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Presidents and First Ladies............................................................................................ 4 The Bowman Collection............................................................................................... 37 Notables....................................................................................................................... 53 Military.......................................................................................................................... 88 Aviation......................................................................................................................... 99 Space......................................................................................................................... 102 Art, Architecture, and Design...................................................................................... 108 Comic Art and Animation............................................................................................ 119 Literature.................................................................................................................... 121 Music......................................................................................................................... 131 Classic Entertainment................................................................................................ 143 Sports........................................................................................................................ 159 Conditions of Sale..................................................................................................... 165

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presidents and first ladies

1. John Adams. Bold and clean ink greeting and signature, “Your Friend and Servant, John Adams,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. Attractively matted with an engraved portrait of Adams to an overall size of 8 x 12. The mat is hinged to the backing board for easy viewing, with the signature slip contained in a mylar sleeve for easy preservation, framing, or removal. In fine condition, with some staining only to the engraving. Starting Bid $300

Days before leaving the White House, Jefferson appoints a war hero of the American Revolution 2. Thomas Jefferson. Partly-printed vellum DS

as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page with handsome engraved vignettes by John Draper, 15 x 18, February 21, 1809. President Jefferson appoints Jacob Kingsbury as “a Colonel in the first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Jefferson, and countersigned by John Smith as acting Secretary of War. Embossed War Office seal remains affixed to upper left corner. In very good to fine condition, with old tape along the edges, tack holes to the corners, and all of the handwriting, including Jefferson’s signature, light but legible. Colonel Jacob Kingsbury (1756–1837) was a career officer in the United States Army; he was one of the few U.S. Army officers who was a veteran of both the American Revolution and the War of 1812. An impressive military commission signed by Jefferson a mere ten days before leaving the presidency. Starting Bid $500

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3. James Madison. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 8.5, March 9, 1816. President Madison issues to “Peter Dills Assignee of Thomas Fisher,” a tract of land in the “southwest quarter of section Twelve of Township Seventeen in range Fifteen of the Lands directed to be sold at Lanesville by the act of Congress, entitled ‘An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory north west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.’”

Signed neatly at the conclusion by President Madison, and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Lower left bears the original white paper seal.

In very good condition, with scattered staining, creasing, and small areas of vellum loss. Starting Bid $200

4. James Madison and James Monroe. Partly-

printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of war, one page, 15 x 18.5, January 1, 1815. President Madison appoints Gabriel H. Manigault as an “Assistant Inspector General, with the brevet rank of Major in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by both James Madison and James Monroe. The embossed white paper seal remains affixed to upper left corner. In very good condition, with overall wrinkling, heavy folds, and Madison’s signature light but legible. Starting Bid $200

5. James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.25 x 7.5, August 1, 1821. President Monroe grants Edward Davis a plot of land “containing one hundred and sixty acres…of the Lands directed to be sold at St. Stephens.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Matted and framed to an overall size of 18.25 x 13.5. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and multiple vertical folds. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

6. John Quincy Adams.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 14 x 18.5, April 24, 1828.

President Adams appoints George W. Stover as “a Master Commandant in the Navy in the Service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by John Quincy Adams, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard. This attractive military commission bears the embossed white Navy Department seal to bottom vignette. In fine condition, with some light mirroring of ink to small portions of text and signature. Starting Bid $200

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7. John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS as presi-

dent, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.75, January 17, 1828. President Adams issues to Thomas Worth a tract of land “in the District of lands offer’d for sale at Cincinnati, Ohio, lying in Indiana, containing Eighty acres.” Signed at the conclusion by Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. Lower left bears the original paper seal, which is missing its lower portion. In very good condition, with overall wrinkling and uneven discoloration.

Starting Bid $200

8. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 15, March 25, 1829. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued to the “Barque Armadillo of New York, Jn’o Robertson master or commander of the burthen of Two hundred, fifty six & 28/95 tons or thereabouts mounted with one guns navigated with Ten men.” Signed at the conclusion by Andrew Jackson, and countersigned below by acting Secretary of State James Alexander Hamilton. Embossed white paper seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In fine condition, with some light toning and creasing. Starting Bid $200

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9. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president,

one page, 13.5 x 18, July 5, 1836. President Jackson appoints Rhett J. Mott as an “Assistant Surgeon in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Andrew Jackson, and countersigned by Secretary of War Lewis Cass. The embossed white War Office seal remains affixed to upper left panel. In fine condition, with Jackson’s signature somewhat light but fully legible. Starting Bid $200

10. Andrew Jackson. LS as president, one page, 7.75 x 4.5, July 25, 1833. Written from Washington, a letter to Thomas H. Gillip, in full: “You are hereby appointed acting Fourth Auditor to discharge the duties of Forth Auditor of the Treasury Department during the temporary absences of Mr. Kendall.” Signed boldly at the bottom by Andrew Jackson.

A clipped portrait affixed to lower left corner. In very good condition, with staining to the corners and top edge from old adhesive residue on the reverse. Starting Bid $200

11. Martin Van Buren. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 13.75 x 17.75, July 10, 1838. President Van Buren appoints George H. Griffin as an “Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion

by Martin Van Buren; the signature from Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett appears to be stamped. The embossed white War Office seal remains affixed to upper left panel. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

12. Martin Van Buren. Early ink signature, “M. Van Bu-

ren,” on an off-white 2.75 x .5 slip, which is triple-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 9.75 x 11.75. In fine condition. A decidedly early signature from Van Buren, likely deriving from his period as the Attorney General of New York.

Starting Bid $200

Hoping “to be considered as a candidate for the Senate of the U.S.” 13. William Henry Harrison. ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,”

one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.75, December 25, 1821. Letter to Ohio politician Micajah Terrell Williams, soliciting his support in his campaign for the United State Senate. In part: “I have written a sort of official notification to Captain Brown as the Senior of the Hamilton Delegation to communicate my wish to be considered as a candidate for the Senate of the U.S. I rely with confidence on the support of all of you. Mr. Short will be prevented by our commission from taking an active part but the rest can & I am sure will. You & Genl. Webb got so well acquainted with the members last year that you will have more in yr power than the others but the exertion of all will probably be necessary. There were a number of the upper members who last year voted against me solely from local considerations. Amongst these were Baldwin, Mt. Millan, Ogwatt, Stone, Jennings & Wheeler of the Senate and Harper, Galt, Lannon, House, Sloan, Whittlesey, Wilson &c &c of the House.

Some of these (particularly Wilson) assure me of this in strongest terms. Will you be so obliging as to remind them of it in as Delicate Terms as possible—not that I consider them in the smallest degree pledged to me. But they all strongly disclaim any personal Hostility and on the contrary possess a friendship for me & a willingness to have served me if an obligation to what they concern to be the interests of their immediate Constituents had not forbade it. Make my particular respects to Col. & tell him that I rely upon his aid. I would have written to him but I thought it would be better to write as few letters as possible.”

Addressed on the integral leaf by Harrison. In fine condition. Although Harrison was denied his wishes in 1821, he would be elected to the US Senate three years later. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 7

14. John Tyler. Partly-printed vellum DS as

president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 11.5 x 15, November 14, 1842. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued to the “Brig Smyrna of Duxbury, J. Comings master or commander of the burthen of One hundred and ninety six tons or thereabouts mounted with no guns navigated with eight men.”

Signed at the conclusion by President John Tyler, and countersigned below by Secretary of State Daniel Webster and Port of Boston Collector Levi Lincoln, Jr. The embossed seal is no longer present. In very good to fine condition, with the signature quite light but fully legible. Starting Bid $200

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Zachary Taylor. LS signed “Z.

15. John Tyler. Ink signa-

ture, “J. Tyler,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1 sheet, which is double-matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 12.25 x 15.75.

In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

16. John Tyler and Daniel Webster. Huge ink signature as president, “John Tyler,” and as secretary of state, “Dan’l Webster,” on an off-white 9.5 x 3 slip removed from a larger document. A contemporary notation on the reverse reads: “Sea-Letter, Ship Wm. Lee, July 8th 1844.” In fine condition, with some light irregular toning. A handsome pairing of large, bold, and crisp signatures. Starting Bid $200

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Taylor, Col., 1st Regt.

U.S. Infy., Comdg,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 27, 1834.

Written from Fort Crawford, a letter to Col. R. Jones, in part: “I have received from Lt. Ogden in behalf of the members of the Mess & other Officers of this Post a communication requesting that the services of our man may be allowed the Mess as an attendant, for which he is to receive a compensation equivalent to extra pay…I have thought proper to refer the application to the General in Chief hoping that it may meet with a favourable decision.” In fine condition, with a stain to the left edge, and light show-through along the top edge from some old mounting tape on the back.

Starting Bid $200

18. Millard Fillmore. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 17.75, August 26, 1850. President Fillmore appoints George A. H. Blake as a “Major in the first Regiment of Dragoons, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Millard Fillmore, and countersigned by Secretary of War Charles M. Conrad. The embossed white War Office seal remains affixed to upper left panel. In very good to fine condition, with overall wrinkling, and all of the handwriting light but legible. Starting Bid $200

19. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, June 24.

Letter written from Buffalo, in full: “Your apologetic note was quite unnecessary. I suspected that some unforeseen accident had deferred us of the pleasure of your company at tea, and while we could not but regret it, we had no suspicion that any blame could be attached to you.” In fine condition, with scattered faint foxing and soiling. Starting Bid $200

Fillmore complies with an autograph request 20. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 7.5, March 3, 1838. Boldly penned letter to an autograph seeker, in full: “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 23d ultimo requesting my autograph.” In fine condition. A highly attractive letter from Fillmore’s time in Congress, penned in dark ink and featuring a large signature. Starting Bid $200

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21. Millard and Caroline Fillmore. Custom-bound book of sheet music, signed twice by Millard Fillmore in his wife’s name (“Mrs. Caroline C. Fillmore”), and signed six times by his wife using her maiden name (with variations including “Caroline C. McIntosh” and “C. C. McIntosh”). Hardcover, 10.5 x 13, with quarter red leather spine and spandrels, and an inlaid red leather name panel at center gilt embossed “Mrs. Caroline C. Fillmore.” Also featuring light green feather patterned paper covers.

Missing spine and loosened front and back covers reinforced with binding tape. Expected wear to binding, edges, and corners.

Scattered foxing, ghost printing impressions, and isolated closed tears, else very good.

The book contains: Franz Hünten’s Celebrated Instructions for the Piano Forte in which the First Rudiments of Music are Clearly Explained, and the Principal Rules in the Art of Fingering (New York: Firth, Hall & Pond) unknown, but ca. 1854. It has been bound with over 40 pieces of piano sheet music arranged after Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, and others. Caroline Fillmore’s abundant finger markings throughout indicate that she dutifully played the waltzes, airs, ballads, and quick steps contained within the custom bound book. Millard Fillmore married his second wife, Caroline C. Fillmore, on February 10, 1858, five years after leaving the presidency. Starting Bid $200

A parting letter from President Pierce to his private secretary 22. Franklin Pierce. ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, March 3, 1857. Letter to his secretary Sydney Webster, written on the second-to-last day of his term as president, in part: “You need no assurance of my true and enduring friendship for you but I feel that a pleasing duty would be neglected if I were not to express, how entirely agreeable in all respects has been your discharge of official duty as my private secretary during the last four years. Your position has been one, at times of great embarrassment and always of much responsibility. Your attachment for me personally and your interest in whatever has concerned my fame or fortunes while they have increased your solicitude have it is pleasant to believe, made many causes of annoyance comparatively light. All this has been observed and fully appreciated by me and now when our official relations are about to cease I desire to say in a word that I know no person who could have made himself so entirely acceptable to me officially and in private intercourse as yourself.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the hand-addressed mailing envelope from Pierce, as well as another mailing envelope penned in the hand of Webster and marked “Important.” Starting Bid $200 10 | May 13, 2020 | PRESIDENTS AND FIRST LADIES

23. Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis. Partly-print-

ed vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce” as president and “Jeffer.

Davis” as secretary of war, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, September 1, 1856. President Pierce appoints Robert Orr Craig as “Assistant Surgeon in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by both Franklin Pierce and Jefferson Davis. Embossed War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light stains. Starting Bid $200

24. James Buchanan. Partly-printed vel-

lum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17.75, June 22, 1860. President Buchanan appoints Montgomery Fletcher as “a Chief Engineer in the Navy… in the service of the United States.” Signed crisply at the conclusion

by James Buchanan, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey. Embossed green Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition. Montgomery Fletcher served on the USS Saranac in the Pacific Squadron throughout the entirety of the Civil War. Starting Bid $200

In between Union defeats at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the president bolsters his troops 25. Abraham Lincoln. Civil

War–dated partlyprinted vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 17.5, March 13, 1863. Lincoln promotes D. D. Wager to the rank of “Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Captain.” Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Double-matted and framed with a biographical plaque to an overall size of 22.75 x 30.75. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, mild overall toning, expected moderate wrinkling, and all handwriting and signatures a few shades light, but still completely legible.

The white wafer seal remains intact.

At the time Lincoln endorsed this promotion, the war was going poorly for Union forces. Ten days earlier, the president had signed legislation enacting a draft to bolster troop numbers, and just three days before had issued an order of amnesty for men who were absent without leave in another effort to strengthen the fighting force. Perhaps to take his mind off the bloody conflict, on the very date of this promotion, Lincoln attended a performance of King Henry IV at Washington Theatre. Ironically, the play opens with a discussion of the civil war in England, with Act V involving a pardon to all of the rebels. One wonders what message our sixteenth president took away from that evening’s performance. Starting Bid $1000

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Lincoln releases Confederate POWs upon taking the amnesty oath

26. Abraham Lincoln. Civil War–dated endorsement as president, signed “Abraham Lincoln, March 16, 1865,” at the conclusion of a manuscript document, one page, 6.5 x 2, in full: “Let the within named prisoners be discharged on taking the oath of 8th December 1863.”

Attractively matted and framed with a sketch of Lincoln meeting with his advisors to an overall size of 21.75 x 20.25. In fine condition.

On December 8, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, by which he offered full pardons to any participant in the rebellion who laid down his arms and swore a loyalty oath, agreeing to ‘faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of all the States there under.’ By endorsing this directive—just thirty days before his assassination—Lincoln authorized the release of Confederate soldiers held as prisoners of war, at a time when peace negotiations to bring about the end of the war were beginning. A handsomely displayed, extremely desirable piece. Starting Bid $1000

27. Abraham Lincoln. Bold

ink signature as president, “A. Lincoln, July 16, 1864,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. Handsomely matted with a CDV-style portrait of Lincoln, also taken in 1864, printed later by Frederick Hill Meserve and affixed to a period carte-de-visite mount, to an overall size of 8 x 10. The mat is hinged to the backing board for easy viewing, with the signature slip and photograph conservatory-mounted to the board for easy removal or for framing and preserving as presented.

In fine condition. On this day, along with official duties, President Lincoln attended an evening concert of the Marine Band at the White House.

Starting Bid $500

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Desperate in Frankfurt, the grieving Mary Todd awaits aid from Congress: “I have unfortunately fallen upon ‘evil times’” 28. Mary Todd Lincoln. Unsigned handwritten

letter by Mary Todd Lincoln, four pages on two adjoining sheets of black-bordered mourning stationery, 5.25 x 8, October 28, 1869. Letter to Mrs. Sally Orne, written from Frankfurt, Germany, during a stressful time in her life. In part: “Although my front finger is still encased in its wrapping & paining me, I will write to you this morning. In my awkwardness in using my left hand, I have given my left thumb a terrible bruise by the door, that too is duly wrapped up—so with this chapter of accidents you will suppose I am not very prepared to write to my friends.

The Dr. comes in an hour’s time & I suppose he will make it all right. Now, that mythical maid (which both you and I wanted) so like to make a substantial reality would so gracefully come in—with her usual offices—but alas, I have unfortunately fallen upon ‘evil times’ & I must not venture to anticipate the little notice you so kindly enclosed me, is I believe only the note of preparation for the coming struggle…Colonel Forney is always a true hearted champion. I have always liked him, because my dear husband entertained so high an opinion of him. Will you not write to Cameron, Gen. Banks?—Sen. Wilson is a very noble man & I hope you will write to him. How much work I am giving you to do, dear friend, and yet your own kind, true heart, requires no suggestions from me…with all do not forget your promise of soon returning to Germany. How I sigh for that time, when we can cozily chat for hours together. My place is near Dr. Brown’s, on the same street, near the railroad also—that I hope will bring you soon back…I do not hear the least noise—as my modest apartments open out on a large garden—well shaded by trees. The leaves of the trees, sear & drooping like my own sad heart & blighted hopes…Taddie is so grateful to be so kindly remembered by you all & sends his most respectful regards. Gen. Sickles is also passing through a stormy time, which I hope he may weather in safety.” In fine condition, with small repairs to splitting along the folds and hinge.

Accompanied by a carte-de-visite illustration of the Lincoln family. This letter is not recorded in Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters by Turner and Turner.

After traveling with her son Tad to Scotland, Paris, and London, Mary Lincoln returned to Frankfurt, where Tad went back to school. Upon her arrival, she had received mail from a friend from her Washington days, Sally Orne, one of her regular correspondents and the wife of James Orne, a wealthy carpet manufacturer in Philadelphia who was close to President Grant.

She, too, was traveling through Europe with her daughters. The two ladies met in Frankfurt, where Sally—feeling empathetic toward Mrs. Lincoln’s financial struggles—offered to help with the pension bill before Congress. Mrs. Orne wrote to Senator Charles Sumner, describing Mary’s pathetic quarters—’There is a small desolate looking room with but one window—two chairs and a wooden table with a solitary candle’—as well as her poor state of mind: ‘Mrs. Lincoln was completely overwhelmed with grief—her sobs and tears wrung my own heart.’

Orne advocated for an increase to Mary’s pension, communicating this need to those in power in Washington. The pension bill for Mary’s increased amount had stalled in Congress and her intense interest in the bill became an obsession that started to cause erratic behavior—something evident in this letter as she mentions that she has fallen on “evil times” and refers to her “own sad heart & blighted hopes.” The “coming struggle” largely refers to the impending pension bill. It took nine more months, but the bill was ultimately passed—on a strict party-line vote—on July 14, 1870. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 13

Five days into his presidency 29. Andrew Johnson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president,

one page, 15.75 x 19.75, April 20, 1865. President Johnson appoints William H. Penrose of the U.S. Volunteers to “the rank of Brigadier General by brevet in said service…for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Middletown, Virginia.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson, and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Embossed blue War Office seal remains affixed to upper left panel. In fine condition. A veteran of notable battles at Second Bull Run, Spotsylvania, and Gettysburg, William H. Penrose (1832–1903) commanded the First New Jersey Brigade and was given a full promotion to brigadier general of volunteers in June 1865; he mustered out of volunteer forces the next year but stayed in the U.S. Army serving in the 12th, 16th and 20th U.S. Infantry Regiments. A remarkably early military commission from President Johnson—his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, succumbed to an assassin’s bullet just five days prior. Starting Bid $200

31. U. S. Grant. Partly-

30. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one

page, 15 x 19.25, April 11, 1876. President Grant appoints Benjamin F. Gibbs as a “Medical Inspector in the Navy…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion

by U. S. Grant, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson. The embossed blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light overall wrinkling. Starting Bid $200

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printed DS, one page, 8 x 10.25, November 20, 1867. As Secretary of War ad interim, Grant informs John A. Campbell “that the President of the United States has appointed you, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, especially in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., a Captain by Brevet.” In fine condition, with a light crease to the beginning of the printed text. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Grant served as Secretary of War ad interim from August 12, 1867–January 13, 1868, during Edwin Stanton’s suspension. Campbell had won a brevet brigadier general’s rank during the war for many acts of bravery, and in 1869 was appointed by President Grant as the first governor of the Wyoming Territory; he later served as Assistant Secretary of State in Grant’s administration. Starting Bid $200

34. Rutherford B. Hayes. Splendid sepia-toned 7.5 x 9

32. U. S. Grant. Crisp ink signature, “U. S. Grant, June 20th, 1884,” on an off-white 4 x 2 sheet. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a glossy portrait of General Grant to an overall size of 14.75 x 19.5. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

portrait of First Lady Lucy Hayes, affixed to the original, slightly larger studio mount, signed and dated on the lower mount by President Hayes, who signs on behalf of his wife, “1877, Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes.” On the reverse of the mount, Hayes signs again and adds an inscription: “To Mrs. Judge Dickinson, with all good wishes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Spiegel Grove, 20 September 1889.” In very good condition, with nail holes to the corners, a crease above Lucy’s head, and heavy overall foxing and soiling. Starting Bid $200

33. Rutherford B. Hayes. Signed booklet entitled “Proceedings of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen, 1887,” in original paper wrappers rebound as a hardcover in blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling, 6 x 9, 47 pages. Signed and inscribed on the front wrapper in ink, “To Mr. Charles H. Hake, with best wishes, Rutherford B. Hayes.” Bound following the booklet is a smaller pamphlet entitled “Physical Training in Education.” Autographic condition: very good to fine condition, with the signed page having toning and soiling, a central vertical fold, chipping to the right edge, and a tape-repaired tear to the right age.

Book condition: VG/None, with aforementioned flaws to front wrapper, a few marginal notations, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page of the booklet.

Founded in 1882 by John Fox Slater, the fund was a financial endowment established to benefit the education of African-Americans in the southern United States. Among its largest beneficiaries were the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Spelman Seminary, and Fisk University. Hayes was one of the original trustees of the fund, as was Chief Justice Morrison Waite. Starting Bid $200

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37. Grover Cleveland.

35. Rutherford B. Hayes. Partly-printed vellum DS as

president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 19.5, July 2, 1879. President Hayes appoints Horatio G. Wright as “Chief of Engineers with the rank of Brigadier General in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Rutherford B. Hayes, and countersigned by Secretary of War George W. McCrary. The embossed blue War Office seal remains affixed to upper left panel. In fine condition, with a small hole in the left margin. Starting Bid $200

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, June 6, 1896. President Cleveland appoints Thomas Wilson as an “Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence with the rank of Colonel in the service of the United States.”

Signed at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland, and countersigned by acting Secretary of War Joseph B. Doe. Embossed dark blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine condition, with some adhesive residue to the upper left corner, and light toning and small holes along the rightmost vertical fold. Starting Bid $200

36. Chester A. Arthur and Robert Lincoln. Partly-

printed vellum DS, signed “Chester A. Arthur” as president and “Robert T. Lincoln” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, April 25, 1884. President Arthur appoints Harry L. Bailey as a “First Lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by both Arthur and Lincoln.

The embossed dark blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left panel. In fine condition, with Lincoln’s signature somewhat light. Starting Bid $200

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38. Grover Cleveland.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, November 11, 1885. President Cleveland appoints John J. Hunker as “Lieutenant Commander in the Navy…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Grover Cleveland, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney. The embossed blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette.

In very good to fine condition, with heavy overall wrinkling.

Starting Bid $200

39. Benjamin Harrison. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 15.75 x 19.5, January 7, 1892. President Harrison appoints William M. Wherry as a “Major of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Benjamin Harrison, and countersigned by Secretary of War Stephen B. Elkins. The embossed blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

40. William McKinley. Partly-printed vellum DS as

president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, September 29, 1899.

President McKinley appoints Oscar W. Farenholz as a “Captain in the Navy…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by William McKinley, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. The embossed blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with overall wrinkling and loss to the upper corners. Starting Bid $200

41. Theodore Roosevelt. Signed book: Message of the Governor of the State of New York, 1900. Bound in soft black leather wrappers with gilt stamping, 8.25 x 10.25, 53 pages. Signed at the conclusion in ink by the governor, “Theodore Roosevelt.”

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG, with edgewear, some rubbing and chipping to spine, a bookplate affixed inside the front cover, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page. Housed in a custom-made quarter leather slipcase.

Starting Bid $200

42. Theodore Roosevelt. Signed book: Through the Brazil-

ian Wilderness. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914.

Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping, 7 x 9.75, 382 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, “To T. H. Powers Farr, from his old friend, Theodore Roosevelt.”

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with some sunning to spine, rubbing to boards, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page. A popular book in which Roosevelt chronicles his 1913 expedition into the Brazilian jungle as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition.

Starting Bid $200

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The ‘Bull Moose’ candidate-to-be on the 1912 primary: “It was a great triumph, and I am particularly appreciative of the way in which the women stood with us” 43. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 6.75 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead,

May 27, 1912. Letter to G. B. Daniels of the Oakland Enquirer, in full: “It was fine to hear from you and also to get a copy of that editorial. I still bear it in mind. Let me take this opportunity, my dear Mr. Daniels, of thanking you for the good work which you did to help bring about the magnificent victory in your State. It was a great triumph, and I am particularly appreciative of the way in which the women stood with us.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and staining, irregular toning, and tape along the back of the central horizontal fold. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt came out for women’s suffrage and became a great champion of women’s rights. Despite overwhelming support for Roosevelt in the Republican primaries, Taft was handed the nomination at the Republican National Convention in June. Roosevelt then broke away from the party to run as a member of the Progressive Party (nicknamed the ‘Bull Moose Party’). Recognizing his support for women’s suffrage, Jane Addams endorsed Roosevelt at the National Progressive Convention in August, and seconded his nomination for president. Starting Bid $200

One of Teddy’s final commissions as president 44.

Theodore Roosevelt. Partly-

printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 20.5, January 9, 1909. President Roosevelt appoints Rhodric Winfield Browne as a “First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of War Luke E. Wright. Embossed blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

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45. Theodore Roosevelt. Ink signature, “Theodore Roosevelt,” on an off-white 4 x .5 slip, which is archivally matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 15 x 18. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Justice Taft backs “a staunch friend of mine in the days when friends counted” 46. William H. Taft. ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, December 17, 1925.

Letter to Attorney General John G. Sargent, in full: “This will introduce to you an old and valued friend of mine from Springfield, Mo. Mr. E. E. E. McJimsey is the editor and proprietor of the Springfield republican, a very successful and highly influential newspaper in Western section of Missouri. He was a staunch friend of mine in the days when friends counted. He is here to speak for the retention of I. K. Parshall, U.S. Marshal in the N. D. of Missouri. Mr. Parshall’s record as Marshall for one term demonstrates his fitness. His courage and effectiveness during the stiff times of the railroad strike have led Judges Tan Falkenberg and Reaves to write letters in behalf of Parshall’s retention and I should think it was a case for proper recognition by reappointment. You will bear out my statement that I have not bothered you with letters on executive patronage but I think his is an exceptional case both because of the fitness of the officer and the request of Mr. McJimsey who is one of the most useful and valuable Republicans of what has become a Republican state. I invoke for Mr. McJimsey your kind attention.” In fine condition, with scattered brushing to the ink, some of which reveal palm and fingerprint marks. Starting Bid $200

47. William H. Taft. Unsigned book from the library of William H. Taft: The American’s Guide, Comprising the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Constitution of the United States; and the Constitutions of the Several States Comprising the Union. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1839. Hardcover bound in brown sheep with gilt spine label, 4.75 x 7.75, 418 pages. Affixed to the front pastedown is a “William Howard Taft” ex-libris bookplate. Book condition: G/None, with rubbing and wear to leather, loss at the head of the spine, partial splits to joints, moderate foxing to textblock, endpapers missing, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page. Starting Bid $200

48. William H. Taft. Signed book: William Howard Taft: American by Robert Lee Dunn. First edition. Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., 1908. Hardcover bound in tan cloth with brown lettering, 5.5 x 8, 263 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ink, “Wm. H. Taft,” above his personal ex-libris bookplate.

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with significant rubbing to the Taft portrait applied to the front board, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page. Starting Bid $200

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50. William H. Taft.

49. William H. Taft. Handsome vintage 4.25 x

6.5 cabinet portrait of William H. Taft by the Somers Studio, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “With warm esteem and respect, sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft.” In fine condition. A splendid, crystal clear portrait of the 27th American president. Starting Bid $200

Handsome vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Chief Justice Taft in his judicial robe by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and inscribed below in fountain pen as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, “For Arthur K. Reading, Attorney General of Massachusetts, with good wishes, Wm. H. Taft, Washington, Jan’y 19th, 1928.” In very good to fine condition, with two creases in the borders.

