Fine Autographs and Artifacts September 12, 2018
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AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts. He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, was a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
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STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION
Steve Zarelli is a recognized authority in the field of astronaut autographs. His findings have been published in the definitive space collecting reference Relics of the Space Race, and he has contributed articles to the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine, Autograph Times magazine, and the UACC signature study Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Zarelli Space Authentication also provides authentication consulting services to James Spence Authentication (JSA), Sportscard Guaranty Authentic (SGC), and PSA/DNA Authentication. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*
ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL
Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*
PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES
For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Autograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS
Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.
RENATO SAGGIORI
With more than 50 years in the European autograph market, Renato is considered an expert on the manuscripts of European royalty, scientists, painters, and writers. He is also considered the leading authority on papal autographs and manuscripts. His 2006 book, The Popes - Five Centuries of Signatures, is an indispensible reference tool.
BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES
With more than 45 years combined experience in the field, Brian and Maria are two of the nation’s leading experts in Civil War autographs and manuscripts.
JAMES CAMNER
James is a leading classical music autograph dealer. With more than 35 years experience, he is a founding member of PADA, an authenticator for PSA/DNA, a member of the ABAA, and an author of over ten published books on related subjects.
RICH CONSOLA
Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authenticators worldwide.
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CONTENTS
Presidents and First Ladies.................................................................................4 Notables............................................................................................................56 Royalty..............................................................................................................85 Military.............................................................................................................138 Aviation............................................................................................................157 Space..............................................................................................................160 Art, Architecture, and Design...........................................................................170 Comic Art and Animation ................................................................................181 Literature.........................................................................................................184 Music.............................................................................................................. 203 Classic Entertainment.....................................................................................226 The John Brennan Collection .........................................................................243 Sports............................................................................................................. 250 Conditions of Sale.......................................................................................... 256
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presidents & first ladies
Washington announces a reward for the return of runaway slaves, just hours after the Battles of Lexington and Concord
1. George Washington. Extraordinary Revolutionary War–
dated manuscript DS, signed “Go: Washingto[n],” one page, 7.25 x 8.25, April 20, 1775. Draft for an ad to be published in the Virginia Gazette. In part (missing letters in brackets are from the published ad): “Forty Dollars [Reward] Ran away from the Subscriber...Thomas Spears...He is 5 feet 61⁄2 inches high, Slender made with light [co]loured hair, short, light grey or blue eyes-a little pock m[arked] and freckled. He was born in Bristol...rather slow in his manner of talking-he had on...a Coat Waistcoat & Breeches a light Coloured Waistcoat & Old leath[er] Breeches-check and Oznabrig shirts with Stockings...ribbed Ditto a hat almost & Oznabrig Trousers quite new-William Webster a Scotchman, 30 odd years of age & talks pretty broad. He is about five feet 6 inches high...light brown hair short a round face. He had a...coloured coat pretty much worn with black horn [b]uttons a Duffield Waistcoat Breeches like Spears Oznabrig Trousers & Oznabrig shirts. Whoever apprehends the said Servants & delivers them to me at my dwelling House in Fairfax County shal receive the above reward of Forty Dollars or Twenty Dollars for each.” Attractively matted and framed with an image of Washington crossing the Delaware. In good condition, with professional repairs to significant paper loss (affecting some words and last letter of signature), final letter of the signature in-painted with iron gall ink, and some toning and soiling. Oversized. The day after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Washington was busy handling the affairs of Mount Vernon, namely locating two recent runaway servants. Somewhat uneasy about keeping slaves (although he did own several), Washington kept a large number of indentured servants on his plantation to fulfill his need for skilled workmen-in this case Thomas Spears, a joiner, and William Webster, a brick-maker. Subjected to stringent regulations and compelled to complete their terms of service, they were pursued and brought back by force if they ran away, and the papers of the day were full of advertisements for such absconders. This ad written by Washington was printed in the May 4, 1775, edition of the Virginia Gazette, and again on the 12th, and the two men were returned to his plantation within the year. An interesting document, written just two months before he would find himself in command of the Continental Army. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Unique handwritten Adams family volume, presented by its presidential patriarch eleven months before his death
2. John Adams. Unique volume of handwritten poems, quotes, and drawings by members and friends of the Adams family, presented to a young member of John Adams’s daughter-in-law’s family whom he considered a granddaughter, Susan Dayton Harrod Boyd, eleven months before his death. Signed on a free end page in ink by the elderly former president, “John Adams,” with an inscription in the hand of his granddaughter, Elizabeth Coombs Adams, based partially on a verse from the Old Testament Ecclesiastes 12:1: “My young friend, Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth and in the extreme stage of thine old age, He will be thy comfort and support…Quincy, August 8th 1825.” John Adams makes a correction in his own hand, adding “est” to “extreme.” The volume is hardcover with marbled boards, 5 x 7.75, with a red leather spine with gilt line decorations. Adams was plagued by arthritis in his later years, an affliction evident in his shaky signature. Susan Dayton Harrod Boyd’s father, Charles Harrod, was the brother of Anna Nancy Harrod Adams, the wife of John Adams’s son Thomas Boylston Adams. John Adams was very close to Anna’s family including Susan, so much so he considered Susan one of his grandchildren. Susan’s ownership signature is in pencil on the front pastedown endpaper: “Ever remember your friends, Susan and Elvira, Dec 19 1827.” In addition, the volume is mostly filled with poems, letters, and drawings from John Adams’s family members and friends, including Elizabeth Coombs Adams, J. Dodge, Caroline and Elizabeth Harrod, Walter Scott, and many others. In very good condition, with scattered staining and foxing, not affecting the signature.
Volumes signed and presented by John Adams are virtually unobtainable and highly desirable with only a handful having been sold in the past 50 years at auction; however, the present volume is unique and personal in that it contains a presentation inscription from John Adams to a close family member shortly before his death and a series of manuscripts handwritten by members of the Adams family. Provenance: 1. 2nd President of the United States John Adams with his presentation signature eleven months before his death 2. Gifted by John Adams to a relative he considered a granddaughter, Susan Dayton Harrod Boyd, with her ownership signature 3. Inherited by Susan’s son, Charles Harrod Boyd 4. Inherited by Charles’ daughter, Emily Dearborn Boyd, with her ownership signature on the front pastedown endpaper: “Emily Dearborn Boyd–, from Father, 1905–” 5. Inherited by Emily’s grandson, Charles Boyd Coleman, Jr. 6. Purchased from the estate of Charles Boyd Coleman, Jr. by Gray Collections Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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1800 ship’s papers signed by Adams and Pickering
3. John Adams. Exceptional partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 15.5, August 16, 1800. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Nath’l Packard Junior—master or commander of the Schooner called Commerce…lying at present in the port of Providence bound for New Providence [Bahamas] and laden with Sundry Merchandise per Clearance.” Prominently signed in the right portion by President Adams and countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. The white paper seal remains affixed to left portion. Framed to a slightly larger size. In very good to fine condition, with light staining, splitting along folds, and a trivial area of paper loss; Adams’s beautiful signature is bold and unaffected. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Desirable land grant issued for “Military Services” or “propagating the gospel among the Heathen” 4. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 11.5 x 12, July 7, 1801. Desirable military land grant issued “in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the first day of June 1796, entitled ‘An Act regulating the grants of Land appropriated for Military Services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen.’” Signed at the conclusion by President Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary of State Madison. The wrinkled paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. Impressively doublecloth-matted and framed with portraits of both to an overall size of 33.5 x 19. In very good condition, with overall wrinkling, and staining rendering the body of the document mostly unreadable, however both signatures are completely legible (Jefferson’s is light, but Madison’s quite bold). This type of land grant was typically issued as compensation for military service during the Revolutionary War—a desirable example signed by two founding fathers. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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“A murder of some friendly Indians a little beyond Fort Pitt is likely to defeat our efforts to make a general peace”
5. Thomas Jefferson. Terrific ALS signed as secretary of state, “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.75 x 10, March 28, 1791. Letter to James McHenry, a participant in the Constitutional Convention from Maryland, providing intriguing news from both home and abroad. In full: “Having sent your letters to Mr. Short with a desire that he will, as far as is right, patronize the applications which shall be made to the minister on your demand, instead of destroying your first letter to Messr. Le Couteux, I have thought it better to return it to you, in proof that your desires have been complied with.—a murder of some friendly Indians a little beyond Fort Pitt is likely to defeat our efforts to make a general peace, & to render the combination in war against us more extensive. This was done by a party of Virginians within the limits of Pennsylvania.—The only news from Europe interesting to us is that the Brit. Parl. is about to give free storage to American wheat carried to Engl’d in British bottoms for re-exportation. in this case we must make British bottoms lading with wheat, pay that storage here, in the form of a duty, & give it to American bottoms lading with the same article, in order not to keep our vessels on a par as to transportation of our own produce, but to shift the meditated advantage into their scale, at least so say I.” Housed in an attractive custom-made leather-bound folder with clamshell case. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and creasing. Before his election to the Senate in the fall of 1791, Maryland signer James McHenry served in the state Assembly and was actively engaged in the mercantile business. Although a staunch Federalist, McHenry shared many of Jefferson’s views on issues both domestic and foreign. After mentioning the murder of Indians and predicting the ramifications of the crime, Secretary Jefferson turns his attention to news abroad and reports on wheat export with England, suggesting a duty to balance what is being proposed by British Parliament. A phenomenal, cleanly penned letter rife with content significant to the growth of America. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“I informed Mr. Gallatin of what had passed between us here” 6. Thomas Jefferson.
ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, April 27, 1804. Letter to Wilson Cary Nicholas written from Monticello, regarding his appointment as collector of the port of Norfolk. In full: “In a letter of Apr. 15 I informed Mr. Gallatin of what had passed between us here, and desired him to take the measures for winding up the commission at Norfolk with as little delay as should be consistent with a resignation. He says in an answer of the 19th no previous movement here, nor time is wanted for winding up Mr. Davies’s business, but on being informed of Mr. N’s intention to accept, I will at once write to Mr. D that he may resign & to Mr. N that he may repair to Norfolk. Until I hear from him, or from you, I will continue silent? I have this day informed him that he misunderstood my letter, which was meant to say that you had made up your mind to accept, and desiring him to let the change be now made & notified to you as quickly as possible; so that I presume you will hear from him about the 7th of May, at which time I shall probably be on the road to Washington. But I imagine his letter will enable you to set out immediately for Norfolk, should your commission not have been made out before my arrival at Washington, I will send it, on my arrival, to Warren, or to the care of your brother in Richmond, as you shall advise me. If you do this immediately, I shall receive your letter here before my departure. Accept my affectionate salutations and assurances of great respect & attachment.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, staining to the left side from old mounting residue on the reverse, repaired paper loss to the lower left corner, and complete professional silking to the back. In this interesting letter, Jefferson makes reference to Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, and discusses Nicholas’s appointment as collector of Norfolk. A resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820) had served in the American Revolution and became commander of General George Washington’s Life Guard. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1784, he supported Madison’s stand for religious liberty and championed the adoption of the Federal Constitution. He became an ardent Jeffersonian, worked with Jefferson and Madison in the formulation of the anti-Federalist Virginia Resolutions, and in 1799 was elected to the Senate, where he served until 1804, when he resigned to become collector of the port of Norfolk. After a term of three years, he returned to Washington as a congressman in 1807. In 1814, Nicholas was chosen as governor of Virginia, and the following year his daughter Jane married Jefferson’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. He was a strong supporter of education, and aided Jefferson in developing his plan for the University of Virginia. A desirable presidential letter boasting both personal and political associations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Secretary of State Madison on diplomatic controversy in Haiti
7. James Madison. ALS as secretary of state, three pages
on two sheets, 8 x 9.75, June 5, 1801. Letter to Tench Coxe, in part: “My health has somewhat mended since my arrival, but it is chiefly so in comparison with the low state of it in which I left home, having been reduced by a spell of sickness just before that period, below my ordinary standard. I now beg you to accept my particular acknowledgment for your several important communications…The gentlemen alluded to in one of them, has been with me and has deposited a memorial full of details, with a bundle of documents to support them…In general the memorial & the vouchers to it, are meant to vindicate himself & in so doing to criminate his adversary, than to unfold the interior policy of the administration. There are however some things in these papers, which merit attention in tracing other things of more importance to their source. I find in the files of the Dept. much of counter effort on the part of his adversary to clear himself, and to recriminate. It is very possible that in a hasty & indeed imperfect examination of the controversy, I may not be able to do justice to the parties; but it would seem that each has been successful in vindicating himself on some points, and in establishing blame on his opponent or others. The points however are of very unequal importance, and as
yet I see nothing proven on our acquaintance beyond indiscretion, except a transaction of a very old date, and unconnected with his office, which itself may admit of many instigations. In order to judge fairly of the demerits of the other party, it will be necessary to understand more thoroughly than I yet do the precise division of responsibility between him & his superiors. With respect to the general measures & views of the administration I must question whether the communications of any individuals, will add much light to that which is left in the archives, which are pretty full & very little disguised. The President has been much delayed in some arrangements, partly by others still more pressing, partly by the difficulty of adjusting them, so as but to combine the primary & subordinate considerations on which they depend. In Pennsylvania this delay has been more considerable perhaps than elsewhere. It is much to be hoped, on public as well as personal grounds that it may be as little protracted as possible, and I am persuaded, that the solicitude of the P. is not less than mine on the subject.” In fine condition, with light toning along edges and folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Land grant for Revolutionary War service “in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment” 8. James Madison. Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 12 x 15, January 11, 1816. Desirable military land grant, in part: “In consideration of Military Service, performed by Joseph Braun, a Soldier for the War, to the United States, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment…There is granted, by the United States, unto… assignees…a certain Tract of Land containing Fifty acres.” Signed at the conclusion by President Madison and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. A partial paper seal remains affixed at lower left. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and staining, small areas of vellum loss, and part of the seal missing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Re-establishing the diplomatic intercourse” with Spain in the aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase 9. James Monroe. LS as secretary of state, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.5 x 12.75, November 30, 1815. Letter to Anthony Morris in Madrid, in part: “It is agreeable to find…that the Spanish government had acceded to the proposition contained in my letter to Mr. Cevallos…re-establishing the diplomatic intercourse between the two countries, and had thus opened the way for a settlement of differences which have too long subsisted between them. It is probable that Mr. Brent may have been received as Secretary of the Legation, in which case your further services at Madrid becoming unnecessary, you will consider your mission as brought to a conclusion. Seeing that you are in want of supplies, I have enclosed duplicate copies of a letter to the bankers at Amsterdam, giving you authority to draw upon them for four thousand dollars. It is desirable however, that you should avail yourself of this credit no further than you may find necessary, as it is with much difficulty and considerable loss that remittances can now be made to the bankers from this country; reserving whatever balance may be due you beyond these expences, for payment on your return.” In very good to fine condition, with small archival tape repairs to splitting along the horizontal folds. The difficulties between Spain and the United States stemmed from the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, a territory which Spain had ceded to France, and France subsequently sold to the United States. Claiming that the sale was illegal, Spain worked unsuccessfully to recover the lands and disputed the bounds of the territory. This claim, and the counter-claims of the United States, resulted in contentious negotiations with Napoleon and nearly led to war. Anthony Morris had been sent to Spain in 1813, endeavoring to dissuade the Spanish from allowing Great Britain to use Florida as a springboard for an attack into the United States. His mission is chronicled in H. L. Dufour Woolfley’s 2013 biography A Quaker Goes to Spain: The Diplomatic Mission of Anthony Morris, 1813–1816. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Releasing subjects of Sweden and Denmark “made captive on board enemy merchant vessels” 10. James Monroe. LS as secretary of state, signed “Jas. Mon-
roe,” one page, 7.75 x 9, November 13, 1812. Letter to a gentleman, authorizing the release of captured sailors. In part: “I have to request you to deliver over to the consuls, or other authorised agent, of Sweden and Denmark, persons made captive on board enemy merchant vessels and claiming to be the subjects of either of those powers. Previous to such delivery, however, you are to require from the said consuls or other agents, respectively in every instance, a declaration in writing, that the party to be thus liberated is a subject of the king of Denmark or of the king of Sweden.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with toning along folds and edges. This letter dates to just five months after America’s declaration of war against England in the War of 1812, in which disputes over merchant shipping, privateering, and the impressment of sailors all played a major role. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Protecting American trade vessels during the War of 1812
11. James Monroe. War-dated DS, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 8 x 10.25, August 28, 1812. Printed circular headed “Additional Instruction to the public and private armed vessels of the United States.” In part: “The public and private armed vessels of the United States are not to interrupt any vessels belonging to citizens of the United States coming from British ports to the United States laden with British merchandize, in consequence of the alledged repeal of the British Orders in Council.” Signed at the conclusion by Secretary of State Monroe. In very good to fine condition, with a small tear to one word of text, and ink erosion substantially affecting Monroe’s signature.
The US Congress declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, as the result of several diplomatic conflicts, including the British ‘Orders in Council,’ a series of decrees that restricted American trade with France. The British were in the process of repealing these at the same time, but word of repeal did not reach President Madison until August 12. Not knowing how Britain had reacted to the declaration of war, he refused to halt hostilities. However, he did have Secretary of State Monroe issue this instruction in response to the “alledged repeal,” ordering naval and privateering ships to assist, rather than obstruct, any American-owned ships bringing British goods back to the United States. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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12. James Monroe. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 17.75,
July 31, 1824. A grant for a 125-acre parcel of land, issued to James Harrison, “a Lieutenant for three years,” under the provisions of “An Act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north west of the river Ohio.” Signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. Beige paper seal remains affixed to the lower left. Matted to a slightly larger size. In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the upper right and lower right corners (near, but not affecting, the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
1844 Massachusetts Resolutions report from John Quincy Adams, seeking to postpone an amendment to the US Constitution 13. John Quincy Adams. Desirable DS, 23 total
pages, 6.5 x 9.75, April 4, 1844. Report on the Massachusetts Resolutions entitled “Mr. Adams’s Report,” issued as No. 404 of the House of Representatives, 28th Congress, 1st Session. The report reads, in part: “Mr. Adams from the Select Committee of nine, appointed on the 22d of December last, on the Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in behalf of himself and Mr. Giddings, made the following report: The subscribers, forming the minority of the Select Committee to which were referred the resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts of 23d March, 1843, proposing to Congress to recommend according to the provisions of the 5th article of the Constitution of the United States, an amendment to the said Constitution…is not, at this time, expedient to recommend the amendment…The subscribers are under a deep and settled conviction that the provision in the Constitution of the United States, as it has been and is yet construed, and which the resolves of the Legislation of Massachusetts propose to discard and erase therefrom, is repugnant to the first and vital principles of republican popular representation; to the self-evident truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence…to the liberties of the whole people of all the free States, and of all that portion of the people of the States where domestic slavery is established, other than the owner of slaves themselves.” Signed at the top of the first page in ink, “John Quincy Adams,” and countersigned by J. R. Giddings. Housed in a custom clothbound presentation folder. In very good condition, with light soiling and staining, and heavy bleeding to Adams’s signature due to the porous nature of the paper. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Defending Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse in a controversy over his smallpox vaccine 14. John Quincy Adams. Handwritten
manuscript by John Quincy Adams, unsigned, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.75 x 8, no date but circa early 1800s. Adams defends Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse in his controversy with the Medical Society over the use of a vaccination against smallpox. The manuscript begins: “In the conduct of a controversy, one of the best tests for discovering the real merits of the question is to observe the general management of the parties…The Medical Society, at their last meeting in June felt themselves heinously aggrieved, at certain intimations in a publication of Dr. Waterhouse dated the 19th of April last—Why were the Medical Society aggrieved? Dr. Waterhouse had stated two facts, in the refutation of which the Society felt their honour to be concerned—They felt their honour to be deeply concerned—So much so, that they formally referr’d Dr. W’s publication to their Counsellors for a written report—The Counsellors accordingly examined, reported, and by a solemn vote of the Society the report was published.” Adams finds the conduct of the Society unsatisfactory, and takes apart its attacks on Dr. Waterhouse. He concludes: “The Society will in future it is hoped, beware how they make common cause with they know not whom, and deny facts merely because they do not appear upon their Records.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a complete typed transcript. British physician Edward Jenner had pioneered the smallpox vaccine in the late 1700s, and in 1802 received a parliamentary grant in recognition of his efforts against the disease. Jenner had corresponded with Waterhouse about the process and provided him with vaccine matter; with it, Waterhouse became the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States. In 1806, Waterhouse had a public dispute—a ‘newspaper war’—with the Massachusetts Medical Society, centered on his assertion that the Society had ignored his proposal to place the practice of smallpox vaccination under its direct control. Waterhouse found support from President Thomas Jefferson, as well as John Quincy Adams, his close friend who was, at the time, representing Massachusetts in the US Senate. An interesting and significant defense of an important early American doctor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
15. John Quincy Adams. ADS, signed “J. Q. Adams, Chairman,”
one page, 8 x 10, December 1834. Document penned by Adams as ex-president while serving in the House of Representatives, in full: “The members of the Committee of Manufactures, are requested to meet at the Chamber of the Committee, tomorrow morning, at eleven o’clock.” He lists the names of the members below: “Messrs. Denny, Dickerson N.J., Martindale, M’Comas, Osgood, Clowney, Cramer, Jackson of Conn’t.” At the bottom is a note by Adams’s son, the diplomat Charles Francis Adams, dated October 28, 1869, sending his father’s autograph to a collector: “I send you the above, but if you would like a letter in preference I will change it.” In fine condition, with light blocks of toning to the right side. As chairman of the House Committee of Manufactures, John Quincy Adams championed the the role of factories and manufacturing as a means of developing the nation’s economy and a way to become less dependent on European goods. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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16. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. Partly-printed
vellum DS, signed “J. Q. Adams” as president and “H. Clay” as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15, May 6, 1825. Scallop-top ship’s pass issued to “the Ship Ruth & Mary of Philadelphia, Daniel Brewton, master or commander of the burthen of two Hundred ninety two…tons or thereabouts mounted with one gun navigated with Fourteen men.” Signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by Clay. Lower left bears the original beige paper seal. Neatly matted and framed to an overall size of 15.25 x 19.25; the backing has a window for viewing the reverse. In very good to fine condition, with light overall rippling, and light toning along several folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Industry meets agriculture— patent signed by the president, secretary of state, and future chief justice 17. Andrew Jackson. Partlyprinted vellum DS as president, two pages, 11 x 14, September 28, 1831. A patent issued to “Benjamin Myers, A Citizen of the United States [who] hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement in the mode of constructing Mill Stones for grinding grain, hulling clover seeds, &c.” Signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston and Attorney General Roger B. Taney. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. The second page, still attached by the original red ribbon, describes the form of the mill stones, consisting of a ‘bed-stone’ and ‘runner.’ In very good condition, with scattered soiling (heavier to second page). A sought-after and attractive format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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18. Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Partly
printed vellum DS, signed “Andrew Jackson” as president and “M. Van Buren” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 14.75, June 3, 1830. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued to the “Schooner Charlotte, John Wilson master or commander of the burthen of Ninety six tons or thereabouts mounted with no guns navigated with Six men.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by Jackson and countersigned below by Van Buren. Framed and in very good condition, with moderately heavy overall creasing and rippling, small stains in the lower vignette, and a missing seal. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Vice President Van Buren endorses a Democratic Party statement “in favour of Equal Rights” 1 9. Ma rtin Va n Buren. ALS as vice
president, signed “M. Van Buren,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, July 6, 1836. Letter endorsing a statement of New York’s Democratic Party in favor of equal rights. In part: “I have had the Honor to receive your letter with an accompanying ‘Declaration of principles’ adopted by a ‘General Convention of the Democratic Party of the City and County of New York in favour of Equal Rights and opposed to all monopolies,’ and return you my thanks for this mark of your respect. In the great principle with which you set out, viz ‘that the true foundation of Republican Government is the equal rights of every Citizen, in his person & property, and in their management’ I fully concur, and honor and respect all temperate and well directed efforts to protect & enforce it. For my views in regard to other propositions contained in the declaration, and especially to those which relate to the subject of Banks, paper money, Specie currency, and monopolies, you must allow me to refer you to the acts of a public course of no inconsiderable duration in the State & Federal Governments, and to a succession of public declarations heretofore made by me.” In fine condition, with splitting to the hinge, and a few old tape repairs. At the Democratic Convention in 1835, Van Buren was chosen as the party’s next candidate for president. A desirable statement of Van Buren’s political sentiment in the weeks leading up to the presidential election. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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20. Martin Van Buren.
Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.25 x 10, July 11, 1839. President Van Buren authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to the order for the Pardon of Joseph Boardman.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Van Buren. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and a short fold split. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
21. Martin Van Buren. Scarce Bank of Kinderhook check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Van Buren, “M. Van Buren,” payable to E. C. for $5, October 3, 1860. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition, with light paper loss along the lower edge. Van Buren’s estate, known as Lindenwald, was located two miles south of the village of Kinderhook, New York. Starting Bid $200
22. Martin Van Buren. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 11 x 14.75, July 23, 1838. Scallop-top ship’s pass issued to “the Florida of New Bedford, Edmund Masefield, master or commander of the burthen of 329…tons or thereabouts mounted with no guns navigated with 29 men.” Signed at the conclusion by President Van Buren and countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Lower left bears the original white paper seal. Neatly matted and framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 17.25; the backing has a window for viewing the reverse. In fine condition, with a short tear to the right edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The former president on the topic of envy, invoking Shakespeare and the Bible 23. John Tyler. AMS, one page, 6.5 x 8, August
18, 1856. On the subject of envy, Tyler quotes from Shakespeare and delves back to Ancient Greece. In full: “There was wisdom and profound philosophy in the saying which Shakespeare in his Henry VIII puts into the mouth of Cardinal Wolsey in his last words to Cromwell, ‘Still in your right hand carry gentle peace, to silence envious tongues.’ It has been from the first, the fate of merit to excite envy. So was it in the primitive days, when Cain envied his brother Abel for his greater acceptability in the eyes of the creator, and so it will continue to be ‘to the last syllable of recorded time.’ The envious are never more gratified, than in exciting anger and bitter controversy. It is the food on which they live—deprive them of it, and they perish for the want of necessary aliment. If one has liv’d worthily, he may well content himself to let the envious find their own graves as they assuredly will if not swollen into the consequences by injudicious retort. History furnishes innumerable examples of this amongst the most remarkable of which is that of the distinguished Athenian who was followed to his lodgings by one who heap’d upon him all manner of abuse. Upon reaching his door, he calmly directed his torch-bearers to accompany the man safely to his own home; thus giving a reproof incalculably greater than blows would have inflicted, causing all Athens to applaud him for his forbearance and moderation. The shell in which Aristides wrote his own name for ostracism constitutes the most enduring monument to his memory.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Tyler and Webster approve an 1842 whaling voyage for a “Ship called Pacific” 24. John Tyler. Sought-after partly-printed DS as president,
signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 20 x 16, August 15, 1842. Fourlanguage ship’s paper issued to “Howland Leavell, master or commander of the Ship called Pacific…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and Utensils for a Whaling Voyage.” Boldly signed in the right panel by President Tyler and countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster. The white paper seal remains affixed to center portion. Matted and framed to an overall size of 27 x 23.25. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and toning, and old tape stains along the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Remarkable 16-page letter on the ‘confusing’ state of American politics during his post-presidential travels abroad 25. Franklin Pierce. ALS, sixteen pages on four sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8.25, October 24–25, 1858. Letter to Sidney Webster, his former private White House secretary, written from Florence, Italy. Pierce criticizes President Buchanan, mentions Jefferson Davis, discusses strife within the Democratic Party, and touches upon the 1858 election that resulted in Republican control of the House of Representatives. In part: “We reached here on the 11th inst. and the most pleasant thing which greeted me the day after our arrival was your long letter of the 12th ult. We are now very satisfactorily established at the hotel de la ville where we shall probably remain until December, perhaps longer. The city is finally situated upon the Arno…with a beautiful undulating country on either side, highly cultivated studded with villas and rising at many points several hundred feet above the valley. The city is literally filled with works of art, in the examination of which one may pleasantly and profitably spend six or eight weeks. I shall not write a word in the way of description because you will find all that so tastefully and thoroughly done by turning again to the admirable work of your neighbor Mr. Hillard. It has gratified my national pride to find that here no less than at home these are regarded as among the very best of the numerous volumes, which in modern time have been written upon Italy. Our journey from Geneva by way of St. Gothard to Lake Maggiore was delightful throughout. To Neuchatel we went by rail, thence across lakes Neuchatel and Bienne by steamboat, thence by rail again to Berne. Here Mr. Fay met us at the railroad station and was…assiduous in attending during our brief sojourn. With him we called on the president of the republic and visited various objects of interest. The capital thro’ the various parts of which the president conducted us is a little structure and commands a grand view of the Mont Blanc chain. From Berne to Thun is a perfectly charming little place upon the lake of that name…From Interlacken to Brinne by steamer from this little village Mrs. P. crossed the Brinne on horseback. We reached the border of Lake Lucern…After a day or two of much enjoyment at L. we crossed the lake again to Kussnacht which is at the base of the Rigi, the summit of which…from its elevation so much as from its isolated position, undoubtedly commands the finest view in Switzerland. We left our servants at Lucern to come to Wiggis the next day with the baggage by boat. We were amply repaid for the toil of the ascent of the Rigi which Mrs. Pierce made on horseback in three hours. I walked and from the steepness of the continuous descent I found my strength pretty seriously taxed before I reached the calm. Still we were richly compensated. The day was beautiful as we stood at last up on the top most peak half and hour before sunset and surveyed the scene of surpassing magnificence and beauty we lost all consciousness of fatigue. The next morning we descended to Wiggis and crossed another arm of the lake…The descriptions of grandeur of the St. Gothard Pass have not exceeded the truth. Mr
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Daniels was absent from Turin when we reached there but has since passed a day or two with us here. He has repurchased his interest (the quarter part) in The Examiner and expects soon to return to Richmond to resume the labors of editor. His resignation has been accepted but he does not know who is to succeed him. If Mr. Buchanan entertained the opinion of foreign ministers appointed by me which has been expressed by some persons who assume to speak for him, it is not easy to understand why one half of his official term should be allowed to elapse without replacing them with better & more competent men. If the changes which have already taken place after at Berlin, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Liverpool, etc. are to be taken as samples of what we may expect hereafter, it cannot I think be regarded as a mark of stupidity if the improvement is not readily perceived…. The struggle between the intellect and learning arranged on either side of the case at Newport must have been full of interest and instruction. Genl. Davis it seems has been making another speech at an agricultural fair in Maine which was highly praised in the Providence Journal (an opposition paper) which fell in my view a few days since. Were politicks in the U. States ever in greater confusion than at the present time. The New York Evening Post, Times, Tribune, & Herald are taken here but so far as I know in New England no New England paper except the Boston Traveller. It would be truly refreshing to see a copy of the Morning Post now and then. The last number of the Herald received here endeavors to prepare the public mind for the defeat of our party in Pennsylvania by saying that it has been so weakened by my blunders and maladministration, that it sunk down after the great struggle of 1856 in a state of complete exhaustion from which it had never been able to recover—notwithstanding the great strength which Mr. Buchanan’s official and personal popularity brings to its aid. If the Prest. does not get from the Satanic enough of this foolish adulation and rather too much assaults upon what are termed the factious members of our party Toombs & others I shall be surprized. Can you explain the cause of the frequent hits at Slidell & Bright. I see that…Martin has been nominated for Congress. Do the personal & political relations between him & Colo. Forney remain unchanged? If so how is his canvass to be conducted after the publication of the Colo.’s Tarrytown speech and subsequent letters? I should have said how was it conducted because I believe the election took place last week. I hope you saw Genl. Davis in Boston as anticipated at the date of yr. last letter. If you did, write me fully with regard to his health etc. etc. Speak more particularly too of your own health, yr habits of exercise, etc. I hope you have had Union this autumn and that you are in the saddle every day when the weather is tolerable. If you need money I think you had better get it of
Judge Minot. I think he may be able to furnish such amount as you may require from my funds…I shall be much interested in the account which I expect you to give me of the defense of the men charged with piracy. It cannot help doing you good. If your success is complete the fruits will be abundant, if otherwise partial failure, especially after the publication of your able opinion, will be attached to your modesty and want of practice and do you no harm in the end.” On October 25th, Pierce continues: “I have just returned from the reading room where I found the Tribune of the fifth inst. containing two columns of extracts from Colo. Forney’s letter and a prediction of great disasters to our party in the Pennsylvania election which took place on the 12th which I hope may not be verified by the results. I read with interest an article on the last page of the Boston Traveller of the 1st in which the writer while dissenting from some of the opinions expressed in a letter, which I have not seen, from Genl. Cushing to Mr. Martin and others says ‘of living Americans Genl. Cushing is perhaps the first.’ I observed all these just tributes to Genl. C’s learning and ability with great satisfaction. I do not remember to whom I wrote the letter a printed extract from which is enclosed in yours…It is provoking that any part of my private letters should be published. I have not received Dr. Loring’s articles but hope they may yet come along. Genl. Cushing’s letter written in April was not received till September. I am as faithless as you can be with regard to to any suggestion or friendship from the high source to which you refer and I may add that I am indifferent as I am faithless. In truth I should not appreciate it if it were truly tendered in the most unmistakable form. There is no high impulse or generous emotion there. The substratum and all that has even been built upon it is cold, selfish and calculating with a large infusion of Constitutional peevishness and petty malignity; I think I shall live to see what I have expressed upon into a general pervading public sentiment and opinion. I hope Genl. C. will never so much as turn on his heel to conciliate friendship or esteem in that quarter. It would not be worth having and if it were otherwise no man in the country needs it less than himself.” In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. Accompanied by a transcript and biographical blurbs about the many figures referenced in this letter. Pierce discusses at length the divisions within his Democratic Party, for which he feels he is unjustly blamed. These tensions came to a head with the elections for the 36th Congress, which saw the newly formed Republican Party take control of the House of Representatives for the first time. Though far removed from the political battles taking place in Washington, Pierce remained well informed of the goings-on in America by reading the newspaper and corresponding with Sidney Webster and other friends. A spectacular, extremely lengthy letter from the former president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“My dear wife is no more”— Fillmore on the death of the former first lady
26. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 3, 1853. Four
weeks after leaving the presidency, Fillmore informs his brother of the death of his wife. In part: “My Dear Brother Charles, My dear wife is no more. She died at Washington on Wednesday the 30th ult. and we left with her remains the next day for this place, and arrived here night before last, and she was buried yesterday. Her disease was inflammation of the lungs arising from a severe cold…which soon terminated in a dropsy of the lungs. She bore all her sufferings with uncomplaining fortitude…without a struggle or a groan. The rest of my family are here, and as well as could be expected, but as are all saddened with grief.” In very good to fine condition, with a few small repairs on the reverse. Fillmore married Abigail Powers in 1826 and she served as an assistant throughout his political career. At Franklin Pierce’s inauguration, she caught a cold. She died three weeks after Fillmore retired from the presidency and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. A significant, intimate Fillmore family letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
27. Franklin Pierce. Scarce partly-printed DS as president,
one page, 7.75 x 9.5, December 31, 1853. President Pierce authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon granted to Leonard Sumermacker.” Crisply and prominently signed at the conclusion by President Pierce. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. A desirable format boasting a large, beautiful presidential signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Buchanan weighs in on the 1836 vice presidential nomination and the Senate’s rebuke of Andrew Jackson 28. James Buchanan. ALS as senator, one page, 8 x 10, January 31, 1835.
Letter to Charles B. Penrose, the Pennsylvania Speaker of the House, marked “Strictly Confidential,” in part: “If I were disposed to change my opinion about the Vice-Presidency I fear I have thrown so much cold water on it myself that I could not now be nominated. I believe I should be much more acceptable to the South than the gentleman who has been proposed from the West [Richard M. Johnson]. To have my name proposed to the Convention & to be beaten by Dallas—who cannot in any event finally succeed, would be very mortifying. But I did not sit down to write on the subject. I have been preparing myself to speak on the expunging resolution. The condemnation of the President by the Senate was a high handed act of usurpation. The only question in my mind is whether we have the power to obliterate the Journal of the Senate. A very strong argument can be made against it. If you should pass a resolution on this subject, I would suggest whether it might not be as well to leave it in the alternative & to instruct your Senators to vote for rescinding, repealing & reversing the resolution, or for expunging it from the journals. This course, I think, would relieve the party from all difficulty, in case we should be in any, which is by no means clear. If you intend to pass a resolution, it had better be done soon. We are waiting for Pennsylvania either to act or decline acting before we move in the business.” Includes the detached address leaf, filled out in Buchanan’s hand and franked in the upper right, “Free, James Buchanan.” In very good condition, with old repairs on the reverse to paper loss and separations to the fragile intersecting folds; the detached free-franked address leaf has similar repairs, including a restored large area of paper loss impinging on its franking signature. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made quarter leather presentation folder. On March 28, 1834, prior to Buchanan’s election, the Senate passed a resolution against President Andrew Jackson for removing public deposits from the Bank of the United States. The resolution amounted to a censure of Jackson, asserting that ‘the President…in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and the laws, but in derogation of both.’ Jackson responded by insisting that the ‘President is the direct representative of the American people, responsible to them,’ further endearing himself to the populace. On February 18, 1835, Senator Thomas H. Benton of Missouri would introduce a resolution on the Senate floor calling for the censure against President Jackson to be expunged from the Senate Journal. Buchanan, a Jackson ally, took the cause to heart, and here solicits the approval of Pennsylvania’s legislature. A desirable letter representing the growth of Buchanan’s political influence early in his Senate career. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
29. James Buchanan. Partly-printed DS as president,
one page, 16 x 10, February 25, 1861. President Buchanan appoints William Goodrich as “First Lieutenant in the Comp’y of (‘D’) Union Volunteers of the Militia of the District of Columbia.” Signed nicely at the conclusion by Buchanan, and countersigned by Secretary of War Joseph Holt. Lower left corner blindstamped with the War Office seal. In fine condition, with light edge staining, and a slightly trimmed bottom edge. Accompanied by a handsome engraved portrait. Buchanan’s tenure as American president lasted for only five more days. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A patriotic party on the 4th of July: “No true Democrat will ever desert the flag” 30. James Buchanan. ALS as secretary of state, one page, 8 x 10, July 1, 1848. Written from Washington, a letter to John Ritter, C. H. Hunter, John C. Meyers, and other members of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party. In full: “I have had the honor of receiving your kind invitation to unite with the Democratic Club of the City of Reading in celebrating the approaching anniversary of our national Independence. In answer, I must express my deep regret, that it is impossible for me to be with you on that ever memorable day without neglecting important public City. Will you be kind enough, in my name, to present the following sentiment to the assembled Company? Cass & Butler. The well tried & time honored standard bearers of the Democratic party in the existing Presidential contest. No true Democrat will ever desert the flag.” Affixed to a slightly larger card and in fine condition. Buchanan had just been rebuked in his attempt at the Democratic presidential nomination, and here mends political fences by offering a sentiment in support of the Lewis Cass/William O. Butler presidential ticket. A highly desirable, neatly penned letter by the future commander-in-chief. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Wartime appointment for a captain in the 19th Infantry Regiment
31. Abraham Lincoln. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 17, June 8, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Byron G. Daniels as a “Captain in the Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. Archivally double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 26.5 x 24. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases and light soiling, and overall writing light but legible (including much of Lincoln’s first name). Accompanied by a large photocopied packet of Daniels’s war records. According to records he was disabled in August 1864 and tendered his resignation on September 13. He later served as United States consul at Hull, England, during the 1890s, and passed away in 1900. A desirable military commission by Lincoln from the height of the Civil War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Desirable 1839 autograph document from “Stuart & Lincoln” —his first law partnership 32. Abraham Lincoln. ADS, signed “Stuart & Lincoln,” one page, 8 x 9.5, no date but annotated in pencil May 16, 1839. Legal document penned entirely in Lincoln’s hand, in part: “John Kerr & Augustus Kerr, surviving partners of the firm late trading and doing business under the style and firmname of ‘A & G. W. Kerr & Co.,’ vs. David Prickett— Trespass on the case upon promises—Damages $3000—The clerk of the Sagamon circuit court will issue process in the above case.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. Lincoln had met John T. Stuart while serving in the Black Hawk War in 1832, and it was Stuart who first encouraged him to study law. The future president eventually formed his first law partnership with Stuart and they practiced together from 1837 to 1841. The “Stuart & Lincoln” signature is not commonly seen and represents a major point in the career that led Lincoln into politics. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
33. Abraham Lincoln: Stephen Logan. American lawyer and Illinois
congressman (1800–1880) who practiced law with Abraham Lincoln from 1841 to 1843. ADS, signed “Stephen T. Logan,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, October 13, 1845. Official letter addressed to the clerk of the circuit court of Menard, in part: “Theophilus Sweet and Dickey Anderson Plaintiffs State that they hold a Bond on the Defendants John E. Rawlings and James Webb in Substance as followeth. ‘On or before the fifteenth day of September next we promise to pay to Theophilus Sweet and Dickey Anderson the Sum of Two hundred and sixty five Dollars Eighty one cents with six per cent interest from the 4th day of June 1845, until paid given for value received this 12th day of August 1845.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Extremely Rare Large Copy of the Iconic Photograph of Abraham and Tad Lincoln from February 1864 34. Abraham Lincoln. Autograph Albumen Photograph
of Abraham and Tad Lincoln, February 9, 1864, Washington, D.C., 3.75ʺ x 5.25ʺ on original 7.375ʺ x 10ʺ mount, autographed on the mount, “A. Lincoln.” In very good to fine condition, with museum-quality conservation to an area far away from the image, and not affecting the bold signature; the repair is virtually indiscernible and leaves this photo in superb appearance. This intimate and poignant image of father and son is one of the most popular of President Abraham Lincoln. This rare, large-format signed copy of a timeless image is simply one of the finest Lincoln photographs in existence. This exceptionally large example, unlike the more common cartes-de-visite (2.5ʺ x 4ʺ, one of which recently fetched over $90,000), is one of only three known specimens of this particular size and pose. Of the other two, one is in an institution, and the other sold for $325,000 in 2002 as part of the Forbes Collection. Inscription on the Verso “This autograph is genuine. It was procured by me at the White House in June 1864. F. W. Pitcher.” Historical Background 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.
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. This image became the most popular of the President and his youngest son, and it was frequently reproduced in various sizes by Brady and copied by unauthorized photographers. In 1865, Berger copyrighted a version he produced in India ink that made at least two changes. He added background and changed the chair to make it appear that the setting was the White House, and he changed the volume to make it look like a Bible printed in double columns. Harper’s Weekly used Anthony’s revised image as the basis for its May 6, 1865 cover to memorialize the assassinated President. The image was also copied by many artists and lithographers, both authorized and unauthorized. In 1984, the United States Postal Service issued this image on a stamp with the ironic caption, “A Nation of Readers,” to promote literacy.
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-year-old 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.
Berger went on to photograph Lincoln again, this time at the White House, on April 26. Artist Francis B. Carpenter wanted photographs of Lincoln posed exactly where Lincoln had read the preliminary emancipation proclamation to his Cabinet—by the table in his office, so Berger took at least two photographs, one of Lincoln seated at the end of the table, and another of him standing. They are the only photographs of Lincoln in the White House. Berger also made photographs of Cabinet members in specific poses. Carpenter used these images for his monumental oil painting The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which now hangs in the U.S. Capitol.
