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President Washington expands the United States finance system to its first new state 7001. George Washington Letter Signed as President. Significant LS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 8 x 12.5, February 20, 1790. Letter to Governor Samuel Huntington of Connecticut, in full: “I have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency an Act passed in the second Session of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, entitled ‘an Act for giving effect to the several Acts therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and other purposes.’” Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 25.5 x 21.25. In fine condition. On September 17, 1787, members of the Constitutional Convention, presided over by George Washington, signed the final draft of the Constitution of the United States. The document required ratification by a minimum of nine states before being placed into effect. By the time George Washington was officially inaugurated as president of the United States on April 30, 1789, just two of the original thirteen colonies—North Carolina and Rhode Island—had not yet ratified the Constitution. While both states feared the consolidation of power in a central government and protested the absence of a Bill of Rights, it became clear that they would be treated as foreign entities if they did not ratify—a worse fate, by all accounts. Acts passed in the first session of Congress applied only to the eleven states—among these were the important Tariff Act of 1789, and further acts regulating commerce along the coast. When North Carolina became the first new state to ratify the Constitution on November 21, 1789, it became a priority of the second session to enact legislation to enforce existing laws upon the new state. Thus, when the second session of the first Congress opened in 1790, it passed legislation that applied the same tariff and
revenue laws to North Carolina as existed in the rest of the states, divided the state into five districts, defined its ports of entry, and acknowledged that ‘by virtue of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, by the said State of North-Carolina,’ certain penalties were discontinued. President Washington signed the act into law on February 8th, and subsequently had to officially notify the governors of the states. With the present letter, he transmitted the text of the act to Connecticut Governor Samuel Huntington, who had previously been president of the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a framer of the Articles of Confederation. Later in 1790, President Washington would cede the task of notifying governors of new legislation to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. As a result, there are few known examples of such Washington letters in private hands. Starting Bid $5000
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Handwritten letter by President Washington to Secretary of War Henry Knox, forwarding a communication of patriotic sentiments to a colonel in the Northwest Indian War 7002. George Washington Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7 x
8.75, August 10, 1791. Handwritten letter to Secretary of War Henry Knox, in full: “After you have read the enclosed private communication of my sentiments to Colo: Darke, please t[o] seal & forward it, along with your dispatches to the Army.” Addressed on the reverse in Washington’s hand to “General Knox,” and docketed by Knox, “Fro[m] Presi[dent] of the US, 10 Aug’t 1791.” In very good to fine condition, with a small hole to the left of the salutation, old repairs to areas of paper loss, and ink erosion from docketing on the back, slightly affecting the end of the signature. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound full morocco leather case. With this letter, President Washington enclosed a private communication to Col. William Darke, a fellow Virginian hero of the Revolutionary War and a longtime associate, who was then serving under Gen. Richard Butler while fighting in the Northwest Indian War. Darke had submitted a lengthy complaint about Butler’s behavior toward Virginian officers, many of whom felt that he was not impartial toward them and had been unfair in the selection of regimental commands. He felt that Butler’s poor leadership had resulted in some desertion among the troops, and inquired about being surpassed for a command given to a less experienced soldier, Col. George Gibson. In President Washington’s eloquent reply, he assured Col. Darke that the rank dispute would be reviewed by Secretary
of War Knox and a board of officers, but asked him to set aside petty squabbles for the good of his nation: ‘I need not tell you that my regret is seriously excited by learning that any cause of discontent should exist, either on your own part, or that of your Officers, with General Butler…I shall offer to your consideration some remarks which I am persuaded will have weight with you, and induce your influence with your Officers to dismiss their discontents, and to think only of their public duty. Let it in the first place be remembered that one common cause engages your service, and requires all your exertions—it is the interest of your country—To that interest all inferior considerations must yield.’ Col. Darke’s complaints would be rendered academic just months later on November 4, 1791, when both Gen. Butler and Col. Gibson were killed in action at the Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair’s Defeat. Darke, who was seriously wounded and barely survived, provided one of the best contemporary accounts of the battle in a lengthy letter to President Washington. Starting Bid $2500
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“Washington was the greatest of good men & the best of great men”
7003. George Washington: Edward Everett Document Signed and Autograph Quotation Signed. American
statesman (1794–1865) renowned for his oratory, best remembered for giving the speech preceding Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Two items associated with George Washington: an AQS signed “Edward Everett, Boston, 23 July 1864,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip, in full: “Washington was the greatest of good men & the best of great men”; and a partly-printed certificate for the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund, one page, 8 x 5, January 13, 1859, in full: “Received of Mr. J. S. Reigart the sum of one dollar as a subscription to the Fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon.” Nicely matted and framed with portraits of Everett and Washington, as well as a typed de-
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scription, to an overall size of 26.75 x 18. In fine condition, with toning to the document. After resigning his seat in the United States Senate in 1854, Everett continued his public service by delivering a lecture on the character of George Washington, the proceeds of which he contributed to the purchase and preservation of his Mount Vernon estate. A willing traveler, Everett journeyed the length and breadth of the country, addressing large audiences everywhere, and ultimately turned over to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union a total of $69,064. Everett delivered his lecture no less than 129 times. Starting Bid $200
Scarce handwritten document from the height of John Adams’ legal fame
7004. John Adams Autograph Document Signed. Thirdperson ADS, signed within the text, “John Adams,” one page, 6.25 x 2.5, 1769. Handwritten receipt by Adams accounting for legal fees for services rendered from April 1769 to April 1771, headed “Mr. Luke Lombard to John Adams,” amounting to a total of £5.19.8. Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait, plaque, and coin to an overall size of 17.5 x 11.5. In fine condition. Most interestingly, the dates on this document surround one of the signal events of the American Revolution and of John Adams’ legal career: the Boston Massacre, which took place
on March 5, 1770. A devoted believer in the right to counsel and the presumption of innocence, Adams thought that all men were entitled to a fair trial and deserved equal justice—and so he defended the British soldiers who perpetrated the massacre against charges of murder. His success in the trials—Adams secured the acquittal of Captain Thomas Preston and six British soldiers, with the remaining two convicted only of manslaughter rather than murder—elevated his reputation as a competent attorney even further. A boldly penned autograph document from the principled founder. Starting Bid $500
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Handwritten letter by Governor Jefferson on the movement of Benedict Arnold’s forces through Virginia
7005. Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed.
Revolutionary War-dated ALS as Governor of Virginia, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 12.75, January 11, 1781. Addressed from Richmond, a handwritten letter to Brigadier General George Weedon, in full: “The enemy moved down the river from Westover yesterday. I wrote by express to Genl. Nelson this morning to desire that if they should pass Burwell’s ferry (which would prove that they mean nothing against Wms’burg or York) he would in that point of time send off an express to you that you might thereby know that your whole attention should be pointed to Fredsbg. They have had the winds at their command and I am persuaded are at this moment either past Burwell’s ferry or in Williamsburg. If the former I expect you will receive notice by tomorrow night. Should you not I suppose you may presume the enemy have not passed
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that point but on the contrary have invaded Williamsburg and that you should move that way. By halting a day you will refresh your men, and perhaps increase your numbers so as to render your approach to Williamsburg more safe and more effectually relieving. So that perhaps under this incertainty which way you should point it may be better for you to halt a day. I communicated to Baron Steuben my having referred your movements to your own discretion and in a letter from him to-day he perfectly approves of it. I cannot do better now than leave you master of your own actions, as events may become known to you sooner than to me which might render any thing positive not only proper but mischievous.” Doublematted and framed to an overall size of 15.25 x 20.25. In fine condition, with slightly rough edges, and a missing upper right corner tip affecting one word of that date. Starting Bid $2500
Gov. Jefferson oversees a prisoner trade during the Revolution
“Gen’l Washington has informed me of these exchanges”
7006. Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed. Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.25 x 11.75, May 13, 1780. As governor of Virginia, Jefferson sends a letter from Richmond concerning a prisoner exchange authorized by General George Washington. In full: “Permission having been granted by Sir Henry Clinton to two American officers to come out on parole on condition that the same indulgence should be granted to Lord Torphichen and Lieut. Hadden of the Convention prisoners, and these gentlemen desiring of going to New York in the flag Patsy, now lying at this place, you will be pleased to furnish them with passports & take proper paroles. Mr. Hockesley & Mr. Collier of the Convention being also exchanged will be pleased to furnish them with passports to New York, taking such parole & prescribing such route as you shall deem proper; unless either of them should choose to go by the flag in which case the same measures will be taken
by you as in the case of the gentlemen first abovementioned. Gen’l Washington has informed me of these exchanges.” Professionally backed and in very good to fine condition, with light toning, and tiny areas of paper loss, along the folds. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound full morocco leather case. In the spring of 1780, General Washington arranged for the exchange of two American officers—Lieut. Robert Randolph and Lieut. Peregrine Fitzhugh, both of whom had been captured at Tappan, New York, in 1778—for British lieutenants James Lord Torpichem and James M. Hadden. Lieutenant Fitzhugh would spend the last two years of the war as an aide-de-camp of General George Washington. An exceptional war-dated letter connecting two of America’s most esteemed founding fathers. Starting Bid $1000
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Handwritten letter from Madison to Jefferson in 1796, introducing a surprise guest to Monticello
Docketed on the reverse in Jefferson’s hand.
7007. James Madison Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Jefferson. ALS signed “J. Madison, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 13, March 21, 1796. Handwritten letter to “Mr. Jefferson,” former Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had retired to Monticello upon his resignation in 1793. In full: “At the desire of Mr. de Liancourt, I put into his hands this introduction to your remembrance of him as an acquaintance at Paris. He meditates a visit to the Southern States and expects to have the pleasure of taking Monticello in his route, either in going or returning. I need add nothing to your knowledge of his respectability & virtues I shall only say that the impression I have of both, induces me to concur cheerfully in the use he now makes of me.” Docketed on the reverse in Jefferson’s hand, “Madison, James, Phila. Mar. 21, 96, rec’d June 22.” Interestingly, the paper is watermarked with “GR” surmounted by a crown, representing King George III—from whom these
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correspondents had fought for independence. In fine condition, with repairs to tiny holes along the left edge. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound quarter leather case. François Alexandre Frédéric, Duc de La RochefoucauldLiancourt (1747-1827), was a French philanthropist, author, political figure, and social reformer. Uninvited, he arrived at Monticello on June 22, 1796, bearing letters of introduction from William Branch Giles and James Madison, and remained for a week. On the topic of Liancourt in December 1795, Jefferson had remarked to Madison that he had little interest in ‘renewing a slight acquaintance, never valued.’ Nevertheless, he seems to have shown courteous hospitality to his unexpected guest. A fascinating piece of correspondence between founders, enhanced by the desirable docket in Jefferson’s hand. Starting Bid $500
Secretary of State Madison weighs in on the transportation of “destitute seamen”
7008. James Madison Letter Signed with Free Frank. LS, one page,
8 x 10, April 15, 1803. Letter to Robert Purviance, collector of the customs at Baltimore, in full: “I have received your letter of the 12th inst. respecting the communication made to you by the consul at London, that Capt. Lewis of the ship Birmingham left two destitute seamen behind, whom he was directed to take on board and transport to the United States according to law. If the depositions of Capt. Lewis and one of the seamen of the vessel furnished a less satisfactory exculpation, yet under the late law upon the subject, the proof necessary to maintain actions against masters of vessels in like cases is so difficult, that it would not be advisable to institute one in the present instance. You may therefore pass it over, especially as the law lately passed will effect a diminution in the frequency of the offense & ensure its punishment.” Addressed on the reverse in another hand, and franked in the upper left by Madison, “James Madison.” In fine condition, with a block of light toning to the center. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound quarter-leather case. Starting Bid $300
Franked on the reverse by Madison.
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Handwritten political letter by James Monroe, evaluating his presidential candidacy 7009. James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed. ALS
signed “Jas. Monroe,” three pages both sides, 8 x 10, December 16, 1815. Handwritten letter to his neighbor, friend, and family physician, Charles Everett, discussing his candidacy for the presidency and the likelihood of his being elected. At the time of his election, Monroe was serving as Secretary of State in President James Madison’s administration, and he felt that his public service ought to speak for itself. He writes, in part: “My public life ought to speak for itself, and for the last five or 6 years, if the war thru which the country has passed, and the burdens I have borne, are not sufficient proofs, in connection with all that preceded, of my claim to public confidence, nothing will be.”