Arthur Kenneth Reading (1887–1971) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1919 to 1922, as the District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1923 to 1926, and then as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1927–1928; Reading resigned as Attorney General after the state’s House of Representatives voted to impeach him after he accepted $60,000 worth of bribes. Starting Bid $200

Inscribed to his future wife: “From Woodrow Wilson, to a young lady whom he would delight, and who will, he knows, be delighted by the rare good things of this book” 51. Woodrow Wilson. Signed book: Obiter Dicta. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1885. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt stamping, 4.5 x 7, 232 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink to his future first wife, “From Woodrow Wilson, to a young lady whom he would delight, and who will, he knows, be delighted by the rare good things of this book.” Also signed on the title page with her ownership signature, “Ellen L. Axson.” Autographic condition: fine, with the Wilson-inscribed page detached from the binding. Book condition: VG-/None, with the signed page and half-title page detached from the binding, rubbing to boards, bumped corners, slight fraying to spine ends, some bubbling to cloth, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page. Starting Bid $300

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52. Woodrow Wilson. Signed book: Why We Are At War: Messages to the Congress, January to April, 1917. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1917. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.75 x 7, 79 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink as president, “Woodrow Wilson, 5 Nov., 1917.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG-, with a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page, and significant tears and losses to dust jacket. A desirable, historic signed collection of Wilson’s war messages to Congress. Starting Bid $200

53. Woodrow Wilson. Signed book: On Being Human.

First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, 4.75 x 7, 55 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ink, “Woodrow Wilson, 24 Oct., 1916.”

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None, with bumped bottom corners and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page. Starting Bid $200

54. Woodrow Wilson. Signed book: Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905.

Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping, 5.25 x 7.5, 386 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, “Stockton, With love from W.W., Christmas 1905.”

Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light staining along the left edge of the signed page, and light toning to its perimeter. Book condition: VG/None, with sunning to spine, rubbing to extremities, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page. Starting Bid $200

55. Woodrow Wilson. Signed book: Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America, edited by Edward John Payne. First edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893. Hardcover bound in maroon cloth with gilt spine titling, 5.25 x 7.5, 272 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in ink, “Woodrow Wilson,” with a pencil notation below in another hand. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with some staining to rear board, creasing to spine ends, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page.

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56. Calvin Coolidge. Official booklet entitled “Address of President Coolidge at Gettysburg Battle Field,” delivered on May

30, 1928, printed by the Government Printing Office in 1928, seven pages, 5.75 x 9, neatly signed on the last page in ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with a light band of toning to the front wrapper, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the rear wrapper. Accompanied by a custom-made presentation folder with gilt spine titling. Starting Bid $500

57. Calvin Coolidge. Official booklet entitled “Annual Message of the President of the United States to a Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives,” delivered on December 6, 1923, printed by the Government Printing Office in 1923, 14 pages, 5.75 x 9, neatly signed on the last page in ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with a light band of toning to the front wrapper, two horizontal folds, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the rear wrapper. Accompanied by a custom-made presentation folder with gilt spine titling. Starting Bid $500

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58. Calvin Coolidge. Official booklet entitled “Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Budget, for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1928,” printed by the Government Printing Office in 1926, 13 pages, 8.25 x 10.75, neatly signed on the last page in ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with tape along the hinge and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to the last page. Accompanied by a custom-made presentation folder with gilt spine titling. Starting Bid $200

60. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Signed book: The Roosevelt Omnibus. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.75.

Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with light irregular toning, and some dampstaining to the top edge.

Book condition: VG/None, with sunning and some edge chipping to dust jacket edges, “Book of the Month Club” sticker affixed to the front of the jacket, and a “Library of Lawrence E. Miller” blindstamp to a rear page. Starting Bid $200

59. Herbert Hoover. Wonderful vin-

tage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Hoover by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and inscribed below in fountain pen, “To Arthur K. Reading, with kind regards of Herbert Hoover.” Lower left of image bears the studio blindstamp.

In very good to fine condition, with two creases in the borders.

Arthur Kenneth Reading (1887–1971) was an Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1919 to 1922, as the District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1923 to 1926, and then as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1927–1928; Reading resigned as Attorney General after the state’s House of Representatives voted to impeach him after he accepted $60,000 worth of bribes. Starting Bid $200

61. Harry S. Truman. TLS as

president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 10, 1952. Letter to the Hon. Edmond M. Hanrahan, who had served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1948–1949. In full: “I am very happy to receive your letter of the eighth. I am glad you like Harry McDonald—I am sure he will do a great job.” Truman adds a handwritten postscript: “Hope you had a grand Christmas and that 1952 will be good to you.”

In fine condition, with some light creasing in the blank areas. Harry McDonald served on the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1947 to 1951, and then became the last chair of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from 1952–1953. Starting Bid $200

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Medal of Freedom citation for the 1st Ranger Battalion’s field director, who attended to “the spiritual and physical needs of battle weary soldiers” 62. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Official citation for the Medal of Freedom, in full: “Mr. Gordon Thorpe Jackson, American Red Cross, rendered meritorious service from November 1943 to February 1944, in Italy, as Field Director with the 1st Ranger Battalion. During the bitter fighting on the Anzio beachhead, he provided comfort items. On numerous occasions, he voluntarily delivered mail and Red Cross items to front line companies. He assisted chaplains and the medical officers in administering to the spiritual and physical needs of battle weary soldiers, and when the tactical situation permitted, he established a rest center in some abandoned buildings, equipped them with bedding, writing materials, toilet articles and other comforts.

Mr. Jackson’s work was characterized by cheerful assumption of his responsibilities to the American combat soldier he served, and reflect great credit on himself and the American Red Cross.” In fine condition, with toning from prior display and rusty paperclip stains to the upper left corner. Starting Bid $200

63. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Three TLSs as president by E i s e n h o w e r, two signed “Dwight D. Eisenhower” and one signed “D. E.,” each one page, White House letterhead, dated from 1956 to 1960. The first, April 12, 1956, mentioning Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, in part: “I am delighted to have the appropriate necktie and the socks, and grateful for your thoughtful kindness. I always like to hear from someone who was with me at SHAPE.” The second, August 31, 1956, in part: “Thank you very much for your letter of congratulations on my nomination.” The third, January 3, 1960, in part: “I have managed to arrange things so I won’t be in the office on the sixth, which leads me to hope that you will celebrate your birthday anniversary at home.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by one original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

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64. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Souve-

nir typescript of General Dwight Eisenhower’s ‘Order of the Day’ on June 6, 1944, delivered upon the D-Day invasion of France, 6 x 9.25, removed from one of Eisenhower’s limited edition Crusade in Europe books, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Eisenhower. The order reads, in part: “Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Forces: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you…But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned!” In fine condition, with a faint block of toning from prior display. Starting Bid $200

President Eisenhower honors Justice Brandeis, recognizing “the debt we owe to the industry and wisdom of this great American jurist and humanitarian” 65. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, June 29, 1956. Letter to “the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Centennial Commission,” in full: “Louis Dembitz Brandeis demonstrated his respect for judicial tradition throughout his twentythree years as a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, yet he did not fail to recognize the role of law as an instrument of social advancement. Regard for human dignity was reflected in all his decisions. He had a keen and searching mind, a high regard for the individual citizen, and a distrust of concentrated power not balanced by commensurate responsibility. An advisor to statesmen, he initiated many changes in socio-legal thinking which are accepted today as a matter of course. His career provides a splendid example to young people of this country who have matured since his death a scant fifteen years ago.

It is fitting that the observance of this Centennial Year of the birth of Justice Brandeis should originate with the University founded in his name as a memorial to his ideals. Brandeis University and the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Centennial Commission are to be congratulated for reminding us of the debt we owe to the industry and wisdom of this great American jurist and humanitarian.” In fine condition.

Louis Brandeis was appointed to the US Supreme Court by Woodrow Wilson in 1916, becoming the first Jewish justice to sit on the nation’s highest court. His activism was well-regarded by peers and colleagues, and his opinions comprised some of the greatest defenses of freedom of speech and the right to privacy ever written by a member of the Supreme Court.

He was also a prominent figure in the Zionist movement, advocating for the re-creation of a Jewish national homeland as a solution to rampant anti-Semitism throughout the world. In this remarkable statement, President Eisenhower pays respectful homage to the influential jurist and reformer. Starting Bid $300

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66. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS signed “with warm regard, sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, December 28, 1965. Letter to George S. Brock, Jr., the architect who designed his home at Gettysburg. In part: “Thank you for your note as well as the pocket shield with the personalized pens, each of a different color…I was permitted very few visitors while in the hospital, but was told of your messages of concern and I am grateful for your interest. The doctors have ordered me to spend several quiet weeks at home before starting for California. Mrs. Eisenhower and I plan to leave shortly for the West Coast, and with my activities so limited there just isn’t time to work in a visit with you. I am sorry.” In very good to fine condition, with uneven toning to the perimeter. Starting Bid $200

Sincere thanks to family photographer Mark Shaw: “JFK loves the one best of John on my lap looking up at me & has gotten it especially framed for his office—which I consider the highest compliment” 67. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “Jackie,” two pages,

5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to photographer Mark Shaw, in full: “Your pictures were lovely & the color ones UNBELIEVABLE—what is your secret?—Besides your eye, film, paper?—Anyway, JFK loves the one best of John on my lap looking up at me & has gotten it especially framed for his office—which I consider the highest compliment—to John & me & most of all to you.” She adds a postscript on the second page: “JFK has taken my favorite—the one where John is on my lap turning around & looking up at me—do you think I could have 1 more of each & 3 of that—save these in case we ever need a desperate color photo—You really are a genius!” Removably mounted side-by-side and matted to an overall size of 13.5 x 11. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, creasing, and light soiling. Accompanied by Shaw’s book The John F. Kennedys: A Family Album, hardcover with dust jacket, published

by Farrar, Straus in 1964.

Shaw met the Kennedys while working as a photojournalist for Life magazine in 1959 and they began a close relationship, with Shaw becoming their de facto family photographer. As a personal friend, Shaw was able to capture intimate family moments in private, casual settings—he was afforded access to the First Family that no other photographer could get. A wonderful letter demonstrating Jackie and JFK’s heartfelt appreciation for Shaw’s work. Starting Bid $200

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Worn by JFK, with impeccable provenance from the son of his dear friend and assistant, Dave Powers 68. John F. Kennedy.

President Kennedy’s personally-owned and -worn navy blue silk neck tie with small embroidered gray design accents, made by A. Sulka & Company, measuring 54? long. Manufacturer’s and material tags are sewn to the underside of the narrow end. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by David J. Powers, son of David F. Powers, who was JFK’s close friend and assistant. In part: “Many consider my father to have been President Kennedy’s best friend.

They campaigned together from 1946 to 1963, and traveled the world together on presidential visits from 1960 to 1963. During their travels, they frequently needed to switch from casual attire to something more formal. My father and JFK were not the same size, but that mattered little when it came to neckties. This A. Sulka & Company navy silk tie with a gray graphic design was worn by JFK and subsequently ended up with my father, who may have worn it as well, as they did share on occasion. My father carefully separated this tie from others that were his alone and preserved it among his valuable memorabilia and archives.” While any items worn by presidents are incredibly desirable, the status of John and Jacqueline Kennedy as American fashion icons make pieces worn by them even more appealing. Highly sought-after, and with its excellent provenance from the Powers family, this is an extraordinary presidential piece. Starting Bid $300

Congressman Kennedy plans to speak at the “Holy Name Society communion breakfast” in 1950 69. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John,” one page, 6.25 x 9, House of Repre-

sentatives letterhead, April 21, 1950. Letter to John G. W. Mahanna, country editor for the Berkshire Evening Eagle, in part: “I have your letter of April 11th, relative to the invitation to me to be guest speaker at the Holy Name Society communion breakfast on June 4th, at St. Mary’s School Hall. Today I received the invitation from Mr. Harold V. Keegan, President of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s, and have replied that I would be most happy to accept it. I didn’t have an opportunity to meet Bob Capeless when he came to Washington recently because of the Easter recess, but I hope to meet him soon, possibly at the breakfast.” In fine condition, with a small area of singed paper loss to the upper right edge.

Kennedy and John Mahanna, a former editor of the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, became acquainted when the latter was on leave from the Pacific Theater. Mahanna, one of hundreds of soldiers returning stateside from Japan, had just obtained a San Francisco hotel room when he detected a New England accent attempting to do the very same. Mahanna approached the man and asked him if he’d like to share the room. The stranger, John F. Kennedy, accepted, which in turn led to a lifelong friendship that extended throughout JFK’s days in the White House.

A highly desirable piece associated with Kennedy’s Catholic faith. Starting Bid $200

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The hero of PT-109

70. John F. Kennedy. Pamphlet from The Reader’s Digest containing a

condensed version of John Hersey’s ‘Survival,’ six pages, 5.5 x 7.5, signed on the first page in blue ballpoint, “John Kennedy.” In good condition, with intersecting folds, creasing and staining, edge tears, and paper loss affecting the top of Kennedy’s last name. Survival was Hersey’s detailed account of how JFK battled to save the crew of PT-109 while adrift in the South Pacific. Starting Bid $200

To a war widow: “Your husband died defending the freedom of a gallant people” 71. Lyndon B. Johnson.

War-dated TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 13, 1968. Amidst the Vietnam War, President Johnson sends his condolences to Mrs. Floyd B. Spencer, Jr., in full: “I was deeply grieved to learn of the death of your husband, Major Floyd B. Spencer, Jr. Words are inadequate to express the great personal loss you have suffered; however, I would like you to know that your sorrow is shared by a grateful Nation. Your husband died defending the freedom of a gallant people and pursuing the blessing of peace. I sincerely hope time will bring a cherished memory in place of present sorrow. Mrs. Johnson and I shall keep you in our prayers.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Major Spencer was killed in action in Gia Dinh at the start of the Tet Offensive. Starting Bid $200

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72. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS

as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 29, 1965.

Letter to Ben Oehlert, in part: “Your telegram gave me a real boost, and I want you to know how much I appreciate your kind words.” In fine condition.

After graduating from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Oehlert (1909–1985) went into private practice and was later hired by the Department of State to work in the Mexican Claims Agency. He spent several years working in top offices for Coca-Cola, W. R. Grace & Co., and the Minute Maid Company before being appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to become Ambassador to Pakistan in 1967, a post he held until his retirement in 1969. Starting Bid $200

73. Richard Nixon. Partly-

printed DS, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, November 12, 1969.

President Nixon appoints Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., of New York as “a Member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Richard Nixon and countersigned by Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. Framed to an overall size of 24 x 20. In fine condition, with light overall rippling; the frame is damaged but could easily be removed or replaced. A noted conservationist and colonial furniture expert, Carpenter oversaw restorations of many historically significant properties in Newport, Rhode Island. Starting Bid $200

75. Nancy Reagan. Nan-

cy Reagan’s personallyowned purple satin-and-velour purse by Renaud Pellegrino of Paris, France, featuring a flap with snap closure and decorative jewel. In fine condition. Provenance: The Private Collection, President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Christie’s, September 2016. Accompanied by the Christie’s auction tags and a University Archives authentication tag signed by John Reznikoff. Petite and almost always impeccably dressed, Nancy Reagan was well known for her interest in designer classics and her elegant sense of style. Although criticized in 1981 for wearing designer outfits during a recession, the first lady recalled in her memoir My Turn: ‘If I had suddenly started dressing differently, how would that have helped the economy? On the contrary: I was told that because so many women look to the first lady as a fashion leader, I provided a great boost for fashion designers.’ Starting Bid $200

76. George W. Bush. Sou-

74. Nancy Reagan. Nancy Reagan’s personally-owned

beige canvas clutch purse by Christian Dior, featuring a flap with snap closure and decorative jeweled disc. In fine condition.

Provenance: The Private Collection, President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Christie’s, September 2016. Accompanied by the Christie’s auction tags and a University Archives authentication tag signed by John Reznikoff. Petite and almost always impeccably dressed, Nancy Reagan was well known for her interest in designer classics and her elegant sense of style.

Although criticized in 1981 for wearing designer outfits during a recession, the first lady recalled in her memoir My Turn: ‘If I had suddenly started dressing differently, how would that have helped the economy? On the contrary: I was told that because so many women look to the first lady as a fashion leader, I provided a great boost for fashion designers.’ Starting Bid $200

venir typescript of President Bush’s historic statement on September 11, 2001, two pages, 5 x 8.25, mock White House letterhead, signed at the conclusion in black felt tip. In part: “Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices—secretaries, business men and women, military and federal workers. Moms and dads. Friends and neighbors.

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong.

A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.” In fine condition, with lightly trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200

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77. George Bush

78. George Bush

79. George Bush

80. George Bush

81. George Bush

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83. George and Barbara Bush

84. George and Barbara Bush

85. George W. Bush

86. George W. Bush

87. The Bushes

88. Jimmy Carter

89. Jimmy Carter

90. Jimmy Carter

91. Jimmy Carter

92. Jimmy Carter

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93. Carter, Clinton, and Ford

94. Frances Cleveland

97. Bill Clinton

101. Bill Clinton

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96. Grover and Frances Cleveland

98. Bill Clinton

99. Bill Clinton

100. Bill Clinton

102. Hillary Clinton

103. The Clintons

104. The Clintons

107. Calvin Coolidge

108. Calvin and Grace Coolidge

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95. Grover Cleveland

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109. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower

110. Dwight D. Eisenhower

111. Dwight D. Eisenhower

112. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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113. Dwight D. Eisenhower

115. First Ladies

116. First Ladies

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114. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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117. Gerald Ford

118. Gerald Ford

119. Gerald Ford

120. Gerald Ford

121. Gerald Ford

122. Gerald Ford

123. Gerald and Betty Ford

124. Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer

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125. Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens

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127. James A. Garfield

128. Warren G. Harding

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131. Caroline Scott Harrison

132. Herbert Hoover

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130. Benjamin Harrison

133. Herbert Hoover

134. Herbert Hoover

135. Herbert Hoover

136. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

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129. Warren G. Harding

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137. Lyndon B. Johnson Starting Bid $200

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138. Lyndon B. Johnson Starting Bid $200

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139. Lyndon B. Johnson Starting Bid $200

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140. John F. Kennedy Starting Bid $200

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141. Kennedy Association

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142. Kennedy Family Starting Bid $200

143. Kennedy: PT-109

144. Ida McKinley

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145. James Monroe

146. Richard Nixon

147. Richard Nixon

148. Richard Nixon

149. Richard Nixon

150. Richard Nixon

151. Barack Obama Starting Bid $200

152. Presidential Playing Cards

155. Nancy Reagan

156. Ronald Reagan

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153. Presidential Programs Starting Bid $200

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154. Presidents and First Ladies Starting Bid $200

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157. Ronald Reagan

158. Ronald Reagan

159. Ronald Reagan

160. Ronald Reagan

161. Ronald Reagan

162. Ronald Reagan

163. Ronald Reagan

164. Ronald Reagan

165. Ronald and Nancy Reagan

166. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton

167. Ronald Reagan and George Bush

168. Reagan, Bush, and Gorbachev

169. Eleanor Roosevelt

170. Franklin D. Roosevelt

171. Franklin D. Roosevelt

172. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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173. Franklin D. Roosevelt

174. Franklin D. Roosevelt

175. Franklin D. Roosevelt

176. Franklin D. Roosevelt

177. Franklin D. Roosevelt

179. William H. Taft

180. Harry S. Truman

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178. Theodore Roosevelt

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181. Harry S. Truman

182. Harry S. Truman

183. Harry S. Truman

184. Harry S. Truman and Carlos Romulo

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185. Angelica Van Buren Starting Bid $200

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186. White House and Air Force One Starting Bid $200

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187. Woodrow Wilson Starting Bid $200

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188. Woodrow and Edith Wilson Starting Bid $200

The Bowman Collection For James A. Bowman, a longtime educator at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in New Castle, Pennsylvania, autograph collecting seemed the logical next step. A history buff with an impressive, award-winning stamp collection, Bowman incorporated the signatures of some of the world’s greatest names as a way of exciting the imaginations of his seventh grade classroom and, in his own particular way, bringing history to life: ‘I have found that there is a visual means of forming this necessary educational contact, which inspires the best in the lives of pupils; namely, the exhibiting of the autographs of the great people in all fields of endeavor.’

The catalyst for Bowman was a stamp auction in 1938, and the chance to obtain a coil strip of three of the 2c Thomas Edison Commemorative, signed across the face by the famed Menlo Park inventor. He lost the bid, but in his failure Bowman discovered a novel way of enhancing his philatelic pursuits—mailing stamps to notable figures for them to sign. His first successful signed stamp was Alfonso XIII of Spain, and his second, after several attempts, was King Edward VIII. Although the advent of World War II forced Bowman to secure a license for sending stamps abroad, even this could not slow the steady growth of his collection. And much to Bowman’s eruditionary delight, as his collection grew, so did the fascination of his students: ‘Many of my pupils have been inspired by the signatures of the great people of our times to do better. Some of the pupils have themselves taken up the hobby.’ Filled with an array of kings, presidents, inventors, scientists, artists, and athletes, the James A. Bowman Collection is among the most diverse we have encountered in recent years.

Fifty autographs of baseball legends, highlighted by Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax, and Kenesaw Mountain Landis 189. Baseball. Collection of 50 items signed by baseball stars and Hall of Famers, predominately consisting of postage stamps affixed to 3.5 x 2 cards, plus a handful of signatures and gold HOF cards. Signers are: Luke Appling, Dave Bancroft, Lute J. Boone, Lou Boudreau (2), Max Carey, Earle Combs, Stanley Coveleski, Stanley Covelski, Joe Cronin, Dizzy Dean, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Urban ‘Red’ Faber, Bob Feller, Ford Frick, Frank Frisch (2), Charles Gehringer, Lefty Gomez, Hank Greenberg, Burleigh Grimes, Lefty Grove, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines (2), Harry Hooper, Waite Hoyt, Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Buck Leonard, Ted Lyons, Rube Marquard (2), Joe McCarthy, Joe Medwick, Stan Musial, Sa, Rice, Edd J. Roush, Red Ruffing, George Sisler (2), Warren Spahn, Casey Stengel, Bill Terry (2), Lloyd Waner, George M. Weiss, and Early Wynn. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by many of the original mailing envelopes, housed in a binder. Starting Bid $200

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190. Chiang Kai-shek. Bold vintage ink signature of Chi-

ang Kai-shek on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp from China issued in 1945 to commemorate victory over Japan in World War II. In fine condition, with light staining to the lower left corner. Starting Bid $200

193. Civil War Veterans. Collection of 15 vintage ink signatures of Civil War veterans, most on cards bearing affixed postage stamps commemorating the reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans.

Union signers are: Theodore A. Penland (2), James A. Hard, Robert Barrett, Sr., Albert Woolson, Joseph Clovese, Douglas Story, and William Magee. Confederate signers are: William Townsend, William Bush, John Salling, G. W. Keith, Joseph Whitsett, P. R. Crump, and Walter Williams. Removably corner-mounted to four display boards with affixed clippings and annotations. In overall fine condition, with a few signatures faded and difficult to read. Starting Bid $200

191. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Vintage fountain pen

signature, “Mayling Soong Chiang,” over a postage stamp from the Republic of China affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a transmittal letter dated October 6, 1961. Starting Bid $200

194. Ty Cobb. Bold and crisp vintage fountain pen signature, “Ty Cobb,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with some light adhesive residue to the right edge, easily matted out.

Starting Bid $200

195.

Eddie Collins. Choice

192. Winston Churchill. Vintage fountain pen signature,

“W. Churchill,” over a Nicaragua postage stamp honoring the Atlantic Charter affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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vintage fountain pen signature, “Eddie Collins,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

196. Lee de Forest.

Two items: a vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “To the students of Benjamin Franklin Junior High School of New Castle, Penn., Best wishes to you all, Lee de Forest, Apr. 24, ‘44”; and a TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 26, 1944, in part: “Please express my interest in and best wishes to your students, particularly those who are interested in investigating the various aspects of radio and television.” In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

197. Charles de Gaulle. Vin-

original mailing envelope.

tage fountain pen signature, “C. de Gaulle,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 slip, stapled to a transmittal letter dated June 19, 1943. In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to the left of the signature, and two staples to the right. Accompanied by the Starting Bid $200

198. Walt Disney. Large and bold vintage fountain pen signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with a very faint diagonal strip of toning. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked in Los Angeles on May 28, 1943. Starting Bid $300

199. Albert Einstein. Highly desirable vintage ink signature, “Albert Einstein,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 slip bearing an affixed postage stamp from Israel. A partial note on the reverse, written by collector James A. Bowman, states that Einstein signed the slip before the stamp was affixed. In fine condition, with light rippling, thin tape to the side edges, and light show-through from a notation on the back. Starting Bid $300

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Rare signature of the last emperor of Vietnam 200. Emperor Bao-Dai. The last emperor of Vietnam

(1913-1997), who reigned from 1926 to 1945. Vintage fountain pen signature of Emperor Bao-Dai over a postage stamp from French Indo-China affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“Tinker to Evers to Chance”

201. John J. Evers. Extraor-

dinary vintage fountain pen signature, “Sincerely yours, John J. Evers, Tinker to Evers to Chance,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card, dated 1944 in another hand. In fine condition. A fantastic autograph of the utmost desirability as it names the famous Cubs doubleplay trio. Starting Bid $200

202. Alexander Fleming. Vintage

fountain pen signature, “A. Fleming,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with two tiny pin holes, easily matted out.

Accompanied by a transmittal slip from the Ministry of Health Emergency Medical Service, and the original mailing envelope, postmarked at Paddington, March 24, 1944. Starting Bid $200

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Sixty items signed by football legends, including Grange, Nagurski, Brown, and Halas

203. Football.

Collection of 60 items signed by football legends and Hall of Famers, predominately consisting of postage stamps affixed to 3.5 x 2 cards, plus a handful of signatures and small photos.

Signers are: Cliff Battles, Chuck Bednarik (2), Paul E. Brown (2), Jack Christiansen, Dutch Clark, Jimmy Conzelman, Art Donovan (2), Bill Dudley, Turk Edwards, Tom Fears, Dan Fortmann, Otto Graham, Red Grange (2), Joe Guyon, George Halas, Ernie Hautner, Ed Healey, Mel Hein, Arnie Herber, Clarke Hinkle (2), Crazylegs Hirsch, Cal Hubbard, Lamar Hunt, Don Hutson, Frank ‘Bruiser’ Kinard, Bobby Layne, Sid Luckman, Link Lyman, Gino Marchetti (2), Ollie Matson, George McAfee, Hugh McElhenny, Johnny ‘Blood’ McNally, Mike Michalske, Wayne Millner, Marion Motley, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Leo Nomellini, Clarence ‘Ace’ Parker, Joe Perry, Pete Pihos, Andy Robustelli, Art Rooney, Ken Strong, Joe Stydahar, Y. A. Tittle, George Trafton, Charley Trippi, Emlen Tunnell, Norm Van Brocklin, Steve Van Buren, Bob Waterfield, and Alex Wojciechowicz. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by many of the original mailing envelopes, housed in a binder.

Starting Bid $200

204. W. C. Handy. Two items: a vintage semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Handy by G. Maillard Kesslere bearing an affixed postage stamp, signed and inscribed in fountain pen by Handy to a Junior High School, and dated 1944; and a TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co. letterhead, May 18, 1944, in part: “You must be reminded that my sight is very poor, and my hand must be guided now when I write. I am praying for the improvement of my left eye…Later, I will write you about my next book—’Unsung Americans Sung,’ designed to teach our history by singing the story-lives of our pioneers. It contains thirty eight songs, biographical sketches and pictures. I think it is an original idea, and something very necessary to our schools and colleges.” In very good to fine condition, with an extra fold to the left side and to the bottom of the letter, skipping to the signature on the letter, and a vertical crease and binder dings to the photo. Accompanied by an unsigned booklet entitled “Music’s ‘Handy’ Man.” Starting Bid $200

205. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Desirable pair of vintage signatures: a fountain pen signature, “E. P. Hillary,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed Indian postage stamp honoring the conquest of Everest; and a fountain pen signature, “Tenzing, 26/9/56,” over an Indian postage stamp honoring the conquest of Everest, affixed to a 3.5 x 2 card. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by both original mailing envelopes. Starting Bid $200

Rare signature of the North Vietnamese revolutionary

206. Ho Chi Minh. Rare vintage fountain pen signature, “Ho Chi Minh,” over an ink stamp on an off-white 5.5 x 2 slip, bearing an affixed postage stamp and typed notation at the top, “Near Hanoi, Jan. 30, 1947.” In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Accompanied by a transmittal letter and two original mailing envelopes. Starting Bid $300

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207. Rogers Hornsby. Large vintage red pencil signature, “Rogers Hornsby,” on an offwhite 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. A great signature of the seven-time batting champ, signed in ‘Cardinals red.’ Starting Bid $200

Iwo Jima.

Four vintage ink signatures of figures associated with the iconic flag raising atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, all on off-white 3.5 x 2.5 cards bearing affixed postage stamps depicting the famous scene.