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
Franklin W. Pitcher acquired this image at the White House in June 1864. Pitcher traveled extensively in his lumber business. On April 29, 1864, Pitcher and his first wife were staying at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia, perhaps on their way to Washington. On November 5, 1864, he again stayed at the Continental Hotel. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $10,000
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“I must wait to see the development of Sherman’s campaign,” writes Grant, only days before the capture of Savannah
35. U. S. Grant. Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page both sides, Head Quarters Armies of the
United States letterhead, December 19, 1864. Letter to William R. Bergholz, in full: “Your letter of the 8th inst. is received. I regret Gen. Delafield declining to let you retain the letter of recommendation which I had given you addressed to him. Appreciating as I do your services in giving information from the interior of the so called Confederacy, voluntarily, and the value of the information given, it would afford me the greatest pleasure to assist you in obtaining a situation during the time you must remain absent from your property and means in the South. If you are fortunate enough to find such a place take it. If you do not get employment within a few weeks I will employ you in the public services as Engineer, and send you to the Sea Coast either with Sherman or Foster. I must wait to see the development of Sherman’s campaign and determine upon the next before sending you. Of course it will depend upon whether this will be agreeable to you.” In very good to fine condition, with several unobtrusive expert repairs. The “development of Sherman’s campaign” would finalize two days later with the completion of his ‘March to the Sea’ and the capture of the port of Savannah. The success and significance of the campaign elevated the hero status of Sherman to the extent that many pushed for his replacing of Grant as commander of the Union Army. An irritated Sherman famously denounced the idea and instead offered further support for his longtime friend and comrade—’General Grant is a great general. I know him well. He stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now, sir, we stand by each other always.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Grant acts to block an invasion of Canada, asserting that “the Fenians need not attract our attention in the least” 36. U. S. Grant. Handwritten letter from Commanding General U. S. Grant, unsigned, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, November 26, 1865. Letter to Major General E. O. C. Ord, Commander of the Department of the Ohio, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “Your letter of the 14th inst. to the Adj. Gen. of the Army stating that large Fenian organizations exist all along the Canada frontier and asking instructions in case they attempt to invade Canada is refered to me. Whilst the United States and Great Britten are at peace it is clearly our duty to prevent war being made upon her territory by Citizens of the States and also to prevent the fitting out and departure from our terrytory of hostile bodies of men of whatever Nationality they may be. Great Britten, or British officials have not observed this rule very closely towards us during the existence of the late rebellion. But this wrong doing is no justification for our following their example. You will therefore prevent all armed and equiped military organizations going from the United States into Canada where you can. It will not be necessary even for you to know that they are going for the purpose of making war upon a country with which we are at peace. It is sufficient to know that without the invitation of the Canadian authorities no organized Military Companies have a right to enter their country. You must understand however that the force at your command is not to be used as a police force to discover the designs of the so called Fenians. The power of raising and organizing Military Companies exists all over the country. Militia or independent companies are being drilled every day. The scare got up about the Fenians need not attract our attention in the least. It is only when they or any Militia or other body of armed men attempt to go into another country, or out of ours, that you need interfere.” Concluding blue pencil subscription and signature of Grant written by in a secretarial hand. In fine condition, with splitting to the hinge and folds, and two small tape stains to the lower blank area of the second page. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
President Grant sends “a letter addressed to the King of Spain” 37. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.25 x 6, January 9, 1871. President Grant authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affixed the Seal of the United States to an Envelope containing a letter addressed to the King of Spain (Credence of Gen’l D. E. Sickles).” Matted with a portrait and medal to an overall size of 20 x 13. In fine condition. Amadeo I of Spain was sworn in as king on January 2, 1871, after the Spanish revolution deposed Isabella II. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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38. U. S. Grant. Choice
ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.25 slip. Beautifully cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of General Grant at Cold Harbor to an overall size of 14 x 19.5. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
40. Rutherford B. Hayes. Part-
ly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 8 x 10, June 14, 1879. President Hayes authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to a warrant for the pardon of Christopher C. Scott.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Hayes. In fine condition, with a lightly-toned paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Whaling papers for a “Bark called Sunbeam,” signed in 1878 by Hayes
39. Rutherford B. Hayes.
Desirable partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 21 x 16.5, July 8, 1878. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Frederick P. Taber, master or commander of the Bark called Sunbeam…lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Atlantic Ocean and laden with Provisions, Utensils, and Stores for a Whaling Voyage.” Boldly signed in the center panel by President Hayes and countersigned by Secretary of State William M. Evarts. Matted and framed to an overall size of 28 x 23.5. In fine condition, with trivial foxing and some light creasing along the right edge. Hayes is particularly uncommon in four-language whaling shipping documents. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Delayed by “the great fight in the House,” Garfield replies about Ohio politics 41. James A. Garfield. LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75,
House of Representatives letterhead, April 12, 1879. Letter to the Hon. T. Thorp of Columbus, Ohio. In part: “Your two letters came duly to hand. They found me in the midst of the great fight in the House and I have been so overwhelmed with correspondence that it has seemed impossible for me to catch up. I note what you say of the situation there, and I hope my friends will stand firm in protecting me in the position I have taken in regard to the Governorship. In a few days I will send you a copy of the two speeches I made in the House.” In very good to fine condition, with light show-through at the top from old mounting residue on the reverse, and a discreet repair to the central horizontal fold. In March 1879, a special early session of the 46th Congress convened to consider unfinished spending bills that threatened a government shutdown. Democrats attached riders to bills that would have prevented President Hayes from financing the US Marshals and Army personnel stationed in the South. Instead of agreeing to the riders, Hayes vetoed five bills and prompted a 14-month showdown between the executive and legislative branches. Four of Hayes’s vetoes were sustained with the help of the House Republican floor leader James A. Garfield, who denounced riders as ‘a revolution against the Constitution and Government of the United States.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
43. James A. Garfield. ALS
42. James A. Garfield. Sergeant at Arms, United States
House of Representatives counter check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by Garfield, “J. A. Garfield,” payable to “Myself, Cash” for $100, April 29, 1876. Matted and framed with an albumen portrait of Garfield to an overall size of 13 x 15. In fine condition, with some foxing to the cabinet photo. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, June 25, 1880. Letter to journalist J. L. Waite of Burlington, Iowa, editor of The Burlington Hawkeye. In full: “Yours of the 8th came duly to hand—an earlier answer impossible and now I have only time to thank you—I have noticed with pleasure the course of the ‘Hawkeye.’” Corner-mounted and framed to an overall size of 9.25 x 11.5. In fine condition. Garfield had just been nominated as the Republican candidate for president on June 8th, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Preparing a speech on “the Resumption of Specie Payments” 44. James A. Garfield. LS signed “J. A. Gar-
field,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, House of Representatives letterhead, December 26, 1878. Letter to Dr. John Peter Robison in Cleveland, in part: “I have been detained by the necessity of preparing a speech which I have consented to deliver in Chicago on the 2nd of January in the celebration of the Resumption of Specie Payments. It will be a marked occasion and I shall have a large audience. I cannot afford to make a poor speech. I shall therefore be compelled to stay away from the viaduct celebration at Cleveland but as soon as I finish my preparations for the speech I shall go to Ohio.” In very good to fine condition, with two short fold splits at the top, scattered light staining, and toning along the folds on the signed side. Throughout his congressional career, Garfield was a chief opponent of the greenback and had long advocated for the gradual resumption of specie payments—that is, the government paying out silver and gold, rather than unredeemable paper currency. Congress passed the Specie Payment Resumption Act in 1875, which required the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem greenbacks in specie on demand on or after January 1, 1879. With that day finally in sight, Garfield was happy to celebrate in Chicago by giving a speech before the Honest Money League of the Northwest on January 2nd. A desirable letter related to Garfield’s interest in the nation’s monetary policy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
House of Representatives telegraph filled out by Garfield 45. James A. Garfield. Partly-printed DS penned in Garfield’s own hand and signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 4, April 30, 1879. Departmental telegraph for the House of Representatives, in full: “Col. A. T. Rockwell, Q. M. Genls Office, Debate on veto postponed until tomorrow.” Signed at the conclusion by Garfield. Double-matted with an engraving to an overall size of 10.5 x 17.75. In fine condition, with a small hole touching one word of text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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48. Grover Cleveland. Unusual
46. James A. Garfield and Benjamin Butler. Crisp ink signatures, “J. A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio” and “Benj. F. Butler, Mass,” on an off-white 6.5 x 5 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 15, 1885. From the Executive Mansion, President Cleveland issues a suspension to George E. Bowden of Norfolk, Virginia. In part: “You are hereby suspended from the Office of Collector of Customs for the District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the State of Virginia.” In fine condition, with a few staple holes to the upper left corner. Bowden would go on to represent Virginia’s second district in the House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Two weeks after being shot by Charles Guiteau: “The President has rested well during the night. Is doing admirably this morning” 47. [James A. Garfield]. Manuscript telegram dictated from the Executive Mansion by President Garfield’s 17-year-old son, Harry A. Garfield, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, Western Union Telegraph Company letterhead, July 15, 1881. An update on the health of President Garfield, sent to family friend John Peter Robison. In part: “The President has rested well during the night. Is doing admirably this morning & takes his food with relish. Pulse ninety temperature ninety eight five tenths, respiration eighteen.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Western Union transmittal envelope. The nation eagerly awaited news of President Garfield’s condition as he lay in bed at the White House after being shot on July 2, 1881. In this instance, his son, Harry A. Garfield—who witnessed the shooting at the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station—offers an update to their family friend back in Mentor, Ohio. President Garfield’s health worsened as the weeks dragged on, and he ultimately passed away on September 19th due to infections and other ailments resulting from crude medical care. An interesting primary source telegram documenting the president’s apparently stable state prior to his tragic demise. Starting Bid $200
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49. Grover Cleveland. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, May 11, 1900. Letter concerning a fundraising effort for the endowment of Washington and Lee University. In part: “I doubt if you ever interested yourself in a nobler and more useful undertaking, than the effort to raise an endowment fund for Washington and Lee University. It has traditions and opportunities to do good that ought to command this enterprise to any American who is about to further the nation’s welfare.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Sympathy for the “educational interest” of Albany’s citizenry
50. Benjamin Harrison. LS signed “Benj. Harrison,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.5, black-bordered letter-
head, May 19, 1893. Letter to O. D. Robinson of Albany, in part: “I have just written to Mayor Manning declining the invitation to deliver an address on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Albany High School, and will only add in acknowledging your kind letter that I very highly appreciate this invitation and very thoroughly sympathize with the educational interest which your citizens manifest in observing this day.” Handsomely double-matted and framed with a portrait and medal to an overall size of 22 x 18. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I have never been sure how much a lover of books, and blue seas, and pine woods, and temples and mountains, added to one’s efficiency or usefulness; but I would rather not live at all than merely live as an efficient machine” 51. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, October 15, 1916. Letter to Sir Rennell Rudd, in part: “Of course I am delighted with ‘Love, Worship and Death’— and I appreciate the inscription as much as the volume itself. I requite your ill by sending you my ‘Fear God and Take Your Own Part.’ Glance at the first and last chapters; much the best part of the book is the little which Mrs. Roosevelt suggested to me. I have spoken to my fellow-countrymen with the frankness of an open nature! You have lived in terrible, but heroic days; and you and yours have been equal to the days. I heartily congratulate you on the example of your gallant son; the record made by your nephews is noteworthy indeed. What a blessing it has been that you have been able to get some relief from the strain out of the Greek lyricists. I hope your dear wife has been able to get some outside comfort also—pray give her our warmest sympathy and regard. I have never been sure how much a lover of books, and blue seas, and pine woods, and temples and mountains, added to one’s efficiency or usefulness; but I would rather not live at all than merely live as an efficient machine—to speak in the superlative, I’d as soon be a Prussian.” In fine condition, with mild brushing to ink. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The Populist idiots (to use the very mildest term about them) will not be able to down us in Nebraska” 52. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States civil Service Commission letterhead, October 23, 1894. Letter to Senator Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska, in full: “On a train coming East from my Dakota ranch about two weeks ago I had a most violent argument with two Populist gentlemen from Nebraska in reference to yourself, we viewing the subject of your career from different standpoints. If I only had the addresses of those worthy gentlemen now I should instantly write them a full retraction of all that I said, and an offer of any help in my power to aid the Populist campaign in Nebraska. There is but one redeeming feature of your letter; that is your suggestion about Lodge. This strikes me as very good. Lodge’s style is lacking in the severity and self-restraint that characterize the artless poems of Mr. Griggs. Moreover, his diction is cramped and his vocabulary limited. I am sure he should learn a great deal from those poems, and I shall tell him that you and I think so. Seriously, I do hope that you have made up your mind to come back to the Senate, and that the Populist idiots (to use the very mildest term about them) will not be able to down us in Nebraska. I enclose a letter for you to send to Mr. Griggs.” Roosevelt makes a few handwritten corrections to the body of the letter. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 33
In the summer of 1888, Teddy writes from Oyster Bay as “a retired politician” 53. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS, two
pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay letterhead, June 6, 1888. Letter to F. O. French, in full: “I am looking forward to the reception of the ‘Plummer;‘ it is a book I shall particularly enjoy reading. Plummer deserves to be held in high esteem at all events, for having prevented that amiable mediocrity Mr. Monroe from being unanimously elected. You need have no fear of not receiving the book back; even a retired politician has occasional conscientious impulses.” In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on the back of the last page. Roosevelt’s high regard for “Plummer,” that being William Plumer, stems from the New Hampshire senator‘s withholding of the one vote in the electoral college of 1820, which would otherwise have given James Monroe a unanimous presidential victory. The reference to Roosevelt being a “retired politician” in all likelihood reflects on his defeat for the mayoralty of New York in November of 1886; he had entered a thankless contest to run against Abrams Hewitt and Henry George, finishing third in this election. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
54. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 20, 1907. Letter to journalist Oscar King Davis, in full: “Anything from you is sure to have my most respectful and careful consideration. I have immensely admired the work you have done in connection with this trial. Nothing has bothered me more than the indictment of Senator Borah, but I think, with the grand jury acting as it did, even at the instigation of the District Attorney, I could do no worse thing for the cause of justice, in this particular Moyer and Haywood case than to seem to shield a United States Senator who was concerned in the prosecution. Of course if what you say as to the proceedings in the grand jury room is true, I should remove Ruick at once. I shall put your letter before the Attorney General and see if there is any way in which we can get at the matter. Perhaps we can send a special agent out there.” Roosevelt makes a few handwritten emendations. In fine condition, with a crease to the lower left corner, and light haloing and offsetting to the signature. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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55. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, Oyster Bay letterhead,
August 3, 1915. Marked “Private” in the upper corner, a letter to E. A. Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia North American, in full: “I am sending a duplicate of this letter of Senator Flinn. I had a very satisfactory talk with Governor Johnson and suggested to him that it would be a first-class thing if he could sometime next fall get east and make an address in Pennsylvania, at which Governor Brumbaugh should preside. Whether this address should be delivered in Harrisburg, Philadelphia or Pittsburgh would be for you gentlemen to decide. Johnson could tell his experience in the practical working in California of the various laws which Governor Brumbaugh has succeeded in putting on the statute books in Pennsylvania or which he is endeavoring to put upon the statute books. I think it would be a first rate move if we could get these two men on the same platform talking for the same kind of thing; and it would accomplish more for the purpose we have in view than any number of conferences between Progressive and Progressive Republican politicians. I would of course not appear in the matter at all and I need not ask you to keep entirely quiet about my having even made the suggestion. I hope that you will think the matter over and that the California people will get in touch with you. I believe there are possibilities of real importance in this matter.” Roosevelt makes a single handwritten correction to the text. Includes typewritten copies of Valkenburg’s letter to Roosevelt from June 27, and of Roosevelt’s letter to Senator Flinn from June 29, which concerns the Progressive party’s aim “to fight the corrupt machine practices of both the old parties.” In fine condition, with light toning, and a thumbprint to the lower right corner. Three years after backing William H. Taft to become his White House successor, Roosevelt sought to displace the sitting president with a late march into the Republican National Convention in June 1912. Although Roosevelt won the majority of primaries, which included Taft’s home state of Ohio, his loss at the Republican Convention led to his formation of the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. The historic presidential election of 1912—consisting of a former, current, and future president—was ultimately captured by Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson, whose campaign was helped in large part by the Republican Party split. After World War I broke out, Roosevelt became a strong partisan of the Allied cause, and even though he eyed the 1916 Republican nomination, he was prepared to support almost any candidate who opposed Wilson and who was not personally involved in his own 1912 defeat. Thus, amid much bitterness, and despite his Progressive convictions, plainly revealed in this letter, by 1916, he abandoned the Progressive Party and vigorously supported the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
56. William H. Taft. TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 24, 1921. Letter to American painter Albert Rosenthal, in part: “I had a letter from Leslie’s Magazine before I received yours, requesting that I give you a sitting for a charcoal sketch. I wrote them, what they will doubtless forward to you, a suggestion that I could perhaps give you a sitting in Cincinnati on either the 31st of August or the first or second of September, when I expect to be there, at my brother’s house, 316 Pike Street, during the annual meeting of the American Bar Association.” In very good condition, with creasing, tack holes, short edge tears, and old repairs to folds on the reverse. Accompanied by a print of the charcoal sketch, bearing a facsimile signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“The real solution of all our political difficulties is found in the stimulation of good citizenship” 57. William H. Taft. TQS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 21, 1913. A moving sentiment on good citizenship from the sitting president: “The real solution of all our political difficulties is found in the stimulation of good citizenship. No machinery of any sort, whether by direct primary, referendum, initiative, or recall, will accomplish any real reform, unless the individual citizen himself is stirred to a better performance of his duty as a voter and as a member of his party. If the individual citizen improves his citizenship, then reform will follow, whether new political machinery be adopted or not; and if the average standard of good citizenship is not improved, then new political machinery will not aid.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Washington’s life is, of course, inseparable from the history of the times” 58. Woodrow Wilson. ALS, two pages,
5.25 x 7.75, July 11, 1897. Letter written from Princeton, New Jersey, to Miss S. W. Janney. In part: “I take pleasure in replying to your letter…It was through no lack of appreciation of Dr. Craik’s sterling qualities or of his intimate relations with General Washington that I was withheld from more frequent mention of him in my brief life of Washington,—but simply through lack of space. I was painting a big picture on a small canvas,—for Washington’s life is, of course, inseparable from the history of the times,—and many an interesting figure had to be crowded into the background. This must account for the many shortcomings of the book, which, done in its sumptuous type and illustrations, seems large but is really small.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Wilson’s hand. As Chair of Jurisprudence and Political Economy at Princeton, Wilson published nine books, including a biography of George Washington and a five-volume history of the United States. A fantastic letter connecting presidents across the ages. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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One day after the Armistice: “Very definite tasks are now to be performed as the adjustments of peace are attempted” 59. Woodrow Wilson. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 12, 1918. Letter to the Hon. Jouett Shouse of Kansas, in part: “Your letter of the seventh has given me peculiar pleasure. It breathes a fine spirit, which I have come to regard as characteristic of you. There is nothing to discourage us in the recent elections. Very definite tasks are now to be performed as the adjustments of peace are attempted, and the Republicans are going to take a very serious responsibility, which public opinion will assist them to exercise.” In fine condition, with the signature a couple of shades light. A significant letter from a most important moment in history. For his peace-making efforts in drawing World War I to a close, Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Presentation set of Wilson’s History of the American People 60. Woodrow Wilson. Complete
book set: History of the American People, Volumes 1–5. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcovers, 6 x 8.75. Neatly signed on an opening page of the first volume in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson, 19 Dec., 1903.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/ None, with minor marks and scuffing to boards, and mild sunning to spines. The culmination of a series of articles written for Harper’s Magazine, this full five-volume set serves as an impressive example of a format seldom signed by Wilson. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“I rather dislike, however, to be a participant in any particular campaign in my official capacity as President” 61. Warren G. Harding. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 30, 1921. Letter to pastor and magazine editor Dr. John Wesley Hill, in full: “I have before me your letter of September 24th in which you invite my signature to a statement in the encouragement of savings to be used by the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks in reviving the commitments to thrift in this country by the acquisition of a million new depositors. I am always more than happy to say anything which will contribute toward the success of a thrift movement in the United States. I believe with all my heart there is nothing more essential to the stability and good fortune of the American people. I rather dislike, however, to be a participant in any particular campaign in my official capacity as President. Perhaps it would answer your purpose if I send to you a copy of a statement which I addressed some weeks ago to Mr. Crissinger, the Comptroller of the Currency. The members of the Association are quite at liberty to use this as a statement made by me to Mr. Crissinger. I think it would be quite as helpful as though I addressed myself directly to this particular endeavor of the Association.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, light toning along the left edge from a mounting remnants on the reverse, and slight feathering to the first initial of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
62. Calvin Coolidge. Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First edition, limited issue, numbered 146/1000. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 247 pages. Crisply signed on the colophon in bold ink by Coolidge. In fine condition, with paper loss to the title label on the slipcase. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Hoover consents to be named “First Choice for the Presidency” at the 1928 RNC 63. Herbert Hoover.
Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 7, June 12, 1928. A “Consent for Use of Name as First Choice for the Presidency” form for the 1928 Republican National Convention, in full: “I, Herbert Hoover, residing at Stanford University Campus, City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of California, hereby authorize and give my consent to Frank B. Grove of Cadiz in the County of Harrison, State of Ohio, to use my name in a Declaration of Candidacy as Alternate to the Republican National Convention as his First Choice for the nomination for the Presidency of the United States by said National Convention to be held in the City of Kansas City on the 12th day of June, 1928.” Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Hoover as the potential Republican candidate and countersigned by Lawrence Richey and George Akerson as witnesses. Richey served as a special assistant and secretary to Hoover during his public life, and Akerson would go on to become the first official White House Press Secretary. A second form is signed by James R. Garfield, consenting to the use of his name as Grove’s “Second Choice for the nomination for the Presidency.” Both are affixed to a larger 8.5 x 14 document, headed, “Declaration of Candidacy For Alternate to National Convention,” in which Frank B. Grove declares himself as a “candidate for election to the position of Alternate from the Eighteenth Congressional District of Ohio.” At the bottom of the document is a printed statement, dated February 20, 1928: “I, Frank B. Grove, candidate for election as Alternate to the Republican National Convention, at the Primary Election next hereafter to be held, do hereby state that Herbert Hoover is my First Choice for nomination as candidate of my party for the Presidency of the United States, and that James R. Garfield is my Second Choice therefor.” Below, it specifies: “The name of no candidate for the Presidency shall be used without his written consent.” On the reverse is a “Certificate of Five Electors,” filled out and signed by five electors from the county to certify Grove’s eligibility to be a candidate for alternate. In fine condition, with some light toning and soiling. Notably, under Ohio law, a delegate to a party’s presidential nominating convention must have the written consent of their first and second choices—this law remains in place to this day. With these consent forms, Herbert Hoover and James Rudolph Garfield—the son of former president James A. Garfield—authorized Frank B. Grove to nominate them for the presidency at the Republican National Convention, which took place in Kansas City from June 12 to June 15, 1928. Hoover came away with the nomination at the top of the ticket, with Charles Curtis as the nominee for vice president. The Republican ticket ran away with Ohio’s vote in the presidential election on November 6, 1928—Hoover’s decisive win, with nearly 65% of the popular vote, remains the highest percentage recorded by any presidential candidate in Ohio since its statehood in 1803. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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FDR’s personal cane, presented to him on inauguration day 64. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Magnificently impressive carved wood cane personally-owned and -used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and presented to him on the very day of his first inauguration. The cane contains an engraved brass presentation band along the base of the handle, “F.D.R., March 4, 1933,” and a fancy script “R” that has been carved at the lower part of the handle. The cane measures 35.75˝ long with the naturalistic branch handle measuring 6.5˝. In very good to fine condition, with general wear, consistent with use. The cane was gifted by President Roosevelt to one of his Secret Service Agents, Gordon J. Wells. Gordon was a member of the Secret Service Uniformed Division during the Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations from 1943 to 1967. The cane is accompanied by a White House Christmas reception pass for Agent Wells and his wife on December 23, 1943 and two Merry Christmas and Happy New cards from 1943 and 1944, all of which are beautifully mounted and framed to an overall size of 16˝ by 15.25˝ and in overall fine condition. A beautiful presentation of an instrument which was critical to Roosevelt keeping a strong appearance during his political career after being stricken with polio in 1921 and an elite offering worthy of the most advanced collector. Starting Bid $300
Impressive oversized portrait of FDR 65. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Magnificent matte-finish 13.25 x 16 portrait of Roosevelt seated at his desk with letter in hand, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Clyde T. Ellis, from, Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Doublematted and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 20.25. In fine condition, with some very slight rippling. Ellis was a congressman from Arkansas from 1939 to 1943, who later served as the first general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Washington, D.C. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Democrats vs. Republicans in the 1932 election 66. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of
New York Executive Chamber letterhead, March 20, 1931. Letter to Mr. John Victor Levy of Galveston, Texas, in full: “Many thanks for letting me see the enclosed correspondence which I return as you request. Your letter of 1928 was in accord with my own feelings at the time and it is a matter of deep regret that we could not fight that battle along the broad progressive lines which you suggested. I hope that in 1932 there will be a clean-cut issue between the Democrats as the real party of progress and the Republicans as representing what we term the conservative element who feel that if the big business interests of the country are properly coddled and encouraged all will be well with the Nation generally. I agree most heartily with your doctrine that the Democratic Party cannot afford to appeal to any special or selfish interests. The minute we so do we deny our own faith which is that the government of this Nation must be maintained in the interest of all our citizens, high or low. If we hold fast to this belief I feel sure we shall be returned to power in 1932.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. FDR would be named as the Democratic presidential nominee in July 1932, and he went on to easily defeat the incumbent Herbert Hoover with the promise of a ‘New Deal’ for the American people. A fantastic letter preceding Roosevelt’s historic run for the nation’s highest office. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
FDR on his father: “He was the only James Roosevelt in existence in 1879” 67. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, May 22, 1928. Letter to Henry T. Hackett, in part: “That property at the southeast corner of Osgood Place and Leavitt Street, Flushing, has puzzled me for several years. I have had several inquiries asking whether I would care to sell the right, title and interest of James Roosevelt in it. As far as I know, this property did not appear in any way in my father’s estate, but he was the only James Roosevelt in existence in 1879. My brother long before that assumed the middle name and never signed except by use of the middle name. Perhaps a search of the papers in my father’s estate may bring something to light. Perhaps also the trustees of my father’s estate might get something out of a quit claim deed for the property.” In very good to fine condition, with a file hole to the upper left, a block of light toning, and two diagonal creases to the lower blank area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“If the check is in Jimmy’s possession I will, of course, cash it at once” 68. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 6, 1938. Letter to Alfred Winsor Weld, his personal financial advisor at Jackson & Curtis. In full: “To the best of my recollection Jimmy has never told me about the check for my legacy, but I have written him to ask about it. I take it that the one to Franklin, Jr., has been duly cashed by him though, again, in this case, I did not know of it. If the check is in Jimmy’s possession I will, of course, cash it at once. If it is not, I will let you know, with the request that you issue a duplicate. Poor old Livy—I wish so much that he were alive today, for he would have enjoyed going with me on various fishing cruises. I miss him much.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds and overall creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
With peace secured in World War II, Truman looks toward “the preservation of civil liberties and the rights of all Americans” 69. Harry S. Truman. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75,
White House letterhead, July 18, 1946. Letter to Mr. A. D. G. Cohn, the Grand Chancellor of the Nu Beta Epsilon Law Fraternity. In part: “I have great pleasure in sending hearty greetings to all of the members of the Nu Beta Epsilon Law Fraternity as they assemble for their National Victory Convention. I trust that their deliberations will be fruitful of wise counsels and constructive action to bring all of their resources into the fight for an enduring peace. With the advent of a military victory there has become manifest a tendency to relax wartime unity and a disconcerting resurgence of divisive activity by some elements in our population. I am encouraged, however, by the recognition that the ideals of groups, such as yours, will prompt the members of this fraternity as members of the bar and as leaders in their respective communities to restore and foster that unity, tolerance and good will so essential to the preservation of civil liberties and the rights of all Americans.” In fine condition. A fantastic letter exemplifying American ideals, written from the nation’s highest office. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Hope you have good luck with your hobby” 70. Harry S. Truman. ANS, one page, 8 x 10.5, April 26, 1957. Truman pens a note at the conclusion of an autograph request: “Hope you have good luck with your hobby, Harry S. Truman, 4/26/57.” In the letter to Truman, E. F. Hoffman of Watertown, Massachusetts, asks Truman for his autograph, stating that he has autographs of twelve presidents including Andrew Jackson and FDR. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and staple holes to the upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
71. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. Fine pair of TLSs
to the Schiffeler family, both dated 1953: a TLS as president, signed “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” one page, White House letterhead, October 14, 1953, in part: “My thanks to you and Mrs. Schiffeler for the nice birthday greeting, and for your kindness in sending the beautiful cake for this occasion”; and a TLS as first lady, signed “Mamie Doud Eisenhower,” one page, White House letterhead, April 4, 1953, in part: “Your elaborate and delicious Easter remembrance caused quite a bit of excitement and pleasure in our household! The beautiful decorations alone held the attention of three young Eisenhowers for several retellings of the fable of the chicks and bunnies and flowers participation in the festivities of Easter!” In overall fine condition. Both accompanied by their original mailing envelopes. Starting Bid $200
72. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed book: Crusade in
Europe. First edition, limited issue, numbered 736/1426. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 559 pages. Signed in fountain pen on a special prefatory page reproducing Eisenhower’s ‘Order of the Day’ on D-Day, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” In fine condition. A beautiful example of this sought-after volume. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A birthday letter from Ike, listing his closest aides (“my own official family”) 73. Dwight D. Eisenhower. World War II-dated
ALS signed “Ike,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa November 10, 1943. Letter to his wife, Mamie D. Eisenhower, in full: “Happy Birthday!! By coincidence your request for some socks came in just as Lee was wrapping up two pairs of supposedly good ones that I had finally gotten out of Italy for your birthday present. It was the best I could do, but if I can get some more I will. Anyway, they come with all my love for your 47th birthday on Nov. 14. I‘m sorry if I failed to tell you anything about my birthday party. Lee worked it up & having heard me express a desire to taste lobster again, he procured some on the black market at the highest prices I ever heard of. Luckily I did not learn the cost until after the dinner, or I would have choked. He had Air Chief Marshall and Lady Tedder; Capt. Briggs (a WAC in office of C/S), Mrs. Kay Summersby, my driver & secretary, Colonel Gault, a British officer I like a lot, Lee himself and one or two junior staff officers. We had a really fine dinner, everybody cleared out at 10:00, and that’s all there was to it. Your presents were all I received except one or two items from total strangers. This country is too stripped of things to buy to have any luck getting presents. When in Algiers—which I am not very much these days—I get in almost an hour’s riding every other day. I‘m away so much that l don’t get to exercise, though, as I should. The people that work for me intimately (my own official family) are: Butch—diary, visitors, house. / Lee—office, trips, transportation, adv. C.P. / Marshall—in charge of clerks—No. 1 stenog. In Charge of office when rest are gone. He is a W.O. / Kay Summersby—1st driver—in charge of unofficial mail from unknown people. / Mickey—Personal orderly and chief factotum. / Sgt. Farr—steward / Miss Chik, Miss Ray, Miss ?? } stenographers and clerks (enlisted WACS). / Miss Scott & Hargreaves (drivers) WACS. / Several darkies—cooks—houseboys—etc. That is the whole group. All are nice—and I think are all personally devoted to me. So far it’s been quite a happy family. Most of them seem to feel they know you and John—you‘re often talked about…I’ve had several letters from Gettysburg. Naturally I don’t know the writers but they all speak so glowingly of you that I’ll answer. I love you—how I’d like to be with you on the 14th.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in type to his wife at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, signed on the left side in fountain pen with a censorship signature, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
74. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,
19.5 x 15.75, July 29, 1953. President Eisenhower appoints Perry William Morton of Nebraska as “Assistant Attorney General.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Eisenhower, and countersigned by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr. Gold Department of Justice seal remains affixed to lower left. Framed to a slightly larger size. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Like everything else in life, to win in politics requires above all else hard work” 75. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, White House letterhead, December 1, 1954. Letter to Ralph Bonnell, in full: “I write you this letter in appreciation of your splendid effort during the difficult and trying days before the election. In the short while I’ve been involved in practical politics, I’ve found that the ways and means are legion and results far from predictable. But this much is sure—like everything else in life, to win in politics requires above all else hard work, based on an ardent belief in the worth of the cause. That you and so many others applied both this hard work and this dedication to the job before us last fall is, to me, the very best evidence that, in the next campaign, a progressive and dedicated Republican Party will have both the vigor and the determination to assure an overwhelming victory. Again, my thanks for all that you have done.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
76. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Crystal-clear matte-finish
10.75 x 13.75 bust-length portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For the Honorable Perry W. Morton, with best wishes and high esteem for a distinguished public servant—from, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 20. In fine condition, with some light toning to a corner of the mat. In 1953, President Eisenhower appointed Morton as Assistant Attorney General of the Lands Division. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
77. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover.
Interesting vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Eisenhower and Hoover riding in a convertible with Governor William S. Beardsley at the 1954 Iowa State Fair, signed and inscribed in fountain pen by all three, “For the Ken Brownes, Wm. S. Beardsley,” “and Herbert Hoover,” and “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” In fine condition, with light corner creasing and a bit of irregular ink adhesion to Eisenhower’s signature. Accompanied by a TLS by Hoover to Ken Browne, dated April 25, 1960, in part: “I do appreciate your sending me that Indian version of the 23rd Psalm.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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78. Jacqueline and Rose Kennedy. Handsome matte-finish 8 x 10 bust-length portrait of John F. Kennedy by Fabian Bachrach, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint by his mother, “Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy,” and in blue ballpoint by his wife, “Jacqueline Kennedy.” In fine condition, with light creasing to the borders, gently passing through both signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Kennedy appoints a Manhattan Project consultant as ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency 79. John F. Kennedy. Exceptional partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.25 x 13.5, June 13, 1961. President Kennedy appoints Henry DeWolf Smyth, of New Jersey as “the Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by President Kennedy, and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Document retains its original large white seal. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 25.25 x 21.5. In very fine condition, with some brushing to the signature. Headquartered in Vienna and established on July 29, 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a global organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. In addition to his ambassadorship with the IAEA, noted physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth served as a key player in the early development of nuclear energy, including as a participant in the Manhattan Project and then as a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission. A remarkable commission relating to an untapped energy resource the president would later advocate with the signing of the Atomic Energy Commission Authorization Bill on September 26, 1962. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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80. John F. Kennedy. Handsome glossy 8.25 x 10 portrait
of Senator John F. Kennedy, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Joyce and Ken Browne—with every good wish—John Kennedy.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and surface impressions, a short tear to the right edge, and paperclip impressions to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
JFK on lowering the voting age— “This is a matter which should continue to be within the jurisdiction of the individual States” 81. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United
States Senate letterhead, May 14, 1957. Letter to Robert D. Moran, president of the Young Republican Club of Springfield, in full: “This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of recent date with respect to the question of whether the minimum voting age should be lowered to eighteen. In my opinion, this is a matter which should continue to be within the jurisdiction of the individual States, inasmuch as each State can best judge the qualifications of its own voters. It is not always easy, of course, to set standards and I personally have come in contact with many young people below the age of twenty-one who would be well qualified now to consider the merits of the various candidates for public office as they would be a few years later. I appreciate your interest in writing to me on this matter. Please be assured that your views on legislative questions are always welcome.” In fine condition, with creases to the upper and lower left corners, and a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Early 1953 letter from Senator Kennedy 82. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x
10.5, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare letterhead, February 27, 1953. Letter to Robert D. Moran, in full: “With reference to our preceding correspondence, I am enclosing a copy of a letter I received from Rear Admiral H. A. Houser, Department of Defense, which is self-explanatory. This letter is quite comprehensive and, I am sure, covers the points in question. You will note that Admiral Houser suggests in view of your educational qualifications you may make application for Officers Candidate School after induction. If there is anything further I can do for you at any time, please do not hesitate to let me know.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. A sought-after early letter from Kennedy, who had begun his senatorship on January 3, 1953. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
83. John F. Kennedy. Early TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one
page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 9, 1953. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, in full: “This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of recent date in regard to your desire to receive an autographed picture. In accordance with your request, I am sending under separate cover a picture with my signature. I appreciate your interest in writing to me and for your good wishes on my election.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope which bears a preprinted free frank. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Governor Reagan on the UC Board of Regents 85. Ronald Reagan. ALS as governor, signed “RR,” one page, 8 x 10,
June 1, 1967. Letter to Dr. Franklin J. Keville, referencing the Regents of the University of California. In part: “I waited to take your letter up at the Regents meeting. They informed me that you were mistaken about being prohibited from taking this matter up with the Regents. While there was such a rule, it has been rescinded within the last year. Under those circumstances I did not divulge your name since you had written a personal letter to me. I thought I should get back to you to inform you that you & your colleagues could, if you wish, take up this matter with the board. I certainly share your feelings about the situation and think we have appeared the dissidents long enough.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
84. Lyndon B. Johnson. Semi-glossy 14 x 11 photo of President Johnson seated in a rocking chair, leisurely discussing state matters with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Robert McNamara, and George Ball, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen to the under secretary of state, “To George Ball, May we always be this relaxed, Lyndon B. Johnson.” In fine condition, with irregular emulsion sheen to bottom edge. Ex. R. M. Smythe, October 11, 1995; sale 144, lot 208. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
86. Ronald Reagan. Handsome vintage matte-finish 8 x
10 photo of Reagan during his time as a screen actor, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Ruth & Carl, Thanks For Remembering—And All the Best To You Both—‘Dutch.’” In fine condition, with rippling to top edge and a few creases to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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President Clinton on the Oklahoma City bombing: “We must do all we can to help heal the emotional and physical wounds, to rebuild Oklahoma City, and to bring to swift and certain justice” 87. Bill Clinton. TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 15, 1995. Letter to Anne Robbins of Rockville, Maryland, on the Oklahoma City bombing. In full: “Thank you for writing about the tragic bombing in Oklahoma City and for sharing the inspiring historical quotation with me. As America seeks to recover from this brutal attack, we must do all we can to help heal the emotional and physical wounds, to rebuild Oklahoma City, and to bring to swift and certain justice those who committed this act of cowardice. Your words of encouragement mean a great deal to me during this difficult time for our nation.” Matted and framed with a newspaper clipping of a ‘letter to the editor’ by Robbins, entitled “The Strength of Americans,” to an overall size of 18.75 x 16.25. In the letter, Robbins shares a modified quote from Jacqueline Kennedy: “The heroes come when they are needed. When our belief gets pale and weak, there come people out of that need who are shining and everyone living reflects a little of that light and shores up some for the future.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Handsome White House engraving signed by five presidents 88. Five Presidents. Engraved portrait of the White House, 8 x 6, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, signed in black felt tip by Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, and Bill Clinton. In very fine condition. A very presentable item, signed by five of the most influential leaders of the latter half of the 20th century, which are becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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89. George Bush
90. George Bush
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93. George Bush and Gerald Ford Starting Bid $200
91. George Bush Starting Bid $200
94. George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford Starting Bid $200
92. George W. Bush Starting Bid $200
95. Jimmy Carter Starting Bid $200
96. Grover Cleveland
97. Bill Clinton
98. Bill Clinton
99. Hillary Clinton
100. Bill Clinton and James Patterson
101. Calvin Coolidge
102. Calvin Coolidge
103. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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104. Gerald Ford
105. Gerald Ford
106. Gerald Ford
107. Gerald Ford
108. Gerald Ford
109. Gerald Ford
110. Gerald Ford
111. Gerald Ford
112. Gerald Ford
113. Gerald Ford
114. Gerald Ford
115. Gerald Ford
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116. Gerald Ford Starting Bid $200
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117. Gerald Ford Starting Bid $200
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118. Benjamin Harrison
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119. Herbert Hoover
120. Herbert Hoover
121. Herbert Hoover
122. Herbert Hoover
123. Herbert Hoover
124. Herbert Hoover
125. Herbert Hoover
126. Andrew Johnson
128. Lyndon B. Johnson
129. Lyndon B. Johnson
132. Lyndon B. Johnson
133. John F. Kennedy
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127. Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover Starting Bid $200
130. Lyndon B. Johnson Starting Bid $200
131. Lyndon B. Johnson Starting Bid $200
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135. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200
138. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200
142. Richard and Pat Nixon Starting Bid $200
145. Ronald Reagan Starting Bid $200
136. Richard Nixon
137. Richard Nixon
140. Richard Nixon
141. Richard Nixon
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139. Richard Nixon Starting Bid $200
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143. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford Starting Bid $200
146. Ronald and Nancy Reagan Starting Bid $200
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147. Eleanor Roosevelt
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144. Barack Obama Starting Bid $200
148. Franklin D. Roosevelt Starting Bid $200
149. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Starting Bid $200
150. William H. Taft
151. William H. Taft
152. William H. Taft
153. William H. Taft and Harry S. Truman
154. Harry S. Truman
155. Harry S. Truman
156. Harry S. Truman
157. Harry S. Truman
158. Harry S. Truman
159. Harry S. Truman
160. Harry S. Truman
161. Harry S. Truman
162. Woodrow Wilson
163. Woodrow Wilson
164. Woodrow and Edith Wilson
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notables
Declaration of Independence
165. John Hart. Signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence from New Jersey (1713–1779). Engraved New Jersey note for twelve shillings, no. 6177, printed by Isaac Collins of Burlington, 4.25 x 2.5, dated March 25, 1776, signed in black ink by John Hart, John Johnston, and John Stevens, Jr. In fine condition, with expected light wear and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
166. Robert Morris. Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 12.75 x 9.5, February 20, 1795. Document certifying that “Sylvanus Bourne is entitled to twenty five Shares in the entire Property of the North American Land Company, the Dividend whereof shall not be less than Six Dollars on each Share Annually.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Morris as the company’s president and countersigned by James Marshall as secretary. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
American Politicians and Leaders Lexington battleground key presented during the Massachusetts Tercentenary 167. City of Boston Key.
Historic wooden City of Boston key made from an elm tree which stood on the Lexington Green battleground when the first shots of the American Revolution were fired on April 19, 1775. The key measures 10.5 x 3.5 x .5 and bears affixed brass plates to front and back affirming that the key commemorates the Tercentenary of the Massachusetts Bay settlement in 1930 and that it was presented by Boston Mayor James Michael Curley. The key is housed in a velvet-lined mahogany display box, 12 x 4.5 x 1.75, with an engraved plaque affixed to top. Includes a scarce circa 1936 goldwashed bronze medallion commemorating Curley as Boston governor, measuring 3˝ in diameter, designed by John F. Paramino and struck by the Medallic Art Co. In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of an extract from an article of The Lewiston Daily Sun from March 20, 1931, noting that Curley presented the key to D. J. McGillicuddy of Lewiston, Maine. Starting Bid $200
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“The spirit of liberty is not yet extinct” 168. Henry Clay. ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page
both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, July 23, 1840. Letter written from Ashland, Kentucky, in part: “I have duly received your letter inviting my attendance at the Convention intended to be held at Erie on the 10th of September next, to commemorate the Naval victory gained on that day upon Lake Erie. After weighing most respectfully the strong consideration urged by you to engage my attendance, and fully concurring with you in your estimate of the importance of the great contest in which we are engaged, I am nevertheless constrained to inform you that indispensable engagements will prevent my having the pleasure of being with you… No man living, Gentlemen, can be more penetrated with the absolute necessity of a change of our rulers than I am, nor more desirous of it. I have hitherto done all in my pow[er] to effect it, and am willing to continue my exertions to the final moment. But there is at last a limit to the efforts of any single individual and I own to you that I feel as if I had pressed hard against that limit. I have been absent from my family and my home eight months. Besides my duties in the Senate Chamber, and a most burthensome and extensive correspondence, which I have constantly to maintain, I addressed, during that absence several large popular assemblies. Scarcely a day has passed for many weeks that I have not received invitations to attend conventions and other meetings of the People, in all parts of the Union. I yesterday sent off seven answers to such invitations, and have several others yet to answer. If I could divide myself into twenty parts, I should find full employment for each. I rejoice at all these movements and manifestations of the People, since they demonstrate that the spirit of liberty is not yet extinct, and that they are alive to the importance of the existing contest. And if it were possible, I would go to every State, County, City, Village in the Union and stimulate my fellow Citizens to the most vigorous exertions. For, in my conscience, I do believe that every thing dear to freemen is now at issue and will be determined in November next. Notwithstanding my incessant occupations, and my previous labors, I would obey with pleasure your summons but for the engagements to which I have adverted.” In fine condition, with nearly complete separation along the hinge of its blank integral leaf. President Van Buren’s administration had proved so unsatisfactory to the country that the Whigs felt certain of victory in 1840, and Clay had fully expected to receive the nomination for president. Various maneuvers by Thurlow Weed at the Whig convention in December 1839 gave the nomination to William Henry Harrison. Though Clay was initially outraged, he threw his full support behind the Harrison/Tyler ticket and campaigned vigorously for them throughout the summer and fall. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
169. William Penn. English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and
founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 17.75 x 13.5, October 22, 1681. Agreement between William Penn of Worminghurst and Nathaniel Pasbe of Southward, Surry, covering the sale of 250 acres of land in the Province of Pennsylvania for five shillings. Signed at the foot by William Penn. The document retains its small red wax seal at the bottom. An included description further notes that it is signed on the reverse by Harbt Springett, Mark Swaner, and Tho. Coxe. Mounted, matted, and framed with two engravings to an overall size of 36.5 x 22. In very good condition, with overall rippling, mottled light staining, and three areas of paper loss affecting a few words of text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 57
Activists and Social Leaders The Indian revolutionary joins the Peace Pledge Union 170. Har Dayal. Indian nationalist revolutionary (1884–1939) who was dedicated to the removal of British influence in India. ALS, one page, 3.5 x 5.5, February 20, 1938. Letter to the “Secretary, City Group…Peace Pledge,” in full: “Please enroll me as a member of the City Group of the Peace Pledge Union. I shall attend the meeting next Thursday & pay the subscription.” In very good to fine condition, with staple holes, light soiling, and some mounting remnants and surface loss on the address side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“All depends on the loom”—Gandhi on his spinning wheel, a symbol of Indian independence 171. Mohandas Gandhi. ALS in Gujarati, signed “Bapu’s blessings,” one page both sides, 2.75 x 2.75, no date. In full (translated): “Chi Yashwant Prasad, Received your letter, what we expected of the mills has happened. Is the brother of Krishna Das acting satisfactorily? Do not be under the impression that I am trying to modify or improve the Rantia [spinning wheel]—am I capable of that? I have made sundry improvements in gandiva in relation to viewing the life cycle. However, what you say is correct: all depends on the loom.” In very good to fine condition, with several pin holes, and two areas of paper loss, to the top edge. Gandhi’s reference to the spinning wheel is exceptionally important, as he had adopted it as a symbol of economic independence very early on in his movement. His platform started to become popular shortly after World War I, and he developed a broad base of support from both Hindus and Muslims to support peaceful noncooperation. After assuming control of the Indian National Congress in December 1921, Gandhi expanded his nonviolence program to include the swadeshi policy—the boycott of British goods. From this originated his spinning wheel, as he encouraged all Indians to wear khadi (homespun cloth) instead of British-made textiles. He furthered this concept by exhorting Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. Thus the spinning wheel—and the textile itself—became symbolic of the movement toward Indian independence. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Rare 1960 Malcolm X letter to Elijah Muhammad— “ALLAH really blessed me to thoroughly brainwash several of them” 172.
Malcolm X.
Remarkable TLS signed “Bro Malcolm X,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, As–Salaam–Alaikum letterhead, July 13, 1960. Expansive letter addressed to his teacher Elijah Muhammad, in full: “I thank ALLAH for the time He blessed me to be with you last week, and also for the financial help you gave me, which I know you need for yourself. I look upon it as ‘seed-corn,’ which I do not intend to eat, but to plant, so that when you see it again it will have produced a decidedly large ‘increase.’ The only reason I ever accept any money from you is to re-invest it out here in The FIELD for the growth of Islam. Your Radio Broadcast could be gotten into one of these New York stations through our contacts here if I could get a copy of the broadcast…We want your program on the air here in Harlem…I re-established contact with the Nigerian I had met on the plane coming back from Albany. ALLAH really blessed me to thoroughly brainwash several of them, and send them back to Nigeria loaded down with our literature and singing praises about the work you are doing among us here in America…These Africans, all are government officials in their country, and will have the largest independent African nation when they get their freedom October 1st… My main purpose in dealing with them is always to establish good diplomatic relations with those in governmental positions, figuring somewhere done the line they may come in handy…I’m praying you will let me represent you and the Lost-found Nation of Islam in Nigeria October 1st, on their Independence Day. All other nations will be represented. I think if I were there, with the contacts and friends I’ve already made, it is highly possible to pull a major propaganda victory. Mr. John Patterson is the only so-called Negro downtown on Wall Street. He’s in the ($) investment business, high finance. His (all Negro) firm owns Harlem’s newest paper, The Citizen–Call, in which Dan Burley has a column…Mr. Patterson wants to know what he can do to help us…I’ve approached him not on a religious basis, but on an economic basis he understands better…I explained your Future Plan to him, and he said it is in his field to set up the proper machinery (system) to raise funds, finance, or get financial backers for such projects. ALLAH has blessed me to sell him on the idea of meeting with you in person… I will contact you after Friday to let you know what further developments. Meantime, I may also write Dan Burley and congradulate [sic] him on his column.” Malcolm X adds a handwritten postscript to the conclusion: “In fact, I may call Burley and encourage him to keep writing about you in his New York column. It is actually more effective than if you were writing it yourself.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Wonderful photo of Keller signed for a leading educator of the blind 173. Helen Keller. Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Keller seated with a book and a dog resting by her feet, signed and inscribed in pencil, “To Dr. Berthold Lowenfeld, Whom I honor for his light-radiating personality as well as his unflagging devotion to the blind, Cordially, Helen Keller.” In fine condition, with creasing to the lower corners, and moderate-to-poor writing contrast against the dark background. Accompanied by a letter of transmittal from the American Foundation for the Blind, signed by Evelyn Davidson Seide, dated July 12, 1957. Berthold Lowenfeld served as the Superintendent of the California School for the Blind and wrote the highly regarded books, Our Blind Children and The Changing Status of the Blind. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Although the days are now dark, I am convinced that we stand on the threshold of our nation’s bright tomorrow” 174. Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS signed “Martin L.
King, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 5, 1961. Letter to Ken Browne in Arizona, in part: “Encouraging words such as yours are of inestimable value for the continuance of my humble efforts. Our struggle is often difficult and the moments are often frustrating, but we gain new courage to carry on when we realize that persons of good will, such as you, are supporting us in the background. Although the days are now dark, I am convinced that we stand on the threshold of our nation’s bright tomorrow. I’ve never been to Mesa, Arizona, and appreciate your invitation to visit there sometime…It is my hope that I will have the pleasure of meeting you sometime in the near future.” In fine condition, with staple holes and a paperclip impression to the upper left corner. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. A wonderful, eloquent letter from the revered Civil Rights icon. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Crystal-clear portrait of the Montgomery bus boycott leader 175. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rare vintage glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of King in a sharp suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best Wishes to Mr. & Mrs. Ken Browne, From Martin L. King.” Reverse bears the photographer’s credit stamp of Arthur Freeman of Montgomery, Alabama, and a typed collector’s notation indicating that the autograph was received in 1957. In very good to fine condition, with a few creases, two paperclip impressions (one to the top, the other to the upper right edge), surface impressions across King’s forehead from typed notations on the reverse, and somewhat irregular ink adhesion to portions of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
176. Florence Nightingale. Italian-born British nurse (1820–1910), popularly known as the ‘Lady with a Lamp,’ who first came to prominence for her care of troops during the Crimean War. She pioneered modern nursing and hospital practice, and her prowess as a mathematician led her to develop a number of important innovations in the field of statistics. ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, December 21, 1856. Letter to Miss Erskine, in part: “I have no time, after receiving your kind letter, in doing the only thing remaining which appeared likely to be of any use, viz. writing to Sir James Clark, who promised to go to Sir John Liddell last Thursday, & I sincerely trust that Dr. Dalby may at last receive what he so truly deserves.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Nightingale’s hand. An interesting letter connecting notable figures in the world of 19th century British medicine—Sir James Clark served as Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1860, and Sir John Liddell was senior medical officer of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. Liddell was introduced to Nightingale during the Crimean War, and was subsequently in occasional contact with her regarding hospital design. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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177. Rosa Parks. ALS on the inside of a greeting card, measures 10 x 6 open, April 14, 1994. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, in part: “Thanks for the news clipping about mayor Johnson running for governor of Arizona. I wish him much success. Also thanks for copies of previous letters with two one dollar bills attached. I am sorry that I do not remember the original letter with the money enclosed. It has been a while. I am keeping quite well and am very busy. I hope you both are well and enjoying life. Enclosed is information for ordering portraits and other items from the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute.” The front of the card bears a lovely color portrait of Parks, who has signed and inscribed the image in black ink, “4/14/94, Rosa Parks, To Mr. & Mrs. Ken Browne.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping and the original mailing envelope, addressed by Park who incorporates her signature into the return address field, “R. Parks.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“The budgets of the Kehillot are meagre to an extent unknown in any other country with a social service system” 178. Henrietta Szold. Zionist leader (1860–1945) who worked for the Jewish Publishing Society of America before she founded Hadassah in 1912. TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 10.5, General Counsel (Vaad Leumi) of the Jewish Community of Palestine letterhead, September 30, 1937. Letter to Hannah Ellert in Palestine, in part: “I see no prospect for your taking up social service activities with us. There are many social service workers in the country, members of the regular Professional Organisation of Social Service Workers, who have been waiting a long time for a position and who are entirely free to go to any part of the country. They are experienced in the work. Some of them suffer from inadequate knowledge of Hebrew to be sure. With reference to Hebrew, I would like to stress that not only a speaking knowledge is required, but also the ability to write, for all our case histories must be in Hebrew. As for specialization in the the work, such as the care of adolescents from 14- 17; alas, we have not yet reached such heights in the development of social services. Our family welfare workers must do all kinds of case work including that for children and adolescents. Over and above all this, the allocation of positions to candidates does not lie in my hands. My department organises, directs, centralises, lays out projects, but it does not deal with cases. The employment of social workers lies in the hands of the Social Service Bureaus of the Kehillot. True, these Bureaus turn to me and want to know whether have candidates to suggest, but the appointment of the candidates lies entirely within their jurisdiction. Moreover, recently, as I indicated above, a Professional Organisation of Social Service Workers has been formed and applications for candidates must be addressed to it, even by myself. To the above I have only this to add: There would be abundant work for all trained forces in the country if there were means. The budgets of the Kehillot are meagre to an extent unknown in any other country with a social service system. Precisely in the field you are interested in the care of children and adolescents, there would be wide scope for good workers, but there is no money. You see, I cannot encourage you to continue to think of social service as an outlet for your energy and your ability, and in view of the fact that your home-ties must naturally dictate restrictions as to place, hours, etc., you will understand that your chances are not the best…I hope I have not disappointed you too grievously.” In fine condition, with rusty paperclip impressions, and scattered light stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Supreme Court 179. John Jay. Handwritten draft of a letter by Jay, unsigned, one page, 9.75 x 15.5, July 2, 1798. Written as the second governor of New York, a draft addressed to the justices and selectmen of the town of Norwalk, Connecticut, with numerous handwritten corrections and emendations. Jay writes, in full: “I have rec’d the petition by which you and other inhabitants of the town of Norwalk request that a pardon may be granted to Stephen Belknap, who was lately convicted of attempting, in concert with other prisoners to effect their escape from the jail of this city by force of arms. The jail of the city was broken, the citizens alarmed, one of them was shot and severely wounded, and the lives of others of them greatly endangered. For this offense he was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour in the state prison for 18 months, and to a fine of no great am’t.This correct and well-written petition appears to have been dictated by pure and commendable motives. From the characters of the subscribers I am convinced that entire credit is due to the facts stated in it, and that the reputation, circumstances, and connections, of Stephen Belknap are truly represented. I feel the force of the considerations you urge, and sincerely sympathize with the young man’s father in the affliction which he must necessarily experience from so distressing an event—It is true that I have authority to grant him a pardon; but that authority, you will know, gentlemen, is to be considered as a trust to be executed, not according to my will and inclination, but with sound discretion, and on principles which reconcile mercy to offenders, with the interest of their Public. In free states the laws alone bear rule; and, to that end, respect for and obedience to them is indispensable to the order, comfort, and security of the society. Belknap’s offense includes disrespect to the laws, opposition and defiance to their authority, and a most unjustifiable combination to break from their control by force of arms, and without regard to the blood and lives of faithful officers and innocent citizens. The punishment to which he has been adjudged is mild, and they who visit the state prison will find that he has nothing but his confinement to complain of. After having very maturely considered this case, it appears to me that the nature of his offense is such as that a pardon would not be a prudent or a seasonable measure. The civil magistrates and ministers of justice must be protected and that so decidedly as to let it be seen and felt, that violences and outrages against them cannot be committed with impunity.To pardon and discharge such an offender almost directly to his commitment to the state prison would, instead of producing the proper impressions on him and others, naturally incite disgust and indignation in the peace officers, and be censored, if not generally at least by those who think our present penal code too mild. Besides, should a pardon be granted to Belknap and refused to his fellow offenders, it would be difficult so to discriminate him from all the others as to avoid that partiality and respect to persons which both justice and policy forbid. Although too much severity is inhumanity, yet unless mercy is extended with great discretion it will encourage offenses and ultimately multiply punishment. It also merits consideration, that many judicious and well disposed citizens among us think more sanguine expectations are entertained from our present mild or (as some call it) relaxed system of punishments, than will ever be realized. Prudence directs that it should have a fair trial, and therefore that the supposed objections to it should not be permitted to derive strength and support from the frequency of pardons, in cases where the propriety of them is justly liable to doubt and question. I submit these reflections to your candid consideration; and I assure you that I sincerely regret their constraining me to forego the satisfaction I should derive from the compliance with your request. It is pleasant to gratify those who wish us well, and whom we esteem and respect; but there are occasions when we must, however reluctantly, deny ourselves that pleasure.” In fine condition, with an area of ink erosion at the center affecting a few words of text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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On a “grand Jury” and “Judge Cushing,” one of the original six Supreme Court justices 180. John Jay. ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, June 22, 1791.