congress, which comprised some of my friends there. He said that he was personally friendly to me, had always been, &c…I have always confided in him, and shd. be very sorry to suspect that his projected trip was to promote unfriendly purposes to me. Yet it may be. The danger is of making enemies, of friends, or affording, under public patronage, opportunities to enemies to do harm.” Monroe closes with a restatement of his opinion that he should be elected by his obvious public merits or not at all: “Dr. Bible of Georgia assur’d me that Georgia has long since made up her mind in my favor...the same is stated of Kentucky & Tennessee, in relation to persons of merit in each. I take no part, nor will I, as is well known, being resolv’d, if the nation does elect me, that the election shall be due to it, without the slightest movement of my own. Others here can give you better intelligence than I can, of the general sentiment. My opinion is that Virga. ought to take no prominent part in the business...If for example the whole assembly met, & declared in my favor, it would give offence to & alienate other states. If a small vote was given, much noise took place, & confusion, it would operate against me by showing that my support in Virga. was futile. Virga. had therefore better do nothing of the kind, but act after others, & according to her judgment and interest.” Expertly silked and in fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait and a handsome custom-made finely bound quarter-leather case. Starting Bid $1000
“My public life ought to speak for itself”
Monroe goes on to express his doubts about the quality of character of the members of the New York coalition, but indicates that their underhandedness may lend an advantage toward securing the presidential nomination: “After the election of the present Executive Incumbent [Tompkins], there was no remedy but in public opinion, and that was sure to be more effectual, in the case that my nearest friends manifested no sensibility to it. An attack on him by them, would give consequence to which neither his talents or any other circumstance in his favor, merited. His re-election according to the mass of the state, followed of course, if by some overt act, he did not bring public indignation on him, which his silent, underhand, night-moving practice render’d improbable...Mr. [Henry] Tazewell [Senator from Virginia and friend of Monroe] was in New York this summer, and held a
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7010. James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as Secretary of State, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 26, 1815. Handwritten letter to the cashier of the Bank of Columbia, in part: “You will be so good…as to send me in notes 1400 doll’s, & an order on a bank in Richmond payable to Thomas Norwall, for two thousand dls. If the deposit is not made, he assures me that it will be in a day or two. I will thank you in that case to retain it, and send me at present four hundred doll’s.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Monroe’s hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
7011. James Monroe Document Signed as President. Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.5 x 9.5, November 13, 1822. President Monroe grants to John Klinefelter of Pennsylvania a parcel of land “in the district of Delaware and State of Ohio, containing one hundred and sixty acres.” Signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office John McLean. Matted and framed with a portrait bearing a facsimile signature to an overall size of 27.5 x 15. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, scattered small stains, and some damage to seal. Starting Bid $200
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A lengthy, impassioned letter from John Quincy Adams refuting his father’s support of ‘the Masonic Institution’
“The use of my fathers name for the purposes to which Mr. Sheppard would now apply it is an injury to his memory”
7012. John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as a Massachusetts Congressman, four pages on two sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, August 22, 1831. On the eve of the 1831 National Anti-Masonic Convention, John Quincy Adams pens a candid and lengthy handwritten letter to Stephen Bates, vehemently refuting the suggestion that his father was ever a member or supporter of Masonry. In part: “The letter from my father to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts which Mr. Sheppard has thought proper to introduce into his address, was a complementary answer to a friendly and patriotic address of the Grand lodge to him. In it he expressly states that he had never been initiated in the Order. He therefore knew nothing of their Secrets—their Oaths—nor their Penalties...That Mr. Sheppard should resort to a letter from my father, a professedly uninitiated man, to liberate the Masonic Institution from the unrefuted charge of unlawful Oaths of horrible and disgusting penalties, and Secrets, the divulging of which had been punished by a murder unsurpassed in human atrocity, is to me passing strange. All that my father knew of Masonry in 1798 was that it was favourable to the support of civil authority, and this he inferred from the characters of intimate friends of his, and excellent men who had been members of the Society…The use of my fathers name for the purposes to which Mr. Sheppard would now apply it is an injury to his memory, which I deem it my duty as far as may be in my power to redress. You observe he says, he never had been initiated in the Masonic Order. And I have more than once heard from his own lips why he had never enjoyed that felicity.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 15.25; frame backing features windows for viewing other pages. In fine condition, with a few small stains to the last page. Starting Bid $1000
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“A national convention fresh from the people must decide upon the candidate; and whether that be Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Calhoun, or Mr. Buchannan which may be selected, the whole Democratic Party must unite upon him” 7013. Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, December 14, 1842. Handwritten letter to J. George Harris, editor of the Nashville Union, expressing his delight with the result of the 1842 midterm elections, criticizing the propaganda associated with the 1840 presidential campaign, and denying the claims of Democratic newspapers that he and his former vice president, John C. Calhoun, had reconciled. In part: “I…sincerely rejoice with you and the whole democracy of this union, on the great triumph achieved in Massachusetts, as well as over the other states, in which elections have lately taken place. I have never despaired of our republican system— have allways relied on the virtue of the sovereign people to defend & protect the Constitution & glorious Union. It is true the people in 1840 were deluded by the humbuggery of coons & coonskins, hard cider, big balls, & log cabins, but I allways believed that as soon as this canvass was over, and the people began to seriously reflect, their eyes would be opened from delusion under which they acted, & the recoil would be such, as we see realized all over this union—and I now predict, that such humbuggery will never he[re]after deludge the American people—[the] republican system will long endure. I note ‘that you will see it stated in all the papers of a dem. character with which you exchange, with perhaps few exceptions, that a final reconciliation & restoration of mutual
confidence and faith has taken place between Mr. Calhoun & myself.’ There is not one word of truth in the statement. I have had no communication with Mr. Calhoun since I left the Executive chair—& I make [no] concessions to Mr. Calhoun— I never have and I assure you never will—I have nothing to concede...When Mr. Calhoun’s name has been introduced as a candidate for the presidency, I have uniformly replied that a national convention fresh from the people must decide upon the candidate; and whether that be Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Calhoun, or Mr. Buchannan which may be selected, the whole Democratic Party must unite upon him—that the object of the Whiggs will be to endeavour to divide the republi[can] ranks, by getting more than one candidate into the field, like Bell with Judge White, to divide and conquer…Should Mr. Calhoun be selected by the Democratic Peoples Convention to be holden, I as one of the Democrats would…support [the] candidate thus represented.” He adds a handwritten postscript on the address leaf, signed with his initials, “A. J.,” in part: “My letter to Mr. Dawson is a concise view, of my real opinion of the constitutional powers of the states & Congress—he solicited the privilege to publish it, as he believed much good would result there from. Of course I could not withhold my assent.” Professionally repaired and restored to near fine condition, with a small tear to the edge of the last page. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound full morocco leather case. Starting Bid $1000
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Six-page handwritten letter by Andrew Jackson— his opening salvo in the prelude to a duel 7014. Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, six pages on three sheets (including two adjoining), 8 x 13.25, February 6, 1806. Lengthy handwritten to newspaper editor Thomas Eastin, regarding the dispute over a gambling debt that led to Jackson’s infamous duel with Charles Dickinson—in which Jackson took a bullet to the chest, and Dickinson was killed. Jackson responds to a letter published by Thomas Swann, who had intervened on behalf of Dickinson in the matter. Jackson had set up a horse race with Dickinson’s father-inlaw, Captain Joseph Erwin, on the grounds that a forfeit fee of $800 would be paid to the injured party if a horse had to withdraw. When Erwin’s horse had to drop out, a quarrel ensued over how the debt was to be repaid and a flurry of insults were exchanged back and forth. At one point, Swann confronted Jackson, who struck him with his cane and called him a ‘stupid meddler.’ In this lengthy letter, Jackson questions Swann’s honesty while offering his own views on the controversy; enclosed statements, certificates, and witness affidavits (not present), which Jackson refers to throughout, provided further evidence for Jackson’s point.
man has either a vicious habit of deviating from the truth, or a natural weakness of memory, either of which is equally pernicious to society, and renders him a fit compeer for his friend. It is difficult to find an appropriate epithet for a character who descents to stoke falsehoods in a situation, where the honour of a man is at stake; where truth and justice ought to be the order of the day, with a person chosen to accompany another on the field of honor; and, in many cases, where integrity is the only shield of innocence.” In very good to fine condition, with professional repairs and reinforcements to areas of paper loss. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound full morocco leather case. A slightly revised version of this letter, dated February 10th, is what was ultimately published in the Impartial Review and Cumberland Repository. Dickinson, returning from New Orleans, would respond in kind in May, publishing a letter that called Jackson ‘a poltroon and a coward.’ After reading the article, Jackson sent Dickinson a letter requesting ‘satisfaction due me for the insults offered’—and a duel was scheduled for May 30, 1806. Dickinson fired first, hitting Jackson in the chest—by a stroke of luck, and perhaps influenced by Jackson’s stance and heavy coat, he was merely wounded. Under the rules of dueling, Dickinson had to remain still as Jackson took his shot. Jackson’s pistol stopped at half cock, so he drew back the hammer and aimed again, this time hitting Dickinson in the chest. Dickinson bled to death on the spot.
“It is difficult to find an appropriate epithet for a character who descents to stoke falsehoods in a situation, where the honour of a man is at stake”
In small part: “To impose upon the public attention, through the medium of your usefull paper, is not my wish, but as Mr. Swan[n] has endeavoured to exhibit to the public eye, a statement of his case, and character, and impartial public, will indulge such supplementary remarks, as may be necessary to complete the caricature…Let it briefly be premised, that a course race was made between Captain Erwin, and myself… This race was afterwards drawn, on account of the indisposition of Capt. Erwin’s horse, upon an agreement to pay $800 as a forfeit...Mr. Samuel Jackson is next referred to…Mr. Jackson flatly calls Mr. Swann a rascal...This young man has industriously acquired such a reputation as to make it an arduous task to add to it….This hopeful youth, who forgets to-day what he has uttered yesterday, thinks himself secure…This young
Doctors determined that the bullet lodged in Jackson’s chest was too close to his heart to operate; Jackson carried it for the rest of his life, suffering much pain from the wound. His reputation also suffered, as some locals questioned the application of the rules of dueling as well as his honor in shooting to kill. A fascinating and important early Jacksonian letter. Starting Bid $1000
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Solemn 1845 letter on the death of an old friend, a spokesman for Jacksonian democracy 7015. Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 7.5 x
8.25, January 2, 1845. Letter to Thomas Dawson, expressing his condolences over the loss of his father, Moses Dawson, in full: “Yours of the 19th ultimo has come to hand & found me scarcely able to wield my pen to acknowledge it. Your other letters come duly to hand, and I am sure no one with more heartfelt sincerity sympathized with you in your great bereavement on the death of your much lamented father. He was my friend, peace be to his name and consolation to his family. As it respects my letters to your father, you will please keep them, allways recollecting that they were written not for publication, but in haste and for his eye, as a friend.” Cloth-matted and framed with an engraving bearing a facsimile signature to an overall size of 14 x 23.5. In very good to fine condition, with apparent overall silking. Moses Dawson owned the left-leaning Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix, a predecessor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, for more than two decades. As its editor, he used the paper’s influential platform to serve as a Western spokesman for Jacksonian democracy. In addition to his friend Jackson, Dawson corresponded with several prominent figures such as Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and James Knox Polk, as well as many other well-known national and Ohio political leaders. Thomas Dawson honored Jacksons’s wish that he “keep them, allways recollecting that they were written not for publication.” Dawson’s collection of over 180 letters, spanning 1811-1845, remained in the family until 1934, when a descendant donated them to Xavier University. A poignant letter from Jackson, written only six months before his own death on June 8, 1845. Starting Bid $300
Handwritten letter by President Jackson to his Treasury Secretary, preparing to remove a federal district attorney from office 7016. Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, March
12, 1830. Handwritten letter to Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham, concerning charges brought against Alexander Brackenridge, federal district attorney for western Pennsylvania. In part: “Some time since the papers relating to the misconduct charged, against Mr. Brackenridge, atto. for the District of West P.A. was placed in my hands—about the same time, a letter was delivered to me from Mr. B. asking some delay in this enquiry to enable him to produce a defense...a note rec’d has ordered me that Mr. B. has furnished you with his defense—will you be good enough to furnish me with it, that I may decide upon this question.” In very good to fine condition, with a stain to the upper right corner, a tear to the lower left edge, and a repair to separation along the vertical fold. Starting Bid $300
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7017. Andrew Jackson Autograph Endorsement Signed as President. Autograph endorsement signed as president, “I refer this to the Sec. of the Navy, A. J.,” penned on the address leaf of a letter written to him by Joseph Hemphill, one page, 8 x 10, June 29, 1829. Hemphill, addressing “His Excellency Andrew Jackson, President of the US,” writes, in part: “Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance Doctor John Vaughan Smith of Philadelphia; who visits Washington in hopes of receiving an appointment of assistant surgeon in the Navy. I have written to the Secretary of the Navy on the subject.” In fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the top, some staining to the address leaf, and several pencil notations below President Jackson’s endorsement. Starting Bid $200
Sen. Woodbury writes to “Gen. A. Jackson” upon his arrival in Washington for his inauguration 7018. Andrew Jackson: Levi Woodbury Autograph Letter Signed. American attorney, jurist, and Democratic politician (1789–1851) who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Jackson, Secretary of the Treasury under Jackson and Van Buren, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1845 until his death. Third-person ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 17, 1829. Handwritten letter addressed to “Gen. A. Jackson at Gadsby’s,” in full: “Mr. Woodbury’s respets to Gen. Jackson and asks leave to suggest, that Mr. Wells & Mr. Ellis, the bearers of this, are gentlemen from the State of Connecticutt and by their intelligence and integrity & patriotism are very competent to give accurate information on the political affairs of this their quarter of the Country.” In fine condition.
President-elect Andrew Jackson arrived in Washington, D.C., on February 12, 1829, taking up a suite of rooms at John Gadsby’s National Hotel where he prepared for the presidential transition and inauguration. Newspapers referred to the suite as the ‘Wigwam,’ and Jackson spent his time consulting with advisers, having conversations about the makeup of his cabinet, and meeting with federal office seekers. He would be inaugurated on March 4th. Two years later, President Jackson would appoint Woodbury to be his second Secretary of the Navy. Starting Bid $200
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7019. Andrew Jackson: Parade Order Document. Manuscript docu-
ment, signed “Per order of Major General Benj’n Stickney, Wm. S. Allen, aid de camp,” one page, 8 x 7.25, June 20, 1833. Manuscript military order to Brig. Gen. Solomon Low, excusing his troops from attending a parade honoring President Andrew Jackson’s visit to Newburyport. In part: “The standing companies in the 1st Regt., 2d Brig., 2d div. are hereby excused from appearance & parade on occasion of the President’s arrival in Newburyport.” In very good condition, with frayed edges, partial splits to folds, and a rusty circular paperclip impression to the edge. Starting Bid $100
7020. Martin Van Buren Autograph Endorsement Signed.
Autograph endorsement signed “M. Van Buren,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, 8 x 7, March 12, 1841. Van Buren writes, in part: “I constitute…my attorney to receive payments… according to its tenor…and owe the same on the due Bill…left in his hands for that purpose.” The document on the opposite side, signed by Senator Robert J. Walker, in part: “Pay to the order of his Excy. Martin Van Buren nineteen hundred dollars with interest…for a balance due by me to Mr. Van Buren for furniture…the payment to be made by you as Secretary of the Senate out of my per diem as a Senator.” In fine condition, with a small split along one of the intersecting folds. Van Buren had left the White House just a week before the March 12th date of this document. Starting Bid $200
7021. Martin Van Buren Document Signed as President. Partly-printed DS, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 10 x 7, November 20, 1839. President Van Buren appoints Benjamin N. Nichols as “a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States.” Nearly signed at the conclusion by President Van Buren and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding. Nicely matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 23.5 x 15. In fine condition, with an area of creasing to the lower right, and the signature slightly faded. Starting Bid $200
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After the Louisiana Purchase, Gov. Harrison oversees the transition of government
7022. William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Will’m Henry Harrison,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, February 24, 1804. Handwritten letter as governor of the Indiana Territory to Col. Charles DeHault Delassus, lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana. In part: “I have delayed writing to you for some time under the expectation of being able to inform you of the final arrangement of our Government relative to Louisiana. I am however disappointed—for as yet I have seen only the draft of a law on the subject which has not yet been adopted—but I believe that or something very like it will ultimately pass. For Upper Louisiana a Governor is to be appointed who is to be vested with all the powers of the late Governor Gen’l and the laws now in force are to prevail. The Commandants however of the several districts are to be appointed by the President.”
by any means sure that I shall succeed, but my friends have some influence. I mean to write myself immediately to the President on the subject, and I have some reason to believe that he will respect my recommendation. I would like to know as soon as possible when you propose to take your departure, and if you go to New Orleans or embark at Philadelphia for Spain—in the latter case I would have the pleasure of seeing you here.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf which also slightly affects the left edge of the first page, and complete silking to the first page and address leaf; the second (signed) page is not silked.
