June 14, 2017
Remarkable Relationships LEAD TO
Remarkable Results
Let’s make history—together For over 35 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.
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Harry Kleiman, Animation Expert Growing up in the Sixties, Harry Kleiman watched Saturday morning cartoons like most other kids, but beyond simply enjoying them, he was curious to learn how they were made. When, as a resourceful eleven year old, he reached out to Hanna-Barbera and Walt Disney Studios and received a welcoming response and actual animation cels, he had found his life’s passion. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1968, and virtually everyday after school for the next six years he visited nearly all the animation studios in LA. Kleiman fondly recalls, ‘I had more fun visiting with the people, hearing their stories, and learning from them than anything else.’ He was fortunate enough to know many animation icons, including: Walter Lantz, Bob Clampett, Hanna and Barbera, Chuck Jones, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, Grim Natwick, and Friz Freleng. As Harry grew older, he maintained relationships with these incredible people. In 1980, he finished college and started Collectors Paradise Galleries, attendingabout 30 conventions a year, buying, selling, and—his favorite—educating new collectors. In 1982, he was the first person to approach the Don Bluth Studio about selling the original cels from The Secret of Nimh, he later worked deals with Gary Goldman, and sold cels from Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. In 1984, he partnered on Collectors Gallery in Studio City, where he interacted with customers from all over the world. Besides discovering many important collections, Kleiman himself accumulated one of the most prolific animation art collections in existence, portions of which he generously lent out to several animation MA/Lic. #3214 scholars. In 1991, Harry even got to create his own limited edition animation cels produced by Walter Lantz and Universal Studios. As an animation veteran who’s been studying, buying, and selling this material nearly his entire life, Harry feels that now is the time to branch out and educate the next generation on this fascinating art form.
AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts. He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, was a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
PSA/DNA
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Letters of Authenticity are availableon certain lots. Priced from $25 to $200*
STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION
Steve Zarelli is a recognized authority in the field of astronaut autographs. His findings have been published in the definitive space collecting reference Relics of the Space Race, and he has contributed articles to the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine, Autograph Times magazine, and the UACC signature study Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Zarelli Space Authentication also provides authentication consulting services to James Spence Authentication (JSA), Sportscard Guaranty Authentic (SGC), and PSA/DNA Authentication. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*
ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL
Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*
PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES
For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Autograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS
Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.
RENATO SAGGIORI
With more than 50 years in the European autograph market, Renato is considered an expert on the manuscripts of European royalty, scientists, painters, and writers. He is also considered the leading authority on papal autographs and manuscripts. His 2006 book, The Popes - Five Centuries of Signatures, is an indispensible reference tool.
BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES
With more than 45 years combined experience in the field, Brian and Maria are two of the nation’s leading experts in Civil War autographs and manuscripts.
JAMES CAMNER
James is a leading classical music autograph dealer. With more than 35 years experience, he is a founding member of PADA, an authenticator for PSA/DNA, a member of the ABAA, and an author of over ten published books on related subjects.
RICH CONSOLA
Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authenticators worldwide.
BECKETT AUTHENTICATION SERVICES
Beckett Authentication Services provides expert third party opinions on autographs from all genres and eras. Led by authentication experts Steve Grad and Brian Sobrero, the BAS experts have unmatched years of experience authenticating autographs, and are responsible for authenticating some of the rarest and most valuable items in the industry. With the most trusted and knowledgeable experts in the autograph authentication field, BAS authentication is a must for any autograph collector or dealer. * For more information on Letters of Authenticity call (800) 937-3880
CONTENTS Science and Technology......................................................................................4 Presidents and First Ladies...............................................................................36
Notables............................................................................................................85 Military.............................................................................................................115 Aviation............................................................................................................123
Space..............................................................................................................126 Art, Architecture, and Design...........................................................................131 Literature.........................................................................................................136 Music...............................................................................................................145 Classic Entertainment.....................................................................................163
Sports..............................................................................................................173 Animation .......................................................................................................178
Conditions of Sale...........................................................................................223
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science & technology Early Innovators
Rare 1721 document from Newton as the Master of the Royal Mint
1. Isaac Newton. ADS, signed “Is. Newton,” one page, 5.75 x 3, November 15, 1721. Pay order issued to “the Accountant General of the South Sea Company,” John Grigsby. In full: “Pray pay to Dr. Francis Fauquier the four per cent Dividend due at Midsummer last upon sixteen thousand two hundred & seventy two pounds four shillings & nine pence south sea stock in my name & his Receipt shall be your sufficient discharge.” Affixed at the left edge to a larger card. In fine condition. In the spring of 1720, the South Sea Company, created as a public-private partnership to stabilize and reduce the cost of national debt, witnessed an incredible boom in company stock. Newton, a stockholder and the current Master of the Royal Mint, wisely sold off his South Sea shares in late April after nearly doubling his initial investment of around £3,500. However, with prices still rising heading into the fall, Newton reentered with an even higher investment and was soon caught up in the first major ‘bubble’ in stock-market history, losing an estimated £20,000. Unlike many others, Newton survived the crash on the strength of his position at the Royal Mint, but the experience prompted the scientist to famously note that he ‘could calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people.’ An extremely rare and attractively penned document with an association to one of Newton’s most questionable experiments. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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2. Marcello Malpighi. Italian doctor (1628–1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and study of human physiology. Rare LS in Italian, signed (translated), “Your most devoted & obedient servant, Marcello Malpighi,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, December 20, 1692. Malpighi wishes merry Christmas, and renews his friendship and esteem. In very good condition, with moderate overall foxing and toning, and a small hole beneath the text affecting nothing. This is an unpublished letter, absent from the the five-volume Correspondence of Marcello Malpighi published by Cornell University. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Ampere and the ‘Societe Philomatique’ 3. Andre-Marie Ampere.
Influential French physicist (1775-1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in his honor. Partly printed DS in French, signed “A. Ampere,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.25, January 27, 1821. Document listing a memoranda read before a meeting of the ‘Societe Philomatique,’ with topics including a ‘monography of the hydrocotyle genus,’ a bulletin related to a medical society, a brochure on the ‘Natural and medical history of the different species of ipecacuanha,’ and a commissary report. Signed on the reverse of the second integral page in black ink by Ampere, as well as by more than 20 other members of the society. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 16.5 x 11.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Nobel Prize Winners
“The Relativity Theory has now been experimentally proven, but the issue of the connection of gravitation and electricity is shipwrecked” 4. Albert Einstein. ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11, January 28, 1926. Letter to his ex-wife
Mileva Maric, in which Einstein bluntly pours out his frustration with his son Hans Albert’s prospective marriage to an older woman, and then expresses his views on the “thorny” state of theoretical physics, despite the success of his Relativity Theory. In part (translated): “It’s OK if you borrow some extra money in Zurich. Regarding Albert I’m very concerned…I believe that the girl has him under thumb and that he is too naive to really assess the situation. We have to do everything we can to avoid the worst. The young Haber is already married, but to an intelligent, fine girl from a healthy family. That’s what I would like too…I didn’t really like Dolly very much. I liked her mother more. She is pretty for her age but a superficial average person. You find plenty of them in the big city. Addressing his theory: The Relativity Theory has now been experimentally proven, but the issue of the connection of gravitation and electricity is shipwrecked, at least in my opinion. Theoretical physics is currently enormously thorny. I’m glad that the boys are interested in other things. I’m curious what Tetel’s going to choose. But we shouldn’t talk to him about it too much or it will be too much pressure and he won’t be able to handle it…I remember how heavy the thought of a future profession had weighed on me…It is not that difficult if you are not fishing for praise but are content with being useful… It’s really important that he gets away from home because it’s in his nature to not be very practical and to not be independent. He might not resemble me physically, but his character is very similar to mine.” In fine condition, with a single central horizontal and vertical mailing fold. The first tests of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity were performed by Sir Arthur Eddington during a total solar eclipse in 1919, and his findings offered the first experimental proof of the theory. Einstein became a celebrity overnight, and he received the Nobel Prize in 1921. During the 1920s, Einstein turned his sights on developing the Unified Field Theory, an attempt to explain the nature of gravity in terms of the laws of electromagnetism. The ideas he put forward conflicted with the emerging understanding of quantum mechanics, which put him at odds with much of the physics community at large; these “thorny” disagreements led to a famous falling out with fellow Nobel winner Niels Bohr. Although he continued to work on the “shipwrecked” Unified Field Theory for the rest of his life, Einstein was never able to satisfactorily master the problem—it remains unsolved to this day. Boasting excellent personal and professional content, this is an amazing letter by one of the greatest geniuses to ever live. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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From the year of his groundbreaking efforts on a ‘unified field theory’ 5. Albert Einstein. Vintage color glossy 5 x 7 candid photo
of Einstein surrounded by bookcases in what appears to be his study, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “A. Einstein ’50.” Matted with a modern glossy photo of Einstein to an overall size of 11.75 x 8.25. In fine condition, with the signature quite faded but still entirely legible. In 1950, Einstein published an article in Scientific American entitled ‘On the Generalized Theory of Gravitation,’ describing his pursuit of a ‘unified field theory’—a field of study that remains active today. An outstanding photo that portrays Einstein in an intellectual setting. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
“The water contains no significant radioactivity” 6. Pierre Curie. Sought-after ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, October 12, 1904. Letter to a deputy, in full (translated): “I checked the received water (Lesmenil) for radioactivity. The water contains no significant radioactivity, the reason for accidents of the workers must, therefore, be found elsewhere. Please accept my cordial salutations.” In fine condition, with a “Rawlins Collection” sticker to the lower left corner. This letter is illustrated on page 56 of Ray Rawlins’ classic reference book, The Stein and Day Book of World Autographs. Marie and Pierre Curie coined the term ‘radioactivity’ after research on Henri Becquerel’s X-rays led them to the discovery of both radium and polonium. Signed material by Pierre is quite rare, this being only the fourth letter we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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7. Niels Finsen. Physi-
cian and scientist (1860-1904) awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903, best known for his pioneering use of phototherapy for treatment. Untranslated ALS in Danish, signed “Neils,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.75 postcard, June 20, 1895. Addressed on the reverse in Finsen’s own hand. Matted with a postcard portrait to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
8. Hans Fischer. Or-
ganic chemist (1881-1945) who received the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Ink signature, “Dr. Hans Fischer., Munchen, 15. X 1936,” on an offwhite 5 x 3 card. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
9. Alexander Fleming. Scottish
bacteriologist (1881-1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Wonderful vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.5 Parker Studio photo of Fleming seated at his office desk and surrounded by various scientific paraphernalia, neatly signed on the open book in black ink. Doublematted and framed to 15.5 x 14.75. In fine condition. An ideal portrayal of the extolled researcher. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Perhaps something even better than penicillin might be born”
10. Alexander Fleming. ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, Ministry of Health letterhead, August 27, 1945. Letter in a fundraising effort for St. Mary’s. In part: “Mary’s goes on. This is our centenary year and we are trying to raise money to rebuild. The hospital wants £2.000.000 to rebuild and the Inoculation Dept. wants £250.000 as an endowment so that we can carry on without Government interference. It seemed to us that it would be a pity to have too much interference with a laboratory which in less than 50 years has originated vaccine therapy, desensitization in hay fever with pollen extracts, and penicillin besides many lesser things. If you have a patient with too much money who wants to give away $1.000.000 to a good cause he might endow us and perhaps something even better than penicillin might be born.” In fine condition. This fascinating letter chronicles the past achievements of St. Mary’s Hospital while looking toward a bright future. Fleming had graduated from St. Mary’s medical school in 1906 and joined the research department as an assistant bacteriologist to Sir Almroth Wright, who he alludes to here. Wright not only “originated vaccine therapy,” but also founded the St. Mary’s research department itself. Following in Wright’s footsteps, Fleming spent decades working at St. Mary’s and in 1928 famously made the ‘accidental’ discovery of penicillin. Incidentally, penicillin could not be mass produced until the 1940s and became an enormously important breakthrough in treating wounded soldiers during World War II. It was in this year of St. Mary’s centenary, 1945, that Fleming received his Nobel Prize. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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11. Alexander Fleming. Fantastic matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Fleming with several Petri dishes laid out before him, crisply signed in fountain pen, “Alexander Fleming, 1945.” In fine condition, with light creasing to corners. A spectacular, uncommon example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
12. Alexander Fleming. Ink signature, “Alexander Fleming,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 autograph card belonging to Bernard J. Klug, stamp-dated October 18, 1954. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
13. Jack Kilby. Physicist (1923–2005) who won
the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his 1958 invention of the integrated circuit. Original ballpoint sketch of an integrated circuit drawn by Kilby on an off-white 6 x 4 card, signed in black ballpoint, “Jack S. Kilby.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Scientists, Mathematicians, and Physicians
Darwin on his sweeping 1868 book, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
14. Charles Darwin. ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date. A memorandum headed, “Index for Mr. Darwin’s work on the Variation of animals & Plants under Domestication.” In full: “The names of all animals & plants to be given in Index. The names of all the authors, with very brief statement of subject-There need not be very copious references to the subjects discussed, as the Heading of Chapters show this. But when the same subject is alluded to in several places; it is highly advisable that it shd be given in Index. Thus I remember that Peloric flowers or Pelorism is referred to in 3 or 4 places. My Book certainly requires a good index in an eminent degree.” In fine condition, with light central vertical and horizontal folds passing through the signature. Presented in a custom-made folder, with red silk moire boards and gilt lettering. After four years of writing and research, Darwin published his massive two-volume The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication in 1868. The book earned favorable reviews, but its size and sharp detail proved too daunting for mass appeal, and it sold only 5,000 copies in Darwin’s lifetime. An exhaustive survey of plants and animals, it discussed the direct and indirect relationships shared with their environments, exciting proponents of both artificial and natural selection. An excellent letter concerning one of Darwin’s most laborious and detailed publications. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Investigating the disease-stricken French silkworm population, Pasteur finds success with native eggs “prepared according to my directions” 15. Louis Pasteur. ALS in
French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, Ecole Normale Supérieure letterhead, September 7, 1867. Letter to Italian scientist M. Salimbeni whose brochure entitled ‘Le microscope employe a prévenir et déterminer La maladie des vers a soie’ (The Microscope Used to Study and Determine Silkworm Disease) was presented by Pasteur to the Academy of Sciences on October 19, 1868. In full (translated): “I am sending you...a copy of the succinct report which I sent to the Minister of Agriculture. Its chief purpose is to point out the existence of quite notable quantities of silkworm eggs of our own native species, prepared according to my directions and in conditions which seem best to me for producing healthy silkworm eggs. You will especially note Mr. Raybaud-Lange’s very important method for the production of silkworm eggs. You inform me, Sir, that you plan to process silkworm eggs according to my system. If you have already put this into practice I would be pleased to know the results you’ll have next year. In case you don’t have silkworm eggs prepared in accordance with my system, I urge you to get some from M. Raybaud-Lange from a portion of one of the lots that I have examined so that a report can be drawn up on their progress next year, at your agricultural society, for example. I have just received Grimelli’s work [Geminéano Grimelli’s: ‘La maladie des vers d soie’ (Silkworm Disease), 1867] but haven’t yet read it. With reference to the work you tell me about and of which you are the author, I can’t find it either among my papers or in the papers I left behind at Alais, nor among those which I found in Paris July 1 upon my return.” In fine condition, with some light show-through from writing on opposite sides. Beginning in 1855, a widespread epidemic among silkworms nearly brought the French silk industry to ruin. As the crisis reached its peak in 1865, Pasteur-then serving as the professor of geology, physics, and chemistry at the École des BeauxArts in Paris-was asked by the Department of Agriculture to head a commission to investigate the devastating disease infecting the worms. Within five years, he had determined that temperature, humidity, ventilation, quality of the food, sanitation and adequate separation of the broods of newly hatched worms all played a role in susceptibility to the disease, and was able to create new methods of breeding that would preserve healthy eggs and prevent contamination. In his report to the Minister of Agriculture, Forcade La Roquette, a copy of which was sent to Salimbeni along with this letter, Pasteur outlined those methods and conditions. “You plan to process silkworm eggs according to my system,” writes Pasteur, encouraging his fellow scientist to keep him informed of his progress: “If you have already put this into practice I would be pleased to know the results you’ll have next year.” An important topic in Pasteur’s career, his research with the silkworms helped shape his future concepts on the influence of environment on contagion, leading to his most significant contributions in the study of causes and prevention of disease. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Inscribed to Emile Littre 16. Louis Pasteur.
Signed book: Examen Critique d’un ecrit posthume de Claude Bernard sur la Fermentation. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. Leatherbound hardcover in marbled slipcase, 5.75 x 9, 156 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in crisp black ink to famed lexicographer Emile Littre, “A monsieur Littre, de l’Académie francaise, Hommage de profond respect, L. Pasteur.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None in a VG case. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
Early letter penned during his studies in crystallography: “You would render a great service to myself and, I think, to science” 17. Louis Pasteur. ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5
x 8.25, February 11, 1849. Letter to a fellow scientist, in full (translated): “You were kind to promise Mr. Teusch, who obligingly wrote to you about this matter, that, if I was in urgent need of racemic, you would let me have some. This is why, sir, I have made this request, I have been pursuing extensive research on that acid for years. I am honoured to send you the first account which I have published on the crystalline forms of the racimates or paratartrates, an account which I would very much like to continue. You would render a great service to myself and, I think, to science, by being kind enough to send me a few pounds of this acid. I will pay you the price that you indicate. Receive, the assurance of my deepest respect and my most sincere appreciation.” Addressed on the reverse in an unknown hand. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and trivial wear to corners.
As a graduate assistant under Antoine Balard, 26-year-old Pasteur began studying tartaric and paratartaric (racemic) acids with the intention of crystallizing a number of different compounds. In spite of their identical chemical compositions, Pasteur found that one was able to rotate a beam of polarized light and the other could not, convincing him that their internal structures were different. Through careful examination he ascertained that while every tartaric crystal looked the same, the paratartrate crystals bore two types that were the mirror image of the other. Pasteur’s groundbreaking work with racemic acid and the discovery of asymmetry in organic molecules would earn him a prize of 1,500 francs by the Pharmaceutical Society in 1853. An interesting letter in which Pasteur, as the newly appointed chair of chemistry at Strasbourg University, seeks further samples for his important work on crystallography. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare photo of the Russian Nobel-winner 18. Ivan Pavlov. Russian physiologist (1849-1936) best known for his investigation of conditioned reflex through the use of experiments involving salivating dogs. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1904. Highly sought-after mattefinish 4.75 x 6.5 candid photo of Pavlov in a lab coat, signed in fountain pen, “I. Pavlov.” Affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition. An exceedingly scarce format. Previously sold by Christie’s, 2007. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
19. Jonas Salk. Signed book: Breakthrough: The Saga
of Jonas Salk. Second printing. NY: Trident Press, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 435 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink, “To Joe Collins— Jonas Salk, February 1983.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
20. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. FDC with a cachet honoring Drs. Charles and William Mayo, postmarked September 11, 1964, signed in black felt tip, “Albert B. Sabin,” and in black ink, “Jonas Salk.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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21. Entomologists. Collection of 28 ALSs on postcards sent to Charles G. Siewers by various entomologists, dated from the 1870s to 1880s, including: Charles Dury (16), Charles Wilt (2), C. Ernest Seeber (2), Samuel Auxer (2), George S. Huntington (2), W. F. Wenzel (3), and Henry Skaer (1). Also includes one postcard from Charles G. Siewers to his daughter, signed “Father.” Most of the correspondence concerns their scientific work, especially the exchange of insect specimens. In overall fine condition. An unusual and interesting group. Starting Bid $200
Receiving first prize awards in medicine and surgery, Laennec juggles the busy life of a student 22. Rene Laennec. French physician (1781-1826)
who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use for diagnosing chest problems. ALS in French, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, August 25, 1803. Letter to his father regarding the presentation of his first prize awards in both medicine and surgery, in part (translated): “Don’t talk about the event yet. It will be public in Paris 16 fructidor [September 3]. The day before yesterday the Monitor announced it. It will take place with the greatest pomp. Don’t forget...to send 300 francs or at least 150...it is very important that I be properly outfitted so that I can introduce myself to various persons who could be useful to me.
I would like very much to go to Nantes to see you because that would be of great benefit to my health. But it will be difficult to find the time because the Competition for the prizes established by M. de Lapeyronie for students of the Ecole Pratique will take place at the beginning of vendemiaire [late September]. I could return to Paris at the beginning of brumaire [late October] and take my introductory examinations, do my thesis, and my course in anatomical pathology.” Reverse of second integral page, trimmed to a size of 7.5 x 6, bears an address panel in Laennec’s hand which retains most of its red wax seal. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, a couple small spots of ink erosion and paper loss to edge (not affecting legibility), and some scattered mild toning. Upon entering the Ecole Pratique in Paris at the turn of the century, Rene Laennec immediately thrived as a student; publishing his first major scientific paper in 1802, describing a series of six cases of peritonitis (now considered the first description of this disease entity), he was recognized by the medical community as a leading scholar in the nature of disease before even receiving his diploma. The following year, he was awarded the school’s first prizes in both medicine and surgery. Sharing the news with his father just days after the event was announced in the Monitor, the official government newspaper, he stresses the importance of looking the part, “so that I can introduce myself to various persons who could be useful to me.” With such key figures as Minister of the Interior Jean-Antoine Chaptal, who presented the awards, and Francois Gigot de la Peyronie, the famed surgeon of both Louis XIV and Louis XV, the event held major networking opportunities. Balancing the heavy load of his studies with his own fragile health-constant respiratory difficulties, which he typically relieved by visiting Nantes for its rejuvenating fresh air, this is an extraordinary letter from the start of Laennec’s distinguished career. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 16 | June 14, 2017 | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
“I was received here as if I had dug up the great library of Alexandria intact”
23. Jacob L. Moreno. Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychosociologist, and educator (1889–1974) who was the founder of psychodrama and the foremost pioneer of group psychotherapy. Pencil signature in German (translated), “Greetings from Montreal, Moreno, I.IX.26,” on the reverse of an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 postcard. Moreno adds the address in his own hand. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
25. Heinrich Schliemann. Pioneering archaeologist (1822-1890) best known for his excavations at the ancient sites of Troy and Mycenae. ALS in German, signed “H. Schliemann,” one page, 5 x 6.75, July 1, 1875. Written from London, a letter to a professor, in full (translated): “You have probably received the copy of my work Troy and Its Remains, which I asked Mr. John Murray to send you. In return, please send one or better two more copies of your `Entdeckung Trojas is Hissarlik’ (Discovery of Troy in Hisarlik) to me at this address, for I gave your earlier copy to Mr. Gladstone. I was received here as if I had dug up the great library of Alexandria intact. You will find a little vignette about that in the June 26 issue of the Times.” Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 11.75 x 8.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The founder of analytical psychology 24. Carl Jung. TLS in German, signed “Ihr Jung,” one
page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, June 11, 1932. Letter to Dr. Wolfgang Kranefeldt, in full (translated): “Receive my best thanks for the kindly sending of your excellently written essay on ‘Eternal Analysis.’ The Wharton family is a difficult subject. They also have to talk to the wife occasionally.” Jung adds a postscript: “An objective response to Paneth’s report would be quite appropriate. Though I did not read it, I can accept your idea that it must be quite dumb.” In fine condition. Kranefeldt was a German psychiatrist and psychotherapist who was regarded as Jung’s leading pupil in Germany. Friedrich Paneth was an Austrian chemist and professor at various German universities. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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26. Roderick Murchison. Scottish geologist (1792–1871)
who was the first to investigate the Silurian system. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, August 1, 1861. In part: “I do now recollect, that…Douglas of the Travellers Club, a retired Diplomatist of great respectability & who was in his time a ‘charge d’affaires’ at Foreign Courts, did say something to me about a picture. Of the picture I know nothing.” In fine condition, with soiling to the last page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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After failing to save President Garfield’s life, Bell pays his respects 27. Alexander Graham Bell. Exceptional ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7.5, black-bordered letterhead, September 22, 1881. Addressed to the Executive Mansion, a letter to J. Stanley Brown, the private secretary to President Garfield. In full: “If you will kindly send me a few tickets of admission to the Rotunda for the funeral ceremony you will oblige one of the sincerest mourners of the late President.” In fine condition, with a trimmed bottom edge and torn upper edge. In mid-July of 1881, Bell was invited to the White House to locate the bullet fired into the back of President Garfield by assassin Charles Guiteau. In an attempt to achieve what the nation’s best surgeons could not, Bell searched for the bullet with an induction balance device, an early version of the metal detector inspired by the work of Gustave Trouve. Bell made efforts on July 26 and August 1, but was ultimately unable to locate the stray bullet; it was later determined that the metal bedsprings below the supine president had skewed the experiment. President Garfield died from his wounds just three days before this letter was written. With such a close association to the tragic fate of America’s twentieth president, this is a superb and solemn letter from one of the Industrial Age’s foremost names. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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28. Alexander Graham Bell. Bold ink signature, “Alex-
ander Graham Bell,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.5 slip clipped from the close of a letter, with Bell adding the year, “1909.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In very good condition, with paper loss and a (repaired) tear impinging on Bell’s last name. Starting Bid $200
Set up in Paris, Diesel begins work on his compression ignition engine
29. Rudolf Diesel. German inventor and mechanical
engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine, who died under mysterious circumstances in 1913. Rare ALS in German, signed “Diesel,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard, no date but postmarked September 17, 1885, Paris. Letter to Theodor Ackermann in Munich, in full (translated): “In reply to your esteemed postcard from the 7J along with catalogues, I ask you to kindly send: Marcker, manual of the fabrication of spirit 1880, (Catalog 118 N: 935), also: Bergmann Kogel. Practical Millconstructor 4 edition Weimar 1880. If possible antiquarian; only if this is not at all possible, please send a new copy. Please tell me also if and on what terms you can procure for me an antiquarian copy of Perel’s Manual of the Agricultural Machines last edition. Will immediately send the amount on account.” Addressed on the reverse in Diesel’s own hand. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. In 1885, Diesel established a shop in Paris to begin the development of a compression ignition engine. By the 1890s, his engine had improved to such a degree that he received a number of patents for his invention of an efficient, slow burning, compression ignition and internal combustion engine. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Exerting his influence for a widow “whose husband fell in battle” 30. Samuel B. Morse. ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5,
January 11, 1848. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker. In part: “This will be handed you estimable friend Mrs. Col. Thompson, whose husband fell in battle in the service of his country. She intercedes for a brother in New York, whom I have the pleasure of personally knowing, and can testify to his high and excellent character for probity, industry, and Christian principle.” Also endorsed on the reverse by John A. Dix and Thomas H. Benton. In very good condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), toned tape affixed to the top edge, and show-through from tape repairs to some separations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
31. Louis Lumiere. Inventor of photographic equipment, along with his brother, Auguste. In 1893 they developed, the cinématographe, and showed the first motion pictures using film projection in 1895. They also invented the Autochrome screen plate for color photography in 1903. ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, black-bordered personal letterhead, September 14, 1927. Letter to Madame Frey. In part (translated): “Excuse my delay in returning your little album. I’m not a poet and I fear that my making black marks in it would ruin all its charm. I’ll limit myself to the enclosed card which you can add if you wish...I’ve talked about Mr. Frey’s wishes with Mr. Gaumont and he can get in touch with him...perhaps some interesting result can be hoped for.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
32. Simon Lake.
American engineer (1866-1945) who developed the first submarine to operate successfully on the open seas. Two items: a DS, 11.5 x 8.25, June 14, 1916, a certificate for one hundred shares of capital stock in The Lake Torpedo Boat Company issued to the Gwynne Brothers, signed at the conclusion by Lake as vice president of the company; and a Milford Trust Company check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Lake, payable to Arthur Gibbs for $181, March 31, 1937. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Incredible Beaver Mark series submersible model
33. North American Rockwell Submarine Contractor’s Model. Highly detailed contractor model of a Beaver Mark series Workboat Submarine designed by the Autonetics Division of North American Aviation. Measuring approximately 38 x 18.5 x 11, and constructed of various metallic, plastic, and composite materials, the yellow model features a transparent hatch cover, front viewing window, and a side cut section showing the interior tanks and accommodation space. Opposite side bears an Autonetics logo. Includes the model propeller. In fine condition. Established in 1945, Autonetics originated in North American Aviation’s Technical Research Laboratory and soon began designing and producing inertial and stellar-inertial navigation systems for ships, submarines, missiles, aircraft and space vehicles. The most well known of the Mark series was the Beaver IV, a deep-sea diving research and underwater repair submersible used during the late 1960s. The Mark IV could dive to 2,000 feet, carry a crew of two, and could support life for a total of 36 hours. Starting Bid $300
Aviation & Space Exploration 35. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. German en-
34. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. Untranslated ANS in German, signed “G. v. Zeppelin,” penned at the start of a twopage letter addressed to him by an unknown recipient, 8.75 x 11.25, Hotel Deutsches Haus Friedrichshafen letterhead, November 25, 1909. In fine condition, with rusty file holes to two corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
gineer (1838-1917) who designed the famous rigid airship that bears his name. Fountain pen signature, “G. v. Zeppelin, Januar 1916,” on an offwhite 5.5 x 2.75 compliments card. Matted with a modern glossy photo to an overall size of 8.25 x 11.75. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Yours for bigger and better jet propulsion!” 36. Robert H. Goddard. Physicist and
inventor (1882–1945) credited with creating and building the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Fountain pen signature, “R. H. Goddard, yours for bigger and better jet propulsion!,” on an off-white 5.25 x 6 sheet, dated March 27, 1945, at Pines Lake, New Jersey. The sheet is affixed to the first free end page of the scarce 1946 edition of Rockets by Robert H. Goddard published by the American Rocket Society. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light overall rippling and toning. Book condition: G+/Poor, with heavy staining, splits, and paper loss to dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
37. Charles Lindbergh. Superb vintage semi-glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Lindbergh posing with flying aces Marcel Doret, Cliff Henderson, Fritz Lohse, Richard Atcherley, and Pietro Colombo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Cliff Henderson, C. A. Lindbergh, Aug. 29, 1930.” Also signed below their images in fountain pen by Doret, Lohse, and Colombo. In very good to fine condition, with rippling along edges, a crease to the upper left corner, and poor to moderate contrast to Lindbergh’s handwriting against his dark pants. The aviators were all attending the 1930 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition held at Chicago’s Curtiss-Reynolds Airport from August 23rd to September 1st. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
38. Cosmonauts. Vintage color semi-glossy 11.25 x 9 group photo of six legendary cosmonauts, signed in the lower border in various ink types by Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andrian Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Valentina Tereshkova. Cloth-matted to an overall size of 16 x 14. In fine condition, with some fading to the image and signatures. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Rare flight qualified Apollo/Skylab Series 308 Maurer Data Acquisition Camera
39. Project Apollo and Skylab Series Maurer Data Acquisition Camera.
Extremely rare flight qualified Apollo/Skylab Series 308 Maurer Data Acquisition Camera, measuring approximately 6 x 3.75 x 2.5, with a part ID plate on the front reading: “Camera, 16MM Sequence, Model 308B, 28V DC, Part No. SEB 33100100-211, Serial No. 1090, J. A. Maurer, Inc., N. Y., U. S.” Includes a 25mm Angenieux Paris Type M1 lens marked with NASA part numbers, “SEB 33100054-202, S/N 1019,” with an aperture range of f/0.95 to f/25. In fine condition. Designed and manufactured by J. A. Maurer of Long Island, New York, the Maurer Data Acquisition Camera was used to obtain sequential photographic data during the manned flights of Project Apollo and Skylab. It was capable of using the standard 16mm film format with double perforations and, in addition to the captured images, recorded fiducial marks on the film for data reduction use following the return from the mission. The camera’s unique design incorporates completely independent shutter speeds and frame rates (unlike a conventional commercial movie camera). It was designed to be handheld (i.e. during EVA) or bracket-mounted in the spacecraft, and powered either by the spacecraft’s 28-volt DC power or from a portable battery pack. It accepts various lenses and assorted accessories, and the 25mm Angenieux lens was generally relegated as secondary in preference of the 18mm Kern Switar lens. Maurer 308 Series DACs captured some of the most historically and scientifically significant footage during the Apollo lunar missions and onboard the Skylab space station. When in use, the camera would have had an attached film magazine and ring sight (if manually operated). The camera incorporates shutter and mode selector switches, a magazine attachment latch at its rear, fuse holder, separate remote and power connectors, and a green operation light indicator. This is the only flight qualified Project Apollo/Skylab Series 308 Maurer Data Acquisition Camera known to have been offered at public auction other than the camera formerly owned by Apollo 14 LMP Edgar Mitchell (which now resides in the Smithsonian Institution). A truly historic, scientifically significant piece of spaceflight history. Starting Bid $2500 www.RRAuction.com | 23
“Flown to the moon with me aboard the mission May 18–26, 1969” 40. John Young’s Apollo 10 Flown Robbins Medal. Flown sterling silver Apollo 10 Robbins
medal, approximately 1.25 x 1.25, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia and the last names of crew members Tom Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernan. The reverse of the medallion is engraved “May 18–26, 1969” and serial numbered “104.” Condition is mint state. Accompanied by a 2013 letter of authenticity signed by Apollo 10 CMP John Young, which reads: “I hereby certify that Apollo 10 silver Robbins Medal, serial number 104, was flown to the moon with me aboard the mission May 18–26, 1969 and has been a part of my personal collection since the mission.” An immensely appealing flown Robbins medal deriving from the personal collection of CMP Young, an astronaut whose autograph remains particularly difficult to obtain. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500
Incredibly desirable flown Apollo 11 medal #31, from the collection of CMP Michael Collins 41. Michael Collins’s Apollo 11 Flown Robbins Medal. Historic
flown sterling silver Apollo 11 Robbins medal, approximately 1.25˝ diameter, with a raised early design on the face of the iconic Apollo 11 mission insignia, with the eagle carrying the olive branch in its beak. The reverse of the sterling silver medal is engraved with the last names of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, along with the July 16, 1969, launch date; July 20, 1969, moon landing date; and July 24, 1969, return date. This medal is serial numbered “31.” Encapsulated in a plastic NGC holder, certifying it as being from the collection of Michael Collins and evaluating it as “MS67.” Includes an ALS signed “Michael Collins, Apollo XI CMP,” dated June 22, 2016, in full: “I hereby certify that Apollo XI silver Robbins medallion #31 was flown aboard the first lunar landing, July 1969. It has been in my personal collection since then.” A superb and beautiful example of the most sought-after Robbins medallion, which also features one of the lowest serial numbers recorded. Flown medallions from the personal collection of an astronaut, with handwritten certification, are the most desirable to be found. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $10000
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Proof medallion from Lovell’s personal collection 42. James Lovell’s Apollo 13 Franklin Mint Proof Medal.