Written from Newport, a letter to his wife Sally in New York, in full: “This I believe will be the last Letter that you will receive from me, dated at this place, for there is Reason to expect that the Business of the court will be finished by Evening. It is indeed possible that the grand Jury who are still sitting, may find more Bills: if so we may be longer detained, but from the Information I have rec’d it is improbable. Saunders has been it seems detained by want of a four wind untill early this morning when the Packet sailed—had I known it in Time, he would have been the Bearer of this Letter. The Packets expected from N. York do not appear. I fear therfore that I shall depart tomorrow without having rec’d any further Letters from you than the one that accompanied the Sulky. Judge Cushing has been confined these two Days by a severe Cold attended with fever—whether he will be able to proceed to Bennington is not yet certain. I apprehend however that he will attempt it, tho it’s my opinion it would be rather imprudent. Let me find a Letter from you at Hartford. 1 oC’k. The court has adjourned to meet at 3 this afternoon; the grand Jury having Business still before them. I this moment left Judge Cushing—he is better, but at any Rate will not be able to set out before Friday. If the court sh’d rise today I shall set out tomorrow; and wait a Day for him at Hartford—it will be better for my Horses that I should wait a Day there, than here. Peet is returned from the post office, but without Letters. 5 oC’k. The court this Instant adjourned, & I shall leave this place in the morning.” In fine condition, with a couple of very small holes, and several areas of seal-related toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
181. Roger B. Taney. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1777) from 1836 until his death in 1864. Before holding that office, Taney served as secretary of the treasury and attorney general. Uncommon 2 x 3.5 carte-de-visite portrait of Chief Justice Taney in a fulllength pose, vertically signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink, “For Miss Molly Smith, from R. B. Taney.” Archivally triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 9.5 x 11; the backing has a window for viewing the signature. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Businessmen 182. Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson. One of
the four co-founders of HarleyDavidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. Interesting softcover 1941 Harley-Davidson Factory Service School technician’s training binder, 9 x 11.5, 60 pages, signed on a document affixed inside the back cover, “Arthur Davidson.” The document reads: “This is to certify that Howard W. Belmont attended our Factory Service School - class of January 20, 1941, and completed the mechanics’ training course.” The binder contains several diagrams of Harley-Davidson generators from various models, and has many “Shop Dope” memos, dated from 1936 to 1947, which relate to servicing and maintenance. In very good condition, with heavy wear and soiling from use, and creasing to covers which somewhat affects the affixed signed slip. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
183. William Randolph Hearst. Fascinating grouping of four letters, three signed “W. R. Hearst” and one signed in full, five
total pages, dated between 1930 and 1940; the lot consists of three TLSs addressed to notable newspaper columnists Louella Parsons and Walter Winchell on individual sheets of 8.5 x 11 Los Angeles Examiner letterhead, and the fourth letter, an ALS addressed to Michael Germonprez, is written on both sides of the opening flyleaf for a booklet containing ‘An Article by William Randolph Hearst, Reprinted from His Column, ‘In the News’ of June 24, 1940.” The ALS, dated November 7, 1940, reads, in full: “Here is a little story and a true one about the lemmings. Let us hope its application will prove true too. It is strange what urge inherited from bygone times impels people as well as animals to their destruction. War is such an inherited urge. It does not belong in our day and those that yield to its impulse descended to us from a preexistent savage state that will find it drives to their extinction. The open seas of liberty and enlightenment are too wide today. The lemmings cannot cross them. In the futile and fatal attempt they will sink to their doom.” The TLS to Parsons, October 31, 1930, in full: “This is the formal permission that you have requested to write a motion picture for Warner Brothers, it being understood that you will use some name other than your own as the author.” The earlier letter to Winchell, April 2, 1937, in part: “Thanks for your letter to Mr. Chandler. We have to be a little patient with folks. I would hate to be punished for every time I have made a damned fool of myself.” And the second to Winchell, April 16, 1937, in part: “Your picture I understand is a great success, and I hope to see it soon. Louella says that you succeed in everything that you undertake. She thinks you are a wonder. I would have put up an argument, but I did not have any material with which to contradict her; so I had to agree.” In overall very good to fine condition, with paper loss and tears to one of the letters (with a tape-repaired lower right corner), and toning to the first page (the beginning of the long inscription) of the book. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 65
Scientists and Inventors
184. Arthur Eddington. British astrophysicist (1882–1944) famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity. ALS signed “A. S. Eddington,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, blindstamped Cambridge Observatory letterhead, June 13, 1938. Letter to Mr. Brockington, presumably Alfred Allen Brockington, in full: “Among many letters of congratulation I value none more highly than yours. I am very sorry you have had such a bad time, and hope you will get on more rapidly now.” In fine condition, with creasing to the upper right corner. Eddington penned the foreword for Alfred Allen Brockington’s book Mysticism and Poetry on a Basis of Experience. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“When the cat is away the mice will...work” 185. Thomas Edison. Rare autograph endorsement on a pre-
printed letter from Thomas Edison to his close associate George F. Morrison, one page, 7 x 9, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, August 18, 1913. The letter reads, in full: “My wife left for vacation on 12th, she said I suppose when I am gone it will be the same story. ‘When the cat is away the mice will… work.’ She made me promise to join her on the 25th, so I will be unable to be with you. Regards to all the boys.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and light creasing and soiling. Unable to join Morrison for a meeting at the General Electric Company, Edison had 250 reproductions of this letter made by photographic process, making sure to have his signature omitted. When the letters were printed and placed on his desk, Edison hand-signed the entire stack. Despite her frustrations with his ‘Insomnia Squad,’ the self-proclaimed name of Edison‘s laboratory staffers, Mina Miller would on occasion joke about her husband’s stubborn work habits by declaring that ‘when the cat is away the mice will work.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Signed childhood biography of Edison 186. Thomas Edison. Signed book: The Boy’s
Life of Edison. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 367 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink, “Thos. A. Edison.” Also signed and inscribed by the author, “To Edson Ruther Peck, with all good wishes, Wm. Meadowcroft, June 29, 1929.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with light sunning to spine, mild edgewear, and annotations to the rear endpaper and pastedown. A business card of F. T. Guendel, a salesman for the Edison Storage Battery Co., is loosely laid in. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Einstein joins “the Sponsor Committee for your Manuscript Auction”
187. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,”
one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, December 23, 1938. Letter to Ralph Roeder of the League of American Writers, in full (translated): “I am happy to join the Sponsor Committee for your Manuscript Auction.” In very good to fine condition, with a small area of paper loss to the blindstamped letterhead, and staining along the top edge from old adhesive residue on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“Schrödinger is supposed to come as well”— after discussing relativity, Einstein invites a colleague to tea
188. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead, October 19, 1928. Letter to Dr. Hans Reichenbach, a colleague and important expositor of relativity, to suggest to him a clearer way of explaining one aspect of his theory. He opens the letter by saying (translated): “I think the logical presentation that you give of my theory is indeed possible, but it’s not the simplest one.” After providing a list of four possibilities for “increasing specialization regarding the distant comparison of vectors” he comments: “Of course one can also start with an affine connection and specialize either by introducing a metric or by introducing integrability conditions; i.e. do it the way you did. But this is less simple, less natural.” He goes on to assert that “[t]he naturalness of the field of structure envisaged by me seems indisputable to me. I will only know in a few months whether this construction contains deeper traits of reality; for the problems needed to be solved to make this decision are not at all easy.” The letter ends with a postscript in Einstein’s hand, inviting Reichenbach and his wife to tea, noting “Schrödinger is supposed to come as well.” In fine condition, with faint toning and two filing holes to the left edge. At this time, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, and Hans Reichenbach were all teaching at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Exquisite content and a remarkable association between titans of modern physics. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Albert and Elsa prepare for their “big trip” to Asia in 1922
189. Albert Einstein. ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 3.5 x
5.5, September 2, 1922. Letter to his sister Maja on family matters, in full (translated): “I entirely forgot to write you that Uncle Jakob has given up the business. K. himself told me about it. None of the 10 crates of grapes that you set aside for me can be sent here, because they got ruined. Paul should send six of them to Mileva (Buchnerstr. 3, Zurich) and four to Albert Karr (Etzelstr. 30, Zurich). The boys are gone again now. The older one has become a real athlete, but somewhat dull and aloof, while Tete is a charming rascal, with a good heart and brilliantly talented. We spent a nice time at our cottage on the water. The big trip gets underway around 3 October. Elsa, who is healthy again, is coming along. There is great misery here, so that people are thinking about rationing, like in wartime.” The opposite side bears a note by his wife, signed “Elsa,” in full (translated): “Warmest greetings. I have so much to do with preparations for the trip that it almost makes me dizzy. On top of that, a big dinner here at our place tomorrow, and a house guest from Holland the day after tomorrow. I have the feeling that I won’t finish. Warmest greetings. It’s too bad that you’re not in Switzerland any longer; we’re traveling by way of Basel and Geneva.” In fine condition. In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa embarked upon a five-and-a-half month voyage to the Far and Middle East—the “big trip” referenced here—visiting Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Japan, and Palestine before returning to Europe by way of Spain. During the tour, which lasted from October 1922 to March 1923, Einstein gave numerous lectures to thousands of excited intellectuals. It was during this time that Einstein learned he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics, recognizing his ‘services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.’ In this warm letter to his sister preceding the historic world tour, Einstein discusses family matters—most notably his sons, Hans Albert and Eduard (“Tete”), who were then respectively 18 and 12 years old. A superlative, boldly penned Einstein family letter. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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190. Michael Faraday. British physicist and chemist (1791–1867) best known for
his development of the first dynamo and the discovery of electromagnetic induction. ALS signed “M. Faraday,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 3, 1853. Letter to chemist James Sheridan Muspratt, in part: “I am sorry I cannot comply with your note but upon principle I never aid in…any such proposition as that which you make which has relation to myself. I really know so little of matters concerning my own face that I could not tell you of my own knowledge whether there is any likeness of myself or not.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The penicillin pioneer in his lab
The influential ‘Big Bang’ theorist
191. Alexander Fleming. Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Exquisite matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Fleming in his laboratory with a microscope at his side, crisply signed in fountain pen. Permanently glued to a heavy mount, the photo displays beautifully and is in otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
192. George Gamow. Influential Russian-born theo-
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retical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968) who was a leading advocate of the ‘Big Bang’ theory. Extremely rare glossy 5 x 7 photo of Gamow smoking and smiling broadly, signed in fountain pen, “G. Gamow, Ain’t I gay!?” In very good to fine condition, with vertical creasing to the photo. Starting Bid $200
193. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck and Georges Cuvier.
Bold ink signatures, “Lamarck” and “G. Cuvier,” on an offwhite 7 x 9.25 sign-in page, headed, “Signatures des Membres Presens,” and dated “23 floreal an 9” [May 13, 1801]. Also signed by several other French scientists. In fine condition. Lamarck was an influential French naturalist and biologist (1744–1829) known as an early proponent of the concept of evolution and his mistaken theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist (1769–1832) instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
194. Konrad Lorenz. Austrian
zoologist, ornithologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine who pioneered the modern study of animal behavior (1903–1989). TLS in German, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, February 5, 1965. Letter to the physician Joachim Ruf, sending his autograph. At the conclusion, Lorenz sketches a detailed drawing of a hand holding a fish. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
1906 Pach Bros. portrait of the radio pioneer 195. Guglielmo Marconi. Exceptional sepia matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Marconi by Pach Brothers of New York, affixed to the original 8 x 10.75 studio mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Sara Dow, Yours very sincerely, G. Marconi.” Lower right corner of photo bears a 1906 Pach Bros. copyright stamp. In fine condition, with light rippling, and fading, to the image; the signature remains very bold. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize 196. Albert A. Michelson. Physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light (1852–1931) who, in 1907, became the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize. TLS signed “A. A. Michelson,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, University of Chicago letterhead, December 10, 1926. letter to Sr. Walter S. Adams at the Mount Wilson Observatory, in part: “I am glad to hear of the progress with the steel interferometer frame, and also of the surprising visibility of San Jacinto.” In fine condition, with several vertical folds. Starting Bid $200
“The rabies vaccine cannot travel,” Pasteur explains, “If you have any subjects who have been bitten, and bitten not too long ago, you can send them to me; the treatment will be free” 197. Louis Pasteur. LS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one
page, 5.25 x 8, no date but likely circa 1885–1886. Letter to Dr. George Henslow at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, in full (translated): “At the moment, the rabies vaccine cannot travel; I hope this will come later. I have not yet turned my mind to a method of achieving this. If you have any subjects who have been bitten, and bitten not too long ago, you can send them to me; the treatment will be free: it lasts about ten days; other costs, travel, accommodation, etc., will naturally be you clients’ own expense.” In fine condition, with light toning, and two light edge stains. After five years of extensive study of the rabies virus and the successful treatment of several infected dogs, Louis Pasteur faced his first human patient in July of 1885. Certain that the severely bitten nine-year-old Joseph Meister would not survive without treatment, he began the course of the 13 injections; after administering all 13, one each day, in progressively stronger doses, Meister regained strength and never developed rabies. After a second successful treatment on a bitten shepherd four months later, word spread and people began to seek him out for the vaccinations. When four boys in New Jersey were bit by a rabid dog, a fundraising effort arose to help send them to France, accompanied by American surgeon Dr. John Shaw Billings, via ocean liner for Pasteur’s treatment; despite the long travel, the boys all returned home in January of 1886 in excellent health. Three months later, Pasteur would officially present his results, announcing only one fatality out of 350 patients who received the vaccine. An excellent letter from the crucial early stage of the vaccine’s history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Schweitzer declines invitation to an antinuclear demonstration
198. Albert Schweitzer. ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, personal stamped letterhead, April 4, 1960. A superb, partly translated letter to Norman Thomas concerning his work against nuclear war. He regrets that he cannot attend an antinuclear demonstration, but gives Thomas permission to use anything he wants in the pamphlet to be issued: “My life, unfortunately, is not easy. Sometimes it’s about my strength.” Schweitzer notes that what would have been simple in 1957 is now almost hopeless thanks to political inaction: “But we must not lose heart. You are right in your meeting to call people back to the law and action.” His postscript reads: “How I would like to have made your acquaintance. I hope that happens.” Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 25.5 x 17.75; the backing has a window for viewing the reverse. In fine condition, with some light creasing. An excellent letter written at the height of Schweitzer’s involvement with the issue of world peace, during which time he made radio broadcasts and published books and pamphlets about the threat of nuclear war. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Intellectuals
199. Roland Barthes. Literary theorist and philosopher (1915–1980) whose
ideas explored a diverse range of subjects, including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, and others. TLS in French, signed “R. Barthes,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes letterhead, January 18, 1973. Letter to Madame Irma Antonetti of the Italian Cultural Association in Turin, thanking her for her letter. He hopes that they will be able to complete the program by writing to each other at the end of February. He notes that he would prefer to take a train rather than a plane. In very good to fine condition, with corner creases, file holes, and staple holes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Francis Bacon writes “concerning the busines against the Dutchmen in Starchamber” 200. Francis Bacon. English philosopher, statesman, and scientist (1561–1626). LS signed “assured, fr. verulam Canc[ellarius],” 7.5 x 11.5, August 3, 1619. Letter as Baron Verulam and Lord Chancellor, to Lord Zouch, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, notifying him of a forthcoming legal case affecting his prerogative. In part: “There are protest gone out at Mr Attorney Generalls prayer against Hugh Hugginson and Josias Ente concerning the busines against the Dutchmen in Starchamber. Out of a desire to extened the ancient priviledges and customes due to your place not to serve such protest within your jurisdiction without your leave and contente, I have thought it good hereby to desire your Lordship for his Majesties service, that you would cause them forthwith to be sent papers to answer Mr Attorneys Bill and abide such further proceedings as their case shall require.” In fine condition, with a strip of old tape along the left edge, and repaired paper loss to the integral sheet. Provenance: From the Spiro Family Collection (Christie’s, London, 3 December 2003, lot 59). The “busines against the Dutchmen” referenced was a celebrated lawsuit whereby more than forty defendants, both London merchants and foreigners, had been charged with subversion of the realm by exporting gold and silver coin, bullion, plate and other treasure in violation of ancient statues and James I’s proclamation of 23 November 1611. Twenty foreign merchants, though no Englishmen, were fined sums between £1,500 and £20,000, totaling £151,000— this being the largest amount fined in a single case. As usual, Bacon received a kick-back: ‘His share of the £5,000 apiece officially allotted to Secretary Naunton and himself as ‘windfalls,’ out of fines levied on the Dutch merchants in the Star Chamber, had been earned by the sweat of his brow, and—until they got him into trouble—he believed that the gratuities [from other cases], which he accepted just as openly, had been a fair retribution for his labours’ (Nieves Mathews, Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination, 1996, pp. 197-8). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Jung discusses therapeutic drawing, “an important and most helpful outlet for bottled up unconscious phantasies” 201. Carl Jung. TLS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x
11, personal letterhead, January 30, 1951. Letter to Grant Code in New York, in part: “As far as I can judge from the distance, the case of the child you describe is that of a hysterical dissociation. Of course it would be important to know what the contents of her dissociated conditions are. In cases where people either cannot talk or are apparently unconscious of the contents of their abnormal conditions, I induce them to make drawings of their phantasies or to draw or paint any phantastical stuff that occurs to them. I think it would be interesting in this case to try this method. If the child produces something and shows it to you, you just react naturally and if you see anything of importance or interest in it, you just ask her about it…It often happens that drawing gives people such a satisfaction that they continue all by themselves. It forms sometimes an important and most helpful outlet for bottled up unconscious phantasies. This is a badly prejudiced case, I’m afraid, and the outlook into the future is not particularly bright. But in the right hands even such people can develop and become not exactly normal but at least possible.” In fine condition, with light creasing and a small chip to the bottom edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and Code’s four-page retained carbon copy describing the 13-year-old girl’s pitiable condition. Jung was an early practitioner of art therapy, believing that art-making had the power to alleviate or contain feelings of trauma, fear, or anxiety. A fascinating and significant letter from the pioneering psychoanalyst. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Popper on the legacy of Immanuel Kant 202. Karl Popper. Immensely important philosopher of science (1902–1994). Group of three TLSs in German, each one page, 8.25 x 11.75, January–April 1974. To the editors of the ‘Stuttgarter Zeitung’ about of the imprint of his essay on the birthday of Immanuel Kant, with permission to print it, as well as the request for proofs and voucher copies. In overall fine condition, with file holes to the left edges. Accompanied by carbon copies of the original letters sent to Popper. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Religious Figures
204. Mother Teresa. TLS signed “M Teresa mc,” one page, 6 x 3.25, no date. Letter to James Joseph, in full: “More important than autographs is what we do for Jesus, and through Him to others. He said—’Whatever you do for the least of my brethren you did it to me.’ Do to them what you would want someone to do to you. Help the poor, the lonely, the unwanted. Be God’s love and bring His light into their lives. God loves you. Give Him your heart to love. Your will to serve Him. Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet.” Ornately matted and framed with several images of Saint Teresa of Calcutta to an overall size of 34 x 30. In fine condition, with light fading to the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
205. Mother Teresa. TLS signed “M Teresa mc,” on the reverse of an off-white 6.5 x 3.5 prayer slip with an image of Mother
Teresa holding a child, no date. Letter to Enrico Schroder, in full: “Thank you very much for your letter and best wishes. Never has the world had greater need for love than in these days. We don’t have time to stop and smile at each other. People are hungry for love. Let us be carriers of God’s love to them. Love them as God loves us—with tenderness. Share generously with others all your gifts and talents especially your kind words and a loving smile. I am praying for you. God bless you.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 76 |
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World Leaders “I must express my distress and dismay at the term ‘disaster’ with which you chose to characterize the Sinai Campaign” 206. David Ben-Gurion. TLS in Hebrew, one
page, 8.5 x 11, December 26, 1956. As prime minister and minister of defense, Ben-Gurion writes to Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett concerning Israel’s planned expansion into the Sinai. In part (translated): “Even after I heard your report of your visit to Asia at the meeting of the Cabinet and at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Party [Mapai Labor Party], I read with great interest your remarks to the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs. I have, for many years, been interested in Asia and in the cultures of the Asian nations, especially in India and in the Buddhist nations, among them China and Japan. I have a certain degree of knowledge and some conception of the spiritual makeup of most of these lands. Nevertheless, your remarks at the meeting of the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs were most enlightening. But I must express my distress and dismay at the term ‘disaster’ with which you chose to characterize the Sinai Campaign. [1] I am prepared to understand the reasoning of those who stood in opposition to the campaign. I myself could have presented a number of arguments against undertaking this operation; not only with the benefit of hindsight, but even before it was launched. And in the discussions that took place within a small circle of associates prior to the event, I presented some of these arguments. But even he who opposed this operation from a moral or a political stance is obligated to refer to the event by its correct designation. Perhaps the campaign was an undertaking that was not valid, or damaging [to Israel], but it was not a ‘disaster.’ [1] Such an undertaking, for which thousands were ready to risk their lives—and scores did lose their lives in this effort—cannot be degraded with this shocking designation. Since I will not bring up this discussion at the meeting of the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs, I saw it my duty as a friend at the very least to tell you how I feel about this matter.” In fine condition, with some light toning and short edge tears. In October 1956, Israel launched the Sinai Campaign, also called Operation Kadesh, in an attempt to occupy the Sinai Peninsula and put an end to to the terrorist incursions into Israel. International political pressure ultimately forced Israel to withdraw shortly after its invasion of the peninsula, but the operation did succeed in attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran. A desirable letter from a period of domestic and international political tension following the Suez Crisis. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 77
Rare letter from one of history’s most influential jurists 207. William Blackstone. English academic,
judge, and Tory politician (1723-1780) known for writing Commentaries on the Laws of England; he was confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law in October 1758. ALS signed “W. Blackstone,” one page both sides, 7 x 8.5, March 21, 1761. Letter addressed to a correspondent identified only as “My Lord,” in full: “Your Lordship will not be surprised, that in my critical situation I am under some kind of Anxiety, & desirous to learn whether any further Step has been taken in regard to the Silk-Gown, with which Your Lordship informed me the King intended to honour me: For, if by any Accident the Favour of that Nomination should be deferred till after the Return for Hindon, it would involve me in a very awkward Difficulty, by immediately vacating the Seat. Lord Chancellor, from whom I hoped to have heard some Particulars, is gone out of town this morning. When I did myself the Honour to wait on You last, Your Lordship was also pleased to say You would make Enquiry what was expected from me with regard to Hindon. Pardon my Sollicitude to know the Event of that Enquiry. I, like a very raw Courtier, proposed myself the Pleasure of seeing Your Lordship tomorrow at St. James’s, but am just now informed, that it being Easter Day these will be no Drawing Room. I therefore take this Method of enquiring what may be incumbent upon me to do, or whether Your Lordship has any Commands for me: For it would be unpardonable Negligence on my Side, when my great & noble Friends have done so much for me, to let anything miscarry through a Want of Attention to the necessary Forms of Business. I have the Honour to he, with great Respect & Gratitude.” Nicely cloth-matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 19.5 x 15.75; the backing has a window for viewing the reverse. In fine condition. Just three years prior to the date of this letter, William Blackstone became the first Vinerian professor of law at Oxford (1758), where he inaugurated courses in English law; British universities had previously confined themselves solely to the study of Roman law. Blackstone published his lectures as Commentaries on the Laws of England (4 vol., 1765-69), a work that gave order and lucidity the bulk of English law. Blackstone’s Commentaries, written in an urbane, dignified, and clear style, is regarded as the most thorough treatment of the whole of English law ever produced by one man. It demonstrated that English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Blackstone’s work exerted tremendous influence on the legal profession and on the teaching of law in both England and the United States. In his later life Blackstone resumed his law practice, served in Parliament, was solicitor general to the queen, and was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Burke’s battle against the East India Company and corruption in British India 208. Edmund Burke.
Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Commons. He is mainly remembered for his support of the American Revolution, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” one page, 7 x 9.25, January 30, 1788. Letter to William Fawkener, clerk of the Privy Council, concerning his suspicions at the rumor of an appeal being brought on a judgment given by Sir Elijah Impey against the magistrates at Patna. In part: “I am just informed of a fact, which if I could suppose true, would give me great uneasiness. An appeal to the King in Council had been directed by Act of Parliament on a procedure against certain Musselman Magistrates at Patna, in which Sir E. Impey had given a Judgement which to both Houses of Parliament seemed liable to great Objection. This appeal has slept for seven years; but is now brought forward in the very moment when a Charge is depending in Parliament against Sir E. Impey on account of this very Judgement. I hear also that the Directors of the East India Company have ordered their Sollicitor (who is at the same time Sollicitor for Mr. Hastings now under Impeachment by the House of Commons) to prepare a Case for Council in order for trial. I recollect well the Conduct of certain of the Directors relative to these unhappy Magistrates, on whose behalf they were Complainants of a most flagitious Nature, tending to collude with the Judge against whom they Complained, and to betray and ruin the person they pretended to protect. Parliament was so sensible of this that they came after a solemn deliberation to a strong Resolution against the late Mr. Sullivan upon that subject; and this stands on their Journals. When I consider all the Circumstances of this Case, and the withholding all Communication with the Members of Parliament who conducted that business I think it must give rise to suspicions of Collusion on this occasion, which may be highly disreputable to the National honour and Justice, if the Reports I hear are true, as I hope they are not. May I beg you will be so obliging as to let me know whether any and what proceedings are had upon this Appeal. I beg pardon for giving you this trouble.” In fine condition. This letter reflects Burke’s long-running battle against the East India Company and the British government in India, which culminated in the impeachment of Warren Hastings in the House of Commons. In particular, this letter concerns the behavior of Sir Elijah Impey while serving as chief justice of Bengal between 1774 and 1789—he had apparently acted illegally in extending the powers of his court beyond their defined bounds, leading to his recall to England and impeachment proceedings before the House of Commons in 1788. Here, Burke reveals that he is suspicious of the motives of East India Company officials, believing them to be acting in collusion to prevent Impey’s impeachment. Burke feared that the proceedings on the appeal in the ‘Patna Cause’—a controversial decision regarding a disputed inheritance in Patna, Bengal—would preclude Impey’s impeachment. A boldly penned, well-preserved letter from the great political theorist. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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209. Chiang Kai-Shek.
Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-andshoulders photo of Chiang Kai-shek, signed in bold ink in Chinese. Reverse bears a Wu Chung Ye e c r e d i t stamp. In fine condition, with light silvering to the edges of the image. Precertified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
210. Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
Gorgeous glossy 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Madame Chiang Kai-shek seated in a meadow, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Mayling Soong Chiang.” Reverse bears a “Photo by Wu Chung Yee” credit stamp and typed collector’s notation indicating that it was signed in 1966. In fine condition, with light surface impressions from a typed notation on the reverse. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s secretary. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Churchill writes to “Monty,” the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 2 11 . Wi n s t o n Churchill. High-
ly desirable TLS s i g n e d “ Yo u r s ever, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 28 Hyde Park Gate letterhead, September 16, 1957. A congenial letter to Bernard Montgomery, the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, in full: “I have now been able to speak to the Reves, and they would be very glad if you would stay with them from October 11 to October 14 as you suggested. Their address is La Pausa, Roquebrune–Cap Martin, A.M. Perhaps you will let us know nearer the date your time of arrival. The Reves can also put Jock up at the same time if he can come down with you, so it will fit in well. I much look forward to seeing you.” Attractively suede-matted and framed with artistic portrayals of both men to an overall size of 25.25 x 15.75. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and a punch hole and staple holes to the upper left corner. A fantastic letter connecting two of Great Britain’s most legendary figures of World War II. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Remarkable 1898 portrait of Churchill in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars 212. Winston Churchill.
Magnificent and extremely early 5 x 8 mounted albumen photo of Churchill by J. Heyman & Co., showing him in uniform as a lieutenant in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars Regiment of the British Army, beautifully signed at the top in ink, “Winston S. Churchill, Lieut. 4th Hussars, Septr. 1898.” In fine condition, with trimmed borders. In 1899, the 24-year-old Churchill, a lieutenant in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars, sailed for Egypt, where he was to join the 21st Lancers and report on Herbert Kitchener’s military campaign in the Sudan for The Morning Post. After arriving in Cairo, they headed down the Nile to take part in the Battle of Omdurman against the army of Sudanese leader Abdallahi ibn Muhammad on September 2, 1899. Churchill was critical of Kitchener’s actions during the decisive British–Egyptian victory, particularly in his unmerciful treatment of enemy wounded and his desecration of Muhammad Ahmad’s tomb. Back in England by October, Churchill wrote an account of the campaign, published as The River War in November 1899. A remarkable signed portrait from a foundational period of his youthful military service, just before embarking upon a career in politics. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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To David Lloyd George on “the option of paying Death Duties in land”
213. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” four pages, 7.5 x 9.5, Board of Trade letterhead, August 13, 1909. Lengthy letter to British statesman David Lloyd George, with a handwritten salutation, “My dear Lloyd George,” marked “Private.” In part: “I have been turning over in my mind the question we touched upon yesterday, about allowing landowners the option of paying Death Duties in land. The more I think about it the more it appeals to my sense of justice and to my notions of policy. It may be in the public interest, and certainly it is in the public mood, that great estates should be broken up; but it cannot be in anybody’s interest that they should merely be encumbered. The reduction, pairing off, or division of large landed properties may easily be attended with an increase of population and prosperity in the district affected. But to have great landed estates strictly entailed, drifting about in a sort of waterlogged condition, only kept afloat by grinding economies and starvation of development, must be attended in this country, as in Ireland, with severe evils to the rural population. That population is indeed deprived of any benefits resulting from either system of land tenure. They do not get the support and stimulation of the old system; they do not have the freedom and enterprise of the new…At the outside I should judge that one-seventh part of the Death Duties on agricultural properties might be paid in land—that is to say 1% of the total…Please consider this; and after we have had a talk I think I will bring it up in the Cabinet.” In fine condition, with a single filing hole to the left side of each page. A significant and desirable piece of correspondence between British statesmen. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
214. Charles de Gaulle. Fantastic glossy 6.75 x 9.5 photo of de Gaulle in
uniform with binoculars in his hand, neatly signed in fountain pen, “C. de Gaulle.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a 1950 transmittal letter for the photo from de Gaulle’s secretary, as well as a 1973 ALS by de Gaulle’s son, Philippe de Gaulle. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Stunning certificate naming a Japanese citizen to the Order of the Meiji, including the Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure badge 215. Emperor Hirohito. Desirable manuscript DS in Japanese, one page, 23.5 x 18, April 18, 1940. Document in which the Emperor of Japan confers the Imperial Order of Meiji upon Eiichi Yamamoto. In full (translated): “By the grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the throne with unbroken imperial line, hereby confers the Second Class of the Imperial Order of Meiji upon Eiichi Yamamoto who is currently decorated with Senior Fifth Rank and the Third Order of Merit, and invests him with the insignia of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, granting him with the benefits and privileges associated with this rank and honor. I have set my hand and caused the seal of the Empire of Japan to be affixed at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, this 18th day of April, 1940.” Boldly signed by Hirohito and countersigned by Yasumaro Shimojo, Junior Third Rank, the First Order of Merit, Director of the Decoration Bureau and by Kohei Utsunomiya, Senior Fifth Rank, the Fourth Order of Merit, Clerk of the Decoration Bureau. In fine condition, with folds around the perimeter of the document and some scattered light creases. Included is the Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2.75" diameter, presented to Eiichi Yamamoto. “Kunko Seisho” is engraved on the reverse of the badge, which identifies it as praising achievement. Award is housed in its original 4 x 4 leather and felt case, gilt-imprinted on the cover that it is the Order of the Sacred Treasure, with the case showing expected minor wear. The insignia of the order incorporates symbols for the three imperial treasures: the Yata Mirror, so sacred that not even the Emperor is allowed to look at it; the Yasakani Jewel, made of the finest jade; and the Emperor’s personal Sword. White enameled rays represent the sword (slight chip on one of the 40 rays). The central disc bearing an eight-pointed silver star represents the mirror, surrounded by a wreath with red-enameled dots (one with slight chip) representing the jewel. Established as the Order of the Meiji in 1888 by Hirohito’s grandfather, the Order of the Sacred Treasure is awarded to those who have made distinguished achievements in a wide variety of civil or military services, ranging from research fields, to social work, to state and local government. These documents, by which the emperor himself honors a citizen, become a part of the recipient’s family legacy and do not often leave Japan. A vibrant and highly sought-after piece, signed by the emperor just five months before Japan would sign the Axis Pact with Germany and Italy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“Che” signs off on vacation time 216. Che Guevara. Partly-printed DS in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 8.25 x 12.75, September 15, 1964. Cuban Ministry of Industries vacation request document, approved at the conclusion by Guevara. In very good condition, with folds, overall creasing, and tears to the edges; Che’s signature is clear and unaffected. Guevara was at the very top of Castro’s government when this document was signed, serving not only as minister of industries but as president of the Cuban National Bank. Despite his high status, the activist in Guevara disliked his official duties—leading him to dismissively and diminutively sign solely as “Che” in his governmental capacities. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Trotsky’s political maneuverings in 1933 217. Leon Trotsky. TLS signed “Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, November 25, 1933. Letter to “Comrade Schactman,” the GermanAmerican Communist publisher Max Shachtman, referencing American Communist leader Arne Swabeck. In full: “I am at fault before you but deserve leniency. Sara must have written you that I was ill, spent a whole month away from everything, etc. But even now I am greatly perplexed by the political questions put to me. When you and Swabeck were in Europe and at Prinkipo there was yet a possibility to get a definite idea of the situation in the League and of the way out through detailed conversations. A number of months have passed since. At first it seemed that the situation had improved. Now, as I can see from your letter, a change for the worse has set in. Where are the cases thereto? The plan which a half a year ago gained the support of European comrades, myself among them, consisted in the following: the conference is postponed, as in itself it cannot be a way out of the situation; all forces are directed towards mass work under the banner of the new orientation; the Central Committee is transferred to Chicago to a fresh atmosphere so as to free its own hands and the hands of the New York Branch. The initiative for this plan came mostly from the majority of the N.C. After the minority consented to support this plan it seemed to me that the chances for success have greatly increased. Now you write that the majority of the N.C. postpones the transfer to Chicago but insists on hastening the conference. This plan [is] in absolute contradiction to the previous one. What caused the change? To get a definite idea it is necessary to know the circumstances better. I asked Com. Swabeck in a private letter to inform me of the situation. The present letter is also of an entirely private and preliminary character. Of course, I am greatly chagrined at this unfavorable turn but so far am forced to abstain from expressing any judgment on the matter as such. Until today nothing further has been heard of the ‘New International.’ How is one to understand it? Just another financial crises? As I had occasion to convince myself our American friends are not very strong on bookkeeping: They start with a bang and then accidentally discover that their cash box is empty. Or are there perhaps some other reasons for it?” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 84 |
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Royalty 218. Elizabeth, Queen Mother. Mammoth matte-finish 13.75
x 18.75 portrait photograph of Elizabeth, Queen Mother, by Royal Court photographer Dorothy Wilding, affixed to a 15 x 21 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R,” and dated 1950. Also signed in the bottom right corner of the photo by Wilding in her idiosyncratic block-letter style. Framed to an overall size of 18 x 24. The rear of the photograph bears the Dorothy Wilding studio stamp with the access number 014471 F and is still visible through a window at the rear of the frame, covered by glass. In fine condition, with some slight rubbing to a small area of the foot of the mount. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was Queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until his death in 1952. Subsequently known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the last queen consort of Ireland and Empress consort of India. While many such portraits were produced by Wilding for distribution around the Commonwealth, few had her idiosyncratic signature and rear plate included—and condition of both photo and plate are excellent. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
219. Emperor Matthias. Member of the House of Habsburg (1557–1619)
who ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1612, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 (as Matthias II) and King of Bohemia from 1611. Untranslated LS, one page, 8.25 x 12.5, April 11, 1611. In very good condition, with overall creasing and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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A poem for his masterful friend Voltaire: “Might it be that verses flow from you like prose?” 220. Frederick the Great. Outstanding ALS in French,
signed “Frederic,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 10, February 27, 1738. Frederic the Great writes to Voltaire, in part (translated): “Your works are priceless. For some time I’ve been convinced of that truth, but that doesn’t keep me from my obligation to express my recognition and gratitude to you. The little trifles I send you are merely tokens of remembrance, signs for you to recall the pleasures which your works have given me. It seems Sir that the Sciences and the Arts are at your service on a quarterly basis. This quarter seems to belong to poetry. How is it that you are putting the finishing touches to an entirely new tragedy? Where do you find the time? Or might it be that verses flow from you like prose? So many questions so many problems; Or might it be that you are immersed in your Work night and day or it must be that Heaven has granted you an entirely extraordinary facility, in addition to the excellent talents you possess. Your ‘Merope’ is never out of my hands. It redounds too much to my self-esteem to be the sole custodian of a piece on which you have worked. I prefer it to all your pieces that have appeared in France with the exception of ‘The Death of Caesar.’ Amorous intrigues seem to me to be the essential element of Comedy...As for Tragedy I would say there are subjects which naturally require love such as Titus and Berenice, le Cid, Phedre and Hippolytus. The only problem is that love too much resembles itself and after one has seen 20 pieces, the mind finds the endless repetition of syrupy sweet feelings distasteful, feelings that are too far removed from the customs of our century. Ever since love in romantic novels has been justly associated with a certain foolishness, one no longer feels the emotional impact of excessive tenderness...the lover pining away in the first act...we find ourselves inclined to make fun of him in the 4th or 5th act...the passion which animates Merope is a natural feeling whose voice is recognized by everyone whose heart is in the right place. One does not at all mock what one feels oneself or what one is capable of feeling. Merope does everything a tender mother would do if she were in her position, she speaks as we do, speaks to the heart, and the actor merely express what we are feeling. I’ve written to Berlin for the Marquis de Maffei’s ‘Merope’ although I am very certain that his piece won’t come near yours. The scholarly people of France will always be invincible as long as there are persons of your kind at their head, I even dare to say that I would be infinitely more afraid of them than of your armies with all your Marshals. Here is a newly finished Ode, less bad than the preceding ones. Cesarion [Frederick’s pet name for Dietrich Count von Keyserlingk, widely believed to be his lover] inspired it. That poor boy has an extremely violent case of the gout. He writes me about it in terms that pierce my heart and I can do nothing for him except counsel patience—a feeble remedy against real maladies, but nevertheless a remedy
capable of calming impetuous flashes of the mind created by intense pains. I expect that you, in your frankness and your friendship, will be kind enough to inform me of the defects...in the piece. I sense that I’m proud of it and I’m not pleased that my eyes aren’t sufficiently open concerning my own work. [Here Frederick pens a poem] Error is so much a part of us, often a trifle blinds us. Whether fool or wise man, when he judges his own work he’s seduced by his own vanity. You won’t forget to bestow a thousand assurances of my esteem on the Marquise [Emilie] du Chatelet [highly respected mathematician, physicist, author, and Voltaire’s longtime companion] whose brilliant mind has made itself known by a small sample. It is just a ray of that sun that was seen between the clouds and that can’t be seen except through a veil. Perhaps it will be necessary for the Marquise to hide her brilliance as did Moses when he hid his face because the people of Israel couldn’t bear his brilliant light; nevertheless I will venture to take on the sight of that brilliance; before dying I must see the land of Canaan, that country of Wise Men, that Earthly Paradise.” Intersecting folds, some mild toning along top edge, and some light wrinkling, otherwise fine condition. Engrossed with the French Enlightenment in the mid-1730s, Crown Prince Frederick began a now-famous correspondence with Voltaire that would last nearly half a century. For the first four years, leading up to Frederick’s crowning, the two indulged their mutual intellectual fascinations with one another, prodigiously writing and enclosing their latest poems, philosophies, and reviews, amidst glowing praise. This letter, written two years into their friendship, captures the intensity of their early relationship. Complimenting Voltaire’s prolific work and range—”This quarter seems to belong to poetry. How is it that you are putting the finishing touches to an entirely new tragedy?...Or might it be that verses flow from you like prose?”—Frederick offers his scholarly opinion on the place of romance in different genres of drama, using Voltaire’s recent reinterpretation of the Francesco Maffei drama ‘Merope’ as the example of the perfect use. Sharing a new ode of his own, he encourages Voltaire to send his opinion of the work, remarking that though he is proud of it, “my eyes aren’t sufficiently open concerning my own work.” His closing comments referring to Emilie du Chatelet’s 1737 paper ‘Dissertation on the Nature and Propagation of Fire,’ are especially interesting, offering glowing praise of her genius—quite opposite the harsh opinions he expressed in private, fueled by his jealousy of the attention that Voltaire bestowed upon her. While the two lived together at Cirey, her chateau in Lorraine, Frederick sent ‘Cesarion’ there to obtain copies of all Voltaire’s works. A fascinating letter revealing the spark of this famous friendship between two of 18th-century Europe’s most influential men. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 87
Telegram from Empress Elisabeth to her daughter, Princess Gisela 221. Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Empress of Austria and Queen
of Hungary as wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, known widely as ‘Sisi,’ remembered for her obsessive concern with her health and beauty (1837–1898); she was assassinated by an Italian anarchist. Autograph telegram in German, signed “Elisabeth,” one page, 8.75 x 5.25, no date. Short telegram to her daughter, in part: “Princess Gisela, Munich. I arrive first. Very pleased to see you second.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Crisply penned 1637 letter from King Charles I 222. King Charles I. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. Following the Protectorate rule of Oliver Cromwell and his son, Richard, Charles’s line was restored to the throne with the succession of his son, Charles II, in 1660, whose reign was retroactively dated to 1649. Desirable LS in Latin, signed “Carolus R.,” one page, 7.75 x 11.25, March 25, 1637. Letter to Prince Ferdinand the Second, Grand Duke of Etruria, in part (translated): “O most serene Prince, O dearest kinsman, gladly indeed we have learned from our reunited kinsman, the Count of Arundella and Suria, and from Count Morescallus of Anglia and recently from our ambassador extraordinary to Caesar, how eagerly your Serva Celsa has tried to promote the task of the restitution of the Palatine Elector of my nephew through your wise prolegate, Ugolinus Prissonius. Whence although for him your efforts and likewise mine have been wholly in vain, yet we have not been able to refrain from bearing witness to your most exalted servant in what gratitude we hold the proofs of your benevolence towards us and ours, and to you in his name and from expressing our most hearty thanks and from repaying whatever obligations are pleasing to friendship. May God bless and prosper your servant Celsa!” In fine condition, with multiple intersecting folds and minor paper loss to the upper left corner; the integral address leaf is detached but present. Accompanied by an English translation. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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The king seeks support against the north-invading Covenanters 223. King Charles I. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625
until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. LS signed “Charles R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13, August 25, 1640. Letter to William Stanley, the Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, Lord Strange, urging them to muster the trained bands of Chesire in the northern part of the country and to raise further forces “for the securing and defence of your owne families, and estates.” In part: “Being in our owne royall person thus farre advanced towardes the fronters of this kingdome, to repell those Rebells of our kingdome of Scotland, who have now invaded us, and our subjects, And finding in our good people of the County of Yorke great readiness and resolution…to attend, and march along w’th us w’th all the trayned bands, and forces therein, towards the borders…Wee doe hereby require you…to draw togeather into a body…all our trayned bands both horse and foote.” Signed at the top by Charles. The original white paper seal present but no longer affixed. In very good to fine condition, with most of the red wax seal no longer present; the seal itself is detached but present. In an attempt to blockade the recent swell of Scottish Presbyterian forces, Charles ordered an advance northward from London to York in response to the Covenanter invasion. In spite of his attempts to rally trained militias in the north county, Charles’s forces were soundly overwhelmed at Newburn on August 28, and he was ultimately forced to negotiate a truce at Ripon, a pact that led to the end of the Bishops’ War. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Charles II releases ‘the infamous Earl of Pembroke’ 224. King Charles II. Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R.,” one page