“I have delayed in writing...to inform you of the final arrangement of our Government relative to Louisiana”
After some discussion of the pay scale, he continues: “If your venerable father should determine to remain where he is assure him my friend that every exertion in my power will be made to procure for him one of these appointments. I am not
In 1804, after the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase, Harrison—then serving as governor of the Indiana Territory—was assigned to administer the civilian government of the District of Louisiana. He remained in that position until the Louisiana Territory was formally established on July 4, 1805, and Brigadier General James Wilkinson assumed the duties of governor. Starting Bid $500
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Tyler recalls his exchequer plan, a means to create a national 7023. John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed. Important
ALS signed “J. Tyler,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, no date but circa 1857-1858. Handwritten letter to one of his sons, recollecting his proposed plan to create an ‘exchequer’ system based on Jeffersonian principles, evidently at the request of newsman and former congressman William Alexander Harris. In part: “My exchequer plan will be found in limine in a report made by Mr. Forward, then Sec: of the Treasury, to the Senate in the winter of 1841-2. My message of December 1841 presents its outlines, and that of Dec’r 1842 repeats the recommendation for its adoption, and briefly answers the most prominent objections…The plan itself was my own, and was drawn up at my house in Williamsburg…It was presented to the cabinet and adopted as a cabinet measure...
the bankers would snatch them up for hoarding in place of gold and silver. The agencies might be the sub-treasuries; but of course the government funds should be kept entirely separated and distinct from the funds of private depositors, except as suggested above. The Madisonian of that day would repay the reading of Mr. Harris, as many of the articles proceeded from the great minds of the Cabinet in support of the project. He would also revive his earlier recollections by referring to Mr. Jefferson’s letters to John W. Eppes in the volumes of his correspondence...The letter was written, I think, in the year 1816, and relates to Finance...I wish you to file away this letter carefully after Mr. Harris has either perus’d it, or been furnished with a copy of what precedes. It may become at a future day, a key to the history of the matter to which it relates.” In very good to fine condition, with wrinkling to the center, and some splitting along the hinge. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made quarter-leather case. Extracts of this letter were published in the New York Times on January 12, 1858.
“paper currency which would be the true representative of the precious metals, and would circulate all over the commercial world”
I cannot lay my hand on the original draft…and presume I handed it over to Mr. Forward. The scheme doubtless may be modified and improv’d... My present impression is that taking the subtreasury as its basis, and authorizing the issue of certificates of deposits to individuals in the form of bank notes of denominations of $5 and up to one hundred, with larger sums to be put upon the footing of bills of exchange, for the issuing of which the actual premium of transporting specie from one place to another should be charged, the country would have a paper currency which would be the true representative of the precious metals, and would circulate all over the commercial world. In order to get it under way the government might issue certificates to its creditors, taking care to place actually in deposit gold and silver to the amount of each certificate. The specie deposited should be regarded as sacred for the purpose of redeeming the certificates whenever presented. Those certificates would bear a premium in the markets of the world, and furnish a currency of more value than gold or silver, because more easily transported about one. The only danger would be that
Tyler’s plan, essentially a precursor to the Federal Reserve Bank, was designed to create a strong, nationwide paper currency—backed by precious metals—to replace the unstable flood of notes from state banks that brought about repeated episodes of boom and bust. The scheme called for a threemember board to oversee the issue of paper notes, with never more than $15 million worth of paper money in circulation for every $10 million of gold and silver held in the federal government’s vaults. In this letter, Tyler presciently observes that this sound money would be in high demand all over the world. Today, the United States dollar stands as the globe’s dominant international reserve currency. Starting Bid $1000
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Triple-signed document filled out by John Tyler as “Senator in Congress from the state of Virginia” 7024. John Tyler Document Signed. Unusual partly-printed DS, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, February 28, 1833. Power of attorney document filled out and signed by Tyler, writing his name twice within the body, and signing once at the conclusion. In part: “I, the undersigned subscribed, John Tyler, Senator in Congress from the state of Virginia, have made, constituted, and appointed Richard Smith Cash’r of the U. S. Bank at Washington, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name and stead, to sign or endorse any note or notes.” Signed at the conclusion by Senator Tyler, and countersigned twice by Justice of the Peace John P. Van Ness. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Handwritten letter from Taylor to his son-in-law from “Camp near Monterey” during the Mexican-American War 7026. Zachary Taylor Autograph Letter Signed. War-dated ALS signed
“Z. Taylor,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, June 3, 1847. Bold handwritten letter to his son-in-law, Dr. Robert C. Wood, at the U.S. Army barracks in New Orleans, written from “Camp near Monterey Mexico.” In part: “I wrote you a few days since at considerable length, since when nothing of interest has taken place not having had a word from Gen’l Scott’s column nor of moment from any other quarter; not having had a mail since I wrote from the East. On the subject of the draft…looking over my papers in relation to it, I find the mistake respecting the same, was owing to my own absence; as I mentioned to you, I got two sets of drafts in duplicate…Nothing as yet from Jarvis we do not know whether or not he has reached the Rio Grande—My love to Ann & the children.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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7027. Millard Fillmore Document Signed. Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.75 x 13.5, December 8, 1848. Bond of the Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co. for $1000, boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by Fillmore as Comptroller of New York. Also signed by the company’s president and secretary, with 18 of the coupons intact below. In part: “The Hudson and Berkshire Rail-Road Company, Acknowledges themselves indebted to the Comptroller of the State of New York, for the use of the holder of this Bond, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars…they promise to pay at the Mechanics’ Bank, in the City of New York…with interest at the rate of seven percent per annum.” Nicely matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 21.5 x 21.5. In fine condition, with cancelation holes to Fillmore’s signature. Fillmore was the first comptroller of New York to be elected, the post having previously been appointed by the state legislature. In that office, he was a member of the state canal board, supported its expansion, and saw that it was managed competently. He secured an enlargement of Buffalo’s canal facilities and stabilized the currency by requiring that state-chartered banks keep New York and federal bonds to the value of the banknotes they issued. Starting Bid $200
“I shall go down Saturday or Monday, because the cars are so much thronged & so uncomfortable on the day preceding Christmas”
7028. Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, monogrammed “F.P.” letterhead, December 18, 1867. Handwritten letter to Mrs. Wentworth in Lowell, in part: “I was glad to get your pleasant note. The cars were so late that I wonder you did not come back here for the night. I verily believe that you thought of your Unity or Lempster friends, not apparently, very agreeably surprized at your return. If you did, you deserved to stick in the snow drift at the other end of the route. However, dear, I am glad that you reached home safely and found yourselves the next morning none the worse for your varied experience. Your Brother was here yesterday and I ventured out doors for the first time since Sept. Frank is here at work with me among piles of dusty musty papers. Most of which are of no possible use except to hide a few letters and other papers to which it may be desirable to refer at some future day. In the afternoon I walked with him a little way upon the side walk. I am better but it is not quite certain yet, that I shall feel inclined to go abroad for Christmas. If I decide to accept your kind invitation, I shall go down Saturday or Monday, because the cars are so much thronged & so uncomfortable on the day preceding Christmas. I may unless it will be inconvenient to you present myself at your cheerful home Saturday evening.” Framed and inset within a 27 x 14 frame, matted with a portrait and two plaques; the letter’s frame is removable and has glass on both sides, so that the full letter can be read. In fine condition, with a thin mounting strip running down the center/ hinge. Starting Bid $200
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Exceptional, lengthy autograph letter written to his former White House secretary
7029. Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, twelve pages on three sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, June 25, 1858. Letter to Sidney Webster, his former private White House secretary, written from Lisbon, Portugal. Pierce discusses his past and future travels throughout Europe, and makes reference to several notable figures of the day, including writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jefferson Davis, columnist John L. O’Sullivan, and naval officer Charles Stewart McCauley. In part: “After leaving Gibraltar we shall proceed almost directly
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to Vevey and remain there perhaps till October. I believe that [Nathaniel] Hawthorne is to pass the summer at Pisa and hence we shall probably not meet until he returns to Rome next winter. I think there is little doubt that we shall meet Gov. Fish an family somewhere this summer. I received a letter from Genl. Davis three weeks since but it was dated in April & in the hand of his wife. It was a warm, interesting letter and altho’ written by another hand than his own could have been dictated by nobody else.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
Buchanan comments on Pierce’s record in the Senate
“I recollect him as a radical & inflexible Democrat in all his votes”
7030. James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 8 x 10, June 11, 1852. Handwritten letter to Isaac G. McKinley, editor of the Harrisburg Democratic Union, commending his editorials and offering some commentary on Franklin Pierce, who had just been nominated for president at the 1852 Democratic National Convention. In part: “The editorials of the last Union are admirable & I could wish them to be in the hands of every Democrat in the Union. You, with Mr. Parke & other friends, can best decide whether in view of the terrible & doubtful conflict before us in Pennsylvania, the circulation of these articles & the capital address in the form you suggest would injure the cause…I served in the Senate with General Pierce all the time he was a member of that Body, though we were never on terms of special intimacy. I recollect him as a radical & inflexible Democrat in all his votes, sometimes going beyond Silas Wright & myself. He was modest, amiable & gentlemanly in his manners. The Whigs can make nothing out of any of his votes, nor of any thing else unless they may possibly endeavor to attack him, though unjustly, about the Cilley duel. General Pierce is a gentleman of fair intellect &
excellent education; though he never took a prominent part in the debates or proceedings of the Senate…Judging from Pierce’s old associations, I should infer that the Barnburning wing (Van Buren’s) of the New York Democracy would have much influence over him.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound quarter-leather case. Pierce was a close friend of Jonathan Cilley, whom he had met while studying at Bowdoin College. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1836, Cilley served for nearly a year before being killed in a duel with Representative William J. Graves. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Franklin Pierce, and other prominent Northerners saw dueling as a barbaric Southern institution and expressed their outrage, which Southerners resented. Though Buchanan contended with Pierce for the 1852 nomination, he took his defeat with dignity and supported Pierce’s candidacy; he would be rewarded by President Pierce with an appointment as United States Minister to the United Kingdom. Starting Bid $500
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7032. James Buchanan Signed Check. Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States check, 6.5 x 2.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Thomas Swann, payable to Hon. James Buchanan for $250, April 5, 1826, endorsed on the reverse, “Order of Willet C. Ogilby, Esq., James Buchanan, Washington, 5 April 1826.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining touching the signature, and professional repairs to the sides edges. Starting Bid $200
7031. James Buchanan Autograph Document Signed. ADS, one page, 8 x 4, May 10, 1852. Handwritten
promissory note by James Buchanan, in part: “Sixty days after date I promise to pay to the order of Benjamin Parke Esquire, at the Lancaster Bank, seven hundred & fifty dollars.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Historically important document rebuilding the North–South economy in 1865: President Lincoln grants a permit to transport cotton across “the national military lines”
7033. Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President.
