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CONTENTS The Second World War.......................................................................................4 Presidents and First Ladies...............................................................................55 Notables............................................................................................................86 Military.............................................................................................................110 Aviation............................................................................................................116 Space..............................................................................................................121 Art, Architecture, and Design...........................................................................129 Literature.........................................................................................................136 Music...............................................................................................................150 Classic Entertainment.....................................................................................174 Sports..............................................................................................................190 Conditions of Sale...........................................................................................195
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the second world war The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15, 1945, bringing the triumphs and tragedies of World War II to a final close. This month, we look back on the war that defined a generation and shaped the paths of nations around the world. This featured section traces the history of the war and its major players— from Patton’s formative years, to Hitler’s pact with Hirohito, to Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb, the key events of the war are here represented in documents and objects. These unique, historic items are arranged in approximate chronological order so as to tell the dramatic tale of the Second World War.
1. American WWII Posters. Collection of eleven original color American WWII posters, ranging in size from 14 x 20 to 28.5 x 40, including (listed from smallest to largest): “Don’t Let That Shadow Touch Them, Buy War Bonds”; “Protect his future… watch your tongue, Silence Means Security”; “I Gave A Man! Will you give at least 10% of your pay in War Bonds?”; “Better a live cluck than a dead duck, Silence Means Security”; “For Freedom’s Sake, Buy War Bonds”; “Millions of troops are one the move…Is your trip necessary?”; “They’re shooting at Your Liberty”; “Stamp Out Black Markets”; “Do with less—so they’ll have enough! Rationing Gives You Your Fair Share”; “’Doing all you can, brother?’ Buy War Bonds”; and “Keep the home fires burning, More Production!” All are removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeves. The “Better a live cluck” poster is mounted to a board. Rolled and in overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Signature and 1906 cadet citation for Patton
2. George S. Patton. Two items: an ink signature, “[L]t. Col. G. S. Patton Jr., Officers Qtrs, A. P. O. 714,” on an off-white 5.5 x .75 slip removed from a mailing envelope; and a US Army disciplinary citation, 8 x 4, one page, August 1, 1906, naming “Patton G. S.” as the cadet, with his offense as follows: “Not halting when challenged by sentinel, but deliberately continuing his approach after answering the challenge about 2.45 A. M.” Signed at the conclusion by Lt. Col. Robert Howze. In overall very good to fine condition, with creasing to the slip and light toning to the document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“That dog Wilson is beyond words”—Patton blames the president for the death of a friend 3. George S. Patton.
ALS signed “George S. Patton, Jr.,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, June 25, 1916. Letter home to his mother, blaming President Woodrow Wilson for the death of a close friend and fellow classmate at West Point who was killed in action at the Battle of Carrizal during the Pancho Villa Expedition. In full: “We are back at Doublan which I left March 27, then it seemed a ruin but returning to it after three months of Darkest Mexico it is quite a place. There are stores here now where every thing one wants can be had. I want nothing in the food line as this place is on the R.R. Poor Mr. [Henry Rodney] Adair was in my 2nd year class at Riley, he died in a most gallant fashion having taken a trench and two machine guns and going clear on through the town on the far side of which he was mortally wounded. I am very well and have lost all hope of war; that dog Wilson is beyond words. I hope he is well beaten. I must stop now and mail this. Love to all.” In fine condition. Patton served as an aide to General Pershing during his expeditionary campaign against Poncho Villa in Mexico in 1916. Patton attained notoriety during the campaign, at one point single-handedly killing two men. He went with Pershing to France when the US entered World War I in 1917. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The sporting Patton: “We had a fine hunt” 4. George S. Patton. ALS
signed “George S. Patton, Jr.,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, Mounted Service School letterhead, October 13, 1914. Letter home to his mother, in part: “For the last two days it has been very cold almost winter. Yesterday we had a drag-hunt and there was one bad ditch in it so before starting I warned people that I would show them the ditch. I did I fell into it and both Wing and I hit on our heads but it did not hurt us a bit and we had a fine hunt. I just sent for three new fox hounds for the pack we simply had to have them and they did not cost very much. I took a rest Sunday by going on a coyote hunt with Dr. Hewett I rode over fifty miles in eleven hours and did not see a coyote but a bunch of young mules tried to kill the hounds and we had a lot of trouble keeping them off. Mrs. Ayer had been very sick so B[eatrice] has not come yet I expect her about Sunday.” Includes the original mailing envelope addressed in Patton’s hand to “Mrs. Geo. S. Patton, San Gabriel, California.” Also includes two trophies: a silver pitcher awarded for polo, engraved, “President’s Cup, Philadelphia Country Club, June 1923. Won by War Department,” with other officers’ names below; and a silver cup awarded to his wife, engraved, “Hawaii’s Sixth Terr. Fair, 1927, Best Saddle Horse Ladies, won by Bull Run, ridden by Beatrice Ayer Patton.” In overall fine condition, with some tarnishing to trophies. Patton was an avid polo player and had captained the highly successful 1922 Army squad before heading off for Kansas the following year, where he underwent further training, including the Field Officer’s Course at Fort Riley and then the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, graduating 25th in his class in 1924. His success on the polo grounds won him the admiration of his former teammates—so much so that they apparently presented their 1923 trophy to him as a memento. Patton’s wife, Beatrice, shared his affinity for equestrian sports and won the second trophy during his posting in Hawaii from 1925 to 1927. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 6 | August 9, 2017 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Prideful Patton makes his mark in 1917: “I don’t send you these as master pieces of oratory but for spontaneous effusions they are not bad and elicited much applause” 5. George S. Patton. ALS signed
“George S. Patton, Jr.,” seven pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, Hotel Continental, Paris letterhead, June 15, 1917. Long letter to “Dear Papa,” in part: “We had a perfectly uneventful trip. Never saw a U-Boat and reached London on the 7th of June. My Jews were quartered in the tower and so was I it was fine and the officers of the Honorable Artillery Corps who date from 1537 were fine to me…The reception they gave us in the Tower of London was worth the trip…The H. A. C. is a very smart regiment even now the privates have to pay $12 a year for the privilege of being killed in it. One night they gave use a theater part and the men were entertained every moment. The Jews behaved wonderfully and every one complimented them. The night we left the officers gave Paddock and myself a dinner and made speeches. The Commander Col. Truffey made a toast in which he said that the H. A. C. would always consider us as their adopted children and would take pride in our future deeds. I replied and said as follows as near as I can remember: ‘Col. Truffey! Gentlemen! On the part of my men, Capt. Paddock and my self I desire to thank you from the bottom of my heart…Should I live a hundred years I shall never feel so proud as when I marched behind your band, beneath your historic arches, cheered to the echoes by your gallant men. My sincere wish is that we your adopted children shall be able to equal your noble record for to excell it were impossible. As for your Corps emotion chokes me; I can only say with all earnestness; the H. A. C. God Bless It.’ …At the end of the show a box of cuff buttons made from gold buttons of the regiment was given me to present to the men…I had to again resort to spontaneous oratory. As well as I can remember I said, ‘Col. Truffey, officers and men of the H. A. C. in replying to your generous ovation I am at a loss what to say…Men, (turning to my Jews)…You are about to receive buttons which have fastened the tunics of the nobles of all the heroes of this heroic war. See that in accepting this accolade you ever live up to its requirements and strive to equal, for no mortal can accell [sic], the magnificent record of the H. A. C. Americans rise. Three cheers for the H. A. C.’ I don’t send you these as master pieces of oratory but for spontaneous effusions they are not bad and elicited much applause.” In fine condition. After America had declared war in April, June 1917 marked the arrival of the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Force at the Tower of London—the first sign of the mighty strength that the United States would bring to World War I. They then went to Paris, where Patton, working as Pershing’s personal aide, oversaw training of American troops until September. He would later become known for his spontaneous, inspirational speeches, which were generally laced with profanity. Offering boastful pride with a hint of anti-Semitism, this letter is quintessentially Patton and exists as a historically significant record of his entry into World War I. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 7
“I wish all the men could drive as well as the ones we had in the platoon,” Patton observes during tank exercises, “we would certainly kill Germans” 6. George S. Patton. ALS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, June 30, 1918. Letter to his father, in full: “We have just hade some driving over rising shell holes some over ten feet deep and thirty across. The tanks did fine and all the people looking on were duly impressed. It was funny to see them go clear out of sight and then reappear and go on. I wish all the men could drive as well as the ones we had in the platoon this morning we would certainly kill Germans. We are having lovely weather but it is I believe too dry for the corps at least they don’t look very well according to my notion. I am invited out to lunch so must stop and clean up. Much love to you all. Your devoted son.” In very good to fine condition, with an old tape repair to the reverse of a tear to the top of the intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Patton’s silver Cartier trophy from the 1934 Tuxedo Horse Show 7. George S. Patton. Sterling silver trophy cup won by George S. Patton and his horse Hukupu at the 1934 Tuxedo Horse Show in Tuxedo Park, NY, measuring 6˝ tall and 3.5˝ in diameter, engraved on the front: “Tuxedo Horse Show, 1934, Officers Mount, Won by Hukupu.” Bottom is hallmarked “Cartier,” “Sterling,” and “8158.” In fine condition, with light scattered tarnishing. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from his grandson Robert H. Patton. George S. Patton also rode Hukupu at the Fifteenth Annual West Point Horse Show in 1933, and at the 1934 Riding and Hunt Club hunter trials. Patton, his wife, and his children were all expert equestrians. Starting Bid $200
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Hitler grows his strict Nazi Party: “Membership in other political organizations cannot be tolerated” 8. Adolf Hitler. DS in German, signed “Adolf Hitler,” one page,
8.5 x 11, December 1, 1925. Document issued from the District Office of Mecklenburg of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (the Nazi Party), in full (translated): “To Mr. Badeerging, I decree as follows. In responding as late as today to your letters of Sept. 22, Oct. 19, and Nov. 8, I want to explain that the reason for the delay is that by now an Arbitration Committee (which was constituted according to our bylaws) has taken up its work. On the basis of the recommendations of this committee, I reject your protest against your exclusion from the N.S.D.A.P. by the Mecklenburg District Office. The statements given by the witnesses who incriminate you are so clear that your personal defense could justifiably be considered unnecessary by the District Office. You are entitled to challenge the decision made by the secretary in charge of general matters at the annual meeting of the Council for General Matters held in Munich during the second half of January. If it could established that you did not have a chance to have your case heard before your exclusion we recommend that the right to defend yourself personally must not be infringed upon. At this occasion, I would like to point out that for a member there exists only the N.S.D.A.P. and that therefore membership in other political organizations cannot be tolerated.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, edge tears, and old adhesive residue to the left side. Hitler had been released from prison less than a year earlier, and the infamous Mein Kampf was released in July 1925. After working to have the Nazi Party reinstated from a ban in Germany, he worked to grow the movement; after several years of little success, the worldwide economic disaster of 1929 provided an avenue for the power he so desperately sought. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
“Critical Observations of the Rommel Course” 9. Erwin Rommel. Scarce German booklet created by Rommel’s students at the Sennelager Training Area, 8.5 x 11.75, 12 pages, signed on the last page in pencil, “Rommel,” as well as by nearly 40 others, presumably students and other instructors. The front cover of the booklet reads (translated): “The Magnifying Glass, Critical Observations of the Rommel Course, 21 April to 9 May 1934, in the Sennelager.” In fine condition. Before he taught this course at Senne from April–May 1934, Rommel was an instructor at the Dresden Infantry School from 1929–1933. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 9
Recognizing a consular appointment by “Our Good Friend the Chancellor of the German Reich” in 1936 10. King Edward VIII. Rare partly-printed DS, signed “Edward RI,”
one page, 18.5 x 13.5, October 8, 1936. Official document recognizing a German diplomat, in part: “Whereas Our Good Friend the Chancellor of the German Reich has by a Commission…appointed Mr. Harold Arthur Tassell to be Vice-Consul at King’s Lynn.” Signed in the upper left by the king and countersigned in the lower right by Anthony Eden. In fine condition, with a central vertical and horizontal folds, a few small stains, and light wrinkling. As Edward VIII reigned for only ten months before abdicating the throne, documents signed as king are quite uncommon. This is a particularly noteworthy document as “Our Good Friend the Chancellor of the German Reich” refers to Adolf Hitler, with whom King Edward was indeed friendly. In October 1937, the then-Duke and Duchess of Windsor visited Germany against the advice of the British government and met with Hitler, and they infamously exchanged Nazi salutes. The British government worked to suppress the cordial nature of their relationship throughout the war and in its aftermath. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Roosevelt prepares for the 1939 visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 11. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Draft ALS as president in pencil, signed “Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa early 1939. Letter “For Secretary of State,” marked “Restricted” at the top, pertaining to the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth scheduled for June 1939. In full: “I hope that Secretary Lascelles will return to Washington from Ottawa after I get back as some of the plans spoken of in press dispatches do not seem wise. This relates especially to a visit to the battery in New York.” In fine condition, with paperclip-related rust marks to the top. As the personal secretary of King George VI, Alan ‘Tommy’ Lascelles spent the early months of 1939 shuttling across the Atlantic and finalizing the itinerary for the king and queen’s forthcoming royal tour of North America. While the bulk of the month-long trip was limited to Canada, the royal party toured the United States from June 7–12, making stops at Mount Vernon, the New York World’s Fair, and a much-publicized picnic dinner at Roosevelt’s Hyde Park estate. The president’s objection to including Battery Park as a potential destination was apt; the site had long served as the center for celebrations commemorating the departure of the last British troops after the American Revolutionary War. Additionally, Roosevelt sought to ingratiate the royal couple to the American people, a preparatory step to mobilize American support in the likely event of a conflict with Nazi Germany. Less than three months later, Britain and France declared war on Germany in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and more—pages from a Nazi leader’s personal guest book 12.
Third Reich. Remarkable group of pages from the guest book of Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler, taken as a souvenir by a young Philadelphia major while overseas with the Seventh Army and later displayed in a Philadelphia museum. The pages, each measuring 9.25 x 12.75, are signed by an assortment of major Nazi officials and their family members, with dates from 1937 to 1939. One page features a rare inscription and signature by Hitler, (translated), “With hearty greetings and best wishes, Adolf Hitler, 23 May 1939,” and is signed below by his aides-de-camp Wilhelm Bruckner, Sepp Dietrich, and Karl Brandt. Signatures on the other pages include: Joachim von Ribbentrop, Annele Ribbentrop, Baldur von Schirach, Emma M. von Schirach, Hans Frank, Brigitte Frank, Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff, Eva Dieckhoff, Joseph Goebbels, Magda Goebbels, Viktor Lutze, Paule Lutze, Walter Darre, Charlotte Darre, Heinrich Himmler, Marga Himmler, Gudrun Himmler, and Gerhard Himmler. Number strips associated with the museum exhibit are affixed to a few of the sheets, and accompanying descriptive cards are included. In overall very good to fine condition, with small splits along horizontal folds, and edge paper loss to the Hitler sheet not affecting any of the signatures. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping describing the pages of Bouhler’s guest book in an article which was syndicated throughout the United States; one of the exhibit cards describes a signed photo of Hitler (no longer present) that was mutilated by a displaced Polish person who came upon it in the American soldier’s office. Provenance: Swann Galleries, 1984. Major Charles W. Sudlow ‘liberated’ these guest book pages from the home of Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler when his anti-aircraft artillery brigade requisitioned Bouhler’s home in South Germany as a command post just before V-E Day. Bouhler was both a Reichsleiter and Chief of the Chancellery of the Fuhrer of the NSDAP, and he oversaw some of the greatest atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. After being arrested by American troops in May 1945, he committed suicide. These pages from his guest book offer a rare compilation of autographs from the leadership of the Nazi Party, along with their wives and children. Starting Bid $1000
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13. Battle of Britain: Antoni Markiewicz. DS, signed “A. Markiewicz,” one page, 8 x 12.75, October 26, 1940. A “Combat Report” marked “Secret,” describing an air fight during the Battle of Britain. In part: “Acting as escort on A.S.R. approx 5 miles out from Withernsea I came upon a lone BF 109 about 3000 feet above me and clearly silhouetted. I gave chase immediately and he also saw me almost at once, and half rolled for the deck with myself after him. From 10,000 ft almost down to ground level I clung to his tail firing short bursts and losing distance slightly in the dive and finishing up about 700 yds astern as he levelled out and set course for the French coast. A long burst produced immediate results. Bits flew off his aircraft which rolled slowly on its back and dived apparently out of control. As I eased out of the dive I saw nothing more of the enemy fighter but on pulling round I noticed a large disturbance in the water.” In fine condition. Born on January 13, 1915, Markiewicz was a fighter pilot who joined the 302 Squadron at Leconfield on August 6, 1940. Starting Bid $200
Brilliant 1941 Steichen portrait of the Prime Minister 14. Winston Churchill. Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 7.75 portrait of Churchill with a hand in his pocket, affixed to its original studio mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Winston S. Churchill, 1941,” and bearing a pencil notation, “Copy By Harrods.” The photo and mount are affixed to 10.25 x 15.5 display sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from Churchill’s personal secretary R. E. K. Hill, dated July 3, 1941, addressed Mrs. Stapleton, in full: “I am now returning to you the photograph of Mr. Churchill, which he was glad to autograph for your husband’s ship, H.M.S. ‘Amaranthus.’” Nicholas Stapleton commanded HMS Amaranthus from January to August 1941. Legendary American photographer Edward Steichen took this photo of Churchill in 1932 for Vanity Fair magazine, with the image later serving as the jacket image for While England Slept in 1938, the US edition of Churchill’s Arms and the Covenant. Authorized copies of this print were produced for sale by Harrods after Churchill ascended to the Prime Ministership in 1940. A phenomenal signed portrait buttressed by its rich history and stalwart provenance. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“I, Mitsuo Fuchida, led the aerial attack at Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941” 15. Mitsuo Fuchida.
Partly-printed souvenir typescript filled out in Fuchida’s hand and signed at the conclusion, “Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida,” one page, 8.5 x 11, in full: “I certify that I, Mitsuo Fuchida, led the aerial attack at Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:49 A.M. I was a Commander in the Japanesse Naval Air Force. The order to attack came from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Our flight which originated in 6 Aircraft Carriers, consisted of 360 planes. We were Level Bomber section of the Akagi Squadron of the First Air fleet, the Japanesse Imperial Navy.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Immediately after Pearl Harbor: “There is only one thing for us to do now—apply every energy to the defeat of Japan” 16. Herbert Hoover.
War-dated TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 10, 1941. Letter to Mrs. W. J. Deck, in part: “There is only one thing for us to do now—apply every energy to the defeat of Japan. I do want you to know how deeply I appreciate your encouragement.” In fine condition. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor happened only three days earlier on December 7th, and Hoover’s successor as president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gave his memorable ‘date which will live in infamy’ speech on the 8th, after which Congress voted to declare war on Japan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
FDR’s Christmas greetings to disabled veterans
17. Franklin D. Roosevelt. War-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 19, 1941. Letter “To all Disabled Veterans,” in full: “To you who have your country’s enduring gratitude for the service you have given and the Nation’s continued concern for your welfare I send hearty Christmas greetings. You who have served in time of war fully realize the sacrifice and sorrow which we as a Nation again are forced to meet. But knowing that our cause is just and right we shall not fail to put into this struggle every resource at our command. And in this grave time I am confidant of your loyal cooperation and support. May the New Year bring health and happiness to you.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rommel’s nominations for the Iron Cross 18. Erwin Rommel. DS, in German, signed in pencil, “Rommel,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, January 30, 1942. Untranslated document in which Rommel nominates four soldiers for the Iron Cross 2nd Class. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
21. Doolittle Raiders. Color limited edition 26.5 x 18.5
19. Erwin Rommel.
War-dated DS in German, signed in pencil, “Rommel,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 5, February 14, 1942. Untranslated document in which Rommel nominates three soldiers for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
lithograph entitled ‘0820 18 April 1942,’ numbered 332/2000, signed in the lower border in pencil by James Doolittle, “J. H. Doolittle,” and by the artist, “Robert Moak.” Includes a limited edition companion sheet of Doolittle Raiders letterhead, numbered 64/678, signed by twenty of the Doolittle Raiders: Bill Bower, Ed Horton, Jack A. Sims, J. R. Stork, Tom Griffin, Frank Kappeler, Griffith Williams, Nolan A. Herndon, E. W. Holstrom, Ed Saylor, Davy Jones, R. E. Cole, Jacob DeShazer, Hank Potter, Joe Manske, C. J. Nielsen, David J. Thatcher, Travis Hoover, Charles L. McClure, and R. A. Knobloch. The lithograph is nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 31 x 23, and the sheet is similarly double-matted and framed to an overall size of 10.5 x 13. In fine condition. Accompanied by an informational packet and a photocopy of a notarized letter attesting to the authenticity of Dootlittle’s signature, which was issued with the piece. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Our main job right now is to win the war, no matter at what cost” 20. Eleanor Roosevelt. War-dated TLS, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, April 1, 1942. Letter to Mr. Porter, in part: “I am glad to know that you have enlisted and my very best wishes go to you into the service. I am sure that you will gain much from it and our main job right now is to win the war, no matter at what cost. It means a sacrifice for everybody and, while the plans we make for the future may not materialize, it is well for all of us to concentrate now on the job at hand and gain a victory that will make it possible to lie a happy and normal life after this is all over.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Firsthand accounts of the sinking of the USS Caddo and the USS Gorgas 22. World War II. Fascinating archive of material related to the sinking of the USS Caddo and the USS William C. Gorgas by German U-boats, consisting primarily of official signed depositions taken by vessel survivors, totaling to 27 pages. The USS Caddo, transporting over 100,000 barrels of fuel oil and 300 drums of gasoline from Baytown, Texas, to Reykjavik, Iceland, was torpedoed by U-518 just south of the Grand Banks on November 22, 1942. The entirely unharmed crew boarded three lifeboats, two of which were lost, and the third, after 15 days at sea, was rescued with six of the seventeen men found alive. Able Seaman Joseph Kucenski was on watch when the torpedo was spotted by his watch mate, in part: “After being on watch for 50 minutes, I heard my watch mate, Van Brogen, yell down the voice tube from the top of the wheel house ‘torpedo coming port side.’ I immediately threw the wheel hard right and reached back and turned on the general alarm. I heard the bell start to ring and almost simultaneously felt the vessel vibrate excessively and heard an explosion in the port after part of the ship.” Oilman Francisco Alonso recounts the moments after the torpedo strike: “After getting clear of the Caddo, I observed that there were three boats in the vicinity and learned that it was Nos. 1, 2 and 3 boats that had been successfully launched from the ship…it was noted that the time was 4:20 A.M…and soon afterwards the attacking submarine surfaced not far from our boat, circled around and ordered us to come alongside.” Kucenski: “We learned afterwards that Captain Muller and Chief Mate Lande had been taken prisoner aboard the submarine… My information that they had been taken prisoner was learned after the submarine had disappeared and our boats assembled near each other.” The decision was made to steer towards Bermuda, but within a day the lifeboats became separated. After “two or three days” the crew of Lifeboat No. 1 opted to reverse course and head towards the Azores. Ten days later, the first sailor, “Able Seaman Raymond Van Brogan” succumbed, and the second of two capsizes depleted the survivors by seven more. Alonso: “At a time that I have since learned was about 9:30 A.M. on December 8th, we sighted a vessel and one of the armed guard crew sent up a flare and soon afterwards the Spanish M/V Motormar came alongside and picked us out of the boat.” The USS William C. Gorgas was part of a convoy bound from New York to Liverpool when it was torpedoed on March 10, 1943. Sailor Preston Boyter relays his harrowing escape and subsequent rescues: “11:45 P. M. at the time Gorgas was attacked I was in my room…off watch at time the concussion threw me off my bed all lights went out at once. When I gained my feet my room was full of water the door to my room was jammed with steel locker and beds I found the door and rammed it open…I fell out the room into the passage way it was full of water steam and torpedo fumes…I heard someone calling for help I traced the call and found the chief cook in the deck engine room with the door jammed I grabbed a fireaxe and chopped open the door he was very thankful.” Boyter and other survivors boarded lifeboats and were soon recovered by the HMS Harvester, which, after losing power in its second propeller, was itself torpedoed by a U-boat that intersected the ship’s distress call. “I saw a torpedo that was surfaced and streaking across the water…the last torpedo hit some explosives blowing the ship in half also blow me back in the water I was dazed my head was bleeding…The rafts were overcrowded. There were about thirty men on a raft which ordinarily holds 15…We were then picked up by the H.M.S. Narcissis.” Also included are two documents related to a citation given to James F. Harrell, who was bestowed with the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his courage in rescuing 106 survivors of a torpedoed Dutch ship. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Rare 1943 diplomatic letter from Hitler to Hirohito
23. Adolf Hitler. Amazing war-dated LS in German, one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.75, January 6, 1943. Official letter of state
from Hitler to Hirohito, “His Majesty the Kaiser of Japan.� Hitler informs the Japanese emperor of the recall of Eugen Ott from his post as German ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, and of the appointment of Heinrich Stahmer to the position. Signed at the conclusion by Hitler and countersigned by Joachim von Ribbentrop. In fine condition. The two German diplomats referenced here, Ott and Stahmer, were key negotiators of the Tripartite Pact by which Germany, Japan, and Italy formed the Axis alliance in 1940. A truly remarkable piece of history linking the unlikely allies of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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24. George S. Patton. Mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harrington Brown in Los Angeles, 8.25 x 3.75, postmarked February 5, 1943, signed in the lower left in fountain pen with a censorship signature, “Censored, G. S. Patton, Jr., Maj. Gen.” In very good condition, with creasing, staining to the right side, paper loss to upper left corner, and a thin old tape stain just touching his rank. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I agree with your idea of just getting together after this war is over and never letting anything part us again” 25. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
War-dated ALS signed “Ike,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, February 28, 1943. Letter to his wife Mamie, aiming to put to rest rumors that he was having an affair with his driver, Kay Summersby. In full: “Sunday morning, and for some reason there seems to be a few minutes of calm and quiet in this office. Always, at such times, I like to start a letter to you, because I’m never sure when my next opportunity will come. (—Actually I was interrupted by Ernest at this point, but chased him out.) I suspect that, at times, he feels he leads a devil of an existence. But when I come back from a visit to the boys that are living in the cold and rain and muck, high up in the cold hills of Tunisia, I cannot get very sorry for those living back here in comfort! You must not worry about me. Everyone is exceedingly careful as to my safety, whether I’m travelling by road or by plane—it seems to me a hundred unnecessary precautions are taken. It would be difficult to tell you how much I agree with your idea of just getting together after this war is over and never letting anything part us again. Sometimes I get so homesick for you I don’t know what to do. But I always know this—for me there is only one woman and only one ambition with respect to a woman—that is to come a-running to you & hold on to you firmly, forever. You must realize that in such a confused life as we lead there all sorts of stories, gossip, lies and etc can get started without the slightest foundation in fact. I don’t even let my people tell me what they are—my poor brain is sufficiently burdened with things that are true. So I want you to know that you can smile at anything—I’m trying to do my duty, every day, and my only hope is that this war will be over quickly so I can go over with you minute by minute, everything that’s happened to either of us since I last saw you. I’m afraid I must top. I started this at 8:15. It’s now 11:15, and two conferences coming up. I think a courier leaves this P.M., and I don’t want this note to miss him. I love you—only!!” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. A member of the British Mechanized Transport Corps during World War II, Kay Summersby served as a chauffeur and later as the personal secretary to General Eisenhower between the years 1942 and 1945. The pair spent a great deal of time together and, with Eisenhower’s help, Summersby became a US citizen and a commissioned officer in the US Women’s Army Corps. Rumors of their affair began to circulate before long, and although Eisenhower affirms to his wife in this letter, “there is only one woman and only one ambition with respect to a woman,” published books and wartime correspondence between Summersby and Eisenhower offer evidence of a decidedly informal relationship. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A narrow escape in Tunisia, April 1943: “He was in the midst of a bombing attack and received a couple of wounds” 26. Omar Bradley. War-dated ALS, one page, 8.75 x 11, V-Mail letterhead, April 2, 1943. Letter to Mr. R. C. Bridge in Acampo, California. In full: “I suppose Lewis has told you of his experiences yesterday. He was in the midst of a bombing attack and received a couple of wounds in the upper part of his left arm, they were flesh wounds only and he is getting along fine. Hansen just saw him and we expect him back in a couple of weeks. He directed others to fox holes when the attack started and then took cover in a ditch, there not being enough holes to go around. After the attack he insisted on helping others first, but Hansen and I gave him first aid and Hansen took him to an aid station. He is a grand boy and his conduct was magnificent. I hope it doesn’t happen again.” Addressed on the reverse by Bradley, incorporating his name, “O. N. Bradley” into the return address as well as adding his censorship signature. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and old tape along the left edge. Chet Hansen and Lewis Bridge were Bradley’s trusted aides, and they were hit by an air raid on April 1st as part of the Battle of El Guettar during the Tunisia Campaign; General Patton’s aide-decamp, Maj. Richard N. Jenson, was killed in the attack. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“This action will give further testimony to the especially close relations which unite Honduras and the United States in the struggle against the Axis powers and in the defense of this Hemisphere” 27. Franklin D. Roosevelt. World War II-dated typed Letter of State, one page,
10.25 x 14, April 6, 1943. Official letter to President Carías Andino of Honduras, in full: “The Government of the United States of America being desirous at this time to testify its good will and friendship for the Republic of Honduras, it is particularly fitting that our two countries should exchange diplomatic representatives with the rank of Ambassador. It is my agreeable duty to inform you that, acting under the authority conferred upon the President by the Congress of the United States, I have made choice of John D. Erwin, a distinguished citizen of the United States, to reside near the Government of Honduras in the quality of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America. This action will give further testimony to the especially close relations which unite Honduras and the United States in the struggle against the Axis powers and in the defense of this Hemisphere. I therefore request Your Excellency to receive him favorably and to give full credence to what he shall say on the part of the United States, and to the assurances which I have charged him to convey to you of the best wishes of this Government for the prosperity of Honduras. May God have Your Excellency in His Wise Keeping.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. In very good to fine condition, with a light block of toning, scattered foxing, and a few small repaired areas of paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Ike’s beloved B-17: “Because of its defensive gun power, I can fly around in it anywhere” 28. Dwight D. Eisenhower. War-dated TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Allied Force Headquarters letterhead, May 17, 1943. Letter to Tex Chandler, in part: “It was a great treat to have your note; but when I was trying to decide just how to address you, I couldn’t figure out whether you were a Captain or from there anything else on up to a Major General. On top of that, I’ll be darned if I remember your first name—I don’t think I ever called you anything but ‘Tex.’ You can well imagine how I would like to have you in this theater. However, it is not too easy to manage in asking for an individual by name…This is by agreement with the War Department, where they are plagued all the time by special requests involving personnel. I am entitled to one other aide up to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel and, of course, we might always work the shenanigan of getting you on that basis and then transferring you to a job of Bomber Command. My own ship is a B-17, flown by Captain Reedy. I keep the same crew and ship all the time…It wasn’t built to carry passengers, as you know, but because of its defensive gun power, I can fly around in it anywhere without the necessity of detailing a lot of fighter escort, which is always expensive.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper” 29. Eleanor Roosevelt. War-dated TLS, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, June 28, 1943. Letter to Jerome Darrow, in part: “I am very glad to send you a message for Talkie-Talkie, your weekly Army newspaper. I understand only too well how hard it must be for our soldiers who stand guard in the jungle and outposts which we are now occupying. I want to say to them that on every hand I hear how wonderfully the men are accepting the strange new conditions under which they live and how cheerfully they live through discomfort and boredom. I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part…I am very much concerned about the future which we build as a result of this war. I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the chance for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundations stronger and our chance to bring a continuance of peace in the future, stronger. To do this for the world we must do it at home also and I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things which they wish to see done to bring about future employment, a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future. Good luck to all of you and may you all come back and work for peace and feel that you are building something constructive when this victory is won.” In fine condition, with light toning and a paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Hap Arnold’s pass to the highly secretive Quebec Conference, where he finalized the strategy for Operation Overlord 30. Hap Arnold. War-dated Quebec Conference general pass, signed “H. H. Arnold,” 4.5 x 2.75, 1943. General Pass for the 1943 Quebec Conference issued to Arnold, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Arnold, and also bearing a stamped signature of RCMP Commissioner S. T. Wood. Reverse bears a Herbert H. Smellie, Security Officer stamp. Scattered light toning and soiling, and some ink marks to left side, otherwise fine condition. Codenamed ‘Quadrant,’ the first Quebec Conference was a secret meeting between the governments of Great Britain, the United States, and Canada hosted by Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King from August 17–24, 1943. The chief representatives were Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose delegation included Arnold, George Marshall, and Ernest King, and Winston Churchill, who was accompanied by Lord Mountbatten and Anthony Eden. The allied leaders began discussions for the planning of the invasion of France, codenamed Overlord, which would result in D-Day’s invasion of Normandy a year later. They also agreed to increase the bombing offensive against Germany and began planning the invasion and occupation of Mussolini’s Italy. A historically significant World War II piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Excuse this captured Fascist paper but it is all I have at the moment” 32. Montgomery of Alamein. War-dated ALS
31. Winston Churchill. Crisp fountain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 8 x 6.5 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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signed “B. L. Montgomery, General, Eighth Army,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, Partito Nazionale Fascista letterhead, September 22, 1943. Letter to “My dear Elliott,” in part: “I have received the band score for the march you have composed for my Army. It is quite first class and I am delighted with it. I gratefully accept its dedication to the Eight Army. Thank you very much. Excuse this captured Fascist paper but it is all I have at the moment.” In very good condition, with three folded edges, and splitting along several intersecting folds. Montgomery’s Eighth Army had completed Operation Baytown, the Allied amphibious landing on the Italian mainland, only a few weeks earlier on September 3rd, and continued fighting its way north alongside the US Fifth Army, led by Mark W. Clark. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Following a brutal battle, FDR cites a Red Army officer for meritorious conduct 33. Franklin D. Roosevelt. DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, White House
letterhead, no date but circa 1943. A “Citation for Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer” for “Lieutenant Colonel Stepan Savvich Vlasenko, Red Army U.S.S.R. For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services during the operation resulting in the capture of Kiev and forcing the Dnieper. In September 1943, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Vlasenko forces the Dnieper and in the subsequent battles strengthened the bridgehead on the right bank, inflicting heavy damage on enemy personnel and equipment.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and wrinkling. The Battle of the Lower Dnieper, for which Vlasenko is being recognized, took place in 1943 and is considered one of the costliest operations of the war, involving more than four million troops on both sides on a front that stretched 870 miles. Lasting four months, as many as half of the combatants were killed, but Soviet forces were able to recapture Kiev from the Germans. This unique commendation, created by Roosevelt earlier in the war, was designed to recognize any Allied soldier who ‘shall have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.’ Of course, that meant that Soviet troops, such as Lieutenant Colonel Vlasenko, were eligible for the honor. Throughout the war, FDR recognized the invaluable contributions being made by the Red Army in the fight against Nazi Germany, and hoped that such a citation might strengthen the tenuous bond between the multi-national Allied coalition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Your efforts to better understand France’s situation and her ardent wish for close friendship with the American people and their government” 34. Charles de Gaulle. War-dated TLS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 2, 1944. Letter to Edwin Wilson, US representative to the French Committee of National Liberation, in part (translated): “I want to tell you how much I have appreciated, since you arrived in Algeria, your efforts to better understand France’s situation and her ardent wish for close friendship with the American people and their government. Please accept, my dear Ambassador, my best wishes for yourself and your loved ones.” In fine condition. Three days after his arrival at the Allied North Africa base in Algeria, de Gaulle and General Henri Giraud proclaimed a new French Committee of National Liberation on June 3, 1943. Although the board viewed itself as a source of unity and representation for the French nation, de Gaulle exhausted little time politically outmaneuvering Giraud for total control of the Liberation. Unlike President Roosevelt, who referred to de Gaulle as ‘an apprentice dictator,’ General Eisenhower thought strongly of the French leader and, upon his return to Washington on January 1, the day before this letter was written, posited to Roosevelt that an improved liaison with de Gaulle was ‘the only practical and logical way of dealing with the myriad of military and civil problems inherent in the invasion of France.’ The committee was proclaimed France’s provisional government on May 27, and de Gaulle soon thereafter left for London to assist in preparations for the Battle of Normandy. In spite of such an epochal collaboration, and the subsequent Liberation of Paris in late August, the relationship between de Gaulle and top Allied powers remained uneasy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 21
“The ‘Patton’ incident has apparently caused a furor—and has gradually died out in public interest. I hope I never hear of it again” 35. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Significant ALS signed “Ike,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, December 14, [1943]. Letter to his wife Mamie, in part: “Yesterday I got back from a 6-day trip. In the past 4 weeks my travel schedule has been something like this. (1) Malta & back here. 4 days. (2) Oran & back here. 2 days. (3) Tunis & back here. 3 days. (4) Cairo & [back here]. 7 days. (5) Tunis, Malta, Sicily & back here. 5 days. (6) Again Tunis & back here. 2 days. My stops, in between times, at my own Hq have been exceedingly brief…Now & then I’ve had a chance to dash you off a note—the latest one was a pencilled scrawl that I have to Hap Arnold. But today I sent you a teletype…because I’ve had no letter in over 3 weeks. ‘Fan mail’ is no substitute for a letter from you—besides, a secretary answers most of that. One of my hardest chores—but one which I attend to personally—is the attempt to give a word of encouragement to those that write to me about a son or relative lost in battle. I feel very deeply for them. I always realize—with a fearful shock—how I’d feel if John were lost in the war. In fact, after 23 years, I still feel the tragedy of Ikky’s loss—One must not think of such things. The ‘Patton’ incident has apparently caused a furor—and has gradually died out in public interest. I hope I never hear of it again. What trouble can be caused by such crazy acts as his—troubles that were entirely unnecessary—Oh hum! Well, darling—I’m on my way—I love you heaps—but if you don’t write I’m going to send you a letter that will sear the paper!!!” In fine condition. In late November 1943, homefront headlines were dominated by news that General George S. Patton had slapped two hospitalized soldiers for their ‘cowardice.’ His actions resulted in widespread controversy throughout the United States, rapidly spreading throughout the media as a front-page story. In view of the public outcry, Patton was ordered by Eisenhower to apologize to the men and was then removed from battlefield command for nearly a year. Eisenhower and George Marshall refused to fire Patton on the grounds of “such crazy acts,” but when Patton returned to combat command in mid-1944, his behavior was now viewed as too compulsive to lead in the vital Operation Overlord invasion. Patton’s former subordinate, Omar Bradley, was chosen in his stead. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I knew that your boy is in the Southwest Pacific. My oldest boy, James, who is in the Marine Corps, has been there three times, and I suppose he will go again” 36. Franklin D. Roosevelt. War-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75,
White House letterhead, January 4, 1944. Letter to Mrs. Clifford D. Mallory, in part: “I am most grateful to you for that excellent copy of the old print of the Hudson River from Hyde Park. I am delighted to have it and I shall put it in a little new cottage which I have built at the top of the hill. I knew that your boy is in the Southwest Pacific. My oldest boy, James, who is in the Marine Corps, has been there three times, and I suppose he will go again, as he has been working on commando training for the last two years.” In fine condition, with light toning to the edges, and the type light but readable. Only six weeks earlier, James Roosevelt had landed with the US Army’s 165th Regimental Combat Team, 27th Infantry Division during the Invasion of Makin; he was awarded a Silver Star for his gallantry in action. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 22 | August 9, 2017 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written while imprisoned at Stalag Luft III 37. Stalag Luft III Prisoner Letter. ALS in pencil, signed “R. Parkin” in the return address area, one page on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4, Kriegsfefangenenlager [Prisoner of War Camp] postcard, March 8, 1943. Letter home from a prisoner of war being held at Stalag Luft III. In full: “Dear Mother, please send me these books, if possible—English course, Stage I (Price 1/9). Spelling and vocabulary exercises (1/9). Facts and how to find them (2/6). General maths (with key) 2/6. Please take it out of my cash. The address is: Pitman & Sons, Ltd. Parker Street, Kingsway London W. C. 2.” Addressed on the reverse in the same hand, stamped below “Stalag Luft III.” A central vertical fold, and light creases and soiling, otherwise fine condition. Stalag Luft III was the camp immortalized in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, based on the true story of prisoners who tunneled underground in an attempt to escape. Starting Bid $200
38. Stalag Luft III Barbed Wire and Bracket. Two elements from the electric fence system of the famous ‘Great Escape’ Stalag Luft III prison camp: a 9.5˝ long segment of rusted barbed wire; and a 20˝ long bent metal bracket, measuring .75˝ wide. Consignor notes that these were purchased from Bonham’s. Stalag Luft III was a German POW camp in Silesia (now western Poland), which was operated by the Luftwaffe and held captured British and American airmen. It is best known for being the site of the massive breakout of 76 men, depicted in the classic film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen. Starting Bid $200
39. Stalag Luft III Fence Pole Base. The foot of a metal fence post and its concrete base excavated from the famous ‘Great Escape’ Stalag Luft III prison camp, measuring an overall 5 x 5 x 5, exhibiting corrosion and wear consistent with long exposure to the elements. The metal fence pole base has a bolt and small bracket attached. The camp was bulldozed at the end of the war, and these relics were excavated by Polish souvenir hunters in the 1950s. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Rodney Hilton Brown, founder of The War Museum, a private non-profit foundation which has provided items to several noteworthy institutions including the Smithsonian. Stalag Luft III was a German POW camp in Silesia (now western Poland), which was operated by the Luftwaffe and held captured British and American airmen. It is best known for being the site of the massive breakout of 76 men, depicted in the classic film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen. Starting Bid $200
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Crafted by a prisoner of Stalag Luft III