Unflown sterling silver proof medal by the Franklin Mint, #0032, approximately 1.5˝ in diameter, featuring the Apollo 13 mission insignia on the front and depictions of the spacecraft on the reverse, encircled by the names of the originally scheduled crew members. Encapsulated in a plastic NGC holder, certifying it as being from the collection of James Lovell and evaluating it as “PF 65 Ultra Cameo.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell. Only 200 of these medallions were struck by the Franklin Mint—a brilliant and stunning example. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Dual-certified Lunar Bible housed within a Faberge Egg 43. Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Flown Bible Text Fragment. One of 32 dual-certified Lunar Bible
50-Page ‘Text-Fragments’ presented in a modern Faberge Egg. The iconic ‘Lunar Bible’ represents the first Bible, the first complete scripture, and the first true book ever carried by Man to another celestial world. Printed as a ‘Microform’ tablet—the only format possible for flight to the lunar surface—a complete Lunar Bible contains all 1,245 pages of the King James Version. Having failed to reach the lunar surface aboard the Apollo 13, one hundred identical complete copies of the Lunar Bible successfully landed on the Moon during Apollo 14, having been stored safely within the personal ‘PPK’ bag of moonwalker Edgar D. Mitchell. In an effort to maximize potential recipient numbers, Reverend John M. Stout segmented a small portion of the bibles into 50-page and 2-page sizes following the mission. The accompanying 50-page copy is one of 32 examples encased within modern Faberge Eggs and officially flight-certified by both Mitchell and Reverend Stout, a representative of the former ‘Apollo Prayer League Governing Committee’ during the ‘Lunar Bible Certification Project’ of 2000 and 2001. Accompanied by a two-page certificate of authenticity signed by Mitchell and Stout, and a copy of a five-page affidavit authorized by Stout, both of which are housed within a hand-stained Italian leather presentation portfolio. This lot is of profound significance not only to the space community as a twice-flown and once-landed lunar artifact, but also to the religious, rare book, and Masonic communities—Mitchell was a freemason. Several of the 32 copies are already permanently off the market; the State of Georgia acquired an example for their rare-book holdings, and two more reside in the personal collections of Mitchell’s family and Stout. Another 50-page example is on indefinite loan to the Atlanta Masonic Library and Museum, and more of these precious few Faberge examples may become permanently institutionalized and unavailable to collectors in coming years. You may read ‘The Story of the First Lunar Bible’ at www.LunarBible.com. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500
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Important Apollo 15 ‘reentry checklist’ flown in lunar orbit 44. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 CMS Lunar Orbit-Flown Entry Checklist. Dave Scott’s
ring-bound Command Service Module entry checklist carried aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15, measures 6 x 8, 44 pages, signed and flight-certified on the front cover in blue felt tip, “Flown aboard the CSM ‘Endeavor,’ Apollo 15, July 26–Aug 7, 1971, Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” The checklist is identified on the front cover with part number “SKB32100115–305” and serial number “1002,” and is divided into two major sections: 22 pages of normal procedures on white cardstock, and 22 pages of emergency procedures on red cardstock. The normal procedures can be separated into two subsections whereby the first contains handwritten entries and the second begins at the point where atmospheric forces are increasing and all cabin objects have been stowed in anticipation of forthcoming ‘Hi-G’ forces. The first 12 pages of the checklist feature numerous handwritten check marks, notes, and number entries made by the crew prior to the ‘Entry Interface,’ the point the spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere. In fine condition, with some marks to covers, interior pages remain clean. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the ‘CSM Entry Checklist’ included with this letter was used to prepare the Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavor for reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere after having flown in lunar orbit for six days during Apollo 15… Entry (reentry) is the final and irreversible phase of Apollo lunar missions—there are no aborts, additional orbits, or alternative missions—this phase must be completed at exactly the correct time and the precise attitude relative to the Earth or the spacecraft (and crew) will not survive. Therefore, each step and procedure contained in the Entry Checklist must be completed in the sequence presented. Further, any spacecraft anomalies or failures must be corrected immediately and thoroughly, often with no time for analysis by Mission Control. The Apollo 15 Entry Checklist was designed to achieve these results…[and] is the key to both a successful mission and survival of the crew…This Apollo 15 ‘CSM Entry Checklist’ has been in my personal collection [since] we returned from the Moon.” After spending two days and 18 hours on the lunar surface, Commander Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin lifted off from the Hadley-Apennine region and rendezvoused with Command Module Pilot Al Worden on August 2, 1971. After jettisoning the LM, the reunited crew spent another full day in lunar orbit before heading back to Earth, a return trip that included Worden’s historic first deep-space EVA. With the planet fast approaching, the crew of Apollo 15 stowed and secured all items and equipment in preparation for the integral separation from the service module. When the capsule splashed down into the Pacific Ocean just north of Hawaii on August 7, all reentry objectives had been perfectly executed, with the lone exception being that one of the three CM parachutes failed to properly deploy; only two were required for a safe landing. A fascinating lunar flown checklist from the personal collection of the mission commander. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare “CDR Copy” of the Apollo 15 LM activation checklist 45. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar SurfaceFlown LM Activation Checklist. Dave Scott’s
ring-bound Lunar Module activation checklist used in lunar orbit and carried to the moon aboard the Lunar Module Falcon during Apollo 15, measures 6 x 8, 56 pages, signed and flight-certified on the front cover in blue felt tip, “Flown aboard the lunar module ‘Falcon,’ Apollo 15, July 26–Aug 7, 1971 (CDR Copy), Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” The checklist is identified on the front cover with part number “SKB32100115–366” and serial number “1001,” and is divided into two major sections: “TLC DAY [Translunar Coast Day],” during which the initial power-up of all systems verifies that the spacecraft has no major problems, and “PDI DAY [Powered Descent Initiation],” during which 35 specific steps are performed to prepare the LM for descent and landing. Several checklist pages feature pencil and ink notations made by Scott, consisting of various times and test and range numbers, as well as an additional step to page 2–6 under a section titled “ECS Activation & Checkout.” In fine condition, with some marks to covers, interior pages remain clean. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the ‘LM Activation Checklist’ included with this letter was used to activate the systems on the Lunar Module Falcon prior to landing on the Moon during Apollo 15…Steps and illustrations in this checklist include verifying the initial status of the LM circuit breakers…The checklist also contains a list of all equipment to be transferred from the CSM to the LM, including 13 magazine for the Hasselblad cameras that will be used on the Moon, and 10 magazines of 16-mm movie film for the Lunar Data Acquisition Camera. Of special significance was the point at which CSM guidance data were transferred directly to the LM such that the precise LM orientation relative to inertial space was established. This ‘Docked’ IMU Course Align’ was performed at GET (98:50)…into the mission—the handwritten ‘Gimbal Angles’ between the LM and CM are shown at the bottom of this page. The specific guidance transfer procedure was a major factor in the safe recovery of Apollo 13.” This checklist was used as a step-by-step timeline of procedures from the beginning of activation of the LM in lunar orbit to the ‘Go/No–Go’ decision for undocking from the CSM, a time period that lasted three-and-a-half hours, a mere fraction of the four full days it took for the lunar module to land on the moon. Once in lunar orbit, the crew of CDR Scott and LMP Jim Irwin began the extensive procedures for undocking, which included activating the lunar module, updating the guidance computer, and making landmark sightings to improve the accuracy of their proposed Hadley-Apennine landing site. After roughly 11.5 orbits of the moon, the LM undocked and prepared for powered descent of the Falcon, with Scott once more referring to this invaluable manual. Exclusively used and relied upon by the brilliant commander of Apollo 15, this checklist represents a truly one-of-a-kind lunar flown keepsake from what many consider to be NASA’s most scientifically successful mission. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
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Critical piece of the Apollo 15 PLSS
47. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Used PLSS/RCU Cover. Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Remote Control Unit (RCU) dust cover, measuring 1.5˝ in diameter and .5˝ tall, featuring a black and silver stripe indicator on the top, a central nipple steel bolt in the center, and rim ridged in a diamond pattern for grip. The aluminum cap, with partially legible handwritten part numbers, was used to protect the PLSS-RCU connector from contamination due to lunar dust accumulated during each EVA on the lunar surface. In very good to fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “l hereby certify that the Apollo 15 PLSS-RCU Electrical Connector Dust Cover included with this letter was an integral part of the PLSS that l used during the three periods of Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon...This Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Dust Cover was a vital element in the protection of the electrical connection between the PLSS and the Remote Control Unit (RCU) which was mounted on the astronaut’ s chest and used to monitor the condition and operations of the PLSS. Of particular concern was the pervasive dust that accumulated on the spacesuit and PLSS during the Extravehicular Activities (EVAs). Prior to donning the spacesuit, the Dust Cover was removed and temporarily stored in the onboard ‘purse’ for retrieval and replacement after each EVA. Alter the Dust Cover was removed, the RCU cable was attached after the spacesuit was donned. Upon re-entering the Lunar Module after an EVA the RCU was disconnected and the Dust Cover was placed over the PLSS connector to protect from dust contamination and potential malfunction of the connection between the PLSS and the RCU....This PLSS-RCU Connector Dust Cover has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
Massive American flag carried into lunar orbit by the crew of Apollo 15 48. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown Extra Large American Flag. Impressive flown American flag carried
into lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 mission, 17.5 x 11.75, signed in the lower right corner in blue ballpoint by Dave Scott with his first initial, “D,” adding “A-15, CSM, Aug. 71.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the extra-large…United States flag included with this letter is from my personal collection and was flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the Command and Service Module (CSM), Endeavor, during Apollo 15, July 26–August 7, 1971.” Flown with CMP Al Worden during the Endeavor’s six days in lunar orbit, this exceptional flag orbited the moon a total of 74 times, and now exists as a patriotic extension of one of the Apollo program’s most scientifically rewarding missions. Additionally, flown flags of such prodigious size remain rare and highly coveted by collectors. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000 28 | June 14, 2017 | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Rare Apollo 15 PPK flown aboard the CM 49. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown PPK. Dave Scott’s flown
Personal Preference Kit (PPK) Beta cloth bag carried into lunar orbit on the Apollo 15 mission, 12 x 14, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in black felt tip, “Flown in Lunar Orbit for 6 days aboard Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” A felt tip annotation on the front reads: “Kit, Pilot’s Preference, SEB12100018-204, S/N 1177.” In very good to fine condition, with expected wear from use. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 ‘Kit Pilots Preference S/N 1177’ beta cloth bag was flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15...Among the several items carried in this bag were copies of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty; its corresponding United Nations Rescue Agreement, and copies of the famous poem ‘High Flight’ by J. G. Magee, Jr. Also included were fragments of Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I 94th Aero Squadron Spad fighter (authenticated by the US Air Force Museum) in which he became the leading Ace of World War I...This PPK beta cloth bag has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” A desirable flown format directly from the Commander’s personal collection. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500
‘Extra Vehicular Transfer’ cue card carried to the moon during Apollo 15 5 0 . D a v e S c o t t ’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Contingency EVT Cue Card.
Amazing large double-sided cue card carried to the lunar surface on board the Lunar Module Falcon during Apollo 15. Headed “Contingency EVT (2 OPS),” the 10.5 x 8 card lists emergency procedures to be used aboard the Falcon in the event the docking tunnel could not be used to internally transfer the CDR and LMP from the lunar module to the command module following lunar liftoff and subsequent lunar orbit rendezvous. The card was also to be used if docking between the two vehicles could not be achieved. Commander Dave Scott has added the date to both sides of the card in black ink, “7/23/71.” In fine condition, with upper tab no longer attached but present. Accompanied by a detailed signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the large double-sided “Contingency EVT (2 OPS)’ Cue Card included with this letter was used aboard the Falcon Lunar Module…during Apollo 15…To facilitate use this cue card was attached to the internal AOT support bracket of the spacecraft by a tab taped to the top…[This] Cue Card has been in my personal collection [since] we returned from the Moon.” This cue card features the vital alternative strategies the Apollo 15 crew would need to perform in the case of a failed lunar orbit rendezvous. If the initial docking procedure proved impossible, or the docking tunnel was unable to open, this ‘Extra Vehicular Transfer’ cue card instructed the astronauts on how to transfer externally across the LM/CSM docked interface connection and then enter the CSM open hatch. An important lunar surface-carried cue card with directions on how to perform an emergency docking spacewalk. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 29
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Celestial navigation chart used on Apollo 15 51. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Flown Star Chart. Flown lunar orbit star chart used on the Apollo 15 mission, entitled “LM Lunar Orbit, Star Chart, July 26, 1971 Launch,” one page, 15.75 x 7.75, signed and certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown in Lunar Orbit for 6 days during Apollo 15, July 26–Aug 7, 1971. Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR. Also carried to the lunar surface at the Hadley-Apennine site on the Moon. Dave Scott, Apollo 15 CDR.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a detailed signed letter of provenance from Dave Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the ‘LM Lunar Orbit Star Chart’ included with this letter was flown in the Lunar Module Falcon and carried to the surface of the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine site during Apollo 15, the first extended scientific exploration of the Moon, July 26–August 7, 1971…The navigation of Apollo spacecraft was based on using the stars in a form of classical celestial navigation—therefore recognition of numerous stars was absolutely essential for successful lunar navigation. Three star charts were flown aboard the Lunar Module and carried to the surface of the Moon—this rectangular star chart was used for navigation during all flight phases of the LM, especially for aborts and rendezvous; and two circular star charts were used during preparation for the LM lift-off from the surface. The start chart is made of a plastic film (chronopaque). Color is used to differentiate the planets from the star field. The star chart is designed with the constellations aligned on the ecliptic. Specific stars used for Apollo navigation are highlighted, named and numbered with a two digit numerical code…the constellations are heavily outlined and there are no background star fields to confuse the crew in locating the stars within the constellations. The star chart was used to identify and locate specific stars such that an onboard optical device could be used to determine the orientation of the spacecraft relative to an onboard Inertial Measurement Unit…An onboard computer would then calculate the location of the spacecraft in inertial space; and with changing time, the direction and rate of the spacecraft as it traveled through inertial space as well as relative to the Command and Service Module (CSM) during rendezvous. In addition to general orientation relative to the celestial sphere, this rectangular star chart was especially useful with the LM ‘Abort Guidance System’ (AGS). The AGS was an independent LM backup guidance system (to the Primary Guidance Navigation and Control System, or PGNCS) providing an abort capability in the event of failure of the PGNCS during descent, lunar ascent, or rendezvous…In concert with the AGS, the ‘Crewman Optical Alignment Device’ (COAS) was used for pointing and aligning the LM independently from the PGNCS…The identification and location of specific stars were of special significance for the LM during the return from the surface and rendezvous with the CSM. As the LM approached the CSM during the final phase of the rendezvous, the LM trajectory was to remain fixed with the CSM star background; that is, the LM should move directly toward the CSM along the line-of-sight without any lateral drift. However, if the LM drifted off course, the CSM (seen as a ‘star’ during the ‘night’ phase of the rendezvous), would appear to move against the star background…This Star Chart provided the specific stars for the CSM target background using this backup technique for the rendezvous.” Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
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52. John Young’s Apollo 16 ‘Type 1’ Insurance Cover. Scarce Apollo 16 ‘Type 1’ insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an April 16, 1972, Kennedy Space Center launch date postmark, signed in blue felt tip by John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly. Uncharacteristically stamped on the reverse, “Original Apollo 16 Insurance Cover, Pre-launch signed on obverse from my personal collection,” signed below in black ink by Young. In fine condition. The majority of Apollo 16 insurance covers are not certified on the reverse like this superior example, which boasts exemplary vintage examples of the astronauts’ signatures. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Scarce flown Robbins from a moonwalker’s collection 53. John Young’s Apollo 16 Flown Robbins Medal. Flown sterling silver
Apollo 16 Robbins medal, approximately 1.5” in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 16 mission insignia on the face and engraved on the reverse with the launch date of April 16, 1972, moon landing date of April 20, 1972, and return date of April 27, 1972. The medal is serial numbered “45” on the edge. Encapsulated in a plastic NGC holder, certifying it as being from the collection of John Young and evaluating it as “MS66.” Accompanied by a 2014 letter of authenticity signed by Apollo 16 Commander John Young, in full: “I hereby certify that Apollo 16 silver Robbins Medal, serial number 45, was flown with me to the moon aboard the mission April 16–27, 1972. It has been a part of my personal collection since the mission.” This is the second scarcest flown medallion in the Robbins Apollo series, with just 98 that were flown; lower serial numbers, such as this example, are most coveted. In the hierarchy of desirability, a flown Robbins medallion from a member of the crew who flew it is most desirable—especially one in such beautiful condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
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On life beyond Earth: “Surely, we are not alone” 54. Clyde Tombaugh. American astronomer (1906–1997) best known for discovering Pluto in 1930. ALS signed “Clyde W. Tombaugh,” 8.5 x 11, October 3, 1984. Letter to Chris Pirrello, in part: “Regarding your question whether life exists elsewhere other than on Earth: The physical and chemical conditions that would permit the existence of life on a planet are rather narrow—and to be at the right distance from the home star and about the right size planet is one chance in perhaps 10,000 or 100,000. The other 8 planets in the Solar System do not have the right conditions or environment. But we know from spectrographic analysis that the Universe is made of the same elements and obeys the same laws of Physics & chemistry on Earth. Our Sun is a typical star, identical to billions of others in our home galaxy—the Milky Way. Why would our Sun be so peculiar as being the only one having a planet with intelligent life on it?…Thru-out the Universe, there should be trillions, if not, quadrillions of Earth-like planets. Surely, we are not alone.” Upper right corner bears Tombaugh’s return address label. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
55. Carl Sagan. Collection of three first edition books, all
hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Cosmos, signed and inscribed on the title page, “For Shirley, With thanks, and admiration, and love. Carl, Sept. 28,1980”; Contact, signed and inscribed on the title page, “For Shirley & Kel, With deep thanks for all your work in making this book possible. Carl”; and Murmurs of Earth, signed and inscribed on the title page by Sagan, “For Shirley, With my deep gratitude for contributions numerous, substantive and spiritual to the success of the project and this book. With love, Carl,” and by his wife Ann Druyan, “Dearest Shirley, There is no one in all the millions of miles that Voyager crosses like you, for your kindness, your imagination, your goodness, my deep love, I’m so lucky to know you and treasure our friendship, Annie.” In overall very good to fine condition, with some wear to dust jackets. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
56. Carl Sagan. Collection of three first edition books, all hardcovers
with dust jackets, including: Cosmos, signed and inscribed on the title page, “For Shirley, Sine qua non. With admiration & affection & gratitude. Carl”; Contact, signed and inscribed on the title page, “For Jenny & Steve, With best wishes and warm regards, Carl, 9/26/85”; and Mars and the Mind of Man, signed and inscribed on the title page, “For Dale Corson, with all good wishes, Carl Sagan.” In overall very good to fine condition, with some wear to dust jackets. From the collection of Shirley Arden, who worked as an assistant to Carl Sagan for several years in the 1970s and 1980s, playing a critical role in his success. Dale Corson was the eighth president of Cornell University and served on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 33
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Comprehensive archive from the files of Sagan’s key assistant 57. Carl Sagan Archive. Extensive archive of papers from
call logs, daily schedules, travel itineraries and arrangements, questions to be answered, publication information, summaries of work being done, and so forth. Pages are occasionally annotated in Sagan’s hand, though these are few and far between; his notes typically provide direction on returning a call, arranging a meeting, responding to an invitation, or similar office matters.
An overview of the items included:
* A quantity of photographs, including: two color candid snapshots of Sagan, and fifteen color and black-and-white publicity photos of the astronomer; more than 200 NASA and JPL photos from the Voyager and Viking programs, including both glossy Kodak photos and official lithographs; and a set of 40 color slides with audio tape entitled “The Vikings Explored Mars.”
the collection of Shirley Arden, who worked as an assistant to Carl Sagan for several years in the 1970s and 1980s, playing a critical role in his success. Within the archive are twenty items signed by Sagan (including letters, notes, and cards), hundreds of pages of office paperwork (a few pages with notes handwritten by Sagan), photographs, books, and more.
* A total of 20 letters, cards, and notes signed by Sagan; several are also signed by his wife, Ann Druyan. One ALS by Sagan inside a card, dated December 1977, in part: “This has been quite an extraordinary year! Without your help and support, initiative, intelligence and general commitment to excellence it might have been much less successful for me…My own senses of your remarkable abilities and dedication are confirmed every time I visit JPL or give a lecture at some university or corporation where you played some role in making the arrangements.” A lengthy ALS on a sheet of colorful Cosmos letterhead, circa 1980, in part: “This is my first letter on this somewhat gaudy stationery. We had a relaxing cruise & slept ridiculously long. As you will see, we had a fairly productive time on ‘Contact.’ One piece of good news: it looks as if RH will ‘somehow’ have ‘Cosmos’ in East Coast bookstores around Oct. 1.” A few of the letters request the transcription of audio from tapes. The cards include birthday and anniversary cards, and most are inscribed in Druyan’s hand and signed by both. * Three signed books, including: a first edition of Cosmos, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the title page, “To Jenny, With fond good wishes and many thanks for your help with ‘Cosmos,’ Carl, Sept. 28, 1980”; a first edition of Comet, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the dedication page (which dedicates the book to Shirley Arden) by Druyan, “And we mean it! With our love to you and Kel, Annie,” and by Sagan, “Carl”; and a softcover Spanish edition of Cosmos, signed and inscribed on the title page, “Por Cara Shirley, Con amore y admiracion, Carl.” Also includes a copy of The Varieties of Scientific Experience, inscribed by Ann Druyan, as well as two small unsigned copies of a Japanese edition of Cosmos, a larger Japanese edition of Cosmos, and another Japanese space book. * File folders dated from 1975 to 1981, containing hundreds of pages of typed daily notes and memoranda from Sagan’s office, including both originals and Xerox copies. These offer an interesting chronicle of Sagan’s day-to-day work during the most significant period of his career. The papers include
* Other ephemera, including: several press kits and publications related to Voyager, Viking, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); two press kits for the Cosmos TV series; a bound treatment for a 13-episode series entitled “Man and the Cosmos,” the original title of what simply became ‘Cosmos’; a spiral-bound book of the first drafts of treatments for seven episodes of Nucleus, the unmade follow-up to Cosmos; eight Carl Sagan Productions Inc. business cards (six for Sagan as president, and two for Shirley Arden as his executive assistant); a 1985 copy of Sagan’s curriculum vitae; several typescripts for articles by Sagan; Cosmos wall calendars for 1981 and 1982; and a few magazines. In overall very good to fine condition. Shirley Arden began working for Dr. Carl Sagan at Cornell in 1974, and spent weeks at a time working in his temporary office at JPL during the Viking landings on Mars in 1976. She handled everything from publishing contracts to travel arrangements during Sagan’s most illustrious years, including involvement with the wildly successful Cosmos television series. She moved with Carl and Ann Druyan to California for two years (1979 and 1980) for the production of Cosmos and the Voyager mission. In addition to being Sagan’s longtime assistant, Arden was matron of honor in Carl and Ann’s wedding in 1981. Sagan and Druyan dedicated their 1985 book Comet to Arden, and Druyan again thanked her in the acknowledgments of 2007’s The Varieties of Scientific Experience, citing her as the original transcriber of Sagan’s Gifford Lectures. The office documents and Arden’s notebook of correspondence with Keay Davidson, also among the files in this archive, were exclusive primary sources for Davidson’s biography of Sagan published in 2000. As a whole, this is a robust and historically significant archive stemming from one of the most exciting periods in the history of modern astronomy. Starting Bid $500
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presidents & first ladies President Washington writes from Mount Vernon to his future attorney general 58. George Wa s h i n g t o n .
ALS as president, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 8 x 10, September 20, 1790. Letter to Charles Lee, penned from Mount Vernon. In full: “I have duly received your letter of the 12th. About Six hundred dollars may supply my wants between this and my arrival in Philadelphia. At present I have no immediate call. Mrs. Washington and myself during our stay at this place, will at all times be glad to see Mrs. Lee & yourself and other friends & acquaintances without ceremony.” Includes the address panel (now detached) address in Washington’s hand to “Charles Lee Esq’r, Alexandria.” In very good to fine condition, with thin vertical lines of soiling to the left edge, and some mild professional cleaning and restoration. Lee would go on to serve as attorney general under both Washington and John Adams, first taking office in 1795. During his term in office he remained in Alexandria, which was then part of the capital district. An exceptional letter boasting a desirable political association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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America’s first commander–in–chief
59. George Washington. Extremely desirable ink signature, “Go: Washing-
ton,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 slip. Impressively cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 15 x 20.75. In very good to fine condition, with toning along a central vertical fold, and the ink several shades light but fully legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
The Virginian congressman relays news of a bedridden Washington in 1790 60. George Washington: Alexander White. ALS signed “Alex White,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, May 13, 1790. In full: “I am really ashamed of having so long delayed writing to you, I can only apologize by acquainting you with the Cause, which is, my not having heard from you and consequently being ignorant of the state of your health—for you must be sensible a Letter to a Lady in health & spirits ought to be written in a style very different from one to a Lady oppressed with age and infirmity—however that may be, I flatter myself it will not be displeasing to know that I have hitherto been blessed with a good state of health as have my family in a greater degree than most family, in this place Mrs. White & Sally have both escaped, but are recovered, and none of the rest have taken it. The President has it, or some similar disorder so as to confine him to his bed—these two days past—I shall not trouble you with laws of a Political Nature only observe that our Proceedings are so dilatory that I fear spending the greatest part of the summer in this Place—My Wife & the young Family all join in affectionate Compliments to you, the young Ladies—Mr. & Mrs. Wood & their Children.” In very good to fine condition, with repaired paper loss to the left border and scattered stains. Starting Bid $200
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Presidential letter to Secretary of War McHenry 61. John Adams. Crisply penned ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 10, October 5, 1798. Letter to Secretary of War James McHenry. In full: “Inclosed are Recommendations of Rufus Graves and Joseph Dunham, from Mr. Freeman, and Letters from themselves requesting appointments in the Army. And some notes of observations made to me verbally and put down on paper at my desire, which you may consider at present and return to me when I meet you again, if ever.” In fine condition. During this period, Adams and McHenry were working on building up the American armed forces in anticipation of a war with France. An excellent letter boasting a large, bold signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
62. John Adams. Sought-
after partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 11.25, dated 1800. President Adams appoints Samuel Swett as a “First Lieutenant of a company of volunteer Cavalry, in the Provisional Army, who have associated, at Poland and New Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Adams, and countersigned by Samuel Dexter as secretary of war. Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait of Adams to an overall size of 30.5 x 18.5. In very good condition, with the seal missing, some stray black marks, and heavy wrinkling along the intersecting folds. Note: the image makes it appear that the document has tape along its edges, but in fact these are plastic tabs gently holding the document in the display. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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63. John Adams. Highly sought-after large ink signature, “John Adams,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1 sheet. Double-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 18 x 25. In fine condition. An impressive and crisp signature from the scarce founding father. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
The first broadside printing of Jefferson’s 1805 inaugural address 64. Thomas Jefferson. Rare broadside on silk entitled “Presi-
dent Jefferson’s Inaugural Speech,” 12 x 22, printed by True & Parks of Boston in 1805. Stitched at edges and laid down on a textile for reinforcement. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 25. In very good condition, with some fraying and loss of silk which affects several words. True & Parks, the publisher of The Democrat, first printed Jefferson’s inaugural on the front page of the March 16, 1805, issue of the paper and then offered a special silk broadside version to subscribers. Starting Bid $300
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Incredibly early 1767 letter from Jefferson, written the month of his admission into the Virginia bar 65. Thomas Jefferson. ALS signed “Th: Jeffer-
son,” one page, 7 x 8.75, April 17, 1767. Letter to his peer and collegiate friend John Page, in part: “Your welfare that of Mrs. Page, and your heir apparent give me great joy: but much was disappointed at not seeing you here today. Surely you will visit the city some time…do not let family attachments totally extricate you, in answer to the interrogatories…I left my wife and family well; I have been in constant health myself and still continue…I left well, but brought nothing from him except assurance of his friendship; I have never… from you. You further ask me if I propose to practice in the General Court? Yes…year and…as I speak it!…resolution has occasioned my deferring an…less hitherto and might perhaps have done it perpetually, had not the opening made by its many…retiring from the bar have made this time peculiarly proper. I do not however propose to do…in court till October; yet the attention to business now become necessary renders it impossible to my friends in Glocester before I return, which will be about the 3rd of May, nor am I comforted with any certain prospect of doing it at any future time; since the same obstructions are likely to continue and even to increase. I shall be here again at the…court but that will be only for a day. I have a great…to you from Carr, Walker and myself of which yourself, Fontaine and Warner Lewis are torn apart what this is I shall leave to your own surmises till I see you, only assuring you that we have been taking the necessary measures for success on our part and have a tolerable prospect of not being disappointed. Make my compliments to…and endeavor to bring him over at least for a day or two if he has made himself adept in the arts of elocution I would be glad by Sheridan for the service of some other friends who have asked it of me. I wish much to hear something of your domestic affairs but Nil mihi rescribas attamen ipse veni [trans: Come if you can before your letter]. Willis I am told is on the brink of matrimony: a comfortable prospect, twin infants of…If your debt is not called for soon I am afraid we shall be barred by the act of limitations make my compl. to Mrs. Page, to Mann, to the family at North River, and to your sisters with an assurance that their and your happiness is principally conducive to that of.” In good to very good condition, permanently affixed to a slightly larger sheet, with paper loss along intersecting folds and more substantial loss along edges affecting some of the text; Jefferson’s remarkable diminutive signature is clear, clean, and unaffected. After graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1762, an 18-year-old Jefferson began work as a law clerk in the office of esteemed Professor George Wythe, the future mentor of John Marshall and Henry Clay. Under Wythe’s tutelage, Jefferson emerged as one of the nation’s best young lawyers upon his admission to the Virginia bar in April 1767, the very month this letter was written. He attended his first session in October 1767, and by the time Edmund Randolph took over his practice eight years later, Jefferson had handled more than 900 matters, the majority of which relating to the country’s burgeoning land business. Written a decade before his drafting of the Declaration of Independence, this casual and neatly penned letter finds the 24-year-old attorney at the start of his legal career, a position that enabled Jefferson to scrutinize the many aspects of an aspiring sovereignty. By a wide margin—nearly 25 years—this represents the earliest Jefferson letter we have offered. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 40 | June 14, 2017 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
Secretary of State Monroe doles out brevets for meritorious service 68. James Monroe. ALS
66. James Madison. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 9, February 4, 1813. President Madison grants Jacob Wheeler “Lot Fifteen of square Three in the town of Cincinnati.” Signed at the conclusion by President Madison and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Edward Tiffin. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with several vertical folds, minor loss to edges, a small hole to the recipient’s first name, and Madison’s signature light but legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 28, 1815. Letter to George Graham, written while secretary of state. In part: “You will have rec’d the brevet comm. with my signature before this reaches you. Maj. Taliaferro of King George County, the son of James, has not rec’d his warrant for the military academy, which I thought had issued in July, & was given to Col. Goodwyn. Will you be so good as send it to him, or a duplicate…I have written to Col. Bankhead, and advised his acceptance of the arrangement made for him, & hinted that it was possible that as satisfactory evidence of his meritorious service, he might be brevetted to a higher rank. I heard from many that his conduct was highly meritorious.” He adds a brief postscript at the conclusion, “My health continues to improve.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds (partial separations repaired with tape to reverse). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
69. James Monroe.
67. James Madison and James Monroe. Partly-printed
DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 21 x 16.5, January 23, 1813. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “William Brevoort, master or commander of the Schooner called the Gleanor… lying at present in the port of New York, bound for Bordeaux and laden with Ashes, Codfish, Cotton, Seneca Root.” Boldly signed in the center by President Madison and countersigned by Secretary of State Monroe. The white paper seal affixed to the left side remains intact with a couple small cracks. Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and a few small areas of paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 9, January 20, 1824. President Monroe grants Robert Lemin a parcel “containing One hundred and sixty acres of the Lands directed to be sold at Edwardsville.” Signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham.” The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with scattered toning and foxing, and two heavy vertical storage folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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70. James Monroe. Ink signature, “approved, James Monroe,” on an off-white 2.5 x .75 slip clipped from the close of a document. Triple-clothmatted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 16.75 x 23. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The president deals in family real estate
72. John Quincy Adams.
71. James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed
“James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10 x 14.5, May 12, 1870. Scalloptopped ship’s pass issued for “the Brig Copernican, Samuel Gelston master or commander…navigated with seven men to Pass with her Company, Passengers, Goods and Merchandize without any hinderance, seisure or molestation.” Nicely signed at the conclusion by Monroe and countersigned by Adams. The white paper seal remains affixed to the lower left. Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 17 x 21.5. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and moderate intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 42 | June 14, 2017 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
ALS as president signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, July 2, 1825. Letter to his brother Thomas Boylston Adams, in full: “In compliance with your Letters of 2d. and 23d. ulto. I have executed a Deed of my Share of Land in Salem Vermont, which as soon as I can get it acknowledged, I will forward to Mr. Baxter at Brownington. I am not certain whether you intended to advise that I should buy out the rights of the heirs of Norton Quincy to the Wood lot which you mention. If you do, I shall readily consent to the purchase, but the plan which I have of it calls it Esqr. Quincy’s upper cedar-swamp in Randolph, and makes of it only 1. Acre 3. Roads and 36 Rods. If it is worth only 25 dollars per acre, I do not understand how it should take 100 dollars to buy out Mr. Norton. We are all, including your daughter, as well as people roasting at a slow (not very slow) fire can be. With my duty to my father and kind affection to all the family, I am yours.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and splitting to one of the vertical folds. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Both President Adams and his brother suffered debt relating to property holdings, and thus these transactions may have been for the benefit of either or both. Dated in July, Adams’s reference to “roasting at a slow fire” is likely a metaphorical reference to the political and social climate in Washington. Adams had won the 1824 election by a narrow margin, and faced strong opposition during his tenure from a Congress controlled by his enemies. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Examining the metric standard in 1821— “I hope to ascertain it with more perfect accuracy” 73. John Quincy Adams.
LS as secretary of state, one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, May 1, 1821. Detailed letter to Albert Gallatin, then serving as US minister to France, in part: “I have the honor of enclosing herewith a copy of the Report upon Weights and Measures, submitted to both Houses of Congress at their last session…You will see by the account of Mr. Hassler’s measurement of several standard metres and toises, upon Troughton’s scale, that in the comparison between the English foot and the metre, he has come to a result intermediate between 39.37079 of Captain Kater and 39.3824 or 39.3827 of Prony and the French Academy. He finds it 39.3802. In the weight of kilogramme and the capacity of the litre I still find great uncertainty. You mention in one of your letters that by the weight of the English Sovereigns recoined at the mint in Paris… My conclusions from all this are that the kilogramme at all events falls a little short of 15440 grains troy. I hope to ascertain it with more perfect accuracy on receiving the copies of the platina metre and kilogramme from France.” In fine condition, with some light show-through from writing on opposite side. Accompanied by an engraving of Adams bearing a preprinted signature. The metric system had only just been devised in 1799 in France, and Europe was in the midst of adopting new units of measurement based upon it. Most countries turned to similar measurement standards, but they slightly varied from each other—as Adams laments in this letter—and a uniform, agreed-upon standard would not emerge until the International Conference on Geodesy in 1867. A fascinating letter that still resonates today, with America being the only industrialized nation to have not adopted the metric system as its official standard. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
74. John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS as
president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.5, July 30, 1827. President Adams grants Robert Miller a tract of land “at Zanesville, Ohio, containing Seventy nine acres.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. In very good condition, with heavy vertical storage folds, overall soiling, a stain to the lower left corner, and a cracked but complete seal. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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75. Andrew Jackson.