both sides, 7.25 x 12, January 30, 1678. The manuscript states, in full: “Whereas Philip Earle of Pembroke and Montgomery stands committed to our Tower of London by virtue of Our Warrant of the 2d day of this instant January, for speaking blasphemy & other misdemeanors: And whereas the Lords Sprituall and Temporall assembled in Parliament, having, upon hearing the causes of the said Earles imprisonment, and due consideration had of the proofe against him by a single witnesse, together with the Petition of the said Earle detesting the fact whereof he stands charged made an humble addresse to Us that the said Earle may be released from his said imprisonment and have leave to come to his place in Parliament. We are graciously pleased to comply with said Addresse. Our will and pleasure therefore is that upon signs hereof you release and discharge the said Earle from his present imprisonment, in order to his taking his place in Parliament accordingly. “ Signed along the top by the king, and countersigned at the conclusion by Henry Coventry, secretary of state, who accompanied King Charles in his exile. Upper border retains the original white paper seal. In fine condition, with some light soiling and seal-related toning. Philip Herbert, the 7th Earl of Pembroke, was, by historical accounts, a homicidal maniac and convicted murderer, who has been deemed ‘the infamous Earl of Pembroke.’ On January 28, 1678, Charles II committed him to the Tower of London ‘for uttering such horrid and blasphemous words, and other actions proved upon oath, as are not fit to be repeated in any Christian assembly,’ with one such action cited as ‘abuse of the Sacrament of the celebration of the Lord’s Supper.’ Pembroke denied everything alleged and submitted a petition to the House of Lords for their assistance, with this very document affirming his release. Only days later, Pembroke killed a man in a drunken scuffle, and on April 4, 1678, was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 89
225. King Charles II. British monarch (1630–1685) who ushered in the Restoration of 1660 and ruled until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13.25, July 30, 1667. A document addressed to “Our Right Trusty and well beloved Counsellor Anthony Lord Ashley Our Treasurer for Prizes,” which reads, in part: “Our Will and Pleasure is that out of the money arising by sale of Prizes, you pay or cause to be paid into Our Trusty Sir Paul Neile Hn’r Gentleman Usher of Our Privy Chamber or his Assigns the Sume of Five hundred pounds ster. To be by him received without accompt as of Our Free guift and Bounty And for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given at Our Court at Whitehall.” Signed in the upper border by the king. In very good condition, with light overall soiling and toning (more prominent at edges), light edge wear with a few small tears, paper hinge affixed to verso, and seal remnant. The recipient, Paul Neile, was a prominent scientist and mathematician who was a member of the Royal Society; he became “Gentleman Usher” of the Privy Chamber in 1662. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
226. King Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor who, as Charles
I, also served as king of Spain (1500-1558). Manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “Carolus,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 12, August 15, 1545. Document headed “Charles of the F[aithful] Roman Key Ever August Emp’or” and addressed to the “Mag’nt Notables, devoted, faithful, and beloved to us,” concerning the buying back of the estate of Paul and adjacent lands by the state, in full (translated): “On the part of Simon de Tassis, our postmaster in this state, we have been informed that the estate of Paul and others adjacent to it having come up for sale at a certain price for our treasury in recent days, with the stipulation that it cannot be resold by the buyer within XII years perpetually from that point, the termination of this stipulation having arrived last year, we gave him the power in the name of our treasury to buy back the said lands, increasing a thousand pounds in the price from that which was imposed, with which at whatever time our treasury wished to buy them back, giving them the price at which it had been priced before, and the said thousand pounds could be freely procured, and that having had the privilege of it dispatched to him and it having been approved by those of our senate as a useful thing benefitting our treasury, and the state finances, he bought back the said lands in its name and with its money, with the effect of having bought them back for handing them over to the said Simon de Tassis and covering the thousand pounds that had been increased in the price; it was found that among other exorbitant clauses contained in the first contract, it also stated that once the said lands were transferred to our treasury they could not be sold nor forfeited to anyone else within the period of six years, which has been the reason that the said was not effected; beseeching us, as this was done in some recompense for his service and he has spent and given his money with which the said lands were bought back and took them in forfeiture without limitation of time nor clause if they remained such for all the past, without which this could be done in whatever time we would be served by, to provide that during the said six years that the first contract reserved they be given in rent for the same [period] for which they are rebought until the money he gave for repurchasing it would accrue, and as we would be served by it, and so as to be able better to resolve in this which would be convenient to us, it is necessary to have information on the dates in this; we thus commission and order you to inform us on all that which has happened and happens in this and of the state it is now in and in whose possession the said lands have come and are, and on what could and should be done in it without permission of our treasury or third parties, on all you will deem we should be the more informed, so that we can order and resolve that which will serve us in all this.” In fine condition, with light toning to the top edge, and completely professionally silked on both sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 90 |
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“I only desire the peace and well-being of Christendom”
227. King Charles IX. LS in French, signed “Charles,” one
page both sides, 9 x 13.5, March 30, 1567. Letter to Monsieur de Fourquevaulx, his ambassador in Spain, responding with calm and humor to his King Philip II’s claims and complaints, which the latter had passed on to Fourquevaulx through the intermediary of Dr. Lembeje. In part (translated): “I was quite pleased to hear what you were able to uncover about what the doctor is saying, as he is not well informed about the special arrangements he says I have with the Comte Palatine Lantgrave and other princes of this nation and alliance that they would let certain lands near the Rhine fall into my hands (which I’ve never heard of). I can’t deny that I’m on friendly terms with them, as I’ve tried to be with all the friends left me by the Kings who reigned before, but it is no big sin, as you know. As for the complaints regarding the damage caused by pirates and corsairs, the Spanish Ambassador had already asked that they be prosecuted, and he has been allowed to begin proceedings…I had Captain Petre Paul taken prisoner…Also, the Portuguese guide Borgue has been arrested…Thus they will have enough reasons to believe that this plundering does not please me any more than it does them…
I won’t comment on the preparations I am suspected of making since it is obvious from the help and support the Catholic King gets from me, as well as the provisions I supply him with and various favors I do him, such as the passing of deniers through my kingdom, that I am quite loyal to him. But to think that, in seeing troop movements all over, I might want to take away from a prince that God made as great as I, that which belongs to him, to ensure the safety of my own state and protect it from ill-intentioned people, would be to regard me as unworthy of my present position. Having made it known however that I only desire the peace and well-being of Christendom, it’s not my problem that those who could have, didn’t intrinsically use their intelligence to this effect… I don’t know if the news of the surrender of Valenciennes and the settling of the situation in the Netherlands which they should have received by now, will make any difference. Because when all is said and done, if that’s the way it is, the expenses will be superfluous and ruinous to his country…I was very displeased to hear about this revolt and trouble in New Spain, but I have to believe that the King, my brother, has so many good men that they will know as well as those in the Netherlands what to do.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing and staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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228. King Charles V. LS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 12.5, March 17, 1523. An important historic letter to Carlos Val Duque de Arcos in regard to preparations for war against Francois I. King Charles states that, since his return to Spain, his main concern has been the recapture of Fontarrabie (Hondarribia), which had been occupied in his absence by the French. The operation was deferred until the spring, but, nonetheless, they managed to assist the area as best they could. Having now learned that the King of France was preparing a fleet and an army to threaten Perpignan, Flanders, or Milan, the king finds himself obliged to impose a new troop levy on the nobles and prelates of Spain. He orders the Duke de Arcos to furnish one hundred well-mounted light horsemen (lancas hinetes) chosen from among the best men at arms. He will have to personally leave with these men three days after the reception of the present letter. The men will be paid for six months, the time expected for the duration of the campaign. Signed at the conclusion by the king, and countersigned by Pedro de Acevedo. In fine condition, with light seal-related toning, and completely professionally silked on both sides. Accompanied by a full English translation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
229. King Charles VIII. Monarch of the House of Valois
(1470–1498) who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. Rare LS in French, signed “Charles,” one page, 7.75 x 8.25, August 4, [circa 1495]. Letter to Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan, asking for protection and assistance for the bearer, Johan of Bullogna, the king’s valet, on his way through Milan to Ferrara for the purpose of escorting back to France the wife of the king’s seneschal, Guido Paganinio. Prominently signed at the conclusion by King Charles VIII, and countersigned by the king’s minister, Deguineau. Professionally inlaid into a larger sheet, which bears an affixed description below. In very good to fine condition, with light staining and creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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230. King Edward VII. ALS signed “Albert Edward,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Jockey Club, Newmarket letterhead, no date. Letter to Ronald Moncrieffe, in full: “It would give us great pleasure if you would pay us a visit at Sandringham from Saturday next till the following Wednesday. There will be two small days partridge driving so I hope that you will bring your guns with you. The most convenient Train leaves St. Pancras (on Saturdays and Mondays) at 3.55 and you must take your ticket to Wolferton.” In fine condition, with creasing and light soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Edward thanks a cartographer for forwarding “a Trench Souvenir” 231. King Edward VIII. ALS signed “Edward,” one page both sides,
5 x 8, May 1, 1915. Written from General Headquarters of the British Army in Saint-Omer, France, a letter to Captain R. D. James, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “Very many thanks for yr. letter & the 3 copies of the 20th Bde. calender which I am delighted to have as a souvenir of my 1st Batt. & the Bde. in general. I remember yr. showing me a proof at Laventie early in April. I will send home the other 2 copies this evening, the 1 for their Majesties & the one for Princess Mary, who I know will be delighted with them as I am. I have been home on leave for over a fortnight since I last saw, & only returned on Wed. so I have’nt yet really had a chance of coming to see you all; but I will be round at the earliest opportunity. I understand that the 2 other bdes of the 7th Div. have moved N. but that you remain where you are for the present. I hope all are well & that there have’nt been many casualties of late. Thank goodness it has’nt taken you for the desparate lighting round Ypres!! That French retirement was a bad job & no mistake, & it will be a hard job to drive the Germans back if we ever do!! Again very many thanks for sending the calenders.” In fine condition, with a thin blue stain across the extreme top edge. Accompanied by a typewritten manuscript signed by James explaining the provenance of Edward’s letter. The statement, headed “Private & Confidential,” explains that “After the opening of the campaign in 1914 we (the XXth (Guards) (Brigade) sat down in a line of trenches near Armentieres, the Prince’s Battalion, the 1st Grenadier Guards, being part of the Brigade. Soon after the Prince’s arrival in France, when he was still a Lieutenant, he commenced to visit the Battalion in billets whenever he had the chance, and we, on the Staff, got to know him intimately. At this time I was Brigade Signalling Officer, and…it was my duty to prepare Maps, Trench Diagrams, etc. During his visits the Prince evinced much interest in these things, and on one occasion (at Laventie) he saw a draft of a Trench Souvenir which I had prepared for Xmas 1914. He suggested that it was so good that it should be published, as his ‘Father and Mother’…would like to have copies. Acting upon this suggestion I had 200 copies of the Souvenir printed, each copy being numbered, and the Plates afterwards destroyed. Copies were accepted by Their Majesties, Lord Kitchener, and other notable persons…In response to the copies…I received the [above] letter…It was the owner’s intention to donate it to the Imperial Service Museum, but heavy financial losses…have rendered it absolutely necessary that everything of value should be realised at once…It is only with the very greatest reluctance that the Letter is offered for sale.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 93
232. King Edward VIII. Royal Christmas card from 1925, measures 8 x 5
open, boldly signed and inscribed inside opposite a detailed engraving in fountain pen, “Sister Dempster, from Edward P., 1925.” In fine condition, with offsetting of the vignette touching the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“He would be the same Emperor he was before, and I the same King”— Francis I ends hostilities with Charles V 233. King Francis I. King of France (born 1494)
who reigned from 1515 until his death in 1547. Known as the ‘Father and Restorer of Letters,’ the cultured and well-read Francis, himself a poet, ushered in the Renaissance in France with generous support for a number of writers and ambitious construction projects. Exceptional LS in French, signed “Francoys,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 12.25, November 3, 1546. Letter to M. Mesnage, his ambassador to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In part (translated): “I wrote you the day of last month by a horseman that I had sent you by express and answered what you had written me. And because the ambassador of the Emperor, my good brother, came to see me yesterday and gave me to understand the good state of his affairs in Germany, and the hope he had that they would soon bring good results, and then he began to tell me about the strong wish that my good brother had to enter into closer friendship with me. And the desire he had that the matters…That this is a matter in which one would find him well disposed, always in general terms without entering into any particulars. I wanted to do so very much, as he told me he would write to his master the honest reply that I would give him, of which this dispatch is to notify you of the answer I gave him, which is that he had well known what I sent my cousin the admiral and the company which he brought to him. In which duty I placed myself, that is, that it was necessary…with the honesty which I had employed to let myself be guided in this. And that if he had wanted to gather the intention of my good will, I think that his affairs would be even better off than they were before. And he would be the same Emperor he was before, and I the same King, at least I only see lost time. Now that one would find me always so willing to understand all reasonable matters, as I always will. But also, if one disdains my good will, God and the world are witnesses of the duty in which I have always placed myself, and I want you, Monsieur Mesnage, to thank the Emperor on my part for the news which he has imparted me through his ambassador. And tell him that this matter, from which I derive much pleasure, and which I have often had from him and ordinarily have good reports in several places, where I find people speaking to his advantage and always make his cause better. But I think that which comes from him is truthful; may he ask me my desire as often as he can. And besides, if he comes to talk to you about that which my court says, speak to him as ambassador in the same language which I instructed you to, and inform me on what you can extract from him on this and all other things which you will learn. I have given orders to the horseman to take the…of the ambassador to the Emperor to the village, to which you will hold him responsible and continue to inform me on the success of all matters.” In fine condition, with an old repair to paper loss on the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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In 1477, Ferdinand laments “the death of the invincible Duke of Milan, Our well-loved cousin” 234. King Ferdinand V. LS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page, 11.75 x 10.5, June 26, 1477. Letter to the Duke and Duchess of Milan, in (translated): “We, Don Fernando, by the grace of God King of Castille, Leon, Toledo, of Sicily Portugal, Galacia, and Prince of the Kingdoms of Aragon, send you, Very Illustrious Galeazzo [Sforza], Duke of Milan, Our very dear and well-loved nephew as well as to you, Most Serene Lady, Good Duchess of Milan, our emphatic greetings to you both, whom we love tenderly and cherish, and to whom we wish long life and honor. Very dear relatives, since we received your news and learned of the death of the invincible Duke of Milan, Our well-loved cousin, as well as the circumstances and the way of this death, We are at the mercy of a great sorrow and regret which have their source in the circumstances of this death. In thinking about such a dastardly and unusual act, so horrible an event, so abominable a murder; one refuses even to imagine it. We are in great sorrow convinced that the death and disappearance of such a noble prince can present a considerable danger, contribute to the instability of the state and kingdoms, and can be neither useful nor profitable to the kings and princes who were on a footing of close friendship and frequent contact with him. But on reflection and after meditating on the secrets of God, and imagining how He disposes of kingdoms in accordance with His profound and sacred resolutions, that He gives and takes away as He pleases, and gives and takes away the lives of princes as He pleases, We derived some consolation. We remember how meritorious and certain it is, when Fortune befalls Us, to conform to Gods will, which is always just and equitable. And that is why we beseech you and appeal to your judgment to similarly take command of yourself and cast all sorrow and pain far from you, which needlessly affect the living and which cannot be of any pro/it to the dead, which means, very noble Duke and Duchess, that you should act in an edifying way conforming to the will of God. It is from the mouth of Juan Antonio de Corbeta, your gentleman of the chamber; that We learned, very noble Duke and Duchess, in what favorable light the late Duke Galeazzo, Our well-loved cousin, considered what we are doing. Although the distance which separates Our two states prevented him from sending soldiers and auxiliary troops to defend Our two kingdoms in the wars against Our Portuguese enemy and the other peoples who came to his assistance, thanks to his well-known courage, recognizing Our obviously just cause and moved by the great love he had for Us, he nonetheless showed a special satisfaction every time he heard that Our cause prospered. He also was pleased with Our success and the battles which had been turned in Our favor and was satisfied every time he heard it said that We had repulsed the enemy and conquered friends for Our person and territories for Our kingdom. The very illustrious Duke was not content to make Our progress, glory and name known in all the states where he had them disseminated, but showed himself to be a brother and sincere friend to Us in not authorizing Our enemies to procure arms or anything else useful in his territories and in refusing to lend an ear or receive his emissaries or messengers. He also did other things in Our favor which it would take too long to recount, and whose reciting would plunge Us into pain and sorrow For this reason, most beloved and very illustrious Duke and Duchess, believe, I beg you, that Our Royal Person, Our Kingdoms, Our states and the seas which wash them have a sentiment very acute to the debt which they have incurred towards you, and We thus exhort you and beseech you affectionately that if ever the necessity makes itself felt, God willing, you would lay claim to Our assistance by means of your accredited envoys, and it would be a great pleasure and great joy to Us to lend you aid and assistance in all possible ways in loyal brotherhood. We thus spoke for a very long time with the above-mentioned Juan Antonio de Corbeta, your servant, and discussed certain topics with him, and we also beseech you to believe absolutely the message he will bring you on Our part, We also beseech you to write Us to give Us detailed information on the state you are in, and the policies you plan to follow and in which may God assist you.” In very good to fine condition, with a few short edge tears, and a small area of repaired paper loss to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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235. King Frederick William III of Prussia. King of Prussia (born
1770) from 1797 until his death in 1840, who ruled during the difficult times of the Napoleonic Wars and the end of the Holy Roman Empire. Impressive collection of 29 ALSs in German, signed “FW,” totaling 83 pages, dated from 1825–1829. An archive of untranslated letters to his second wife, Countess Auguste von Harrach, Princess of Liegnitz, mostly written from Berlin, Potsdam, and Teplitz. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $300
King George III mourns the death of four-year-old Prince Octavius: “I bend my thoughts and turn to Religion as the only balm for what I feel” 236. King George III. ALS signed “George R,” one
page both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, May 4, 1783. With great melancholy, King George III writes about the death of his favorite son, Prince Octavius, who had passed away two days earlier at the tender age of four. In part: “Lord Aylesbury is I trust much convinced of my regard for Him as well as of my humanity to attribute my silence on the Severe blow he has sustained to any other cause but a wish of letting his own good leave calm his sorrow before I expressed any sentiments on so distressing an Occasion…the Sad event that has befallen me and to which I had but little preparation makes me perhaps more able to set before his Eyes the light in which I see the loss of a darling Child who I vainly hoped would have been a prop in my Old Age if I should last till then, and at least who would have filled the Melancholy last Offices I am now performing for Him; I owne the wound is deep for I did not only love him with the tenderness of a Father for his Child, for that Dear Infant seemed to have no joy equal to being with Me and with a delicacy above his Years felt my Affection; but I feel it is my Duty to bear with Submission the Decrees of Heaven to the All Wise Director and Creator & I bend my thoughts and turn to Religion as the only balm for what I feel; the Queen I thank Heaven is well as I can expect…I owne that it is to me so natural an idea that every spot where I have ever seen my lost Child I shall love as it will bring to remembrance what gave me infinite pleasure and what the thinking of thought it may at the moment make me melancholy must be accompanied with at least the pleasing thought that for above four years I possessed that blessing.” In very good condition, with a few fold splits, and old tape surrounding the signature where, evidently, it had once been cut off and later reattached. King George III was already mourning the loss of his two-year-old son Prince Alfred, who had died of smallpox in August 1782. Eight months later, the death of Prince Octavius—also from smallpox—came as a devastating blow. King George’s later bouts of madness would involve hallucinatory conversations with both of his youngest sons. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The British king aims to protect Sweden from Peter the Great 237. King George I. LS signed “George R” and “GR,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.25, April 6, 1720. Letter to Sir John Norris, commander of the British squadron sent to protect Sweden from invasion by the “Czar of Muscovy [Peter the Great],” headed, “Instructions for Our Trusty and Welbeloved Sr. John Norris…whom We have appointed to command the Squadron of Our Ships of War going to the Baltick Sea.” In part: “Whereas by the eleventh Article of the Treaty concluded between Us and Our good Sister the Queen of Sueden at Stockholm the 21th Day of January…We are particularly obliged to send a strong Squadron of Our Ships of War this Spring to the Assistance of the Kingdom of Sueden to act in Conjunction with the Ships of War of her Suedish Majesty. You are therefore upon the Receipt of these Our Instructions to you to proceed with Our Fleet under your Command with all the Expedition possible to the Baltick Sea; and you are to joyn the Fleet of Our said Sister the Queen of Sueden at Carlseron, or at such other place of Station where you shall learn they are, or where it shall be most proper to make the Conjunction in order to the better carrying on the Operation of the Campaign. 2. As We have not yet found any Effects of Our Endeavors to promote an Accommodation—between the Crown of Sueden and the Czar of Muscovy, and as We have declared by the aforesaid Treaty that if Such amicable Applications should prove fruitless We would not Suffer any longer Time to be lost to no purpose: You are therefore upon your Junction with the Suedish Fleet to know the Orders and Designs of her Suedish Ma’ty and to concert such Operations as shall be judged proper for repelling any Invasion or attempt on the part of the Muscovites upon the Kingdom & Territories of Sueden, and for obtaining from the Czar as soon as possible the Conditions of a just and reasonable peace. 3. You are to take under your Convoy & Care such Merchant Ships going to the Baltick, as are ready to sail with you, and you are to protect and assist them as far as you can without prejudice to the Service you are principally sent upon, & to the due performance of which we are specially engaged by Treaty. 4. You are to give Us regular Accounts of your proceedings by one of Our principal Secretarys of State, and you shall likewise correspond as the Service may require with Our Ambassador Extraordinary or other Minister residing at the Court at Stockholm. 5. You shall follow and observe such further orders and Instructions as We shall from time to time think fit to give you by one of Our principal Secretarys of State.” The official letter is boldly signed at the head and initialed at the conclusion by King George I. The white paper seal affixed at the head remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and old tape repairs to the ends of folds and along the hinge. As a flag officer in the Royal Navy, John Norris had once been sent with a fleet to the Baltic Sea to support a coalition of naval forces from Russia, Denmark, and Hanover taking part in the Great Northern War against Sweden. Peter the Great took personal command of the coalition fleet and appointed Norris as his deputy in 1716; together, they protected British and other allied merchant vessels from attack by Swedish warships. Following the death of King Charles XII of Sweden in 1718, Britain switched sides and Norris returned to the Baltic region to protect British merchant shipping from attack by Russian raiders. It is probable that Norris was appointed to command the squadron as he was known to, and esteemed by, the now-enemy leader Peter the Great. Norris would go on to act as a commissioner in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the conflict in September 1721. In the agreement, Sweden formally gave up the Baltic provinces, part of Karelia, and the city of Vyborg (near St. Petersburg) to Russia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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An 1809 appointment for the legation to “Our good Friends the United States of America” 238. King George III. Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, February 1809. Document directing that the seal of Great Britain be “affixed to an Instrument bearing date with these Presents (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) containing Our Commission constituting and appointing Our trusty and wellbeloved Charles Oakeley Esquire, to be Secretary to Our Legation to Our good Friends the United States of America.” Signed at the top by King George and countersigned at the conclusion by Foreign Secretary George Canning. The three-page instrument referenced remains attached by its original blue silk ribbon, and affirms that Oakeley be appointed Secretary of the British legation to assist David Montagu Erskine, “Our Extraordinary Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to…the United States.” The white paper seal affixed to the first page remains fully intact. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Important order to “all Commanders of Our Ships of War & Privateers” 239.
King George III.
Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, June 2, 1808. Interesting document concerning international trade and blockades during the Peninsular War. In part: “To all Commanders of Our Ships of War & Privateers and all others whom it may Concern Greeting: Whereas John Tulloch hath humbly represented unto us on Behalf of Edward Wynne Commander of the American Ship Father & Sons and sundry British Merchants that they are desirous of obtaining Royal License to Import from…Ports in Spain not Blockaded to any of the Ports of Our United Kingdom Four Cargoes…the said Vessels may proceed from the Port they lie in…to other Ports not Blockaded to Compleat their Cargoes.” Prominently signed at the head by King George III. The white paper seal affixed in the left margin remains intact with several small surface chips. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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240. King George III. Partly-printed
vellum DS, signed “George R.,” one page, 13.75 x 9.5, March 2, 1782. King George appoints James Gordon as “Lieutenant… in Our hundred and fourth Regiment of Foot, commanded by Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General Stuart Douglas.” Signed in the upper left corner by the king, and countersigned in the lower right by William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
241. King George VI. Stunning matte-
finish 8.25 x 11.25 portrait photograph of King George VI by Royal Court photographer Dorothy Wilding, the king depicted in service dress military uniform with swagger stick under left arm, affixed to an 8.75 x 13 mount, boldly signed on the mount in fountain pen, “George R., 1949.” Also signed in the bottom left corner of the photo by Wilding in her idiosyncratic block-letter style. Matted in green suede and framed to an overall size of 14.25 x 18.5. The rear of the photograph bears the Dorothy Wilding studio stamp with the access number 015154 B and is still visible through a window at the rear of the frame, covered by glass In very fine condition. While many such portraits were produced by Wilding for distribution around the Commonwealth, few had her idiosyncratic signature and rear plate included—and condition of both photo and plate are excellent. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
242. King George VI. Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.,” one page, 21 x 16.5, January 1, 1939. King George appoints Archibald Wallace Robertson as a “Consul to reside at Cairo.” Signed in the upper left by the king, and countersigned in the lower portion, “Halifax.” Includes an Arabic document conferring the aforesaid appointment, 11.75 x 18.25, signed at the conclusion by Farouk of Egypt. In fine condition. Accompanied by an English translation for the Arabic document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“My good son and brother, the King of England, has passed away”—beginning the tumultuous reign of the ‘Nine Days’ Queen’ 243. King Henry II. King of France from 1547 until 1559, he was killed in a jousting match held to celebrate the end of the Eighth Italian War (1519–1559). LS in French, signed “Henry,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 12.5, July 16, 1553. Letter to M. le Forquevaux, his ambassador in Spain, announcing the death of King Edward VI of England. In part (translated): “The reason for this despatch by special messenger is to inform you that my good son and brother, the King of England, has passed away on the sixth of this month to the great and extreme regret and sorrow of all the states of his kingdom, as he was a young Prince of great hopes and expectations. As to myself, I must tell you that I am much pained and grieved on account of the perfect good friendship which he plainly showed me and of which I think I could have made good use in the future to the benefit and advantage of my affairs. However God has granted me that much that the Crown and Scepter of the said kingdom have fallen into such good hands that I consider to have been compensated for what I have lost by this death. For the Duke of Suffolk’s daughter [Lady Jane Grey] who is married to the second son of the Duke of Northumberland has been declared Queen in the life-time and during the last days of the late King and since his recent death been proclaimed as such. She has already taken possession of the Great Tower of London and the other principal fortresses of the kingdom, and a law is being made to prepare and to begin the coronation ceremonies for herself and her husband. About all this the Emperor [Charles V] is desperate and in my opinion more vexed than ever because the great intrigues and secret practices which he has had transacted on behalf of his cousin Madame Mary, the oldest daughter of the late King Henry, have been quite useless as she remains deprived of the succession to the crown of England. The Ambassadors of the said Emperor have put before the Duke of Northumberland who is the Leader of the Council of England—a proposal of a marriage between Madame Mary and the eldest son of the said Duke who would then have to give up the wife he has taken in marriage, a daughter of the late Duke of Somerset who was Protector of England. By such means they hope to break and to stop things which have long been concluded and agreed upon and consequently to mar and to destroy the good relations which exist between the principal Lords of the Council of England and myself. However their new Queen and her husband, the King, are entirely well disposed towards my devotedness, knowing full well that I shall never lack in friendship for them nor in anything which is in my power should they need it. Seeing all these troubles the said dame Mary has gone away and will pass through Flanders, if she can, to see her cousin the said Emperor. These are all the news I have to give you just now. I am busy all these days training my army which will soon be assembled and near the enemy who has not yet brought any batteries to the castle of Hesdin but is preparing trenches. In the meantime my men from inside have already much reduced and damaged him by gun-fire and by sallies which they make. Will you communicate the contents of this letter to my cousin the Duke of Parma to whom I am only writing a word to this effect.” Below the king’s signature, Duthier writes: “We have news that the enemy is bettering against the castle of Hesdin since two days and that he is about to explode some mines from which he is prevented more often than he likes by the sallies our men are making from inside and in which they are not sparing of cannon shots, for they are provided with all they need.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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King James arranges negotiations with France for the marriage of his son to the sister of Louis XIII 244. King James I. King of England and Ireland (1566–1625) under whom the
‘Golden Age’ of Elizabethan literature and drama continued, and who famously sponsored the translation of the Bible into English. LS in French, signed “Vostre bon amy, Jacques,” one page, 7.25 x 12.75, May 13, 1624. Letter to M. de la Villeaux-Clercs, in part (translated): “Our dear cousin the Earl of Carlisle, Counselor in Our Council of State & gentleman of Our bedchamber, being on an extraordinary mission to the King, Our very dear brother, to further tighten the bonds of our good friendship & intelligence with him & to propose to him things of great & special importance to this end, we have also charged him with this word to you, to give you assurance of our good will on your part, & ask you to use your good offices & give credence to the charge you have of advancing this negotiation so that it may come to a happy conclusion, which we desire for the common good of the two states.” In fine condition, with a light seal-related stain to the top; the integral address leaf, which contains the seal, is detached but present. On May 17, 1624, King James sent the Earl of Carlisle to France to negotiate the marriage of Prince Charles, the future Charles I, with Princess Henrietta Maria, the sister of Louis XIII. The negotiations were prolonged when Cardinal Richelieu stepped in midway through and took control, demanding religious concessions to protect English Catholics. Although Carlisle advised against the concessions, the King and Prince rejected his advice and Carlisle’s mission was brought to “a happy conclusion” when the royal couple married in 1625. These religious concessions came back to haunt Charles I during his turbulent reign, which ended with his ouster from the throne and execution by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentary government. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Scarce 1889 handwritten letter from King Kalakaua 245. King Kalakaua. King of Hawaii (1836-1891) who was elected to the vacant throne in 1874 by a legislature that had been convened for the purpose. Kalakaua almost single-handedly restored many of the nearly extinct cultural traditions of the Hawaiian people. ALS signed “Kalakaua,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 26, 1889. Written from “Honuakaha,” a letter to T. Gloves Fillette, in full: “I have just received your note. I am sorry that the plans have been changed for going up and will not go by the Steamer of tomorrow for Lahaina. I have sent a part of the Band and the other half will attend the Queens Reception on the 31st of this month being her Majesty’s 56th anniversary of her Birthday. It is entirely a Ladies reception and will not be there myself, but it will very nice in some of the gentlemen of the Men of Wars in port to call and pay their respect in civilians cloths. I will be in my private office and will be most happy to meet you all. Let it be understood that I will receive them as My new Years Call.” In very good condition, with creasing, soiling, staining from old adhesive residue on the reverse, and splitting along one of the horizontal folds (which had once been repaired with tape). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 101
246. King Kalakaua. Very desirable vintage ink signature, “Kalakaua R.,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1 clipped card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
In the waning days of the Franco-Dutch War, King Louis writes to his British ally, King Charles II
247. King Louis XIV. Rare ALS in French, signed “Louis,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.75, May 17, 1678. Letter to King Charles II of Great Britain concerning their relationship, the welfare of their countries, and the repercussions of the war with Holland, in part (translated): “Never before have I ever felt how strong and true my friendship is with you…I learn with pleasure that you are taking pains to dissipate the clouds which our enemies would have labored to raise between us…I wish…for the well-being of Europe, that you may complete the great work you have commenced, and I shall have even more joy from the easy terms I have negotiated as they will have contributed to the glory which must come back to us.” In fine condition, with light staining and soiling, and a tiny bit of paper loss beneath the signature area.
When King Charles II signed his name to the secret Treaty of Dover on June 1, 1670, he affirmed an alliance with King Louis XIV to support the latter in his conquest over the Dutch Republic, a pact which subsequently ignited the Franco-Dutch War of 1672. Written a few months before the Treaties of Nijmegen, a series of accords that established peace between France and the Dutch Republic, this is a warm and insightful letter between two powerful rulers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The trial of King Louis XVI
248. King Louis XIV Trial Pamphlets.
Comprehensive collection of 264 rare original pamphlets concerning the trial of King Louis XVI, published by the National Convention in 1792–1793, all first editions in French. Most were published in Paris at the National Press by order of the National Convention on the day after each speech was made. Nearly all are as issued, sewn and uncut. Highlights of this important collection include the opinions of the members of the National Convention concerning the verdict and sentence of Louis XVI (including those of Maximilien Robespierre and Thomas Paine), four important items by Raymond Deseze concerning his defense of Louis XVI, two reports concerning the evidence against Louis XVI, and eighteen other pamphlets detailing the evidence used in the trial, as well as two important pamphlets registering the historic votes on the guilt and sentencing of the king. In addition to the important Paine and Robespierre opinions, many of the members of the National Convention are represented, encompassing the entire political spectrum, including the most prominent Jacobins and Girondins: Dufriche-Valaze, Saint-Andre Bourdon, Buzot, Duport, Barbaroux, Boissy d’Anglas, Cambaceres, Couthon, Kersaint, Chenier, Fouche, Lavicomterie, Lepeletier, Leqmnio, Philippeaux, Milhaud, and many others. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case housing the entire collection. These original National Convention pamphlets are extremely rare, and this is an exceptionally fine and comprehensive collection. The only American institution with a comparable collection is Cornell University, as part of the Andrew Dickson White Collection. Starting Bid $300
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“Be faithful always to the Nation, the Law and the King”—King Louis XVI amidst the turmoil of Revolutionary France 250. King Louis XVI. LS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 6 x 7.75, February 28, 1792. Letter to Mathieu Philibert Sicard, in part (translated): “You have…courageously defended and mightily helped to save the life of a citizen on the 27th of November last at Brest. I thought that such an act of civic duty and gallantry should not remain unrewarded. I give you a gold medal, upon which I have had engraved an inscription, recording the beautiful deed you performed. Be faithful always to the Nation, the Law and the King.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning, and some seal-related staining to the document. Louis XVI presented this gold medal in his capacity as king under the constitutional monarchy, an office which he had assumed the previous year after his disastrous flight to Varennes. Arrested and confined to Tuileries Palace in Paris, the king was increasingly undermined in his credibility as a leader, and the turbulence of the French Revolution took hold. Tuileries Palace fell to the hands of an insurrectionary mob on August 10, 1792, the prelude to the Legislative Assembly’s abolishment of the monarchy. King Louis XVI was tried for treason and condemned to death, executed on January 21, 1793. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“You are not cutting off anything for the Clergy, and I am rightly worried about it” 251. King Louis XV. Ineffectual King of France from 1715 to 1774 who was
dominated by his strong-willed and unscrupulous mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Handwritten letter in French by King Louis XV, unsigned, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, August 2, 1754. Letter to the Chancellor de Lamoignon, in part (translated): “Give the [test] to the first president [Rene-Charles de Maupeou, first president of the Parliament of Paris] and he will probably be happy with me when he comes here. I read again and again, every day, the draft bill about the letters patent, I agree with all the alleviations for the Parliament; but you are not cutting off anything for the Clergy, and I am rightly worried about it. I always leave from here on Tuesdays; your coming here would do more harm than good. On Friday I will be in Versailles, and we can meet on Saturday if necessary.” In fine condition. Taxation in France was a recurring issue throughout the 18th century, particularly as the nation’s elite sought to avoid it whenever possible. In Louis the Beloved, Olivier Bernier writes of the 1757 attempts at reform: ‘Parlements did their best to make the two vingtiemes [income taxes] as ineffective as possible. The clergy, too…managed to squeeze an abonnement…The attempt at financial reform, that perennial struggle, had failed once again. This had two consequences, one shortterm and highly visible, the other hidden but even more dangerous. The first was, obviously, a growing deficit, which hampered the war effort, created constant difficulties for the government and made it look improvident; the second was a general recognition that if, like the Nobility and Clergy, you were strong enough to resist, you could quite easily avoid paying taxes…The people who were now fighting the vingtieme—the Parlement and the clergy—belonged to the upper classes and were, in effect, refusing to bear their part of the common burden; yet, amazingly, they managed to convince the poor that they were acting in their interest.’ Louis XV’s inability to reign in his country’s tax problem set the stage for the government’s collapse and the French Revolution in the 1780s. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Philip II prepares to resist the Turkish Armada in 1575 252. King Philip II. LS in Spanish, signed “Yo El Rey,” one page, 8.5 x 11.25,
February 15, 1575. Letter to the “Council, Court, Governors, Caballeros, Officials and Gentlemen of the City of Ronda,” in part (translated): “Because of letters and advice we have had, we understand the Turkish enemy of our Holy Catholic faith has put together diligently a great Armada to send to Christian lands, and that in Argel, has appeared a large number of ships to join this Armada to do whatever damage they can to the coasts of our kingdoms, and because the said Armada…or parts of it may arrive on the coasts of the kingdom of Granada, and because it will be prudent to…prevent this and be prepared to resist any damage they wish to inflict, we desire to advise you and charge you to be forewarned and have ready the people of that city and its territory (providing them with arms as necessary to defend the coast of said kingdom). In order to counteract this Armada we send to your assistance Don Francisco de Cordova, our Captain General of the said coast…and…we order that in anything involving the defense and good care of the said coast, because of the said Armada or ships, you comply and obey whatever the said Don Francisco de Cordova…orders on our behalf. I command that you do this to the maximum…This will give us great pleasure and service. And advise of the number of useful people you have in your city and lands and that they be armed with great rapidity without fault. Advise us of the number [of troops] and how they are armed.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning, and several small areas of paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare 1778 marriage contract approved by three French kings, Marie Antoinette, and several royal family members
253. King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Superlative manuscript DS, in French, 27 pages, 8.75 x 13.25, January
22, 1778. An important sixteen-article marriage contract, signed at the conclusion by the King Louis XVI (“Louis”) and Marie Antoinette (“Marie Antoinette”). Additionally signed by a number of important family members: the king’s brothers, the future King Louis XVIII (“Louis Stanislas Xavier”) and the future King Charles X (“Charles Philippe”); their wives, Marie Josephine of Savoy (“Marie Josephine Louise”) and Maria Theresa of Savoy (“Marie Therese”); and the rare sister-in-law of Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth of France (“Elisabeth Marie Helene Philippine”), who was also guillotined. Four daughters of King Louis XV sign below: Adelaide of France (“Marie Adelaide”); Victoire of France (“Victoire Louise”); and Sophie of France (“Sophie Philippe”). They are followed by Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orleans (“L. Phil. d’Orleans”) and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (“L.P.J. d’Orleans”), who during the Revolution became known as Philippe Égalité and voted for the death of King Louis XVI. Philippe Égalité would himself be condemned to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Bound with contemporary dark green ribbon. In fine condition, with light staining and soiling to the covers. An absolutely remarkable assemblage of French royalty on a single, exceptionally rare document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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254. Marie Leszczynska. Daughter
of King Stanislaw Leszczynski (Stanislaw I of Poland) and Catherine Opalinska, (1703–1768) who married King Louis XV of France and became queen consort of France, serving in that role for 42 years from 1725 until her death in 1768, the longest service of any queen of France. Scarce manuscript DS, in French, signed “Marie,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, January 30, 1736. Untranslated document addressed to “Cardinal Gotti,” likely Cardinal Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, one of the most brilliant Catholic theologians of the time. Lower portion bears the original white paper seal. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
256. Pomare IV. Queen of Tahiti (born 1813) from 1827 until
her death in 1877; she succeeded as ruler of Tahiti after the death of her brother Pomare III when she was only 14 years old. ALS in Tahitian, signed “Pomare,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, February 29, 1844. Letter to “Captain Hunt,” in part: “I have a word for you, but I am much afraid lest you should be angry with this word. It is this; come and take this sick man on shore, he has a bad disease and it is infectious. I am alarmed for my children, on that account I write with some degree of fear to you O Captain. But it is for you to decide.” In very good to fine condition, with a small semicircle of paper loss to the upper left corner. Accompanied by a contemporary manuscript translation. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Catherine de Medici prepares for the return of her son, Henry III, the new king of France 255. Catherine de Medici. LS in French, signed “Your good aunt, Catherine,”
one page, 9 x 14, July 13, 1574. Letter to the Duke of Maine, relaying that she will be strengthening the military escort around her son, the new King Henry III, and is dispatching an ordnance officer to Chalons–sur–Saone “to see which cannons in the citadel are ready for use,” noting that “up to four cannons, not including the one that was recently sent to my Cousin the Dauphin, will be transported by boat to Lyon, along with five hundred cannonballs and five hundred culverinballs, plus some beams.” Catherine insists that all must be prepared with the utmost care, as it “is part of a plan that is of greatest importance to the King.” In good to very good condition, with tears and small areas of paper loss, primarily constrained to the edges.
In the aftermath of the St. Bartholemew’s Day Massacre, a mentally and physically ailing King Charles IV blamed himself, and later his mother, for the deaths of over 10,000 Huguenots. The king’s health diminished rapidly, and by the age of twentythree he succumbed to tuberculosis, paving the way for his younger brother, Henry III—the newly elected king of Poland—to inherit the throne on May 30, 1574. As Henry made his way from Krakow, in turn vacating the Polish throne, Catherine assumed regency in his stead, preparing for her son’s arrival by assuring his path to France lined with both man– and fire–power. A terrific letter bearing excellent content about the often cunning workings of one of Europe’s most influential leaders. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Marie de Medici as regent of France: “The people are ungrateful” 257. Marie de Medici. Queen consort of France (1573– 1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, and regent of France following his assassination; she herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medici. LS in French, signed “Marie,” one page both sides, 9.25 x 13.75, July 1, 1614. The Queen Regent informs her nephew of her plans to travel to Blois; upon her arrival there, on Saturday, the 19th, she will let him know of her decision. Marie asks him to tell her son, the King, that she remains in “good health, thanks to God, who stands by her.” While “the people are ungrateful,” the Queen is pleased with the affection that the nobility has shown her son, and she is happy to be of service to him whenever needed. Soon, news will arrive from the Marquis of Concino [known as the Marquis d’Ancre], who is at this moment in Brittany, carrying out her orders. If the city remains peaceful, Marie will take a short trip, hoping to meet with the “officers in power in Brittany,” in order to make peace with them and repair the divisions among them. After her meeting with the officers, she will contact her nephew, and assures him of her control over the situation. In fine condition. The year 1614 proved tumultuous for Marie de Medici and her chief counselor, the unscrupulous Marquis d’Ancre, mentioned in this letter. Just weeks earlier, they had been forced to buy the loyalty of the ‘princes of the blood’ who threatened to revolt. When her son, Louis XIII, asserted his authority as king in 1617, he ordered the execution of the Marquis d’Ancre and exiled Marie to the Chateau de Blois. An interesting letter capturing some of the palace intrigue of the mid-1610s French court. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
258. Prince Charles. Christmas card from 1994 embossed
with the Prince of Wales’s feathers, measuring 16 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles posing with his two sons in a field of flowers, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Cyril—from Charles.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
259. Prince Charles. Christmas card from 1993 embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers, measuring 16 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles posing with his sons Prince Harry and Prince William, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Cyril—from Charles.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Presented by Princess Diana on the yacht Jonikal 260. Princess Diana.