40. Stalag Luft III Prisoner-Made Bomber Plane.
Handmade model of an RAF Vickers Wellington bomber crafted by a prisoner at Stalag Luft III, measuring approximately 8.25 x 10 x 2.5, carved from a lightweight wood and painted in dark green camouflage with white accents to depict the cockpit and rear gun turret, finished with two spinning propellors fashioned in metal. A mid-20th century typed label in German is affixed to the underside of one of the wings, “FlugeugsbomberModell gemachy vom einem Kriegefangenen im Lager Zagan [Model of a bomber made by a prisoner in Camp Zagan].” In very good to fine condition, with general overall wear. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Rodney Hilton Brown, founder of The War Museum, a private non-profit foundation which has provided items to several noteworthy institutions including the Smithsonian. Stalag Luft III was a German POW camp near Zagan in Silesia (now western Poland), which was operated by the Luftwaffe and held captured British and American airmen. It is best known for being the site of the massive breakout of 76 men, depicted in the classic film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen. An incredible relic from this famed prison camp. Starting Bid $300
Artwork by a POW at Stalag Luft III 41. Stalag Luft III Prisoner Sketch. Pencil sketch on an
off-white 6.5 x 7 sheet, done by Sgt. Bob Neary as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, the camp immortalized in the 1963 film The Great Escape. The sketch depicts a POW standing on a Red Cross box, pouring water over a naked man; those who were working to tunnel underground had to shower in secret, as the shower rooms were watched over by guards. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling. Neary was a gunner in the 450th Bomb Group, 720th Squadron, taken prisoner after being shot down. In his privately printed book of wartime sketches, ‘Stalag Luft III,’ Neary recalled the feeling of liberation after being held captive. Starting Bid $200
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42. World War II Red Cross Mug.
Black-andwhite enamel mug attributed to the famous ‘Great Escape’ Stalag Luft III prison camp, measuring 3.25˝ tall and 3.75˝ in diameter, bearing a paper label on the front, “A Gift of American Red Cross, Made in U.S.A.,” secured more recently with a large strip of cello tape. In fine condition, with general wear from use. Provenance: Bonham’s, The War Museum. Stalag Luft III was a German POW camp in Silesia (now western Poland), which was operated by the Luftwaffe and held captured British and American airmen. It is best known for being the site of the massive breakout of 76 men, depicted in the classic film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen. Starting Bid $200
Eisenhower’s D-Day message to the Allied Expeditionary Force 43. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Print of Eisen-
hower’s famous statement to the Allied Expeditionary Force on June 6, 1944, one page, 6 x 9.25, removed from the limited edition book Crusade in Europe published in 1948 by Doubleday, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” The message reads, in part: “Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world…I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!” Matted with a photo and framed to an overall size of 20 x 13. In very fine condition. These signed versions of Eisenhower’s D-Day message were issued in the special edition of Crusade in Europe, which was limited to 1426 copies. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Ike’s limited edition WWII memoir, featuring his signed D-Day order 44. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed
book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 192/1426. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 10, 559 pages. Signed in fountain pen on a special prefatory page reproducing Eisenhower’s ‘Order of the Day’ on D-Day, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” In very good to fine condition, with a light block of toning over most of the signed page; the slipcase in good to very good condition, with considerable wear and a detached top cover. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Nazi promotion document used as evidence at Nuremberg 45. Adolf Hitler. War-dated typed
DS in German, signed “Adolf Hitler,” five pages, 8.25 x 11.75, June 30, 1944. Untranslated promotion list for officers in the Nazi medical corps, signed at the conclusion by Hitler and countersigned by an officer. This document was used as part of the evidence at Nuremberg to show how the Nazi system of promotion worked; it was one of a large number of Hitler documents saved by a US attorney at the trial and was not important to the trial. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
The Fuhrer reorganizes his army 46. Adolf Hitler. War-dated DS, in German, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, July 18, 1944. Document concerning the transfer “for health reasons” of General Boehme, leader of the 2nd Panzer Army, to the Fuhrer’s Reserve of the High Command of the Army. On this same day, General of the Artillery Angelis, leader of the 6th Army, has been put in charge of the 2nd Panzer Army. Consequently, General of the Artillery Fretter-Pico, commander of the XXX Army Corps, will be in charge of the 6th Army, and Lieutenant-General Postel of the Fuhrer’s Reserve of the High Command of the Army will lead the XXX Army Corps. Signed at the conclusion by Hitler and countersigned by a lieutenant general. In fine condition, with creasing to lower right. This document dates to just two days before the attempt on Hitler’s life led by Claus von Stauffenberg in Operation Valkyrie. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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“It’s all so terrible, so awful, that I constantly wonder how ‘civilization’ can stand war at all” 47. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Remarkable ALS signed “Ike,” one page,
8 x 10.5, November 12, [1944]. Letter to his wife Mamie, in part: “My darling, Yesterday I arrived at my advanced camp, after quite a tour along the front, and found your letter, written just after Johnny had asked you to come down to see him. I fully understand your distress when contemplating his departure—I feel just as badly—But it always depresses me when you talk about ‘dirty tricks’ I’ve played and what a beating you’ve taken, apparently because of me. You’ve always put your own interpretation on every act…of mine, and when you’ve made yourself unhappy, that has, in turn, made me the same. It’s true we’ve never been apart for 2 1/2 years, and at a time and under conditions that make separations painful and hard to bear. Because you don’t have a specific war job that absorbs your time and thoughts I understand also that this distress is harder for you to bear. But you should not forget that I do miss you and do love you, and that the load of responsibility I carry would be intolerable unless I could have the belief that there is someone who wants me to come home—for good. Don’t forget that I take a beating, every day. Entirely aside from my own problems I constantly receive letters from bereaved mothers, sisters, and wives…begging me to send their men home or, at least outside the battle zone…So far as John is concerned, we can do nothing but pray. If I interfered even slightly or indirectly he would be so resentful for the remainder of his life that neither I, (nor you, if he thought you had anything to do with it) could be comfortable with him. It’s all so terrible, so awful, that I constantly wonder how ‘civilization’ can stand war at all. But, God, how do I hope and pray that all will be well with him. Now sweet, don’t get me wrong in this letter. I’m not ‘fussing’ at you. But please try to see me in something besides a despicable light—and at least let me be certain of my welcome home when this mess is finished. I truly love you and I do know that when you blow off steam you don’t really think of me as such a black hearted creature as your language implies. I’d rather you didn’t mention any of this again.” In fine condition. John Eisenhower graduated from West Point on the same day of the Normandy invasion, and soon thereafter was posted to Europe to help his father cope with the stresses of the ongoing campaign. He was allotted special treatment upon his arrival, assigned to intelligence and administrative duties in England and Germany by higher ups fretful of his father’s eye. When he volunteered for a front-line role in the Korean War during his father’s 1952 presidential campaign, John’s short stint in combat with an infantry battalion was replaced by a role in the safety of division headquarters. The anxiety felt by the Eisenhowers over the safety of their son cannot be understated; the couple’s loss of their first son, Doud, at the age of four, was a tragedy that nearly ended their marriage. Written only four short months after D-Day, this powerfully touching letter represents Eisenhower’s near impossible balancing act of general, husband, and father. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
48. Montgomery of Alamein. Printed broadside circular document, signed at
the top, “B. L. Montgomery, Field-Marshal,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 17, 1944. Circular headed “21 Army Group, Personal Message from the C-in-C, (To be read to all troops),” in part: “What a change has come over the scene since I last spoke to you on 21 August. Then we were moving up towards the Seine, having inflicted a decisive defeat on the Germany armies in Normandy, France and Belgium, except in a few places, and we stand at the door of Germany…Such a historic march of events can seldom have taken place in history in such a short space of time…Our American Allies are fighting on German soil in many places; very soon we shall be there…Whatever orders are issued in Germany, and whatever action is taken on them, no human endeavours can now prevent the complete and utter defeat of the armed forces of Germany; their fate is certain, and their defeat will be absolute. The triumphant cry now is ‘Forward into Germany’…Good luck to you all, and good hunting in Germany.” Also bears a preprinted facsimile signature at the conclusion. In very good condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 27
“The devils are pushing us around quite a bit”— the Allied air forces face Japan 49. Claire L. Chennault.
War-dated ALS signed “CLC,” two pages, 8 x 10, October 29, 1944. Letter to his girlfriend Peggy, in part: “I am going to call ‘Time Out’ on this war for a few minutes…my mind has been a complete blank for several months…No doubt you’ve seen ‘by the papers’ that the devils are pushing us around quite a bit. However, they are paying for every foot they advance and for every airfield I’ve had to abandon, eight to date. My men are killing them by the thousands but they keep on coming—slowly but surely. Thing that hurts them more than the loss of men is the shipping we sink and damage. More than 100,000 tons sunk in September alone. They may take some more of my fields yet but there will [be] a lot fewer Japs in Tokyo when we get there…I have dozens of paintings, banners, cups and other trophies. Would almost require a city auditorium to display all of them…Don’t know about your war correspondent friend coming out here. They aren’t so popular right now: instead of reporting the war, it is charged that they are showing too much concern about politics. I wouldn’t know as I have plenty of my own troubles to look after without messing into politics. There has been a major change long needed, in our military set up here and I believe it will have good results. Take time though. China would be in much better position if it had occurred a year ago. Suppose you’ve seen the announcement.” Chennault also provides a list of items he would like Peggy to purchase for a lady married to a radio officer, and includes a small swatch of fabric as a sample for a potential dress material. He closes the letter, “Keep your chin up and tummy in—they can’t whip us, can they?” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. A significant letter offering Chennault’s perspective during a critical period in the Pacific Theater. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Afrika Corps war trophy presented by Eisenhower to his personal secretary
50. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Small hand-made war souvenir in the design of a sword, measuring 6.5˝ long, with the blade engraved on one side with a stylized palm tree/swastika, the symbol of the Deutsche Afrika Korps, the year “1944,” and “NordAfrika.” The other side is engraved with a laurel branch, the words “Bizerte” and “Carney,” and the initials “AK.” The handle of the blade is made from a spent rifle cartridge. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from David North which reads, in full: “My mother, Helen Weaver North, was General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s personal secretary at NATO Headquarters in Paris from 1951 and his secretary at the White House from 1953-1957. This is to certify that the blade/bullet, engraved ‘1944 Nord-Afrika’ with the symbol of the German Afrika Korps on one side, pictured below, and ‘Bizerte,’ ‘Carney,’ and ‘AK’ on the other side, was given by President Eisenhower to my mother.” Starting Bid $200
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51. Heinrich Himmler. Partly-printed DS in German, signed “H. Himmler,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 11.5,
December 10, 1944. A “Recommendation for Appointment” document for the bestowal of the next rank for Bodo Schaub, raising him from “Captain of the Municipal Police (ret.)” to “Major of the Municipal Police (ret.).” The document is filled out in type with Schaub’s personal information and info about his education and career. Signed in the center of the first page by Himmler. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, scattered light creasing, and general light handling wear. Accompanied by a full translation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
52. Ante Pavelic.
Croatian fascist dictator (1889–1959) who led the Ustase movement and the Independent State of Croatia, established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia during World War II with the support of both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. War-dated DS in Croation, one page, 8.25 x 13.5, January 11, 1945. Decree by which Pavelic awards seven German officers the Medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelic for Bravery for their “very brave behavior during the struggle against the rebels” Signed at the conclusion by Pavelic as head of state and countersigned by Nikola Steinfel. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
53. Vidkun Quisling and Karl Donitz. Draft ALS in
German, signed “Vidkun Quisling, Minister President,” one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Letter addressed to “Great Admiral Doenitz, Berlin,” in full (translated): “I ask you, Great Admiral, to accept my cordial thanks for your friendly congratulations on my birthday.” Endorsed in the lower left, “Duly noted, 13.12.64, Donitz.” In fine condition, with several intersecting folds. Given the mistakes and corrections in this letter, it appears as though it was a draft, perhaps retained by Quisling. It may have been presented to Donitz long after Quisling’s death, which would explain the 1964 endorsement date. Quisling (1887–1945) was a Norwegian politician who served as prime minister of Norway during the Nazi occupation in WWII. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The flag raisers of Iwo Jima 54. Iwo Jima. Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 7.75 photo of three of the men who helped raise an American flag atop Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi, showing the soldiers holding and examining the tattered second flag, signed in fountain pen by all three: “Ira H. Hayes, Pfc., U.S.M.C.,” “John H. Bradley, Ph. M. 2/c,” and “Pfc. R. A. Gagnon.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 15.25 x 13.5. In fine condition. Bradley, Gagnon, and Hayes were three of several US soldiers who planted two US flags atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Although often credited as a member of the second flag-raising, an event famously captured on film by photographer Joe Rosenthal, Bradley was in fact involved with the first raising of the American flag by the 2nd Battalion. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the surviving Rosenthal photo soldiers to Washington, D. C. to participate in the 7th War Bond Drive, Bradley was erroneously selected over United States Marine Corporal Harold Schultz to attend. The trio toured the nation for two months with the American flag and raised over $26 billion, twice the original goal. A phenomenal union of three unlikely heroes who, along with their fallen comrades, became the collective ‘face’ of World War II. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Signed by flag raisers Bradley, Hayes, and Gagnon 55. Iwo Jima. Iconic vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 photo of the
Iwo Jima flag raising affixed to an 11.5 x 16 mount, signed on the mount in ink, “John H. Bradley Ph. M 2/C, U.S. Navy,” “Ira H. Hayes, Pfc., U.S.M.C.,” and “Rene A. Gagnon Pfc. U.S.M.C.” Framed and in fine condition, with some small areas of emulsion loss to the lower edges of the image. A highly sought-after photograph in signed examples; Hayes’s autograph is especially scarce, as he passed away in 1955. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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The poster that bolstered the 7th War Loan 56. WWII ‘Now All Together’ Iwo Jima Poster. Original color
26 x 37 American World War II poster showing C. C. Beall’s artistic rendering of the classic image of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, with “7th War Loan Now…All Together,” printed along the bottom. Printed in the lower border is “U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-637980.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered staining, tack holes to corners, and toned tape remnants to top corners. Concerned that bond sales might begin to dwindle after the defeat of Germany, officials commissioned illustrator Beall to create a poster for a 7th War Loan subscription that would boost bond sales by appealing to the patriotism of citizens. The poster did just that, as the campaign soared beyond expectations to bring in over $150 billion. Starting Bid $200
“Instrument of Surrender of All German Armed Forces” 58. Montgomery of Alamein.
57. Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal. Iconic 8.5 x 11 cardstock
photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising, bearing two affixed postage stamps with a first day cancelation, signed by the photographer in black felt tip, “Joe Rosenthal, AP Photographer, Iwo Jima 1945.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Montgomery of Alamein, F.M., 1971.” The “Instrument of Surrender of All German Armed Forces in Holland, in Northwest Germany Including All Islands, and in Denmark,” containing seven provisions of the surrender. Matted and framed. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Produced one month after German surrender, an Allied administrative map of Western Germany 59. World War II. Large hand-colored and annotated map of western Germany, 22 x 29, dated June 4, 1945, from the collection of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes. The map is entitled “Administrative Map, Western-Germany,” and was printed by the 649th Engineer Topographic Battalion in Waiblingen-bei-Stuttgart. The landkreise, stadtkreis, and land boundaries are noted. Identified with flags are three Region Headquarters (Darmstadt, Marburg, Stuttgart) and five R.B. Headquarters (Frankfurt, Kassel, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Karlsruhe). In very good to fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds, tack holes to corners, and light overall creasing. Accompanied by 25 pages of VMail from Lieutenant General Keyes to his wife, May–August 1945. The Berlin Declaration of June 5, 1945, confirmed the division of Allied-occupied Germany into four occupation zones according to the Yalta Conference. From the estate of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes. Starting Bid $200
60. Enola Gay Semi-glossy 8 x 9.25 cardstock photo of the mushroom
cloud over Hiroshima, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot, B 29 Enola gay, 6 Aug. 1945,” “Tom Ferebee, Bombardier,” “Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator,” and “Richard Nelson, Radio Operator.” In fine condition, with a trimmed lower border.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“By my decision regarding the atom bomb, your husband’s life was spared”
61. Harry S. Truman. Two signed items, including: a historically significant TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, March 22, 1972, to Mrs. Margot L. Chadwell, in part: “I was pleased to have your letter of March 12, which I read with special interest and all the more so since you consider that by my decision regarding the atom bomb, your husband’s life was spared. I appreciate your wanting to share with me your personal experience.” Second, a matte-finish 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders portrait, signed and inscribed in the lower border in ballpoint, “To Lance Balusk, Harry Truman.” Also includes an official double-sided USAAF leaflet in Japanese, 8.5 x 5.5, warning the residents of eleven cities, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to flee before the arrival of American bombers. The message reads, in part (translated): “Bombs have no eyes…heed this warning and evacuate these cities immediately.” In overall fine condition. The husband of this letter’s recipient was Lieutenant Colonel George T. Chadwell, who served in the Pacific with the 19th Bombardment Group during World War II and conducted daylight raids against strategic objectives on the Japanese home islands, bombing targets in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka. The decision to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan remains one of the most controversial in American history, and was justified by Truman for saving countless American lives that may have otherwise been lost during a military invasion. Only a handful of known Truman letters have content pertaining to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and this is possibly the only letter in private hands in which he mentions the atom bomb saving American lives. As far as we know, this is the only Truman letter discussing the atomic bombings to have been offered at auction in the last 40 years. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“The day of final victory has at last arrived. Japan has surrendered”—a teletype received on the USS Denver
62. World War II: Japanese Surrender. Rare original teletype announcing the surrender of Japanese forces, one page, 8 x 10.5, August 17, 1945. This teletype was received onboard the USS Denver, a Cleveland-class light cruiser, following her return from Okinawa hunting Japanese ships off the China coast. In full: “To the men and women of the United States Navy United States Marine Corps and the United States Coast Guard Quote. The day of final victory has at last arrived. Japan has surrendered. Her fleet which once boasted that it would drive us from the seas has been destroyed. The United States Naval Services played a major role in this mighty triumph therefore we observe this hour with a special pride and satisfaction in our achievements. Especially do we remember the debt we owe the thousands of our comrades of the Navy the Marine Corps and Coast Guard who are absent today because they gave their lives to reestablish a world in which free peoples might live. Our sympathies go out to their relatives and friends. At the same time we extend thanks and appreciation to our companion service of the Army and to the gallant allies who fought beside us and the millions of people on the homefront who supported us with their labors and their prayers. It is as a team we have worked and fought to the victorious conclusion of the war. As we turn now from the vital tasks of war I call upon all members of the Naval Services to rededicate their efforts with the same courage devotion to duty and united spirit to the work of resolving the great problems of peace. Only by so doing can we fulfill our obligation in preserving the freedom which has been gained at such great cost and effort. I am proud to have served with every one of you. Signed Ernest J. King Fleet Admiral United States Navy Unquote.” In fine, albeit fragile condition, with a tear to the bottom edge and chipping to the edges not affecting any text. Accompanied by additional ephemera including naval operations reports describing the USS Denver’s battles at sea and other duties in the Pacific, correspondence, orders, administrative documents, shipboard activity ephemera, and photographs collected by one of the officers aboard the Denver, Lieutenant Commander Stanley D. Cornish, Jr., giving a vivid recounting of life at sea during history’s largest military conflict. The USS Denver destroyed numerous enemy ships and took fire herself—including a kamikaze pilot whose aircraft narrowly missed the Denver as it plunged into the sea—earning her 11 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. An exceedingly rare and important historical document to have survived intact, especially from one of the American naval vessels that saw significant action during the war. Starting Bid $300
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“The historic scene on the deck of the Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945— when the Japanese surrendered” 64. Chester Nimitz. ALS signed “C.
63. Enola Gay and Bock’s Car. Ink signatures of fourteen crew members of the Enola Gay and Bock’s Car on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet, most adding their assignments, including: Paul W. Tibbets, Thomas W. Ferebee, Dutch Van Kirk, George R. Caron, Richard H. Nelson, John D. Kuharek, James F. Van Pelt, Jr., Jacob Beser, Kermit K. Beahan, Ray Gallagher, Fred J. Olivi, Frederick J. Ashworth, Charles W. Sweeney, and Morris R. Jeppson. In fine condition, with two horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
W. Nimitz,” one page, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 28, 1955. Letter to “Morrissey,” in part: “Am glad to note that you are prospering in your business and that your son has done so well in the Engineers, my profession. I am sending you…a copy of the historic scene on the deck of the Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945—when the Japanese surrendered. If and when you get back to San Francisco I shall be glad to see you.” In very good condition, with scattered soiling, light toning and creasing, pinholes to upper left, and pieces of clear tape at the top and bottom edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“With best wishes and great appreciation of your many contributions to the welfare of our Navy”
65. Chester W. Nimitz. Exceptionally desirable matte-
finish 14 x 11 photo of the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Audy Borthwick—with best wishes and great appreciation of your many contributions to the welfare of our Navy. C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral USN.” Also bears a pre-printed Nimitz signature inherent to the image on the treaty documents seen in the photo. In fine condition, with light scuffing and surface impressions, and faint perimeter toning from prior display. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“At the end GSP rode a beautiful white horse that Hitler was having trained to be a gift to Hirohito!” 66. George S. Patton: Geoffrey Keyes. Highly
decorated senior US Army officer (1888–1967) who served with distinction under George S. Patton during World War II. Archive of four war-dated letters by Lt. General Geoffrey Keyes to his wife, mentioning Patton and Army football, plus three pieces of V-Mail and four photographs. Letters include:
ALS in ink and pencil, signed “Geoff,” four pages, October 3, 1945, in part: “I also learned (the pen is no good so ‘scuse the pencil) the news that was announced last night about Gen. Patton. I suppose it was inevitable but it seems to me it could have been avoided or at least handled differently. Have tried to get down to see him but between weather, inspections, and his absences I couldn’t make it. I did talk to him on the phone yesterday and am going to see him in a few days.” On October 2nd, the New York Times had reported that General Patton had been relieved of his duties. ALS signed “Geoff,” four pages, Headquarters Seventh Army letterhead, October 14, [1945], in part: “I had hoped to fly up to see Gen Patton in his new place.” Excerpts: “Got your Oct 2nd letter, sweetheart—the one with the news of the end of V mail (which we have no knowledge of!!)…It is a foggy dismal kind of a day which disappoints me no end as I had hoped to fly up to see Gen. Patton in his new place…Last night I searched the radio dials for the Army-Michigan game and finally got it in the 4th quarter just as Davis made his long run. Did you and Les go to the game?” ALS signed “Geoff,” two pages, Headquarters Seventh Army letterhead, November 8, 1945, in part: “Day before yesterday I drove up to Bad Naudheim and spent the night with Gen. Patton…Had a fine visit.” ALS signed “Geoff,” three pages, November 19, [1945], in part: “All your excitement over the articles on the army getting out of Germany is for nothing—they were talking about getting out of Military Govt—we still stay here as an occupation force. Of course when we do turn Mil. Govt over to the civilians, that is, the State Dept, nine tenths of the dirty work will have been completed… Hope the board of generals you spoke of found some way of keeping Davis and Blanchard another 4 or 5 years!…Tomorrow I go to a meeting at Gen. Patton’s hq and will spend the night with him.” Keyes references Army fullback Doc Blanchard and running back Glenn Davis, both of whom would go on to win the Heisman Trophy. Also includes three V-Mails from Keyes to his wife, each one page, 4.25 x 5.25, March–August 1945. V-Mail was a process used to copy soldiers’ letters to microfilm and reproduce them on small paper at their destination, which conserved precious cargo space on planes. Excerpts include: March 14, 1945, “Just now the list of new 4 Star generals and am terribly disappointed not to see GS Patton there”; August 23, 1945, “Well I certainly had a nice time yesterday. Gen. Patton came down and we drove over to have lunch and see a wonderful horse show put on by professional riders from the Vienna Spanish Riders Academy—7 riders and about 15 horses all white…At the end GSP rode a beautiful white horse that Hitler was having trained to be a gift to Hirohito!”; August 25, 1945, “I was told yesterday I am to succeed Ham Haislip in the 7th Army with headquarters at Heidleberg…I flew up to Frankfort yesterday to get the news and Gen. Patton phoned me last night to find out what it was all about.” Includes three original mailing envelopes and four original candid photographs of groups of officers and soldiers. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Important Nuremburg trial document signed by 19 Nazi defendants 67. Nuremburg Trials. Histori-
cally significant program for the “International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg, Germany, 1945–1946,” thirteen pages, 8 x 10.25, signed on the back cover in fountain pen by fifteen of the Nazi defendants: Hermann Goring, Julius Streicher, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Erich Raeder, Alfred Rosenberg, Albert Speer, Alfred Jodl, Fritz Sauckel, Wilhelm Frick, Hans Frank, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Hans Fritzsche, and Walther Funk. Also includes a 5.25 x 7.5 sheet signed in fountain pen by Hjalmar Schacht, Karl Donitz, Franz von Papen, and Konstantin von Neurath. The program outlines the charges against the defendants and provides short biographies of each; in the margin beside the statement of charges against Fritzsche, he has penned a single German word with an exclamation point, perhaps signifying his innocence (he was indeed acquitted). In fine condition. Provenance: Paul C. Richards Autographs, 1984. The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied powers in the aftermath of World War II, notable for the prosecution of the high-ranking leaders of Nazi Germany responsible for the atrocities of the Holocaust. This historic program and additional sheet offer the signatures of 19 of the 21 defendants who were present at the first set of trials; a total of 24 were originally indicted, but three were not present: Martin Bormann (tried in absentia); Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (declared medically unfit for trial); and Robert Ley (committed suicide before the trial began). Eleven of these signers—Frank, Frick, Goring, Jodl, Kaltenbrunner, Keitel, Ribbentrop, Rosenberg, Sauckel, Seyss-Inquart, and Streicher—were convicted and given the death penalty. Fritzsche, Papen, and Schacht were acquitted, and the others were sentenced to prison terms of varying lengths. Representing the civilized world’s efforts to restore peace to humanity following the tragedy of the Holocaust, this is an extraordinary piece of the utmost significance. Starting Bid $1000
68. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, no date but circa 1946. A “Citation for the Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire,” in full: “Lieutenant Colonel Michael Ulanovich Chernishev, Red Army, displayed exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as Commander of Artillery, 38th Infantry Guards Division, from 29 April to 9 May 1945. He exhibited splendid qualities of leadership, judgment and courage in planning and coordinating the division’s combined artillery fire in a manner to demolish all enemy emplacements attacked. His accomplishments contributed in great measure to the shattering of German defenses in the vicinity of Schwerin, Germany, and later to the link-up of the 38th Infantry Guards Division with elements of the 8th United States Infantry Division. Colonel Chernishev’s high degree of initiative, unremitting efforts and great technical skill contributed to the successful prosecution of the war in Europe.” Includes the Legion of Merit certificate awarded to Chernishev, one page, 12 x 10, April 9, 1946. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 37
John W. Snyder’s Medal for Merit citation, for his “financing and construction of facilities required for the successful prosecution of the war”
69. Harry S. Truman. Historic custom-made green morocco scrapbook, 14 x 11,
imprinted on the front cover, “The Medal for Merit, John W. Snyder,” containing two documents signed by Truman: a DS as president, one page, 12 x 9.75, March 29, 1947, in part: “The President of the United States of America in accordance with the Order issued by General George Washington at Headquarters, Newburgh, New York, on August 7, 1782, and pursuant to Act of Congress, has awarded the Medal for Merit to John Wesley Snyder for extraordinary fidelity and exceptionally meritorious conduct,” signed at the conclusion by President Truman and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; and a DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 29, 1947, headed, “Citation to Accompany the Award of the Medal for Merit to John Wesley Snyder,” in full: “John Wesley Snyder, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the United States from August, 1940 to August, 1943. Mr. Snyder, as Executive Vice President of the Defense Plant Corporation, effectively directed the detailed organization of the Corporation to provide for the financing and construction of facilities required for the successful prosecution of the war. As a result of his foresight, initiative, and great ability he played an outstanding part in providing American industry and the Armed Services with the machine tools and plants with which to forge the weapons for victory. Under his aggressive leadership and diligent efforts, aircraft plants were constructed and equipped in a minimum of time, and the productive capacity to support a modern air force was thus established. Mr. Snyder’s achievements and patriotic devotion reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Government of the United States.” Also affixed inside the scrapbook are an image of the Medal for Merit, an original Acme Newspictures photo of President Truman presenting the medal to Snyder, newspaper clippings concerning the award, and a typescript of a list of recipients of the award, as well as a laid in copy of the list published in the Congressional Record. In overall fine condition, with light wear to the leather covers. As head of the Defense Plant Corporation, Snyder directed the financing of the facilities at Oak Ridge for the construction of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which effectively ended World War II. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 38 | August 9, 2017 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR
70. George C. Marshall. DS,
one page, 8 x 10.5, February 26, 1947. Official Congressional order issued to William F. R u s s e l l to summon “Honorable George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, to be and appear before the Committee on Ship Sales, Charters and Layups of the Merchant Marine Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States…and bring with him all books, papers, communications and other memoranda covering the matter of approximately 100 Merchant Ships owned by the United States now in the possession of the Russian Government, the communications to and the replies of Russia…on Friday, February 28, 1947.” Signed at the conclusion by Alvin F. Weichel. In fine condition, with light toning along mailing folds. Starting Bid $200
Drafting his massive six-volume history The Second World War 72. Winston Churchill.