Important manuscript DS as president, two pages, 7.75 x 13.25, March 7, 1865. Significant document issued from the Executive Mansion, permitting trade across military lines during the Civil War. In part: “Where Archibald D. Grieff of New Orleans, Louisiana, claims to own or control products of the insurrectionary states and to have arrangements whereby he will be able to bring such products within the national military lines, and sell and deliver them to agents authorized to purchase for the United States under the act of Congress of July 2, 1864, and the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury; It is ordered that all such products which an authorized agent of the government shall have agreed to purchase and the said Grieff shall have stipulated to deliver as shown by the certificate of the agent prescribed by Regulation VIII…
And being transported or in store awaiting transportation in fulfillment of said stipulations and in pursuance of regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be free from seizure, detention or forfeiture to the United States, and officers of the army and navy and civil officers of the government will observe this order and will give the said Grieff and his agents and means of transportation and said products free and unmolested passage through the lines, other than blockaded lines, and safe contact within the lines while going for or returning with said products or while the said products are in store awaiting transportation for the purposes aforesaid.” In fine condition, with scattered staining. From The Michael Allen Collection. Starting Bid $5000
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7034. Abraham Lincoln 1921 Calendar. Vibrant and colorful oversized 17 x 35
calendar for January 1921 entitled ‘Lincoln at Gettysburg,’ featuring a fantastic illustration of President Abraham Lincoln preparing to give his famed address to the Union troops in 1863. Printed by the Thos. D. Murphy Co., Red Oak, Iowa. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Iconic oversized portrait of President Lincoln and son Tad 7035. Abraham Lincoln and Tad Lincoln Oversized Albumen Photograph. Iconic oversized 7.5 x 9.5 albumen
photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad, taken by Mathew Brady’s assistant Anthony Berger on February 9, 1864. Ornately framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 15.75. In fine condition. On February 9, 1864, portrait painter Francis B. Carpenter arranged for President Lincoln to sit for a series of photographs at Matthew Brady’s Washington D.C. gallery. Carpenter, the President, and Lincoln’s youngest son Tad walked to Brady’s studio at 3 p.m. Since Brady’s eyesight was beginning to fail, he asked his superintendent, Anthony Berger, to photograph Lincoln. Berger took at least seven poses of the President, both alone and with ten-yearold Tad. The images taken that day have formed the basis for Lincoln’s image on the penny and both the old and new $5 bills. In this image, Lincoln holds ‘a big photograph album which the photographer, posing the father and son, had hit upon as a good device to use in this way to bring the two sitters together.’ Lincoln later feared that the public would view this pose as ‘a species of false pretense’ because most viewers would assume the book was a large clasped Bible. When they learned that it was a photograph album, they might think Lincoln was ‘making believe read the Bible to Tad.’ Just as Lincoln feared, after his death some versions were carefully retouched in order to make the album appear to be a large Bible. In this example, they are clearly perusing a photo album. Starting Bid $200
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Bell’s original manuscript for ‘Abraham Lincoln; A Poetical Interpretation’
7036. Abraham Lincoln: G. W. Bell Manuscript and Letters. Interesting archive containing the typed draft for
George William Bell’s manuscript for ‘Abraham Lincoln; A Poetical Interpretation,’ with a few handwritten pages by Bell (including his draft of the foreword), plus Bell’s handwritten letters to the Arthur H. Clark Company regarding the publication of the work. Arthur H. Clark privately published the poem for Bell in 1913 in an edition of 125 copies. The 39-page typed draft has several of Bell’s handwritten emendations throughout, as well as extensive editorial notations. The dramatic verse concludes: “A man, our very own, to earth so near, / So simple in his heartfelt tenderness, / Yet with a vision, piercing heights, a seer, / Tracing the storm clouds and the war’s duress. / Seems human life a vain and worthless thing / Attuned by Lincoln to love’s deathless spring!” Bell’s letters to the Arthur H. Clark Co. total ten pages and relate to the publication of the work. The most interesting let-
ter, in part: “I am forwarding by registered mail the Ms. of my poem on Abraham Lincoln. I realize somewhat the state of the market so far as poetry concerned. Still, as Dr. Turner told me, the people may surprise us in what they demand, and the Poem of Lincoln possesses the American heart. A member Mass. State Board Education told me, after reading sections of my poem, ‘If you will get that printed in a fairly cheap but attractive style, I think it could be placed in the hands of every Mass. high school student for certain parts more truly embody the best conception of Lincoln than any work so far put forth. The youth of our land should be made to memorize.’…I feel convinced that the forthcoming celebration at Gettysburg, participated in by the whole country will make easy the sale of a well gotten up and authoritative work.’” In other letters, he corrects typographical errors found in a proof, requests that an illustration of Lincoln be included, and discusses other matters related to the publication. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Official printing of President Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
7037. Abraham Lincoln: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
“All persons held as slaves within any State...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”
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Printed “General Orders No. 139” being President Lincoln’s preliminary emancipation proclamation, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 4, 1862. Extracted from a bound orders book. The president’s proclamation, in part: “That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated area of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” In fine condition, with a few tiny edge tears and binding holes to the left edge. Accompanied by a curious carte-de-visite with typed caption affixed to the reverse: “Well in Indiana dug by Abraham Lincoln in 1830.” Starting Bid $200
“I am a democrat in the enlarged and proper sense of the term and have devoted the best efforts of my life to ameliorate the condition of the laboring man”
7038. Andrew Johnson Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 15, 1851. Boldly penned letter to John H. Keyser, in part: “Your letter of the 6th ult. was received by this days mail. In reply I have last time to say, [struck through: that I am no candidate for the Vice Presidency]. At present I am a candidate for reelection to the congress of the U.S. with the hope of success, which will enable me I trust to accomplish an object that I have had at heart, that is to see every man who desires it domiciliated. I am now in the midst of the canvass and have not the time to write you a long letter on the Subject…Enclosed you will find a copy of a…Speech made some time since in congress which will give you the bones of my views on the ‘Homestead.’ I am a democrat in the enlarged and proper sense of the term and have devoted the best efforts of my life to ameliorate the
condition of the laboring man. The time has arrived when… thousands in the U.S. should be honored with a laboring man for the Presidency—A man who in fact has been a laboring man, one whose sympathies are with the mass. There is too much talk about this thing of labor and too little practice. If the work was commenced in good earnest the people, the real people I mean, would respond to it…You will please accept of my sincere thanks for your friendly feelings…and also the profoundest feeling of my heart for the success of any scheme that will elevate the oppressed condition of my kind.” He adds a handwritten postscript, struck through: “I repeat that I am no candidate for the Vice Presidency.” In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the ends of the horizontal folds. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made leather presentation folder. Starting Bid $1000
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7039. Julia D. Grant Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in
pencil, signed “Julia D. Grant,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered letterhead, October 30, 1890. Handwritten letter to “Gen’l Wilson,” in part: “If it is entirely convenient to you I would like to see you this afternoon about four o’clock of there about. I wish to ask advice on a matter of—well something I think your advice would be wise.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7040. U. S. Grant’s Personally-Owned Book: ‘Second Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners’. Un-
signed book from the personal library of Ulysses S. Grant: Second Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior, for Submission to the President for the Year 1870. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1871. Hardcover half-bound in dark brown leather with spine in six compartments and gilt titles, 6 x 9.25, 149 pages. Affixed to the first free end page is a presentation bookplate, “Respectfully Presented to The President of the United State, with the compliments of the Board of Indian Commissioners, Washington, D.C.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning and foxing to the free end pages. Starting Bid $200
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7041. Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed as President. Rare ALS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” two
pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 19, 1878. Letter to Minnesota Governor and his future Secretary of War Alexander Ramsey, in part: “I have your note asking me to give a friendly hearing to the invitation of the State Agricultural Society of Minnesota. It would certainly be an agreeable trip at the time indicated. But it is out of the question to make engagements so far ahead.” In fine condition, with rusty circular paperclip impression to the top of the first page. Starting Bid $200
7043. Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy W. Hayes Signatures. Unusual pairing of two ink signatures,
7042. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed. Partlyprinted DS, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.5 x 4, December 30, 1871. As governor of Ohio, Hayes directs the auditor to “issue your Warrant on the Treasurer of State, in favor of J. L Flowers for making packing boxes, &c, for the sum of Ten 50/100 Dollars from to be paid from the Contingent Fund of the Governor.” Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 14.5 x 21. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
“Lucy W. Hayes,” on individual off-white slips, one written in the hand of Rutherford B. Hayes and the other in the hand of his wife, Lucy Webb Hayes. In very good to fine condition, with two rusty circular paperclip impressions to the top of the Rutherford Hayes slip, and some ink bleeding from adhesive to the reverse of the Lucy Hayes slip. Starting Bid $200
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Rare handwritten letter as president by James A. Garfield on Executive Mansion letterhead, sending thanks on behalf of the recuperating first lady
7044. James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed as President. Extremely rare ALS as president, signed “J. A. Garfield,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 29, 1881. Handwritten letter to the Hon. George Bancroft, who was then serving as United States Minister to Germany. In full: “Mrs. Garfield asks me to thank you for her, for the beautiful box of roses you were so kind as to send her. She said to me just now, ‘Tell Mr. Bancroft that the old song is reversed & I am being carried back to life on flower beds.’ She is steadily gaining. With kind regards to Mrs. Bancroft and yourself.” In fine condition.
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In early May 1881, just two months after moving into the Executive Mansion, First Lady Lucretia Garfield contracted malaria and fell gravely ill. She was later moved to a seaside resort in Long Branch, New Jersey, to recuperate. She was still there on July 2nd, when she received word that her husband had been shot outside the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. President Garfield lingered for two months before succumbing to infection related to his gunshot wounds. When he finally passed away on September 19th—having been transferred from the White House to Long Branch, where his wife had made her recovery earlier in the summer—Lucretia was by his side. Starting Bid $2500
Exceedingly rare Executive Mansion card signed in full by President Garfield just eight days after his inauguration
7045. James A. Garfield Signed White House Card.
Excessively rare official Executive Mansion card, 4 x 2.75, neatly signed in ink as president, “James A. Garfield, March 12, 1881.” Annotated below in a collector’s hand, “President of the U.S.A., 1881.” In very good to fine condition, with toning to the edges, and old mounting residue on the reverse. On March 12th, a Saturday afternoon eight days after Garfield’s inauguration as president, First Lady Lucretia Garfield held a reception at the White House. The Washington Post reported that “Mrs. Garfield gave her first afternoon reception
yesterday, which was largely attended. The visitors comprised all the prominent people in society, who were anxious to testify by their presence their welcome to the city of the wife of the President.” The president would be struck down by an assassin’s bullet on July 2nd, though he would not succumb to his wounds until September 19th. Because of his short time in the White House, any presidential autograph by Garfield is extremely scarce; it is virtually nonexistent in this format. This is just the second Garfield-signed White House card we have encountered in the last thirty years. Starting Bid $1000
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Handwritten telegram from President Garfield to the “Executive Mansion,” asking for news from New York
7046. James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed as President. Exceedingly rare ALS as president signed “J. A.
Garfield,” written in pencil on a 5.75 x 8.25 American Union telegraph sheet, June 4, [1881]. A telegram directed to O. L. Pruden at the “Executive Mansion,” dispatched from Fort Monroe during his visit to Virginia. In full: “If you have any bulletin from New York repeat it to me here.” In fine condition, with two very small tape stains to the upper corners. Garfield was in Virginia to visit the Hampton Institute, Fort Monroe, and an old soldiers’ home, where on June 5th he was greeted by 750 veterans marching in review. He would be shot by Charles Guiteau less than a month later, on July 2nd, and he died of complications in September. Because of Guiteau’s devilish feat, Garfield’s autograph as president is of the utmost rarity. Starting Bid $1000
7047. Lucretia Garfield Autograph Letter Signed.
ALS signed “Lucretia R. Garfield,” two pages both sides, 4 x 6.25, black-bordered personal letterhead, October 14, 1882. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, in part: “Your first letter was not received, and in reply to that of the 8th inst. I must beg that you pardon me for declining to answer your question without stating any reason. With thanks for the compliment your invitation pays me.” In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse. Accompanied by an engraved portrait. Starting Bid $200
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7050. Grover Cleveland Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS in pencil as president,
7048. Chester A. Arthur Signature. Signed book: State Papers, Etc., Etc., Etc., of Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 363 pages. Signed in fountain pen on a slip affixed to an opening page, “C. A. Arthur.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
one page, 9 x 5.5, March 31, 1885. Letter to his former law partner, W. S. Bissell of Buffalo, in full: “Accept my dear friend my heartfelt sympathy. May God bless and comfort you.” In very good condition, with various tears and paper loss to the edges. Starting Bid $200
“I do not feel that I ought to give away an autograph— for the autographs have a money value” 7049. Frances F. Cleveland (3) Signed Items. Three items
signed by Cleveland: an official Executive Mansion card, signed “Frances F. Cleveland”; an ALS signed “Frances F. Cleveland,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, Executive Mansion letterhead, November 6, 1895, in part: “The brush came this morning & I will send it on to Mr. Gilder today so he will surely get it. It is very pretty”; and an ALS signed “Frances F. Cleveland Preston,” one page both sides, 6 x 9.5, Westland letterhead, June 8, 1916, in part: “I received from you a short time ago, a letter asking me for an autograph of Mr. Cleveland. At the present moment I am so much interested in the Great Allies Bazaar in New York for the suffering soldiers on the other side of the water, that I do not feel that I ought to give away an autograph—for the autographs have a money value, which I am only to glad to contribute to the cause.” In overall fine condition, with a few minor stains to letters. Starting Bid $200
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7053. Mary Harrison McKee Autograph Letter Signed. 7051. Benjamin Harrison Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one
page, 5.75 x 8.75, annotated February 22, 1890. Handwritten draft of a telegram to the Hon. C. C. Hines in Indianapolis, marked “By Telegraph.” In full: “If you want to sell make me an offer by letter giving me the dimensions of lots and cost to us. Perhaps I will buy.” In fine condition, with a trimmed top edge and scattered small stains. Starting Bid $200
Daughter (1858–1930) of Benjamin Harrison, who served as acting first lady from October 25, 1892 to March 4, 1893, following the death of her mother Caroline. ALS signed “Mary Harrison McKee,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, Executive Mansion letterhead, January 22, [no year]. Handwritten letter to Helen B. Owen, in part: “Permit me to thank you for the little book, (Baby’s Opera) you kindly sent my little girl for Christmas, and which she has enjoyed very much.” In fine condition. An uncommon and desirable handwritten letter on Executive Mansion letterhead. Starting Bid $200
7052. Benjamin Harrison Signed Check. Fletcher’s Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, payable to The Bowen-Merrill Co. for $9, February 11, 1888. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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McKinley celebrates the end of the Spanish-American War
7054. William McKinley Signed Program as President. Program for the “National Peace Jubilee Banquet” to
be tendered to the President of the United States by the citizens of Chicago on October 19, 1898, 8 x 10, eight pages, signed inside in pencil as president, “William McKinley.” Also signed by several of the attending dignitaries, including: future Secretary of State Franklin MacVeagh, war hero and Indian fighter Nelson A. Miles, Medal of Honor recipient Webb C. Hayes (son of Rutherford B. Hayes), Senator William E. Mason, Secretary to the President Joseph Addison Porter, Adlai E. Stevenson I, Chicago Stock Exchange founder Charles Henrotin, and others. In very good to fine condition, with wear to spine, patriotic tricolor ribbon torn and untied but mostly present, and some minor staining, soiling, and rippling throughout. Accompanied by the original invitation. The event was held to commemorate the end of the Spanish-American War. Starting Bid $200
Scarce signed set of Truman’s Memoirs with original promo sleeve 7055. Harry S. Truman (2) Signed Books. Uncommon set of signed books:
Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Vols. I and II: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope. Later printings. NY: Doubleday, 1955 and 1956. Hardcovers with dust jackets and rare original cardboard promo sleeve, 5.75 x 8.5, totaling 1190 pages. Both signed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “To Thomas E. Burns, from Harry S. Truman, 2-23-67.” In very good to fine condition, with several small edge nicks and tears to dust jackets. Starting Bid $200
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Roosevelt lobbies for trade unions in 1913
7056. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. TLS, six pages, 8.5 x 10.5, January 24, 1913. At the start of the 20th-century labor union movement, Roosevelt writes a lengthy letter to Assemblyman Michael A. Schapp in New York City, commenting on unions and the right to organize, with several annotations by Roosevelt. In part: “It seems to me that in the interest of the people of New York it is now imperatively necessary that the Legislature of the State should undertake a thorough investigation into the labor conditions of the special industries severally designated as white goods, wrapper and kimona.”