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.5 x 15, no date. Unissued scalloptopped ship’s pass, signed at the bottom by Jackson, and countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. The red paper seal has been removed. Matted and framed to an overall size of 18 x 22, with the reverse of frame bearing an affixed Goodspeed’s Book Shop label. In very good to fine condition, with some light staining, the wafer seal absent, and the end of Jackson’s signature partially missing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
77. Martin Van Buren. Partly-
printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 13.75 x 17.75, February 20, 1840. President Van Buren appoints James H. Carleton as “Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of D ragoons in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Van Buren, and countersigned by Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett. White War Department seal remains affixed to upper left. In fine condition, with light toning and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Uncommon four-language ship’s papers for a whaling voyage
76. Martin Van Buren. Partly-printed DS as
president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 20.25 x 16, November 21, 1838. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Timothy Leary, master or commander of the Ship called Canton...lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for the Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and Utensils for a whaling voyage.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Van Buren and boldly countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. The white paper seal affixed to the center remains fully intact with significant soiling. In very good condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), partial separations to folds repaired on the reverse, and small but noticeable areas of paper loss to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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78. Martin Van Buren. ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one
page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, October 29, 1831. Lengthy letter, in part: “I should judge from the appearance of things that you will have a much more peaceable session than was anticipated. The time for the opposition to shew its weakness has arrived, & will soon be obvious to all. A party, which together is inadequate to its objects, & which contains moreover in its bosom the seeds of permanent, and unavoidable discussion, must soon loose its moral power & the support of the timid & interested.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Be ready to pounce down upon him without mercy” 79. Martin Van Buren. Early ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, November 21, 1814. Letter to John Q. Leake, in part: “I have not been able to learn what progress Sir Archy has made & am inclined to think that the certainty of the Vice President being Governor encompasses him much. At all events you must re-examine your documents & be ready to pounce down upon him without mercy the moment he appears. As far as I can hear the part that the fifty six thousand dollars…is conceded and that their only hope is that it has been allowed at Washington…I enclosed the Vice President a letter from my friend Talcot which contains some private matters, as it is possible that he may loose it I wish you would get it from him & burn it—tell him that I leave here to day for Fort Edward & at Troy take in my old friend George Tibbits to help Col. Young with a boat through the Canal.” In fine condition, with splits, paper loss, and toning to the integral address leaf, which is completely detached but present. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
80. William Henry Harrison. ADS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison,” one page, 7.25 x 4.5, January 15, 1796. Requisition order issued at Fort Washington, in part: “The Quarter Master will please to issue for the use of a Public Horse, one bushel of corn & fifty pounds of Hay—being forage for said Horse.” In fine condition, with a bit of ink erosion, writing showing through from opposing sides, and a rough top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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83. James K. Polk. Ink signature as governor of Tennessee, “James K. Polk,” on an off-white 3.25 x .5 slip clipped from a document, circa 1839–1841. Affixed to a larger scrapbook page. In very good condition, with closely clipped edges. Accompanied by engraved portraits of Polk and his wife Sarah. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 84. James K. Polk and James Buchanan. Partly-printed vel-
81. John Tyler. ANS as president signed “J. T.,” one page,
7.75 x 9.75, May 24, 1844. Brief note penned on the reverse of a letter addressed to Tyler by New York Congressman Amasa Dana concerning the memorial of C. W. Bennett. In full: “If the facts be as stated, the young man ought to be restored—unless the law forbids.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds (central vertical fold lightly toned). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
lum DS, signed “James K. Polk” as president and “James Buchanan” as secretary of state, one page, 16.5 x 13.5, January 26, 1849. President Polk appoints Moreau Forrest as a “Marshal of the United States in & for the District of Maryland.” Signed at the conclusion by Polk and Buchanan. White paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good condition, with moderate creasing and crinkling, primarily to the upper right quadrant, and all handwriting light but legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
82. James K. Polk. Uncommon partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17, December 18, 1846. President Polk appoints George M. Lauman as “Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain (under the Act of June 18, 1846) in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Polk and countersigned by Secretary or War William L. Marcy. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling and light skipping to the signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Four-language ship’s papers issued by President Taylor 85. Zachary Taylor. Scarce
partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21 x 16.5, December 20, 1849. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Ezra Pickens, master or commander of the Bark called United States… lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for the Indian Ocean and laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a whaling voyage.” Boldly signed in the center by President Taylor and countersigned by Secretary of State John M. Clayton. The white paper seal affixed at center remains mostly intact, with a few clipped points. In fine condition, with partial separations professionally repaired on the reverse, and a few tiny areas of paper loss. Any Taylor presidential document is quite uncommon, as he served only 16 months before suddenly passing away on July 9, 1850. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
“I have no wish for him,” Taylor writes of his son, “to have made the army a home & arms a profession” 86. Zachary Taylor. ALS signed “Z.
Taylor,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, July 2, 1843. Letter to Surgeon R. C. Wood of the US Army. Taylor begins by thanking him for “the trouble you have been at in removing Dick from Lancaster to N. Haven”—his son Dick had just transferred from Harvard to Yale. He goes on to discuss his failed attempt to get Dick an appointment at West Point, “I did [not] consider in making the application that I was asking a favor from either Spencer or Tyler, nor did I feel any mortification at the result, which I attribute to political considerations, perhaps in not subscribing for the Madisonian; the endorsement made on said application by Spencer, before turning it over to the Engineer Burian Marly establishes the fact in my mind, that his is a puppy & blackguard—but if Dick is prudent & persevering in pursuing his studies, & succeeds in graduating with credit, which I consider he has sufficient capacity to do, I greatly prefer his being where he is than at West Point; for I have no wish for him even had he succeeded in getting through said institution to have made the army a home & arms a profession; for unless he could have succeeded in getting into the engineer or ordnance corps, which I consider equal to any civil occupation in our country, which there was barely a possibility of his doing, I greatly prefer his following any other honest calling & agree with you in the opinion, that the army is by no means permanent, altho, it may hang together for some time…We have no news in this quarter either military or political of interest, everything within the limits of my department are perfectly quiet.” In very good condition, with repairs to small areas of paper loss along intersecting folds (affecting a few lines on the second integral sheet, light dampstaining, and show-through from writing to opposing sides. Accompanied by a full transcription. Richard Taylor went on to graduate from Yale in 1845 and became his father’s military secretary at the beginning of the Mexican-American War before returning to the family’s plantation; despite his father’s wishes that he not make “the army a home,” he did go on to become a Confederate general during the Civil War. Taylor letters of this length and boldness are rarely encountered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 47
88. Millard Fillmore. Part-
87. Millard Fillmore. Signed book: Patent Office Report 1860. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 504 pages. Signed on the front pastedown in black ink, most likely an ownership signature, “Millard Fillmore, Jany 20, 1862.” Housed in a custom-made leatherbound case. In good condition, with first few pages missing, poem and newspaper cutouts affixed to fifth page, weak hinges, cracked joints, scattered toning, and wear to covers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
ly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.75, February 26, 1852. President Fillmore appoints C. F. M. Spotswood as a “Lieutenant in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Fillmore, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William A. Graham. Beige Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and paper loss along intersecting folds, unobtrusively repaired on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Handwritten presidential letter to Jefferson Davis 89. Franklin Pierce. ALS as president, three pages, 4.5 x 7, no date but likely circa May 1855. Letter to Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, in full: “I have just received the enclosed from the daughter of my late true & most valued friend the late Capt. Webber—I hope it may be justly deemed proper to appoint his son. It would seem that he prefers the commission of a 2nd Lieutenant, but that can be considered hereafter—I leave this matter however to yourself & Col. Craig—I will only say what Col. Cooper can confirm from his personal knowledge that there can be no doubt with regard to Chas. H. Webber’s character and competency—I am really disturbed by the article which you sent me this morning. It would seem that wrong must have been done, if so, it must be undone.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, somewhat irregular toning, and a small piece of archival tape on the top of the first page. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Pierce bearing a facsimile signature. In this letter, Pierce asks Davis to offer the son of John A. Webber, who died on May 8, 1855, a military commission; Charles H. Webber received an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Artillery on May 29, 1855, which would date this letter to that period. An interesting letter in that it shows the informal process of granting military commissions at the time, as well as the close personal relationship between the president and his secretary of war. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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90. Franklin Pierce.
ALS, one page, 8.5 x 13, April 1, 1833. Letter to Alpheus Bigelow, in part: “The inclosed affidavit of John J. Roberts has been forwarded to the Department of War and returned for the want of your certificate to his credibility. If you will insert a certificate (like this, ‘I certify that John J. Roberts whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is known to me, that he is a reputable person…) between the oath and the clerks certificate you will confer a great favour upon Mr. Livermore.” Pierce signs with his initials, “F. P.,” at the conclusion of a short postscript: “Please return the affidavit to me as soon as convenient by mail.” Reverse of the letter addressed in Pierce’s own hand. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
92. Franklin Pierce. Attractive manuscript DS as president, one page both sides, 11 x 16.5, July 5, 1854. President Pierce appoints James A. Peden as the “Minister Resident of the United States to the Republic of Buenos Ayres.” Signed at the conclusion by Pierce and countersigned by Secretary of State William L. Marcy. White paper seal affixed to upper right remains intact. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, and two circular areas of toning from the seal. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
91. Franklin Pierce. Manuscript DS as president, one page both sides, 10.75 x 15.5, no date. President Pierce issues a pardon. In part: “Whereas…John Mullen was convicted of Larceny, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the common jail for a period of six months, and to pay a fine of one dollar: and whereas, it has been made satisfactorily to appear to me, that the prisoner is a fit subject for the exercise of the Executive clemency…I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America…do hereby grant unto him the said John Mullen a full and unconditional pardon.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Pierce, and countersigned by Secretary of State William L. Marcy. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact and extremely crisp. In very good to fine condition, with very unobtrusive repairs to splitting along intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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93. Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis. Partlyprinted vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce” as president and “Jeffer. Davis” as secretary of war, one page, 13.5 x 17.75, July 11, 1856. President Pierce appoints George Bell as “First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by both Pierce and Jefferson. White War Office seal remains affixed to upper left. In very good condition, with areas of light toning, and small holes of insect damage, primarily to the top half of the document and upper left edge. Accompanied by a small map of the San Francisco area hand-drawn by Bell, which dates to 1899 due to his notation that the city contains “10,000 inhabitants bounded by dotted lines.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Pen made by Lincoln’s childhood writing tutor 95. Abraham Lincoln. Quill pen, 5.5˝ long, made by Abraham Lincoln’s cousin and tutor, Dennis F. Hanks. Pen is tied with green ribbon to a 4.5 x 2 card, with a handwritten statement that reads: “Aug. 1884. This pen was made by Denni [sic] F. Hanks, the man who taught Abraham Lincoln to write. It is like the one he made for Abe when he gave him his ‘First Lesson.’ Mr. Hanks lives in Charleston, Coles Co. [Illinois] and is 86 years of Age. Presented by S. H. Davis.” The card and pen have been affixed to a 7 x 6 card. In fine condition. Also included is a handwritten document, 6.25 x 5, signed by six jurors, which reads, in full: “We the Jury agree and find a Verdict in favour of the Defendant.” The third signature is that of Dennis F. Hanks, “D. F. Hanks.” Hanks’ pen was part of the H. W. Fay Collection sold at Riba-Mobley Auctions on October 26, 1985. Starting Bid $200
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A piece of Lincoln’s Springfield home 96. Abraham Lincoln.
Section of wood recovered from Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Illinois, 1 x 3.25, affixed to the first page of a pamphlet entitled “Abraham Lincoln and His Last Resting Place,” published by the Royal Printing Company of Quincy, Illinois. The page also bears a fountain pen signature and inscription in the hand of Herbert Wells Fay, the longtime custodian of the Lincoln Tomb: “To Prince Gelasio Caetoni, at Lincoln’s Tomb, March 9th 1923, accompanying a piece of wood from Lincoln’s Springfield home, H. W. Fay, custodian—.” Also includes a matte-finish 3.5 x 5 portrait of Lincoln attributed to Christopher S. German, the photographer to the president-elect, which is signed and inscribed on the reverse in fountain pen, “To Prince Caetoni, at Lincoln’s Tomb, Mar 19th 1923, H. W. Fay, custodian, owner of original negative—.” In fine condition. Fay worked as an editor for the DeKalb Review before serving as custodian of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois in 1921. An avid collector of Lincolniana, Fay owned 90 different portraits of Abraham Lincoln as part of his enormous collection—all of which he housed in a utility room within the Springfield Tomb. Starting Bid $200
Handwritten note and free frank “From the Pres”
97. Andrew Johnson. ANS as president signed “A. J.,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card, no date but 1865. Brief note to
Colonel William G. Moore, in full: “Let Nicholas Vedder be entered on the list of Pay Masters to be nominated.” Includes the original hand-addressed and free franked mailing envelope, 5 x 2.75, addressed by Johnson to “Col. Wm. G. Moore, At home,” and franked in the upper right, “From the Pres.” Moore adds along the bottom edge, “Andrew Johnson’s handwriting, Nov. 17, 1865.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and old mounting traces to the reverse of both. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A 23-year-old Johnson tallies transactions for his tailor shop 98. Andrew Johnson. Autograph manuscript, unsigned,
one page both sides, 7 x 8.25, June and July 1832. A sheet from the ledger of Johnson’s tailor shop, in part: “Henry Russell Dr, Making one o coat 3.50,” “A Williams Dr, Cuting suit for Son 1.00,” “Henry Bakeen Dr, Making pants,” “Simpson Kilgore Dr, Making one coat 2.50,” “Cahamle Gillespie Dr, Cuting pants .25,” “John Hoy Dr, mending one Coat,” and “H.B. Bakette Dr, making one vest 1.50.” Matted and framed with an engraving bearing a preprinted signature to an overall size of 17.25 x 11.25, with a window on the frame backing for viewing the reverse. In fine condition. Johnson penned this ledger page at just 23 years old while operating his own tailor shop. He began his political career a few years later when he was elected as town alderman in 1829, and then moved on to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835. Starting Bid $200
Extradition from France for a fugitive accused of “Forgery and Embezzlement” 100. U. S. Grant. Part-
99. Andrew Johnson. Partly-printed
DS, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, January 5, 1867. President Johnson authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the unconditional pardon of Elijah Johnson.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson. Attractively mounted and framed with a portrait of Johnson to an overall size of 22.75 x 18.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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ly-printed DS as president, one page, both sides, 10.5 x 15.5, April 9, 1875. President Grant authorizes James M. Leary to take “Charles Claremont charged with the crimes of Forgery and Embezzlement…a fugitive from the justice of the United States, in France…and hold him in your custody and conduct him from such place of delivery in France, by the most direct and convenient means of transportation, to and into the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Grant and countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. The seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. In very good condition, with tape repairs and light toning along intersecting folds and hinge. An unusual and uncommon format for Grant. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Grant orders a riverboat to be fitted as a hospital ship for Fort Holt 101. U. S. Grant. Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Brig.
Gen. Com.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, September 10, 1861. Letter to Major Hatch, in full: “You will please engage the steamer Swallow as a Hospital for the use of troops at Fort Holt and have her towed there at once. I understand the steamer can be had for twenty-five dollars pr. day. More should not be paid.” In fine condition, with short splits along fold ends. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Declining a lunch with “President & Mrs. Hayes” 102. U. S. Grant.
Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Genl. & Mrs. Grant,” one page, 5 x 8, no date but postmarked August 4, 1884. Letter to General James Grant Wilson, regretfully declining an invitation to lunch with fellow former president Rutherford B. Hayes, in full: “Genl. & Mrs. Grant regret they cannot accept the invitation of Genl. Jas. Grant Wilson & Mrs. Wilson for lunch on the 15th inst. to meet President & Mrs. Hayes. Their engagements as such—having accepted an invitation from the Penn Club of Phila for the evening of the 15 of May—that it will be out of their power.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Grant’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
103. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,
7.75 x 10, March 3, 1875. President Grant authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant authorizing James Mooney to receive into custody Charles L. Lawrence alias George G. Gordon.” In fine condition. With this document, Grant authorized the extradition of Lawrence from Great Britain on a charge of forgery. This would turn into a rather controversial affair concerning executive versus judicial powers when charges of smuggling and conspiracy were tacked on later, which Lawrence claimed violated the 1870 British extradition act. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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104. Rutherford B. Hayes. Partlyprinted vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 19.5, December 21, 1880. President Hayes appoints John M. Orchard as an “Ensign in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Hayes, and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Alexander Ramsey. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with areas of light toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Hayes lists his nominations for the 1887 Harvard Board of Overseers 105. Rutherford B. Hayes.
Partly-printed DS, one page, 5 x 5.25, dated 1887. Issued to the Standing Committee of the Electors, Hayes has signed and filled out a nomination form for the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, on which he lists the names of his nominations: “Theodore Lyman, James Russell Lowell, Henry P. Walcott, Francis C. Lowell, John J. Coolidge.” Signed at the conclusion, “Rutherford B. Hayes, Freemont, O.,” with Hayes striking through “Class of 1845 Law School” and adding “Degree 1877,” the first year of his presidency. Matted, framed, and in very good to fine condition, with a bit of paper loss to the upper left corner and light toning to the perimeter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I admired your gallant father, and was with him in the battle in which he gave his life to his Country”
106. Rutherford B. Hayes. ANS as president, one page,
6.75 x 4, March 31, 1877. A warm note on an album page, in full: “Sincerely your Friend, R. B. Hayes, Washington, 31 Mch 1877. I admired your gallant father, and was with him in the battle in which he gave his life to his Country. God bless you! R. B. H.” In fine condition, with light show-through from an old mounting strip on the reverse left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Forwarding information of the addresses of fellow Union generals Steedman and Buell 107. James Garfield. ALS signed “Ja. Garfield,” one page, lightly lined, 7.25 x 8.75, April 18, 1870. Letter to S. B. Harmer, in full: “Yours of the 16th is received. The address of Genl. James B. Steedman is Toledo, Ohio; that of Don Carlos Buell I cannot learn. He is a native of Ohio, but was appointed from Indiana; where he at present resides I have no means of knowing.” Cloth-matted and framed with a portrait and an engraved plaque to an overall size of 27.25 x 25. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and all handwriting just a shade light. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Excessively rare Marine Corps commission by President Garfield 108. James A. Garfield. Extremely rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, March 22, 1881. President Garfield appoints Louis J. Guliok “a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps…in the service of the United States.” Beautifully signed at the conclusion by President Garfield and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William Hunt. The blue seal affixed at the bottom remains vibrant and fully intact. In fine condition. An exceptionally attractive example. Like many generals-turned-politician, Garfield held his military experience close to his heart as he entered the White House in 1881, immediately beginning plans for improvement of America’s armed forces. One of his greatest accomplishments during his brief 200-day presidency was the resurgence and reform of the US Navy. Fifteen years after the Civil War, American naval supremacy had significantly declined; the dated ships were inferior to those developing in other nations, and the prestige of climbing the naval ranks had all but vanished. Appointing William Hunt Secretary of the Navy and forming a new advisory board, plans began for the construction of 68 new ships and modernized training of new recruits in both the Navy and Marines. This Marine Corps appointment, signed less than three weeks after Garfield’s inauguration, marks a new beginning not only for First Lieutenant Louis Guliok, but for the country’s naval forces as a whole. Garfield documents signed as president are extremely rare, and this is the only Marine Corps appointment by Garfield that we have ever encountered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 55
Garfield discusses his challenges in reducing government spending 109. James A. Garfield. ALS signed “J.
A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, February 22, 1874. Letter to L. S. Abbott, a clerk in the Treasury department, about government spending and workers’ pay. In full: “Your note of the 20th inst. enclosing your article in the Republican came duly to hand. The article is able, fair and manly—and I sympathize with almost every line of it—I know how hard the struggle is for a man with a family to get along here in Washington with the salary now allowed to clerks—I have resisted, and shall resist all attempts at cutting down the notes. And it is peculiarly unpleasant to me that I must be made the leader of the movement to reduce the number of the clerks in the several Departments. But some reduction is imperatively necessary and it falls to my lot to propose it. The fact is, my friend, that I have had no help, to amount to anything from any head of a Department or of a Bureau. Those who know how to do it will not; and I must do it who don’t very well know how. I have no doubt that in many cases I have not made the reduction in the places where it ought to be made, and have reduced where it ought not to be reduced. I shall be glad to rectify any errors & right any wrongs. But that a reduction ought to be made I have no doubt. How long do you think it would take for the Treasury force—for example to decrease 10/0 by stopping appointments? I would greatly prefer that method, if it would be reasonably effective. I am sure, you who know me, will not think me willing to oppress or distress those whom I have always sympathized with and sometimes defended. I shall be glad to receive any suggestions you may be willing to make.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
11 0 . J a m e s A . Garfield. ALS signed
“J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 10, FortyFirst Congress U.S. letterhead, September 12, 1874. Letter to Hon. A. C. Phillips, U. S. Consul at Fort Erie. In part: “The bearer of this note, Mr. B. O. Mastick, is a citizen of this Congressional District, and his family are well known to me… His friends here are desirous of aiding him in securing the position of Consular Agent at St. Thomas, where he has resided for some time. Though not personally acquainted with Mr. Mastick, I am satisfied that he is fitted for the duties of the position he seeks; and I respectfully commend him to your favorable consideration.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning and foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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111. Chester A. Arthur. ALS as president signed “Chester
A. Arthur,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 18, 1884. Letter to editor and author Charles A. Dana, in full: “I have your note of yesterday and it gives me much pleasure to comply with your request. I send the book book [sic] tonight by Adams Express.” In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
112. Chester A. Arthur. Partly-printed
DS, signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 8.5 x 14, March 20, 1875. Port of New York Oath of Office by which Philip Haefele assumes the position of “Opener & Packer,” swearing that he has “never voluntarily borne arms against the United States… given no aid, countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility…not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government…I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Signed twice by Arthur as collector of the Port of New York, and also signed twice by Haefele. In fine condition, with small edge separations at folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
114. Grover Cleveland.
ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, August 28, 1894. Letter to lawyer and politician D. Cady Herrick, a judge on the New York Supreme Court. In part: “I have turned the Mastman appointment over and over again in my mind, but I feel that if it were made it would become a source of embarrassment to all of us including the appointee. It is needless for me to refer to the circumstances which lead some good people…to think that his appointment to the place you desire to see him fill, would be inexpedient to say the least. I suppose of course the New York Senators would oppose his confirmation, and if they did it would certainly be defeated and we would be accused of doing this thing which perpetrated party strife and discord.” In fine condition, with tiny edge separations to horizontal mailing fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Cleveland’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Cleveland-signed military appointment, with Naval Academy graduation certificate 113. Grover Cleveland. Partly-printed vellum DS as president,
one page, 14.5 x 18.5, February 8, 1897. President Cleveland appoints Walter S. Burke as a “Passed Assistant Engineer in the navy with the relative rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.” Signed at the conclusion by Cleveland, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert. Blue naval department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with some light staining to the top edge. Accompanied by a partly-printed vellum United States Naval Academy certificate of graduation for Burke, signed at the bottom by William T. Sampson and several other naval officials. Burke retired from active service the year this document was issued due to the loss of an arm. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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115. Benjamin Harrison. Scarce ALS as president signed
“Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, November 16, 1890. Letter to Hon. C. C. Hines, in part: “I have been in funds to pay the balance I owe you for a month but have neglected to write and ask you to state the amount due as I have no dates. Don’t throw off the interest but give me credit for all payments. I hope you are well again & think Mrs. Hines is strong enough to give you wholesome government.” Matted and framed with the original mailing envelope (addressed in Harrison’s hand) to an overall size of 15 x 13. In very good to fine condition, with light irregular toning to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
116. Benjamin Harrison. Crisp partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, July 12, 1892. President Harrison appoints John M. Orchard as a “Lieutenant in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Harrison, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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117. William McKinley. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 20.5, December 24, 1900. President McKinley appoints Robert M. Barton as “Second Lieutenant in the Squadron Philippine Cavalry, U. S. Volunteers, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by McKinley, and countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. Blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, toning, and a few small stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
118. William McKinley. Partly-printed DS as president,
one page, 19.75 x 16, September 21, 1898. President McKinley appoints William M. Wherry as “Brigadier General of Volunteers in the service of the United States.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by McKinley and countersigned by Acting Secretary of War George de Rue Meiklejohn. The crisply embossed blue seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning to edges, light creasing to the bottom edge, and a stain to the lower right corner. A career Army officer, Wherry had served during the Civil War and received the Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861. Starting Bid $200
McKinley and his ailing vice president vacation on Lake Champlain 119. William McKinley and Garret Hobart. Vintage sepia matte-finish 8.5 x
6.5 photo of President McKinley and Vice President Hobart seated in a horse-drawn carriage on Lake Champlain, signed in black ink, “With much regard, your friends, William McKinley” and “Garret A. Hobart.” Includes a TLS from Acting Secretary to the President George B. Cortelyou, August 23, 1899, Executive Mansion letterhead, addressed to Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon, in part: “At the request of the President and Vice–President I have much pleasure in sending you the enclosed photograph with a personal inscription.” In very good to fine condition, with a thin stain across the image (with a small area of emulsion loss at its right end), and some areas of light discoloration. After nearly a full summer spent resting on the Jersey Shore, the ailing Hobart and his wife joined the president and first lady at their cottage on the shores of Lake Champlain in August 1899. In spite of such prolonged respite, Hobart succumbed from heart disease on November 21, 1899, just three months after the photograph was taken. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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To Mount Rushmore’s sculptor: “The head of Lincoln grows upon me more and more” 120. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS as president, one page, 7
x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 17, 1908. Letter to Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, in full: “The head of Lincoln grows upon me more and more. I think it one of the finest things I have seen. I especially like it when seen from the right front.” In fine condition, with a light spot of soiling along the central horizontal fold, and a small singe mark to the right edge. Long before beginning his work on Mount Rushmore, Borglum carved a massive marble bust of Abraham Lincoln in 1908 that was exhibited in Theodore Roosevelt’s White House. Robert Todd Lincoln praised it as perhaps the greatest likeness of his father he had ever seen, and the bust was donated to the Congress later that year. Interestingly, when designing Mount Rushmore in the 1920s, Borglum placed President Roosevelt next to Lincoln. An excellent association piece with superb content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
“Our concern is not as to who wants the Presidential nomination, but as to what man the people believe could serve them best in the office” 121. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page,
6.25 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead, February 2, 1912. Letter to Mr. Henry W. Coe, hinting at his intention to announce his candidacy for president. In part: “Just at the moment I do not want to say anything in public. I feel very strongly that our concern is not as to who wants the Presidential nomination, but as to what man the people believe could serve them best in the office; and anything I say is so sure to be misunderstood that as yet I have not felt it better to speak. Of course the time may come when I shall have to.” Matted to an overall size of 9.25 x 10.75. In fine condition. Roosevelt would announce his intention to run for the Republican nomination later in February. After being defeated at the convention by the incumbent Taft, Roosevelt formed the Progressive Party, nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, and ran as a third-party candidate. Both he and Taft, however, would be defeated by Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“My chances are looking admirably”—Teddy hopes to be named NY’s Speaker of the Assembly 122. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, The Kenmore letterhead, December 28, 1883. Letter to fellow New York Assemblyman Philip Garbutt, soliciting his support as a candidate for Speaker of the Assembly. In full: “I have not seen you since we met that night when you so kindly drove me over to the station; but I hope soon to see you in person. I write you now to say that my chances are looking admirably; and indeed I think I can honestly say they are better than those of any other candidate. I know of you well and am anxious to be supported by such men as you are; and if you can make up your mind to come out in my favor I do not think you will make a mistake, and I shall be more than obliged.” In very good to fine condition, with toning and staining along the edges. Roosevelt served in the New York State Assembly from 1882–1884, becoming Minority Leader in 1883. With Republican success in his final election year, Roosevelt expected to be named Speaker of the Assembly. However, his hopes were unexpectedly dashed by a coalition of conservative Republicans and lobbyists who united to select someone more conservative. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
124. Theodore Roosevelt. Self-contained partial 123. Theodore Roosevelt. Desirable partly-printed vel-
lum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, February 27, 1906. President Roosevelt appoints John M. Orchard as a “Commander in the Navy.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition. 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
partly-printed DS, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 3.5, September 29, 1900. Document by which Roosevelt, as governor of New York, confirms the receipt of “the sum of Twenty-eight thousand six hundred ninety-seven and 25/100 Dollars.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The platform of the Progressive Party represents the effort to apply the principles of Abraham Lincoln to the issues of the present day” 125 . Theodore Roosevelt. Partial
TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 3.5 and 7 x 9.5, no date but circa 1913. In full: “I earnestly hope that the citizens of the Third District of Maine will send Mr. Lawrence to Congress on a straight Progressive platform. There is at time much talk of ‘amalgamation’ with the Progressives. There is just one way by which the members of either of the old parties can amalgamate with the Progressives, and that is by taking the Progressive platform in its entirety and be retiring from leadership the old-type bosses, the Penroses and Murphies and the like. In your own State I firmly believe that the great majority of the voters are Progressive. I earnestly hope that this majority will no longer be lead by the fetishism of party names into standing behind party organizations which no longer mean anything. The old parties are really combined. They have co-operated against the regulation of big corporations, and are persistently playing into the hands of each other in fooling the farmers and refusing to do anything permanent or rational for their good. The platform of the Progressive Party represents the effort to apply the principles of Abraham Lincoln to the issues of the present day. Moreover it is not only true that we alone among the great parties have a platform in which we sincerely believe. Our opponents make no attempt whatever to live up to their respective platforms. They repudiate them without a thought. We treat our platform as a pledge honorably binding us just as a promise binds a private man.” Roosevelt makes several handwritten ink corrections to the text, with an unknown hand adding further notations and the date in pencil, “New York, Aug 28, 1913.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, and overall light staining and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
126. Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft. Attractive partly-printed DS, signed “signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 21 x 16, October 4, 1905. President Roosevelt appoints Orlando C. Troxel as “First Lieutenant of Cavalry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by both Roosevelt and Taft. Blue war office seal remains affixed to lower left. In fine condition. A decidedly well-preserved example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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127. William H. Taft. ALS as chief justice signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, April 24, 1922. Letter to Robert Todd Lincoln, in part: “As chairman of the Lincoln Memorial Commission, I am engaged in arranging the program for the dedication on May 30th at 2.30 PM. I would like to call on you at some time convenient to you to submit what is proposed and to receive suggestion from you. I went to see the President this morning to talk with him about it. We would be greatly delighted if you could come to the ceremony and sit with the President and the Commission. Will you kindly let me know when I can look in on you at your home.” In fine condition. Provenance: The Everett Fisher Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.Starting Bid $200
Eight-page presidential letter on “the convention with Nicaragua now awaiting the advice and consent of the Senate” 128. William H. Taft. TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” eight pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 14, 1912. Lengthy letter to Senator William P. Dillingham of Vermont, in part: “I most earnestly request your personal and very serious consideration of the urgent desirability of early ratification by the Government of the United States of the convention with Nicaragua now awaiting the advice and consent of the Senate. Such action is urgently desirable in the discharge of a duty of helpfulness to Nicaragua; as a practical and immediate measure of peace; in pursuance of sound diplomatic and strategical American policy in the zone of the Caribbean; and in evident furtherance of the legitimate commercial interests of this country and of the welfare of American citizens in Central America…I sincerely hope that the Convention in question may, at an early date, have the advantage of your earnest and impartial consideration.” In fine condition, with some irregular toning to the final page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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130. Woodrow Wilson. TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 9.75,
129. Woodrow Wilson. Limited edition vintage matte-
finish 10.25 x 13.5 bust-length portrait of Wilson, numbered 2/25, signed in pencil. Also signed and numbered in the lower border in pencil by the publisher, G. A. Jackson. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17.75 x 21.25. In fine condition, with scattered areas of toning and foxing. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
State of New Jersey, Executive Department letterhead, June 28, 1911. Letter to R. T. Hale, in part: “I am sincerely complimented by the purpose of Mr. Hartt to prepare a biography of me and by your hospitable entertainment of the idea. I myself fear that the material for such a biography would perhaps be very meagre since my life has not been one of marked events and changes, but I should certainly wish to cooperate with Mr. Hartt in the most cordial manner and supply him with all the sources of information I might be able to think of. I think I ought to tell you, however, that Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Company already have one of the most accomplished men on their staff, Mr. William Bayard Hale, at work on a biography.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left, and a light block of toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The Bible is the word of life”—inspirational preface signed by President Wilson during WWI
131. Woodrow Wilson. World War I-dated typed statement as president, one page,
6.5 x 7.5, White House letterhead, circa 1917. In full: “The Bible is the word of life. I beg that you will read it and find this out for yourselves,—read, not little snatches here and there, but long passages that will really be the road to the heart of it. You will find it full of real men and women not only but also of the things you have wondered about and been troubled about all your life, as men have been always; and the more you read the more it will become plain to you what things are worth while and what are not, what things make men happy,-loyalty, right dealing, speaking the truth, readiness to give everything for what they think their duty, more it will become plain to you what things are worth while and what are not, what things make men happy,—loyalty, right dealing, speaking the truth, readiness to give everything for what they think their duty, and, most of all, the wish that they may have the approval of the Christ, who gave everything for them,—and the things that are guaranteed to make men unhappy,—selfishness, cowardice, greed, and everything that is low and mean. When you have read the Bible you will know it is the Word of God, because you will have found in it the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 11.25 x 12.5. In fine condition. Four days after President Wilson requested Congress to approve a declaration of war against the German Empire, the United States entered World War I as an ‘Associated Power’ on April 6, 1917. Although the United States had, by contrast, an army smaller than thirteen of the involved nations and empires, the passage of the Selective Service Act resulted in the drafting of 2.8 million soldiers. Shortly after the American declaration, President Wilson wrote this statement as an inspirational preface to be included in a pocket Bible issued to the thousands of American soldiers set to sail across the Atlantic during World War I. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare handwritten letter from Coolidge, less than a month before leaving office 132. Calvin Coolidge. Scarce ALS as president, 7 x
8.75, White House letterhead, February 14, 1929. Letter to artist Frank O. Salisbury, who painted a portrait of Coolidge in addition to other presidents. In full: “The portraits of Mrs. Coolidge and myself have come and we are much pleased with them. You have all the permission I can give to exhibit them anywhere. Please accept my thanks for all your service and care.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an original unsigned matte-finish photo of Coolidge, Salisbury, and the portrait, as well as a letter from Clarence Bonham about exhibiting the portraits. Born in England, Salisbury was considered one of the greatest society artists of his generation—his subjects included six American presidents, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and scores of other notable figures. Coolidge’s autograph letters as president are very scarce, especially with such interesting content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
133. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
DS as president, two pages, 7.5 x 11, April 20, 1939. A document issued “to the Senate of the United States.” In part: “I transmit herewith a convention between the United States of America and Sweden for the avoidance of double taxation and the establishment of rules of reciprocal administrative assistance in the case of income and other taxation, signed at Washington on March 23, 1939.” Beautifully double-matted and framed with a handsome Pach Bros. photo of Roosevelt to an overall size of 28.5 x 17.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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America’s chief stamp collector 134. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White
House letterhead, August 10, 1937. Letter to L. F. Livingston at the Main Post Office Building in Atlanta, in full: “I have received your letter of August ninth and appreciate very much your kindly thought in arranging to have that interesting set of covers sent to me. I am very glad to have them for my collection and, if you have an opportunity, I hope you will be good enough to express my thanks to the senders.” In very good to fine condition, with rusty staple holes to the top, and scattered light staining. Accompanied by a carbon copy of Livingston’s letter to Roosevelt, as well as six sheets with photostatic reproductions of 34 postal cachets from Georgia post offices. An interesting philatelic letter from FDR. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
135. Harry S. Truman. TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 3, 1937. Letter to his future secretary of the treasury, Col. John W. Snyder, in full: “I certainly did appreciate your letter of May First, and I have been rather delinquent in writing you since I returned to Washington. I have had a most hectic time, although the meeting in New York was very successful. There must have been four hundred Legionnaires present and they treated me royally. I left Kansas City at three o’clock on Tuesday morning and got back to Washington on Wednesday at noon. So you see I did not get to bed from Sunday night until Wednesday night; almost a Meuse-Argonne Drive for staying up. I will certainly be pleased to attend the gathering at Fort Leavenworth. It would suit me immensely to hold our maneuvers at Captain Billy’s lake. I have been informed we have our choice of going either to Minnesota or Fort Riley; I prefer Minnesota. We will discuss the situation when actual orders come out.” Truman adds a lengthy handwritten postscript below, ”Here is a check for my part of Williamsburg. I’ll let the hootel [sic] offset the gasoline although J.K. only smelled it,” and, in the left margin, Truman adds the total sum, “Hotel 6.00, Tickets 1.50, Dinner 1.50, Lunch 1.00, 10.00.” Includes the referenced Hamilton National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Truman, payable to Snyder for $10, May 3, 1937. In overall fine condition, with filing holes to the top of both the letter and uncashed check. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I wonder if we ought to put the green shutters back on The White House and take out all the bath tubs!” 136. Harry S. Truman. TLS as presi-
dent, two pages, 14 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 20, 1948. Letter to George Rothwell Brown, in full: “I can’t tell you how very much I appreciated your good letter of January seventeenth. I knew about the difficulty Andrew Jackson had with the Pennsylvania Avenue front of The White House and they had almost exactly the same trouble when they put the new columns on the south porch. The old columns were very narrow and did not in anyway go with The White House as a whole. For the last few years they have had awnings on the south porch which covered up the windows and put the beautiful columns out of proportion. The awnings were also exceedingly dirty and were impossible to keep clean. Every year we had to buy a new set of awnings at Seven Hundred and Eighty Dollars and all together it took about Two Thousand Dollars a year to keep them up. In my walks in the morning when I’d approach The White House from the south the dirty awnings obstructed the view of those beautiful columns on the south porch and I tried to think out a remedy for the situation. I called in the Fine Arts Commission and they informed me that if an outstanding architect made a suggestion for the remedy they would approve it. I talked to Mr. Delano, who had been a member of the Fine Arts Commission, and he immediately fell in with the suggestion which I made for a portico, as all these old southern mansions have in cases of this sort, so arranged that the awnings would be out of sight when not in use. When the job is finished everybody will like it. The Chairman of the Fine Arts Commission told me that the Commission would be glad to go along with the architect’s decision. When Mr. Delano approved my suggestion, the Chairman of the Commission then wrote me that the Commission had never thought he would! When I was on the Public Building and Grounds Committee in the Senate we worked out a plan for the completion of the Capitol at the time when building programs were in order for employment. As you know, the north wing and the south wing of the Capitol are Vermont marble and were added sometime between 1835 and 1850. It was decided to put a new dome on the old Capitol, which is built of red sandstone, move the east portico out in conformity with the north and south wings and veneer the sandstone and the dome with marble, We succeeded in getting a project of that sort through the Senate but two or three Congressmen went out and made a campaign, such as the one they are making on this portico, and defeated the project. As you know, the Capitol dome is one of the three great domes in the world-the other two are on St. Peter’s in Rome and St. Paul’s in London, Michelangelo being one architect and Sir Christopher Wren the other. The present Capitol dome sits seven feet over the east portico, therefore, it hangs in the air. Sometimes you don’t understand what causes people to tick. I hope you will come and take a look at the new arrangement when it is finished. I wonder if we ought to put the green shutters back on The White House and take out all the bath tubs!” Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with light toning and a few light stains. By 1948, Truman’s plans for architectural renovations had already been thwarted by Congress twice. As senator, he helped create a plan to alter the Capitol building, whose dome grossly overshadowed the columns that supported it; unfortunately, “Congressmen went out and made a campaign, such as the one they are making on this portico, and defeated the project,” and it wasn’t until 1958 that the new Capitol came to fruition. After his second proposal (to build an addition to the West Wing) was rejected, Truman decided to use money allotted for White House maintenance to add a balcony to the South Portico. Ironically, this project (the cheapest of his proposed renovations and the only one approved to completion) led to the discovery that the building was structurally unsound, resulting in a multimillion dollar, two-year overhaul of the entire interior. In this lively letter to George Rothwell Brown, writer and member of the Washington staff of The Boston Herald, the president discusses his current renovations as well as his rejected attempts—a wonderful piece relating to the architectural history of the White House. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 67
Aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt: “This is where the famous Nimitz birthday cake story was told” 137. Harry S. Truman. Fan-
tastic vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo President Truman having dinner with John R. Steelman, Admirals William D. Leahy and Marc A. Mitscher, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and others aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 22, 1946, signed and inscribed on the reverse in fountain pen, “John:—This is where the famous Nimitz birthday cake story was told. HST.” Reverse bears faded purple captioning, identifying it as an “Official Navy Photo released by Dept. of Defense.” In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Uncommon Ike-signed White House document 138. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sought-after TMS, seventeen
pages, 8.25 x 13.25, January 10, 1957. An original White House manuscript of Eisenhower’s annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, typed on official legal paper watermarked with the presidential seal. In addition to speech copies for the vice president and speaker of the House, signed manuscripts were also given to the Congressional Roll Call office for their records. In part: “In the world today, the surging and understandable tide of nationalism is marked by widespread revulsion and revolt against tyranny, injustice, inequality and poverty. As individuals, joined in a common hunger for freedom, men and women and even children pit their spirit against guns and tanks. On a larger scale, in an ever more persistent search for the self-respect of authentic sovereignty and the economic base on which national independence must rest, peoples sever old ties; seek new alliances; experiment—sometimes dangerously—in their struggle to satisfy these human aspirations…The cost of peace is something we must face boldly, fearlessly. Beyond money, it involves changes in attitudes, the renunciation of old prejudices, even the sacrifice of some seeming self-interest. Only five days ago I expressed to you the grave concern of your Government over the threat of Soviet aggression in the Middle East. I asked for Congressional authorization to help counter this threat. I say again that this matter is of vital and immediate importance to the Nation’s and the free world’s security and peace. By our proposed programs in the Middle East, we hope to assist in establishing a climate in which constructive and long-term solutions to basic problems of the area may be sought…When our forefathers prepared the immortal document that proclaimed our independence, they asserted that every individual is endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights. As we gaze back through history to that date, it is clear that our nation has striven to live up to this declaration, applying it to nations as well as to individuals. Today we proudly assert that the government of the United States is still committed to this concept, both in its activities at home and abroad. The purpose is Divine; the implementation is human. Our country and its government have made mistakes—human mistakes. They have been of the head--not of the heart. And it is still true that the great concept of the dignity of all men, alike created in the image of the Almighty, has been the compass by which we have tried and are trying to steer our course.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Lt. Kennedy recuperates after PT-109: “Your valentine (for which I thank you) let me know that you were still with us and not defending your country’s honor and your own —in the Philippines or some place like it”
139. John F. Kennedy. Rare World War II-dated ALS signed “Love, Jack,” on both sides of a folded 3.5 x 2.5 note card,
no date but postmarked February 17, 1945. Letter to Elinor Mae Dooley, a nurse Kennedy had met at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., in 1944, while recuperating from back surgery following the PT–109 incident, in full: “I’ve been waiting to hear from you for some time and your valentine (for which I thank you) let me know that you were still with us and not defending your country’s honor and your own—in the Philippines or some place like it. I still have great hopes that you will be coming out this way. If you do—please—I say again, please—let me know where you are going—for if it is near—I will come on the double. Try and take any leave you get on this end—as it is wonderful country and you would love it. Wonderful air—riding etc. and I think I’m getting in better shape—though it goes surprisingly slow. I am really living like the doctor ordered—and finding it a bit of a strain. Relax and write. I use this card as I thought the cactus expresses well my social life here.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed entirely in Kennedy’s own hand. In the early morning of August 2, 1943, Lieutenant Kennedy’s PT-109 was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in the Blackett Strait of the Solomon Islands. Following a miraculous 3.5-mile swim to shore, Kennedy and his ten surviving crew members were rescued from Olasana Island a full six days later. Kennedy returned to the United States in January 1944, and after a three-month period at Miami’s Submarine Chaser Training Center, he entered the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to receive treatment for a debilitating lower back condition. On March 1, 1945, Kennedy retired from the Navy Reserve on physical disability, earning an honorable discharge with the full rank of lieutenant. Two months later, Jack began work as a special correspondent for William Randolph Hearst’s Chicago Herald Examiner. War-dated letters from Kennedy remain exceedingly rare, with this example all the more desirable given its flirty tone. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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140. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.25, no date. Letter to Geoffrey Bennison, a London interior designer and antique dealer. In part: “Do you still have the Venetian painting—the shop sign—Longhi? If you do, could you tell me again its price? I seem to remember it was astronomical. I hope I am mistaken—because it is difficult to persuade someone who is irrevocably set against acquiring paintings!” In fine condition, with a small stain at the top. Pietro Longhi was an 18th century Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The Kennedys in Hyannisport: a personally-owned family album