Signers are Marines John Bradley (“John H. Bradley”), Rene Gagnon (“Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon U.S.M.C.”), Ira Hayes (“Ira H. Hayes Pfc., U.S.M.C.”), and photographer Joe Rosenthal (“Joe Rosenthal, A.P.”). In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Historic fully signed portrait of Howard Hughes’s around-the-world crew 208. Howard Hughes. Exqui-

site vintage glossy 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Howard Hughes with the crew from his 1938 flight around the world, signed in fountain by all pictured: Howard Hughes, crew members Harry Connor, Tommy Thurlow, Dick Stoddard, and Edward Lund, and operations manager Al Lodwick. In fine condition. Though covers signed by this group are sometimes seen, signed photos are very rare.

In order to promote the New York World’s Fair, Hughes was recruited to make a special around-the-world flight in a specially designed Lockheed 14N ‘Super Electra.’ Aided by this crew and the organizational skill of Al Lodwick, Hughes took off from Floyd Bennett Field on Long Island, New York, on July 10, 1938, setting a new aroundthe-world record of 3 days, 19 hours, and 8 minutes when he returned on July 14th. He hoped the flight would be a triumph of American aviation technology, illustrating that safe, long-distance air travel was possible—a mission he accomplished with enormous success. Starting Bid $300

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210. Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal.

213. King Edward VIII. Block of four blue

Iconic vintage glossy 5.75 x 7.25 photo of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by the photographer, “Joe Rosenthal, A.P.” In fine condition, with a few small surface creases. Starting Bid $200

postage stamps from the reign of King Edward VIII, signed in the lower margin in fountain pen, “Edward.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

2 11 . Wa l t e r Johnson.

Sought-after vintage fountain pen signature, “Walter Johnson,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with a small spot of adhesive residue to the bottom, easily matted out. Starting Bid $200

214. Rudyard Kipling. Vintage fountain pen signature,

“Rudyard Kipling,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip affixed to a larger card beside a small portrait. In very good to fine condition, with light wrinkling from mounting. Starting Bid $200

212. Helen Keller. Excep-

tional 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 the pupils of Benjamin Franklin High School, With loving greetings from their friend, Helen Keller.” In fine condition, with silvering to the perimeter. Starting Bid $200

215. Larry Lajoie. Bold vintage fountain pen signature, “Larry Lajoie, 6-24-43,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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216. Kenesaw M. Landis. Desirable

FDC with a cachet honoring 100 years of baseball, boldly signed at the bottom in fountain pen, “Kenesaw M. Landis.” At the top, Lou Gehrig’s wife signs on the ballplayer’s behalf. In fine condition, with small areas of edge toning. Starting Bid $200

217. Charles Lindbergh. Airmail

cover from Panama carried by Lindbergh to Balboa Heights, 6.5 x 3.75, signed on the right side in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh, May 1934.” Removably corner-mounted to a display board with affixed clippings and images to an overall size of 10 x 16, annotated with a caption below: “The above cover was flown by C. A. Lindbergh… to Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, in 1928, and was signed by him in 1934.” In fine condition, with light wear. Starting Bid $200

“The answer was ‘Nuts’”—McAuliffe on his reply to Germany’s surrender demand at Bastogne 219. Anthony McAuliffe.

TLS signed “A. C. McAuliffe,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Department of the Army letterhead, December 28, 1949.

Letter to James A. Bowman, in part: “In reply to your inquiry as to my actual reply to the German surrender demand at Bastogne on December 22nd, 1944, the answer was ‘Nuts.’ Initially I read the surrender demand and made the remark verbally. Later, when the Germans required a written reply, it was delivered to them written in formal fashion.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing (primarily to the lower blank area), some small stains, and a tear to the bottom edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

218. Douglas MacArthur. Three fountain pen signatures, “Douglas MacArthur,” over different denominations of stamps from the Philippines affixed to off-white 3.5 x 2 cards. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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“Nuts” McAuliffe signs two Bastogne stamps 220. Anthony C. McAuliffe. Two highly desirable vintage fountain pen signatures, “A. C. McAuliffe, Nuts,” over different denominations of Belgian postage stamps memorializing Bastogne affixed to off-white 3.5 x 2.5 cards. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

221. Grandma Moses.

ANS, one page, 6 x 9, Hotel Blennerhassett letterhead, May 31, 1950. Note written at the end of James A. Bowman’s twopage request for a sketch inside a book, in full: “Pleas forgive me for keeping you so long waiting. As for the drawings I’m not alowed to, with Otto Kallir’s permit. He is now in Europe and will be till Sept, am a very busy woman these days.” In fine condition. Accompanied by two clipped return addresses in Moses’s hand, both incorporating her name (“Mrs. T. S. Moses” and “T. S. Moses”), and a clipped address panel to Bowman in her hand. Starting Bid $200

222. Earle ‘Greasy’ Neale. Ballpoint signature, “Earle

‘Greasy’ Neale,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card bearing an affixed postage stamp honoring the centennial of football. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

Starting Bid $200

223. Jesse Owens. Vintage fountain pen signa-

ture, “Jesse Owens,” over a postage stamp honoring him from the Dominican Republic affixed to an offwhite 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked in Chicago on March 19, 1957. Starting Bid $200

224. Paavo Nurmi. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Paavo Nurmi,” over a postage stamp honoring him from the Dominican Republic affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition.

Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked in Helsinki in 1957. Starting Bid $200

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From writers to world leaders, a diverse collection of 300+ autographs

225. Notables. Impressive collection of more than 300 items—predominately comprised of signed cards, but also including a few letters and photographs—signed by notable figures from a variety of fields, including scientists, writers, jurists, athletes, entertainers, politicians, and world leaders.

Highlights include: Hugo L. Black, Frank Buck, Thornton W. Burgess, Dale Carnegie, Willa Cather, Douglas Corrigan, Jack Dempsey, William O. Douglas, Theodore Dreiser, Daphne du Maurier, Felix Frankfurter, Robert Frost, David Lloyd George, Charles Dana Gibson, Ferde Grofe, Andrei Gromyko, J. Edgar Hoover, Robinson Jeffers, Rockwell Kent, Fritz Kreisler, Fiorello La Guardia, Oscar Levant, Allan Lockheed, Glenn L. Martin, W. Somerset Maugham, Aimee Semple McPherson, Robert Millikan, Ogden Nash, Eugene Ormandy, Mary Pickford, Cole Porter, Emily Post, Stanley Reed, Norman Rockwell, Sax Rohmer, Alexander P. de Seversky, Igor Sikorsky, Upton Sinclair, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Harlan F. Stone, Arthur Szyk, James Thurber, Gene Tunney, Fred M. Vinson, Earl Warren, H. G. Welles, Orson Welles, Thornton Wilder, and Wendell Willkie. In overall fine condition.

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226. Satchel Paige. Ballpoint

signature, “Satchel Paige,” on a white 3.5 x 2 card bearing an affixed postage stamp honoring the centennial of professional baseball; also signed on the reverse by Paige. In fine condition, with a tape stain to the signature on the back.

Starting Bid $200

229. Pablo Picasso. Desirable vintage ballpoint signature,

“Picasso,” over a Czech dove stamp he designed, affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Picasso’s hand. Starting Bid $200

227. George S. Patton. World War II–dated TLS signed “G.

S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, October 22, 1943. Letter to James A. Bowman, in full: “As requested in your form letter of August 20, I am enclosing herewith my signature.” Five postage stamps honoring Patton have been affixed below. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the right edge, and three binder dings to the left edge. Starting Bid $200

230. Pope Pius XII. Bold vintage

fountain pen signature, “Pius PP XII,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp from the Vatican. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

228. George S. Patton. World War II–dated official War

Department mailing envelope, 8.5 x 4, signed in the lower left corner in fountain pen with a censorship signature, “Censored, G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen.” Postmarked on October 25, 1943.

In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the right side.

Starting Bid $200

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231. Dan Reeves.

Two ballpoint signatures, “Dan Reeves,” one on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, and the other on a postage stamp honoring the centennial of football affixed at the center of the card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

232. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Two signatures: a vintage fountain pen signature, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp honoring the National Recovery Act; and a vintage fountain pen signature, “Eleanor Roosevelt,” over a postage stamp from El Salvador honoring the Roosevelts affixed to a 3.5 x 2.25 card. In fine condition. As FDR was renowned as a stamp collector, these are particularly desirable formats for these signatures. Starting Bid $200

234. E. C. Segar. TLS, one page,

8.5 x 11, October 15, 1937. Letter to James A. Bowman, in part: “Sorry that I can’t tell you much about the possibilities of a Goon song. There have been several submitted to me before, and I am forced to pass them on to the King Features Syndicate, who handle all such matters for me.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

235. Haile Selassie.

Vintage fountain pen signature of Haile Selassie on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp from Ethiopia, dated 1943. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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J e a n Sibelius. Vintage foun-

tain pen signature, “Jean Sibelius,” over a Finnish postage stamp affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Beautiful Ruth signature honoring Baseball’s first hundred years

233. Babe Ruth. Fantastic vintage fountain pen signature, “Babe Ruth,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp honoring the centennial of baseball. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, which bears a colorful World War II victory cachet, postmarked in New York on March 6, 1943. Starting Bid $300

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Remarkable collection of 400+ stamps, featuring rare signatures from faraway lands 237. Signed Stamps. Fantastic signed stamp collection, consisting of more than 400 items, consisting almost entirely of vintage ink signatures on off-white cards bearing affixed postage stamps, most measuring 3.5 x 2.5; a few clipped signatures and letters are also included. Signers predominately consist of world leaders and politicians, but also include athletes, aviators, activists, scientists, musicians, and other noteworthy figures.

Many are removably corner-mounted to display boards, while the rest are housed in binders. Highlights include: World leaders: Harry S. Truman, Edvard Benes, Mackenzie King, Francisco Franco, Sukarno of Indonesia, Hashim al-Atassi of Syria, Sisavang Vong of Laos, Alphonso XIII of Spain, Carol II of Romania, Abdullah I of Jordan, Norodom Sihanouk, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Nam Phuong of Vietnam, Miklos Horthy, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Syngman Rhee, Manuel Queson, Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Faisal of Iraq, Andrei Gromyko, Quo Taichi, Eamon de Valera, Anthony Eden, Ramon Magsaysay, Wilhelm Miklas, Juan Peron, Fulgencio Batista, and David Ben-Gurion.

Military figures: Douglas MacArthur, Charles de Gaulle, Mark W. Clark, Jonathan M. Wainwright, and Mitsuo Fuchida.

A v i a t o r s : H u g o E c k e n e r, A u g u s t e P i c card, Richard Byrd, and Umberto Nobile.

Athletes: Bob Mathias, Alain Mimoun, Bobby Morrow, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Max Schmeling.

Activists and Scientists: Carrie Chapman Catt, Jonas Salk, Christiaan Barnard, Albert Schweitzer, and Wernher von Braun.

Composers and musicians: Georges Enesco, Douglas Hyde, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Supreme Court justices: Fred Vinson, Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, Sherman Minton, Stanley Reed, Harold H. Burton, Robert H. Jackson, and Felix Frankfurter.

Writers: Thomas Mann. In overall fine condition, with fading to a few of the signatures.

A video of 95% of the collection is online. Due to the large quantity several secretarial and/or printed signatures may be included.

Interested parties are encouraged to view the video as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted. Starting Bid $500

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241. Joe Tinker. Uncom-

238. Tris Speaker. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Tris Speaker, 6-22-43,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with some scattered tiny stains. Starting Bid $200

mon vintage fountain pen signature, “Joe B. Tinker,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 card imprinted with a thank-you message and the Cubs’ famed double-play call: “I take this opportunity to thank you for writing me during my illness. Tinker - to - Evers - to - Chance.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

239. Amos Alonzo Stagg. Two items:

a paperstock 5.25 x 7.75 full-length portrait of the great coach at Stagg Field in Chicago, boldly signed in fountain pen; and a TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.5, September 12, 1943, in part: “I am enclosing autographed card and autographed sketch of me when I was at Stagg Field, Chicago.

They say that I have changed very little in appearance since I was at the University of Chicago.” In overall fine condition, with a central horizontal fold to the photo. Starting Bid $200

240. Ida Tarbell. AMS signed “Ida M. Tarbell,” one page, 8.5 x 6.5, no date. A passage from Tarbell’s manuscript for All in the Day’s Work: An Autobiography, headed, “Autobiography.” Affixed to a larger page. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from her secretary, dated May 26, 1939, and the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200 50 | May 13, 2020 | THE BOWMAN COLLECTION

242. Arturo Toscanini. Vintage fountain pen

signature, “Arturo Toscanini,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked in New York on April 13, 1943. Starting Bid $200

243. Harry S. Truman. Block of four postage stamps from Brazil honoring Truman’s 1947 visit, signed in the margin in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked in Kansas City on May 27, 1953. Starting Bid $200

244. Hendrik Willem van Loon. Historian and journalist (1882–

1944) best known for his 1921 book The Story of Mankind. Two items: a heavily hand-corrected typed manuscript page signed and titled at the top, “Life and Times of Simon Bolivar—1953, by Hendrik Willem van Loon,” one page, 8.5 x 11, with the entire text struck through; and an ALS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card, May 13, 1943, in part: “Your children might as well know what kind of hard work writing is. This is the fifth version of my Simon Bolivar and I will have to do the whole of that book twice more.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in van Loon’s hand. Starting Bid $200

245. Honus Wagner. Beautiful vintage fountain

pen signature, “J. Honus Wagner, Pittsburg Pirates, 1944,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with two scuffs to the right side, easily matted out. Starting Bid $200

248. Cy Young. Large and crisp vintage fountain

pen signature, “Cy Young,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

249. Orville Wright. Vintage fountain pen signa246. Chaim Weizmann. Vintage fountain pen

signature, “Ch. Weizmann,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

ture, “Orville Wright,” over a two-cent postcard stamp honoring the 1928 International Civil Aeronautics Conference affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition, with light foxing. Starting Bid $200

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The great leaders of the second World War

250. World War II. Collection of approximately 200 items signed by notable military figures from World War II, comprised

mostly of signed cards, covers, and letters, with highlights as follows (some names featured more than once): Hap Arnold, Omar Bradley, Mark W. Clark, Jimmy Doolittle, Ira C. Eaker, William Halsey Jr., Ernest King, William D. Leahy, Curtis LeMay, Douglas MacArthur, Anthony McAuliffe, Montgomery of Alamein, Mountbatten of Burma, George C. Marshall, Chester Nimitz, John J. Pershing, Carl Spaatz, Joseph Stilwell, Jonathan M. Wainwright, and Frank Whittle. The majority of signatures are accompanied by their original transmittal letters and mailing envelopes. The collection is housed within a set of four three-ring binders. In overall fine condition. An imposing collection of military brass.

A video of 95% of the collection is online. Due to the large quantity several secretarial and/or printed signatures may be included. Interested parties are encouraged to view the video as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted.

Starting Bid $300

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notables

Declaration of Independece As governor of Georgia, Lyman Hall aims to “cultivate harmony of sentiment and uniformity of Practice on the principles of the Federal Union” 251. Lyman Hall. LS, one

page, 6.5 x 8.5, August 25, 1783.

Letter to “His Excellency,” likely the governor of a neighboring state, in part: “I have the honor the enclose to your Excellency a copy of a resolution of the Assembly of this State; and also a copy of the names of such persons as refer’d to in the resolution—the general design of which is sufficiently explained therein, and have only to observe to your Excellency, that I am convinced the motive in this State to this proceeding arises from a disposition to cultivate harmony of sentiment and uniformity of Practice on the principles of the Federal Union, that the safety and honor of the whole may be inviolably preserved. I flatter my self it will meet your Excellency’s approbation, and that as soon as convenient, I shall be honored with a return of the names of such persons as are proscribed by the Laws of your State, and the measures adopted to render such Laws inevasive and effectual.” In fine condition. Hall ranks among the rarest signers of the Declaration of Independence, and this letter—with excellent content, written as governor of Georgia—is an exceptional exemplar. Starting Bid $500

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American Politics and Leaders 252. William Bingham. American

statesman (1752–1804) who served in the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801, including a five-month stint as president pro tempore. ALS signed “Wm. Bingham,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 4, 1799. Letter to Messrs. LeRoy, Bayard & McEver, in part: “I shall forward to you the state of my account, with an error that was introduced into the last corrected—& hope that it may be liquidated without the necessity of sending a person to New York on the Business.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Bingham’s hand, and free franked across the top, “Free, Wm. Bingham.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, intersecting folds, and staining to the integral address leaf from old adhesive residue. Starting Bid $200

254. Gouverneur Morris. American statesman (1752–

253. Patrick Henry. Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,”

one page, 14.25 x 18, August 12, 1785. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants Jeremiah Moore a “certain Tract or parcel of Land, containing Two Thousand acres…in the county of Fayette.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Henry. In good condition, with toning, loss along folds repaired with archival tape, and substantial loss to the lower left; the bold signature is unaffected by any of the document’s flaws. Starting Bid $200

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1816) and signer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who authored several sections of that document, including the well-known preamble. ALS signed “Gouv. Morris,” one page, 7.25 x 8.5, March 10, 1799. Letter to James Morris of New York, in part: “After writing my letter of this morning I looked again into the state of facts and find I was mistaken as to the Period from whence my Bond bears Interest and also in the Date of my Advance of £100 to Mr. Lawrence. The Acct enclosed will correct both.” The handwritten address leaf, with black wax seal, remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, scattered light foxing, and seal-related staining. Starting Bid $200

Activists and Social Leaders 255. Clara Barton. Signed

256. Clara Barton. ALS, one

book: History of the Red Cross.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. Paperback, 6.5 x 8.75, 227 pages.

Signed on the front cover in black ink, “Compliments of Clara Barton.” Housed in a custom clamshell case. In very good to fine condition, with edge toning, a block of toning to the title page, and a missing lower right corner tip.

Starting Bid $200

page, 5 x 8, August 25, 1899. Letter to Dr. John O. Scott, in full: “Have received your able address, and beg to acknowledge the same with thanks for kindly mention.”

In very good to fine condition, with tape repairs on the back of fold splits, and a stain to the lower left blank area.

Starting Bid $200

257. Helen Keller. Signed book: The Story of My Life. Later

printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 441 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil, “Cordially yours, Helen Keller.” Housed in an attractive custom-made clamshell case. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/ None, with fraying at spine ends. Starting Bid $200

258. Mohandas Gandhi. Highly desirable fountain pen signature, “M. K. Gandhi,” on an off-white 2 x 1.25 slip. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Gandhi raises funds for the newly founded Anti Untouchability Association

259. Mohandas Gandhi. ALS signed “M. K.

Gandhi,” one page, 4 x 6.5, October 9, 1932. In full: “Dear friends, I thank you for your letter of sympathy. The funds can be sent to the anti untouchability assn formed under the chairmanship by Sjt. G. D. Birla for the furtherance of its subjects.”

Beautifully mounted, double-matted, and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 19.25. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and a tiny hole to the upper left blank area.

In 1932, Gandhi founded the All India Anti Untouchability League—now known as Harijan Sevak Sangh (‘Servants of Untouchables Society’)—as part of his efforts to eradicate the concept of ‘untouchability’ from India’s caste system. He put his close friend, the pioneering industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla, in charge of the organization. The group’s noble efforts have helped the depressed classes to access public places such as temples, schools, roads, and water resources that were previously available only to those of privilege. A superb letter pertaining to one of the overlooked aspects of Gandhi’s activism. Starting Bid $2500

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Boldly signed biography of the Civil Rights icon 260. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed book:

What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Lerone Bennett, Jr. Second edition, revised and enlarged. NY: Pocket Book Special, 1965. Softcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 156 pages.

Prominently signed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with the signed page showing light overall toning and creasing to the lower right corner tip. Book condition: VG-/None, with edgewear, toning to extremities, and creasing to covers. Starting Bid $300

261. Nelson Mandela. Signed book: Higher Than Hope:

The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.75, 427 pages. Signed on the dedication page in blue ballpoint, “N. Mandela, 12–7–96.” In fine condition, with light sunning and wear to the dust jacket, and a gift inscription in an unknown hand to the first free end page. Starting Bid $200

262. Florence Nightingale. ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered 10 South Street letterhead, February 17, 1891. Letter to J. G. Wainwright, the treasurer of St. Thomas’ Hospital, in full: “Mr. Bonham Carter told me that you were kind enough to wish to call on me. I shall rejoice to make the acquaintance of a gentleman who has done & is doing so much for the Hospital & Nursing cause which I have so deeply at heart. Will you allow me to write to you, as just now I am very much pressed, & ask you to make an appointment some afternoon convenient to yourself? Good speed to your meeting to day.” In very good to fine condition, with a crease, and short tear, to the lower left corner. Starting Bid $200

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Schutz-Pass associated document with a neat Wallenberg signature 263. Raoul Wallenberg. DS, in Hungarian,

signed “R. Wallenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, September 28, 1944.

Document associated with the issuance of a Schutz-Pass, in part (translated): “To the National Central Authority Supervising Foreigners…We are pleased to inform you that the Royal Swedish Legation in Budapest has issued a protective passport to Mr. Miksa Lévai according to which the abovenamed person must be considered a Swedish citizen. The Legation kindly requests that the above-named individual be exempt from wearing the distinguishing symbol. The Legation certifies that the reciprocity mentioned in the relevant regulation exists with Sweden.”

In very good to fine condition, with light creasing along the edges. While Wallenberg typically signed Schutz-Passes with quick scribbles, this associated issuing document boasts a more complete signature.

Wallenberg arrived in Hungary in July 1944 as the country’s Jewish population was under siege. Nearly every other major Jewish community in Europe had already been decimated, and the Nazis were dispatching more than 10,000 Hungarian Jews to the gas chambers daily. With time of the essence, he devised and distributed thousands of these ‘Schutz-Passes’—officiallooking, but essentially invalid, Swedish passports granting the Hungarian bearer immunity from deportation. Nazi officials readily accepted the paperwork, leading to the escape from certain death for thousands of Hungarian Jews. Starting Bid $1000

The creator of the lifesaving ‘Schutz-Pass’ 264. Raoul Wallenberg. Desirable ink signature, “R. Wallenberg,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 sheet clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition, with a horizontal mailing fold between the two lines of type. Starting Bid $300

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Washington forwards literature on “the matter of race relations” 265. Booker T. Washington. TLS, one page, 8.75 x 11, Tuskegee Normal

and Industrial Institute letterhead, May 16, 1903. Letter to Kansas Senator Joseph R. Burton, in part: “I beg to say that the Hampton Institute can send you direct information as to the amount of taxable property held by the Negroes of Virginia and surrounding states. Under separate cover today I am sending you a batch of printed matter, including my address before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences last February, which will set forth quite at length my own views in the matter of race relations, etc…In this connection I would also suggest my books, ‘The Future of the American Negro,’ and ‘Up from Slavery,’ which perhaps you have already read.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Supreme Court 266.

Oliver Wendell H o l m e s , J r.

ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 5 x 8, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, March 9, 1930. Letter to George Wharton Pepper, chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In full: “Your letter gives me joy and pride, pride that could be much greater if I can persuade myself that I deserve what you say. But my gratitude for such kind words from one of eminence is not limited by the bounds set by experience to self satisfaction.

I send my heartfelt thanks to you and to the members of the Philadelphia Bar.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

267. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Excellent vintage matte-

finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Justice Holmes in his judicial robe by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed below in fountain pen, “Oliver Wendell Holmes, January 25, 1928.” Lower left of image bears the studio blindstamp. In very good to fine condition, with two creases in the borders. Starting Bid $200

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268. Vinson Supreme Court. Outstanding

vintage matte-finish 13.25 x 10.25 Bachrach portrait of the Vinson Supreme Court, affixed to its original 17 x 15.25 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by all nine justices: Fred M. Vinson, William O. Douglas, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed, Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter, Sherman Minton, Harold Hitz Burton, and Robert H. Jackson. Framed and in fine condition.

Vinson’s most dramatic dissent was when the court voided President Truman’s seizure of the steel industry during a strike in a June 3, 1952 decision, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer. The major issues his court dealt with included racial segregation, labor unions, communism, and loyalty oaths. On racial segregation, he wrote that states practicing the separate but equal doctrine must provide facilities that were truly equal. The case of Brown v. Board of Education was before the Court at the time of his death. Vinson, not wanting a 5-4 decision, had ordered a second hearing of the case. He died before the case could be reheard, at which time Earl Warren was appointed to the Court and the case was heard again. Starting Bid $200

Businessmen

269. Andrew Carnegie. Signed book: Triumphant De-

mocracy: Sixty Years’ March of the Republic. Later printing.

NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912. Hardcover, 6.25 x 8.75, 549 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, “To Elon H. Hooker, with best wishes of Andrew Carnegie, July 28th, 1917.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition VG/None, with a cracked front hinge.

Elon H. Hooker was the founder of the Hooker Chemical Company at Niagara Falls, one of the leading early American producers of chemicals and plastics. Starting Bid $200

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Scientists and Inventors Einstein portrait from 1928, inscribed to his part-time music partner

270. Albert Einstein.

Scarce vintage 4 x 5.75 silver gelatin portrait of Einstein by German press photographer John Graudenz, affixed to the original studio mount, which is signed and inscribed in German in fountain pen, “[To Youra] Guller, the wonderful performer, in gratitude, Albert Einstein, 1928.” The mount is also signed by Graudenz.

Double-matted to an overall size of 11 x 15.75. In very good to fine condition, with a few spots of foxing to the mount, a crack to the lower right corner of the mount, and a surface abrasion to the recipient’s first name.

Youra Guller, born Rose Georgette Fuller, (1895– 1980) was a French classical pianist who counted Einstein amongst her many prominent chamber music partners. According to Guller, the theoretical physicist was obsessed with intonation. An exceptional portrait boasting a beautiful full signature. Starting Bid $1000

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Einstein honors Isaac Newton on the 200th anniversary of his death 271. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 11, March 19, 1927. Letter to German philosopher Paul Feldkeller, referring to his famous 1927 article on Isaac Newton published in the Naturwissenschaften, ‘Newton’s Mechanics and its Influence on the Formation of Theoretical Physics.’ In part (translated): “As far as the Newton article is concerned, you can imagine that such requests have reached me in large numbers.

I have - written a long-promised article for Naturwissenschaften that you can reprint, if you deem it appropriate, but only with the note ‘reprinted from Naturwissenschaften.’” In fine condition, with some light creasing and faint foxing.

The 200th anniversary of Newton’s death came in 1927, and Einstein was besieged by requests to write articles about him.

In addition to his piece for Naturwissenschaften, he wrote an article called ‘Isaac Newton’ that was published in the Manchester Guardian, Observatory, and Smithsonian Institution Annual Report; and another entitled ‘On the 200th Anniversary of Newton’s Death,’ published in Nord und Süd. In these articles, Einstein traced the history of Newton’s contributions to science and recognized his achievements as they relate to the General Theory of Relativity. A superb letter connecting two of the greatest scientists in history. Starting Bid $1000

Einstein condemns superstition and exploitation whilst praising Nehru who can’t count on the “rabble”

272. Albert Einstein. Fascinating ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, no date [January 1950]. Letter to Rudolf Ehrman, who had been his physician in Berlin and who emigrated to America before World War II; in Einstein’s final years, Ehrman once again served as one of his physicians. Although undated, research indicates that the letter was likely penned in January of 1950. In full (translated): “Best wishes for the New Year and many thanks for all the attention. The book is surely very interesting. It will make it ever clearer that the unequaled Nehru doesn’t have an easy job, to clean the country from bloodsuckers and superstition, when one cannot count on the support of the rabble. In this sense our lot is easier, as we can restrain ourselves by complaining (which I, at least, put to good use).” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, a stain touching the sentiment, and light show-through from two notations on the reverse.

Containing important political as well as philosophical implications, which finds Einstein, in his condemnation of the “bloodsuckers,” making a pointed political judgment about those willing to exploit the people; while in attacking “superstition,” he confirms a scientific opinion that truth rests on knowledge rather than belief. Moreover, the letter reveals Einstein’s great admiration for Jawaharlal Nehru, appreciative of the enormous difficulties he faced as the first prime minister of India, while conversely showing his frustration towards the “rabble” and their inclination to be feed into demagoguery and religious fanaticism, which he had witnessed firsthand in Germany and now feared would occur in America. Letters boasting such direct remonstrations

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273. Richard Feynman. American theoretical physicist (19181988) whose work in quantum electrodynamics earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965; he is often credited for introducing the concept of nanotechnology, and is remembered for his unorthodox wit.

