RR Auction's May Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

May 15, 2013 www.RRAuction.com

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CAMELOT

50

years after Dallas

Now appraising and accepting JFK-related consignments For a free consignment appraisal, email Bob Eaton at Bob.Eaton@RRAuction.com or call (603) 732-4280

The Auction Has Begun!

Bidding begins as soon as the catalog is posted online (April 26). At 6pm on WedNESDAY, MAY 15th the one hour extended bidding period begins followed immediately by the 30 Minute Rule.

All times in RRAuction guidelines and instructions are stated according to the Eastern (U.S.) time zone.

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Bob Eaton owner, acquisitions bob.eaton@rrauction.com

Tricia Eaton auction production manager tricia.eaton@rrauction.com

Bobby Eaton vice president of operations bobby.eaton@rrauction.com

Carla Eaton NH Auctioneer License #3029

Mike Nelson senior catalog writer mike.nelson@rrauction.com

Adam Karr shipping supervisor shipping@rrauction.com

Bill White lead authenticator bill.white@rrauction.com

Dan McCarthy catalog writer dan.mccarthy@rrauction.com

Stacey Jordan customer service stacey.jordan@rrauction.com

Mandy Eaton-Casey chief financial officer amanda.casey@rrauction.com

Jessica Hinckley executive bidding assistant jessica.hinckley@rrauction.com

Sarina Carlo art director sarina.carlo@rrauction.com

Elizebeth Otto consignment manager elizebeth.otto@rrauction.com

Jon Siefken consignment director jon.siefken@RRAuction.com

Annie Nichols junior art director annie.nichols@rrauction.com

Bobby Livingston vice president, public relations bobby.livingston@rrauction.com

Erika Rosenfeld inventory processing, researcher erika.rosenfeld@rrauction.com

Linda Immerman acquisitions assistant linda.immerman@rrauction.com

Robert S. Eaton Sr. 1940–2001

GENERAL RR AUCTION INFO R&R Auction Company, LLC, d/b/a RRAuction Licensed auctioneer: Carla Eaton, NH license #3029

CONTACT INFORMATION

5 Rt 101A, Suite 5 • Amherst, NH 03031 Local/International: 1-603-732-4280 Local/Int’l fax: 1-603-732-4288 Website: www.RRAuction.com Email bidding: Bid@RRAuction.com

HOURS

Office hours are Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. -5 p.m. eastern standard time; hours on the last night of the auction are dictated by the 30 Minute Rule (see below). Any item in the auction can be viewed in our offices during normal business hours. Please call to set up an appointment.

RRAUCTION’S POLICIES EXTENDED BIDDING & THE 30 MINUTE RULE

The final day of bidding for all lots is Wednesday, May 15. Any bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm. At that time, the Extended Bidding goes into affect. If you have not bid on a lot before 6 pm, you may not bid on that lot after 6 pm. Only those bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm. Hence, if you are the only bidder on a lot at 6 pm, that lot is awarded to you. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm.

All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm will remain OPEN to ALL bidders until 7 pm or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot. 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. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm. If you are the high bidder, raising your maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the auction at any time at its sole discretion.

POSTPONEMENT

RR Auction may postpone the auction for a reasonable period of time as the result of any significant event (e.g., an Act of God, etc). In this unlikely event, bidders and consignors will be notified of the new closing date.

GUARANTEES

Each signed item is unconditionally guaranteed genuine without time limit. If a lot is declared to be not authentic, we may ask the purchaser to supply the written opinion of one competent authority acceptable to us. We will refund the original purchase price after documentation has been submitted.

The buyer’s only remedy under this guarantee is the cancellation of the sale and the refund of the purchase price.

PAYMENTS Payment is due by Monday, May 27, 2013, unless prior arrangements have been made.

Late payment may result in the suspension of your bidding privileges.

Credit cards and PayPal are only accepted up to $5,000.

Credit Card orders will be shipped first. Please send PayPal

payments to FinanceDepartment@rrauction. com. Overseas orders must be paid by credit card, paypal, or

wire. All checks, cashiers checks or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company, LLC. Orders paid by cashier check, money order, wire, Pay Pal or credit card are shipped upon receipt.

Personal and business checks are also accepted and orders paid via this method on winnings over $500 will ship 7 business days after receipt. Returned checks are subject to a $25 fee. We recommend paying by cashier’s check, money order, or wire transfer.

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TERMS OF SALE A buyer’s premium of 20% will be added to all winning bids.

RR Auction prefers cash, check, or wire payments.

For winning bids of $5,000 or less, clients may choose to pay via credit card or PayPal for an additional 2.5% convenience fee.

You are obligated to honor any bid(s) you make, and you authorize us to charge your credit card for any unpaid winnings.

RETURNS Every item is cataloged with the intent of accuracy. Improperly described items must be returned within three days of receipt. Please call us before returning any items. A merchandise credit will be issued in the case of a subjective, unresolvable dispute over condition.

CONSIGNORS Consignors are not allowed to bid on or withdraw their own lots.

We will contact all consignors via mail, fax, or e-mail with their tentative final results the day after the auction ends.

SELLER RR Auction reserves the right to: (a) remove any item, (b) reject any bid, and (c) ban anyone from participating in this auction for any reason. We reserve the right to the final decision in all matters regarding this auction.

RR AUCTION’S BIDDING INFO REGISTRATION Your bidder number remains the same from auction to auction, but you must register to bid in each auction, even if you have already participated in past auctions. During registration, we will confirm your name, shipping address, phone number, e-mail, and method of payment if you are successful. Please provide any address or payment changes, or any special shipping requests, before the close of the auction.

NEW BIDDERS Bidders without a number must apply for one before they can participate in the auction. Fill out a New Bidder Application form online at http://rrauction.com/new_register. com, or request a form by mail or fax. Your bidder number will be issued only after all information has been verified.

PLACING BIDS By participating in the auction, you are accepting these Terms and Conditions. You are agreeing to the

alternative of dispute resolution by arbitration. Arbitration replaces the right to go to court, including the right to a jury trial.

If any dispute arises regarding payment, authenticity, grading, description, provenance, or any other matter pertaining to the auction, the bidder or a participant in the auction and/or RR Auction agree that the dispute shall go to binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association. A.A.A. arbitration shall be conducted under the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act and in a locale mutually convenient to both parties. Where a locale cannot be agreed upon the determination shall be made by the independent ADR institution. Any claim made by a bidder must be presented within one (1) year or it is barred. The prevailing party may be awarded reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. An award granted in arbitration is enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

MINIMUM BIDS Every item has a minimum bid (MB). No bids below this amount will be accepted.

MAXIMUM BIDS To maximize your chance of winning, we strongly encourage the use of maximum bids. For example, assume an item you want currently has a high bid of $100. Your bid would then be $110 (10% over $100), and you could tell us, “I’d like a maximum bid of $242 for that item.” We will enter your bid at $110, and we will then bid for you until the lot reaches your maximum of $242.

If competitive bids only reach $148, you would win the item at $163—10% over the highest previous bid. To prevent tie bids, all maximum bids should be made in proper increments. 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 underbidder’s bid.

BID INCREMENTS Bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%.

CHECKING BIDS You can open, monitor, and/or raise bids as often as you wish.

However, all bidding is governed by the 30 Minute Rule and extended bidding. Extended bidding always goes into affect at 6 pm on the last day of the auction. At 7 pm, the extended bidding ends and the 30 Minute Rule goes into effect.

RESERVES Some lots may have a confidential reserve, below which the lot will not be sold.

CALLBACKS RRAuction offers a callback service on auction night for any bidder who has the high bid on an item whose current bid is over $1,000 and who has placed a maximum bid. At your request, we will call you if your maximum bid is topped. We will need your correct telephone number(s) where you can be reached until the auction closes. Callbacks begin after 6 pm on auction night.

You must request this service; it is not automatic. We make every effort to ensure that bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, we do not guarantee this service.

WITHDRAWING BIDS You are obligated to honor any bid(s) you make, and no bids may be withdrawn at any time. There are no exceptions; failure to comply will terminate all future bidding.

AFTER THE AUCTION WINNER NOTIFICATION We will notify all winners by email, phone, or fax by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. Auction results are available at rrauction.com.

SHIPPING All orders are now shipped FedEx and we must have your street address on file. At our discretion, some orders of high value may be sent via overnight or two-day service. Insurance is added to each invoice, with a minimum of $2 for the first $200 of value and 55¢ per $100 of value over $200. Oversized orders will have additional postage added to their invoices. Within the United States, rates for shipping and handling only are:

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TERMINOLOGY

INTERNET LOG-IN INSTRUCTIONS

CONDITION

Access our online catalog at www.RRAuction.com and register to become a bidder. We offer the most interactive online auction in the collectibles field. After you have completed the registration form, you will have access to:

Each item in the catalog is described with a statement indicating its overall condition. The condition of the items we offer generally falls into the following range: good—very good—fine—very fine. Treated as a scale of 1 to 4, good describes an item that has as many as several flaws, which are described in detail; very fine describes an item whose condition and appearance may be regarded as flawless and superior in every respect. Most of the items we offer are in fine condition, meaning that there are no serious flaws. While we make every effort to describe flaws that materially affect appearance and value, we generally do not specify minor or routine flaws, such as (but not limited to) pencil or secretarial notations, mailing folds to letters, normal aging to paper, or tiny bends or creases from normal handling. We encourage prospective bidders to examine the image(s) of each item closely and to contact us with specific inquiries regarding condition.

GROUP LOTS In descriptions of group lots of two or more items, every effort is made to mention any obvious flaws. Bidders should note that condition for group lots is given as a general statement or range, and that specific flaws to single items within the group may be omitted in the interest of catalog space. Questions about group lots, or specific items within a group lot, should be addressed before the close of the auction to Tricia Eaton (tricia@rrauction.com).

MATTED & FRAMED Many of the items offered for sale in our monthly auctions are described as matted and/or framed. We do not remove items from frames; the given dimensions of items housed in a frame and/ or mat indicate sight size only. Photographs and other ephemera used with matted and framed items are not subject to description and condition statements, nor are they considered a reason for return. Condition refers only to the item and not the mat or frame. Our terms of return apply only to the item and not the matting and framing. Any item that is removed from the frame cannot be returned. Returns are only accepted when there is an authenticity question or the description of the item is incorrect.

ALS — Autograph Letter Signed (a letter entirely handwritten and signed by the given personality)

AQS — Autograph Quotation Signed ANS — Autograph Note Signed (a short ALS) LS — Letter Signed (a letter in a secretary’s hand, but signed by the given personality)

SP — Signed Photo

• Real-time online bidding • Tracking of lots/consignments All auction and bidding regulations stated in the Terms and Conditions in the front of the catalog apply to online bidding.

OBTAINING A BIDDER NUMBER & PASSWORD Before you can bid on the internet, you need to obtain a bidder number and password. If you do not have a bidder number, just follow these few easy steps: 1. Go to www.RRAuction.com and click on the NEW BIDDER REGISTRATION button located under the log-in box.

Having trouble registering to bid online? Please give us a call at (603) 732-4280 or e-mail us at Stacey.Jordan@RRAuction.com

2. You will then be sent to a registration page, on which you will enter your personal information. The safety of your personal information is ensured by top-of-the-line online security.

RRAuction does not share your information.

Please make sure to give accurate information so we can contact you with your bidder number. If you already get the catalog, your bidder number is located on the label on the envelope. Call or e-mail us for your password.

3. Your application will be proccessed within 24 to 48 hours (excluding non-business hours) as long as all information is received. You will be contacted with a bidder number and password.

DS — Document Signed FDC — First Day Cover INSCRIBED — “Personalized” Book Grading Fine (F) - unused, no damage Near Fine (NF) - one or two very minor flaws Very Good (VG) - some signs of wear, but overall sound Good (G) - well-worn but complete Poor (P) - heavily worn, sufficient as a “Reading Copy” All defects will be noted. For complete book grading guide, please check online.

CHANGING/ FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS After you have performed the steps above, you will be able to log in to your account and change your password. If you have forgotten your password, enter your bidder number, then click the FORGOTTEN PASSWORD button. We will automatically send your password to your e-mail address on file. If you have any problems changing your password, call or send an e-mail to Tricia@RRAuction.com.

THE RR AUCTION TEAM OF AUTHENTICATORS & CONSULTANTS RR Auction is committed to offering authentic autographs. This commitment is the foundation on which RR has built its reputation as a responsible, respectable auctioneer. Backing our commitment to authenticity, we are proud to offer a 100% Lifetime Money Back Guarantee on every signed item we sell. The Certificate of Authenticity that accompanies every signed item is good for the life of the piece regardless of owner. While RR Auction is exclusively responsible for its guarantee, we are proud to work with a group of industry experts providing authentication services for autographed collectibles.

BOB EATON AND BILL WHITE, RR AUCTION

AUCTION

After 30 years in business, during which time well over 1,000,000 signed items have crossed their paths, no one has had more daily exposure to autographs than Bob Eaton and Bill White. To date, RR Auction has published more than 400 consecutive monthly catalogs. Several award-winning, in-depth published studies have earned Bill a reputation as a trusted authenticator. Bob, a PSA/ DNA authenticator, is well established as one of the foremost authenticators in the autograph industry. Certificates of Authenticity are complimentary with every lot sold.

JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts.

He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, is a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots.Priced upon request*

PSA/DNA PSA/DNA is the world’s leading third party autograph authentication company. Using state of the art technology, PSA/DNA created a security system to prevent counterfeiting, forgery and piracy. As the most respected service in the industry, PSA/DNA’s years of expertise and knowledge have established an impeccable reputation for providing professional, unbiased, expert opinions. Letters of Authenticity are available

STEVE ZARELLI

on certain lots. Priced from $25 to $200*

STEVE ZARELLI Steve has been collecting and closely studying space and aviation autographs for over 15 years. He has been at the forefront of identifying deceptive forgeries and his findings have been published in the definitive space collecting reference, Relics of the Space Race, as well as the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine. Steve was also a contributor to the UACC signature study, Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters

of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

PHIL SEARS For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Autograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*

FRANK CAIAZZO beatles autographs

Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.

RENATO SAGGIORI With more than 50 years in the European autograph market, Renato is considered an expert on the manuscripts of European royalty, scientists, painters, and writers. He is also considered the leading authority on papal autographs and manuscripts. His 2006 book, The Popes - Five Centuries of Signatures, is an indispensible reference tool.

BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES Civil War Signatures

With more than 45 years combined experience in the field, Brian and Maria are two of the nation’s leading experts in Civil War autographs and manuscripts.

JAMES CAMNER, LA SCALA AUTOGRAPHS James is a leading classical music autograph dealer. With more than 35 years experience, he is a founding member of PADA, an authenticator for PSA/DNA, a member of the ABAA, and an author of over ten published books on related subjects.

RICH CONSOLA Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authenticators worldwide. * For more information on Letters of Authenticity contact Stacey by phone at (603) 732-4280 or by email at Stacey.Jordan@RRAuction.com

GALLERIES Most categories in this catalog are divided into two sections—a preliminary section which contains items with complete descriptions, and a following GALLERY section, made up of a clean grid of great items listed only with lot numbers, names, and minimum bids.

Complete descriptions, larger images, and additional images (if any) are available for every gallery item at www.RRAuction.com.

WEB EXCLUSIVES Another new feature of the auction are web exclusive items, offered for bidding only online. These items don’t appear in the printed catalogs, but are available solely through the website, where you will also find their complete descriptions and images.

Web Exclusive items can be found in their own category within the navigation area on the left side of the home page, further broken down into subcategories (President, Notables, Military, etc).

Web Exclusives (144)

Find the Web Exclusives fast on the left navigation bar.

These items will also show up alphabetically within their respective categories when doing a usual gallery search. For example, doing a gallery search in Sports would show all items in that category—both items shown in the print catalog and all Sports Web Exclusives—sorted alphabetically.

presidents & first ladies Adams endorses a plea in a land dispute in 1768

1. John Adams. Handwritten endorsement, signed “John Adams,” on the reverse of a partial manuscript document, one page, 7.5 x 10.5, circa December 1768, ordering the Sheriff to “Attach the Goods of Estate of Jeremiah Russell of Boston,” regarding a piece of land from the estate of John Osborne.

On the reverse Adams writes, “and the Pttf agreeing to the within Reservation say the said…plea is not sufft, and the said Jeremiah says his Plea is sufficient.” Intersecting folds, tape repair to horizontal fold, trimmed bottom edge, scattered toning, and a few small holes along folds, otherwise very good condition. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Adams had been serving as a lawyer for the past 10 years, and at the time of this endorsement, was a fierce opponent of the Stamp Act, having published several anonymous articles as well as drafting the Braintree Instructions. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

2. John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 14.25 x 9, August 10, 1826. President Adams grants 159 acres of land to “Stephen & Samuel P. Duncan, Guardians of the Children and Estate of Doctor James Gustin dec.” Signed at the conclusion by Adams. Intersecting folds, and mild toning to edges from previous adhesive, otherwise fine condition. The white seal is worn, but intact, and Adams’s signature is crisp and prominent. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

As he prepares to return to America to assume duties as secretary of state, Adams directs the shipment of his famous portrait by Copley 3. John Quincy Adams. LS, one page, 7.25 x 8.75, June 7, 1817. Adams, then American

Minister to England writes from London to consul Thomas Aspinwall. In full: “I received your letter of yesterdays date & shall be very glad to have the insurance made upon the terms you mention. If the Policy is not yet made out I will thank you to have two hundred pounds of it marked for Books for the secretary of state instead of one hundred and fifty. The Portrait at Mrs. Copley’s No. 25 George Street Hanover Square is ready packed & will be delivered to your order whenever you shall send for it. It is to be shipped you will recollect with the boxes of my books which you have for Boston.” Reverse of second integral page bears an address panel in another hand as well as a red wax seal. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, and a couple of short edge separations (touching one word). John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), the most renowned American artist of the Colonial era, painted his well-known portrait of the young diplomat Adams in 1796, when both were in London. Created at the behest of Copley’s wife as a gift for her good friend and Adams’s mother, Abigail Adams, the portrait now resides in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. At the time of writing, Adams was preparing his return to the United States, at the request of President James Monroe, to serve as secretary of state.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) | 7

Forwarding a “Letter to the President…at his Seat in Virginia,” on behalf of a Maine postmaster seeking a better position 4. John Quincy Adams. ALS, as secretary of state, one page, 7.5 x 10, October 7,

1817. Letter to Orchard Cook. In part: “I have received your favour…enclosing a printed copy of your valuable charge to a jury in 1805, which I have read with much pleasure, and a Letter to the President, which I immediately transmitted to him at his Seat in Virginia, where he is now. I shall consider myself fortunate if any circumstance shall occur which may place it in my power of service to you. The President’s disposition I have no doubt is equally friendly; and although I am not at present acquainted with any situation that would be suitable or acceptable to you, yet whenever such a one shall present itself, I am persuaded he will not be unmindful of your wishes or of your qualifications.”

In fine condition, with light intersecting folds. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving.

Cook was a three-time congressman from Massachusetts from 1805–1811 and later served as postmaster of Wiscassett, Maine from 1811 until his death in 1819. Adams was forwarding the copy to president James Monroe, elected earlier in the year, and had just sold his land to the University of Virginia, perhaps referenced as his “Seat” by Jefferson.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

5. Chester A. Arthur. Scarce ALS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 19, 1883. Letter to Judge Edwards Pierrepont. In full: “My time has been so occupied since the opening of the session that my private letters have received no attention. I thank you cordially for your kind note of the 6th inst. I expect to go to New York tonight or tomorrow & hope to have have [sic] the pleasure of seeing you while I am there.” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In fine condition, with a complete separation to hinge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and two unsigned engravings. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

6. James Buchanan.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.25 x 8.25 (trimmed down from a larger size), January 20, 1858.

President Buchanan directs the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon granted to Jacob W. Powers.” In fine condition, with a few bands of light toning and expected document wear. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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7. Grover Cleveland. Ink signature, “Grover Cleveland, Feb. 19, 1901,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 card bearing an affixed magazine photo. In fine condition, with a couple creases to the card (none affecting the signature), and slight brushing to ink (primarily affecting the date). Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

The ambassador is unable to provide assistance in obtaining the post of American Consul to Antwerp 8. James Buchanan. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25

x 9, August 26, 1853. Letter, written as Ambassador to England, to W. William Richmond. In full: “On my arrival in the city a few days ago I received your favor of the 11th Instant. I very much regret that I cannot afford you any assistance in your application to be appointed Consul of the United States at Antwerp. Indeed, I have no doubt the place has already been filled, though I do not know the fact. You are mistaken in supposing that there have not been other applicants for the situation. I was committed in such a manner before I left the United States, that it would be improbable for me now to interfere in your favor, even if the place were still vacant.” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by two unsigned engravings. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

9.

Grover Cleveland. Ex-

ecutive Mansion card signed in black ink, “Grover Cleveland.” In very good condition, with scattered soiling surrounding but not touching the signature, and heavy mounting remnants to reverse. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“My sincere thanks for a copy of the ‘Life of Samuel S. Cox,’ which you kindly sent me on Christmas”

10. Grover and Frances Cleveland. Two

Executive Mansion cards, signed in black ink, “Grover Cleveland,” and “Frances F. Cleveland,” respectively. Both are removably matted and framed with a color portrait of Cleveland to an overall size of 16.5 x 19.25. Some scattered light soiling to both, none affecting either of the crisp signatures, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

11. Grover Cleveland. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5

x 6.75, personal letterhead, January 3, 1899. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Please accept my sincere thanks for a copy of the ‘Life of Samuel S. Cox,’ which you kindly sent me on Christmas. I have just laid it aside after an hour delightfully spent in glancing it through, and I anticipate added pleasure in its thorough perusal.” In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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12. Grover Cleveland.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, February 3, 1896. President Cleveland appoints James Seymour Rogers a “Captain of Infantry.” Signed at the conclusion

by Cleveland and countersigned by Secretary of War Daniel Lamont.

In fine condition, with intersecting folds. The seal is missing. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

14. Calvin Coolidge. Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 10.5 photo, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen “To L. S. Reynolds, with regards, Calvin Coolidge.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 16.25. In very good condition, with a diagonal crease to top right, some toning lightly affecting the sentiment, and scattered silvering to darker portions of image. Mr. Lionel Reynolds was the Harris & Ewing White House photographer during several years of the Coolidge and Hoover Administrations. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

13. Grover Cleveland. ALS as president, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 21, 1886.

Letter of thanks to a woman. In full: “I am late in tendering my thanks for your kind remembrance of my birthday…I fully appreciate the consideration which prompted the gift which you so pleasantly bestowed as a souvenir of the occasion.”

The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In very good condition, with paperclip impressions to top edge and a couple blocks of toning to first page. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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15. Calvin Coolidge. White House card signed in black ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with light mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

16. Calvin Coolidge. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, January 21, 1926. President Coolidge appoints Bertha V. Eaton to be postmaster of Florin, California. Signed at the conclusion by Coolidge and countersigned by Postmaster General Harry New. Some scattered light creasing to two edges, and some mild soiling to left edge, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

17. Calvin Coolidge. Uncommon ALS as president, two pages, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 29, 1926. Letter, marked “Personal” at the top to Frederick S. Peck, Esq. In part: “I was glad to hear from you again and renew the connection that was made in the last Presidential Campaign, when the result in your community was so satisfactory. Some time when I am in your neighborhood I hope to be able to see you personally.” Uniform toning over text and signature from previous display, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Sending thanks for a Pacific Coast study shortly before signing the 1924 Immigration Act 18. Calvin Coolidge. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 6, 1924. Letter of thanks to Warren Ryder. In full: “Thank you very much for your letter of the 29th. I am greatly interested in the extract which you quote, and should be very glad to have any further results of your study of the immigration problem as it affects the Pacific Coast.” Punch holes to top and left edges and an old piece of tape to lower left, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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19. Calvin Coolidge.