TLS signed “WSC,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, May 5, 1949. Letter to his literary assistant William Deakin, in part: “By sitting up very late several nights, I have finished Volume 3, and the last chapters come back from the Printer tomorrow. You should look through again on the Russian chapters and the last five or six of the Book which I have reshuffled largely in accordance with your suggestions. It is possible that there may be some repetitions, as I have not had the chapter ‘Closer Relations with Russia’ reprinted yet. I am quite clear it should not run on after the Declaration of War and that extra matter should be shoved forward…Please look through these closing chapters and let me know of any unintentional omission or duplications on my part.” In fine condition. Generally considered Churchill’s greatest literary work, The Second World War was largely responsible for his receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
McAuliffe seeks to aid a retiring WW2 general— “I am told that Eisenhower has taken a personal interest in an identical case” 71. Anthony McAuliffe. ALS signed “Tony,” one page
both sides, 8 x 10.5, Joint Research and Development Board letterhead, May 27, [1947]. Letter to General Rex Chandler, in part: “When I got home last night, I found your letter. I did get busy as soon as I returned from San Antonio. All those to whom I talked gave me the same answer, that Sec. 7 of Pub. Law 101, to which you refer in your letter, prevents retirement in the higher grade if application is made later than six months after reduction. I discussed your case with a number of people; several of whom know you well and displayed a keen personal interest; namely, Cal Smith, the authority in Paul’s office on retirements & Jack Suman, authority in the same field for AGF. I am told that Eisenhower has taken a personal interest in an identical case, the Cg of local Gables Hospital; Beck, I believe. The Chief has been told that he cannot legally retire him as a B.G.” In fine condition, with light show-through from writing on opposing sides. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed by McAuliffe, and signed above the return address area, “McAuliffe.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 39
“The Pacific War could have been ended several months sooner”
73. Douglas MacArthur. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, January 13, 1961. Letter to Curtis P. Freshel, in part: “The Pacific War could have been ended several months sooner but for the unaccountable attitude of the Washington authorities.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Huge archive of 225 wartime letters by a Royal Navy officer 74. World War II: Jack Harrison. Archive of over 225 letters home from British Lieutenant Jack Harrison of the Royal Navy, consisting of over 1,000 pages, mostly war-dated from circa 1942–1945, from vessels including the HMS “Lark,” “Walpole,” “Woodpecker,” “King Alfred,” “Colossus,” “Ludlow,” “Ganges,” “Empress of Scotland,” and HMY “Victoria & Albert.” There are also letters and envelopes while Lt. Harrison was stationed in Africa in 1945 and postwar. One letter from circa June 1944 on HMS Lark letterhead, in part: “There’s not much to say again, but this time I can tell you that we have been helping the boys over to France. We anchored four or three miles off the French Coast…I have been very disappointed in things as it has not been half so exciting as I thought it would. Still, we have seen one or two things. The big guys bombarding and planes crashing & bombing and one or two other things somewhat gruesome,” with the envelope addressed by Harrison having been censored, opened by examiner, and stamped “8 JUN 1944,” just two days after D-Day; the HMS Lark was part of Convoy ETP1 in the Thames Estuary. On February 20, 1944, HMS Woodpecker, after a running fight with a U-Boat, was torpedoed by U-256, commanded by Wilhelm Brauel, remaining afloat eight days before sinking. The crew, including a wounded Jack Harrison and some German prisoners from U-264, were safely transferred to other sloops. Present are two letters in pencil by Harrison, dated February 25–26, 1944: “Do not be alarmed at the writing, as I am using my left hand. All is OK. I have only cut my right hand. Don’t pay any attention to my writing” and “How do you think my writing is getting on? My Right hand is coming on fine. I have had about 5 small stitches on it, and it is a little swollen, but once again, do not worry.” On verso of each letter is penciled: “When the Woodpecker was torpedoed.” In a circa April 1944 letter on HMS Lark stationery, he writes: “News on the Wireless does not seem quite so good of late but expect things will buck up a bit sooner or later…If you see in the Illustrated London News this month, or rather January, I think you will see a drawing of Wildgoose and Starling getting the last U Boat. Well, we are very cut up about that, as Wildgoose had damn all to do with it. It was the Woodpecker who first picked it up and it was the Woodpecker who brought it up in conjunction with the Starling—Boy are we boiled up—the cheek of it. The 1st Lieut. is a Canadian in the Wildgoose, and by jove he can spin a yarn and tell a damn lie. We will tell him off when we get back.” He also draws sketches on a few letters, including a diagram of where he believes he will be seen in a shot taken for a newsreel. Overall, the letters offer a wonderful first-person glimpse into the life of a Royal Navy officer during WWII. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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77. World War II: Geoffrey Keyes. Collec-
75. James M. Gavin. TLS signed “Jim
Gavin,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 18, 1984. A terse response to an inquiring mind, in part: “(1) When we dropped the bomb on Japan, did you ever think it would start a nuclear arms race that could one day destroy the world? Answer: No. (2) Were you informed about the atom bomb before we dropped it? Answer: No.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
tion of booklets and pamphlets owned by Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, including: “Programme des fetes de la 3e D.I.A. [Holiday Program of the 3rd Infantry Division],” 9.75 x 12.5, four pages, Pompeii, April 22, 1944; “Gun Construction,” 6 x 9, 16 pages, published by the Department of Ordnance, United States Military Academy, September 1, 1944, with a few penciled notes probably by Keyes; “91st Division, August 1917–January 1945,” 4.75 x 6.5, 92 pages, published in April 1945, “passed by the Field Press censor and may be mailed home”; “351st Infantry Regiment, World War II, July 1942–July 1945,” 6.5 x 8.5, 84 pages; “II Corps, A Brief History,” 7 x 8.75, 72 pages, printed opposite title page, “Complimentary copy to Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, II Corps Commander From 19 September 1943 to 29 August 1945,” with bookplate laid in; “Ordnance in the European Theatre: A Discussion of the Year Following VE Day,” July 1946, 8 x 10.5, 20 pages; “Western Task Force 1942–46,” 8 x 11, 48 pages, published in Heidelberg, Germany, March 31, 1946; “Third U.S. Army At Work: A Booklet Describing The Functions and Activities of Third Army in Accomplishing its Occupational Mission,” 6 x 8.25, 58 pages, published at Headquarters, Third U.S. Army, 15 September 1946; “Mission Accomplished: Third United States Army, Occupation of Germany, 9 May 1945–15 Feb 1947,” imprinted on title page “For Personal Use Only,” 8 x 10.25, 80 pages. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Stunning “G.I. Jive” WWII bomber jacket 76. WWII Type A-2 Flight Jacket. Russet brown leather Type A-2 flight jacket from World War II belonging to United States Air Force Technical Sergeant Roy Hoff, size 38, with manufacturer tag inside neck area reading: “Type A-2, DWG No. 30-[1]4[1]5, A. C. Order No. 42–[1]6[1]75–P, Perry Sportswear Inc., Newburgh, N. Y., Property, Air Force, U. S. Army.” The jacket features marvelous hand-painted insignia, with the right chest bearing a set of 29 red-andwhite bombs, one of which is marked in white paint, “D Day,” and the back of the jacket featuring an impressive depiction of Hoff’s B-17 bomber, showing the WF-J ‘Southern Comfort’ set against clouds and exploding shells, with “G.I. Jive” in large red-and-white lettering below. The left chest bears a large faded and hand-painted custom leather 364th Bombardment Squadron emblem patch, featuring a caricatured wolf’s head with large red, jagged lightning bolt. Back lining of jacket stenciled with crewman’s name and service number, “Roy L. Hoff, 37414120,” with an inspection stamp immediately below tag faded but visible. The jacket is in functional, original condition, with Conmar zipper to front, two front pouch buttoned pockets, and knit waist and cuffs. In very good to fine condition, with some tears and holes to cuffs and inner collar area, scattered paint marks, and expected wear from use and storage. Accompanied by two pages of additional biographical information about the pilot, including a list of the 29 dates and mission targets on which the jacket was worn. Starting Bid $200
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Lt. Gen. Keyes’s three-star uniform from World War II
78. World War II: Geoffrey Keyes.
Highly decorated senior US Army officer (1888–1967) who served with distinction under George S. Patton during World War II. Collection of items from the career of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, consisting of his uniform and military appointments. The highlights of the collection are: Lt. Gen. Keyes’s threestar uniform, consisting of his light brown wool jacket with “II Corps” patch on left shoulder, bars of three silver stars attached to each shoulder epaulet, and brass “US” insignia on the lapel, plus matching pants; Keyes’s khaki overseas cap with gold piping and three white stars embroidered on the left side; Keyes’s light brown double-breasted wool overcoat featuring two black bands at the end of each sleeve, with “II Corps” patch on right shoulder and a “US Forces Headquarters Austria” patch on left shoulder; and a vellum partly-printed DS, signed “Woodrow Wilson” as president and “Newton D. Baker” as secretary of war, one page 15.75 x 19.5, August 17, 1916, appointing Keyes as “First Lieutenant of Cavalry in the service of the United States.” Other documents include: a 1916 diploma from The Cavalry School; a 1917 appointment as “Captain of Cavalry” signed by Assistant Secretary of War William Ingraham; a 1945 appointment as “temporarily, a Lieutenant General” signed by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; and a 1946 appointment as “Brigadier General in the Regular Army” signed by Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Also includes a red, white, and blue ceremonial tassel. In overall fine condition, with general wear and a few moth nips to the uniform. Accompanied by five original vintage photographs of Keyes, including a small candid in which he is seen wearing this jacket, and three photos in which he is seen in his three-star cap. Included as well are five V-Mails from Keyes. Starting Bid $300
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79. US Army Enlisted Man’s Service Jacket. US Army
WWII enlisted man’s service jacket, size 36, worn by a private first class who served in an aviation engineer unit in the Pacific theater of operations. The jacket was made by Rose Bros., under a March 1942 contract with the Philadelphia QM Depot. The insignia on this jacket reveal that its owner saw extensive action, participating in four campaigns, and was wounded once. The jacket (pattern of 1939) bears a US Sixth Army patch on the left sleeve and a Far East Air Force patch on the right. The latter patch appears to be an Australian made. The jacket has its original “US” and engineer lapel disks, ribbons (Pacific theater with four battle stars, Philippine liberation with one battle star, WWII Victory, and good conduct), a Presidential unit citation patch on the right cuff, four hash marks on the left sleeve indicating two years of service overseas, and PFC chevrons and a wound stripe. In very good to fine condition with just minor soiling. Starting Bid $200
80. Theater-Made WWII Fighting Knife. Well-crafted theater-made World
War II fighting knife with Micarta grip, measuring 11 5/8˝ overall with a 6 7/8˝ straight, double-edged blade having straight central ridges. The steel has a mostly bright patina with some minor handling marks and minor surface scratches at the tip on both sides as well as some minor specks of brown freckling at the base of the forte. The ‘I’-shaped brown Micarta grip has some minor surface wear but is otherwise in fine shape and is secured by three brass screws. Initials “CHC” are carved between the upper screw heads in block letters. The knife is housed in a well-made Havana leather sheath that has a row of aluminum rivets around the edge, large rectangular belt loops, and a metal bracket with U.S. wire belt hooks. The leather is in very good condition, lightly scuffed and flaked but intact with somewhat crude cut designs on the front and a large owner’s name on the reverse: “Lt. C. Cluley.” The knife is in very good plus condition overall. Starting Bid $200
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Unusually complete US Navy first aid kit 81. US Navy Medical Kit. World War II-era US Navy medical kit consisting of a clamshell, double compartment, leatherette covered, wooden case measuring 16.5 x 6 x 5.75, filled with first aid supplies. The exterior retains a period-added, heavily flaked and cracked, partial white painted finish with small rectangular panel on which faded and no longer legible markings were applied. A faded red “X” or checkmark is also present on the lid. The interior of the case is lined with red baize, and the case is secured by two bail latches and a central locking latch. There are two metal handle attachments flanking the lock (the handle is no longer present). The case contains a wide assortment of medical items: 40 individual cardboard boxes of various bandages, dressings, and sponges; packet of sulfa powder envelopes; a snakebite kit; glass thermometer in black Bakelite case; vial of cotton swabs; cardboard box containing scissors, knife, and razor blades; tourniquet; a stiff corduroy and metal mesh splint wrap; metal match case with wooden matches intact inside; two unopened glass ampoules of distilled water; ammonia ampoules and inhalants; and a small cloth case containing a polished metal signal mirror. This is an unusually complete WWII first aid kit with some hard-to-find medical items as well, and would make a great addition to any collection. Starting Bid $200
82. Japanese Military Binoculars with Bring-Back Certificate. Pair of
WWII-era Japanese 7x 50mm Porro prism military binoculars, serial #2067, with range-finding stadia on the right focal plane. The binoculars measure just under 7” in length and have retained about 85% of the original matte black painted finish. The optics are good with some cloudiness in both eyepieces, and the individual eyepiece focus no longer functions on the left side. The left objective lens housing has a Japanese inscription in white paint, and the original hard canvas case is included (the secondary pair of tinted eyepieces are no longer present). The case is in very good condition with usage wear on the waterproof coating and the spring latch is damaged. Also included is a laminated US Navy war trophy certificate dated November 14, 1945, made out for Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class L. H. Lautenberger for “1 pr. Jap binoculars #2067,” signed by an Ensign “W. Tschantz” (USN Reserve). WWII Japanese binoculars are not easy to find, and are even rarer with original bring-back papers. Starting Bid $200
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83. Japanese Carbine Type 38. WWII-era Japanese Carbine Type 38 with ‘double zero’ prefix, serial #(00)31512, 6.5mm Arisaka, 19˝ barrel with a very good bore that has some dark freckling within the grooves. This is an original, Koishikawa-made carbine that was removed from military inventory for drill use by students before and during World War II. The rifle has a defaced mum but the added Kanji “School” character is clear and the distinctive double “0” prefix is present on the left side of the receiver. The metal retains 90–95% of the original blue with gray fading at the muzzle and along the exposed edges and projections. The mixed number bolt has an armory bright finish along the body with some freckling along the bolt handle. The stock is not duffel-cut and has several small handling marks and minor surface blemishes throughout the nicely executed armory reapplied varnish. The remnants of school or rack markings are present on the left side of the butt, applied in white paint, and the cleaning rod is included. Type 38, school marked rifles are relatively common but carbines are not often encountered. This example is in fine plus condition. This transfers as a modern firearm. Starting Bid $200
Significant archive from the Jewish Brigade, including a uniform shirt
84. Jewish Brigade. Collection of items related to the Jew-
ish Brigade, a military formation of the British Army composed of Jews from the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine commanded by British-Jewish officers that served in Europe during World War II. Includes: an original uniform shirt worn by a member of the Jewish Brigade, the left sleeve bearing a patch embroidered with the three-letter Hebrew abbreviation of the Chativah Yehudith Lochemeth (Jewish Fighting Force) above the words “Jewish Brigade Group,” and a blue-and-white patch of the Star of David; an original WWII jacket with pink-and-red “East Surrey” patches on the sleeves; an olive green canvas medical kit pouch with a red-and-white Star of David on the flap, containing various gauze bandages and a cloth bag containing field dressings; two other empty canvas pouches, one olive green and one beige, with belt attachments; a rifle cleaning kit in a small metal container; a plastic case bearing a Star of David, probably used for soap; a group of cloth insignia chevrons; campaign ribbons sewn together and attached to small metal bars; a personal set of keys; a small cloth band marked “Palestine”; an olive green hat with drop-down sides that button together, the buttons bearing the British royal coat of arms; and a piece of olive green canvas. Also includes several war souvenirs brought home from Europe by a Sgt. Feist of the Jewish Brigade, including: five German letters by Nazi group leaders; a piece of sheet music; a few German sheets and pamphlets; a photo of a group of soldiers wearing Nazi armbands; and a red Nazi armband. In overall good to very good condition, with heavy soiling, tears, holes, and wear to the uniform shirt and jacket. During World War II, the East Surrey Regiment fought in Italy, as did the Jewish Brigade Group, then saw service in Palestine after the war. After the German surrender, the Jewish Brigade was stationed along the Italian border with Austria and Yugoslavia, and later in Belgium and the Netherlands. Some soldiers from the Brigade helped to create displaced persons camps for Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, while others assisted them in emigrating illegally to Mandatory Palestine as part of Aliyah Bet. An interesting and historically significant grouping. Starting Bid $300
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85. U-Boat Signs. Collection of eleven original WWII-era signs and tags recovered from German U-Boats, ranging in size from 1.75 x .5 to 3.25 x 11.5, including: an enameled engine control panel tag from a conning tower, marked with various engine speeds and settings; a “Nach Stutzen fur Tauchtank 6 u. 7” tag from U-118; a “Stosskreis-Variometer” tag from U-118; a “Entluftungen d. Zwischentks” tag from U-118; a “Schlusself. Torpedobehalter” tag from U-30; a brass “F. H. Yonker” tag; a key tag for the diesel engine room control panel from U-1209; a “Zum Regulieren” tag from an electrical control panel; a “Siemens-Schuckert” tag; a Siemens logo motor badge; and a red-bordered warning sign, “Actung! Rohr 4 ist bewassert [Attention! Pipe 4 is flooded].” In overall very good to fine condition, with heavier wear to some of the signs. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Rodney Hilton Brown, founder of The War Museum, a private non-profit foundation which has provided items to several noteworthy institutions including the Smithsonian. Starting Bid $300
Original U-Boat radio set complete with Morse Code keypad and well-marked headphones, circa 1940 86. World War II U-Boat Radio. An original circa 1940
U-Boat radio set consisting of four components which include a Morse Code keypad; headphones (bearing German markings on the earpieces), the base unit in two pieces (measuring approximately 19.5 x 10 x 9 and 12.75 x 8 x 7.5), a transmitter with frequency gauge, head phones and tap jacks, with affixed scale label; and a voltage regulator, with plugs and terminal connectors. In very good condition. Starting Bid $500 46 | August 9, 2017 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR
87. German Army Ordnance Sword by ALCOSO. WWII-era German Army
Ordnance Sword by ALCOSO, measuring 39 3/8˝ overall with a 34˝ slightly curved, single-edged blade with long single fullers. The blade has an excellent, nearly spotless original polish, but does exhibit a few very minor specks of dark freckling on the forte obverse. A deeply struck ALCOSO “Scales” trademark is present on the ricasso reverse, as is a small Waffenamt proof on the back edge just above the hilt. The hilt itself is of standard pattern with single quillon, unmarked tombstone langets, stirrup guard, and dove pommel. The brass has a mild, yellow-ochre patina throughout with some very minor impact marks near the capstan nut, and the numerous Waffenamt proofs and issue stamps are all crisp and clear. The leather ‘fingerschlauf’ (finger loop) is crazed and lightly flaked, but still intact and quite supple. The black composite grip is in excellent condition with a tight, original wire wrap. The matching numbered scabbard has a smooth, blue-brown patina with a few shallow dents along the body on either side. This is a great example of a Heer-issued sword and would make a splendid addition to any collection. Starting Bid $200
88. German Army Panther-Head Sword by Robert Klaas.
WWII-era German Army panther-head sword by Robert Klaas, that measuring 37˝ overall with a 31 3/4˝ slightly curved, single-edged blade with long single fullers. The blade has an excellent, bright original polish with a few very minor specks of dark freckling along the obverse. The distinctive Robert Klaas “Kissing Cranes” trademark is present on the ricasso reverse, and the leather hilt ‘bumper’ is still in place. The hilt is of the open-eagle pattern with single quillon, engraved tombstone langets, stirrup guard, and panther-head pommel with red crystal eyes. The brass has a mild, yellow-ochre patina throughout with traces of the original gold wash remaining on protected areas, and the black composite grip is in excellent shape with an intact braided wire wrap. The scabbard has most of the original applied black finish remaining, but there are a few flaked areas on either side. This is a great example of a Heer panther-head sword by a very desirable maker, and is in excellent overall condition. Starting Bid $200
89. German Binoculars and Bakelite Case. Pair of WWII-era German 6 X 30
Dienstglas binoculars for army issue, serial #80663, marked “bmk” for maker Srb & Stys Fabrik Praziser Messinstrumente, Prague, Czechoslovakia. The glasses are marked “KF” for cold or adverse weather lubricant. Includes a rare brown bakelite case, with closer tab marked “frn42.” The inside bottom of the case is marked “ehe,” “9951,” and “41.” The case is missing the shoulder strap and shows two screws in the bottom where it was attached but still has the belt straps. The optics of the binoculars are quite clear. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 47
90. German DRK Red Cross Leader’s Dagger. WWIIera German DRK Red Cross Leader’s Dagger measuring 14 5/8˝ overall, featuring a bright, very good 9 7/8˝ long blade with spotted light pitting (staining). The cross grain can still be seen and original tip. The original washer is in place. Original finish on crossguard and pommel. Some loss on the top edge of the pommel and retraining nut. The scabbard shows most of its original finish with minor loss mostly on the hanger bands. There is a small opening on the loading edge of the scabbard 3/16˝ long and some denting for 5/8˝ ahead of the hole. Otherwise the scabbard is very sound with a very good appearance. The orange grips are complete accept for a 1/2˝ chip in the base of the pommel and the top of the crossguard. A very good, representative example of a leader’s dagger. Starting Bid $200
91. German Forestry Knife by WKC. Handsome WWII-
era German maker-marked cutlass measuring 18 3/4˝ overall with a 13 5/8˝ single-edged blade having full-length etched panel game scenes on both sides (red deer on the obverse, foxes and hound on the reverse). The steel has an overall bright original factory polish remaining but does exhibit a few minor scratches and blemishes at the tip and on the wide ricasso which is marked with the WKC “Knight’s Head” trademark on the obverse. The brass hilt has retained approximately 80% of the original gilt finish with the balance having a dull ochre patina. The lobe-shaped grip has white celluloid panels with three acorn decorations on both sides and a ‘D’ guard knucklebow with single stag hoof quillon and clamshell counterguard. The original embroidered bullion, silver and dark green portepee is included and in very good condition, although the threads and collar are frayed and quite tender where the straps meet the base of the ‘acorn.’ The black leather sheath has dull ochre tarnished throat and chape, and the leather exhibits some mild scuffing but is otherwise in excellent condition. The scabbard is equipped with the original, lightly crazed black leather frog and the cutlass rates fine-near excellent condition overall. Starting Bid $200
95. German Walther P.38 Pistol with Holster. WWII-era
German Walther P.38 pistol, serial #6661d, 9mm Para., 4 7/8˝ barrel with a fine, bright bore that has some faint traces of light freckling within the grooves. This 2nd variant “ac/41” coded pistol has matching numbers on the frame, slide, barrel, and locking block with the metal retaining 92-95% of the original blue finish that has silvered at the muzzle as well as faded to gray on the exposed edges and projections as well as on the sides of the slide. A small and unobtrusive import marking is present on the underside of the barrel and most of the original red paint remains on the “F” within the safety/de-cocker relief cut with a commensurate amount of the white “S” paint as well. The mottled dark brown phenolic resin grips are in fine condition and have only a few very minor handling marks and mild wear visible on either side, mainly at the butt and around the lanyard loop. The pistol is housed in a 1942 dated, original, hard-side holster that has mild crazing and flaking on the flex points but is still intact and fully serviceable. Two original Waffenamt proofed magazines are included. This is a great looking early-war German pistol and rates fine-near excellent condition overall.This transfers as a modern firearm. Starting Bid $300 48 | August 9, 2017 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR
96. Croatian Model 1942 Treasury Guard Dress Dagger.
WWII-era Croatian Model 1942 Treasury Guard dress dagger, measuring 15 1/4˝ overall with a 10 1/4˝ straight, double-edged blade. The steel has spots of freckling at the tip and on the long unmarked ricasso. The hilt has straight quillons on the crossguard with a deep relief garland of leaves motif and superimposed “R/S” on the center panel. The green dye has faded heavily from the celluloid grip which has a loose but intact braided wire wrap and a single small chip missing from below the disk-shaped pommel with “N/H/D” monogram in wreath. The fittings retain about 90% of the original nickel-plated finish that has dark underlying metal visible on the edges where the nickel has flaked. The metal scabbard has a commensurate amount of nickel remaining as well as some light-moderate freckling at the rounded tip finial and on and around the throat. The obverse has two vacant rivet holes where the Croatian national crest plaque was once fitted. The Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska) was established in 1941 as a German puppet state controlled by Croat Fascists and was dissolved in 1945 at the end of hostilities. These daggers, cousins to their much better known Third Reich counterparts, are quite rare and a fascinating memento of a dark chapter in Balkan history. Starting Bid $200
97. Canadian YMCA Women’s Auxiliary Services Uniform.
Rar e W W I I era Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) pattern tunic, skirt, and beret ensemble bearing the maple leaf and triangle insignia of the Canadian YMCA. The brown satin-lined, London-made beret (size 6) has a Piccadilly maker’s label with embroidered bullion badge at the front. The beret is in fine condition with some age darkening of the lozenge-shaped sweat shield. The size 2 CWAC tunic and size 5 skirt both have Sterling Cloak Co. Ltd. (Winnipeg) labels. The metal YMCA badges are still present on the tunic lapels, as are the “Auxiliary Services” epaulette tabs, and brass “Canada” shoulder badges. The khaki gabardine of both the tunic and skirt are in near excellent condition with only minor age wear and negligible staining. The YMCA was one of the wartime organizations acknowledged as an official auxiliary service by the Canadian government. Indeed, it and the Canadian Red Cross were the only two civil organizations allowed by the Canadian government to inspect POW camps in order to ensure that the Geneva Convention was being followed. This is an extremely rare uniform and is in excellent overall condition. Starting Bid $200
98. Canadian Battle Dress Tunic. WWII-era Canadian khaki battle jacket, marked “1943” with maker’s name, “Workman Uniform Co. Ltd., Montreal,” on inside pocket lining. Tunic shows light collar wear and soiling and carries an interesting array of patches and ribbons. Patches on both sleeves are “Warrant Officer Class II,” “Canadian Army Pacific Force (6th Division),” and a “Canada” flash. Left sleeve also wears “General Services” and “Physical Training Instructor” cloth badges. The right sleeve has a “5 Year Service” chevron, with the bottom white band representing service in 1939. The ribbon bar is missing one clasp and wears ribbons of the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Efficiency Medal. This is a used WWII tunic with interesting insignia that remains in excellent overall condition. Starting Bid $200
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99. Avro Anson Cheetah Propeller. WWII-era propeller for an Avro Anson aircraft, measuring 84˝ long with a 9˝ hub, built by S7S Aircraft Ltd. of Winnipeg, stamped with the serial number “G2304” and marked on the hub, “D 90, P 78, Cheetah MK1X, Anson 1, May 1943.” The piece retains its original stickers, paint, leading edge unpolished brass. Built in six Canadian factories during WWII, the Avro Anson was the most widely used RCAF aircraft with some 4413 aircraft in use from 1941 to 1945. These aircraft were used as transports, anti-submarine patrol, and as the mainstay of training command. Starting Bid $200
Impressive WWII-era Curtiss-Wright Dehmel Flight Trainer cockpit
100. Curtiss Wright Dehmel Flight Trainer. Section of an original Curtiss-Wright Dehmel Flight Trainer converted into a decorative display piece, constructed of aircraft aluminum with plywood reinforcements, measuring approximately 45 x 39 x 36, retaining its original ID plate on the side, reading: “Trainer; Instrument Flying, 0–250 Knots. Type: P2. Mfr’s Part No. 50400, Mfr’s Serial No. 364, Order No. AF-14354.” The plate identifies the manufacturer as “Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Caldwell, New Jersey.” One side of the cockpit is painted with an image of a cape-wearing tomcat flying a fighter plane with a machine gun in front, inspired by classic WWII nose art. The link trainer still has its steering wheel but is missing the instrument panel. Comes with an aviator mannequin, as well as a vintage ATC-610 Personal Flight Simulator console (working condition unknown and missing its power cable). In very good to fine condition. Invented by Richard C. Dehmel of the Curtiss Wright Corp., the Dehmel Flight Trainer was the world’s first commercial electronic flight simulator with controls and instruments that accurately responded as if in flight. The simulator dramatically reduced the cost and risk of training American fighter pilots in the later part of World War II. Starting Bid $200
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101. Omar Bradley
102. Leonid Brezhnev
103. Mark W. Clark
104. Karl Donitz
105. Dwight D. Eisenhower
106. Enola Gay
107. Enola Gay Starting Bid $200
108. Montgomery of Alamein
109. Enola Gay
110. Enola Gay Starting Bid $200
111. Enola Gay and Bock’s Car
112. Enola Gay: George Caron
114. James M. Gavin
115. William F. Halsey
116. William F. Halsey
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113. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Starting Bid $200
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117. Iwo Jima: John H. Bradley
118. Mikhail Kalashnikov
119. Douglas MacArthur
120. Douglas MacArthur
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121. George C. Marshall
122. Anthony McAuliffe
123. John S. McCain, Sr
124. Medal of Honor Recipients
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125. Montgomery of Alamein
126. Chester Nimitz
127. Chester Nimitz
128. Chester Nimitz
129. Ernie Pyle
130. Matthew Ridgway
131. Carl Spaatz and Arthur Tedder
132. Albert Speer
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133. Vasily Stalin Starting Bid $200
134. Jonathan M. Wainwright
135. World War II Starting Bid $200
136. World War II Aces
137. World War II Aviation
138. World War II Cover
139. World War II Marine Corps Aces
140. World War II Naval Aces
141. World War II: Soviet Union
142. Georgy Zhukov Starting Bid $200
143. WWII ‘A Needless Sinking’ Poster
144. WWII ‘Bundles For Berlin’ Poster
145. WWII ‘Careless Talk’ Poster
146. WWII ‘Careless Talk’ Posters
147. WWII ‘Conserve’ Posters
148. WWII ‘Crop Corps’ Poster
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149. WWII ‘Don’t Talk’ Posters
150. WWII ‘Enemy Uniforms’ Poster Starting Bid $200
151. WWII ‘Freedom from Fear’ Norman Rockwell Poster Starting Bid $200
152. WWII ‘Freedom from Want’ Norman Rockwell Poster Starting Bid $200
153. WWII ‘Freedom of Worship’ Norman Rockwell Poster Starting Bid $200
154. WWII ‘Give War Bonds’ Poster
155. WWII ‘Loose Talk’ Poster
156. WWII ‘Paper’ Posters
157. WWII ‘Safety’ Posters
158. WWII ‘She Talked’ Poster
159. WWII ‘Till We Meet Again’ War Bonds Poster
160. WWII ‘You Make It Right’ Poster
161. WWII ‘You Never Know Who’s Listening’ Poster
162. WWII Posters
163. WWII Posters
164. WWII War Bonds Posters
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presidents & first ladies “George Washington” purchases a “dark bay horse” en route to Mount Vernon in 1773 173. George Washington.
Third-person ADS in Washington’s hand, signed within the text, “George Washington,” one page, 6.25 x 3, Philadelphia, June 2, 1773. Handwritten receipt, penned on the back of an advertisement for “Cards made by James McEvoy Card-maker in Ordinary to Her Majesty Piccadilly St. James’s,” in full: “Receiv’d from George Washington the Sum of Twenty three pounds Curr’y for a dark bay horse sold him at Publick Vendue.” Signed at the conclusion by John Lort. Double-cloth-matted with a copy of the front of the advertisement, two color images of Washington, and a small engraved plaque to an overall size of 26 x 24.5. In fine condition, with light show-through from writing on the reverse. This document helps to trace Washington’s journey home after dropping off his stepson, John Parke Custis, at King’s College in New York (now Columbia University) on May 31st. According to his diary, he arrived in Philadelphia at 9 o’clock in the morning on June 2nd, and apparently made this transaction for a horse later that day. He then continued south, passing through Baltimore on the 6th and arriving home at Mount Vernon on June 8th. One of the finest riders of his time, Washington actively participated in all facets of horsemanship, from breeding and racing to hunting and trading. This receipt holds distinction not only in its relation to the founding father’s favorite pastime, but also in its large, attractive signature—one of few full “George Washington” autographs that we have encountered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Washington authorizes a $500 payment for corn at his Mount Vernon distillery
174. George Washington. Autograph endorsement signed, “Presented 24th of June 1799 and accepted by G:o Wash-
ington,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, 5.75 x 7.25, June 15, 1799. Washington authorizes a $500 payment for corn, perhaps to be used at the Mount Vernon distillery. The front bears a pay draft by his cousin William Augustine Washington, in full: “At sixty days sight be pleased to pay to Messrs. Walter Roe & Co. on order of Five Hundred Dollars and place the same to the Acct of Your Most Ob. Servt Wm. Augt. Washington.” Also annotated on the reverse in other hands, “Walter Roe & Co.” and “Thompson & Veitch.” Elegantly double-matted and framed with a portrait, plaque, and reproduction of the opposite side to an overall size of 33 x 21.5. In fine condition, with an old mounting strip along the lower edge, and signs of silking to the edges. Washington credited William Augustine on May 11, 1799, for the delivery of 187.5 barrels of ‘Indian Corn’ valued at $500, in his Mount Vernon ledger. William Augustine’s $500 draft was forwarded to George Washington by Alexandria merchant William Wilson, and payment was later called for by Thompson & Veitch. The most common beverage produced at Washington’s Mount Vernon distillery was a whiskey made from 60% rye, 35% corn, and 5% malted barley; it reached peak production in 1799, producing 11,000 gallons of whiskey. A highly desirable, neatly endorsed document from the last summer of Washington’s life. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
175. George Washington. Three lines written in the hand of George Washington on a 9 x 1 slip clipped from a larger document. Washington writes: “James Keith. At a Court convd & held for Fairfax Cty, 19th day of December 1797. This Deed of Trust from.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Sought-after presidential note from “Th: J” 176. Thomas Jefferson. Scarce
third-person ANS as president, signed “Th: J,” one page, 6.5 x 6.5, June 17, 1802. In full: “Th: J. incloses the within to Mr. Barnes because the captain will probably apply to him on his arrival. A box for me is gone to Philadelphia. How shall I get the freight pad there?” Docketed and addressed on the reverse in Jefferson’s own hand, “for a Box expected from Richmond” and “Mr. John Barnes, Georgetown.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and old mounting remnants along one edge of the address panel. Barnes, a longtime friend of Jefferson, was appointed as collector of customs at the port of Georgetown, a position he held for nearly 20 years. At this point in his presidency, Jefferson was immersed in the Barbary Wars, having in effect declared war on the North African nations in February of 1802. On the date Jefferson sent this note, Morocco declared war on the United States, but soon negotiated a peace settlement in August. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Having “hired him to the President,” Dolley expresses frustration with a slave’s tardiness in his return 177. Dolley Madison. ALS signed “M,” one page, 7.75 x 5,
July 17, 1845. Letter to her son John Payne Todd, expressing frustration that her slave Paul Jennings, whom she had hired out to President James K. Polk, had taken leave without returning on time. In full: “I wish to say a few words on the subject of Paul whom you have not mentioned since he left here for Orange. I hired him to the President, who (as well as myself) gave him the privilege of 2 or 3 weeks to visit his family—when he was to have returned & entered upon his duties again—It was of importance to me that he sh’d have been punctual, but he has not appeared or written an apology—of course he will lose the best place and his mistress convenient resources. I hope you rec’d my last acknowledging the $30. I am waiting with impatience your next, by which I hope to know so much.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an ALS by Dolley Madison’s niece Anna Payne, responding to a wedding invitation on the behalf of “Aunt Madison.” Born into slavery at Montpelier, Jennings had gone to Washington with the Madison family upon James Madison’s election to the presidency. He was present during the British burning of Washington and reportedly helped to save the noted Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, known as the ‘Lansdowne Portrait,’ from destruction. He later became known for publishing the first-ever White House memoir in 1865, entitled A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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178. Dolley Madison.
AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 175 slip, in full: “’Mix short follies with wise councils,’ D. P. Madison, May 10, 1839.” Nicely matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 10.75 x 14.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
The president of the American Colonization Society
179. James Madison. Scarce unissued certificate for a
lifetime membership in the American Colonization Society, 9 x 6.5, featuring an attractive engraved vignette with “Lux in Tenebris” seal, banana plant, and date palm, signed in the lower right in ink by Madison. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, tack holes to top corners, repaired lower corner tips, and light toning from prior display. Established in 1816 by Dr. Robert Finley, the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, commonly known as the American Colonization Society (ACS), advocated the migration of free African Americans to the continent of Africa. Madison endorsed colonization in the 1780s, and would later serve as president of the ACS from 1833 to 1836. In a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, dated February 1, 1830, Madison posited that such ‘Outlets for the freed blacks are alone wanted for a rapid erasure of that blot from our Republican character.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Uncommon Madison-Monroe land grant, bearing two signatures from the president
180. James Madison and James Monroe. Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed twice “James Madison” as president and once “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 15 x 8.5, May 15, 1811. President Madison grants David Craig of Middletown, Pennsylvania, the “North East quarter of Lot or Section Number Twenty two…in Range Number three of the Lands directed to be sold at Steubenville by the act of Congress.” Signed at the conclusion by President Madison and Secretary of State Monroe, with Madison also signing at the top of the document. Off-white seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with scattered soiling and several vertical folds. A particularly unusual document given its presence of two Madison signatures; it appears that Madison took it upon himself to add his name to the document header, a duty typically resigned to that of his clerk or secretary. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
An address to all armed American ships at the outbreak of the War of 1812 181. James Monroe. War-dated DS as
secretary of state, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 7.5, no date but circa 1812. Printed State Department circular issued “by command of the President of the United States of America.” In part: “The public and private armed vessels of the United States are not to interrupt any vessels belonging to citizens of the United States coming from British ports to the United States laden with British merchandize, in consequence of the alledged repeal of the British Orders in Council, but are on the contrary to give aid and assistance to the same; in order that such vessels and their cargoes may be dealt with on their arrival as may be decided by the competent authorities.” In fine condition, with expected document wear, soiling to upper right, and a small hole below the heading. The US Congress declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, as the result of several diplomatic conflicts, including the British ‘Orders in Council,’ a series of decrees that restricted American trade with France. At the same time, the British were in the process of repealing the Orders in Council, which was finalized on June 23. Word of the repeal did not reach President James Madison until August 12, but he refused to halt hostilities because he did not know how Britain had reacted to the declaration of war. However, he did issue this instruction in response to the “alledged repeal,” ordering naval and privateering ships to assist, rather than obstruct, any American-owned ships bringing British goods back to the United States, and that the cargo is to be dealt with on arrival. A fascinating presidential document from the country’s early days of naval warfare. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
182. James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS as president,
one page, 15.25 x 9.5, October 20, 1824. President Monroe grants John Hickman of Boon County, Missouri, a tract of land “in the District of Franklin” containing 80 acres. Signed at the conclusion by Monroe, and countersigned by countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. The white paper seal affixed to lower left remains intact. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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183. James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vel-
lum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, November 29, 1817. Scallopedtop ship’s pass issued to the “Ship Franklin of Baltimore William Graham master or commander… mounted with no guns navigated with eighteen men To Pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandize without any hinderance seisure or molestation.” Signed at the conclusion by both Monroe and Adams. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered soiling and wrinkling, the seal absent, and the writing faint but mostly legible. It appears as though Graham and the Franklin were involved in the slave trade, as inward slave manifests for the port of New Orleans show him arriving with slaves on board in November 1819. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
184. John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS as
president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.75 x 9, May 26, 1828. President Adams grants “Demas Deming Assignee of John Hamilton” a parcel of land in Vincennes, Indiana, “containing eighty acres.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. The white paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and some light soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Presidential patent for an improved grist mill
185. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages two sheets, 11.5 x 15, April 3, 1835. A patent issued to “Elisha Holton, a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania in the United States, [who] hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement in the construction of a grist mill.” Nicely signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsythe and Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler. The document retains its embossed white paper seal and ribbons. The second page, still attached with its original pink ribbon, contains a detailed description of the patent signed by Holton; also inserted is a hand-drawn and colored diagram of his grist mill. In very good condition, with heavy intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), moderate scattered soiling, and most writing a bit faded (except for Jackson’s bold signature). An uncommon and highly desirable format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Four-language pass for a Pacific whaling voyage, boasting a massive Jackson signature 186. Andrew Jackson. Part-
ly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15.75, July 8, 1835. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Isaiah West, master or commander of the Ship called Friendship…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores & Utensils for a whaling voyage.” Boldly signed in the center by President Jackson with a huge signature, and countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed at center remains fully intact. Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 27.5 x 23.5, with a Goodspeed’s Book Shop label on the reverse. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Pay order issued inside the “Choctaw Nation” 187. Andrew Jackson. ADS signed
“Andrew Jackson, Major Genl Comd’g, D. of the South,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Choctaw Nation, June 14, 1815. Jackson lengthily endorses the reverse of a manuscript pay order, in part: “The Assist. D. Q. master General Capt. William B. Lewis will pay the within Draft of Eighty four dollars fifty two cents.” Jackson also writes upside down at the top, “Received 11th July, 1816 of…agent of the Department of War, eighty four dollars and fifty two & a half cents.” In very good condition, with small splits along intersecting folds, scattered staining (not affecting Jackson’s signature), and three old pieces of tape along one edge. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
188. John Tyler. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 11.25, September 13, 1841. President Tyler appoints James D. Doty as “Governor of the Territory of Wisconsin.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Tyler and countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains mostly intact with one point missing. In fine condition, with scattered light toning. With this appointment, Doty became the second governor of the Wisconsin Territory; it was Doty who conceived the idea of the city of Madison, and lobbied aggressively to make it the territory’s capital. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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189. James K. Polk. Signed book: Register of Debates in Congress, Part II of Vol. IX. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1833. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, approximately 640 pages. Boldly signed on the title page in black ink with his ownership signature, “J. K. Polk.” Autographic condition: very good, with scattered light discoloration and toning. Book condition: G-/None, with front board detached and rear board nearly detached, scuffing and flaking to leather, and rubbing to spine; deaccessioned from the Tennessee Historical Society and bears a few library stamps inside. Starting Bid $300
190. James K. Polk. ANS as president, signed “J. K. P.,” on a 3.5 x 8.5 envelope addressed in another hand to “Hon. Jas. K. Polk Prest. U.S., Washington City, D.C.,” stamped “Free” in the upper left corner, and dated in the lower left by Polk, “War Dept., Nov. 16. 47.” The notes recommend Dr. John Parshall of Athens, TN, as surgeon to the office respecting the circuit of volunteers in place of a Dr. J. G.M. Ramsey, who declined to accept the position, and suggest Dr. Lyon to be appointed as the new assistant surgeon in place of Parshall. In fine condition, with light soiling along a fold at the bottom. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“A handsome pair of boots” for the new president 191. Zachary Taylor. LS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 10, March 27, 1849. Letter to Elias C. Page, in full: “Your friendly letter of the 22’d ultimo, and the accompanying present of a handsome pair of boots of your own manufacture, have been duly received. Though I feel much delicacy in receiving in my present position such marks of consideration at the hands of my friends, my embarrassment is greatly relieved in your case by the circumstances under which your present is offered, and by the elevated spirit which your letter breathes; and it is therefore cordially and gratefully accepted. With my best thanks for your useful gift, and my wishes for your health & success.” In fine condition, with a bit of light creasing. Accompanied by the original letter from Page. A desirable letter signed less than a month into his presidency. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
“Desirous of reading the whole,” Fillmore requests a copy “of the Opinions of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott” 192. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Hamilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott to be printed & being desirous of reading the whole, may I ask the favor of a copy if you have one to spare.” Reverse of blank second integral page is docketed in an unknown hand on the reverse, and affixed to an identical size sheet. In fine condition. After living with his master in states and territories where slavery was illegal, Dred Scott returned to Missouri and sued for the freedom of himself and his family, claiming that their residence in free states made them free people. The Supreme Court decision, delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, was issued on March 6, 1857, and declared that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not bring suit in Federal courts. In addition, the Court declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. While personally opposed to slavery, Fillmore had previously opposed abolitionist demands to exclude it from the territory gained in the Mexican War, supporting the Compromise of 1850. A handsome letter regarding one of the most important and controversial legal decisions in US history, which became one of several precipitates for the ultimate breakdown in American politics, the southern secession, and the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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193. Franklin Pierce. Partly-printed DS as president, signed
“Franklin Pierce,” one page, 8 x 10.5, July 7, 1853. President Pierce directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon granted to John Tarbutton.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Pierce. The second integral page is affixed to a slightly larger cardstock sheet. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light overall wrinkling. Seven days later Pierce opened the first World’s Fair held in the United States at the New York Crystal Palace. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Lincoln approves a wife’s wish to visit her husband, “a Prisoner of War at Johnson’s Island” 194. Abraham Lincoln. Desirable Civil War-dated endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card dated March 9, 1865. The endorsement, penned in another hand, reads: “Allow Mrs. C. W. Frazier to visit her husband a Prisoner of War at Johnson’s Island.” Affixed along the left edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. In September 1863, Captain C. W. Frazer of Company B, Fifth Infantry, was captured and delivered to the Confederate officers’ prison camp located on Lake Erie’s Johnson’s Island. His wife, Letitia Frazer, who moved from Memphis, Tennessee to Sandusky, Ohio, so as to be nearer her detained husband, wrote an impassioned Image is larger than actual size letter to President Lincoln, begging for ‘the opportunity to convince him that his duty is at home and to leave the Rebel Army.’ Without hesitation the president allowed Letitia Frazer, upon her taking the oath of allegiance, ‘an interview with her husband,’ once every ten days until his release. On June 11, 1865, Frazer was paroled and returned to Memphis and his family, resuming his law practice and becoming the president of the Confederate Historical Association of Memphis. Frazer later authored a war drama entitled Johnson’s Island, a play that featured ex-Confederate soldiers as its chief actors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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The exquisite privately printed Photographs of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Hill Meserve
195. Abraham Lincoln. Rare book: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Hill Meserve. Limited edition, numbered 21/102. NY: Privately-printed, 1911. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11, 111 pages. Signed on the colophon by the author, “F. H. Meserve.� The book reproduces the then-known photographs of Abraham Lincoln, consisting of 74 pages of text plus tipped-in silver print photographs struck from the original negatives in the Meserve Collection. The photographs are arranged by topic: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln (100), Lincoln at Gettysburg (3), Mrs. Lincoln and the Sons (4), Photographs of the Vice-Presidents, the Speakers, Members of the Cabinet and Others (12), and The Interment of Lincoln (1). In fine condition, with wear to spine and board edges; all tissue guards are present and without stains or foxing, and the deckle-edge pages are likewise bright and crisp. Accompanied by a deluxe custom-made clamshell case. An exquisite compendium of photographs of Lincoln that is rarely available today. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 65
Signing in the month of an unsuccessful assassination attempt
196. Abraham Lincoln. Ink signature,
“Abraham Lincoln,” on a 5 x 5.25 segment of a military appointment on vellum dated August 1, 1864. Matted and framed with a nineteenth-century engraving to an overall size of 17.75 x 12.75. In good to very good condition, with soiling and wrinkling, tears and chips at edges, and writing a shade light; the signature is fully legible. In the same month, Lincoln recounted that as he entered the grounds to the cottage at the Soldiers’ Home in Washington on horseback, his hat was shot off by an unknown ‘assailant.’ From that day, Lincoln rode to and from the Home (where the they spent a good part of their summers) in a carriage, accompanied by a military escort. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Mary Todd’s personally-owned candlesticks
197. Mary Todd Lincoln. Mary Todd Lincoln’s personally-owned compact brass candlesticks, consisting of two 3.5˝ circular bases which can be screwed together for portability. The design allows the candlestick bases to nestle into the drip stands when being carried, then unscrewed and set up as candlesticks. In fine condition, with light expected wear. These historic candlesticks came from a group of Mary Todd Lincoln items that descended in the family of a Mrs. Fowler of Chicago, a neighbor and friend of the former first lady; a copy of a partial 20th century inventory is included. Starting Bid $300
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The president traces his genealogy: “The Hayes family were early settlers of Windsor, Ct. (now Simsbury) and the Birchards were the first settlers of Norwich” 198. Rutherford B. Hayes. Choice ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5,
January 16, 1886. Letter marked “Private,” concerning his ancestry. In full: “My parents were both natives of Vermont. My Grand Fathers were both natives of Connecticut—Rutherford Hayes of New Haven, and Roger Birchard Hayes of Mansfield, Windham County. My Grand mother Abigail Austin was a native of Suffield, Connecticut. My Grandmother Chloe Smith was a native of Hadley, Mass. The Hayes family were early settlers of Windsor, Ct. (now Simsbury) and the Birchards were the first settlers of Norwich, Ct.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare signature as president, and a beautifully signed portrait 202. James A. Garfield. Two items: a stunning, crystal-clear 3.5 x 5 cabinet portrait of Garfield in a bust-length pose, neatly signed in black ink, “J. A. Garfield,” with a circular Harroun & Bierstadt blindstamp in the lower right; and a large ink signature as president, “James A. Garfield, April 16, 1881,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 card. Both are doublematted and framed to an overall size of 10.25 x 14.75. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA for the cut signature. While awaiting transport at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station on July 12, 1881, President Garfield was shot in the arm and back by Charles Guiteau, an embittered attorney who was rejected for a pair of consulships. The wounded president lay in the White House for weeks as many of the nation’s greatest physicians and surgeons tended him. On September 6, Garfield was taken to the New Jersey seaside, where, for a few days, he appeared to be recuperating. The rally was short, however, and on September 19, 1881, he died from an infection and internal hemorrhaging. Because Garfield only actively served as president for less than four months, his presidential signatures are extremely rare. An exceptionally displayed pairing of crisply signed Garfield pieces. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Congressman Garfield learns Spanish 203. James A. Garfield. Signed book:
Vingut’s Ollendorff’s New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the Spanish Language. Twelfth edition. NY: George Lockwood, 1853. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 357 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature, “J. A. Garfield, M.C.” Garfield’s personal bookplate, “Inter Folia Fructus, Library of James A. Garfield,” is affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: fine, with scattered faint foxing. Book condition: VG/None. Accompanied by a custommade clamshell box. Starting Bid $200
President-elect Garfield graciously accepts congratulations on his victory 205. James A. Garfield.
204. James A. Garfield. Signed book: The Works of
Charles Lamb. NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 611 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature, “J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio, Sept. 1856.” Garfield’s personal bookplate, “Inter Folia Fructus, Library of James A. Garfield,” is affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with scattered light creasing and soiling to signed page. Book condition: VG-/ None, with light scattered foxing and soiling throughout, and some repairs and losses to spine and binding. Accompanied by a custom-made slipcase. Starting Bid $200
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LS as president-elect, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio letterhead, December 7, 1880. Letter to Marvin Smith of Jamestown, New York, in full: “Your letter of the 18th November came duly to hand. Accept my thanks for your congratulations.” Includes a 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Garfield, published by F. Trifet of Boston. In fine condition. Taking place on November 2, 1880, the presidential election saw Garfield win a decisive victory over Winfield Scott Hancock in the electoral vote despite a miniscule lead in the popular vote. Garfield’s win marked the sixth consecutive victory in the presidential election for the Republican Party, its longest winning streak in history. A handsome letter signed a month after the historic contest. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
206. James A. Garfield. Hand-
addressed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, signed in the upper right in black ink, “from J. A. Garfield,” who adds the recipient below, “Only for Hon. W. W. Crapo.” Matted with a cabinet portrait of Garfield to an overall size of 12 x 9. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
207. Chester A . A r t h u r.
Ink signature as president, “Chester A. Arthur, Dec. 10, 1881,” on an offwhite 7.5 x 4.75 album page. In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
209. Benjamin Harrison.
Signed book: The Seventieth Indiana. Extremely rare, little-known signed edition. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 372 pages. Signed on the frontispiece in ink, “Benj. Harrison.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with a split to the front pastedown at the hinge, and minor wear at spine ends. The first edition, first printing of The Seventieth Indiana bears a printed facsimile signature on the frontispiece, while this special edition was left blank and authentically signed by Harrison; he only signed about a hundred of these volumes in the year before he died. The special signed edition is also differentiated by the gilt upper textblock edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
208. Benjamin Harrison. ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 8, 1890. Letter to Col. R. C. Kerens in St. Louis, in part: “Your telegram was received this morning after the Oklahoma appointments had been determined upon. A few days ago, I thought things were so arranged that I could trust the wishes of Mr. Reynolds which I was quite inclined to do—tho having much regretted to have him leave Missouri. But I wanted to give these officers to the Territory my Marshal, Secy & one Judge. After going over the names carefully I could not find a marshal in the Territory who was satisfactory & did find a good Dist Atty—tho had to give over my thought as to Mr. Reynolds, as with & finding no Judges there I was entirely satisfied with I have taken all three from outside. I am very sorry to disappoint Mr. Reynolds—for I have been very favorably impressed by him.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Harrison’s hand. On May 2nd, Harrison had signed into law ‘An Act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States Court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.’ Three weeks later, ostensibly to appease him, Harrison appointed Kerens to be a Commissioner-at-Large of the World Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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210. William McKinley. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 14.5, February 7, 1898. President McKinley appoints Chalmers Ingersoll as “Postmaster at Beloit, in the County of Rock, State of Wisconsin.” Signed at the conclusion by McKinley, and countersigned by Postmaster General James A. Gary. Gold Post Office department seal and green ribbon remain affixed to lower left corner. Doublematted and framed to an overall size of 27.5 x 22. In fine condition, with a few light stains to the upper right corner area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln”—Teddy makes a compelling case for the Progressive Party 2 11 . T h e o d o r e Roosevelt. TLS, three
pages, 7.75 x 9.5, The Outlook letterhead, February 14, 1913. Letter to “Mr. Henry M. Wallace, National Committeeman, Progressive Party,” in part: “The Progressive Party stands for principles, not men. We have in our ranks very many ex-Democrats just as we have very many ex-Republicans. Our loyalty is due to both. The present Republican Party is under the absolute control of the men who stole from the rank and file of the Republican Party last June their right to their own choice for President, when Mr. Taft was fraudulently nominated; and he and his supporters Messrs. Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim, Lorimer and company have no claim to the support of any honest man. The men who follow and support these men can have nothing in common with our plans and ideas of government. The Progressive Party was formed on principles which we believe to be eternal, which will live long after men of this generation have been gathered to their fathers. We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln. The feat accomplished last election was an extraordinary feat. It is necessary to continue with the organization and to make a clear cut fight against both of the old party machines…Wherever the Republican Party has had the opportunity since the election, as in Maine and Massachusetts, it has put in office reactionaries, men of the old machine, men committed to the system of bossism in politics and privilege in business…these men showed that they are still committed to the practice of utter political dishonesty, and to the breaking down of the power of the people in favor of the bosses. We are fighting for great principles, and we are also fighting for honest citizenship against dishonesty in citizenship. We have a right to hope that Michigan will come to the front on this issue.” In fine condition, with professional repairs to two areas of paper loss to the last page. With this letter, Roosevelt hoped to inspire a Michigan Progressive Party leader with soaring, principled rhetoric, reminding him of the party’s strongest held ideals. Roosevelt formed the party—often remembered as the ‘Bull Moose Party’—after he was denied the Republican nomination in 1912, hoping to supplant the incumbent Taft in the presidential election. Running on a platform that called for regulating industry and protecting all classes of Americans, Roosevelt had the satisfaction of defeating Taft in both the popular vote and electoral vote; however, the split Republican vote gave the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. After the 1912 loss, the Republican Party hoped to bring their lost supporters back into the fold. Despite Roosevelt’s best efforts—exemplified in this very letter—the party faded, and in 1916 Roosevelt returned to the Republican Party. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 70 | August 9, 2017 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
214. Theodore Roosevelt. Hand-cut
212. Theodore Roosevelt. Signed book: Theodore Roosevelt: The American. Later printing. London and New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 218 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in pencil, “Jeffrey Englehart, with regards of his father’s friend, Theodore Roosevelt.” An ownership stamp appears below the signature. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with chipping to the right edge of the signed page, and some light smudging to the pencil. Book condition: VG-/None. Starting Bid $200
213. Theodore Roosevelt. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, May 23, 1908. President Roosevelt appoints Charles Linquist as “Postmaster at Rio, in the County of Columbia, State of Wisconsin.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Roosevelt and countersigned by Postmaster General George von L. Meyer. In fine condition, with a crease to the upper right corner and very slight chipping along the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
silhouette portrait of Roosevelt in profile, affixed to an oval 6.5 x 8.5 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Good luck! Theodore Roosevelt, Nov. 5th 1916.” Signed below the silhouette by the artist, “Belinda Daniels, 1916.” Framed and in fine condition, with some light staining around the silhouette. A unique and unusual format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
215. Theodore Roosevelt. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18.75, January 16, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Renier J. Straettan as “Assistant Surgeon in the Navy, with the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Victor H. Metcalf. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the lower right corner, paper loss to the upper left corner, and a bit of adhesion trouble to Roosevelt’s large signature. Naval documents signed by President Roosevelt are among the most desirable given his brief yet notable tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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216. Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft. Partly-
printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 20.5, December 20, 1904. President Roosevelt appoints Howard Houghton Baily as “Assistant Surgeon with the rank of First Lieutenant in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt and Taft. The crisp blue seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with Taft’s signature a bit light but fully legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
218. William H. Taft. Signed book: Recollections of Full Years by Mrs. William Howard Taft. First edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9, 395 pages. Boldly signed on a free end page in black ink, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, New Haven, Nov. 14th 1914.” Autographic condition: very good to fine condition, with overall soiling and a small piece of tape to the top edge of the signed page. Book condition: G/None; binding has been professionally re-cased. Starting Bid $300
Inscribed official printing of the inaugural address with Taft’s personal bookplate
217. William H. Taft. Signed book: Inaugural Address of President Taft. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 68 pages. Signed on the title page in bold black ink, “With compliments of Wm. H. Taft.” Taft’s personal bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None, with edgewear and heavy chipping to leather spine. Accompanied by a beautiful custom-made clamshell case. Starting Bid $300
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220. Woodrow Wilson.
219. William H. Taft. Ideal vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard portrait of Taft, signed in fountain pen, “Wm. H. Taft, July 9, 1913.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 18. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Complete book set: History of the American People, Volumes 1–5. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcovers, 6 x 8.75. Neatly signed on an opening page of the first volume in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson, 31 March, 1905.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None. The culmination of a series of articles written for Harper’s Magazine, this full five-volume set serves as an impressive example of a format seldom signed by Wilson. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
221. Warren G. Harding. Partly-printed DS as president, one page
both sides, 10.5 x 16, June 5, 1922. Extradition document issued by President Harding, in part: “Whereas, It appears, but information in due form by me received, that Nick Latinovich, charged with the crime of larceny, is a fugitive from the justice of the United States, supposed to have taken refuge in Canada…Application has been made to the British authorities for the extradition of said fugitive…You are hereby authorized and empowered…to receive the said Nick Latinovich…and hold him in your custody, and conduct him from such place of delivery in Canada…to and into the United States, there to surrender the said Nick Latinovich to the proper authorities of the State of Wisconsin.” Signed at the conclusion by President Harding and countersigned by Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes. The large seal affixed to the left of the signatures is present but cracked at the top. In fine condition, with horizontal storage folds, light toning, and a small split along one of the folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Coolidge thanks a proponent of disabled veteran care 222. Calvin Coolidge. Scarce
ALS as president, one page, 5.5 x 9.25, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to De Lancey Kountze, in full: “It was a pleasure to have a call from you this morning and receive the valuable suggestions you made.” In very good condition, with toning and show-through from toned tape remnants to reverse. After serving in World War I, Kountze left his family’s successful banking firm to focus his efforts on the treatment of wounded veterans and the American Legion. Kountze was later elected as the first president of the Citizens’ Committee of America, a board designed to raise awareness for disabled veterans by unifying various relief agencies. Handwritten letters from Coolidge during his presidency are quite uncommon, and with its dedicated recipient, this is a fantastic example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
223. Calvin Coolidge.
Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First edition, limited issue, numbered 664/1000. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 247 pages. Neatly signed on the colophon in fountain pen by Coolidge. Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG/None in a G slipcase (top panel of slipcase detached but present). Starting Bid $200
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224. Herbert Hoover. TLS
as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, August 1, 1929. Letter to Edward H. Benjamin, in full: “Many thanks for your note of July 28th with the breath of Bohemian Grove.” Hoover finishes the sentence in his own hand: “—at least of the plant life!” Nicely double-matted and framed with a portrait of Hoover and the original mailing envelope to an overall size of 12.25 x 27. In fine condition. Handwritten material from Hoover as president remains very scarce. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
225. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Appealing DS as president, one page, 10 x 13.75, October 23, 1936. President Roosevelt appoints Elise F. Musser as a “delegate of the United States of America to the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, to be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, beginning December 1, 1936.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Large beige paper seal remains affixed to left side. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and toning, and a trimmed left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Most Senators preside and know more about the rules and procedure than any V.P. since Jefferson” 226. Harry S. Truman. Important TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5,
United States Senate letterhead, September 11, 1944. Letter to reporter Joseph Lieb written just two months after his nomination for vice president. In part: “I refused the Vice Presidency until Friday morning of the Convention when I was informed by all sections of the Party that unless I was willing to accept the nomination the Party would split, and I did not feel like taking that responsibility. I was never a candidate for the office and never wanted it...Anyone who could act as a Senator would have no trouble being Vice President.” Truman adds a handwritten postscript, “Most Senators preside and know more about the rules and procedure than any V.P. since Jefferson.” Overall toning, edgewear, and filing holes to left margin, otherwise fine condition. Although Truman did not actively seek the office, Democratic Party leaders determined him to be a safer candidate than the more liberal incumbent Henry A. Wallace. Truman was chosen in a vote held on the last day of the Democratic National Convention, July 21, 1944. After being inaugurated as vice president on January 20, 1945, he remained in the position for less than two months before becoming president upon Roosevelt’s death. An incredibly fascinating Truman letter revealing his thoughts on this historic subject. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
227. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page, 11 x 10.25, March 1, 1948. Certificate of Merit presented to Henri Gaston Busignes “for outstanding fidelity and meritorious conduct in aid of the war effort against the common enemies of the United States and its allies in World War II.” Affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition, with a uniform block of overall toning from previous display. Busignes was a French-born American electronics engineer who, during World War II, helped develop a system that allowed the US Navy to detect enemy transmissions, such as those from German U-boats, that otherwise were out of range to existing radar. During WWII, U-boats wreaked havoc against military and merchant vessels, primarily in the Atlantic Ocean. The advancement aided in the Allied war effort at sea. After the conflict, he refined radar technology to allow the system to separate a moving object from ‘clutter’ on the screen. A desirable document, presented to a man whose efforts unquestionably helped shorten the war. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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228. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS signed “Ike E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, per-
sonal letterhead, January 16, 1965. Letter to Eisenhower’s former White House Chief of Staff Wilton B. Persons, in full: “Twelve years ago we were embarking on eight years of arduous but stimulating work. This month always brings back those days quite vividly. Such fine associates and friends as Sherm Adams, Dick Nixon, John McCone, Lewis Strauss, Ev Dirksen—and yourself—have birthdays in this 31-day period. Perhaps there is something to astrology after all because that list of names is exceptional to say the least! In any event, Mamie and I hope that you will continue to improve, that Allie is in fine fettle, and that in the near future we will have an opportunity to see both of you. Happy Birthday and many, many more of them.” In fine condition, with a small rust stain to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
230. Jacqueline Kennedy. Signed book:
Profiles in Courage. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed on the dedication page in black ink. In fine condition. Previously sold by Sotheby’s, December 2001. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Private notes from the former first lady 231. Jacqueline Kennedy.
Two items: an unsigned handwritten note written at the top of a TLS addressed to “Mrs. Aristotle Onassis” by Commander Albert L. Casassa, one page, 8.5 x 11, The American Legion, John F. Kennedy Memorial Post No. 287 letterhead, May 6, 1969. Kennedy’s note, written to Dave Powers, a close friend and special assistant to her late husband, relates to Casassa’s request to make her, Caroline, and John, Jr., honorary members of various American Legion branches, in full: “What do I say—? OK if hurts him too much not too [sic]—but can’t you say if it’s named for JFK we feel we belong to it anyway—I guess we should let him join us, you decide”; and a handwritten note on an off-white 6 x 3.5 sheet, unsigned, addressed to her personal secretary Nancy Tuckerman, in full: “What is most tactful answer—I don’t mind getting them & seeing them if it isn’t imposing.” In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
232. John F. Kennedy.
Partly-printed DS, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, May 23, 1963. President Kennedy appoints J. Curtis Counts, of California as “a Member of the National Labor–Management Panel for a term of two years.” Signed at the conclusion by Kennedy, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State George W. Ball. Beige paper seal remains affixed to lower left. In very good to fine condition, with light overall spotty toning. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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The man who rescued JFK and the crew of the PT–109 233. John F. Kennedy: PT-109 William ‘Bud’ Liebenow (1920–2017) was a naval lieutenant who guided his PT-157 vessel into Japanese territory to rescue John F. Kennedy and the crew of PT-109. Fascinating ALS signed “W. F. Libenow,” nine pages, 8.5 x 11, October 17, 1988. Length letter recounting the circumstances surrounding the sinking of PT-109 and the subsequent rescue mission, in part: “We proceeded to our assigned patrol area. North of Gizo and started our pattern. We weren’t long on station before we spotted 4 Jap DD’s coming down the slot through Fergerson Passage. Immediately the 159 lined up to fire torpedoes (the 159 had Radar) the 157 (had no radar)…the 159 fired and immediately all hell broke loose. The 159’s torpedo tube caught fire and alerted the Japs to our presence. The 157 fired 2 torpedoes and began laying smoke to protect the 159…We covered for each other—all this time under intense fire from the Jap DD’s. The 162 and 109 did not attack. They had become separated from the section. (J.F.K. has come under a lot of criticism for this episode—It must be said that J.F.K. was to keep station on the PT162, so it was the 162 that got separated from the section)…The 157 and 159 finally got away and came together. The 159 had fire all 4 torpedoes and returned to base to try and load up. The 157 returned to petrol, since we still had 2 torpedoes. (We were now alone) Suddenly we saw a flash of light off in the distance. We headed that way. But saw nothing. This may or may not have been the sinking of the 109. After the 162 and 109 became separated they were joined by the PT 169, which had gotten separated from its section. Suddenly the 3 boats found themselves among the 4 Jap DD’s (Remember it was a very black night) the 162 and 169 fired torpedoes and got out. The 109 was too close to fire (a torpedo has to travel through the water a preset distance before it will arm itself and explode) anyway the 109 was so close that the DD Amagiri turned sharply and cut the 109 in half. The 100 octane gas exploded (this may have been the flash we saw from the 157)…The forecastle and cockpit area remained afloat and the surviving crew members clung to it until daylight then made their way to the little island they named ‘plum pudding’—For a week they stayed there. J.F.K. swam out nightly to try and intercept our patrols…A meeting was called of the ranking officers and boat captains to discuss a rescue attempt…Many thought it a…trick to lure the boats into the open. However, it was finally decided that the PT 157 would attempt the rescue… We knew the general area of the sinking. We followed the usual tactics for operation in enemy controlled waters—that is, ran at patrol speed to keep down our wake, changed course in a zig-zagging pattern…We then took directions from the 2 natives, who rode in the cockpit with me, to the rendezvous with J.F.K., he fired his 38 and a rifle, furnished by Evans as a signal and I answered with my .45. We hoisted him aboard and went for the rest of the crew.” In fine condition, with punch holes along the left edges. Starting Bid $200
234. Jacqueline Kennedy and Family. Felt tip
signatures, “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” “Ted Kennedy,” “Eunice Kennedy Shriver,” and “Ethel Kennedy,” on the reverse of an off-white 6 x 4 card from the Kennedy Klambake in Hyannisport on July 12, 1980. In fine condition. A unique compilation of signatures from the legendary Kennedy clan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“While war is bad,” Nixon comments on the Gulf crisis, “a bad peace is worse because it will lead to bigger war”
235. Lyndon B. Johnson. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, February 4, 1966. President Johnson appoints William J. Tudor of Illinois as “a Member of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education for a term expiring June 30, 1968.” Signed at the conclusion by President Johnson and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with light rippling along the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
236. Richard Nixon. Uncommon ALS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 8, 1991. Thank-you letter for a birthday gift, in part: “Again I am in your debt for remembering me so generously on my birthday. As an avid football fan I will thoroughly enjoy the Superbowl Book. I am enclosing an article I wrote for the Sunday New York Times which deals with the Gulf crisis. My views are simple. We all want peace but while war is bad a bad peace is worse because it will lead to bigger war.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and the newspaper clipping mentioned. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The first lady’s elegant black satin clutch 237. Nancy Reagan. Nancy Reagan’s personallyowned black satin clutch purse by Renaud Pellegrino of Paris, France, featuring a scallop-edged flap with magnetic closure. In fine condition. Provenance: The Private Collection, President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Christie’s, September 2016. Accompanied by the Christie’s auction tags and a University Archives authentication tag signed by John Reznikoff. Petite and almost always impeccably dressed, Nancy Reagan was well known for her interest in designer classics and her elegant sense of style. Although criticized in 1981 for wearing designer outfits during a recession, the first lady recalled in her memoir My Turn: ‘If I had suddenly started dressing differently, how would that have helped the economy? On the contrary: I was told that because so many women look to the first lady as a fashion leader, I provided a great boost for fashion designers.’ Starting Bid $300
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Given to the ailing child who lit the White House Christmas tree in 1983
238. Ronald Reagan. Glass jar emblazoned with the presidential seal and Reagan’s facsimile signature, measuring 5.5˝ tall and 4˝ in diameter, given by President Reagan to Amy Benham, a terminally ill seven-year-old girl who lit the White House Christmas tree on December 15, 1983. The jar is housed in its original blue box, also emblazoned with the presidential seal and facsimile signature, and the jelly bean bag inside remains sealed. Includes an original White House guest pass used by Amy and her mother while attending the event. In fine condition, with light wear to the box and some cracks to the box’s inner plastic lining. Accompanied by several news clippings chronicling Amy’s visit to the White House, and a DVD with video footage of the tree lighting and news coverage; she is seen holding the box of jelly beans in one of the interviews.