Signed book: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! First edition, later printing. NY: W. W. Norton, 1986.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 350 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black felt tip, “Richard Feynman.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with edgewear and light creasing to dust jacket flaps. Starting Bid $500

274. Robert Fulton. Original ink sketch of a side-facing view of a gentleman with surrounding mechanical diagrams accomplished by Fulton on an off-white 2.5 x 2.5 clipped sheet, titled at the top, “M. Schriber,” and signed with his initials below, “R. F., 1813.” In fine condition. Though perhaps best known for his invention of the steamboat, Fulton also developed and designed naval weaponry for several nations—namely France, England, and America—thus making him quite adept at drawing and sketching. As an original sketch from the hand of an globally influential inventor, this is a truly remarkable piece. Starting Bid $200

275. Joseph Guillotin. French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the ‘humane’ instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the government during the French Revolution. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Guillotin,” one page, 8 x 3.25, March 22, 1807. Brief untranslated document. In very good to fine condition, with soiling and creasing. Starting Bid $200

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277. Louis Pasteur. ALS in French,

276. Alexander von Humboldt. German naturalist and

explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive fivevolume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man’s knowledge. ALS in French, signed “A. Humboldt,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, no date. Untranslated. In fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $200

signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5 x 7.5, Institute Pasteur letterhead, February 4, 1891. In full (translated): “Milord, I am very touched with the feelings you expressed in your letter.

I wanted to write to you personally on behalf of the Pasteur Institute to express my gratefulness in favor of our institute.

All the funds will be credited to the Credit Foncier de France, who will send you a receipt for the sum of 50 lires. It was a good pleasure to receive your photograph, and I will promise you to send mine.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining. Starting Bid $200

Intellectuals A contrast of “Freud and Jung” 278. Erich Fromm. Social psychologist and psychoanalyst

(1900–1980) who was one of the Founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Typescript of a chapter from Erich Fromm’s 1950 book Psychoanalysis and Religion, entitled “Freud and Jung,” ten pages, 8.25 x 11, with additional two-page “Notes” section signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint by Fromm. The article, in part: “Freud dealt with the problem of religion and psychoanalysis in one of his most profound and brilliant books, The Future of an Illusion. Jung, who was the first psychoanalyst to understand that myth and religious ideas are expressions of profound insights, has dealt with the same topic in the Terry Lectures of 1937, published under the title Psychology and Religion. If I now attempt to give a brief summary of the position of both psychoanalysts it is with a threefold purpose: 1) To indicate where the discussion of the problem stands now and to locate the point from which I want to proceed. (2) To lay the groundwork for the following chapters by discussing some of the fundamental concepts used by Freud and Jung. (3) A correction of the widely held view that Freud is ‘against’ and Jung ‘for’ religion will permit us to see the fallacy of such oversimplifying statements in this complex field and to discuss the ambiguities in the meanings of ‘religion’ and ‘psychoanalysis.’” In fine condition, with light creasing and paperclip impressions. Starting Bid $200

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Marx publishes his French translation of Das Kapital in 1872

279. Karl Marx. Exceedingly rare ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.25, January 13, 1872. Letter to “Dear Citizen,” apparently the publisher Maurice Lachâtre. In full (translated): “Enclosed p. 442-472 of the manuscript. You will oblige me by acknowledging receipt. Please, by sending me the 100 copies of booklet II, add 30 copies of booklet I to your account.” In fine condition, with light creasing.

In 1872, Lachâtre published the first book of Marx’s Das Kapital in French—Le Capital, translated by Joseph Roy but edited by Marx himself. In his publishing agreement, Marx demanded that ‘the edition of his book be expressly in a form and at a price that make the work accessible to the smallest purses.’ The work proved to be the foundational text for Marxism,exploring the exploitative nature of the capitalist mode of production and the resultant struggle between social classes. Marx drew heavily from the French socialist thinkers—Claude Henri St. Simon and Charles Fourier in particular—in his studies of the political economy, making a French translation a natural fit. And, as he was fluent in French, Marx was able to edit and revise it himself.

In the end, Marx complained that Roy often translated too literally, but ‘whatever the literary defects of the French edition, it possesses a scientific value independent of the original and should be consulted even by readers familiar with German.’

Marx’s letters are incredibly scarce, and as this example is associated with the publication of his most important work, it is of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $5000

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Religious Figures 281. Pope John XXIII.

Italian Pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind the historic Second Vatican Council, John ushered in the most sweeping reforms the Catholic Church had undergone in centuries. Color matte-finish 7 x 8.75 photo of Pope John XXIII in his papal robes, affixed to its official 11 x 15 mount embossed with his official seal, signed on the mount in blue ink, “Joannes XXIII PP, 28 Dicembre 1960.” In fine condition, with some creasing to the corners of the mount. Starting Bid $200

282. Pope Pius X.

Large ink signature, “Pius PP. X,” on an off-white 9.75 x 2 slip below a handwritten Latin blessing. Affixed to a slightly larger card. In very good to fine condition, with a block of toning from prior display. Accompanied by a large, striking matte-finish 10.75 x 14.25 portrait of Pope Pius X. Starting Bid $200

World Leaders Churchill meticulously crafts the biography of his ancestor 283. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” 8 x 10, Chartwell letterhead, May 9, 1933. Letter to his proofreader and editor C. C. Wood relating to the publication of the monumental biography Marlborough: His Life and Times.

In full: “What do you advise about the old style and new style printing? Our plan is to print in old style events clearly English in their preponderance, and in new style those that are clearly Continental. When a date affects both England and the Continent we print both styles i.e. 4-14, 8-19. How should this be printed?

Should it be 4 with a diagonal line, or 4 on top of the 14 like a fraction, or 4 with 14 in brackets as you have done in certain dual dates. The complication of the year also sometimes comes in. It is very tiresome to the reader and should be minimized. Pray state what typography you advise.” Churchill sketches the three styles in the left margin as examples. In fine condition, with some light soiling to the right edge.

Churchill was commissioned to write a biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in 1929. He began writing it in earnest in 1932, and ultimately published four volumes between 1933 and 1938. He began the work in an effort to refute earlier criticisms of Marlborough by the historian Thomas Babington Macaulay. This exquisite letter reveals Churchill’s meticulousness and attention to detail as a writer, which would ultimately lead to his receipt of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.’ Starting Bid $200 66 | May 13, 2020 | NOTABLES

284. Winston Churchill. At-

tractive fountain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 5 x 4 sheet of embossed Colonial Office stationery.

Archivally matted and framed with a Karsh portrait of Churchill to an overall size of 16.25 x 23.75.

In fine condition, with a small wrinkle to the right edge. Starting Bid $200

286. Indian Leaders. Four

Newsweek and Time magazine covers from the 1960s depicting political and military leaders of India, each signed in ink or felt tip by the subject, including: Indira Gandhi, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Lal Bahadur Shastri. In overall very good to fine condition, with mailing folds to each cover. Accompanied by transmittal letters from the offices of Gandhi, Khan, and Shastri. Starting Bid $200

285. Winston Churchill. TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,”

one page, 5 x 8, Chartwell, Westerham letterhead, August 17, 1956.

Letter to author and publisher Desmond Flower, in full: “Thank you so much for sending me the jacket of Volume II. I think it looks very well indeed.” In fine condition. Flower was a publisher, book collector, and scholar who headed the Cassell & Co. publishing house, through whom Churchill published most of his writing, including the four-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoples from 1956–1958. The dust jacket of Vol. II featured the famous ‘Armada Portrait’ of Queen Elizabeth I. Starting Bid $200

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The selected works of Mao Zedong, inscribed to the special counsel of Cambodia’s King Sihanouk

287. Mao Zedong. Extremely rare signed book: Oeuvres Choisies de Mao Tse-Toung. Tome IV [Selected Works by Mao Tse-Toung. Volume IV]. First French edition. Beijing: Editions en Langues Etrangeres, 1962. Brown leatherette hardcover with original slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 488 pages. Prominently signed on an opening page in black ink Mao Zedong, brush-written in 1965 shortly before the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, with an extremely rare calligraphic inscription to foreign diplomat Charles Meyer; printed line to top of page reads (translated): “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” Autographic condition: fine.

Book condition: NF/None in a VG slipcase, with light sunning to the slipcase.

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French diplomat Charles Meyer (1923–2004) spent 25 years in Indochina, including a period of 15 in Cambodia during the 1950s and 1960s, serving King (and later Head of State) Norodom Sihanouk as his media and public affairs advisor.

In this position he formed part of the Sangkum government’s inner power circle and served as the author and editor of many official government publications. Meyer wrote several books on Cambodia, including the historical accounts ‘Behind the Khmer Smile’ (Plon, 1971) and ‘The French in Indochina: 1860-1910’ (Hachette, 1996). He left the country in 1970 in the wake of the coup d’état and the advent of the Khmer Republic. In the early 1960s, when Prince Sihanouk recognized revolutionary China as Cambodia’s most valuable ally, Meyer took part in several high-level meetings in Beijing and on the Yangtze River, summits held with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Chairman Liu Shaoqi. He was present at the 1964 talks with Zhou Enlai to promote Khmero-Chinese friendship and he served as a member of the Cambodian delegations in 1964 and 1965. It was during one of these diplomatic missions that Mao Zedong honored Meyer with this exceptionally rare token of his esteem.

Accompanying the book is an extensive archive from the collection of Charles Meyer, which contains over 140 multilingual (mainly French and Khmer) documents, letters, and telegrams that offer a unique and exclusive glimpse into King Sihanouk’s politics between the years 1958 and 1970, a period when Southeast Asia was increasingly the ‘point de conflit’ between the superpowers of China, the USSR, and the United States.

Following its independence from France in 1953, Cambodia became vulnerable to being pressed between rival interests and ideologies and, as a recourse, strengthened its relations with China in those pivotal first years; this archive contains an array of documents that shed light on their mutual state visits. During these meetings, leaders Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Mao Zedong, and Sihanouk weighed upon numerous issues such as arms production, resource extraction and processing, energy and fertilizer production, infrastructure expansion, food supply, education and health care, territorial integrity, and American imperialism.

Meyer’s archive is divided into three parts, the first of which focuses on the neighborly relations with China in the course of the cultural revolution, and contains 44 documents with over 200 total sheets concerning meetings, negotiations, audiences, minutes, delegation lists, draft trade agreements and speeches, with some bearing handwritten notes on the political and diplomatic progress between Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and Sihanouk in the years 1963-65 in Beijing. One document in particular features a resolution on the relationship between the Khmer Rouge and China, and, also of note, is an analytical summary of the dialogues held on board a boat transporting the Cambodian delegation on the Yangtze.

Sihanouk’s declaration to the Chinese people, with deletions and annotations: “Pour nous, Cambodgiens, la Chine est bien notre amie numéro un…” [“For us, Cambodians, China is as-

suredly our best friend...”) Also included are a group of five original photographs, matte-finish and glossy, with four dated to October 1965 and offering unique images of the critical Cambodia–China meetings in Beijing.

The second section focuses on the private, close relationship between Meyer and King Sihanouk, and contains 67 items, including 13 ALSs from King Sihanouk, amounting to over 100 total sheets that illustrate their direct collaboration, as well as Meyer’s career, with an assortment of documents, telegrams, newspaper articles, and letters from figures such as Queen Norodom Monineath, Ambassador Philip D. Sprouse, and authors Winston H. Burchett and Han Suyin; the latter’s TLS from December 14, 1960, concerns a group of students who wanted to travel to Cambodia in 1961 and a newspaper article published by her that had displeased the Americans in Hong Kong. Of the letters from Sihanouk, one in particular relates to the politics of French President Charles de Gaulle, (translated): “M. Messmer has informed me this minute of the very substantial gifts of France to our National Education and our National Defense (tanks, aircraft, GMC, etc....) of an extremely ‘satisfying’ quantity...”).

The third and final section comprises external relations and official communications, and contains 33 items with over 80 total sheets that include documents, interventions, summaries, newspaper articles, reports, press releases, and telegrams, with the majority featuring handwritten notes and corrections.

Included is a draft typescript headed a “Lettre ouverte aux milieux imperialists” (“Open letter to the imperialist world”), with initialed note (translated): “You have learned about the humiliating failure and the weakness of your policy in Asian countries who are your vassal states, this is a globally recognized fact...”). Starting Bid $25,000 www.RRAuction.com | 69

Oversized formal presentation portraits of Hirohito and Nagako

288. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. Magnificent vintage matte-finish 6 x 8.75 portraits of Emperor Hirohito and his wife Princess Nagako Kuni, depicting the heads of Japanese state in handsome three-quarter-length poses, both beautifully signed in bold black ink. The portraits are matted to their original display mounts, both of which measure to a size of 10 x 13. In overall fine condition, with some light edge rippling, and light silvering. A scarce few Hirohito portraits are made available to the collecting public, particularly those of this quality and size—this is among the largest Hirohito photos that we have ever offered. Starting Bid $1,000

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Meir accepts the Mathilde Schechter Award 289. Golda Meir. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Minister for Foreign Affairs let-

terhead, August 21, 1964. Letter to Mrs. Albert Fried, the national president of the National Women’s League of the United Synagogue of America, in part: “Thank you very much for writing to me, with Mrs. Treiger, on 29 July about my attending the League’s Convention continuation which, I am happy to learn, you are arranging to hold in Jerusalem between 9 and 11 May of 1965. I shall be glad of that opportunity to address your delegates, and I suggest that, nearer the time, you might get in touch with my Office to settle an exact day and hour for the occasion: I am honoured and deeply moved by the intention to present me then with the Mathilde Schechter Award, in our own Capital…I was greatly interested in the details which you gave of the organization, activities and publications of the League, and especially of Departments that aim to instill in its members a practical concern for Israel’s cultural and economic progress and to inspire secondary scholars and collegians with the ideals of Judaism.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

290. Benito Mussolini. ANS in Italian, signed “Mussolini,” one page, 5 x 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs letterhead, January 12, 1927. Letter to Count Volpi, the Minister of Finance, in full (translated): “I am returning the foreign press clippings.” In fine condition, with a light crease, and small hole, to the upper left. Starting Bid $200

291. Vietnamese Leaders. Five Newsweek and Time magazine covers from the mid-1960s depicting political and military leaders of Vietnam, each signed in black felt tip by the subject. Includes: Nguyen Van Thieu, Nguyen Cao Ky (2), Duong Van Minh, and Nguyen Kanh. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and two horizontal mailing folds to each. Accompanied by transmittal letters from the office of Prime Minister Ky for both magazine covers. Starting Bid $200

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Sun Yat-sen on fundraising for humanitarian aid and the Kuomintang party through “theatrical plays, a Tag Day, a bazaar which lasted a week and carried on entirely by women” 292. Sun Yat-sen.

Founding father and first president of the Republic of China (1866-1925). ALS in English, signed “Y-S Sen,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, The Republic of China, President’s Office letterhead, November 29, 1921. Letter to the journalist Mrs. Morton, regarding acts of humanitarian relief, photos of which he has just encountered and is sending her, along with a document explaining his recent failed Northern Expedition. He also discusses their success in raising money for humanitarian aid and for the Kuomintang party by organizing various events, such as theatre performances and a bazaar. He finishes by expressing his regret not being able to meet with her and discuss women’s actions in southern China due to his departure two days later. In full: “I have just found some pictures of the Relief work we have been doing, and am sending them to you as I believe they’ll be useful. In each of the packages there contains this enclosed slip which I hope you will get it translated for your article, as it explains the recent expedition. We have swelled our funds by means of giving theatrical plays, a Tag Day, a bazaar which lasted a week and carried on entirely by women, by the wives & daughters of prominent officials, who hitherto never come out. Altogether our fund reached over $112,000 dollars, not including the different contributions in the line of materials, such as medicines, biscuits, sweets and donuts &c, &c, which amounted to over $30,000 dollars, at least. We are trying to raise another $100,000 dollars by means of Raffles, the jewelries, curios & valuables being contributed by our own members & friends. They are being displayed at the Sun Co. now. I wish I might see you so that I could talk about the women’s work & activities in the south, but as I am leaving on the 1st I shall not have a chance as my packing isn’t done yet. Hoping that this will be of interest to you & with kind regards…P.S. Please pardon hasty scrawl. I hope you can read it!” In fine condition, with a small stain to the last page, and some short splits to the fold ends.

The “Sun Co.” mentioned was a retail concern founded in Sydney, Australia, by the Chinese expatriate Cai clan who gradually expanded their operations to mainland China. In 1912, a Sun Co. store opened in Hong Kong, and another in 1916 in Guangzhou. Following their success in the south, the Sun Co. expanded to Shanghai in 1936: their enormous department store on Nanking Road boasted the first passenger escalators in the Far East. A fascinating and significant letter by Sun Yatsen. Starting Bid $10,000

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Royalty 293. King William III. Manuscript vellum DS, signed “William R.,” one page, 13.5 x 8.5, April 7, 1697. King William appoints John Mussage to be “Adjutant to the Regiment of Foot…by our Trusty & Welbeloved Colonel Thomas Brudenell.” Signed in the upper portion by the king, and countersigned in the lower right

by Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Lower left bears the original blue paper seal, with red wax seal no longer present.

In very good condition, with overall rippling, missing seal, and staining to the top and right edges. Starting Bid $200

294. Princess Diana. Superb Royal Christmas card from

1991, measuring 13.5 x 5.75 open, featuring a color photo of the royal family affixed inside opposite a printed holiday greeting, signed and inscribed in black felt tip to the royal milliner, “Mr. Somerville, from, Diana.” Double-matted and framed with a typed caption to an overall size of 22 x 17.5.

In fine condition, with a vertical crease to left edge. Philip Somerville was famous for making hats worn by the likes of Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, and Kate Middleton. His obituary in The Sunday Times said of his influence on Princess Diana’s fashion sense: ‘He helped to mold her style—and with it the country’s taste in hats.’

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295. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Fabulous 1982

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 14 x 6 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the royal couple posing with their newborn son, Prince William, signed in fountain pen, “from Charles and” and “Diana.” In fine condition, with Diana’s signature quite faded, but still completely legible. Starting Bid $200

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Diana signs for the maker of her ‘revenge dress’ 296. Princess Diana. Blue ballpoint signature, “Diana,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 business card belonging to fashion designer Christina Stambolian. In very good condition, with overall creasing, soiling, and short edge tears. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient: “[Diana] gave this to me when I used to work in Knightsbridge, when I was a dressmaker for the designer Christina Stambolian. I made for her the black dress, which went on to become known as the revenge dress within the media. I asked her if I could have an autograph, she said that usually she doesn’t do it but for me she would as it was just us in the shop at the moment. The first thing she could grab was Christina’s business card, and so that’s what she wrote it on. She said that if I needed help or saw a dress she liked to contact the number on the back of the card and the man there would help me. She was so kind and gentle when giving the signature I had never met a customer so kind, I didn’t think for a second that she was a Princess.” Starting Bid $200

297. Queen Anne. Queen

of England (born 1665), the last British monarch in the Stuart dynasty, who reigned from 1702 until her death in 1714.

Manuscript DS in Latin, signed “Anna R.,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 11, September 9, 1704. Untranslated official letter to Prince Silvestro Valerio of the Republic of Venice. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining, foxing, and toning, and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge.

Starting Bid $200

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298. Queen Victoria.

Signed book: The Principal Speeches and Addresses of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort. London: John Murray, 1862.

Hardcover, 5.75 x 9, 268 pages. Signed on an opening page in fountain pen, “From, Victoria, 1864.” In very good condition, with overall foxing and a faint circular stain. Starting Bid $200

299. Queen Victoria.

Early Coutts & Company bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by the 21-year-old Queen Victoria, “Victoria,” payable to Mr. Rea for £50, October 23, 1840. Affixed to a black sheet annotated in white ink, “Personal cheque of Queen Victoria.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, creasing, light stains, and edge chipping. An extremely rare and early example, this is the first Victoria check we have offered.

Starting Bid $200

Explorers and Archaeologists 301. Henry M. Stanley. ALS, one

300. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Vintage ink signatures, “E. P. Hillary” and “Tenzing, 13. 7. 53,” on an off-white 6.25 x 4 album page, which is also signed by Tom Stobart, a British cameraman, filmmaker, and author, notable for having shot The Conquest of Everest, the official film of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition. In fine condition.

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page, 5.75 x 9.5, The Brunswick, Barnes & Dunklee letterhead, January 19, 1891.

Letter to future Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild, in full: “I am not my own master at present, and shall not be until the middle of April & then only for a brief space. I must crave therefore your indulgence, kindly & mercifully even as you would hope for it from a friend were you so circumstanced and straightened round about as.”

In fine condition, with a light crease to the lower left corner.

Starting Bid $200

American West 302. Rain-in-the-Face. Warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans (c.

1835–1905), whose mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn.

Exceptional original 6.25 x 9.25 silver gelatin portrait of Rain-in-the-Face, a Winchester rifle resting on his lap, posing with photographer David F. Barry. Displayed in its original 9.5 x 14 presentation mat from the Barry Studio, with the lower left of photo bearing the studio blindstamp. Reverse of mat features the studio label: “D. F. Barry, Photographs of All Noted Indian Chiefs, Photographer.” In fine condition, with a short tear to the top edge of the mat, and a clipped image of Barry affixed to mat at a later time. Originates from the personal collection of noted American West photographer David Francis Barry. Starting Bid $200

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Notorious Figures and Lawmen “You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People—Look upon your Hands!— They are stained with the Blood of your Relations!”—an early Franklin forgery 303. Benjamin Franklin Forgery. Forgery of a famous unsent autograph letter signed by Benjamin Franklin, expertly accomplished by an unidentified early forger, likely Joseph Cosey. One page, 8 x 9, July 5, 1775. Letter addressed to William Strahan, in full: “You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction—You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People—Look upon your Hands!—They are stained with the Blood of your Relations!—You and I were long Friends—You are now my Enemy,—and, I am, Yours, B. Franklin.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, foxing, and a tear to the top edge. Starting Bid $200

Elusive autograph of the New York crime boss

304. Lucky Luciano. New

York Mafia boss (1897-1962) instrumental in the development of organized crime in the US; he was responsible for splitting the Mafia into five different crime families. Exceedingly rare fountain pen signature, “Lucky Luciano,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.75 stamp. In very good to fine condition, with a vertical fold passing through the first letter of the signature, and an old piece of mounting tape on the back. Starting Bid $300

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305. Jack Ruby. Mercantile National Bank at Dallas counter check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Ruby, “Jack L. Ruby,” payable to Mrs. Mattie Nelson for $25, May 23, 1952; Ruby writes “Little Daddy” above his signature, the name of Mrs. Nelson’s son, Ben Estes Nelson, a young performer who did jigs and played the spoons at Ruby’s Silver Spur night club.

The FBI interviewed Mattie Nelson as part of its investigation after JFK’s assassination. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of Warren Commission Exhibit No. 1613, detailing the FBI’s conversation with Mrs. Nelson. Starting Bid $200

306. The 1%

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307. American Businessmen

308. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne

309. Apple: Steve Wozniak

311. John Jacob Astor III

312. Fulgencio Batista

313. Menachem Begin

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310. Julian Assange Starting Bid $200

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314. August Belmont

315. David Ben-Gurion

316. David Ben-Gurion

317. David Ben-Gurion

318. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

319. Thomas Hart Benton

320. Stephen William Blount

321. Richard Branson and Andrew Grove

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322. Leonid Brezhnev Starting Bid $200

326. Business Leaders

323. British Leaders Starting Bid $200

324. British Notables Starting Bid $200

325. British Royalty Starting Bid $200

328. Carrie Chapman Catt

329. Nicolae Ceausescu Starting Bid $200

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331. Neville Chamberlain

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332. Madame Chiang Kai-shek

333. Clementine Churchill

334. DeWitt Clinton

335. Dalai Lama

336. Dalai Lama

337. Dalai Lama

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330. Joseph Chamberlain

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327. Richard E. Byrd Starting Bid $200

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339. Frederick Douglass

340. Charles Dupin

341. Freeman Dyson

342. Economists: Samuelson and Friedman Starting Bid $200

343. Charles Edison

344. Everest Mountaineers

345. Everest: Hillary, Lowe, and Evans

346. Ben Ferencz

347. Albert Gallatin

348. J. Paul Getty

349. Barry Goldwater

350. Jane Goodall and David Attenborough

351. Charles Goodyear

352. Mikhail Gorbachev

353. Lord George Gordon

338. DNA: Crick and Watson Starting Bid $200

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354. Jay Gould Starting Bid $200

355. Horace Greeley Starting Bid $200

358. Victor Francis Hess

359. Rowland Hill

362. J. Edgar Hoover

363. Inventors

366. Jesse H. Jones

367. Helen Keller

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356. Dag Hammarskjold

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357. Heart Doctors Starting Bid $200

360. Jimmy Hoffa

361. J. Edgar Hoover

364. Israeli Leaders

365. Israeli Leaders

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368. Joseph P. Kennedy Starting Bid $100

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369. Robert F. Kennedy Starting Bid $200

370. Kennedy Assassination

371. Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill

372. Kennedy Assassination: Cecil Stoughton Starting Bid $200

373. King George II and King George III

374. King George IV Starting Bid $200

375. King George V and Mary of Teck

376. King George VI

377. King Hussein

378. Alfred Kinsey

379. Henry Kissinger

380. Henri La Fontaine Starting Bid $200

381. Labor Union Leaders

384. Lindbergh Kidnapping

385. Guglielmo Marconi

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382. Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson Starting Bid $200

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383. Gordon W. ‘Pawnee Bill’ Lillie Starting Bid $200

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386. Guglielmo Marconi

387. Jim Mattis and Michael Flynn

388. Maria Goeppert Mayer

389. Mitch McConnell

390. Medical Researchers

392. Golda Meir

393. George W. Merck

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391. Medical Researchers

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394. Moses Montefiore

395. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: 1932 Starting Bid $200

396. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: 1934 Starting Bid $200

397. Nobel Prize Winners

399. Notables

400. Sandra Day O’Connor

401. Sandra Day O’Connor

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398. Notables

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402. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

403. Rosa Parks

406. Pope Pius XI

407. Prince Philip

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410. Yitzhak Rabin

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411. Railroad

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414. Bertrand Russell

415. Carl Sagan

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404. Timothy Pickering

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408. Prince Philip Starting Bid $200

412. Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr

405. Pope John Paul II Starting Bid $200

409. Yitzhak Rabin Starting Bid $200

413. John D. Rockefeller

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416. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

417. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

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418. David Sarnoff

419. Eisaku Sato

420. Scientists

421. Glenn Seaborg

422. William H. Seward

423. William H. Seward

424. B. F. Skinner

425. Space Explorers

426. Francis Spinner

427. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

428. David Stern

429. Henry L. Stimson

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430. Robert Stroud Starting Bid $200

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431. Sukarno

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432. Supreme Court Starting Bid $200

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433. Supreme Court Justices Starting Bid $200

434. Henrietta Szold Starting Bid $200

435. Helen B. Taussig Starting Bid $200

436. Margaret Thatcher

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438. Clyde W. Tombaugh

439. William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed

440. U.S. Secretaries of State

442. Booker T. Washington

443. Watergate

444. Daniel Webster

446. Simon Wiesenthal

447. Simon Wiesenthal

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448. Stephen Wise Starting Bid $200

437. Margaret and Denis Thatcher Starting Bid $100

441. James Van Allen Starting Bid $200

445. Henry Wells and William Fargo Starting Bid $200

449. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Starting Bid $200

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452. Buzz Aldrin

453. Paul Allen

455. William Coors

456. Michael Dell

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459. Alan Greenspan Starting Bid $100

463. Lee Iacocca Starting Bid $100

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460. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera Starting Bid $100

464. Mary Kay

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454. Warren Buffett Starting Bid $200

457. DNA: James Watson Starting Bid $200

458. Michael Eisner Starting Bid $100

461. William Hewlett

462. Carl Hubbell

465. Ted Kennedy

466. Gene Kranz

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467. Bowie Kuhn

468. Buck O’Neil

470. Frank Perdue

471. T. Boone Pickens

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473. Alvah C. Roebuck Starting Bid $200

477. Dave Thomas Starting Bid $100

478. Ted Turner Starting Bid $100

469. Satchel Paige Starting Bid $200

472. Orville Redenbacher

474. Vidal Sassoon

475. Frederick W. Smith

476. Casey Stengel

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480. Mort Walker Starting Bid $100

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481. Simon Wiesenthal Starting Bid $100

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military

Cornwallis in Calcutta— “The army in Bengal is in a most wretched state, particularly the Europeans; you can conceive nothing so bad” 482. Charles Cornwallis. ALS signed “Cornwallis,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.25, November 16, 1786. Written from Calcutta, a letter to Colonel Fox, in full: “You will be glad to hear that on the whole I find my situation here, both public and private, as well as I could reasonably expect. The army in Bengal is in a most wretched state, particularly the Europeans; you can conceive nothing so bad.

I saw the 71st at Madras, looking exceedingly well, perfectly fit for service, and, indeed, in every respect above par; I am told some others of the King’s regiments were as good; that shows it is possible. The weather was so hot when I was at Madras, and my stay was so short, that I could not visit any of the country’s cantonments.

