
197. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
201. Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Check Starting Bid $200
205. John F. Kennedy HandCorrected Typed Letter Draft as President, O... Starting Bid $200
198. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed White House Engraving Starting Bid $200
741. The Yardbirds Signed Album (Page, Clapton, and Beck) - Guitar Boo... Starting Bid $200
745. Ramones Signed Debut Album (First Pressing)Obtained During the... Starting Bid $200
742. The Zombies Signed Album - The Best & the Rest of the Zombies Starting Bid $200
746. Ramones Signed Album - Rocket to Russia Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
747.
Agnetha Faltskog Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
Starting Bid $200
743. ZZ Top Signed AlbumEliminator
744. The Jam Signed Album - All Mod Cons Starting Bid $200
ABBA:
748. Snoop Dogg Signed Trading Card
749. Michael Jackson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
750. Michael Jackson (5) Promotional Posters Starting Bid $200
751. Michael Jackson (5) Original Promotional Posters Starting Bid $200
752. Micahel Jackson (2) Original Promotional Posters Starting Bid $200
753. Michael Jackson (3) Original Promotional Posters Starting Bid $200
754. Michael Jackson (3) Original Promotional Posters Starting Bid $200
755. Madonna Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
756. Britney Spears Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
757.
Signed Print Starting Bid $200
775. Actors and Actresses (6) Autograph Albums with (200+) Signatures Starting Bid $200
758.
CD Booklet - Folklore Starting Bid $200
776.
Starting Bid $200
773.
774. Academy Award Winners (33) Multi-Signed Book Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift Signed
Bud Abbott Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (2) Signed Checks
777. Ballet (4) Signed Items with Anna Pavlova and Rudolf Nureyev
778. Brigitte Bardot Signed Photograph
779. Brigitte Bardot Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
780. Wallace Beery Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
781. Ingrid Bergman Signature Starting Bid $200
782. Beverly Hillbillies: Harriet MacGibbon Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
783. Joan Blondell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
784. Ann Blyth Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
785. Ray Bolger Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
786. William 'Hoppy' Boyd Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
787.
Photograph Starting Bid $200
791.
Starting Bid $200
788.
Oversized Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
Starting Bid $200
796.
Starting Bid $100
789. Charlie
Signed Book - My Autobiography Starting Bid $200
793.
790.
Starting Bid $100
794.
797.
798.
Charles Boyer Signed
Madeleine Carroll
Chaplin
Maurice Chevalier Oversized Signed Photograph
Claudette Colbert Oversized Signed Photograph
792. Gary Cooper Signed Photograph
Linda Darnell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Marion Davies Signed Oversized Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bu... Starting Bid $200
795. Irene Dunne Signed Photograph
Clint Eastwood Signed Photograph to His 'City Heat' Costar, Willi... Starting Bid $200
W. C. Fields Signed Check to Famous Players Lasky Corp. Starting Bid $200
The Flight of the Phoenix Cast-Signed Book Starting Bid $200
799. Errol Flynn Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
800. Henry Fonda Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
801. The Fountainhead Cast-Signed Book with Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal... Starting Bid $200
802. Morgan Freeman Signature Starting Bid $200
803. Gert Frobe Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
807. Jackie Gleason Oversized Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
811.
Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
804. Clark Gable and James Stewart (2) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
808. Green Acres: Albert and Gabor Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
812.
Signed Original Outfit Sketch for Joan Crawford Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $100
805. Judy Garland Signature Starting Bid $200
809. Jack Haley Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
806.
Signed Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull Starting Bid $200
810.
Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $100
Starting Bid $200
Greer Garson
Margaret Hamilton
Oliver Hardy
Edith Head
813. Van Heflin Signed Photograph
814. Paul Henreid Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
815. Katharine Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
816. Katharine Hepburn Autograph Letter Signed
817. Hogan's Heroes: Bob Crane Signed Oversized Photograph
818. William Holden Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
819. Hollywood
Signed Checks Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
820.
Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
821.
Oversized Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
(8)
Jeffrey Hunter
Emil Jannings
822. Boris Karloff Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
823. Buster Keaton Signed Book - My Wonderful World of Slapstick
824. Veronica Lake Signature
825. Hedy Lamarr Signed Photograph
826. Stan Laurel Signed Book - Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy Starting Bid $200
827. Laurel and Hardy Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
828. Peter Lawford Signed Photograph
829. Bruce and Brandon Lee Original 'Type II' Photograph Starting Bid $200
830. Janet Leigh Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
831. Vivien Leigh Signed Photograph with Gone With the Wind Program Starting Bid $200
832. Fredric March Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
833. Strother Martin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
834. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
835. Groucho Marx Signed Photograph as "Groucho Magnani" Starting Bid $200
839. Carmen Miranda Signed Oversized Photograph to Rudy Vallee Starting Bid $200
836. Harpo Marx Signed Book - Harpo Speaks! Starting Bid $200
840. Tom Mix Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
844.