A cream-colored Ralph Lauren Polo Sports sweatshirt presented by Princess Diana to Deborah Gribble, the chief stewardess of Dodi Fayed’s family yacht Jonikal, the night before Diana and Fayed were killed in a car crash on August 31, 1997. The medium-sized cotton/acrylic sweatshirt is embroidered with large red “USA” lettering on the front, and the lower left cuff reads “RL Sport” in dark blue thread. In fine condition, with a couple trivial stains. The recipient of the sweatshirt, Deborah Gribble, served as the chief stewardess on the Jonikal, a luxury yacht owned by Mohamed Al-Fayed, the father of Princess Diana’s romantic partner, Dodi Fayed. In late July 1997, Al-Fayed hosted Diana and her two sons, William and Harry, on a cruise of southern France aboard the Jonikal, and then, in the third week of August, Diana and Fayed shared a private cruise of the Italian Riviera before flying from Athens to Paris on August 30th; Gribble, who was given this sweatshirt shortly before departing the Jonikal, was one of five staff members who joined the couple on the flight. Less than a day later, Diana, Fayed, and driver Henri Paul perished in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel as they attempted to evade paparazzi. The sweatshirt is accompanied by two magazine images of Gribble with Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed as they depart Sardinia, as well as a copy of a newspaper article based on Gribble and her experience with Diana. Gribble was also interviewed as part of the CNN two-hour special Diana: Chasing a Fairytale, which aired in the summer of 2017 and can be viewed below: https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20170828_030000_The_Nineties/start/1020/end/1080 Starting Bid $1000
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261. Prince Charles. ANS signed “Charles,” one page,
4.75 x 3.75, Prince of Wales stationery, circa 1970. Brief note to “Eddie,” Edward the Duke of Kent, in full: “All best cousinly wishes for a most topographical Xmas.” In very good to fine condition, with staining to the crest, and a crease to the lower left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Amazing oversized portrait of Diana 262. Princess Diana. Beautiful color
satin-finish 10 x 12 photo of Princess Diana wearing her tiara, affixed to its original 13.5 x 16.5 mount, prominently signed on the mount in black ink, “Diana, 1995.” Framed to an overall size of 16 x 19. In very fine condition. An absolutely breathtaking signed photo in an unusually large size. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500
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263. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Christmas card embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 14 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the royal couple posing with their two young sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Pat, from, Diana and” and “Charles.” In fine condition. An uncommon example given that Charles typically added the inscription. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
A letter of thanks to Diana’s personal chauffeur 264. Princess Diana. ALS signed “Diana,
x,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, personal Kensington Palace letterhead, December 25, 1990. Letter to her chauffeur Simon Solari and his wife Lyn, in full: “A very loud ‘hurray’ went up in a the early hours of this morning, when I opened my present from the Solari team! I am overwhelmed by your kindness & generosity. The Jersey has been greatly admired by this particular lady for a long time & to be given it really means so much to me. Very special thanks to you all for spoiling me, & most of all, for thinking of me at Christmas.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Diana’s own hand. Solari worked for Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, for over 15 years, and his wife, Lyn Howley, served as an assistant to Prince Charles’s equerry. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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Diana voices her support of the Welsh Rugby Union 265. Princess Diana. Wonderful TLS signed prominently
in gold ink, “Diana,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Kensington Palace letterhead, August 1992. In full: “I am sure that every Welsh boy who follows Rugby has a secret dream that one day he will don the red shirt and run onto Cardiff Arms Park to play for Wales! I have thoroughly enjoyed my visits to the International Matches and I am so glad to see Wales getting back into form. However it was not until I went to St. Helens Club, Swansea, in February and saw the training that I realised that to build up a first class international team we have to start at an early age. This is why I welcome the Dragon Magazine which is aimed to help youngsters to be fit and develop their rugby technique as well as introducing them to the fun of being a member of a team. I hope that all the hard work and efforts by WRU, the Editors and contributors to Dragon as well as those who train our young people in our schools and clubs will find ample reward in the future. I look forward to hearing of your progress. ‘Ymlaen Ieuenctid Cymraeg!’” In fine condition, with a few light creases. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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266. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Desirable Christmas card from 1985, embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 10.25 x 7 open, featuring an affixed color portrait of the royal family with Prince Harry and Prince William riding a pony, signed and inscribed inside in fountain pen, “Valerie—from Charles and” and “Diana.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
268. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Handsome
matte-finish 4.25 x 6.5 photo of Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their honeymoon, affixed to a 10 x 12 mount, neatly signed on the mount in ink, “Diana” and “Charles.” In fine condition, with Charles’s signature quite faded, but Diana’s extremely bold and clear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
267. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Very desirable 1992 Christmas card embossed on the front with the Prince
of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 10.25 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Diana and Charles seated and posing with their young sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, and their dog Murphy, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To you both, from the four of us, Diana,” and in fountain pen, “and Charles.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a silk-bound hardcover copy of Earl Spencer’s Tribute to Diana Princess of Wales, published by Althorp in 1997, signed and inscribed on an introductory page in blue ink, “To Alma and Peter, Charles Spencer.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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269. Queen Alexandra. Queen Consort to Edward VII of England (1844–1925) and mother of George V. Large format matte-finish 7 x 11.25 silver gelatin portrait photograph of Princess (later Queen) Alexandra seated by W. & D. Downey of 61 Ebury Street, London, circa 1890, affixed to a 10.5 x 15.5 mount, signed on the mount in ink, “Alexandra.” Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 21. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing to the mat, and heavy silvering to the edges of the portrait. Alexandra of Denmark was Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions; and, as wife of King Edward VII, Empress of India. Born into the Danish Royal family, the daughter of King Christian of SchleswigHolstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, she was betrothed to Albert Edward (then Prince of Wales) at the tender age of 16 and married in March 1863 at Windsor Castle. She was Princess of Wales from 1863 until Edward’s accession to the throne in 1901 after the death of Queen Victoria. She bore six children—Albert Victor (Albert Victor Christian Edward), George (later George V), Louise, Victoria, Maud, and John. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
“When Stockholm changes ministers, he will perhaps prefer a lesser status in Paris, than a greater one here” 270. Queen Christina. Sweden’s
only ruling Queen (1626-1689) who converted to Catholicism and abdicated the throne in 1654. ALS in French, signed “Christine,” one page both sides, 7 x 9.5, docketed October 13, 1650. Letter to the French ambassador to her court, M. Chanut. In part (translated): “Your secretary has beseeched me to write these lines to you on his behalf and ask you to for him with your assistance at the court of France for the purpose of obtaining residence there...I leave the rest in your hands as you deem appropriate with regard to matters of the King and other relative circumstances...I believe, that a few months from now he will be shrewd enough not to want to continue to reside here, and I believe that a few months will not cause him to regret his ambition, for when Stockholm changes ministers, he will perhaps prefer a lesser status in Paris, than a greater one here.” Scattered soiling, toning to edges, show-through from writing to opposing sides, and the signature a shade light, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Magnificent thrice-signed indenture by Queen Elizabeth I
271. Queen Elizabeth I. Vellum manu-
script DS, signed three times, “Elizabeth R,” one page, 27 x 22.5, August 24, 1562. An indenture detailing the exchange of lands between the crown and Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, signed three times by Queen Elizabeth I, recording that the Duke will “sell geve and graunte unto our Soveraigne Ladie the Quene All those his Mannors & Lordshippes of Chesworth and Sedgewicke…in the County of Sussex…also all that mannor Lordshipp and Forest of St Leonard and all ground and Soyle of the same Forest And also all those his Parkes of Bewbushe and Shelley,” and related lands and rights, in exchange for lands in royal gift including the “Celle of Sainte Leonard in her county of Norfolk” and associated lands and buildings “neare unto the Citie of Norwich,” Norfolk lands formerly of Wymondham Abbey, lands in Essex (Wigborough, Saltcote, Tollesbury) that were formerly “assigned to the late Ladie Anne of Cleves” and also lands in “Pitchesey” (Pitsea) in the same county, the manor of Dowdike in Lincolnshire (previously of Crowland Abbey), and lands of Newenham Abbey in Devon. The indenture then lists the extensive debts of the Duke to the crown, further detailing that a portion of this debt is discharged by the value of the woodland hereby sold to the crown, and commands the exchequer to produce a new bond for the residue of the debt, being a mere £1823 15s. 5 3/4d. Signed by Queen Elizabeth I at the head of each vellum membrane, additionally signed at the foot by the Lord Treasurer William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester (“Winchester”), the under-treasurer Richard Sackville, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Walter Mildmay. The document retains a substantial fragment of its Great Seal in white wax pendant on original vellum tag. Archivally mounted and framed to an overall size of 30 x 31; only two of Elizabeth’s signatures are visible within the display, the third on a piece of vellum in the rear. In very good to find condition, with expected wrinkling and creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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Support for the soldier who saved her from ‘Bloody Mary’ 272. Queen Elizabeth I. Extremely rare manuscript DS, in Early Modern English, boldly signed at the top, “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, September 4, 1570. Elizabeth orders Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to help rectify financial issues being had by William Piers. Lengthy document states, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “Right trustie and welbeloved we grete you well, we have our self hard this bearer capteyn William Perse...where of late time we graunted that he shuld have an estate in reversion for term of certen yeres of the late Abbey of Tresternaugh with the land and possessions thereto belonging...we be informed by the said Perse that our surveior there hath by a survey made increased the rent therof farr above that which one Robert Jans late tenant of the same did paie, so as the said William Perse if he shuld paie so great a rent as now by the survey is newly incresed shuld not have anie benefit by our grant as we intended; we ar plesed to remitt the consideration hereof to you...to reform and diminishe the rent newly incresed by the surveior to such a resonable rate as your self shall think convenient for the benefit of the said William Perse... we understand also by him that he hath of his own cost & charge builded a house in our towne of Knockfargus upon our soile... and do leave the same to your consideration giving you authoritie herby to cause such estate either in taile or fee simple to be made to him with reservation of such rent as your self shall think resonable...we have also upon his recommendation of the good faithfull and constant service of Sir Bryan Mackphellyme caused that ether a cheine of gold or a portion of plate of the value of fortie poundes shuld be delivered to the said Pers to be in our name speciallie by him given to the said Mackphellym... we have also taken order for the satisfaction of the said Perse for his demand of money due as he hath informed our councell... thus you maie see how we are favorably disposed toward our said servant thinking him worthy of all this our favor.” Reverse of second integral page is docketed in several different hands. Beautifully archivally cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of the Queen to an overall size of 25.75 x 20. In very good condition, with mild dampstaining to both pages (some over the signature, but not affecting the boldness or legibility of the signature or document whatsoever), small separation and reinforcement along hinge, slight paper loss to right edge of first page, second integral page professionally inlaid to a slightly larger sheet, and two W. C. Putnam Collection stamps to reverse of first page and front of second integral page. The man featured in this letter, William Piers (c. 1510-1603), was an English constable sent to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in 1566. Especially noted for his attempts to drive the Scots from Ulster, he was appointed governor of Carrickfergus [Knockfargus] in 1568. The reasons for the requests of special treatment in this document can be ascertained from Burke’s Peerages and Baronetcies, which describes Piers as ‘a distinguished soldier and a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth’ who ‘on more than one occasion saved her from the vengeance of her step-sister, Queen Mary.’ Captain Piers clearly ingratiated himself with Elizabeth by at times protecting her from the wrath of ‘Bloody Mary,’ thus earning her favor and a lifetime of substantial support. Recognizing Piers for his outstanding service, the Queen rewarded him with a large land grant which included the grounds of Tristernagh Abbey-a generous endowment apparently undermined by the recent appraisal of the property. In order to correct this, she not only orders Sidney to cut the recently increased rent, but asks that he offer Piers a low rate for his second property and provide him with additional remuneration due in the form of gold. An extraordinarily rare and truly remarkable document with incredible content and intimate associations. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500 www.RRAuction.com | 115
Massive Baron portrait of the Queen from 1961 273. Queen Elizabeth II. Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 14 x 19.5 three-quarter-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Baron Studios (Sterling Henry Nahum), depicting the queen wearing a lovely gown with the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter, a brooch on the shoulder, and a Lesser George at the waist, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Elizabeth R, 1961.” Affixed to the original studio mount. In fine condition, with a faint stain to the upper right corner, and overall faint speckled foxing which does not at all detract from the beauty of the portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Amazing 1935 letter from an eight-year-old Elizabeth 274. Queen Elizabeth II. Wonderfully early ALS signed “Margaret
& Elizabeth,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, Sandringham, Norfolk stationery letterhead, January 1, 1935. Letter to Lady Weigall, in full: “Thank you very much for the lovely little bags you sent us. They will be very useful. I hope you will have a Happy New Year.” Signed at the conclusion by the eight-year-old Princess Elizabeth, who signs on behalf of her four-yearold sister, Princess Margaret. In fine condition, with light show-through at the top and bottom edges from old tape on the reverse. A remarkably early letter from the future Queen of England, penned when she was third in the line of succession to the throne; when her uncle, Edward, Prince of Wales, abdicated the following year, Elizabeth became the heiress presumptive. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“I’ve just finished a mechanics course in the A.T.S. which I found most interesting”— the future queen volunteers during WWII 275. Queen Elizabeth II. World War II–dated ALS signed
“Lilibet,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Buckingham Palace letterhead, April 24, 1945. Remarkable early letter to “Mary,” written days after her 19th birthday. In part: “I was so delighted to receive your letter of good wishes for my birthday. Thank you so much for thinking of me. I’m sorry to hear that you are on sick leave, but I do hope you are feeling better now. This is rather a good time of year to get leave really and now that we have got some good weather, one might as well make use of it. I’ve just finished a mechanics course in the A.T.S. which I found most interesting. I’ve never worked so hard in my life before, as everything I learnt was brand new to me—all the oddities of the inside of a car, and all the intricacies of map reading and so forth. But I enjoyed it all very much and found it a great experience.” In fine condition, with two small light stains. In February 1945, the 18-year-old Elizabeth was appointed as an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (“A.T.S.”), the women’s branch of the British Army. She trained as a driver and mechanic and was awarded the rank of honorary junior commander five months later. A fantastic, early letter from the future queen, who typically reserved her informal signature, “Lilibet,” for her closest friends and family. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Stunning 1961 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II 276. Queen Elizabeth II. Striking matte-finish 6 x 8 formal photograph of the Queen in gown with crown, sash and orders, taken at Buckingham Palace, affixed to its original 7 x 9.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1961.” Displayed in its original black leather wide grain calf leather frame with support leg by H. H. Plante, London, to an overall size of 9 x 12.5. In fine condition. 1961 was a seminal year for the Queen. That year she toured Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran; and also visited Ghana. For those who watch ‘The Crown,’ this was the occasion when she reportedly ignored advice from advisors and traveled to Accra to meet with President Nkrumah; then threw caution to the wind and danced with him. That the dance (it was actually a foxtrot) took place is a historical fact—however, the impact it may have had on Nkrumah’s move to Socialism was portrayed with some artistic license. Nevertheless, the visit did wonders for her image at home and abroad, even causing the otherwise caustic Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister at the time) to note that she had been ‘determined all through’; had the ‘heart and stomach of a man’; and ‘loves her duty and means to be a Queen.’ The sexist platitude apart, this was rare praise from Macmillan. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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277. Queen Elizabeth II. Striking matte-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, affixed to an 8 x 11 mount , signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1961.” Also bears the autopen signature of Prince Philip. The silver gelatin photograph is believed to be by Anthony Buckley, number on the rear 4474-43, depicting the Queen in gown, tiara and regalia; and Prince Philip in the Uniform of Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, complete with sword, taken at Buckingham Palace. Displayed in a 9.25 x 12.25 brown tree calf and gilt leather presentation frame by Jarrolds of Knightsbridge. In fine condition. The photo is accompanied by a letter on H.M. Yacht Britannia headed notepaper, dated 23rd November, 1961, addressed to Mr. J. Dobson that reads: “The Queen has commanded me to send you this photograph which Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh have signed for you as a memento of their visit to Monrovia and in recognition of the excellent work you have done in completing the construction of the new British Embassy in time for it.” It is signed by the Queen’s Assistant Private Secretary, Martin Charteris, who features significantly in the television series ‘The Crown.’ Also included is a reference copy of the same letter; a large invitation to a reception for the Queen and the President of Liberia on 23 November; a Royal Garden Party invitation to be held at the British Embassy, also on 23 November; an invitation to a morning reception at the Monrovia City Hall (same date); and a small typed note stating “Guests attending the reception for Her Majesty the Queen are expected to arrive at the Executive Pavilion not later than 5.15 PM.” 1961 was another busy year for the Queen, with state visits to Kathmandu, Nepal; Tehran, Isfahan and Perseopolis, Iran; Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence and Turin, Italy; The Vatican City; and, of course, Monrovia, Liberia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The queen appoints a “Consul at Auckland” 278. Queen Elizabeth II. Very attractive DS, signed “Elizabeth R.,” one page, 8 x 13, September 7, 1956. Queen Elizabeth appoints Howard C. Goldsmith to be “Consul at Auckland, in New Zealand.” Signed boldly in the upper right by the queen, with the opposite corner bearing the original red seal. In fine to very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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281. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Desirable Royal Christmas and New Year’s card from 1959, with their crests embossed on the front, measuring 16 x 8.25 open, featuring a lovely image of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walking along the property of Balmoral Castle, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Philip” and “Elizabeth R, 1959.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by four unsigned glossy postcard photos. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
279. Queen Elizabeth II. DS, signed “App’d ER,” one
page, 7.5 x 9.5, April 8, 1964. Document submitted to Queen Elizabeth II by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, in full: “Sir Alec Douglas-Home, with his humble duty to The Queen, has the honour to submit the attached list of awards for Your Majesty’s most gracious approval.” Approved at the head by Queen Elizabeth II, and signed at the conclusion by Prime Minister Douglas-Home. In fine condition, with a file hole to the upper left corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
280. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Desirable Royal Christmas and New Year’s card from 1960, with their crests embossed on the front, measuring 16 x 8.25 open, featuring a lovely image of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posing with their two children on the front lawn of Balmoral Castle, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Philip” and “Elizabeth R, 1960.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
282. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Vintage matte-finish 8.25 x 11.25 full-length wedding portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, signed in fountain pen, “Elizabeth” and “Philip.” In very good condition, with rippling and silvering to the top edge, a horizontal crease passing through both torsos, and poor contrast to Elizabeth’s signature. A desirable early photo of the newly wedded Royal couple—Elizabeth and Philip were married at Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Queen Mary’s bloody reign begins— an important 1553 letter 283. Queen Mary I of England. Queen
of England and Ireland from 1553 until her death, whose brutal persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’ (1516–1558). LS in Early Modern English, signed “Mary the quene,” one page, 12.25 x 8.25, July 27, 1553. Letter to Lord Paget and the Earl of Arundel, in part: “Movinge us by our Mercye to Suspende and forebeare the arestynge and commyttinge of the Duke of Suff[olk] all contrarye to thinstruccions delyvered unto you from us, grounded uppon suche depe and weightie consideracions as you the Lord paget dothe knowe. We marvayl not a Lyttell, of this your so soden mutacyon and chaunge in a Matter of suche weight so Nerelye towchynge the state and Suertie of our parsons in this present case. And for that we hetherunto perceyve no cause whye to alter our former Determinacion. We will you therefore directlye to procede therein, accordinge to your said instruccions. And that you also gyve undelayed order for the apprehencyon, and commyttinge of Sir John Cheke knight unto the Tower of London.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, scattered red wax seal residue, and a tear to the right edge. In this important political letter, Queen Mary insists on the imprisonment of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and John Cheke, a classical scholar. Grey was the father of Lady Jane Grey, known as the ‘Nine Days Queen,’ who had been dethroned by Mary only days earlier. Lord Paget, a member of the Privy Council, had initially acquiesced to the Duke of Northcumberland’s attempt to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne, following the death of Mary’s half-brother King Edward VI. When Northumberland left the capital to deal with Mary, leaving London under the control of the Duke of Suffolk, it was Paget, together with the Earl of Arundel, who led those members of the Council who remained in London to switch their allegiance and declare for Mary. Despite the queen’s furious insistence that the Duke of Suffolk be imprisoned, he spent only a few days in the Tower of London before being allowed to retire to his home near London. The following year, however, he was caught conspiring with Thomas Wyatt to rise against Mary, and he was put to death on Tower Hill. The other man ordered to be imprisoned, John Cheke, served as one of the Principal Secretaries of State and was instrumental in producing the documents by which the Duke of Northumberland attempted to snatch the succession from Mary, and this was the reason for his arrest. He was a close friend of William Paget, who must have been deeply concerned by the orders contained in this letter. Cheke was nonetheless arrested and remained in the Tower for many months. A remarkable, historically significant letter from the start of Mary’s bloody reign. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Grand imperial portrait of Queen Victoria 284. Queen Victoria.
Scarce oversized 9.25 x 11.5 imperial cabinet portrait of Queen Victoria in a splendid full-length pose, signed in the upper left in black ink, “Victoria R. I., 1887.” Photographed by Lafayette of Dublin, the official photographer to Her Majesty the Queen by Royal Warrant, the photo is affixed to the original studio mount. In fine condition, with the signature a couple shades light, some chipping and trimmed edges to the mount, and edges of the photo slightly peeling. Victoria remains scarce in signed photos of such large size. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Inscribed to her majesty’s son-in-law, the Marquess of Lorne 285. Queen Victoria. Signed book: Windsor: A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood. London: Seeley & Co., 1886. Hardcover, 10.5 x 14, 91 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in ink to her son-in-law, “To dear Lorne, from his affectionate Mama, V. R. I., Christmas 1885.” An ownership inscription in pencil on the first free end page notes, “Bought at Sotheby’s sale Feb 23, 1948 of the Duke of Kent’s books. Lot 172.” Autographic condition: fine, with light foxing and staining to the beginning pages, including the signed page; interior pages are generally clean. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear to boards and corners. The recipient, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne, was the husband of Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise; he served as the governor general of Canada from 1878 to 1883. A significant association copy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The 23-year-old Queen Victoria writes of “the recent danger”— a trio of assassination attempts
286. Queen Victoria. ALS in German, signed “Victoria R.I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, royal crested letterhead, June 13, 1842. Letter to King Frederick William IV of Prussia, in part (translated): “This letter will be handed to Your Majesty by Lord Hardwicke who is flattered and happy, and rightfully so—to be permitted to accompany you to Russia. Complying with your request you will shortly receive my portrait and a centerpiece (Saint George & the Dragon) as a souvenir of your kind visit, which will always be a happy remembrance to me. I am having a pleasant time in the company of my dear Uncle Mensdorff who has been here for some weeks with his four sons. Already in a few days I will have the pleasure of expecting to see my Uncle Leopold and Aunt Louise, and at the beginning of next month Ernst will introduce the new sister [i.e. his new wife] to us and we are looking forward to making her acquaintance. Thus I am much obliged, in every respect to thank heaven not only for its kind protection during the recent danger but also for letting me find ways amidst my family to gain strength against the influence of serious circumstances and depression. I beg Your Majesty may kindly remember me to the dear Queen most cordially. With best wishes that your journey be a pleasant and successful one.” In fine condition.
Three serious attempts on the young queen’s life had been made during May and June 1842, hence her reference to “the recent danger.” Meanwhile, Great Britain was afflicted with a series of foreign entanglements—although the First Opium War was winding down with British victory, the nation was losing the First Anglo-Afghan War. There was also a considerable amount of domestic labor unrest and rioting. Although he was not a blood-relative of the queen’s, Frederick William’s position as king of the most important Protestant country in Europe entitled him to be a sponsor at the Prince of Wales’s christening in 1842. Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke and lord-in-waiting, was chosen as an attendant to Frederick William during his two-week visit to England. “Uncle Mensdorff” was the husband of the Duchess of Kent’s sister Sophie, and “Uncle Leopold and Aunt Louise” were King Leopold II of Belgium and his wife Louise, daughter of Louis Philippe of France. “Ernst” is probably Prince Consort Albert’s brother, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. An interesting piece of royal correspondence from early in Victoria’s famously lengthy reign. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Titanic and Maritime A tragic tale of an 1849 whaling trip out of New Bedford 288. New Bedford Whaling. ALS signed “James M.
Snow,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, October 22, 1849. Written from New Bedford, a letter to Ezera T. Gifford of Grafton, New Hampshire, in part (grammar and spelling retained): “I suppose you have read the account of the sufferings of Capt. Hosmer and his boats crew belonging to the whaling bark of Westport all three ware out after whales and took one to each boat and after the captain had took his in tow the boat capsized at this time they ware far from ship and the other boats and after the ship had looked foure days for the absent boat and her crew she put away…and reported their loss the ship was one thousand milds from land when this actident occurred the men lay in the water clinging to the boat for 48 hours but finerly baled her out but lost two of their numbers in doing so and then put away for Cows Island where they arived in 20 days with the loss of two more men leaving the captain and one of the crew to tell the story.” Integral address leaf bears a New Bedford cancellation stamp. In very good to fine condition, with light dampstaining affecting some of the readability. Starting Bid $200
289. New Bedford Whaling.
Whalemen’s Shipping List and Merchants’ Transcript newspaper from January 25, 1853, Vol. XI, No. 47, eight pages (342–349), 11.75 x 16, published “every Tuesday morning by Henry Lindsey, No. 35, North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass.” The newspaper was printed weekly from New Bedford, Massachusetts between 1843 and 1914, and contains “A complete list of all American Whaling Ships, with the latest reports from each.” In very good, fragile condition. Accompanied by an original graphite sketch of a whaling vessel out of Honolulu, Hawaii. The Whalemen’s Shipping List and Merchants’ Transcript was a weekly newspaper first published on March 17, 1843 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, by Henry Lindsey. As the introduction to the first issue states, the newspaper was intended to be ‘a weekly report carefully corrected from the latest advises, of every vessel engaged in the whaling business from ports of the United States together with the prices current of our staple commodities and interesting items of commercial intelligence.’ It served as a vital periodical during the peak of the whaling era, with circulation reaching 2500 copies weekly in part to subscribers located along the length of the United States coastline as well as in many foreign countries. The paper was read not only by whalers, but also by merchants at port and families tracking their loved ones. Additionally, the newspaper traced the rise and fall of the whaling industry: in 1846, there were 680 whaling ships; the year 1878 witnessed the highest amount of whale oil exported; 1888 marked the most whale bone ever exported; and in the final issue of 1914, the number of US whaling vessels made a drastic dip to a scant 32. Starting Bid $200
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The lengthy log of a three-year whaling voyage 290. New Bedford Whaling Journal. Interesting whaling journal
from the late 1840s, 8.25 x 13.25, featuring nearly 200 pages of entries, bound in quarter leather with marbled boards, covering a whaling voyage in the Atlantic and Indian oceans from April 5, 1847, to February 23, 1850. The journal contains 25 whale stamps (indicating whales caught), and 77 whale tail stamps (indicating whales chased and lost). Edward S. Tucker, the recorder of the journal, was listed as a ‘boatsteerer’ on the whaler Marcella out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The boatsteerer was responsible for pulling the forward oar until reaching striking distance, harpoons the whale, and then steers while another member of the boat lances the whale. The chief or first mate would have kept the official log of the voyage, thus this journal is an unofficial record of the Marcella’s activities. Tucker’s first entry, dated April 5, 1847, is typical of those that comprise this journal: “First part foggy. Middle part much the same. Latter part fine Weather. At 9 AM took our Anchor and put to Sea, wind from N. NW steering SW engaged in Stowing the anchors. So ends these 24 hours.” During its third week at sea, as the Marcella sailed southward in the Atlantic Ocean, it encountered and chased several finback whales, but its crew was less interested in wasting time pursuing these types of whales because they were two fast too catch. Other types of whales, such as sperm whales, were prime targets. On April 25, 1847, Tucker recorded the first sighting of the kind they desired: “Saw Sperm Whales to the leeward. Lowered down and gave chase S Boat Struck & drawed L & P Boat Struck and kiled thease wheales & took them alongside.” The next four days were spent cutting up the whales, boiling the blubber to turn it into oil, and cleaning the bone for sale; the April 27th entry notes that the crew was “employed in cutting up blubber” and “clearing away heads getting ready for boiling.” In early February 1848, as the Marcella was cruising around the channel between Africa and Madagascar, the crew saw several schools of whales. On February 2nd, Tucker reported: “At 12 1/2 lowered all the boats in pursuit of the Whales. At 2 PM came on board & the S Boat having a whale. At 8 1/2 commenced cutting. At 6 finished.” Another whale was killed two days later. Following several weeks of no whales, the Marcella finally caught four off of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. On May 1st, Tucker reported: “At 3PM took 4 Whales to the Ship. At 4 commenced cutting at 5 finished cutting and Whales cleaned up and made preparations for Boiling.” Cruising around the Indian Ocean as far as Ceylon, the Marcella saw few whales between early May and late December 1848, and did not catch one until December 29. The Marcella began its homeward voyage in January 1850, after spending more than two years sailing in the Indian Ocean. After rounding the Cape of Good Hope in late January, the vessel began its journey through the Atlantic Ocean back to New Bedford, arriving home on April 18, 1850. In fine condition, with expected moderate wear to the covers. Starting Bid $500
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Explorers and Archeologists Folio of charts and engravings portraying Captain Cook’s third voyage 291. Atlas to Captain James Cook’s Third Voyage. Rare oversized book:
Atlas to Cook’s Voyage, containing 64 engraved plates and charts, 16 x 21.75, bound in half brown leather with marbled boards, published in London in 1785. The imposing volume opens with a large fold-out 39.5 x 26.5 map of the world charting Cook’s voyages, entitled “A General Chart: Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Captn. James Cook in this and his two preceeding Voyages; with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command.” This is followed by another smaller map, “Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia, explored in the Years 1778 & 1779,” followed by 62 engravings portraying views from Captain Cook’s third and final voyage, most after drawings by John Webber, the English artist who accompanied Cook on the expedition. A copyright notice at the bottom of the iconic last engraving, “The Death of Captain Cook,” reads: “London: Published as the Act directs, 1 July 1785, by W. Byrne, No. 79 Titchfield Street, & J. Webber, No. 312, Oxford Street.” In very good condition, with wear and scuffing to the covers, and light to moderate mottled foxing to the interior pages. Starting Bid $300
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The first to climb the Matterhorn 2 9 2 . E d w a r d W h y m p e r.
British illustrator, climber and explorer (1840–1911) best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 10, 1878. Letter to an illustrator, in part: “Messrs. Macmillan have placed your illustrations in my hands… In regard to several I feel that the drawings on wood may be proceeded with at once, but in respect to others I think that it will be best to submit changes on paper, before making the drawings on wood.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Merry Christmas, But don’t tell Hubby” 293. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Exceptional matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Cody with a suitable smirk on his face and twinkle in his eye, signed and inscribed in black ink, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill,’ To Mrs. Robey, Merry Christmas, But don’t tell Hubby, 1913.” In very good to fine condition, with a few surface creases (one passing through inscription), some chipping and surface loss to edges (slight paper loss to upper left corner), and a small unobtrusive tear to top edge; the photo is extremely appealing with a crystal-clear image and bold inscription and signature, presenting far nicer than its technical condition. A fantastic and humorously inscribed example, showing a playful side of Cody not usually seen. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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294. California. Partly-printed DS, one page, 10.5 x 12.5, March 8, 1867. Handsome engraved stock certificate for 150 shares in the “Triunfo Silver Mining and Commercial Company of Lower California,” issued to “Jno. G. Repplier.” Signed at the conclusion by J. Montgomery Bond as president and J. E. Whelen as secretary. The center of the colorful certificate features an attractive vignette showing the company’s mining operations in Baja California. In fine condition, with a short edge tear, and intersecting folds. The Triunfo Silver Mining and Commercial Company was operated by Joseph Headley Dulles, a great-grandfather of Eisenhower’s Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Operating in an 18-square-mile tract of land in Baja California, the company’s mines produced $20,000 in silver monthly. Starting Bid $200
295. Shawnee and Delaware Indians. Rare collection of three letters concerning grievances addressed to Superintendent
of Indian Affairs William Clark by various Native American chiefs of the Shawnee and Delaware tribes, five total pages, ranging in size from 8 x 10 to 7.75 x 13.25, dated to the years 1823, 1826, and 1827, with each letter executed and signed in a secretarial hand, with one letter bearing the “X” marks of Delaware Chief “William Anderson” and Shawnee Chief “Ma-yea-wes-ca-ca.” The earliest example, from February 1, 1823, issued by a Shawnee chief who requests provisions promised to his tribe during a meeting “at or near the Residence of Capt. Jacob Wolf on the South Bank of White river a Council was held on the first day of February A.D. 1823 composed of the Chiefs of the Shawanee Nation.” They note, “the game is all killed, & we are poor & not able to purchase corn, & without immediate assistance must Parrish.” The secretary concludes the letter with the names of the nine chiefs: Pepequaw, Capt. Reid, Ma yea wes Ka Ka, Kis Kul Wa, Leth how E Kus wa, Walkaway, Col. Lewis, John Cornstalk, and Peli a wa. The chiefs request assistance in the form of 300 bushels of corn, six barrels of salt, and tobacco. The second letter, dated November 28, 1826, consists of grievances made by Shawnee and Delaware chiefs in two parts. The first part is a “Speach delivered by Anderson the Chief of the Dellewares.” The conclusion is signed with an “X” by “William Anderson, Chief of the Dellewars.” The second section is a “Speach delivered by Ma yea wes ca ca one of the Shawnee Chiefs.” The conclusion is signed with an “X” by “Ma-yea-wes-ca-ca, a Shawnee Chief.” The third letter, from February 19, 1827, written on behalf of “Fish, ‘Senewascascas,’” forwards a complaint of improper treatment by white settlers, in part: “I…very unexpectedly had much trouble with the white inhabitants of that country; you likewise told me that the people of that country were good citizens; when I arrived there they wished to prevent me from hunting. I told them that you had given me permission to visit and hunt in that country.” It goes on to explain that an Indian boy had been whipped by a white settler. Signed at the conclusion on behalf of Senewascascas. In overall very good condition, with scattered light foxing, small areas of paper loss, and some fold separations repaired with archival tape. Starting Bid $200
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Wonderful early history of the Union Pacific Railway
297. Transcontinental Railroad. Four rare and
important items relating to the early days of the transcontinental railroad. The earliest is a handsomely engraved invitation from the Union Pacific Railway Company Eastern Division for the opening of the “First Section of Forty Miles of their Road West from the Missouri River,” 8.25 x 5.75, with reverse annotated by Eugene Field II, who states that the “invitation card, came from the library of my father.” Second is a scarce 244-page edition of the Great Trans-Continental Railroad Guide, softcover, published by Chicago’s Crofutt & Eaton in 1870, featuring descriptions of 500 cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, as well as “where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game.” Removed from the book is its detailed, highly displayable dual-sided timetable chart for December 5-6, 1869, measuring 6.5 x 24.75 unfolded, showing towns, stations, and times for the Union Pacific Rail Road and the Central Pacific Rail Road. Last is a gorgeous and very rare lithographed German map displaying the entirety of the “Pacific Railway,” printed by Eduard Heinrich Mayer in 1870, and neatly cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 33.5 x 12.5. In overall very good to fine condition, with heavy wear to the guide booklet, with back cover no longer present. Accompanied by a color reproduction poster announcing the opening of the Union Pacific Rail Road. Starting Bid $200
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Notorious Figures The Colt pistol of one of Detroit’s first black police officers
298. Officer William Henderson ‘Ben’ Turpin’s Colt Commercial Government Model Pistol. Desirable Colt Commercial Government Model
pistol belonging to William Henderson ‘Ben’ Turpin, one of the first black police officers in Detroit Police Department. Serial #C153676, .45 ACP, 5˝ barrel with a fine, bright bore that has some minor freckling within the grooves at the breech. This is a 1928-made pistol with matching numbered frame and slide, that has retained about 45-50% of the original blue finish, mostly on protected areas of the frame. The remainder of the metal has a patina that ranges in color from dull plum-brown, to pewter gray. The slide is also hand engraved on the right side just below the ejection port, “Henderson Turpin,” in Gothic lettering. The right grip panel is a period mother-of-pearl replacement, but the original checkered walnut grip is present on the left and has distinct wear patterns indicative of heavy use. A single magazine with polished floorplate is included. Accompanied by a binder of research material about Turpin’s career and a 2015 Colt Factory Letter. William Henderson ‘Ben’ Turpin was a native of Kentucky, born in 1897, who worked as a tanner and boot-black before moving to Detroit in 1925 where he found employment as a porter at Union Station. By 1927 he had become a beat cop for the Detroit PD patrolling the Paradise Valley and Black Bottom neighborhoods, and became noted for carrying pear-handled revolvers on patrol. Turpin was a large and burly man who commanded respect in the neighborhoods he patrolled, even taking a personal interest in keeping a young Joe Louis (then going by his given name, Joe Barrow) out of the criminal mischief so prevalent in the youth of the time. He was also a baseball fanatic, and even organized, and managed his own team: the Turpin Athletic Club Black Bottoms. He is reputed to have played catcher on occasion while wearing his trademark pearl-handled pistols on each hip. On the night of October 14, 1929, an off-duty Turpin had a chance encounter with Louis P. Bryant (a soldier in Detroit’s notorious ‘Purple,’ or ‘Sugar House Gang’) during which Turpin pulled his pistol and shot him dead. A trial for murder followed which saw Turpin quickly acquitted, and awarded a police commendation for ‘exceptional bravery’ in ridding the city of a dangerous racketeer. As he was off-duty at the time, he would not have been carrying his service revolver, but something easier to conceal, and this pistol could very well be the one Turpin used to kill Bryant. A 2015 dated Colt Factory Letter accompanies the gun that lists a shipping date of November 17, 1928, to Lou J. Eppinger of Detroit, MI. There were two guns in the shipment, and we have little doubt that both were ordered for Turpin (indeed, the other pearl grip was probably installed on that pistol). This is a fantastic piece of law enforcement history, that belonged to a pioneer African-American policeman, and would make a splendid addition to any collection. This transfers as a modern firearm (FFL or C&R). Starting Bid $300 130 |
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The Kansas City lawman’s gorgeous engraved Colt revolver 299. Sheriff Thomas B. Bash’s Engraved and Gold-Washed Colt New Service Revolver, attributed to Cole Agee. Beautiful gold-washed
Colt New Service revolver belonging to gangster-era Kansas City Sheriff Thomas B. Bash, with ornate engraving attributed to famed master engraved Cole Agee. Serial #328855, .44 S&W Special, 5 1/2˝ barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This is a beautiful revolver that has floral and punch-dot engraving on the frame and front sight blade, as well as a gold wash finish on the cylinder, hammer, cylinder release, trigger, frame screws, ejector rod tip, and front sight. The initials “TBB” are engraved in a pentagonal panel on the left side just above the trigger. The metal retains 98–99% of the bright nickel finish, while about 80–85% of the gold wash remains (most of the loss occurs on the rear of the cylinder, and between the flutes). The genuine ivory, Colt medallion grips are in fine condition, with some mellow age toning, and a few tiny chips and hairline age cracks at the butt on both panels. The lanyard swivel was removed and the hole filled with a US Cartridge Co. .22 cartridge case. The revolver is housed in a French-fitted, purple velvet lined traveling case complete with Hibbard combination tool, bore brush, and a period bottle of Abercrombie & Fitch Rangoon Oil. Accompanied by a binder of research material about Bash’s career, a 2010 Colt Factory Letter, and the hardcover book Cole Agee: Texas Engraver; the Agee book somewhat dampstained. A 2010 dated Colt Factory Letter accompanies the gun that lists a shipping date of June 30, 1933, to R.S. Elliott Arms Co. of Kansas City, MO. Thomas B. Bash was a former county judge turned sheriff of Jackson County, MO, and was a foe of Kansas City crime boss Tom Pendergast. He was also hostile to his rival on the bench, future president Harry S. Truman, as well as a nemesis to Charles ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, whom Bash was convinced was heavily involved in the famous Kansas City Massacre, in which three FBI agents and prisoner Frank Nash were killed in a botched rescue attempt at Union Station. In one almost legendary episode not long after the massacre, Bash, his wife, and one of his deputies were returning home from an ice cream social when they witnessed the murder of Ferris J. Anthon, a Chicago-connected liquor racketeer, by three gunmen sent by Pendergast associate John Lazia: Charles Gargotta, Sam Scola, and Gus Fasone. Bash grabbed the riot shotgun he kept with him, jumped from his car, and began returning fire while his deputy swung their vehicle into the path of the killers’ getaway car. Bash killed Scola and Fasone, but was able to capture Gargotta alive. Mrs. Bash survived unscathed. Sheriff Bash continued his hunt for ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd after the ensuing series of trials, and was hot on his trail when FBI agents caught up to him and killed him in October of the following year. This is a fantastic, expertly embellished, and period cased revolver that belonged to one of the famous lawmen of the Gangster Era, and would make a great addition to any collection. This transfers as a modern firearm (FFL or C&R). Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 131
300. Walter S. Adams Starting Bid $200
301. Roald Amundsen Starting Bid $200
302. David Ben-Gurion Starting Bid $200
303. William Jennings Bryan Starting Bid $200
304. William Jennings Bryan
305. Richard E. Byrd
306. Richard E. Byrd
307. Andrew Carnegie
308. Chen Cheng
309. Chiang Ching-kuo
310. Madame Chiang Kai-shek
311. Frederick Cook
313. Charles de Gaulle
314. Elizabeth, Queen Mother
315. Samuel Gompers
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312. Moshe Dayan Starting Bid $200
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318. Billy Graham
319. Otto Hahn
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317. Mikhail Gorbachev
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320. Halcyon Days Enamels
321. Hannibal Hamlin Starting Bid $200
322. William Randolph Hearst
323. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
324. Charles Evans Hughes
325. Israeli Leaders
326. Karl Jaspers
327. Dorothea Jordan
328. Robert F. Kennedy
329. John F. Kennedy, Jr
330. King Charles VI
331. King Charles XIII
316. Mikhail Gorbachev
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332. King Edward VII
333. King Edward VII
334. King Edward VII
335. King Edward VIII
336. King Edward VIII
337. King George V
338. King George V
339. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Starting Bid $200
340. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Queen Louise of Sweden Starting Bid $200
341. King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan Starting Bid $200
342. King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia
343. King Louis XVIII
344. King Philip III
345. King William IV
346. King William IV
347. King William IV
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348. King William IV and King George IV
349. Henry Kissinger
350. Auguste Lumiere
351. Mary of Teck
352. Robert A. Millikan
353. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
354. Mt. Everest
355. Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III Starting Bid $200
357. Florence Nightingale
358. Rosa Parks
359. Pope John Paul II
361. Prince Arthur
362. Prince Charles
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356. Fridtjof Nansen Starting Bid $200
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360. Prince Arthur Starting Bid $200
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363. Prince George and Princess Marina Starting Bid $200
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364. Prince Philip
365. Princess Anne
366. Princess Anne
367. Princess Diana
368. Princess Diana
369. Princess Margaret
371. Queen Alexandra
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370. Princess Margaret
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373. Queen Liliuokalani
374. Queen Victoria
375. Queen Victoria
377. Queen Victoria
378. Queen Victoria
379. Queen Victoria and Royal Family
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372. Queen Alexandra Starting Bid $200
376. Queen Victoria Starting Bid $200
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380. Yitzhak Rabin Starting Bid $200
384. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Starting Bid $200
388. Margaret Thatcher
381. Royalty
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382. Carl Sagan Starting Bid $200
383. Norodom Sihanouk
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385. Henry M. Stanley
386. Robert Stroud
387. Edward Teller
389. Margaret Thatcher
390. Margaret Thatcher
391. Margaret Thatcher
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392. Titanic: Millvina Dean
393. Titanic: Millvina Dean
394. Duke and Duchess of Windsor
395. Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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military 396. Lord J e f f e r y A m h e r s t .
Commander-inchief of the British army during the Revolutionary War (1717-1797) whose reputation was damaged due to allegations that he conducted an early form of germ warfare against Native Americans, a group he held in extremely low regard, using the deadly smallpox virus. ALS signed “Jeff: Amherst,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, March 22, 1776. Written from the “Office of Ordnance,” a letter to Major Williams, in full: “I am very glad that by some Incidents which have been laid before the Board, which did not appear before this day, that the Board think themselves justified in recommending Staff Pay for you and in allowing you a Boat, on so important an occasion and Service as you are going on, in which I most heartily wish you all the Success and good health you can desire.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
397. Colonial Rhode Island Currency. A
desirable uncut half sheet (pane) of eight notes of Revolutionary War–era Rhode Island currency, printed by Hall and Sellers, all marked “No. 1724,” 8.25 x 13.75, July 2, 1780, with denominations of one, two, three, four, five, seven, eight, and twenty dollars. Each signed on the face by Thomas Rumreill and Metcalfe Bowler; not signed on the reverse. In fine condition, with light dampstaining. Starting Bid $200
398. Horatio Gates. Former British soldier (1727-1806) who served
as an American general during the Revolutionary War, controversially taking credit for the victory at Saratoga. Scarce ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, October 12, 1791. Letter to Henry Bedinger of Shepherds Town, Virginia, in part: “On Fryday I had the pleasure to receive your Favour of the 10th of September last, They next day I waited upon Mr. Murray, but did not meet with him until Monday, when he said, he was in Treaty with an English Gentleman, who had View’d the land, and was going immediately from home, to take a more exact View of the premises, before he Finally concluded upon the purchases…in my own Opinion I am Satisfied, He who pays the most money down, will be the purchaser, for I need not tell you the Omnipotence of ready money to a merchant.” In very good condition, with a few brushes to text, small hole affecting two words, and light scattered toning and wrinkling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Elaborate oak cannon made from the hull of ‘Old Ironsides’ 399. USS Constitution.
Scarce wooden naval cannon with wheeled carriage, measuring 10.25 x 5.5 x 5.5, made from oak removed from the original 1794 hull of the USS Constitution, with descriptive plaque affixed to front reading: “This material was taken from the original hull of the U.S. frigate Constitution, keel laid 1794, rebuilding 1927.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of a June 2016 article from The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles which shows this very item. Starting Bid $200
400. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. ALS signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 5, 1886. Written from Ocala, Florida, a letter to Charles O. Farrington concerning his poor health and a land transaction, in part: “I have got up sufficiently to come here, making a…journey of it—& have just about strength enough to write one letter a day. My attendants kept all letters & business from…Jan. 16th. But I was…seriously ill from 22d Feb…I tried to make out a list here, & think I am correct. But if not, will you please set it right…But I am desirous of selling…and if it will make the trade go, & now, you may take off $40—or even, if absolutely necessary, the whole $90.” In very good to fine condition, with a small chip to one edge, and splitting and fait toning along the fragile intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
401. Jefferson Davis. Bold ink signature, “very Respectfully, yr. fellow citizen, Jeffer. Davis,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 sheet. Nicely cloth-matted and framed with an engraving of Davis to an overall size of 10.25 x 16.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Extensive archive revealing the Marquis de Lafayette’s thoughts on the military, politics, and change in France
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402. Marquis de Lafayette Archive of (18) Items.
Extraordinary archive of 18 letters and documents, including 11 ALSs by Lafayette, a DS by Lafayette, 5 LSs by Lafayette, and an LS by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (mentioning Lafayette). The exceptional archive spans two decades, and in it, Lafayette discusses major political events and articulates his support for constitutional principles. A sampling of the archive: In one letter, he appeals to the President of the Directory from exile, in part (translated): “To see again the homeland which their hearts never left for an instant, to give their blood to the Republic—this is the happiness for which I ask for them…it would be against my reason, it would be even further against my nature, to doubt my rights to the title of French citizen. When…the government expressed the wish that I should not return to France at present, did they not also authorize me to submit to them that the right to return, which is not lost to my two companions of the prison of Amutz [sic] and to myself, should not be lost to the small number of friends, which I took with me, who were taken prisoner with us and several of whom owed their freedom only to the arrival of our victorious armies in Belgium?” With the downfall of the French in 1792, the Commune, in establishing a Republic, perceived the attitude of Lafayette as a dangerous conflict to their aims. Accused of treachery, he fled from France and was captured by Austrian troops. He remained a prisoner of state until 1797, when Napoleon stipulated his release in the Treaty of Campo; Lafayette returned to France in 1799. A manuscript DS endorsed at the head by Lafayette, one page, July 4, 1815, discussing a safe conduct pass for Colonel Balmain, an officer in the Czar’s service, issued by the Commissaires Francais at the Headquarters of His Highness Field-Marshal Prince Blucher and Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. Dating to less than three weeks after the Battle of Waterloo, the pass allows Balmain to travel to the Czar’s headquarters. The endorsement is signed by Lafayette, Horace Sebastiani, Benjamin Constant, and three others; the main document is signed by Boissy d’Anglas, Andreossy, and de Valence. The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18th, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final defeat, ending two decades of warfare between the French and British. A letter of July 21, 1818, outlines the legal and financial woes that followed the death of Lafayette’s wife. In a letter of July 18, [1825] to the social reformer le duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Lafayette discusses the counterrevolution, (translated): “I pity from the bottom of my heart
all those needy people to whom you did so much good, but I certainly don’t pity the fanatics who are definitely losing their honor and will soon lose their power.” Known for his liberal attitudes, Rochefoucauld-Liancourt established a model farm on his estate and founded a school for the children of impoverished military personnel. In an undated letter, likely from the reign of Charles X, Lafayette writes (translated): “The comments which you made about the pessimistic system of our opponents, about the tactic, adopted early, of persistently strengthening a disgust for liberty by anarchy and of inciting, at great risk, excesses and crimes in order to attribute them to liberal ideas—these comments… are enlarged and confirmed every day.” When the chamber of 1830 opposed King Charles X, he dissolved it, only to find the succeeding chamber even more uncompromising. His response—the suspension of the constitution—led to the July Revolution, resulting in his abdication and exile. In a letter of November 4, 1831, Lafayette discusses issues related to the July Revolution and events in Europe. In part (translated): “One thought similarly then and notably in the Chamber of Deputies, for my command didn’t come under fire until immediately after this important crisis; but it must also be said that the subsequent riots were exploited within and outside of France with little good faith; they damaged the elections greatly; almost all were without a goal and without means; they were put down with a violence scarcely conforming to my system of action in such cases.” He talks about “calming both sides” and how he “disapproves of the new system of quasi-legitimacy, of quasi-restoration which has been established in France.” The last letter, dated November 15, 1833, is in English and concerns encouraging the “general cause of freedom.” After a lengthy discussion of the illness of his great-grandson and detailed instructions on how to get from Paris to LaGrange, he writes: “I thank you, my dear general, for the expression of your political feelings, with which I heartily sympathize. Those faite milieu people make us look for every opportunity to forward the general cause of freedom. Yet I am convinced the progress of European civilization is only retarded by their fears at home and their connivance abroad. The movement of 1830 which has again the revolution of 89 shall come to its natural result.” During the Revolution of 1830, Lafayette was made commander-in-chief of the National Guard. In overall very good to fine condition. A fine and insightful collection of letters revealing Lafayette’s involvement in the monumental sociopolitical changes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Starting Bid $1000
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The Confederate president defends his commander: “Surely no man was ever more surely devoted to the discharge of every duty in life than Rob’t E. Lee” 403. Jefferson Davis. LS, signed “Jefferson Davis,” seven pages on four sheets, 5.5 x 9, September 2, 1873. Marked “Private,” a letter to legislator, author, and diplomat William B. Reed, who sent Davis a critique of J. Esten Cooke’s Life of General Robert E. Lee, which had appeared in the Edinburgh Review. Davis responds with his penetrating criticism of both the biography and reviewer, while soundly defending Lee.
In part: “I intended before this to have written to you on the subject of the review on the life of R. E. Lee by Esten Cooke which you had the kindness to hand me. If, as I suppose, the article in the Edinburg was by an English officer who was among us during the war, I am surprised that his information did not correct the many inaccuracies of the author, & detect the malevolent spirit which pervades his book. You will no doubt remember how sharp was the criticism of Lee in the early part of the war & that the President was abused, for confiding high commands to Lee merely because he had been a school fellow & early friend; a variety of interest combined to make Lee the scape goat of the failure of the campaign in Western Virginia & so much was he discredited at that time that when he was sent to South Carolina, the President thought it necessary to write to Gov. Pickens & assure him of the high merit of Gen’l Lee & explain his special qualifications for the service required in Carolina. How very unlike the biography is the fact! The battle of Seven Pines which is represented as an advantage gained by an unexpected attack was a pure accident, no attack being intended. But then the writer says ‘accident rather than the choice of the Confederacy put Lee in command of the army.’ It may be regarded as an accident that Johnston was wounded, but if the Confederate authorities had not chosen to put Lee in his place the second in command would have succeeded the wounded general. In regard to the strategic movement preparatory to the crossing the Chickahominy, the story as told is all fustian but it would exceed the limit of a letter to tell you the whole truth. The statement of Lee being forbidden by the President to commence his retreat from Petersburg in Feb’y is utterly false & it is to be hoped that the writer was as ignorant in that as in regard to the cause of Johnston’s removal from command at Atlanta. Several persons have descanted very pathetically upon the want of supplies at Farmville & blamed the administration for misdirecting the provisions intended for the army. The Commissary Gen’l has fully refuted that story & shown that neither he nor any department of the executive was at all responsible for the failure to have provision when & where they wanted during that retreat. Though Gen’l Lee had never been a student of Constitution at law, he was generally too well informed to have believed that the Constitutional right of Secession was submitted to the arbitrament of the sword & that the South had lost the rights claimed by her as the consequence of defeat. It is a base slander upon that true patriot & faithful man to ascribe to him any such abandonment of his country in the day of her misfortune. I regret to say that I have mislaid the Review & cannot therefore refer to other points which I would have noticed. As my memory serves me it contained a long letter purporting to have been written by Gen’l Lee to his son. That letter is a bald forgery because at the date of it, Gen’l Lee was a Capt. of Engineers stationed on the Fort which was under construction below Baltimore, yet it represents him as being about to start to Texas to provide for the wants of his fine, old regiment. Gen’l Lee’s first Commission in the line of the army was in 1855, he was then appointed a Lieut. Col. of the new regiment of which Albert Sidney Johnston was the Colonel & who was present with the regiment & commanded it from the date of its organization until he was detached to command the expedition to Utah, & before Gen’l Lee was appointed in that cavalry regiment his son had ceased to be a cadet & was on duty as Lieut. of Engineers. The manufacturer of that letter probably knew that Gen’l Lee had in the absence of his Col. commanded his regiment in Texas & he may have known that Gen’l Lee might say that ‘Duty was the sublimest word in the language’ for surely no man was ever more surely devoted to the discharge of every duty in life than Rob’t E. Lee, but I think if he had uttered that sentiment & wanted to enforce it he probably would have found other means than the poor story which is given of terror in a puritan legislature. I have probably written you more than the occasion required though less than the perversion & misrepresentation provokes.” In very good to fine condition, with toning to the first page, and nearly complete separations along the hinges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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A New Hampshire private’s diary from “the battle of Gettisburg” 404. Gettysburg. An 1863 leatherwrapped pocket diary kept by William W. Weller of Littleton, New Hampshire, who enlisted in the Union Army on April 20, 1861, as a private in Company G of the 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Though he appears to have carried this diary with him throughout the year of 1863, he did not write extensively; there are about 140 pages with a few lines of writing, of which about a dozen refer to the war. These entries are sporadic and usually just one or two lines long. On January 17, he writes the lyrics to ‘Rally Round the Flag’: “The Union Forever hurrah / boys hurrah down with / traiter and up with the / Star then ralley ralley / around the flag boys / ralley once again / Shouting the battle cry / of freedom.” The most notable entries concern the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath: July 2: “Arrival at Gettisburg this morning. First fight to day.” July 3: “Second day of the battle of Gettisburg.” July 4: “Third and last day of the fight.” July 13: “Inside of the Rebes fortifications near the river found a five leaf clover never seen one before.” A dried four leaf clover is laid into the diary here. July 27: “Left the Army of the Potomac and went to Washington.” July 31: “Arrival at Point Lookout this morning.” Other entries regard his pay, weather, numbers of recruits, letters sent and received, and other general information. On December 28, he interestingly notes: “219 Reb prisoners arrived this morning.” On the last page, he records detailed measurements of the US Capitol building. In very good condition, with general wear and soiling. At Gettysburg, the 2nd New Hampshire entered battle with 353 soldiers. In under three hours, 47 were killed, 136 wounded, and 36 went missing; of 24 officers, only three escaped unscathed. Due to their high losses, the regiment was assigned to guard duty at Point Lookout, Maryland—as Private Weller records in this diary on July 31st. A fascinating, though terse, first-person account of the Civil War’s most famous battle. Starting Bid $200
Rare letter from States Rights Gist a month before the Civil war
405. States Rights Gist. Confederate officer named for his family’s ardent political views (1831-1864) who served under W.H.T. Walker at Vicksburg, Chickamuga, and Atlanta, and was killed in action after being shot at the Battle of Franklin. ALS signed “S. R. Gist, Adj. Genl.,” one page, 7 x 9.5, February 8, 1861. Written from “Head Quarters,” a letter to Colonel Edward Manigault, in full: “You will issue to the men of Col. E. H. Locke 60 Belts & cross Belts with cartridge & cap Boxes for the use of the Night Guard, to be returned in the morning.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with light showthrough from a docketing notation on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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“Interference with the trains on the N.C. Rail Road,” Gen. Lee cautions in 1862, “not only delays transportation, and leads to hopeless confusion but may result in great loss of life & property” 406. Robert E. Lee. Civil War–dated
ALS signed “R. E. Lee, Gen’l,” one page, 7.75 x 10, July 21, 1862. Letter to Major General Daniel Harvey Hill, commander of the Department of North Carolina. In full: “I sent you a telegram this morning with reference to the interference with the trains on the N.C. Rail Road, urging the importance of preventing this, at once by stringent orders. Since then I have received a communication from Chas. Ellis Esqr. Pres’t of the Rich’d & Pet’burg R. R. Co., complaining of a like interference. I desire strong measures to be taken to put a stop to this on all the Rail Roads in your department. It not only delays transportation, and leads to hopeless confusion but may result in great loss of life & property. I enclose the report of such a case of sad accident on one of the best managed roads in the South.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning and staining, and two small pieces of archival tape along the reverse top edge. By July 1862, Lee had still not consolidated his forces as an organized Army of Northern Virginia. He concentrated his efforts on the south side of the James River (a vulnerable ‘back-door’ access to Richmond), as he was worried that the Union army would move on the Southern capital from that direction. Here, his strongly-worded letter commanding that all disruption of railroad transportation south of Richmond be stopped immediately, suggests that he sought to maintain order in areas not yet directly affected by the war in progress. Major General Hill was in charge of a division and later commanded a corps in the Army of Northern Virginia; he fought through the Peninsula Campaign, then was assigned to the Department of North Carolina in July 1862. The Richmond & Petersburg Rail Road ran from Richmond to Petersburg for a distance of approximately 20 miles, and was a key supply line to the Confederate capital. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Scarce portrait of the Civil War general 407. Robert E. Lee. Magnificent 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of the Confederate commander in bust-length profile, signed at the bottom of the image in ink, “R. E. Lee.” In fine condition, with faint soiling and clipped corner tips. Although lacking a back mark, this pose closely resembles that of Lee’s sitting with Matthew Brady in 1866. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
The Grey Ghost’s soldiers meet at Manassas 408. John S. Mosby. ALS signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 8, September 30, 1898. Letter to “Alice,” written from his home in San Francisco, noting an upcoming reunion of his soldiers at Manassas. In part: “I hear that my men are to have a reunion at Manassas in October. I am sorry that I can’t be there—but I hope you & Miss Kate will go as my representatives. If you see Fount tell him (or your father) that I w’d like for Genl. Nelson A. Miles to be invited in recognition of the fact that last Spring he recommended me to President McKinley for a commission in the Army. I also want the persons whose names are on the enclosed slip invited. You know that I rec’d a great deal of attention at the University when I was hurt. Dr. Nelson was my regular attendant. Dr. McGuire came on from Richmond. I don’t know when I shall go East again—not very soon. I am like last year’s almanac there now—out of date. You can see in the Gazette that I am not a jingo.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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409. John S. Mosby. ALS in pencil, signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page, 7.75 x 10, June 25, 1903. From Montgomery, Alabama, Mosby writes to W. I. McGee at the General Land Office in Washington, DC. In full: “On the 15th I wrote a letter to the Commissioner wh[ich] demanded a prompt answer, but so far I have not heard a word in reply. I want to G.L.O. to answer, ‘Yes,’ or ‘No:’ I don’t care wh[ich]. It is impossible for one man without assistance [to] do the work of investigating, & prosecuting timber trespassers. It w’d require all my month’s salary & per diem to pay for it & then I w’d probably never get it back. Last month I charged 45 cents for two telegrams & $2.00 for livery for driving 20 miles, to serve a notice of the hearing in a contest. All sorts of quibbles are made & I can’t get my money back. I have use for my pay & can’t afford to advance it to the Gov’t when I will probably never get it back. I am a little afraid that this letter may cause a suspicion of your loyalty.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Mosby’s hand. In 1901, Mosby became a special agent for the General Land Office, on the trail of illegal ranch land fencers and timber trespassers in Colorado, Nebraska, and Alabama. An interesting letter from late in the intrepid Confederate ranger’s post-war career. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
The WWI uniform of the colorful Maj. Gen. Terry Allen 410. World War I Uniform Grouping Belonging to Major General Terry Allen, U.S. Army. World War I uniform grouping belonging to Major General Terry Allen, U.S.