141. John F. Kennedy.
John and Jackie Kennedy’s personally-owned leatherbound photograph album commemorating their family vacation on Hyannisport in 1959, measuring 13.75 x 11, and housing an assemblage of ten glossy 13.25 x 8.75 candid photos. Photos are mounted on boards with rounded corners, on each side of a single leaf. There are five leaves, for a total of ten portraits. The images were taken by photographer Mark Shaw, who was assigned by Life magazine to photograph Jackie during her husband’s ‘informal campaign’ for the presidency. The Kennedys are portrayed during their halcyon days, relaxing and playing with their daughter Caroline, or simply cruising about the harbor or enjoying their gorgeous waterfront property. Jackie is pictured in all but one of the photographs, an image of John walking alone, away from the compound and towards the dunes, which he later affirmed as his favorite picture of himself. One of the photos appears to have been taken at the Kennedy’s home in Georgetown, and depicts John lifting up their daughter as Jackie looks on. Expertly bound and presented by E. B. Michelman of New York. In fine condition. Given the album front’s gilt lettered title of “The First Family,” this photographic collection was no doubt bestowed and presented to the Kennedy family during their time in the White House. A romantic glimpse into pre-Camelot days, this album shows John and Jackie in a casual, intimate light—the future president ever cool and collected, his first lady the unmistakable star of this unique keepsake. Starting Bid $500 70 | June 14, 2017 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
Fourteen-page handwritten draft for a 1952 Senate campaign speech: “These are only some of the actions that must be taken if we are not to bring to a halt the social advances of the last two decades—initiated by President Roosevelt”
142. John F. Kennedy. Remarkable partial handwritten manuscript draft, unsigned, 14 pages, 5 x 8, no date but circa August 1952. Fragment of an early draft for Kennedy’s speech at the 66th Annual Convention of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor on August 13, 1952, during his campaign for the Senate. In part: “Problems of special interest and vital significance to men and women whom you represent. Foremost among such problems and dwarfing all others has been the steady upward rise in the cost of living—and which threatens now to move to higher levels and to destroy to an increasing degree everything that the people of this country have earned with their own hard work and conscientious efforts….The…weakening of the rent control section [of 1951 price control legislation]—the lifting of controls of fruits & raw vegetables—the emasculation of the wage stabilization section—the whole sale firing of over 6000 employees charged with enforcement for price controls has made all of our tasks more difficult…The necessity of increasing our social security benefits and old age assistance payments—to lessen the effects of the increase in their cost of living—to lift the minimum wage from 75 cents and to extend its coverage…to permit unions to organize their membership more freely without Federal impediment—to carry through the long time promises to guarantee equality of opportunity in employment. These are only some of the actions that must be taken if we are not to bring to a halt the social advances of the last two decades—initiated by President Roosevelt and to be continued by President Adlai Stevenson.” In fine condition. Kennedy espouses a strong Democratic message in support of unions and social safety nets, staunchly defending the legacy of FDR’s New Deal. On the back of the working-class vote, JFK would topple Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. in the November election. An outstanding, lengthy handwritten draft for a speech of political significance. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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JFK’s 1960 campaign notes on “Pennsylvania Humor”
143. John F. Kennedy. One-of-a-kind typed speech notes annotated by Kennedy, two pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa September 1960. Typed list of seven jokes, headed “Pennsylvania Humor,” with several notes and corrections in his own hand, including “I left N.Y. early” on the first page, and “Pennsylvania—my nomination came” on the second page. In fine condition, with general light handling wear. JFK’s published nomination acceptance speech, delivered on September 14th, includes a version of joke #4: “You can tell something about a political party by the title it gives its platform. We called ours ‘The Rights of Man.’ I’m not sure what the Republicans called theirs—but it may be ‘The Power of Positive Thinking.’” On the following day, a version of joke #4 was incorporated into his Zembo Mosque speech, and a version of joke #5 was incorporated into his Harrisburg speech. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Scarce handwritten letter from Senator Kennedy 144. John F. Kennedy. Sought-
after ALS signed “Jack,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 9, Congress of the United States letterhead, no date but postmarked June 11, 1951. Letter to Colonel Joseph T. Benedict, in part: “Many thanks for fixing things at the Convention. I thought that you had an unusually fine group there and that it was a great success. I hope things go well for you…in the service. If there is ever anything I can do—I hope you will let me know—.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Kennedy’s own hand, and several copies of letters addressed between Benedict, Kennedy, and members of his White House staff, dated between 1961 and 1963. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
A gift for Kennedy’s former Senate secretary 145. John F. Kennedy. Handsome engraving of the White House, 6 x 4, displayed below the original 11.25 x 9.5 presentation mat, signed and inscribed in black ink as president, “To Mary B. Gallagher—Best wishes—John Kennedy.” In fine condition, with light toning, and much of the thin gold border around the vignette rubbed off. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Gallagher served as the secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy and then later to First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A gift of the Sacred Heart for the newly born John, Jr. 146. John F. Kennedy. Sterling
silver Sacred Heart medallion and necklace gifted to President-elect John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy upon the birth of their son John F. Kennedy, Jr., on November 25, 1960. Measuring .75 x 1.5, the front of the medallion features two depictions of Madonna and child in relief with raise text above, “Mother of Mothers—Pray for Us”; the reverse bears the Sacred Heart image of Christ, with “Sterling” hallmarked below. Includes the original silver chain. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Mary Barelli Gallagher, the secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy and then later to First Lady Jackie Kennedy, in part: “This baby gift is one of the many gifts that had arrived daily to the home of President–Elect and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, 3307 N St. N. W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C. on the occasion of John Jr.’s Birth…Mrs. Kennedy would ask that I prepare a letter of thanks to the sender for her to sign, and this is one of the gifts that she offered me to take home. I donated the vast majority of these gifts to various charities, others I gave away to friends, relatives, etc., keeping the more interesting ones, such as this, for myself.” Starting Bid $200
147. John F. Kennedy.
Exquisite Rosary bead necklace gifted to President-elect John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy upon the birth of their son John F. Kennedy, Jr., on November 25, 1960. Consisting of numerous small beads and links, the necklace measures approximately 16.25˝ in length, and features a small Mary and Sacred Heart medallion and cross. Includes the original gold metallic sequined pouch with front snap enclosure. In fine condition, with some toning and oxidizing to metal. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Mary Barelli Gallagher, the secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy and then later to First Lady Jackie Kennedy, in part: “This baby gift is one of the many gifts that had arrived daily to the home of President–Elect and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, 3307 N St. N. W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C. on the occasion of John Jr.’s Birth…Mrs. Kennedy would ask that I prepare a letter of thanks to the sender for her to sign, and this is one of the gifts that she offered me to take home. I donated the vast majority of these gifts to various charities, others I gave away to friends, relatives, etc., keeping the more interesting ones, such as this, for myself.” Starting Bid $200
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148. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 7.25
x 10, Congress of the United States letterhead, December 7, 1950. Letter to Grace Oliva, in full: “This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 5th, relative to your desire to secure your Social Security. In reply, I wish to assure you that I shall be very glad to do what I can in your behalf, if you will furnish me with information as to your present age, and your Social Security number. Upon receipt of that information, I shall get in touch with the appropriate Social Security office, and shall keep you informed as to developments.” Kennedy adds a postscript: “In the event your husband might be eligible for Social Security benefits, too, I would appreciate information as to his full name, and Social Security number (if he was employed under covered employment).” Handsomely doublematted and framed with two campaign pins and a “Kennedy 60” PT–109 pin to an overall size of 17 x 16.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Signed copy of JFK’s first State of the Union 149. John F. Kennedy.
Rare TMS as president, sixteen pages, 8.5 x 14, January 30, 1961. An original White House manuscript of Kennedy’s first State of the Union address, typed on official legal paper watermarked with the presidential seal. In addition to speech copies for the vice president and speaker of the House, signed manuscripts were also given to the Congressional Roll Call office for their records. In part: “It is a pleasure to return from whence I came. You are among my oldest friends in Washington—and this House is my oldest home. It was here, more than 14 years ago, that I first took the oath of Federal office. It was here, for 14 years, that I gained both knowledge and inspiration from members of both parties in both Houses…I speak today in an hour of national peril and national opportunity. Before my term has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized and governed such as ours can endure. The outcome is by no means certain. The answers are by no means clear. All of us together—this Administration, this Congress, this nation—must forge those answers…Life in 1961 will not be easy. Wishing it, predicting it, even asking for it, will not make it so. There will be further setbacks before the tide is turned. But turn it we must. The hopes of all mankind rest upon us—not simply upon those of us in this chamber, but upon the peasant in Laos, the fisherman in Nigeria, the exile from Cuba, the spirit that moves every man and Nation who shares our hopes for freedom and the future. And in the final analysis, they rest most of all upon the pride and perseverance of our fellow American Citizens.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink. In fine condition. Kennedy delivered his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress just ten days into his presidency, only the second time a newly elected president had chosen to do so; the first being his predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower. In his nearly 5,300-word speech, Kennedy promised to work closely with Congress, increase unemployment benefits, and offer tax incentives to businesses. He expounded on the potential threat of communism, but concluded his speech on a note of optimism: “The hopes of all mankind rest upon us—not simply upon those of us in this chamber, but upon the...spirit that moves every man and Nation who shares our hopes for freedom and the future.”Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 75
Incredibly rare 1960 presidential debate photo, signed by JFK and Nixon 1 5 0 . J o h n F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon: 1960 Presidential Debate. Momentous
vintage 10.75 x 10.75 behind-the-scenes photo of the first-ever televised presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ballpoint, “For William McKnight—with very best regards, John Kennedy—1960,” and in black ink, “To Bill McKnight, with every good wish, from Dick Nixon.” Frame backing bears a printed telecast caption and is signed and inscribed in black ink, “For William L. McKnight—with best wishes, Frank Stanton.” Framed and in fine condition. The president of CBS between 1946 and 1971, Stanton successfully organized the historic first televised presidential debate after convincing Congress to suspend section 315 of Communications Act of 1934, a broadcasting provision that enforced the ‘equal time’ rule for political opponents. Held in Chicago’s WBBM-TV studios on September 26, 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon became the first presidential candidates to enter a televised debate. Moderated by journalist Howard K. Smith, the first of the four debates ran for 59 minutes and covered issues such as education, health care, labor, the economy, and the Cold War. Radio listeners thought Nixon’s answers to be more substantive, but the handsome, well-prepped Kennedy used the camera to full advantage. A few days before the event, Kennedy met with debate producer and director Don Hewitt to go over the ground rules: where he would stand and sit, the time allotted for each answer, whether or not he could interrupt. As a result, Kennedy delivered a calm, deliberate performance while a drawn Nixon, still convalescing from a recent two-week hospital stay, underestimated the importance of the night—an estimated 70 million people watched the debate. Kennedy’s measured answers and natural on-air charisma are often credited for his eventual presidential victory. This is the first dual-signed Kennedy–Nixon photo we have ever offered, and it is augmented by the great significance of its content—the rarity of this item cannot be understated. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Photo collection from Kennedy’s senate office secretary
IMAGES ABOVE SHOWN AS POSITIVE 151. John F. Kennedy Family Photos. Exceptional assemblage of over 100 photographs and original negatives from
the personal collection of Mary Gallagher, the secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy and then later to First Lady Jackie Kennedy, with the majority bearing affixed handwritten notes lending insight into the images and her time spent with the Kennedys between the years 1960 and 1965. Notable images are as follows: 1960: a 3.5 x 4.75 negative of Kennedy greeting journalist Charles Collingwood, who famously conducted a televised tour of the renovated White House with First Jacqueline Kennedy; a 2.5 x 2.25 negative of Kennedy posing with family members in his Georgetown home at 3307 N Street NW; and two 2.25 x 2.25 negatives of a young Caroline Kennedy posing with two other children; 1961: a color 3.5 x 3.5 Polaroid of Caroline saying grace with two other children at a small table; 1962: a 2.5 x 2.5 negative of a young John F. Kennedy, Jr., being helped with a drinking cup; four negatives of children playing on the South Lawn of the White House; two negatives from the White House Easter Egg Roll; and a 2.25 x 2.25 negative of Caroline’s part-Shetland gelding Macaroni; 1963: a group of six color photographs, ranging in size from 6.5 x 4.5 to 5 x 7, depicting moments from Kennedy’s birthday party in the White House on May 29, 1963, each bearing an “R. L. Knudsen…Office of the Naval Aide to the President” stamp on the reverse; 1964–1965: a color photograph of Gallagher with Lady Bird Johnson at the opening of the Kennedy Rose Garden, several negatives of Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and others taken at Jacqueline Kennedy’s new house in Georgetown. Includes two glossy 9 x 7 photos, one of the start of JFK’s inaugural parade, and the other of a helicopter on the White House lawn in 1960. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $500
“Made expressly for President Lyndon B. Johnson” 152. Lyndon B. Johnson. Resistol
silverbelly cowboy hat made for Johnson to be given out at his ranch, size 6 3/4, with a satin lining featuring an outline of the state of Texas and the text, “Johnson City, LBJ Ranch.” The brown sweatband is stamped in gold, “Made expressly for President Lyndon B. Johnson, Wide County XXX Beaver, Resistol, ‘Self-Conforming.’” Includes the original Resistol box, which exhibits general wear, with a few tears and creases. Hat is in fine condition. Resistol, a Texas hat company, made these hats in different sizes for President Johnson (his own hat size was 7 3/8) so he could give them away to friends and visitors to the LBJ Ranch. This example was apparently never worn. Starting Bid $500
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Appointment for the “Assistant Secretary of State” 153. Lyndon B. Johnson. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 11.75, September 7, 1965. President Johnson appoints Raymond A. Hare, of West Virginia, as the “Assistant Secretary of State.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson, and countersigned by Dean Rusk as secretary of state. White paper remains affixed to lower left. Rolled and in fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Scarce portrait of the Nixon cabinet 154. Richard Nixon and Cabinet. Desir-
able color textured semiglossy 9.75 x 7.75 official White House photo of President Nixon and his cabinet, signed and inscribed in blue ink by Nixon, “To Claude Harkins, with best wishes, from Richard Nixon,” as well as several other members of his cabinet, including: James Lynn (2), Peter Brennan, George P. Schultz, Anne Armstrong, Elliot Richardson, Claude S. Brinegar, William P. Rogers, Earl L. Butz, Richard Kleindienst, Roy L. Ash, Rogers C. B. Morton, and Caspar W. Weinburger. Reverse bears a faint “Official Photograph, The White House, Washington, D.C.” stamp. In fine condition. A decidedly uncommon cast of signatures from the controversial Nixon cabinet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Gold Tiffany bamboo pen from the Reagan collection 155. Ronald Reagan. Brilliant 14-karat yellow gold ballpoint pen from the personal collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, used by the couple while they resided at their home in Bel Air, California. Made by Tiffany, the pen measures 5˝ in length and is designed in the style of a bamboo reed, with the nib featuring a “T” hallmark and 14K stamp. In fine condition. Provenance: The Private Collection, President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Christie’s, September 2016. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Reagan addresses his mother’s Alzheimer’s— “Time has dimmed her mind and now she no longer identifies me or my brother” 156. Ronald Reagan. ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Revue
Studios letterhead, May 4, no year but circa late 1950s or early 1960s. Letter to Mrs. Dawley, in full: “Thank you for your very kind letter you were most generous in your praise and I hope someday I can be deserving of your warm regard. You asked about Mother—I’m afraid time has taken its toll. She is in a very nice hospital although her health is reasonably good she requires constant care because her memory is gone. She is comfortable but time has dimmed her mind and now she no longer identifies me or my brother. I hate having to write this to you but she wouldn’t recognize any communication from old friends. Our only solace is that we have been able to provide all possible comfort & care. Again my thanks for your kind letter & Best Regards.” In fine condition. A particularly poignant letter detailing the diminished health of Nelle Wilson Reagan and her ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s, a disease her son would be formally diagnosed with in August 1994. Three months after learning that he had developed Alzheimer’s, Reagan issued a public announcement in which he bravely stated that he was to ‘begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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157. George Bush
158. George Bush
161. George W. Bush
162. George W. Bush
163. Grover Cleveland
164. Grover Cleveland
165. Grover Cleveland
166. Bill Clinton
167. Bill Clinton
168. Bill Clinton
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160. George W. Bush
159. George W. Bush
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171. Calvin Coolidge
172. Calvin Coolidge
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174. Dwight D. Eisenhower MB $200
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178. Gerald Ford
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173. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower MB $200
176. Dwight D. Eisenhower MB $200
177. Millard Fillmore MB $200
180. U. S. Grant MB $200
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183. U. S. Grant
184. Benjamin Harrison
185. Benjamin Harrison
186. Benjamin Harrison
187. Herbert Hoover
188. Herbert Hoover
189. Andrew Johnson
190. Lyndon B. Johnson
192. Jacqueline Kennedy and John Jr Photograph By Mark Shaw
193. John F. Kennedy and John Jr. Photo
194. John F. Kennedy Inaugural Photo
196. John F. Kennedy Inaugural Photo
197. John F. Kennedy Photo
198. John F. Kennedy Photograph
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199. John F. Kennedy Photos with Caroline
200. John F. Kennedy US Senate Negatives
203. Richard Nixon
204. Richard Nixon
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201. William McKinley
202. William McKinley
205. Richard Nixon
206. Richard Nixon
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207. Richard Nixon
208. Richard Nixon
209. Nancy Reagan
210. Nancy Reagan
211. Ronald Reagan
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214. Ronald Reagan
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216. Ronald and Nancy Reagan
217. William H. Taft
218. William H. Taft
219. William H. Taft
220. William H. Taft
221. William H. Taft
222. Harry S. Truman
225. Donald Trump
226. Donald Trump
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230. Woodrow Wilson
215. Ronald Reagan
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notables
Declaration of Independence
231. William Floyd. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and a US
representative from New York (1734–1821). Scarce, boldly penned ALS signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 6.5 x 8, September 29, 1791. Letter to Gerard Bancker, in part: “I rec’d yours of the 4th Instant, and have endeavoured to recollect something of the transaction you mention, but cannot recollect the least circumstance concerning it. There can be no doubt of…auditing the account as it appears on his books, and the probability is that it has been paid, tho I do not remember, either his auditing or my receiving the money—I think if it was paid you will find my rec’t among your papers of that time.” In fine condition, with some toning and sealrelated paper loss to the integral address leaf (which is detached but present). Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
1782 handwritten letter from Hancock, requesting to fill a Nantucket naval post 232. John Hancock. ALS signed “J. H.,” one page, 7.25 x 6, May 2, 1782. Letter to the General Court asking the assembly to appoint a naval officer to a vacancy at Nantucket, in full, “I have this day Rec’d an Application for a Number of Registers to be Sent to the Deputy Naval Officer of the Island of Nantuckett, but as the Naval Officer of that Port has lately Deceas’d, I presume the Deputations from him ceas’d at the Time of the Death of the principal, I do not therefore look upon myself Justifiable in sending Registers to that Port until a Naval Officer shall be appointed by the General Assembly, the propriety of which appointments I submit to your Consideration.” In very good to fine condition, with professional repairs to two complete vertical separations, resulting in some slight paper loss at junctions, small repaired tear on one fold, and light show through from docketing on reverse. Letter was originally part of The Hancock-Chase Collection, formerly housed at the Museum of American History. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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War-dated letter as president of the Continental Congress 233. Samuel Huntington. Revolutionary War–dated LS as president of the Continental Congress, signed “Sam. Huntington President,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, June 21, 1780. Letter to Governor George Clinton of New York, in part: “Congress have at different Periods recommended Measures which they deemed essentially necessary for the public Good. They now request of those States which have not made returns to Congress of their Transactions in that respect, the most expeditious Information of the Measures they have taken in consequence of the several resolutions, a list of which is annexed.” Mounted and cloth-matted to an overall size of 11.5 x 13.25. In fine condition, with light overall staining; the letter is permanently corner-mounted to a larger sheet. Pre-certified Starting Bid $200
Scarce handwritten letter from the Virginian signer 234. Richard Henry Lee.
Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732-1794). ALS, one page, 8 x 10, April 28, 1792. Letter to noted physician John Beatty, in full: “I have received a letter from Mr. Wm. Lee the elder, under date the 16th of April, in which he writes as followeth ‘Be so good as inform Dr. Beatty that I have had all his accounts relative to my sons expences revised, & in that which he sent me by him last spring I find he has charged the crowns he gave to my Son when he left Princeton; and among a number of bills which he charges as being then to be paid he puts down Stryker the shoemakers bill 40s/ The sum total of his whole account when he receives the three dollars you were to pay him will be overpaid 1s / 3d Virginia currency.’ In consequence of the above letter, and in conformity with Mr. Lee’s directions I deliver to our common friend Mr. Boudinot three dollars for you. I have the honor to be, with much esteem, Sir your most humble Servt.” Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait, plaque, and state flag of Virginia to an overall size of 20.25 x 19.5, with a window in the backing for viewing reverse of the second integral page, addressed in Lee’s own hand and franked below, “R. H. Lee.” In fine condition, with a thin old mounting remnant along the left side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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To the captain of the Empress of China 235. Robert Morris. LS signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 7.5 x 9, February
14, 1784. Letter to Captain John Green, in part: “I thank you…for the information…which I shall make my own use of without mentioning your name, except so far as regards the Ships Provisions for your Voyage, for in this respect I shall mention that by an Expression in one of your Letters you seem doubtfull that the Quantity on board may not be sufficient. I am extremely sorry for your long Detention, but as you have tarried so long, do not from Impatience move untill all Danger from Ice vanishes.” In fine condition, with small splits along intersecting folds. Green was the captain of the Empress of China, initially built as a privateer in 1783 but converted to a merchant ship after the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the Revolutionary War. Robert Morris was one of the vessel’s owners as part of a syndicate. The ship would leave New York harbor on February 22, and it became the first American merchant vessel to enter Chinese waters. Green and the Empress of China returned to New York a year later, and the success of the voyage encouraged future trade missions to China. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
236. Matthew Thornton. Signer of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence from New Hampshire (1714–1803). Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “Mathew Thornton,” one page, 7.5 x 12.25, June 13, 1769. Receipt related to a sale of land in New Hampshire between Nathaniel Fiefield and Ebenezer Gile for a sum of five shillings. Signed at the conclusion by Thornton as justice of the peace. In very good condition, with toning and small areas of paper loss along intersecting folds (which show old reinforcements on the reverse). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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American Politicians and Leaders
237. Alexander Hamilton. Sought-after note written in the hand of Alexander Hamilton, unsigned, one page, 6 x 7.75, September 24, 1794. Note to Samuel Hodgson, the superintendent of military stores, in full: “Mr. Hodgson will please to furnish me with a return of all articles in Cloathing remaining in Store—to day if possible.” Affixed along the left edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and a docketing notation lightly showing through from the reverse. On September 19, 1794, Hamilton issued a request to President Washington asking permission to send military to western Pennsylvania as a means of quelling the Whiskey Rebellion. The clothing referenced in this note were thus intended for the militia soon to head to the state’s southwestern revolts. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
238. Alexander Hamilton. Ink signature, “A. Hamilton,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip clipped from the close of a printed document, and affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with light overall toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Large, stunning 1692 map of “Amerique Septentrionale” 239. North American Map: 1692. Magnificent
1692 map of North America published by Alexis Hubert Jaillot after Nicholas Sanson, 36 x 24, entitled “Amerique Septentrionale, Divisee en ses Principales Parties, ou sont Distingues les Uns des Autres les Estats Suivant qu’ils Appartiennet Presentemet aux Francois, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois.” The decorative title cartouche to the upper left is adorned with the French coat of arms, two Native Americans, and tropical birds atop; the distance scale cartouche to lower left is dated 1692 in the last line. Border outlines are hand-colored. Matted to an overall size of 39 x 27.5. In fine condition. One of the most famous cartographic errors in history, this map portrays California as an island off the coast of Mexico. It correctly depicts the five Great Lakes, though Superior and Michigan are open-ended, and the western part of the continent is a vast unexplored territory. What is today the United States is largely divided between “Canada ou Nouvelle France,” “Floride,” and “Nouveau Mexique.” A simply remarkable, beautiful map of the ‘New World’ from the two hundredth anniversary of its discovery. Starting Bid $200
Conveying 10,000 Pennsylvania acres to John Penn 240. William Penn. English-
born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Scarce vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 23.75 x 14, October 25, 1701. Land grant conveying 10,000 acres in Bucks County to trustees for John Penn (presumably his infant son John Penn, born January 28, 1700). In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining, and three ribbon holes in the signature area (ribbon no longer present). John Penn was the only one of Penn’s children to be born in the New World, and was hence called ‘the American’ by his family; he succeeded his father as Chief Proprietor of Pennsylvania upon his death in 1718. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Mere months before ceding New Amsterdam to the Duke of York 241. Peter Stuyvesant. Last
Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (1612–1672) who was a major figure in the early history of New York City. LS in Dutch, signed “P. Stuyvesant,” one page, 7.25 x 10.75, February 21, 1664. Written from Fort Amsterdam, in full (translated): “When few or no letters came with the recently arrived ship Saint Peter, it was said that the letters as usual will have been handed to he Supercargo of this ship (who stayed in the fatherland). Therefore the General Directors and Council members (at the request of various citizens) decided to have the crate of aforementioned Supercargo opened to see if it contained any private letters. This having been done in the presence of the undersigned, nothing was found other than a missive to Mr. Jacques Cortljouw, which was removed, in addition to an ink pot with an almanac, after which the chest was locked again.” In fine condition. The one-legged Stuyvesant, often referred to as either ‘Peg Leg Pete’ or ‘Old Silver Nails’ on account of his nail-studded prosthesis, served as the director-general of New Amsterdam for the final time in 1664. Situated within Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of present-day Manhattan, Stuyvesant had run the Dutch colony for nearly 17 years, and achieved much in improving the economy and quelling Indian hostilities that threatened the growth of Dutch settlement. His charge came to end, however, when on August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into New Amsterdam’s harbor and demanded New Netherland’s surrender. Initially defiant, Stuyvesant soon yielded when his call-to-arms went unheeded, and he was forced to sign a treaty on September 9th, thus ceding the colony to the Duke of York. A tremendously rare letter dated to a period of immense Anglo-Dutch rivalry and the subsequent origin of New York. Additionally, this letter mentions Jacques Cortelyou, surveyor general of New Amsterdam, whose Cortelyou Survey is considered to be the first map of New York City.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Wooden relic from the birthplace of Paul Revere 242. Paul Revere. Panel of wood removed from the house of Paul Revere, 5.25 x 5.25 x .5, with three beveled edges and the top bearing an affixed label annotated by noted collector John S. Reigart: “Panel made of Wood from the House where Paul Revere was born at Boston, Mass. House taken down April 1891.” In fine condition. Originates from the John S. Reigart Collection of Historical American Relics. Starting Bid $200
Rare Civil War draft-substitute document signed by Boss Tweed 243. William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed. Politician (1823–1878) most notable for being the ‘boss’ of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th-century New York. Tweed was infamous for stating, ‘I don’t care so much what the papers write about (me)—my constituents can’t read.’ He was convicted of stealing between 25 and 45 million dollars from NYC taxpayers, a staggering sum for the times. Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “W. M. Tweed,” one page, 8 x 6.5, September 29, 1863. Document issued by the “New York County Substitute and Relief Committee,” being a “Certificate in favor of Drafted Member in Indigent Circumstances, showing that he has obtained a/Substitute and that he is entitled to have the Money therefore paid by the Comptroller.” As a committee supervisor, Tweed certifies that one John Moran, a plasterer, “is in indigent circumstances and has a family wholly depending on him for support.” The document names Moran’s substitute as “Chas. Moore.” Signed at the conclusion by committee members William M. Tweed, Matthew T. Brennan, and two others. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 11. In fine condition.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Activists and Social Leaders “This new class is so petty, brutal, and oppressive,” writes Cleaver, “people all over the world are rising up against Communism” 244. Eldridge Cleaver. Political activist and leader of the
Black Panther Party (1935-1998). 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 manuscript in pencil for a speech entitled “No Money,” unsigned, one page, both sides, 5 x 7, no date but circa 1983. In full: “They always tell us there’s no money for us! Yet they’re able to come up with money overnight, millions, for refugees, for covert CIA operations, for overt military action, for flood relief, to pay off Poland debts—but nothing for blacks. We must turn this situation around. We must use our political power to crack this economic nut. There’s no reason why—except the list below—Kwame Nkrumah said, ‘Seek ye first The Political Kingdom…’ This new class is so petty, brutal, and oppressive that the people all over the world are rising up against Communism.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a “Cleaver for Congress” mailing envelope, and a color 5 x 3.5 candid photo of Cleaver and members of his campaign staff. Starting Bid $200
Shortly after the historic 1888 Republican National Convention, Douglass remains a strong voice for African-American newspapers 245. Frederick Douglass. ALS signed “Fredk. Douglass,” one page, 5 x 8, Cedar Hill
letterhead, July 20, 1888. Letter to Magnus L. Robinson, an African-American journalist and newspaper editor. In full: “I am very sorry that I cannot serve you. I have already taken an interest in the People’s Advocate and promised to press its claims upon the National Republican Committee otherwise I would be glad to serve the National Republican Leader.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. A month prior to writing this letter, Douglass attended the Republican National Convention to speak out in support of John Sherman for the presidency. With his primary focus on a strong civil rights platform, he did ultimately campaign for nominee Benjamin Harrison, after the latter supported an item calling for federal protection of black citizens’ voting rights. Interestingly, Douglass himself received a single vote for the presidential nomination while at the Convention—the first African-American to earn the distinction. Also of note are the two prominent African-American newspapers that Douglas mentions in this letter: Robinson’s The National Leader and John W. Cromwell’s The People’s Advocate. Having just been founded in January, Robinson’s paper was still getting off the ground, certainly his reason for reaching out to Douglass for support. A fantastic letter referring to the 1888 Republican National Convention, with significant content regarding the civil rights movement and the voice of the African-American community. Starting Bid $200
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246. Mohandas Gandhi. Scarce fountain pen signature, “M. K. Gandhi,” on an off-white 2 x 1.25 slip affixed to a larger card. In fine condition, with a tape stain beneath the signature which could easily be matted out. Accompanied by a tiny vintage glossy 1.75 x 2.75 photo of Gandhi with two other people. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Supreme Court
“Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911” 247. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Souvenir typescript of a speech delivered by “Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911,” fifty years after he graduated from the university, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8.5, signed and inscribed on the first page in black ink, “Mrs. Bradley, from O. W. Holmes, July 8, 1911.” The speech, in part: “Life is a roar of bargain and battle, but in the very heart of it there rises a mystic spiritual tone that gives meaning to the whole. It transmutes the dull details into romance. It reminds us that our only but wholly adequate significance is as parts of the unimaginable whole. It suggests that even while we think that we are egoists we are living to ends outside ourselves.” In his own hand, Holmes adds the word “that” to the final sentence. In fine condition, with slight splitting along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Businessmen 248. Andre Citroen. French industrialist (1878–1935) best remembered for the make of car bearing his name. TLS in French, three pages, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 24, 1925. In part (translated): “As a follow-up to our interviews, we confirm that your monthly commitment in our house is replaced by a three-year appointment, paying 36,000 francs a year, payable twelve equal monthly installments. In addition to your fixed salary, you will receive a production premium, which will be determined at a later date and the guaranteed minimum of 500 francs per month will be paid until your percentage is clearly determined. It is expressly understood that you need to turn your time to the exercise of your functions.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, light overall creasing, and a rusty paperclip impression to the upper left corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
1928 model motorcycles roll into Massachusetts 249. Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson. One of the four co-founders
of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. Choice DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, September 24, 1927. Agreement between the HarleyDavidson Motor Company and Leon J. Landry in which the latter agrees to purchase eight 1928 model Harley-Davidson motorcycles over the course of one year, and that he will “thoroughly canvass and devote his best energies to promote the sale” of said vehicles to persons within the “townships of Franklin, Wrentham, Plainville, Foxboro, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, and Walpole in Norfolk County. The township of Milford, in Worcester County, and the township of Mansfield in Bristol County, all in the state of Massachusetts.” Signed at the conclusion by Arthur Davidson. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The exceedingly rare founder of the Packard Motor Car Company 250. James Ward Packard. Automobile manu-
facturer (1863–1928) known for his Packard Motor Car Company, founded in 1899 in Warren, Ohio. ADS signed “J. W. Packard,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, The New York & Ohio Co. letterhead, March 11, 1891. Partly-printed order form submitted to the Ohio Pulley & Machine Co., filled out in Packard’s own hand. Packard requests “One wood-split pulley, 24 x 6 x 2 1/8 flat face.” In fine condition, with a light diagonal bend, and faint ghostlike impressions of writing from another item that must have been in contact with this at one time. The New York & Ohio Co. was an electrical manufacturing company owned by James Ward Packard and his brother William Doud Packard. The first Packard motor car would be built at the New York and Ohio plant in 1899, and the brothers incorporated the New York and Ohio Automobile Company in 1900. This would be renamed as the Packard Motor Car Company in 1902, with James Packard as its president. Packard’s autograph is extremely rare in any form, with this very early example being just the third we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
251. Henry Wells and William Fargo. Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12.25 x 8.25, January 26, 1865. Attractively engraved certificate for three shares of capital stock in the American Express Company issued to Robert L. Johnson of Albany. Signed at the conclusion by Wells as president and Fargo as secretary, and countersigned by Alex Holland as treasurer. In very good to fine condition, with areas of light staining and toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Intellectuals
252. Sigmund Freud. Fountain pen signature, “Sigm. Freud, 1935,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 album page affixed along its left edge to same-size backing. In fine condition, with a trace of staining above his last name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Exceedingly rare letter from the important Dutch intellectual
253. Hugo Grotius. Dutch jurist
and philosopher (1583–1645) who laid the foundations for international law with his book De jure belli ac pacis, and played a key role in the Arminianism-Calvinism debate. Untranslated ALS in Latin, signed “H. Grotius,” one page, 8.25 x 6.25, no date. Retains its integral address leaf. In very good condition, with toning, foxing, splitting along folds, and old repairs to restorations to areas of paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Religious Figures
254. Pope John Paul II. TLS in Polish, signed “Karol
card Wojtyla,” one page, 5.75 x 4.25, Easter 1973. In full (roughly translated): “I am very thankful for the memory, which reciprocates with the heartfelt Easter greetings and is in the communion of faith around the Risen Redeemer.” Card bears a celebratory drawing in an unknown hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
255. Pope John Paul II. TLS in Polish, signed “Karol c W,” one page, 5.75 x 4, Easter 1963. In full (roughly translated): “The most honorable God pay for Easter wishes. In reciprocating their desire, Dear Panetwu also wishes to have the most effective and lasting participation in the Mystery of Struggle.” Card bears a celebratory drawing in an unknown hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
256. Pope Pius XII. Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe
Giovanni Pacelli (1876-1958), he served as pope from 1939 until his death. Untranslated manuscript DS in Latin, signed “E. Card. Pacelli a Secretis Status,” one page, 16.25 x 9, February 16, 1935. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and wrinkling. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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World Leaders
257. Simon Bolivar. Revolutionary and political leader (1783–1830) whose
military campaigns against the Spanish were instrumental in the emergence of the independent nations of modern South America, including Bolivia, which was named in his honor. Manuscript DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 12.25, January 18, 1828. Bolivar appoints Antonio Juan Ochoa as (translated) “a public notary with a regular position in the canton of Caracas.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Bolivar as president of Colombia, and countersigned by Minister of the Interior J. Manuel Restrepo. The folded seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with areas of paper loss along edges. Accompanied by a full translation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
258. Fidel Castro. Early DS in Spanish, three pages, 8.5 x 13.25, March 31, 1959. In part (roughly translated): “I hereby announce that the Council of Ministers has agreed and I have sanctioned the following:—The entities ‘Santiago Manzanillo, SA’ and ‘El Paraiso de Manzanillo, SA’, engaged in the provision of public transportation services road passengers on the route from Manzanillo to Niquero and intermediate villages, Manzanillo to La Sal, Manzanillo to Central Estrada Palma and Entronque de Bueycito to the Mines of Bueycito, in Oriente Province, have requested from the Ministry of Finance the protection and assistance Economic status of the State consisting in the granting of tariff and tax exemptions for the importation of eleven motorized units for the first, and ten, for the second, for the transportation of passengers at the places or routes indicated above.” Signed at the conclusion by Fidel Castro as prime minister, and Manuel Urrutia Lleo as president, both of whom initial the preceding two pages. Blue seal and ribbon remain affixed to lower right. In very good to fine condition, with staple and binding holes, and trimming to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Iconic oversized 1941 Karsh portrait 259. Winston Churchill. Magnificent matte-
finish 15 x 18.5 photo of Churchill by legendary portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Winston S. Churchill.” Also signed in the lower right corner of the image in white ink by the photographer, “Karsh, Ottawa.” Professionally and expertly restored to near fine condition, with some lingering staining near the signature in the lower border, and scattered surface repairs to the lower left area of the image. The vast majority of the image, including Churchill’s famously stern visage, is clean and entirely devoid of any flaws. This phenomenal portrait, taken in 1941, is said to be one of the most widely reproduced photos of all time. An absolutely iconic pose in an imposing size, this is a truly outstanding signed Churchill photo. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
260. Winston Churchill. Ink signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 sheet of embossed Chancellor of the Exchequer letterhead. Matted with an image of the famous Karsh portrait to an overall size of 13.5 x 19.5. In fine condition, with a horizontal fold beneath the signature, and two light paperclip impressions to the top edge. Accompanied by a trimmed compliment sheet from Churchill’s secretary, dated January 2, 1927. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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261. Nikita Khrushchev. DS in Cyrillic, signed “N. S. Khrushchev,” one page, 8 x 5.5, March 13, 1944. A typed governmental telegram. In part (translated): “A shortage of cement is delaying the work associated with the reconstruction of the Kramatorsk plants. I request that you ensure the shipment of the Narkomstroy March plan figure of twenty carloads of cement, destination Yuzhnodonetsk railroad Kramatorsk station, recipient Donmashstroy OSMCh. Advise of execution.” Expected document wear and paper loss to the left edge, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
262. Napoleon. Untranslated DS in Italian, signed “Napol,”
one page, 7.75 x 12.5, August 17, 1810. Decree relating to the minister of finance. In fine condition. A crisp and uncommonly well-preserved document bearing a longer than typically seen signature. Starting Bid $200
263. Leon Trotsky. Untranslated DS in Cyrillic, signed in purple pencil, “L. Trotsky,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 6.75, no date. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and a thin strip of old tape along one edge of the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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264. Chaim Weizmann. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of the renowned chemist and Zionist leader, signed “Ch. Weizmann” in black ink, with “In appreciation of devoted service and leadership in behalf of the United Jewish Appeal” and “May 4, 1949—The First Anniversary of Israel” added in another hand. Affixed to an off-white 16 x 19.75 sheet of foamcore. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Royalty
Sought-after document by the sponsors of Christopher Columbus 265. Ferdinand and Isabella.
Untranslated manuscript DS in Spanish, signed by Ferdinand, “Yo el Rey [I the King],” and by Isabella, “Yo la Reyna [I the Queen],” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, no date. In fine condition, with show-through from writing to reverse, and trimmed edges affecting text on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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266. 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. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 9.5 x 12.75, December 1673. Untranslated order to the treasurer, signed at the conclusion by King Louis; his signature is struck through several times with crosshatch marks. In very good condition, with a small tear to the first line, a repair to the left edge, and some scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Sutton Place guest book signed by the Queen, Margaret, and Charles and Diana
267. British Royalty. Gorgeous leather-bound and gilt-embellished guest book from the historic Surrey manor house Sutton Place, dated between 1983 and 1984, measures 14.75 x 11, signed inside on individual pages in ink or fountain pen: “Elizabeth R,” “Margaret, May 10, 1983,” and “Charles, May 17, 1983” and “Diana,” the latter two signing on the same page. Also signed inside by several notable musical ensembles hired to perform during various events and exhibitions. The Elizabeth-signed page bears a collector’s date notation of May 9, 1983. In fine condition. Originally built by Sir Richard Weston in 1525, Sutton Place has become as well known for its Tudor-style architecture and commitment to art history as it has for its past ownership, an impressive list headed by J. Paul Getty, the billionaire industrialist who turned the estate into his new hub for Getty Oil and other affiliated ventures. In 1980, four years after Getty’s death, Sutton Place was purchased by art collector Stanley J. Seeger for an estimated £8 million. During his decade-long tenure as principal owner and caretaker, purportedly spending almost £1 million on annual maintenance costs, Seeger established the Sutton Place Heritage Trust for concerts and presentations, redecorated the interior, commissioned the creation of a new lake and garden to the property, and displayed some of his rarest and finest modern paintings, among them a triptych by Francis Bacon entitled Studies from the Human Body. Starting Bid $200 102 | June 14, 2017 | NOTABLES
Royal siblings Charles and Anne 268. Prince Charles and Princess Anne.
Two photos: a matte-finish 9.75 x 13.75 half-length portrait of a young Prince Charles posing in military uniform, affixed to the original 13 x 19.75 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Charles, 1970”; and a color semi-glossy 11.75 x 14.5 seated portrait of Princess Anne wearing honorary military regalia, affixed to the original 14.75 x 18 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Anne.” The Charles photo is in fine condition, with bumps to three corners and the signature light but fully legible; the Anne photo shows heavy creasing in the borders, which cold be successfully matted out if so desired. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Stunning oversized 1992 royal portrait 269. Princess Diana. Fabulous satin-
finish 10 x 12 portrait of Princess Diana affixed to its original 14 x 17 mount, signed on the mount in black felt tip, “Diana, 1992.” In fine condition, with trivial edge dings and tape remnants to reverse. A simply breathtaking photograph in an unusually large size. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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270. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Christmas card embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 10.5 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the newly wedded royal couple, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Mr. and Mrs. Steel, from Charles,” and in black ink, “and Diana.” In fine condition, with soiling to the outside covers and a slight smudge to Diana’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
271. Queen Elizabeth II. Partially printed DS, signed
“Elizabeth R,” one page, 21 x 16.5, February 25, 1965. Queen Elizabeth appoints David George Crichton as Consul for the Republic of Bolivia, “to reside at La Paz.” Prominently signed in the upper right by the queen, and countersigned by Michael Stewart as secretary of state for foreign affairs. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds. Starting Bid $200
272. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Royal Christmas
and New Year card with an embossed Order of the Garter seal on the front, measures 13.25 x 8.25 open, bearing a wonderful color family portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sitting with their two young children, signed on the adjacent page in black ink, “Lilibet,” and in fountain pen, “& Philip.” Card retains its original white-and-green ribbon. In fine condition, with some light spotting to the covers. An especially interesting signature from the queen, as she only ever signs with her nickname, “Lilibet,” for very close friends and family. She was given the nickname as a young child, and it is essentially only her immediate family members who are permitted to use it. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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273. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Wonderful color matte-finish 7 x 8.75 photo of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth posing with their children and dogs outside, neatly removed from a 1957 Royal holiday card, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Philip” and “Elizabeth R, 1957.” Matted to an overall size of 10.5 x 12.5. Includes the other half of the Royal card. In very good to fine condition, with light fading to the image and signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The executioner of King Louis XVI 274. Charles-Henri Sanson.
Official executioner of Paris active during the French Revolution (1739–1806) who performed 2918 executions, including those of Louis XVI, Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Maximilian de Robespierre. Scarce ANS in French, signed “Sanson,” one page, 7 x 2.5, 1793. Notification that he has received from the gendarme the mandate for a death sentence of a citizen on July 29, 1793. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and light foxing. Accompanied by a later postcard depicting the high executioner’s residence. A rare execution-related document from the year he beheaded the king. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Titanic
Chilling original photo of the Titanic iceberg
275. Titanic. Remarkable original matte-finish
4x 3 photograph of the infamous iceberg that the Titanic struck on the night of April 14, 1912. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, depicts the North Atlantic horizon, with the iceberg to left-center. In fine condition, with slight creasing to the lower corner tips. Louis M. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This was among the thirty images he captured that day, and he kept a similar example in a personal album identified as, ‘The berg the Titanic struck, taken at sunrise.’ The shape of the iceberg in this photograph is also a close match to a drawing by artist Colin Campbell Cooper, also a passenger aboard the Carpathia, who made a sketch of the two-peak iceberg on the horizon on the morning after the disaster. Photographs of this iceberg are tremendously rare, and often disputed; the preponderance of evidence supporting this example makes it a truly spectacular, museum-quality piece. Starting Bid $500
Exceptionally clear image of Titanic lifeboats 276. Titanic. Vivid original first-generation glossy 5.5 x 4 photo of two Titanic Emergency Lifeboats floating in the North Atlantic. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, shows a downward perspective of Lifeboat 6 and an all but empty Lifeboat 4, which has already unloaded its rescued passengers. Lifeboat 6, which shows several passengers wearing lifejackets, was supervised by Second Officer Charles Lightoller, and is notable for carrying ‘the unsinkable’ Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown. Other Lifeboat 6 passengers included Crewman Frederick Fleet, who first spotted the iceberg, Quartermaster Robert Hichens, Canadian Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, Martha Stone, Amelie Icard, and Elizabeth Rothschild and her Pomeranian. In very good to fine condition, with missing lower corner tips and a tear to the left side, not touching the lifeboat. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This was among the thirty images he captured that day. Starting Bid $200
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Uncommon close-up view of a Titanic lifeboat
Enlarged original photo of Lifeboat 1
277. Titanic. Tremendous original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish
278. Titanic. Huge original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish photo of a Titanic Emergency Lifeboat floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, shows passengers of the Titanic Emergency Lifeboat 1 as it makes its way to the RMS Carpathia. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and a somewhat indistinct appearance to the image. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This image, one of thirty he captured that day, was loaned by Ogden to Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie, a passenger on Lifeboat 12, who had the photo enlarged to use while writing his book The Truth About the Titanic, which was published posthumously in 1913. Starting Bid $200
close-up photo of a Titanic Emergency Lifeboat floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, shows passengers of the collapsible Titanic Emergency Lifeboat D as it rows its way to the RMS Carpathia. In very good to fine condition, with creases to the corners and a somewhat indistinct appearance to the image. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This image, one of thirty he captured that day, was loaned by Ogden to Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie, a passenger on Lifeboat 12, who had the photo enlarged to use while writing his book The Truth About the Titanic, which was published posthumously in 1913. Starting Bid $200
Waiting to board the Carpathia
279. Titanic. Original first-generation matte-finish 4.25 x 2.75 photo of a Titanic Emergency Lifeboat floating in the North Atlantic alongside the Carpathia. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, shows passengers of a Titanic lifeboat as they prepare to make their way aboard the Carpathia. In fine condition. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This was among the thirty images he captured that day. Starting Bid $200
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Explorers and Archeologists
Amazing hieroglyphic manuscript by the translator of the Rosetta Stone
280. Jean Francois Champollion. French scholar (1790–1832) who published the first translation of the Rosetta Stone
hieroglyphs in 1822. Incredible handwritten hieroglyphic manuscript by Jean-Francois Champollion, unsigned, one page, 8 x 12.25, no date but circa 1828–1830. The manuscript is penned on the reverse of a page of bibliographical notes on the naturalist Lacepede written by Etienne Pariset, who befriended Champollion while in Egypt to study the spread of infectious disease. In the manuscript, Champollion first explains the way in which the hieroglyphics are read: under the word “fig,” he draws a walking man; under the word “symbol,” he draws legs in movement; and under the word “phone,” the Egyptian verb “to come.” This first line reveals the complex mechanism of the hieroglyphic system, which uses the figurative, symbolic, and phonetic all at once. Below this, he writes a sentence in hieroglyphics with its translation in French just below, group by group: “Happy life to you, amiable friend of mine.” He then writes the Egyptian verb “to open,” which he transcribes “ouin,” and also transliterates to Coptic. On the side, he writes the verb “to have thirst,” transcribed beside “ib” with two variants. To the lower right is a series of figures in different attitudes, similar to that which appears on the third page of the first edition of Champollion’s Grammaire Egyptienne [Egyptian Grammar]. At the bottom is a long hieroglyphic sentence that resembles certain hymns of the sun, “I adore Re when it rises and illuminates all the lands by its rays [followed by a problematic sign with translation below “so that”] he gives me a beautiful burial in his house of eternity.” In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold and light soiling. Written by Champollion while in Egypt to verify in situ the veracity of his discoveries related to hieroglyphics, this manuscript suggests preparatory notes for his important work Egyptian Grammar, which was published posthumously in 1836. Any autographic material from Champollion is exceedingly rare, and this is obviously an absolutely spectacular specimen. Starting Bid $2500
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American West 281. Edward Burleson. Soldier, general, and statesman (1798–1851) known
as the ‘Old Indian Fighter.’ In October 1835 he was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the Texas army and served under Stephen F. Austin in the opening stages of the Texas Revolution. Manuscript DS, signed “Edw. Burleson,” one lightly-lined page, 7.75 x 4.25, December 14, 1835. Discharge issued to K. I. Colder stating, in part: “entered the Vollunteer [sic] army of Texas...in the Company commanded by J. W. Faning [sic] as 2d. Lieutenant of the Company and discharged duties of an officer and soldier with honor to himself and justice to his country.” Signed at the conclusion by Burleson as the then commander of the Army. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one directly above signature, a mild shade of toning, and a rough bottom edge. The Robert Davis Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Notorious Figures
Awaiting execution, Guiteau writes to his publisher concerning the status of The Removal 282. Charles Guiteau. Rare ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, lightly lined, 6.25 x 8, 1882. Letter to the Gibson Brothers Publishing Company, in part: “This book seems to linger. I wish you send me all the proof Monday. I have advertised the book to nights ‘Star,’ & it is important to get it out at once. I have asked you about the following matter. 1. I sent a paragraph to close Part II, but have had no proof. Have you got it? 2. I sent you a sketch, two months ago, headed ‘Away with Corkhill & the experts.’ Have you got it? 3. I sent you a newspaper slip from the Baltimore Sun about my treatment in jail & my improved appearance. Have you got it. If you have these items send me proof at me. I want the sketch to go in between Part II, & the Appendix. I ordered a word cut of it when I sent it. Please send me a written answer by…Monday.” In very good condition, with light creasing and toning, and portions of the text (and the entire signature) quite light but fully legible. Accompanied by a letter addressed to Guiteau by an admirer Clara Augusta Davis, who hopes to visit the prisoner, in part: “Father goes to Washington Friday Evening. I have extorted a promise that I may accompany him, and that he will take me to Court; but he will not promise, but refuses, to take me to the jail. Unless I can coax him, before his departure, to do this, or let some friends take me to the jail, I shall pout and be disagreeable—and stay at home.” Guiteau was found guilty of the murder of President James A. Garfield and sentenced to hang on June 30, 1882. While awaiting execution, Guiteau composed The Removal, a sequel to his 1879 religious tract, The Truth, a Companion to the Bible. The condemned prisoner employed Gibson Brothers of Washington to print the book as The Truth and The Removal. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 109
Settled in Israel, Lansky sends his Christmas wishes 283. Meyer Lansky. ALS signed “Love, Dad,” one onionskin page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 10.75, December 31, 1970. Letter to his daughter Sandra and her husband Vince Lombardo, in part: “I thought you would take of Christmas presents for all of you including Buddy. I was thinking of you this morning. Thinking what a wonderful secretary you make and here you fell down on me. You take care of the Christmas presents and enjoy it. (tell me what you got for everyone. Did Garfield mail the checks for the Watson Wells if not have Jack get after him and keep after him also suggest to him that I want to be paid direct from the Oil Line… Vince I will appreciate the Italian cookbook. Be careful not to over indulge in your interest and fondness in Gary make sure that you do the same with David (or more). David is young he may not understand it. Have Sandra check my deposit slips & statement to see if Teddy forgot to enter Bay refining check if it isn’t there she can write to them.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
While traveling Europe, Leopold writes to one of his parole backers 284. Nathan Leopold. The partner of Richard Loeb, Leopold (1904–1971) was one half of the notorious gay Jewish ‘thrill-killing’ couple whose trial for the kidnapping and murder of Chicago fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was one of the most sensational news events of the 1920s. ALS in pencil, signed “Nathan,” one page on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4 postcard of Florence, Italy, June 15, 1963. Letter to Carl Haverlin, in full: “Marvelous trip so far. France, Switzerland and Italy are each charming in its way. But the high point, I think, was meeting you and talking to Ralph that noon that seems months ago. Trudi joins in sending love.” In fine condition. Haverlin, a pioneer in radio broadcasting and the longtime president of Broadcast Music Inc., was among many who pleaded for the parole of Leopold while he was incarcerated at Stateville Penitentiary. The first handwritten letter from Leopold that we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Chess set belonging to the teenaged Oswald
285. Lee Harvey Oswald. Vintage chess set given to Lee Harvey Oswald by his mother after the family had moved to New Orleans in 1954, consisting of 14 white plastic pieces—one king, one queen, one bishop, two rooks, two knights, and seven pawns—and 14 red plastic pieces—one king, one queen, one knight, two bishops, two rooks, and seven pawns. Housed in the original burgundy leather box, 6.75 x 2.25 x 4, with an embossed gold image of a knight piece on the lid. In very good to fine condition, with moderate wear to the box and lid (which is detached but present); the chessmen themselves are in fine condition. When Marguerite Oswald was summoned to testify before the President’s Commission on the assassination of President Kennedy on February 12, 1964, a portion of her testimony related to the various childhood hobbies of her son: “Lee played Monopoly. Lee played chess. Lee had a stamp collection, and even wrote to other young men and exchanged stamps, sir. And Lee read history books, books too deep for a child his age.” Starting Bid $500
Handwritten letter from the soon-to-be assassin, later entered as Exhibit 185 in the Warren Report 286. Lee Harvey Oswald. ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5.5 x 8, November 23. Letter written in Oswald’s hand for his wife to his mother. Signed by Oswald on her behalf, “Marina,” and signed again by Oswald at the conclusion of a short postscript, “Lee xx.” In full: “Today we received your grand gift, I am very surprised that you guessed my taste in color and fabric. Here it is already very cold so your wool stole will be very useful. It is very nice to feel that you are so attentive to me, more so, even, than to Lee. I shall always remember your gift as a mark of our friendship. I hope you won’t be nervous for us, you shouldn’t worry about us too much. I have never seen you (except on a photograhp [sic]) but I have a lot of affection for you allready [sic]. I hope you shall be well and thank you again for the fine present.” At the bottom Oswald writes, “(I wrote it for her but the words are hers) Lee xx.” This letter was an official exhibit (No. 185) in the Warren Commission investigation into JFK’s assassination and, like most of the exhibits, is protectively and permanently soft-laminated. In fine condition. Oswald noted in a diary kept during this period—with the sentiment clearly expressed here as well—that Marina’s mother-in-law seemed more attentive to her than to her own son. Two years after composing this letter for his wife—almost to the day—Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The Warren Commission used Oswald’s correspondence in their determination of what drove this assassin to make his appearance on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository that November afternoon. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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287. Leo Baeck MB $200
291. The Connecticut Courant 1799 Newspaper
288. John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
289. Louis D. Brandeis
290. Warren Burger
292. Jacques Cousteau
293. Dalai Lama
294. Benjamin Disraeli
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295. Benjamin Disraeli MB $200
298. Oliver Ellsworth MB $200
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296. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor MB $200
299. Father E. J. Flanagan MB $200
300. The Freeman’s Journal 1781 Newspaper MB $200
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297. Dunlap’s American Daily Advertiser 1792 Newspaper MB $200
301. French and Indian War MB $200
302. Joseph Galloway MB $200
303. Indira Gandhi MB $200
304. Gazette of the United States 1791 Newspaper
305. Mikhail Gorbachev MB $200
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306. John Gotti
307. Horace Greeley
308. Edmund Hillary
309. Edmund Hillary
310. Edmund Hillary and James Ramsey Ullman
311. J. Edgar Hoover
312. Francis Hopkinson
313. Independence Hall
314. Joseph P. Kennedy
315. Rose Kennedy
316. King George III
317. King William IV
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318. Andrew Mellon
319. Mother Teresa
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320. Robert Treat Paine
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321. Pope Francis
322. Joseph Pulitzer
323. Melvin Purvis
324. Yitzhak Rabin
325. Sheriff ‘Smoot’ Schmid’s Collection of Signed Photographs
326. Charles Sumner
327. Margaret Thatcher
328. Titanic: Marshall Drew
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329. Warren Court MB $200
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330. Daniel Webster MB $200
331. James Wilson MB $200
military 332. Marquis de Lafayette. ALS signed “Lafayette,” one page, 12 x 7.5, April 27, 1832. Letter to a Mr. Carr, in full: “I beg you to accept my Hearty farewell and good wishes in your consular station. Remember me very affectionately to Mrs. Carr when you write.” Double-matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 27.25 x 14. In very good condition, with creasing and intersecting folds, light overall toning, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
333. James Rivington.
English-born American journalist and publisher of Rivington’s Gazette (1724–1802) who famously served as a spy for General Wa s h i n g t o n . Scarce ALS signed “Jas. Rivington,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, January 24, [1793 annotated on the reverse]. In part: “I have sent you several articles of late published…trusting that you have not already in yr Library I have not ventured to forward if all these prove not agreeable they may be returned…When Mr. Halstead sent the stock of steers, heifers & cows last summer I stood very much in need of his assistance to identify about three head of them…I beg the favor of you to ask Mr. Halstead when he comes to N. York if he will be kind enough to allott some time to me.” In very good condition, with chipping and loss along edges, and repairs to splits along fragile intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
334. P. G. T. Beauregard. ALS signed “G. T. Beauregard,”
one page, lightly lined, 4.5 x 7, October 5, 1866. Letter to Mrs. Charles O’Conner, in part: “I beg to enclose you my photograph as promised. I hope it may reach you…it was taken lately in Paris—Hoping to receive yours & Mr. O’Conner’s at New Orleans before long.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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335. George A. Custer. Hand-addressed mailing enve-
lope, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs. Genl. Custer, Fort Leavenworth, Kas,” bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp and postmarked Hays City, November 9. In fine condition, with the usual torn right edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
As secessionist sympathies grow, the future rebel president corresponds with West Point’s chaplain
336. Jefferson Davis.
Hand-addressed and freefranked mailing envelope, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Davis to “Revd. J.W. French, U.S. Mil. Academy, West Point, New York,” and franked in the upper right, “Jeffer Davis, USS.” In very good to fine condition, with a tear through the top of Davis’s franking signature caused by the recipient. John W. French served as chaplain of the House of Representatives from 1841 until 1856, when he was appointed Chaplain and Professor of Geography, History, and Ethics at the Military Academy at West Point by President Franklin Pierce. He was notified of his appointment by Pierce’s Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, and they remained lifelong friends. This friendship caused some to question French’s loyalty at the outbreak of the Civil War. Also included is a bound handwritten copy of a manuscript document of French’s, 13 pages on seven sheets, 8.25 x 13, attesting to his devotion to the Union. In part: “On my honor and conscience, I declare that I am loyal to the constitution, the Union, and the administration. I repeat the declaration that of all men in the land, I am the last on whom such a suspicion should rest…I appeal to the testimony of my colleagues and pupils whether they have ever heard from me in public teaching or private conversation, anything which can bear the shadow of such suspicion; whether, on the contrary, I have not most warmly advocated loyalty and devotion to the Union…I felt the troubles of the country as I would a personal affliction from my strong nationality of sentiment. I was made sick by it in December and January. Supposing Mr. Jefferson Davis national and knowing that he had influence with Mr. Buchanan, I wrote to him earnestly advising the employment of force, and pointing out measures, some of them since adopted…I turned to General Scott, and sought to effect an entire reliance of the President upon him. I advised bringing President Lincoln incognito to Washington, more than a month before the inauguration, and the forming of a perfect chain of offensive and defensive measures, between Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Lincoln and Genl. Scott, known only to themselves. Genl. Scott still has these letters of mine on this subject. I refer to him. These were not the acts of one wanting in devotion to the Union.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 116 | June 14, 2017 | MILITARY
337. Jefferson Davis. Attractive ink signature, “Jefferson Davis,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 sheet. Triplecloth-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 18 x 25. In fine condition. A crisp full signature of the Confederate leader. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Days before laying waste to the Union supply at Martinsburg 338. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. Civil
War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 24, 1861. Letter to his banker J. H. Myers, written from “Hd. Qrs. 1st Brigade, Camp Stephens.” In full: “If I have any deposit in your Bank, please to inform me of the amount. If I have none, please send me a Blank note in order that I may fill it up & draw, as my funds are low. Please remember me very kindly to your family.” At the conclusion, he adds an instruction, “Direct your answer to Martinsburg Berkeley County.” In very good to fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned carte-de-visite portrait. Martinsburg was a critical location in the Union’s railroad operations, with numerous repair shops, surplus equipment, and rail yards for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A few days before penning this letter, Jackson led his brigade in the thorough destruction of the town to deal a huge blow to the Union supply chain. He was promoted to brigadier general shortly thereafter, and less than a month after writing this letter he earned his famous nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run. War-dated autographic material from Jackson is of the utmost desirability. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“I cannot authorize the alteration you propose to make, from flint locks to percussion” 339. Robert E. Lee. War-dated LS signed “R. E.
Lee,” one page, lightly lined, 7.75 x 10, Head–Quarters of the Virginia Forces letterhead, June 13, 1861. Letter to Colonel Charles Smith, in full: “Your communication of the 1st inst. has been received. Accompanying this I send you a copy of the ‘Rules & Regulations for the Government of the Army of Virginia’ and several blank muster rolls, as requested in yr letter. I have ordered the issue of a number of flints for your command but cannot at this time furnish you with caps, as the demand for them is great and the supply not more than sufficiently for our immediate wants. For this reason I cannot authorize the alteration you propose to make, from flint locks to percussion. You will forward to these Head Qrs at as early a day as possible a return of the number of troops mustered into the service, the style & condition of arms etc.” In very good condition, with light overall staining, and rippling from being affixed to a slightly larger sheet. On April 20, 1861, Lee resigned from the US Army, three days after his native state, Virginia, seceded from the Union. A strict Virginian loyalist, Lee was appointed commander of the state’s forces with the rank of major general just two days later. He spent the next few months raising and organizing the great bulk of its troops, building up strategic holds in Manassas and Harper’s Ferry, ever mindful of the Confederacy’s water defense in Norfolk and along the Potomac. Until the war’s end, a shortage of rations and supplies plagued the Southern cause, and the development of percussion caps, an invention that enabled muzzleloading weapons to fire reliably in any weather, soon had officers clamoring to replace their now archaic flintlock ignitions. A tense and significant letter relaying the wants and worries from early in the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
340. Robert E. Lee. Ink signature, “R. E. Lee, Genl.,” on an offwhite 1.75 x 1 slip. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling and the ink a bit light. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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341. William T. Sherman.