young girls, many of them undeveloped children, toiling excessive hours each day, often in dark unsanitary conditions, generally for low wages, diminished in many cases by charges for machines, electric power, for needles and even for drinking water. These girls are to be the future mothers of part of our American citizenship of the next generation…We cannot as a community sit in apathy and permit these young girls to fight in the streets for a living wage and for hours and conditions of labor which shall not threaten their very lives.” In fine condition, with light edge toning to the first page. Accompanied by a custom-made finely bound quarter leather case, Harry A. Gordon’s five-page typed statement referred to by Roosevelt, a four-page TLS from Gordon to Schapp explaining his position, and a booklet entitled ‘Protocol of Peace in the Dress and Waist Industry.’Starting Bid $1000
“Now here were young girls, many of them undeveloped children, toiling excessive hours each day, often in dark unsanitary conditions, generally for low wages”
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Very early mid-1880s signed portrait of Theodore Roosevelt 7057. Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph. Early and exceptional circa
mid-1880s original 3 x 4.5 albumen portrait of the young Theodore Roosevelt, affixed to its original 4.25 x 6.5 Charles L. Ritzmann mount, signed on the mount in ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” Archivally mounted, matted, and framed under Tru-Vue UV Glas to an overall size of 11.5 x 13.75. In fine condition, with a faint stain to the left edge, and a slight crease to the lower right corner. Ritzmann was active in New York City as a seller of celebrity photographs from circa 1870s–1890s. Roosevelt first came to prominence with the publication of The Naval War of 1812 in 1882, which established him as a serious historian. Elected to the New York State Assembly in 1882, 1883, and 1884, he earned a reputation as an ardent fighter of corruption and became known for his exhilarating hunting excursions in the Dakotas. He returned to public life in the 1890s, serving as a member of the United States Civil Service Commission, Police Commissioner of New York City, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, before resigning to lead the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. Returning from Cuba as a war hero, he was elected to the vice presidency on the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket, and ascended to the presidency upon McKinley’s death. A superb, ultra-early portrait of a great American. From The Michael Allen Collection. Starting Bid $500
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“I do not think the President in the middle of a campaign should appear thru any periodical, even his favorite” 7058. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 16, 1908. Letter to Lawrence F. Abbott, the editor of the Outlook, in part: “I return to you that interesting article, and I quite agree with you that it is a lifelike portrait of the man who will probably decide, if not whether our next President is Taft or Bryan, at least whether Kansas and some other States will vote for one one or the other. But I do not believe that it would be wise or proper for me to write the kind of statement you suggest for The Outlook...I do not think the President in the middle of a campaign should appear thru any periodical, even his favorite.” Roosevelt adds sixteen words in his own hand. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, three horizontal folds, and heavy creasing to the left side.Starting Bid $200
Rare oversized signed portrait of President Roosevelt presented to members of Harvard’s Class of 1880
7059. Theodore Roosevelt Oversized Signed Photograph.
Superb vintage matte-finish 9 x 13 photo of Joseph DeCamp’s painting of President Roosevelt accomplished in 1908, affixed to its original 13.75 x 18.75 mount, boldly signed on the mount in ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” In very good condition, with areas of irregular toning, dampstaining along the bottom edge, and scattered scuffing to the image and mount (heaviest to the upper right corner). Accompanied by a printed letter from John Woodbury, secretary of the Harvard College Class of 1880, dated April 20, 1909, in part: “I send you herewith a photograph of the portrait of President Roosevelt, painted by Joseph De Camp at the White House last winter, which now hangs in the Harvard Union at Cambridge. It is the gift of the Class, in accordance with the intention expressed at our Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Graduation… At my request, although busy with preparations for his trip to Africa, our distinguished classmate was good enough to add his autograph to the photographs.” The letter is affixed to the paper backing of a frame; frame no longer present. Starting Bid $300
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7060. Theodore and Edith Roosevelt (2) Autograph Letters Signed as President and First Lady. Two ALSs,
individually signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Edith Kermit Roosevelt” as first lady, both two pages on two adjoining sheets, White House letterhead, 4 x 5.25 and 5.25 x 6.75, dated November 10, 1902, and December 29, [1902]. Both handwritten letters are addressed to George von Lengerke Meyer, the ambassador to Italy. Theodore’s letter, in part: “This is to introduce my sister in law Miss Emily Caron..She is to be in Rome this winter and I venture to commend her to your courtesy.” The Edith letter, in part: “It was most kind of you to allow my parcel a corner in the bag...With thanks and the President’s regards.” In overall fine condition, with an area of thinning paper to the second page of the Theodore letter. Starting Bid $500
7061. Edith Roosevelt and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (2) Signed Items. Two items: an ALS by Theodore Roosevelt’s
wife, signed “Edith K. Roosevelt,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.75, Executive Mansion, Albany letterhead, in part: “I have just heard that you have never received an invitation to be here this afternoon. I regret this so much and it will be the greatest pleasure if you can arrange to come at quarter before three and help me”; and an AQS by Theodore Roosevelt’s poet sister, signed “Corinne Roosevelt Robinson,” one page, 4.5 x 6.25, in part: “Out of the dark of first beginning / Until the unknown journey ends, / There’s nothing worth the wear of winning, / But laughter and the love of friends.” In overall fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the top of the Corrine Roosevelt Robinson piece. Starting Bid $200
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7062. Theodore Roosevelt: 1907 Jamestown Exposition Poster. Rare and color-
ful 20 x 32 poster for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, featuring well-done portraits of President Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his cabinet—including William H. Taft, Elihu Root, and Charles J. Bonaparte—and reproducing Roosevelt’s proclamation announcing the celebration of the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, with his facsimile signature. The vibrant poster displays a bird’s eye view of the exposition grounds with historical scenes below. Professionally linen-backed and restored to near fine condition, with a horizontal fold passing across Roosevelt’s face. Starting Bid $200
7063. William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed as President. Uncommon ALS as president signed “Wm. H.
Taft,” one page, 6 x 8.75, March 19, 1909. Brief handwritten letter to Margery A. Stevens of Brooklyn, in full: “I am honored to be permitted to put my name in such company.” In fine condition. An exceptionally early handwritten letter from President Taft, who had moved into the White House only two weeks prior. Starting Bid $200
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7064. William H. Taft Oversized Signed Etching. Huge
portrait etching of William Howard Taft by noted poster artist and illustrator Jean de Paleologue, 19.5 x 25, Signed at the bottom of the image in ink, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, June 11th, 1923.” Presented in a 20 x 27 double-window mat, obscuring some of the piece’s flaws. In very good condition, with moderate to heavy surface scuffing (heaviest at top) affecting the appearance, some edge chipping, and a few small stains; mat slightly warped. Starting Bid $200
7065. William H. Taft Signed Check. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another
hand and signed by Taft, “Wm. H. Taft,” payable to R. P. Andrews Paper Company for $6, April 29, 1919. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7066. Woodrow Wilson Signed Engraving. Attractive 7.5 x 9.5 engraved portrait of Woodrow Wilson, neatly signed in the lower border in pencil. Nicely matted and framed to an overall size of 12.75 x 14.75. In fine condition, with a faint central horizontal bend. Starting Bid $200
7067. Florence K. Harding Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Florence Kling Harding,” one page, 5.5 x 7, Ritz-Carlton Hotel letterhead, February 3, 1921. Letter to an autograph collector, sent one month before becoming first lady. In full: “It gives me very great pleasure to send you this autographed letter, and to express to you my thanks for your kind wishes and prayers for Senator Harding and myself, and to tell you that I appreciate them.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a black-bordered mourning card sending thanks for condolences on the death of President Harding, with its matching black-bordered envelope. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com
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The mourning veil and purse of First Lady Florence Harding, presented by a longtime White House seamstress to Raleigh DeGeer Amyx
7068. Florence Harding Personally-Owned and -Used Mourning Veil and Purse. Black purse and veil personally-
owned and -worn by former First Lady Florence Harding during the mourning period of her husband, President Warren G. Harding, both of which were presented to longtime White House maid Maggie Rogers during the Harding-Coolidge transition period. The black lace veil measures 8˝ wide and 51˝ in length, and bears an intricate body design that is trimmed with a scalloped edge with lovely floral patterns. The black purse, approximately 7˝ x 4.5˝, is composed of a brocade-style fabric with upper brass-tone clasps; the interior is lined with a beige corded fabric, with a black safety pin attached above a small pocket that contains an inventory tag annotated in Rogers’ hand: “Mrs. Harding, #67.” The purse is topped with a black fabric strap with braided designs to either end. Included with the lot is a black-bordered admission pass to the “Funeral Services of Warren Gamaliel Harding” on August 8, 1923, a vintage 5.5 x 3.25 photo of a crowd outside of the White House, with German typing on the reverse (translated), “For Emil. After
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an audience with President Harding,” and a black-bordered admission card (with envelope) to the Memorial Amphitheatre at the Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 1921, dating to the interment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In overall fine condition, with a few small holes to the lace veil. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Lillian Rogers Parks, the daughter Maggie Rogers, who served as a White House housemaid and seamstress for 30 years. Typed on White House stationery and dated July 4, 1982, the letter is addressed to noted collector Raleigh DeGeer Amyx, and it reads, in part: “The black purse and veil were owned and used by the First Lady Florence Harding during the mourning period of her husband, President Warren G. Harding… My mama, Maggie Rogers, was given these personal items shortly after the funeral when the First Lady was moving out and President and Mrs. Coolidge were moving in the White House.” From the esteemed Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. Starting Bid $300
Rare copy of the suppressed Harding “anthropological” study
7069. Warren G. Harding: Sentinel Press First Edition by William Estabrook Chancellor. Rare book: Warren Gamaliel Harding, President of the United States: A Review of Facts Collected from Anthropological, Historical, and Political Researches by William Estabrook Chancellor. First edition. Dayton, Ohio: The Sentinel Press, 1922. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 267 pages. A prefatory page bears Chancellor’s pre-printed facsimile signature. Book condition: VG-/None, with a cracked rear hinge, edgewear, worn spine ends, and worn title gilt on the spine. This very rare book—whose authorship is disputed in itself—controversially asserted that Harding had an African-American ancestor; the book was subsequently suppressed by government agents, making it extremely rare today. Harding’s biographer S. H. Adams, in a chapter titled ‘Bibliocide,’ called Chancellor’s book ‘one of the most sensational books in our political history.’ Francis Russell’s The Shadow of Blooming Grove offers an extensive discussion of the Chancellor book, deeming it ‘one of the rarest bibliographical items in twentieth-century history.’ Starting Bid $200
7070. Warren G. Harding Document Signed. Partly-printed
DS, signed “W. G. Harding,” one page, 8.25 x 7, November 29, 1914. Voucher from The Harding Publishing Company (The Marion Star) filled out in another hand and made payable to W. G. Harding for $300, endorsed on the lower panel in ink by Harding. In fine condition. Harding bought the Ohio daily newspaper The Marion Daily Star in 1884, and held ownership of the paper until mid-1923. Although Harding’s editorial department slanted toward the Republican platform, the daily paper remained somewhat neutral due to its position as the newspaper of record for Marion County, Ohio. However, the Star’s weekly publication served as the partisan arm of Harding’s newspaper empire. Starting Bid $200
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7071. Warren G. Harding Signed Check. Marion
County Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harding, “W. G. Harding,” payable to Wells-Fargo & Co. for $502.50, February 3, 1909. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7073. Calvin Coolidge Signed Book. Signed book: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses by Calvin Coolidge. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1924. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 420 pages. Signed and inscribed on an opening page in fountain pen, “To Rev. William E. Barton, with best wishes, Calvin Coolidge.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with scattered light staining and a few small edge tears and losses to jacket. William Eleazar Barton (1861—1930) was an American Congregational minister, author, teacher and lecturer. Throughout his career as a clergyman Barton continued to write voluminously—boys’ stories, novels, sermons, articles, humor, history—and conducted exhaustive research on Abraham Lincoln, culminating in six books on Lincoln including a respected biography; his extensive collection of research material relating to Lincoln is now held by the University of Chicago. Starting Bid $200
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7072. Warren G. Harding and Florence K. Harding Signatures. Two bold ink signatures, “Warren G. Harding”
and “Florence Kling Harding,” on individual off-white cards gilt-embossed with the presidential seal. In overall very good to fine condition, with rusty circular paperclip impressions to the top of both cards, and a surface crease to the top of the Warren G. Harding card. Starting Bid $200
The exasperated ex-president steps away from public service
“I have done all I can do. Others must now carry on the government. Just drop me”
7074. Calvin Coolidge Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, May 21, 1932. Handwritten letter responding to his former Secretary of Commerce, William F. Whiting, declining to become involved in a public matter. In full: “Your note & clipping received. The suggestion would not work. I hope you will not take any action anywhere that involves me. Perhaps you will talk with Mr. Charles D. Hilles of New York. It would be easy to make much trouble for a distracted country. I have done all I can do. Others must now carry on the government. Just drop me.” In fine condition, with light edge toning and a couple of small stains. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made quarter-leather case. Writing just seven months before his death, amidst the deepening Great Depression, Calvin Coolidge declines to take on a
public role in an unspecified matter. Based on the content and date—the Republican National Convention was forthcoming in June—it seems likely that it is a response to the ‘Draft Coolidge’ movement, in which many prominent Republicans hoped to nominate him, rather than the sitting Herbert Hoover, for the presidency. Coolidge adamantly maintained that he was not interested in running again, and swore that he would publicly repudiate any effort to nominate him. Hoover would be renominated, only to lose in a landslide to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Provenance: Forbes Collection, Part I, Christie’s New York, 27 March 2002; the listing suggested that Whiting may have asked Coolidge to speak out against the WWI ‘Bonus Army’ marchers that had descended on Washington, DC. Starting Bid $300
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7075. Calvin Coolidge Signed Book. Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. Limited edition, numbered 37/1000. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 247 pages. Boldly signed on the colophon in black ink. In fine condition, with a small stain to the bottom edge of the front and back covers. Starting Bid $200
7076. Calvin Coolidge Signed Photograph and White House Card. Nice pairing of two signed
items: a vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 9.25 Harris & Ewing portrait of Coolidge, signed and inscribed along the bottom in ink; and an official 4 x 2.75 White House card, neatly signed in ink. Nicely matted and framed with one of Coolidge’s personal bookplates to an overall size of 19 x 17. In very good to fine condition, with a small hole to the lower left corner of the card, and a mottled appearance to the photo. Starting Bid $200
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7077. Calvin and Grace Coolidge Signed Photograph. Vintage glossy 9.5 x 7.5 photo of
the president and first lady attending the dedication of the Bok Singing Tower in Lake Wales, Florida, signed in fountain pen by all pictured: “Calvin Coolidge,” “Grace Coolidge,” “Edward W. Bok,” “Mary Louise Curtis Bok,” and “E. T. Bedford.” Nicely matted and framed with a descriptive caption to an overall size of 14.75 x 14. In fine condition. Edward W. Bok (1863-1930) was the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The Ladies Home Journal; his wife Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970) founded the the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Bedford (1849-1931) was a notable Standard Oil executive. Starting Bid $200
7078. Herbert Hoover Signed Photograph. Matte-finish 4.75 x 7.75 photo of the elderly Hoover seated at his desk, signed in the lower border in ink, “Herbert Hoover.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 17. In fine condition, with light brushing to the ink. Starting Bid $200
7079. Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover Signed Photograph. Uncommon vintage glossy 6.5 x 10 full-length
photo of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover standing outdoors next to an American flag, signed by both in fountain pen. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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FDR settles ‘the shortest coal strike on record’
“a splendid example of the usefulness of the principles of collective bargaining”
7080. Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White
House letterhead, [September 1935]. Handwritten letter by President Roosevelt, evidently to Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, who represented the executive office in wage negotiations with coal miners and other unions. In full: “Dear Mr. Secretary—As I prepare to go to the train I am made happy by your good news. Will you tell the hundreds of thousands of coal miners and the many operators that tonight’s agreement will make my long deferred vacation a greater pleasure—and also that this is a splendid example of the usefulness of the principles of collective bargaining to which we are all committed.” In fine condition, with light staining, and thin paper, along the top edge. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made finely bound full morocco leather case.