Scarce ALS, one page, 6 x 7.25, November 23, 1928. Letter to Mr. Loring A. Schuler marked at the top

by Coolidge, “personal.” In full: “Your note is received. I thank you for your consideration. You can write around Christmas.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Coolidge’s hand. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

20.

Grace Coolidge. De-

mure vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 10.5 photo of Coolidge leafing through a book, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 16.25. In fine condition.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

21. Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. A collection of six TLSs, one

from John F. Kennedy, three from Dwight D. Eisenhower (all as president), and two from Richard Nixon, both as Vice President, all to John L. Casey, Jr., the National Chairman for the Youth for Eisenhower-Nixon organization. The first letter is from Senator Kennedy, signed “John,” dated January 15, 1955, and reads, in part: “It was most kind of you to remember us and we appreciate your thoughtfulness more than we can say.

I hope to be back to work in the not too distant future and look forward to seeing you some time soon.” A letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower, dated November 10, 1956, reads, in full: “With the national political election of 1956 now history, I want to express to you my deep appreciation of your work with the National Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon organization. As I have so often said, the ‘Citizens’ are particularly close to my heart, and your untiring efforts over the past weeks and months gratified and pleased me—and contributed greatly, I am certain, to the final outcome of the contest. I hope that in the months to come you will continue, as I shall, to work for the principles and ideals that we share.” Another letter dated December 2, 1956, on White House stationery places Eisenhower in Augusta, GA when he writes Casey, “I am of course delighted that you and the other leaders of the Youth for Eisenhower-Nixon want to continue to retain the structure of your organization.” The last letter, dated December 6, 1956, reads, “A good friend of the National Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon has made available to me a number of copies of a special medallion. Because of your association with that organization, it occurred to me that you might like to have one of them, on which you name will be inscribed…I hope that the medallion will serve as a suitable keepsake of the 1956 political campaign, in which both you and I had a particular interest.” The last two letters are typed letters from Nixon on Office of the Vice President stationery. One letter from Nixon, dated January 29, 1957, reads in part: “I might say at the outset that after looking at the plan of action which Bob Ogden was good enough to send to the office, considerable credit for our November victory certainly goes to you two and the many able assistants which I know you had.

I am glad to know that you are going to try to keep the organization in being as we must constantly look ahead to the unfinished tasks that are so evident, such as a Republican Congress in 1958.” In overall fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Enormous portrait of the president leaving the ‘Eisenhower Special’

22. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Vintage matte-finish 15.5 x 19 photo of

Eisenhower descending from the American Airlines ‘Eisenhower Special’ plane, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To David R. Jones, with best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower.” The photographer’s name, Perry Cragg, is printed in the lower right. Tastefully matted to an overall size of 21.5 x 26. In fine condition, with some irregular ink adhesion to the inscription. An extremely impressive portrait of the president, certainly among the largest we have encountered. Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Ike appoints noted actor Robert Montgomery as a special consultant for his public communications 23. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, January 21, 1954. Eisenhower appoints Robert Montgomery of New York to be a “Special Consultant to the President of the United States of America.” Signed at the conclusion

by Eisenhower and countersigned by acting Secretary of State Walter Smith. In fine condition. The large paper seal is crisp and intact. Under Montgomery’s careful attention, Ike became one of the most relaxed and confident speakers, especially during television debates. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Tending to finances while stationed in the Phillipines with MacArthur 24. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS signed “D. D. Eisenhower,” one page,

8 x 7, Manila Hotel letterhead, January 26, 1939. Letter to the DuPont Circle Office. In full: “Inclosed is a check of the Treasury of the United States for Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) which is for deposit to my credit at your bank. Will you please notify me at your earliest convenience of the arrival of this check?” At the bottom, Eisenhower adds a handwritten postscript, signed, “D.D.E,” which reads, “Col Gerow will probably give you a ring to ask about the arrival of this check, as he may be able to send me an army radio. If he does call, it’s o.k. to tell him. Mrs. Eisenhower and I send personal regards to you.” Several pencil notations and an office stamp to upper right, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) | 13

Expressing his dissatisfaction after not receiving a new railroad map 25. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, February 20,

1863. Letter to J. T. Floyd. In part: “I received thro’ the P. O.…a package containing two books and a map of the U. S. and Canada; and your letter saying the books were sent by mistake but need not be returned. But I regret to say that I have not received the map of the Lower Mississippi nor the New RR map for which I wrote.” In very good condition, with slightly trimmed vertical edge, several spots to both sides, and a block of toning to lower blank area of reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Unless such a fair expression chooses me I don’t want the office”

26. James A. Garfield. ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10.25, July 9, 1866. Letter to C. A. B. Pratt. In full: “Yours of the 4th next is received. I have sent you by today’s mail the pamphlet on wool to which you refer. We have secured the favorable action of the House on wool as recommended by the National Wool Growers’ Association and I hope the Senate will also concur. Mr. Hutchins and his friends are busy misrepresenting me and scattering secret circulars through the district to injure me. All I ask is a fair expression of the sentiments of the people of the district. Unless such a fair expression chooses me I don’t want the office. I must stay here at my post and must rely upon my friends to see that no unfair advantage is taken on my absence. From what I hear I should suppose that a large majority of the district are in my favor, but there is no knowing how much may be done by wise working in the township primary meetings. I hope you will ask my friends in Orwell to see to the matter there.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, small tape repair to central horizontal fold, light soiling to lower portion of second page, and scattered creases. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving.

During his campaign for reelection to the House in 1866, Garfield faced harsh criticism from moderate Republicans unhappy with his support of the Radical reconstruction program, including new tariffs and controversial draft legislation. John Hutchins, who had lost his congressional seat to Garfield four years prior, seemingly spearheaded the campaign against him, “misrepresenting” and “scattering secret circulars through the district” while Garfield was out of the area and unable to defend himself. Although he won his district by nearly a three to one ratio, he took the criticism quite hard and returned to Washington in glum spirits. A rare glimpse of the frustrated future president, tempted to walk away from the congressional seat that he would go on to hold for nearly twenty years. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Rare portrait from his days as an Ohio congressman 27. James A. Garfield. Original 2.5 x

4.25 carte-de-visite portrait by L. M. Price of Warren, Ohio, signed in the lower border in black ink, “J. A. Garfield, Ohio.” A notation to the reverse in another hand reads, “Fr. Gen. Garfield, Feb. 12, 1876.” In very good condition, with a diagonal crease to the left side and an area of surface loss to the top, which hardly distract from the crystalclear image and neat signature. Garfield is quite rare in signed photos of any type, and this is one of only two cartes-de-visite we have offered. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

29. U. S. Grant. Ink signature, “U. S. Grant, Jany 12th, 1882,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 card. In fine condition, with some small mounting remnants on reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Beautifully presented military appointment

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

28. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.25 x

9.25, January 20, 1875. Grant orders the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of Morris Jacobi.” Signed at the conclusion by Grant. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Grant to an overall size of 19.5 x 16. In fine condition, with a horizontal fold passing through the signature. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

page, 15 x 18, March 18, 1875. President Grant appoints Judson D. Bingham as “Deputy Quartermaster General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the United States.”

Signed at the conclusion by Grant and countersigned by William W. Belknap as secretary of war. Beautifully double-matted and framed with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 35.5 x 29. The crisp gold seal affixed to the upper left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with intersecting storage folds.

Oversized. Interesting to note that the recipient of this appointment was breveted a Brigadier General in the Civil War before returning to his previous rank.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Uncommon presidential pardon 31. U. S. Grant. Manuscript DS as president, one page both

sides, 10.5 x 15.5, April 4, 1876. Pardon reads, in part: “Whereas, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1876, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a criminal term, one John Gerholdt was convicted of an assault, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months, and to pay a fine of fifty dollars.

And whereas, his term of imprisonment has nearly expired; And whereas, the Judge before whom he was tried, and the United States Attorney, are of opinion that his punishment has been sufficient, and recommend his pardon. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby grant to the said John Gerholdt, a full and unconditional pardon.” Repair to a complete separation along central horizontal fold, affecting none of the text or signature, intersecting folds, and light mounting remnants to lower half of back page, otherwise fine condition. The large white seal is crisp and intact. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

32. U. S. Grant. ALS,

two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 8, October 30, 1882. Letter to Frederick W. Griffin. In part: “For some reason your kind letter of the 22d inst. inviting me to visit the New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute during its present exhibition of industries, escaped my attention until last Saturday evening. I will be very glad to accept the invitation if the exhibition is to be held open during next week…I will go to Boston.” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. Some scattered light toning, a bit heavier to first page, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by three unsigned engravings.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Dealing with a finicky Postmaster General over an appointment 37. Benjamin Harrison. TLS

34. Benjamin Harrison. Engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, trimmed to a size of 3.75 x 2.75, signed along the bottom, “Benj. Harrison.” In very good condition, with aforementioned trimmed vertical edge and some scattered light soiling. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

35. Benjamin Harrison. Ink signature,

“Benj. Harrison,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with heavy mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

as president signed “Benj Harrison,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Executive Mansion letterhead, September 1, 1890. Letter to W. H. Smith.

In part: “I placed your letter…on my desk, and deferred an answer until I could have a talk with the Postmaster General…

Mr. Wanamaker has had peculiar notions as to what he wanted in a Superintendent of Foreign Mails, and has denied a good many applications. He has been trying to find someone who has had experience…I have not felt like insisting upon any appointment that was not entirely satisfactory to him, though he has been hard to suit. He has some plans about improving the foreign mail service, and wants in the place a man who can promote them.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and some mild rippling and discoloration from moisture exposure. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

36. Benjamin Harrison. LS as president signed “Benj Harrison,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 9, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 16, 1889. Letter to W. H. Smith. In part: “I do not think I can gratify your request in the direction you have suggested, as my thoughts had already taken direction. Indeed I find I am going to be very greatly embarrassed in providing for my Indianapolis friends. I know that you, in your correspondence have very strongly pointed out the objection of concentrating too many appointments at Indianapolis.

Of course there are several things there that I must do; and, out of all this, I have a sincere purpose to do the best I can for my Indiana friends. Yet, after all is done that can be done, I dread to think of the numerous disappointments that will exist.” In fine condition. This letter was written just twelve days after Harrison’s March 4th, 1889 inauguration. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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38. Benjamin Harrison. TLS as president signed “Benj Harrison,” two pages, 8 x 10.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 19, 1889. Letter to W. H. Smith, marked at the top, “Personal.” In full: “Your letter of the 15th inst has been received and I thank you for the frank, manly and kindly manner in which you express yourself.

I told you at Deer Park how the Peru post office matter presented itself to me upon the official papers and upon such outside information as came to me. That it seemed to you different I did not wonder, because it is a common experience here that persons are not always frank in speaking to an applicant or his near friends. I opened the Peru case with the feeling that if upon the papers I could do so your brother’s appointment was one that I would be glad to make. I was fully aware of the feeling that you speak of as to appointments at Peru, and took into account in weighing the case. I tried to get absolutely impartial information from several friends outside of the immediate contention.

Now as to your suggestion that something else may be found for your brother I can only say I hope so; that I am thinking of it and have already made a suggestion or two that may lead to something. Every day that I am here and every appointment I dispose of only adds to the load of distress that I carry resulting from the fact that so many friends are being disappointed. I do not blame them, even for the unkind and severe things that some of them say. It is quite natural. Probably I should have said those things if our places had been reversed; but I can only beg them to remember that in most cases at least if I had done the thing that they desired it would simply have transferred the grievance to another.”

In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, uniform moderate toning to first page, as well as some mild dampstaining. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Indian War-related 1794 military rations request from Ohio’s Fort Recovery 39. William Henry Harrison. Manuscript DS, signed at the conclusion “Wm H.

Harrison A. d. C.” one page 6.75 x 3.75, 1794. Military provision, in full, ordering two days of rations for a party of three men belonging to Fort Recovery in Ohio, now at Greeneville Ohio, for their return commencing the 16th and ending the 17th of Feb 1794. Central horizontal and vertical folds and a rough right edge, otherwise fine condition with an excellent, bold signature. Harrison became aidede-camp to General ‘Mad Anthony’ Wayne in 1793 and fought in the Indian Wars that began on June 30, 1794. He also took part in an expedition that erected Fort Recovery on the battlefield where St. Clair had been defeated two years earlier. In 1813, he defeated the British and Indians in the Battle of the Thames, in which Tecumseh was killed. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

40. Rutherford B. Hayes and Cabinet. Ink signature, “R. B. Hayes,” on an offwhite 3.5 x 2 card. Also includes seven similar cards, each signed in ink by a member of his first cabinet. Signers are: William A. Wheeler, William M. Evarts, John Sherman, George W. McCrary, Charles Devens, David M. Key, and Carl Schurz. In overall fine condition. A superlative collection of crisp ink signatures. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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41. Rutherford B. Hayes. Rare Executive Mansion card bearing an ANS in pencil,

signed “R. B. H.,” January 10, 1878. In full: “I wish the Portsmouth case to wait until I can see you & look into it. Can you have the Senate Committee hold the confirmation?”

A collector’s notation to the reverse indicates that the message was to his postmaster general, James Noble Tyner. In fine condition, with a small crease to the center and some toning to the upper corner tips. It is quite unusual to find a note on a White House or Executive Mansion card. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Hayes appoints a staunch anti-Mormon as governor of the Idaho Territory 42. Rutherford B. Hayes. Partly-printed DS as president, signed

“R. B. Hayes,” one page, 21 x 15.75, January 4, 1881. Hayes appoints John B. Neil “to be the Governor of the Territory of Idaho.” Signed at the conclusion by Hayes and countersigned by Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz. Central horizontal and vertical folds and a bit of scattered light soiling, otherwise fine condition. Neil was a close ally of Hayes, as both sought to deal with the polygamy problem in the area. Neil was eventually removed by Chester A. Arthur amid unsubstantiated accusations including drunkenness and absence from office. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

43. Rutherford B. Hayes. ALS as

president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, January 13, 1881.

Letter to Hon. D. Theo Wright. In full: “Mrs. Hayes and I have heard with deepest sorrow of the death of our friend Steffenson. His wife has our warm and hearty sympathy.”

In fine condition, with a horizontal fold through tops of a few letters of signature. Accompanied by two unsigned engravings. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

44. Herbert Hoover.

Fountain pen signature, “Herbert Hoover,” on an offwhite 4 x 1 slip clipped from the close of a letter. Nicely matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8.75 x 10.75. In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

45. Herbert Hoover.

Ink signature, “Herbert Hoover,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 sheet of Waldorf Astoria stationery. In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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Oversized image of Hoover utilizing the radio during his campaign

46. Herbert Hoover. Vintage oversized matte-finish 19.5

x 15.5 photo of Hoover seated in front of two NBC microphones, signed in the lower border in blue ink, “Kind regards of Herbert Hoover.” A photographer’s pencil notation is also present in the lower border. In fine condition, with a bit of barely noticeable restoration to background directly behind Hoover’s head. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Extremely rare Hoover handwritten letter 47. Herbert Hoover. Scarce ALS signed “H,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, 62 London Wall, London letterhead, August 28. Letter to W. J. Loring, marked at the top by Hoover, “private.” In part: “Herewith the two final chapters…They had White in consultation and agreed to final blow and I am assured that the thing meets White’s approval and therefore yours. I saw White as I wanted to make matters clear in case things came to the wrong end…Of course it modifies my plans to the ultimate future but I am glad to have had the opportunity of compelling a show down of intentions at this early date. Gouette is coming round to an agreement in the Pinnacles but it’s an unwilling come.” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In very good to fine condition, with two punch holes to right edge, several pinholes to pages, and some light show-through from writing on reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Senator Jackson forwards a doctor’s letter with his own, complete with free frank 48. Andrew Jackson. ALS, one page, 8 x 6, December 19, 1823.

Letter to Henry Niles. In full: “I have this moment rec’d under cover from my friend Doctor J. R. Bedford the enclosed letter, with the request that I should forwarded it to you. I have the pleasure to comply with his request.”

Reverse bears a partial free franked panel, addressed in Jackson’s hand to “Henry Niles, Baltimore,” and franked “Andrew Jackson.” Intersecting folds, a couple passing through single letters of signature, some fading to paper to lower right, mounting remnants to reverse, and a couple of pencil notations, otherwise very good condition.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300) 20 | May 15, 2013 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

President Jackson searches to locate a confidential report “on the subject of his negotiation with Spain for the delivery of the Trovedas & the boundary of Louisiana” 49. Andrew Jackson. Interesting third-person ALS, signed in the text “the president,” one page, 4.75 x 8, January 29, 1832. Jackson writes to Amos Kendall. In full: “Will Mr. Kendal [sic] be good enough to inform the president, whether he gave him for perusal the confidential report of Mr. Irwin, late Minister to Madrid, on the subject of his negotiation with Spain for the delivery of the Trovedas & the boundary of Louisiana—I cannot find it where I kept it, and if he has not given it to you or Major Bony for perusal it has been clandestinely taken out of my Bureau. Please inform me if you have it, & if you have, please return by the first safe hand.”

At the bottom of the letter, Kendall has made a notation: “I certify that the foregoing note is in the handwriting of General Andrew Jackson, May 6, 1864, Amos Kendall.” The integral leaf bears the address panel in Jackson’s hand, marked “(Private) Amos Kendell Esqr., Auditor.”

Light intersecting folds (vertical fold directly under “president”), and some slight soiling to top left corner, otherwise fine condition.

As both countries competed for territory in the New World in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Spanish–American relations grew increasingly contentious. After a series of imprecise treaties failed to explicitly define the Louisiana Territory, disagreements over borders and territorial rights immediately flared when the US made the Louisiana Purchase. Jackson’s own involvement in these pivotal land transactions began in 1819, when he was appointed

by Monroe as the first provisional Governor of Florida following a treaty with Spain the same year (granting Florida to the US, settling a boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Texas, and setting terms for American territory through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific). Disputes continued into and well beyond Jackson’s presidency, with America’s westward expansion and independence movements in Latin America and Texas constantly reigniting the issue. An interesting letter to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, one of the most influential members of Jackson’s ‘Kitchen Cabinet,’ trying to locate a confidential report regarding negotiations on the highly important topic. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

In the midst of war, Jefferson sends a note along with his longtime friend 50. Thomas Jefferson. Third-person ANS as president, one page, 6.5 x 6.5, June 17, 1802. Note to John Hawk reads, in full: “Th: J incloses the within to Mr. Barnes because the captain will probably apply to him on his arrival. A box for me is gone to Philadelphia. How shall I get the freight paid there?” Light intersecting folds, some show-through from docketing on reverse, and red seal remnant to lower right, otherwise fine condition. Barnes was a longtime friend of Jefferson’s after moving to Washington and holding several governmant posts. In 1806, Jefferson would appoint Barnes collector of customs at the port of Georgetown, serving in the post for almost 20 years. At this point in his presidency, Jefferson was immersed in the Barbary Wars, having in effect declared war on the nations in February of 102. On the date Jefferson sent this note, Morocco declared war on the United States, but quickly negotiated a peace settlement in August. A fantastic presidential note with a bold and unmistakable “Th: J,” leading it off. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $750) | 21

“So few are now who were fellow laborers in the struggle for the liberation of our country” 51. Thomas Jefferson. ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.5, Monticello, January 16, 1820. Letter to Robert Hanna, Sr. In full: “A letter from you, dear sir, comes to me like one from the tombs of the dead, so long is it since I have had any evidence that you were still in the land of the living and so few are now who were fellow laborers in the struggle for the liberation of our country. And I rejoice to find that advancing years are the only assailants on your health mentioned in your letter. Time, as well as ill health, bear heavily on me. Immediately on the receipt of your letter, I forwarded it to the President with the expression of interest I feel for your petition, and he will not be slow in proving his attention to Revolutionary mothers. I tender you my best wishes for the continuance of your life and health as long as you shall yourself wish them to continue.” Double cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Jefferson to an overall size of 25 x 20.25. Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of the signature, several repairs to separations along folds and creases, an area of repaired paper/word loss to center of letter affecting small portions of four words of text, and scattered light soiling, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: Christie’s, June 2003.

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Nearly half a century after writing the Declaration of Independence, having settled into retirement at Monticello and begun work on his newly founded University of Virginia, Jefferson received an unexpected letter from an old friend, General Robert Hanna. His former classmate at the College of William and Mary, Hanna also served bravely in the Revolutionary War, fighting in several key southern battles including Kings Mountain and Cowpens. He went on to become one of Indiana’s pioneering settlers, and in 1816 played a key role in drafting the state’s Constitution. This wonderfully gracious letter is Jefferson’s response to Hanna’s request that he forward President Monroe a petition requesting pensions for widows of veterans. Pleased to assist, Jefferson writes that he immediately did so “with the expression of interest I feel for [it],” believing that Monroe would “not be slow in proving his attention to Revolutionary mothers.” A truly remarkable letter from one of America’s Founding Fathers, delighted to hear from a long-since forgotten fellow patriot. Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

52. Thomas Jefferson. Ink signature, “Th: Jefferson,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 slip, with an ink notation under signature in an unknown hand. Archivally triple-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Jefferson to an overall size of 14 x 20. In good condition, with Jefferson’s signature very light, but still mostly legible, and moderate creases and wrinkling. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

A letter of introduction for a “uniform and consistent Democrat” while serving as military governor of Tennessee 53. Andrew Johnson. Early ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, August 10, 1853. Letter of introduction to Robert McClellan. In part: “It is with much pleasure that I introduce to your acquaintance A. G. Graham, Esq. of Jonesboro, Tennessee…a gentleman of character and high standing in this community; a uniform and consistent Democrat. He will probably apply for an appointment in your Department. I know Mr. Graham personally and know him to be a man of integrity and eminently qualified to discharge any and all the duties growing out of any appointment.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, scattered white spotting, and toning to upper portion. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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54. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS as president,

one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, June 16, 1967. Letter to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. In part: “Mrs. Johnson and I were happy to learn that you are honoring the Vances with a reception on June 28th.

As much as we would both like to join you, the Latin American Ambassadors will be visiting us that same evening.”

Under his signature, Johnson adds a boldly penned postscript which reads, “I want to do something for Cy & his faithful lady–Will Contact you—.” In fine condition. Letter originates from the Estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

While mired in the Vietnam War, LBJ authorizes the high-level appointment of his new CIA director

55. Lyndon B. Johnson. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,

23 x 19, April 28, 1965. Johnson appoints “Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, United States Navy…Director of Central Intelligence.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Document is affixed to an identical size mount. In fine condition. The white wafer seal is crisp and intact. Raborn would have difficulty in this position due to a lack of understanding of the agency and its primary job, resigning after only 14 months on the job. Such high level appointments are seldom offered for sale. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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56. Lyndon B. Johnson. ANS, in pencil, as

president signed “L,” one page, 5.25 x 5.5, White House letterhead, dated at the top November 8, 1967, most likely

by Robert McNamara.

Brief note to his to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. In full, “Heard good reports on your Denver Speech.” A central horizontal fold and a rough top edge, otherwise fine condition.

Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

57. Lyndon B. Johnson. For-

mal White House place card, 4 x 2.5, with an embossed presidential seal at the top, with “Mrs. McNamara,” calligraphed in an unknown hand, signed in black ink, as president, “Lyndon B. Johnson.” In fine condition, with a trivial smudge to bottom loop of the “J.” Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

58. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, April 29, 1968. Letter to World Bank President Robert S. McNamara, two months after he resigned as his secretary of defense. In full: “Our meeting last Friday and the announcement of the establishment of The Urban Institute formally concludes the special service I asked you to undertake last fall as an Incorporator. I know that you and the other Incorporators have made room on your busy schedules to give considerable time and energy to sorting through the basic issues concerning the establishment of the Institute. I share your view of the urgent need for a high quality institution in this area, and deeply appreciate your help in getting it started in the right way.” In fine condition. Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

59. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, December 2, 1966. Letter to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

In full: “The attached letter [not present] from me to you is, I think, self-explanatory. I am anxious to do everything in my power to minimize Federal spending this year and next. You know about the $5 billion cutback in Federal programs I just announced. In turn, I know how hard you are working to pare Service requests, both for the 1967 supplemental and the 1968 budget.

I wrote the attached letter so that you could use it with your Service Secretaries and Joint Chiefs to get their fullest cooperation in reaching your objective.” In fine condition, with show-through from stamp on reverse at top, not affecting any text or Johnson’s crisp signature.

Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

61. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “xo

Jackie,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, December 19, 1984. Letter to John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. In full: “You are right—your article couldn’t be more appropriate to send at Christmas time. I read it and it really leaves one affected—It is brilliant and I am so glad you did it. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Much love for the New Year.” In fine condition.

Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“What we may have accomplished, we accomplished together—and not only I, but the entire nation is in your debt” 60. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS,

one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, January 28, 1969. Letter to his former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. In full: “I have had many occasions to be grateful not only for your brilliant assistance, but also for the generosity of your support. Now, as so often in the past, I have difficulty finding the words to thank you. The tribute that you wrote for the New York dinner two weeks ago touched me deeply. But I must say, it belongs to you as well. What we may have accomplished, we accomplished together—and not only I, but the entire nation is in your debt.” In fine condition. Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

62. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “Jackie,” one page both sides, 5 x 3.5, black-bordered blind embossed JFK coat of arms letterhead, February 16, 1964. Letter to John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. In full: “I do thank you for your faithful Valentine—and for the lovely flowers. All our happy Valentines of other years—It touched me so much that you would remember this year.” In very fine condition. Letter originates from the estate of Robert S. McNamara. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Extraordinarily rare mortgage note from the president to his father for the future ‘Summer White House’ on the Cape 63. John F. Kennedy. DS, one page, 8.5

x 13, January 2, 1957. Mortgage note reads, in full: “On the 2nd day of January, 1962, for value received, I promise to pay Joseph P. Kennedy of North Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida, or order, the principal sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, without interest. This note is secured by a mortgage of even date herewith on real property situate on Irving Avenue, Hyannisport, Massachusetts, and more fully described in said mortgage.

Dated, the 2nd day of January, 1957.” Document is stapled into its original blue legal folder.

In fine condition.

Having spent a great deal of his childhood at his parents’ summer cottage in Hyannis Port, JFK felt most at home on the water, often remarking, ‘I always come back to the Cape and walk on the beach when I have a tough decision to make.’ In 1956, while serving as Senator of Massachusetts, he and Jackie were delighted to buy their own house at 111 Irving Avenue, just two doors down from his parents.

(Shortly after, Ted bought the house between the two—and later sold it to Robert—and their sister Eunice bought another a few doors away, rounding out the Kennedy Compound.)

As his family and career grew, the small New England beach town became a landmark location, used not only as his personal home and ‘Summer White House’ but also as the base for his presidential campaign and the site of numerous important political engagements.

This document, the mortgage note for the purchase of the iconic home, reveals that the young couple did not find their place on the Cape without a little help. The President’s father Joseph paid for the house in full, enabling his son to pay a no-interest mortgage for the purchase price directly to him, avoiding the costly interest that would have come with a bank mortgage. Yet again, family ties held strong in the Kennedy clan. Exceedingly rare and important, this document holds the heart of the compound that has been engrained in the public’s collective memory of America’s First Family, home to some of the most tragic and triumphant events in their lives. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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JFK thanks actress Marion Davies’s widower for an offer to stay at the former Hearst mansion in Beverly Hills in 1962 65. John F. Kennedy. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 27, 1962. Letter to Captain Horace G. Brown. In full: “Thanks so much for sending me Marion’s personal copy of ‘Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Randolph Hearst,’ along with the yearbook from UCLA’s School of Medicine and the photographs of the nearly completed Children’s Clinic to be dedicated in her honor. I am grateful, too, for your more than kind offer to use either of your two lovely homes on a future visit to California.” In very good condition, with central horizontal fold, and show-through from vertical toning on reverse from once being housed in a magnetic photo album.

Actress Marion Davies married former naval officer and stuntman Captain Horace G. Brown, a longtime friend, in Las Vegas on October 31, 1951, eleven weeks after newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst had died. Davies, Hearst’s paramour since 1918, inherited 51% of the publisher’s fortune, including the 1011 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills property, the address to which President Kennedy sent this letter.

JFK’s father had rented the former Hearst mansion two years earlier to house his sons’ families during the July 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The property also gained fame in Hollywood history as the estate of the uncooperative Hollywood producer Jack Woltz and his unfortunate prized racehorse in the film classic, The Godfather. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

66. Abraham Lincoln. War-dated partly-printed DS as

president, one page, 15.25 x 19, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Thomas H. Neill a “Major in the Eleventh regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States.”

Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned

by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 21. Intersecting folds, with a horizontal fold passing through a few portions of signature, some light toning, a pencil notation to lower left, and a trivial bit of paper loss to lower right corner, otherwise fine condition.

The blue seal is crisp and bright, with a horizontal fold through the center. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

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Lengthy Lincoln legal brief for a railroad’s right of way 67. Abraham Lincoln. Unsigned handwritten legal brief, one page, 7.75 x 11.5, no date. The document refers to the case of “The Great Western Railroad Company vs Darius Makemson,” and reads in part: “On appeal from assessment of damages for Right of Way This day came the parties, and by their agreement, it is ordered by the court that the damages herein be assessed at the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars and thirty three cents, that upon the payment of the same by said company, said right of way to be a strip of land six rods wide over and upon the west half of the south west quarter of section thirty four in Township Twenty North of Range eleven west, in Vermillion county, in the same manner as now surveyors over and upon said land, and said right of way to be…held subject to the stipulations and conditions, that they will make and maintain a good and sufficient fence on each side of said right of way throughout the land of said Makemson, and will allow him to join fencing thereto; and will allow him to make and maintain necessary gates and crossings through their fences and over their pond, so that he does not thereby injure their said fences, or road; and will allow him to take from said Right of way within his land, any timber now thereon, it is also ordered by the court that said railroad company pay the costs of this proceedings…” Some small areas of professional restoration as well as some reinforcement to the folds and light show-through from docketing on reverse, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $750)

Attractive handwritten legal brief from Lincoln’s days on the Circuit 68. Abraham Lincoln. ADS, signed “Peters & Lincoln,” one

page, 7.75 x 5, filed on May 6, 1850. Legal brief for a case between Francis Coburn and John See. In full: “And the said defendant comes and defends the wrong and injury when, where…and says plaintiff actio now, because he says he did not undertake and promise in manner and form as the said plaintiff in his said declaration has alleged; and of this the said defendant puts himself upon the county.”

Document is also notated at the bottom in another hand, “And the plaintiff doth the like. Davis for pltff.” A couple small separations along central horizontal fold, a bit of light toning, and rough vertical edges, otherwise fine condition.

Following his single term as congressman in Illinois, which ended in 1849, Lincoln was offered the job of governor of the Oregon Territory—then made up of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and part of Wyoming. But because his family, friends, and political connections were concentrated in the Midwest, he declined the position and returned to his legal practice. At the time that he penned this brief, he was serving as a defense attorney on the Illinois Eighth Circuit Court, traveling from one county seat to another and accepting cases directly from defendants or, as in this document, reinforcing local attorneys’ cases. In this contractual dispute, he was likely summoned by local attorney ‘Peters’ to help present the case in front of David Davis, the circuit’s judge for several years. An interesting and highly desirable piece from the future president’s famous days as a prairie lawyer, written entirely in his distinctive hand. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

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69. Abraham Lincoln: William H. Herndon. American

lawyer (1818–1891) best known as Lincoln’s law partner from 1841. He later wrote a biography of Lincoln, Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, which provided an important up-close account of Lincoln’s career in law and politics. ADS, signed by Herndon “Lincoln and Herndon, Sol[icitor]s.,” one lightly lined page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 1859. A document filed in the case of Morse & Primm vs. Thompson et al, which involved a dispute over a land transaction. A couple short edge separations at folds, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Kentucky land grant issued only months before the War of 1812 70. James Madison and James Monroe. Partlyprinted vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 14.5 x 8.5, December 30, 1811. Land grant issued to John Purviance of Kentucky stating “He has made full payment for the South West Quarter of Section number Four… of the land lying between the Great Miami river and the Virginia reservation…directed 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 the Kentucky River.’” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of Monroe’s signature, handwritten portions fairly light, but legible, and some scattered light soiling. The white wafer seal is crisp and intact. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

71. James Madison. Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed by Madison to “Messrs Gales & Seaton, Washington,” and franked in the upper right, “Free James Madison.” In the upper left corner, in another hand is written, “Orange C[ourt] H[ouse] Va, Dec 2,” indicating this was mailed from Orange County, Virginia and likely written at Madison’s Montpelier home. A partial docketing is visible on the reverse, dated November 30, 1825, pinpointing when Madison actually penned the letter. Two light vertical folds through panel, one passing through a single letter of signature and some mild dampstaining to panel and outer edges, otherwise fine condition. The addressees, Joseph Gales and his brother-in-law William Winston Seaton, were journalists who owned and operated the influential newspaper, The National Intelligencer. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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“Like her life, it was calm & beautiful,” writes Dolley Madison’s beloved niece in this personal account of the former first lady’s death

72. Dolley Madison: Mary Cutts. ALS signed “Mary,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.5, Washington, August 29, 1849. Letter

reporting the death of her aunt, Dolley Madison. In part: “I was very glad to receive your last ’tho it came at a very mournful time—a week after the departure of my beloved Aunt to a better world!—You have doubtly seen accounts of her death—like her life, it was calm & beautiful—she sank into a quiet sleep Sunday afternoon while I was by her—and as it was the hour she usually sleeps in the hot summer days—nothing was thought of it—until it was prolonged until the next morning when she woke—smiling sweetly on those round her when she was too feeble to speak, putting her arms around the necks of those she loved—she lingered until Thursday with occasional waking up—and all her thoughts were holy—she muttered prayers and gently clasped her hands…Her remains were deposited in a metalic [sic] coffin cemented so closly [sic] that decomposition was prevented—and kept 5 days—at first, we allowed no one to see her, but afterwards as she looked so beautiful, we thought it best to have her removed to the drawing room…On Monday Morning it was removed to St. John’s Church…the pallbearers were the highest in the land—but as the coffin was very heavy Genl. [Archibald] Henderson (who was one) brought from the navy yard 10 marines dressed in white—who conveyed it from the hearse to the vault at the Congressional burying ground—where it was deposited previous to its being taken to Montpelier—where Uncle Madison is laid.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds.

Upon the death of former president James Madison in 1836, Mary Cutts and Annie Payne stepped in to provide support and companionship to their aunt Dolley as she worked to compile her late husband’s papers. They relocated from her Montpelier plantation in Virginia to Washington a year later, and remained there until the former first lady’s peaceful death in July of 1849. As recounted here by Cutts, who would go on to write an important biography of her aunt, the funeral was a grand public ceremony; many accounts agreed that it went off as smoothly and graciously as if the elegant Dolley herself had arranged it. From 1849 until 1858 her body remained in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, until finally being transferred to Montpelier where she would remain alongside her husband. An interesting and personal letter regarding one of America’s most popular first ladies. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

73. William McKinley. Executive Mansion card neatly signed in black ink, “William McKinley, Mar. 6, 1899.” In fine condition, with heavy mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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McKinley introduces the house librarian to the secretary of the interior as “the most useful man in our library” 74. William McKinley. LS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, March 19, 1889. Letter to Secretary of the Interior John Willock Noble.

In part; “Mr Wm. H. Smith, assistant Librarian in the House library, a very remarkable man, who wants to make your acquaintance. I am sure you would like to meet him. He has been for years connected with the House of Reps. and is the most useful man in our library.” A vertical fold and docketing and pencil notation to bottom of reverse, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

75. William McKinley. Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, one

page, 15 x 18.5, June 1, 1898. President McKinley appoints Robert H. Hall as “Brigadier General of Volunteers in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by McKinley and countersigned by Russell A. Alger as secretary of war. The beautiful embossed blue war office seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition. An incredibly clean, gorgeous document bearing an uncommonly bold full presidential signature. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Placing an officer in the Spanish-American War 76. William McKinley. ANS as president signed “W. McK.,” on a 4.5 x 2.75 Executive Mansion card, March 11, 1898. Note to Secretary of War Russell Alger regarding the Spanish-American War. In full: “Secy War, Senator Wetmore of R.I. wants to talk with you about Col Aster Bailey. He would like to get in with the troops which Col. Wood is connected with. Can it be done?” In fine condition, with some mild toning.

Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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At the start of the War of 1812, Monroe issues a diplomatic notice “not to interrupt any British unarmed vessels bound to Sable Island” 77. James Monroe. War-dated DS, signed “Jas Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 8, November 7, 1812. Document headed at the top, “Additional Instruction to the Public and Private Armed Vessels of the United States,” reads, in full: “The public and private armed vessels of the United States are not to interrupt any British unarmed vessels bound to Sable Island, and laden with supplies for the humane establishment at that place. By Command of the President of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion

by Monroe as secretary of state. In fine condition, with some light intersecting folds and a couple trivial holes affecting nothing.

Two hundred miles off the coast of Nova Scotia lies Sable Island, surrounded by dangerous, shifting sandbars which have caused hundreds of recorded shipwrecks over the last five centuries and earned it the nickname ‘the graveyard of the Atlantic.’ In 1801, the governor of Nova Scotia established a humanitarian settlement on the island to rescue sailors of any nation who encountered trouble there. Shortly after the US declared war on Britain in 1812, Secretary of State James Monroe issued this notice on behalf of President Madison, announcing that any unarmed British ships bound for “the humane establishment” there were to be uninterrupted. With Novia Scotia serving as one of the largest military bases for the British Royal Navy’s blockade and naval raids on the US, and the extreme importance that maritime domination held in the War of 1812, this is an especially interesting war-dated piece, showing an intelligent and diplomatic decision on the part of Madison and Monroe. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

78. James Monroe. Partly-printed

DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 9, December 2, 1822. Land grant issued to Christina Feree of Pennsylvania for 160 acres of land, signed at the conclusion by Monroe and countersigned by commissioner of the general land office. Intersecting folds, mild toning along the folds, and mild overall soiling, otherwise very good condition. The white wafer seal is worn, but intact.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Incredibly rare outpouring of grief from the reclusive former president following the death of his wife 80. Franklin Pierce. Scarce ALS, one page,

lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8.25, black-bordered mourning stationery letterhead, November 20.

Letter to his sister. In full: “When your kind note written last Sunday evening was rec’d I was suffering too keenly to read any part of the heavy mail which was accumulating day by day. This is my first attempt to write, one which I shall prosecute no further than to thank you for your kind offer to come to me and to say that I am decidedly better. And expect to soon to be firmly on my feet again. I came down from my chamber Friday for the first time—passed the whole of yesterday in this little parlor which you will remember and am still better this morning.

But these days are so full of memories of her suffering—of my own isolation and keen heartaches that I have sometimes been inclined to look upon acute physical suffering as a messenger of relief. I am glad the last operation upon dear Jeanie’s eye was less painful than the preceding one and hope that it may prove permanently effectual.” In fine condition.

Former president Franklin Pierce was no stranger to deep grief and family tragedy; he and his wife Jane lost their first two sons before the age of four, and witnessed their third son’s death in a gruesome train accident at age eleven during Pierce’s presidential campaign. Jane never recovered from the traumatic event, spending most of her days as first lady writing letters to her deceased son, earning the nickname ‘Shadow in the White House.’ She blamed her husband for the death, and Pierce carried the guilt with him for the remainder of his life. After losing the Democratic nomination for reelection in 1856, he suffered from great depression and severe alcoholism. When Jane died at her sister’s home in Andover, Massachusetts in December of 1863, Pierce further isolated himself; he had little contact with anyone and wrote very few letters during this time, making this letter exceedingly rare—it is the first we have ever offered from this tragic period of Pierce’s life.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

81. Franklin Pierce. ALS, one page, lightlylined both sides, 7.75 x 8.75, August 10, 1840.

Letter to his sister. In part: “Jane is perfectly satisfied with everything at new quarters…Our ride up was delightful and Frank Robert is as good a little traveller as need be. The Mother & the boy seem to me to be better than at any time since my return. Frank is as gay as a little bird, perfectly delighted with the variety of new objects around him…I hope you & our dear Mother may find time to write.” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a mild shade of overall toning, and a small spot of heavier toning to blank portion of reverse, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) | 33

Polk assists in a Virginia land grant for two soldiers for their Revolutionary War service 82. James K. Polk. ALS, one page

both sides, 8 x 10, February 19, 1838.

Letter to Dr. Joseph Kincaid of Tennessee. In part: “I have received the memorial of James Kincaid, addressed to the Governor and Council of Virginia, transmitted to me, as I presume by you, or by your direction. Though no letter accompanies it, I take it for granted, that this is the application for Bounty Lands, in consideration of the Revolutionary Services of your father and uncle…I have submitted the memorial to the examination of the Commissioner of the General Land affair here, and I have received from him the answers, which I enclose to you. I have this day transmitted the memorial to the Governor of Virginia, with a request that he will cause an immediate examination and decision to be made…Congress will unquestionably make an additional appropriation of land…issued on ‘all warrants granted for Revolutionary Military services issued by the State of Virginia.’” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through the first letter of signature, and a small circular area of toning from a previous seal. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

83. Presidents. Five White House cards, each signed in ink by a different president. Signers are: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. In very good condition, with tape toning to upper corners and mounting remnants to reverse of all cards. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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84. Presidents. Collection of seven ink signatures on various size cards and slips. Signers are: William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William H. Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Harry S. Truman. In overall very good to fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare combination of the Depression-era presidents 85. Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Hoover. Vintage ink

signatures, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” “Calvin Coolidge,” “Herbert Hoover,” “Eleanor Roosevelt,” “Wm. Green,” and “William A. Ashbrook,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 mailing envelope postmarked Washington, DC, May 29, 1926. Removably corner-mounted and matted with images of the presidents to an overall size of 24 x 20. Light overall soiling and an area of surface loss where the stamp was removed prior to the Roosevelts signing, otherwise fine condition. In addition to the presidential signatures, Green was a labor leader and Ashbrook was a congressman from Ohio. The first example of these three presidents on a single item that we have offered. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

86. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.25, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, December 15, 1931.

Letter to Dr. Louis Edelman of Washington. In part: “I am glad that you enjoyed the radio speech.” Removably encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. In very good condition, with moderate overall toning, with a lighter block over the signature area from previous display. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

87. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 11 Harris and Ewing photo of a determined looking Roosevelt working at his desk, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. Framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 12.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Original oil portrait signed shortly before his landslide reelection in 1936 88. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Gorgeous original color portrait of Roosevelt looking quite distinguished, oil on canvas, 13.5 x 18.25, signed as president in the lower border in black ink, “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Oct. 12, 1936.”

Also signed at the bottom of the image in paint by the artist, “Walter L. White, 1933.”

Double-matted to an overall size of 18.75 x 23.75. In fine condition, with a small hole to the right side of the canvas near his ear, hardly affecting the superb overall appearance of the piece. A fantastic, oneof-a-kind piece from Roosevelt’s first term, signed shortly before his victory in the 1936 presidential election held on November 3, in which he garnered 98% of the electoral vote. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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“I hope we’ll get our money back eventually!”

89. Franklin D. Roosevelt. ALS signed “F.

D. R.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Roosevelt and O’Connor letterhead, no date. Letter to attorney Benjamin Crowley. In part: “I enclose the interest…release duly signed.

I hope we’ll get our money back eventually!” Roosevelt also adds a brief postscript which reads, “By the way when does Basil get back?” In fine condition, with two punch holes to left edge and an office stamp and notation to top right. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

91. Theodore Roosevelt. ALS, two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, United States Civil Service Commission letterhead, March 14, 1891. Letter to Professor Francis Wayland, Dean of the Yale Law School. In full: “I have just come back from New York and received your note. The address is Wm. Dudley Foulke, Swarthmore College. He is a very good fellow. I need not tell you how much I enjoyed my visit at your house and the evening at Yale; what an entertaining man Lounsbury is.” In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

A terrific, crystal-clear mounted photo

90. Theodore Roosevelt. Vin-

tage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Roosevelt at the center of a group of men, affixed to a 14 x 12 mount, signed in the lower border in black ink by Roosevelt and those pictured, including J. J. Montague, E. S. Wilson, Donald Geddes, F. S. Ellsworth, Norman Draper, Robert Peck, M. E. Kaletzki, E. C. Hill, D. M. Williams, and Charles Hambridge.

In fine condition, with light scattered foxing to the bottom of the image, otherwise fine condition; mount is in very good condition, with overall dampstaining and some chipping to edges. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

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93. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS as president,

one page, 7.25 x 9, black-bordered Executive Mansion letterhead, October 9, 1901. Letter to Mr. Lamont of The Evening Post in New York. In full: “Thank you sincerely for those clippings. You are doing me a service in sending them. It was a genuine pleasure to meet you the other day.” Central horizontal fold passing through portion of signature and some trivial spreading to ink of text, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original black-bordered mailing envelope, marked “Personal.” Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

94. Theodore Roosevelt.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, March 9, 1903. Roosevelt appoints Page Morris: “with the advise and consent of the Senate, do appoint him United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt and countersigned by Attorney General Philander Knox. Framed to an overall size of 20 x 16. In fine condition. The red seal is intact and Roosevelt’s signature is very bold and prominent. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“I thank you from the standpoint of the country; I am very deeply grateful” 96. Theodore Roosevelt.

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, May 12, 1917.

Letter to war correspondent Roy W. Howard. In full: “Believe me I appreciate to the full all that you have done. It has been a most patriotic service; I thank you from the standpoint of the country; I am very deeply grateful.” In very fine condition.

Howard had had a long and distinguished career as an American journalist. Roosevelt is probably thanking him for his service as a war correspondent in Europe and Russia, particularly for his important interview with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1916. In this interview, which caused a sensation, Lloyd George expressed his opposition to President Wilson’s efforts to mediate a settlement between the parties. Two years later it was Howard who sent the United Press telegram announcing the Armistice. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

97. William H. Taft. TLS uncom95. Theodore Roosevelt.

White House card, boldly signed in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.” In fine condition, with some light soiling to upper right. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

monly signed “Bill,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, May 13, 1905. Letter to Solicitor General Henry M. Hoyt. In part: “I herewith send a manuscript which I have gotten up very hastily, and the proof of which I shall be glad to see to run over and correct any absurdities in it.” Taft also hand wrote “& repetitions” above “absurdities.” In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

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98. William H. Taft.

TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 6.25 x 6.5, White House letterhead, November 2, 1911. Letter of thanks to an acquaintance. In part: “Please accept my best wishes for a long and happy life with your prospective husband.”