Sloper has been very ill; he is displeased at his recall, but I think he could not have lived another year. His intentions when he came out, were I believe perfectly upright, but the number of hungry dependents that he brought with him, have forced him into jobs that are totally unwarrantable, that have made him excessively unpopular, and that I am under the disagreeable necessity of undoing before his face. He never took any steps towards disciplining the army. Excuse this hasty scrawl; you shall now and then have a line either from Ross or me, but I expect to hear from you often, as I think you have the most leisure of the two. Remember me to our friend Charles Lennox, and present my best compliments to the Duke.” In very good to fine condition, with some scattered stains, including three thin tape stains along the hinge. Starting Bid $200 483. Marquis de Lafayette. LS in French, signed

“Lafayette,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, August 26, 1830. Letter to an unknown recipient, in full (translate): “I have made it a law, sir, to challenge myself with no direct request to the King, but it is with great pleasure that I will join General Lamargue and my colleagues, M. M. de Leval and Annisson to recommend you to the Minister, regarding the change you ask me.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraving bearing a facsimile signature. Starting Bid $200

484. Civil War Admirals. Collec-

tion of three ink signatures of noted Civil War admirals on individual slips, ranging in size from 4 x 1.75 to 5 x 2.75, including: David G. Farragut, David Dixon Porter, and John A. Dahlgren. Also includes a signature of David Porter, father of David Dixon Porter, adoptive father of Farragut, and once the commander of the USS Constitution. In overall very good to fine condition, with old tape to edges of the Farragut slip.

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The ‘Father of the Northwest Territory’

485. Rufus Putnam. Colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the Revolution (1738–1824) who, as an organizer of the Ohio Company, was instrumental in the initial settling of the Northwest Territory. ADS, one page, 7.75 x 5.75, July 9, 1801. Pay order submitted to “George Simpson, Cashier of the Bank of the United States,” in part: “Ten days after Sight, pay to Jonathan Trumbull or order four hundred Dollars, being for part of my Salary for the Second quarter of the present year, as Surveyor General of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Putnam, and endorsed on the reverse by Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., who was then serving as governor of Connecticut. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

The ‘Swamp Fox’ writes from the battlefield to Gen. Sumter, relating his guerilla tactics: facing an enemy “too strong for me to remove,” he instead plans to “cut off any foraging parties” 486. Francis Marion. Military officer (1732–

1795), known as the ‘Swamp Fox,’ who served during the Revolutionary War. Due to his irregular methods, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare. Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “Fran. Marion,” one page, 7.25 x 8.25, February 26, 1781. Letter to Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter, written between the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House. In full: “Since I wrote you this morning I find by the Bearer, that you Desire I should make a Junction with you, on the L’r Santee—but Colo. Watson force is now on the high hills of Santee at Colo. Richardsons & have possession of that part of the country, & is too strong for me to remove—I shall however go as near him as possible & Indeavor to cut off any foraging parties & be in the way of hearing further from you—The Bearer tells me you have failed in your attack in the Post[green] & that you have come down [with] Co. Thomp[son]—I had forgot to acquaint you that [150] men left Geo’r Town last fryday crossed over Santee & I suppose it may be intended to reinforce Nelson’s ferry or Colo. Thompsons—I wish to hear from you and I shall be the 29th at Scapmor on the head of Black River—Colo. Hasden was there is but one part of the So. Ward & that is at Pocotallage of 50 men.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, irregular overall toning, and repairs to folds, as well as a circular area of seal-related loss which affects several words of text.

Marion was renowned for ruthlessly terrorizing British troops throughout South Carolina, using his extensive knowledge of the Santee swamps to quickly attack and then disappear without a trace; he earned his nom de guerre when British commander Banastre Tarleton, after pursuing him for miles and miles through miserable terrain, observed: ‘As for this damned old fox, the Devil himself could not catch him.’ Interestingly, Tarleton was also responsible for the famous nickname of this letter’s recipient, Thomas Sumter—the ‘Carolina Gamecock’—as he had complained that Sumter ‘fought like a gamecock’ in the Battle of Blackstock’s Farm.

Rather than face the British head-on in frontal combat, Marion preferred to perform quick surprise attacks, followed by equally sudden withdrawal from the field. This strategy is evidenced in the present letter: rather than take on a stronger force in an attempt to meet with Sumter’s force, he instead plans to pester and disrupt their smaller raiding parties. Marion’s autograph is extremely rare in any form; as a battlefront letter with war-related content, this is a truly spectacular example. Starting Bid $2500

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487. Civil War Generals. Fantastic

collection of seven ink signatures of Civil War generals on individual slips and cards, ranging in size from 3 x 1 to 5 x 2.5, including: William T. Sherman, Joseph Hooker, Winfield Scott, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joseph Hooker, Irvin McDowell, and Fitzhugh Lee. In overall very good to fine condition, with old tape to edges of some slips. Starting Bid $200

488. Civil War: Union. Collection

of 12 ink signatures of Union military figures on individual slips and cards, including: Joseph Hooker, Franz Sigel, Winfield Scott Hancock (2), Benjamin F. Butler, Nelson A. Miles, Ambrose Burnside, George B. McClellan, John E. Wool, Edward Ord, Earl English, and Thomas Swords. Also includes a carte-de-visite portrait of John B. Hilton in uniform, inscribed on the reverse by Hilton; and an unsigned albumen portrait of Thomas Swords. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Exceptional content as Davis instructs his aide to inspect Southern port defenses 489. Jefferson Davis. War-dated LS signed

“Jeff’n Davis,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, Confederate States of America, Executive Department letterhead, February 9, 1863. Letter to his nephew and aide-de-camp, Colonel J. Taylor Wood, also the grandson of President Zachary Taylor. In full: “You are hereby directed to proceed to Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Port Hudson and Vickburg for the purpose of inspection and report. You will inspect, at each of these places, the naval defences & the vessels afloat with reference to their personnel, armament, and powers of offence and defence. You will ascertain the character, progress and probable time of completion of vessels upon the stocks. You will examine the Naval and machine works, and the work now on hand-the measures that have been adopted to obstruct the channels of harbor and rivers, and the facilities for ingress and egress to vessels running the blockade. You will notice the character and position of the guns bearing upon the shipping, and whatever, in your judgment, may require attention, with reference to our water defences. You will keep me advised; by letter or otherwise, of your progress, and, upon your return to Richmond will report the results of your observations.” Includes a partly-printed document signed by Secretary of War James A. Seddon, appointing Col. John Taylor Wood as “Aide-de-Camp with the rank and pay of Colonel of Cavalry.” In fine condition, with old adhesive residue on the back of the Seddon document.

Following his exploits as an officer aboard the CSS Virginia—during which he participated in its engagement with the USS Monitor, the most famous naval battle of the Civil War—Wood was appointed as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, President Davis, and soon undertook an extensive survey of Confederate coastal defenses. Departing the day after having received this letter, Wood traveled for months on his inspection tour, stopping at each of the requested sites to relay the status of “water defences.” On February 13, 1863, Wood sent word of naval and land defenses from Wilmington, North Carolina, reporting on Forts Caswell and Fisher, and asserting that ‘the absolute necessity of the place, if it is to be held against naval attack, is heavy guns, larger caliber.’ Davis listened and a larger, more formidable artillery was mounted on the referenced forts, a decision that ultimately discouraged Union forces from attacking until late in 1864. Starting Bid $300

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Scarce cabinet portrait of Jefferson Davis 490. Jefferson Davis.

Impressive 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of the Confederate president in later age by the Washburn Studio of New Orleans, signed neatly below his image in black ink by Jefferson Davis. In fine condition, with some small gouges to Davis’s jacket lapel. Starting Bid $200

491. Robert E. Lee. Ink signature of Robert E. Lee—”I have

given, R.E.L.”—on an off-white 2 x 1 slip clipped from a letter addressed to his nephew Fitzhugh Lee. Double-matted and framed with a portrait and a copy of the letter, with close-up image of the original valediction, to an overall size of 24.25 x 20.75. In fine condition. Accompanied by an ink signature of Fitzhugh Lee on an off-white 3 x 2 sheet, which is matted and framed to an overall size of 11 x 13. Starting Bid $200

492. Jefferson Davis. ALS signed “Jeffer.

Davis,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.5, October 5, 1854. As Secretary of War, Davis writes to to Kentucky Senator John C. Breckinridge. In full: “I have received your letter of the 22’d ult. transmitting a petition of several citizens for the retention of Major Anderson U. S. Army as Governor of the Military Asylum at Hanodsburgh Springs. In reply thereto I have to inform you that the change of Major Anderson’s station results from a rule of the Department, lately instituted, that Captains shall not be separated from their companies for the performance of detached duty.

Major Anderson is an old friend of mine many years standing and if personal considerations controlled in such matters it would only be necessary for me to know his wishes. Should he apply for a leave of absence, it will be considered as favorably as the exigencies of the service will permit.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 14.75; window to frame backing reveals second page of letter. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Starting Bid $200

“If he could be released on condition of taking the ‘oath of allegiance’... it would be an act of charity to his suffering family” 493. Philip H. Sheridan. Civil War–dated LS signed “P. H. Sheri-

dan,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, December 30, 1864. Letter to “Maj. Genl. E. A. Hitchcock, Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners,” in part: “I enclose you a letter from a ‘prisoner of war,’ now confined at Elmira N.Y. If he could be released on condition of taking the ‘oath of allegiance’…it would be an act of charity to his suffering family.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

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‘Stonewall’ outlines troop strengths to his commanding officer amidst 1862’s Romney Expedition

494. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. Significant Civil War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson, Maj. Genl. PACS Comdg,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.5, January 10, 1862. Letter to Joseph E. Johnston, relating to the location of his troops during the Romney Expedition, in part: “In accordance with instructions received from you I submit the following report respecting the location of the troops of this District. The numbers are not strictly accurate.

At Winchester 183 Infantry. Hanging Rock on the North Western Turnpike distant from Winchester 28 miles 650 Infantry and 56 Cavalry. At North River Mills on Couper Bridge and Frankfort Turnpike distant from Winchester 29 miles 50 Cavalry. At Martinsburg 100 Inft and 56 Cavalry. At Shepherdstown 60 Cavalry. At Duffields Depot on the B&O. R. R. midway between Charlestown and Shepherdstown 100 Inft and 26 Cavalry. At Moorfield distant 57 miles from Winchester and 27 from Romney 400 Inft. At this place on the Hampshire and Berkely Turnpike distant 24 miles from Winchester 8000 Infantry and 375 Cavalry.

Brig Genl Meem left here this morning for Moorfield with 545 Inft and Brig. Genl. Carson left here this morning for Bath a distance of 16 miles in command of 200 Inft and 25 Mounted Militia. All the Volunteers and Regulars are stationed here.” In fine condition. Jackson was in command of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) at the time he wrote this letter.

The Romney Expedition was conducted from January 1 to January 24, 1862 and acted as a precursor to Jackson’s Valley Campaign. During the expedition, Jackson was successful in cutting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line to Washington and destroying sections of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He had planned to continue the expedition into Maryland, but the severe winter weather had so hampered the morale of many of his troops who were from warmer regions much further south, that he canceled his further expeditionary plans. He returned to Winchester and began amassing his forces for his campaign through the Shenandoah Valley. A superb autograph letter with phenomenal wartime content. Starting Bid $1000

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“No military operations can be fairly considered, when we are to pass judgment on the merits of the officer who conducted them” 496. Charles Marshall. Aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee during

the Civil War (1830-1902) and author of General Order No. 9, Lee’s famous farewell address. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.75, April 14, 1886. Letter to Isaac Pennypacker in Philadelphia, in part: “I shall read Gen. McLaws articles at my earliest convenience, but I cannot promise that I will be able to write anything myself at this time. I fear that what is written to sustain or refute…a man’s actions so long ago, will be apt to partake a little too much of the character of anger—meant to be what is strictly speaking history, and I think it extremely unfair to judge Gen. Meade’s actions or those of any one else from our present standpoint. No military operations can be fairly considered, when we are to pass judgment on the merits of the officer who conducted them.” In very good to fine condition, with light irregular toning, trimmed left edge, and a paperclip impression to the top edge. Great postwar content from General Lee’s eloquent aide-de-camp. Starting Bid $200

497. William T. Sherman. ALS signed “W. T. Sherman, General,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Headquarters, Army of the United States letterhead, November 9, 1880. Letter to General Edward Follansbee Noyes, US Minister to France.

In part: “One of my…friends Mrs. Charlotte E. Hall of San Francisco is now abroad, with her children seeking health… her husband remaining in San Francisco to recover losses sustained in business. Should she apply to you I beg you will extend to her such courtesy…for I assure you she is abundantly worthy.” In very good to fine condition, with partial edge splits to folds. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Starting Bid $200

498. William T. Sherman. ALS signed “W. T. Sherman,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 9.25, December 30, 1889. Letter to General Stewart Van Vliet, in part: “I am this moment in receipt of your letter of the 28, and hurry to say that after full consideration I have positively declined the Ball of Jan. 2. Rachel is in Paris…Tomorrow night I come in after an all night affair at the Players Club to see the old year out & new year in on the night of the 3rd I am under pressure of long standing to attend a Reception at the New Lenox Lyceum. So it goes and human flesh & blood cannot stain this racket long.

Like old Rip I intend to reform. Turn over a new leaf etc. etc. but if you will come to our house for dinner the 3rd of January you can go to the McAlister Ball from here about midnight.

Fashion forbids the opening till the Opera is out…With love to all I am always your classmate & friend.” In very good to fine condition, with edge loss affecting several words of text.

Accompanied by a mailing envelope addressed to Van Vliet in Sherman’s hand, but postmarked April 15, 1889, indicating that the envelope derives from an earlier letter. Sherman and Van Vliet both graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1840. Starting Bid $200

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The racing saddle of George A. Custer

499. George A. Custer. General George A. Custer’s circa 1870s thoroughbred racing saddle, measuring approximately14.5˝ long, 10.5˝ wide, and 7˝ high, meticulously crafted with a vellum exterior. A passionate horseman, Custer owned and raced several thoroughbred horses in Kentucky; his best, Frogtown, had a great spring meeting at Lexington in 1872, winning the mile and a quarter and mile and three quarters dashes, both in record times. Custer decided to sell Frogtown in April 1876— two months before his famous ‘last stand’—because his duty out West prevented him from ‘giving so noble a horse the proper attention.’ This sleek saddle, a scaled down version of the McLellan style of the Civil War, would have been a prized possession—as an expert cavalryman, Custer knew the value of a light and well-made saddle on the battlefield and on the racetrack.

In very good condition, with overall wear and soiling.

This saddle is illustrated in Lawrence A. Frost’s 1986 book General Custer’s Thoroughbreds: Racing, Riding, Hunting and Fighting. A first edition of the book is included, inscribed by the author to the former owner of the saddle: “For Jim Strain, longtime friend and Custer buff who owns Gen. Custer’s racing saddle—with all good wishes, Lawrence A. Frost.” Also accompanied by a comprehensive provenance packet, detailing the unique history of this historic relic: the paperwork present includes family histories, letters, and documents concerning the saddle, which was obtained by James P. Strain circa 1928 from John Kirkpatrick, a descendant of the Custer family who possessed a trunk of family heirlooms. Based on correspondence within this folder, it appears that the saddle was exhibited at the International Museum of the Horse in the mid-1980s. An exceptional piece of Custer history, bringing to life the connection between his work as a cavalry officer and his passion as a racehorse enthusiast. Starting Bid $5000

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Field Marshal Montgomery writes to Prime Minister Churchill at 10 Downing Street 500. Montgomery of Alamein. Hand-addressed envelope panel, 9 x 3.75, addressed by Montgomery to “The Right Hon. Winston Churchill M.P., Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street,” and signed in the upper left corner, “Personal, B. L. Montgomery, Field-Marshal.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200

Rare check from the Duke of Wellington, payable to his wife

501. George S. Patton. ALS signed “George,” three pages, 5.25 x 8.25, May 26, 1918. As a lieutenant colonel, Patton writes home to his mother from France during World War I. In full: “A year ago to day we were just getting ready to leave Washington. To day I am in a French town with French Tanks and am the only American here or for about 100 kils. It is a most interesting place. The first night the Bosch dropped more bombs on us but did not hit any houses though they made large holes in the fields all around. The French said it was very loud bombing. It makes a great fuss and the shrapnel from the antiair-craft guns fell on the roof. Since then it has been too foggy but is clear again to day so we are looking for more visits this evening. The machines have the same effect as mosquitoes they hum around and you keep expecting something to happen—then it does. But they do not worry you for the chance of being hit is so small as to be negligible and any way there is nothing to do about it. If you are hit you are hit and there will not be enough left for a funeral. I saw a funny thing yesterday.

I was taking a walk and passed a huge cross larger than life.

On the front of the cross was nailed a sign ‘Gas’ warning that you must have your mask in the alert position as gas shells have the habit of coming that way. I could not help thinking that such a sign on the cross must be rather an insult to Christ. As gas can hardly please Him. There is a good deal of shooting here so much that you cannot distinguish individual shots it is just a constant roar not so very sharp but like furniture being moved around in an empty house. The Gers are about 4 miles away.” Includes an ink signature, “Geo. S. Patton, Jr., San Gabriel,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.5 slip clipped from an envelope. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

503. Duke of Wellington. Coutts & Company bank check,

7.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Wellington, “Wellington,” payable to his wife, “The Duchess of Wellington” for £210, September 23, 1826. Affixed to a larger scrapbook page, annotated in the margin by a collector, in part: “Given to me by the second Duke of Wellington, September 7th 1881.” In very good condition, with several vertical folds, light toning, and staining. A scarce example, this is the first Wellington check we’ve ever offered. Starting Bid $200

502. George S. Patton.

Hand-

addressed mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3.5, addressed by Patton to his mother, “Mrs. George S. Patton, San Gabriel, California,” bearing an affixed two-cent postage stamp and postmarked at Fort Riley, Kansas, June 15, 1914. The envelope is imprinted: “Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas.” Matted and framed with a color portrait and a photocopy of the originally enclosed letter to an overall size of 25.5 x 23.25. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

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504. Montgomery Blair

505. Omar Bradley

506. Omar Bradley

507. Ambrose E. Burnside

508. Ambrose E. Burnside

509. Ambrose E. Burnside

510. Benjamin Butler Starting Bid $200

511. Civil War: Confederacy

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512. Lucius D. Clay

513. John A. Dix

514. James H. Doolittle

515. James H. Doolittle

516. Desmond Doss

517. Enola Gay

518. Enola Gay

519. Enola Gay and Bockscar

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520. Enola Gay: Tom Ferebee

521. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

522. Winfield Scott Hancock

523. Paul von Hindenburg Starting Bid $200

524. Joseph Hooker Starting Bid $200

525. William E. ‘Grumble’ Jones Starting Bid $200

526. Curtis LeMay

527. Lincoln’s Cabinet

528. James Longstreet

529. James Longstreet Starting Bid $200

530. Douglas MacArthur Starting Bid $200

531. Douglas MacArthur Starting Bid $200

532. Douglas MacArthur Starting Bid $200

533. James B. McPherson

534. George G. Meade

535. Dakota Meyer

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536. Nelson A. Miles

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539. Napoleonic Leaders Starting Bid $200

541. Chester W. Nimitz

542. Rob O’Neill

543. Matthew Ridgway

544. Winfield Scott

545. Philip H. Sheridan

546. Philip H. Sheridan Starting Bid $100

547. Tuskegee Airmen: McGee and Richardson Starting Bid $200

548. Jonathan M. Wainwright Starting Bid $200

549. Gouverneur K. Warren Starting Bid $200

550. William Westmoreland

551. World War II Leaders

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537. Montgomery of Alamein

540. Chester Nimitz Starting Bid $200

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538. Frederick Muhlenberg

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aviation 552. Olive Ann Beech. Aerospace businesswoman who was the co-founder,

president, and chairwoman of the Beech Aircraft Corporation (1903–1993).

Color glossy 7 x 5 photo of the ‘First Lady of Aviation’ posing in front of one of her propeller-powered aircraft, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Samuel S. Kloda, Best Wishes, O. A. Beech, 1/21-75.” In fine condition, with thin surface creases to the right side. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from her secretary.

Starting Bid $200

553. Amy Johnson. English aviatrix (1903-1941) who be-

came the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia; she later drowned after bailing out over the Thames. Striking vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Amy Johnson wearing her aviation coat and goggles, signed in fountain pen.

Reverse bears a J. Capstack photography stamp. In very good to fine condition, with some creasing and light silvering.

Starting Bid $200

554. Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Fantastic vintage

glossy 11.5 x 9 photo of the Lockheed ‘Sirius’ airplane which Lindbergh and his wife Anne flew together to the Orient in 1931, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For the International Doll Library, Charles A. Lindbergh” and “Anne M. Lindbergh.”

Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 18.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

555. David G. Simons. American physician and Air Force lieutenant colonel (1922–2010) who, as part of Project Manhigh, set a record of high-altitude balloon flight in 1957 at 19 miles above the Earth in an aluminum capsule suspended from a helium balloon. Three items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Simons in uniform, signed and inscribed in black felt tip; and two TLSs sending his autograph, one of which expands upon his work: “At the present time I am in rehabilitation medicine at the Long Beach VA Hospital developing a research program that will examine the nature of muscle pain that is commonly responsible for much low back pain and chronic disability.” In fine condition, with some bends to the lower right corner of the photo. Starting Bid $200

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“No information Earhart plane since 0843 2 July”—US Coast Guard dispatches in the search for the lost aviatrix 556. Amelia Earhart. Historic archive of three US Coast Guard documents associated with the unsuccessful search for Amelia Earhart after her disappearance on July 2, 1937, each one page, 8 x 10.5, July 4, 1937. Includes: A carbon copy US Coast Guard Official Dispatch from Itasca to Headquarters, July 4, 1937, in part: “For Secretary Morganthau quote No information Earhart plane since 0843 2 July period Heard faint signals between 1825 and 1858 2 July which developed as nearly as could be ascertained into call q85 signals unreadable and from call letters definitely not Earhart period We are calling Earhart frequently and consistently on 3105 kilocycles and undoubtedly amateur and other stations mistake us for Earhart plane period We are pushing search at top speed day and night in logical areas north of Howland and have thoroughly searched 2000 square miles daylight today with negative results period amateur stations report unverified position from Earhart plane west of Howland which area we will search during daylight tomorrow period if party afloat on plane or raft they are drifting north and west at estimated maximum two miles per hour period visibility and general search conditions excellent period sea conditions to present time now favorable if plane or raft is afloat period have radio listening stations Howland and Baker Island and all reported commercial craft over large area familiar with situation and on the alert both visual and radio period.”

Typed memo signed by District Commander Eugene T. Osborn to Assistant Secretary Stephen B. Gibbons, in part: “In the second line the numeral group 0843 indicates the time at or near Howland Island which translated in our time would make it about 3.10pm 2 July…The call Q85 indicated in the fourth line is the only intelligent reading that could be gained from the weak signals. The 2000 square miles indicated in the ninth line were previously reported as being 3000, which is correct, is not known.”

A carbon copy U.S. Coast Guard Official Dispatch from San Francisco Division to Headquarters, July 4, 1937, in part: “Itasca and HAWSEC report hearing dashes and strong carrier wave on 3105 KCS in response to broadcast from Honolulu station KGMB for Earhart to answer if she heard request period…Itasca searching westerly quadrant to cover reported positions at daybreak.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing and intersecting folds.

In March 1937, Earhart began her first attempt to circumnavigate the globe and made it only from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, where the plane was damaged on a takeoff run. After it was repaired in California, Earhart and Noonan made a second attempt by flying east from Oakland to Miami, Florida, in May, then leaving Miami on June 1, 1937. They made several stops in South America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, before arriving at Lae, New Guinea, on June 29, 1937, having covered about 22,000 miles of the 29,000-mile flight.

At midnight GMT, on July 2, 1937, Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae Airfield, headed for Howland Island, which was 1,700 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, and just north of the equator. Their last known position report was near the Nukumanu Islands, about 800 miles into the 2,550-mile flight to Howland. The plane never successfully established radio communications with the USCGC Itasca, which was on station near Howland Island to guide Earhart and Noonan’s plane to the island. Just before 5:00 a.m. on July 2, the Itasca received calls broken up by static, but Earhart was unable to hear voice transmissions from the ship. At 6:14, Earhart reported that the aircraft was within 200 miles and requested that the ship provide a bearing for the aircraft. At 7:30-7:40, Earhart was 100 miles out and running out of gas but still could not hear the Itasca. The last known transmission from Earhart came at 8:43 a.m., and the Itasca used oil-fired boilers to generate smoke, but Earhart apparently did not see it.

One hour after Earhart’s last recorded message, the USCGC Itasca began an unsuccessful search north and west of Howland Island. The U.S. Navy soon joined the search, which lasted until July 19, 1937. At a cost of $4 million, the air and sea search by the Navy and Coast Guard was the most expensive and intensive in American history up to that time. Starting Bid $500

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557. John P. Stapp. US Air Force officer (1910–1999), flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans. His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.

Eight items signed by Col. Stapp, including: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Stapp in his rocket sled after setting a new land speed record in 1954, signed in black ink; two color 5.5 x 3.5 postcards of the Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled, both signed in black ink; a glossy 4 x 5 portrait of him in uniform, signed in black ink; and four brief handwritten notes by Stapp, replying to autograph requests. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned example of Stapp’s International Space Hall of Fame business card. Starting Bid $200

558. Test Pilots. Group lot of 10 glossy photos, ranging

in size from 8 x 8 to 10 x 8, each signed in blue or black felt tip by a notable test pilot, with some adding mission designations, including: Ken Collins (2), Rich Graham (2), Don Mallick (2), B.C. Thomas (2), and Bill Weaver (2). In overall fine condition. Accompanied by three business cards belonging to Collins, Mallick, and Thomas, each of which are signed by the respective test pilot. Starting Bid $200

559. Orville Wright.

The Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed

by Orville Wright, payable to The Gerkins Oil Company for $2.80, August 11, 1917.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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space exploration

560. Apollo 11. Desirable group lot of three official color

8 x 10 NASA lithographs of the historic Apollo 11 crew, each signed and inscribed in blue or black felt tip by the pictured astronaut: “To Greg Marx—Best of luck—Neil Armstrong,” “To Pearl Cole, with best wishes, Buzz Aldrin,” and “Best wishes to Pearl Cole, from Mike Collins.” In overall very good to fine condition, with some corner creasing to all three, and paperclip impressions to the top edges of Armstrong and Aldrin.

Starting Bid $200

563. Neil Armstrong. Official color glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Abby Abersfeller—Neil Armstrong.”

Reverse bears purple NASA caption text and “This Paper Manufactured

By Kodak” watermarks. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

562. Neil Armstrong. Original issue of the New York Daily News from “Moonday, July 21, 1969,” Long Island Final edition, Vol. 51, No. 22, 64 pages, 10.5 x 15.25, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink, “To Steve Honig—All the best—Neil Armstrong.”

Above the rare image—one showing Armstrong walking on the moon—is a subhead featuring Armstrong’s iconic words: “One Small Step for Man… One Giant Leap for Mankind.” In very good to fine condition, with wear and small tears along the spine, and expected fragility from age. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

564. Neil Armstrong. Blue felt tip

signature, “Neil Armstrong,” on a white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

Armstrong relays info on the“dates of my 7 X-15 flights” 561. Neil Armstrong. ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8, NASA letterhead, no date.

Letter to “Mr. Glass,” in full: “The dates of my 7 X-15 flights can be obtained from: Mr. Ralph Jackson, NASA, Box 273, Edwards, Calif. Sincere thanks for sending the photos.” In fine condition.

Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with the designers and engineers in the development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 through July 1962. During those flights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Starting Bid $500

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566.

Apollo 16.

Postal cover, 6 x 5, with an affixed Apollo 16 emblem sticker, postmarked on the mission launch date of April 16, 1972, signed in black ballpoint by John Young, in blue ballpoint by Ken Mattingly, and in blue ink by Charlie Duke. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

565. Alan Shepard. Amazing 8.25 x 6.25 swatch of re-entry parachute presumed to be flown on the Apollo 14 Command Module Kittyhawk, which splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971, signed in black felt tip by the mission commander: “Alan Shepard, Rear Admiral, USN, Apollo 14.” In fine condition, with tape strips to borders. Accompanied by an Apollo 14 mission patch and a full letter of authenticity from Zarelli Space Authentication for the autograph.

Shepard was designated as the commander of the first manned Project Gemini mission, but was grounded in 1963 due to Ménière’s disease, an inner-ear ailment that caused episodes of extreme dizziness and nausea. This was surgically corrected in 1969, and in 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the Apollo Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the Apollo missions. At age 47, he became the fifth, the oldest, and the earliest-born person to walk on the Moon, and the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to do so. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 to July 1969 (the approximate period of his grounding), and from June 1971 until his retirement from the United States Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.