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On September 27, 1935, the Piqua Daily Call quoted this letter while reporting on the end of a strike by soft coal miners in Appalachia, which described the labor dispute as ‘one of the strangest strikes in American history,’ while being ‘the shortest coal strike on record, and also the most peaceful.’ An agreement was reached at a wage conference in Washington, DC, ending the strike after just five days. The column reported that miners won increases of 50 cents per day for workers, 9 cents per ton for piece-workers, and a 10% increase in pay for those doing ‘deadwork,’ while operators were given rearrangements of differentials between competing districts designed to put them on an improved status in marketing operations. McGrady read this letter before the conference, which ‘brought enthusiastic applause from the miners but only lackadaisical acclaim from the operators.’ A photocopy of the newspaper article is included. Handwritten as president, this is a fantastic testament of Roosevelt’s commitment to labor as he enacted his New Deal policies. Starting Bid $2500
Handwritten letter as president from FDR to a fellow collector
“I, too, have been collecting source material for many years— mostly U. S. Navy”
7081. Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White
history collection, primarily composed of prints, engravings, and paintings.
Frank C. Deering of Saco, Maine, a member of the American Antiquarian Society, was a noted bibliophile and one of the great collectors of early Americana. His personal library focused on New England history, Western narratives, and Indian narratives and captivities. Although Franklin D. Roosevelt was better known as an avid stamp collector, he also spent much of his spare time dedicated to a massive American naval
FDR’s collection of naval artwork earned renewed national interest in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy initiated an exhibition dedicated to it at the National Archives, organized under the name ‘The Old Navy, 1776-1860: An Exhibit of Prints and Watercolors from the Naval Collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt.’ Kennedy also published a fascinating article in the August 10, 1962 issue of Life Magazine, detailing his impressions of the collection and describing Roosevelt’s collecting habits. In closing, JFK observed: ‘‘The Old Navy’ is thus evidence of the collecting passion of an extraordinary President. But it is much more than this. It is, as Roosevelt intended it should be, a reminder of the strength and style of our naval tradition.’ Starting Bid $1000
House letterhead, February 19, 1934. Letter to Frank C. Deering, in full: “Some day I shall hope to heave the pleasure of seeing your collection—I, too, have been collecting source material for many years—mostly U. S. Navy.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Roosevelt’s hand.
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Unique triple-signed Warm Springs Foundation promissory note for $750 “in gold coin of the United States”
7082. Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed. DS, signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” one page, 8.5 x 3.25, February 1,
1927. Typed promissory note, in part: “On February 1st, 1937, at the Bank of America, New York City, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, Inc….promises, for value received, to pay to the order of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the sum of Seven hundred and fifty dollars in gold coin of the United States of America.” Signed at the conclusion by Franklin D. Roosevelt as the foundation’s president, and countersigned by D. Basil O’Connor as its treasurer; also marked “Paid, April 20, 1927” by Roosevelt and initialed, “FDR.” Also endorsed on the reverse by Franklin D. Roosevelt. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7083. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, January 15, 1924. Letter to friend and business associate Colonel Edgar A. Hamilton, in part: “I want to call your attention to some interesting figures relating to depository bonds running to the State of New York, which I have received from the office of the State Treasurer, Honorable George K. Shuler, Albany...we are now in 3rd place and nearly $4,000,000 ahead of the next company. I hope that within the next year we will pass the American and continue to gain on the National.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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7084. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Roosevelt & O’Connor, Counselors at Law letterhead, December 23, 1926. Letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, in full: “Mr. Benjamin F. Crowley of this office is a candidate for membership in the Bankers Club and I write you this merely to tell you that he is a splendid type of fellow and not only mighty nice personally, but also is extremely efficient as a lawyer. He is a graduate of Yale and of the Harvard Law School, and is a member of the Yale Club.” In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by a copy of O’Brien’s reply letter. Starting Bid $200
FDR receives a $5 donation to the March of Dimes 7085. Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Check as President. Manufacturer’s Trust Company check,
8 x 3, filled out and signed by noted autograph collector Rev. Cornelius Greenway, payable to Franklin D. Roosevelt for $5, February 7, 1943, signed on the reverse by FDR as president, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” with typed endorsement: “Pay to the Natl. Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.” Attractively double-matted and framed with a color copy of the front of the check to an overall size of 12.5 x 15.25. In fine condition, with a small tape stain to each edge. Over a decade after founding his world-renowned polio treatment center in Warm Springs, President Roosevelt established the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938 to continue his mission. Dedicated to funding vaccine research and helping patients throughout their rehabilitation process, the organization made a strong appeal to the public to get involved; quite literally adhering to singer Eddie Cantor’s fundraising call to ‘send in their dimes,’ the American public filled the White House mail room with coin-filled birthday wishes for the President. The March of Dimes remains one of the most prominent nonprofit organizations in the United States to this day. Starting Bid $200
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President Truman’s love letter to America’s “five individual cities”—New Orleans, Boston, Charleston, San Francisco, and Santa Fe
7086. Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed as President. Fantastic ALS as president, three pages on two
adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 4, 1948. Handwritten letter to Myldred (Bobbye) Landry in New Orleans, the daughter of Robert B. Landry, USAF aide to President Truman. In part: “Yes I’ve been in New Orleans on a number of occasions...I’ve been to every point of interest in your great city—Rue Royal, Antoine’s, the Cabildo, the cemeteries, Jackson Park, the Mississippi River trip, etc. You know of course that New Orleans is one of the five individual cities of the United States. I’ll name them for you. Boston, its Common, Harvard, its narrow streets, Bean Hill (no hill at all). Charleston, So. Carolina, still British and Colonial. In a graveyard in the center of town is a tombstone on which there is an epitaph which says ‘here lies so & so. He came
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to Charleston at the age of two—he died at ninety-two—for a stranger he was a good citizen and well thought of’!! Beat that if you can. San Francisco our greatest west coast port and one of the few great natural harbors. There’s only one San Francisco. I hope you can see it some day if you haven’t seen it. Santa Fe, N. Mex., our real Spanish City. It is so old it makes Boston, Charlestown, New Orleans, and all our cities look new. See the Governor’s Palace some day. New Orleans, Spanish, French, Spanish, Andrew Jackson, Spoon Butler, Hughie Long—and still New Orleans itself. I hope some day, Bobbye, I may see the Mardi Gras.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, addressed in Truman’s hand. A sought-after autograph letter signed as president, boasting excellent content on America’s great cities. Starting Bid $2500
“Made from White House roof timbers”— extraordinary oversized Truman presentation to a fellow Missouri Democrat in a relic frame
7087. Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph in White House Timber Frame. Magnificent matte-finish 10 x 13
photo of the White House lawn from the South Portico, with the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument in the distance, presented in its original 14.25 x 17.75 mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain pen as president, “To my good friend Hon. Clarence Cannon, with kindest regards & best wishes, Harry S. Truman, White House, May 10, 1949.” Displayed in its original 16.5 x 20 wooden frame, identified on the mat by Architect of the White House Lorenzo S. Winslow, “This pine frame was made from White House room timbers installed 1817 and removed in 1927, L.S.W.” In fine condition, with a few small dings to frame. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from Winslow. Cannon was a longtime congressman from Missouri, serving from 1923 to 1964, who was chairman of the US House Committee on Appropriations throughout most of Truman’s term as president. Such large and impressive White House relics are rare and highly sought after. Starting Bid $300
7088. Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed. Two items: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Truman’s
famed whistle-stop train tour undertaken as part of his 1948 presidential campaign, signed and inscribed along the bottom in fountain pen, “Best wishes to James L. Norton, Jr., Harry S. Truman, 2/13/53, Happened 9/18/48”; and a TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 14, 1953, in part: “I am returning the picture of you on the back end of the train inscribed. I was certainly glad to hear from you and appreciate the picture of you and Ed Kelly. Ed was a wheel horse and a great loss to the Democratic party when he passed away.” In overall fine condition, with light staining along the left edge of the letter.
In 1948, President Truman undertook his famous ‘whistle stop’ campaign—a 21,928-mile presidential odyssey across the United States, giving speeches from the rear platform of the presidential railcar the ‘Ferdinand Magellan.’ The stops drew massive crowds and energized his base, signaling an important change in Truman’s momentum: he would defy predictions and defeat Thomas Dewey in the November elections. Starting Bid $200
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Supremely rare, early presidential letter signed in full by Eisenhower, addressed to the 1953 graduating class of the United States Military Academy 7089. Dwight D. Eisenhower Autograph Letter Signed as President with Signed Transmittal Letter . Exceed-
know that this year’s edition of the HOWITZER is intended to emphasize the soldier-statesman aspect in our training, I have made my own message to you exclusively a personal one. If you find what I have written to be either inadequate or in any way unsatisfactory—or if you would prefer that it be typewritten instead of handwritten, you have only to return this to my office with an appropriate suggestion. If you do return it, please mark it for the personal attention of Mrs. Whitman. Again, my thanks for your courtesy to me.” In overall fine condition, with two paperclip impressions to the top edge, and a couple of small stains to the typed letter.
Eisenhower’s handwritten dedication letter, in full: “To the Class of 1953: As one who has proudly worn the cadet gray and had the privilege, which is now yours, of pinning on the insignia of a 2nd Lieutenant, I am deeply appreciative of the honor you have paid me in the dedication of this edition of the Howitzer. I am sure that among all those distinguished Americans who have served in the Presidency, few could have felt the same intensity of personal satisfaction that I shall experience in commissioning in the service of the United States a graduating class of the Military Academy. Few of them could have had an inkling of your thoughts and emotions at the last parade on the Plain; few could feel with the heart-stirring climax of four long and arduous years. On the other hand, I am doubly sure that few would have expected from you as much as I do—for I know your mettle, I know what you can do. God speed and good wishes to each of you.”
Written less than a week into his presidency, this letter carves out a singularly unique place in the history of Dwight D. Eisenhower, forming a bridge between his formative early days as a West Point cadet and his ascendancy to the nation’s highest office. Moreover, letters handwritten by Eisenhower as president remain appreciably rare and sought after, with this desirable fully signed example coupled with a transmittal letter that impressively predates its holographic counterpart by three days. Presidential bearing aside, the eloquent and cordial tone of these letters are only outdone by their ideal subject matter—Eisenhower is joined by U. S. Grant as the only two presidents to have graduated from the United States Military Academy. Palpable is the pride felt by the former, whose potent message to the West Point graduating class was indeed published in full in the 1953 Howitzer yearbook. A gem in the crown of presidential letter writing, and quite possibly the finest Eisenhower correspondence ever offered—our research shows that this is only the fourth handwritten letter from President Eisenhower to be offered at auction in the past 30 years. Starting Bid $2500
ingly rare ALS signed in full by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, sent to the 1953 graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point, penned neatly on his personal 7.25 x 10.25 stationery and dated to January 25, 1953, just five days into his new role as the nation’s chief executive. Included with the handwritten letter is a transmittal TLS from Eisenhower dated three days prior on January 22nd, forwarding his dedication to Cadet James G. Donahue, then editor of the USMA yearbook, the Howitzer.
His one-page transmittal letter, typed on White House letterhead, in full: “As promised in the letter I wrote to you on December twenty-fourth, last, I enclose a short handwritten note for the use you suggested in the HOWITZER. While I
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President “Ike” writes a note to Mamie on his personally monogrammed White House letterhead
7090. Dwight D. Eisenhower Autograph Letter Signed as President. Scarce ALS as president, signed “Ike,” one
page both sides, 7 x 10.25, on his lesser-seen personal “DDE, The White House” letterhead, April 7, 1955. Handwritten letter to his wife Mamie. In full: “I hear a car is soon to leave here for the farm. Possibly the florist will be sending you flowers—but I want you to have these from my office so that they may help me say how much I miss you! I do hope you improve hourly, and are getting a real rest. When you feel like talking on the phone please call; I don’t want to bother you when you’re in
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bed. I hear from Howard about your physical condition; and he tells me something about the landscaping. Min and I had Ed & Suzy for dinner (upstairs) on Sun & Wed. On Mon. and Tues. we both went to bed by 7:00—and had our trays, each in his room. All my love—and my constant hope that you’re coming along splendidly.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning and staining. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope addressed in his own hand, “M. D. E.— Farm,” as well as a handsome custom-made quarter-leather case. Starting Bid $1000
7091. Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25,
personal letterhead, April 13, 1962. Writes from Palm Desert, a letter to banker J. K. Brigstocke, in full: “Thanks so much for the report on the assets held for me at the Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company. I find it very gratifying!” In fine condition, with a small tear to left edge. Starting Bid $200
Ike on Paul-Henri Spaak: “The free world is indebted to him for his leadership”
7092. Dwight D. Eisenhower Telegram. Original West-
ern Union telegram from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Robert B. Stewart, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, one page, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1960. In full: “It is a pleasure to send greetings to those attending the Clayton Lectures at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and my personal regard to your guest-lecturer, Dr. Paul-Henri Spaak. On the subject of ‘European Economic Integration and the Western Alliance,’ there is surely no greater authority than Dr. Spaak. He has worked effectively for economic cooperation and solidarity among the nations of Europe. As [Se]cretary General of NATO he has helped build the Western Alliance into one of the strongest forces for Peace. The free world is indebted to him for his leadership. I salute him as a respected friend.” In very good to fine condition, with torn binder holes, a few tiny edge tears, and loss to lower left. Starting Bid $200
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A golden gift from JFK to a member of his presidential campaign staff
7093. John F. Kennedy Personally-Owned and -Gifted 10K Gold Benrus Watch. 10k gold Benrus wrist watch
personally-owned and -gifted by John F. Kennedy to Francis X. McCabe, a member of Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign staff. The handsome square watch case measures 32 mm, features a sunburst dial with lower subdial and golden numbers and markers, and the caseback is neatly engraved “J.F.K. 1960,” between the manufacturing mark and model number, “Benrus, 10K R.G.P., 264447.” The JB Champion expansion band features a gold-plated top and stainless steel underside that is marked with part and patent numbers. In fine condition.