837. James Mason Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
841.
Starting Bid $200
845.
848.
838.
Oversized Signed Photograph by Yousuf Karsh Starting Bid $200
842.
846.
Louis B. Mayer
Marilyn Monroe Original 'Type III' Photograph
Marilyn Monroe (3) Blank Personal Checks Starting Bid $200
843. Marilyn Monroe (3) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
Marilyn Monroe (2) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
Marilyn Monroe (2) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
Marilyn Monroe (2) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
847. Marilyn Monroe (2) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
Marilyn Monroe (2) 'Type IV' Photographs Starting Bid $200
849. Marilyn Monroe Original 'Type IV' Photograph Signed by Joseph Jas... Starting Bid $200
850. Vic Morrow Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
851. Ona Munson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
855. Al Pacino Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
859. Nancy Reagan Signed Photograph as "Nancy Davis" Starting Bid $200
852. Audie Murphy Signed Book - To Hell and Back Starting Bid $200
856. Franklin Pangborn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
860. Christopher Reeve Signed Photograph as Superman Starting Bid $200
853. Paul Newman Signed Oversized Photograph Starting Bid $200
857. William Powell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
861. Christopher Reeve Signed 'Superman: The Movie' Program Starting Bid $200
854. Kim Novak Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
858. Rat Pack Signed Program with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Pete... Starting Bid $200
862. Christopher Reeve Signature Starting Bid $200
863. Duncan Renaldo Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
864. Edward G. Robinson Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
865. Ginger Rogers Signed Photograph Starting Bid $100
866. Will Rogers Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
867.
Starting Bid $200
868.
870.
872.
873.
874.
Rosalind Russell Signed Photograph
David O. Selznick and William Wyler Signed Check Starting Bid $200
869. Mack Sennett Signed Book - King of Comedy Starting Bid $200
Rod Serling Signed Book - The Twilight Zone Starting Bid $200
871. Dan Seymour Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Norma Shearer Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
Frank Sinatra Signature Starting Bid $200
The Sound of Music Multi-Signed (7) Soundtrack Album Starting Bid $200
875. Star Wars: Carrie Fisher Signed Magazine Starting Bid $200
876. Star Wars: Alec Guinness Signature Starting Bid $200
877. Star Wars: Mark Hamill Signed Photograph"Rebelliously Yours" Starting Bid $200
878. Star Wars: Mark Hamill Signed Photograph"Galactically Yours" Starting Bid $200
879. Superman: John Hamilton Signature Starting Bid $200
880. Superman: George Reeves Signature Starting Bid $200
881. Elizabeth Taylor Signed Book - Nibbles and Me Starting Bid $200
882. Elizabeth Taylor Signature - Signed as a 15Year-Old Actress Starting Bid $200
883. Three Stooges: Larry Fine Signed Book - Stroke of Luck Starting Bid $200
887. Wizard of Oz: Frank Morgan Signature Starting Bid $200
901. Max Baer Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
905.
Starting Bid $200
884. Spencer Tracy Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
888. Natalie Wood Signature - Signed as a 9-Year-Old Child Actress Starting Bid $200
902. Roger Bannister (4) Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200
885. The Von Trapp Family Signed Book - The TrappFamily Book of Chris... Starting Bid $200
899. Hank Aaron Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
903. Roger Bannister Signed Book - The First Four Minutes (Ltd. Ed. of... Starting Bid $200
886. John Wayne Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
900. Muhammad Ali Signed Book - Prayer and Al-Islam Starting Bid $200
904. Baseball Hall of
(20) Multi-Signed CBS Sports Banner Starting Bid $200
908.
Famers
Jose Raul Capablanca Autograph Letter Signed
906. 1969 Chicago Cubs Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
907. Golf Masters Winners (30) Signed Masters Golf Tournament Flag Starting Bid $200
Golf: 1992 Masters Signed Program (14) with Nicklaus, Couples, an... Starting Bid $200
909. Wayne Gretzky Signed 'Type I' Photograph - PSA MINT 9 Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
910. Wayne Gretzky Signed Hockey Card - Beckett 10 Starting Bid $200
914.
Starting Bid $200
911. Wayne
Signed Hockey Card - Beckett 10 Starting Bid $200
915.
Starting Bid $200
925.
Gretzky
912. Los Angeles Dodgers: 1965 Team-Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
913. Joe Louis Signed Book - My Life Story
Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph
Roger Maris Signed Book - Roger Maris at Bat
916. Jack Nicklaus Signed Masters Golf Tournament Flag Starting Bid $200
917. Walter Payton Signature Starting Bid $200
918. Ron Santo Signed Baseball Starting Bid $200
919. Payne Stewart Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
920. Gene Tunney Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200
921. Mike Tyson Signed Boxing Glove Starting Bid $200
922. Ted Williams, Willie Mays, and Joe DiMaggio Multi-Signed Book - B... Starting Bid $200
923. John Wooden Autograph Letter Signed: "Every single team I ever ta... Starting Bid $200
Frederick Douglass Document Signed - PSA GEM MT 10 Starting Bid $200
Conditions of Sale
ANYONE EITHER REGISTERING TO BID OR PLACING A BID (“BIDDER”) ACCEPTS THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND ENTERS INTO A LEGALLY, BINDING, ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT WITH R&R AUCTION COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC (“RR AUCTION”) TOGETHER WITH BIDDER, THE “PARTIES”).