Uncommon 4.26 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of Sherman, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink, “To J. M. Dalrell Esq, Caldwell, Ohio, with compliments of, W. T. Sherman, General.” Published by Taber of San Francisco. Signature is dated to 1877 in an unknown hand. In very good condition, with a crease passing through Sherman’s forehead, fading to the image, and irregular toning and soiling to the reverse. An attractive and uncommonly seen close-up cabinet photo of the revered military icon. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Ask your trader to order a small navajo blanket, of very bright colors” 342. William T. Sherman. ALS signed “W. T. Sherman,”
one page, 8 x 10, Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead, September 19, 1878. Letter to Colonel Peter T. Swaine, in part: “We reached Prescott in two days as estimated…As Captain Rucker will return he can explain the condition of the road…Will you be kind enough to ask your trader to order a small navajo blanket, of very bright colors large enough for a table cover, but not for a bed…Draw on me at Washington for the cost.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Sherman’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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343. J. E. B. Stuart. Civil War-dated hand-addressed
mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed by Stuart to his mother, “Miss Lizzie Stuart Letcher, Care of Gov. Letcher, Richmond, Va.,” adding to the upper right, “Hd Qrs Cavalry Division, Army of Nor. Va., unofficial—.” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the right edge and the upper left corner. Starting Bid $200
The three surviving flag-raisers of Iwo Jima
344. Iwo Jima. Impressive display of three vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 three-quarter-length photos of the surviving Iwo Jima flag-raisers, each individually signed in fountain pen by the soldier pictured, “John H. Bradley, Ph. M 2/c,” “Ira H. Hayes, Pfc., U.S.M.C.,” and “Pfc. R. A. Gagnon.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 15.75 x 32.25. In fine condition, with the signatures somewhat faded but all legible. Bradley, Gagnon, and Hayes were three of the six US soldiers who planted a US flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima—an event captured on film by photographer Joe Rosenthal, which became one of the most familiar images of World War. With three of the enlisted men killed in action within a month of the flag-raising, President Franklin D. Roosevelt transferred the survivors to Washington, D. C. and ordered them to participate in the 7th War Bond Drive. Following orders, the trio toured the nation with the tattered American flag they helped raise. 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 $300
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345. Iwo Jima: Rene Gagnon. United States Marine
Corps corporal (1925–1979) who participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He is best remembered for being one of the six flag-raisers who helped raise the second US flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945. War-dated ALS signed “Rene,” one page both sides, 7 x 10.25, United States Marines letterhead, Parris Island, South Carolina, June 26, 1943. Letter to his future wife Pauline Harris, whom Gagnon refers to as “Kiddo,” in part: “I will tell you the good news right away. I got a letter from Floyd and my suit will be ready when I come home on furlough. I will pick it up and pay for it any day I want to when I am on furlough, isn’t that swell. Now that I’ve got a dress uniform we’ll be able to go to a formal dance, and I won’t have [to] wory [sic] about renting a tuxedo.” Gagnon adds a postscript at the conclusion. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Patton remarks on a West Point lecture—“he came on four batteries of Russian artillery firing very rapidly and with nearly all their ammunition gone” 346. George S. Patton. Early ALS signed “Geo. S. Patton, Jr.,” five pages on two sheets, 5 x 6.5, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York letterhead, no date. Letter to his Aunt Nannie, in part: “Last night we all went to a lecture…given by a war correspondent. The lecture was illustrated by a large number of pictures taken by speaker—many of these were very good but the lecture itself was exceedingly poor at the very beginning he carefully informed us that he always carried a pair of the most powerful glasses made and from the amount of knowledge he achieved he must have always stayed sufficiently in rear to test their power to the utmost for he apparently knew nothing of the fighting he gave however several illustrative insidents [sic] he said that once he came on four batteries of Russian artillery firing very rapidly and with nearly all their ammunition gone and that the colonel in command asked him if he could see or knew what he was shooting at for he himself had not the least idea. He was also at the battle of Syoyang and said that instead of the Japs crossing the river under a heavy fire and storming the banks that the battle took place three and a half miles beyond the river and that the Japs crossed the river entirely unopposed. While instead of hand to hand fighting the Russians did not see a Jap the whole day while the enemy’s artillery which caused them the most loss was firing over two ranges of hills and was directed from a station six miles off to the left of the battle…think that my stand is vile and now it’s even worse we had the general transfer in french today…I have gotten a considerable no of demerits alas so am feeling rotten which is only natural. I think I must be terribly stupid for I have studied pretty hard.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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348. American Generals
347. Harold Alexander of Tunis
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351. Civil War Generals
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355. Mikhail Kalashnikov
356. Henry Lee
359. James B. McPherson
360. Philippe Petain
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353. Paul von Hindenburg
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349. Omar Bradley
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357. Robert E. Lee MB $200
361. Philip H. Sheridan MB $200
350. Arthur Travers Harris MB $200
354. Iwo Jima: John Bradley MB $200
358. Douglas MacArthur MB $200
362. World War II MB $200
aviation
The creator of the jet-propelled helicopter
363. Friedrich Doblhoff. Austrian engineer (1916–2000) who developed the first jet-propelled helicopter while working for
Wiener Neustaedter Flugzeugwerke during World War 2. Scarce TLS signed “F. L. Doblhoff,” three pages, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 22, 1979. Letter to Randall Sutherland, in part: “I had been intrigued by the possibilities of vertical take-off ever since my highschool days. At first, I did not like the concept of whirling blades and toyed with a number of schemes to deflect the slipstream of propellers…While attending college in Vienna I studied various approaches to the helicopter…[and] a system which would pump air by the centrific action of the rotor blades, burn it at the tip and exhaust it tangentially…When the war started in 1939, I had just finished college and was working in an aircraft factory near Vienna. In 1940 I convinced my company (Wiener Neustaedter Flugzeugwerke) that we should attempt the development of a jet-powered helicopter…The project went ahead and after 1941 it was funded by the German Ministry of Defense as a research project. In September 1943 we had the first model (V1) flying…The day following the first flight (which consisted of an 8-min. hover) the hangar in which the helicopter was stored collapsed in an air raid and destroyed the aircraft. I then moved my development group to another location which was less vulnerable and we started building he V2 and then the V3 models…The V3 was transported to Wright Patterson Air Force Base where it made one captive flight with myself at the controls before being delivered to General Electric as a study object for the XH–17 helicopter…I then joined McDonnell and pursued the same thoughts which eventually led to the development of the Army-funded XV–1 Convertiplane which, for the first time, demonstrated the principle to its full advantage. The XV–1 flew for about 300 hours and was officially evaluated by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy…To answer your question about Hitler: I never met him. Goering toured the Wiener Neustaedter Flugzeugwerke once and was shown a run-up of the V1 before it made its first flight.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
364. Amelia Earhart. Personal check, 7.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Earhart (minus the recipient field), payable to Arthur E. Bestor for $47.88, August 7, 1935. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication and grading holder, evaluating the check as “NM-MT 8.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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365. Amelia Earhart. Uncommon 5 x 4.5 magazine photo of Earhart aboard a ship, signed and inscribed on the reverse in fountain pen, “To Ralph Neave, because he should sing, being Welsh. Amelia Earhart.” Mild creases, light soiling, and a couple tiny edge tears, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
366. Charles Lindbergh. Vintage glossy 5 x 5 half-length
photo of the aviator seated at his desk with pen in hand, signed in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 9.25 x 9.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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368. Orville Wright. The Winter
National Bank & Trust Co. check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Brown Auto Sales Co. for $5.25, December 14, 1944. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Orville check and two Wright Flyer artifacts
369. Orville Wright. Appealing three item display: a City National Bank and Trust Company check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Pennsylvania R.R. Co. for $25.95, April 5, 1930; a .75 x .5 swatch of fabric removed from the Wright Flyer flown at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903; and a bright nickel 5.25Ë? turnbuckle from a World War I period Wright Model B biplane. Each are matted with an engraved nameplate and an image of the first flight at Kitty Hawk to an overall size of 15 x 19. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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space 370. Gus Grissom.
Desirable color vintage 8 x 10 lithograph of Grissom on the phone with President Kennedy following his 1961 Liberty Bell 7 flight, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Warmest personal regards to Mr. Kohler, Virgil I. Grissom.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall rippling from old masking tape residue on the reverse. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
372. Apollo 11. Collection of 11 swatches of Beta cloth,
each featuring a 3.25˝ diameter Apollo 11 mission emblem, approximately measuring 7 x 6.5, individually sealed in an original Roma Chemical mailing envelope with paper insert: “Apollo 11 Insignia, Courtesy of Roma Chemical—Division—United Merchants & Mfgrs., Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts, Printed with Roma Questral Space Age Pigments on Owens Corning Beta Fiberglas.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Gorgeous Apollo 11 display
371. Apollo 11. Amazing display of three official color NASA lithographs, each approximately 7.25 x 9.5, individually signed and inscribed in blue or black felt tip by a crew member of the legendary Apollo 11 mission: “To Allen—Best wishes, Neil Armstrong,” “Best wishes to Allen E. Paul, M. Collins,” and “To Allen Paul, with best wishes, Buzz Aldrin.” Attractively double-matted and framed with three photos of the moon and lunar module to an overall size of 39 x 28.75, with a transparent frame backing revealing the reverse of each photo, all with affixed address panels from the mailing envelopes they were received in. In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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373. Neil Armstrong. Official color 7.5 x 9.5 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, boldly signed in black felt tip. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 15. In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
375. STS–1.
374. Apollo 13. Flown swatch of fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, approximately 1 x .75. Encased in a cylindrical 2.75 x 3.25 piece of Lucite cut at an angle for display purposes, with an Apollo 13 emblem and certificate of authenticity at the bottom stating that the swatch originates from the personal collection of Fred Haise. In fine condition. Accompanied by a matching laminated certificate of authenticity signed by astronaut Fred Haise certifying that it is a piece from his personal collection. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Flown fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, flown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during its inaugural flight on April 12–14, 1981. Flag is affixed to a 7.75 x 9.75 certificate “Presented to James C. Harrington…in recognition of the significant contribution you made to the success of the mission.” Certificate also bears printed signatures of shuttle astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen. Framed with mild blocks of toning to flag, otherwise fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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376. Buzz Aldrin
377. Buzz Aldrin
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378. Buzz Aldrin
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380. Buzz Aldrin
379. Buzz Aldrin
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382. Apollo 13
381. Apollo 11
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383. Apollo 11
384. Apollo 12
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386. Apollo 8 MB $200
387. Apollo Astronauts MB $200
388. Apollo-Soyuz MB $200
389. Gene Cernan
390. Yuri Gagarin
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392. Gemini
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393. Fred Haise
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394. Jim Irwin
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395. Mercury Astronauts MB $200
399. Edgar Mitchell MB $200
391. Gemini 11
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397. Mercury Astronauts
398. Mission Control
401. Moonwalkers
402. Moonwalkers
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403. Stuart Roosa
404. Dave Scott
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405. Alan Shepard
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406. Skylab
407. Skylab
408. Skylab Astronauts
410. Space Miscellany
411. Space Shuttle
412. Space Shuttle
414. Space Shuttle Enterprise
415. STS-41-C
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409. Space MB $200
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art, architecture, & design
418. Anthony Blunt. British art historian (1907–1983) who was stripped of his knighthood when he confessed to having been a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies working for the Soviet Union from some time in the 1930s to at least the early 1950s. TLS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, University of London, Courtauld Institute of Art letterhead, March 6, 1967. Letter to T. H. Thompson, in part: “I showed the photographs of your picture to Michael Levey, and he pointed out that it is a copy in reverse of one of the Zuccarelli’s in the Royal Collection, No. 701 in his catalogue. He suggests that there may be a reversed engraving on which your painting is based, although in fact the engravings he knows are all in the same sense as the picture in the Royal Collection.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
419. Pierre Bonnard. French painter and lithographer (1867–1947) who trained at the Academie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis and Vuillard, with whom he formed the Intimist group. Untranslated ANS in French, signed “Bonnard,” one page, 4.5 x 3, no date. In fine condition, with old mounting traces on the reverse. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Bonnard’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
420. George Cruikshank. British caricaturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens. Original pencil sketches of three figures on one side of an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet, signed “Geo. Cruikshank,” with a close-up sketch of a face on the reverse, signed in the same manner. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and soiling, and paper loss to one corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
421. Salvador Dali. Rare signed book: Salvador Dali: Le Mythe Tragique de L’Angelus de Millet. Limited edition. France: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1963. Clothbound hardcover with original belt strap, 8.5 x 11, 105 pages. Signed and inscribed on the page adjacent to the half-title page in fountain pen, “Monsieur Jean–Francois Revel, Dali, 1963.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None. In this unusual work, Dali uses his ‘paranoiac-critical method’ to examine Jean-Francois Millet’s ‘L’Angelus’ within its historical context. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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422. Tsuguharu Foujita.
Japanese painter and printmaker (1886– 1968) whose work combined Japanese techniques with Western style. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Foujita,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, November 7, 1953. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a few tiny edge tears. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
423. Keith Haring. Litho-
graph published in 1984 by the New Arts Program entitled ‘The Kutztown Connection,’ 20 x 33, signed vertically on the right side in pencil, “K. Haring.” Blindstamped “NAP” in the lower right. In fine condition, with a minor crease to the left edge. Accompanied by a mat for display. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
424. Wassily Kandinsky. Pioneering Russian artist (1866–1944) who takes a place among the seminal figures in the
development of abstract art. ALS in German, signed “Kandinsky,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 4, September 27, 1922. Untranslated letter written from the famed art school Bauhaus, where he began teaching that year. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold and scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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425. Marie Laurencin.
French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal monogrammed letterhead, no date. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
427. Pablo Picasso. Attractive pencil signature, “Picasso,”
on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 trimmed sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Boldly signed limited edition “Picasso” 426. Pablo Picasso. Signed book: Picasso A Son Image. Lim-
ited edition, numbered 20/100. Nice, France: Galerie H. Matarasso, 1956. Softcover, 5.75 x 7.25. Signed on the colophon in blue and red artist pencil, “Picasso.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
A ‘prisoner confined to a window’
428. Camille Pissarro. ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,”
two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered stationery, January 26, 1899. Letter to a doctor concerning an invoice of 110 francs which he has mislaid, and calling himself a prisoner confined to a window. In fine condition. As he aged, Pissarro suffered from a recurring eye infection that prevented him from working outdoors except in warm weather. As a result, he began painting outdoor scenes while sitting by the window of hotel rooms, often choosing rooms on upper levels to get a broader view of the landscape. He moved around northern France and painted from hotels in Rouen, Paris, Le Havre, and Dieppe, and he would do the same during his visits to London. An interesting and highly desirable letter. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 133
Certified Renoir signed photo from 1911
429. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Superb matte-finish
7.25 x 10 photo of an image of a seascape painting, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Renoir,” and signed and certified by the Mayor of Cagnes–Sur–Mer. The French certification stamp lists “Pierre Auguste Renoir” as the painter, with a signature date of January 10, 1911. Affixed to a slightly larger mount with identification number “983” to top edge. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. The photo originates from the archive of Ambrose Vollard, a notable art collector, dealer, and friend of Renoir. As a means of avoiding disputes concerning the authenticity of his collected works, Vollard had each item in his collection photographed and then signed by its respective artist and witness. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
430. Norman Rockwell.
Signed book: Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. Limited special edition, numbered AP J/3. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970. Leatherbound hardcover with slipcase, 12.75 x 17.75, 328 pages. Signed on the colophon in ink by Rockwell, and by the author Thomas S. Buechner. In fine condition, with light toning and foxing to the signed page; some wear to slipcase. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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431. Norman Rockwell.
Signed book: Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator. First e d i t i o n . N Y: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 436 pages. Signed on a free end page in black ink, “Sincerely, Norman Rockwell.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Van Gogh’s legendary brother 434. Theo Va n G o g h .
432. Paul Signac. French neo-impressionist painter (1863– 1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Fabulous original pencil sketch of the landscape of Arezzo, Italy, with the famous Arezzo Cathedral dominating the skyline, accomplished by Signac on an off-white 7 x 4.75 album page; the reverse bears handwritten notes in French by the artist, headed “Arezzo.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Renowned Dutch art dealer (1857–1891) widely remembered for the significant emotional and financial support of his older brother Vincent van Gogh. Exceedingly rare untranslated ALS in French, signed “T. Van Gogh,” one page, 5.5 x 8.25, no date. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
435. Andy Warhol.
433. Paul Signac. French neo-impressionist painter (1863– 1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Untranslated ALS in French, two pages, 5.25 x 7, February 23, 1915. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants along the reverse top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Color postcard of a stylized portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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literature “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well” 436. Samuel L. Clemens. AQS
on an off-white 7 x 4 album page, signed “Mark Twain, Dec. 1881.” Clemens pens one of his famous witty maxims, in full: “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” Removably encapsulated in a mylar sleeve, which is mounted to a larger board for display. In fine condition, with light toning to the perimeter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Signed while working on Tom Sawyer 437. Samuel L. Clemens. First Na-
tional Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Weatherby, Knous & Co. for $18.12, June 19, 1875. In fine condition. The first major publication to loosely portray Clemens’s upbringing on the Mississippi River, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1876, only a year after this check was signed. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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438. Charles Dickens. Uncommon check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Mrs. Alfred for £14, September 19, 1862. In very good condition, with overall rippling and light staining from onetime exposure to moisture, which has rendered the printed portions of the check very faint but having no ill effects on the bold handwriting and signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
1862 manuscript for an Italian political piece
439. Alexandre Dumas, pere. AMS in French, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1862. Dumas’s handwritten manuscript for an article on the political situation in Italy, entitled “La Chambre,” which was published in Italian in L’Indipendente on November 26, 1862. In part (translated): “We are coming from Turin, the impression which dominates all the others, and an immense political fatigue. Out of four hundred and twenty-five deputies…only two hundred are present…in the first moment of enthusiasm or calculation, everyone wanted to be of the Parliament, some with a real desire to serve this young Italy who Shook his shroud…the others for a narrow purpose of personal calculation. The enthusiasm grew weary—self-interest was satisfied—one for not having obtained quickly enough what he wanted, the other for having obtained it too soon…Then one fine day the Chamber found itself empty, without anybody having thought that the House was the fatherland and that the legislator who abandons the tribune is as guilty as the soldier who deserts the flag…Italy has given admirable individualities which have pushed devotion to heroism, the love of freedom to the martyr…but in Italy the devotion and heroism of individuals…has not yet passed through the masses…Why should we not do in Italy what we did in France in 1848…why would we not attribute a compensation of twenty francs a day to the representatives of the Nation…Besides that the voters will no longer hesitate to give their voice to merit and poor virtue, for by giving them their voice they will affirm there an opportunity for merit to occur and a means for virtue to show itself.” In fine condition. Dumas traveled to Italy in 1861, where he founded the newspaper L’Indipendente and supported the Italian unification effort. After three years, Dumas retuned to France. An exceptionally desirable five-page autograph manuscript from the acclaimed 19th century writer. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I am interested to hear of the work that you have undertaken on explanatory of Ezra Pound’s Cantos” 440. T. S. Eliot. Sought-after TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, May 22, 1951. Letter to Alan Neame of Cheltenham College, in full: “I have recently returned from abroad, and apologise for the delay in answering your letter of May 3rd. I am interested to hear of the work that you have undertaken on explanatory of Ezra Pound’s Cantos. From a publishing point of view, it is impossible to hold out any prospect of publication before having seen any specimens of the work. At the moment, I feel sure that Faber & Faber would not be inclined to take on such a book, for the reason that we have a book of Hugh Kenner’s in the press, and we shall certainly want to give that a run by itself, before considering any further work of exegesis on the same subject. Apart from that, and quite impartially, I think that it will be most to Pound’s advantage at this stage, if books about his work are distributed amongst several publishers instead of being concentrated in the firm which has been alone in publishing most of his work for so many years. I believe that another book about the Cantos has also been accepted by another firm, so that you would perhaps do best to find an enterprising firm which has not yet published any book on this subject. I should, however, be glad to see specimens of the work when you have reached a point of having chapters to show. I saw Mr. Pound in November, and thought him in moderately good health, though I think it would be better if he could take more exercise. He certainly seemed as well as he had been two years before, but he tires easily in conversation, and an hour is about as much as a visit should last.” In fine condition. Eliot and Pound enjoyed a fruitful professional and collegial relationship for more than 25 years, with the latter crucial to Eliot’s career as a burgeoning poet. As the overseas editor of Poetry magazine, Pound advocated for the publication of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and then later assisted in the editing of Eliot’s The Wasteland, which he later dedicated to Pound. At the time of this letter, Pound resided in the Chestnut Ward of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D. C., where he would remain before his release in 1958, some thirteen years after he was imprisoned for treason. An insightful letter relating to one of literature’s most enduring friendships. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
441. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boldly penned AQS on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card, signed “R. W. Emerson.” Emerson pens the opening lines of his quatrain ‘Nature in Leasts,’ in full: “As sings the pine-tree in the wind, / So sings in the wind a sprig of the pine.” Nicely matted and framed with a portrait bearing a facsimile signature to an overall size of 9.5 x 16. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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On the Broadway adaptation of The Fifth Column: “Fortunately I never saw it, But I wish we could have had the evening together!” 442. Ernest Hemingway. Signed book: The Fifth Column
and the First Forty-Nine Stories. First edition, second state. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. Hardcover with modern facsimile dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.5, 597 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink, “Dear Kit Bryan: Fortunately I never saw it, But I wish we could have had the evening together! Ernest Hemingway.” Inscribed above by one other, presumably a friend of the recipient, “To get the taste out of your mouth. C. S., le 5 avril 1940” Autographic condition: fine, with light toning to edges of signed page. Book condition: VG/VG. Accompanied by a beautiful custom-made clamshell case. Written while he was a correspondent covering the Spanish Civil War in 1937, The Fifth Column was Hemingway’s only full-length play. Like so many others, Hemingway passed on attending its Theatre Guild production, which ran on Broadway from March 6th to May 18th, 1940. Critics decried the production as poorly scripted and boring, despite an able cast. The recipient’s friend, “C. S.,” who inscribed this volume during the play’s Broadway run, apparently concurred with Hemingway’s critique of the production, and thought Kit Bryan might better appreciate the story in its original form. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I shall never forget how quickly the Germans forgave themselves after the war” 443. Harper Lee. ALS signed “Nelle,” three pages on two sheets, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed stationery, April 17, 2009. Letter to her close friend and New York neighbor Bruce Higginson, in part: “The new Abp. looks jolly enough but guess he will follow the Pope’s orders. Maybe I’m prejudiced, but I don’t think much of German shepherds. (You are too young—hell, you weren’t even born!). I shall never forget how quickly the Germans forgave themselves after the war. In the history of the present generation, Hitler never happened. At any rate, there may be enough Irish Abps. to head off Benedict! I ramble. You are bored.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in her own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The first sentence of The Naked and the Dead: ‘Nobody could sleep.’” 444. Norman Mailer. Four letters,
consisting of one ALS and three TLSs, each one page, dated from 1981–2006. The ALS, in part: “I believe I will be in Paris for a few days in March, but expect that it will be the least agreeable way to visit my favorite city for I will be wall to wall and hour to hour in interviews.” In the earliest TLS, he thanks his correspondent for “kind words about ‘Le Chant du Bourreau’ and my book on Marilyn.” In a 1984 TLS, he quotes some lines about Menenhetet from his novel Ancient Evenings. In a 2006 TLS, he writes, in part: “Let me answer your request by sending you a sentence, not from my most recent book, The Castle in the Forest (which I hope has plenty of good sentences) but from the one that gives me the most pleasure in remembrance and that is the first sentence of The Naked and the Dead: ‘Nobody could sleep.’ I always felt that was a gift from somewhere outside myself since it certainly put the novel into full narrative speed with three short words.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by all original mailing envelopes, plus two secretarially signed letters. Starting Bid $200
Salinger approves a Catalan translation of The Catcher in the Rye 445. J. D. Salinger. Desirable DS, one page
both sides, 8.5 x 14, June 17, 1981. Memorandum of agreement between Salinger and Ediciones Grijalbo SA, in which the former grants “to the Publisher the sole and exclusive license to translate, print, publish and sell” the work entitled The Catcher in the Rye “in volume form only in an edition in the Catalan language” for royalties and an advance sum of $500, with an initial printing of approximately 4,000 copies. Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Salinger. In fine condition, with a tear to the top edge and expected document wear. The Catcher in the Rye remains one of the most beloved and best-selling novels of all time, and has sold in excess of 65 million copies since its publication in 1951. Despite its problematic use of slang, the story of Holden Caulfield has been translated into nearly all of the world’s major languages. Salinger remains exceedingly rare in document form. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Incredibly rare and sought-after inscribed Catcher in the Rye
446. J. D. Salinger. Signed book: The Catcher in the Rye.
Fourteenth printing. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover with later issue dust jacket (price clipped), 5.75 x 8, 277 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink, “To Pearl Bsharah, with best wishes from, J. D. Salinger, The New Yorker, April 13, 1959.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. From 1946 to 1965, Salinger published thirteen stories in The New Yorker, including such classics as ‘A Perfect Day for Bananafish’ and ‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters.’ Salinger remains rare across all formats, and signed copies of his most enduring novel remain exceedingly rare and are thus highly sought-after, with only a scarce few known to exist. This example is the first we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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447. Bram Stoker. Irish author (1847–1912) best known
for his horror classic Dracula. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Hotel Vendome letterhead, March 16, 1894. Letter to H. H. Rogers, in part: “I beg to acknowledge with Mr. Irving’s thanks, the receipt of certificate of ten shares of…stock in his name.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner and slightly irregular toning. Stoker worked as a secretary for the noted stage actor Henry Irving. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
448. Leo Tolstoy. Sought-after ink signature, “Leo Tolstoy.,”
on an off-white 5.25 x 8.5 sheet. In fine condition, with several folds (one touching the tall letters of the signature) and a crease touching the downstroke of the “y.” Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“A study in congenial souls” 449. H. G. Wells. ALS signed “The goodnot-great Wells,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date. An interesting letter to H. E. Hadley featuring a large sketch of a party at the top and a series of sketches portraying a variety of different people. In part: “A lonely man among a myriad of friends, a dark & lonesome soul amid the hum of Manchester’s social life, & four hundred thousand happy domesticities. Poor chap! But you will get used to this by & bye & you also will meet with congenial souls—perhaps even with domesticities.” Wells sketches twelve different types of faces below, adding the title, “A Study in Congenial Souls.” Wells pens another note on the reverse, signed, “The g-n-g Wells.” In very good condition. The pioneering science fiction author was fond of adding sketches and caricatures within his correspondence, little drawings that he called ‘picshuas.’ Forty of these were published in his 1932 Experiment in Autobiography, and an in-depth analysis of his ‘picshuas’ was published recently. Showcasing the wit of the “Good-not-great Wells,” this letter with its playful caricatures is a quintessential piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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450. Douglas Adams
451. James M. Cain MB $200
452. Erskine Caldwell
453. Agatha Christie
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454. Samuel L. Clemens MB $200
455. James Fenimore Cooper
456. Max Eastman
457. Edna Ferber
458. Robert Frost
459. Robert Frost
460. Dashiell Hammett
461. Dashiell Hammett
462. Nathaniel Hawthorne
463. Alfred Jarry
464. Rudyard Kipling
465. Jack London
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466. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
467. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
468. Norman Mailer
469. Frederick Marryat
470. W. Somerset Maugham
471. Ernie Pyle
472. Budd Schulberg
473. Maurice Sendak
474. Dr. Seuss MB $200
475. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
476. Harriet Beecher Stowe
477. Leo Tolstoy
478. Alfred de Vigny
479. Evelyn Waugh
480. William Wordsworth
481. Emile Zola
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483. Hector Berlioz.
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Influential French composer (1803-1869) of such repertory staples as the programmatic ‘Symphonie fantastique’ and the opera ‘Les Troyens.’ ALS in French, signed “H. Berlioz,” one page, 3.75 x 4.5, June 20 [no year]. Untranslated letter to renowned French biographer Roger Duchene, in which he makes plans for a pastoral visit and for renting an apartment. Nicely double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 15 x 11.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
484. Alexander Glazunov. Well-regarded Russian composer (1865–1936) best known for his lush orchestral works, including nine symphonies and concerti for various instruments. Untranslated DS in Cyrillic, one page, 8.5 x 13.75, September 3, 1927. A certificate of graduation from the Leningrad State Conservatory. In very good condition, with toning, tears and areas of paper loss, and old tape on the reverse reinforcing the intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
485. Charles Gounod. French composer (1818–1893) best
remembered for his composition of ‘Ave Maria.’ AMQS on an off-white 10 x 3.5 sheet, signed “Ch. Gounod.” Gounod pens nine bars of piano music, identifying it as a “Scherzo.” In fine condition, with light staining to the signature area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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486. Franz Liszt. ALS in German, signed “F. L.,” on both sides of a 3.75 x 2.5 personal calling card imprinted with his name, May 29 [no year]. Brief untranslated letter apologizing for being late. Double-matted and framed with a front page of The Graphic newspaper, which shows an artistic depiction of Liszt at his piano, to an overall size of 15 x 21.75, with a small window on the frame backing for viewing the signature and reverse of card. In fine condition, with some light creasing. Starting Bid $200
488. Johann Strauss. Ink signature, “Johann Strauss,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 sheet. Triple-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait and an image of a ballroom dance to an overall size of 17.25 x 28.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Puccini’s first major opera
487. Giacomo Puccini. Desirable AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 4 sheet, signed and inscribed in red fountain pen, “Il Signor
Langdon, Giacomo Puccini…Maggio 9th, 1907.” Puccini pens three bars of music, adding the title to the top, “Boheme.” Clothmatted and framed with a portrait and two engraved plaques to an overall size of 27.25 x 16.5. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered foxing, and moderate overall creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Brilliant signed photo with musical quote from La boheme 489. Giacomo Puccini. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the Italian master in a bust-length pose, vertically signed in fountain pen, “Giacomo Puccini…27.7.05,” who pens three bars of music from his first major opera, La boheme. Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 16.5. In fine condition, with a missing upper right corner tip and a few specks of emulsion loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“To be, or not to be” 490. Richard Wagner. AQS on an
off-white 4 x 2.25 slip, signed “Richard Wagner.” Wagner pens the iconic line from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “To be, or not to be.” Affixed to a piece of scrapbook paper and in very good condition, with some creasing, soiling, and small areas of surface paper loss. An outstanding association piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Original artwork from the jazz legend 491. Miles Davis. Original artwork by Miles Davis entitled ‘African Dancer,’ accomplished in graphite and colored marker on an off-white 13.25 x 22 sheet of artist’s paper, signed in the lower left in thin orange marker, “Miles.” Affixed to a slightly larger mount. Rolled and in fine condition, with light toning to the perimeter from prior display. Accompanied by a Miles Davis Exhibition invitation, and a letter of provenance and a certificate of authenticity signed by Jonathan Poole. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
492. George and Ira Gershwin. TLS signed “Ira Gershwin,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 24, 1969. Letter to Professor Peter van de Kamp, in full: “I am amazed (and delighted) that with such incredibly–important goings–on between Earth and Moon an astronomer still finds time to request an autograph of my brother and even one from me. Such appreciation hastens me to oblige and, luckily, I found (and enclose) a good signature on a check of my brother’s, made out to a music-related matter. (With music as your avocation I couldn’t possibly send you a check made out to a garage or even the A. & P.) My deepest thanks to you for your kind remarks and I trust this finds you happy and in the best of health.” The referenced check is affixed to the lower portion: a personal check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and boldly signed by Gershwin, “George Gershwin,” payable to the American Library of Musicology for $5. In overall very good to fine condition, with a tear to the upper left corner of the check, and light show-through from the tape Ira used to affix the check to his letter (the letter also has show-through from old tape on the reverse). Van de Kamp was a Dutch astronomer who was professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College and director of the college’s Sproul Observatory. Additionally, Van de Kamp was a talented musician who played piano, viola, and violin, composed music for orchestra as well as for piano, and served as the conductor of the Swarthmore College Symphony Orchestra. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Guthrie draws inspiration from Blind Lemon Jefferson in ‘53 493. Woody Guthrie. Outstand-
ing autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song entitled “Peace Bell Tone,” signed at the bottom, “Words & Music by Woody Guthrie, Belutchyhatchee swamp bog, florida, May 5th, 1953,” one page, 8.5 x 14. The reverse features typed lyrics for “Lonesome Valley,” signed in blue ballpoint, “Woody Guthrie,” and annotated with a few corrections and “chorus” indicated. The handwritten lyrics begin: “I thought I heard your peace bell tone / I thought I heard your peace bell tone / All my life I waited for that sound / I thought I heard your peace bell tone.” The top bears a typed notation, “Words & Music by: Woody Guthrie from old song ‘Churchbell Tone’ by Blind Lemon Jefferson.” An interesting typed notation on the opposite side reads, in part: “If my Lonesome Valley’s not the lonesomest valley in the bunch I can’t help that because I made it sound just as lonesome as I could.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and soiling, and several red ink marks affecting the handwritten text. Guthrie stayed at the home of folklorist Stetson Kennedy in Beluthahatchee, Florida, for three months in the spring of 1953, during which time he composed more than 80 songs. Invoking the traditional folk-blues music that so often inspired him, these very scarce handwritten lyrics by Guthrie are of the utmost desirability. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500
494. Billie Holiday. Attractive vintage ink signature, “Bil-
lie Holiday,” on an off-white 10.25 x 7.75 sheet promoting New York’s Club Ebony on Broadway. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 13.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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495. Patsy Cline. Vintage glossy 8 x 10
cardstock photo of Cline in a lovely half-length pose by Lamps Photography of Winchester, Virginia, signed on the reverse in blue ink, “Patsy Cline, 3024, Hill Hurst Dr., Nashville 7, Tenn.” In very good to fine condition, with light foxing to front. Consignor notes that the recipient of the signature was a Nashville musician who played with Cline when she was in town. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
“Good heavens”— a rare fully signed 1965 photo from Help! 496. Beatles. Sought-after vintage glossy 8 x 10
photo of the Fab Four on a beach in Nassau during filming for Help!, signed and inscribed in ballpoint, “To Warwick, good heavens, from Uncle John Lennon” and “To Warwick, best wishes from Uncle George Harrison,” and in felt tip, “To Warwick, Best Wishes, Ringo Starr” and “Paul McCartney.” In very good condition, with tack holes to corners, evidence of removed scotch tape along the perimeter, moderate overall creasing, and scattered light stains; all of the handwriting is somewhat faded from previous, obviously well-loved, display. Fully signed items from this point in the Beatles’ career are scarcer than earlier examples, and despite some condition troubles this is an incredibly desirable photo boasting playful inscriptions from John and George. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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The Fab Four, pristine and uninscribed 497.
Beatles.