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Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the son of the original recipient, who writes: “My father was a friend of JFK and worked hard on his campaign to help him to get elected President of the United States in the 1960 election. My father knew former Speaker of the House of Representatives under JFK, John W. McCormack, from growing up in Boston, MA. Speaker John McCorkmack introduced my father to JFK.” A timeless piece of presidential history ideal for horology and political collectors alike. Starting Bid $500
7094. John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph as President. Iconic matte-finish 8 x 10 bust-length portrait of
John F. Kennedy in a pinstriped suit by Fabian Bachrach, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen as president, “To Arnold Brein, with best wishes, John Kennedy.” In fine to very fine condition. Accompanied by a White House transmittal letter from Kenneth O’Donnell, the Special Assistant of the President, dated March 9, 1961. According to Bachrach family legend, this portrait of Kennedy almost never came to be. When Senator Kennedy sat for his photo in 1959, Bachrach returned to the studio to discover that there were no useable images—all were either out of focus or showed Kennedy, then ailing from chronic back pain, standing awkwardly. Bachrach phoned Kennedy’s office repeatedly, eventually receiving an appointment for another session in the summer of 1960. With his subject detained by all-night Senate proceedings, the photographer was preparing to leave when Kennedy finally arrived. With time for only six shots, he worked quickly and captured not only what would become the presidential portrait—the image offered here—but also the popular image of Kennedy seated in his leather armchair with an American flag in the background. Starting Bid $300
Rare sign from the 1961 inaugural parade 7095. John F. Kennedy 1961 Presidential Inaugural Parade Sign. Large original wood and masonite sign from
JFK’s inaugural parade on January 20, 1961, measuring 22.5˝ x 26.5˝, featuring a large color image of the presidential seal. In very good to fine condition, with scratches, scuffs, and expected wear. Following Kennedy’s swearing-in as president and iconic inaugural address—which featured the famous line, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country’—a vast parade to the White House took place along Pennsylvania Avenue. The three-hour-long procession was watched by tens of thousands of spectators in person and millions on television. These rare signs were specially made for JFK’s inaugural parade, and represent a truly historic day in American history. Starting Bid $200
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“Let me reaffirm my strongest support of NATO and my belief that the Atlantic Alliance constitutes one of the strongest bulwarks of of the Free World” 7096. John F. Kennedy Telegram. Original Western Union telegram from president-elect Senator John F. Kennedy to Robert B. Stewart, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, one page, no date but circa 1960. In part: “I send warmest greetings and good wishes to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and to the Honorable Paul Henri Spaak on the occasion of his lectures on ‘European Economic Integration and the Western Alliance’...Dr. Spaak is a worthy successor of Dean Acheson, Lester B. Pearson, and Eugene R. Black who have preceded him as Clayton Lecturers. On this occasion let me reaffirm my strongest support of NATO and my belief that the Atlantic Alliance constitutes one of the strongest bulwarks of the Free World. I know we will continue to move forward in making the Western Alliance a living and vital force for peace and freedom. This effort will have my continuing interest and support as President of the United [St] ates.” In very good to fine condition, with torn binder holes, a small edge split at the central horizontal fold, and minor loss to lower left. Starting Bid $200
7097. John F. Kennedy 1960 Original Wirephoto. Historic original vintage glossy 9 x 7 UPI telephoto of John F. Kennedy announcing Lyndon B. Johnson as his runningmate at a press conference during the Democratic National Convention on July 14, 1960. Reverse is stamp-dated July 27, 1960, and bears a United Press International credit stamp. In fine condition, with a small ballpoint notation to the inherent caption. Starting Bid $100
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7098. John F. Kennedy 1963 Original Wirephoto. Great
original vintage glossy 7 x 9 UPI telephoto of John F. Kennedy delivering an address to a group of visiting foreign students at the White House on May 9, 1963; in the background, JFK’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, can be seen observing the proceedings from a balcony on the South Portico. Reverse is curiously stamp-dated April 14, 1963. In fine condition, with minor corner tip creasing. Starting Bid $100
7099. John F. Kennedy and Family Palm Beach Photograph Archive. Fantastic archive of unpublished Kennedy family
candid photographs, ranging in size from 2.5 x 3.5 to 6 x 3.5, comprising a total of 31 photos. Many were taken on the grounds of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, in the early 1940s, with some dating to later on. Though not known, the photographer was evidently a close associate of the Kennedy family, given the private and relaxed nature of their poses. Additionally included are a postcard from Kennedy cousin Joseph Gargan to family chauffeur Dave Deignan, and an ‘inside joke’ photo-card lampooning Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. The young Jack Kennedy appears in eight of the shots, and many other family members also make appearances—Joe Sr., Joe Jr., Rose, Kick, Bobby, Jean, and Ted—as do grandparents Josie and John ‘Honey Fitz’ Fitzgerald. Some highlights include Jack and Joe Jr. sitting poolside, Jack and ‘Kick’ Kennedy lying down in a boat, Jack and Jean with their mother and grandparents, and Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel standing side-by-side. Other images include a few Kennedy family friends, and views of their Palm Beach and Hyannis Port compounds. Also includes a later image of Caroline Kennedy, dated May 1959. In overall very good to fine condition, with heavy creases to the photo of Caroline. A unique and historic archive of unseen Kennedy family photographs.Starting Bid $200
7100. John F. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy 1962 Original Wirephoto. Ominous original vintage glossy 9 x 8 AP wirephoto of a rear-view close-up of John F. Kennedy and daughter Caroline riding in a convertible limousine in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 9, 1962. Reverse bears affixed captions and is stamp-dated March 10, 1962, and April 28, 1962. In fine condition, with a few minor surface creases and light editorial markings to accentuate their facial features. An unusual and foreboding image in light of the president’s assassination the following year. Starting Bid $100
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7101. Kennedy Family (6) Funeral Cards. Collection of six rare original
2.5 x 4 funeral/memorial cards for members of the Kennedy family who succumbed to the ‘Kennedy curse,’ including: three for Joe Kennedy, Jr. (Lt. Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., 1915-1944), who was killed in action during World War II when his plane exploded over England; two for ‘Kick’ Kennedy (Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, 1920-1948), who died in a plane crash while flying from Paris to the French Riviera; and one for Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), who was assassinated after winning the California primary during his presidential campaign. In fine condition, with a couple minor creases and edgewear to the Kick Kennedy cards. Starting Bid $200
President Johnson pays his taxes in 1967— the only presidentially-signed LBJ check we have seen
7102. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Check as President. Extremely rare Johnson City Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled
out in type and signed by Johnson as president, “Lyndon B. Johnson,” payable to Mr. E. D. Spellman - Tax Assessor - Collector, Burnet County for $14.84, October 2, 1967. In fine condition. This is the only front-signed Lyndon B. Johnson check we have ever encountered, as well as the only example signed during his presidency that we have come across. The three other examples we have offered were endorsed by Johnson on the reverse, with two dating to his post-presidential retirement and the other during his time as Senate Majority Whip. Checks signed by US presidents remain scarce and very desirable, and, in some instances, are completely unattainable—Johnson stands as one of the hardest to find of all modern-day presidents. Starting Bid $500
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Scarce December 1963 White House letter from LBJ, written during the “difficult days” after Kennedy’s assassination
7103. Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president signed “Lyndon,” one page, 6.75
x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 9, 1963. Letter to Indiana Senator Vance Hartke and his wife, in full: “It would be impossible to ask more from two wonderful friends than what you have offered to me, your hearts and prayers. This knowledge has provided me with a source of strength, courage and comfort during these difficult days. It is with profound respect and deep appreciation that I extend to you my warmest personal regards.” In fine condition, with staple holes and associated rust stains to the upper left corner. Johnson, who had suddenly, tragically become president just seventeen days earlier, had just spent his first night in the White House on December 7th. With the nation in mourning, Johnson here expresses his profound appreciation to a fellow Democrat for his support during the difficult transition. Starting Bid $300
President LBJ signs the ‘Automobile Insurance Study Bill’ 7104. Lyndon B. Johnson Bill Signing Pen for the ‘Automobile Insurance Study Bill’. Felt tip pen used by President Lyndon B. Johnson
to sign ‘the Automobile Insurance Study Bill’ (S.J. Res. 129). The official ‘bill signer’ Eversharp pen measures 5.25˝ long and features a navy-blue plastic barrel bearing a gold facsimile signature with presidential seal and a silver-tone cap section. Includes a letter from Irvine H. Sprague to Congressman John E. Moss, May 23, 1968, in full: “The President wanted you to have one of the pens used on May 22, 1968, in signing S. J. Res. 129, the Automobile Insurance Study Bill.” In fine condition. John E. Moss represented California’s 3rd District in the House of Representatives from 1953 to 1978. Starting Bid $200
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“The aid proposal was not at any time presented to them as a part of the ‘price’ to obtain the Peace Agreement” 72 | February 17, 2022
Nixon confirms his ‘secret’ aid pledge to Hanoi in historic post-presidential correspondence 7105. Richard Nixon Autograph Letter and (2) Typed Letters. Important archive of correspondence from former President Richard Nixon to Congressman Lester L. Wolff, chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, confirming and defending his secret offer of aid to Hanoi during the 1972-1973 Vietnam peace conference and invoking executive privilege. Includes:
ALS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 14, 1977. Rare handwritten letter to “Lester,” introducing his typed letter and asking that it be made public, concluding: “I wish you & your colleagues well as you work in behalf of a bipartisan foreign policy which will serve the cause of peace & freedom in the years ahead.” The important TLS is signed “Richard Nixon,” four pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead May 14, 1977. To “Congressman Wolff,” in part: “As I am sure you are aware, your request of February 22nd presents some fundamental and serious Constitutional questions. In 1953 a Committee of the House of Representatives sought to subpoena former President Truman to inquire about matters of which he had personal knowledge while he served as President. President Truman’s response states what I believe is the correct Constitutional guideline which a former President must follow. He said: ‘…In spite of my personal willingness to cooperate with your committee, I feel constrained by my duty to the people of the United States to decline to comply with the subpoena. In doing so, I am carrying out the provisions of the Constitution of the United States; and am following a long line of precedents, commencing with George Washington himself in 1796. Since his day, Presidents Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Buchanan, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt have declined to respond to subpoenas or demands for information of various kinds by Congress…It must be obvious to you that if the doctrine of separation of powers and the independence of the Presidency is to have any value at all, it must be equally applicable to a President after his term of office has expired when he is sought to be examined with respect to any acts occurring while he is President. The doctrine would be shattered, and the President, contrary to our fundamental theory of our constitutional government, would become a mere arm of the Legislative Branch of the Government if he would feel during his term of office that his every act might be subject to official inquiry and possible distortion for political purposes.’ I, too, shall adhere to this
precedent. However, because the issue of aid to the Hanoi Government is currently under consideration in the Congress, and without waiving the separation of powers principle, I want to be as helpful as I can in providing voluntarily my recollection of events surrounding the aid negotiation.” He goes on to quote from his ‘Address to the Nation on Plan for Peace in Vietnam’ of January 25, 1972, from the Peace Agreement of January 23, 1973, and from his message to Pham van dong of February 1, 1973. He continues: “The aid proposal was not at any time presented to them as a part of the ‘price’ to obtain the Peace Agreement. Dr. Kissinger and I consistently and repeatedly rejected the idea that aid was to be provided as ‘reparations.’ Throughout we indicated that, just as we helped our enemies in World War II—Germany and Japan—rebuild their economies, we would apply the same principle to Hanoi. The Hanoi Government has violated the agreement in areas too numerous to mention. They refused to withdraw their forces from Cambodia and Laos, as required by the Peace Agreement. By far their most blatant violation of the Agreement was their crossing the DMZ and massively invading South Vietnam in early 1975. There is no commitment of any kind, moral or legal, to provide aid to the Hanoi Government. On the contrary, I can think of no action which would be less justified or more immoral than to provide any aid whatever to the Hanoi Government, in view of their flagrant violations of the peace accords.” The second TLS, dated February 14, 1979, declines to testify before Wolff’s subcommittee and comments on the situation in China: “I see no useful purpose to be served by my trying to second-guess President Carter’s P.R.C. normalization decision. Any one of us might have handled the situation differently, but now that the decision has been made we should look to the future and not to the past. With regard to the questions you raised in your letter, Dr. Kissinger and I had extensive discussions with Chairman Mao and Premier Chou En-lai on the Taiwan issue in 1972. We could not reach an agreement and consequently stated our positions separately in the Shanghai Communique.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by associated correspondence from Nixon’s assistant, John V. Brennan, and some other related photocopies and transcripts. Starting Bid $2500
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Payment to the IRS by Richard Nixon, ten days after taking office as president
7106. Richard Nixon Signed Check as President. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Nixon as president, “Richard M. Nixon,” payable to Internal Revenue Service for $52.80, January 30, 1969. In fine condition. Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States only 10 days earlier. Starting Bid $200
7107. Richard Nixon Document Signed. DS, signed “Richard M. Nixon,”
one page, 7.25 x 4, January 11, 1963. Quaker City Federal Savings and Loan Association withdrawal application and receipt for $5000. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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7108. Richard Nixon Signed Book. Signed
book: RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Vols. I and II. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1988. Leather-bound hardcover in two volumes, 6.5 x 9.5, totaling 1118 pages. Signed in the first volume in black ink on a specially printed prefatory page by Richard Nixon. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7109. Richard Nixon Official White House Flag. Handsome official 29 x 21 White House flag featuring the presidential seal against a navy blue field, edged with white-and-gold fringe, dating to the Nixon administration. The presidential seal is finely embroidered and boasts hand-painted details in the eagle’s feathers, laurel, arrows, and “E Pluribus Unum” motto. Mounted and framed to an overall size of 34 x 26. In fine condition. Consignor notes that this flag was presented to his father by Bill Gulley, chief of the White House Military Office during the Nixon administration. Includes a letter from Gulley on White House letterhead, January 6, 1977, in part: “I have been asked to stay on with the Carter Administration which I will probably do…When things are more definite, I will be in touch…I will try and bring along the memorabilia that I previously mentioned.” Also includes a photograph of the consignor visiting with Gulley at the White House, and a brief letter of provenance explaining their relationship. Starting Bid $200
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Rare presidential speech notes— Ford addresses the American recession of 1975
7110. Gerald Ford 1975 Conference Board Speech Lot. Rare grouping of three items relating to President Ford’s address to the Conference Board at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 1975. The group is highlighted by a typed fifth draft of Ford’s speech, eight pages, January 21, 1975, copiously emended and annotated in pencil by the president. The speech is accompanied by an ALS in pencil, signed with his initials, “GRF,” written on a sheet of Aboard Air Force One letterhead, and a one-page “Clear-
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ance Form for Presidential Speech Material,” which bears an ANS in the upper right corner, initialed in red felt tip, “GRF, Change as per Alan Greenspan, p. 12.” The form, directed to the president from Paul A. Theis, lists the following fields: Speechwriter, “Bakshian,” Editors, “Casserly / Theis,” and Basic Research/Speech Material Supplier, “Scheduling Office and Research Office, Economic Policy,” with a clearance list at the bottom initialed by several White House personnel members. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $500
7111. Gerald Ford Signed Check. William Morris Agency
business check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by agency executive Larry Lewis, payable to Gerald R. Ford & Betty Ford for $1,666.67, October 13, 1977, endorsed on the reverse in ink, “Enclosed for deposit only in the account of Gerald R. Ford in Bank of America, Gerald R. Ford.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
7112. Gerald Ford Signed Check. Personal check, 6 x
2.75, filled out and signed by Dorothy E. Hessler, payable to Gerald R. Ford for $3.75, January 11, 1971, endorsed on the reverse in ink, “Gerald R. Ford.” The memo field notes, “Stationery Account,” and the reverse is stamped, “For Deposit with the United States Treasurer, to the Account of Stationery Room, U. S. House of Representatives.” In fine condition. Dorothy Hessler (later Dorothy Downton) joined Ford’s congressional staff in 1967, remaining as his personal secretary until 1980: during his time as vice president, president, and his first few postpresidential years. Starting Bid $200
7113. Jimmy Carter and Warren E. Burger Signed Photograph. Glossy 10 x 8 photo of
President Carter meeting with Chief Justice Burger, signed in black felt tip, “J. Carter” and “Warren E. Burger.” In fine condition, with a tiny stain to the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200
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The actor-turned-president halfheartedly thanks co-star Barbara Stanwyck for “top billing”
7114. Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, signed “Ron,” one page, 6.75
x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 2, 1981. Handwritten letter to film actress Barbara Stanwyck, in full: “I’m very late in responding to your nice letter of June 17 and I’m sorry. Let me say however it isn’t all my fault. It sometimes is quite a spell before mail gets through the bureaucratic maze and lands on my desk. Nancy & I were happy to hear from you and wish we could have been at Lincoln Center. Nancy sends her love as do I and we were both delighted that you were honored. You deserve it. Incidentally I appreciate your willingness to give me top billing in the picture but it might have set me
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back—RR as…? Anyway thanks and from both of us, warmest regards.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, with Reagan adding Stanwyck’s name and his secretary filling out the address area, as well as a handsome custom-made quarter-leather case. Reagan’s “top billing” comment is in reference to the 1954 film Cattle Queen of Montana, an action-adventure Western which co-starred Stanwyck as the heroine Sierra Nevada Jones and Reagan as Farrell, a hired gunman who helps protect her from Indians and a greedy rancher. An interesting letter showing Reagan’s attempt to separate his Hollywood persona from his political career. Starting Bid $1000
President Reagan to the former Prime Minister
“We truly consider the BritishAmerican relationship to be special”
7115. Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed as President.
