309. Watergate: Woodward and Bernstein. Satin-finish 10
313. Kemmons Wilson.
x 8 photo of Woodward and Bernstein at their office, signed in black felt tip by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. In fine condition. RRAuction COA.…(MB $100)
310. Watergate: Woodward, Bernstein, and Bradlee.
Signed book: All The President’s Men. First edition, later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 349 pages. Signed on the title page by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and Ben Bradlee. Sunning and fading to boards and spine and some toning and creasing to clipped dustjacket, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.…(MB $100)
Founder of the Holiday Inn hotel chain and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century (1913–2003). Eight items: two one-page TLSs, dated 1994 and 1995 respectively, both on Kemmons Wilson Companies letterhead; pre-printed Christmas card, signed inside in ballpoint; an ink signature on a 4 x 3 beige bookplate; and four magazine cover stories on Wilson, each signed on the cover in blue ballpoint, one inscribed. In fine overall condition. RRAuction COA.…(MB $100)
314. Duke and Duchess of Windsor. FDC
honoring the World Food Congress, signed in blue ballpoint, “Edward, Duke of Windsor,” and “Wallis, Duchess of Windsor.” In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)
Exceedingly scarce stock certificate, the finest one known to exist in public hands 315. Brigham Young. Religious leader (1801– 1877) who became President of the LDS Church after the death of its founder, Joseph Smith, in 1844. Young led the mass migration of Mormons to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah, establishing the church’s stronghold in that state. By the time of his death in 1877, the Mormon population in Utah had reached 140,000. Handsome partly-printed DS, one page, 10 x 6.5, October 1, 1871. Stock certificate, printed by Mills and Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, for 5 five shares of the Zion’s Co-Operative Mercantile Institution, issued to Lewis S. Hills. Signed at the conclusion by Young as the company’s president. In fine condition, with several vertical folds, two passing through single letters of signature, light show-through from docketing on reverse, and some mild toning. In 1868, Young founded the Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) in an attempt to create a fairer business atmosphere for Mormons in Utah. By banding together and pooling their resources, Morman businesses were able to place orders large enough to deter non-Mormon wholesalers from price gouging, a problem that had plagued the Mormon business community until that point. As this church-promoted wholesale and retail house grew in strength, all the independent businesses melded into what would become ‘America’s First Department Store.’ This ZCMI Stock Certificate, issued to Lewis S. Hill, bookkeeper for the Zion’s Cooperative Banking Institution, is one of only a handful known to exist outside the Mormon Church’s archives, and is by far the finest of those.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)
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