He was promoted to rear admiral on August 25, 1971, the first astronaut to reach that rank. Starting Bid $200

567. Project Vanguard.

Impressive historic archive of John Neilon, the long-time Director of NASA’s Unmanned Launch Operations, chronicling the development of Project Vanguard, intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit. Several documents were also originally the property of Robert H. Grey, Neilon’s predecessor as Expendable Launch Operations Director at Cape Canaveral. The archive is composed of extensive paperwork and documents related to the program and the successful 1958 launch of the Vanguard I rocket, the second U.S. orbital launch. Highlights include: a unique, extremely rare, highly-detailed “Master Sequence Diagram/ Vanguard Satellite Launching Vehicle/Naval Research Lab” chart measuring six feet by two feet, dated July 2, 1959; a high-resolution, color 36” x 40” photo on heavy stock of the Vanguard I launch from Cape Canaveral on March 17, 1958; a complete, original NASA countdown document for Vanguard TV-5 (April 1958). The accompanying document archive is divided into three period folders marked, “Vanguard, Misc.

Plans—Directives—Memos,” “Vanguard, Vanguard–I, TV–4, Test Reports, Countdown Summaries,” and “Vanguard, Flight Summaries.” In overall very good to fine condition.

In response to the surprise launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, and the failure of America’s Vanguard TV3 two months later, the United States successfully launched Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958, the first satellite launched by the U.S. On March 17, 1958, Vanguard 1 became the second artificial satellite placed in Earth orbit by the U.S., and the first ever solar-powered satellite. At a mere six inches in diameter and weighing just three pounds, Vanguard 1 was described by then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev as ‘the grapefruit satellite.’ Starting Bid $200

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568. Buzz Aldrin

569. Buzz Aldrin

570. Buzz Aldrin

571. Buzz Aldrin

572. Apollo 15

573. Apollo 17 Starting Bid $200

574. Apollo Astronauts Starting Bid $100

575. Astronauts

576. Astronauts

577. Frank Borman

578. Scott Carpenter

579. Gene Cernan

580. Gene Cernan

581. Michael Collins

582. Gordon Cooper

583. Cosmonauts

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584. Charlie Duke Starting Bid $200

588. John Glenn Starting Bid $100

592. S. David Griggs Starting Bid $200

595. Chris Kraft and Glynn S. Lunney Starting Bid $100

585. Ed Dwight, Jr

587. Gemini Spacecraft Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

589. John Glenn Starting Bid $100

590. John Glenn Starting Bid $100

593. Jim Irwin

Starting Bid $200

596. James Lovell Starting Bid $200

591. John Glenn and Gordon Cooper Starting Bid $100

594. Chris Kraft Starting Bid $100

597. Ken Mattingly Starting Bid $200

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598. Jim McDivitt

599. Mercury Astronauts

600. Mercury Astronauts

602. Mission Control: Kranz and Kraft

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $100

601. Mission Control Starting Bid $100

603. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

605. Moonwalkers Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

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604. Moonwalkers Starting Bid $200

606. Moonwalkers Starting Bid $200

607. Moonwalkers: Aldrin and Shepard Starting Bid $100

608. Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Shepard, and Irwin

609. Moonwalkers: Shepard and Irwin

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

610. NASA Flight Directors Starting Bid $200

611. Sally Ride

612. Wally Schirra

613. Dave Scott

614. Alan Shepard

615. Space Shuttle

616. Space Shuttle Challenger:

617. Tom Stafford

Starting Bid $100

618. Jack Swigert Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

Scobee and Onizuka

619. Wernher von Braun Starting Bid $200

620. Women of Space

Starting Bid $200

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621. John Young Starting Bid $200

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art, architecture and design

622. Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. Eminent French

sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. ALS in French, signed “Bartholdi,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, no date. Untranslated.

In fine condition, with a repair to a split at the bottom of the hinge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

624. Camille Corot.

French landscape and portrait painter (1796– 1875) identified with the Barbizon School. ALS in French, signed “C. Cordot,” one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. In full (translated): “I announce with pleasure that your landscape has had a very good reception.” In fine condition, with paper clip impressions to the top and bottom edges.

Starting Bid $200

625. Gustave Courbet. Partlyprinted invitation in French, signed in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 7.25, postmarked May 14, 1872. Gustave Courbet invites French art historian Alfred Sensier to an opening of his painting exhibition set to take place Monday, May 27th at 10 a.m. at the Rond-Point Gallery near the Pont de l’Alma road bridge. Signed at the conclusion by Courbet. In very good condition, with overall creasing and splits to the ends of the horizontal folds. Accompanied with original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200 108 | May 13, 2020 | ART, ARCHITECTURE, & DESIGN

623. Frederick Stuart Church. ALS signed “Cousin F. S.

Church,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, New York Athletic Club letterhead, no date, with the first page featuring a wonderful sketch of a bear with a picnic basket and holding a concerning letter. Written to his cousin, in full: “’The’ blow almost killed father when I got Mrs. Godone’s letter. I had just packed a basket with the finest brand of champagne and the choicest Delmonico Tenderloins and was anticipating such a nice time—such a blow. Will I ever get up courage to go down there again—I don’t know. Will you come up Sunday morning.”

A brief postscript: “Love to Miss page—kind regards to Mrs. Godone.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

626. George Cruikshank. Original

pencil sketch by George Cruikshank on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, depicting a group of people dancing merrily outside a castle, with trees and hills visible in the background, signed below in black ink by the artist. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

627. Salvador Dali.

Magnificent glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of surrealist master Salvador Dali, signed on his forehead in thin blue felt tip, “Dali.” In fine condition, with overall light crazing to the emulsion, visible only at an angle.

Starting Bid $200

628. Jacques-Louis David. French

painter (1748–1825) and master of the Neoclassical style whose most famous works include ‘The Death of Marat’ and several portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Scarce manuscript DS in French, signed “David,” one page, 7 x 7.75, no date. An untranslated document endorsed at the conclusion by JacquesLouis David. In very good condition, with light staining and soiling. Starting Bid $200

629. Gustave Eiffel. ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,”

penned on a 5.5 x 3.5 Universal Postal Union card, no date.

Untranslated letter forwarding his autograph. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

Exotic original concept sketch by the House of Givenchy founder

631. Hubert de Givenchy. French fashion designer (1927–2018) who founded the House of

Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy. Original sketch of a gorgeous black-and-blue patterned dress accomplished in felt tip by Givenchy on a white 5.25 x 8 card, signed in the lower right in black felt tip, “Givenchy,” with several handwritten notations in the margins. In very good to fine condition, with a central horizontal fold.

A rare piece from the hand of a master. Starting Bid $200

Rare pay order from the revered English portraitist 630. Thomas Gainsborough. English portrait

and landscape painter (1727–1788) considered to be one of the most important portraitists of the 18th century. Autograph manuscript signed “Tho. Gainsborough,” one page, 7.5 x 4.5, November 10, 1757. Pay order issued to Bertie Burgh of Castleyard, Holborn, directing him to pay Michael Thirkle “ten days after the date hereof the sum of Ten guineas,” and to place to his own account. Signed at the conclusion by Thomas Gainsborough. In very good condition, with light staining, old tape on the back of fold splits, and an area of paper loss to the top edge. Starting Bid $500

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632. Jean Auguste Ingres. ALS in

French, signed “J. Ingres,” one page, 5.25 x 8, July 26, 1855. Letter to Charles-Leon Vinit, the director of the Ecole Royale des beaux-Arts, in full (translated): “You know how much I loved your so much regretted mother. I join fully in your grief but it is in these misfortunes that one can do nothing but bow down one’s head, and consolations have no power. If, however, my sad sympathy could relieve your bitter sorrow, I offer it to you from the bottom of my heart.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Accompanied by a receipt from noted autograph dealer Kenneth Rendell. Starting Bid $200

Matisse thanks a patron of his Vence Chapel 634. Henri Matisse.

ALS in French, one page, 8 x 10.5, March 16, 1949. Letter to Mrs. Alexander Prober, in full (translated): “In again finding the photograph of your charming family, I experienced the same emotion as when I saw it in your letter on the subject of the ‘Chapelle de Vence.’ Also, I permit myself to thank you for your touching attention, which I should have done in thanking you for your contribution to the construction of the chapel. Allow me to wish that these charming children will be for you a source of perfect happiness and accept, Madame, my deep respects.” In fine condition.

The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary), often referred to as the Matisse Chapel or the Vence Chapel, is a small Catholic chapel located in the town of Vence on the French Riviera. The church, which houses a number of Matisse originals, was built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by Matisse, who has regarded the project as his ‘masterpiece.’ Starting Bid $200

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Original dress design

by Lagerfeld

633. Karl Lagerfeld. Original front-and-back dress design

sketch accomplished in ink and colored pencil by Lagerfeld on an off-white 8.25 x 11.75 sheet, signed in the lower right corner, “Karl Lagerfeld.” In fine condition. Lagerfeld’s design sketches are uncommon, as he almost always destroyed them; this is the first such example we have ever offered.

Starting Bid $200

635. Jean-François Millet. French painter (1814–1875)

known as one of the founders of the Barbizon school. Scarce ALS signed “J. F. Millet,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 3, 1864. Untranslated letter to French journalist Alexandre Piedagnel. In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. Starting Bid $200

Between meals with John Singer Sargent, Monet takes in Queen Victoria’s state funeral: “What luxury of gold and colours, and the gala carriages, the teams of horses. My eyes nearly hurt” 636. Claude Monet. ALS in French, signed “Your old man who loves you, Claude,” eight pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel letterhead, February 2, 1901.

Lengthy letter to his wife Alice, commenting on the funeral of Queen Victoria (which he had observed earlier that day), meeting the writer Henry James, and attending a dinner hosted

by John Singer Sargent at a house once occupied by James McNeil Whistler. In part (loosely translated): “Yesterday evening, quite charming dinner at the friend’s of Sargent, an American painter, quite nice. Strange thing: As I entered the very well-arranged house, it seemed to me that I had been there before, and once in the dining room, there was no doubt. It is indeed one of the numerous houses in which Whistler has lived. Very good dinner in small company, Sargent and me and Mr. Harrison and his wife, an Englishwoman, everybody talking French.

Sargent had asked the permission to take me to a house to see the funeral cortege, but the difficulty consisted in re-joining each other in the morning to go there and the impossibility to find a cab this morning...I had quite difficulties to arrive there, as there were so many watchers, soldiers and policemen, all the more because the house is facing the Buckingham Palace. We should have met at the door, but fortunately Sargent had given me a password, and seeing at 9 o’clock already so many people at the windows and balconies, I finally entered the house. There was a parlour full of ladies—you see me. Now in short: The master and the mistress of the house, very charming, indeed, presented me to French speaking people and placed me very well. I met there the sister of Miss Monsé, the friend of Clemenceau, as well as a great American writer, living in England, indeed, speaking French admirably well and who was charming with me, indeed, explaining to me everything, showing to me all the personalities of the society (his name is Henry James). Sargent says that he is the greatest English writer. Does Butler know him? We waited until after noon. And as it was cold, one let pass a soup. There were about 100 people in the building, distributed on all floors. And I was lucky to be on the first one, as well as Sargent, who finally arrived after 10 o’clock. I’m very content to have seen this, for it was a unique spectacle, at the same time excellent weather, a light mist with a half-sun and as setting the St. James Park, but what a crowd! And it would have been fine to make a sketch of it.

In all the blackness of the crowd these horsemen in red cloaks, with helmets, moreover this quantity of uniforms of all countries.

But apart from the contemplativeness of everyone during the passage of the hearse, all this scarcely resembled a funeral. At first no crepe, no black, all buildings decorated with mauve cloths, the hearse was a gun carriage drawn by magnificent horses, white coffee covered with gold and coloured cloths. Then finally the king and William, who appeared to me astonishingly slim.

I expected him to have an elegant appearance. Regarding the king, impressing on his horse and by his big stature, that was furthermore excellent. What luxury of gold and colours, and the gala carriages, the teams of horses. My eyes nearly hurt. But the high point was to watch from above that immense crowd dissipating once the last soldier had passed. And we didn’t know where to blaze a trail, Sargent and me, to go to lunch. No cab, all the restaurants closed until 2 o’clock, the Savoy, too. Narrowly Sargent found an open Italian restaurant. I was back at 3 o’clock.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French ministry of culture. Boasting a multitude of art-world associations and offering splendid first-person impressions of a historically significant event—the funeral of the UK’s then-longest-reigning monarch—this is a truly remarkable letter by one of history’s great painters. Starting Bid $2500

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Monet on his “gastric embarrassment” 637. Claude Monet. ALS in pencil, two pages on two adjoining sheets, black-bordered Giverny par Vernon letterhead, November 5, 1914. Letter to art critic Gustave Geffroy, an early supporter of the Impressionists, in part (translated): “I thought of coming, these past days, to Paris, but I was suddenly taken of a discomfort which prevents me from traveling there for the moment: nothing serious besides, gastric embarrassment…Thank you for your good thoughts, with all my heart.” In fine condition.

Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Monet’s hand. Starting Bid $300

“I have a painting from last summer at the Whitney Museum”

640. Norman Rockwell. Fantas-

tic glossy 8.25 x 12.25 photo of Rockwell at work in his sparse studio, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint, “Sincerely, Norman Rockwell.”

In fine condition, with some minor ink adhesion trouble. Starting Bid $200

638. Georgia O’Keeffe. ALS, one

page, 8.5 x 11, January 14, 1964. Letter to Pulitzer Prize–wining author Pearl Buck, in full: “I have a painting from last summer at the Whitney Museum show till Feb. 2nd, if you are in the city and can get to it these cold days. It is on the first floor— right in front of you if you walk through the Museum of Modern Art into the Whitney. All the best to you.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

639. Maxfield Parrish. Attractive color 4 x 5.5 print of Maxfield Parrish’s 1944 painting entitled ‘Evening,’ signed below in black ink by the artist. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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641. Auguste Rodin.

ALS in French, signed “Votre sculpteur, Rodin,” one blackbordered page, 4.25 x 6.5, no date. Letter to Mr. Baragnon, in full (translated): “Could you do me the favor of inserting, in your newspaper of this evening, the excerpt of the Voltaire of Roger Max giving the critique of the art-show competition of my friend Dalou which is currently exhibited in the Beaux Arts.

(Avenue Gambetta). I would be grateful to you.” In fine condition. Jules Dalou (1838–1902) is perhaps best remembered for his Triomphe de la Republic, which is now housed in the Place de la Nation in Paris. Starting Bid $200

A portrait of an old friend, gifted by Picasso to his trusted housekeeper

642. Pablo Picasso. Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.75 half-length photo of Pablo Picasso holding up his 1901 portrait of Spanish sculptor and writer Jaume Sabartes, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Pour Ines Sassier, Picasso, le 10. 5. 68.”

Pencil notation on the reverse indicates that the photo was originally taken by Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s second wife. In fine condition, with very light edge wear.

Picasso met Ines Sassier while vacationing in Mougins in 1936 and, delighted by her charm, promptly welcomed both her and her sister to the staff at his Rue de Boétie apartment. She remained Picasso’s close friend, advisor, cook, and confidante for more than three decades. Picasso first met Sabartes in 1899 when they were both just 18 years old and began a lifelong friendship. Sabartes initiated the establishment of the Museu Picasso in Barcelona with the donation of his personal collection, which consisted of nearly six hundred of Picasso’s works. A wonderful photograph boasting great personal associations.

Starting Bid $1000

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Saint-Gaudens letter with rare bust sketch

643. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Choice ALS signed “Aug. St. Gaudens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, November 13, 1883. Letter to Mrs. [Edward W.] Stoughton, widow of the noted patent attorney, in full: “Your kind letter acknowledging the receipt of the medallion arrived a few days ago. I am glad you are pleased. I could not however ask anything for it and beg you will accept it as a slight token of my friendship. With regard to the bust of Mr. Stoughton, unless you have a top light, there is very little choice as to its position in the daytime other than its general position in the room—As you can probably manage the light at night much better, I would make that the first consideration. Most sculpture looks best when the light falls on it at about this angle [Saint-Gaudens draws a small sketch of the proposed bust, with line indicating the path of light] and that is generally not difficult to obtain in the evening. Mrs. St. Gaudens begs to be remembered kindly to you.” The artist adds a postscript along the bottom: “I have nothing new to tell you with regard to your figure but I will be on the look out.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning along the intersecting folds. Letters by Saint-Gaudens with included original drawings are few and far between. Starting Bid $200

644. Alberto Vargas.

Color page from a Playboy magazine featuring a Vargas pinup painting, 8 x 11, depicting a nearly entirely nude woman continuing to disrobe, with caption text below, “’I’m sorry, Mr. Forest Ranger, but your sign said no hunting, fishing, bathing, cooking, picnicking or ballplaying… so there seemed only one thing left to do.’” The page is signed in black ballpoint by Alberto Vargas. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

645. Andy Warhol. Glossy 7.25 x 9.25 promotional photo of Andy Warhol in an attractive half-length pose, signed prominently in black felt tip. Matted to an overall size of 11 x 14. In very good to fine condition, with scattered small creases. Starting Bid $200

646. James Abbott McNeill Whistler. ALS signed “J. Mc: N. Whistler,” one page, 6 x 3.75, no date. Letter to “Draper,” in full: “I shall be delighted to come—no dinners have left upon me a more charming impression.

With best wishes for the new year.” In very good to fine condition, with corner creases, a central vertical fold, and a small hole to the upper left.

Starting Bid $200

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647. Thomas Hart Benton Starting Bid $200

648. Rosa Bonheur

649. Marc Chagall Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

651. Howard Chandler Christy

652. Antoine-Jean Gros Starting Bid $200

653. David Hockney Starting Bid $200

654. Karl Lagerfeld and Pierre Cardin

656. I. M. Pei

657. Gerhard Richter

658. Norman Rockwell

Starting Bid $200

655. Roy Lichtenstein Starting Bid $200

659. Norman Rockwell Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

660. Kate Spade Starting Bid $200

650. Christo

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

661. Maurice de Vlaminck Starting Bid $200

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comic art & animation

Disney hopes to draft Barry Goldwater as president 662. Walt Disney. Desirable personal check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed

by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to the National Draft Goldwater Committee for $500, November 6, 1963. In fine condition. The Draft Goldwater Committee was the organization primarily responsible for engineering the nomination of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater for president of the United States on the 1964 Republican Party ticket. Starting Bid $300

663. Goofy production cel from Sport Goofy in Soccermania. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1987) Original production cel of Goofy from Sport Goofy in Soccermania, depicting the lovable soccer star preparing to make a header.

The cel is placed on a matching studio copy background. Image measures 8 x 3.75, with a mat opening of 12 x 9. Doublematted and framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 14.25. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Company seal to lower left.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

665. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet production cel from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1988– 1991) Original production cel of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, placed on a matching studio copy background. Pooh measures 2.75 x 4 and Piglet measures 2.25 x 3, with a mat opening of 11.5 x 9. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 17. The piece has the silver Walt Disney Company seal to lower right. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

664. The Grinch and Max limited edition cel from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! signed by Chuck Jones. (Linda Jones/

Turner Entertainment, 2001) Limited edition cel featuring the Grinch and Max from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, numbered 39/135, signed in the lower left by Chuck Jones. The cel depicts the Grinch instructing his loyal dog Max to carry a ladder. The cels are placed on a matching background from the same film, with character images measuring 8.5 x 4 (Max with ladder) and 7.5 x 6.5 (Grinch). Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 19.5. The piece has the Linda Jones Enterprise seal to lower left. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Linda Jones Enterprises. Starting Bid $200

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A princess hideaway—striking Sleeping Beauty concept painting by Eyvind Earle

666. Evind Earle concept painting of Briar Rose and Woodcutter’s Cottage from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1959) Magnificent original panoramic concept painting by Eyvind Earle for Sleeping Beauty, which depicts in intricate detail Briar Rose with berry basket walking on the grounds of her hidden woodcutter’s cottage, a pastoral safe haven for her and the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. From the perspective of an observer emerging from a deep forest, the scene opens vividly with a wide overlook of the princess’s secret surroundings: a large cleft and tree-speckled cliffside, a fertile tract of fruit trees and farmland with purple fencing, and, most impressively, the beautifully realized cottage with thatch roof, high brick chimney, and flowing watermill fed by a bright blue stream. Accomplished in gouache on 23.5 x 9.5 artist’s board, signed neatly in the lower right corner in black paint by Earle. Handsomely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 28.75 x 15. In fine condition. As Sleeping Beauty’s production designer, Disney artist Eyvind Earle was given a significant amount of freedom in creating the settings and selecting the colors to be used in the film. Earle painted the majority of the backgrounds himself, and his stylistic influence is readily apparent in the final product. A quintessential Earle masterwork from the adored Disney classic. Starting Bid $500

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Beautiful large sketch of Snoopy inside a volume of “Peanuts Classics”

A cause for celebration— masterful concept painting for Sleeping Beauty

667. Charles Schulz. Signed book: Peanuts Classics. First

edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “For Ami with every best wish— Charles M. Schulz,” with the fabulous addition of a large sketch of Snoopy perched atop his doghouse. In fine condition, with a gift inscription to the front pastedown and a price-clipped dust jacket. This large original drawing could easily be removed from the book and displayed as artwork. An excellent compilation of Peanuts comic strips boasting a desirable sketch of the beloved Snoopy. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services. Starting Bid $200

669. Happy production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original production cel featuring Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The cel has been trimmed and applied to an airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries for sale.

Image measures 4.5 x 4.5, with a mat opening of 4.5 x 6.75.

Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 12.25 x 15.5.

Reverse bears an affixed photocopy of the original Walt Disney Enterprises label. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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668. Eyvind Earle concept painting of Castle Parade from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Re-

markable original concept painting by Eyvind Earle for Sleeping Beauty, which depicts in gorgeous detail a castle window with passing parade of elegantly dressed ladies and knights on horseback, a scene from the opening of the film when King Stefan and Queen Leah proclaim a holiday in honor of their newborn daughter, Princess Aurora. In trademark Earle fashion, the painting offers a unique and intimate perspective, with the long lancet window, framed by slate-blue bricks, revealing a crowd of joyous passersby, vibrantly colored with the upper portion marked with rich banners and flags against a background of a crenelated fortress wall. Accomplished in gouache on 10 x 23.5 artist’s board, signed boldly in the lower right corner in green paint by Earle. Archivally framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 26.75. In fine condition. Commissioned by Walt Disney for the Disneyland Castle Diorama, this spectacular piece is one of the largest Sleeping Beauty paintings by Earle we’ve offered, and is made all the more rare and desirable by its attractive vertical format. Starting Bid $300

670. Charles Addams

671. Archie

672. Gorilla production cel from

673. Naboombu animals production cel from Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Bedknobs and Broomsticks Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

674. Bugs Bunny and Crusher

675. Cartoonists

676. Walt Disney Studios Starting Bid $200

677. The Flintstones

678. Friz Freleng

679. Rube Goldberg Starting Bid $200

680. Vultures production cel from The Jungle Book Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

682. Walter Lantz

683. Walter Lantz

684. Gary Larson

685. PepĂŠ Le Pew limited edition

limited edition sericel from Bunny Hugged Starting Bid $200

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681. Bob Kane

sericel from Linda Jones Enterprises Starting Bid $200

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686. Looney Tunes Starting Bid $200

690. Scrooge McDuck and Mouse children production cel from Mickey’s Christmas Carol Starting Bid $200

694. The Simpsons Starting Bid $200

687. Seth MacFarlane

688. Daisy Duck production cel

689. Mickey Mouse production

Starting Bid $200

from Mickey’s Christmas Carol

cel from Mickey’s Christmas

Starting Bid $200

Carol Starting Bid $200

691. Scrooge McDuck

692. Charles Schulz

693. Charles Schulz

production cel from Mickey’s Christmas Carol Starting Bid $200

695. Art Spiegelman Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

696. Superman Starting Bid $200

698. Marc Antony and Pussyfoot

699. Marc Antony and Pussyfoot

700. Michigan J. Frog limited

limited edition cel from Warner Bros.

limited edition sericel from Warner

edition sericel from Warner Bros.

Animation Starting Bid $200

Bros. Animation Starting Bid $200

Animation Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

697. Donald and Daisy Duck comic strip for Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Starting Bid $200

701. Hoppopotamus production cel from The Wuzzles Starting Bid $200

literature 703. Albert Camus. TLS

702. Honore de Balzac. ANS in French, signed “de Bal-

zac,” one page, 3.75 x 4.75, no date. In full (translated): “For you all what you want, my dear Mister Wolf.” Double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 13 x 10.5. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing and the ink somewhat light but almost entirely legible.

Starting Bid $200

in French, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Librarie Gallimard letterhead, April 12, 1954. Letter to Konrad Bieber, in full (translated): “Just a brief word to thank you for the explanation.

Should you decide to come to France, let me know in advance. Unless I am away travelling at that moment, I would be very glad to make your acquaintance.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the top. Starting Bid $200

“The foundation of a nation is built on books”

704. Truman Capote. AQS on an off-white 8 x 10 sheet, signed in the upper right corner, “English, Capote.” Capote pens a “Book Slogan,” possibly written as part of a school assignment. In full: “’The foundation of a nation is built on books.’” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

705. Samuel L. Clemens. ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page both sides, 5 x 3, personal monogram letterhead, January 21. Letter to a lady, in full: “Mr. Champney writes me that he is to spend next Tuesday evening with my neighbor Chas.

E. Perksin—so I shall go over there & ask him to sundown to your house with me that evening. But do not let this interfere with any of your plans, for he may have social engagements of which he cannot disencumber himself.” Matted and framed with class on both sides to an overall size of 8.75 x 6.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Marvelous archive of letters from Burroughs during his time as a war correspondent in Hawaii— “The war now seems very far from us, notwithstanding the recent presence of Japanese submarines” 706. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Noteworthy

collection of 33 TLSs from Edgar Rice Burroughs, most signed in pencil as “Papa,” 48 total pages, each approximately 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, dated between December 1940 and October 1945. The letters are addressed to his children, with the majority directed to his daughter Joan, and written during World War II while Burroughs served as a war correspondent in Hawaii and onboard ships in the South Pacific. Highlights of the archive are as follows: December 23, 1940: “I haven’t written a ‘dear children’ letter since Oct 27; how time does fly!

My only excuse is that I have been doing other writing, having written more than 330,000 words since I came in to this office in September.”

March 6, 1941: “Glad you liked the John Carter story: there is one audience of which I am always certain.”

June 13, 1941: “I did not like the picture you drew of me—it looked too much like me...I think your old Tarzan dog was beautiful; so was Brigadier Rex.” April 17, 1941: “Nothing thrilling to report. Every morning I hear, faintly, the sound of reveille from nearby Fort Ruger at 6:15, whereupon I thumb my nose and turn over for two more hours of sleep. Later in the morning, I hear big guns and little guns booming in the distance and the roar of the motors of fighters and bombers overhead; then I turn over on the other side and contemplate the horrors of war.”

September 15, 1941: “I have read Berlin Diary, and Hulbert is now reading it. We both enjoyed it immensely. I read a condensation of ‘What Makes Sammy Run.’ I liked that, too. About the only other comparatively recent book I have read is For Whom the Bell Tolls, which I thought was most entertaining, especially as I read it with a Spanish-English dictionary by my side and did not miss any of the obscenity.”

December 18, 1941, some 11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor: “The war now seems very far from us, notwithstanding the recent presence of Japanese submarines in these waters…and there is no fear nor hysteria here. There was very little of either apparent even during the air-raids. The Islanders are splendid—just as all Americans will be when put to the test.”

April 15, 1942: “We have many shortages here. Seemingly miles of counters in Kress’s are empty. No more lighter fluid. Sears, Roebuck has no pins today. Many brands of cigarettes are exhausted. We often go without butter for days. There is a shortage of fresh fruits and vegetables. However, we still get plenty to eat.”

February 21, 1945: “It seems that [Hulbert] and I have accumulated a number of books since we have been here. Being Burroughses, we hate to part with books. Also, being Burroughses, we dread the thought of packing them all up.” In overall fine condition. Despite his age of 65, Burroughs applied for and received permission to become a war correspondent, thus becoming one of the oldest U.S. war correspondents during World War II. When the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California, where after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 19, 1950, having written almost 80 novels. A magnificent archive loaded with great personal insight from one of fiction’s most influential writers. Starting Bid $300

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“The kind of love expressed by Jesus—which is an image of the Father’s love—is a maternal, not a Paternal, love” 707. Philip K. Dick. Powerful TLS signed “Love, Phil” with added heart and arrow, three pages, 8.5 x 11, January 11, 1981. In-depth letter to science fiction author Patricia Warrick, in part: “It seems to me that the kind of love expressed by Jesus—which is an image of the Father’s love—is a maternal, not a Paternal, love. It is sheltering and protecting (Hence ‘I am the good shepherd’) and, most of all, it is unconditional; a father’s love, i.e. masculine love, sets conditions; it judges. That God has this accepting love as his einai (essence /nature) is a new disclosure in history; this is agape specifically, nourishing and shielding…and yet it derives from the Torah which stipulates that the strong should protect the weak, the helpless, the poor, the disadvantaged, the stranger, the old, even down to animals and certain cherished trees...