Letter is affixed to an identical size board. In very good condition, with trimmed edges and uniform moderate toning. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

99. William H. Taft.

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 17.25 x 15.5, February 17, 1912. President Taft appoints John N. Dersam to the position of Postmaster of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Signed at the conclusion by Taft and countersigned by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock. Framed to an overall size of 21 x 19.5. In fine condition. The gold foil seal is intact and only slightly worn. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

100. William H. Taft.

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, December 1, 1905. Letter to Lazard Kahn. In full: “I beg to acknowledge your kind letter of October eleventh, and to thank you for its pleasant expressions.”

Central vertical and horizontal folds (the vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) 38 | May 15, 2013 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

101. William H. Taft.

White House card boldly signed in black ink, “Wm. H. Taft.” In fine condition, with some mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

102. William H. Taft. Partly-printed

DS as president, signed “Wm H. Taft,” one page, 21 x 16, September 11, 1911. President Taft appoints Jennings B. Wilson a “Captain of Infantry in the service of the United States.”

Signed at the bottom by Taft as well as his acting secretary of war. A light central vertical crease and some soiling to edges from previous display, which could be matted out, otherwise fine condition. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

103. William H. Taft.

ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.75 x 9.25, United States Circuit Court of Appeals letterhead, July 23, 1894.

Taft writes an associate to assist him in the collection of a debt. In full: “My dear Mr. Leonard, I have not received a check from I. H. Dustin for my rent. It was due July 15th.

The previous month’s rent he took for repairs but this one he owes.

Will you kindly call on him and jog his memory. He is at the American Book Company. When you get the check just endorse it in my name for deposit and deposit it at the bank for me and oblige.” The letter has been removably archivally sleeved in acid free Mylar. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Early and scarce Taylor letter to Quartermaster Jesup for “the clothing sent to Natchez” 104. Zachary Taylor. Quite scarce ALS signed “Z. Taylor, Lt. Col U.S. Army,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, July 6, 1825. Letter to General Thomas Jesup, Quartermaster General of the US Army. In part: “I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter…in reply to that part of it which relates to my having the clothing sent to Natchez for the very service envisioned to this place, I have only to state that previous to my doing I received an order from the adjt Genl to send Capt Young with all the recruits he has enlisted…to order Lt Wash to this place & break up the rendezvous—Knowing how liable public clothing left in charge of citizens was to be destroyed, particularly in Southern climates & pressuring from the order referred to that it was not probable a…rendezvous would be opened at that place for at least some time, I thought it most advisable to direct Lt. Wash to bring with him the clothing.” Reverse of second integral page bears an address panel in an unknown hand. Tape repairs and reinforcement to intersecting folds, uniform toning to first page, and a paper loss to second page from missing wax seal, otherwise very good condition. At this point in his military career, Taylor was serving primarily in Washington, D. C., and recruiting duty, and it was not until several years later he became a national hero during the Indian Wars. Taylor letters from this early period of his military career are seldom seen, even more so chock full of military content.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Superlative oversized Harris and Ewing portrait of the president and cabinet 105. Harry S. Truman and Cabinet. Vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 11.5 Harris and Ewing

photo of Truman and his cabinet taken on January 31, 1947, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by Harry S. Truman, George C. Marshall, Lewis Schwellenbach, John W. Snyder, Clinton P. Anderson, Robert Hannegan, Tom C. Clark, Averell Harriman, James Forrestal, Robert P. Patterson, and Julius Albert Krug. In fine condition, with the Clark signature very faint but visible. A definitive portrait of the men who helped shape the country in the years following World War II. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare combination of the 33rd and 36th presidents 106. Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B .

Johnson. Hand-

calligraphed placecard for Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, the wife of Vice President Alben Barkley, 4 x 2, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To a lovely lady, from her good friend, Harry S. Truman,” and “Lyndon B. Johnson,” who also added an “s” to the end of friend. In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

107. Harry and Bess Truman. Fountain pen signatures, “Best wishes, Harry S. Truman” and “Bess W. Truman,” on individual 5.5 x 4.5 album pages. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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108. Harry S. Truman. TLS, 7.25 x 10.5, Federal Reserve Bank letterhead, July 23, 1956. Letter to a lady. In full: “Thank you very much for sending me the books on ‘Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Festival.’ I am more than happy to have them.” A few light creases and notation to the bottom affected by moisture and whiteout, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

111. Harry S. Truman. Vintage

109. Harry S. Truman. Bank

check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Truman, payable to City Bank for $8.75, October 6, 1924. A vertical fold, expected stamps and holes, and a spot of trivial ink spreading to signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Truman showing off a presentation, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Kindest regards to Don Dawson, Harry S. Truman 2-30-62.”

Matted to an overall size of 14 x 11. In very good condition, with overall light irregular adhesion of ink to signature and date and a small water spot to first name of signature. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

signature, “Harry S. Truman,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

Arguably the most famous headline ever “Dewey Defeats Truman” 110. Harry S. Truman. FDC, with a

cachet honoring the election of the first governor of Puerto Rico, signed in black ink by Truman; and an ultra-rare complete edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune of November 3, 1948 featuring the banner headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” When the decision to print this paper was made, returns were coming in very slowly and time was running out before the deadline for the edition. The Tribune staff, based on the early returns, decided Dewey would be the next President. After the newspaper was delivered to the street, more returns came in and showed that Truman would be the ultimate winner and be reelected as President. The already delivered ‘error’ newspapers were gathered for return by staff members sent out to pick them up from newsstands and homes in the Chicago area. Original editions of this newspaper are becoming increasingly scarce. In fine condition, with expected uniform mild toning to paper as well as a couple of small edge tears. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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112. Harry S. Truman. Fountain pen

Truman judicial appointment 113. Harry S. Truman. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, February 25, 1952. Truman appoints John James Malloy an “Associate Judge of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.” Signed at the conclusion by Truman and countersigned by Attorney General J. Howard McGrath.

Document is affixed to an identical size board. In fine condition. Document retains its bright gold foil seal. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Seldom-seen handwritten letter by Truman as president 114. Harry S. Truman. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House let-

terhead, May 13, 1948. Letter to Mrs. Lauretta Young, his secretary and the wife of Truman’s close friend Merl Young. In full: “Thanks a lot for the nice birthday present. I’m sure that those cards will bring me luck. It was thoughtful of you and Rose to remember the day.” In very good condition, with scattered light toning, staining, and foxing. Accompanied by the original White House transmittal envelope, addressed in Truman’s hand. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Thanking a general for 30 years of service 115. Harry S. Truman. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 29, 1949. Letter to General W. B. Persons. In part: “I understand you are on the eve of retirement after thirty years service. I just want to express to you my hope that you will have a long and happy life and a useful career after your retirement. I was well acquainted with your work in the Congress while I was in the Senate and you made a great contribution to the war effort.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light soiling, not affecting the signature or legibility. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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116. Harry S. Truman. TLS, one page,

7 x 10, personal letterhead, April 29, 1963.

Truman writes Jacob Baal-Teshuva, editor of The Mission of Israel. In full: “I will, of course, be most happy to receive the first copy of the book and if it is not possible for me to be in New York, and it doesn’t look as if I will be, you can present it to Margaret for me. She will be glad to receive it.” Truman adds a handwritten postscript: “Margaret’s address is Mrs. Clifton Daniel, 830 Park Ave., N.Y. City.” In fine condition, with a horizontal mailing fold passing through a single line of his postscript. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Unusual portrait of Captain Truman 117. Harry S. Truman. Vintage

glossy 8 x 10 photo of Harry Truman in military uniform as Captain of Battery D, signed and inscribed in black ink “To Joseph Fricelli, Kind regards, Harry S. Truman.” A few light brushes to inscription, as well as a single stroke of signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The iconic ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ photo: “Trib. elect Dewey for one day! It didn’t stick”

118. Harry S. Truman. Historic vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.75 photo of Truman holding up the Chicago Tribune’s famously inaccurate November 3, 1948, newspaper calling the election for Dewey with the enormous headline ‘Dewey Defeats Truman,’ signed in fountain pen along the bottom of the newspaper, “Trib. elect Dewey for one day! It didn’t stick. Harry Truman, 5/16/60.”

In fine condition. One of the most recognizable images of the 20th century and a defining moment from Truman’s presidency. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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“The Guard is the first line!”

119. Harry S. Truman. Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, as president, “To the 228th Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, with best wishes for its continued success. The Guard is the first line! Harry S. Truman White House Nov. 8 1949,” on a light brown 6.75 x 3.75 trimmed photo mount. In fine condition. A request was made to President Truman on Nov. 1, 1949, for a signed photograph for the 228th Infantry Regiment specifically asking the President to ‘show that their Guard is a national necessity.’ Accompanied by photocopies of letters from Matthew J. Connelly, secretary to the President, and letter sent by Lt. Col. Frederick L. Lochbihler requesting this autograph. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

120. John Tyler. Ink signature, most likely as president, “J. Tyler,” on an off-

white 1.75 x .75 slip, dated “1842,” in an unknown hand. Slip is affixed to a slightly larger mount and double-cloth-matted and framed with a color cameo portrait to an overall size of 10.25 x 13.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

121. Martin Van Buren. ALS signed “M. Van

Buren,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 7.5, January 25, 1834.

Letter to lawyer C. Ellis.

In part: “I have received a letter from Copeland & Lovering acknowledging the receipt of Robinson’s note but adding ‘We do not perceive any addition for damages which certainly should have been charged for it cost us one ptct to pay…in New York & it will cost at the rate of 1/2 ptct et at least now to get the note discounted.’ They wish me to see Robinson…on the subject. It strikes me that as they (C & L) agreed to take the note they can expect no more than the rate of discount at the time of the agreement.” Reverse of second page bears an address label in Van Buren’s hand. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one touching the last stroke of signature, paper loss along hinge from wax seal, and light show-through from writing on reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Free frank to his nephew and secretary 122. George Washington. Hand-addressed free frank, 6 x 3, addressed by Washington to, “Messrs Rob.t Lewis & Sons, Merchs., Philadelphia.” and franked in the lower left corner, “Free G:o Washington.”

Archivally triple-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Washington to an overall size of 13.5 x 18. In very good condition, with a couple small holes and areas of paper loss, uniform toning, and a bit of light spotting, with nothing detracting from the bold writing and signature.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

123. Woodrow Wilson. Partly-printed DS, in Latin, one page, 14.5 x 17.75, 1906. Princeton University diploma presented to Donald Fraser Macpherson, signed by Wilson as the university’s president. Rolled and in fine condition, with a bit of mild creasing and wrinkling. The diploma retains its crisp white seal and bright orange ribbon. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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127. Woodrow Wilson. Partly-

124. Woodrow Wilson. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, June 22, 1920. President Wilson appoints Francis C. Wells a “Second Lieutenant of Engineers in the Coast Guard.” Signed at the conclusion in purple ink by Wilson and countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury David F. Houston. Some light brushing to Wilson’s signature and a vertical crease to left side, otherwise fine condition. The gold foil seal is crisp and intact. Rolled. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.75, December 1, 1913. President Wilson appoints Benjamin Alvord as “Adjutant General, with the rank of Colonel, in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion

by Wilson and countersigned by Lindley M. Garrison as secretary of war. The embossed blue war office seal to the lower left remains partially affixed but fully intact. In fine condition, with Wilson’s signature a shade or two light. An appealing, clean presidential document. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

125. Martin Van Buren. Full hand-addressed free frank, measur-

ing 9.5 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed by Van Buren to “Mr. Lewis I. Cist, Cincinnati, Ohio,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, M. Van Buren.” Address panel in fine condition, with mounting remnants to upper and lower panels of the full free frank. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

126. Woodrow Wilson. White

House card signed in black ink, “Woodrow Wilson, 10 Apr., 1913.”

In fine condition, with heavy mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

128. Woodrow Wilson. Uncommon ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.75, November 11, 1903. Letter responding to an autograph request. In full: “I appreciate the compliment of your request for my autograph and accede to the request with pleasure.” In fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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129. George Bush

130. George Bush

131. George Bush

132. George Bush

133. George Bush

134. George W. Bush

135. George W. Bush

136. George W. Bush

137. Jimmy Carter

138. Jimmy Carter

139. Jimmy Carter

140. Bill Clinton and John Major

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143. First Ladies MB $100

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144. Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter MB $100

145. Gerald Ford

146. Gerald Ford

147. Gerald Ford

148. Gerald Ford

149. Gerald Ford

150. Gerald and Betty Ford

151. Richard Nixon

152. Richard Nixon

153. Richard Nixon

154. Richard Nixon

155. Richard Nixon

156. Richard Nixon

157. Richard Nixon

158. Richard Nixon

159. Richard and Pat Nixon

160. Barack Obama

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164. Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman

167. Ronald Reagan

168. Ronald Reagan

163. Barack Obama

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174. Ronald and Nancy Reagan

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notables Scarce letter from the ‘computer’ pioneer 177. Charles Babbage. Pio-

neering British mathematician and mechanical engineer (1791– 1871) whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engine are generally acknowledged as the first programmable computers. Brief ALS signed “C. Babbage,” one page, 3.5 x 4.5, black-bordered mourning stationary, December 6, 1841. Letter to “Hawes,” possibly Sir Benjamin Hawes. In full: “I enclose a note from Mr. Whitmore to me containing all the information you wish.” A notation in an unidentified hand is across the top of the page. In fine condition, with a couple small pinholes to sheet and scattered mild toning. When Robert Peel announced in parliament the removal of support for Babbage’s Difference Engine, in 1842, Hawes was the only member of parliament to speak in its support. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Input on his “ancestor Capt. John Smith of Virginia,” of Pocahontas fame

179. Fulgencio Batista. Leader of Cuba

(1901–1973) who was in office from 1940 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, at which time he was overthrown by Fidel Castro. DS, in Spanish, three pages, 9 x 13.5, November 22, 1957. Untranslated “Law No. 14,” signed at the conclusion by Batista and countersigned by his minister of justice.

In very good condition, with paper loss to left edge of all three pages.

The blue seal is intact and retains its original blue ribbon. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The inventor of the telephone forwards his signature from Beinn Bhreagh

178. Robert BadenPowell. ALS signed

“Robt. Baden-Powell, Maj. General,” one page, 4.25 x 7, personal letterhead, June 17, 1905. Letter to a writer. In part: “If I can be of any use in the matter of a biography of my ancestor Capt. John Smith of Virginia for your series of ‘Great American Explorers,’ kindly let me know.” In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

180. Alexander Graham Bell. Brief LS signed “Yours sincerely, Alexander Graham Bell,” one page, 3.5 x 2.25, August 26, 1908. Brief note, sent from Beinn Bhreagh, to a collector. In full: “I send my autograph attached to this note.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Very early twice-signed Austin document regarding the sale of land to one of the Old 300 181. Stephen F. Austin.

Twice-signed manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “Estevan F. Austin,” and “Austin,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.25, October 28, 1824.

A bill of sale for property in Austin’s first colony, written by his secretary Samuel May Williams. Headed at the top (translated): “2nd Seal. 12 reals. Validated by the Mexican Nation for the year 1824,” and signed underneath

by Austin, “Austin.” In part (translated): “Be it known, by this writ, that I, William Roberts, an inhabitant on the east bank of the Brazos River, in the Providence of Texas, and one of the Colonists established in the colonial establishment permitted to Empresario Don Stephen F. Austin by the Mexican Nation in the said Province, have sold, and by the present act do hereby sell, to Andrew Roberts, my son and to his heirs and successors, the lower half of the league of land which the Mexican Government sold to me, situated on the east bank of the Brazos River…I sold the said land to Andrew Roberts, my son, and to his heirs and successors, for the consideration of one hundred and twenty-seven pesos, one and one-half reals, which he, the said Andrew Roberts, my son, paid to me, all of which I have received from him. Therefore, accompanied by, and in the presence of Empresario Stephen F. Austin, a judge commissioned by this colony, and the witness John Austin, William Stafford, and David McCormick, I placed the said Andrew Roberts, my son, in full and complete possession of the land, for him, his heirs, and successors, with all its uses, customs, houses, and belongings, and by these presents I do hereby grant him all the title and right which I, the said William Roberts, my heirs, and successors have, or might have obtained by the said concession or in consequence of having settled and cultivated the said land, all of which I hereby state and declare of my own will accordingly to the right which I have, and after having received a clear explanation of the contents of this act, in my own language, before the witnesses hereintofore mentioned, and in order that it may be made a matter of record, I signed it in the presence of said witnesses, all of which I certify…Stephen F. Austin, Judge commissioned for the New Colony on the Brazos and Colorado Rivers.

Do hereby certify that the foregoing title of sale by William Roberts to Andrew Roberts is literally taken from the original in the archives of said Colony under my supervision, and that it was compared, corrected, and amended in the presence of the witnesses.” Signed at the conclusion in full by Austin, who also adds his last name to the the upper right corner of the front, “Austin.” Document is also endorsed in another hand, in Spanish, in the upper left of the front by Sylvenus Castleman, one of Stephen Austin’s ‘Old Three Hundred.’

In very good condition, with three horizontal folds, old tape repairs to right edge, not affecting legibility, scattered toning and soiling, a bit heavier along folds, a bit of light damp staining, and small portions of text a shade or two light, but completely legible, otherwise very good condition.

This scarce, historically-significant document offers vital details about how Austin settled the first 300 families in his colony during Texas’s formative years. Signed a mere 24 days after the ratification of the Constitution of 1824, it suggests that a level of stability had been achieved by the newly-independent nation. For years, Austin’s plans had been curtailed by the unrest and uncertainty that characterized Mexican politics following the overthrow of Spanish rule in 1821. With a relatively stable government now in place, he was able to begin his colonial endeavor in earnest. An intimate glimpse into Texas’s formative years. The Robert Davis Collection. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000) 50 | May 15, 2013 | NOTABLES

Confederate appointment of Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner’s Aide-de-Camp 182. Judah Benjamin. British-born American politician and lawyer

(1811–1884) who, after serving in the US Senate and rejecting nomination to the Supreme Court, served variously as attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state for the Confederacy. War-dated partlyprinted DS, signed “J. P. Benjamin,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, October 4, 1861. Appointment reads, in full: “Sir, You are hereby informed that the President has appointed you First Lieutenant A.D.C. in the Provisional Army in the service of the Confederate States. You are requested to signify your acceptance or non-acceptance of said appointment: and should you accept you will sign before a magistrate the oath of office herewith, and forward the same with your letter of acceptance to this Department. Report duty to Genl Buckner.” In very good condition, with scattered creases and dampstaining, tape reinforcement to reverse of one horizontal fold, and scattered ink marks and foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

183. Lyman Bloomingdale. Businessman (1841–1905) who,

along with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdale’s Department Store. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, personal letterhead, January 6, 1897. Letter to Edmund Hendricks. In full: “I am in receipt of your favor of January 5th inquiring as to Mr. J. M. Tobias, with regard to his application to join Lafayette Post, and in answer beg to say, that I have known Mr. Tobias for a number of years, and am glad to say that I can speak only well of him. I believe that he will be an acceptable member of the Post, and therefore recommend him.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, a couple passing through single letters of signature and a bit of scattered light soiling. Edmund Hendricks (1834–1909), a veteran of the 7th Regiment, New York Volunteers, in the Civil War, was a member of Hendricks Brothers, a family copper business. Lafayette Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized in New York City in 1880. Hendricks was a member of the Membership Committee of Lafayette Post. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Writing to Madison on the use of ciphers and codes in correspondence 185. Aaron Burr. LS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, June 18, 1794. Burr writes to James Monroe. In part: “You must have recd. Mr. Prevost’s [probably a relation of his wife, the former Theodosia Prevost] final answer before you left Philad[elphi]a. He has the utmost sensibility to your goodness & politeness—yet the possibility of remaining without resources is a hazard which he thinks his circumstances will not warrant him to encounter: and from motives of delicacy he will not allow me to interfere in removing this embarrassment. If you should be at any time without a secretary and should choose to receive him as such, he will chearfully [sic] obey your summons. You will find me a very punctual correspondent—and the more extensive to cypher is (which you proposed to make) the more interesting may our letters be to each other. A name which will occur frequently, had best be designated by two or three different characters. I leave this wholly to you.” Burr continues with good wishes, plans to place “large orders…if you should find books cheaply,” and mentions that he has been “confined…almost wholly to my bed…by an increase of that complaint in the side.” Letter also bears a docketing notation in an unknown hand. Slight edge separations along faint intersecting folds, a uniform shade of mild toning, narrow mounting remnant to one margin, and light show-through of ink, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Carver informs his first polio patient that a state officer is coming to look into the “peanut oil work that I am doing” 186. George Washington Carver. TLS signed “G. W. Carver,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, August 14, 1936. Letter to Floyd Anderson. In full: “Dr. Baker, State Health Officer, was sent by the Governor [Bibb Graves] here yesterday to look into the peanut oil work that I am doing. I showed him your picture, and he took the affected leg and pointed out to the person that was with him the various defects and how it has been built up. He was very much pleased with the picture. I am so happy to know that my dear boy Floyd is getting along nicely. I know that you are doing hard work and that you are happy in it. As you know, I shall be extremely happy to have you come down whenever you can, and should I come to Atlanta I shall certainly look you up, as I do want to see my boy Floyd.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Celebrating the ‘Century of Progress’

187. Chicago World’s Fair. Impressive scrapbook bearing an affixed ‘Century of Progress’ logo affixed to the front, 12 x 9, containing ten

signed items from notables associated with the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, primarily consisting of letters and cards. The items are inlaid into the scrapbook pages along with a variety of mementos from the event. Signers include: Anton Cermak, Edward J. Kelly (2), Rufus C. Dawes, Charles S. Peterson, Daniel H. Burnham, George Woodruff, Lenox R. Lohr, Lillian Anderson, and E. L. Blystone. Unsigned items in the scrapbook include snapshots, pins, covers, coins, and medals. In overall very good to fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) 52 | May 15, 2013 | NOTABLES

Rare oversized color wartime portrait of Churchill in uniform 188. Winston Churchill. Uncommon vintage color 9 x 11 print of Churchill in his RAF uniform by David Waddington, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Winston S. Churchill.”

Matted and framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 16.5. In fine condition, with some scattered mild toning to borders, none affecting the image or signature. Churchill served as an Honorary Air Commodore of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron in the Auxiliary Air Force, and was awarded honorary wings.

This is the first signed image of Churchill in uniform we have ever offered. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Determined 1926 Vandyk portrait 189. Winston Churchill. Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 head-and-

shoulders photo of a young Churchill by Vandyk of London, affixed to its original 5 x 7.5 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Winston S. Churchill 1926.” In very good condition, with a noticeable diagonal crease across lower portion of image, and moderate silvering to edges of image.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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190. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody. Ink signature, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’”, on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 card. Card is removably matted and framed along with the original Buffalo Bill’s Wild West transmittal envelope, addressed by Cody to “Miss Nellie Ellis, Woburn, Mass,” as well as a color portrait of Cody, to an overall size of 19.25 x 15.25. In very good condition, with a mild band of toning passing through bold signature, as well as scattered toning to the envelope. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

At the height of controversy over his recently published Origin of Species, Darwin requests copies of a much-needed glowing review by his greatest advocate, Asa Gray 191. Charles Darwin. ALS signed “C. Darwin,” one page, 7.75 x 4.5, July 9, [1860]. Letter, written from his home in Kent, to an unidentified recipient. In full: “If you can get from Toubres the ‘Atlantic Monthly’ from last August, please send me a copy at Port here; but it is not worth sending to America for. Please order for me two copies of the Atlantic Monthly for next October & send here—Dear Sir, Yours faithfully.”