When physicians diagnosed Amy Benham with Hodgkin’s disease in May 1983, her parents asked her to choose three wishes: one of these was the opportunity to help President Reagan light the White House Christmas tree. She wrote a letter to the Make-A-Wish Foundation with the request, which was granted when President Reagan invited Amy to the White House that December. The president allowed Amy to flip the switch that turned on the 500 lights festooned on the 30foot Colorado blue spruce placed on the White House grounds for the season. This event was not only a highlight in Amy’s short life, but an important public relations move for Reagan as he began to gear up for the upcoming 1984 election. The photo-op with Benham helped Reagan appear more endearing to voters, and he would go on to secure one of the most lopsided victories in electoral history that fall. A touching and poignant memento from the Reagan White House. Starting Bid $300
“When things get tough, just remember I’m here fighting for you!” 239. Barack Obama. Extremely rare ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 4, embossed White House stationery, no date. Response to a woman entreating for greater awareness and federal assistance within the mental health sector, in full: “Thanks for the letter—it means a lot. When things get tough, just remember I’m here fighting for you!” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope. On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act and subsequently authorized $6.3 billion in funding for the research and treatment of physical and mental health issues. Division B of the law, the ‘Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Reform Act of 2016,’ which concentrates on the prevention and care of mental illnesses and substance abuse, is widely viewed as one of the most significant attempts at mental health reform in decades. A glimmer of hope for many of the millions of Americans silently struggling with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health conditions, the law’s passage has conversely been viewed as a bipartisan triumph, as Obama noted on the day of signing: ‘It is wonderful to see how well Democrats and Republicans in the closing day of this Congress came together around a common cause. And I think it indicates the power of this issue and how deeply it touches every family across America.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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285. William McKinley MB $200
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notables Declaration of Independence
Significant 1781 militia commission for a noteworthy officer of the Revolution 318. John Hancock. Revolutionary War–dated
partly-printed DS, one page, 10.25 x 12.75, July 1, 1781. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Solomon Lovell as “Brigadier General of the Militia in the County of Suffolk within this Commonwealth.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Hancock and countersigned by John Avery as secretary. The official seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. Beautifully double-matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 22. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, light foxing and toning, and professional repair to paper loss at the lower right corner. Lovell, a veteran of the French and Indian War, fought at Dorchester Heights in 1776 and the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. On June 24, 1777, he was appointed a brigadier general and in 1779, along with Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, he commanded the disastrous Penobscot expedition, remembered as the largest naval maneuver (and blunder) of the Revolutionary War, in which American rebels sought to expel British forces from Penobscot Bay in present day Maine. The disastrous consequences stemming from the inaction of the patriots led to the court martial of Paul Revere, commander of the artillery, for cowardice and insubordination, although he was later acquitted. Saltonstall was thrown out of the navy and Lovell was ultimately exonerated by a Massachusetts Committee of Inquiry. Upon his return from the Penobscot expedition, Gen. Lovell immediately resumed his position as commander-in-chief of the Suffolk militia. In August, 1780, he was unanimously chosen by the Council to the command of the three months’ men, in place of Brig. Gen. Fellows, resigned, which position, from some cause, he also resigned. July 1, 1781—with this very document—he was re-commissioned brigadier general of the Suffolk militia, a position he continued to hold to the close of the war. Commissions signed by Hancock during the American Revolution are particularly desirable—and this example dates to just days before the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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American Politicians and Leaders 319. Alexander Hamilton. LS
signed “A. Hamilton,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, April 8, 1791. Written from the Treasury Department, in full: “I enclose you a form of an account (c.a.) agreeably to which I request that you will transmit me a summary statement of the quarterly payment of interest in your office, upon the 6 p’cent stocks, including an exhibition of the Stats of that species of stock on your books after each quarterly payment of interest, and exclusively of the transactions in it, which will arise between the quarter days. Similar accounts or statements are to be transmitted at the same time of the 3 per cent & non subscribed stock, as also of the defered [sic] stock excepting the items relative to interest, which, of course, will be appear in that statement.” The letter is headed “Circular” in the upper left and has a postscript on the reverse: “You will find enclosed a transcript of a notification from this office published on the 28th September last, by which I presume you have been governed. It appears proper to communicate it to you as an instruction in which light you will hereafter consider it.” Professionally restored to near-fine condition, with replaced areas of paper loss and complete overall silking for reinforcement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Prominently signed 1786 land grant 320. Patrick Henry. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 15 x 12, August 14, 1786. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants John Callaway and John McClure “a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Six Hundred & fifty five Acres…in the County of Fayette.” Handsomely double-cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 21. In very good to fine condition, with a missing seal, light stains at fold intersections, and moderate overall waviness. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Activists and Social Leaders Handwritten notes from Cleaver as “Robin Hood” 321. Eldridge Cleaver. Political activist and leader of the Black Panther Party (19351998). He became a political radical with his best selling Soul on Ice, an autobiographical manual of black rage against a white dominated society that inspired the black power movement. Handwritten diary notes in pencil, signed “Robin Hood,” one page, 5 x 7, no date but circa 1975, near the conclusion of his self-imposed exile. In full: “The Communists say they are out to take from the rich and give to the poor. They took from the rich and from the poor—in the name of the poor—and kept it all for themselves.” In fine condition, with two light paperclip impressions at the tope edge. Accompanied by a “Cleaver for Congress” mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The ‘angriest in America’ I am called often. Well, I believe in anger, The Bible says there is a time for anger” 322. Malcolm X and Alex Haley. Handwritten note by Malcolm X, “I believe in anger, The Bible says there is a time for anger” preceded by Alex Haley’s writing, “The ‘angriest in America’ I am called often. Well,” on a light blue 3 x 2 slip, plus a series of seven segments of typescripts for the ‘El Haji Shabazz’ chapter of The Autobiography of Malcolm X annotated by Haley, stapled to a larger 8.5 x 13.75 sheet. Haley took information gleaned from interviews with Malcolm X and typed it up, then printed out pages of the draft and cut and pasted portions to keep and edit. Haley and Malcolm X then edited the draft together, sequencing these sections to produce an initial manuscript. This page is an example of that writing process used for the ‘El Haji Shabazz’ chapter. Nicely double-matted with a caption and portraits of both to an overall size of 18 x 24. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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“I can not spare a hatchet yet” 324. Carrie A. Nation. Temperance agitator (1846-1911)
known for smashing saloons with a hatchet. ALS in pencil, signed “Carrie Nation,” one page, 7.5 x 5, March 7, 1901. Written from “In Jail Topeka,” a letter to Charles, in full: “My dear young man do all within the bounds of the law and you will be a smasher. The law of God and the law of right.” Beneath her signature, Nation adds: “A Home Defender, A Soul Defender, A Heaven Defender, A Hell Offender, I can not spare a hatchet yet.” In very good to fine condition, with mounting traces on the reverse and light somewhat irregular toning. Ideal content from the outlaw teetotaler, who was arrested more than thirty times during her violent temperance campaigns. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“My desire to improve the method of keeping Hospital Statistics”
325. Florence Nightingale. ALS, three pages on two adjoining black-bordered sheets, 4.5 x 7, February 23, 1863. Letter to Dr. William Broadbent of St. Mary’s Hospital, in full: “In following up my desire to improve the method of keeping Hospital Statistics, I have drawn up the enclosed tables for operations. They are intended, not only to register cases, but to enable results of particular operations to be better ascertained (statistically) than they are at present. I have had them tried on a large scale; and they have been found to answer every purpose. It is my intention to bring the whole subject before the next Meeting of the Social Science Association. But, in the meantime, I send a set, in the hope that, without the explanations then to be given, their usefulness will commend itself to you, so as to induce you to introduce them into St. Mary’s Hospital.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Businessmen Astor negotiates a fur deal with the US Office of Indian Trade 326. John Jacob Astor. Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, March 24, 1810. Letter to Superintendent of Indian Trade John Mason concerning the fur trade, in part: “I have your esteemed letter of the 20th. If you thought it for the interest of the US to have the Deer skins sold here on the terms…last proposed by you when I had the pleasure of seeing you I would agree to bid the price which was than agreed on for the Defferment quantitys but I would not like to engage so long a time before the skins could be brought from Orleans here to bind my self to any price, but if you will have the sale made here you may in that case consider me as agreeing to bid as above mentioned…P.S. Will you have the goodness to inform me in case you do not sell here what the terms of the sale at Orleans will be?” Second integral page is inlaid into a larger sheet; this letter was discovered in an extra illustrated 1867 volume of History of the City of New York by Mary L. Booth. In very good to fine condition, with a repaired separation to one intersecting fold (passing through the signature), and a light block of toning over much of the left side, not affecting readability. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Astor. By 1809, curtailment of American trade with Europe created a deerskin glut in the United States, and Mason needed to sell a stockpile of over 100 tons of pelts owned by the US Office of Indian Trade. He approached Astor, who had built at a fur trading network that extended from Leipzig to Saint Louis, about making a deal. Astor made an offer that represented a steep discount—30 to 40 percent—and after negotiations, the deal ultimately fell through. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
327. William B. Astor. American property tycoon (1792–1875) who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor’s fortune. ALS signed “Wm. B. Astor, Presd’t Am’n Fur Co.,” one page, 8 x 9.25, May 5, 1830. Letter to Robert Stuart, in part: “Mr. G. S. Hubbard has presented one of your due bills in favor of Noel Vasseur for Four Hundred & ninety seven 087/100 Dollars with interest from 1st August 1827. Mr. Hubbard is in want of the money, but as it is a matter of your own, a transaction of which I can have no knowledge I do not like to interfere, but to oblige Mr. Hubbard I have agreed to advance to him $250, say Two hundred & fifty dollars, and there will remain due on said due bill (including interest) three hundred & sixteen 11/100 Dollars from which is to be deducted any account which you may have against Vasseur and for the Balance you will settle with Mr. Hubbard.” Reverse bears a handwritten transcript of the 1827 note. Second integral page is inlaid into a larger sheet; this letter was discovered in an extra illustrated 1867 volume of History of the City of New York by Mary L. Booth. In fine condition. Accompanied by a small engraved portrait of Astor. Robert Stuart was the American Fur Company’s agent at Mackinac Island, where he helped the company to thrive; the man discussed in the letter, Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, was a noted fur trader and land speculator. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 90 | August 9, 2017 | NOTABLES
Scientist and Inventors
328. Charles Babbage. Pioneering British mathematician and mechanical engineer (1791–1871) whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engine are generally acknowledged as the first programmable computers. ALS signed “C. Babbage,” one page, 3.5 x 4.5, February 25, 1860. Letter to “My dear Mrs. Turner,” in part: “I am very sorry it was not in my power to join your party last evening after the lecture at the Royal Institution.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and scattered light stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Monumental portrait inscribed to an Edison Storage Battery executive 329. Thomas Edison. Enormous matte-finish 13.5 x 16.5
photographic reproduction of a painting of Edison, affixed to a 14.75 x 18.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To C. S. Williams, Jr., Thos. A. Edison.” In fine condition, with some light staining to the mount and a few touched-up surface scuffs to the image. C. S. Williams, Jr., was vice president in charge of purchases for the Edison Storage Battery Company in the 1920s, making this an excellent association piece. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Exceptionally rare signature from the head of the brilliant Bernoulli family 330. Johann Bernoulli. Influential Swiss mathemati-
cian (1667–1748) known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus. Rare AQS signed “Joh. Bernoulli” on an off-white 6 x 4 album page, dated at Groningen, July 25, 1696. As professor of mathematics at the University of Groningen, Bernoulli pens a Latin proverb, “Patria est ubi bene est,” dedicating it to a student. In fine condition, with light stains at corners from old mounting traces on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Directing a friend to the Council of Jewish Women 331. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed
“A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 10, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, no date. Letter to Frau Erna Silber-Keller, in full (translated): “I have no personal acquaintances who can decide about a position for you. But I am gladly willing to recommend you everywhere, if you indicate the position in question to me; you can also use me as a reference. I am convinced that you cannot find work easily and quickly in your future occupation, as I can deduce from other cases. But the Council of Jewish Women will surely be able to procure some possibility of earning money. One must not be too choosy at the start, as finding work is at present a difficult problem for natives, too.” In very good to fine condition, with the embossed address inexplicably clipped off, then reattached with clear tape. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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As “Albert” and “Papa,” the recently divorced Einstein corresponds with his wife and sons: “I suppose that he will study a technical profession. He shall have all the time just as I did” 332. Albert Einstein. Remark-
able ALS in German, signed “Albert” and “Papa,” one page both sides, 9 x 11, December 5, 1919. The front features a letter to his wife Mileva Maric, concerning their recent divorce and their children, in part (translated): “It seems that we are condemned to a kind of gypsy-life. Under the present circumstances I can understand you very well. So we will postpone, for the time being, the issue of moving house for half a year. Time will bring an answer. You will immediately receive 4000 DM from Mr. Karr…I also prefer, of course, that Albert will not have to change schools. Completing school as soon as possible is not a good enough reason. He should, by all means, get his education as long as he is still of an educable age and should not think of a profession too soon. I suppose that he will study a technical profession. He shall have all the time just as I did.” On the reverse he pens a letter, signed “Papa,” to his sons Hans Albert and Eduard about their education, his education, and ultimately, the education of the Jewish people in Palestine. He begins with a intriguing comments about a science a project his eldest son has undertaken: “I don’t believe that the propeller should be more at a slant. If it does not have much effect it is, in my opinion, a problem with the engine. One cannot calculate something like that because during the start-up (rest versus air) the prevailing conditions are quite different from those in the course of flight.” He continues that he is “pleased that you are taking lessons from Amberg. He is a very sympathetic man...He was an assistant to Hurwitz when I was a fledgling student; at that time I was tested by him in the Repetitozimmer. He was then quite young. Seiler was also an assistant in the Physics building when I was a student. I liked him less.” At the end, he announces that he will be in Basel on January 14–16 “in connection with the planned university in Palestine.” In fine condition. After five years of separation, Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric officially divorced in February 1919, and clearly were still working out the arrangements. Mileva would stay in Zurich, as would their boys, and Einstein supported them with nearly half of his salary; he would later place the award money from his 1921 Nobel Prize in a trust for their support. Einstein’s fond letter to his sons is even more interesting, touching upon an engineering experiment and reminiscing about his own education, referring to his teachers Adolf Hurwitz and Ernst Amberg. In closing he discusses his involvement with the establishment of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, whose cornerstone had been laid on on July 24, 1918; it would not open, however, until 1925. An exceptional handwritten letter offering details related to both Einstein’s personal family life and his scientific legacy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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334. Werner Heisenberg. German theoretical
333. Albert Einstein. Fountain pen signature, “A. Einstein,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard postmarked at Princeton, December 11, 1938. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Untranslated TLS in German, signed “W. Heisenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, October 1, 1973. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Pasteur’s studies of wine presented to a member of the prestigious Academie Francaise
335. Louis Pasteur. Signed book: Etudes sur le Vin. First edition. Paris: Victor Mason et Fils, 1866. Beautifully rebound in brown leather and marbled paper, 6.5 x 9.5, 264 pages. Signed and inscribed in French on a blank page after the title page to prominent literary critic Charles Augustin de Saint-Beuve, “A Monsieur Sainte-Beuve de l’Academie Francaise, Souvenir respectueux, L. Pasteur.” Autographic condition: very good, with signature and inscription uniformly faded and light, but still legible, slight paper loss to lower right corner, and scattered toning and foxing. Book condition: VG/None, with a trimmed and gilted upper textblock edge, moderate rubbing to exterior, and foxing throughout. Pasteur’s process of pasteurization, now best known for its use with milk, was also applied to wine, extending its life and preventing it from spoiling. A simply stunning volume with a significant association to a fellow French intellectual. Starting Bid $200
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Intellectuals “I do not know if it is true that Mr. Einstein said he could not believe that God was playing dice at the time he created the world” 336. Carl Jung. TLS in French, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8 x
11.5, personal letterhead, March 4, 1954. In part (translated): “I knew Mr. Einstein when he was in Zurich; I had the great chance to discuss with him the origins of his theory of relativity. Since I am neither a physicist nor a mathematician, I could not follow the evolution of his theory of mathematics which seems to me too difficult to understand. I do not know if it is true that Mr. Einstein said he could not believe that God was playing dice at the time he created the world, but if it is true, he did not realize that the alternative is that God created a machine. But it is certainly not a particularly important remark.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
337. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. French politician and philosopher (1809-
1865) who was the first to describe himself as an anarchist. ALS in French, signed “P-J Proudhon,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Untranslated letter to a Monsieur Verdeau. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Religious Figures 339. Pope Clement VII.
338. Pope Benedict XV. Pope born Giacomo della Chiesa (1854-1922) who reigned from 1914 until his death. Benedict’s pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed ‘the suicide of Europe.’ Untranslated ALS in Italian, signed “Giacomo della Chiesa,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, embossed Secretary of State of His Sanctuary letterhead, August 21, 1905. In fine condition, with a light semicircular stain to the upper edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici in 1478, he served as pope from November 1523 until his death in 1534; the Sack of Rome and English Reformation occurred during his papacy. LS in Italian as papal vicechancellor, one page, 8 x 11.5, May 4, 1522. U ntransl ated letter to “Paulo Vettorio,” recommending Giovanni Baptista Nebia. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, scattered light creasing, and a light seal-related stain. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
340. Pope Clement XI.
Italian pope (1649-1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, who ascended the papal throne in 1700 and served until his death. Manuscript DS in Latin as cardinal, signed “G. F. Cardle Albani,” one page, 15.75 x 5.5, 1698. Untranslated document issued under Pope Innocent XII, signed at the conclusion by the future pope. In fine condition, with light toning and intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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341. Pope Leo XI. Born Alessandro Ottaviano de Medici in 1535, he served as pope from April 1–27, 1605; his pontificate is one of the briefest in history, having lasted under a month. Extremely rare ALS in Italian as cardinal, one page, 8 x 11, December 25, 1595. Untranslated letter taking an initiative in favor of a friend, stating that it depends on the opinion of the pope. In very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing, intersecting folds, and staining along the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
342. Pope Paul VI. Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini in Italy in 1897, Paul VI reigned as pope from 1963 until his death in 1978. Untranslated ALS in Italian, signed “G. B. Card. Montini, Arci,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan letterhead, February 20, 1960. In fine condition, with small rusty staple holes to the upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Inscribed with an apostolic benediction in 1908 343. Pope Pius X. Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius
X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophies, he became, in 1954, the first pope to be elevated to sainthood since Pius V in 1712. Crystal-clear matte-finish 6.5 x 8.25 portrait of Pope Pius X, affixed to its original 10.5 x 14.25 mount, inscribed on the mount in Latin with a three-line apostolic benediction in the pope’s hand, dated November 14, 1908, and signed, “Pius PP. X.” Also bears a two-line inscription in another hand. Subsequently affixed to a larger 14 x 20 board for display. In fine condition, with light silvering to the dark background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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World Leaders 344. Chiang Kai-shek. Matte-
finish 10 x 8 photo of the CINCPAC (Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific) press group meeting with Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan on December 5, 1959, signed in the left border in black ink by Chiang. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing to the upper right corner, light toning, silvering to the darker areas of the image, a brush to the signature, and accompanying information affixed to the reverse with old tape. From the collection of Lt. Col. H. Hammond Walker and accompanied by the original “Guard Mail” transmittal envelope. Walker is identified as being in the third row of the photograph. Also includes twelve original 8 x 10 photos from this 1959 envoy to Taiwan, depicting military capabilities, newsmen, and military personnel, as well as six of Hammond’s personal 3.5 x 2.5 candid photographs taken during the trip, one of which shows Chiang Kai-shek. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
345. Winston Churchill. Signed book: The Aftermath. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9, 502 pages. Boldly signed on the first free end page in black ink, “Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill, November 5, 1929.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with remnants of the dust jacket laid in. This was published as the fourth volume of The World Crisis, Churchill’s account of World War I. Though not as well known as his history of World War II, The World Crisis is considered by many to be Churchill’s literary masterpiece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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346. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,”
one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Hyde Park Gate letterhead, June 9, 1956. Letter to Edward H. Dodd, Jr., in full: “Thank you very much for your letter of May 29 and for again taking so much trouble to send me the reviews, which I was most interested to read. I return you the one from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is a pity that some of the proof-reading has gone wrong.” In fine condition. Churchill began publishing his massive four-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoples in 1956, which he began writing in 1937. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Proposal for an “Air Parliament” to address “questions connected with the military, scientific and commercial aspects of aviation” 347. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, blindstamped Secretary of State for War letterhead, May 29, 1920. Letter to Viscount Northcliffe, in part: “I have an idea for an annual ‘Air Parliament,’ where all sorts of questions connected with the military, scientific and commercial aspects of aviation would be discussed…at about the same time of year that the British associations are accustomed to hold their annual meetings. I should be very much obliged if you would receive Group Captain Scott, who is my Air Secretary and will explain the project to you.” Includes a TLS to Northcliffe from Group Captain Alan John Lance Scott requesting a meeting, and a related TLS by Douglas Crawford, an editor for the Daily Mail, describing Churchill’s “sudden inspiration to convene a great air conference.” In fine condition, with creases and pin holes to the upper left corner, and a light strip of toning to the right edge. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Cromwell’s 1654 proclamation of peace with the Netherlands 348. Oliver Cromwell. Printed broadside proclamation announc-
ing the end of the First Anglo-Dutch War, one page, 10.75 x 14.25, printed in London by Will. du-Gard and Hen. Hills, 1654, headed, “By the Lord Protector. A Proclamation of the Peace made between this Commonwealth, and that of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.” In part: “His highness the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, considering how necessary it is, not only to preserve Peace and quiet at home, but, as far as in him lyes, to live in Amity and Friendship with his Neighbors, hath be the blessing of God…That all Enmity, Hostility, Discord and War between the said Commonwealths, their People and Subjects, shall cease and be forgotten.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining and foxing, and old repairs on the reverse to tears and areas of paper loss. Starting Bid $200
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349. Emperor Taisho. DS
in Japanese, one page, 18 x 23.25, circa 1915. Untranslated document in which Emp e r o r Ta i s h o confers the Fifth Class, Order of the Golden Kite upon a distinguished member of the military. Boldly signed in the center in thick black ink by the emperor. Tightly rolled and in fine condition. Accompanied by the original award medal in its black lacquered case. Established in 1890 by Emperor Meiji, the Order of the Golden Kite was a military award commemorating the mythic Jimmu Tenno, the ‘Romulus of Japan.’ It was awarded to soldiers and military officers who demonstrated bravery, leadership, or command in battle. This is one of the few orders made exclusively for the Japanese military, while most others could be given to civilians, diplomats, and other officials including those from other countries. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Presented to a Republican congressman by King Abdullah II 350. King Abdullah II. Silver desk set
presented to US Congressman Bill Young of Florida by King Abdullah II of Jordan, comprising: a 11.25 x 9 black tray with silver border inscribed in Arabic; a 7 x .75 silver letter opener inscribed in Arabic; and a notepad with approximately 250 loose 5.5 x 5.5 blank sheets of paper held in a silver holder, inscribed in Arabic on the top, with three coated cover sheets, reading: “Celebrating the season of goodwill, this box encapsulates the power of the written word as immortalized by Haidar Mahmoud and Mustafa Wahbi El Tal. Like these esteemed Jordanian poets, we hope this desk set will inspire creativity and love to one and all at this happy time.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered tarnishing. From the estate of Congressman Bill Young, who served as chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee from 1999–2004. Starting Bid $200
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Tsar Peter sends word of the Battle of Hango, the first major victory of the Russian galley fleet 351. Peter the Great. LS in Russian, signed “Piotr,” one page, 6.25 x 8, July 29, 1714. Letter to Jan Lups, in full (translated): “Let Us reveal to you the means by which the Almighty Lord God has seen fit to glorify Russia, for He has deigned to crown her with many victories granted on the land, and now at sea, for, on the 27th day of this month, with much cruel fire, we took Rear Admiral Nilson Ehrenskjold, with one frigate, six galleys, and two skerry boats off Hango, near the prominent land feature, Rilaks Fjord. Truly the whole war for us has been as for the allies with France; a great number not just of generals, but also of field marshals taken, with more than one victory of the kind. We congratulate you; and as with the accounting of officers, sailors, and so forth taken with the Rear Admiral already mentioned, we send our roster of our killed and wounded herein.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning and foxing, and two small edge chips. At the height of the Great Northern War, the removal of Swedish dominion over the seas drove Peter the Great to bolster and reorganize the might of his Russian navy. By 1714, his Baltic fleet had amassed nearly 200 galleys and 20 line ships, a force that despite lacking in destructive firepower, yielded greater speed and maneuverability, qualities ideal for close quarter combat. On July 27, the Battle of Gangut (Hango) commenced. Led by Admiral Feodor Apraxin and Tsar Peter, the larger Russian fleet capitalized on calm waters to make three swift attacks, closing distance and boarding the more powerful Swedish warships, and effectively capturing Schoutbynacht Nils Ehrenskiöld in the process. The Swedish defeat north of the Hanko Peninsula resulted in the Russian occupation of Finland, otherwise known as the Great Wrath, and has long been credited as the first significant naval victory in the history Russia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
The founder of modern China 352. Sun Yat-sen. Chinese revolutionary (1866-1925)
who helped to overthrow the centuries-old Qing Dynasty in 1911 to become the first president of the Republic of China. Rare German color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of an artistic depiction of Potsdam’s Sanssouci Palace and the front statue of Frederick the Great, signed along the top in black ink, “With many compliments of Sun Yat Sen.” Addressed on the reverse in Sun’s own hand, “Conrad W. Cooke Esq., Rothloy, Macaulay Road, Clapham Common, London, England.” In fine condition, with some creasing to the left edge. Sun remains exceedingly rare across all signed formats, with this being only the fifth item we have ever come across. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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353. Leon Trotsky. Untranslated DS in Cyrillic, endorsed across the center in blue pencil by Trotsky, one page, 8.25 x 6.75, November 10, 1919. An official order endorsed and approved by Trotsky during the Russian Civil War. In very good condition, with scattered soiling, and tears and paper loss to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Royalty
354. King Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor who, as Charles I, also served as king of Spain (1500–1558). Untranslated manuscript DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 12.75, no date. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The ‘Sun King’ acknowledges revenues from the Royal Mail 355. King Louis XIV. King of France (born 1638) from 1643 until his
death in 1715, known as the ‘Sun King’ for the glittering splendor of his court at Versailles and the unparalleled glory of France during his 72-year reign. ADS in French, signed “Louis,” one page both sides, 9.75 x 14.75, October 19, 1692. King Louis pens a lengthy endorsement at the conclusion of a financial document, beginning halfway down the front of the page and continuing for the entirety of the reverse. The document lists the kingdom’s revenues and expenses related to the Royal Mail, and the king comments on the accounts. In fine condition, with slight splitting along the horizontal fold. The king was required to acknowledge the revenues from the post officially in his own handwriting, rather than a secretary’s; autograph texts from King Louis XIV are otherwise very rare. A highly desirable and important piece of postal history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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King Henry VIII writes to Louis XII, praising the negotiator of the 1514 Treaty of London: “He will be able to tell you our good news of health and prosperity” 356. King Henry VIII. Amazing LS in
French, signed “Vre loyal frer cousin et bon compere, Henry,” one page, 16.5 x 12, August 25, 1514. Letter to King Louis XII of France, in part (translated): “Very high and mighty prince our very dear and beloved brother cousin and good compere, very cordially to you, we recommend your ambassador sent to us, the president of your high court of parliament in Rouen [Jean de Selve] returns now toward you, and he will be able to tell you our good news of health and prosperity. We cannot avoid this opportunity to confirm to you, very high and mighty prince, that the said president has shown great wisdom and prudence in his actions and all his affairs regarding us, and we want to tell that we are very satisfied with his conduct.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by King Henry VIII with a scarce autograph subscription, “Vre loyal frer cousin et bon compere [Your loyal brother, cousin, and compere],” and countersigned by “Meautisart,” a courtier. The scarce, crisply embossed royal seal affixed to the left side remains intact. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, and tiny binding holes along the left edge. This extraordinary letter dates to just after the Treaty of London, signed on August 7, 1514, sealed peace between the kingdoms of England and France; as part of the negotiations, a marriage contract was made between King Louis XII and the sister of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor. Other stipulations included that Tournay remain in the hands of the English, and that King Henry receive one million crowns, being arrears to a previous treaty. Jean de Selve was France’s chief negotiator for the treaty, and King Henry VIII, who was pleased with its conclusion, sent this letter to de Selve’s ‘boss’—King Louis XII himself—to express his satisfaction. This letter was rediscovered only four years ago in the archives of the family of Jean de Selve, and was previously unknown and unpublished. As a letter between major European monarchs concerning a treaty between their nations, it is of the utmost significance and is undoubtedly one of the most important Henry VIII letters to come to market in decades. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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357. Queen Isabella. Manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, July 29, 1499. An order directed to her chamberlain Sancho de Paredes to present 3,000 maraverdis (copper coins) as a gift to a gentlewoman named Catalina de Cardenas, the sum of which should be taken from the 55,000 maraverdis given to the chamberlain by the accountant Fernan Gomez. Signed below the first paragraph by the queen, and countersigned by her secretary, Gaspar de Trizio, and the aforementioned recipient. In fine condition, with two unobtrusive triangular cancellation cuts, one of which just touches the end of the signature. Accompanied by a full English translation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
358. King Philip II. King
of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a colony in Florida, and the historic defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588. Uncommon ALS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page, 8 x 12, May 1563. Untranslated letter to his half-sister Margaret of Parma, who was regent of the low countries, sending instructions on several political matters. In very good to fine condition, with scattered foxing and creasing, a repaired tear beneath the signature, and paper loss to the integral attached sheet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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360. Queen Victoria. Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R.,” one page, 16 x 12, February 11, 1891. Queen Victoria appoints William Henry Kelsall as “an Officer in Our Militia Forces.” Signed in the upper left by the queen, and countersigned by Secretary for War Henry Campbell-Bannerman. The light blue paper seal remains affixed below the signature. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Explorers and Archeologists
363. David Livingstone. Scottish mis-
361. Jean-Baptiste Charcot. French polar explorer, scientist, and medical doctor (1867–1936), and the son of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “J. B. Charcot,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 4, December 14, 1910. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
sionary and explorer (1813–1873) who ‘disappeared’ on an expedition to find the source of the Nile only to be famously rediscovered by Henry M. Stanley several years later. Bold ink signature, “David Livingstone, Bath 21st Sept. 1864,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip. Matted with a color portrait to an overall size of 8.5 x 12.5. In fine condition, with a few small light stains. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
364. John Hanning Speke. Explorer and
362. Alexander von Humboldt. German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowledge. ALS in French, signed “Humboldt,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date but circa 1833. Letter to Louis Freycinet, a French navigator who in 1811 published the first full outline of the coast of Australia. An untranslated scientific letter referring to Georg Erman’s 1833 publication on his travels in Asia. Humboldt writes that he is interested in his works on longitudes, latitudes, and the meridian of the Azores. He compares the numbers that Erman found with the numbers he had in his own book, and asks Freycinet to compare barometric observations made in his own travels with Erman’s discoveries. At the end, he asks Freycinet, his colleague at the Geographical Society, if he possesses a barometer of a certain type. On the first page in Freycinet’s hand is a one-word note, “Barometre.” In fine condition, with several staple-like holes to the upper blank area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
officer of the British Indian Army (1827– 1864) who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile, and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria. He is also known for advancing the Hamitic hypothesis in 1863. ALS signed “J. H. Speke,” one page, 4.5 x 7, August 15, no year. In full: “I thank you very much for your kind recollection of me and I shall have great pleasure in reading the proffered paper.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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American West “Burrial Exspences of Joe Walker and Butch Cassiday” 365. Butch Cassidy. Rare archive of three documents relating to the reputed killing of Butch Cassidy and ‘Wild Bunch’ desperado Joe Walker. Items include (with grammar and spelling retained): a manuscript document, in pencil, one page, 8.25 x 11, County of Carbon letterhead, headed “Burrial Exspences of Joe Walker and Butch Cassidy.” Price, Utah, May 14 and 15, 1898. Clear listing of expenses, including cost of items purchased (“2 Coffins & Boxes”) and from whom and names of those paid for “washing 2 bodies…Digging graves…2 suits under wear…Two Shrouds…halling Coffins…halling Bodies to place of Burial…Digging up Body for identification…Shaving 1 Body”; a manuscript document, in pencil, one page, 8.25 x 11. County of Carbon letterhead, 1898. Headed “Expencies,” listing expenses for a total of five men for a total of two or three days, as well as the costs of hiring and feeding horses; and a DS signed “P.J. Olsen” as Coroner, one onionskin page, 8 x 9.5, May 24, 1898. Sales receipt for two branded horses’ for $19.50, with the horse’s brands drawn in ink. In overall very good condition. In April of 1897, Butch Cassidy, Joe Walker, and Elzy Lay stole $7,000 in gold from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company at Castle Gate, Utah, sparking a serious manhunt for the gang. When Carbon County Sheriff C. W. Allred’s posse found what they believed to be the fugitives’ camp on May 13th, they opened fire, killing two men inside. They identified one body as Joe Walker and the other as Butch Cassidy. As newspapers announced the death of the outlaw, a Wyoming sheriff who had held Cassidy in his jail for three months arrived in Utah only to identify the body as Bob Culp, a minor cattle thief. Rumors flew that Cassidy, entertained by the whole affair, watched his own funeral from afar, having yet again outsmarted the authorities. Containing three documents from the mistaken killing, with the victim still believed to be Cassidy, this archive highlights a captivating tale from the famous outlaw’s career. Starting Bid $200
Hand-painted panel from a wagon used in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show 366. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Hand-painted wooden advertising panel from one of the wagons used in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, 21 x 13.75, circa 1884–1890. The scene depicts men dressed in Western garb—possibly Buffalo Bill himself—visiting an Indian village. In very good condition, with overall wear and fading to the image. Starting Bid $200
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367. Francois Arago
369. Jons Jacob Berzelius
370. Leonid Brezhnev
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374. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
375. Michel Eugene Chevreul
376. Frederick Cook
377. Benjamin Disraeli
378. Benjamin Disraeli
379. DNA: Francis Crick
380. DNA: James D. Watson
381. Emma Goldman
382. Mikhail Gorbachev
383. Edmund Hillary
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372. Edmund Burke MB $200
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368. Fulgencio Batista MB $200
373. Albert Calmette
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384. Edmund Hillary and John Hunt
385. Robert F. Kennedy
386. King George VI
387. Paul Kruger
388. Urbain Le Verrier
389. Robert Todd Lincoln
390. David Livingstone
391. Nelson Mandela
392. Nelson Mandela
393. Hudson Maxim
394. Alphonse Milne-Edwards
395. Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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396. Nobel Peace Prize Winners MB $200
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397. Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard MB $200
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398. Rosa Parks MB $200
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399. Joseph Pulitzer MB $200
400. Melvin Purvis
401. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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404. Jack Ruby
402. Samuel and Eliphalet Remington MB $200
405. Salem Witch Trials: Thomas Newton
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408. William Shockley
407. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin
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410. Titanic MB $200
411. Tombstone MB $200
403. Nathan Mayer Rothschild MB $200
406. Jonas Salk MB $200
409. Margaret Thatcher MB $200
412. Watergate MB $200
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military 413. William Belknap. Union general and secretary of war (1829–1890) who holds the distinction of being the only cabinet secretary ever to have been impeached. ALS signed “Wm. W. Belknap,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal monogrammed letterhead, January 13, 1873. Letter to “Dear General,” in part: “As the notice of the trip of the Cadets to Wash’n has been noticed in the Herald, I have deemed best to write you the enclosed letter, so that you can make the announcement to the Corps.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The Confederacy’s female spy— “Cherish thru life kind thoughts of me”
414. Belle Boyd. Rare ANS signed “Belle Boyd Hammond-High,” one page, 10.25 x 6, March 23, 1887. A friendly note to “Melton.” In full: “Cherish thru life kind thoughts of me & know that the pleasant hours spent in your home after so many years have intervened shall often be recalled by me. Your old schoolmate and friend.” In fine condition, with repaired paper loss to lower right corner and a few tiny repaired edge tears. Known as the ‘Cleopatra of the Secession,’ Boyd was a Confederate spy in the Civil War who operated from her father’s hotel in Virginia and provided valuable information to Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in 1862. After marrying Nathaniel Rue High—her third husband—in the mid-1880s, Boyd toured the United States giving dramatic lectures about her life as a spy. An exceedingly rare Civil War autograph from one of the conflict’s more intriguing figures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“The inalienable rights of man may be entrusted to agents, but the God given endowments cannot be righteously surrendered” 415. Jefferson Davis. Uncommon AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 3.5
sheet, signed “Jefferson Davis, Beaumont, Miss., 5th Feb. 1883.” Davis writes, “The inalienable rights of man may be entrusted to agents, but the God given endowments cannot be righteously surrendered.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges, light soiling, and old mounting remnants on the reverse; all handwriting is light but legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
417. Union Generals. Col-
416. Francis S. Dodge. US Army officer from Massachusetts (1842–1908) who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars. He later became Paymaster General of the United States Army in January 1904, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Civil War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “Francis S. Dodge, 1st Lt. 2d U.S.C.C. A.O.O., 3d Div. 25th A.C.” one page, 8.25 x 11, March 1, 1865. Form No. 3 (A), listing issues or transfers of ordnance stores received from Capt. R. W. Woodbury, including: “Springfield R. Muskets,” “Bayonet Scabbards,” “Cap Pouches & Cone Pricks,” “Cartridge Boxes,” “Gun Slings,” “Waist Belts,” “Ball Screws,” “Cone Wrenches & Screw Drivers,” and “Main Springs.” In fine condition, with a light diagonal bend to the left side. Starting Bid $200
lection of 79 items signed by brevet Union generals of the Civil War, consisting predominately of clipped signatures but also including a few letters and endorsements, with signers including: Joseph Abbot, Charles Albright, Smith Atkins, Robert Avery, Hartman Bache, Benjamin Baker, Richard Batchelder, Hiram Berdan, Herman Biggs, Albert Blackman, William Blaisdell, Benjamin Brice, Martin Burke, George Cobham, Charles Collis, George Crosman, Andrew Denison, Rene DeRussy, William Draper, Richard Drum, James Duane, Thomas Dunham, William Dunn, William Enocs, David Enyart, Benjamin Fearing, Oliver Greene, Edgar Gregory, Henry Guss, James Gwyn, Henry Hambright, Llewellyn Haskell, Julius Hayden, Bennet Hill, Charles Hill, Samuel Holabird, Morton Hunter, Gilbert Johnson, John Lane, Chauncey McKeever, Napoleon McLaughlen, Martin McMahon, Quade, James Mc William McMillan, Jesse Moore, Joseph Morrison, Eli Murray, William Myers, William Nichols, Robert Nugent, James Oakes, Albert Ordway, John Ramsey, William Raynolds, William Richardson, Joseph Roberts, Samuel Roberts, Thomas Rodman, George Ruggles, Benjamin Runkle, Delos Sacket, Horace Sargent, Charles Sawtelle, Edmund Schriver, Benjamin Scribner, Edward Serrell, Isaac Sherwood, Alexander Shiras, George Spencer, Aaron Stevens (2), Silas Strickland, David Strother, Jay Sypher, John Tidball, Frederick Townsend, Thomas Vincent, James Wade, and George Wise. Most pieces are lightly affixed to black scrapbook pages. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 111
Early questions the “deleterious effect” of Lee’s “lost dispatch” on the Battle of Antietam
418. Jubal Early. Phenomenal ALS signed “J. A. Early,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, lightly lined, 5.75 x 9, April 6,
1888. Letter to E. T. Lansing, in full: “Your letter of inquiry has been received, and in reply I have to inform you that what you mention as the ‘lost dispatch’ in General Lee’s campaign into Maryland in September 1862, was his order of September 9th directing the movements of his army, especially that for the capture of Harper’s Ferry. A copy of the order fell into the hands of McClellan on the 13th, it having been picked up by some member of his command in one of the abandoned camps. It was a copy for one of the Division Commanders, and how it was lost has never been known, but is a matter of mere conjecture. In his report, published in 1864, McClellan gives a copy of the order in pages 188-9. The effect of the finding of the order was, I presume, to cause McClellan to hasten his movements for the relief of Harper’s Ferry, but in this he was not successful as the place was captured by our forces. The only effect it had in the battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam, so far as I can judge, was to hasten the conflict of the two armies, and bring on the engagement before McClellan received some re-inforcements—which were coming to his aid. Our army repulsed McClellan’s attacks on the 17th, with very heavy loss to his army, and he did not renew the engagement on the 18th, but we retired that night because the Potomac was in our rear, and it was necessary for us to cross it to be in reach of supplies. Moreover considerable re-inforcements were coming to McClellan’s assistance, which we had come to expect. I don’t think the finding of the order had any deleterious effect on the result so far as General Lee’s army was concerned.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Early’s own hand. On September 9, 1862, General Robert E. Lee issued to his Confederate commanders Special Order 191. Also known as ‘the Lost Dispatch’ or ‘the Lost Order,’ the tactical document laid out Lee’s plans to divide his army into two parts, with General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson leading two-thirds of the troops to capture Harpers Ferry, and Lee marching the remaining soldiers 24 miles northwest to Hagerstown. The fortuitous discovery of 191 at a vacated Confederate camp on September 13, only four days before the Battle of Antietam, proved a stroke of providence for Union General George B. McClellan, who, in his excitement, asserted: ‘Here is a paper by which if I am unable to whip Bobby Lee, I will be willing to go home.’ However, McClellan’s decision to wait 18 hours before repositioning his forces afforded Lee, now privy to the Union intelligence, ample time to appropriately re-strategize. Early’s doubts that “the finding of the order had any deleterious effect” on Lee’s army are not without weight; McClellan’s hesitation to take advantage of 191 squandered any chance of a resounding Union victory, a reluctance which enabled Lee to more effectively maneuver his greatly outnumbered forces and then, with victory out of reach, successfully withdraw to Virginia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Rare war-dated letter from Ewell, arranging battery support for General Hampton 419. Richard S. Ewell. Confederate general (1817-1872) who achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee; his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House have shrouded his legacy in controversy. Civil War-dated ALS signed “R. S. Ewell,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, lightly lined, 5.75 x 8.75, Head Quarters Department of Richmond letterhead, June 19, 1864. Letter to General Braxton Bragg, in full: “There are two Battalions of Artillery under Col. Carter along the line of the Chickahominy, left there by Gen. R. E. Lee. I have informed Gen. Hampton of this and requested him to send a Cavalry escort to take charge of the Batteries that will be sent to his assistance, as I have no support to send with them,—The Locals and Reserves being at Chaffin’s Bluff—by Gen. Lee’s order. I will notify Col. Carter that Gen. Hampton will call on him at Bottom’s Bridge for one or two Batteries—and Lt. Col. Pemberton will be ordered to send two Batteries to that point to be ready either to go to White House or take the place of the Batteries of Carter’s Battalion, as may be most expedient. Unfortunately I have no infantry support that I could send with the Batteries. A letter from Gen. Hampton to Genl. Lee corresponding with that sent you was forwarded today to Genl. Lee.” Ewell adds a pair of postscripts, concluding one with “R. S. Ewell,” and “RSE” with the other. The first postscript reads: “Col. Pemberton will send horses from his Batteries to take the guns from Carter’s Battalions in case Carters horses are broken down—as I think Col. Carter has 20 lb. parrots—which I have not.” The second postscript: “There is one Reg’t Co’y Al’a here which might go but it could not reach in time—Pemberton may take his own guns, or merely horses to attach to some of Carters.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with the handwriting light but legible, and eerie light offsets of engraved portraits on the first and last pages. Only the third Ewell item we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The great generals of the American Civil War 420. Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant.