I recall Wilhelm Reich’s masterpiece The Origins of Fascism in which he identifies fascism with patriarchal societies, and left wing progressive socialism with matriarchal societies. So this idea is not really original with me. I have read articles, too, that studied the interesting and profound relationships that Jesus had with women; he liked their company and seemed to have a vast affinity for them. It would seem that he expressed the female, motherly virtues of mercy, forgiveness, toleration…did he not sit with the debris of society without judging them? Without in anyway condemning them? This agape love (which comes originally from the Father called by Jesus ‘Abba,’ which in English roughly means ‘Daddy’) is tender and gentle, and, most of all, it ratifies the einai in the person because it does not seek to change that person’s einai (I discuss this in Maze of Death, where the Savior compares Seth Morley to an old tomcat that Morley had whom Morley loved unconditionally despite all the cat’s wicked ways)…

For my own self, a very good psychiatrist—the best I ever had—told me in 1976 that the kind of love I exhibited (for example toward Doris with her cancer) was a maternal, not a paternal, kind; I passed no judgments and asked nothing back: I only wanted to take care of her. Dr. Onne traced this back to the death of my twin sister; he said that if I researched it I would find that I had been born first, and that my whole orientation in life is to find someone to take care of as I ‘failed’ to take care of my sister; that is, I want to make up for the neglect that led to her death (she was not taken to the hospital until too late; my mother and father literally let her starve to death, as a baby; a visiting health inspector from the city of Chicago happened to come by randomly, saw my and my sister’s condition and had us taken at once to a hospital. I survived; Jane did not). I did obtain my birth certificate in 1977 and sure enough I was born before Jane. This also explains why I sheltered runaways in Marin County—which is what brought the wrath of the authorities down on me—and why, within the last several years, I have extensively supported Covenant House in New York which exits s specifically to shelter, feed, protect and in all manner of ways aid runaway street children.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200

Dick signs with others at the 22nd National Science Fiction Convention

708. Philip K. Dick. Unusual and rare green 5.25 x 4.25 hotel door hanger turned into a makeshift postcard to Jon White, postmarked in September 1964, signed on the reverse in blue ink by Philip K. Dick. The postcard also features signatures of other sci-fi writers, including: Ray Nelson, Redd Boggs, Miriam Knight, Don Fitch, Terry and Carol Carr, Margo Newkom, Donald Wollheim, Richard and Pat Lupoff and more. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 123

709. Charles Dickens. Coutts & Company bank check, 7.25 x 3.25, neatly filled out and signed by Dickens, “Charles Dickens,” payable to Mess’rs Woodrow & Rowe for £3.2.0, May 6, 1863. In fine condition, with three vertical folds. Accompanied by an envelope annotated later by a collector, “Cheque signed by Charles Dickens, (Given to M. G. Egston by Hon. Charlotte Knollys on March 8th, 1926 at Marlborough House).” Starting Bid $200

711. Allen Ginsberg. ALS signed “Allen,” two pages, 8.5 x 710. Alexandre Dumas, pere. ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 5.5 x 8, no date. Letter to his publisher Hippolyte Souverain, imploring the man to send him 47 francs, adding (translated): “I would like very much the money…I repeat to you it is a service which I ask of you.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and soiling, and several pin holes to the upper right corner. Starting Bid $200

712. Victor Hugo. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, September 10, 1869. Letter written from Hauteville House, in full (translated): “I find, gentlemen, on my return to Guernsey, your letter of the third of August, which has been waiting for me for three months. Will my response get to you in time?

I received your beautiful and gracious note. I was charmed and touched by it.

I send to your children all my wishes for success.” In very good condition, with scattered light toning, edge chipping, and a split to the bottom of the hinge. Hugo lived at Hauteville House in Guernsey during his exile from France, from 1856 to 1870, driven from his home by Napoleon III’s coup of 1851. Starting Bid $200

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11, August 23, 1971. Letter to Sol Zaentz, Ralph J. Gleason, and Al Bendich of Fantasy Records of Berkeley, California, regarding an album of William Blake poems set to music and a second album of mantras albums he planned to release, but were for some reason never issued. In full: “Here are 3 reels: Side 1 & 2 of Blake album, Side 1 of a Manta album. These are the Masters, I have no copies, can you make a protection copy at 15 I.P.S. and 3 copies at 7 1/2 IPS (one for me, one for Miles & one for Peter Edweston)? If 2 or 3 cassettes can be made simultaneously I could use those for musicians.

I’ll be back in a week from Snyder & Sierras, & be in town very briefly before going to India for a week. If contracts are agreed & ready on return from Sierras and/or India, O.K.—I would like to re do Spring, Nurses’ Song, and A Dream, all the choruses, make them longer & bouncier in Chorus. For that I’ll need couple sessions & couple sessions mix down time (6 +6) in Studio around September 18-23 (???)—.” Ginsberg signs again with his first name at the end of a postscript: “16 albums of poetry were completed this eve, safety copy made.

Will deliver those on call. Allen.” Included are three Xeroxed pages related to the two projects, with Ginsberg adding a few notations in black felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, paperclip impressions, and several horizontal folds to the letter. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Jeff Gold of Recordmecca. Ginsberg believed Blake’s poems were originally intended to be sung and that through study of the rhyme and meter of the works, a Blakean performance could be approximately replicated. In 1969, he conceived, arranged, directed, sang on, and played piano and harmonium for an album of songs entitled ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience,’ tuned by Allen Ginsberg; this was to be his second Blake album. Starting Bid $200

713. Ernest Hemingway. Desirable unsigned book: The Old Man and the Sea. First edition, first printing (with “A” and

Scribner’s seal on copyright page); in original dust jacket (with $3.00 price intact). NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 140 pages. Book condition: VG/VG, with an ownership inscription to first free end page, creasing to the jacket’s front flap, and light wear and small tears to the jacket’s spine ends. Written during a two-month span in 1951, The Old Man and the Sea was published in a limited run of 50,000 copies in September of 1952. In conjunction with its wildly popular publication in Life Magazine, the novella earned immediate critical and commercial success, reaffirming Hemingway’s place as a novelist, and subsequently rewarding him with both the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace Prize. A definitive piece of the American literary canon. Starting Bid $200

Impressive ‘Patria’ verse from the legendary French writer

714. Victor Hugo. AQS in French on a 12.25 x 9.25 offwhite cardstock sheet, signed and inscribed along the bottom in ink by Hugo, adding the date of December 16, 1876. Hugo writes the first verse of his poem “Patria,” in full (untranslated): “La-haut qui sourit? / Est-ce un esprit? / Est-ce une femme? / Quel front sombre et doux! / Peuple, a genoux! / Est-ce notre ame / Qui vient a nous?” Two images of the revered author are affixed to the card. In fine condition. A magnificent, large quote from one of Hugo’s classic poems. Starting Bid $300

715. Jack London. Two items:

six pages from the galley proof for London’s classic 1911 work The Cruise of the Snark with several pencil edits throughout, 9.25 x 11.75, corresponding to pages 204–216 of the first edition, plus two illustration plates (one essentially obliterated); and a bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, “Jack London,” payable to Herbert C. Clivers for $1.25, May 31, 1905. In good to very good condition, with staining, tears, and paper loss; the check is fine. Starting Bid $200

716. W. Somerset Maugham. Signed book: Of Human

Bondage. First illustrated edition, limited issue, numbered 748/751. NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 7.5 x 10, 684 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ink by W. Somerset Maugham, and in fountain pen by illustrator Randolph Schwabe. Housed in a clamshell case. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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717. Jack London. TLS, one

page, 7.25 x 7, stamp-dated June 20, 1905. Letter to C. Callup, in full: “You put your case very well, but you put my case very well, too, when you speak of the so-called collectors, fully ninety-five per cent of which are noys [sic] and girls, who get the fever on Monday, cool off by Wednesday and are cured by Saturday. How the deuce was I to know that you were not one of the boys or girls? How the deuce was I to know that you were as old as you are? How the deuce was I to know that you were a socialist, who still speaks out in meetings, and is called an Anarchist by some damned fool who doesn’t know the difference? Here’s the autograph, and I’ll sign this letter, and that’ll make two, full measure, you see.” In fine condition, with somewhat closely trimmed edges.

Starting Bid $200

718. Lord Byron. Free

franked address panel, 4.5 x 3.25, addressed

by Byron, “London, March twenty eighth, 1819, Rev’d T. Dolb y, C a s t l e Donnington, Loughborough,” and franked in the lower left corner, “Byron.” Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 19.5 x 14. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and overall soiling. Byron remains scarce and highly sought-after given his early death at the age of 36. Starting Bid $200

“Very much out of date” 719. George Bernard Shaw. Vin-

tage 3 x 4.25 photo of Shaw in his earlier days affixed to a 4 x 6 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “G. Bernard Shaw, 20/2/30, very much out of date.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 11 x 13. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

720. Oscar Wilde.

Great Irish poet and playwright (1854– 1900) remembered for such works as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as his imprisonment for ‘gross indecency.’

Scarce and soughtafter pencil signature, “Oscar Wilde,” on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip. Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait of the writer to an overall size of 10 x 14.5. In very good to fine condition, with light irregular toning. Starting Bid $200

721. William Butler Yeats. ALS signed “W. B. Yeats,” one page, 7.75 x 4.25, Riversdale letterhead, June 20, 1935. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “I thank you very much for your card of good wishes.” Double-matted and framed with a facsimile of his portrait by John Singer Sargent to an overall size of 16.5 x 19.5. In fine condition, with intersecting folds.

Located in the Dublin suburb of Rathfarnham, Riversdale was Yeats’s last home. It was there that he mourned for Lady Gregory after her death, had his last meeting with muse Maud Gonne, and met with Irish fascist Eoin O’Duffy. Starting Bid $200

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722. Jean-Paul Sartre. ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” two pages, 5.25 x 7, 23, Avenue de Lamballe letterhead, no date [1938]. In full (translated): “I am back from Greece and just today am aware of your two kind letters. I am very happy that a revue has accepted your translation of Le Mur. Here is the biographical information you asked for. I was born in Paris in 1905. I belong to no political party. I am professor of philosophy in a Paris university. I am having a book published (around the month of January or February) by the Publishers of the N. R. F., The Adventures of Antoine Roquentin. Is that enough?”

In fine condition. The Adventures of Antoine Roquentin, as Sartre calls it in this early letter, was a working title for his debut novel Nausea.

Initially refused by the Nouvelle Revue Française (N. R. F.), despite a strong recommendation from their reviewer, Jean Paulhan, the imprint’s publisher, Gaston Gallimard, in 1937, accepted it and suggested the title La Nausée. Starting Bid $300

Wells on a translation of The Time Machine— “I’ll be glad to see it done” 723. H. G. Wells. ALS, one page, 7 x 9, 13 Hanover Terrace letterhead, August 22,

1941. Letter to British writer and linguist Charles Kay Ogden, in part: “I don’t know about the translation of The Time Machine, except that I’ll be glad to see it done. I think your offer of 5% on the first 3000 & then 10% is quite reasonable.—? with an advance on a/c of five pounds? (We usually have an advance but I don’t insist). I’m very keen to get that…declaration out into what is likely to be the language of diplomacy for the next century or so and I am delighted by your reason as far as it goes. I am a fanatic for this declaration. All my best wishes. Ring me up some time when you are in London & we’ll have a talk.” In fine condition.

Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957) was an English philosopher, writer, and linguistic psychologist, who is now mostly remembered as the inventor and propagator of Basic English, an international auxiliary language and aid for teaching English as a second language. Essentially a simplified subset of regular English, the concept was first presented in Ogden’s 1930 book Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar. Wells adopted the idea of Basic English in his 1933 science fiction work The Shape of Things to Come. Starting Bid $200

724. Emile Zola. ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets,

5.25 x 8, August 4, 1889. Letter to painter Numa Coste, in full (loosely translated): “Did you see, my dear Coste, what happened with the tapestries founded in the basement at Notre-Dame! I have been offered by another part, and I would like to know what it is about what you already told me. A simple word as an answer. I am writing to you in between two sessions of my work. I work on my novel as hard as possible in order to be finished in December; and we are going to Paris, what I think I already told you about: we are moving from Balu Street to go next, to Bruxelles Street. All this, make me do as much as possible while I am still quiet here. Alexis, who I have right now next to me, sends you a big hug together with mine, and also the best regards from my wife.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Wilde hopes to stage ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ or ‘A Woman of No Importance’ in Germany 725. Oscar Wilde. ALS, four

pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Albemarle Club letterhead, no date but circa 1893–1894.

Letter concerning the production of his plays in Germany, in full: “My plays can be got from John Lane, Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W. London. They cost I believe 7/6 each—One is ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’: the other ‘A Woman of No Importance’—you are at perfect liberty to translate them & publish them—Dr. Oskar Blumenthal, director of the Lessing Theatre Berlin asked me three years ago of the right to produce ‘Lady Windermere’ which I gave him, but he has not produced it—so you can produce it & the other if you like—but I w’d advise you to write in regard to ‘Lady Windermere’ to Dr. Blumenthal first—as regards fees—let us share equally, if you think that fair—I do.” In fine condition, with toning along the top edge of the first page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Wilde’s own hand.

In 1892, Wilde had drawn up a contract with German playwright and theatre director Oscar Blumenthal for the sole right of production of Lady Windermere’s Fan in Austria and Germany, under the same terms proposed here—half of all fees and other royalties. It had not been staged by the time of this letter, and Wilde was open to exploring other possibilities for translating and staging his comedies of society. Despite his interest in potential German productions, it would not be until September 4, 1903, that A Woman of No Importance debuted in Germany, at the Neues Theater in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt. A fantastic letter revealing the international appeal of Wilde’s satirical plays. Starting Bid $1000

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726. Theodore de Banville Starting Bid $200

727. Peter Benchley

728. Henry Bordeaux

729. Paul Bourget

730. Paul Bourget

731. Ray Bradbury

732. Gamaliel Bradford

733. British Writers

734. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand

735. Alphonse Daudet

736. Robert Frost Starting Bid $200

737. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

738. Langston Hughes

739. Washington Irving

740. Harper Lee

741. Harper Lee

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742. Maurice Maeterlinck Starting Bid $200

743. Newspaper Publishers and Journalists Starting Bid $200

744. Eugene O’Neill

745. Maurice Pernot

746. Mario Puzo

747. Salman Rushdie

748. Carl Sandburg

749. Maurice Sendak

750. George Bernard Shaw Starting Bid $200

751. Gary Snyder

752. Bram Stoker Starting Bid $200

753. Alfred Lord Tennyson

754. Erich Von Däniken

755. Tennessee Williams

756. Tom Wolfe

757. Israel Zangwill

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music Rare early portrait of the piano prodigy 758. Glenn Gould. Canadian pianist, composer, and commentator (1932-1982) revered as one of the foremost classical pianists of the 20th century, and renowned for his interpretations of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Very desirable vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of a young Gould in a decidedly focused pose by Gaby of Montreal, signed and inscribed in ballpoint before opting for fountain pen, “To Marius Risley, Best wishes, Glenn Gould.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light surface creases.

Gould remains quite rare across all signed formats, with this representing the only signed photo we have offered in nearly a decade. Starting Bid $500

759. Sergei Prokofiev.

Eminent and prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much music for keyboard and chamber ensembles. Rare TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, March 22, 1932. Letter to musicologist Irving Schwerke, in full (translated): “Please excuse my delay with the sending of the requested material. Now, it is not because I forgot it, but it took me a while to assemble all that was necessary. I would like to give you explanatory notes that I made for the programs in which my symphonic compositions were performed; also some analysis of my compositions, made by others and which I approve; abridged contents of my operas; a few interviews where the interviewer explained my ideas with sufficient accuracy; finally certain articles, signed by known names, like Florent Schmitt, Rimsky-Korsakoff (son), Meyerhold, Adolf Weissmann, etc. I hope to compile all of this within a few days. Sincerely yours.”

In fine condition, with a block of light toning, and staple holes, at the top. Starting Bid $200

760. Sergei Prokofiev. Eminent and

prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much music for keyboard and chamber ensembles.

Bold vintage fountain pen signature, “Serge Prokofieff, 1935,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with mounting remnants on the back. Starting Bid $200

761. Howlin’ Wolf. Ballpoint signature, “The Howling Wolf,’ on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Paderewski heaps praise on Master School of Piano Playing and Virtuosity by Alberto Jonas— “the result of a great artist’s life-long observations and labour” 762. Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Polish pianist, c o m p o s e r, and politician (18601941) whose abounding talent and personal magnetism made him one of the most popular virtuosi of all time. Eloquent autograph manuscript signed “I. J. Paderewski,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 7.5, personal monogram letterhead, October 6, 1932. The great pianist-politician reviews a music book, in part: “’Master School of Piano Playing and Virtuosity,’ by Alberto Jonas, is the result of a great artist’s life-long observations and labour.…Great many methods of piano playing have been published since the patriarchal days of Carl Czerny to whom we all are so much indebted. Some of those methods have served the purpose assisting the students of former generations in their struggle with technical difficulties, helping them sometimes to solve the so often perplexing problems of fingering. From a historical point of view they still deserve attention and command respect. But the marvellous evolution of the literature for the piano, the numerous and noteworthy compositions following the immortal master-works of the past, have created new difficulties, new problems. The progress in the building of the instrument itself, originated by the genius of Erard and carried by that of Steinway to the summit of perfection, has exercised on piano technician influence that has not hitherto received the deserved consideration. The field of piano playing has become not only wider, but much more complex. Under the circumstances the necessity for a truly modern treaty on piano playing has been keenly felt. The ‘Master School’ by Alberto Jonas most completely fills the vacancy...The wealth and grouping of material, the amazing number of examples, selected from the entire literature of classic and modern piano music, the astounding quantity of ingenious, practical and useful exercises, the countless specimens of salutary fingering and the precision of the explanatory remarks—make it a monumental pedagogical work. In its many sidedness and completeness it has not peer. As a guide of the student, as an advisor of the teacher it stands alone.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

763. Sergei Rachmaninoff. Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.75 photo of the virtuoso seated and playing the piano in a half-length profile pose by New York photographer Herman Mishkin, signed and inscribed in white fountain pen, “To Katharine Anderson, Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1942.” In fine condition, with a few small creases and some faint silvering along the bottom edge. In June 1942, Rachmaninoff and his wife moved from New York to the warmer climate of Beverly Hills in an attempt to improve the composer’s health. A tour in the late fall only worsened his condition, and after canceling the remaining dates, Rachmaninoff returned to California and was diagnosed with an aggressive form of melanoma. He performed his last recital on February 17th, and passed away a month later on March 28, 1943. An exquisite portrait signed late in the career of the Russian master. Starting Bid $300

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Exquisite Ravel portrait presented to his editor 764. Maurice Ravel. Vintage

matte-finish 4 x 5.5 portrait of Ravel in a bust-length pose by J. Hery, affixed to the original 6.76 x 9 studio mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in bold ink to his editor, “A mon cher éditeur et ami, E. Demets, bien cordialement, Maurice Ravel.” In very good to fine condition, with toning and soiling to the mount, and light silvering to the perimeter of the portrait. One of the most prestigious music publishers in early 20th-century Paris, Eugene Demets worked with a number of well known modern composers, including Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, and Joaquin Turina. Demets published Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte in 1900, Jeux d’eau in 1902, and Miroirs in 1906. Starting Bid $300

765. Maurice Ravel. Rare ink signature, “Maurice Ravel,” on a peach-colored 2 x 1.5 sheet, which is affixed to a 4.5 x 3 mount. In fine condition, with a small stain above the signature.

Starting Bid $200

766. George Gershwin. Personal check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Gershwin, “George Gershwin,” payable to Patricia O’Brien for $25, April 5, 1932. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Gershwin’s Songbook inscribed to a silent actress 767. George Gershwin. Signed book: George Gershwin’s Songbook.

First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1932. Hardcover, 9.75 x 12.75, 167 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the first free end page to actress Aileen Pringle, “To Pringie, This book, not to mention some warm affection. From, George, Sept. 18, 1932.” Autographic condition: scattered soiling and toning to signed page, otherwise fine. Book condition: VG-/ None. In The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin, Joan Peyser writes: ‘Most of the music for Delicious was composed before he left New York, but an extended sequence was composed by Gershwin while he was the guest of Aileen Pringle, a silent movie actress, in Santa Monica. This music was designed to accompany a sequence in which Janet Gaynor runs wildly through the streets of New York. Over the score there are street noises that include everything from the shouts of passersby to the hammering of rivets. In the production list the title was ‘Rhapsody in Rivets.’ Gershwin finished his work by the end of January.’ Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 133

Four-page prose poem by “Pvt. Woody Guthrie,” describing life on a desert airfield

768. Woody Guthrie. ALS signed “Pvt. Woody Guthrie, 42234634,” two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11, December 8, 1945. A pensive, humorous, and moving letter to Charlotte Strauss, describing Guthrie’s life on a Nevada airfield. In part: “I walked into the PX, seen a sign: ‘No stationary nor envelopes of any kind.’ I asked the lady where she had them hid and said I had some writing on my mind. Writing that the health book speaks about caused by fights in your head you must get out caused by some several visions whirling there of dreams you see and know and ones you doubt. I rattled money but she shook her head, she pointed at another sign that said ‘no pans, no ink, no matches, soup nor salve,’ and so I walked out pale like people dead. Up at my barracks I flopped on my bunk and heard the boys around fire up a chunk and seen one soldier writing naked letters piled around with all his photographs and junk. I lay there with my hands behind my ears and watched a thousand roads burn into fears and waded pictures scattered through my head that seemed to stand for all the walking years I saw the jellyfish, the whales, the ape, ten dozen glacial ages lose their shape and leaves pile in on empty stews and limbs and winds blow all of this out on the gape. None of I took a shape like battle lines, none of it took a form like picket lines, none of it sounded like the word I heard, none of it like a homestead in my mind.” In fine condition.

Written entirely—and impressively—in verse form, Guthrie tells Strauss of his recent wedding to Marjorie Mazia, and of life in the Nevada desert where the “sun drains heavy on my pen” and the “mail gets pitched and tossed.” An utterly fascinating epic tale of his life in the Army. Starting Bid $300

769. Woody Guthrie. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date.

The final page of a contract agreement between Woody Guthrie and a music publishing firm, with the former signing in bold fountain pen within the field marked “Writer.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

770. Jimi Hendrix. Fantastic vintage ballpoint signature, “Love, Jimi Hendrix,” with a small sketch of a heart on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 slip. In fine condition, with some faint toning to the left edge. Starting Bid $300

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Signed at the Great Yarmouth seafront in July ‘63 771. Beatles. Vintage

red leatherbound autograph book, 5.5 x 4, signed inside in blue ballpoint, “Beatles, Paul McCartney,” “Ringo Starr,” “John Lennon, xx,” and “George Harrison.”

Consignor notes that the autographs were obtained on July 29, 1963, in Great Ya r m o u t h , England, one day after the group performed at the ABC Cinema. In fine condition, with light soiling.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, which reads: “My late Wife aged 12 at the time obtained them while walking along the seafront at Great Yarmouth with her parents on 29th July 1963.

[The Beatles] were loading equipment into a car after appearing at the A.B.C cinema on the 28th of July the second and last time appearing at Great Yarmouth the first time being 28th June 1963. They were in front of one of the large hotels the Carlton I believe and my wife and her mother went over and chatted to them and they kindly obliged with the said autographs and she always said that George Harrison was the quietest hardly talking at all the other 3 very chatty especially John Lennon.” Starting Bid $1000

Beautiful limited edition of Clapton’s 24 Nights 772. Eric Clapton. Signed book: 24 Nights. Limited edition, numbered 2450/3500.

Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Limited, 1991. Hardcover with clamshell case, 9.25 x 13.5, 128 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ink, “Eric Clapton,” and in black ink by the illustrator, “Peter Blake.” The front and back of the title page features printed signatures of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. Includes a 58-page volume of commentary by journalist Derek Taylor, an exclusive two CD set of live recordings, four of Clapton’s guitar picks, a laminated backstage pass, a button badge, and an Ernie Ball guitar string. In fine condition, with surface loss and adhesive remnants to opening pages of Taylor commentary. An incredible compilation of music, artwork, and written word, commemorating Clapton’s record-setting run of concerts held at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1990 and 1991. Starting Bid $200

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The outlier of the John Lennon sketch collection— ‘Lady Flying on a Wire’ 773 . Beatles: John Lennon.

Brilliant original ink sketch by John Lennon, unsigned, entitled ‘Lady Flying on a Wire,’ penned on an off-white 10 x 8 sheet, which depicts a bespectacled figure—looking eerily similar to Lennon himself—with wire strung about their waist, flying through the air with outstretched arms high above rolling country hills, with clouds visible in the distance and a small bird flapping nearby.

In fine condition, with some faint creasing.

Accompanied by a letter of provenance from book publisher Tom Maschler, in part: “In 1963 I commissioned a journalist, Michael Braun, to write a book on the Pop scene. One day, he handed me a number of rough drawings and writings, many of them scrawled on the back of hotel note paper. I instantly found the writings and doodles extraordinarily witty and captivating. When I asked who had done them, I could not believe the answer I received—’John Lennon.’ When I finally met John a few weeks later he was surprised by my interest in his work and told me that that he had only done it for his amusement I found it difficult to persuade John that I really loved what he had done and that I was convinced he could produce a book I would want to published but in the end he succumbed.

I very much enjoyed working closely with John while he produced the drawings and writings for the critically acclaimed books I published for him In His Own Write (1964) and A Spaniard in the Works (1965). John acknowledged the affection and esteem I had for his work by giving me the raw materials for his books when the projects came to a close. During the fifty years that John’s drawings were in my possession I came to cherish them more and more. For me they are as much a part of John as his music. John was a truly remarkable artist. In 2014 to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of John’s first book I decided to sell the lion’s share of this collection through auction with Sotheby’s. I could not however part with this particular drawing ‘Lady Flying on a Wire’ at that time as I am particularly fond of it.

I think that ‘Lady Flying on a Wire’ is an exceptionally fine example of John’s work. I especially love John’s zany style, strong composition and the way that this piece verges on the surreal. I hope that whoever is fortunate to acquire this drawing will enjoy it as much as I have.” In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works were the only two books by John Lennon published during his lifetime. Filled with short stories and poems, the lot of which were often surreal in nature, the books also allowed Lennon to display his unique assortment of sketches and line-drawings, a talent fostered by countless days on the road and an educational background at the Liverpool College of Art. This exceptional offering, given to the man who helped exhibit his artwork to the masses, may well represent the only original Lennon drawing attainable for public purchase, a distinction that places this item into an arena all its own. Starting Bid $2500

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Pink Floyd’s prog rock masterwork, The Wall, signed by the entire band

774. Pink Floyd. Hugely sought-after The Wall album by Pink Floyd, signed on the front cover in in black felt tip by Richard Wright and Roger Waters, and in blue felt tip by David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with the latter also signing the inner gatefold, which is also signed by cartoonist and animator Gerald Scarfe, who signs again on the back cover and adds “Pink Floyd The Wall.” In fine condition. The record is included.

Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient: “The signatures on this album were obtained in person in London, England between the late 1990’s and the early 2000’s. It took quite some time to say the least to complete as each member signed on separate occasions. As it turned out Richard Wright proved to be the most difficult to acquire. I was finally able to get Mr. Wright to sign at the Royal Albert Hall in 2006.” Starting Bid $1000

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775. Wilhelm Backhaus

776. Leonard Bernstein Starting Bid $200

777. John Cage

778. Maria Callas

779. Classical Musicians Starting Bid $200

780. Van Cliburn

781. Rudolf Friml

782. Vladimir Horowitz

783. Fritz Kreisler

785. Jules Massenet

786. Jules Massenet

787. Musicians

789. Arthur Rubinstein

790. Richard Strauss

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791. Igor Stravinsky

792. Conchita Supervia

793. Arturo Toscanini

794. Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

795. Irving Berlin

796. Nat King Cole

797. Benny Goodman Starting Bid $200

798. Oscar Hammerstein Starting Bid $200

799. Jazz Composers and Musicians

800. Jerome Kern

801. B. B. King

802. Gene Krupa

803. Glenn Miller

804. Musicians

805. Edith Piaf

806. Sonny Rollins

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807. Sarah Vaughan

808. Jim Reeves

809. Shania Twain

810. 1950s Music

811. Beach Boys Starting Bid $200

812. Beach Boys: Brian Wilson

813. Beach Boys: Brian Wilson

814. Beatles: Pete Best Starting Bid $200

815. Beatles: Peter Blake Starting Bid $200

816. Beatles: Pattie Boyd Starting Bid $200

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817. Jeff Beck

818. Black Sabbath

819. David Bowie

820. Eric Clapton

821. Eric Clapton

822. Eric Clapton

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823. Leo Fender Starting Bid $200

827. Ricky Nelson

824. Debbie Harry

825. Elton John

826. Jerry Lee Lewis

828. The Nice

829. Ozzy Osbourne

830. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters

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831. The Pretenders

832. Psychedelic Furs Starting Bid $200

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834. R.E.M.