Nicely cloth-matted and framed with a printed portrait to an overall size of 21 x 13. Light intersecting folds and well done repairs to separated top corner tips, not affecting the overall appearance, otherwise fine condition.

Upon the 1859 publication of his magnum opus, On the Origin of Species, Darwin became the center of international attention, triggering widespread debate that encompassed an enormous range of scientific, ideological, social, and religious implications. As controversy swelled and Darwin’s need for support grew, friend and revered American botanist Asa Gray published a powerful review of the book in the Atlantic Monthly across the June, July, and August issues in 1860. Overjoyed with the quality of Gray’s work, Darwin wrote this letter requesting additional copies of the Atlantic Monthly. The following day he wrote to Gray directly, offering heartfelt praise of the review—‘I have just looked through the passages which I have marked as appearing to me extra good, but I see that they are too numerous to specify’—and discussing his hopes to have it reprinted in a British scientific publication. This note, directly referenced in the subsequent letter to Gray, touches on a key piece of writing in the international controversy over Darwin’s work; a stellar review from his staunchest supporter, who would go on to arrange the first US edition of Origin of Species later that year. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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“I have always regarded Professor S. F. B. Morse as one of the outstanding pioneers in the electrical art” 192. Lee de Forest. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Lee De Forest Laboratories, Inc. letterhead, February 20,

1943. Letter to George Shanks. In part: “I have always regarded Professor S. F. B. Morse as one of the outstanding pioneers in the electrical art, and particularly in the art of communications. Although I am informed that he was not actually the first to send telegraph signals over a wire, he was unquestionably the first to visualize the commercial possibilities of communication by such means…As a result of Morse’s genius, the entire globe was recuced [sic] in diameter in the ratio of months, by steamship transportation of mail, to a few seconds. His contribution to civilization can never be adequately measured.” In fine condition, with punch holes to left edge and a few small edge tears. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

The Queen Regent attempts to quell a discontented “League of Princes” spearheaded by her nephew, the Prince of Condé 193. Marie de Medici. Queen consort of France (1575–1642) as the second wife of

King Henry IV of France. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medici. LS in French, signed “Marie,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 13.75, docketed February 12, 1614. Historically important royal letter signed as Queen Regent of France (1610-1617) during Louis XIII’s minority. Translated in part, “I nonetheless wanted to write you this letter to tell you the displeasure that I feel to learn, more by common rumor than otherwise, that my nephew the Prince of Condé and the other princes who have separated themselves from our court claim to have some discontent. And all the more so in that I do not think I have given them the occasion to feel thus. And in fact when they left here they took leave of the King my lord my son and of me and they promised to return when they would be ordered to for his service...I have resolved by the advice and counsel of the first officers of the crown and other principals around us to send my cousin the Duke of Nantadour and the Lord of Boissin to my said nephew the Prince of Condé to pray and invited him to return here to take the rank and authority that he should have, and to assist us with his counsel.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

194. Declaration of Independence: George Clymer. Partly-printed DS, signed “G. Clymer,” one page, 8 x 4, no date. Tax document certifying that “the duties on one Puncheon of Rum containing one hundred fourteen gallons of the second proof, and marked and numbered as in the margin, have been secured according to law.” An irregularly trimmed upper edge and subtle haloing to the signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

195. Declaration of Independence: Robert Treat Paine. Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declaration of Independence. DS, signed “R. T. Paine,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, September 1777. A legal brief summarizing the judgment against Daniel Sevat of Taunton, who, “On the Lord’s day did unnecessarily travel thro the Town of Berkley… contrary to the Law of this State…& provided & against the peace of the Government & People & in evil example to others.” Double-matted and framed with a portrait and engraved plaque to an overall size of 20 x 14.5. Light intersecting folds and a hint of mild scattered toning, otherwise fine, clean condition.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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196. Declaration of Independence: James Wilson. Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 13, December 10, 1790. Wilson appoints an attorney to “sue for, and by all lawful ways and means recover and receive of and from James Moore or any other person or persons whatever or wherever in Asia or Africa all such sum and sums of money goods wares merchandise debts and effects whatsoever” in order to settle debts. Crisply signed at the conclusion by Wilson and witnesses. Various toned tape remnants and complete tape-repaired separations to folds, otherwise very good condition. The affixed paper notary seal remains crisp and fully intact. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Young William and Princess Di extend extraordinary birthday wishes

197. Diana and William. Birthday card, measuring 5 x 7 closed, featuring an image of sheep on the front. Inside bears a short pre-printed

sentiment and is signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Mervyn, Happy Birthday, with love from the four of us, Diana,” and signed in blue ink, “William.” Some brushing to Diana’s signature, otherwise fine condition. A rare and unusual Diana item, signed by Prince William as a child.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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198. Alfred Dreyfus. French

m i l i t a r y o ff i c e r (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, thrust him into the international spotlight. Author Emile Zola wrote his famous open letter, ‘J’Accuse!’ laying bare the entire affair. ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 3.5, August 13, 1909. Neatly penned untranslated letter to an unidentified woman.

In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

199. George Eastman. American inven-

tor and entrepreneur (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak company, whose invention of roll film revolutionized photography and helped make the once-specialized art and craft a popular pastime.

Uncommon TLS signed “Geo. Eastman,” one page, 8 x 9.5, March 16, 1931. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Your kind message to me on the occasion of the banquet recently tendered me by the Society of the Genesee in New York City remains a most cherished souvenir.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

201. Edward, Duke of Windsor. Souvenir

typescript, one page on a 3.75 x 7 card bearing four affixed postage stamps. King Edward VIII’s farewell address, which famously concludes, “God bless you all! God save the King!”

Signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint, “E R VIII, Duke of Windsor.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

202. Thomas Edison. Ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip. In fine condition, with some light toning to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

200. George Eastman. Signed book: George Eastman. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 522 pages. Boldly signed on the third free end page, “Geo. Eastman.”

Autographic condition is fine, with a mild shade of toning to signed page. Book condition: VG/None. Green cloth-covered boards; light wear to edges (mostly at corners and spine-ends); spine darkened, with gilt titles nearly illegible; bump to upper textblock edge; yellowed (especially at edges and endpapers). Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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In a push for electric transportation, Edison joins forces with streetcar inventor Stephen Field to develop “the Elevated Railroads in the City of New York” 203. Thomas Edison. DS, signed “Thomas A. Edison,” four pages, 8 x 13, February 24, 1885. An agreement between Stephen D. Field and Simeon G. Reed (“parties of the first part”), Thomas A. Edison and S. B. Eaton (“parties of the second part”) and the Edison Electric Light Company (“party of the third part”), regarding the Electric Railway Company of the United States. Document concerns an agreement “to form a corporation to whom should be transferred certain inventions to be used only upon the Elevated Railroads in the City of New York.” Signed on the final page

by Edison with his trademark ‘umbrella’ signature and also signed by Reed, Field, Eaton, and Eugene Crowell. Document is still stapled into its blue legal folder. In fine condition, with an ink spot above Edison’s paraph and some tape reinforcement to folds of folder. An embossed orange seal of the Edison Electric Light Company, depicting a radiant light bulb, has been affixed in the lower left of the signed page.

During the first half of the 1880s, Edison focused a great deal of effort on developing an electric railway, successfully installing three miles of track with two locomotives, a freight car, and a passenger car at Menlo Park. Convinced that electric transportation was the way of the future, Edison combined his talents (and his patents) with those of Stephen D. Field, whose early electric streetcars could already be found in New York City. United as the Electric Railway Company of the US, the team successfully exhibited an electric locomotive at the 1883 Chicago Railway Exposition, giving over 25,000 people a ride on their prototype for the world’s first elevated electric railway. Despite their initial enthusiasm, support and finances soon gave way and the company was dissolved in 1889, assigning Edison’s patents to the new Edison General Electric Company, selling Field’s to Westinghouse, and liquidating the remaining assets. An incredibly interesting and rare document—the first we have offered regarding Edison’s work with the electric railways. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Crystal-clear portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist 204. Albert Einstein. Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.25 casual photo of Einstein in his study, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen “To Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, A. Einstein. 51.” In very good condition, with lightly trimmed edges, two vertical creases passing through image lightly affecting a small portion of signature, and a few other creases to background. A one-of-a-kind pose that we have never seen before. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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A respectfully embellished edition of The Meaning of Relativity, the definitive overview of his theory 205. Albert Einstein. Signed book: The Meaning of Relativity. Later printing. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 150 pages. Signed on the first free end page, “A. Einstein 52.” Autographic condition: mild toning, owner’s signature to bottom of page, and small remnant from a previously mounted photo in the center, otherwise fine condition. Book condition: G+/G. Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Binding is strong and pages are in tact, but the book has been significantly altered by previous owner: several pages added and illustrations tipped in throughout; one page added to front is partially clipped; few glue/ paper remnants on ffep from previously mounted photos; previous owner’s name in ink three times on endpapers; slight wear to edges; textblock slightly yellowed. Dust jacket made from manila file folder, with the front cover and front flap from the actual dust jacket affixed. Tears and creases along edges and folds, darkened (especially along spine) and waterstained; few pieces of tape. Originally purchased from the Ohio estate sale of a Miami University professor, you can truly tell how much he admired Einstein by his personal cut outs and notes in the book. Outstanding association between Einstein and his monumentally important scientific contribution! Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Superlative portrait of the genius from 1931 206. Albert Einstein. Vintage matte-finish 6 x 7.75 portrait of Einstein seated with one hand resting on the arm of a chair, affixed to a 9 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “Frau Aimée Israel freundschaftliche zugeeignet, Albert Einstein, 1931.” Also signed in pencil by the photographer, Doris Ulmann. In fine condition, with an inoffensive repaired tear to the upper left and uniform toning to the perimeter of the mount. Ulmann was an acclaimed photographer who studied under Clarence H. White, and took this exquisite, richly toned portrait during Einstein’s second visit to the United States. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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Gould’s first mortgage to fund construction of the Memphis branch of his railroad 207. Jay Gould. Historic DS, 24 pages, 8.5 x 11, December

15, 1885. A first mortgage bond to fund construction of the Memphis Branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company. The Railway Company, in part, “has determined to build a branch of its road on the most eligible route to be determined by survey, extending from or near the town of Bald Knob, in White County, Arkansas, or such other point on the main line of its railway in said County, as the directors or Executive Committee of said company may select or approve, eastwardly through White, Woodruff, Cross and Crittenden or other Counties, in the State of Arkansas, to Hopefield or West Memphis, on the west bank of the Mississippi River, opposite Memphis, Tennessee, or to such other point in Crittenden County as the said Railway Company may select or approve, which said branch is hereinafter called the Memphis Branch.” Signed on page 20 by Gould as the company’s president, and also countersigned by Louis Fitzgerald as president of the Mercantile Trust Company and two witnesses. A signed statement of Notary Public W. W. Norton is on pages 21–22, followed on pages 22–24 by four manuscript statements and embossed seals of the clerks of White, Woodruff, Cross, and Crittenden counties, Arkansas. In fine condition, with scattered light soiling and creases to covers, and a mild central vertical crease to all pages. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

208. Government. Scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing approximately 80 signed items from various 19th and 20th century political leaders, mostly from the United States but including some from Britain and around the world, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few letters. Signers include: Charles Sumner, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Coolidge, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver P. Morton, Francis E. Spinner, Thomas H. Benton, William Gladstone, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Josip Tito. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

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Santa Anna’s second-in-command attempts to set the record straight and finds an eager audience among the founders of Texas 209. Vicente Filisola. Extremely rare book: Evacuation of Texas:

Translation of the Representation Addressed to the Supreme Government by Gen. Vicente Filisola, In Defence of his Honor, and Explanation of his Operations as Commander-In-Chief of the Army Against Texas.

Second edition, being the only printed edition in English (first published in Mexico in 1836). Columbia: G. and T. H. Borden, 1837. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 68 pages. Two ownership signatures, “E. M. Pease” appear on the title page, with one more signature appearing on the first page.

Autographic condition: Good to very good, with moderate creasing, toning and soiling to title page, paper loss to fore edges of opening pages.

Book condition: Beautifully rebound in red leather with gilt titles and emblem; covers, new marbled endpapers, and binding in NF condition.

Original textblock in G+ condition, with heavy dampstaining and foxing throughout, soiling, scattered creasing, and paper loss at fore-edge of first several pages.

This is the first English language edition of an extraordinarily important account of General Vicente Filisola, Santa Anna’s second in command– and one of perhaps ten first copies known to exist. Printed in 1837, it’s believed to be the first book published in the Republic of Texas. Filisola penned his account four months after the Battle of San Jacinto in an effort to enter his perspective into the historical record and vindicate his honor.

His narrative—critical of Santa Anna—was of great interest to Texans.

A print run of 300 was expedited at the public expense under the direction of the Texas House of Representatives following President Sam Houston’s November 23, 1836, message recommending that an English translation be published. Houston was following the advice of his Secretary of State Stephen F. Austin. Days earlier, Austin had obtained a first edition of the Spanish language edition and firmly believed in the book’s “importance to the public interests” since it accurately accounted “the history of the military movements and views of the enemy during the invasion…last spring.” The translation was rendered by George Louis Hammeken, a friend of Austin who was by his side at the time of his death in December 1836.

According to this account, Santa Anna was captured at San Jacinto, and his second in command, Vicente Filisola, was tasked with withdrawing Mexican forces from Texas. Filisola carried out Santa Anna’s orders to retreat and evacuated San Antonio, essentially “ratifying” the Treaties of Velasco, according to the Republic of Texas. Filisola subsequently received instructions from the Mexican government on May 28 to preserve conquests already made; but by this time, his army had already crossed the Nueces. Upon receiving the government’s order, he offered to return to San Antonio, but because of the poor condition of his troops, the retreat continued to Matamoros. José de Urrea took over in general command and Filisola retired to Saltillo, resigning his own command to Juan José Andrade.

With Texas’s triumph, Filisola was accused of cowardly and traitorous activities, and he faced formal charges upon returning to Mexico. Glossing over his own role in the defeat at San Jacinto, Santa Anna remained steadfast in blaming Filisola, basing his accusations on the fact that Filisola’s pre-battle dispatches were captured by Sam Houston’s men. The Robert Davis Collection. RR Auction COA.…(MB $5000)

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210. Governors. Extensive scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing approximately 69 signed items from governors of Illinois and Pennsylvania ranging from the late-18th to mid-20th century, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few documents and letters. Signers include: Thomas Mifflin, Simon Snyder, Thomas McKean, John Tener, and Adlai Stevenson. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Inviting the Supreme Judicial Court to dinner

211. John Hancock. Third-person ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9, February 19, 1783.

Third person ALS addressed to the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court. Letter reads, “The Governor presents his most respectful compliments to the Honble. The Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, and requests the honor and pleasure of their Company at Dinner on Saturday next 3/4 past One o’clock.” Addressed on the address leaf of the second integral page in Hancock’s hand, “The Honble. The Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court.” In fine condition, with a very light block of uniform toning over portion of the text. A darkly penned letter in Hancock’s elegant hand, with remnants of original red seals still present. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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212. Samuel D. Gross. American academic trauma surgeon (1805–1884). He is the subject of Thomas Eakins’ painting, The Gross Clinic, one of the most significant American paintings of the 19th century. Autograph document, signed in the text, “S. D. Gross,” one page, 7.5 x 10, December 29, 1845. Gross writes, “the Estate of the late Dr. James Spence to S. D. Gross, Dr. For professional services during Dr. Spence’s long illness- $70.00.” The middle portion of the page is completed by a Justice of the Peace, with Gross’s letter at the bottom of the page, signed “S. D. Gross.” Letter reads, “It is true that physicians do not generally charge for attendance upon each other. There are, however, exceptions to all rules. Favors are reciprocal. Dr. Spence was in good circumstances & died without any family. Had it been otherwise, I should certainly not have presented any account for professional services.” In very good condition, with a bit of scattered paper loss to vertical edges, partial separations along fragile horizontal folds, and some mild show-through from docketing on reverse. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Oversized portraits of Hearst and his heirs 213. William Randolph Hearst and Sons. Three extraor-

dinary vintage signed photos: one matte-finish 10 x 13.25 portrait of William Randolph Hearst blindstamped by photographer James Manatt, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my good friend and valued advisor Joseph Willicombe, with whom I have enjoyed most agreeable and most advantageous association for many years, this photograph is affectionately inscribed, William Randolph Hearst”; and two matte-finish 11 x 14 photos of his twin sons, Randolph Apperson Hearst and Elbert Willson Hearst, by Campbell Studios of New York, each signed and inscribed by the son pictured to Willicombe. Both Campbell Studios portraits are housed in their original presentation folders. In overall fine condition. Of these twins, Randolph became chairman of the Hearst Corporation and president of The San Francisco Examiner, but is best known as the father of the notorious Patty Hearst; Elbert changed his name to David Whitmire and served as a vice president of the Hearst Corporation. Willicombe served as Hearst’s longtime private secretary and confidante. A fantastic group of portraits with an intimate association within America’s pioneering news company. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

214. William Randolph Hearst. TLS signed “W. R. Hearst,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Los

Angeles Examiner letterhead, March 1, 1939. Letter to David Warren Ryder. In full: “Many thanks for your complimentary letter. Your kind commendation and friendly interest are highly appreciated.” The reverse of the page bears a printed pictorial comparison of the populations of California, Great Britain, and Italy. A carbon of Ryder’s letter is stapled to Hearst’s, in which he commends Hearst, “in the strongest terms for your speech of Saturday night, which was a most timely, courageous and unanswerable statement of what America’s foreign policy should be.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Beautiful October 1941 letter of state from the Japanese Emperor, as he attempts to build his relationship with America’s oil-rich neighbors 215. Hirohito. Emperor of Japan (born 1901) from 1926 to his death in 1989. Hirohito’s reign was marked by rapid militarization and aggressive wars against China and the United States. Following the devastating result of the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II, he renounced his divinity in favor of a democratic constitutional monarchy. Official letter of state, in Japanese, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.25 x 12.5, dated “ninth day of the tenth month of the sixteenth Showa year” (October 9, 1941). Letter reads, in full (translated): “By the Grace of God, Emperor of Japan, placed on the Throne eternally held by the same Dynasty; Hail to all who will see these letters!

Having examined the officially recognized letters dated April 11, 1941 from His Excellency Mr. Manuel Avila Camacho, President of the United States of Mexico, by which [the letters] he has named Mr. Carlos Gutierrez Macias Consul General of Mexico at Yokohama, with consular jurisdiction over all Japan Empire, at the exception of Hyogo, Nara, Kyoto and Osaka Prefectures, We have recognized him in such and We have granted him all privileges relative to his duties.

We consequently order to the proper Authorities to give to Mr. Carlos Gutierrez Macias all necessary assistance in the exercise of his duties, in accordance to the present exequatur.

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Witness my hand and official Empire seal, in our Imperial Palace in Tokyo, this ninth day of the tenth month of the sixteenth Showa year, corresponding to year two thousand six-hundred one of enthroned Emperor Jimmu.” Signed at the conclusion by Hirohito, and countersigned

by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Teijiro Toyoda. In fine, bright condition, and accompanied by a French translation and its original envelope.

Reliant on America for over 80% of its oil, Japan faced a major crisis when the US and Britain initiated a complete embargo of all resources to the island nation in 1941. Though outwardly supportive of the Allied forces, Mexico’s long ties with Spain (led by fascist dictator Francisco Franco) left many of its citizens sympathetic to the Axis powers. In control of a massive oil reserve and focused on maintaining their own stability above all else, Mexico remained open to the idea of carrying out the lucrative trade with Japan. Several discussions between the two nations took place during October and November of 1941, but when Japan launched their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December, immediately involving the United States with full force, Mexico withdrew from negotiations. This stunning letter of state from Emperor Hirohito is one of only two from this crucial year in Japanese history that has come up for auction in the last forty years! Pre-certified John Reznikoff/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

Gargantuan color portrait inscribed to a brave FBI hostage negotiator 216. J. Edgar Hoover. Impressive color matte-finish 15.75 x 19.5 half-length portrait of Hoover affixed to a 19.75 x 24 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink, “To Thomas H. Farrow, With every good wish, J. Edgar Hoover, 10-20-69.” In fine condition, with the inscription and signature a shade light. Farrow was a distinguished FBI agent who, in 1973, managed to negotiate the release of two flight attendants being held hostage by a hijacker. In addition to the terrific FBI association, this is one of the only signed color photos of Hoover that we have ever seen—and certainly the largest of any type. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The billionaire and his around-the-world crew 217. Howard Hughes. Vintage pencil signature, “Howard Hughes,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2.75 1939 New York World’s Fair card. Card is also signed by around-theworld flight crew members Harry Connor, Tommy Thurlow, Edward Lund, Dick Stoddart, and Fiorello LaGuardia. Old tape to vertical edges touching a couple letters of signatures and a bit of scattered light soiling, other wise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

218. John Jay. American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as President of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and, from 1789 to 1795, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Partially printed DS, one page, 16.25 x 10.25, May 8, 1798. A military appointment for Jesse Woodward as ensign in the Regiment of Militia in Washington County, New York. The embossed paper seal remains intact at upper left. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting storage folds, a few small spots, and small holes at intersections of folds. The white seal is intact and only slightly worn. The signature is bold and unaffected by any faults. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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“This is the way Senator Keating looked just after he heard your broadcast” 219. Robert F. Kennedy. Vintage 9.5

x 8 photo of Kennedy speaking to Mayor Wagner and Senator Keating, on a parade review standing, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Mayor Robert Wagner, This is the way Senator Keating looked just after he heard your broadcast. With great appreciation, Bob Kennedy 1964.”

Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 15. In fine condition, with a couple trivial brushes to inscription.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“It meant so much to the President and Bob to have you there” 220. Ted Kennedy. Scarce

ALS signed “Ted,” one page, 5.25 x 7, Kennedy’s Senate letterhead, December 1969. Letter to John Kennedy’s secretary of defense. In full: “The Victura sails well in gentle breezes and stormy seas and it meant so much to the President and Bob to have you there.”

In fine condition.

Letter originates from the Estate of Robert S. McNamara. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

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Kennedy acknowledges “national outrage and indignation at the President’s defiance” 221. Ted Kennedy.

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, US Senate letterhead, November 7, 1973.

Letter to a concerned citizen. In part: “I appreciated your letter indicating your concern with the lack of confidence in the Nixon Administration…I believe that this response of national outrage and indignation at the President’s defiance of the rule of law in the matter of the tapes was responsible for his yielding to the court…the Congress should proceed with all haste in the nomination of a Vice President, as well as continue on the investigation…on the question of impeachment.” In fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

Khrushchev writes to Stalin about postwar reconstruction of their homeland 222. Nikita Khrushchev. TLS in Russian, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, April 17, 1948. Letter

to Joseph Stalin. In full (translated): “During Council of Ministers of USSR’s February 15, 1948 rendering of the decision to complete the construction of and put into operation the Dashava-Kiev gas pipeline by December 1948, the question regarding provision of tractors for the construction remained unanswered. This question was raised by us in front of Council of Ministers of USSR again in March, but it was not resolved, As of right now, massive line construction work is unfolding along the gas pipeline route. However, due to the lack of tractors at the construction, the welding jobs, pipe assembling jobs and the difficult river crossing are being delayed. Comrade Stalin, I ask for your decree to immediately provide thirty S-80 tractors to the gas pipeline construction.” In very good condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds, one fold through a small portion of signature, several punch holes and tears to edges, a few ink and pencil notations, and some light creases. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

223. King Alfonso XIII. King of Spain from 1886 until

1931, who was proclaimed king at birth and assumed leadership at just 16 years old (1886–1941). Manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “Alfonso,” one page both sides, 9.5 x 13, September 13, 1919. An official letter of state to the president of Bolivia introducing Don Jaime de Ojeda y Brooke, as a Minister Plenipotentiary. Boldly signed at the conclusion by Alfonso and countersigned

by Salvador Bermudez de Castro. Central horizontal and vertical folds, slight paper loss to rough right edge, and a bit of trivial soiling, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

224. King Edward VII. ALS signed “Albert Edward,” one page

both sides, 3.75 x 6, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to “Oliver.”