Impressive pairing of Civil War-dated items from legendary rival Generals U. S. Grant and Robert E. Lee: an ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, January 16, 1864, written from the “Head Qrs Mil. Div. of the Miss.,” and addressed to Major General George H. Thomas, “Head of Dept, of the Cumberland,” in full, “Please send the bearer of this, Mrs. Bransford under Flag of Truce, to the Confederate lines”; and a manuscript endorsement signed “R E Lee, Genl,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, October 15, 1862, penned on the reverse of a partial letter signed “Wm J. Clarke,” recommending John M. E. Valk of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, for a position in the Quartermaster’s Department. Written from the “Headqrs Dept North’n Va,” Lee’s endorsement, in full, “Having great confidence in the recommendation of Genl. Ransom & Col Clarke, I do not hesitate to recommend Mr. Valk for the position of Asst Qr. Mr. Believing from his testimonials that he will prove an active & efficient officer, his position & services claim something for him from the Government.” Both are cloth-matted and framed with a small portrait of Grant and a cartede-visite of Lee to an overall size of 26.25 x 21.75; an engraved plaque loose within the frame. In overall very good condition, with staining and soiling to both, and some paper loss to the bottom of Lee’s letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Nearing the end of the war with Mexico, Longstreet turns over to Pickett “Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage” 421. George E. Pickett. Mexican-American War-dated manuscript document, one page, 8 x 10.25, City of Mexico, December 31, 1847. An invoice of “Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage this day turned over by Lieut. J. Longstreet, Adjutant 8th Infy, to Lieut. Geo. E. Pickett, Actg. Adjutant 8th Infantry.” The list includes: “Six Numbers…One Epaulettes…Three Sashes…Six Boots…Eight Leather Stocks… Two Great Coats…Twenty two Great Coat Straps…Twelve Mosquito bars…One Garrison flag…Eight Fifes…Six Bugles.” Includes a partly printed document from the Quartermaster General’s Office, one page, 8 x 10, May 20, 1848, issued to Lt. G. E. Pickett, and affirming that “Your Return of Clothing and Camp and Garrison Equipage, for the latter part 4th quarter of the past year has been examined in this office, and sent to the Second Auditor of the Treasury for settlement, also your returns for Lieut. Longstreet.” Signed at the conclusion by Capt. Henry C. Wayne as quartermaster general. In fine condition, with light show-through from old mounting remnants along the reverse of one fold. Starting Bid $200
Sherman writes to his alleged mistress in 1884 422. William T. Sherman. ALS signed “W. T. Sherman,” four
pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, 912 Garrison Avenue letterhead, February 7, 1884. Letter to Mary Audenreid, the widow of Sherman’s aide-de-camp Joseph C. Audenried, in part: “I have this minute returned from a breakfast at Mrs. Kelifers… with Madam Willson who is a splendid type of woman. We go to hear her tomorrow in her new play of Giaconda. I find…that you had safely deposited Florence in the convent at Manhattanville. I congratulate you in thus having solved a difficult problem. At that convent they will make her conform to their rules and will stop her correspondence with the boys…I think you had better exercise your right to inspect those letters and notify the parties that…they should cease to correspond with your daughter till she is full 18 years old. If Florence has been corresponding with some boy under cover to Miss Daisy Ricketts, I advise you to call on Mrs. Ricketts…to assist you in stopping this clandestine channel of communication. After Florence is 18 years old I would let her marry as soon as she pleases, and the natural law of maternity will soon tame her proud spirit. It is infinitely better that she should be at Manhattanville than Washington where she would worry your life out of you. It was too bad she should have spoilt your visit to Saint Louis…The Sisters at Manhattanville have large experience with such willful girls.” In fine condition. According to the book Citizen Sherman by Michael Fellman, President Rutherford B. Hayes wrote to Sherman in June 1880, asking him to pay a visit to the newly widowed Mary Jane Audenried and relay the President’s condolences on the death of her husband. Thereafter, the married Sherman and Audenried entered into an affair within six months. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“It was directly below this sail, and in its very shadow that Lord Nelson received his mortal wound” 423. Horatio Nelson. Fabric swatch from the main topsail of Lord Nelson’s flagship, the HMS Victory, measuring 3 x 2, framed with a 1903 letter of provenance by Henry W. Carpenter, a captain in the US Marines. This ALS is signed “Henry W. Carpenter, Captain U. S. Marines, U. S. Flag Ship Olympia,” two lined pages, 7 x 9, US Marines letterhead, January 7, 1903. In full: “This is to certify that during the month of June 1902, while paying a mess call from the USFS Illinois, then representing the United States Navy at the Coronation Naval Review at Spithead, England, I went on board HMS Victory, the flag ship of the late Admiral Horatio Nelson RN at the battle of Trafalgar, and was presented with a small piece of the main topsail, used during the battle, and which received over one hundred and four tears and rents from shot. It was directly below this sail, and in its very shadow that Lord Nelson received his mortal wound. The fragment of sail, was torn from the remains of the canvas just as it had been stored in a case when the ship was brought to Portsmouth England. It was given me by Lieutenant Roper RN who assured me it was absolutely genuine and who tore it from the large piece with his own hand in my presence.” Also matted and framed with a period turn-of-the-century photograph of HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbor to an overall size of 24.75 x 14. Scattered toning and soiling to fabric, mat, and letter, otherwise overall fine condition. Although Horatio Nelson lost his life at the Battle of Trafalgar, the British fleet won a decisive victory against the combined forces of the French and Spanish navies. His fleet was outnumbered and Lord Nelson turned to creative tactics in order to win, ultimately emerging as one of Britain’s greatest martyred war heroes. The HMS Victory became equally wellknown as his ship in the famous battle, and relics from the important vessel are extremely rare, particularly with the ideal, early provenance provided with this piece. Starting Bid $300
The recovered crew of the USS Maine 424. Spanish-American War. Original glossy 13.5 x 9.75 photo of the burial procession for the last crew members recovered from the USS Maine, showing the massive cortege making its way to Arlington National Cemetery for the funeral service. Pencil notations on the reverse: “67 Bodies of the dead Sailors & Marines recovered from the Battleship Maine, after lying in Havana Harbor for 14 years.” In very good condition, with a tear to the top edge, and scattered overall creasing. On February 15, 1898, a mysterious explosion destroyed the USS Maine while anchored in Havana Harbor; a total of 261 officers, sailors, and marines perished. In 1908, President Taft signed into law the bill ‘Raising of battleship Maine,’ which enacted the funding and recovery of the remaining bodies. Starting Bid $200
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aviation
425. Airplane. Large bronze airplane sculpture set upon a wooden base, measuring 29 x 31 x 26 and weighing 43 pounds, with a plaque on the base reading: “Presented to Cliff Knight, in appreciation of his generous support, Silverline Ltd, March 27, 1985.” A plaque below bears an indistinct artist’s signature. In fine condition, with an irregular line of varnish on the base. Starting Bid $200
426. Airplane Pedal Car. Vintage toy airplane pedal car, measuring 64˝ long with a 74˝ wingspan, painted in gray, red, and yellow. Comes with a mannequin of a child dressed as an aviator. In very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
428. Eugene Gilbert. French racing pilot and
WWI flying ace credited with five aerial victories (1889–1918) who was killed in a test flight crash. Scarce matte-finish 5.5 x 3.5 real photo postcard of an early plane, neatly signed in blue ink “E. Gilbert.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Having escaped from a POW camp in 1918, Garros pledges to aid his comrades-in-arms 427. Roland Garros. Early French aviator
and a fighter pilot (1888–1918) during World War I. A tennis center was named after him in the 1920s, the Stade de Roland Garros, the stadium that accommodates the French Open tournament, which is officially called Les internationaux de France de RolandGarros (the ‘French Internationals of Roland Garros’). ALS in French, signed “Garros,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, May 30, 1918. In part (translated): “I have taken a long time to answer you but meanwhile I was doing everything possible unfortunately not a lot for our unfortunate comrades. I have communicated your letter to the competent service and have insisted about it with numerous personalities. I have the impression that there is nothing to be obtained. We are in a true delicate situation regarding the hostages. We have in this moment an association of the people who have evaded prison…Through this organ we may perhaps be better listened to. I will take care of this I promise you. I have read with great emotion the news you have given me of the camp after our escape…I use the uniform of the 27th regiment in remembrance of Pierrot Du Roure and of LaGarde who have been the most faithful makers of our success.” In fine condition. Garros had been captured by the Germans in 1915 and held for nearly three years before escaping in February 1918, mere months before writing this letter. He would be killed in action in October, shot down near Vouziers, Ardennes, a month before the end of the war and one day before his 30th birthday. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Stunning Bleriot-inspired figural clock sculpture by Charles Ruchot 429. L’Aviation Sculptural Clock. Beautiful circa 1910 hollow-cast spelter sculptural clock inspired by French aviator Louis Bleriot, measuring approximately 26.5˝ tall, set upon a marble base, with a brass plaque at the bottom engraved, “L’Aviation, Par Ch. Ruchot.” The sculpture portrays Bleriot in his monoplane atop a stylized cloud formation, flanked by birds and the goddess of Victory. A sash ribbon descends from the center, lettered “Sciences Nouvelles,” and a book at the base is titled “Conquete de L’air.” The propellors of both Bleriot’s monoplane and an aero engine at the bottom are rotatable. The center features a clock with an Arabic 12-hour dial (working condition unknown). In fine condition, with a few tiny surface chips toward the bottom. A breathtaking piece commemorating the exciting early days of aviation. Starting Bid $200
431. Charles Lindbergh. Signed book: We. Authors 430. Charles Lindbergh. Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Presentation edition, number 120. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 561 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None, with some dampstaining to text block. Starting Bid $200
autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 177/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 308 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen by Lindbergh, “Charles A. Lindbergh,” and by the publisher. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with some scuffing and staining to spine, and bumped corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The safe return of the Spirit of St. Louis 432. Charles Lindbergh. Ideal vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.25 full-length photo of Lindbergh posing in front of the Spirit of St. Louis, signed in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Includes an unsigned “Welcome Home” program for a citizens dinner held in honor of Lindbergh and his “return home from epochal New York—Paris Non–Stop Flight,” held at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 18, 1927. In fine condition, with trimmed borders. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
433. Pan Am. Vintage sky blue Pan Am stewardess uniform designed by Academy Award–winning costume designer Edith Head, manufactured by Stonington, complete with jacket, pants, shirt, shoes, hat, and “Pan Am” lapel pin. Includes a female mannequin. In fine condition. A stylish piece from the ‘Golden Age’ of commercial flight. Starting Bid $200
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434. Pan Am. Vintage navy blue Pan Am flight attendant’s uniform by Stonington, complete with jacket, pants, shirt, shoes, hat, and “Pan Am Stewardess” lapel pin. Includes a female mannequin. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
435. US Air Force Recruiting Service. Vintage red,
white, and blue Air Force recruitment jet model, measuring 75˝ long with a 46˝ wingspan, with “United States Air Force Recruiting Service” decals on top of the wings, the tail decal reading, “3503rd USAF Recruiting Group - Dixie Dudes - Making It Happen,” and a tail code of “B-9374.” In very good to fine condition, with some scattered soiling and chipping to body. Starting Bid $200
436. Orville Wright. The
Winters National Bank & Trust Company check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Anderson Piano Co., for $4.88, November 4, 1944. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition, with central vertical fold and a tiny hole to the top edge. Starting Bid $200
438. Orville Wright. Christmas card from 1941 featuring a glossy photo of Hawthorn Hill, the home of Orville Wright from 1914 until his death 1948, measures 10.75 x 4.5 open, signed inside below a printed holiday greeting in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a stain to the front. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Wright’s own hand to “Dr. and Mrs. Porter Adams,” postmarked December 20, 1941. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Restoration designs of the 1905 Wright Flyer III
Iconic image of man’s first flight
437. Orville Wright. Vintage 6.25 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N. C.,” signed in the lower left in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a small, light crease in the top border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
439. Wright Brothers. Highly appealing set of five original pencil sketches by Louis P. Christman, chief production engineer of the Wright Aeroplane Co., on individual off-white sheets, each measuring 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, and featuring various diagrams, notes, and calculations made by Christman while he worked on restoration designs of the 1905 Wright Flyer III at the Smithsonian in Washington, D. C. Also includes a “Request for Inter-Department Work,” one page, 8.25 x 7.25, March 19, 1948, relating to a “Carillon Park Project” and signed in pencil by Christman and his supervisor Harvey D. Geyer. In overall fine condition. Christman began the restoration in 1947, and unveiled its completion at Carillon Park in Dayton, Ohio, in June 1950. Starting Bid $200
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The rare Wright Brother in France 440. Wilbur Wright. Sought-after ink signature, “Yours truly, Wilbur Wright,” on an off-white 5.25 x 8.25 autograph sheet bearing collector’s notations and an affixed image of Wright. Affixed to a slightly larger presentation sheet, with original mailing envelope, addressed in a secretarial hand and postmarked Sarthe, August 17, 1908, affixed to the reverse. In fine condition. On August 8, 1908, Wilbur began official public demonstrations of the flyer at the Hunaudieres horse racing track near Le Mans, France, impressing many of the French aeronautical community in attendance, which included among them aviator and inventor Louis Bleriot. A sought-after signature from a most notable timeframe. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
441. Zeppelin. Collection of three commemorative items related to Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin: a very lightweight 8.25˝
long spoon crafted from the salvaged airframe of Graf Zeppelin’s fourth airship, the LZ-IV, which crashed on August 5, 1908; a rectangular medal featuring an image of Zeppelin and his airship in flight, 37 mm x 55 mm, reading, “Ferd. Graf v. Zeppelin, Probefahrt 4–5. Aug. 1908”; and an embroidered badge with gold border made by Kukemal, 35 mm x 45 mm, reading, “Zeppelin, Eckener, Spende.” In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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space
Deke Slayton’s personal Bulova ‘Astronaut’ 442. Deke Slayton. Deke Slayton’s personally-owned and -worn Bulova Accutron Astronaut model wristwatch in stainless steel with original stainless steel Bulova Accutron bracelet, grade 214 tuning-fork mechanism, black 12-hour dial with 24-hour rotating bezel, additional hand with arrow pointer indicating time on the 24-hour scale, with luminous hands and markers. The bezel allows one to read local time in the 24-hour system when the “24” indication on the bezel is opposite the 12 o’clock marker on the dial, and also allows one to set the bezel in position for another time zone anywhere on the planet. The movement, case, dial, crown and band all bear the Accutron logo. Originally, the batteries for such watches were 1.35V mercury, while today watch batteries are 1.55V; the difference in voltage would yield slightly different timekeeping requiring regulation if changed to modern batteries. The current watch is correctly regulated for the modern 387S battery, which is actually a 394 in protective insulated ring. Use of the ring is critical to keeping the battery in position and preventing the battery from draining away. One can replace the battery with the 394 if the ring is kept with it, always making sure that the positive side is down within the battery chamber. The natural contours of the insulator allow the battery to fall in naturally in correct position. The watch was found in Slayton’s jewelry box after his passing, and was undoubtedly worn by him during the 1960s when the watch was state of the art. 3.3i This artifact would not have been used on missions, as only mechanical timepieces were specified at that time. This classic model, highly collectible in its own right, is even more prestigious because of its notable previous owner. The condition is excellent, showing very light wear, mint dial and hands, the crystal showing natural fine crazing from age, the band with a few microfine scratches on the deployment clasp is normal. Provenance: Donald K. Slayton Family Collection, Goldberg Auctioneers, June 2012. Starting Bid $300
Schematic for CSM Fuel Cell 1—a point of failure on Apollo 13—flown on the Apollo 9 LM ‘Spider’
443. Jim McDivitt. Flown Apollo 9 CSM overview schematic for the fuel cell/cryogenic system, 22 x 10.5, vertically signed and flight-certified in the left margin in green felt tip, “’Flown on Apollo 9,’ Jim McDivitt.” The schematic bears an affixed tab to the right side, “FC/Cryo,” and diagrams the connections and pathways for Fuel Cell 1, as well as general hardware locations within the Command Module to the upper left. In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from McDivitt, in part: “This CSM Fuel Cell/Cryogenic schematic was flown on Apollo 9 in March, 1969, aboard the LM-3 moon lander ‘Spider,’ flying for the first time...This schematic is part of a book of schematics of all CSM and LM systems, which was kept in the lander in case of a system failure, for diagnosis and/or repair. This item is from my personal collection.” The fuel cells and cryogenic oxygen tanks are the systems that would later catastrophically fail during Apollo 13, and Fuel Cell 1 in particular was a key point of failure. A superb example of a page from an early flown Apollo manual. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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444. Apollo 13. Signed book: Apollo 13. Later printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 378 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black felt tip by Ken Mattingly, and on the title page in felt tip and ballpoint by James Lovell, Fred Haise, Gene Kranz, and Sy Liebergot. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
446. Apollo. Exceptional pre–Apollo 11 Grumman contractor’s model of the Apollo Lunar Module by Precise Models, Inc. Constructed of injection-molded plastic, the two-piece LM is removable from the base, measures approximately 6˝ tall, and is set upon a 10.25˝ diameter base bearing the Grumman and NASA logos. In fine condition, with trivial scuffs and wear to both base and model. A detailed and highly desirable model. Starting Bid $200
447. Columbia STS–107. Color
glossy 11 x 8.5 laserprint photo of the Columbia crew posing with several office workers, signed in black felt tip by all seven crew members: Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon. In fine condition, with a slightly hazy appearance to signatures due to nature of the paper. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
445. Apollo 16. Ring-
bound Apollo 16 Basic LM Data Card Book used by Charlie Duke during mission training, 32 pages plus cardstock covers, 8.5 x 10.5, December 16, 1971, signed on the title page in black felt tip, “Charlie Duke, LMP.” The manual consists of numerous sections related to the operation of the lunar module Orion, including: LM Activation, Abort/Ascent, LM Jettison, EVA Mission Rules Summary, Ascent and Descent Stage Curves, and Earth and Planet Unit Vectors. The front cardstock cover bears a felt tip notation, “LM Mockup Copy, Apollo 16.” In fine condition. On the overwhelming success of the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon, the mission’s original data card book would later serve as the lead training manual for Duke and his Apollo 16 crew, amended at various points to suit any specific mission details. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200 122 | August 9, 2017 | SPACE
The first six cosmonauts
448. Cosmonauts. Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets
commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and canceled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space missions. Each signed in ink by one of the first six cosmonauts, including: Yuri Gagarin, German Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Valentina Tereshkova. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
449. Buzz Aldrin
450. Buzz Aldrin
451. Buzz Aldrin
452. Buzz Aldrin
453. Apollo 12
454. Apollo 13
455. Apollo 8
456. Apollo Astronauts
457. Neil Armstrong
458. Neil Armstrong
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460. Astronauts and Arthur C. Clarke
463. Michael Collins
464. Yuri Gagarin
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465. John Glenn
466. John Glenn
468. Jim Irwin MB $200
469. Jim Irwin and Charles Conrad
470. James Lovell
471. Jim McDivitt
472. Mercury Astronauts
473. NASA
474. Rusty Schweickart
475. Alan Shepard
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476. Alan Shepard MB $200
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467. Fred Haise
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477. Valentina Tereshkova MB $200
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art, architecture, & design
Uncommon original sketch from the Madeline creator 479. Ludwig Bemelmans. Bel-
gian-born American author and illustrator (1898-1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children’s books. Original signed ink sketch on an offwhite 5.75 x 8.25 sheet of Hotel Sacher stationery, showing a nude man with a mustache approaching a nude woman, signed below in ink, “L. Bemelmans,” adding to the left side, “Dianabad,” a famous spa and bathhouse in Vienna. In fine condition, with light toning, and old tape remnants to each corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare letter on the “Diorama” by the father of photography
480. Louis Daguerre. French
artist and photographer (1787–1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. LS in French, signed “I approve the writing above, Daguerre,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, September 6, 1830. Untranslated letter to Mr. Lapree, the representative of the London Diorama, concerning new business initiatives at the Diorama. In fine condition. Daguerre had invented the diorama, a method of projecting images with light, in 1822, and became quite successful in this pre-cinematic system of animating images. An important letter related to Daguerre’s great experiments light and image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
A 1938 inquiry on “the execution of the stage designs and the rehearsals of my work” 481. Salvador Dali. ALS in French, one page, 9 x 12.25, June 2, 1938. Letter
to a gentleman who was negotiating the execution of a work, in part (translated): “I deeply regret not having had lunch with you at the home of our common friend Count Etienne de Beaumont. I would be very grateful if you can give me the exact date when the corporation World Art Inc. will begin the execution of the stage designs and the rehearsals of my work that has been given to them to be presented during this summer season. I would be grateful for a word of yours.” The return address penned in the upper right corner is in the hand of his wife, Gala Dali. In fine condition. Fully handwritten letters by Dali are quite scarce, and this is a highly desirable early example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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482. Charles Francois Daubigny. Painter of the Barbizon
school considered an important precursor of Impressionism (1817–1878). ALS in French, signed “C. Daubigny,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition, with old mounting tape along the back right edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
483. Gustave Eiffel. Untranslated ALS in French, signed
“G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6, April 24, 1895. Nicely matted and framed with a photo to an overall size of 13 x 19. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
484. Pablo Picasso. Color 6.75
x 5.75 postcard depicting Picasso’s ‘Nu dans un fauteuil,’ postmarked February 6, 1961, bearing a French note in blue ballpoint by his wife, Jacqueline Roque, signed “Jacqueline,” also signed in the lower left by Picasso, “Picasso.” Jacqueline’s note playfully thanks their correspondent and sends good wishes from ‘his highness,’ referring to Picasso. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Jacqueline was the subject of over 400 portraits by Picasso, and they married in March 1961. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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485. Pablo Picasso. Exceptional matte-finish 9.25 x
11.75 photo of Picasso posing with his portrait of the Spanish artist-writer Jaime Sabartes, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Pour Yves Sassier, Picasso, le 10.5.68.” In fine condition, with a fleck of emulsion loss beneath the date. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Confused with “Robin,” Rodin plans his bust of Victor Hugo 486. Auguste Rodin. ALS in French, signed “A. Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to newspaper publisher Charles Chincholle, the founder of the newspaper L’estampe. In full (translated): “Speaking of the bust of Victor Hugo, Le Figaro speaks of a bust by the sculptor Robin. Do you believe it should be rectified and corrected to Rodin? I am your devoted friend and a subscriber of L’estampe.” In fine condition, with light overall soiling. In 1883, the journalist Edmond Bazire advised Rodin to make a portrait of a famous man to help establish his own reputation. He introduced the sculptor to Victor Hugo, who refused to pose at sittings, but invited Rodin into his home on the Avenue d’Eylau and allowed him to make a few drawings. Rodin unveiled his model for a bust of Hugo at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Francais in 1884, and in 1889 was commissioned for the Palais Royal monument to Victor Hugo. A fascinating and amusing letter from the then little-known sculptor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Mount Pirchiriano by Signac 487. Paul Signac. French neo-impressionist painter (1863-
1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Wonderful original pencil sketch of the rising landscape of Mount Pirchiriano in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, with the famous Sacra di San Michele, or Saint Michael’s Abbey, dominating the peak and skyline, accomplished by Signac on an off-white 7 x 4.75 album page, who adds “Turi” in the upper left; the reverse bears handwritten notes in French by the artist. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
488. Henri de ToulouseLautrec. ALS in French, signed
“H.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, [November 1881]. Letter to his mother, written from the city of Albi. In full (translated): “Very little is new here. Uncle Ernest insists in staying mute. Please send him a telegram to extract this much desired authorization. Montey has invited us for lunch on Thursday or Friday with a priest. There will be spiritual and other delicacies… What a luxury. Aunt Josephine insists that I go and see her doctor and I cannot resist. Saint Edme has written to me. Carissime tibi totus. What a rabbit!!! Goodbye, my letter is as tasty as my ideas which are completely flat after the tension of the exam. Do kiss and embrace everyone around you for me and do try and bring Louis at any price. Your son, back from this world’s heights and especially those of the baccalaureate.” In fine condition. Toulouse-Lautrec had failed his baccalaureate exam in July, but was able to retake it in November and passed. Here he writes to his mother, hoping that his Uncle Ernest would authorize his son Louis to join him at Albi. All of Toulouse-Lautrec’s correspondence with his mother his interesting, as they had a close relationship. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
489. Felix Vallotton. Painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis (1865–1925) considered an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “F. Vallotton,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.25, February 16, 1921. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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491. Alexander Archipenko
492. Thomas Hart Benton
493. Rose Bertin
494. Paul Cadmus
495. Alexander Calder
496. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
497. Marc Chagall
490. Ansel Adams
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498. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
499. Giorgio de Chirico
500. Lovis Corinth
501. George Cruikshank
502. Robert Delaunay
503. Edouard Detaille
504. Jean Dubuffet
505. Raoul Dufy
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506. Tsuguharu Foujita
507. Charles Garnier
508. Francois Gerard MB $200
509. Barbara Hepworth
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510. Al Hirschfeld MB $200
511. Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg
512. Carl Larsson
513. Jean-Francois Millet
514. Gustave Moreau
515. Georgia O’Keeffe MB $200
516. James Tissot
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517. Jan Toorop
518. Carle Vernet
519. Eugene Viollet-le-Duc
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520. Maurice de Vlaminck MB $200
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521. Andy Warhol MB $200
comic art & animation 522. Roy O. Disney. DS, three pages on adjoining sheets,
8.5 x 11.5, December 31, 1959. Pledge and assignment of mortgage and chattels between Walt Disney Productions and the Bank of America in regards to “Exhibit ‘A,’” the short subjects “The Saga of Wind Wagon Smith” and “Litterbug,” both of which have “gone into production on the dates shown and are hereby mortgaged to Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.” Stapled to the document is the aforesaid “Exhibit A.” Signed at the conclusion of the third page in fountain pen by Disney. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Sought-after Fantasia Courvoisier set-up signed by Walt Disney 523. Walt Disney. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring two fawns blowing horns from the ‘Pastoral Symphony’ segment of Fantasia, signed on the mat in brown crayon by Walt Disney. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 4 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 7 x 6.25. This piece is also framed to an overall size of 14 x 14.5 and has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In very good condition, with a light crease to the lower right corner of the somewhat irregularly toned mat, rippling to the cell, fading and lifting to paint, some slight fading to the signature, and a crack to the (easily replaceable) plexiglass. As a Disney-signed production cel from an iconic early animated feature, this is an extremely desirable piece. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $500
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524. Walt Disney. Fantastic red crayon signature,
“Walt Disney,” on an off-white 8.75 x 2.5 cardstock sheet, mounted and matted with a photo of Disney to an overall size of 14.5 x 14. In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $300
Early 1953 Zorro Productions document by “Walter E. Disney” 525. Walt Disney. DS,
signed “Walter E. Disney,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 17, 1953. Document headed “Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of Walt Disney Incorporated,” in part: “The President… announced that the corporation should open two bank accounts, one in the name of Walt Disney Incorporated and the other in the name of Zorro Productions.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Disney as president and countersigned by William J. Hyland as secretary. In fine condition. Disney planned to create a Zorro television series and use the profits to help finance Disneyland, setting up Zorro Productions for this purpose in 1953. However, the series was put on hold during its early planning stages. Disney returned to the project years later in 1957, and successfully launched the series with Guy Williams in the title role. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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526. Walt Disney. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,”
payable to the Walt Disney Special Account for $1500, stamp-dated June 1, 1961. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/ DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $300
527. Walt Disney. Desirable ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on a beige 5.25 x 2.75 slip clipped from a music booklet featuring a small affixed image of Disney; the slip is still mounted within its original 6.25 x 4.75 autograph album, which contains a few other inconsequential names. In very good to fine condition, with a few small stains. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $200
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528. Matt Groening.
Color glossy 10 x 8 cardstock 20th Century Fox publicity photo for The Simpsons, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Your pals, [The Simpsons] and Matt Groening, 3-22-1995,” with Groening adding a sketch of Bart Simpson waving. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
530. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. Two photos: a color
glossy 10 x 8 photo of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Barney and Betty Rubble, signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Top Cat and Benny the Ball, signed in blue felt tip by Hanna and Barbera. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
531. Bill Hurtz. Original
529. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. Two photos: a color
glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Flintstones and the Rubbles, signed in blue felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Yogi Bear running with a picnic basket, signed in black felt tip by Hanna and Barbera. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
532. Walter Lantz. Two photos: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of a Walter Lantz New Funnies comic book showing Woody Woodpecker as a fireman, signed on the fire hose in black ink by Lantz; and a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of a Walter Lantz New Funnies comic book showing an angry Woody Woodpecker holding Knothead and Splinter in a fishing net, signed in black ink by Lantz, who adds a small sketch of Woody. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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signed graphite and ink sketch of Bullwinkle on a green 6 x 4 card, signed below in ink, “Bill Hurtz, 1-97,” who adds “Hi!” above the moose’s head. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
533. Virgil Ross.
535. Charles Schulz. Col-
Original drawing by Virgil Ross of the Grinch in a Santa outfit, signed in the lower right in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 10.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 8 x 11. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
or glossy 10 x 8 photo of Snoopy, Lucy van Pelt, Charlie Brown, and Linus van Pelt, signed in black felt tip, “Charles M. Schulz.” In fine condition, with light staining and surface impressions. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
5 3 6 . T h e Simpsons. Color
534. Charles Schulz. Glossy 8
x 10 close-up photo of Schulz, signed in red felt tip, “Best wishes, Charles M. Schulz.” In fine condition. Reverse bears a Wide World Photos stamp and an affixed caption. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Simpsons decorating a Christmas tree, signed in blue felt tip, “Dan Castellaneta,” “Peace, Julie Kavner,” and “Yeardley [Smith] & Lisa,” and in black felt tip, “Matt Groening,” who adds a sketch of the top of Bart’s head. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
537. Voice Actors and Animators. Fantastic collection of 24 items, consisting mostly of signed photos, each signed by a famous voice actor or animation legend, including: Carl Barks (bookplate), Mel Blanc (ins), Daws Butler, Adriana Caselotti (4), Henry Corden, Jim Davis (4), Pete Docter, June Foray (2), Dick Jones, Walter Lantz (2), Stan Lee, Don Messick, Thurl Ravenscroft, Janet Waldo (2), and Ilene Woods. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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literature Sought-after handwritten letter from Crane 540. Stephen Crane.