Army. This lot consists of: a private purchase officer’s tunic with stand collar, and four pocket front; and a pair of riding breeches. The tunic was tailored by Marshall Field Co., whose embroidered tag is still present at the neck, and is also marked with the owner’s name on the tag sewn into the interior pocket: “T. Allen USA, 4 – 1918.” The tunic is a WWI era example, made from olive drab gabardine, with darkened metal front and pocket buttons, and has a dark brown lining. Two metal “U.S.” insignia are present on the collar, a green and red fourragére (French Croix de Guerre) is present on the left epaulette, a single bullion embroidered War Service Chevron on the left cuff, and a tattered three ribbon bar is present on the left breast pocket: Great War Victory Medal (with two stars), Mexican Service Medal, and French Croix de Guerre with single star. The tunic is in excellent shape with very little evident wear, and only some negligible staining of the cloth. The breeches are inter-war era ‘Pink’ elastique with white cotton lining, and Allen’s name written in ink on the interior of the right pocket. The breeches are in excellent condition with very little wear, although there are some frayed spots here and there, and has nearly new suede patches at the ankles. Terry de la Mesa Allen (1888–1969) was one of the more charismatic and interesting general officers in the US Army of the 20th century. Initially expelled from West Point for academic underperformance, Allen served as a junior cavalry officer along the Mexican Border prior to the US entry into WWI, but shipped over to France as an officer in the 315th Ammunition Train once the Army began deploying to France. Not long after his arrival, he managed to con his way into receiving Infantry certification (by gate-crashing the graduation ceremony without having taken the actual course) and was reassigned to 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, AEF. He fought at St. Mihiel, and Aincreville, and was part of the Army of Occupation following the Armistice. In 1940, he was promoted directly from Lt. Colonel to Brigadier General and given command of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, then 2nd Cavalry Division, then ADC of 36th Infantry Division. Following the Pearl Harbor attack, Allen was promoted to Major General and given command of the 1st Infantry Division ‘The Big Red One.’ He commanded the division through North Africa and Sicily, but was recalled to the US in late 1943. He was then given command of the 104th Infantry Division ‘Timberwolves,’ who fought with distinction through Holland, Belgium, and on into Germany itself. Allen retired in 1946, and passed away in 1969 at the age of 81. This is a great opportunity to acquire some uniform items that belonged to a General that Ernie Pyle called, ‘one of my favorite people.’ Starting Bid $200
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MacArthur weighs in on birth control and “the Japanese population problem”
411. Douglas MacArthur. TLS, four pages, 8 x 10.5,
General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers letterhead, April 24, 1940. Letter to Mrs. Edward Fiess, written from American-occupied Tokyo, Japan. In part: “From the reference…in your letter…on the subject of Mrs. Sanger’s desire to lecture on birth control in Japan, it seems apparent that you are uninformed concerning the circumstances leading to the decision not to issue an entrance permit for that purpose at this time. In the first place, it must be understood that because of Japan’s international status and extremely limited facilities, only those are permitted to enter who can definitely further the objectives of the Occupation—political, economic or social. This places the burden of decision as to this point upon the Occupation authorities in the consideration of every entrance permit for which application is made. Approval of any such application necessarily implies, particularly to the Japanese mind, that the Occupation objective is directly involved and that the entrant is fully accredited by the Supreme Commander. I have yielded to pressure from neither the group in advocacy nor that in opposition to birth control, but have consistently and publicly taken the position that the subject matter is a social problem for solution by the Japanese people themselves without interference, directly or indirectly, by the Allied Powers. In support of this position, I have refused to authorize the protago-
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nists of either viewpoint to make of Japan a battleground upon which to inject and then to fight an issue…which Americans themselves have by no means found uniformity of opinion. Unfortunately neither has been content to accept this position of neutrality but both have made repeated efforts to insinuate the Occupation directly into the controversy in seeming advocacy of one position or the other. Finally, last June, I publicly reiterated my position to the local Catholic Women’s Club, ending with the conclusion that, ‘Birth control, with its social, economic and theological sides, is…for individual judgment and decision. The more basic problem of population is long range and world-wide and certainly not within the purview of prescribed Allied policy or the defined scope of the Supreme Commanders executive responsibility or authority.’ I am by no means unmindful of the potentialities of the Japanese population problem, but demography fully supports my view that the solution in final analysis rests in individual judgment and decision, which…apart from theological teachings, finds its major influence in economic need.” MacArthur continues to discuss to subject at length. In very good to fine condition, with moderate creasing and small edge tears to the last page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Archive from Patton’s aide-de-camp, including Willie Patton’s dog tag and a signed portrait 412. George S. Patton. Remark-
able archive from the estate of General George S. Patton’s aide-de-camp, Alexander Stiller, comprising:
An original dog tag for Gen. Patton’s beloved white bull terrier Willie Patton, reading: “Willie Patton, H.Q. 3rd. Army, A.P.O. 403.” The tag is suspended from a traditional chain necklace. Willie had one dog chain which he wore (and is now in a museum), and another which Patton or Stiller kept with them. The included letter of provenance from Stiller’s granddaughter reads, in part: “The ‘dog tag’ was made for Willie Patton and was in the possession of either Gen. Patton or Lt. Stiller whenever the dog was present.” A modern reprint photo of Willie Patton is also included. The dog was made especially famous by the 1970 film Patton, and is the subject of the book General Patton’s Best Friend by Richard Joseph Stillman. A superb matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Gen. Patton in uniform, beautifully signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “G. S. Patton, Jr.” Alexander C. Stiller’s ribbon rack and associated medals: the ribbon rack represents a Purple Heart, Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster), and Distinguished Service Cross. All three associated medals are included, as is an original true copy of the Third Army’s General Orders No. 288, October 10, 1945, awarding Maj. Stiller’s Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism under enemy sniper fire near Hammelburg, Germany. The citation is signed in fountain pen by Captain G. F. Labots-Misbeek. Also included is an original true copy of the 4th Armored Division’s General Orders No. 63, April 15, 1945, awarding a bronze oak leaf cluster to Maj. Stiller’s Silver Star Medal. Other ephemera includes: three original WWII–era embroidered patches, representing the US Army II Corps, Third Army, and 7th Army Division; a vintage glossy 7 x 5 photo of Gen. Patton leading a tank from the front; a carbon copy typescript of a letter of recommendation for Stiller by General Patton, dated February 21, 1942; four pages of orders concerning movements and personnel transfers; and a newspaper clipping about Maj. Stiller. Additional insignia in the archive: two golden oak leaves (major); two single silver stars (brigadier general); and two silver three-star pins (general). In overall fine condition. An exemplary, unique archive from the family of Patton’s closest aide. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 149
Four-flag A-2 jacket from the Korean War 413. Korean War USAF 8th Bombardment Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket with Unit Patch and Painted Back. An
attractive dark brown leather, issue jacket with russet-brown elastique hem and cuffs. The jacket has a single, functional front zipper with collar snaps, and a hook and eye fastener at the throat (the hook portion is no longer present). The maker label is no longer present, but the construction is consistent with jackets made by the Poughkeepsie Leather Coat Co. The exterior leather is still supple and exhibits only minor wear and flaking along a few of the edge seams, as well as on the forearms and shoulders of the sleeves. There is almost no fraying of the cuff or hem fabric. The jacket is embellished with a large, lozenge-shaped, silk embroidered 8th Bombardment Squadron unit patch on the left breast (a bald eagle grasping the Liberty Bell superimposed on a white, green, and yellow roundel). The back of the jacket has four hand-painted flags in a grid: the Stars and Stripes, ROK Taegeukgi, Union Jack, and UN Flag. Beneath the flags is a falling bomb canted at 45° angle. The paint is heavily flaked, particularly on the Taegeukgi, but the flags are still discernible. The US Air Force decal on the left shoulder is also heavily flaked, but also still discernible. The interior of the jacket has a slightly worn, but intact brown linen lining. The 8th Bombardment Squadron was an element of the 3rd Bombardment Group flying A-26 Invaders on night intruder missions into North Korea. They performed the last ground attack mission of the war prior to the armistice. Starting Bid $200
414. Andrea Doria. Italian condottiero and admiral
from Genoa (1466–1560). Partial ALS in Italian, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11.75, October 9, 1545. Untranslated letter to Prince Ferdinand Gonzaga recommending the endorsement of Andronicio di Spinosa, with the second part of the letter written entirely in the hand of Doria, who signs at the conclusion of the second page. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light toning and a circular seal-related stain. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The impatient Napoleon advises his fleet: “Admiral Nelson was in the Straits of Messina, spreading alarm” 415. Napoleon. War-dated LS in French, signed
“Napoleon,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 8.75, April 23, 1805. Written during the War of the Third Coalition, an important letter informing Admiral Ganteaume of Vice Admiral Villeneuve’s departure in pursuit of the English armada. Napoleon advises that Villeneuve was later joined by an additional Spanish force, and that Lord Horatio Nelson was mistakenly heading in the wrong direction in an attempt to capture and destroy the French fleet. In part (translated): “Admiral Ganteaume…Villeneuve left on 9 Germinal [March 30, 1805] with 11 ships of the line, 6 frigates and 2 brigs. On the 19th [April 9th], at 5 in the evening, he was before Cadiz in pursuit of 6 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 4 English brigs. At this exact point he was joined by the French vessel L’Aigle, a large corvette and a French brig and by 6 Spanish ships, 4 frigates and 2 brigs, under the command of Admiral Gravina. On the 20th [April 10th] at day break the combined squadron was out of sight. A message that I have received from Salerno informs me that on the same day Admiral Nelson was in the Straits of Messina, spreading alarm and believing that the Toulon Squadron was going to Sicily or Egypt. He was planning to wait for two days then set sail for Alexandria [Egypt]. You know the happy outcome of the expedition of Rear Admiral Missiessy who has taken Dominique and I think Ste. Lucia. All that remains is for me to have news of your departure. I expect that you and your crew are constantly on board and ready to take advantage of the slightest opportunity. It would be hard for me to describe how impatient I feel. Do not miss any opportunity which may present itself; but maintain on board severe discipline and see to it that everyone stays on board. Increase the level of your fleet as much as you can. Whereupon I pray God keep you.” In fine condition, with Napoleon’s complete first-name signature ideal in its boldness and clarity. An important letter with rare reference to Horatio Nelson, written during a hopeful time for Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter unfolds the first part of his secret plan, entrusted to no one except Vice Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve and Admiral Honore Joseph Antoine Ganteaume: only when the naval commanders were at sea, at specified latitudes, were they allowed to open their sealed orders instructing them what courses to steer. The idea was for Villeneuve to set sail from Toulon via Cadiz, where he would meet Admiral Federico Carlos Gravina with his Spanish squadron. They would proceed to Martinique, and if Edouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy were there, join him and wait for Ganteaume. On the first equinoctial gale, which would disperse the English, Ganteaume would sail from Brest with 21 ships, and steer for Ferrol to be joined there by the French division; past there, they join up with the Spanish division, and all would meet in Martinique to form the most enormous force ever assembled at sea. This letter refers to the first part of the plan, which succeeded in outwitting Nelson as he had not thought of blockading Cadiz. This was a particularly difficult and frustrating time for Nelson, as having lost sight of the French fleet he could only guess at their destination. Only on April 18th did he decide to search for the French fleet in the Mediterranean. False intelligence and contrary winds delayed Nelson’s pursuit, and by the time he had reached the West Indies, Villeneuve had returned to Europe, brushing with Calder’s squadron off Finisterre. After a brief visit to England, Nelson resumed his command off Cadiz on board H.M.S. Victory, and on October 21st, he fought and won the celebrated Battle of Trafalgar, but was himself mortally wounded by a French sharpshooter and died at the moment of victory. Vice Admiral Villeneuve was charged with cowardice by Napoleon, having sailed against his better judgement, and was massively defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was taken prisoner. When freed on parole, he committed suicide by stabbing himself six times in the heart to escape the effects of his disgrace. Letters of Napoleon mentioning Nelson are quite scarce, and those covering events leading up to the celebrated Battle of Trafalgar are rare and highly desirable. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 151
Details on troop movements to his adopted son, Prince Eugene de Beauharnais 416. Napoleon. LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7 x 9, May 27, 1806. Letter to his adopted son, Prince Eugene de Beauharnais, demanding information on the divisions of the Army of Italy and the arrival of French troops in Milan. In full (translated): “Let me know how the divisions of the Army of Italy which are in the Kingdom of Naples are living. Are you paying them, or is the King of Naples? How much are they costing? You have mentioned nothing concerning the arrival in Milan of the 2nd Battalion of the 18th Light Infantry Regiment which was to have been there on the 21st of May, or the 4th Battalion of the 92nd Regiment which was to have arrived there on the 22nd, of the depot of the 8th Chasseurs which was also to have arrived on the 22nd, of the 4th Battalion of the 11th Line Infantry which was supposed to get there on the 23rd, of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 35th which were due there on the 24th, of the 84th’s depot on the 25th, as well as that of the 6th Chasseur Regiment. Inform me of the situation of the last two Battalions and depots when they go through Adda on their way to the Frioul.” In fine condition. An important letter demonstrating Napoleon’s meticulously detailed involvement in the movement of troops throughout his empire. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
417. Napoleon. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.75
x 12, March 11, 1813. Official military report, endorsed in the left margin by Napoleon after a long passage written in another hand. In very good condition, with toning, dampstaining, and old mounting remnants in the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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418. Horatio Nelson.
Th ird- pers on ALS, signed within the text, “Lord Nelson,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, March 27, 1803. Letter regretfully declining a dinner invitation on behalf of himself and Sir William Hamilton, the husband of Nelson’s mistress Emma Hamilton. In full: “Lord Nelson is very sorry that it is not in his power to dine with Mr. Willet on April 2nd as he is going into the country with Sir Will’m Hamilton if he is well enough to be moved, this reason will also plead Sir Will’ms apologies.” Affixed to a slightly larger card and in fine condition, with trimmed edges and light soiling. William Hamilton was certainly not “well enough to be moved”—he died ten days later at his house in Piccadilly. A boldly penned, desirable letter connecting Nelson to the Hamiltons. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
419. Horatio Nelson. Desirable autograph address panel, 5
x 3, accomplished in Nelson’s hand, “Merton, January Thirtieth 1802, Mr. John Howard, H. M. Ship Ramillies, Portsmouth,” and signed in the lower left, “Nelson & Bronte.” Affixed to a slightly larger card and in very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and soiling. Accompanied by a 1944 note from the John Howard’s great-grandson-in-law, transmitting the panel as a Christmas gift. No letter of this date is recorded by Nicolas in Nelson’s collected Dispatches and Letters: it was written soon after Nelson purchased ‘Paradise Merton,’ where he lived with Emma Hamilton during the months of peace brought about by the Treaty of Amiens. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Rare 1708 document by the captain of America’s first Ranger force 420. Benjamin Church. English colonist (c. 1639–1718)
who was the military leader of the historic predecessor of the United States Army Rangers as captain of America’s first Ranger force, which was formed to participate in King Philip’s War. Rare manuscript DS, signed “Benj’n Church,” one page, 8.25 x 10, 1708. A complaint by Church against Edward Bridge in a legal matter, in part: “The s’d Edward Bridge being brought before my self…then and there the s’d Edward Bridge did make such a horrable noise…for when I commanded silence and commanded s’d Bridges to be silent that the evidences might be heard and sworn the s’d Bridge laughing and shouting told me I had no evidence to call…I look upon it not only an affront… put upon myself but a very great abuse to her Maj’tys Government.” Signed at the conclusion by Church, and also endorsed and signed along the bottom in Church’s hand. In very good condition, with singeing and paper loss to the top and bottom edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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423. Pappy Boyington
424. Pappy Boyington
Starting Bid $200
422. Daniel F. Bakeman
Starting Bid $200
425. Colonial Currency
426. William J. ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan
427. Doolittle Raiders
428. Alfred W. Ellet
429. Enola Gay Starting Bid $200
430. Enola Gay: Tibbets and Ferebee
433. Flying Tigers
434. Flying Tigers
421. Harold Alexander of Tunis
Starting Bid $200
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431. Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney Starting Bid $200
435. Mitsuo Fuchida Starting Bid $200
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432. Flying Tigers Starting Bid $200
436. Edward S. Godfrey Starting Bid $200
437. William F. Halsey
438. O. O. Howard
440. Benjamin Lincoln
441. Felix von Luckner Starting Bid $200
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442. Military
443. Billy Mitchell
444. Montgomery of Alamein
445. Montgomery of Alamein
446. Montgomery of Alamein
447. Mountbatten of Burma
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448. Mountbatten of Burma Starting Bid $200
439. Georges Washington de La Fayette Starting Bid $200
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449. Thomas Paine Starting Bid $200
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450. John J. Pershing Starting Bid $200
452. Revolutionary War: Pennsylvania
453. Hyman Rickover
Starting Bid $200
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451. Revolutionary War Canteens Starting Bid $200
454. Winfield Scott Starting Bid $200
455. World War II Starting Bid $200
456. Duke of Wellington
457. World War II Aces
458. World War II Posters: Food
459. Sgt. Alvin C. York
Starting Bid $200
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aviation
460. Amelia Earhart. Signed book: 20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 314 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink by Earhart. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear, mild bumps to corners, and fraying at spine ends. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
461. Amelia Earhart. Desirable fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 6 x 8 sheet of Davenport Hotel letterhead. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, and three horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
462. Graf Zeppelin Artifact. Large scalloped
metal serving platter, 15.5˝ in diameter, with bottom bearing etched “Zeppelin” blimp maker’s mark and numbered “108.” In fine condition, with general wear and scratches. Starting Bid $200
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Lindbergh flies the inaugural “Cristobal–Miami Cross-Carribean Flight” 464. Charles Lindbergh. Flown airmail cover carried
on the “First Cristobal–Miami Cross-Carribean Flight, May 1, 1930,” bearing a stamped violet cachet, 9.5 x 4, signed vertically along the left side in fountain pen by Lindbergh, “C A. Lindbergh.” Additionally signed by Gerald Bliss and F.W. Smith. Includes an original 6.25 x 4 press photo of Lindbergh’s plane being loaded with mail for the inaugural airmail flight between Mexico City and Brownsville, Texas. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, a central vertical fold, and a paperclip impression to the top edge. Following his monumental transatlantic crossing in 1927, Charles Lindbergh championed a campaign to open an express air mail route from Miami to Cristobal Colon (Panama Canal Zone) with stops in Havana, Cuba, and Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Lindbergh served as pilot on the inaugural run, flying a Sikorsky S-38 to complete the route. A fantastic signed cover from this historic flight. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis
463. Charles Lindbergh. Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 396. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition VG+/None. A most attractive example of this high point of aviation literature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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465. Charles Nungesser. French pilot and WWI fighter ace (1892-1927) who mysteriously disappeared on an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York. Scarce vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Nungesser proudly wearing his numerous military decorations, signed in crisp fountain pen, “Sincerely, Ch. Nungesser.” In fine condition, with a short tear to the right border. The French ace and chief rival of Charles Lindbergh remains particularly uncommon in signed photographs. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
468. Chuck Yeager. Color glossy
8 x 10 photo of Gen. Yeager in uniform, neatly signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a few trivial small bends. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
469. Chuck Yeager. Flown
466. Igor Sikorsky. Pioneering aviation engineer (1889– 1972) who developed the first four-engine airplane and the first modern helicopter to be put into widespread use. Signed book: The Message of The Lord’s Prayer. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 68 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “To Mr. R. R. Lisette, With kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky, July 9, 1943.” In fine condition, with light creasing and sunning to the spine. Accompanied by three vintage unsigned glossy 10 x 8 photos of Sikorsky helicopters. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
airmail cover carried on an F-86F Sabre by Chuck Yeager on November 8, 1954, signed in fountain pen, “Charles E. Yeager, Major USAF.” The cover is filled out with typed information: “This cover flown by Maj. Charles E. Yeager, Type of Jet: F-86F, Landstuhl, Germany AFB, Date of Flight: 8 Nov 1954,” and stamped twice, “U.S. Airforce Flown.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
467. Orville Wright. The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, “Orville Wright,” payable to Orville Wright for $200, December 8, 1942. In fine condition, with three light vertical folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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space Remarkable ‘Naval Aviation’ print signed by two dozen space explorers 470. Naval Aviation in Space. Color limited edition
25 x 30 print entitled ‘Naval Aviation in Space,’ numbered 694/1000, signed in pencil in the lower border by the original nine astronauts: Rick Hauck, Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, Charles Conrad Jr., Jack Lousma, John Glenn, Gene Cernan, James Lovell, and Wally Schirra. The print is also signed in pencil by an additional 15 astronauts and cosmonauts, obtained over the course of several years. Signers include: “Brian Binnie, SpaceShipOne Astronaut 04-Oct-04”; “Jon A McBride, Plt STS-41G”; “Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7 24 May, 1962”; “First Spacewalker Alexei Leonov”; “Ed Gibson Reach high—Aim higher!”; “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI ‘Magnificent Desolation’”; “Al Worden Apollo 15”; “Rusty Schweickart Apollo 9 LMP”; “Charlie Duke Apollo 16, The Wonder of it All!”; “Edgar Mitchell, 6th Moonwalker”; “First Woman in Space, Valentina Tereshkova Vostok 6”; “Alan Bean Apollo XII LMP, Moonwalker #4”; “Richard Gordon Apollo XII CMP”; “Walt Cunningham Apollo 7”; and “Guenter F. Wendt Pad Leader, Mercury—Gemini—Apollo.” Also signed by the artist, R. L. Rasmussen. Rolled and in fine condition, with light creasing to borders. A rare combination of signatures. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
Rare early letter from a tragic hero of Apollo 1
471. Roger Chaffee. TLS signed “Roger B. Chaffee,” one page, 8 x 10.5,
NASA letterhead, February 11, 1965. Letter to Ken Browne, in full: “Many thanks for your recent letter. The news clipping and the brochure on the U. S. S. Arizona is sincerely appreciated. I most assuredly enjoyed my trip to Arizona and hope that I shall have the opportunity to repeat it at some time in the future. I am happy to enclose the photograph which you requested and, with it, extend to you and Mrs. Browne my best wishes for a happy and successful 1965.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by the referenced photograph, which bears an autopen signature. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Marvelous fully signed Mercury 7 portrait 473. Mercury 7. Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8
photo of the grinning Mercury Seven astronauts posing with a model rocket, inscribed in another hand, “To the Browne’s with best wishes from the Mercury Astronauts,” and signed below in various inks, “Alan B. Shepard,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Donald K. Slayton,” and “Leroy S. Cooper, Jr.” Typed collector’s notations on the reverse indicate that this was signed “during the early years of NASA thru the courtesy of John Glenn.” In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing, heaviest to the left half. As a fully signed photograph of America’s first astronaut cohort, this is an especially desirable photograph. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
Sought-after Apollo 11 litho—“Autographed prior to their pioneer mission to the moon”
474. Apollo 11. Official color 10 x 8
NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits against a lunar backdrop, signed in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong,” “M. Collins,” and “Buzz Aldrin.” Reverse bears an ownership stamp and typed collector’s notation: “Autographed prior to their pioneer mission to the moon—July 1969.” In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to the top edge, a light vertical bend to the left blank area, and creasing to the lower right corner. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500
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Sought-after trio of official Apollo 11 lithographs
475. Apollo 11. Desirable collection of three official 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of the Apollo 11 crewmen in their white space suits, individually signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Audrey Lindsey—Neil Armstrong,” “To Sorana Segal, With Best Wishes, Buzz Aldrin,” and “M. Collins.” In overall fine condition, with a trivial small crease to Armstrong and a paperclip impression to Aldrin. A fantastic matching set of these iconic NASA portraits. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
The future moonwalker thanks a supporter for sending a copy of “‘The First Men In The Moon’ by H. G. Wells” 476. Neil Armstrong. Sought-after TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, June 30, 1969. Letter to J. Smith, in full: “Colonel Aldrin, Colonel Collins, and I want to thank you very much for sending us the book, ‘The First Men In The Moon’ by H. G. Wells. It is delightful and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. Your thoughtfulness in sharing it with us is sincerely appreciated.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, and moderate overall creasing. Accompanied by the original NAA mailing envelope and a letter of transmittal from the United States Information Service, American Embassy in London, dated June 9, 1969, in full: “Ambassador Annenberg has asked me to thank you for your letter of June 2. I have forwarded your letter and the book, ‘The First Men in the Moon’ by H. G. Wells, to Astronaut Armstrong at Cape Kennedy, Florida.” Also accompanied by an Apollo 11 appreciation card and a missive from the Letters Editor of the New York Times, dated July 31, 1969. Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission would launch from the Kennedy Space Center less than three weeks later on July 16, 1969. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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477. Neil Armstrong. Sought-after official color 8 x 10
NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Uninscribed white space suit photos of Armstrong represent one of the most coveted prizes in the entire field of space collecting. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
479. Neil Armstrong. Bold felt tip signature, “Neil Armstrong,” on a white 5 x 3 card to which was added his famous quote: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
478. Neil Armstrong. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, University
of Cincinnati letterhead, February 3, 1972. Letter to “Gary L. Portmess, General Manager, WHAG,” in full: “Thank you for your kind letter and the WHAG Thumbtack Award, which will be a welcome addition to my collection of special mementoes.” In fine condition, with some light edge creasing. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
480. Neil Armstrong. Very desirable felt tip signature, “Neil
Armstrong, Apollo 11,” on a light blue 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition. An ideal uninscribed example. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Bean on walking on the moon— “I don’t think I’ve ever completely expressed my feelings about that incredible experience” 481. Alan Bean. Superb semi-glossy 24 x 20 photo of Charles Conrad examining the Surveyor 3 lander during the Apollo 12 mission, signed nicely against the dark background in silver ink, “Alan LaVern Bean, Apollo 12, Lunar Module Pilot, November 19-20, 1969,” who adds a lengthy inscription: “I would look down and say to myself, ‘This is the moon.’ And then I would look up at a small, beautiful, bright, blue-and-white sphere hanging in the mysterious, luminous black sky and say to myself, ‘That is the Earth.’ I tried a lot of words over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever completely expressed my feelings about that incredible experience.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a photo of Bean taken at the time of signing. Precertified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
“I dreamed of flying higher than the highest cloud and faster than the fastest wind” 482. Alan Bean. Brilliant color semi-glossy 24 x 20 photo of Bean carrying two sub packages of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) during the first Apollo 12 EVA, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Alan LaVern Bean, Apollo 12, Lunar Module Pilot, November 1920, 1969,” who adds a lengthy inscription above: “’When I was a boy, I dreamed of flying airplanes, and I built models from Balsa wood. By the time I was in high school, model airplanes of all shapes and sizes were hanging by thin wires from the ceiling of my room. Airplanes were the last thing I would see before falling asleep at night. I dreamed of flying higher than the highest cloud and faster than the fastest wind. As I grew older, the dream grew stronger. It followed me as I completed flight training, became a jet pilot flying off aircraft carriers, and when as a test pilot and then as as an astronaut, I trained to rocket to the moon. And here, as I look over the ‘magnificent desolation’ of the lunar surface, boys and girls on Earth are building model rockets, dreaming of flying higher than the moon and faster than a shooting star.’” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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483. Michael Collins. Gorgeous original 13 x 19.25 water-
color painting by Apollo 11 CMP Michael Collins, depicting a sky with several layers of soft-colored clouds, signed below in black ink, “Michael Collins V ’08.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 20.25 x 26.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. A rare chance to own artwork from a legendary Apollo astronaut. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
485. John Young. Desirable official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young in his white space suit, neatly signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Jerome, Best Wishes, John Young.” In fine condition, with a light horizontal bend and a few small creases, and a with a PSA/DNA label affixed to the lower corner (certificate of authenticity not present). Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Rare ‘white space suit’portrait of the eighth moonwalker 484. Jim Irwin. Exceedingly scarce official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Irwin posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed on his arm in black felt tip, “Jim Irwin.” Also bears an autopen signature to the lower right. In fine condition. Given the scarcity of Irwin ‘white space suit’ portraits, this is an ideal example of the eighth moonwalker, an astronaut who remains the most elusive in such a desirable and popular format. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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486. Air and Space Medallions
487. Buzz Aldrin
488. Buzz Aldrin
489. Buzz Aldrin
490. Buzz Aldrin
491. Buzz Aldrin
492. Buzz Aldrin
493. Buzz Aldrin
494. Buzz Aldrin
495. Buzz Aldrin
496. Buzz Aldrin and Gene Cernan
497. Apollo 12
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
498. Apollo 13 Group of (3) Photographs Starting Bid $200
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499. Apollo 14: Shepard and Mitchell Starting Bid $200
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500. Apollo 16 Starting Bid $200
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501. Apollo 8
Starting Bid $200
502. Apollo 17
503. Apollo Lenticular Postcards
504. Neil Armstrong
Starting Bid $200
507. Astronauts and Cosmonauts
508. Alan Bean
509. Alan Bean
510. Alan Bean
511. Frank Borman
512. Scott Carpenter
513. Scott Carpenter
514. Gene Cernan
Starting Bid $200
505. Neil Armstrong Starting Bid $200
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506. Astronauts
Starting Bid $200
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515. Gene Cernan Starting Bid $200
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516. Gene Cernan Starting Bid $200
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517. Gene Cernan
518. Charles Conrad
519. Charles Conrad
520. Gordon Cooper
521. Charlie Duke
522. Charlie Duke
523. Charlie Duke
524. Charlie Duke
525. Ron Evans
526. Richard Gordon
527. Fred Haise
528. Fred Haise
529. Alexei Leonov
530. James Lovell
531. James Lovell
532. Bruce McCandless
Starting Bid $200
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533. Edgar Mitchell
534. Edgar Mitchell
535. Edgar Mitchell
536. Sally Ride
537. Sally Ride and Valentina Tereskhova
538. Harrison Schmitt
539. Alan Shepard
540. Shuttle-Mir Flown Flag
541. Tom Stafford
542. Tom Stafford
Starting Bid $200
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545. Al Worden Starting Bid $200
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546. Al Worden Starting Bid $200
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543. Jack Swigert Starting Bid $200
547. Al Worden Starting Bid $200
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544. Valentina Tereshkova
Starting Bid $200
548. John Young Starting Bid $200
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art, architecture, and design 549. Cesar Baldaccini. French sculptor (1921–
1998) who was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement. Desirable color 4 x 6 postcard of his ‘Venus de Milo,’ signed and inscribed on the reverse in ballpoint, “pour Gerard, amicalement, Paris, Cesar, 1984,” with a fingerprint over his signature. In the correspondence area, Cesar sketches a bird sitting atop a nest. He applies another fingerprint to the postage stamp area. In fine condition. An interesting original work of art by the noted sculptor. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
The creation of the Statue of Liberty 550. Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Fantastic 3.25 x 4 mounted albumen image of the creation of the Statue of Liberty’s head, signed on the mount in ink by Bartholdi. Published by Pierre Petit of Paris. In fine condition, with trimmed edges and light silvering to the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
551. Salvador Dali. Scarce ALS in French, signed “Salvador et Gala,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 photo postcard depicting Cadaques, Spain, postmarked June 5, 1936. Untranslated letter to “Monsieur and Madame Jouvenel,” signed at the conclusion by Dali on behalf of himself and his wife, and also marked “Dali” in the return address area. In fine condition, with two file holes (one of which affects two words of text) and some brushing to ink. Salvador Dali often visited Cadaques in his childhood, and later kept a home in Port Lligat, a small village on a bay next to the town. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Oversized sketch of a surreal Don Quixote
552. Salvador Dali. Fantastic oversized original twice-
signed ballpoint sketch of Don Quixote accomplished by Dali on an off-white 12 x 16.25 sheet from “El Arte Espanol en las Publicaciones Roca,” prominently signed and inscribed, “Mon Ami Luis Fournols, Dali, 1974.” Dali signs again at the foot of the sketch, “Dali.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
554. James Montgomery Flagg and Wi l l i a m S . Hart. Ameri-
can artist and illustrator (1877-1960) best known for his iconic image of Uncle Sam saying ‘I Want You’ on a World War I recruiting poster. Vintage glossy 7.75 x 9.75 Keystone photo of Flagg presenting his oil painting of silent film star William S. Hart to the actor in 1924, signed boldly in fountain pen, “James Montgomery Flagg” and “William S. (Bill) Hart.” Reverse bears collector’s pencil notations and a Keystone Photo Service stamp, with the lower left corner featuring the studio blindstamp. In very good condition, with overall creasing, two tears to the top edge (reinforced on the back with old masking tape), and a missing lower right corner. Flagg spent several weeks painting Hart, who posed grimacing on a whiskey barrel, at the actor’s Hollywood home. This photo of the two men was captured by Tilagg of Hollywood and was later reproduced in Flagg’s autobiography, Roses and Buckshot. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
553. Lyonel Feininger. German-American painter and a leading exponent of Expressionism (1871–1956). ALS in German and English, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, February 22, 1949. Letter to Stephania Lange in Heidelberg, in part (translated): “It was a great pleasure for me to receive your dear letter and thank you very much. Since in your letter you write a few sentences in English, I may tell you in English that your letter came right straight to my heart; as you hoped it would. You would like to see ‘pictures’ of me? I have almost no published image reproductions that I could send you. I have at hand some loose sheets from the catalog of my special exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art which I will send you as a ‘printed matter.’ You will find many of them from German motifs; in my mind I often walk in Berlin, Weimar, Dessau, and on the Baltic, whence I still take my favorite pictures. Also down here I have many German friends to the immigrants.” In fine condition, with a short split along the single mailing fold. Accompanied by a 1956 letter to Lange from the Curt Valentin Gallery, noting that Feininger died in his sleep. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 171
555. Jacob Epstein. Signed book: Epstein 1956. Limited edition,
numbered 177/200. London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1956. Hardcover, 11 x 15, 82 pages. Signed inside on a full-page portrait in blue ballpoint by Epstein, and also signed after the introduction by author Laurie Lee. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Unique compilation of 19th-century artists, including Gerome, Bonheur, Detaille, and Dore 556. French and American Painters. Impressive autograph album
belonging to Emma Fagnani, wife of Italian-American portrait painter Giuseppe Fagnani, featuring 40 autographs of 19th-century painters (mainly of the French Academic, Orientalist, and Classical Schools), comprising letters, notes, and clipped signatures. Interestingly, most are affixed alongside large albumen photographs of the artists and their works; some of the autographs have become attached, and a few of the photographs have been removed or clipped out. The large album measures 13.75 x 15 and is stamped on the front, “E. F.�
Signers include: Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Etienne-Prosper BerneBellecour, Rosa Bonheur, Leon Bonnat, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Boulanger, Alexander Cabanel, Carolus-Duran, Giuseppe Castiglione, Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix, Edouard Joseph Dantan, Paul Delaroche, Edouard Detaille, Gustave Dore, Francois-Louis Francais, Elizabeth Gardner, Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Guillaumet, Henri Harpignies, Ernest Hebert, Jean-Jacques Henner, Gustave Jacquet, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Frederick Leighton, Maurice Leloir, Hector Leroux, Emile Levy, Leon Augustin Lhermitte, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Ernest Meissonier, Aime Millet, Henry Mosler, Leopold Muller, Tony Robert-Fleury, Rene de Saint-Marceaux, Alfred Stevens, Jehan Georges Vibert, William Wyld, Edmond Yon, and Felix Ziem. In overall very good to fine condition, with moderately heavy wear to the covers; inner pages are generally clean, although some pages have been clipped where items have been removed. A comprehensive description and additional images is available online at RRAuction.com. Starting Bid $300
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557. Golden Gate Bridge. Two vintage souvenirs of the Golden Gate Bridge, including: a heavy 4 x 2.75 x 2.75 section of original braided suspension cable, consisting of seven multi-strand lines, bound and gilded and cradled upon a wooden base with informative brass plaque: “’Strands of History’ 1936–1976, Golden Gate Bridge Original Suspender Cable”; and an original 6 x 3.5 x .5 section of the California redwood catwalk used by workers during the bridge’s construction in the 1930s, with wood-burned text and imagery on front and reverse speckled with orange paint. The catwalk section includes its original green souvenir box and brochure. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Invitation to Manet’s Paris studio 558. Edouard Manet. Important 19th century French painter (1832–1883) whose works were a seminal influence on the impressionists of the succeeding generation. ALS in French, signed “E. Manet,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to a gentleman, expressing his wish for him to come to his “atelier” at 77 rue d’Amsterdam. In fine condition. Manet opened a spacious new studio at 77 rue d’Amsterdam in Paris in April 1879, maintaining the space until his death four years later. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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559. Victor Hasselblad. Swedish inventor and photog-
rapher (1906–1978) who is best known for inventing the Hasselblad 6x6 cm medium format camera; his surname has since become synonymous with space photography, as numerous astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs relied on Hasselblad cameras to document their missions. Rare ballpoint signature, “Victor Hasselblad,” on an off-white 3 x 1 card. Matted with a portrait to an overall size of 8.75 x 13. In fine condition, with a few small stains to the mat. The first Hasselblad autograph we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Gifted some socks, Picasso returns the favor with a sketch
560. Pablo Picasso. ALS in pencil in Spanish, signed “Picasso,” one page on the reverse of a 12.5 x 9.25 menu, no date.
Picasso writes to thank his friend for sending him some socks, sketching a sock at the bottom. He also writes that he is with “Minuni,” a bullfighter whose hospital expenses had been paid by Picasso after seeing him injured in the ring. In very good to fine condition, with light handling wear, and small holes at fold intersections. A large, impressive letter featuring an original sketch by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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561. Henri Matisse. ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one
page, 8.25 x 10.5, May 4, 1941. Letter to the French writer Henry de Montherlant, hoping to see him in Nice. In part (translated): “I’m afraid if you leave, I will not see you for a long time. I am still here against my heart. I should be in Nice, already there a week ago—but an influenza cold with a threat of otitis…forced me to stay again.” About the fever he was suffering from: “I am almost deaf to one, do not hear much from each other.” He hopes to leave at the end of the week: “My head is stuffed with cotton—I’m getting discouraged.” In very good to fine condition, with an old repair on the reverse, light irregular toning, and creasing, heavier to the right margin. In 1944, Matisse would illustrate Montherlant’s Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Remington on “foot ball men” and “prize fighters” serving in the Spanish–American War 562. Frederic Remington. War-dated ALS, one page, 7 x 9, October 19, 1898. Letter to author and editor E. S. Martin of Harper & Brothers, in full: “I hope you will notice the fact and comment upon it that a great many college foot ball men went into the army—(I see a young Harvard man has just died in Boston—from Puerto Rico) and that if any ‘prize fighters’ went I did not hear of them. You may be able upon investigation to find that there were ‘prize fighters’ in the war but you will have to look up the fact. A favorite defense of the ‘ring’ is that it develops the manly qualities so necessary to a country etc.” In fine condition, with splitting along the intersecting folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Remington’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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563. Norman Rockwell. Signed book: The Norman Rockwell Album. First edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. Hardcover, 11 x 14, 191 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “My best wishes to my friend and fine photographer, Bradford Herzog, cordially, Norman Rockell,” adding a typical sketch of a seated dog with tin can tied to its tail. Autographic condition: very good, with moderate staining and foxing to the signed page. Book condition: VG-/None, with dampstaining to boards and small portions of the textblock, fraying at spine ends, and bumps to corners. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
565. Auguste Rodin. LS in French,
564. Norman Rockwell. Signed book: The Norman Rock-
well Album. First edition. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11 x 14, 191 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “To Mildred and Bill, sincerely, Norman Rockwell, Christmas 1961.” The book is in fine condition; the dust jacket is in rough condition, with tears and paper loss. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 29, 1915. Written from Cheteleten-Brie in Seine-etMarne, a letter to J. H. Moore, in full (translated): “Thank you very much for the photographs you sent me—which gave me great pleasure. I hope to thank you in Rome.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and three unsigned photographs of the great sculptor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
566. Chaim Soutine. Russian
painter of Belarusian Jewish origin (1893– 1943) who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living in Paris. ALS in French, signed “Soutine,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. Letter to Gerda Groth, ‘Mademoiselle Garde,’ whom he had met at an Exhibition of Independent Artists where he participated. Groth was a German Jew who fled from the Nazis to France where she judged herself to be safe; she was then interned with other Germans living in Paris and deported to Camp de Gurs, a concentration camp in the Pyrenees. Soutine would never see her again. In part (translated): “Garde, why did you send all my work stuff? It’s absurd since I intend to go to L’Isles to work for some time. And all the chassis, the colors, we had to leave them there. Garde, do not be worried, I’ll be in Civry in a few days, not before, because I had a small accident with my hand slipping on the pavement. I hope it does not matter.” In fine condition. Soutine’s autograph is very rare. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
From Louis C. Tiffany’s personal library 567. Louis C. Tiffany. Artist
and designer (1848–1933), son of Charles Tiffany, who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. Partial set of eight signed books from Tiffany’s personal library: Dictionnaire Raisonne de l’Architecture Francaise, du XIe au XVIe Siecle par E. Viollet-le-Duc [Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century], Volumes 1–8. Paris: A. Morel, 1875–1876. Hardcovers bound in marbled boards with red leather gilt-stamped spines, 7 x 9.75. Each profusely illustrated volume is signed on a free end page with an ownership signature, “Louis C. Tiffany, 1880.” Tiffany’s personal bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown of each volume, and the second volume is additionally stamped with his name. Autographic condition: fine, with pencil annotations to the signed pages (heaviest to the first volume). Book condition: VG-/None, with heavy wear to spines, cracked joints to a few volumes, rubbing and chipping to boards (a large chip to the corner of Vol. 1), and some splits to spine leather. A significant set of books (comprising A–S of the ‘dictionary’) from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s bookshelves, from which he surely drew artistic inspiration. Starting Bid $300
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Lautrec requests his works from his father 568. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a place among the most iconic images of the era. Rare ALS in French, signed “Henri,” two pages, 4.25 x 6.75, May 15, [no year, possibly 1895]. Letter to his father Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec, in part (translated): “Please send me the pictures I sent to Albi. I am asked for them and as they are no longer mine I am in a bad position.” In fine condition, with two small bits of old tape to the reverse of each page. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture. An intriguing, cryptic letter referencing some of his works. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
A letter to a fellow impressionist, van Rysselberghe 569. Henri de ToulouseLautrec. ALS in French, signed “H. T. Lautrec,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, postmarked February 19, 1892. Letter to the Belgian artist Theo van Rysselberghe, in part (translated): “Would you be able to send me the newspapers (Modern Art) and (Literary Movement) which is about Les XX. I would be quite pleased and very happy to see what Sicard and Verhaeren say about you. I hope that this chore will not trouble you too much.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Toulouse-Lautrec’s own hand.