In part: “I have just ascertained that…their twin daughters & the great Francis have not been invited to your Ball…I think this must be a mistake.” Scattered soiling to the first page, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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225. King Francis I. King of France (born 1494) who reigned from 1515 until his death.

Manuscript vellum DS, signed “Francoys,” one page, 19.5 x 10.75, no date. Untranslated document in French. In very good condition, with three vertical storage folds (one passing through a single letter of the signature), overall soiling, and a significant repaired cut to the lower right; the signature remains bold and prominent. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The rarest of the French Renaissance kings 226. King Francis II. Monarch of the House of Valois who ascended to the French

throne at age 15, ruling for just one year before his death (1544–1560). Rare royal vellum document signed during his extremely short reign, in French,“Francoys,” one page, 17.5 x 9.75, Rheims, September 16, 1559. The document, written to “Our friends and faithful keepers of our accounts at Paris,” states in full (translated): “The young King Francis II corrects an error in the amount of 100 pounds made in the accounting records of ‘the exploits and fines of our court of aides’ in Paris…you because the expenditure was found to exceed the receipts, have crossed out the sum of one hundred pounds Parisian written there and employed under the name of the said Dubois to whom the late King our very honored Lord and Father whom God may absolve had given it for the causes…it had been ordered to make pay and deliver to the said Dubois the said sum of c l p [100 pounds Parisian] generally of the monies coming from the said King, one year bearing the other.” A few vertical storage folds, overall soiling, an area of the lower right trimmed off, and significant repaired paper loss to the right side, otherwise very good condition. Just the second Francis II item we have offered, this document is highlighted by a large, crisp signature.Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

228. King George IV.

227. King George III. King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760

until his death in 1820. His reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the American colonies. Advancing mental illness rendered George unable to fulfill his official duties during the last decade of his life, during which time the Prince Regent, William IV, ruled in his stead. LS in German, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, July 2, 1765. Untranslated letter written from the Palace at St. James. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, slightly trimmed horizontal edges, and a mounting remnant to left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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ALS signed “George R,” five pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, no date.

Letter to Lord Keith.

In part: “I am extremely obliged to you my dear friend, for your kind letter, & the communication you made to me of your Interview with the Ministers; I foresaw the objection he sends...likely to part, & more so than Mr. Dundas…However I…desire you notwithstanding…To endeavor to see Mr. Dundas, & to conveye [sic] our concerns as possible, all these topics with him, as well as what I said to you upon other subjects. I know very well that they are always glad by way of liberating themselves.” Also included is the 8.75 x 7 full mailing panel, addressed in George’s hand. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some paper loss and soiling to address panel. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

229. King George IV. ALS signed “George R,” seven pages on two sets of

adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, no date. Letter to Lord Keith. In part: “Mr. Dundas has wished to adopt this writing a letter upon nothing, merely for the sake of conveying to me, that he is offended at the line of conduct I have adopted to him...I had…completely the drift of Mr. Dundas in his letter, which to strike the first blow…It occurs to me to come to the point as shortly as possible & to dismiss trifling circumstances for things of greater magnitude. The prospect of the mission you have been so good as to undertake, was not to keep open a heart, but to endeavor to heal one, if such was upon trial found to be the inclination of Mr. Dundas, & which I should think he in particular but like other ministers ought in every account to wish especially at such a serious moment as the present one is to them & to the whole nation pregnant with every merit of mischief, & ready to thrust over their heads. You were not to discuss merely the affairs of Ireland but many other topics with him” Accompanied by the original 8.75 x 7 mailing panel which retains its original red wax seal. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

230. King George VI and Elizabeth. Christ-

mas card from 1950, measuring 7 x 5.75 closed and featuring a 5.5 x 4.5 portrait of the royal family inside, signed below the printed sentiment in fountain pen, “George R., 1950,” and “Elizabeth R.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

231. King Louis XVI. King of France (born 1754) from 1774 to 1792. In the wake of

increasing unrest that developed into full-fledged revolution, Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793. Manuscript LS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, April 1, 1788, floridly signed at the conclusion by King Louis and also signed on his behalf by a secretary. The translated letter, addressed to the Treasurer General of the House of the Queen [Marie Antoinette], states in full: “To Mr. Randon de la Tour, House of the Queen, Guard of my Royal Treasury, 1788...Me. Charles Pierre Paul Savalete de Langeais, paid in cash to M. Randon de la Tour, Treasurer General of the House of the Queen, the sun of twelve thousand francs to be employed in payment of the minor expenses of the ceremony of the Good Friday dinner of the Queen in the present year.

Made at Versailles April first 1788.” In fine condition, with apparently trimmed left and right edges.Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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An autographic cornucopia of over 20,000 pieces, a roomful of autographs spanning almost 200 years‌everything from presidents to soldiers, artists to actors, authors to musicians, and much more 232. Lifetime Collection. An absolutely amazing collection of over 20,000 items which encompasses many fields of autograph collecting, and spans from the 1800s to the mid-to-late 20th century. Collection consists of signed photos, carte-de-visites, signatures, letters (in English and foreign languages), autograph albums, and a smattering of other formats. Much of the collection is housed in three-ring binders and two jam-packed file cabinets. The vast array of notables contained in the collection span from presidents and first ladies, politicians, Nobel Prize winners, Civil War officers, luminaries of stage and screen, authors and poets, composers, musicians, opera and ballet, artists, and many, many more. Collection rates in overall very good to fine condition. Also due to the vast number of items, a few secretarial/and or printed signatures may be included. Due to the enormity of the collection please be advised that extra shipping charges will apply. The sheer overwhelming volume of items precludes a list, and interested parties are strongly advised to view the collection in person at our offices, as this collection is sold as is, and no returns will be accepted. Collections of this size and scope are seldom offered in whole, and with thousands of pieces, there are undoubtedly still many discoveries that lie within. RR Auction COA.‌(MB $10,000)

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A small sampling of names includes Berenice Abbott

Frances Cleveland

Herbert Hoover

Richard Peary

Ansel Adams

Jacqueline Cochran

O. O. Howard

John J. Pershing

Muhammad Ali

George M. Cohan

Julia Ward Howe

Fitz John Porter

Richard Avedon

Calvin Coolidge

Elbert Hubbard (2)

Eddie Rickenbacker

Robert Baden-Powell

Allan Roy Dafoe

Andrew Johnson

Hyman Rickover

Nathaniel P. Banks

Jack Dempsey

Al Jolson

Bill Robinson

Frederic Bartholdi

Chauncey M. Depew

Buck Jones

Richard Rodgers

Katharine Lee Bates

George Dewey

Yousef Karsh

Eleanor Roosevelt

Cecil Beaton

John A. Dix

Helen Keller

William S. Rosecrans

Sarah Bernhardt

Stephen A. Douglas

Rockwell Kent

Richard Rush

Leonard Bernstein

Duke of Wellington

Hank Ketcham

John M. Schofield

Albert Bierstadt

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Ernie Kovacs

Carl Schurz

James G. Blaine

George Eastman

Joseph Lister

William Seward

Ray Bolger

Thomas Edison

John A. Logan

George Bernard Shaw

Gutzon Borglum

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Carole Lombard

William Shockley

Margaret Bourke-White

Mamie Doud Eisenhower

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Daniel Sickles

Phillips Brooks

David Farragut

James Russell Lowell

Franz Sigel

Blanche Bruce

Cyrus W. Field

Douglas MacArthur

Alfred E. Smith

William Jennings Bryan

James Montgomery Flagg

William Mahone

Edwin Stanton

James Buchanan

John C. Fremont

Horace Mann

Edward Steichen

Don Carlos Buell

William Gillette

Jules Massenet

Thaddeus Stevens

Thornton Burgess

Louis M. Goldsborough

W. Somerset Maugham

William H. Taft

Billie Burke

Jay Gould

George B. McClellan

Virgil Thomson

John Burroughs

Horace Greeley

Wesley Merritt

Alice B. Toklas

Benjamin Butler

Richard Haliburton

Nelson A. Miles

Robert Toombs

Enrico Caruso

Benjamin Harrison

Paul Newman

Jack Webb

Carrie Chapman Catt

Mary Lind Harrison

Richard Nixon

Joseph Wheeler

Maurice Chevalier

Rutherford B. Hayes

Georgia O’Keeffe

Thornton Wilder

Howard Chandler Christy

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Barney Oldfield

Oliver Wolcott, Jr

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Sending a message during his noteworthy tenure as rector of Uppsala University 233. Carl Linnaeus. Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778), who laid the

foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. LS in Old Swedish, on the upper portion of the first page of a three-page (on two adjoining sheets) letter signed “J:h Engelhard,” 8.5 x 12.5, April 4, 1750. Crisply penned untranslated letter to Carl Klingenberg, written as rector of Uppsala University. Linnaeus mentions the name “Elizabeth Lindblad” and ostensibly indicates that Klingenberg ask Engelhard to write a letter, possibly a recommendation. Engelhard mentions “Lisa Lindblad” three times in his letter and refers to “Hedwig Falk Stockholm.” In very good condition, with repairs to partial separations of central horizontal fold, scattered toning and soiling, light edge wear, and partial separation to hinge. At the time of this correspondence, Linnaeus had recently become Uppsala’s rector. During this period, he made several important contributions to the sciences, particularly through the instruction of his students, who would explore the flora and fauna in the vicinity of Uppsala as well as travel the world to collect botanical samples. Through his lectures, he encouraged young minds to think for themselves and not trust anybody—not even their instructor. A rare piece penned in Linnaeus’s official capacity at the Swedish university. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Incredibly scarce letter from the influential Puritan minister best known for his antagonistic role in the Salem witch trials 234. Cotton Mather. Puritan clergyman, scholar, and author who countenanced the Salem witch trials (1663–1728). Unsigned autograph letter, one page, 4.25 x 9, circa 1700. Handwritten letter concerning a request to join his church. In part: “Since I saw you, I have concerned myself to make inquiry upon ye acceptable matter which you proposed unto me. And I find, it is ye opinion of some eminent persons, that tho’ they are full of a just esteem for both of you, yet ye churches in London, (which everybody believes) does not amount unto that legal validity which our churches have always required in ye admission of strangers to occasional communion with us…They adjudge that you with all the expedition you can, obtain ye necessary testimonials from home.” Beautifully triple-suede-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and transcript to an overall size of 18.5 x 25.25. In very good condition, with a moderate triangle of paper loss (some small others) to the torn right edge, none of which affect the text.

Joining the church in the early years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, though encouraged, was not always easy; it required extremely high levels of personal commitment and, in most of the original Puritan churches, personal testimony of a religious conversion experience. Serving as a minister at the Second Church in Boston, Cotton Mather was an established Elder, designated to attend to the boundaries of the church, handling admittance of new members, allowance of visitors to join in communion, excommunication of offenders, and various other leadership duties. In this extraordinarily rare letter, we see the prominent minister deny admittance despite a “just esteem for both of you,” encouraging the applicant to “obtain ye necessary testimonials from home.”

An intriguing and highly desirable letter, likely written within a decade of the notorious Salem witch trials in which Mather was a key instigator.

Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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The greatest British political philosopher of the 19th century 235. John Stuart Mill. British philosopher and civil servant (1806–1873)

who was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “J. S. Mill,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, January 8, 1862. In fine condition, with intersecting folds. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

236. John Muir. Naturalist and author who gained the establishment of Yosemite

National Park. Partial autograph manuscript, one page, 8.25 x 12.25, part of a page from Muir’s working draft of The Mountains of California. Numbered “58,” at the top of the page by Muir, he writes, in full: “The Two-leafed-Pine. Tamarac-Pine. (Pinus contorta) This hardy little pine forms the bulk of the Alpine forests, extending along the range above the fir belt to a height of about 9500 feet.” The last three words “at this elevation,” are crossed out by Muir. In fine condition, with two horizontal folds and some toning along top left. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Moving troops while marching on Moscow 237. Napoleon. LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x

9, August 2, 1811. Napoleon asks the Minister of War, the Duc de Feltre, to let him know when the fourth battalions of four numbered regiments arrive at Bayonne. A vertical fold through beginning of signature and original handwritten slip (not by Napoleon) lightly affixed at lower left, otherwise fine, clean condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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238. Notables. Broadly focused scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing approximately 54 signed items from various 19th and 20th century notables, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few letters. Signers include: Helen Keller, Cyrus W. Field, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Thomas H. Huxley, Luther Burbank, Alexander Agassiz, Jonas Salk, Paul B. du Chaillu, Eddie Rickenbacker, John Glenn, Richard Byrd, Daniel Beard, Father E. J. Flanagan, and William Booth.

Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

239. Politics. Impressive collection of over 150 signed items, consisting primarily of signed cards, slips, and letters, many affixed within a large 18.5 x 11.75 scrapbook. Signers include: Robert F. Kennedy, Herbert Hoover, Earl Warren, William Jennings Bryan (4), Eugene V. Debs, Charles E. Hughes, Alfred E. Smith, Dean Rusk, and George Romney. In overall very good to fine condition.

A handful of autopen signatures are mixed into the lot. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Scarce document from the publishing baron 240. Joseph Pulitzer. Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 5, No-

vember 2, 1896. Pulitzer appoints Charles H. Jones as a voting proxy at “the meeting of stockholders of the Pulitzer Publishing Co. to be held in St. Louis Mo on 27 Novem 1896.” In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds, and some light creasing lightly affecting the signature. Jones had been appointed editor of the St. Louis PostDispatch in 1895. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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241. Queen Alexandra. Queen Consort to

Edward VII of England (1844–1925) and mother of George V. Regal original matte-finish 7 x 11.25 full-length portrait by W. & D. Downey of London affixed to its original 9 x 13.5 photographer’s mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Alexandra.” Framed to an overall size of 10 x 14.5.

In fine condition, with insignificant foxing to the mount and light feathering to ink. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

242. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Christmas card from 1960, measuring 8 x 8 closed and featuring a 7 x 5.75 image inside of the royal family posing in front of Balmoral Castle, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1960,” and “Philip.”

In fine condition, with a subtle crease passing through two letters of Elizabeth’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

243. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Christmas card

from 1959, measuring 8 x 8.25 closed and featuring a 7 x 5.5 candid photo inside of the royal family, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1959,” and “Philip.” In fine condition, with two small areas of mounting remnants to reverse corners. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Sentencing a Royal Marine for “behaving in a most violent and insubordinate manner” 244.

Queen Victoria.

Manuscript DS, signed “Victoria,” one page, 3.5 x 9, May 31, 1864. Document concerning the court-martial and sentence of Private John Smith of the Royal Marines.

In part: “Having been tried by a general court martial for behaving in a most violent and insubordinate manner towards a Sergeant and Corporal of Royal Marines, his superior officers…Your Majesty may be pleased to approve this sentence, and that the said John Smith may undergo a punishment of penal servitude for a term of seven years.” Sealed with three crisp and complete Royal Navy–stamped red wax seals on the reverse. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

245. Queen Victoria. Unsigned third-person ALS incorporating “The Queen” four times, four pages on two adjoining black-bordered sheets, 4.5 x 7, Windsor Castle letterhead, May 17, 1877. Letter in her difficult to decipher hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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‘Bloody Mary’ puts an end to Wyatt’s Rebellion, funding the “warres against our rebells of our countie of Kent”— the first we have offered in over 30 years of business!

246. Queen Mary I. Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 until

her death. Her brutal persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname, ‘Bloody Mary.’ Manuscript DS, in Old English, signed “Marye the quene,” one page, 12 x 11.25, January 31, 1553 [modern dating of 1554]. Letters patent issued to “the treasourer and chamb[er]laines of our exchequier,” a warrant to deliver “of suche our trasoure as remayneth in your custody…unto o[u]r trusty and welbeloved Mathew Colthurst whome we have appointed to be treasourer of our warres against our rebells of o[u]r countie of Kent the sume of two thousande poundes.” Signed along the top in black ink by the Queen. Bottom of the document is endorsed with five receipts by Colthurst over the succeeding week for disbursements to him of the money by exchequer teller Richard Stouley. Intersecting folds, some well-done repairs to a couple small tears and along folds, a small rusty paperclip mark along top edge, and some scattered light soiling, primarily to blank areas of the document, otherwise fine condition. The document retains it’s wax and paper seal at the center. Provenance: Christie’s, June 2012.

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When the newly crowned Queen Mary insisted on marrying Phillip II of Spain, insurrections broke out throughout England; while Protestants were motivated by the fear of spreading Catholicism, others opposed it on the grounds of patriotism, outraged that she intended to marry a non-Englishman. The Kentish uprising known as Wyatt’s Rebellion broke out on January 25, just six days before Mary signed this document delivering “the sume of two thousande poundes” to her treasurer to handle the matter. With 3000 men behind him, Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger reached Southwark on February 3rd; in their attempt to advance on London four days later, however, his force disintegrated.

Wyatt surrendered, and like so many who crossed Mary, was executed on April 11, 1554. This document holds a beautiful example of the controversial queen’s signature, made even more desirable by its content regarding the famous uprising at the start of her reign—this is the first Queen Mary I we have ever offered! Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

247. John Ross. Cherokee chief (1790–1866) who helped draft the Cherokee Constitution

of 1827. During his tenure as chief he opposed displacement of the tribe from its native lands, but this resistance would prove futile in 1838, when President Andrew Jackson ordered the removal of the tribe to present-day Oklahoma in what was to become known as the ‘Trail of Tears.’ ALS signed “Jno Ross,” one page, 7 x 10, May 8, 1845. Letter to an unidentified recipient. In full: “The compliments of the undersigned to the Revd. Mr. Balch. And beg leave to state that, the requisite dispatch of his business, and consequent shortness of his present visit to New York, has prevented him the pleasure of calling on Mr. Balch agreeably to his [p]olite invitation. And being on the eve of starting for Washington, he can only add adieu.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a trivial brush to paraph of signature, and paper loss to left edge affecting the beginning of a single word of text. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

248. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Manuscript DS, in Spanish, signed “A. L. d Sta

Anna,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.75 x 16, November 8, 1853. Untranslated document featuring ornate letterhead, signed at the bottom of the first page by Santa Anna next to the intact and ornate paper seal with eight ‘petals’ extending from the center. Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, areas of mild toning, paper loss along left edge, and a mostly separated hinge, otherwise very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

249. Supreme Court. Large scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing

approximately 78 signed items from Supreme Court justices ranging from the late-18th century to mid-20th century, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few letters. Signers include: John Blair, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Roger Taney, Levi Woodbury, Salmon P. Chase, Morrison Waite, Melville Fuller, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Charles Evans Hughes (2), William R. Day, William H. Taft, Fred M. Vinson, Earl Warren, and Thurgood Marshall. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages.

A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com.

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Distinguished oversized portrait of Burger’s historic last court with Marshall, O’Connor, and Rehnquist 251. Supreme Court: Burger Court. Color satin-finish 14 x 10.5 formal portrait of the Burger Court affixed to a 17.5 x 14.5 mount, signed and inscribed at the top of the mount in black ink, “For William Fitzgerald, with all good wishes, Warren E. Burger,” and signed in the lower border in various inks by all nine justices: “Thurgood Marshall,” “Wm. J. Brennan, Jr., ” “Warren E. Burger,” “Byron R. White,” “Harry A. Blackmun,” “John Paul Stevens,” “Lewis F. Powell, Jr.,” “William H. Rehnquist,” and “Sandra D. O’Connor.” Framed to an overall size of 18.75 x 15.75. Many signatures a shade or two light, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

252. Supreme Court: Thomas Johnson. Jurist

(1732–1819) who served as the first governor of Maryland and was later appointed to the Supreme Court by George Washington, serving from 1792 to 1793. Manuscript DS, signed “T. Johnson,” one page, 8 x 3.5, September 24, 1784. Financial document regarding a bond of £741.2.8, approved at the conclusion by Johnson. In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, overall soiling, and a few edge tears (none affecting the bold signature). RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

253.

Supreme Court: Thomas Todd. Supreme Court

justice appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1807, after Congress raised the number of seats on the court to seven (1765–1826).

Uncommon ALS, one page, 7.25 x 8.5, Frankfort, Kentucky, June 1, 1811. Letter of recommendation. In part: “The Marshal for the Kentucky district having suggested his intention to resign his office, I take the liberty of recommending Mr. Robert Crocket as his successor, who has occasionally for several years acted as deputy Marshal.” Affixed by the top edge to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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254.

Supreme Court: Taney Court.

Ink signatures, “R. B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Sup. Ct. U. States,” “Joseph Story, Ass: Just: of Sup: Ct. of US,” “John McLean,” “James M. Wayne, Associate Justice, Sup. Co. U. States,” “J. Catron,” “J. McKinley,” and “Peter V. Daniel, Associate Justice U. States,” on a light pink 6 x 7.5 sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

255. Supreme Court: William Paterson. Ju-

rist and signer of the Constitution (1745–1806) appointed to the Supreme Court

by George Washington in 1793, where he served until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Paterson,” one page, 8.25 x 6, October 25, 1792. State of New Jersey document authorizing remittance of £2.8.0 to “Bowes Reed Clerk of the Council” for his attendance at the Court of Errors for two days in August. In fine condition, with show-through from docketing to reverse. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Trotsky agonizes over a custody battle for his grandson and defends the creative freedom of his collaborator, surrealist André Breton 256. Leon Trotsky. Important TLS, in French, signed “L. Trotsky,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, October 27, 1938. Trotsky writes to Gérard.

In part (translated): “I received your letters concerning the question of Siéva….In Jeanne’s deposition the assertion is found that Léon Sédov was Trotsky’s natural son. It is not correct from a legal standpoint. My marriage to Natalia was legalized according to the Soviet laws. I took my wife’s civil name and my name is Léon Sédov on the documents with which I went abroad….Zinaida was my daughter from the first marriage.

She legally married Professor Volkov, whose name she was bearing. Siéva bears his father’s name, which is Volkov….I am Siéva’s sole blood relative abroad. If I could travel freely…to take Siéva there would not be any legal question at all. In a letter that Jeanne sent to me shortly after Léon’s death, she insisted that I decide Siéva’s fate as soon as possible….She did not deny for a instant my right to decide….I have long been waiting for an answer from [French publisher] Grasset about my new book….Maybe he was shaken by the great international events?