538. Ambrose Bierce. American writer
(1842–c.1914) best known for his vivid short stories (including the classic ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’) and his satirical ‘The Devil’s Dictionary.’ In 1913, while traveling with Pancho Villa’s troops during the Mexican Revolution, Bierce disappeared; his ultimate fate remains a mystery. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, no date. Written from the Olympia in Washington, D.C., a letter to Dr. Reagles, in full: “I fear that by inadvertence I left you a wrong card last evening—one with a former address instead of my present one. I am glad to know that you are still extant; I’ve often wondered what had become of you. Please do not leave town without letting me see you—if you are going to leave town at all. I am usually at home of an afternoon and evening.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
American author and journalist (1871-1900) best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. Rare ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey letterhead, January 30, 1898. In full: “Send me a copy of the book when published for which I will return cheque.” In fine condition. The book in question may very well be a soon-to-be published volume based around Crane’s 1897 short story The Open Boat, a recounting of his own experience of surviving a shipwreck off the Floridian coast earlier that year while traveling to Cuba. Crane and three other men were stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. In April 1898, the story was published in an American volume entitled The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure, and in England as The Open Boat and Other Stories. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
539. Samuel L. Clemens. Appealing program for the Pleiades Club dinner honoring Mark Twain held at the Hotel Brevoort on December 22, 1907, measuring 17.5 x 7.5 open, signed on the reverse center panel in black ink, “Mark Twain.” The program features illustrations from many of Clemens’s works. Also signed on the front by British politician Eustace Fiennes, with another panel bearing annotations listing the entertainers. Framed with windows on both sides to an overall size of 20.5 x 10.5 (the hanger, however, is on the same side as the Twain autograph). In very good to fine condition, with a light central vertical fold and general light handling wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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543. Arthur Conan Doyle. Two
541. Charles Dickens. Uncommon check, 7.25 x 3.75,
filled out and signed by Dickens, “Charles Dickens,” payable to Higham Church for £5, April 3, 1866. Professionally inlaid into a larger sheet and in fine condition, with light overall creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Dickens sends a proof to his publisher
items: an ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere letterhead, May 10, 1906. Letter to Gotts, in “Congratulations on the charming child bust in the Academy. If you want any number of duplicates of it give us a chance at the Sculpture works, 62 Sumner Street Southwark. We will guarantee your model against injury, and give you an estimate for any number in stone, wood or marble. I am chairman of this show.” Second item is a customs declaration, 3.5 x 5.5, affixed to a same-size sheet, issued for an item weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces, signed in the lower right, “A. Conan Doyle, Crowborough.” The letter is in fine condition; the receipt is good, with the signature almost damage-free. In December 1903, Doyle and partner W. G. Jones opened the Automatic Sculpture Company, an enterprise inspired by a device created by Italian mechanic Angelo Ballarin, which was purported to accurately copy and produce famous sculptures out of stone, wood, and marble. The machine’s problems, namely its tendency to split marble, resulted in the company’s abandonment. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
544. Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Fenimore Cooper. Two checks: an Atlantic National Bank check, 6.75
542. Charles Dickens. ALS, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, July 7, 1842. Letter to his publisher, “William Hall Esquire,” in part: “I inclose you the proof, to which I have added the name, as it will save a great deal of trouble to have it printed, and (perhaps) look finer.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
x 2.75, filled out and signed by Emerson, “R. W. Emerson,” payable to H. J. Walcott for $50, September 23, 1874; and an Ostego County Bank check, 6.25 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to John Clayton for $200, April 24, 1869. In overall very good to fine condition, with Emerson’s handwriting light but legible. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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545. T. S. Eliot. TLS,
one page, 6.75 x 8, Faber and Faber letterhead, March 24, 1949. Letter to poet Norman Nicholson, in part: “I am delighted to hear of what is in prospect, and I think I ought to be able to come to your performance on April 2nd. Will you, as you suggest, ring up here when you get to London and let me know the arrangements for the evening?” In fine condition. Eliot was an admirer of Nicholson and published his work at Faber and Faber. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Faulkner joins the payroll at 20th Century–Fox Film
546. William Faulkner. De-
sirable twicesigned DS, one page, 8.5 x 7, January 4, 1937. Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation employee payroll information form filled out in black ink by Faulkner, who signs his name at the top and then again at the conclusion. Faulkner indicates his occupation, “Writer,” address, phone number, marriage status, date of birth and age, “39,” place of birth, “Tippah County, Mississippi,” and his length of residency in California, “5 months.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The Bond author’s letter to a spy in Germany 547. Ian Fleming. TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 13, 1949. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry at the British Press Camp in Dusseldorf, Germany, headed “Personal Circular Letter to Correspondents Affected by Devaluation of Sterling,” in part: “I have been giving very careful consideration to the effect on correspondents of the devaluation of the pound sterling…It will be necessary to exercise the most stringent economies, particularly in cable tolls and entertainment expenses. It is also the duty of Kemsley Newspapers to support in any way practicable a measure which has been taken by the government in the national interest…I have recommended to the Chairman, and he has agreed, that the devaluation loss will be made good to correspondents as to 90%.” In fine condition. As foreign manager of the Kemsley newspaper group’s Sunday Times, Fleming hired WWII hero Antony Terry to be posted abroad. He had experience and expertise in German culture from his youth and service in the war, making him an ideal man for the job in Berlin. Utilizing this legitimate news organization as a cover, Fleming also ran an intelligence outfit known as Mercury which used foreign correspondents to gather information in sensitive foreign zones. As a result of debts incurred during the war, Great Britain devalued the pound sterling by 30% in 1949, leading to a higher cost of living for those abroad; with this letter, Fleming assured his journalists that they would be compensated for the difference. A highly desirable letter from the career that later inspired the spy writer’s world-famous stories. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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548. Ian Fleming. Signed book: The Diamond Smugglers.
Later printing. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8, 160 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ballpoint by Fleming. In fine condition, with an ownership bookplate in the center of the signed page. The dustjacket shows light expected wear, with the spine sunned and chipped at its top. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
550. Ernest Hemingway. Signed book: A Farewell to Arms.
Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover with slipcase, 4.5 x 6.25, 320 pages. Signed and inscribed in ink on a front blank page, “To Ed Kennedy with very best wishes, Ernest Hemingway, Valencia, 1937.” Autographic condition: very good, with scattered toning and foxing to signed page, as well as a Hebrew stamp along top edge. Book condition: G+/None, in an attractive custom-made case, covered in navy cloth with a leather spine, gilt titles, and five raised bands. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Haley’s preparatory notes for Roots 549. Alex Haley. Unsigned
handwritten notes on an unfolded 12.75 x 12.75 pink napkin, recording fragments of an oral family history recounted by an elderly relative (Cousin Georgia) relating to the early generations of the family’s enslaved ancestors; these accounts were incorporated into his classic novel Roots, published in 1976. Notes read, in part: “Chicken George the story teller, ‘They was awful high strung people, them Murrays was…’ Cousin Georgia, Don’t think what’s bad in the white folks—think what’s good in the white folks.” Mounted, double-matted, and framed to an overall size of 25 x 20. In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing and wrinkling. Starting Bid $200
551. Ernest Hemingway. Allied Military Currency issued in France in 1944 for 5 francs, 3 x 2.75, signed in the center in fountain pen, “Ernest Hemingway.” In fine condition. Hemingway traveled to Europe during WWII as a war correspondent and was present at the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Annotated photo from Hemingway’s Serengeti hunt 552. Ernest Hemingway.
Original vintage circa 1934–35 glossy 4.75 x 3.75 candid photo of his second wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, with a fallen gazelle on the Serengeti Plain during a hunt, annotated on the reverse in pencil by Hemingway, “P.O.M. [Poor Old Mama] with Robertsi Grants gazelle,” with additional Scribner’s filing notations in another hand. In fine condition. This photograph depicts a scene from Hemingway’s three month winter safari in 1934–1935 with Pauline in the big-game country of East Africa, during which he camped out on the great Serengeti Plain at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Pauline was a major character in his second work of nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa, published in 1935. In chapter six, Hemingway recalls hunting a Grant’s gazelle: ‘I did some bad shooting in the heat on a Grant’s gazelle that the volunteer skinners asked me to kill them for meat, wounding him in a running shot after missing him three or four times, and then following him across the plain until almost noon in that heat until I got within range and killed him.’ Offering an inkling of the inspiration for Green Hills of Africa, this is a spectacular Hemingway piece. Starting Bid $200
Ward’s powerful ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’
Penned by the 27-year-old Hugo 554. Victor Hugo. Early
553. Julia Ward Howe. Desirable AQS, one page, 8.5 x
4.75, June 1908. Ward pens the opening four lines from her poem ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ in full: “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: / He hath loosed the fatal lightning of his terrible swift sword: / His truth is marching on.” Matted and framed. In very good to fine condition, with very slight discoloration to the corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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ALS in French, signed “V’r Hugo,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 4, 1829. Untranslated letter to Mr. Vaillant, director of the literary magazine Sylphe, stating that he is interested in acquiring the complete collection of the magazine. In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing, scattered foxing, and some small edge tears. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
555. Aldous Huxley. ALS,
one page, 8.5 x 11, December 10, 1959. Letter to Robert S. McCleery, in full: “Thank you for your letter which finds me, unfortunately with so much work to do in so short a space of time that I am compelled to say no now & for some time to come to any invitations to write or speak or in any way undertake any job beyond what I am already committed to.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Huxley’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
556. Henry James. Bold ink signature, “Henry James,
Boston Feb. 23d 1882,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.5 sheet, likely trimmed from a guest book or album, which also bears ink signatures of two other prominent American scribes, “W. D. Howells, Boston, Feb. 3, 1882” and “Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Boston, Feby 25th 1882.” In fine condition, with light show-through from old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Francis Scott Key’s playful amendment to ‘John Anderson, My Jo’ 557. Francis Scott Key. Short AMS signed “F. S. Key, Esqr,” one
page on an off-white 3.5 x 1.25 slip, no date but likely circa 1829. Key writes an additional stanza for Robert Burns’s poem ‘John Anderson, My Jo.’ In full: “John Anderson, my Joe John, from that sleep again will wake, / And another morn’s fair light, on our opened eyes shall break, / And we’ll rise in youth & beauty, to that bright land to go / Where life and love shall last for aye, John Anderson, my Joe.” Creasing along the left edge and toning to edges, otherwise fine condition. This was originally affixed within a period leatherbound journal kept by Elizabeth Willis Gloster Anderson of Warrenton, North Carolina, at the conclusion of a rendition of Burns’s poem written inside by Mrs. Anderson’s friend Elen Mordechai, an entry dated September 9, 1827. Mordechai penned a personalized stanza in honor of Mrs. Anderson’s husband-named John Anderson-before continuing with a faithful transcription of Burns’s poem. Key likely penned these lines in 1829, when Anderson’s cousin Congressman Daniel Turner married his daughter Ann Arnold Key. A highly unusual original poetic verse by the influential poet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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558. Harper Lee.
ALS signed “Nelle,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogram letterhead, June 26, [2009]. Letter to longtime friend Bruce Higgison, in full: “You are without a doubt the kindest friend I have, and are the kindest person in general—in the world, that is. In other words, you are so good to me and I love you.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Lee’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
No more autographs for Gone With the Wind—“The requests were in proportion to the sales figures” 559. Margaret Mitchell. TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 10, 1938. Letter to Mr. Sickel, in full: “I appreciated your letter about ‘Gone With the Wind’ so very much and I thank you for the many fine things you wrote me about it. I was especially appreciative when I learned that you were a student of history and a writer on historical subjects. Yes, it is true I wrote my book with no thought of it ever being published. Historical novels, and especially novels about the War, seemed out of style at the time I began writing in 1926. I am very sorry that I cannot autograph your copy of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ as you requested. Over a year and a half ago I was forced to discontinue autographing and since that time I have not even inscribed copies belonging to close relatives. My reason for making this decision was that at that time a million copies had been sold and it was impossible for me to autograph because the requests were in proportion to the sales figures.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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560. John Muir. ALS,
one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, February 26, 1908. Letter to artist David Pell Secor, in full: “I thank you very much for your letters & book mark. My card was not a reply to your first letter. The card was sent several days before the arrival of the letter. Anyhow I was glad to hear from you & the book mark so characteristic of the Puget Sound scenery I shall use with very pleasant remembrances & with best wishes I am ever Faithfully Yours.” In fine condition, with some mild toning along bottom edge, and mounting remnants to reverse of second integral page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“He would ignore hospitality, common courtesy— anything to go to one in need” 561. O. Henry. Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. ALS signed “Sydnee Porter,” two pages, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter to friend and fellow writer Ann Partlan, in part: “Please let’s postpone our dinner this evening, because I’ve got to go over to Jersey to meet an old Texas pal of mine who is coming in. He has a book… that I am to help him sell. You won’t mind, will you? Would have called you on phone, but I’ve forgotten the No. except that it had lots of 5’s in it. Call me up, & say ‘all right,’ if it’s convenient.” Includes a two-page ALS from Partlan referencing this letter, in full: “O’ Henry was a great admirer of Rose O’Neill’s work and expressed a desire to meet her. When Mrs. Wilson returned from Europe I told her of O. Henry’s wish and she was greatly pleased. I arranged a little dinner party and invited both of them. Mr. Porter called me on the phone that afternoon and told me how delighted he was to know that at last he was to meet the best ‘black and white’ illustrator in the country. At the hour appointed came the letter saying that he had to go and meet the ‘Texas Pal’ who needed his assistance. This was very typical of the man, he would ignore hospitality, common courtesy—anything to go to one in need.” In fine condition, with light soiling and handling wear, and small mounting remnants on the reverse. One of Porter’s oldest friends, Partlan was a journalist who wrote for Success magazine and is credited with influencing Porter’s decision to write about the shopgirls of New York. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
563. Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
562. Ayn Rand. Signed book: Capi-
talism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: New American Library, 1966. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on the second free end page in blue ballpoint. Autographic condition: fine, with a mild shade of toning to signed page. Book condition: VG+/None. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
French poet and writer (1900-1944) and pioneering aviator known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa during World War II, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. DS in French, one page both sides, 9 x 11.5, December 30, 1936. A marine, air & land insurance company modification rider, in part (roughly translated): “Contrary to what is stated in the paragraph ‘Deductibles’ from the extension of warranty…it is agreed and agreed as follows: It will be applied to risks A deductible of: 2.000 Frs by and on all claims for flights made up to the limit of Sahara. 2. This deductible of 2.000 Frs by and on all claims, will be raised to 5.000 Francs for the duration of the flights carried out Above the Sahara. The exemption for ground hazards is unchanged. In addition, the Company agrees to understand in the capital provided for Civil Liability to Third Parties, the guarantee of the Third Party Fire for a guarantee of: 500.00 Frs.” Signed in the lower left of the reverse in black ink by Saint-Exupery. In fine condition, with some stains in blank areas. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Extremely rare check from the Catcher in the Rye author 564. J. D. Salinger. Rare personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Salinger, “J. D. Salinger,” payable to Hirsch’s for $43, October 23, 1992. In fine condition. While we have offered checks endorsed by Salinger in the past, this is the first true personal check issued by the notoriously reclusive author that we have come across. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The Art of Maurice Sendak, featuring a fantastic Wild Thing sketch 565. Maurice Sendak. Signed book: The
Art of Maurice Sendak. First edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover with lettered acetate dust jacket, 11.75 x 10.75, 278 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “For E. B.-and a merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak, Dec. 80,” with the addition of a large original full-body sketch of one of his famous Wild Thing Carol saying, “Boo!” In fine condition, with tears to the hinge and left side of the signed page, far from the wonderful sketch. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“My country, ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing”
566. Samuel Francis Smith. Boston-born Baptist minister and
academic (1808-1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ‘Tis of Thee’), written while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary. Extremely attractive AQS on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card, signed at the conclusion in ink, “S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, May 3, 1889.” Smith neatly pens the first three lines of ‘America,’ in full: “My country, ‘tis of thee, / Sweet land of liberty, / Of thee I sing.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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567. Shel Silverstein. Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter’s contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to the sale and assignment of original musical compositions entitled: “Elissa,” “Fat Man’s Back in Town,” “Annabella,” “The Whistlin’ Song,” and “Go Back, Learn How to Use That Thing.” Silverstein signs at the conclusion of the second page in blue ballpoint, and has struck through two song titles on the attached “Schedule A” sheet, adding his initials, “S. S.,” to both edits. The second item is an off-white 9 x 12 sheet bearing numerous handwritten notes made in black ink by Silverstein on both sides. The front features facial sketches of bald men and a humorous note: “If you are curious about the 3 musical chords that accompany this ditty song or the highly dramatic electric presentation that Shel Silverstein gives it then—rush out & buy this Songs & Stories Album. If you are not curious go look in the mirror and ask yourself ‘What kind of shallow person am I—Who has no curiosity?” The reverse side features several phone numbers and a numbered list detailing a progression of a child’s activities: “1. He Walks, 2. He sees swing, 3. Head opens—crack, 4. Kid’s head up, 5. Kid climbing out, 6. Kid jumps down, 7. Kid runs, 8. Kid swings, 9. Kid runs back, 10. Kid climbs, 11. Kid closes head, 12. He leaves—smiling,” with the last line a sketch of a disgruntled face, which matches another at the end of the sixth line. Along the right side appears to be a short poem: “I shall draw you pretty pictures / I shall tell/show you pretty tales/things / Like / And birds with broken wings.” In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and light staining. Starting Bid $200
568. John Steinbeck.
DS, three onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, January 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick granting rights to turn his Viva Zapata! screenplay into a musical, in part: “I have agreed that…in connection with your contemplated production of a musical adaptation of my shooting script entitled ‘Zapata,’ if negotiations and/or agreement with the Authors of the musical play shall require same, the size and prominence of my credits may be reduced to seventy-five (75%) percent of that accorded the Authors of the musical play.” Signed and dated on the last page in blue ballpoint by Steinbeck; the second page initialed by Merrick. Includes a packet of terms for a revised schedule. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter from Steinbeck’s literary agent, Annie Laurie William, signed by Merrick’s lawyer Benjamin Aslan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
569. John Steinbeck. Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.25, 602 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ballpoint. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None in a G+ slipcase, with rubbing to spine and one of the slipcase boards nearly detached. Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his best and most significant literary work, and this signed limited first edition is highly desirable. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“You kids better start doing something loud and silly—the sillier, the better”
570. John Steinbeck. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 5, 1962. Letter to The Playmakers of Brooklyn, New York, in full: “I was awfully glad to get your card which was forwarded to me from Sag Harbor. You have a good deal of news. Will the news that Tony had a baby girl interfere with his voice? Howie one can expect to be neurotic. Leaning over those drums will do it every time. The best news of all is that Eddie has finally wrenched the mute out of his trumpet. Remember the story I told you about the Negro boy whose grandfather told him he had to do something silly, so he took up the piano. You kids better start doing something loud and silly—the sillier, the better, as a matter of fact. You will get screams of pain right at first, but at least, they will be able to tell you from some of the others. Thanks for writing and good luck.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
571. Robert Louis Stevenson. Uncommon Wilts & Dorset Banking Company Limited check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Stevenson, “Robert Louis Stevenson,” payable to A. Redfearn for £1.10, April 26, 1887. In very good to fine condition, with overall toning and creasing. Stevenson released several works in 1887, including the essay collection Memories and Portraits, a volume of poetry entitled Underwoods, and a collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
572. Bram Stoker. Irish author (1847–1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, Lyceum Theatre letterhead, January 20, 1893. In full: “’I shall in all my best obey you Madam.’ I shall send the ticket before the 6 July. Believe me.” In fine condition, with an area of adhesive residue to the lower right corner which could be mostly matted out if so desired. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200 146 | August 9, 2017 | LITERATURE
573. Leo Tolstoy.
Desirable ink signature, “Leo Tolstoy, 20 March 1903,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5.25 sheet. In fine condition. An ideally crisp example. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The picture of Galadriel at the Well in Lorien,” writes Tolkien to a would-be Lord of the Rings illustrator, “so very nearly corresponds to my own mental vision of the scene” 574. J. R. R. Tolkien. ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7,
personal letterhead, November 4, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the Rings. In part: “I have been much occupied in the reordering of my house (very slowly owing to my disability which is only v. gradual in improvement) and also in family affairs.* (And also much grieved and affected in all my affairs by the death of my friend Stanley Unwin) I have considered your suggestions. A major difficulty, for me, is my lack of wall-space (I have been obliged to get rid of some pictures already) and I cannot guarantee to keep or set apart for inclusion in a wall any pictures. I should be grateful, if you could at some time convenient return to me the picture of Galadriel at the Well in Lorien. If I may keep this as my own. It attracts me because it so very nearly corresponds to my own mental vision of the scene. (It also would be a v. good specimen to show to Mr. Rayner Unwin)…but I do not, I promise, demand this, since my gift was a free one.” He adds a postscript at the top, signed “J. R. R. T.,” in full: “I should, of course, allow the picture to be included in any collection of exhibition of your work, or used for reproduction in an illustrated edition, as long as the original was ultimately returned to me. I shall keep it, for the present time, unframed.” In fine condition. After having seen various illustrated editions of The Hobbit produced—most not to his liking—Tolkien was understandably weary of would-be illustrators. Just one year before receiving Fairburn’s paintings, Tolkien wrote to his publisher Rayner Unwin, ‘As far as an English edition goes, I myself am not at all anxious for The Lord of the Rings to be illustrated by anybody whether a genius or not.’ There were a handful of artists whose Lord of the Rings–inspired work he did appreciate, but he made a clear distinction between what he liked on artistic merit versus what he believed was fit to accompany text. In the 1947 essay ‘On Fairy Stories’ mentioned here, Tolkien explains: ‘However good in themselves, illustrations do little good to fairy-stories. The radical distinction between all art (including drama) that offers a visible presentation and true literature is that…literature works from mind to mind and is thus more progenitive. It is at once more universal and more poignantly particular.’ Based on all of Tolkien’s comments and correspondence, this was a strong conviction. However, he was so struck by Fairburn’s work that he did again begin discussions with his publisher about an illustrated edition, referenced here when he mentions showing a sample to Rayner Unwin. Although that never came to fruition, Fairburn’s illustrations finally saw publication as the basis of HarperCollins’s official Tolkien calendar for 2015. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
575. Walt Whitman. National State Bank of Camden check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” made payable for “Fifty Dollars,” March 6, 1875. In fine condition, with several small areas of paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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576. Thomas Wolfe. Chase National Bank of New York
check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Wolfe, payable to Joan Lanier for $20, November 26, 1937. In the lower left, Wolfe adds: “For secretarial services.” In fine condition. Wolfe’s autograph is decidedly scarce in any form. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
577. Edith Wharton. ALS, two pag-
es on two adjoining black-bordered sheets, 4.5 x 7, 884 Park Avenue letterhead, April 22, no year but between 1892 and 1899. Letter to Miss Howard, in full: “I am in receipt of the kind invitation of the Students’ Association of Miss Hersey’s School to be present at their annual luncheon on May 27th, & I am sorry that the impossibility of being in Boston at that time obliges me to decline. Will you kindly express my regrets to the Association, & believe me, with many thanks.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
578. Tennessee Williams and Anthony Burgess. Two letters:
an ALS signed “Tennessee Williams,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 16, 1973, in part: “In New Orleans I have many old photos I could send you but unfortunately I am now in New York on business that may involve a new play production late this season and have access to no photos, old or new. Perhaps I can remedy that when I go South again”; and an ALS signed “Anthony Burgess,” one page, 8 x 10, May 18, 1967, in part: “How very kind of you to write. Bless your heart, & thank you for our encouragement. Unfortunately, I’ve only a paperback of The Doctor Is Sick here in the house, but I’ve signed that & I’m sending it by sea-mail.” In overall fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
To the leading player in Lady Windermere’s Fan: “I am greatly distressed to hear you are no longer Lord Darlington—what has really happened?” 579. Oscar Wilde. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date but postmarked January 4, 1893. Letter to Gerald Maxwell, in full: “Thank you so much for your letter. I am greatly distressed to hear you are no longer Lord Darlington—what has really happened? I fear the tour was horribly mismanaged—I wish I had seen you in the part, I feel sure you were admirable. The amateur performance here I have not yet seen, as an East-Wind, not knowing, I suppose, who I was, has given me a cold…What are you going to do now in acting?” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Wilde’s hand. According to a review in The Artist, Maxwell had returned to the Lord Darlington role for performances of Lady Windermere’s Fan by December 1893; in this role, he would have uttered the famous line, ‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.’ A four-act comedy by Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan had premiered in 1892 at St. James’s Theatre in London. A significant letter associated with his work. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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580. James Fenimore Cooper
581. Dr. Seuss
582. Dr. Seuss
583. James Hilton
584. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
585. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
586. L. Ron Hubbard
587. Jack London
588. Sean O’Casey
589. Bertrand Russell
590. John Steinbeck
591. Hunter S. Thompson
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592. Tristan Tzara MB $200
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593. Eudora Welty MB $200
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594. John Greenleaf Whittier MB $200
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music 596. Bela Bartok. Hungarian-born musician (1881-1945) who, through his
far-reaching endeavors as composer, performer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, emerged as one of the most forceful and influential creative personalities of the 20th century. Vintage matte-finish 3 x 4.5 portrait of Bartok, signed in fountain pen. Matted and framed to an overall size of 6.5 x 9.5. In very good to fine condition, with spotty fading to the image and light foxing to the mat. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Early set of pristine Fab Four autographs 597. Beatles. Vintage circa 1963 blue
ballpoint signatures, “John Lennon, Beatle,” “George Harrison,” “Paul McCartney,” and “Ringo Starr,” on a beige 3.5 x 3.5 evenly trimmed sheet, with reverse side signed by comedians Dickie Valentine and Max Bygraves. In fine condition. An early and immensely desirable cast of crisp Beatles signatures. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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598. Beatles: George Harrison.
Signed book: I, Me, Mine. Limited edition, numbered 376/2000. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 7.25 x 10.25, 398 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen by Harrison. Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG+/None in a NF slipcase. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
599. Beatles: George Harrison. Signed book:
600. Beatles: George Harrison. Apple Records Inc. business check, 7.75 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, payable to Stod[d]art and Taylor Ltd. for £45.17.5, April 23, 1970. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Songs by George Harrison: Book and Record Set. Limited edition, numbered 376/2500. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Limited, 1987. Leatherbound hardcover with clamshell case, 8 x 11, 175 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen by Harrison. Also signed on a bookplate affixed to the first free end page by the illustrator Keith West. Slipcase includes a limited edition four-song 45 rpm record with the tracks ‘Sat Singing,’ ‘Lay His Head,’ ‘For You Blue (live),’ and ‘Flying Hour.’ In very fine condition. A gorgeously displayed lyric book considered an essential addition to any Harrison or Beatles collection. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Lennon’s gift to his ‘Lost Weekend’ accomplice, Harry Nilsson 601. Beatles: John Lennon. Signed book: Adolf Hit-
ler: My Part In His Downfall. First US edition. NY: Harper’s Magazine Press, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 146 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ballpoint, “For Harry, I told you so! Love, John, 74’,” adding a smiley face with glasses. The recipient, musician Harry Nilsson, has also signed below in black ballpoint. In fine condition, with the first free end page torn out and missing. Lennon and Nilsson were close friends who earned a reputation for mischief and excess during Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend’ period in 1974. In March of the same year, Lennon began production duties for Nilsson’s tenth studio album, Pussy Cats, a record inspired by the negative press the pair were receiving at the time. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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An open letter to Cynthia Lennon— “Our marriage was over long before the advent of L.S.D. or Yoko Ono” 602. Beatles: John Lennon.
Immensely desirable pairing of letters signed by John Lennon, both one page, 8.5 x 11, Lennono Music letterhead, hand-dated November 15, 1976. The first, a TLS signed “John,” who adds a small sketch of his face, headed “An Open Letter to Cynthia Twist,” in full: “As you and I well know, our marriage was over long before the advent of L.S.D. or Yoko Ono…and that’s reality! Your memory is impaired to say the least. Your version of our first L.S.D. trip is rather vague, and you seem to have forgotten subsequent trips altogether! You also seem to have forgotten that only two years ago, while I was separated from Yoko, you suddenly brought Julian to see me in Los Angeles after three years of silence. During this visit, you hardly allowed me to be alone with him for one moment. You even asked me to remarry you and/or give you another child, ‘for Julian’s sake’! I politely told you no, and that, anyway, I was still in love with Yoko, (which I thought was very ‘down to earth’). There were no detectives sent to Italy. Our mutual friend Alex Mardas went to Bassanini’s Hotel to see how you were, as you said you were too ill to come home…Finally, I don’t blame you for wanting to get away from your ‘Beatle’ past. But if you are serious about it, you should try to avoid talking to and posing for magazines and newspapers! We did have some good years, so dwell on them for a change, and, as Dylan says, it was ‘A Simple Twist of Fate’! love & good luck to the three of you, from the three of us.” The second, an ALS signed “John Lennon, 76,” with added sketch, directed to the publishers of a weekly magazine, in full: “I would appreciate this letter being printed in your magazine without any edits. I think it only fair to me and your readers to present my side of the story. Thank you.” Lennon adds his address in his own hand. In overall fine condition, with slightly offset intersecting folds. Lennon wrote this “Open Letter” in response to an article his ex-wife, then Cynthia Twist, had published in an English women’s magazine earlier that year. The riposte focused on various aspects of their marriage Twist considered as primary reasons for their divorce, namely that of her husband’s mounting LSD use and the intrusion of the artist Yoko Ono, with whom Twist soon learned Lennon was having an affair. At the time these letters were written, the pair had since been divorced eight years, and Lennon, recently returned from his ‘lost weekend,’ had reunited with Ono after an 18-month break. Lennon’s clever pun at the close of the first letter, “A Simple Twist of Fate”—a takeoff on Bob Dylan’s ode to a lost love—likely inspired his former spouse in her decision to title her forthcoming tell-all memoirs, A Twist of Lennon, which Twist was then publicizing. Much to the chagrin of Lennon, page samples of the book were published in the News of the World newspaper in the weeks leading up to its 1978 release, with Twist, again proving her self-promotional acumen, selecting the byline to read ‘Cynthia Lennon.’ As Lennon’s official “side of the story,” a public he-said, she-said self-defense, these letters represent the unique final chapter in the life of the former Beatle and are thus of the utmost rarity and importance. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $2500
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Sought-after 1970 Lennon check from the time he recorded Plastic Ono Band 603. Beatles: John Lennon. Maclen (Music) Ltd.