Theo van Rysselberghe was a founding member of the Belgian artistic group Les XX, along with the likes of James Ensor, Fernand Khnopff, Rodolphe Wytsman, and others. Among those invited into the group later were Felicien Rops, Jan Toorop, and Paul Signac. In this letter, Toulouse-Lautrec references the art critic Emile Verhaeren, an early champion of the Les XX group. A fantastic letter connecting renowned artists of the late 19th century.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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570. Donatella Versace. Attractive glossy 8 x 10 photo of the front cover for the 2016 autobiography Versace, signed in gold ink by Donatella Versace. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
571. Maurice de Vlaminck. French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, whose work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. ALS in French, signed “Vlaminck,” one page, 6 x 7.75, Le Tourilliere letterhead, April 19, 1937. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): “A cordial handshake. We are waiting for you one day this summer at the Tourilliere to have lunch with Madame Reuillard and your daughter.” In fine condition. Accompanied by two small modern glossy photos. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Iconic “Campbell’s Tomato Soup” drawing by Warhol 572. Andy Warhol. Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 241 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black felt tip, “To Jim, Andy Warhol,” who fills out the entire page with a large sketch of a “Campbell’s Tomato Soup” can. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/ VG, with a small ownership bookplate affixed to front pastedown and a priceclipped dust jacket. A fantastic and sought-after example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Plans for Wright’s precious hometown project
573. Frank Lloyd Wright. Original printed plan for the Monona Terrace Community Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, 44.5 x 18, initialed and dated inside a hand-drawn red ‘Taliesen’ box in the lower left, “FLLW/56.” The plan shows an exterior view of the proposed building, showing a low-slung facade dominated by arched windows that would have reflected the surface of Lake Monona. Rolled and in very good condition, with creasing, light staining, and old clear tape along the reverse back edge. As a native of Madison, the Monona Terrace design was especially dear to Wright’s heart—after growing up there and attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he recognized the need for a cultural, governmental, and recreational center. He began planning the Monona design in 1938, and, despite administrative roadblocks, continued to modify the building’s design and seek support for the rest of his life. He signed off on the final plans—likely quite similar to those depicted in this blueprint—just seven weeks before his death in 1959. Debate about construction of the center continued for decades, until plans were finally approved in 1992. The final product used Wright’s designs for the exterior, with a redesigned interior by his apprentice and member of the Taliesin Fellowship, Tony Puttnam. Starting Bid $200
574. Zao Wou-Ki. Chinese-French painter (1920–2013) known for his large ab-
stract works. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, April 23, 1969. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, a short fold split, and stains to the left margin. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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comic art and animation
Huge original Capp drawing of Li’l Abner
577. Roy O. Disney. Younger
brother Walt Disney and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions (1893–1971). Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Disney in formal attire, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To David Leisure, with all good wishes, Roy Disney, 10-17-61.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 11 x 14. In fine condition, with a couple of small spots to the image. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
575. Al Capp. Superb original Li’l Abner Yokum sketch ac-
complished in ink and watercolor on an off-white 13 x 17.25 artist’s board, showing the sweet-natured hillbilly seated uncomfortably on a stool and posing for a picture, his head angled awkwardly with a brace. Signed and inscribed below in bold black ink, “Drawn especially for Lillian Linet, By Al. G. Capp.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 20.75 x 25. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
576. Comic Artists. Fan-
tastic grouping of five original ink or ballpoint sketches on individual offwhite cards or sheets ranging in size from 5 x 3 to 7 x 11, each signed by the respective artist, including: Charles Schulz (Snoopy), Walter Lantz (Woody Woodpecker), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Al Smith (Mutt and Jeff), and Rudy Wendelin (Smokey Bear); all but the Wendelin sketch bear inscriptions. Also includes an off-white 5.5 x 4.5 Blondie greeting card from Chic Young, bearing a preprinted sketch and sentiment, “With all good wishes from the Bumsteads,” signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Harold Rapp, Jr., Chic Young, 3/12/69.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
578. Walt Disney. Desirable ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Anthony Edward, My best, Walt Disney,” on the inside of colorful greeting card, which measures 12.75 x 9 when opened. In fine condition. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $200
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Disney’s NY World’s Fair proposal: a “3-dimensional ‘Hall of Presidents’” featuring a “dramatic presentation of our Constitutional form of government” 579. Walt Disney. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Walt Disney Productions letterhead, June 16, 1961. Disney seeks sponsors for his ‘Hall of Presidents’ presentation at the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair. In part: “On Wednesday, June 28, at 2 P.M., we are having a presentation at the Johnny Victory Theatre, located in the R.C.A. Exhibition Hall…of a show designed for the New York World’s Fair - 1964–65 combining the techniques of a motion picture production and stereophonic sound, along with a 3-dimensional ‘Hall of Presidents.’ It is a dramatic presentation of our Constitutional form of government and the role our Presidents play in preserving the Constitution. I believe it is vital at this time that it be brought before the people of the United States as well as our many foreign visitors because it is entirely applicable to the problems of today. The purpose of this presentation is to interest some American enterprise to sponsor it.” In fine condition, with two file holes to the top. Although Disney’s vision of the ‘Hall of Presidents’ did not come to fruition for the 1964–65 World’s Fair, a number of Disney attractions were featured at the event—including a talking, animatronic Abraham Lincoln robot for the Illinois Pavilion. An interesting and desirable letter connecting Disney to American history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Presiding over the 1966 Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade 580. Walt Disney. Page from the program for the 1966 Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade, headed “Wonderful World of Walt Disney,” featuring Disney as grand marshal of the 77th Annual Tournament of Roses, 7 x 11, neatly signed in blue ballpoint, “Walt Disney.” Also signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint by the parade queen, Carole Cota. In very good to fine condition, with three horizontal folds, trimmed edges, and light dampstaining along the left side. Accompanied by a ticket stub for the City of Pasadena’s official reviewing stand for the parade; a ticket stub for the 1966 Rose Bowl college football game; three original candid color photographs of Disney signing autographs for children at the event; and a newspaper article covering the parade, annotated in red ballpoint, “Sat here for parade.” A desirable autograph and group of ephemera from a legendary California event. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA. Starting Bid $200
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581. Disney: Frank Follmer. Fantastic original rough pencil concept sketches of Mickey Mouse on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follmer. The sketch on the left side has been scribbled through, and the one on the right is a more complete version. In overall fine condition. Follmer worked at Walt Disney Studios from the late 1930s through the early 1940s, assisting on projects like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia. He alienated Walt Disney when he organized a strike against the studio, and ultimately left to join the Navy. Starting Bid $200
582. Disney: Frank Follmer.
Large original pencil concept sketch of the Water Nymphs from Fantasia on an offwhite 18 x 12 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follmer. The panoramic drawing shows the topless nymphs bathing in a cave. In fine condition, with light dampstaining to edges. Starting Bid $200
583. Disney: Frank Follmer.
Fabulous original pencil concept sketch of Snow White’s cottage from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on an off-white 18 x 12 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follmer. The large, detailed drawing shows the woodland cottage with Snow White and two of the dwarfs outside. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
584. Disney: Frank Follmer. De-
sirable original pencil concept sketch of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on an off-white 18 x 12 sheet, signed in the lower right corner by Frank Follmer. The fabulous drawing shows Snow White along with Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey during the musical dance sequence. In fine condition, with light dampstaining to edges. Starting Bid $200
585. Disney: Ollie Johnston. Original
sketch of Baloo, the sloth bear, from the 1967 animated Disney film The Jungle Book, accomplished in orange artist pencil on a light blue 5 x 3 card by Johnston, who signs below and adds an inscription above, “Hi from Baloo to Bruce.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
586. Walter Lantz. Two items: an original felt tip sketch of Woody Woodpecker on an off-white 6.25 x 9 sheet, signed and inscribed below, “To Mary Wagner, affectionately, Walter Lantz, 1988”; and a glossy 5 x 7 photo of Lantz posing with several of his famed cartoon characters, signed and inscribed in the upper border in black felt tip, “To Barry Hand—Walter Lantz.” In overall fine condition, with light soiling near the sketch’s inscription. Starting Bid $200
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literature Boswell’s Life of Johnson
587. James Boswell. Desirable book: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, in two volumes. First edition, second state (with “give” corrected on page 135 of the first volume). London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791. Hardcover with paper spine labels, 9.5 x 12, 516 and 588 uncut pages. The first volume features a frontispiece by James Heath from a portrait of Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and the second volume features two engraved facsimile plates, facing pages 91 (“Round Robin”) and 588 (“Facsimiles of Dr. Johnson’s Handwriting”). Book condition: VG-/None, with toning and staining to boards, cracked joints, separation to spine cloth, some mottled foxing and staining to textblock, and oval “Estelle Doheny” bookplates affixed to front pastedowns. Accompanied by a custom-made slipcase. Boswell’s Life of Johnson marked an important milestone in the development of the modern genre of biography, and stands as an important work chronicling the life of a great English intellectual. Johnson is best remembered for compiling A Dictionary of the English Language, which featured the important innovations of illustrating meaning through literary quotation and providing notes on usage. Johnson’s dictionary codified the English lexicon and the genius of his work remains impressive today. Boswell’s great biography was published on May 16, 1791, and achieved immediate critical acclaim and popular success. Starting Bid $300
A poet’s portrait 588. Robert Browning. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, July 18, 1884.
Letter to British painter Felix Moscheles, in full: “Will it suit you if I go to you next Tuesday; say at 11 o’clock, or earlier if I can manage it?” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Browning’s hand to “Felix Moscheles, Esq., The Studio, Cadogan Gardens.” Browning quite often visited the painter’s studio at Cadogan Gardens, and sat for a portrait in 1884. Browning’s portrait by Moscheles is now at the Wesleyan University, Ohio. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Rare correspondence from the legendary Casanova
589. Giacomo Casanova. Italian adventurer (1725-1798) who spent most of his life traveling through Europe meeting the famous men and women of his time; he is probably best known for his ‘Memoirs,’ which concerned his many love affairs. ALS signed “Casanova,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9, July 9, 1790. Expansive letter to Count Antonio Collalto, in which Casanova reports on conflicts in Europe prompted by early revolutionary fervor, including the quelling of an uprising in Dresden by the Elector of Bavaria, Frederick Augustus III, and the ill-health of the Archduke Francis of Austria. Casanova ponders over the threat of war from Prussia, which might be tempted to intervene in Austria’s conflict with Turkey, but which he hopes will be prevented by the indolence of the court and the unwillingness of the King [Friedrich Wilhelm II]. Additionally, he reports a letter from his patron Pietro Zaguri, who tells him that all Constantinople desires peace, in part (translated): “Here there is a rise of villagers, which restrains the government, and…were sent troops to suppress their dar-
ing. It is hoped, however, that the general allowance, which the most prudent Serenity electorate has been to hunt down, will calm down everything. It is here that S.A.R. Archduke Francesco suffered a sneer of blood. The ministers who surround Silesia, the king of Prussia, are lazy…He does not want to make war, and if he does not want to do it, he will not. He does not want the war to be feared.” Casanova thanks Collalto for his letter and message from “l’egregio signor principe [Francesco] Ruspoli,” asks his permission to contact the prince, and offers his services whilst he is in Naples, assuring him that he has sent by mail-coach the two little books that he had requested, presumably the Corollaire [and Seconde Corollaire] à la duplication de l’Hexaèdre donné à Dux en Bohème, both of which Casanova had published that year in Dresden. In fine condition, with slight creasing and spotting. Handwritten letters by Casanova, particularly of such length, content, and impressive condition, are rarely offered at auction. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Twain sends his “great work,” an Australian poem: “Come, Kangaroo, the good & true, / Foreshortened as to legs” 590. Samuel L. Clemens. ALS signed
“Mark Twain,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, August 28, 1895. Letter to “Jack,” written “At Sea.” In part: “We are going to celebrate your birth-day tonight; and out of affection for you & for your father we shall do the occasion all the credit we can, & make all the noise the captain will allow. You are a naturalist, & I am gradually grinding out a poem for such of the tribe as are interested in the fauna of Australia—& of course you are one of that number. So I privately & confidentially furnish you a copy of this great work as far as I’ve gone with it. I haven’t yet worked the moa in, nor the emu nor the dodo, but I am after them.” Clemens fills the rest of the letter with a five-stanza “Invocation,” which concludes: “Come, Kangaroo, the good & true, / Foreshortened as to legs, / And body tapered like a churn, / And sack marsupial, i’ fegs! / And tell us why you linger here, / Thou relic of a vanished time, / When all your friends as fossils sleep / Immortalized in lime.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and some splitting to one of the several horizontal folds. Inspired by the wildlife of Australia, Twain’s humorous poem was first printed in The Mercury in Australia on November 2, 1895. Clemens himself printed it in Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World in 1897. The Mercury reported that at a lecture Clemens had stated: ‘I have a poem. I have written a poem only once in 30 years. I have now written one of four stanzas…I always have an inspiration to write a poem—once every 30 years…First I thought of Sydney Harbour…Then I thought of the fauna of Australia…I made a list of them and began…I can say now that the most difficult thing in the world to do is to write poetry when you don’t know how.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Twice-signed special edition of The Innocents Abroad 591. Samuel L. Clemens. Signed book: The Writings of Mark Twain, Vol. I: The Innocents Abroad. Autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 158/512. Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 377 pages. Signed on the colophon in crisp ink, “S. L. Clemens, (Mark Twain).” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-, with edgewear and partial separation to the front joint. A desirable volume boasting two choice autographs of the great American author. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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“Here is my most recent distillate of what I believe I say theologically in my work,” writes Dick, “It is very gnostic!” 592. Philip K. Dick. American writer (1928–1982) known
for his works of science fiction, including The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, and A Scanner Darkly; acclaimed film adaptations of his works include Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report. ANS signed “Phil,” penned at the top of an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet bearing a typed summary of Dick’s thoughts on how religion fits into his various works, postmarked September 1978. Brief note to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in full: “Pat—here is my most recent distillate of what I believe I say theologically in my work. It is very gnostic!” A portion of the typed summary reads: “Our minds are occluded without our realizing it (Scanner). This interferes with our memories of our identities and with our perception of reality (Scanner)…The reality which, due to the occlusion, we cannot see is a prison world (Tears). Therefore we do not know that we are in a prison, that we are prisoners (combination of Scanner and Tears)…There is not one world, but plural worlds (Eye). World is either fake (Stigmata) or abounds with fakes (Man in the High Castle, Penultimate Truth). In some way a great international weapons community is involved (Zap Gun). Some of us are human and some of us are reflex machines (Do Androids Dream, ‘Second Variety’).” In fine condition. Includes an unsigned typed letter from Dick to Warrick, postmarked October 7, 1978, which reads: “Here is the essence of what I have learned over 4 and a half years, based on my March 1974 anamnesis experience. I want someone to have this abstract and you’re the best person I can think of. The transducer in me told me not to talk about it, so be careful. The source of the transducer is in an alternate universe which the Protestant Cause was crushed and the Catholic powers settled the New World.” The referenced abstract is featured below. Accompanied by the original mailing envelopes. After publishing essays focused on the relationship between Homo sapiens and its cybernetic offspring, Warrick began to concentrate on the work of Philip K Dick. She edited a collection of his work, Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, and then examined his whole career in Mind in Motion: The Fiction of Philip K. Dick, quite possibly the most thorough study of his entire oeuvre yet published. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
593. Alexandre Dumas, pere. Dis-
tinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask. AMS in French, signed “AD,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A handwritten manuscript about General La Maza. In fine condition, with a few small edge tears and chips. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
594. Alexandre Dumas, pere. ALS
in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. An untranslated letter to “My dear Pillerant.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Hand-edited 1950 letter from “Ernesto” to his New York sparring partner 595. Ernest Hemingway. Extensively hand-corrected TLS
signed twice as “Ernesto,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba letterhead, December 4, 1950. Letter to his personal trainer, boxing coach, and friend George Brown, the owner of a gymnasium on West Fifty-seventh Street in Manhattan, in full: “Just found your letter, boy, and hasten to answer. Thanks for all the news of the wicked city. If they are operating on [Shipwreck] Kelly again is a sure sign we will be at war shortly. When will they start operating on Earl Smith? Or is he too old? Every form of nonsense down here but no news of any kind. Never believe anything your read in the funny papers. Never believe anything you hear on the radio. Never even believe anything I tell you unless I say am leveling and now am leveling. How did that storm do by you? Hope it didn’t blow the gym down. See book is still leading the sellers but don’t know what sort of a race it is; maybe they are selling platers. Will know eventually Scribner lost all his staff. Sales manager, advertising manager or every other type of manager around the joint and so the horse doesn’t get much of a ride. [He is called back I get to work for him it has to be varied and good lone cemetery] [Hemingway writes a line in the border: “Dear George: This secretary is nuts. It sounds like the last ravings of Dutch Schultz. Ernesto”] but the book seems to keep selling anyway. I have one for you but I want to write it and so we’ll wait till I get to town. [Have kept eye of all fights here and inclined] Have been such a good boy that most of my old friends won’t speak to me. How do you feel about fighting the Chinese? I think you are just the man. Do you want to join Hemingstein and Browns amphibious raiders all complete with straight left hooks. We can make Kelly our leader; he certainly is probably anfibious, and Brenda could design the uniforms. The only trouble with this project is that I’ve been in China before. Therefore am not too enthusiastic. But why shouldn’t we do something sometime that we are not enthusiastic about? Wish you were down here. Have the weight down to 207 the blood pressure 165 over 75 and then in good shape except for a cold in the chest from that last storm that we got down here. Had nearly an eighth of an inch of salt over all the top of the Pilar from the spray even when we were tied up with four anchors inside of the cove down the coast. Ideal weather for west 57th Street mariners. All your friends down here send you their best. And wish that we can make another big dove shoot.
We are going to shoot birds at the club tomorrow and stay here through Christmas and try to have Pat and Gigi [Hemingway’s sons Patrick and Gregory] down if possible. Had planned to go to Sun Valley but various things made it impossible. Andrés is here for lunch and is at present drinking a Black Tom which is named after that famous explosion in the first war. Mar is find [sic] and sends her love. We have some very nice friends visiting us and the place is cheerful and the weather now, after the storm, is fine. Fixed the pool up with one of those water purifying establishments so that it now looks all the time like Varadero beach. The hell of it is that is too cold to go swimming. Some hardy guy like you could do it but I’m waiting for spring or hot weather. My specialty was always those hot senders [Hemingway writes in the border: “What the hell does this mean? Try to figure it out. I’m through, EH”]. Do you have Coronel [sic] Sweeny’s address. He wrote me from the hotel Chatham but I do not know whether he was living there or out in the country. Thought he might have written just on Chatham’s stationary [sic] while he was waiting to go out. I wrote Scribners but Charley Scribner has been unable to locate him. I have an important letter to write him. Give my best to anybody that I know about town. Did you see the piece that I wrote about Ezzard, Honest Ezzard for the Police Gazette. They wrote and asked me to write something to be read on a presentation with the belt but what I wrote was evidently not the thing they needed for that occasion they decided to publish it. Kid Tunero who was a pal of mine down here beat the——out of Ezzard spotting him 20 years and 25 pounds. Naturally the boy has imprved [sic] since then. Tunero was an old man and he only got $200.00 for the fight. Have good holidays and best always to you and yours.” At the conclusion, Hemingway adds “Mary sends her love” and a short postscript: “Dictated this into a Dictaphone. But the jerk who transcribed it must have been some relation to your man ‘Celery.’ EH.” In fine condition, with light toning to the edges. The book Hemingway refers to at the start is Across the River, which, despite earning paltry reviews by American critics in September 1950, managed to sell well and scale its way toward the top of the bestseller lists. At the time of this letter, a parade of guests rejuvenated Hemingway and he soon finished The Sea When Absent, the second part of a proposed four-part series on the sea. The fourth part, which was begun in early 1951, was removed and eventually turned into Hemingway’s most admired work, The Old Man and the Sea. The remaining three parts were posthumously published in 1970 as the novel Islands in the Stream. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
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596. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schubert, and Berlioz, among others. ANS in German, signed “G,” one page, 6.5 x 4, no date but circa 1798. Untranslated note in German, in part: “Wünsche den vollständigen Titel von…de Tienville.” On the reverse, a pencil notation in another hand dates the piece to 1798. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
Magnificent portrait of the Russian realist 597. Maxim Gorky. Important Russian writer (1868–1936),
who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. Extraordinary matte-finish 5 x 7 formal portrait of Gorky, affixed to its original 7.75 x 10 mount, boldly signed and inscribed on the mount in ink in Cyrillic. In very good condition, with light toning and staining to the trimmed mount. A spectacular, large presentation piece from the esteemed author. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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598. Jack Kerouac.
Fountain pen signature, “Jack Kerouac,” on an off-white 2.75 x 4.5 slip affixed inside the front cover of a Signet paperback edition of his legendary classic On the Road. Signature in fine condition; book in good condition, with heavy creasing to wrappers, ink annotations throughout, and toning to textblock. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“I am not ‘Miss’ Kilmer, in spite of my epicene first name”
600. Aleksandr Kuprin. Russian
writer, explorer, and adventurer (1870– 1938) best known for his story The Duel. Untranslated ANS in Russian, signed “A. Kuprin,” 5.5 x 7, no date. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold, light soiling, and two file holes to the left edge. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“You are all the cat’s equipment—meow, pajamas, whiskers”
599. Joyce Kilmer. Amer-
ican writer (1886–1918), best known for the muchanthologized poem ‘Trees,’ who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne at the age of 31. TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, New York Times letterhead, May 11, 1916. Letter to Mrs. D. T. Marshall, in part: “I am glad to comply with your request and am sending you herewith an autograph manuscript of ‘The White Ships and the Red.’ But I am not ‘Miss’ Kilmer, in spite of my epicene first name.” He goes on to suggest other autographs to solicit. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some light creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
601. Harper Lee. ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, January 11, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full: “I’m sure I’ve told you that you are all the cat’s equipment—meow, pajamas, whiskers. Your latest letter & enclosures were (are) colossal, & I can’t possibly say anything that will do them justice. You are a wonder & I love you.” Lee adds a brief postscript: “This says nothing because I have nothing worth saying—Love.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Lee’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
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O. Henry’s semi-autobiographical “A Medley of Moods”
602. O. Henry. Short story writer born William Sydney
Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. Lengthy AMS, titled and signed at the head, “A Medley of Moods, By Sydney Porter,” 52 pages, 5.5 x 9.25, no date but circa 1898–1901. The story begins: “Alas! for the man and for the artist with the shifting point of perspective. Life shall be a confusion of ways to the one; the landscape shall rise up and confound the other. Take the case of Lorison. At one time he appeared to himself to be the feeblest of fools; at another he conceived that he followed ideals so fine that the world was not yet ready to accept them.” In overall fine condition, with paper loss to the top left corner of the first page, and the final three pages torn in half and repaired with old tape; inner pages are all clean and fine. Accompanied by a custom-made blue cloth folder with quarter leather clamshell case. Written while Porter was in prison on charges of embezzlement, “A Medley of Moods” is the story of a man who, like the author, feels that he has in some way forfeited his claim to integrity. The tale is set in New Orleans, where Porter spent several weeks en route to Honduras to flee from his trial. The main character is Lorison, an outcast who, though proven innocent of embezzling, is convinced that “from the moment I staked the first dollar of the firm’s money I was a criminal.” The story is an examination of Lorison’s feelings of worthlessness, and his relationship with a girl he meets in the French Quarter, who confesses to her own guilty past. It first appeared in Ainslee’s Magazine in December 1905, and it was included in the 1910 Whirligigs collection under the title ‘Blind Man’s Holiday.’ A desirable, complete story by O. Henry which was clearly inspired by his own life. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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604. Flannery O’Connor. Georgia-born
603. Dmitry Merezhkovsky. Russian
novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic (1866–1941) who was a seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry and is regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement. ALS in French, signed “D. Merezhkovsky,” one page, 8.25 x 10, May 30, 1929. Brief letter to a friend rescheduling an appointment. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
American writer (1925–1964), best known for her quintessentially ‘Southern Gothic’ stories and novels, who died of lupus at the age of 39. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, July 21, 1958. A letter sent to O’Connor by the publisher Doubleday & Company (erroneously addressed to “Mr. O’Connor”), requesting permission to reprint one of her stories in an anthology. In part: “Sometime during January 1959 we plan to publish the volume Prize Stories 1959: The O. Henry Awards, selected by Paul Engle. This letter is to ask permission to reprint your story A View of the Woods which appeared in the fall 1957 issue of the Partisan Review…In addition to the prizes which will be paid to the winners, fifty per cent of the editor’s earnings from the book will be divided equally among the contributors.” O’Connor consents to the request, signing at the conclusion in ballpoint and adding the date of July 24, 1958. In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. ‘A View of the Woods,’ one of O’Connor’s many works with a religious theme, was later published in her iconic short story collection Everything That Rises Must Converge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Letter group lot from O’Neill mentioning plays like Lazarus Laughed and Strange Interlude
605. Eugene O’Neill. Very
desirable collection of two TLSs and one ALS, signed “Gene” and “Gene O’Neill,” three total pages, each addressed to Helen Freeman. The ALS, written from Belgrade Lake, Maine, October 10, no year, in part: “This is just a line—because I hope to see you very soon—to tell you how very much I appreciated your fine letter about ‘Lazarus Laughed.’ I was quite overwhelmed by it, honestly! And I am deeply gratified to you for having written it! These are the letters that count. As for the point you bring up, let’s talk about it. I’ve been so concentrated on ‘Strange Interlude’ that ‘Lazarus’ is far off and vague for the moment and I haven’t a script of it around to get living it again so I could discuss that point with you.” A TLS, written from Hamilton, Bermuda, December 3, no year, in part: “I also am very sorry we did not have that talk. As for your plans for the London thing, I will be only too glad to have you go ahead with them. But your selection of plays seems to me to be full of obstacles. In the first place, ‘Desire’ is absolutely under the ban of the censor and I don’t think you could get around it. Secondly, ‘Beyond’ was done in London last season both by the Birmingham Repertory (I think) when they came to London, and then taken over by the Everyman. Third, l have already given permission to the London Stage Society to do ‘Brown’ in April. Whether this would interfere with your plans or not, I don’t know. But it would certainly take the edge off. Buy why not ‘The Straw’ and Diff’rent or some of the others?” The second TLS, Hotel Wentworth letterhead, February 8, 1928, in full: “This is just a line to acknowledge your note about ‘Strange Interlude.’ As for my gratitude to you for your fine appreciation, I will save that to tell you when I see you. I am going out to California shortly, but I won’t be long out there.” Also included is holiday greeting card, measures 6 x 9.25 open, signed inside in black ink, “Gene.” In overall fine condition, with splitting to the folds of the larger typed letter. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 193
Publishing letters by Ezra Pound
606. Ezra Pound. Three typed letters from Ezra Pound, two
signed in pencil, “E. P.,” four total pages, each 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead (two bearing a Cubist self portrait), dated between January and April 1933. The letters are addressed to Douglas Morse Howell, a renowned papermaker and the friend and agent of Pound. The earliest letter, unsigned, written on January 6, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “I am sending you a very important book ‘Mercanti di Cannoni’ // not only important/ Best reportage since Albert Londres, but a ‘seller.’ man not only KNOWS but understands. I have a sort of option, but no time is to be lost as various people are already offering to translate it. It ran as a series of articles in Las Stampa. You can try my pubrs/ Farrar and Rinehart/ or whoever you like. I will oversee the translating// same translator as for the Cocteau.but as that is from french/ probably no need to say who is to translate… Mystere Loic Am also sending the Cocteau. Not so much hurry about that. Still as it is translated and ready, some pubr/ might have the intelligence to issue it. Not that one expects intelligence from pubrs/ The Mercanti is the main item/ and the bread winner. Ought to pay an advance/ and pay for the translation and allow a small royalty to author as well.” The second letter, on March 13, in full: “It may be the moment to put me over as a PAID (by which I mean PAID) writer on economics. There seems no reasonable doubt that I am lecturing next week at the Universita Commericale (Milano). Everything the Roosevelt, Woodin, Aldrich have proposed is accordin to schedule I wrote out last month in the Jeff/Mussolini, or last summer in the A.B. C. also vide my interviews with Chi. Trib. back as far as 1931. Sometime they will see that Lipmann is both a fool and a shit/ mere paid yawper for exploded rackets. They are probably still down on their bellies before him (once a man is highly paid fahrter on a big paper it takes U.S. a long time to find him out….) but still You may as well look FORWARD and consider that I may sometime come to the bat. Frankie is shaping better that one wd. have
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expected. Or else Woodin or someone knows something and has told him. Do you hear anything about Hoover’s profits while in office??? I have no data, and one shd. merely enquire what; if anything is known. Melon to be extradited, or is he safe? Have you seen Rodman of Common Sense.? They cant pay enough for the Jeff/Muss/ but you might see about ABC. with them. Miss Rice HAD the mss. and now Curtis Brown has the proofs of the edtn. they placed in Eng. but you cd. ring in for part com/ at least so I suppose. Or place new orders on strength of the brit. edtn. I mean orders for new articles. England is evidently waking up. seem to be several items wanted there and two pubrs/ out for a vol. of my literary crit. AT BLOODY LAST.” The final letter, from April 2, in full: “I asked you to take the Jeff/ Muss to the Pictorial, as yr/ mother had given me information re/ their ability to PAY (i.e. a price worth getting). And that, I think, is what you shd. have done. Of course you may know better, but if so, you have not given me yr/ reasons. Curtis Brown who seem to be gittin’ on with my work in England want the mss/ also in America. I can give you up till May first. If you haven’t found a GOOD home for it by then, I’m afraid I shall have to ask you to turn it over to C.R. Everett of Curtis Brown 10 East 49th. (that will have given you the first chances and from 6 weeks to 2 months clear). You might see Everett, and find out whether you can combine anything with him. It might be to yr/ advantage to take a special line on serialization rights or something. Or to see if you can work better WITH an established firm (which probably does know a bit more about contracts etc. than you are likely to). I have just given ten lectures in eleven days; so rest of my jobs abit behind time, and no spare for provdin’ you privately with philosophic reflections, not at the moment. Thanks for the clippings. more later.” Pound makes a variety of emendations to the letters in pencil. In overall very good to fine condition, with chips and short tears to edges, and splitting along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Desirable letter by the revered author of In Search of Lost Time 607. Marcel Proust. French writer
(1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world literature. Scarce ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date but circa 1919–1922. In full (translated): “Robert de Flers (to whom I am going to write to thank him) tells me that the simplest would be that Mr. Levaillant comes at my day and time and that I will let you know so that you can send Mr. Levaillant to me. Would you then be kind enough to ask Mr. Levaillant if he would come to dinner either tomorrow Sunday, or, after tomorrow Monday, next to my bed at 8:30 PM, 44 rue Hamelin and I will let him be free right after dinner. If he prefers that I write to him what I would have told him in person, it seems to me that it would be a lot simpler but I would be, in case Mr. Levaillant prefers the 1st combination, very happy to shake the hand of this noble and charming poet. My admiring feeling for chronicles which I have never forgotten and it has been such great regret not having them to read anymore that I still remember reproaches I allowed myself to direct at Colette when you were nominated sub-editor.” Proust adds a short postscript: “If need be I could also see Mr. Levaillant at the Figaro, Monday at 11:00 PM, because having been recently out of bed I intend to go out Monday after dinner.” In fine condition. In this fantastic letter, Proust tries to arrange a meeting with Maurice Levaillant, literary columnist at Le Figaro, a Paris newspaper. He also references his close friend, the playwright Robert de Flers. Proust lived in a fifth-floor apartment at 44 rue Hamelin in Paris from 1919 until his death. A desirable letter boasting literary associations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
608. George Sand. Acclaimed French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) remembered for her romantic affairs with the composer Frederic Chopin and the writer Alfred de Musset. ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, May 9, 1852. Untranslated letter mentioning an illustrated edition. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
609. Jules Verne. ANS in French on a 3.75 x 2.25 card with decorative die-cut borders, October 1899. A neatly penned untranslated note from the early science fiction pioneer. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The archive of Shel Silverstein, uncovering nearly two decades of original poems, lyrics, and sketches 610. Shel Silverstein.
Incredible archive celebrating Shel Silverstein’s career throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a period during which he was a resident cartoonist for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine, a song writer for Johnny Cash, Helen Reddy, and Dr. Hook, and a beloved writer and illustrator of children’s poetry books. The compendium consists of over 500 pages of manuscript, typed, and printed materials, including published and unpublished sketches, poems, lyrics, sheet music, and ideas, business and fan letters addressed to Silverstein, contracts, royalty statements, and two books and two record albums. Highlights include a handful of presumably unpublished Silverstein poems, fables, and sketches, including: An autograph poem, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 11, reading: “When a young man’s heart is gay— / Young and fully as rose in May / Then it’s time for 1-2-3 / Happy-as-a-man can-be- / oh-oh yours and mine / Vintage love and vintage wine.” The reverse is annotated in ballpoint, “Sally, WA 97416, One Mint Julip,” with a half-length drawing of a thin man. An autograph manuscript signed “Shel Silverstein,” one notebook page, 8.5 x 13, entitled “Fables.” Silverstein adds a sketch of a woman’s face to the left side and writes below, “’i’ ed” and “onions,” “Richmond Va,” and the alphabet, leaving out letters “IOU” and “X.” Autograph and typed poems, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, with two small sketches of faces. The first is a handwritten poem along the bottom, with several struck through; on the reverse is a typed manuscript, unsigned. An autograph note in pencil, unsigned, one notebook page, 14 x 8.5, which reads: “—Tree—Full Page / (Me-We)—Full Page / Pull Child Apart / Getting It All Together,” with Silverstein adding a wonderful sketch of a man’s upset face. “Tree” likely refers to ‘The Giving Tree,’ Silverstein’s classic illustrated story, and “Me-We” may refer to the poem, ‘Us,’ which begins, ‘Me and him / Him and me / We’re always together / As you can see.’ The archive also features approximately 25 pages with sketches by Silverstein, mostly of heads, but also including two of Lafcadio, the title character from 1963 book ‘The Lion Who Shot
Back,’ as well as approximately 165 pages of handwritten, typed, and printed poems, random thoughts, lyrics, rhymes, and drafts, many of which are unpublished. Some highlights: an unsigned handwritten draft of Silverstein’s popular song and poem ‘Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out’; an unsigned handwritten manuscript of “Deaf Donald,” which appeared in A Light in the Attic; an unsigned handwritten manuscript entitled “Patience,” detailing the interrogation of the “sophisticated criminal mind”; and an unsigned handwritten draft of “All I Really Need.” An assortment of over 50 contracts are included, with 40 signed by Silverstein between 1961 and 1965, mostly for songs he wrote or co-wrote for Fall River Music, Hollis Music, Melody Trails, and Sixth Floor Music. Includes a May 1964 contract with 5½-6½ Productions and another with Bill Grauer Productions for a twelve-inch album, and three contracts for appearances on “The Tonight Show” on NBC dated May 1, 1963, April 1, 1964, and December 14, 1964. Also of considerable interest is a collection of sheet music for 48 songs written or co-written by Silverstein, including ‘Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh,’ ‘Beans Taste Fine,’ ‘What You Gonna Do?,’ ‘When Love Comes Callin,’’ ‘Brown Leaves,’ ‘Fog Horn,’ ‘High and Low Blues,’ ‘The Slitherydee,’ ‘Yowzah,’ ‘Ring Around,’ I Got a Story to Tell,’ ‘The Wheel,’ ‘AC-DC Blues,’ ‘Fat Man’s Back in Town,’ and more, with some duplicates. Also includes ‘Sweet Baby Blues’ by Mark Feedman and six copies of ‘I Am Aware’ by Fred Engelberg. The balance of the archive consists of over 160 pages of various business and personal correspondence, including several empty envelopes, largely to Silverstein, dated between 1962-1980, and additional miscellany that includes notes (many with names and phone numbers), phone messages, business cards, photographs, negatives, receipts, and lists. In overall fine condition. A venerable trove of creative energy, this enormous archive presents Silverstein during a time of relentless imagination, and offers a simply unprecedented amount of original work from the adored American artist. Starting Bid $5,000
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Lengthy handwritten Salinger letter to an ‘old flame,’ a staff writer at The New Yorker
611. J. D. Salinger. ALS signed “Jerry,” three pages both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, The Drake, New York letterhead, February 17,
1969. Letter to “Jerce,” Joyce Miller, his ‘old flame,’ confidant, friend, soulmate, and peer. In part: “I’m so glad you’re feeling out of the stew and generally better and chipper, but that’s pretty sober stuff about the fire. We had one, too, about three years ago, and I suppose I know how terrible it can be…I do agree with you about aging, though. Fifty, yes, and it seems reasonable enough, and almost entirely painless. Thirty-eight seems to me a pretty nice and round and orderly age, on anybody’s terms. The news of your possible marriage sounds propitious, or so I greatly hope for you. I do wish you wonderful luck, and a lot more, as I hope you know. Some real happiness, many sided and solid. Maybe you’ll tell me more when we arrange the meeting you suggested. The meeting’s fine with me, very, but what do you really think of it, the idea? Might it not be dicey, one way or another? We’re old and tough friends, it’s true, but it used to be that we were sole survivors—in a way I’ve never run into before or again…it’s not easy to imagine that I’d be a likely type to see in all seasons—especially this one. In that single aspect, at least, it’s astonishing how little I’ve changed or even budged from the original position… What I’m saying, with unsolicited and probably inept frankness, is that I’m quite sure I want to be the second figure in that subway car at your old and, for me, idyllic fairy tale. I’ve thought about it only too often, over the years. Does that seem to you in any way a good for you, a timely good? Please ponder. I’ll be home in the country late Thursday afternoon, and am widely open to thoughts, phone calls, personal visits from Thurs. right through Saturday and Sunday, to be explicit but duly unequivocal. I leave it to your solemn judgement. I wish I could think of something more helpful and right to say. An egoist I remain, and a graying child.” He adds a postscript: “Years ago, I half-started to send you two drawings in ink I did, one of you, and, narcissistically, one of me, as we looked to each other, in turn, outside your apartment building in White Plains. How many times I’ve remembered those particular appearances.” In fine condition, with light toning along the folds on the final page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Salinger’s own hand, incorporating “Salinger” in the return address area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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“Tourgueneff” on Flaubert and philosophy in Russia
612. Ivan Turgenev. ALS in French, signed “Iv. Tourgueneff,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.25, July 22, 1880. Letter to Flaubert’s niece, Caroline Comanville. In part (translated): “I very much regretted not having seen you in Paris—but that wasn’t my fault. I didn’t receive your letter of July 15 until Paris, in the afternoon: there was no longer any way to send a telegram. On an off-chance, I went to Rue Faubourg St. Honore—and at 5 o’clock I was supposed to return to Bougival. Our interview is therefore necessarily postponed for a month. As for the offer of the second vice-presidency of that committee, not only do I accept it, but I am happy that I was thought of. It is like a duty toward a poor dear friend whom I shall never forget. I place myself entirely at your disposal for everything that relates to Flaubert…You very much surprise me with your question concerning philosophy in Russia. I must tell you that they are terribly little concerned with it. Very recently, two young writers wrote two books about it. It had been a very long time since anyone had seen anything comparable produced. Well,
one of those writers has become mad—and the other one is on the verge of becoming so. The religious questions which are bubbling in Russia have nothing in common either with philosophy or with literature.” In fine condition. Published in “Lettres d’Ivan Tourgueneff a Mme Viardot, a Flaubert et a Mme Commanville” in Cosmopolis vol 4, p 163, 1896. See also: Flaubert and Turgenev, a Friendship in Letters, 1985. Flaubert was Turgenev’s closest literary friend, and they shared similar social and aesthetic ideas. When both writers were living in Paris, Flaubert hosted a group of writers every Sunday afternoon at his apartment—in addition to Turgenev, the likes of Emile Zola, Guillaume de Goncourt, Guy de Maupassant, Alphonse Daudet, and Henry James frequented these informal gatherings. The correspondence between Flaubert and Turgenev is very well-known. An exceptional piece of the utmost literary interest. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000
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Beautiful piece from the influential Decadent poet 613. Paul Verlaine. Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumultuous love affair with the prodigiously gifted teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud. AMS in French, signed “Paul Verlaine,” one page, 4.25 x 7, no date but circa 1890. A poem entitled “Eventail Directoire,” comprising five verses, evoking a love declaration from an ‘Incroyable’ man to a ‘Merveilleuse’ woman, members of a fashionable dandy subculture in Paris during the French Directory (1795–1799); they developed their own language (they did not pronounce the letter ‘R,’ which are elided in this poem), and had very eccentric dress codes as a reaction to the rigor of the Revolution. Verlaine describes the love declaration of the two young people with much humor. The poem begins: “1er groupe de branches. Madame, pa’mi tant d’amants / Qui vous tou’nent des compliments / Daignez ac’éter les sé’ments / D’un inc’oyable [Madam, among so many lovers / Who compliment you / Please hear the pledge / Of an Incroyable].” In fine condition. An exceptionally desirable complete piece from the hand of the legendary French poet. A complete transcript and translation is available online at RRAuction.com. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
The end of the Little House series: “I have written the ‘one more book’ you want to finish the story” 614. Laura Ingalls Wilder. ALS, two pages,
5 x 8, November 12, 1942. Letter to Mary A. Phraner, in part: “I am glad that you and your sisters like my books. I have written the ‘one more book’ you want to finish the story. It will be published this month and its title is ‘These Happy Golden Years.’ I hope you get a copy for Christmas and that you like it as well as the others. Sour dough was really a substitute for sour milk and was used in cooking just as sour milk was. We had no baking powder in those days and used soda with sour milk or sour dough. To start it, mother mixed warm water and flour a pinch of salt and a little sugar making it about as thick as gravey. This was kept in a warm place until it soured. It was then used as sour milk to make the biscuit but a little of it was left to help start the next batch souring…We used it only when we had no milk, which of course is better.” Includes the original mailing envelope addressed in Wilder’s hand, incorporating her name, “Mrs. A. J. Wilder,” into the return address; the envelope is affixed inside a sought-after first edition of These Happy Golden Years, the book she references in the letter. The letter is in fine condition; the book is VG-/None, with heavy wear to the spine and splits to spine cloth. These Happy Golden Years is based on Wilder’s adolescence near De Smet, South Dakota, and was the final ‘Little House’ book published in Wilder’s lifetime. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 200 |
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615. Ray Bradbury Starting Bid $200
617. Robert Browning
618. John Burroughs
621. Countee Cullen
622. Ilya Ehrenburg
624. F. Scott Fitzgerald
625. Robert Frost
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616. William Cullen Bryant Starting Bid $200
619. Agatha Christie Starting Bid $200
620. Wilkie Collins Starting Bid $200
623. Rudolf Eucken Starting Bid $200
626. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Starting Bid $200
627. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Starting Bid $200
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628. Stephen King Starting Bid $200
631. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Starting Bid $200
632. Captain Frederick Marryat Starting Bid $200
634. W. Somerset Maugham Starting Bid $200
637. Dr. Seuss
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638. James Thurber
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629. Arthur Koestler Starting Bid $200
630. Jack London Starting Bid $200
633. Edgar Lee Masters Starting Bid $200
635. Franรงoise Sagan Starting Bid $200
639. Eudora Welty Starting Bid $200
636. Ernest Thompson Seton Starting Bid $200
640. John Greenleaf Whittier Starting Bid $200
music One of only three diamonds created from locks of Beethoven’s hair!
641. Ludwig von Beethoven. A blue .56-carat round brilliant dia-
mond created by LifeGem using carbon derived from a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven’s hair. Beethoven’s carbon was collected from the hair, purified into graphite, subjected to heat and pressure in a diamond press, and finally faceted into a LifeGem. Three diamonds were created partially from 130 mg of carbon extracted from 10 strands of hair from the remains of Beethoven, and partially from added carbon. From LifeGem.com: “The Beethoven locks of hair used for creating these LifeGems have been authenticated and provided exclusively by John Reznikoff of University Archives…The Beethoven LifeGem diamond creation process was completed in 2008 and has since been added to the LifeGem ‘chain of fame.’” One of the three diamonds was listed for auction on eBay with a ‘Buy It Now’ price of $1 million, with the proceeds to be donated to charity. With a starting bid of $50,000, the diamond was eventually sold for $202,700 after 62 bids on eBay. One of the other two diamonds was given to John Reznikoff, and the third diamond is being kept by LifeGem for the LifeGem ‘Chain of Fame.’ Starting Bid $2500
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Beautiful portrait of the opera legend
644. Maria Callas. Crys-
642. Jussi Bjorling. Much-lauded Swedish tenor (1911–1960) who was one of the most popular opera stars of his era. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 closeup photo of the handsome tenor with slicked-back hair, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Robert Beshore, Sincerely yours, Jussi Bjorling.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Debussy requests scores for ‘Afternoon of a Faun’ 645. Claude Debussy. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 5.25, no date. Letter to “Mr. Demats,” in part (translated): “Can you please try and send to me the two scores of ‘l’apres-midi d’un faune’ [Afternoon of a Faun]? I need them very urgently and I’m very worried to know in which hands they are now.” In fine condition. Debussy’s symphonic poem ‘Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’ [Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun], one of his most famous works, would provide the basis for the Nijinsky ballet Afternoon of a Faun. A beautiful, boldly penned letter concerning an important work. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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tal-clear vintage pearl-finish 7.25 x 9.5 close-up photo of the legendary soprano, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best of everything, Maria Callas, 1963.” Reverse bears an Angus McBean copyright stamp. In fine condition, with creasing to the upper and lower left corners. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Brilliant musical manuscript for Gretchaninov’s “miniatures”
646. Alexander Gretchaninov. Russian Romantic composer (1864–1956) who worked during a transitional era in the history of Russian music. Desirable autograph musical manuscript, comprising four musically-lined pages on adjoining 10.5 x 13.75 sheets, signed and titled on the front, “A. Gretchaninoff, op. 145, L’miniatures pour Flute et Piano.” The fabulous manuscript consists of two parts, labeled “Souvenir de l’ami lointain” and “Au Foyer.” The lower margins bear red ink stamps of French music publisher Alphonse Leduc. Includes the 10.75 x 13.75 title page of the Leduc-published piece, initialed in the upper left corner in ink by Gretchaninoff with his approval to print. In very good to fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
647. Edvard Grieg. Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the incidental music to Peer Gynt and the Holberg suite. ALS in German, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.75, Hotel Der Kaiserhof letterhead, April 7, 1907. Crisply penned letter to the music dealer and concert agent Albert Gutmann. In part (translated): “That you were not at the station this morning made me very upset. Forgive me for not bothering you. It would have been very important to you to have sent a dispatch to ‘Norwegian Telegram’ with a concise summary of the course of yesterday’s Concerts today or tomorrow. Further, I would like to ask you to have the kindness to send me the Munich newspapers to which yesterday’s Concert is being discussed. I do not ask you to send the ribbons on the wreaths to Kristiania, but to Berlin—possibly within 8 days.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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The court composer of King Louis XIV
649. Jean-Baptiste Lully. Italian-born French composer and instrumentalist (1632–1687) considered a master of the baroque style, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. Rare vellum manuscript DS, in French, one page, 8.75 x 6.75, July 16, 1678. Receipt of his salary for the month of June 1678, in part (translated): “Jean Baptiste Lully Superintendent of the Music of the House of the King has confessed to have received… the Sum of Fifteen livres.” Signed at the conclusion by Lully and countersigned by two French notaries. In very good to fine condition, with toning and light staining to the right, and vellum loss to the left. A rare autograph of the Sun King’s important court composer, being the very first example we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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651. Teresa Milanollo. Violin-playing
648. Edouard Lalo. French composer (1823–1892), who is best remembered for the piece, Symphonie espagnole, a popular work in the standard repertoire for violin and orchestra. AMQS on an off-white 11 x 8.25 sheet, signed and inscribed at the conclusion, “A. Mademoiselle Hierschel, E. Lalo, Paris, 15 Fevrier 1889.” Lalo pens several bars of music and lyrics from his opera Le Roi d’Ys. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Accompanied by an unsigned albumen portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Puccini quotes from ‘La Boheme’
child prodigy (1827– 1904) who toured Europe extensively to great acclaim in the 1840s. AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 2.5 sheet, signed below, “Tirisa Milanollo, Vienna—9 Mai 53.” Milanollo pens five bars of fast-paced music. Affixed to a larger scrapbook page below an engraving of the violinist prodigy. In fine condition, with light staining over the the middle of the piece. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
Portrait with a quote from “La Tosca” 652. Giacomo Puccini.
650. Giacomo Puccini. Boldly penned AMQS on an
off-white 8.5 x 5.5 album page, prominently signed below, “Giacomo Puccini, Milano, 10.8.97.” Puccini pens a bar of music and lyrics to ‘Mimi’s Aria’ from La Boheme, making a joke that it is not Mimi Pinson, a reference to the popular short story by Alfred de Musset. In fine condition, with faint foxing and toning. Based on a story by French writer Henri Murger set in 1840s Paris, La Boheme was Puccini’s first major success and arguably his greatest work. After its 1896 debut in Turin, the piece was quickly adopted into the international repertory. A supremely desirable example from the renowned opera composer, dating to just a year after the premiere of La Boheme. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Magnificent matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard featuring a vignette portrait of the great composer, signed in ink by Puccini, who adds a threebar musical quotation from his iconic opera “La Tosca.” In fine condition. A superior example boasting a sought-after musical quote from one of Puccini’s most famous and creative works, which premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. Since that time, the dramatic force of Tosca has continued to captivate performers and audiences around the world. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Extraordinary quotation from Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, the ‘Rhenish’
653. Robert Schumann. Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical
language, especially evident in his keyboard works and art songs, made him one of the central figures of the German Romantic tradition. Magnificent AMQS on an off-white 6 x 4.75 musically-lined sheet, boldly signed and inscribed by the composer in German, “Lebhaft…Zur Erinnerung an der Concert in Utrecht d. 26 Nov. 1853 von Robert Schumann.” Schumann pens the opening five bars of his Symphony No. 3 [the ‘Rhenish’]. In fine condition. This is a record of an important concert by Robert and Clara Schumann, given during their very successful tour of Holland in November and December 1853, when Robert conducted the ‘Rhenish’ Symphony. The concert in Utrecht on November 26th also featured the premiere of the Introduction and Allegro for piano and orchestra op. 134, played by Clara. A magnificent musical quotation from the great Romantic composer. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500
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654. Nino Rota. Italian composer and pianist (1911–1979) known
for his film scores, which include several of Federico Fellini’s films and the first two movies in the Godfather trilogy. AMQS on a 6 x 4 album page, signed and inscribed below in blue ballpoint. Rota pens two bars from Act IV of his opera “Il cappello di paglia di Firenze,” adding the title below. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
“Artists, composers, writers, workers in all of the arts are the voice of consciousness of all the people” 655. Dmitri Shostakovich.
Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Handwritten manuscript in Russian by Shostakovich, unsigned, one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.5, circa 1950. A speech for the Sheffield World Congress of the Supporters of Peace. In part (translated): “The ties between the Soviet Union and England are unbreakable. In the first years of the revolution, English workers protested with the slogan ‘Hands off Soviet Russia!’ When fascism was defeated in the last war, people of the Soviet Union saved England and Europe from immanent catastrophe. Our peoples of the Soviet Union and England, shoulder to shoulder, are joining in the fight for peace…Artists, composers, writers, workers in all of the arts are the voice of consciousness of all the people, and that’s why that voice should loudly rumble against the war. Under the protection of peace, and under the protection of Democracy, artists, statesmen of England, workers of all countries, expand and strengthen the powerful front of the Supporters of Peace.” In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, addressed in his hand to the “Literary Bureau of Great Britain,” and signed in the lower left, “D. Shostakovich.” The second World Congress of the Supporters of Peace was scheduled to be held in Sheffield, England, in November 1950. Because the British government suspected that the meeting organizers had seditious objectives and represented a threat to national security, the visa applications of a vast majority of the delegates were declined—Shostakovich was among those turned away. Consequently, the meeting was moved to Warsaw, Poland. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
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Tchaikovsky to the Danish pianist 656. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. ALS
in German, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” one page on a 4.75 x 3 postcard, postmarked June 3, 1893. Letter to Danish pianist Frits Hartvigson at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In part (translated): “Neither today nor tomorrow can I possibly spend time with you in the evening. Tonight I am to have supper at the Russian Embassy, tomorrow with De Munk. Well, hopefully we’ll see each other the following week!” In fine condition. A fantastic letter and desirable association piece: years earlier, in 1877, Hartvigson performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the St. James’s Hall in London, for the first time in its revised version. Precertified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
657. Arturo Toscanini and Sarah Bernhardt. An off-white 7.75 x 4.75 album-page, one side bearing a bold AMQS by renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini (dated 1905), and the other side bearing a crisp AQS by great stage actress Sarah Bernhardt. In fine condition, with a faint block of toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
658. Caroline Unger. Austro-Hungarian contralto (1803–1877) who sang in
the first performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Missa Solemnis. AMQS on an off-white 10.5 x 8 sheet, signed below in crisp ink, “Caroline Sabatier Ungher, 24 Juillet 1855.” Unger neatly pens nine bars of music and lyrics. In fine condition, with a small tear to the top edge and a chip to one corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce letter by the Romantic master, hoping the ‘devil won’t foil his plans’ 659. Giuseppe Verdi. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one
page, 4.25 x 6.75, May 5, 1891. Letter to Giuseppe De Amicis. Verdi writes that, as long as the ‘devil doesn’t foil his plans,’ he will arrive in Genoa on Saturday at 6 o’clock in the evening. He also makes a list for De Amicis on a program that he is to arrange: “No 1. Peppina, 2. Comm: De Amicis, 3. Contadino de St. Agata.” Matted with an unsigned postcard of Verdi to an overall size of 11.5 x 8.25. In fine condition, with a few pencil notations at the top. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Verdi’s hand. Verdi’s estate was at St. Agata, where he lived for over fifty years and owned a considerable amount of property. A coveted letter by the important composer. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
660. Blues Legends. Original program for the 1968 American Folk Blues Festival, 24 pages, 10.75 x 10, signed inside in
blue ballpoint and green felt tip by John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed (ins), T. Bone Walker, Jerome Arnold, J. C. Lewis, Big Walter Horton, Big Joe Williams, Eddie Taylor, and Curtis Jones. In very good to fine condition, with light handling wear to the covers. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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661. Roy Eldridge.