A few words about Breton [distinguished French surrealist author André Breton, 1896–1966]. I don’t believe that as a party we can require of him to make his literary review one of the bloc. He represents the surrealistic school. We do not carry the weight for him in the domain of the art that prevails for him over everything; he has, of course, the absolute right of self-determination. It is not a matter for us to mix artistic tendencies but to group them as they are for a common struggle against the totalitarian attacks toward art. Any attempt on our part to subordinate the artistic tendency as such for a political interest could only discredit us in the eyes of true artists. It is true that I have the advice to have an ‘eclectic’ attitude on artistic matters to the Partisan Review. But Partisan Review is not the review of an artistic school. It is a Marxist review when it comes to literature, art, etc.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds (horizontal mailing fold touching the bottom of a couple letters of signature), a few spots, and first stroke of signature a shade light. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Travis prepares to mount his final stand: “There is now in use in the Alamo Six Hundred & Eighty two feet of Walnut Scantling as platforms for the cannon” 257. William Barret Travis. Extremely rare and historically important ADS, signed “W. Barret Travis, Lt. Col. Comd,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, February 21, 1836. A receipt for wood to be used as platforms for cannons at the Alamo. Headed at the top, “Commandancy of Bexar,” the document reads, in full: “There is now in use in the Alamo Six Hundred & Eighty two feet of Walnut Scantling as platforms for the cannon belonging to Eugenio Navarro which are to be paid for, if not returned at their first value.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Travis, and endorsed, “Approved Wm. G. Cook, Q. M. Genl.” Along the bottom is a three-line notation in Spanish which reads, “Obligation in which they offer to pay the value of 50 sawn beams of black walnut, which they are using in the Alamo for Mr. Travis’s garrison.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through the top of the “T” in Travis, three light red circular remnants to lower portion of document, presumably from wax seals, uniform toning, with a few heavier spots, a few small damp stains, and some mild rippling.

Accompanied by a 8.25 x 6.75 one page receipt, written in an unknown hand, which reads, in full: “We the undersigned hereby certify that the Six Hundred and Eighty two feet of Walnut Scantling mentioned in the annexed Document would be worth at least twelve and a half cents per foot amounting in the whole to $85. 25/100.” Signed at the conclusion

by John N. Seguin and Antonio Menchaca, who both served on the Committee of Claims and Accounts.

In one of the most important Alamo documents not in the possession of a university library or museum, here Travis describes how the Texan Alamo defenders planned for Santa Anna’s anticipated attack and constructed the mission’s legendary defenses. The receipt, signed two days before the siege began, also sheds light on the relationship between San Antonio’s Anglo freedom fighters and Tejano merchants who revealed their sympathies to Travis and his men by provisioning them with the means necessary to defend what would become the most important symbol of Texan independence.

When Travis took over as the commander of the Alamo, the garrison was essentially empty. Learning that Santa Anna was staging in Saltillo for an imminent invasion of Texas, native San Antonio merchant Eugenio

Navarro sent a messenger to warn Travis. Any preparations after that took on an added urgency.

While legendarily out-manned, Travis would have a considerable artillery advantage in the anticipated battle, however the mission had been gutted of any materials that could have helped him build the platforms necessary to mount his cannons. Herein is the essential significance of the document. Without Navarro’s furnishing the necessary building materials, the entire narrative of the Alamo, both of fact and of legend, might have turned out quite differently. Without wood, there would be no platforms; without platforms, Travis would not have been able to make the most of his tactical advantage. Given Santa Anna’s superiority in numbers, the Alamo might have fallen with much less resistance, depriving the inheritors of Travis’s sacrifice of the moral victory that energized the larger Revolutionary movement.

In this document, we see Travis’ last-minute effort to ensure compensation for supplies that were vital to the Alamo’s defense; in so doing, he is, of course, acknowledging the tremendous risk that Navarro was taking in light of Santa Anna’s notoriety for brutally suppressing those who resisted his autocratic intentions. And while Travis acted in haste to request that Navarro be paid, the merchant wouldn’t be compensated until two years later when this note was approved by San Antonio Mayor pro tem José Antonio Menchaca and Juan Seguin who served on the Committee of Claims and Accounts.

This receipt for lumber is a poignant reminder of Travis’s ultimate sacrifice in support of the Texas revolution. It was from a cannon platform that he first declared the Alamo’s defiance of Santa Anna by discharging a cannon shot in response to initial demands of the garrison’s surrender, and it was from a similar platform that he made his heroic last stand, shot through the forehead as his body tumbled down the planked battery, coined Fortin de Teran.

Unquestionably one of the finest and most important Alamo documents to be offered for public sale in perhaps a generation. The Robert Davis Collection. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $25,000)

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Founding document for the Westinghouse Friction Draft Gear Company 260. George Westinghouse. DS, signed

259. Daniel Webster. Partly-printed DS, signed “Dan’l Webster,”

one page, 10.5 x 16, June 9, 1851. Passport document issued to Thomas J. A. Chambers allowing him “safely and freely to pass,” filled out with his physical description. Crisply signed at the conclusion by Webster as secretary of state. Passport bears a few French visa stamps on both sides. Intersecting storage folds (two vertical folds passing through single letters of the signature), and a few slight pinholes and separations at intersections, otherwise fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“G. Westinghouse,” one page, 8.5 x 13, March 21, 1908. Document calling for a meeting of stockholders of the Westinghouse Friction Draft Gear Company “for the purpose of accepting the charter and letters patent granted by the Governor…the approving and adopting of by-laws for the governing of affairs…the electing of directors… and the transacting of any other business.”

Signed at the conclusion by George Westinghouse and his brother, “H. H. Westinghouse.” In fine condition, with expected document wear and some soiling to the right border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare Beaton portrait of the controversial royal couple 261. Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Superb vintage matte-finish 9 x 10 portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Cecil Beaton affixed to a 11.75 x 15.75 mount, signed on the left side of the image in fountain pen, “Edward, Nassau—1941,” and “Wallis Windsor.” Also signed on the mount in red artist’s pencil, “Beaton.” Paper loss to the upper left corner of the mount, not affecting the photo or its immediate border (could be easily matted out), otherwise fine condition.

A fantastic portrait by one of the period’s most famous British photographers, and one of a scant handful of photos signed by both the Duke and Duchess that we have encountered.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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262. Luis W. Alvarez

263. Roald Amundsen

264. Manuel de Arriaga

265. Robert Baden-Powell

266. Newell W. Banks

267. P. T. Barnum MB $150

268. Antoine Cesar Becquerel

269. David Ben-Gurion

270. Edward Benes

271. Joe Biden

272. Alice Stone Blackwell

273. George S. Boutwell

274. Frederick G. Burnaby

275. Arthur Burns

276. John Burroughs

277. Business

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278. George Cabot

279. Simon Cameron

280. Chiang Kai-Shek

281. Georges Clemenceau

282. Walter Cronkite

283. Allan Roy Dafoe

284. Raymond Ditmars

285. Joseph Francois Dupleix

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286. Elizabeth, Queen Mother

287. Elizabeth, Queen Mother

288. Elizabeth, Queen Mother

289. Edward Everett

290. James Farmer, Jr

291. John Kenneth Galbraith

292. Roy Gardner

293. Roger Griswold

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294. James Alexander Hamilton

295. Judson Harmon

296. Vaclav Havel

297. Heart Doctors

298. Sven Hedin

299. Hilary A. Herbert

300. Edmund Hillary

301. Industrialists

302. William Samuel Johnson

303. Kennedy Assassination: James Leavelle

304. Caroline Kennedy MB $100

305. King Vittorio Emmanuel III

306. King William IV

307. Ray Kroc

308. Daniel S. Lamont

309. Ralph Lauren

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310. Nelson Mandela MB $200

314. Golda Meir MB $100

318. Mount Everest MB $100

311. Hudson Maxim MB $100

312. Oscar G. Mayer and Louis W. Kahn

313. Golda Meir

315. James Meredith

316. John Purroy Mitchel MB $200

317. Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

319. Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III

320. Napoleon III

321. Nobel Prize Winners

323. Tenzing Norgay

324. Tenzing Norgay

325. Notables

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322. Nobel Prize Winners MB $100

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326. Thomas P. Ochiltree

327. Rosa Parks

328. Rosa Parks

329. Rosa Parks

330. Rosa Parks MB $200

331. Linus Pauling and James D. Watson

332. George Peabody

333. Wendell Phillips

334. Politics

335. Pope John Paul II

336. William Preston

337. Princess Anne

338. Queen Alexandra

339. Queen Mary of Teck

340. Condoleezza Rice

341. Philip Schuyler

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342. Arnold Schwarzenegger

343. Science and Exploration

344. Scientists

345. Glenn Seaborg

346. William Seward

347. Horatio Seymour

348. William Shockley

349. Julia Holmes Smith

350. Alexander Stephens

351. Charles S. Stratton

352. Charles Sumner

353. Supreme Court

354. Supreme Court: Nathan Clifford

355. Supreme Court: Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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356.

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357. Supreme Court: Robert Cooper Grier MB $200

358. Supreme Court: Charles Evans Hughes

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363. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Supreme Court: James Wayne MB $200

366. Titanic: Millvina Dean MB $100

370. Robert Wadlow MB $100

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360. Supreme Court: Robert Trimble

361. Supreme Court: Bushrod Washington

364. Edward Teller

365. Margaret Thatcher

368. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Thelma Lady Furness MB $100

369. Otto von Bismarck

372. William L. Wilson

373. Yale University: Charles Seymour

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367. Benjamin F. Tracy MB $200

371. Gideon Welles MB $100

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military 375. P. G. T. Beauregard. Handwritten endorsement,

“Recd. at N.O. Augt 13th 1865 G.T.B,” at the bottom of the second page of Beauregard’s copy of a letter from William T. Sherman. (The copy of Sherman’s letter was secretarially written and signed). Sherman was responding to Beauregard’s letter requesting his personal papers and effects that were seized during the Civil War. The two-page letter measures 7 x 8.5 on two lightly-lined off-white sheets. In part: “I have sent both to Genl Hoffman at Washington with this Endorsement…‘they should be returned to him as something too small for a great Government to notice.’” He suggests other channels he might pursue and concludes, “all conventions should be religiously kept, for on them are based the most Sacred Rights of War and consequent Peace.” In very good condition, with slight separations along intersecting folds to letter, one through middle initial of signature, and minor paper loss to top left corner of second page. Beauregard surrendered to Sherman near Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

377. P. G. T. Beauregard. Partly-printed DS, signed “G. T.

Beauregard,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, February 24, 1858.

Order for payment of $33.00 for blocks for machinery “for the completion of the new Customhouse at New Orleans,” signed

by Beauregard stating that the goods have been received and services performed. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

376. P. G. T. Beauregard. Original 2.5 x 3.75

carte-de-visite photo by S. Anderson of New Orleans, signed below the image in black ink, “G. T. Beauregard 1866.” A trimmed bottom border and clipped top corner tips, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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378. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Chamberlain, “J. L. Chamberlain,” payable to J. Crawford or order for $20.00, August 12, 1869. A two-cent revenue stamp is affixed to the left, initialed by Chamberlain, “JC.” A few light vertical folds, a couple passing through single letters of signature, punch hole to body, and some light toning to edges, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Extraordinarily rare document from the British Admiral shortly before embarking on the disastrous voyage to Minorca that would end his career—and his life 379. John Byng. Royal navy officer (1704–1757) whose loss of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War led to his execution. Incredibly rare manuscript DS, signed “J Byng,” one page, 6.75 x 9.75, April 1, 1756.

Document sent from his flagship at Spithead, shortly before setting sail on his fateful mission to Minorca, issuing orders to Capt. Barry aboard the Kingston. In full: “You are hereby required and directed to receive onboard His Majesty’s ship under your command Lieutenant Hugh Batterson and two recruits belonging to the Rt. Honorable Lord Panmure’s regiment, bearing them on a supernumerary list for victuals only during their continuance onboard; and to make a demand for bedding for them.” Cloth-matted and framed with an engraving of Byng’s execution to an overall size of 22.25 x 17. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some light show-through from docketing on reverse along left edge.

As tensions reached their peak in the spring of 1756, with an official declaration of war becoming evident, the French opened an attack on England’s Mediterranean island of Minorca. When ordered to relieve the British garrison of Fort St. Philip, which guarded the entrance to Port Mahon on the eastern tip of Minorca, Admiral John Byng strongly protested. His delay, along with his small fleet of inadequate ships, gave the French time to successfully land; when he finally arrived, he ineptly and half-heartedly engaged the fully prepared French fleet, who easily avoided damage and sailed away unscathed following the battle on May 20. Intending to return to Fort St. Philip after repairing his ships and building extra forces, Byng sailed to the nearest port at Gibraltar and quickly regrouped. But before his fleet could return to Minorca, he was relieved of his command and taken back to England. There he was court-martialed, found guilty, and executed by a firing squad for ‘failing to do his utmost’ in battling the French. Fewer than a half dozen Byng documents have come to auction in the last 35 years, and this is the only we have found relating to the decisive Minorca campaign—a truly remarkable piece! RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

380. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Maine-born Union major general (1828–1914) remembered for his defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. He later served as Governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. ALS signed “Lawrence,” six pages on two adjoining sheets and one additional sheet, 5.5 x 8.5, Grand Continental Hotel, Cairo letterhead, January 30, 1901. Letter to his wife. In part: “In my journey ‘by Nile boat’ up & down this mighty, historic river, I have been able to see nearly all that has been opened to human view on both shores, riding camel-back or donkey-back, ten to twenty miles over the desert to see the wonders & threading underground tomb passages like labyrinths, or catacombs, with candles & magnesium lights to see what pains these earnest people of thousands of years ago took to keep their bodies safe & ready for the return of the soul to them…I was to have an interview with the Khedive if the death of the Queen of England [Victoria on Jan. 22, 1901] had not brought everything to a stand here until after the funeral.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a color photocopy of the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

381. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Hand-addressed Hotel Grand Continental, Cairo envelope incorporating his full signature, 6 x 4.5, addressed to “Mrs. Joshua L. Chamberlain, 226 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine, Etats Unis.” In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling. Accompanied by a photocopy of Chamberlain’s six-page letter to his wife, Fanny, dated January 30, 1901. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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“I am so absorbed in my work of writing I am a hermit & a churl!”

382. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. ALS signed “J. L. C.,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, no date. Letter to his wife written from New York. In part: “Do not think I am ‘keeping tally’ with you in letters. I know you cannot well write and as for me I am so absorbed in my work of writing I am a hermit & a churl! Bet you will be glad when I can read these pages to you, & when you can read them for yourself, for they will need study, I am afraid I have blocked out writing enough to keep me at work for the rest of my days—& nights…If you were here I shd take walks in the Park, & by the River side, so near. I am full of invitations. They have asked me to give the memorial address in this city the 30th of this month. I wanted to do it; but my strength’s not quite up to addressing an audience of 3000 people. Besides, I am engaged to go to Rockford Illinois that day…I am getting better. I will invite you here when I get an easy hour. This is only a little love-letter.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a color photocopy of the original mailing envelope and a collection of 17 items including six letters (one in German and one in French), and seven envelopes, dated 1878–1900, to General or Mrs. Chamberlain. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Refuting a criticism of Gettysburg 383. Abner Doubleday. ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 4.75 x 8, August 7, 1882. Letter to George Bliss who led the 1st Regiment of the R.I. Cavalry in the Battle of Middleburg, June 17–19, 1863, part of the Gettysburg campaign. In part: “In reference to the criticism by Chaplain Denison you had the kindness to send me, I would like to correct the Roster of the 2d. R.I. Infantry. Did Colonel Horatio Rogers command it at Gettysburg? I will substitute your name as leading the advance on the retreat from Middleburg instead of that of Captain Bixbie. The account I gave if I remember rightly was taken in a great measure from reports in The Rebellion Record…I would like to purchase the work referred to in the criticism called Sabres and Spurs. If it is for sale in your town, would it be asking too much to have you forward it to me at Morristown N.J. by express marked C.O.D.…I hardly know where to look for an account of the charge of the 2d. R.I. Infantry at Salem Heights but will try and find the official report of the Colonel if it is published…I consulted General Newton and General Shaler in reference to the operations of the 6th Corps.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature. Letter originates from the Collection of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Frustrated at being militarily “shelved,” Doubleday seeks to return to the field via a loophole 384. Abner Doubleday. Interesting war-dated ALS signed “A. Doubleday,” one

page, lightly-lined both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, March 2, 1862. Doubleday writes to Colonel Wm. Ch. Christian, Commanding, at Fort Lyon, Virginia. In part: “I have been shelved for the present by being placed in command of the Forts on this side of the River. My friends are very indignant and as Sec. Stanton did not issue the order they think they can have it changed. You may rest assured I shall use every exertion to go into the Field and as Senators Wade and Chandler & others are disposed to use their influence in my behalf I am not without hopes they may be successful. If so, you may rely upon my obtaining your Regiment if possible. If you chance to visit the City, call at my office. It is still located in the same place.” Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope and the original manuscript order Doubleday alludes to, dated February 24, 1862, mentioning him by name and signed on behalf of Major General McClellan by “S. Williams.” Intersecting folds to letter, one through a single letter of signature, otherwise fine, bright condition. Order has several partial separations along horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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385. Civil War. Collection of approximately 19 signed items, consisting primarily of signed cards and letters from military and political figures, many affixed to scrapbook pages. Signers include: William T. Sherman, Lew Wallace, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Butler, William Wirt, and William L. Macy. In overall very good to fine condition, with various toning and partial separation to some letters’ mailing folds. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

386. David G. Farragut. Scarce original 2.25 x 4 three-

quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Farragut in naval uniform by C. D. Fredricks of New York, circa 1863, crisply signed on the reverse in black ink, “D. G. Farragut, Rear Admiral.”

Reverse also bears a collector’s notation. In fine condition, with an area of subtle discoloration to the top of the image. A remarkable, crystal clear image of the oft-quoted Union hero.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

387. Wade Hampton. War-dated

handwritten endorsement, signed “Wade Hampton, Lieut. Genl,” on an off-white slip. Endorsement reads, in full: “HdQrs Cavalry, 24th March 1865. Respfly forwarded see Major Genl Wheeler’s remarks.” Matted and framed with an original cartede-visite portrait to an overall size of 7 x 10. In very good condition, with all writing and signature uniformly faded, but still legible, and a thin light blue line passing vertically through the center. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

388. Wade Hampton.

Confederate military officer and politician (1818–1902) who replaced J. E. B. Stuart as Lee’s Chief of Cavalry following Stuart’s death on the battlefield. Hampton later served as governor and senator from South Carolina. Ink signature, “Wade Hampton, So. Cal,” on a light beige 5 x 3 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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389. Winfield Scott Hancock. Union general (1824–1886) who distinguished himself in the

Battle of Gettysburg and later commanded Custer and the 7th Cavalry against the Cheyenne in the disastrous 1867 campaign known as ‘Hancock’s War.’ ALS signed “Winf’d S. Hancock,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, April 30, 1877. Letter to the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education. In part: “Colonel S. F. Chalfin proposes to make application for the position of Superintendent of the Military School of the State of Louisiana and has requested me to give him a letter to you. This I am pleased to do, as Colonel Chalfin is very worthy of such a place.” In fine condition, with some light show-through from writing on reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The defeated Rebel General looks back: “Major Howard & Col. Clarke were Engineers of the Army of N.V. & you may have seen them on the lines around Richmond & Petersburg.... with Genl. A.P. Hill” 390. Robert E. Lee. ALS signed “R E Lee,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, October 2, 1869. Letter to his nephew John Mason Lee. In full: “ I recd this mrng your letter of the 27 ult: from Ravensworth enclosing telegram from Major Conway Howard. Last Summer I met Col: Clarke Esq. to whom I spoke about my desire to obtain a position for you. He said he had just recd a letter from Major Howard requesting him to send him an asst. of gentlemanly Character &c & he thought that you would answer his purpose as I knew that it had been some time since your attention had been given to Engineering & in view of the distance expense &c. I requested him to write to Major Howard, state the Case & get his answer. I presume Major Howard’s telegram to you is the result. Major Howard & Col: Clarke were Engineers of the Army of N.V. [Northern Virginia] & you may have seen them on the lines around Richmond & Petersburg. The former was a great deal with Genl. A.P. Hill Clarke said he wanted ten assistants. I have no doubt it is a good position. It will require work, energy & ability to succeed & I hope that you have all that. Howard has charge of one of the R. Roads in Texas—I have forgotten which. The position to which Mr. Williams refers I presume is an Agency in the Insurance, or rather Life Assurance Compy, of which Mr. Fenber is the V. Pres: & Manager.

It extends over the Southern States. It depends upon your preferences in a pursuit in Life. The life in Texas might be a rough one, but profitable, if you liked Engineering & qualified yourself for the position. Major Howard seems to want you at once & you would be justified from his Telegram to report to him. Fitz & your Mother will advise you what is best for you to do—I return telegram. All are well as usual & I am glad to hear that your Godmother is in her accustomed health. Give my love to all with you in which all with me unite.” In very good condition, with a few small separations along intersecting folds, uniform overall toning, some light dampstaining, and some light rippling and creasing. Having retired to Virginia where he was serving as president of Washington College, Lee here writes to his nephew, John Mason Lee, in regards to a job offer from a former Army of North Virginia comrade in Texas. Having begun his own military career in the Corps of Engineers, distinguishing himself as one of history’s greatest combat engineers, Uncle Lee’s advice on the subject was certainly valuable. In an attempt to secure a position for his nephew, Lee explored his connections to Confederate comrades Colonel John Clarke (previously Chief Engineer for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida) and Major Conway Howard (former engineer under Lee’s great commander Ambrose Powell Hill, as mentioned in this letter). Both were important figures in this area of the war and continued their postwar careers in the rapidly growing railroad industry. Upon hearing of a possible assistant position with Howard in Texas, Lee advises John Mason, “The life in Texas might be a rough one, but profitable, if you liked Engineering & qualified yourself for the position.” In this letter, we see the fatherly side of Lee offering guidance to his nephew, speaking from his extensive experience in the field and with these men, encouraging him to take the position.

With both its personal tone and its incredible content—touching on three of the most important aspects of his life: engineering, comrades of the Confederacy, and his former home of Texas—this is a truly remarkable letter from the Rebel General. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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Stately portrait as a three-starred Confederate General 391. Robert E. Lee. Original Civil War–period 2.25 x 3.5 carte-de-visite photo by

Vannerson and Jones of Richmond, Virginia, signed below the image in black ink, “R. E. Lee.” Trimmed bottom edge, and upper corners clipped off, otherwise fine condition.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

392. Chester Nimitz.

Vintage matte-finish 11 x 9.5 photo of Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed and inscribed in the lower border in brown fountain pen “To Dorothy and Alden Nye—with best wishes, C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy.” Photo also bears a pre-printed signature next to Nimitz’s image. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 12.75. In fine condition, with a bit of light irregular ink adhesion to the signature, which remains perfectly legible.

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393. Marquis de Lafayette. ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 6 x 5.75, April 24, 1810. Lafayette writes to Le Comte Peter de la Louret, “Councillor of State,” in Paris. In part (translated): “Permit me…to mention our common interest on behalf of Monsier de Chapelain. Your influence will be greater than mine and I join in his gratitude to you.

I do not know if he has been included in the last nomination of auditors; if he was not, it would be desirable to take advantage of the one which they say is going to take place. I am quite sure you will do what there is to be done. I shall be in the country for about a fortnight, some five leagues from Paris.” Matted and framed with the original address leaf in Lafayette’s hand and a portrait engraving to an overall size of 18.25 x 18.25. In fine condition, with light intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

394. Military. Interesting scrapbook, 10 x

12, containing approximately 57 signed items from military figures ranging from the Civil War to World War II, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few letters. Signers include: Fitz John Porter, Oliver O. Howard, William S. Rosecrans, Frederick D. Grant, John J. Pershing, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, George Dewey, William Halsey, Jr., Chester Nimitz, and Fitzhugh Lee. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages.

A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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395. James Longstreet.

Ink signature, “James Longstreet,” on an off-white slip.