business check, 7.75 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Beatles: Lennon, John, payable to Robert Andrew Limited for £1.15, October 14, 1970. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication and grading holder, evaluating the signature as “Mint 9.” In fine condition. This check dates to the month-long period during which Lennon recorded his debut solo album, Plastic Ono Band, at Abbey Road Studios in London. A supremely desirable example. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
Lennon observes ‘Ready Steady Go’ in 1965 604. Beatles: John Lennon. Vin-
tage circa 1965 red ballpoint signature, “John Lennon,” on an off-white 3.75 x 4.5 sheet. In fine condition, with a few small, light stains. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “I obtained [the signature] from the ‘Ready Steady Go’ T. V. show on Good Friday 1965. My brother was appearing in a contest they held each programme for a look alike spot in which he also had to sing…John Lennon & George Harrison were not performing that time but sat & watched the rehearsals.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
606. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Invitation to
a private viewing of Linda McCartney’s Sixties photography exhibition, held at the Royal Photographic Society in Bath on October 9, 1992, 5.75 x 5.75, vertically signed on the front in blue ballpoint by Paul McCartney. In very good condition, with a heavy central vertical fold and general light handling wear. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the husband of the original recipient, in full: “This autograph was obtained on 9th October 1992 at the Royal Photographic Society in Bath, as per the invitation. My brother, Andrew Davis, was the supporting exhibitor to Linda McCartney’s ‘Sixties’ exhibition. We were at the event courtesy of my brother (who invited far too many friends and family meaning the event was very crowded!). My wife did manage however to get up close to Paul and obtain the autograph. This was just after he had said a few words about the exhibition, including praise for my brother’s portraits.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
607. Beatles: Ringo Starr. Ap-
605. Beatles: Ringo Starr. Pair of Millennium II Pro-Mark Ringo model drumsticks, American hickory, 5AL, one signed in blue felt tip, “Ringo.” In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
ple Publishing Ltd. business check, 7.75 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Starr, “R. Starkey,” payable to Stephan Grossman for £18.57, July 26, 1971. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Donovan on his history with tattoos— “There is obviously art-magic attached to symbols marked upon the body” 608. Donovan. ALS, seven pages, 8.25 x 11.5, August 1973. Expansive letter to a fan, in part: “I travelled the road when I was younger in the early sixties regarding myself a Beatnik and enjoying the company of the ragged folk—sleeping rough and clean under the stars. I met with ex-seamen and ex-prisoners both tattooed, some in the primitive style and some in the more sophisticated electric style. My tattoo was made primitive style. Three needles bound together with cotton and a bottle of permanent ink…The primitive style of marking is, I am told practised behind bars to pass the heavy time. Mick Taylor was a fine–line artist on paper so he designed the head of a horse with bells on cords such as jesters would have on a stick in the other hand…I say the figure formed yet to my eyes it looked blurred—but it was there under the skin. The process took an hour or so and was not very pain full. The scratches scabbed over and some days later they peeled to reveal a tiny fine-line blue-tattoo of a horse’s head with jesters bells at the elbow joint of my right arm. Very nice…The girls in the scene went in for flower symbols on the heel, hip, or other delicate positions. Very sexy…My tattoo has blurred over the years yet the form of the fine horsey nostril and plaited mane of the fab beast remains. There is obviously art-magic attatched [sic] to symbols marked upon the body—I exclude the dotted line around the wrist with the words—’cut here’—a ‘deppression’ [sic] tattoo from behind the walls of the evil prisons of man. My Grandmother (from my mother’s side) was a large armed lady with a family of thirteen in the Catholic tradition. Upon her generous arms were many coloured tattoos of beasts and ex-lovers. It is not improbable that somewhere in my mother’s family tree the blood of the ‘Traveller’ flows.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “In the early 1970’s I was researching tattooing. It was a far different scene back then, I focused on sailors, bikers, whores and prisoners. I was a fan of Donovan’s music, and he issued a 2 album set called ‘A Gift From A Flower To A Garden.’ It included a poster with an image of him that revealed a jester’s horse on his elbow. To enhance my research, and because I was such a fan, I contacted Donovan through a friend in the music business and asked him to share his thoughts on his tattoo and tattooing with me. The enclosed piece of writing is the result.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
609. Antonin Dvorak. Esteemed Czech composer (1841-1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World.’ Uncommon AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet of Westwood House, Sydenham letterhead, which bears a brief ANS in the upper portion, “How do you do? Well, Antonin Dvorak, All right.” In the lower portion Dvorak pens four bars of music with the notations “Sinfonie g major” and “Trumpets.” In fine condition, with two light spots of soiling at the bottom. A desirable musical quotation by the preeminent modern composer. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“Robert Dylan” organizes his touring company in 1970
610. Bob Dylan. Rare DS, signed “Robert Dylan,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 6, 1970. A “Waiver of Notice of Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of Ashes and Sand, Inc.,” in part: “We, the undersigned, being all of the directors of the corporation, do hereby consent that a meeting of the Board of Directors was held…on April 8th, 1970…The purpose of such meeting shall be to elect new officers and to adopt new corporate banking resolutions.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Bob Dylan and in black felt tip by his wife, Sara Dylan. Includes an original two-page copy of the meeting minutes. In fine condition. Ashes and Sand Inc. was the name of Dylan’s touring company. His wife Sara is often cited as the inspiration for songs such as ‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,’ ‘Love Minus Zero/No Limit,’ and ‘Sara,’ and Dylan’s classic 1975 album Blood on the Tracks was inspired by the tension in their relationship. The pair divorced in 1977. A remarkable document and important association piece. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
611. Bob Dylan.
Sought-after glossy 8 x 10 Columbia publicity photo of Dylan in a leather jacket, neatly signed and inscribed in silver ink, “To Sean, Best wishes, Bob Dylan.” In fine condition, with small dings along the left border. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
612. The Eagles.
On the Border album signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Don Felder, and Bernie Leadon. In fine condition. The record is included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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613. Edvard Grieg. Exceptional AMQS on an off-white 7 x 4.75 sheet, signed along the bottom in black ink, “Edvard Grieg, Paris, Avril 1894.” Grieg pens four bars of music from a piece entitled at the top, “Le Solitaire,” likely a horn segment from Op. 32, The Mountain Thrall. In fine condition. A crisply penned quotation from the Norwegian master. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
614. Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Austrian composer
and virtuoso pianist (1778–1837). ANS in German, signed “J. Hummel,” one page, 5 x 3.25, no date. Untranslated note mentioning a concert. In very good condition, with trimmed edges, light overall soiling, and a tear to the top edge passing through three words of text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Scarce signed portrait of Abbé Liszt
615. Franz Liszt. Sought-after 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Liszt, crisply signed in black ink, “F. Liszt.” In fine condition, with light scuffing to the image and a crease to the lower left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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617. Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Second Helping album signed on the covers in ballpoint and felt tip by Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zandt, Leon Wilkeson, Bob Burns, Billy Powell, Ed King, and J. J. Cale, with a couple signing first names only. The album is split and unfolded, matted, and framed to an overall size of 28 x 16. In fine condition, with moderate contrast to several of the signatures. The record is not included. Starting Bid $200
Rare in-concert candids signed by Bob Marley and ‘Family Man’ Barrett 618. Bob Marley. Rare vin-
tage circa 1970s original glossy 5 x 3.5 candid photo of Marley on stage performing, signed in blue ballpoint, “Jah, Bob Marley.” Also included is an original candid 3.5 x 5 glossy photo of Wailer Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, signed in blue ballpoint. In overall very fine condition. By the time this photo was taken, Marley had become a force to be reckoned with, not only as a cultural icon but as a political force in Jamaica. By the mid-1970s, Marley had become an outspoken opponent of the poverty and crime that was overtaking his country. He believed that such issues were stopping Jamaicans from being able to come together through ‘creative music and love, but (there) is too much poverty,’ he told one writer in 1976. Not everyone shared his opinion, however. This fact became evident in December 1976, when two days before Marley was scheduled to give a free ‘Smile Jamaica’ concert, aimed at reducing tensions between warring political factions, a gunman attacked him and his entourage. Although Marley and his wife were grazed by bullets, they took the stage as scheduled and electrified a crowd of 80,000 people in what was seen as a gesture of survival. The attack also strengthened his political outlook, resulting in what was perhaps the most militant albums of his career: Exodus, Survival, and Uprising. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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Paganini’s program for an 1831 concert
619. Niccolo Paganini. LS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9, January 29, 1831. Letter concerning a concert scheduled for the next week, in part (translated): “I hasten to answer yours of the 26th to thank you in the first place for all the pains you kindly took for me in regard to my concert and also for the very courteous offer you made me of your apartment; as I have a maid and a rather large carriage and as otherwise it is possible I would arrive late at night, I fear to put you out and I do not want to abuse your kindness; nevertheless to show you that I am aware of the marks of your friendship, I will take the liberty to take you my Achille. I will put up then at the inn (whose name I no longer know) of Mr. Liebhold who was here once, at the Russian hotel, and I believe that I will arrive on the 3rd of next week. I am enclosing the letter for Mr. Haitzringer, who, I hope, will honor my concert with his fine talent by expecting here the pieces I propose to perform. Program for the Concert of N.P. for Saturday, February 5, 1831. First part: 1. Overture…2. Song…to be chosen, Grand concerto in three parts composed and executed by Paganini as follows, 3. Allegro maestoso, 4. Adagio appassionato e Rondo brillante. Second Part: 5. Overture…6. Sonate militaire composed and executed on the G string by P., 7. Song…8. Variations composed without orchestral accompaniment and executed on solo violin by Pag’i. On my arrival we will talk out loud about the rest, and I pray you will accept my most sincere salutations, friendship and esteem.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, repaired areas on seal-related paper loss to the last page, and seal-related staining touching the signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Vedder’s take on Keruoac’s “Hymn” 620. Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder. Eddie Ved-
der’s handwritten lyrics and production notes for the song ‘Hymn,’ written on the front of a yellow 8.5 x 10.75 sheet of notebook paper in pencil, ink, and felt tip, and on two blue 2.75 x 2.75 Post-Its affixed to the reverse, with Vedder incorporating his name on both, “Ed Vedder” and “Ed.” The lyrics, in full: “And when you showed me Brooklyn Bridge / in the morning—/ Ah God— / And the people slipping on ice in the street / twice, twice— / two different people / came over—Goin’ to work— / so earnest and tryful— / clutching their pitiful / Morning Daily News— / slip on the ice & fall / Both inside 5 minutes— / And I cried, I cried / That’s when you taught me tears / Ah God—in the morning / Ah thee / And me—leaning on the lamppost wiping— / Eyes / Eyes— / Nobody’s know I’d cried / Or woulda cared anyway.” Vedder leaves various notes and directions to himself, such as “Straight,” “Devotional,” “Better read,” and “Spite,” and adds a small pencil sketch of a burning plane on the right side. Post-Its on the reverse, read: “Hymn by Jack Keruoac, Credits, Read by Ed Vedder, Played by Sadie 7 (bass), Campbell 2000 (Guitar), Recorded by 13 Anthony” and “Lee etc.—Thu 3/21, Hear is our small offering—I hope it makes a nice square in the quilt—unmastered. w/love, Ciao Ed etc.” In fine condition. Hymn appeared on Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness, a 1997 spoken word tribute album featuring Kerouac’s work performed by various artists. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
The classic 1960s Pink Floyd lineup
Candid photo of Sergeant Presley
622. Elvis Presley.
621. Pink Floyd. Sought-after vintage ballpoint signatures
of Roger Waters (“Good luck, Roger Waters”), Syd Barrett (“Syd Barrett”), Nick Mason (“Good luck, Nick Mason”), and Richard Wright (“Rick”), on a white 5.5 x 3.75 album page. Matted with a large color magazine photo to an overall size of 14.5 x 22.5. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Given Barrett’s mental illness and early departure from the band in 1968, fully signed items from this classic lineup are quite uncommon. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Rare vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Presley standing in US Army uniform, signed neatly on the reverse in blue ballpoint. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Classic fully signed Decca promo card 623. Rolling Stones. Vintage Decca Records
promo card of the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Gill, Love, Brian Jones,” “To Gill, Mick Jagger,” “Keith Richards, xxx,” “Love, Bill Wyman, xxx,” and “Charlie Boy, xxx.” Text on the reverse of the card promotes their recent singles, ‘Come On/I Wanna Be Loved’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned.’ In fine condition, with a few small creases and old mountain traces on the reverse. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient who obtained the signatures at Leek Town Hall on Christmas Eve 1963, in part: “I worked behind the soft drinks bar at the Town Hall with my friend Julia Wardle. We closed up for a while to meet the group behind stage. Mick Jagger was a bit late so he was in a rush but he was a perfect gentleman. Brian Jones seemed to be in a world of his own and Charlie Watts looked very morose. Keith Richards was very hungry so he sent out for some pies, which we found out later gave him food poisoning. After the concert they chatted behind stage and Julia and I were the first to get their autographs.” This promo card features the same image used for the cover of the band’s self-titled debut EP, which Decca released in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album. An attractive fully signed example. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
Exceedingly rare large inscribed portrait of the tragic early star 624. Ritchie Valens. Early rock ‘n’ roll prodigy (1941–1959) known for his hits ‘Come On, Let’s Go,’ ‘Donna,’ and ‘La Bamba,’ who was tragically killed at age 17 in the plane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. Incredibly rare vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders Del-Fi publicity photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Karen, Best of luck always from Ritchie Valens.” In fine condition, with a single tack hole to top edge and mild light creases. Certainly one of the most seldom-seen of all rock ‘n’ roll autographs. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500
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Thanking his music publisher for an “ode by Carducci” 625. Giuseppe Verdi. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, October 5, 1891. Letter to his music publisher Giulio Ricordi, in full (translated): “I have received both the book by Malthe and the ode by Carducci. Thank you for everything.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Verdi’s own hand. Giosue Carducci was the foremost poet of his time and would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature fifteen years later, and Verdi was a great admirer. A superb association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Sending regrets for “my financial problems” 626. Giuseppe Verdi. ALS in
Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 27, 1880. Letter to an unidentified engineer, in which Verdi sends his thanks for the work and layouts proposed to renovate the rural buildings on the canal Castellazzo, and further states, in part [translated]: “I kindly ask you to accept this small sum, very sorry that my financial problems do not permit me to carry out your very beautiful projects.” Mounted and matted beside a portrait. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and creasing, small edge tears, a small area of paper loss to lower edge, and evidence of archival tape reinforcements on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“I am, of course, referring to ‘White Christmas’” 627. Irving Berlin. TLS
signed “Irving,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 24, 1964. Letter to George M. Cohen, in part: “I’m sure there is nothing in this item, but I wanted to call it to your attention in case you hadn’t seen it. I am, of course, referring to ‘White Christmas’ and not ‘Annie Get Your Gun.’ As you know, I have no television interest in ‘Annie.’” In fine condition, with light ceasing and torn filing holes at the top. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
628. Miles Davis. Glossy 10 x 8 Columbia Records publicity photo of Davis during a performance, signed in the top border in purple felt tip, “Miles Davis!” In fine condition, with a few light bends and creases. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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629. George and Ira Gershwin. Two checks: a personal
check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by George Gershwin, payable to I. H. Simpson Hardware Co., for $13.39, February 2, 1932; and a personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Ira Gershwin, payable to Trans World Airlines, Inc., for $332.09, March 15, 1956. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
630. Thelonious Monk. Crystal-clear glossy 6.5 x 8.5
close-up photo of Monk playing the piano, prominently signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
Rare 1949 letter from the legendary ‘Lead Belly’
631. Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter. Great American folk and blues artist (1889–1949) notable for his strong vocals and virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar. Extremely rare ALS signed “H. Ledbetter,” one page, 7.5 x 8.75, March 28, 1949. Letter to his manager Marjorie Fairbanks, noting that he received some money from his bassist. In full (spelling and grammar retained): “i rec som money From my Bass He is all right But He was slow i didn no what was the mater But now i no so Dont worrie we got very thing in front of us take care of your self and say Hello to Cliford for me and martha.” Handsomely triple-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 26.5 x 21. In fine condition. The “Cliford” mentioned is presumed to be Clifford Manz, who was the lecture and concert coordinator for the University of Minnesota when Ledbetter performed there in the fall of 1948. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
633. Muddy Waters. Glossy 5.25 632. Edith Piaf. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 deckle-edge postcard photo of Piaf by Teddy Piaz, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in French. In fine condition, with some faint spotting and silvering to image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
x 7 close-up photo of Waters at a microphone, signed and inscribed in thick black felt tip, “Ronnie—Best wishes to a good fan, Muddy Waters.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, scattered creasing, and some specks of emulsion loss touched up in black felt tip. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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634. ABBA
635. AC/DC
636. Aerosmith
637. Alabama
638. Allman Brothers
639. Asia
640. Badfinger
641. The Beach Boys
642. The Beach Boys
643. The Beach Boys MB $200
644. Beatles: Friends and Drummers
645. Beatles: Ringo Starr
647. Beatles: Ringo Starr
648. Beatles: Klaus Voormann
649. Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood, and Rod Stewart
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646. Beatles: Ringo Starr MB $200
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650. Bee Gees
651. Bee Gees
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655. Boston
657. James Brown
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660. The Carpenters
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654. Black Sabbath
658. Hans von Bulow
659. The Byrds
661. The Cars
662. Johnny Cash
665. Cheap Trick
666. Luigi Cherubini
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663. Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins
653. Black Sabbath
664. Tracy Chapman MB $200
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667. Chicago
668. Classic Rock
669. Eddie Cochran
670. Natalie Cole
671. Alice Cooper
672. Alice Cooper
673. Alice Cooper
674. Aaron Copland
675. Elvis Costello
676. The Cowsills
677. Deep Purple
678. Deep Purple
681. Derringer
682. Bo Diddley
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679. Deep Purple MB $200
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680. Def Leppard MB $200
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683. Fats Domino MB $200
684. The Doors: Manzarek and Krieger
685. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
686. The Everly Brothers
687. Foreigner
688. Aretha Franklin
689. Alexander Glazunov MB $200
690. Good Morning, Vietnam
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691. Guns ‘n’ Roses: Axl Rose
692. Guns ‘n’ Roses: Slash
693. Heart
694. Heavy Metal
695. Instrumentalists
696. The Isley Brothers
697. Michael Jackson
698. Michael Jackson
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699. Michael Jackson
703. Jackson 5 MB $200
707. Jefferson Starship MB $200
711. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant MB $200
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702. Jackson 5
700. Michael Jackson
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704. Jackson 5 MB $200
708. Joseph Joachim MB $200
712. Led Zepplin: Jimmy Page MB $200
705. James Gang MB $200
706. Jefferson Airplane MB $200
709. King Crimson
710. The Kinks
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713. Ruggero Leoncavallo
714. Jerry Lee Lewis
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715. Light Listening MB $200
719. The Monkees MB $200
716. Lynyrd Skynyrd
717. Richard Marx
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720. Moody Blues and Richie Havens MB $200
718. Giacomo Meyerbeer MB $200
721. Moody Blues MB $200
722. Moody Blues
723. Musical Miscellany
724. Willie Nelson
725. Jimmy Page
726. Les Paul
727. Paul Revere and The Raiders
728. Peter and Gordon
729. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
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730. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
731. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
732. The Police
733. Francis Poulenc
734. Queen MB $200
735. The Righteous Brothers
736. Roadie
737. Rock and Roll
738. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
739. Rock and Roll Women
740. Seals and Crofts
741. Grace Slick
742. Soft Rock
743. Bruce Springsteen
744. Stone Temple Pilots
745. Igor Stravinsky
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746. Michael Tippett MB $200
747. Ike and Tina Turner, and Phil Spector
749. U2: Bono
750. Van Halen
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751. Van Halen
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753. Village People
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754. Village People
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755. Village People and Kool and the Gang
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756. William Walton
752. Luther Vandross
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757. The Who MB $200
758. The Who MB $200
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759. Amy Winehouse
760. Woodstock
761. Yes
763. The Young Rascals
764. Frank Zappa
765. Frank Zappa
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767. Johnny Cash
768. Louis Armstrong
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770. Award-Winning Composers MB $200
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771. Cab Calloway MB $200
762. Neil Young MB $200
766. ZZ Top MB $200
769. Louis Armstrong MB $200
772. Nat King Cole MB $200
774. Ira Gershwin
775. Marvin Hamlisch
777. Henry Mancini
779. Glenn Miller
780. Stephen Sondheim
781. John Philip Sousa
782. The Clash
783. The Ramones
784. The Ramones
785. The Ramones
786. The Ramones
787. The Ramones
788. The Ramones
789. The Ramones
773. Marvin Gaye MB $200
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778. Johnny Marks MB $200
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classic entertainment
790. Humphrey Bogart. Allied Military Currency issued in
Italy in 1943 for 100 lire, 6 x 2.75, signed in fountain pen by Bogart, “Humphrey Bogart,” and by his wife, “Mayo Methot Bogart.” In fine condition, with two vertical folds. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Garbo and others purchase Wisconsin real estate 792. Greta Garbo. DS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, July
11, 1979. Agreement between Garbo and the Hauser Editorial Office concerning an investment, in part: “We the undersigned agree to contribute $100,000 each toward the formation of a joint venture.” Signed at the conclusion in felt tip by Greta Garbo and Gayelord Hauser, and countersigned twice by Anthony Palermo to confirm both the agreement and his receipt of the funds. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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791. Charlie Chaplin. Bold vintage fountain pen signature,
“Sincerely, Chas. Chaplin,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
793. Gone With the Wind: Hattie McDaniel. Actress
(1895–1952) who earned a place in Hollywood history as the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award for her memorable turn as Mammy in Gone with the Wind. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 seated photo of McDaniel wearing a polka dot dress, boldly signed in fountain pen, “Best Wishes, From, Hattie McDaniel, ‘45.” In fine condition, with a small crease to the upper left corner, and tiny pin holes to each border corner. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
The stunning femme fatale as Gilda
Stupendous inscribed Bachrach portrait 795. Rita Hayworth. Superb glossy 7.75 x 9.5 photo of
Hayworth as the title character from the 1946 film Gilda, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Bob, Best always, Rita Hayworth.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, scattered light overall creasing, and tack holes to corners. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
796. Audrey Hepburn.
794. Cary Grant. Striking vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Ba-
chrach portrait of Grant in a dashing suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Norman, with all good wishes! Cary Grant.” Blindstamped in the lower right corner, “Ernest A. Bachrach.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Lovely color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hepburn wearing a black sleeveless top, vertically signed along her arm in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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799. Vivien Leigh. Lovely
797. Katharine Hepburn. Very desirable semi-glossy 7.75 x 9.75 photo of a young Hepburn in a solemn close-up pose, signed in black ink. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 14.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication Services. Starting Bid $200
vintage mattefinish 3.5 x 5.5 half-length profile photo of Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara from the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, signed along the bottom in fountain pen. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
‘Handcuff’ Houdini in 1913 798. Harry Houdini. Sought-after vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of a shackled Houdini in a full-length pose, signed in fountain pen, “4/18/13, Harry Houdini, Best wishes.” In fine condition, with a small stain to the upper left corner tip, and a few letters in the date and salutation very light. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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Houdini, Kellar, and the levitating seance of William Eglinton
800. Harry Houdini and Harry Kellar. Splendid trio of letters related to William Eglinton, a spiritualist medium known for
his convincing levitation tricks, consisting of two TLSs signed in pencil by Harry Houdini, and an ALS signed by Harry Kellar. The first Houdini letter, one page, 8.5 x 10, September 15, 1915, a copy of a letter to Kellar, in part: “Have just (at this late date) obtained a copy of Mr. I. K. Funk’s ‘Widow’s Mite’ and other Phenomea’ and on the page 52 there is published a letter from your pen written to the Indian Daily News Calacutta [sic] Jan 25th 1882, in which you state that you went away from the sceance ‘utterly unable to explain by natural means the phenomena you witnessed that tuesday evening.’ Thirty four years have passed since that evening, and from my various chats with you, Memory has not dimmed her light for you so for the sake of future writers, will you please let me know if at this date you still of the same opinion? You were the guest of Mr. J. Meugens, at Eglinton’s sceance and afterthought may have caused you to think differently”; the second TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, dated at the top in Houdini’s hand, “Sept 16/16,” a letter to an unknown recipient, in full: “Kellar told me personally that he suspected the host in 1882 as assisting the medium Eglington, and he evidently does not wish to say so in print, but before Kellar I knew that I wanted his statement for publication, he positively told me that ‘The—had fooled him, I trusted him and the only way he could have done so was to have the host let go his hand, and that is how he fooled me”; and the ALS signed “H. Kellar,” two pages, 6 x 9, Hotel Astor Letterhead, September 16, 1916, addressed to Houdini, in part: “I beg leave to say that the article signed by me and published in the Indian Daily News Calcutta Jan. 25th 1882, relating to my experiences at a séance given by Eglington at the home of Mr. J. Meugens is a true description of my impressions at the time and as I never had an opportunity to witness another of Mr. Eglington’s performances I cannot conscientiously refute what I then wrote. If you should ask me to tell you how Eglington produced his mystifying effects I should answer: I don’t know. If he was a trickster he was clever enough to put ‘one over’ on me.” The pencil notations on the two Houdini letters are all in his own hand. In overall fine condition, with file holes and edge chipping to one Houdini letter. Houdini, who later was able to reproduce Eglinton’s famous levitation stunt, in no way diminished the abilities of his acclaimed predecessor in Kellar, but rather supported and admired his honest admission, later asserting that ‘No magician is immune from being deceived and it is no way beneath a magician’s dignity or demeaning to professional reputation to openly admit that he cannot always account for what he thinks he sees.’ Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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Marilyn Monroe This year marks the 55th Anniversary of Marilyn’s passing and here in our August Auction RR remembers. This section contains a collection of spectacular unsigned photographs depicting Monroe during the many stages in her career, from the Norma Jeane-era, to classics Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, and beyond. Including several desirable oversized de Dienes portraits, this is a wonderful visual remembrance of one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars.
The sultry Monroe at the Bel Air Hotel
801. Marilyn Monroe. Strik-
ing original vintage glossy 10.75 x 13 silver gelatin photo of Norma Jeane Baker in the snow, taken by Andre de Dienes at Mt. Hood, Oregon, in 1945. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition, with scattered light surface impressions. Starting Bid $200
802. Marilyn Monroe.
Beautiful original vintage glossy 12.25 x 11 silver gelatin photo of the young Monroe close-up, taken by Andre de Dienes in the summer of 1946. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition, with a small crease to the upper left corner tip. Starting Bid $200
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803. Marilyn Monroe. Stunning original vintage glossy 11
x 13.5 silver gelatin photo of Monroe in a white towel, taken by Andre de Dienes at the Bel Air Hotel in 1953. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition, with a couple of small creases and some light crazing to the emulsion. Starting Bid $200
804. Marilyn Monroe. Wonderful original vintage glossy
10.5 x 11 silver gelatin photo of the young Norma Jeane sitting on a volleyball, taken by Andre de Dienes at Malibu Beach in 1945. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition, with some light crazing to the emulsion. Starting Bid $200
805. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 11 x 13.5 silver gelatin photo of Norma Jeane wearing a sweater and rolled-up checkered pants, taken by Andre de Dienes at Malibu Beach in 1945. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
de Dienes portrait of Monroe in a stunning white swimsuit 806. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 8.5 x 11 silver gelatin photo of Monroe in a white swimsuit at the beach, taken by Andre de Dienes in Santa Monica in 1949. Reverse bears Andre de Dienes copyright stamps. In fine condition, with some light surface impressions. Starting Bid $200
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807. Marilyn Monroe. Glossy 8 x 10 gelatin silver gelatin
photo of Monroe in a sheer white top in 1956 (likely printed later), bearing an affixed caption and “Bandphoto” credit stamp on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
808. Marilyn Monroe. Glossy 8 x 10 gelatin silver gelatin
photo of Monroe in a black leotard in 1960 (likely printed later), bearing an affixed caption and “Bandphoto” credit stamp on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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809. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.5
photo of Monroe in a seductive pose with an acoustic guitar, bearing a “Hollywood Press Syndicate” credit stamp on the reverse and a date of January 10, 1961. In fine condition, with trimmed borders and pin holes to each corner. Starting Bid $200
810. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.5 silver gelatin photo of Monroe in a “Miss N.A.S., San Diego” sash and sailor’s hat, bearing a Hollywood Press Syndicate credit stamp on the reverse. In fine condition, with trimmed borders and scattered light creasing, primarily to the edges. Starting Bid $200
811. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 10 x 8 silver
gelatin photo of Monroe in an elaborate gown reclining on a wedge-shaped couch, bearing a “Kim Goodwin Collection” typed notation on the reverse. In fine condition, with a trimmed bottom edge, punch holes to left side, and scattered light creasing, primarily to the corners. Starting Bid $200
812. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage 10 x 8 silver gelatin
photo of Monroe getting her hair done, bearing a “Private Collection of Kim Goodwin” stamp on the reverse. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the corners, and a tear to the left edge (repaired on the reverse) and associated heavy diagonal crease. Starting Bid $200
813. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage 9.5 x 7 silver gelatin photo of Monroe and Jane Russell in the classic 1953 musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, marked with a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation on the reverse. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, a light stain to the upper right, and some old paper residue to the lower left corner. Starting Bid $200
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814. Marilyn Monroe. Glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo of Monroe in a dazzling dress as she appeared in the 1948 musical film Ladies of the Chorus, marked with a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation on the reverse. In fine condition, with a light crease to the lower right corner. Starting Bid $200
815. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver
gelatin photo of Monroe on set in a floral dress, marked with a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
The iconic Seven Year Itch subway shot 816. Marilyn Monroe. Iconic original vintage glossy
7.25 x 9 silver gelatin photo of Monroe while filming The Seven Year Itch, her white dress billowing over a subway grate. Reverse bears a “The Kim Goodwin Collection” stamp. In fine condition, with moderate rippling along the edges. Starting Bid $200
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817. Marilyn Monroe. Glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo of Monroe waving with a white glove, marked with a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
818. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 10 x 8 silver
gelatin 20th Century-Fox publicity photo of Marilyn posing with her legs up in the air, marked with a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
819. Marilyn Monroe. Original vintage glossy 10 x 8 silver gelatin 20th Century-Fox promotional photo of Marilyn Monroe with Yves Montand in the 1960 musical comedy film made Let’s Make Love. Reverse bears a “Kim Goodwin” collection notation. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, a bit heavier across the center. Starting Bid $200
820. Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo of Monroe kissing her husband Joe DiMaggio. Reverse bears a “The Private Collection of Kim Goodwin” stamp. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Sinatra receives a personal copy of “The Spy Who Loved Me” 821. Frank Sinatra. DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August
3, 1977. Letter of agreement between United Artists Corporation and Sinatra, in which the latter is granted a “limited, non-exclusive license to exhibit” a 16mm print of the motion picture “The Spy Who Loved Me” for “private, personal library purposes.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Sinatra. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Uncommon set of nine Star Wars signatures 822.
Star Wars.
Very desirable The Story of Star Wars soundtrack album signed on the front cover in black or blue felt tip by George Lucas, John Williams, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker, with the latter four adding their character names. In fine condition, with a small, lightly gouged area to the upper right corner area where a price sticker was once removed. Includes the booklet, but not the record. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
823. Rudolph Va l e n t i n o .
Partly-printed promissory note, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed in bold green ink by Valentino, “R. Valentino,” payable to Louis H. Moos for $50, June 2, 1920. In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of letter from Moos to Valentino, dated April 12, 1922. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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824.. Elizabeth Taylor. Early vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Taylor sitting on a hay bale with three dogs, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Norman, Best wishes always, Elizabeth Taylor.” In fine condition, with rippling along the edges, several tack holes to borders, a light surface wrinkle passing through the signature, and the handwriting faded but completely legible. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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826. Actors and Actresses
827. Actors and Actresses
828. Actors and Actresses
829. Actresses
830. Actresses
831. Julie Andrews
832. Julie Andrews
833. Tallulah Bankhead
834. Brigitte Bardot
835. John Belushi Films
836. Ingrid Bergman
839. Brady Bunch
840. Luis Bunuel
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838. Bewitched MB $200
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841. Celebrity Artists MB $200
842. Classic TV MB $200
843. Gary Cooper MB $200
844. Francis Ford Coppola MB $200
845. Bob Crane
846. Bing Crosby
847. Peter Cushing
848. Bette Davis
849. Bette Davis
850. Sammy Davis, Jr
851. Sammy Davis, Jr
852. The Defiant Ones
853. Alain Delon
854. Marlene Dietrich
855. Kirk Douglas
856. Kirk Douglas
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857. Robert Duvall
858. Clint Eastwood
859. Clint Eastwood
860. Clint Eastwood
861. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
862. W. C. Fields
863. Clark Gable
864. Betty Grable
865. Happy Days
866. Jim Henson
867. Audrey Hepburn
868. Leslie Howard
869. Steve Irwin
870. Al Jolson
871. Grace Kelly
872. Grace Kelly
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873. Grace Kelly
874. Fritz Lang
875. Mario Lanza
876. Leading Ladies
877. Vivien Leigh
878. Sophia Loren
879. Ernst Lubitsch
880. Ida Lupino
881. Man From Uncle
882. Dean Martin
883. Tim McCoy MB $200
884. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
887. William Powell
888. Tyrone Power
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885. Peter O’Toole MB $200
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886. Sidney Poitier MB $200
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890. Robert Ryan
891. Robert Ryan
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894. Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, and Gregory Peck
895. Sylvester Stallone
896. Ernest Thesiger
897. Tombstone
898. Lee Van Cleef
899. Clifton Webb
900. Johnny Weissmuller
901. White Nights
889. Edward G. Robinson: Actors and Actresses MB $200
892. Joseph M. Schenck MB $200
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893. Frank Sinatra
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902. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory MB $200
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sports Scarce 1972 personal check from Roberto Clemente
903. Roberto Clemente. Uncommon personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemente, “Roberto Clemente,” payable to “Bilmore Hotel” for $51.48, August 17, 1972, marked “Room Service” in the memo field. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition, with paper loss to the upper left corner tip. On August 17th the Pirates were in Los Angeles to wrap up a three game series, and presumably stayed at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel; Clemente, who was injured for much of the month, appeared as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning but went hitless. Clemente is scarce in personal checks, and this example dates to his final season—just months before he died in a tragic plane crash while en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Nicaragua. Starting Bid $300
904. Ty Cobb.
Large vintage fountain pen signature, “Ty Cobb,” on a light blue 3.75 x 3 slip. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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905. Ty Cobb. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed
by Cobb, “Tyrus R. Cobb,” payable to Cash for $200, February 24, 1951. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
The 15-year-old prodigy signs on for a 1958 “Chess Exhibition” 906. Bobby Fischer. DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, April 23, 1958.
Standard AFTRA engagement contract between “Robert Fischer, a minor” and National Telefilm Associates, in which the former agrees to appear on a local program on May 11, 1958, at the studios of Channel 13 in Newark, New Jersey, to play a “Chess Exhibition” of “13 concurrent games” for a sum of $500. Signed at the conclusion in black ink by the 15-year-old Fischer, and countersigned by his mother Regina. In fine condition. At age 15, Fischer became both the youngest grandmaster up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Chess Championship. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Gehrig, DiMaggio, and their 1938 Yankees
907. Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. Highly desirable official Reach American League (Harridge) baseball signed in fountain pen on the sweet spot and side panels by seventeen members of the 1938 World Series Champion New York Yankees team, including: Lou Gehrig (ss), Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez, Tom Henrich, Frank Crosetti, George Selkirk, Johnny Murphy, Bump Hadley, Wes Ferrell (ss), Babe Dahlgren, Myril Hoag, Jake Powell, Art Jorgens, Paul Andrew, John Schulte, and Paul Schreiber. Also bears clubhouse signatures of Joe Gordon, Red Ruffing, Red Rolfe, Joe McCarthy, and Art Fletcher. A few surface scuffs and dings and several signatures a couple shades light, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. An exceptionally clean baseball from this dynastic team, which became the first to win three consecutive World Series. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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909. Joe Louis. Ballpoint signature, “Joe Louis,” on the reverse of an off-white 2.75 x 3.5 parking ticket. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
910. Rocky Marciano.
908. Joe Louis. Vintage glossy 4 x 5 photo of Louis hold-
ing a bag of Ehlers groceries, signed on the reverse in pencil. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and impressions on the photo side from the signature on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
P e r s o n a l check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Marciano, “Rocky Marciano,” payable to Campello Coop Bank for $249.60, June 7, 1965. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
On the links with “‘Babe’ Ruth” 911. Babe Ruth. Vintage glossy 9 x 7.25 full-length photo of Ruth posing at a Massachusetts golf course with four other men, signed in fountain pen, “’Babe’ Ruth.” Also signed over their respective images by Bay State politicians John P. Feeney and Tom McEnanly. Doublematted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 13. In fine condition, with Ruth’s first name a bit lighter than his last. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The consignor notes that his grandfather, who owned a peanut stand in Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo, obtained the autographs himself. A desirable signed photo from Ruth, whose notable celebrity golf outings greatly boosted the popularity of the sport. Starting Bid $300
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1930s Hall of Famers Ruth, Cochrane, Simmons, and Collins
912. Babe Ruth. Vintage red-
stitched baseball signed in fountain pen on the side panels by an assortment of 1930s stars, including “Babe Ruth,” “Mickey Cochrane,” “Al Simmons,” “Eddie Collins,” “Lew Fonseca,” “Jimmie Dykes,” “Chas. Grimm,” “Stanley Hack,” and “Frank Demaree.” In very good condition, with a moderately toned coating of shellack; there may be several other signatures but they are too faded to discern. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Rare single-signed baseball from the longtime hit king 913. George Sisler. Extremely rare official Spalding Tri-County League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot, “George Sisler,” with the date on the north panel, “March 9, 1970.” In fine condition, with spots of soiling to the lower panel. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Sisler is considered rare in single-signed baseballs, and this is the first such example we have ever offered. Starting Bid $200
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914. Muhammad Ali and Angelo Dundee
915. Henry Armstrong
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917. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
918. James B. Connolly
919. Jack Dempsey
920. Joe DiMaggio
921. Joe DiMaggio
922. DiMaggio Brothers
923. Ben Hogan
924. Jake LaMotta
925. Meadowlark Lemon
926. Mantle, DiMaggio, and Williams
927. Joe Namath
928. Arnold Palmer
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916. Charles Atlas
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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. Title: Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices 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. Rights Reserved: RR Auction reserves the right to withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, 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 or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone. Conducting the Auction: RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. RR Auction’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 Auction’s 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. 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. 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. 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 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 property in RR Auction’s possession owned by such 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. Warranties: 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 or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 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. 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. 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 “Certification of Authenticity”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The Certification of Authenticity inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the Certification of Authenticity, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. The Certification of Authenticity is valid from date of the Auction in which Bidder was awarded the lot (the “Auction Date”) until five (5) years after the Auction Date, without exception. 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. Limitation of Damages: In the event that RR Auction is prevented for any reason from delivering any property to Bidder, or Bidder is otherwise dissatisfied with the performance of RR Auction, the liability, if any, of RR Auction, shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the amount actually paid for the property by Bidder. In no event shall RR Auction be liable for incidental, special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of profits, value of investment or opportunity cost. 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 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. Bidder’s Remedies: Under no circumstance will RR Auction incur liability to a Bidder in excess of the purchase price actually paid. This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder in conformity with the Warranties and Limitation of Damages provisions of these Conditions of Sale, and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. 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, in 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 shall 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, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner. If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Headings: Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court
of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages. The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties’ agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.
CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 7324280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice. Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.
Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/ EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/ EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a nonsale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s
Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.
GLOSSARY OF CONDITION TERMS FOR DECADES, RR AUCTION HAS LED THE INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED CONDITION STATEMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE SELL. STARTING IN 2016 WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A FRESH APPROACH TO DESCRIBING EACH ITEM’S CONDITION. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration. VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important. Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.
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Let’s make history—together For over 40 years, relationships have been the backbone of RR Auction. We have made it a priority to keep our consignors informed and involved, encouraging them to share their voices, to instill their knowledge, and to forge a partnership based on our shared passion for history. With a mutual desire to achieve greatness, these relationships are at the heart of our success.
This fall we will be holding our Remarkable Rarities auction, featuring the most treasured names and cornerstone pieces for all devoted collectors. If you are ready to sell and looking for a company that cares about your items as much as you do, call us. Please contact the auction's director, Tricia Eaton, at (603) 732-4280, or via email at Tricia@RRAuction.com.
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