This Agreement contains important provisions that control rights and liabilities, and specifically has provisions governing how disputes are handled as well as LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY that can be imposed upon RR Auction, WAIVER OF JURY and ARBITRATION PROVISIONS. This acknowledgement is a material term of these Conditions of Sale and of the consideration under which RR Auction agrees to these terms. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
The following terms and conditions (“Conditions of Sale”) constitute the sole terms and conditions under which RR Auction will offer for sale and sell the property on its website, and/or described in the catalog of items for auction (the “Catalog”). These Conditions of Sale constitute a binding agreement between the Parties with respect to the auction in which Bidder participates (the “Auction”). By bidding at the Auction, whether in person, through an agent or representative, by telephone, facsimile, online, absentee bid, or by any other form of bid or by any other means, Bidder acknowledges the thorough reading and understanding of all of these Conditions of Sale, all descriptions of items in the Catalog, and all matters incorporated herein by reference, and agrees to be fully bound thereby.
Section 1
The Parties1.1 RR Auction and Auction
This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction. com Internet site. The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Conditions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog.
1.2 Bidder
Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal.
The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale.
Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder.
All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction.
If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and
agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bidder is acting
By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment.
Section 2
Bidding Privileges
2.1 In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established an account with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collectibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to contact references. Privileges will be granted at the sole discretion of RR Auction. Additionally, Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide a cash deposit prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related industry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue.
2.2 Bidder providing any false or misleading information provided in connection with the registration shall be a material breach of the Conditions of Sale and in addition to any other remedies at law shall excuse RR Auction from performance under these Conditions of Sale, including the right to any refund.
2.2 Bidding privileges may be revoked without notice, for any reason, at the sole discretion of RR Auction .
Section 3
Buyer’s Premium
3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. . For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s election, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate.
Section 4
Bidding
4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auction (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a re-offering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot,
even if the Bidder has made a mistake.
4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing. RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder.
4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder.
4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession.
4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder further grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reasonably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum indebtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid.
4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction.
4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders.
Section 5
Bidding Options
5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be on-increment. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid.
5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins.
5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction.
5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale,
or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive.
Section 6 Payment
6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder.
6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot.
6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.
6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks.
6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment.
6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys.
6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bid-
der’s property in their possession.
6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service provider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card.
Section 7 Sales Tax
RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/ Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. The states that are affected are: ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA,RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases.
The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%.
If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax.
Section 8
Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges
Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction.
Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.
All duties, customs, and any other import charges are the responsibility of the bidder.
Section 9
Title
Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper.
Section 10
Rights Reserved
RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time.
Section 11
Conducting the Auction
11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages.
11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale.
11.3 Reserves
Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve.
11.4 Off-Site Bidding
Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form.
11.5 Estimate Prices:
In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading).
11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property:
RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.
11.7 Before the Auction:
Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.
11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions:
To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages
the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.
11.9 Successful Bids:
The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice.
11.10
Unsold Lots:
If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers.
11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction:
Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.
To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.
Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion.
11.12 Bidding - Internet Live
Auction:
Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.
To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays,
or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.
During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise.
During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium.
11.13 Miscellaneous:
Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement.
Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with ”do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available.
11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.
Section 12
RR Auction’s Remedies
Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under sub-part (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited
to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Section 13 Warranties
13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title.
13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices.
13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly.
13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void.
Section 14 Firearms
RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.
Section 15 Unauthorized Statements
Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction.
Section 16
Bidder’s Remedies
16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only.
16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures.
16.3 Title to Items
The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.
16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process
(1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy
as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim.
(2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale.
16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner:
(1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and
(2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale.
NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID.
16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00.
Section 17
RR Auction’s Additional Services
For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder.
RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.
Section 18
Headings
Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer.
Section 19 Entire Agreement
Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties.
If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement
20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location.
20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential.
20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court
of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS.
20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.
20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding.
20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction.
20.7
Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches
In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis.
20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction (along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participation in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction.
Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues
This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these
terms and conditions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states:
For Residents of California:
SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER.
A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as required by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.
Section 22
Glossary of Condition terms
Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction.
Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows:
VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance.
FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors.
VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example).
GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important.
Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion.
Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired:
Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.