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, April 15, 1985. A cordial letter to Lord Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in full: “Thank you very much for your kind letter. Your generous words about the United States and especially my Administration were most gratifying; all the more so coming from a former Prime Minister and renowned British politician. I wish to reiterate how highly we value our close ties with Great Britain. We truly consider the British-American relationship to be special. Your current lecture tour serves to reinforce our bonds by helping to make America’s youth more aware of the challenges before us. Again thank you for writing; it was most thoughtful.” In fine condition. A charming signed letter from President Reagan, for many the
defining voice of modern American conservatism, directed to Wilson, one of the most high-profile Labor Prime Ministers, whose dealings with President Lyndon B. Johnson all but cooled the ‘special relationship’ once shared by the United Kingdom and the United States. According to British historian John Dickie, ‘even the most ardent Atlanticists were surprised at the sudden cooling of the Special Relationship so soon after the end of the Kennedy-Macmillan era.’ In particular, Wilson’s prime ministership ‘set the scene for a decline which continued for fifteen years until Margaret Thatcher rekindled the special warmth of the partnership with Ronald Reagan.’ The inherent ideological differences between the two make this letter all the more amusing given that Reagan and Wilson, in theory, would have been at odds on many political issues of the time. Starting Bid $500
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Reagan thanks Jonathan Winters, his former Dean Martin Show roaster, for his “generous words” 7116. Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed as President. ALS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House
letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter to actor Jonathan Winters, in full: “It was good to hear from you and I appreciate your generous words. Nancy sends her best and I’m happy to join your collection.” In fine condition, with light irregular toning. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Profiles in History affirming that the letter was obtained “directly from Jonathan Winters, to whom the letter was addressed.” Starting Bid $300
“I write this from AFII, our vacation interrupted by the Soviet shoot down”
7117. George Bush Autograph Letter Signed as Vice President. ALS as vice president, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25,
vice presidential letterhead, September 2, 1983. Letter to “Bruce,” in full: “I write this from AFII, our vacation interrupted by the Soviet shoot down. Thanks for the beautiful picture of Wallen Point. It hangs happily in our living room. I tried to call today but 646-2756 produced some semi-irate guy and ‘info’ was not helpful. Please tell George Carpenter how much Barb & I like his work.” In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing, and a stain to the top of the first page. The “Soviet shoot down” refers to the Korean Air Lines Flight 007, shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor on September 1st, resulting in the loss of 269 lives, including 61 Americans. The incident was one of the most tense of the Cold War. Starting Bid $200
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7118. George Bush and Congressional Leaders Signed Stamp Sheet. Desirable sheet of 12 three-cent postage stamps
depicting the United States Capitol, affixed to an 8.5 x 11 sheet of House of Representatives Speaker’s Rooms stationery, signed in felt tip by George Bush, Tip O’Neill, Jim Wright, Alan Simpson, Thomas Foley, Robert Byrd, Bob Michel, Alan Cranston, Trent Lott, and Bob Dole. Bush and O’Neill respectively add their positions as “Vice-Pres.” and “Speaker.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
President Clinton considers a “middle income tax cut” 7119. Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed as President. TLS as president, signed “Bill,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, January 5, 1995. Letter to David Leopoulos, in part: “Thanks for your letter of December 14 and for your suggestions about a middle income tax cut…Thanks, too, for your recipe for success. Your perspective means a lot to me. Does your recipe come with a warranty?” President Clinton adds a handwritten postscript: “The single mother should have received a significant tax cut through the Earned Income Tax Credit, in 93 and again in 94—please check that out.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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The Clintons certify that they have “incurred legal expenses in connection with the Whitewater matter”
7120. Bill and Hillary Clinton Document Signed as President and First Lady. DS, signed as president, “Bill
Clinton,” and as first lady, “Hillary Rodham Clinton,” one page, 8.5 x 11, individually dated March 5 and 7, 1999. In full: “This will certify that we have incurred legal expenses in connection with the Whitewater matter, from November 1, 1998 to January 31, 1999, in an amount of $1,034,043.58, as reflected on the attached statement of Williams & Connolly, dated March 3, 1999, as certified by David E. Kendall, Esq. A total of $3,737,228.06 is presently due for billed but unpaid legal fees and expenses. We further certify that we are familiar with the legal services rendered, that we have read the Clinton Legal Expense Trust Indenture, dated February 17, 1998, and that we believe these legal expenses are appropriate for reimbursement by the Trust.” Signed and dated at the conclusion in blue ink by the president, and signed and dated below in black ballpoint by the first lady. In very fine condition. Both the Williams & Connolly Statement for Legal Services Rendered and the
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Certification by Counsel are included, totaling five additional pages; two are signed by David E. Kendall, the attorney best remembered for having advised President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal, and for representing him during his impeachment trial. This presidential-signed document dates to an extremely litigious period during the Clinton administration. The Clinton Legal Expense Trust was formed in 1998 to continue raising money for legal expenses towards the Whitewater real estate controversy involving President and First Lady Clinton, as well as the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the president on May 6, 1994. The trust also covered expenses in a second campaign fundraising controversy, legal fees resulting from the Monica Lewinsky matter, and the ongoing Clinton impeachment. Fascinating insight into the legal defense fund of the nation’s 42nd chief executive. Starting Bid $1000
7121. Bill Clinton Signed Campaign Sign. Original campaign sign from the 1992 Democratic presidential primary,
19 x 10, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “Greg—Thanks, Bill Clinton.” In very good condition, with a vertical fold at center, diagonal creases to lower portion, and other lighter scattered creasing. Accompanied by a provenance statement from the original recipient, stating that the signature was acquired at the Goodwin Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut on March 19, 1992. On this date, Paul Tsongas dropped out of the race—essentially handing the nomination to Arkansas’ youthful governor. Clinton gave a rousing, twenty-minute speech before an enthusiastic crowd of supporters—these signs were seen throughout the audience. Starting Bid $200
7122. George W. Bush Signed Book. Signed
book: Out of Many, One. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2021. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 10.25, 208 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black felt tip by George W. Bush. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Amid the greatest financial crisis since the Depression, President Obama remains optimistic on economy
7123. Barack Obama Autograph Letter Signed as President. Rare ALS as
“Things will keep getting better”
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president, one page, 6.5 x 4, White House stationery card, postmarked January 11, 2010. Handwritten letter to Jennifer Cline, in full: “Thanks for the very kind and inspiring letter. I know times are tough, but knowing there are folks out there like you and your husband give me confidence that things will keep getting better!” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelopes, as well as a copy of a Huffington Post article from November 2, 2010, which lends background on the recipient, Jennifer Cline, and the original sale of the letter. During his State of the Union speech on January 27, 2010, Obama declared ‘the markets are now stabilized, and we’ve recovered most of the money we spent on the banks.’ From the time of that message to the day Obama left office, an on-the-mend US economy created about 2.4 million jobs per year. An inspiring message of hope relating to what is perhaps Obama’s greatest accomplishment—handwritten letters from Obama as president remain especially scarce. Starting Bid $1000
Signed reproduction of Obama’s goodwill letter to President Trump 7124. Barack Obama Signed Souvenir Letter to Donald Trump. Souvenir typescript replicating Barack Obama’s infa-
mous Inauguration Day letter to Donald Trump [Jan. 20, 2017], two pages on mock 5.75 x 9 White House letterhead, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip, “Barack Obama.” In part: “Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure...Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Flown over the Capitol during President Obama’s historic 2009 inauguration
7125. Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration Flag. Very desirable 5´ x 8´ cotton American flag that was flown over the United
States Capitol during the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Includes a printed presentation certificate from Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, in part: “This is to certify that the accompanying flag was flown over the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009. At the request of the Honorable Peter A. DeFAzio, Member of Congress, this flag was flown on the occasion of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original box. Barack Obama made history when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, becoming the first African-American president in the history of the United States. Starting Bid $200
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“Ivana is Great”— Trump signs a book for his ex-wife’s employee 7126. Donald Trump Signed Book. Signed book: The Art
of the Comeback. First edition. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “To Chick, Best Wishes, Donald Trump, Ivana is Great.” In fine condition. The consignor notes that he worked in merchandising for House of Ivana, a fashion and fragrance company run by Trump’s ex-wife Ivana. A unique inscription boasting a trademark of Trump’s vocabulary—”great”—and revealing an appreciation for the mother of his children Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. Starting Bid $200
“Thanks for taking the time to listen”—the 30-year-old Senator Biden signs at one of his first speaking gigs
7127. Joe Biden Signature. Vintage felt tip signature and inscription, “To Charles, Thanks for taking the time to listen and
also thanks for being so polite with me. Best wishes, Joe Biden,” on a pale yellow 5 x 4.5 album page, annotated along the top by the collector: “18 May 1973 - City Club.” In very fine condition. Biden, the newly minted 30-year-old senator from Delaware, spoke before the City Club of Cleveland on May 18, 1973. A recording of the hour-long talk reemerged with Biden’s presidential candidacy, offering a time capsule of his views on race and party politics. In 2019, Cleveland.com observed: ‘The recording highlights the paradox of Biden as someone simultaneously ahead of and behind the times. The presentation was sprinkled with off-color jokes that were dated even for the 1970s mixed with truly liberal talking points—including bemoaning the role of money in politics and advocating for public financing of federal elections—and the frank, blue-collar persona for which Biden is almost universally known.’ Starting Bid $200
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Section 1 The Parties1.1 RR Auction and Auction This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction.com Internet site. The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Conditions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog. 1.2 Bidder Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal. The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale. Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder. All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction. If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bidder is acting By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. Section 2 Bidding Privileges
2.1 In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established an account with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collectibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to contact references. Privileges will be granted at the sole discretion of RR Auction. Additionally, Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide a cash deposit prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related industry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue. 2.2 Bidder providing any false or misleading information provided in connection with the registration shall be a material breach of the Conditions of Sale and in addition to any other remedies at law shall excuse RR Auction from performance under these Conditions of Sale, including the right to any refund. 2.2 Bidding privileges may be revoked without notice, for any reason, at the sole discretion of RR Auction . Section 3 Buyer’s Premium 3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. Buyer’s premium for our Sports Auctions is 20%. For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s election, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate. Section 4 Bidding 4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auction (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. 4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a reoffering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing. RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder. 4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder. 4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession. 4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder fur-
ther grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reasonably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum indebtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid. 4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction. 4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders. Section 5 Bidding Options 5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be on-increment. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid. 5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. 5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. 5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Section 6 Payment
6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. 6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. 6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. 6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. 6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@ rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service provider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card. Section 7 Sales Tax RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. Please go to our terms on our website to see the states that are affected.
6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder.
If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases.
6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot.
If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax.
6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.
The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%. Pennsylvania sales or use tax may be due in connection with the purchase and delivery of tangible personal property to Pennsylvania individuals and businesses. The purchaser is required to file a use tax return if tax is due in connection with the purchase and delivery in the Commonwealth. This notice is required pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971. 72 P.S. ¤ 7213.2.
Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or
credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. Section 9 Title Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Section 10 Rights Reserved RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time. Section 11 Conducting the Auction 11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. 11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. 11.3 Reserves Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve. 11.4 Off-Site Bidding Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form. 11.5 Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). 11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.
11.7 Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. 11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. 11.9 Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice. 11.10 Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. 11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/ EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/ EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. 11.12 Bidding - Internet Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from
those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable. com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. 11.13 Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with ”donot-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. 11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety. Section 12 RR Auction’s Remedies Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under subpart (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Section 13 Warranties
13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices. 13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly. 13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. Section 14 Firearms RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm. Section 15 Unauthorized Statements Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Section 16 Bidder’s Remedies 16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only.
16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures. 16.3 Title to Items The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. 16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process (1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim. (2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. 16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner: (1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and
(2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID. 16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00. Section 17 RR Auction’s Additional Services For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Section 18 Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Section 19 Entire Agreement Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement 20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. 20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding
arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential. 20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS. 20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. 20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding. 20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction. 20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis. 20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction (along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and
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Section 22 Glossary of Condition terms Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction. Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows: VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important. Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion. Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.
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