Vintage circa 1963 autograph book, 5.25 x 32.5, signed inside in blue ballpoint by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. In very fine condition. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from Tracks and Frank Caiazzo, as well as a letter of provenance from the son-in-law of the original recipient, in part: “The autographs were written in the mid 1960’s when the Beatles were playing at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth. My Father-in-law was a serving police officer in Bournemouth in the 1960–1970’s and was on duty at the Winter Gardens the day the Beatles were performing. He was on duty at the stage door and took with him his daughter’s, my wife’s, autograph book to try and obtain their autographs. He saw them in the theatre and asked for their autographs which they signed in his presence.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
498. Beatles. Vintage blue
autograph book, 5.5 x 3.5, signed and inscribed inside on three separate pages in ink or ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “To Valerie, love from, George Harrison, xxx,” “To Valerie, love, Paul McCartney (Beatles),” and “To Val, love from, Ringo Starr, xxx.” Harrison and McCartney respectively sign on the front and back of the same page. Collector’s ink notations at the end of each signature indicate that the band signed at Doncaster’s Gaumont Cinema on December 10, 1963. In very good to fine condition, with a tear to the top edge of the Harrison/McCartney page, and old tape stains to the edge of the McCartney page. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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Beatles: George Harrison. Vintage glossy 6 x 7.75 full-length photo of Harrison seated and leaning forward in a large wooden chair, signed crisply on the reverse in red ballpoint, “George Harrison, XXX.” In very good condition, with scattered moderate creasing, soiling, a few edge tears, and old adhesive residue on the signed side just impinging upon the signature. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Lennon, Ono, and a psychedelic Rolls Royce 500. Beatles: Lennon and Ono. Extremely rare DS, signed “John Lennon” and “Yoko Ono,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1977. Personal umbrella liability application for insurance coverage of a 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V, with a desired liability limit of $1,000,000. Upper portion of the application lists Lennon and Ono as “Music Publishers,” and notes their New York address: “1 West 72nd Street.” Signed at the conclusion in black ink by both. In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Consignor notes that the document was purchased from relatives of Lennon’s insurance agent. When Lennon and Ono left England on August 31, 1971, the car was shipped to their new home in New York, where it was used as a rental car to various stars in the city such as the Moody Blues, Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. In late 1977, difficulties with the IRS forced Lennon to donate the vehicle, then in storage, to the Cooper–Hewitt museum at the Smithsonian Institute to cover tax debt amounting to $225,000. A rare document issued in the final year that Lennon owned the psychedelic Rolls Royce. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500
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Lennon promotes peace three months after leaving the Beatles
501. Beatles: John Lennon. DS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, December 10, 1969. Contract between Lennon and Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln, in which the former agrees to a “3 to 3.5 minute television interview” in connection with West German Broadcasting for a sum of £70. Signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint by Lennon, and countersigned in blue ink by Dr. Karl Heinz Wocker. Includes a typed letter addressed to Lennon by Wocker’s assistant, dated December 1, 1969, in part: “I was told that if anybody wants anything of you one had to write to you, which I now do. The thing is, we want to make a short interview with you. Days on which we could do this would be Monday the 8th of December or Tuesday the 9th of December. If neither of these days is convenient for you, perhaps you could make a suggestion yourself, only it would have to be before the 12th of December—if you are prepared to give us an interview at all.” Lennon adds lines to either side of the text and then writes “Yes” at the conclusion in thin black felt tip. In fine condition. Lennon left the Beatles in September 1969, and directed his creative focus to projects with his new wife, Yoko Ono, which included the formation of The Plastic Ono Band. Lennon and Ono were vocal peace activists during this time period, and routinely combined advocacy with performance art. At the time of this proposed interview, Lennon and Ono paid for a campaign to construct billboards in 10 cities around the world, each one declaring, in the respective national language, ‘War Is Over! If You Want It.’ The live album Live Peace in Toronto 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band was also released in December 1969. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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502. Beatles: John Lennon. Crisp ballpoint signa-
ture, “John Lennon,” on an off-white 2 x 3.25 slip clipped from an autograph book. In fine condition. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from REAL and PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
McCartney water skis in Barbados
503. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Circa 1980s ballpoint signature, “Best wishes, Paul McCartney,” who draws a large smiley face and a full-length sketch of a water skier, on the reverse of an off-white 8 x 4 postcard for the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. In very fine condition. Three years after George and Pattie Harrison spent their honeymoon at the Sandy Lane Hotel in February 1966, Paul and Linda McCartney started their own tradition on the Caribbean isle, using the luxury hotel as their go-to destination for the Christmas season. With its large signature and pair of bold, playful sketches, this postcard palpably displays McCartney’s good humor while on holiday. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
McCartney celebrates 50 years of Sgt. Pepper’s 504. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band
album signed on the front cover in black felt tip. In fine condition. The record is not included. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from Perry Cox and PSA/DNA. Consignor notes that the signature was obtained at a private airfield at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport following a concert on August 13, 2010. A well-preserved and boldly signed copy of a classic Beatles album celebrating its 50th anniversary. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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505. Beatles: Paul McCartney. The White Album
prominently signed on the front cover in black felt tip by McCartney. In very fine condition. The records are included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $200
506. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Electric Argu-
ments CD slipcase signed on the front cover in black felt tip. In fine condition. The record is not included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
507. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Crisp ballpoint signature,
“Paul McCartney (Beatles),” on a light green 5.25 x 3.25 album page bearing an affixed image of the Beatles bassist. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
508. Bob Dylan. DS, two pages, 8.5 x 14, March 1972. Contract between Dylan and Alfred A. Knoff, Inc., in which the former grants the publisher exclusive right to print, publish, and sell the work entitled “Tarantula.” Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Dylan. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Contracts signed by Dylan are seldom encountered; this example is made all the more desirable given that Tarantula was Dylan’s first published book. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Hendrix’s first UK tour program
510. Jimi Hendrix. Vintage UK tour program for the Walker Brothers, 8 x 10, sixteen pages, signed inside on the Experience
band image in blue ballpoint by Hendrix. The program is also signed inside in green ballpoint by Engelbert Humperdinck, and on the front cover in blue ballpoint by the Walker Brothers (the latter signing first names only). In very good to fine condition, with creasing to covers, and just general light handling wear to the interior pages. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained at Aldershot’s ABC Cinema on April 27, 1967. Alongside other emerging acts like Humperdinck and Cat Stevens, the Jimi Hendrix Experience embarked on their first UK tour in support of the Walker Brothers in April 1967. This tour took place only months after Hendrix had formed the group, and coincided with the release of the trio’s second single, ‘Purple Haze.’ Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $500
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Large Hendrix signature 511. Jimi Hendrix. Red ballpoint signature, “Jimi Hendrix,” on an off-white 5.75 x 3.5 gridded sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $300
512. Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin II album signed and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Garry, Rock on! Jimmy Page,” “To Gary, Robert Plant,” and “John Paul Jones.” In fine condition. The record is included. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
513. Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here album signed
and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip, “To Syd, David Gilmour,” and in blue felt tip, “Roger Waters,” “Richard Wright,” and “Nick Mason.” In fine condition, with some light moisture staining to the lower edge. The record is not included. Originally obtained by in-person specialist Mike Wehrmann. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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Army training equipment list for “Elvis A. Presley”—signed an amazing seven times 514. Elvis Presley. In-
credible DS, signed seven times “Elvis A. Presley,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 11, dated between April 28–September 3, 1958. Form DA–10–102, an initial issue organizational clothing and equipment record belonging to “Presley, Alvis. A., US 53310761,” consisting of alphabetized lists for “Articles, Organizational Clothing, Quartermaster,” “Organizational Equipment,” “Post, Camp and Station Equipment,” and “Other Services,” with correlating issued and turn-in dates. Each section includes an “Authorized Allowances” field, with the “Quartermaster” section also featuring sizes for various articles, including: “Overshoes, 1, 10 1/2,” “Shirt, Field, Wool, 2, M,” “Shoes, Athletic, 1, 10 1/2,” “Supporters, Athletic, 1, M,” “Trousers, Field, Wool, 1, 30 x 31,” “Trousers, Shell, Field, 2, 30 x 31,” “Hood fld jacket, 1, M,” “Liner fld jacket, 1, M,” and “Jacket FLD, 1, M/R.” The concluding “Other Services” field includes: “Ordnance: Carbine, USCAL 30–M–1, 1, SER#3591134, Magazine, Carbine M–1, 6,” “Chemical: Mask Gas w/ carrier, 1,” and “Medical: Packet 1st Aid, 1.” Signed vertically at the bottom of the fourth page in blue ballpoint by Presley a total of seven times, each signature corresponding with the above issue date. Countersigned four additional times by Presley’s commanding officer. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and handling wear, and small areas of paper loss along intersecting folds. Between March 28 and September 17, 1958, Presley completed his basic and advanced military training as a member of Company A, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, while stationed at Fort Hood in Texas. As trying as his training was, the death of his mother on August 14th devastated Presley, who was afforded an extended leave of absence during his bereavement. Not long after his return to Fort Hood, Presley was sent overseas to Germany as a member of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor, service which lasted from October 1, 1958, until March 2, 1960. Germany had a profound effect on his life and career—he met his future wife Priscilla, was introduced to amphetamines, and as a result of his generous patriotic service, earned the respect of an older generation of Americans, many of whom had previously viewed him in a negative light. Featuring an unprecedented total of seven signatures, this phenomenal military form offers unique insight into perhaps the most formative period of Presley’s life. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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515. Rolling Stones. Vintage circa 1963 autograph book,
4.25 x 3.25, signed inside on adjacent pages in red ballpoint, “Mick Jagger” and “Brian Jones,” in black ballpoint, “Charlie Boy,” and in blue ballpoint, “Bill Wyman” and “Keith Richards.” Both pages measure to an overall display size of 7.75 x 3. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “I met the band after the show and got their signatures in my book on Friday, 20 September 1963, Savoy Ballroom, Southsea.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
516. Rolling Stones. Vintage Decca Records promo card of the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, nicely signed in blue ballpoint by Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts, who adds “xxx.” Text on the reverse of the card promotes their recent singles, ‘Come On/I Wanna Be Loved’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned.’ In fine condition, with some faint spotting in the borders. This features the same image used for the cover of the band’s self-titled debut EP, which Decca released in January 1964 to test the commercial appeal of the Rolling Stones before they would commit to producing a full album. A very attractive example. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
The Who as the ‘High Numbers’ 517. The Who. Vintage circa 1964 address book, 2.5 x 3.5, signed inside on
the first page in blue ballpoint, “Peter Townshend,” “Roger Daltry,” “John Brown (bass),” and “Keith Moon,” who encircles his name and then adds “High Numbers” below. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the niece of the original recipient, in part: “The autographs were obtained by my aunt in 1964 in the city of London whilst on a visit and passed on to me around 40 years ago.” The Who changed their name from The Detours in February 1964, when the band became aware of the group Johnny Devlin and the Detours. Daltrey, as the band’s founding member, opted for The Who after a night of brainstorming. The name lasted a few months before new manager Peter Meaden came aboard with the idea that the band should cater to the surging Beatles-led mod movement. Heeding his advice, The Who dressed in sharp modish clothing and promptly became a Motown group called The High Numbers. However, after a failed audition at EMI Studios in October 1964, and a subsequent lack of airplay for their single ‘I’m the Face,’ the group changed back to The Who and replaced Meaden with filmmakers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. An immensely appealing set of early ‘Who’ signatures. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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518. Leonard Bernstein
519. Enrico Caruso
520. French Composers
521. Francis Poulenc
522. Ralph Vaughan Williams
523. Irving Berlin
524. John Philip Sousa
525. Johnny Cash
526. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
528. Beatles: Louise Harrison
530. Beatles: Paul McCartney
531. Beatles: Paul McCartney
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535. Eric Clapton
536. Eric Clapton
537. Leonard Cohen
539. Def Leppard
540. Fats Domino
541. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
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542. Grateful Dead: Mickey Hart
543. Guns N’ Roses
544. Journey
545. KISS
546. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant
547. Rick Nelson
548. Roy Orbison
549. Pink Floyd: Waters and Mason
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550. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards
551. Grace Slick
552. U2
553. U2
554. Edgar and Johnny Winter
555. The Zombies
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558. Michael Jackson
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562. Ernest Bachrach: Ginger Rogers. Vintage
classic entertainment 565. James Cagney.
matte-finish 11 x 9.5 Bachrach portrait of Ginger Rogers, affixed to the original 19.75 x 14.75 studio mount, signed below in pencil by the photographer, “Ernest Bachrach, ‘34.” In fine condition, with light dampstaining in the lower border. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
563. Ernest Bachrach: Lupe Velez. Vintage
matte-finish 11.25 x 9.25 Bachrach portrait of Lupe Velez, affixed to the original 15 x 20 studio mount, signed on the mount in pencil by the photographer, “Ernest Bachrach.” In very fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Phenomenal vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.25 portrait of Cagney by Elmer Fryer, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Franklin, Best wishes to a fine lad! Most sincerely, Jim Cagney.” Affixed to the original studio mount, which is signed in the lower border in pencil by the photographer, “Elmer Fryer, ‘35.” Archivally double-matted and framed to an overall size of 20 x 24.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
566. Colin Clive. British actor (1900-1937) who earned a place in film history for his performances as Dr. Henry Frankenstein in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Vintage sepia matte-finish 3.25 x 5.5 postcard photo of Clive as Capt. Denis Stanhope in the 1930 film Journey’s End, signed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, Colin Clive.” In fine condition, with faint silvering to darker areas of the image. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Photoplay’s 1926 Best Picture Award for Beau Geste 564. Beau Geste. Rare bronze Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor, just under 3˝ in diameter, engraved on the reverse: “Presented to Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. by Photoplay Magazine for the Production Beau Geste, the Best Photoplay of the Year 1926.” The front of the medal features the traditional symbolic dramatic masks raised in high relief. In fine condition. Beginning in 1920, Photoplay gave out what is considered the first significant annual movie award, the Photoplay Medal of Honor. The award was voted on by readers of the magazine and the producer of the winning film was presented with a gold medallion struck by Tiffany, which was generally kept by the studio; bronze copies such as this were created in very limited amounts as individual keepsakes for some of the film’s important participants. Though Photoplay only gave the single award for best film, its intentions and standards were influential on the Academy Awards founded later in the decade. Starting Bid $200
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569. Audrey Hepburn. Attrac-
567. James Dean. The Chase National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Dean, payable to Cash for $20, November 20, 1954. In fine condition. After a string of uncredited roles, Dean was cast in Elia Kazan’s adaptation of East of Eden in April 1954. His memorable turn as Caleb Trask earned him his first of two posthumous Oscar nominations for Best Actor. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $500
Magnificent portrait of the sought-after starlet 568. Jean Harlow. Legendary screen actress
(1911–1937), known for her unique sex appeal and her distinctive platinum blonde hairdo, who died of renal failure at the age of 26. Uncommon mattefinish 10.5 x 13.25 photo of Harlow in an elegant white gown and wrapped in a fur stole, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to noted Hollywood director William Wyler, “‘Willie’ darling, Loads of love to you from Jean.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges, a couple of light surface scuffs, and some thin light staining passing through a portion of her hair. One of the rarest and most sought-after Hollywood autographs in an exceptional large format and with a remarkable association. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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tive glossy 3.5 x 5.5 cardstock photo of a young Hepburn looking over her shoulder, signed in the lower border in black ink. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked January 29, 1953. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
The Houdini Picture Corporation
571. Boris Karloff. Vin-
tage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Karloff holding a pipe, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Norman, Boris Karloff.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and crazing. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
570. Harry Houdini. Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x
8.25, June 21, 1921. Stock certificate for five shares of the Houdini Picture Corporation issued to Alfred J. Gaudette. Signed at the conclusion by Houdini as president of the company and countersigned by R. P. Risley as treasurer. In very good to fine condition, with several vertical folds, light dampstaining to the bottom (touching the signature, the end of which has mysteriously vanished). Accompanied by a letter of provenance from relatives of the original shareholder, in part: “The certificate was discovered when my mother was helping her grandfather, Henry Joseph Gaudette, Alfred’s youngest brother of 6 children, move from his home in 1972…While going through barrels in the basement she discovered it. The stock was wrapped in muslin covered in newspaper, tied with a strand of twine. Upon opening the mysterious package she was quite surprised to find the Houdini treasure.” Chartered by the State of New York on February 26, 1921, the Houdini Picture Corporation was involved in three Houdini silents: The Soul of Bronze (1921), The Man from Beyond (1922), and Haldane of the Secret Service (1923). Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
572. Brandon Lee.
Uncommon glossy 4.75 x 7 publicity photo of Brandon Lee for the 1992 film rapid Fire, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Groucho, Harpo, and Chico 573. Marx Brothers. Very desirable vintage glossy 10 x 8
Metro Goldwyn Mayer publicity photo of the comedic trio, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Bill, Best wishes, Groucho Marx,” “Harpo Marx,” and “Chico Marx.” In very good to fine condition, with some scattered creases and small dings, light overall rippling, and poor contrast to Chico’s signature against his corduroy jacket. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Monroe’s final draft for Something’s Got to Give 574. Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe’s personally-owned and -used final draft script for the unfinished 1962 film Something’s Got to Give. The brad-bound draft is housed in its original blue Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation folder, 9.5 x 11.5, with the front cover bearing the movie title and date “March 29, 1962,” and is labeled in the upper right corner, “Final, Confidential, For Planning Purposes Only.” The Nunnally Johnson screenplay consists of 149 total pages, with 18 of those pages bearing approximately 200 words written in either pencil or green ink in the hand of Monroe. The majority of Monroe’s annotations occur between pages 71–84, a revised section of blue sheets dated April 18–20, 1962, and consisting of various dialogue notes, changes, and line strikes. Of particular interest are a pair of sheets tipped in between pages 107 and 108, which focus on an emotional reunion between Monroe’s character Ellen, returned from several years lost at sea, and her two young children, who are no longer capable of recognizing their mother. Monroe adds copious pencil notations to the upper portion of the first sheet, apparent acting techniques gleaned from talks with her acting coach Lee Strasberg, including: “Real thought,” “Mental Relaxation,” “Place the pain, feeling where it is not in the brow,” and “Substitute children—B & J, if necessary,” which perhaps is a reference to Arthur Miller’s children, Bobby and Jane. The script also bears numerous pencil notations by an unknown hand, offering critical assessments and insights to various scenes, with the initial page of the script reading: “Note for Marilyn: He has to woo her. Not the way it is, new blue pages.” Includes several loose memos from the production, including two addressed “To All Secretaries,” and then an additional six blue revision sheets for pages 91 and 92. In very good to fine condition, with moderate wear, toning, and paper loss to the covers; interior are generally fine, with expected handling wear. After six years on the East Coast, Monroe moved back to California, purchased her first home, and began filming Something’s Got to Give in the spring of 1962. A remake of the Cary Grant and Irene Dunne comedy My Favorite Wife, the George Cukor– directed film cast Monroe as Ellen Arden, a woman who returns home after five years of being shipwrecked on an island. On the first day of production, Monroe called out sick with a sinus infection, a diagnosis that would have postponed the film a month. As a response, Cukor filmed scenes around his leading lady. Monroe’s irregular on-set presence caused further delays, and her trip to New York City to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to President Kennedy further vexed the Fox studio heads. On June 8, 1962, Monroe was released from the project, a decision influenced by the exorbitant and rising costs of the epic historical drama Cleopatra. Although Monroe showed to only 12 of the initial 33 days of shooting, her marketing prowess—most notably her press-invited poolside skinny dip—surely should have assuaged any doubts of a box-office bomb. Co-star Cary Grant managed to have Monroe re-hired under the stipulation that Cukor be replaced with Jean Negulesco, but production was finally canceled upon news of Monroe’s tragic death on August 5th. Starting Bid $1000 166 | June 14, 2017 | CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Handwritten dialogue notes from “MMM”
575. Marilyn Monroe. Rare pencil
notations written entirely in the hand of Marilyn Monroe, unsigned, one page, lightly lined, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa 1956, seldom-seen “MMM” letterhead. The notes consist of a partial dialogue for the character of Lorna from Clifford Odet’s 1937 play Golden Boy, in full: “Success and fame or just a lousy living—your lucky you won’t have to worry about those things / Unless Tom Moody’s a liar / I like him / No I never did—thats the Carousel that music. Did you ever ride on one of those / weren’t you ever a kid for God’s sake / Why / I wouldn’t have taken that too serious / Lot of horses trot around here—the rich know how to live—You’ll be rich / Whats that / No when I came out of the cocoon I was a butterfly and butterflies don’t work / He goes up to see his kid on Tuesday night—Its a sick kid, a girl. His wife leaves it at her mothers house / What are you hinting at / Why think about it / I don’t why should you.” In fine condition, with some tears and creasing to the top edge. Not long after her marriage to Arthur Miller, Monroe began using the moniker ‘Marilyn Monroe Miller,’ the basis for the “MMM” letterhead. Around this same time period Monroe had become determined to improve herself as an actress, studying and training under Lee and Paula Strasberg while living in New York City. Her performance in the 1956 film Bus Stop earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Starting Bid $500
576. Marilyn Monroe. Bank of America (Laurel–Sunset
Branch) check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Monroe, payable to Dr. Seligman for $40, November 15, 1950. In fine condition. One of Monroe’s first films, The Fireball, was released less than a week before signing this check. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $500
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Rare uninscribed oversized Tracy portrait
Scarce photo of cinema’s guardian angel
577. Spencer Tracy. Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 seated profile photo of Tracy with a large smile and his hands clasped together, signed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, Spencer Tracy.” Reverse bears an MGM/Willinger credit stamp. In very good to fine condition, with a few heavy creases to the upper left corner. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
578. Henry Travers. English character actor (1874–1965) who portrayed Clarence the Angel in It’s a Wonderful Life. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of Travers, signed in black ink, “With best wishes, Henry Travers.” In fine condition, with some silvering to darker areas of the image. Accompanied by the front panel of the original mailing envelope addressed in Travers’s own hand, and incorporating his signature into the address field, “H. Travers.” Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
579. Rudolph Valentino. 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, with a rusty paperclip impression to the upper left. 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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580. Actors and Actresses MB $200
581. Bronco Billy Anderson
582. Julie Andrews
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583. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
584. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
585. Batman: Romero and Kitt
586. Ingmar Bergman
587. Ingrid Bergman
588. Jerry Bock
589. Jeff Bridges
590. Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
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591. James Cagney and Mae Clarke
592. John Carradine
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593. Emilia Clarke MB $200
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594. Francis Ford Coppola MB $200
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595. Buster Crabbe
596. The Crying Game
599. Federico Fellini
600. Clark Gable
601. D. W. Griffith
602. Audrey Hepburn
604. The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins
605. Buster Keaton
606. Grace Kelly
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607. Percy Kilbride
608. Fritz Lang
609. Vivien Leigh
610. Vivien Leigh
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603. Harry Houdini
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597. Robert De Niro MB $200
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598. Dolores Del Rio MB $200
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611. Vivien Leigh
612. George Lucas
613. Mantan Moreland
614. Paul Newman
615. David Niven
616. Una O’Connor
617. Laurence Olivier
618. Max Ophuls
619. Al Pacino
620. Mary Pickford
621. Mary Pickford
622. Vincent Price
624. Frank Sinatra
625. Frank Sinatra
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626. Stephen Sondheim MB $200
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627. James Stewart
628. James Stewart
629. Karl Struss
630. Norman Taurog
631. Elizabeth Taylor
632. Elizabeth Taylor
633. Ernest Thesiger
634. Three Stooges
635. Lana Turner
636. Lana Turner
637. Orson Welles
638. Billy Wilder
639. Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger
640. Wizard of Oz: Charley Grapewin
641. Anna May Wong
642. Natalie Wood
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sports
Highlighted by Cobb, Mack, and Cochrane
643. Baseball: 1950s. Vintage hardcover autograph album, 6 x 4.75, signed inside on various
affixed slips and cards by 56 athletes (nearly all baseball players), including: Ty Cobb, Connie Mack, Mickey Cochrane, Hank Greenberg, Clark Griffith, Billy Southworth, George Kell, Richie Ashburn, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn, Eddie Mathews, Robin Roberts, Lou Boudreau, Carl Hubbell, Bob Lemon, Ralph Kiner, Waite Hoyt, Charlie Gehringer, Duffy Lewis, Pepper Martin, Schoolboy Rowe, Dizzy Trout, Andy Pafko, Jesse Owens, Bill Sharman, and others. A few stamped or clubhouse signatures are also contained (not mentioned). In very good to fine condition, with toned tape and staining affecting some signatures. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Headlined by Rogers Hornsby, Hack Wilson, and Kiki Cuyler 644. Chicago Cubs: 1931.
Official Spalding National League (Heydler) baseball signed in fountain pen on the sweet spot and side panels by 18 members of the 1931 Chicago Cubs team, including: Rogers Hornsby, Hack Wilson, Ray Schalk, Kiki Cuyler, Guy Bush, Charley O’Leary, Charlie Root, Charlie Grimm, Lon Warneke, Bud Teachout, Jakie May, Pat Malone (traced over), Danny Taylor, Les Bell, Ed Baecht, Billy Jurges, Woody English, and one indistinguishable. Also signed by 1931 Cincinnati Reds manager Dan Howley. In very good condition, with light overall soiling and a few signatures quite faded. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
645. Kiki Cuyler. Uncom-
mon vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cuyler while managing the Atlanta Crackers minor league team in the 1940s, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Bob, From your old pal, ‘Kiki’.” In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing and some scattered light brown staining. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
646. Bobby Jones. Excep-
tional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Jones in a post-swing pose, signed and inscribed in later age in black ink, “Joe, Best Wishes, Bob Jones.” In fine condition, with emulsion loss to the tips of the upper and lower right corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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649. Wilbur Shaw. Race
647. Mel Ott. Semi-glossy 8 x 10.5 paperstock photo of Ott
wearing his Giants uniform in a half-length pose, signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen, “To Loren, Very Best Wishes, Mel Ott.” In fine condition, with trimmed borders and a few wrinkles. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
car driver and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway who was killed in a plane crash in 1954. Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Shaw after winning the 1939 Indianapolis 500, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “With my best wishes always to my friend ‘Smoot’ Schmid from your faithful deputy, Wilbur Shaw, 1-140.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, including a few diagonal surface creases passing through the front of the car. From the collection of Dallas County Sheriff ‘Smoot’ Schmid, who participated in the manhunt for notorious gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
CBS employee pass signed by the Babe
648. Babe Ruth. Columbia Broadcasting System 1930 employees pass, 3.5 x 2.25, issued to M. C. Frost, signed on the reverse in fountain pen by Ruth. Also signed by later Boston Red Sox players Rico Petrocelli and Mike Ryan. Printed caption on the reverse reads: “Worlds record 714 Home Runs. I doubt if this will ever be broken.” In very good to fine condition, with a short tear to the bottom edge and some scuffing affecting Ryan’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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653. Muhammad Ali
654. Muhammad Ali
657. Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson
658. Auto Racing
660. Baseball Alumni
661. Baseball: 1940s Minor League
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652. Muhammad Ali
651. Muhammad Ali
650. Muhammad Ali
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655. Muhammad Ali
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659. Baseball
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656. Muhammad Ali
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662. Baseball: Negro Leagues MB $200
663. Basketball MB $200
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664. Boston Bees: 1937 MB $200
668. Marcel Cerdan MB $200
665. Boston Bees: 1937 MB $200
669. Chattanooga Lookouts: 1939
666. Boston Celtics MB $200
670. Chicago Cubs: 1931
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673. Jack Dempsey
672. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
667. Boston Red Sox: 1964 MB $200
671. Chicago Cubs: Charlie Root and Guy Bush MB $200
674. Dale Earnhardt
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675. Roger Federer MB $200
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676. Football MB $200
677. Golfers MB $200
678. Horse Racing MB $200
679. Michael Jordan
680. Joe Louis Night
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683. NY Yankees
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682. Mantle, DiMaggio, and Williams MB $200
685. Cal Ripken, Jr
684. Rocky Marciano
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687. Sugar Ray Robinson
686. Olympians MB $200
689. Tennis MB $200
681. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
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688. Zack Taylor MB $200
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690. Johnny Unitas MB $200
691. Ted Williams MB $200
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animation
Fleischer Studios
Fabulous original storyboards for Popeye Meets William Tell
692. Popeye and William Tell production storyboard drawings from Popeye Meets William Tell. (Fleischer
Studios, 1940) Scarce original production storyboard drawings featuring Popeye and William Tell from Popeye Meets William Tell, signed at the bottom of the first page in pencil by longtime Fleischer Studios animator Shamus Culhane. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on four sheets of 8.5 x 11 illustration paper, featuring a total of eight panels, each measuring approximately 6.25 x 5. The penultimate panel features the image of Groucho Marx, an interesting addition as Culhane was married to the daughter of Chico Marx. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Walt Disney Studios
Disney letter to an Austrian painter 693. Walt Disney. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, August 14,
1959. Letter to Austrian painter Irene Holzer–Weinek, in full: “Thank you for your recent letter which has just been forwarded to me from Vienna. I am sorry that I was unable to visit your studio and see your work. However, as you may know, my stay in Vienna was very short. I want to thank you for your interest in writing to me and extend to you my kindest regards.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of Disney and Mickey. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $300
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694. Walt and Lillian Disney. Rare beige-colored handkerchief with fringe ends and an embroidered image of Happy the Dwarf, 5.25 x 8.5, signed in black ink, “Walt Disney” and “Lillian Disney.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $300
695. Walt Disney. Personal
check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to New Hospital Building Fund for $1000, stamp-dated June 24, 1958. Ink notation written in another hand in the memo field confirms the check is the second installment of a three-year pledge made by Disney. Reverse of check bears a deposit stamp indicating that money went to the “Peninsula Community Hospital Building Fund.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $300
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Ideal Disney autograph
698. Disney Villain: Thomas and Johnston. Signed 696. Walt Disney. Sought-after ink signature, “Walt Disney,” on a light pink 6.25 x 3.75 album page. Reverse is signed by a rare combination of aviators in black ink, including: Amy Mollison, James Mollison, and Beryl Markham. In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $200
697. Pinocchio: Thomas and Johnston. Signed book:
Walt Disney’s Pinocchio. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 11.5. Signed and inscribed opposite the title page in black ballpoint, “To Harry—Best wishes—Frank Thomas” and “Ollie Johnston.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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book: The Disney Villain. First edition. NY: Hyperion, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 11.25, 232 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black felt tip by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
699. Roy O. Disney. DS, two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11.5, February 27, 1959. Pledge and assignment of mortgage and chattels between the Walt Disney Company and the Bank of America in regards to “Exhibit ‘A,’” and the airing of twelve television subjects on the American Broadcasting Company. Titles include: “Fantasyland—Spanish Dancers,” “Fantasyland—Hans Christian Anderson, Pt. 1,” “Fantasyland—Musical Skis,” and “Fantasyland—Alice In Wonderland.” 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 Beckett. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Sought-after production drawing from Mickey’s debut 700. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Steamboat Willie. (Walt Disney Studios,
1928) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie, showing the iconic mouse’s head and arms with drum mallets. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 4.25 x 3.25. In fine condition. During a wonderful musical sequence, Mickey cheerfully opens a bull’s mouth to play percussion on the oversized teeth. A remarkably early and desirable production drawing from the first Disney cartoon to feature synchronized sound. Starting Bid $200
Scarce Iwerks drawing from Mickey’s first cartoon 701. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Plane Crazy. (Walt Disney Studios, 1928)
Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Plane Crazy, drawn by Ub Iwerks, showing him in an exasperated state. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 1.5 x 1.5. In fine condition. Plane Crazy was extremely significant in the history of animation, as it marked the creation of Mickey Mouse. The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, with Iwerks serving as the main animator. Plane Crazy was a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience, but failed to pick up a distributor; later in 1928 Disney released Steamboat Willie as a very successful sound cartoon, which is generally considered Mickey’s debut despite being made after Plane Crazy. Starting Bid $200
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702. Mickey and Minnie Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Mellerdrammer. (Walt Disney Studios,
1933) Original production drawing featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse from Mickey’s Mellerdrammer, showing them together during their stage production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 6.25 x 3.75. In fine condition. Today, Mickey’s Mellerdrammer is considered controversial as it is essentially a take-off on a minstrel show, and Mickey—as seen here—is dressed in blackface. Starting Bid $200
703. Mickey Mouse and Pluto production drawing from The Mad Doctor. (Walt Disney Studios, 1933) Original
production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto from The Mad Doctor, showing the excited Mickey hugging his canine pal. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.5 x 3. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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704. Mickey Mouse and Peg Leg Pete production drawing from Two-Gun Mickey. (Walt Disney Studios,
1934) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Peg Leg Pete from Two-Gun Mickey, showing the two violently wrestling. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 4.5 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
705. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck production drawing from Mickey’s Service Station. (Walt Disney
Studios, 1935) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Mickey’s Service Station, showing them as they creep away from their nemesis Pete. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Images measure 3.25 x 3 and 3.5 x 3.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
From Donald Duck’s second cartoon 706. Donald Duck production drawing from Orphan’s Benefit. (Walt Disney Studios, 1934)
Original production drawing featuring Donald Duck from Orphan’s Benefit, showing him in his classic sailor outfit. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 2 x 2.75. In fine condition. Released as a black-and-white cartoon in 1934, Orphan’s Benefit marked the second film appearance of Donald Duck, and his very first joint appearance with Mickey Mouse. A desirable ultra-early portrayal of a classic character. Starting Bid $200
707. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Service Station. (Walt Disney Studios, 1935)
Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Service Station, showing him working a car jack. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.75 x 3. In fine condition, with a crease to the upper right. Starting Bid $200
708. Mickey Mouse production drawing from On Ice. (Walt Disney Studios, 1935) Original production draw-
ing featuring Mickey Mouse from On Ice, showing him gliding along on his ice skates. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Character image measures 3.5 x 4.5, with a total image size of 12 x 4.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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709. Mickey Mouse and Baby Kangaroo production drawing from Mickey’s Kangaroo. (Walt Disney Studios,
1935) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse happily holding the baby kangaroo from Mickey’s Kangaroo. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.25 x 3.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
710. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Circus. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original production draw-
ing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Circus, showing the iconic Disney character as a circus ringleader. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 4.5 x 3.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
711. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Rival. (Walt Disney Studios, 1936) Original production draw-
ing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Rival, showing him with a picnic blanket at his feet after it had been used as a matador’s cape. An annotation on the right side points to the buttons on his pants, and reads: “Put Xs on only, leave buttons off front of pants.” Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3.25 x 3.25. In fine condition. Early on in the cartoon Mickey’s rival, Mortimer Mouse, plucked the buttons off the front of his trousers, thus the interesting annotation added here. Starting Bid $200
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Amazing and exceedingly rare 1937 publicity artwork
712. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck publicity painting from Hawaiian Holiday. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Rare
original publicity painting featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Hawaiian Holiday, showing them together on a surfboard with Donald playing a ukulele. This publicity artwork was used for book art, magazine articles, publicity stills, and as the final concept for the movie poster. It is attributed to Hank Porter, one of the defining artists in the Disney Studios publicity department during the mid 1930s, and bears a secretarial Disney signature to the lower right which was done by Porter. Accomplished in watercolor on 15.5 x 11.5 art board. In fine condition. It is believed that there are fewer than ten paintings of this type in the world today. Starting Bid $1000
713. Dopey and Doc concept production storyboards from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney
Studios, circa 1935) Two very early original concept production storyboard panels featuring Dopey and Doc from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing Doc smashing a mallet over Dopey’s head in an attempt to crack a walnut. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on two trimmed sheets of 5.75 x 7 animation paper. Each image measures about 4.75 x 5.5. In overall fine condition. A great gag ensemble featuring two classic characters. Starting Bid $200
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Spectacular set-up of all seven dwarfs 714. Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original production cel featuring Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing all seven dwarfs in full-figure poses. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 11.75 x 8, with a mat opening of 13.75 x 10.75. Framed to an overall size of 21 x 18. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
Seven dwarfs and their pickaxes 715. Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios,
1937) Original production cel featuring Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing all seven dwarfs with their pickaxes during the mining sequence. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 7 x 3, with a mat opening of 8 x 6. Impressively cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 20. In fine condition. A superb cel from a famous, recognizable scene. Starting Bid $500
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Magnificent Evil Queen production cel
716. Evil Queen production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney
Studios, 1937) Remarkable original production cel featuring the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing her looking directly ahead with her disdainful gaze. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 4 x 4.5, with a mat opening of 7 x 7. Beautifully triple-suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 24 x 24. In fine condition. A superb cel of a sought-after character. Starting Bid $500
Amazing original Snow White cel displayed with four animators’ signatures 717. Snow White production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937)
Beautiful original production cel featuring Snow White in the forest from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing her in front of a tree with flowers, five bunnies, and a baby deer. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 9 x 8, with a mat opening of 11 x 9. Impressively matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 20.5, with signatures below of animators Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Shamus Culhane, plus a secretarial Disney signature by Hank Porter. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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Wonderful Courvoisier set-up of Snow White and her feathered friends 718. Snow White production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney
Studios, 1937) Original production cel featuring Snow White with three birds from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing them in a meadow setting. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a handpainted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Snow White image measures 4.75 x 6 and bird images each measure about .5 x .5, with a mat opening of 9.5 x 9. Framed to an overall size of 18.5 x 19.5. In fine condition, with some toning to mat. Starting Bid $300
719. Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Sleepy production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Desirable original
production cel featuring Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Sleepy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing them around a wash basin. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a woodgrain background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 11.5 x 6.25, with a mat opening of 11.5 x 8.5. Framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 17. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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720. Snow White production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937)
722. Grumpy production storyboard drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Stu-
721. The Huntsman production drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937)
723. Sleepy production storyboard drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Walt Disney Stu-