835. Paul Revere and the Raiders

836. Phil Spector

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833. Queen

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837. Bruce Springsteen Starting Bid $200

838. Bruce Springsteen

840. Peter Tosh

841. Pete Townshend and Ravi Shakar

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839. Bruce Springsteen Starting Bid $200

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842. U2

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843. The Clash

844. Generation X

845. Bee Gees

846. Sonny and Cher

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classic entertainment

“Aloha to you—but not a good bye, Charlie Chaplin”

847. Ingrid Bergman. Very attrac-

tive vintage glossy 8 x 10 MGM publicity photo of Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Pearson in the 1941 horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which depicts Spencer Tracy behind her as the looming Mr. Hyde, signed prominently

by Bergman. In fine condition, with trivial wear to edges and slight creasing to lower portion.

850. Charlie Chaplin. A brief rhyming

Starting Bid $200

848. Lenny Bruce.

Desirable original 5.5 x 8.5 handbill for Lenny Bruce at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium on June 24–25, 1966, presented by Bill Graham (BG-13-OHB-A).

Boldly signed in the lower right corner in pencil by noted poster designer Wes Wilson.

Encapsulated and graded by CGC as “9.8.” In very fine condition. These were Bruce’s last performances; he was found dead on August 3, 1966. Starting Bid $200

849. Lon Chaney, Jr. Vintage matte-

finish 7.5 x 9.5 studio portrait of Lon Chaney, Jr. holding a cigarette in a relaxed seated pose photo, signed in fountain pen. Reverse bears a Universal Pictures credit stamp for Ray Jones. In very good to fine condition, with evenly trimmed edges and some scattered crazing, constrained mostly to upper right corner and lower border. Starting Bid $200

note from Charlie Chaplin, one page, 7.75 x 4.25, July 15, 1927. In full: “When pleasure seems high / you know you’re with Schuy / need we all know why? / Cause Shuy’s a great guy / Aloha to you—but not a good bye, Charlie Chaplin,” who concludes with a wonderful self portrait sketch of his ‘Little Tramp’ character.

Handsomely doublematted and framed with a plaque and photo to an overall size of 13.75 x 21.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

851. Charlie Chaplin. Vin-

tage fountain pen signature, “Faithfully, Chas. Chaplin, 1920,” on a 3.25 x 2.25 card. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

852. Clark Gable. Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 10 photo of Clark Gable seated on set with a script and cigarette, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Sarah, from Clark.” In fine condition, with some light toning to evenly trimmed edges, and a small area of discoloration near his knee. Starting Bid $200

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“To be an actress, one has to give and give of oneself, which is the greatest generosity that there is” 857. Audrey Hepburn. TLS, one

853. Judy Garland. Kingsrow Ent., Inc., personal check,

7.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Garland, “Judy Garland,” payable to Cash for $100, October 9, 1963. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

854. Jean Harlow. Vin-

tage fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Sam—Every good wish, Sincerely, Jean Harlow,” on an off-white 5.75 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition, with light handling wear. Starting Bid $200

855. Hugh Hefner. Issue of

Playboy #1 (HMH Publishing Co., December 1953), featuring Marilyn Monroe on the front cover and inside, 42 pages, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Hugh Hefner.

In good condition, with creasing, staining, old tape residue along the spine, other tape to edge tears, and detachment to the interior pages; a few pages missing, including the Monroe centerfold. Starting Bid $200

856. Audrey Hepburn.

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hepburn as Joanna Wallace in the 1967 film Two for the Road, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Starting Bid $200

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page, 6 x 8, June 4, 1954. Letter to Kenneth R. Whittemore, in part: “It was most kind and thoughtful of you to take the time to write to me, and I would like you to know how much I appreciate it. With regard to your question, I would say that to be an actress, one has to give and give of oneself, which is the greatest generositythatthereis.Itishowever,mostrewarding,sinceitbrings such a great deal in return.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

858. Audrey Hepburn. Glossy 10.25

x 8 photo of Audrey Hepburn as Jo Stockton and Fred Astaire as Dick Avery in the 1957 romantic comedy Funny Face, signed in black felt tip by the leading actress.

In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. Starting Bid $200

859. Audrey Hepburn.

Scarce Lloyds Bank Limited check, 6 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed twice by Hepburn, “A. Hepburn,” payable to Cash for £10, June 19, 1953. Hepburn signs both vertically at the center of the check, and in the traditional signature area. In fine condition. A rare and highly desirable example—just the third Audrey check we’ve offered—from the year of her breakthrough starring role in Roman Holiday. Starting Bid $200

860. Audrey Hepburn. Wonderful color 5 x 11 magazine photo of Audrey Hepburn wearing the ‘little black dress’ she made iconic in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

863. Bela Lugosi. Fan-

tastic vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 8.5 photo of Lugosi wearing a fedora in a handsome up-close pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Howard, sincerely, Bela Lugosi.” In fine condition, with a faint semicircular discoloration to lower left corner. Starting Bid $200

“Big smile!”—Ledger as the Joker 861. Heath Ledger. Rare

color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Heath Ledger in his Oscar-winning role as the Joker in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Daniel, Big smile! Heath.” Notation on reverse dates the signature to October 2007. In fine condition.

Ledger succumbed to accidental intoxication from prescription drugs on January 22, 2008, a few months after he had finished filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. The film was in its editing phase at the time of Ledger’s death, and was released in the United States on July 18, 2008. Photos signed by Ledger as the Joker are incredibly rare and highly sought-after by cinephiles and comic book enthusiasts alike.

Starting Bid $200

Three autographs of the horror icon 862. Boris Karloff. Two items: a TLS, signed “Boris,” one

page, both sides, 7 x 10.25, personal stationery, August 22, 1934, written to Sandra Phillips, whom Karloff addresses as “Young Jo,” in part: “I don’t know much about radio work beyond doing stupid two-minute interviews on the radio which don’t mean a thing. I have, however, done one professional broadcast for the Shell Oil people and I am going to do another one for them on this coming Monday evening but that is the extent of my knowledge of radio so I can’t very well advise you. It seems to me, though, as I have told you before with all you have to offer you should certainly ‘make good’ out here, if you ever get tired of New York. In any event I shall look forward to seeing you again immensely”; and a hardcover copy of The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1915, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “For Young Jo, from Boris, Au revoir?” Also included is the letter’s original mailing envelope, postmarked August 24, 1934, with Karloff incorporating his signature in the return address on the reverse in pencil: “Boris Karloff, Universal City, Calif.” In overall very good to fine condition, with blocks of light toning to the first page of the letter, some damage to the spine of the book, and the book’s cover and first few pages (including the signed page) completely detached but present. Starting Bid $200

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Rare letter to his cinematographer: “In the production of the ‘Cat and Canary’ I have striven to give to the screen a picture of unusual interest and high entertainment value” 864. Paul Leni. German director (1885–1929) who was a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, known for such films as Waxworks, The Cat and the Canary, The Chinese Parrot, and The Man Who Laughs. Extremely rare TLS, one page, 6 x 9.5, Universal Pictures Corporation letterhead, January 5, 1927. Letter to cinematographer Gilbert Warrenton, in part: “This is to express my thanks for the superb photography and splendid co-operation from you during the production of my first picture made in the United States. In the production of the ‘Cat and Canary’ I have striven to give to the screen a picture of unusual interest and high entertainment value.

In securing the numerous effect and mystery shots I put in this picture, I want to congratulate you upon the ease, efficiency and flexibility of your Mitchell equipment. It has been a revelation to me and a great pleasure.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, several vertical folds, light edge toning, and dampstaining which touches the signature. One of Universal’s early horror productions, The Cat and the Canary is considered to be the cornerstone of Universal’s school of horror. An outstanding and exceedingly rare letter about one of Leni’s most significant films—this is the first Leni autograph we have ever offered. Starting Bid $200

865. Bela Lugosi. (Mono-

gram, 1941) Rare original 28 x 22 half-sheet movie poster for Spooks Run Wild, starring Bela Lugosi with the East Side Kids (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan). This very rare ‘Style B’ half-sheet features two images of Lugosi as Nardo, a mysterious caped figure who the kids suspect of being a vampire. In very good condition, with overall creasing, scattered staining to the bottom, tack holes to the corners, and multiple edge tears, constrained primarily to the borders. Starting Bid $200

866. Bela Lugosi. Vintage foun-

tain pen signature fittingly signed in blood-red ink by the Dracula actor, “Bela Lugosi,” on a peach 4.75 x 3.25 album page. In fine condition, with light show-through from an unrelated signature on the back. Starting Bid $200

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867. Bela Lugosi. Sought-

after glossy 3.25 x 5 photo of Bela Lugosi as the sinister Count Dracula, signed desirably in the lower border in blood red ink. In very good to fine condition, with light scuffing to the emulsion along the left side. Starting Bid $200

868. Steve McQueen.

Large vintage felt tip signature, “Steve McQueen,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.75 slip.

Attractively double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 14 x 21.5.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

869. Steve McQueen. DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, June 1, 1972. Document headed “Minutes of Special Meeting of Board of Directors of Astral Productions International, Inc.,” accepting the resignation of William J. Maher as vice president, secretary, and director of the corporation.

Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Steve McQueen and Gerald Breslauer. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

870. Marilyn Monroe. Sought-after Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by

Monroe, “Marilyn Monroe,” payable to Zurich Insurance Company for $20.47, April 6, 1961. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

Scarce portrait of “Buckwheat”

871. Our Gang: William ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas. Arguably among the most beloved,

while exceedingly rare Our Gang star (1931–1980) best remembered for his wide-eyed double takes and pigtails that would stand on end when he was ‘ascared.’ Vintage mattefinish 5 x 7 photo of the adorable Our Gang ‘Rascal’ in a straw hat, signed in fountain pen during his childhood, “Buckwheat.” In very good to fine condition, with light silvering to the areas of the image, and a diagonal crease to the left of Buckwheat’s ear. Starting Bid $200

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Marilyn wishes baseball great Lefty O’Doul— the mentor of her husband Joe DiMaggio—a “Happy Birthday”

872. Marilyn Monroe. ALS signed “Marilyn,” one page, 6 x 8.25, monogrammed “M” letterhead, no date. Letter to baseball great Lefty O’Doul, who she playfully calls “Jimmy Gold O’Doul.” In full: “I was so happy you met us at the airport and I got to see you again—your one of my favorite people you know. Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party. I would love to come but the Doctor said I must stay in bed—so I’m sorry Jimmy that I can’t be there but I’ll be thinking about you. Have a Happy Birthday and a wonderful time.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and staining. Includes the original transmittal envelope, addressed in Monroe’s hand.

The letter is undated, but probably dates from the period of Marilyn’s courtship or marriage to Joe DiMaggio, the ex-New York Yankees baseball legend who had been mentored by Monroe’s letter recipient, Francis Joseph ‘Lefty’ O’Doul. Monroe and DiMaggio first met in 1952 and were married in January 1954. Monroe and DiMaggio spent their honeymoon in Asia on a threeweek-long baseball junket also attended by Lefty and his wife Jean Gold O’Doul. Monroe divorced DiMaggio in October 1954.

“Jimmy Gold” appears to have been a pet name of Monroe’s for O’Doul. Lefty O’Doul was an accomplished professional baseball player in his own right. He served as the manager of the Pacific Coast League team the San Francisco Seals between 1935–1951, during which time he coached DiMaggio. The two remained close friends, and it is likely that Monroe knew him through DiMaggio. Starting Bid $1000

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Super early 1940s “Norma Jeane Dougherty” autograph—the future Marilyn Monroe 873. Marilyn Monroe. Very early vintage fountain pen signature, “Norma Jeane Dougherty,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5.25 album page signed by several other individuals. Affixed by its top edge to a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Marilyn Monroe. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of her divorce decree.

Norma Jeane Baker married James ‘Jimmie’ Dougherty at age 16 in June 1942, moving to California with him the next year. At the age of 17, Norma Jeane Doughtery worked 10-hour days at the Radioplane Company in Burbank, California, a World War II defense plant that tasked her with checking and spraying parachutes. In June 1944, Army photographer David Conover arrived at Radioplane to snap morale-boosting pictures of female workers for the First Motion Picture Unit. He discovered the bubbly redhead and took several photos of her holding a propeller; the images and resulting attention spurred Jeane to quit her job from the factory in January 1945, and, not long after, sign on with the Blue Book Modeling Agency. Mismatched and ‘dying of boredom’ in her marriage to Dougherty—who was against her having a career—she filed for divorce in 1946. By the fall, Norma Jeane had become Marilyn Monroe, newly divorced and on the payroll at 20th Century Fox. Starting Bid $400

874. Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Highly desir-

able pairing of checks: a Bank of America check filled out and signed by Monroe, “Marilyn Monroe,” payable to Daisy Fresh for $2.65, October 13, 1951; and a Yankee Clipper Enterprises check, filled out and signed by DiMaggio, “Joseph DiMaggio,” payable to Continental Airlines for $77, April 15, 1988. Removably corner-mounted and matted with an image of Monroe and DiMaggio, and a copy of Marilyn’s 1953 account ledger page to an overall size of 20 x 16; the ledger page shows a payment for a delivery of flowers to Joe DiMaggio, revealing their loving relationship. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $500

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875. Frank Sinatra. Striking early vin-

tage glossy 8 x 10.25 publicity photo of the handsome crooner in formal attire by James J. Kriegsman of New York, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To June—Frank Sinatra.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, including a few heavier creases touching Sinatra’s forehead.

876. Rudolph Valentino. Citizens Trust and Savings

Starting

Bid

$200

Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Valentino, “R. Valentino,” payable to Walter M. Murphy Motors, Co. for $200, May 11, 1921. In fine condition, with faint show-through from mounting remnants on reverse. Accompanied by an unsigned Henry Waxman portrait of Valentino. The Walter M. Murphy Company was a noted manufacturer of custom bodies for luxury car chassis. Starting Bid $200

877. John Wayne. Large and crisp vintage ballpoint signature and inscription, “Good Luck, Marlyne, John Wayne,” on an off-white 6.5 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, and Glinda the Good Witch

878. The Wizard of Oz: Garland, Burke, and Lahr. Fantastic collection of three vintage pencil signatures, “Judy Garland,” “Bert Lahr,” and “Billie Burke,” on individual 5.75 x 4.5 album pages. In fine condition, with a light stain above Lahr’s signature. Starting Bid $200

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Rare signed script from the ‘Duke’— “It’s hard work without a horse” 879. John Wayne. Brad-bound original final script

for the 1974 action crime film McQ, dated May 12, 1973, 121 pages, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed on the title page in black ink, “David—It’s hard work without a horse, Duke.” Another hand has added “U.S. Marshall” to the front cover, an apparent working title for the film. In very good to fine condition, with a light stain and corner crease to the signed page, and some staining and wear to the covers. The recipient, Dave Sutton, served as special still photographer for the film; Sutton worked alongside John Wayne on a number of the actor’s films, including The Shootist, Rooster Cogburn, and Big Jake. Scripts signed by Wayne are rare and quite desirable. Starting Bid $200

Rare and unique Ed Wood eulogy: “Now in keeping with what I am sure would be Ed’s wishes let us all drink a toast to his memory” 880. Ed Wood. American filmmaker and cult figure (1924–1978) who directed several low-budget science fiction, crime, and horror films in 1950s, most notably Glen or Glenda, Jail Bait, Bride of the Monster, and the notorious Plan 9 from Outer Space, which is often cited as the ‘worst film ever made.’ Original two-page handwritten funeral eulogy, 8.5 x 13, undated. Penned and delivered by minister and actor David DeMering, who costarred with Wood in two films and served as minister at Woods’ 1978 funeral. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “We are here today to pay our respects, and to honor the memory of our good and loyal friend, Eddy D. Wood Jr…Most of us here have worked with Ed in one or more capacities. He acted, wrote, produced and directed with such stars as Bela Lagusa, Tor Johnson, Ken Duncan, Lyle Tylbert, Gregory Walcott, Tom Keen, Johnie Carpenter, Chriswell, Vampira, and Paul Marco, and myself, David DeMering…Ed was instrumental in bringing Bela Lagusa back into pictures after a number of years out of the industry…Now in keeping with what I am sure would be Ed’s wishes let us all drink a toast to his memory and wish him the very best in his life to come.” In fine condition, with several small tears at the top of the first page, light creases, a small smudge, and a horizontal fold. A one-of-a-kind piece of cult film memorabilia. Starting Bid $200

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881. Bud Abbott

882. Actors and Actresses

883. Actors and Actresses

884. Actors and Actresses

885. Julie Andrews

886. Fred Astaire

887. Fred Astaire Starting Bid $200

888. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Starting Bid $200

891. Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren

892. Warren Beatty and Elia Kazan

894. Sarah Bernhardt

895. Billy Bevan

896. Fanny Brice

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

889. Tallulah Bankhead Starting Bid $200

893. Ingrid Bergman Starting Bid $200

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890. Brigitte Bardot

Starting Bid $200

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897. James Cagney and George Raft

898. Frank Capra Starting Bid $200

899. Casablanca: Madeleine Lebeau

900. Charlie’s Angels

901. Gary Cooper

902. Gary Cooper

903. Wes Craven Starting Bid $200

904. Broderick Crawford Starting Bid $200

905. Joe Dallesandro

906. Sammy Davis, Jr Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

907. Doris Day

908. Robert De Niro

909. Easy Rider

910. Nelson Eddy

911. Entertainers

912. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Starting Bid $200

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913. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr Starting Bid $200

914. Louise Fletcher Starting Bid $200

915. Errol Flynn

916. Harrison Ford

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

917. John Ford

918. Kay Francis

919. Greta Garbo

920. Greta Garbo

921. Jean-Luc Godard

922. Samuel Goldwyn

923. David Hasselhoff

924. Hugh Hefner

925. Audrey Hepburn

926. Leslie Howard

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927. John Huston Starting Bid $200

928. James Bond: Barbara Bach

929. James Bond: Albert R. Broccoli

930. Boris Karloff

931. Grace Kelly

932. Grace Kelly

933. Hedy Lamarr

934. Charles Lane

935. Gypsy Rose Lee

936. Vivien Leigh

937. Sophia Loren

938. Corinne Luchaire Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

940. M*A*S*H

941. Karl Malden

942. Marcel Marceau

943. Marx Brothers

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939. M*A*S*H

Starting Bid $200

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944. Patrick McGoohan Starting Bid $200

945. Ethel Merman

946. Toshiro Mifune

947. Marilyn Monroe

948. Marilyn Monroe

949. Marilyn Monroe

950. Marilyn Monroe and Anna Magnani Starting Bid $200

951. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Starting Bid $200

954. Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier

955. Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

952. Marilyn Monroe and Jack Warner

953. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell Starting Bid $200

956. Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand Starting Bid $200

957. Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold Starting Bid $200

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959. Elizabeth Montgomery Starting Bid $200

960. The Munsters: Fred Gwynne

961. News Anchors

962. Jack Nicholson

963. Odd Couple

964. Mary Pickford

965. Sidney Poitier

966. Psycho: Janet Leigh

967. Anthony Quinn

970. Edward G. Robinson Starting Bid $200

971. Fred Rogers

974. Neil Simon

975. Sopranos: Gandolfini, James Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

968. Basil Rathbone Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

969. Return to Oz Starting Bid $200

972. Will Rogers Starting Bid $200

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976. Steven Spielberg Starting Bid $200

977. Star Wars: Mark Hamill Starting Bid $200

980. Super Models: Crawford and Schiffer Starting Bid $100

982. Three Stooges: Moe Howard Starting Bid $200

983. Jack Webb Starting Bid $200

986. Anna May Wong Starting Bid $200

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978. James Stewart Starting Bid $200

979. James Stewart Starting Bid $200

981. Tarzan

Starting Bid $200

984. Mae West

Starting Bid $200

985. Billy Wilder Starting Bid $200

987. Fay Wray

Starting Bid $200

sports 989. Cassius Clay. Vintage

2.5 x 4.5 magazine photo of a young Cassius Clay wearing the gold medal he won at the 1960 Summer Olympics, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Chip, from, Cassius Clay.” Housed in a plastic screw-down display holder. In very good to fine condition, with a stain at the center from old adhesive residue on the reverse. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

992. Rocky Marciano. ALS signed “Rocky,” penned in

ballpoint on the reverse of a glossy 5.5 x 3.5 postcard showing Marciano in his boxing stance, postmarked November 1954.

Letter to Rev. Michael Lynch at St. Thomas the Apostle Rectory in Palmer, Massachusetts, in full: “So nice hearing from you.

We’ll be back in New England around Dec. 10, give us a call, we’d certainly like to meet you. Haven’t been in Palmer, Mass for at least 10 years. Please remember us in your prayers.” In fine condition, with a couple of light stains to the photo side.

Marciano had defended his title against Ezzard Charles a month earlier with an eighth round knockout, improving the Brockton Blockbuster’s record to 47-0. Starting Bid $200

993. Rocky Marciano.

990. Muhammad Ali. Personal check, 7.75 x 3, filled out

and signed by Muhammad Ali, payable to “Cash” for $5000, March 12, 1985. Ali adds his endorsement signature on the reverse in ballpoint. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

991. Joe Louis. Vintage glossy 7 x 9 full-length photo of Joe Louis shaking hands with Jersey Joe Walcott at weigh-ins before their 1947 bout, signed vertically on his legs in blue ballpoint by Louis. Reverse bears an affixed Associated Press caption and stamp, and collector’s notations: “Joe Louis autographed this photo at the Boxing Writers Dinner in N.Y. at the Waldorf Astoria, 1/14/60.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing. Starting Bid $200

Vintage glossy 7 x 9 photo of Rocky Marciano being tended to during a training session, signed in blue ballpoint. The upper signature and date to border are in an unknown hand. Reverse bears an International News Photo stamp and collector’s notations: “Taken 8/22/59 at 2nd St. in Caster’s Store, Hbg, Pa.” In very good condition, with overall creasing, and bends to the lower corner tips. Starting Bid $200

994. Jackie Robinson. Signed book:

Wait Till Next Year.

First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1960.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9.25, 339 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ballpoint by Robinson, “Best wishes, Jackie Robinson,” and in blue ballpoint by the co-author, “Carl T. Rowan.” Autographic condition: fine, with faint stains to the bottom, as well an affixed JSA sticker and library rubber stamp. Book condition: Starting Bid $200

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Beautifully signed first edition of The Babe Ruth Story

995. Babe Ruth. Sought-after signed book: The Babe Ruth

Story. First edition. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 250 pages. Signed neatly on the title page in fountain pen by Babe Ruth. In fine condition.

Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $300

998. John L. Sullivan. Rare fountain pen signature, “John L. Sullivan, Fifty Ninth St. and Seventh Ave., New York City,” on an off-white lightly lined 4.75 x 3 sheet. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, and light toning over the right half of the slip. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

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997. Soccer: 2006 FIFA World Cup Trophy. Of-

ficial commemorative World Cup trophy issued to a member of the Brazilian National Football Team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, standing 11˝ in height, depicting Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory, holding a large soccer ball, with lower portion bearing a circular plaque: “World Cup 2006.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Alexandre Silva da Silveira, a coordinator for the Brazilian National Football Team, who affirms that the trophy derives from his personal collection. Starting Bid $200

996. Soccer: 2002 FIFA World Cup Trophy. Uncom-

mon 2002 FIFA World Cup participation trophy, which accurately replicates the official FIFA World Cup trophy. This miniaturized version measures 4.25˝ in height, and is set on a deep brown 2˝ x 1.5˝ x 2˝ base, with front plate featuring tourney logo and text, “2002 FIFA World Cup, Korea Japan.” Made by Bertoni of Milan. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Alexandre Silva da Silveira, a coordinator for the Brazil National Soccer Team, who affirms that the trophy derives from his personal collection. South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts for the first World Cup to be hosted by two countries. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time by beating Germany 2-0 in the final. Starting Bid $300

999. Muhammad Ali

1000. Muhammad Ali

1001. Muhammad Ali

1002. Muhammad Ali

1003. Muhammad Ali

1004. Arthur Ashe

1005. Athletes

1006. Ernie Banks

1007. Baseball Hall of Famers

1008. Sammy Baugh

1009. Boston Red Sox: Yastrzemski and Rice Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

1011. Boxing

1012. Brooklyn Dodgers Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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1010. Boxing

1013. Brooklyn Dodgers Starting Bid $200

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1016. Joe DiMaggio and Dolph Camilli

1017. DiMaggio Brothers Starting Bid $100

1018. Paddy Driscoll

1019. Juan Manuel Fangio Starting Bid $200

1020. Ben Hogan

1021. Bobby Hull

1022. Benny Leonard

1023. Link Lyman

1024. Mickey Mantle

1025. Mickey Mantle

1026. Mickey Mantle

1027. Mickey Mantle

1028. Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams

1015. Joe DiMaggio Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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1030. Miracle on Ice Starting Bid $200

1031. Stirling Moss Starting Bid $200

1032. Joe Namath Starting Bid $200

1035. Nike: Knight and Davidson Starting Bid $200

1038. Arnold Palmer

1033. Joe Namath

1034. Jack Nicklaus

1036. Barney Oldfield

1037. Jesse Owens

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

1040. Pele

1041. Michael Phelps

1042. Maurice Richard

1043. Pete Rose

1044. Soccer: 1970 Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy Starting Bid $200

1045. Soccer: 2001 FIFA Con-

Starting Bid $200

1039. Pele

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

federations Cup Fourth Place Medal Starting Bid $200

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1046. Soccer: CBF Centennial Medal Starting Bid $200

1047. Soccer: CBF Media Guide Collection Starting Bid $200

1048. Soccer: Lionel Messi

1049. Soccer: Paul Pogba

1050. Soccer: Ronaldinho

1051. Soccer: Javier Saviola

1052. Soccer: Carlos Tevez

1053. Soccer: Zico

1055. Sports

1056. Syracuse Championship Team 1959

Starting Bid $200

1057. Syracuse University Football Greats Starting Bid $200

1060. Ted Williams

1061. Ted Williams

Starting Bid $200

1054. Sports

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

1058. Bill Tilden

1059. Paul and Lloyd Waner Starting Bid $200

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Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid. 5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. 5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. 5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction

lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise.

It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Section 6 Payment 6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. 6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. 6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $2,500 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.

6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. 6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment.

6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. 6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession.

6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $2,500 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@rrauction.com.

Section 7 Sales Tax RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus.

When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. Please go to our terms on our website to see the states that are affected.

If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases.

The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%.

Pennsylvania sales or use tax may be due in connection with the purchase and delivery of tangible personal property to Pennsylvania individuals and businesses.

The purchaser is required to file a use tax return if tax is due in connection with the purchase and delivery in the Commonwealth. This notice is required pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971. 72 P.S. ¤ 7213.2.

If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax.

Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.

Section 9 Title Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Section 10 Rights Reserved RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/ or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time.

Section 11 Conducting the Auction 11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages.

11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. 11.3 Reserves Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property.

RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve.

11.4 Off-Site Bidding Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form.

11.5 Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the

Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). 11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. 11.7 Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.

11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. 11.9 Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice. 11.10 Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. 11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/ EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/ EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. 11.12 Bidding - Internet Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise.

During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable

for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. 11.13 Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future.

In conformity with ”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.

11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety. Section 12 RR Auction’s Remedies Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under subpart (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Section 13 Warranties 13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made

by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance

of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices. 13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly. 13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void.

Section 14 Firearms RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm. Section 15 Unauthorized Statements Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Section 16 Bidder’s Remedies 16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only.

16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures.

16.3 Title to Items The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only.

The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.

16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process (1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the

auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim.

(2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale.

16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner: (1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”).

This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received

by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and (2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale.

NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID. 16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00.

Section 17 RR Auction’s Additional Services For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.

Section 18 Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer.

Section 19 Entire Agreement Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions

contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.

Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement 20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. 20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential.

20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS. 20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought

by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims

by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances.

The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.

20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale.

Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding.

20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction.

20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid.

Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis.

20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction (along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participation in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction.

Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these terms and conditions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states: For Residents of California: SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER. A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as required by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.

Section 22 Glossary of Condition terms Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction.

Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows: VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important. Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion.

Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.