American jazz trumpet player nicknamed ‘Little Jazz,’ (19111989) whose sophisticated style and impact on Dizzy Gillespie elevate him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop. Scarce vintage 10.25 x 8 lightweight cardstock photo of Eldridge with his trumpet by Maurice of Chicago, signed and inscribed in pencil, “Best wishes to Jack Cosker, from Roy Eldridge, Arcadia Ballroom, 53rd & Broadway.” Notation to lower right dates the photo to 1939. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and a tiny edge tear near the upper right corner. The consignor notes that Jack Cosker was a semi-pro trumpet player in the London scene. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
663. George Gershwin. Fountain pen signature, “George Gershwin,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card. In fine condition, with toning to the edges easily matted out. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Limited edition of Gershwin’s Songbook, signed by composer and illustrator 662. George Gershwin. Signed book: George Gershwin’s Song-Book. First edition, limited issue, numbered 78/300. NY: Random House, 1932. Leatherbound hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 13, 167 pages. Boldly signed on the colophon by the composer, George Gershwin, and the illustrator, Constantin Alajalov. Autographic condition: fine, with light toning to signed page. Book condition: VG/None in a G+ slipcase, with heavy edgewear and rubbing to boards, and separations, chipping, and losses to slipcase; the entire spine of the slipcase is detached but present. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Extremely rare letter and handwritten set list by the legendary Lead Belly 664. Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter. Archive of five items,
comprising an ALS and handwritten set list by Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter, an ALS by his wife Martha, an unsigned promo flyer for a ‘High-Cost-of-Living Hootenanny,’ and an unsigned photo of Ledbetter with his guitar surrounded by schoolchildren. Includes: ALS is in pencil, signed by Lead Belly, “H. Ledbetter/Martha,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 28, 1949, to one of his managers, Austen Fairbanks. In full: “I rec a check for $150 was OK but we did not rec no money order for $25 so if you got the stub keep it we waundered what was the mater so far the month of mar. we have at this time rec $175 that all. So the main time don’t for get April. Pleas your Letter was fine the Harvard Concert they Call agan say it was for the 21 of april so if they call agan I no what to do it was from the order of Rudie Blosh.” By the time he composed this letter, Ledbetter was already cognizant that he was losing control of his muscles, though he lacked an accurate diagnosis. He had been recently released from the hospital after finding himself unable to walk. Following his recovery, Ledbetter remained in New York performing mainly in jazz clubs and on the radio while preparing for his trip to Europe in May. Handwritten set list in pencil by Lead Belly, one page, 8.5 x 4, no date but circa 1948. Lead Belly writes a list of 13 songs: “They Hung Him on the Cross,” “work song,” “July on Johnson,” “Bring me Little Water Silvie,” “The Gray Goos,” “Bushwhase Blues,” “mid night on the see,” “Tak a whip on me,” “Tell me where did Sleep Las night,” “Mory don’t you weep,” “459 Blues,” “Com Long all you Cow Boys,” and “Once a Little Boy walking Down the Road.” ALS by his wife, signed “Martha Ledbetter,” two pages, 5.75 x 8.75, May 10, 1949, to one of his managers, Marjorie Fairbanks, in part: “How goes every Thing Well I hope as that’s leaves me ok felling much better Since I read your letters and also I got the check and thank a million I am not worried about Huddie as longs I know he is with you and Aussten becourse I know he will be Taking Care of and I Am Sure any kind of care he needs you will see to that I am afull Thrilled to here every thing is going fine. Any kind of clippings you can send me will be very Thankfull of Them.” This was written shortly after Ledbetter’s departure for Europe, his only time ever spent outside the United States. While in France, a Paris physician diagnosed him with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and Ledbetter returned to the United States at the end of May. A flyer for the “’High-Cost-of-Living’ Hootenanny” presented by People’s Songs Inc., held at the Town Hall in New York on September 27, 1947, one page both sides, 7 x 11, listing folk singers including ‘Woody Guthrie” and “Leadbelly” as the performers. A vintage original glossy 10 x 8 photograph of Lead Belly holding his twelve-string guitar amongst a group of adoring schoolchildren. The photograph contradicts one of the great myths of Lead Belly—the image of a rough, ex-convict (the wild-eyed ‘murderous minstrel,’ a label that Time bestowed upon him in 1935). In actuality, Ledbetter enjoyed a wonderful rapport with children, many of whom sensed something special about the man. In overall fine condition. An amazing archive from the fabled folk-blues hero. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
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Beautiful Holiday portrait from her famed ‘Strange Fruit’ photo session 665. Billie Holiday. Vintage glossy 8 x 10.25 publicity portrait of Holiday by Robin Carson, signed and inscribed in white ink, “For Andy, Sincerely, Billie Holiday.” In very good to fine condition, with a few small creases and light surface impressions, and emulsion loss to two corners which could easily be matted out if so desired. This famous portrait was one of several taken of Lady Day in a 1944 publicity shoot. The photographer, Robin Carson, after expressing to Holiday that he hadn’t quite captured her ‘essence,’ suggested that she sing Strange Fruit. Holiday protested a bit, drank a glass of gin, and then sang the song a cappella. Greer Johnson, a friend of Holiday present at the shoot recalled it as ‘one of the most fantastic performances I have ever heard in my life, and the camera never stopped.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
“It’s #12 in the pop charts this week across the nation. Ain’t that the greatest?” 666. Patsy Cline. ALS signed “Patsy, Charlie, Randy & Julie,”
four pages, 6.25 x 10, September 6, 1961. Written from Nashville, a letter to friend Marie Flynt, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “While I’m trying to rest a little from that tour in Texas I just got home yesterday off of, I thought I’d write you. Looks like most of my letters will come from off the road now. Randy has me booked the rest of the year and 1⁄2 of next he says. Only thing is I hate to think of being away from the babies so long. But I’ve got to make hay while the sun shines. It’s #12 in the pop charts this week across the nation. Ain’t that the greatest? I still have to pinch myself to believe. They’ve been tearing the buildings down for me at every place we’ve played these past few weeks. I worked with Ernest Tubb, Hank Lockland, Frankie Miller & the last 2 days was with Miller, Claud Gray, Hank Lockland & Ferlin Haskey. So all had pretty good audiences to work to with that live up for pull. I’ll got to N. York state for 21 days starting Wed. 14th and then to Michigan…As for here, it’s the same ole thing I took him on the last half of this tour & he proceeded to get drunk every dam night. And this next tour Randy can’t leave to go on and I’ve got to take him again to help me I guess. I get so damn fed up I could scream. I’m at that point again where it don’t matter where he is to me anymore. He’s just not man enough to take it is the only thing I can see. I mean he having me where I am now & a wife. But I’m gonna put away as much of this money as I can & then when I get sick enough of it I’ll be able to live with out my damn man.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Cline’s own hand. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200 214 |
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Incredible early MGM Records photo of the honky-tonk legend 667. Hank Williams. Outstanding vintage glossy 8 x 10 MGM Records publicity photo of Williams picking his guitar, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best of everything Beverly, Harriet & Gerry, Your pal, Hank Williams.” In fine condition, with a few scattered light creases and surface marks, a small spot of soiling, and a couple of trivial areas of surface loss along top edge. Williams was discovered by MGM Records’ first president Frank Walker in 1948, and became the centerpiece of the label’s country music catalog. Williams is quite elusive and highly sought-after in signed photos. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300
Very rare and fully signed ‘standing collarless pose’ of the Beatles
668. Beatles. Highly sought-after 1963 Star Pics promotional postcard of the Beatles posing in their classic gray collarless suits, measuring 5.25 x 3.5, postmarked Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, August 16, 1963, and signed beautifully on the reverse in blue ballpoint by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. The postcard is nicely matted and framed with an image of the Beatles to an overall size of 14.5 x 18.25; the backing has a window for viewing the front of the postcard. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, which reads, in part: “These signatures date from August 30, 1963, and were obtained in Liverpool, England during the filming of The Mersey Sound, a documentary produced for BBC television. This Star Pics postcard features the Dezo Hoffman ‘standing collarless pose,’ which is one of the most recognizable images of The Beatles. These do not surface often signed by The Beatles, and thus this item is quite desirable.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
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Phenomenal EMI Records advertisement signed by the Beatles, The Four Seasons, Ella Fitzgerald, and more
669. Beatles. Highly displayable vintage circa 1962 EMI Records newspaper advertisement, measuring 13.75˝ in diameter, featuring ‘floating heads’ of over 40 of the label’s musical acts, with central text reading, “EMI, Supreme Again! The Greatest Recording Organisation in the world.” The Beatles are pictured on the right side, with each member signing near their respective youthful image in red ballpoint, “George Harrison,” in blue ballpoint, “Ringo Starr,” or in black ink, “John Lennon” and “Paul McCartney.” The advertisement is also signed by a variety of other musicians, including: Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Seasons (Frankie Valli, Nick Massi, Bob Gaudio, and Tommy DeVito), Helen Shapiro, Carol Deene, Shane Fenton, and more. In very good condition, with professional backing and flattening, four small bits of tape residue to the edges, and multiple creases radiating from the center. Showcasing the diverse talent found on the EMI roster, this incredibly rare vintage ‘record’ advertisement exists as a simply amazing display piece that boasts a full set of pre-Beatlemania autographs. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000
670. Beatles: Harrison and McCartney. Unusual 3.25 x 3.5 newspaper photo of the Beatles, signed in blue ballpoint by Paul McCartney and in red ballpoint by George Harrison. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet and in very good condition, with trimmed edges (affecting the top of Harrison’s signature), and corner stains from mounting. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Iconic ‘White Album’ signed by McCartney 672. Beatles: Paul McCartney. White
671.
Beatles: George Harrison.
Electronic Sound album signed on the back cover in black felt tip, “Love from George Harrison.” In very good condition, with moderate overall creasing and partial separation to the top edge. The record is not included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
album signed on the front cover in black ballpoint by McCartney. In fine condition, with light handling wear. The record is not included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Elvis rocks Newport High in 1955 673. Elvis Presley. Desirable vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Presley from early in his recording career, signed and inscribed in green ink, “Yours, Elvis Presley.” Lower border bears a faded pencil notation that reads “Newport, May 1955.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, and small bits of old tape along the trimmed edges which could be successfully matted out if so desired.
Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, which reads, in part: “I was 15 years old in March, 1955, living in a small town in Magness, Arkansas. I listened to Bob Neal on WMPS, Memphis, TN. He was playing a record by a new artist…Elvis Presley…Bob Neal started listing schools he would be appearing at. We learned one was only a few miles from where we lived. My sister, one of our friends, and I persuaded a couple to take us to Newport High School to see Elvis. Bob Neal collected the money to get in and we sat in folding chairs in the gym. There couldn’t have been more than 35 people. Elvis was dressed in a black suit. He had Bill Black and Scottie Moore with him…Elvis invited us up on stage where we purchased a picture and he autographed each one. Elvis was so handsome and nice. It is one of my fondest memories.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
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674. Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia. Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Jerry Garcia playing his guitar during a performance at the Frost Amphitheater on May 3, 1987, signed in red felt tip. Reverse bears a Dead Images/Rob Cohn stamp and date notations. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
676. Rolling Stones. Felt tip signatures of Mick Jagger,
Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, who adds “Love,” and Ronnie Wood, who adds “Live & Eclectic!!” on a white 8.25 x 11.75 sheet. Includes three green, white, and yellow “Rolling Stones” wristbands. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
1980s publicity photo signed by Queen 675. Queen. Extremely desirable glossy 8 x 10 Elektra Records publicity photo of Queen, signed in blue ballpoint by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor. In very good to fine condition, with an emulsion stain touching the tail of Deacon’s signature, and scorch marks to the borders which could easily be matted out. Consignor notes that the signatures date to the early 1980s. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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Beautiful vintage set of “The Rolling Stones” 677. Rolling Stones. Choice set of vintage ballpoint signatures of Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richard, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman on a pink 4.5 x 4 album page, one of them adding, “The Rolling Stones.” In fine condition. Precertified REAL. Starting Bid $200
Sought-after fully signed Live at Leeds 678. The Who. Live at Leeds album signed on the front cover in felt tip by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. In fine condition, with light surface loss to the back cover. The record is included, as are the posters and facsimile paperwork, which features a copy of the contract for the Who to play at the Woodstock Festival, an insert packaged with the first 500 copies. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300
680. Michael Jackson. Thriller album signed neatly on the front cover in black felt tip. In fine condition, with light scuffing and some old price sticker residue. The record is included. Released in 1982, Thriller is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential pop albums of all time. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200
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681. Angiolina Bosio Starting Bid $200
685. Camille Saint-Saens
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682. Aaron Copland Starting Bid $200
683. Alan Hovhaness Starting Bid $200
686. Louis Armstrong Starting Bid $200
684. Ignace J. Paderewski
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687. Louis Armstrong Starting Bid $200
688. Louis Armstrong
689. Cab Calloway
690. Nat King Cole
691. Nat King Cole
692. Ella Fitzgerald
693. Dizzy Gillespie
694. Oscar Hammerstein
695. Lionel Hampton
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696. John Lee Hooker
697. John Lee Hooker
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698. Liberace
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700. Edith Piaf
701. Cole Porter
702. Buddy Rich
703. Saxophonists
704. Harry Chapin
699. Oscar Peterson
Starting Bid $200
705. The 5th Dimension
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706. Aerosmith Starting Bid $200
707. Aerosmith Starting Bid $200
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708. Allman Brothers Starting Bid $200
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709. Allman Brothers
710. Badfinger
712. Beatles
713. Beatles: Yoko Ono
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711. Badfinger: Bob Jackson Starting Bid $200
714. Beatles: Ringo Starr
715. Beatles: Klaus Voormann Starting Bid $200
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716. Jeff Beck
717. Chuck Berry
718. Black Sabbath Starting Bid $200
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720. Jon Bon Jovi
721. David Bowie
722. James Brown
723. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
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Starting Bid $200
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719. Bon Jovi
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724. The Cranberries: Dolores O’Riordan Starting Bid $200
725. The Doobie Brothers Starting Bid $200
726. Everly Brothers Starting Bid $200
727. Marianne Faithfull
728. Foreigner
729. Peter Frampton
730. Rory Gallagher
731. Genesis
732. The Go-Go’s
733. Guns N’ Roses
734. Debbie Harry
735. Jefferson Starship
736. Jethro Tull
737. Elton John
738. Elton John
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739. Journey
740. KISS
Starting Bid $200
742. Huey Lewis and the News
744. Jim Morrison
745. Motley Crue
746. Roy Orbison
748. Robert Palmer
749. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
750. The Pretenders
753. Rolling Stones
754. Rolling Stones: Jagger and Fairey
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
743. Meat Loaf
747. Ozzy Osbourne
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751. Queen: Brian May
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752. The Righteous Brothers Starting Bid $200
741. Jerry Lee Lewis
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756. Bruce Springsteen
755. Scorpions Starting Bid $200
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759. Talking Heads Starting Bid $200
766. The Ramones
767. The Ramones
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Starting Bid $200
758. Bruce Springsteen
Starting Bid $200
761. Van Halen Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
763. The Young Rascals
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
760. U2: Bono
762. West, Bruce and Laing Starting Bid $200
757. Bruce Springsteen
764. The Clash Starting Bid $200
768. ABBA
Starting Bid $200
765. The Clash Starting Bid $200
769. Tiny Tim
Starting Bid $200
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classic entertainment
Baker shines in a revival of La Creole 770. Josephine Baker. Delightful vintage glossy 10.75 x 8.5 Studio Piaz photo of Baker in a sensational full-length pose for the opéra comique La Creole, signed and inscribed in French in fountain pen, “Pour La Môme Moineau, avec beau coup de sympathie, Josephine Baker, 1935.” In very good to fine condition, with a couple of light bends, and light overall scuffing. The recipient, Lucienne Suzanne, was an adored French cabaret singer known as La Môme Moineau, or ‘the kid sparrow.’ She married Puerto Rican engineer and businessman Felix Benitez Rexach in 1929 and soon became one of the richest women in the world. Baker starred in the title role of a revival of La Creole at the Théâtre Marigny, which was produced on December 17, 1934, with the libretto revamped by Albert Willemetz. Elevated by its unusually large size, this exceptional photo boasts both a desirable musical connection and one of the more radiant poses of the ‘Bronze Venus’ that we have ever offered. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Presenting a portrait from her Academy Award– winning role in Gaslight to the film’s screenwriter
Brando as the father of Superman
771. Ingrid Bergman.
Stunning vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 photo of Bergman as she appeared as Paula Anton in her Academy Award–winning performance in the 1944 film Gaslight, signed and inscribed in blue ink to screenwriter Walter Reisch, “To Walter— from his sad Paula and happy Ingrid Bergman, 1945.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges. A magnificent and crystal-clear portrait of Bergman from the peak of her Hollywood career, with a warm, clever inscription to the man who created the role that culminated in her very first Oscar. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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772. Marlon Brando. Fantastic vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 10 photo of Brando as Jor-El in the 1978 film Superman, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ink, “To Lynne, Warmest best wishes to you always—Sincerely, Marlon Brando.” In fine to very fine condition, with just a hint of subtle silvering along the extreme top edge. A scarce and impressive signed portrait of the legendary actor. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
Bette Davis’s birthday gift to her daughter— a one-of-a-kind photo album of her first 19 years 773. Bette Davis.
Remarkable family photo album personally assembled by Oscar-winning actress Bette Davis and presented to her daughter Barbara Davis Hyman as a birthday gift in 1966. The red leather-bound album, gilt-stamped “B. D.” in the lower right corner, measures 12.25 x 14.5 and consists of 15 dual-sided sheets displaying a total of 96 photos; the majority of the sheets are annotated in red felt tip and blue ballpoint by Davis, who offers detailed, neatly penned captions near many of the photos. The opening page, which Davis uses for the dedication, reads, in full: “Your Life, B.D—And the places you lived from May 1st, 1947 until January 4th, 1964. With love from Mother on your nineteenth birthday, May 1, 1966.” The album features an impressive visual record of all of Davis’s nine houses—The Castle in Laguna Beach, Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs, Butternut in Franconia, the Pacific Coast Highway house in Malibu, Camino Palmero in Hollywood, the Beekman Place apartment in New York City, Witch Way in Cape Elizabeth, the East 78th Street townhouse in New York, and Honeysuckle Hill in Bel-Air. Among the more extensively covered residences is that of the Butternut estate on Sugar Hill in Franconia, New Hampshire, which shows the gorgeous White House, the Red House, and the Barn. An introduction to the Butternut section: “Your mother’s favorite home. She owned and built all the buildings. You spent many holidays here from the time you were two years old until you were eleven when it was sold.” Of particular note is one image of the interior of the Barn, which shows Davis’s two Best Actress Oscars displayed on the mantle. Includes a typed and signed letter of provenance from the album’s former owner, B. D. Hyman, which reads, in part: “An album of family photographs with an historical narrative in the hand of my mother, Bette Davis…It is well known, because Mother so often boasted of it, that I was delivered by Caesarean Section on May 1st, rather than April 28th. as requested by the doctor, because Mother wanted a ‘May Day Girl.’ This enabled Mother to institute an annual ritual of a May Pole Dance, and my fifth such dance is photographically covered on page 19 with Mother herself participating.” In overall fine condition, with creasing and tears to the edges of the single detached page. An intimate, one-of-a-kind keepsake dating to a period of presumed geniality between Davis and her daughter. In 1985, Hyman published the autobiography My Mother’s Keeper, which offered an unflattering look at Davis as a self-centered and alcoholic mother. Supporters rushed to Davis’ side, and the book—despite becoming a best-seller and spawning a sequel of sorts, Narrow Is the Way—was overwhelmingly denounced as false and inaccurate. Davis later disinherited Hyman and left her entire estate to her adopted son Michael and to her assistant Kathryn Sermak. Starting Bid $200
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774. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Fantastic pairing of DSs, both
three pages, 8.5 x 11, December 31, 1951. Two Bing Crosby Enterprises contracts, one for Humphrey Bogart and other for his wife Lauren Bacall, in which they agree to render their “services in connection with the rehearsing, producing and recording of a transcribed radio program of one-half hour’s duration featuring Harry L. Crosby, Jr.,” slated to be broadcast on February 13, 1952, for a sum of $1000. Signed at the conclusion of their respective contract in black ink by Bogart and Bacall. In overall very good condition, with irregular toning, and fading to the signatures from prior display. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Demarest’s Hollywood Walk of Fame award 775. William Demarest. William Demarest’s
Hollywood Walk of Fame award plaque, 11.5 x 14.5, featuring a reflective metal star engraved with a film camera and “William Demarest,” mounted to a rich blue velvet background. Below the star is an engraved plaque, “Presented to William Demarest, On the occasion of the placement of your star in the Walk of Fame, August 8, 1979, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.” In fine condition, with some light wear. Accompanied by a glossy 5 x 7 photo of Demarest, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Chris, Best luck, from Uncle Charley, My 3 Sons, Wm. Demarest.”
Demarest appeared in over 140 movies in a six-decade career as a prolific character actor, but is best remembered for his role as Uncle Charley in the television sitcom My Three Sons. On August 8, 1979, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to motion pictures. In attendance at the ceremony were his My Three Sons co-stars Fred MacMurray, Tina Cole, Stanley Livingston, Barry Livingston, and Dawn Lyn. Starting Bid $200
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Over 100 vintage entertainment autographs 776. Entertainers. Very desirable collection of over 100 signatures from a wide array of classic actors, musicians, and entrepreneurs, with the vast majority signed in ink or pencil on the reverse of 5.5 x 3.5 postcards from the popular Boston/New York Chinese restaurant and cocktail lounge Ruby Foo’s Den, with a few cut signatures and photos included, as well as some multiples. A selection of highlights include (many inscribed): Eddie Albert, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Arnold (2), Gene Autry, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny (2), Irving Berlin (2), Hoagy Carmichael (2), John Carradine (2), Charley Chase, Jackie Coogan, Jackie Cooper, Noel Coward, Joan Crawford, Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Frances Farmer, John Garfield, Jack Haley, Bob Hope (2), Danny Kaye, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dean Martin, Anthony Quinn (2), Robert Ripley, Bill Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Roy Rogers (2), Mickey Rooney, Red Skelton, Lana Turner, and Rudy Vallee. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
778. Greta Garbo. Chase
Manhattan Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in type and signed by Garbo, payable to her longtime housekeeper and companion Claire Koger for $75, July 3, 1970. In fine condition. From the estate of Greta Garbo. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
777. Greta Garbo.
Rare DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, July 3, 1940. Four-month lease facilitated by Guy Price Realtors between Garbo and H. M. Harris for a residence in Pacific Palisades. Total for the four months comes to $1200.00, payable in advance by Garbo. Signed on the reverse in blue fountain pen by Garbo. In very good to fine condition, with irregular toning and a smudge to the signature. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
779. Judy Garland. Vintage
pencil signature, “Judy Garland,” on the reverse of a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard for New York Chinese restaurant Ruby Foo’s Den. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Lovely portrait of the teenage starlet 780. Betty Grable.
Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of a smiling Grable at the age of sixteen, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Agda Blomquist in appreciation of your lovely work. Best wishes, Betty Grable.” In fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Beautiful 1961 photo for The Children’s Hour
Early 1953 playbill from Hepburn’s only play, Gigi
782. Audrey Hepburn. Scarce and desirable playbill from a 1953 Wilbur Theatre presentation of Gigi, 6.25 x 9.25, signed on the first page in blue ballpoint, “Audrey Hepburn.” In fine condition, with some light creasing and mild handling wear. This performance pre-dates Hepburn’s silver screen success, won her the 1952 Theatre World Award, and played a pivotal role in securing her Academy Award-winning appearance in Roman Holiday. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
783. Audrey Hepburn. At-
781. Audrey Hepburn. Exceptional vintage glossy 8 x 10
publicity photo of Hepburn as she appeared in the 1961 film The Children’s Hour, boldly signed against the light background in fountain pen. A collector’s notation to the reverse indicates that it was signed in person at the Regency Hotel on December 13, 1963. In fine condition, with a few subtle creases. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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tractive 3.5 x 5.5 postcard of Hepburn as Natasha Rostova in the 1956 film War and Peace, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
787. Grace Kelly.
784. Audrey Hepburn. Wonder-
Gorgeous vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Kelly resting her chin on her hands and staring into the camera, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Sash—with Fond Regards, Grace Kelly.” In fine condition, with a bit of trivial spotting to left border. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
ful color glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle from the 1964 film My Fair Lady, signed neatly in black felt tip. In fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
785. Audrey Hepburn. Glossy
6.5 x 8.5 half-length photo of Hepburn as as Sister Luke from the 1959 film The Nun’s Story, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
788. Laurel and Hardy. Vintage glossy
7.75 x 9.75 full-length photo of the famed comedy duo standing side-byside, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Our best wishes always, Pam! Sincerely, Stan Laurel” and “Oliver Hardy.” In very good condition, with scattered light creasing, trimmed borders, and areas of light silvering. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
786. Katharine Hepburn. Stunning vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Hepburn by Clarence Sinclair Bull, neatly signed in fountain pen. Reverse bears an MGM/Clarence S. Bull credit stamp and a typed caption for The Philadelphia Story. In very good condition, with scattered creasing and crazing, a stain to the lower border, and a horizontal bend which passes through Hepburn’s face. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Presentation volumes of Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine, edited by Houdini 789. Harry Houdini. Signed
book: Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine, Volumes I and II, edited by Harry Houdini. Published in 1906– 1908. Hardcover, 7 x 9.5, 403 and 383 pages. Signed and inscribed on the detached first free end page of Vol. I in fountain pen, “To H. Price, Hope you & I will be friends. A good friend is without price, but I’ll have a friend and price, Houdini, May 14/1920,” and signed again on the detached first free end page of Vol. II, “Peruse the other Vol. for my sentiments, Houdini, May 14/20.” In overall good to very good condition, with toning and edge chipping to both of the fully detached and fragile signed pages; inner pages of the books are generally fine, but the covers are heavily worn, and the spines damaged and partially separated. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
791. Chico Marx. Vintage
790. Vivien Leigh.
Wonderful vintage color glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, boldly signed in fountain pen. In very fine condition. A marvelous photograph from this iconic film. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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glossy 8.25 x 10 United Artists publicity of Marx as Corbaccio for the 1946 comedy A Night in Casablanca, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Andy, Sincerely, Chico Marx.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Precertified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Handsome Flato watch presented by Mervyn LeRoy 792. Flato Watch Presented by Mervyn LeRoy. Desirable square-
faced gold-tone circa late 1930s wristwatch by Paul Flato featuring a black dial with gold Roman numerals, engraved on the reverse in the form of Mervyn LeRoy’s handwriting, “1942, To Harold, from Mervyn.” The watch has a 17-jewel manual wind Kelbert Watch Co. movement, and the inside of the caseback is stamped with serial number “107902.” The watch band’s clasp is marked “Kreisler.” In fine condition; the watch appears to properly function. Considered the first ‘celebrity jeweler,’ Paul Flato made watches for both film and personal use in Hollywood during the golden age of American cinema. His long list of clients included Greta Garbo, Mae West, Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Doris Duke, Ginger Rogers, Carmen Miranda, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, and Gloria Vanderbilt—many of whom wore his pieces on screen. The consignor notes that this watch was acquired in the 1980s from a flea market in Pasadena, and believes that it was presented by LeRoy to cinematographer Harold Rosson upon the release of the classic noir film Johnny Eager, which LeRoy produced and directed. Starting Bid $200
Beautifully inscribed portrait of ‘The King of Cool’ 793. Steve McQueen. Vintage glossy 7.25 x 9.25 publicity photo of McQueen in a handsome suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jack, from Steve McQueen.” Reverse bears a Paramount Film Service stamp. In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing, and light surface impressions at the top from a typed name notation on the reverse. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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Marilyn deals with a Screen Actors Guild conflict in early 1950 794. Marilyn Monroe. No-
table DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, February 6, 1950. Legal document forwarded to the Cukor-Lipton Agency by the William Morris Agency in regard to a Screen Actors Guild contract executed by the former agency and “Miss Monroe on or about July 29, 1947.” The William Morris Agency declares that said prior SAG contract is now “canceled and terminated,” and as such the agency delivers to Cukor-Lipton a sum of $173, which represents the 5% of the compensation received by Monroe for “her services in motion pictures from June 13, 1949, to and including January 27, 1950.” Signed at the conclusion by Monroe, and countersigned by a William Morris representative and Elise Cukor Lipton. In very good to fine condition, with creasing, intersecting folds, and the signature a bit light due to the pen she used. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $1000
Delightful six-piece coffee set owned by Marilyn Monroe 795. Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe’s personally-owned and -used six-piece yellowand-white spatter tin coffee set, consisting of a coffee pot, a mug, and four matching cups, ranging in height from 3.5˝ (mug) to 6.75˝ (pot). In overall very good to fine condition, with some chipping, rusting, and other signs of use. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe and Other Collections, June 2005. Starting Bid $200
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Marilyn’s elegant French-style perfume tray
796. Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe’s personally-
owned and -used French-style oval perfume tray, 14.25 x 8.75 x .75, comprised of an ornate brass frame with glass plate inset with a delicate lace floral motif and soft-colored floral needlepoint to center; the frame sides bear leaf-pattern handles and small, sturdy feet to upper and lower edges. In fine condition. Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe and Other Collections, June 2005. Starting Bid $200
Marilyn shops at Saks in ‘62 797. Marilyn Monroe. Receipt from Saks Fifth Avenue,
filled out in another hand and signed at the bottom in pencil by Monroe, “Marilyn Monroe,” one page, 4.25 x 6.25, March 20, [1962]. Receipt for a purchase totaling $665.60, to be delivered to her home at “12305 Fifth Helena Dr, Los Angeles, Calif.,” annotated at the top, “Leave at front door if no answer.” The receipt likely relates to the purchase of multiple Pucci garments, which Marilyn was famous for wearing during her final years alive in the 1960s. Color codes are listed in the “Article” column, with sizing details (“14” and “10”) circled along the right side. In fine condition. Monroe is known to have worn a size 14 lime green Pucci blouse, purchased from Saks Fifth Avenue, during her last weekend alive, July 28–29, 1962—this may very well be the first article itemized on the receipt ( “F0513-222-GR (14)”), although it cannot be confirmed. She wore the same green Pucci blouse to the May 18, 1962 rehearsal for her ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ performance for JFK’s birthday. In Marilyn: The Last Months, Monroe’s housekeeper Eunice Murray additionally describes going to Saks for Pucci blouses—all evidence pointing to the nature of this unique receipt. The receipt’s year can be determined based on Marilyn’s address—she purchased her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in February 1962, and died in her bedroom there six months later. A superb and supremely desirable piece from Marilyn’s final days, connected to her timeless fashion. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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Kodachrome candids of Marilyn’s USO show
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798. Marilyn Monroe. Collection of ten original color Kodak/Kodachrome 35mm slides of Marilyn Monroe performing for American servicemen in Korea in February 1954, all showing her wearing her iconic sparkling purple gown. These fabulous shots include three-quarter-length close-ups and a few full-length shots from a farther distance, but the dazzling Marilyn is easily seen in all ten images. An additional slide, annotated “16 Feb 54 - Once More,” is included, showing Monroe arriving on an airplane in Korea. Additionally includes five original color glossy 4.25 x 3 Kodachrome prints. In fine condition. The consignor notes that these were acquired from the daughter of one of the soldiers in attendance at Monroe’s famous performance. After spending her honeymoon in Japan with new husband Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn took a detour to Korea to entertain the troops. As part of the USO tour, she performed ten shows in four days to approximately 100,000 servicemen. She charmed the soldiers with her dancing and singing, including ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.’ She not only performed, but visited several hospitals as well. Later Monroe recalled that the trip ‘was the best thing that ever happened to me.’ A desirable grouping of unique candids capturing this famous event. Starting Bid $200
799. Paul Newman. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the handsome young actor, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Ronnie, Best wishes, Paul Newman.” In fine condition, with a few scattered dings and surface impressions. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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Gorgeous portrait of the silver screen superstar 800. Elizabeth Taylor. Beautiful vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 por-
trait of Taylor in a lacy white top, boldly signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Glenn, Best wishes, Elizabeth Taylor.” In very good to fine condition, with several creases, including one to the upper right corner, and a semicircular one through her top lip and left cheek. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
Moe, Larry, and Curly signed by Moe, Larry, and Shemp 801. Three Stooges. Desirable vintage glossy 8 x 10.25
photo of the Three Stooges, clad in tuxedos and stacked nervously behind a column, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Andy, Shemp Howard,” “Larry,” and “Moe.” In fine condition, with some light creasing, and staple holes to each corner. Shemp helped reform the original Three Stooges lineup with Larry Fine and his brother Moe Howard after Curly suffered a debilitating stroke on May 6, 1946. An amusing and unusual image signed by the original Stooges lineup. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $300
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Classic Stooges signatures of Moe, Larry, and Curly 802.
Three Stooges.
Vintage pencil signatures, “Sincerely, The 3 Stooges, Moe,” “3 Stooges, Larry Fine,” and “Curly, 3 Stooges,” on the reverse of three 5.25 x 3.5 postcards for New York Chinese restaurant Ruby Foo’s Den. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
803. Rudolph Valentino. Partly-printed promissory note, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed in bold green ink by Valentino, “R. Valentino,” payable to his New York attorney Louis H. Moos for $50, June 2, 1920. In fine condition, with areas of thin paper to the upper corners. Accompanied by a copy of letter from Moos to Valentino, dated April 12, 1922. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
“Tough it out old boy” 804. John Wayne. Semi-glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Wayne in his Oscar-winning role as Rooster Cogburn from the 1969 classic western True Grit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Tim—Tough it out old boy. We are all pulling for you. John Wayne, 1978.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, stains to the bottom, and heavy rippling to the top and bottom edges. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. Starting Bid $200
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805. Lucille Ball
806. Ingrid Bergman
808. Harry Blackstone, Sr
809. Richard Burton
810. John Candy
811. Frank Capra
813. Charlie Chaplin
814. Alain Delon Starting Bid $200
815. The Devil’s Rejects
818. Jimmy Durante
819. Clint Eastwood
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
812. Johnny Carson Starting Bid $200
816. Diana Dors Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
817. Bobby Driscoll Starting Bid $200
807. Milton Berle Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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820. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
821. Federico Fellini
822. Henry Fonda
823. Edwin Forrest
824. Freaks and Geeks
825. John Garfield
826. John Garfield
827. Janet Gaynor
828. Jackie Gleason
829. Gunsmoke
830. Jack Haley
831. Hugh Hefner
832. Hugh Hefner
833. Charlotte Henry
834. Jim Henson
835. Katharine Hepburn
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
836. Bob Hope
837. Dennis Hopper Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
838. Horror
839. The Hustons
840. Jennifer Jones
841. Tamara Karsavina
842. Gene Kelly
843. Hedy Lamarr
845. Lillie Langtry
846. Vivien Leigh
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
844. Margot Kidder Starting Bid $200
847. Sergio Leone Starting Bid $200
848. Carmen Miranda Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
849. Robert Mitchum Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
850. Tom Mix
Starting Bid $200
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851. Jack Nicholson
852. Anna Pavlova
853. Roy Rogers
854. George C. Scott
855. Sherlock Holmes: Brett and Hardwicke
856. The Sound of Music
857. Star Wars: Carrie Fisher
858. James Stewart
859. James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich
Starting Bid $200
860. Tarzan
861. Shirley Temple
862. John Wayne
863. Orson Welles
864. Western Stars
865. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton
866. Young Frankenstein: Wilder and Brooks
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
John Brennan Collection For more than 40 years, John Brennan has collected in-person autographs, across the country and around the world. He’s legendary in the autograph community for his passion for the hobby and for his ability to meet thousands of celebrities across many genres. RR Auction is pleased to offer other passionate collectors select items from John Brennan’s vast collection, including famous names from music, Hollywood, and beyond, in a variety of formats.
870. Paul Newman. Color
867. Eric Clapton. Appeal-
glossy 8 x 10 photo of the handsome actor in a headand-shoulders pose, signed in black felt tip, “Best wishes, Paul Newman.” In fine condition, with light emulsion irregularity to the top. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
ing color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Eric Clapton in a casual half-length pose, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Precertified REAL and Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
868. Audrey Hepburn. Color
glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hepburn as Nicole Bonnet from the 1966 film How to Steal a Million, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
869. Led Zeppelin: Plant and Jones. Physical Graffiti
album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. In very fine condition. The record is included. Pre-certified REAL and Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan Inperson Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
871. Simon and Garfunkel. Simon
and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. In fine condition. The record is not included. Precertified REAL and Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
872. Bruce Springsteen.
Darkness on the Edge of Town album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt, who writes “Little Steven was here.” In very good condition, with scuffing, edge wear, and partial edge separation. The record is included. Pre-certified REAL and Beckett Authentication. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200
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873. Academy Award Winning Actors
874. Academy Award Winning Actresses
877. Mariah Carey
878. Johnny Cash
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
880. Robert De Niro Starting Bid $200
884. Clint Eastwood Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
881. Johnny Depp Starting Bid $200
885. Easy Rider Starting Bid $200
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875. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton Starting Bid $200
876. Beatles: Yoko Ono Starting Bid $200
879. The Cure: Robert Smith
Starting Bid $200
882. Dire Straits: Marc Knopfler
883. Duran Duran
886. The Everly Brothers
887. Marianne Faithfull
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
888. Harrison Ford Starting Bid $200
892. Debbie Gibson Starting Bid $200
889. Aretha Franklin
890. Peter Gabriel Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
893. Al Green
894. Matt Groening
895. Merle Haggard
898. The Jam
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
891. Genesis
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
899. Jefferson Airplane
900. Billy Joel
901. Elton John
902. Elton John
903. Judas Priest
896. Hall and Oates
Starting Bid $200
897. Billy Idol
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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904. B. B. King Starting Bid $200
905. KISS: Simmons and Frehley
906. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant
907. Courtney Love
908. Seth MacFarlane
909. Barry Manilow
910. Dean Martin
911. Malcolm McDowell
Starting Bid $200
912. John Mellencamp Starting Bid $200
916. Willie Nelson Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
913. George Michael Starting Bid $200
917. Paul Newman Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
914. Roger Moore
915. Van Morrison
918. Olivia Newton-John
919. Jack Nicholson
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
920. Ted Nugent
921. Peter O’Toole
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
922. Oasis: Liam and Noel Gallagher Starting Bid $200
923. Al Pacino
Starting Bid $200
925. Trey Parker
926. Luciano Pavarotti
928. Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder
929. Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder
930. Pink Floyd: Nick Mason
931. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
932. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters
933. The Police
934. Elvis Presley: Scotty Moore
935. Queen: May and Taylor
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
927. Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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938. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards
939. Rolling Stones: Bill Wyman
Starting Bid $200
942. Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry
943. Gil Scott-Heron
944. Pete Seeger
945. Paul Simon
946. Simple Minds
947. Nancy Sinatra
948. Smashing Pumpkins
949. Patti Smith
950. Phil Spector
936. Lou Reed
937. Lou Reed
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
940. Sonny Rollins and Michael Caine
941. Diana Ross
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
951. Sting
Starting Bid $200
953. The Supremes: Ross and Wilson
954. David Sylvian
955. Talking Heads
957. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
958. Robin Trower
959. U2: Bono
Starting Bid $200
961. The Verve: Ashcroft and Jones
962. The Who: Pete Townshend
963. Johnny and Edgar Winter
964. Steve Winwood
965. Neil Young
966. The Young Rascals
Starting Bid $200
952. Barbra Streisand Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
956. James Taylor Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
960. Tom Verlaine
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
967. ZZ Top
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sports 968. Jose Raul Capablanca. Worldchampion Cuban chess player (1888–1942) considered one of the greatest of all time Signed book: The World’s Championship Chess Match Played at Havana Between Jose Raul Capablanca and Dr. Emanuel Lasker. Privately printed in a limited edition of 600 copies, 1921. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 39 pages. Neatly signed and inscribed on a free end page in ink in Spanish, “Al Dr. R. Guiral de su…amigo, J. R. Capablanca, Habana, Dic. 13/921.” In very good to fine condition, with three areas of surface loss along the right edge of the signed page, and heavy wear and dampstaining to the covers. Capablanca famously defeated Lasker in the 1921 world championship, which took place during his eight-year undefeated streak. An impressive and desirable signed volume. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
969. Enzo Ferrari. Color
satin-finish 4 x 5.5 photo of the legendary racer and automaker in dark sunglasses, signed in the lower border in purple felt tip, “Ferrari.” In fine condition, with a thin light stain to the background. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200
971. Jimmie Foxx. Vintage ink signature, “Jimmie Foxx,” on the reverse of a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard for Boston Chinese restaurant Ruby Foo’s Den. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
970. Walter Hagen. Signed
book: The Walter Hagen Story. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 342 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ballpoint, “Golfingly, Walter Hagen.” In fine condition, with tears and chips to the dust jacket. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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972. Bobby Jones. Signed
book: Golf Is My Game. NY: Doubleday and Company, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 255 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “For Bill Flanagan, with best wishes, Robert T. Jones, Jr.” In very good to fine condition, with light pastedown-related toning along the left edge of signed page, and notable wear to dust jacket, including tears and dampstaining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
Remarkably rare union of Ruth, Cobb, Collins, and other diamond legends
973. Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Hall of Famers. Vintage ink and ballpoint signatures of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Eddie
Collins, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Johnny Mize, and Billy Herman on an off-white printed 3.75 x 6.5 souvenir sheet headed “Famous Slugger Records, Players with Lifetime Major League Batting Averages of Over .300.” Attractively matted and framed with Dick Perez portrait postcards of Ruth, Cobb, and Collins to an overall size of 16.75 x 20.75. In very good to fine condition, with Cobb, Collins, and DiMaggio light but legible, and Williams signing over his last name after experiencing some pen trouble. A simply phenomenal assemblage of some of Cooperstown’s most revered and influential ballplayers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500
Cy’s jaunt through New York City 974. Cy Young. Uncommon ALS signed “Cy,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting New York’s ‘Penn Zone,’ July 21, 1947. Letter to Hazel Brown, in full: “Hello Hazel, on my usual jaunt… I’ll be home Thursday eve, am going by auto.” In very good condition, with overall creasing, old tape to the corners, and a tear passing through the address area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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975. Muhammad Ali
976. Muhammad Ali
977. Muhammad Ali
979. Muhammad Ali
980. Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
981. Roger Bannister
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
983. Baseball
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
984. Baseball
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
985. Baseball
978. Muhammad Ali Starting Bid $200
982. Baseball
Starting Bid $200
987. Baseball
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
988. Baseball
989. Baseball: Rose and Ripken
990. Basketball
991. Basketball Coaches
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
992. Usain Bolt Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
993. Al Davis
994. Joe DiMaggio
995. Joe DiMaggio
996. Joe DiMaggio
997. Joe DiMaggio
998. Joe DiMaggio
999. Curt Flood
1000. Football
1001. Football Coaches
1002. Football Quarterbacks Starting Bid $200
1003. Football: Blanchard, Davis, and Blaik Starting Bid $200
1006. Hockey
1007. Ben Hogan
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1004. Bob Gibson Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1005. Hockey
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
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1008. Ben Hogan
1009. Gordie Howe
1010. Gordie Howe
1011. Magic Johnson
1012. Michael Jordan Starting Bid $200
1013. Sugar Ray Leonard and Hearns
1014. Joe Louis
1015. Willie Mays
1016. Joe Namath
1017. LeRoy Neiman
1018. Ray Nitschke
1019. NY Giants
1020. NY Knicks
1021. NY Yankees
1022. NY Yankees
1023. NY Yankees
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1024. NY Yankees Starting Bid $200
1025. NY Yankees Starting Bid $200
1030. Floyd Patterson
1028. Arnold Palmer
1029. Arnold Palmer
1032. Pele and Diego Maradona
1033. Bill Russell Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1036. Tennis
1037. Mike Tyson
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1026. Satchel Paige Starting Bid $200
1031. Pele
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
1034. Sports
1035. Casey Stengel
1038. Vittles Bowl 1948 Football Trophy
1039. Ted Williams
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
Starting Bid $200
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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. By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. Credit: In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established credit 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. Credit will be granted at the 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 their social security number, or the last four digits thereof, so a credit check may be performed 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. Buyer’s Premium: The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 22.5% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed Auctions (the “Buyer’s Timed Premium”), and a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on live Auctions (the “Buyer’s Live Premium,” together with the Buyer’s Timed Premium, the “Buyer’s Premium”). 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 later. All purchases delivered to Massachusetts are subject to applicable Massachusetts sales tax unless the purchaser possesses a Massachusetts sales tax exemption number. 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. Bidding: Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s), rather than the strict reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS OF VALUATION CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES. RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium)
that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a re-offering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 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. 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. RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder. 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 once the lot(s) is in Bidder’s possession. Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder further grants RR Auction a purchase money security interest in such sums or items to the extent applicable, and agrees to execute such 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 expenses, until the indebtedness is paid. 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. RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders. In the event of a successful challenge to the title to any goods purchased pursuant to these Conditions of Sale and the exclusive remedies provided herein, RR Auction agrees to reimburse any Bidder in an amount equal to the successful bid price actually paid by Bidder at auction plus any Buyer’s Premium actually paid, in full and complete satisfaction of all claims, which once tendered by RR Auction, relieves and releases RR Auction from any responsibility whatsoever to the Bidder, even if the instrument is not cashed or is returned. Bidding Options: 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.
When identical mail or facsimile 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. 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. 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. Payment: 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 thirty (30) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. All sales are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.
All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. In all circumstances, the Auction House prefers payment by Bank Wire transfer. In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. If RR Auction refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the “Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges: Bidder is liable for shipping and handling. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.
Title: Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Rights Reserved: RR Auction reserves the right to withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone. Conducting the Auction: RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auction’s record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. Reserves: Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. Off-Site Bidding: Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form. RR Auction’s Remedies: Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under sub-part (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at
public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any property in RR Auction’s possession owned by such Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Warranties: RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold “as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices.
Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly. All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “Certification of Authenticity”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The Certification of Authenticity inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the Certification of Authenticity, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. The Certification of Authenticity is valid from date of the Auction in which Bidder was awarded the lot (the “Auction Date”) until five (5) years after the Auction Date, without exception. FIREARMS. RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm. Limitation of Damages: In the event that RR Auction is prevented for any reason from delivering any property to Bidder, or Bidder is otherwise dissatisfied with the performance of RR Auction, the liability, if any, of RR Auction, shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the amount actually paid for the property by Bidder. In no event shall RR Auction be liable for incidental, special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of profits, value of investment or opportunity cost. Unauthorized Statements: Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Bidder’s Remedies: Under no circumstance will RR Auction incur liability to a Bid-
der in excess of the purchase price actually paid. This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder in conformity with the Warranties and Limitation of Damages provisions of these Conditions of Sale, and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, in the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction shall make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner. If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other pack-
ers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Headings: Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages. The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to
the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.
Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, nonincremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.
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.
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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.
CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 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). Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.
Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes
pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/ EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.
Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.
GLOSSARY OF CONDITION TERMS FOR DECADES, RR AUCTION HAS LED THE INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED CONDITION STATEMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE SELL. STARTING IN 2016 WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A FRESH APPROACH TO DESCRIBING EACH ITEM’S CONDITION. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration. VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance.
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.
FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors.
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.
GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important.
VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example).
Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.
WE ARE
TUNING UP OUR NEXT MarVELS OF MODERN
MUSIC AUCTION Will Be THIS NOVEMBER Be a part of our future record-breaking sales Now accepting consignments for our next music auction. Please contact the auction's director, Jon Siefken, at (603) 732-4280, or via email at Jon.Siefken@RRAuction.com
Our finest offerings of the year
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REMARKABLE RARITIES SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Once a year, RR Auction gathers together the best of the best – items so superlative, so historic, so unique, they belong in a class by themselves. We call this our Remarkable Rarities auction. To view the entire auction of 50+ lots, please visit www.RRAuction.com.
This don't-miss auction will spotlight a selection of Steve Jobs items – led by an original Apple-1 computer, as well as four items signed by Jobs: a Macintosh Plus computer, a 1982 Apple Annual Report, an award program and a Time Magazine cover. Over 50 lots including historically significant documents, handwritten letters and signatures from Beethoven, US presidents and Founding Fathers, a fantastic oversized photo of Marilyn Monroe, a Beatles-signed guitar, and so much more.