Wonderful original production drawing featuring Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, portraying the iconic character with her hands on her hips. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 4.5 x 7. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Scarce original production drawing featuring the Huntsman from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 7.5 x 7. In fine condition. The Huntsman remains a decidedly uncommon character, as he appears in the film only briefly. Starting Bid $200
dios, 1937) Original production storyboard drawing featuring Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing him during the bed building scene which was ultimately cut from the film. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.75 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
dios, 1937) Original production storyboard drawing featuring Sleepy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing him surrounded by birds during the bed building sequence that was cut from the final film. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.25 x 4.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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724. Little Hiawatha and Forest Animals production publicity drawing from Little Hiawatha. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Detailed and adorable original production publicity drawing featuring Little Hiawatha and Forest Animals from Little Hiawatha, likely used for book art, magazine art, or a publicity still. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on 12 x 10 illustration paper. Total image measures 10.75 x 7.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
726. Goofy publicity drawing from Moose Hunters. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original publicity drawing featuring Goofy from Moose Hunters, showing him in hunting gear and peering out from underneath the moose. Accomplished in graphite on trimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Total image measures 10 x 7. In fine condition, with a light central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200
725. Goofy and background production drawings from Mickey’s Amateurs. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1937) Pair of original production drawings from Mickey’s Amateurs, one featuring Goofy playing a tuba and the other featuring a matching detailed layout background of Goofy’s ‘50-piece band.’ Both accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Goofy image measures 9.5 x 8.5; background image measures 10.5 x 7.5. In overall fine condition, with some small edge tears and toning to the background layout drawing. Starting Bid $200
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727. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck publicity drawing from Moose Hunters. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937)
Original publicity drawing featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Moose Hunters, showing them setting a trap with a “Free Moose Lunch” sign. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on trimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Total image measures 11.5 x 7.25. In fine condition, with a light central vertical fold. Starting Bid $200
728. Dancing Bugs production drawing from Woodland Cafe. (Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original production
730. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Brave Little Tailor. (Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Original production
drawing featuring four dancing bugs from Woodland Cafe, showing them in a rather feisty dance-off. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 10.5 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from the classic Brave Little Tailor, annotated with production notations to the right side. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 2.75 x 4.5. In fine condition. Brave Little Tailor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1939, but lost to Disney’s own Ferdinand the Bull. Starting Bid $200
729. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Mickey’s Parrot. (Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Original
731. Donald Duck production drawing from Self Control. (Walt Disney Studios, 1938) Original production
production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse from Mickey’s Parrot, showing him in a close-up pose looking surprised and wielding a double-barreled shotgun. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 9.5 x 8.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
drawing featuring Donald Duck from Self Control, showing him tapping his fingers on the ground. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 4.25 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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732. Huey Duck production drawing from Hockey Camp.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1939) Original production drawing featuring Huey Duck from Hockey Camp, showing him on ice skates and holding a hockey stick. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 3.25 x 4.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Astounding Courvoisier set-up on original background, inscribed by Disney himself
733. Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket production cel and master background from Pinocchio. (Walt Dis-
ney Studios, 1940) Original production cel and hand-painted master background featuring Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio, signed and inscribed on the presentation mat in black crayon, “To Gordon Crier, best wishes, Walt Disney.” The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted master background attributed to Disney animator Claude Coats, as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries. Image measures 4.75 x 5.75, with a mat opening of 9.5 x 7.75. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition, with some staining to the mat. Crier was a Scottish radio and television producer and writer who worked for the BBC. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from his daughter, in part: “This Disney cel was given personally to my father Gordon Crier after he produced a programme about Walt Disney in the late 40s/early 50s for BBC. He asked my father his favorite cartoon which was ‘Pinocchio.’” A simply breathtaking, museum-quality piece from one of Disney’s greatest films. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $2500
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734. Blue Fairy production cel from Pinocchio. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio, showing the winged magical being at half length. The cel is placed on a detailed modern hand-painted custom prepared background. Image measures 5.25 x 8, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 10.5. Mat dimensions are 19 x 15. In fine condition. A very scarce character from a classic film. Starting Bid $300
Rare Courvoisier set-up of Geppetto’s pet goldfish
735. Cleo production cel from Pinocchio.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring Cleo from Pinocchio, showing Geppetto’s pet goldfish with bubble special effects. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 2 x 4, with a mat opening of 6.25 x 6.25. Framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 13. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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736. Jiminy Cricket production cel from Pinocchio. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1940) Original production cel featuring Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio, showing him yelling and standing on top of a flower. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background made by a Disney artist in the 1990s. Image measures 3 x 1.75, with a mat opening of 11.25 x 9.25. Mat dimensions are 17 x 15. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
737. Pinocchio production drawing from Pinocchio.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Pinocchio from Pinocchio, showing him in his marionette form. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 2 x 4.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Amazing production background and cel of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice 738. Mickey Mouse production cel and production background from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Stu-
dios, 1940) Original production cel and production background featuring Mickey Mouse from the ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ sequence of Fantasia, showing Mickey in his full wizard garb against the starry night sky. The cel is placed on a handpainted production background from Fantasia, which bears the appropriate stamps and notations on the reverse. Image measures 4.5 x 7, with overall dimensions of 12 x 9.5. The cel is partially trimmed to 8.5 x 9.5. In fine condition. An absolutely astounding set-up from one of Mickey’s most famous scenes. Starting Bid $2500
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Superior concept painting for Fantasia 739. Mickey Mouse production concept painting from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Incredible original production concept painting featuring Mickey Mouse from Fantasia, showing him wearing the sorcerer’s hat and looking at the magic broom in the ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ sequence. Accomplished in watercolor on a white 10 x 8 sheet. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 18.5 x 17. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
740. Chernabog production drawing from Fantasia.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Chernabog from Fantasia, showing the imposing demon during the terrifying ‘Night on Bald Mountain’ sequence. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 10.75 x 8. In fine condition, with some creasing near the top. Starting Bid $200
741. Chernabog production drawing from Fantasia. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Epic original production drawing featuring Chernabog from Fantasia’s ‘Night on Bald Mountain’ sequence, showing the massive demon with his wings spread open. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 15 x 11. In fine condition, with some tiny creasing and chipping to edges. Starting Bid $200
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742. Mickey Mouse production drawing from Tugboat Mickey. (Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Mickey Mouse ringing a bell from Tugboat Mickey. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 6 x 7.5. In fine condition, with some light soiling. Starting Bid $200
743. Goofy production drawing from Tugboat Mickey.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Original production drawing featuring Goofy with a shovel from Tugboat Mickey. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 8.5 x 6. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
744. Dumbo and Timothy Mouse production cel from Dumbo. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Uncommon original production cel featuring Dumbo and Timothy Mouse from Dumbo, showing Dumbo following along behind Timothy. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 6.5 x 3.75, with a mat opening of 8.5 x 7. Mat dimensions are 12.5 x 12. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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745. Opening Credits keymaster background set-up from Dumbo. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Extremely rare
original keymaster background set-up featuring the opening credit title card cels for “Story Development” and “Character Designs” from Dumbo. The cels are placed on a hand-painted keymaster production background. Image measures 11 x 8.5, with overall dimensions of 12 x 10. In fine condition. A unique and interesting piece. Starting Bid $200
746. Goofy production cel from The Reluctant Dragon. (Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Large and impressive
original production cel featuring Goofy on horseback from the ‘How to Ride a Horse’ segment of The Reluctant Dragon. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 9.5 x 8, with a mat opening of 13.75 x 11. Mat dimensions are 21.25 x 18.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
747. Goofy production cel from The Art of Skiing.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1941) Original production cel featuring Goofy from The Art of Skiing, showing him awkwardly flying through the air atop his crisscrossed skis. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 8.5 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 9 x 7.5. Mat dimensions are 14.75 x 13. The mat bears an affixed label reading: “Through the Air Faster and Faster: a veritable human bullet. From Walt Disney’s ‘The Art of Skiing.’” In fine condition, with some significant rippling to celluloid, and toning and chipping to mat. Starting Bid $200
748. Jiminy Cricket production drawing. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1941–1942) Original rough production drawing featuring Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket, likely from one of Disney’s war projects. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5.5 x 5.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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751. Las Posadas Girl production cel from The Three Caballeros. (Walt
749. Thumper and Birds production cel from Bambi. (Walt Disney Studios, 1942) Cute original production cel featuring Thumper and four blue birds from Bambi. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Total image measures 3.5 x 4.25, with overall dimensions of 8 x 7. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition, with a hairline crack to celluloid to the left of Thumper’s nose, and some light rippling. Starting Bid $200
Disney Studios, 1944) Original production cel featuring Las Posadas Girl from The Three Caballeros, showing the cute young child holding up a candle. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a hand-painted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 2.25 x 3.5, with a mat opening of 6.5 x 8. Mat dimensions are 15 x 20. The original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label is present but detached. In fine condition, with some toning to mat, a chip to lower left mat corner, and a crack to upper left corner. The ‘Las Posadas Girl’ was modeled by Mary Blair, and these children served as the basis for the dolls that Blair did for the ‘It’s a Small World’ attraction at Disneyland. Starting Bid $200
750. Las Posadas Boy production cel from The Three Caballeros. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1944) Original production cel featuring Las Posadas Boy from The Three Caballeros, showing the adorable sombrero-wearing child holding up a candle. The cel has been trimmed and applied to a handpainted background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Image measures 2.75 x 4.5, with a mat opening of 6.5 x 8. Mat dimensions are 15 x 20. In fine condition, with toning to mat and chipping to mat corners (most notably to upper right). The ‘Las Posadas Boy’ was modeled by Mary Blair, and these children served as the basis for the dolls that Blair did for the ‘It’s a Small World’ attraction at Disneyland. Starting Bid $200
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752. Br’er Rabbit production cel from Song of the South. (Walt Disney Studios, 1946) Uncommon original
production cel featuring Br’er Rabbit from Song of the South, showing him tied up with rope. The cel is placed on a modern hand-painted custom prepared background. Image measures 5 x 8.5, with overall dimensions of 11.75 x 10. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
753. Br’er Fox production drawing from Song of the South. (Walt Disney Studios, 1946) Original production drawing featuring Br’er Fox from Song of the South, portraying the controversial film’s sly antagonist with his hands clasped. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 5 x 6.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Beautiful ‘Once Upon a Wintertime’ concept by Mary Blair 754. Mary Blair concept painting from Melody Time. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1948) Exquisite original concept painting by Mary Blair for the ‘Once Upon a Wintertime’ segment from Melody Time, showing the very much in love Jenny and Joe about to kiss as magical snow swirls around them, with two rabbits below. Accomplished in tempera on 9 x 7.25 artist’s board. In fine condition. A vivid, striking piece of concept artwork. Starting Bid $500
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755. Mickey Mouse and Pluto production cel from Mickey and the Seal. (Walt Disney Studios, 1948) Original
production cel featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto from Mickey and the Seal, showing Mickey holding his basket of fish to feed to the seals, with Pluto walking ahead. The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Images measure 4.25 x 5 and 5 x 4, with a mat opening of 11 x 8. Framed to an overall size of 19 x 17. In fine condition. Mickey and the Seal was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Starting Bid $200
757. Wise Old Owl production cels from So Dear to My Heart. (Walt Disney Studios, 1949) Two original pro-
duction cels featuring the Wise Old Owl from So Dear to My Heart, showing him tipping his hat. The cels are each trimmed to about 2.5 x 3.75 and applied to a 10 x 12 scrapbook page, which has an opening of 5.5 x 6. In fine condition. Consignor notes that these came from a Disney ink-and-paint lady’s personal self-made model book of all the characters she had worked on. Starting Bid $200
756. Danny the Lamb, Owl, and Birds production cels from So Dear to My Heart. (Walt Disney Studios, 1949) Original production cels featuring Danny the Lamb, the Owl, and two birds from the live action and animation feature So Dear to My Heart. The cels have been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale. Character images range in size from 1 x 1.25 to 4 x 4.5, with a mat opening of 10.5 x 6.5. Mat dimensions are 16.5 x 13.75. The piece has the original Disney Courvoisier Galleries label on the reverse. In fine condition, with toned tape remnants to upper portion of the mat. Starting Bid $200
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758. Cinderella production cel from
Cinderella.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Original production cel featuring Cinderella from Cinderella, showing the iconic princess holding a big pillow. Image measures 5.5 x 8.25, with overall dimensions of 13 x 11. In fine condition, with a clipped lower right corner of the celluloid. A large, impressive example of this beloved Disney character. Starting Bid $200
759. Donald Duck and Nephew production cels.
(Walt Disney Studios, circa 1950s) Original production cels featuring Donald Duck and one of his nephews from a Disney cartoon, showing the violent-tempered Donald screaming at his nephew, who is holding a glass of water. Total image measures 8.5 x 5. The cels are trimmed to 12 x 8.75 and stapled to their original backing. Reverse of the backing bears a gold label stating that it is an original hand-painted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production, and was released exclusively by the Art Corner at Disneyland. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
760. Donald Duck production cel. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1950s) Original production cel featuring Donald Duck as a movie director from a Disney cartoon, showing him wearing a beret and holding a lit cigarette. Image measures 7.5 x 6.5. The cel is trimmed to 10 x 7.5 and stapled to its original backing, which bears a gold label on the reverse stating that this is an original hand-painted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production, and was released exclusively at Disneyland. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Beautiful custom presentation of a 1951 Alice cel 761. Alice production cel from Alice in Wonderland.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1951) Original production cel featuring Alice from Alice in Wonderland, showing her in her iconic blue dress as she descends into the ominous Tulgey Wood. The cel is placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background depicting Tulgey Wood, painted circa 1990s. Image measures 6 x 8, with a mat opening of 13 x 10. Handsomely double-cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 19. In fine condition. A simply stunning piece. Starting Bid $200
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Amazing original Alice in Wonderland painting by Mary Blair
762. Mary Blair concept painting from Alice in Wonderland. (Walt Disney
Studios, 1951) Extraordinary original concept painting by Mary Blair for Alice in Wonderland, portraying Alice in her iconic blue-and-white dress as she approaches the talking doorknob. Accomplished in tempera on 10 x 9 artist’s board. In fine condition. An incredibly desirable piece of concept art from the iconic Lewis Carroll adaptation that aptly captures the look and feel of the film. Starting Bid $500
763. Queen of Hearts color model production drawing from Alice in Wonderland. (Walt Disney Studios,
1951) Original color model production drawing featuring Queen of Hearts and a flamingo from Alice in Wonderland, stamped in the lower left, “Color Model, Return to Color Department.” Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 6.5 x 6.25. In fine condition, with a light block of toning around the character, a bit of paper loss to upper right, and some small edge tears and tack holes. Starting Bid $200
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Innovative concept for Susie the Little Blue Coupe
764. Mary Blair concept painting from Susie the Little Blue Coupe. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1952) Original concept painting by Mary Blair for Susie the Little Blue Coupe, portraying the titular automobile in a vibrant city street. Accomplished in tempera on 9.75 x 8 artist’s board. In fine condition. A desirable, seldom-seen character from a film that served as a stylistic inspiration for the 2006 Disney-Pixar animated feature, Cars, and its 2011 sequel, Cars 2. Starting Bid $500
765. Michael Darling production cel from Peter Pan. (Walt Disney Studios, 1953) Original production cel featuring Michael Darling from Peter Pan, showing the young boy in his pink pajamas. Image measures 4.75 x 5.5, with overall dimensions of 12 x 10. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
766. Jiminy Cricket production drawing from Mickey Mouse Club. (Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Original production drawing featuring Jiminy Cricket from the Mickey Mouse Club TV show, depicting him with his small red umbrella. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 14.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 5.75 x 6. In fine condition, with some scattered creasing. Starting Bid $200
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767. Mad Hatter and Jiminy Cricket production cels from Mickey Mouse Club. (Walt Disney Studios, 1955)
Original production cels featuring Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter and Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket from the Mickey Mouse Club TV show. The cels are placed on a lithograph background. Images measure 3 x 4.25 and 1.75 x 2.5, with a mat opening of 10 x 8. Mat dimensions are 14 x 12. Reverse of the backing bears a gold label stating that it is an original hand-painted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production, and was released exclusively by the Art Corner at Disneyland. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Eyvind Earle’s panoramic concept of the fearsome fire-breathing Maleficent
768. Eyvind Earle concept painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Incredibly impressive original
concept painting by Eyvind Earle featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing the antagonist in her fire-breathing dragon form as she soars over her dark castle. Accomplished in tempera on 24.5 x 10 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. In fine condition. A particularly large, sought-after painting vividly capturing the mighty Maleficent. Starting Bid $1000
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Maleficent on her castle tower
769. Eyvind Earle concept painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Exemplary original concept painting by Eyvind Earle featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing the mistress of evil atop her castle tower just before turning into the dragon; Sleeping Beauty’s castle is seen glowing in the distance. Accomplished in tempera on 15 x 5.25 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. In fine condition. An exceptional painting vividly portraying the mighty Maleficent. Starting Bid $500
Action-packed cel from the climactic battle scene
770. Maleficent and Prince Phillip production cels from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Extraordinary original matching production cels with special effects featuring Maleficent and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty, showing the Prince, armed with the Sword of Truth and Shield of Virtue, as he defeats Maleficent in her fire-breathing dragon form during their battle at the climax of the film. The cels are placed on a hand-painted custom prepared background made by a Disney artist from the original matching drawings; this was done for his personal collection circa 1995. Image measures 20 x 10, with a mat opening of 20.5 x 10. Framed to an overall size of 31 x 20. In fine condition. An incredibly rare, one-of-a-kind piece. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 205
771. Fairy Godmothers’ Cottage preliminary background painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Dis-
ney Studios, 1959) Fabulous original preliminary background painting featuring the interior of the Fairy Godmothers’ cottage from Sleeping Beauty during the birthday cake baking scene. Accomplished in tempera on 19.75 x 10.75 artist’s board. This painting is attributed to legendary Disney artist Eyvind Earle, who earned acclaim for the styling, background, and colors used in Sleeping Beauty. Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 28 x 19.5. In fine condition. A rare and breathtaking piece. Starting Bid $500
Sleeping Beauty’s fairy godmothers
772. Eyvind Earle concept painting from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Wonderful original concept painting by Eyvind Earle featuring the three Fairy Godmothers from Sleeping Beauty, showing Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather in Princess Aurora’s wood cottage during the birthday cake scene. Accomplished in tempera on 14.5 x 6 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. In fine condition. A marvelous example of Eyvind Earle’s distinctive style. Starting Bid $500
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Rare cel from the ‘happily ever after’ ending of Sleeping Beauty 773. Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip production cel from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959)
Original production cel featuring Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty, showing them dancing together at the very end of the film. The cel is placed on a color copy background of the castle’s interior. Image measures 6 x 6.5, with a mat opening of 13 x 9. Framed to an overall size of 24 x 20. In fine condition. The film ends with this short scene of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip dancing, and it ends as they are twirling. Cels showing both of their faces are quite rare and in high demand. Starting Bid $200
774. Fairy Godmothers production cels from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original produc-
tion cels featuring the three Fairy Godmothers from Sleeping Beauty, showing Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather at full length. The cels are slightly trimmed and placed on a color copy background. Total character image measures 9 x 8.75, with overall dimensions of 15 x 13. In fine condition, some rippling to cels. A highly desirable portrayal of Princess Aurora’s fairy godmothers. Starting Bid $200
775. Maleficent production drawing from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original production
drawing featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing the evil sorceress holding her wicked scepter. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 5.5 x 9. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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776. Maleficent and Prince Phillip production drawing from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959)
Fantastic original production drawing featuring Maleficent and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty, showing the imposing Maleficent in her monstrous dragon form and the tiny Prince Phillip wielding the Sword of Truth. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. The Maleficent image measures 7.75 x 9.5, and Prince Phillip measures 1.25 x 2. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
777. Briar Rose production drawing from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original production drawing featuring Briar Rose from Sleeping Beauty, showing the lead character with her cloak and basket. Accomplished in graphite on untrimmed 15.5 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 3.5 x 6.5. In fine condition, with some toning to edges. Starting Bid $200
778. Cruella de Vil production cel and production background from 101 Dalmatians. (Walt Disney Studios, 1961) Original production cel and production background featuring Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, showing the film’s evil antagonist in her large fur coat. The cel is placed on a hand-painted production background from the same film. Image measures 7 x 7.5, with a mat opening of 14 x 10.5. Framed to an overall size of 24 x 20. In fine condition. A great cel set-up from a classic animated film. Starting Bid $300
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779. Mowgli and Baloo production cel from The Jungle Book. (Walt Disney Studios, 1967) Original produc-
781. Goofy production cel and background from Sport Goofy. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1980s) Original
780. Robin Hood, Prince John, and Sir Hiss production cel from Robin Hood. (Walt Disney Studios, 1973)
782. Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and Donald’s Nephews production cels and background. (Walt Disney Studios, circa 1970s–
tion cel featuring Mowgli and Baloo from The Jungle Book. The cel is placed on a Disney lithograph background. Total image measures 6.75 x 6, with a mat opening of 11 x 9. Framed to an overall size of 20 x 18. Originally sold at Disneyland and reverse bears a gold label stating that it is an original handpainted celluloid actually used in a Walt Disney production. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Original production cels featuring Robin Hood, Prince John, and Sir Hiss from Robin Hood, showing Robin Hood dressed as a fortune teller to deceive the prince while robbing him. The cels are trimmed to image and placed on a hand-painted Disney preliminary background. Total image measures 11 x 8, with a mat opening of 12.25 x 8.5. Mat dimensions are 20 x 16. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
keymaster background set-up from one of the Sport Goofy cartoons of the 1980s, featuring the athletic Goofy in a goldbordered frame of sports equipment, with large red text to the right side, “Sport Goofy.” The cel is placed on a matching airbrushed production background. Total image measures 12 x 6, with overall dimensions of 16 x 12.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
1980s) Original keymaster background set-up featuring Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and Donald’s Nephews from a Disney educational film. The cels are placed on a hand-painted production background. Total character image measures 12 x 7, with a mat opening of 12 x 8.5. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 16. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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783. Mickey Mouse production cel from TV Show. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1980s) Original production cel featuring Mickey Mouse from a 1980s TV show. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 5 x 5, with overall dimensions of 17 x 11. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
784. Mickey Mouse production cel from a Mickey’s Christmas Carol promo. (Walt
Disney Studios, 1983) Original production cel featuring Mickey Mouse from a TV promotional cartoon for the classic Mickey’s Christmas Carol. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 4.5 x 7.25, with overall dimensions of 17 x 11. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
785. Ariel and Prince Eric production drawing from The Little Mermaid. (Walt Disney Studios, 1989) Original
rough production drawing featuring Ariel and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid, showing them lovingly dancing. Accomplished in colored pencil on untrimmed 17 x 12.5 animation paper. Image measures 2.75 x 5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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786. Peter Pan production artwork from Pop Shots 3D Greeting Card. (Walt Disney
Studios, 1990) Beautiful original production artwork featuring Peter Pan used for the Disney Pop Shots 3D birthday card produced in 1990, showing Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, John, and Michael soaring over the London skyline. Accomplished in gouache on a sheet of 11.5 x 22 watercolor paper. Matted to an overall size of 16.75 x 27. In fine condition. Includes one of the 3D pop-up cards this artwork was used to create. Starting Bid $200
787. Sebastian and Flounder production cels from The Little Mermaid TV Show. (Walt Disney Studios, 1992)
Original production cels featuring Sebastian and Flounder from The Little Mermaid TV show. The cels are placed on a color lithograph background. Images measure 4 x 3.5 and 7.5 x 7, with a mat opening of 11 x 7.5. Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 18 x 14. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Television seal to lower right. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of the original Disney certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200
789. Ariel and Flounder production cels from The Little Mermaid TV Show. (Walt Disney Studios, 1992)
Original production cels featuring Ariel and Flounder from The Little Mermaid TV show, portraying them together underwater. The cels are placed on a color lithograph background. Images measure 2 x 3 and 4.25 x 7, with overall dimensions of 13.5 x 11. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Television seal to lower left. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney certificate of authenticity, signed and inscribed by the voice of Ariel in black felt tip, “To Jenny—With love from ‘The Little Mermaid!’ God bless, Jodi Benson, ‘Ariel.’” Starting Bid $200
788. Ariel and Flounder production cels from The Little Mermaid TV Show. (Walt Disney Studios, 1992) Original production cels featuring
Ariel and Flounder from The Little Mermaid TV show. Ariel image measures 5.25 x 5.75 and Flounder measures 3.5 x 3.5, with mat openings of 6.75 x 6.75. Presented in a specially printed mat and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 24.5. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Company seal to lower left. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Disney Enterprises. Starting Bid $200
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790. Mufasa concept production drawing from The Lion King. (Walt Disney Studios, 1994) Original concept production drawing featuring Mufasa from The Lion King, showing him in a bust-length pose. Accomplished in marker and colored pencil on trimmed 9.5 x 12 animation paper. Image measures 6.5 x 8.5. Mounted to a stiff 11 x 14 board. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
791. Simba concept production drawing from The Lion King. (Walt Disney Studios, 1994) Original concept production drawing featuring Simba from The Lion King, showing him in a waist-up pose. Accomplished in marker and colored pencil on trimmed 8.5 x 12 animation paper. Image measures 6.5 x 7. Mounted to a stiff 11 x 14 board. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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792. Zazu concept production drawing from The Lion King. (Walt Disney Studios, 1994) Original concept production drawing featuring Zazu from The Lion King. Accomplished in marker and colored pencil on trimmed 7.5 x 12 animation paper. Image measures 6.5 x 6.75. Mounted to a stiff 9.5 x 14 board. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
793. Pumba concept production drawing from The Lion King. (Walt Disney Studios, 1994) Original concept production drawing featuring Pumba from The Lion King. Accomplished in marker and colored pencil on trimmed 8.5 x 10.5 animation paper. Image measures 7.5 x 7.5. Mounted to a stiff 11 x 14 board. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
794. Goliath and Robot production cel from Gargoyles. (Walt Disney Studios, 1994) Original produc-
tion cel featuring Goliath and Robot from the Gargoyles TV series. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 10.5 x 9, with overall dimensions of 14 x 11. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Television seal to upper right. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Disney. Starting Bid $200
795. Hercules and Meg publicity drawing from Hercules. (Walt Disney Studios, 1997) Original publicity
drawing featuring Hercules and Meg from Hercules, signed and inscribed in brown pencil by legendary Disney animator Ron Dias, “To Laura… with love, Ron Dias.” Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet. Image measures 7.5 x 9. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
796. Dopey limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Disney Studios, 2005) Original limited edition handpainted cel featuring Dopey with spilled cans of paint entitled ‘All Mixed Up,’ sold only in 2005 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 5.5 x 5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original brochure. Starting Bid $200
797. Mickey Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Disney Studios, 2008) Original limited edition
hand-painted cel featuring Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Fantasia entitled ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ sold only in 2008 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 2.75 x 5, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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798. Mickey and Minnie Mouse limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Disney Studios, 2008) Original
limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a film set entitled ‘Director’s Choice,’ sold only in 2008 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character images measure 4.75 x 3.75 and 2.5 x 4, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
800. Oliver and Dodger limited edition cel from Oliver and Company. (Walt Disney Studios, 2013) Limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Oliver and Dodger from Oliver and Company, numbered 19/50, sold only at the Disney Soda Fountain Shop & Studio Store in Hollywood in 2013. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 7 x 7, with a mat opening of 11.25 x 8.25. Mat dimensions are 17 x 14.75. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney certificate of authenticity. Starting Bid $200
799. Alice limited edition cel from Disney World. (Walt Disney Studios, 2009) Limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Alice entitled ‘Alice in Walt Disney World,’ sold only in 2009 in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Disney World. These cels were painted for the ‘Magic of Disney Animation’ series, and limited to 1500. The cel is placed on a printed color background. Character image measures 3 x 5.25, with overall dimensions of 13 x 10.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Disney, as well as a card signed by artists Costa Alaveos, Sharon K. Vincent, Erin Magill, James Bonserio, Theodora M. Delaney, David Rippberger, and Lynn Rippberger. Starting Bid $200
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801. Princess Elsa limited edition cel from Frozen.
(Walt Disney Studios, 2014) Original limited edition handpainted cel featuring Princess Elsa from Frozen, numbered 81/150, sold only at the Disney Soda Fountain Shop & Studio Store in Hollywood in 2014. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 9 x 9, with a mat opening of 14.5 x 11.5. Mat dimensions are 20.5 x 18. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Disney certificate of authenticity. A large, beautiful cel of this immensely popular modern character. Starting Bid $200
David Willardson
A pioneer of the ‘Pep Art Movement,’ David Willardson was hired to design a ‘new look’ for Disney’s movie posters and spent 17 years working on campaigns for the studio. During this time he created well-known posters for films including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and reinvigorated variations for classics such as Snow White, Cinderella, and Pinocchio. His energetic artwork perfectly captures the essence of Disney’s iconic characters, from Mickey Mouse to Dumbo and beyond.
802. Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Sought-
after matched set of color limited edition 18 x 18 serigraphs of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse kissing by David Willardson, entitled ‘Lovey and Dovey,’ each numbered 37/50 and signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
804. Dopey the Dwarf. Im-
pressive color limited edition 30 x 22 serigraph of Dopey by David Willardson entitled ‘A Bird in the Hand,’ numbered AP4/5, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
805. Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto. Huge
803. Mickey Mouse. Large color limited edition 20 x 26
serigraph of Mickey Mouse as a cowboy by David Willardson entitled ‘The Fastest Draw Out West,’ numbered AP18/20, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” Framed to an overall size of 23 x 29. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
color limited edition 32 x 24 serigraph of Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto by David Willardson entitled ‘A Nose is a Nose is a Nose,’ numbered AP14/20, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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806. Donald Duck. Color
limited edition 18 x 12.5 serigraph of Donald Duck by David Willardson entitled ‘The Duck Has Pluck,’ numbered 15/395, signed in silver ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
807. Dumbo.
Color limited edition 20 x 16 serigraph of Dumbo by David Willardson entitled ‘Keep It Under Your Hat,’ numbered HC4/10, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
808. Thumper. Color limited edition 16 x 11.25 serigraph
of Thumper by David Willardson entitled ‘Thay Thumpin Nice,’ numbered HC8/10, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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809. Bambi. Color limited edition 11 x 16.5 serigraph of Bambi by David Willardson entitled ‘The Buck Stops Here,’ numbered 48/50, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” Framed to an overall size of 14 x 20. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
810. Tinker Bell. Color limited edition 11 x 14 serigraph of Tinker Bell by David Willardson entitled ‘Keeping It Light,’ numbered AP49/50, signed in black ink, “Willardson.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Warner Brothers Studios
811. Marvin the Martian production cel. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa early 1980s) Original production cel featuring Marvin the Martian from an early 1980s Warner Bros. special cartoon show. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 3.75 x 3.25, with overall dimensions of 17 x 11. In fine condition. A nice example of a scarce character. Starting Bid $200
813. Daffy Duck color model drawing by Virgil Ross.
812. Porky Pig color model drawing by Virgil Ross.
814. Bugs Bunny drawing by Virgil Ross. (Warner
(Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original color model drawing by Virgil Ross featuring Porky Pig in seven different poses, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 16.5 x 13.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 14.5 x 11. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
(Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original color model drawing by Virgil Ross featuring Daffy Duck in seven different poses, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 16.5 x 13.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 14 x 11.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny playing the piano, based on the ‘Rhapsody Rabbit’ cartoon, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 11 x 9. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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815. Bugs Bunny drawing by Virgil Ross. (Warner
Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny as a barber, based on the ‘Rabbit of Seville’ cartoon, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 10.5 x 12.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 7.5 x 11. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
816. Bugs Bunny drawing by Virgil Ross. (Warner
Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny as a barber, based on the ‘Baseball Bugs’ cartoon, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 10.5 x 12.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 5 x 10. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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817. Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian drawing by Virgil Ross. (Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian, based on the ‘Duck Dodgers’ cartoon, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 10.5 x 8. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
818. Bugs Bunny and Bull drawing by Virgil Ross.
(Warner Brothers Studios, circa 1990s) Original drawing by Virgil Ross of Bugs Bunny and a bull, based on the ‘Bully for Bugs’ cartoon, signed below in pencil by Ross. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on slightly trimmed 12.5 x 10.5 animation paper, with the total image measuring 11.25 x 9. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Walter Lantz
819. Walter Lantz. Original ink sketch of a smiling Woody
Woodpecker on a white 7 x 9 sheet, signed below in black ink, “Walter Lantz, 1990.” Double-matted to an overall size of 12 x 16. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
820. Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda limited edition cel. (Walter Lantz Productions,
1991) Limited edition hand-painted cel featuring Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda entitled ‘Banquet Busters,’ 16.5 x 13.5, numbered 1/200, signed in the lower right in black felt tip by Lantz. Cel bears a Walter Lantz Productions seal to lower right. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Collectors Paradise Gallery. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Hanna-Barbera Studios 823. Jonny Quest and Hadji production cels from Jonny’s Golden Quest.
821. Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Others production cels from Yogi’s Great Escape. (Hanna-
Barbera Studios, 1987) Original production cels featuring Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, El Kabong, Boo Boo Bear, Augie Doggie, and Doggie Daddy from Yogi’s Great Escape, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. The cels are placed on a matching laserprint background. Total image measures 12 x 7, with overall dimensions of 14 x 11. The piece has the gold Hanna-Barbera seal to lower right. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
822. Top Cat and Friends production cels from Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats. (Hanna-
Barbera Studios, 1988) Original production cels featuring Top Cat, Benny the Ball, Brian, Spook, Choo-Choo, and Fancy-Fancy from Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. The cels are placed on a matching laserprint background. Total image measures 9 x 6, with a mat opening of 11 x 9. Mat dimensions are 17 x 15. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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(Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1993) Original production cels featuring Jonny Quest and Hadji from Jonny’s Golden Quest, signed at the bottom in black felt tip by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. The cels are placed on a matching laserprint background. Character images measure 4 x 5 and 5.75 x 6, with a mat opening of 11 x 8.5. Mat dimensions are 17 x 14.5. The piece has the gold Hanna-Barbera seal to lower right. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
824. Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss Characters production cels from Daisy-Head Mayzie. (Hanna-Barbera
Studios, 1995) Original production cels featuring the Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss characters from Daisy-Head Mayzie, showing the Cat in the Hat holding Mayzie and his flying umbrella on the right side. The cels are placed on a studio giclee background. Character images measure from 1.25 x 2.5 to 2.5 x 6.25, with overall dimensions of 15 x 11.5. The piece has the gold Hanna-Barbera seal to lower right. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Hanna-Barbera. Starting Bid $200
Peanuts
827. Charles Schulz. Color
825. Charles Schulz. Signed book: Charlie Brown &
Charlie Schultz. First edition, first printing. NY: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 160 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “Schulz,” with the addition of a wonderful large sketch of Snoopy. Also signed and inscribed by the author, “Merry Christmas to Alfred—Lee Mendelson.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
27 x 41 one-sheet movie poster for the 1972 animated film Snoopy, Come Home, signed in black felt tip, “Charles M. Schulz.” In fine, folded condition, with minor paper loss at fold intersections. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
826. Charles Schulz.
Color 27 x 41 one-sheet movie poster for the 1969 film A Boy Named Charlie Brown, signed at the bottom in black felt tip, “Schulz.” In very good to fine condition, with some creasing, and small separations along intersecting folds. This was the first Peanuts feature film. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
828. Snoopy, Woodstock, and Lucy production cels from Peanuts. (Bill Melendez Productions, circa late
1970s) Original production cels featuring Snoopy, Woodstock, and Lucy from a Peanuts TV show, showing the three classic characters on the sidewalk. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Character images measure from 1.75 x 1.25 to 2 x 3.5, with overall dimensions of 17 x 11. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Filmation Studios
829. Captain Kirk and Christine Chapel production cel from Star Trek. (Filmation Studio, 1973) Original produc-
tion cel featuring Captain Kirk and Christine Chapel from Star Trek: The Animated Series. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Images measure 5.25 x 8.25 and 4.75 x 7.5, with a mat opening of 11.5 x 8.25. Mat dimensions are 18 x 14. The piece has the Royal Animation Art, Inc. seal to lower right. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
DePatie-Feelang Productions
830. Pink Panther production cels and drawings from The Pink Panther. (DePatie-Freleng Productions, circa 1980s) Three original production cels with drawings (two matching) featuring Pink Panther from The Pink Panther, showing the title character in various poses. Character images measure about 3.5 x 4, with overall dimensions of 12.5 x 10.5. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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ity (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than thirty (30) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. All sales are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements. All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. If RR Auction refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the “Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges: Bidder is liable for shipping and handling. RR Auction is unable to
combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. 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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