Double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Longstreet to an overall size of 10.25 x 12. A central vertical fold through a single letter of signature and some toning from adhesive on reverse, not affecting the clarity and boldness of the signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

398. Revolutionary War: Luke Drury. American soldier who

participated in the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served in Colonel Jonathan Ward’s regiment. Manuscript DS, one page, 6 x 3.75, May 14, 1773. A receipt for 16 pounds received by Luke Drury “for one year’s service dun [sic] by me.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, edge wear, and light scattered soiling and staining. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Perry attempts to use his influence to get appointments for his nephews in the new Zachary Taylor administration 396. Matthew Perry. ALS signed “Your affec Uncle, M. C. Perry,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7, April 7, 1849. Letter to his nephew, James DeWolf Perry. In part: “I duly recd your letter explaining your reasons for the course adopted by you with respect to your late application for an appointment when I was informed that you and Grant [his first cousin, Christopher Grant Perry, son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry] were desirous of attaining any certain offices…matters of appointment to office were so arranged as to throw nearly the whole power into the hands of Congressional delegations and that the offices which you and Grant desired were already disposed of.” Accompanied by a retained edited final draft from James Perry to Matthew Perry, dated March 28, 1849, on the reverse of an 8 x 12.5 business balance sheet. In fine condition, with some minor paper loss along bottom edge of pages due to rodent damage. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Perry writes his nephew that he will help him obtain a presidential appointment but first must know if he is a Whig 397. Matthew Perry. ALS signed “Your affec Uncle, M. C. Perry,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 10, February 15, 1849. Letter to his nephew, James DeWolf Perry. In part: “I will write to my friend and neighbor Col. Webb, Editor of NY Courier & Inquirer, who is now in Washington and will remain there until after the inauguration…I feel assured that the offices will all be given to Whigs…You had therefore better inform me that I may so mention it in my letter to Col. Webb, whether you are a good and available Whig…I propose writing the Seat of Govt myself, after the new Cabinet have taken their posts, and will then give my personal attention to your wishes.” Accompanied by a retained draft ALS from James Perry to his uncle, with a second draft letter on the reverse to Rhode Island senator Albert Greene, both letters requesting help getting an appointment.

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As commander of the Southeast District after the war, Sheridan begins downsizing 399. Philip H. Sheridan. Union general (1831–1888) whose cavalry

command blocked Lee’s escape at Appomattox. ALS signed “P. H. Sheridan,” one lightly-lined page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, Headquarters, Military Division of the Gulf, New Orleans letterhead, October 25, 1865. Sheridan writes to Major General H. G. Wright in Galveston. In part: “I fully concur in terminating the railroad at Savacca it will suffice for our wants. The General order from the War Dept. reducing the staff officers of Department and district commanders will have to be carried out without recourse for change. I think the order does not object to selecting officers from the line but is a—[?] at staff appointees. I have discontinued the Division organizations of the 13th and 14th Army Corps as they existed only in theory in consequence of the muster.” After signing, Sheridan adds a postscript on the reverse, “Your correspondence with Gov. Hamilton has not yet reached me,” which he signs “P. H. Sheridan, Maj. Genl.” In fine, fresh condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Sherman endorses an officer’s promotion in light of his heroics at the Battle of Jackson 400. William T. Sherman. Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement, signed “W. T. Sherman, Maj. G. Comdg,” on the reverse of the second page of a two-page ALS by Colonel Jno. Corse, dated July 30, 1863. Corse’s letter reads: “I respectfully recommend that 2d Lt. Geo. W. Holmes Co. A. be commissioned as Capt of Co. K. vice Cowles resigned; for conspicuous gallantry on the field before Jackson Miss. on the 16th inst.

Lt. Holmes crossed an open field in the face of two batteries and two regiments of Infantry and with a Copl & two privates bore the body of Capt. Minton to a place of safety. For this act of heroism in connection with his uniform good conduct in the various actions during the advance on Jackson Miss I respectfully request that he be transferred and commissioned as above recommended.” On the reverse of the second page, Sherman writes, “approve the within and recommend the promotion asked for the reasons assigned by Genl Corse.” Another panel on the reverse of the second page bears an endorsement from General Hugh Ewing which reads, “Approved & respectfully forwarded Hugh Ewing Brig Gen Comdg Div.” In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling to endorsed page, small ink notation touching a single letter of Sherman’s endorsement, expected folds and handling wear, and tape reinforcement to hinge. An intriguing and graphic war-dated endorsement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

401. Duke of Wellington. Rare manuscript DS, signed “Wellington,” one page, 15.25 x 11.25,

October 8, 1821. Document appointing Thomas Wood as “Cornet…in the Corps of Light Horse Volunteers of the Cities of London and Westminster commanded by our Trusty and Welbeloved [sic]Colonel Charles Bosanquet.” Signed in the upper left by Wellington along with three other Lords Justices. Matted with two printed photos and a biography to an overall size of 20 x 24. The embossed paper seal affixed to the left side remains crisp and fully intact. In fine condition, with expected intersecting storage folds. A surprisingly scarce format, this is just the second Wellington document we have offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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402. Duke of Wellington.

ALS signed “Wellington,” one page, 4.5 x 7, August 21, 1847.

Letter in Wellington’s difficult to decipher hand in which he poses three questions. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

405. Duke of Wellington. Thirdperson ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7.25, June 12, 1840. Letter to Mr. Cleland reads, in part: “The Duke of Wellington has received Mr.…Cleland’s letter of the 8th Inst. The Duke has to inform Mr. Cleland in reply that he has nothing to say to the Pardon or Punishment of offenders; he is not the Commander in Chief of the Army, nor the Adjutant General, nor in the Queen’s political service.” In fine condition, with some slight mounting remnants to reverse.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

403. Duke of Wellington. ALS

signed “Wellington,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, July 31, 1826. Letter to a Lady Hamilton [not the mistress of Horatio Nelson].

In part: “I was sorry indeed that I had been obliged to leave England on the mission to Russia before you came to town…I cannot tell you what satisfaction it gave me to hear of the improvement in the relations between yourself & Monr. de C…He seems to be a well meaning man, and he must sooner or later have discovered that he was not of all Mankind the most desirable husband for your daughter.” In fine condition, with unobtrusive intersecting folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

404. Joseph Wheeler. Confederate major general (1836–1906), known as “Fightin’ Joe,” who led his troops in vigorous opposition to Sherman during the Atlanta campaign. Three items: ALS, signed “Joseph Wheeler,” one page, 7 x 8.5, April 14, 1903. Letter of response to Col. James Dunkins. In part: “I will start at work & do best I can on sketch of Gen. Polk. How many words would you recommend.” The second letter, dated April 16, 1903, reads, in part: “I have drawn off a little about Gen. Polk. I regret I could not make it better.” And an unsigned eight page handwritten manuscript, 8.5 x 15, no date. Manuscript reads, in small part, “On November 7 his troops crossed the Mississippi river and fought the battle of Belmont Missouri, the opposing force being commanded by General U. S. Grant. The advance of the federal forces from Paducah compelled the retirement of Gen. Polk’s troops from Columbus…At the battle of Shiloh Gen. Polk commanded the First Army Corps.” In very good condition, with scattered light toning and soiling, and tape reinforcement to horizontal folds of manuscript. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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509th Composite Group

407. Robert Anderson

408. Hap Arnold

409. Atomic Bomb

410. Nathaniel P. Banks

411. Carlton W. Barrett

412. William Barry

413. William A. Bishop

414. Fred Bock

415. Bockscar: Fred Olivi MB $100

416. Simon Bolivar Buckner

417. Benjamin Butler

419. George Cadwalader

420. Mark W. Clark

421. Matthew Clarkson

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418. Benjamin Butler MB $200

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422. Charles H. T. Collis

423. James Doolittle

424. James Doolittle

425. Doolittle’s Raiders

426. Enola Gay

427. Enola Gay

428. Enola Gay

429. Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk

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430. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

431. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

432. Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

433. Abraham Eustis

434. Eugene Fluckey

435. Ernest A. Garlington

436. James M. Gavin

437. Carlos Hathcock

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439. Tex Hill

438. Tex Hill

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440. Studholme Hodgson MB $200

441. Iwo Jima: Charles W. Lindberg MB $150

442. Iwo Jima: Charles W. Lindberg

443. Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal

444. Iwo Jima: Louis Lowery

445. Masajiro Kawato

446. Tamemoto Kuroki

447. Curtis LeMay

448. Felix von Luckner MB $100

449. Medal of Honor Recipients

452. Eddie Rickenbacker

453. Eddie Rickenbacker

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450. Military MB $100

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451. Military MB $200

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454. Steve Ritchie and Chuck DeBellevue

455. William S. Rosecrans

456. Saburo Sakai

457. Norman Schwarzkopf

458. John Sedgwick

459. Joseph Shelby

460. Daniel Sickles MB $100

461. Sir William Sidney Smith

463. Joseph Stilwell

464. Lorenzo Thomas

465. Vietnam War

467. William Wells

468. Joseph Wheeler

469. John E. Wool

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462.

Spanish-American War MB $200

466. Lew Wallace MB $200

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space & aviation 470. Buzz Aldrin. Color

8 x 10 NASA photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, nicely signed in black ink. In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

471. Buzz Aldrin. Scarce color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Aldrin in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “‘Contact Light, OK, Engine Stop’—Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI Lunar Module Pilot.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Hand-notated presentation materials 472. Buzz Aldrin. Archive of 11 items from a 1984 NASA presentation on Lunar Surface Return, each 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 8.5, used by Aldrin during a presentation at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Consists of eight transparency sheets and two worksheets demonstrating mathematical models and logistics concerning the process of a lunar surface return and the devices needed for such a process.

Five of the sheets are hand-notated by Aldrin in blue, red, and green felt tip. Also includes a document filled out by Aldrin regarding his attendance at a symposium in Washington. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by Aldrin stating the transparencies are from his personal collection. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

473. Apollo 11: Aldrin and Duke. Color 19.5 x 15.5

limited edition print of Aldrin on the lunar surface, numbered 44/99, commemorating the first words spoken from the moon, signed in black felt tip by the two astronauts who made the exchange between the moon and mission control: “‘Contact light, OK, Engine Stop,’ Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI Lunar Module Pilot” and, “‘We copy you down, Eagle,’ Charles M. Duke, Jr., Apollo XI Lunar Landing ‘CAPCOM.’” Framed to an overall size of 21.25 x 17.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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475. Apollo 17. Menu from

474. Apollo 14: Cernan and Engle. Two

the Apollo 17 spalshdown dinner held on the USS Ticonderoga, 5.25 x 8, two pages, signed and inscribed on the front cover, “To patty, How great it was for us to be picked up by your Dad’s aircraft carrier—We wish you the very best—Apollo XVII crew Ron Evans,” “Jack Schmitt,” and “Gene Cernan.” In very good condition, with scattered staining to covers, not affecting the legibility of the bold signatures and inscription.

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Apollo 14 commemorative covers, both with stamped cachets of the mission insignia, signed in black felt tip by back-up crew members Joe Engle and Gene Cernan respectively.

In fine condition. Precertified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…

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476. Apollo 15. Commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo 15 mission insignia, as well as a July 26, 1971, Kennedy Space Center cancellation, signed under the cachet in black felt tip by Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin. In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

477. Neil Armstrong.

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip “To Eduard A. Pinto—Good luck! Neil Armstrong.” In fine condition, with a few scattered light bends and a light paperclip impression to top edge. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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478. Neil Armstrong. Color 8

x 10 NASA ‘alternative’ photo of Armstrong in his white space suit posing against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip.

In v er y g o o d condition, with a noticeable diagonal crease to lower right corner, scattered light creases and surface marks, Armstrong’s signature a couple of shades light, but still completely legible, and faint traces of a removed inscription. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Flown Apollo 15 postal cover, carried to the lunar surface 479. Apollo 15. Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover, 6.5 x 3.75, #108 of 300, carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, signed in the lower left corner by crew members Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin. In fine condition. This particular cover comes from astronaut Jim Irwin’s personal collection.

Accompanied by a one-page typed notarized certification, signed “Alfred M. Worden,” “David R. Scott,” and “James B. Irwin.” The provenance reads in part: “Postal covers were carried aboard the Apollo 15 Mission, which postal covers were stamped and postmarked at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on the date of the launch, July 26, 1971, and carried aboard the Apollo 15 Spacecraft during the entire term of the Mission, to include landing on the moon and were returned to the Earth at the termination of the Mission on August 7, 1971…The postal covers were in the possession of one or more of the undersigned until 1972, at which time they were deposited with the United States Government…The undersigned have this date inspected Postal Cover No. 176, bearing NASA Serial No. 223, and aver, affirm and certify that said Postal Cover is a cover which was carried aboard the United States Lunar Mission—Apollo 15.” Also accompanied by a 2013 certificate of authenticity from Irwin’s son, James B. Irwin II. In fine condition.

As was common practice on Apollo missions, postal covers and medallions were carried aboard the spacecraft as mementoes. Because of the increased mass of equipment to be carried by the Apollo 15 lunar module (including the Lunar Rover), the number of medallions was halved and 400 postal covers were carried instead. The covers were provided by a German stamp dealer, for which he would retain 100 (not to be sold on the open market) and 300 would be divided among the crew (a fee was also offered, but eventually declined). Several months after the mission, the German stamp dealer advertised his 100 covers for sale. When the situation came to NASA’s attention, NASA impounded all of the crew’s covers, which were then deposited in the National Archives. In February 1983, the crew brought legal action against NASA for return of the covers. A settlement was reached quickly and on July 19, 1983, NASA returned the covers to the crew in a private meeting at the National Archives.

During the settlement, the crew signed a notarized letter of provenance for each cover. The legal document is, of course, specific in its detail, noting that the postal covers “were carried aboard the Apollo 15 Mission…and carried aboard the Apollo 15 Spacecraft during the entire term of the Mission to include…the moon, and were returned to the Earth at the termination of the Mission on August 7, 1971.”

The trail of the offered cover is a piece of space collectible legend, with the provenance that tells the story in great detail! Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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482. Neil Armstrong. Superlative uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed in blue felt tip. In fine, bright condition. Uninscribed photos of Armstrong represent one of the most coveted prizes in the entire field of space collecting. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

483. Astronauts. Ten color

NASA photos of Apollo, Skylab, and shuttle astronauts, each signed in black felt tip or blue ink by the astronaut(s) pictured. Singers are: Walt Cunningham, John Young (ins), Dave Scott (ins), Joe Kerwin (ins), Jack Lousma (ins), Rusty Schweickart (ins), Tom Stafford (ins), Owen Garriott (ins), Franklin Chang Diaz (ins) and the STS-42 crew (Ron Grabe, Stephen Oswald, Norm Thagard, David Hilmers, William Readdy, Ulf Merbold, and Roberta Bondar). In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

485. Scott Carpenter. Souvenir typescript detailing the touch and go decent of his space capsule, one page, 8.5 x 11, NASA letterhead. In part, “Due to a malfunction in the automatic controls…Carpenter was forced to assume manual control of his craft…Although initial telemetry and medical sensors indicated that Carpenter and the spacecraft had survived the re-entry, no further transmissions ensued from the capsule or from ground control for thirty-five anxiety filled minutes.” Signed at the bottom in black ink, “Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

484. Alan Bean. Two color card-

stock photos of Bean’s artwork, 5.75 x 8.25 and 5.75 x 4, each signed in black felt tip or gold ink. One also bears a ‘First Moon Landing’ postage stamp and anniversary cancellation. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100) 106 | May 15, 2013 | SPACE & AVIATION

486. Challenger. Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring

the shuttle ‘free flyer’ tests in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, signed in blue and black ink by Ron McNair, Sally Ride, Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Bob Stewart. In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

491. Charlie Duke.

Unusual black felt tip hand tracing on an off-white 8.5 x 8.5 sheet, signed in the center, “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

487. Michael Collins.

Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo of Collins from 1963, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a couple trivial wrinkles to background along top edge. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…

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488. Gordon Cooper. Two col-

or satin-finish photos: a 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 5 lift-off, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “Gemini 5 launch for an 8 day world record flight, Gordon Cooper, Commander”; and an 8 x 10 of Cooper shortly before lift-off, signed in black felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Gemini 5 Commander 1965.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

492. Female Astronauts. Thir-

teen color NASA photos, twelve 8 x 10 and one 10 x 8, each signed and inscribed in black felt tip by the astronaut pictured. Signers are: Kathryn Thornton, Tammy Jernigan, Eileen Collins, Nancy Sherlock, Ellen Shulman, Susan Helms, Bonnie Dunbar, Rhea Seddon, Jan Davis, Linda Godwin, Kathryn Sullivan, Marsha Ivins, and Shannon Lucid.

In overall fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

489. Walt Cunningham.

Patch honoring Cunningham as an American Space Pioneer and bearing the Apollo 7 mission insignia, 5˝ in diameter, signed at the bottom in black felt tip

by Cunningham. In fine condition, with slight feathering to signature. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

490. Bill Dana. Col-

lection of ten identical 10 x 8 color satinfinish photos of Dana standing in front of his test plane, each signed in black felt tip by Dana, adding the date of signing to four of the photos. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

493. Gathering of Eagles, 1985. Limited edition set of three lithographs, 1180/1200, one 17.5 x 23.5 and two 7 x 23.5 from the 1985 Gathering of Eagles. The two smaller prints are signed in pencil by the following aviators, each signing by his image. Signers are: George A. Vaughn, Jr., Joseph J. Foss, Carroll W. ‘Red’ McColpin, Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, John R. Alison, David McCampbell, Francis S. ‘Gabby’ Gabreski, Rex T. Barber, Walker M. ‘Bud’ Mahurin, Frederick C. ‘Boots’ Blesse, Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Yeager, Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, John J. Voll, Richard S. ‘Steve’ Ritchie, Herman E. Ernst, and Robinson ‘Robie’ Risner. Also signed in pencil by the artist, Jay Ashurst. All three are matted and framed together to an overall size of 40.25 x 30. Oversized. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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494. Charles Lindbergh. Fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Terry, Kathy, Warren [?], Charles Dietrich, With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jan. 9, ’71,” on an off-white 7 x 4 lightly lined sheet. Intersecting folds passing through the inscription and signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

495. Jim Irwin. Two personal checks, 6 x 2.75, each filled out and signed

by Irwin, “James B. Irwin,” dated 1989 and 1990. Both are encapsulated in plastic PSA/DNA authentication holders. In overall fine condition, with expected bank stamps. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100) 496. Jack Lousma. Two

color NASA photos: an 8 x 10 of Lousma in his white space suit holding a Skylab model, signed in black felt tip; and a 10 x 8 of Lousma training on the M509, also signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

497. Edgar Mitchell.

Apollo 14 launch pass bearing the mission insignia, stamped on the reverse as number 9316, 4 x 2.5, signed vertically on the front in black felt tip by Mitchell. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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498. Edgar Mitchell. Apollo 14 launch date postal cover, signed in blue ballpoint, “From My Personal Collection, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14.” Removably presented on a color 8.5 x 11 informational sheet.

In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…

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499. Maria Mitchell. The first

American woman to work as a professional astronomer, who used a telescope to discover what became known as ‘Miss Mitchell’s Comet’ (1818–1889). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by the Vail Brothers of Poughkeepsie, New York, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink, “Maria Mitchell.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

500. Judy Resnik. Color 8

x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed horizontally in black ink “Best wishes to Colby! Judy Resnik.” Some mild rippling from moisture exposure and a crease to lower right corner tip, none of which detract from the pristine signature, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…

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“I know of no instances, not a single one, of ‘supernatural abilities’ convincingly demonstrated” 501. Carl Sagan. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Cornell University letterhead, March 5, 1993. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I’m afraid I must disagree with the distinction you make, because I know of no instances, not a single one, of ‘supernatural abilities’ convincingly demonstrated—that is, not a lie, or a misapprehension or a hoax—among any of us humans, saints or sinners. If you know of such cases, perhaps you could send me the one you consider most compelling.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

502. Carl Sagan. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 7 (bottom third likely trimmed off), Cornell University letterhead, February 25, 1974. Letter to Professor Ernest Dale. In part: “‘The Cosmic Connection’ is available from Doubleday Press…or from your local bookstore.” An insignificant area of paper loss to the lower border and some subtle foxing to the bottom, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned glossy portrait. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100) 503. Harrison Schmitt. Signed

book: Return to the Moon. First edition, later printing. NY: Copernicus Books, 2006.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 335 pages.

Signed on the title page in black felt tip, “Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

504. Alan Shepard.

Gold ink signature, “Alan Shepard,” on a black 4 x 1.5 card.

Matted with a photo of Shepard saluting on the moon to an overall size of 14 x 15. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

505. Clyde W. Tombaugh. DS, one page,

7.5 x 5.25, March 1, 1952. Notice of insufficient remittance from the US Government Printing Office, asking that Tombaugh send the fifty cent balance due on his order.

Signed at the conclusion by Tombaugh, adding his address and the date. In fine condition. Accompanied by a generic sheet printed with information about the ordering process. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

506. Wernher von Braun. Felt

tip signature, “Werner von Braun,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card.

In fine condition, with some light toning to corners, most of which could be matted out.

Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

507. Patty Wagstaff. Colorful

scale wooden model of a Walter Extra 300 airplane signed in black felt tip on the wing.

In fine condition.

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508. Skylab. Color vintage 13.5 x 11 photo of the recovery

of the Skylab I crew, affixed to its original 19.5 x 15.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink to the captain of the USS Ticonderoga, “To Captain Green, Thanks & well done with the best wishes from the crew of Skylab I, Charles Conrad,” “Joe Kerwin,” and “Paul Weitz.” In fine condition, with a thin line of toning around edge of image and some scattered light foxing to mount. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“From Mercury…thru landing on the moon and the hundreds of flights of the Space Shuttles I had a colorful and rewarding professional life” 509. Guenter Wendt. ALS signed “Guenter F. Wendt, Padleader,” one page, 8.5 x 11, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to an admirer. In full: “From Mercury, where we did not know if a human being could survive a ride into space, thru landing on the moon and the hundreds of flights of the Space Shuttles I had a colorful and rewarding professional life.” In very fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

First flight 25th anniversary commemorative 510. Orville Wright. Vintage 7

x 5 postcard commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight, postmarked Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1928, featuring a small image of the flight, signed on the image in black ink by Orville. Front of the postcard also bears a commemorative stamp and a stamped address. Reverse bears four different USPS postal stamps dating from 1949–1998, and another 2003 commemorative stamp. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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A week before welcoming Lindbergh, Orville sends word that a record may be set shortly at Wright Field 511. Orville Wright. TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 15, 1927. Letter to C. F. Schory of the National Aeronautic Association. In full: “A trial for World’s record for load carrying, speed and endurance is to be made at Wright Field within the next few weeks. As there will be but one machine in the air, and as we have a stop-watch with a certificate less than a year old, I see no necessity of bringing Porter here. Is Luzern Custer’s name on the list of timers?” In fine condition, with two sets of staple holes to top left. On June 22, 1927, just a week after noting that a record setting flight would be made at Dayton’s Wilbur Wright Field, Orville Wright welcomed Charles A. Lindbergh to Dayton as the Lone Eagle landed at Wright Field, named in honor of his brother with whom he invented the airplane in 1903. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Extraordinary photo of man’s first flight 512. Orville Wright. Historic vintage 6.25 x 4.5 cardstock

photo of the Wright Flyer’s first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N. C.,” signed in the lower left in fountain pen. An insignificant diagonal crease through the center and subtle overall foxing, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

514. Ferdinand von Zeppelin. German engineer (1838–1917) who designed

the famous rigid airship that bears his name. Vintage 5.25 x 3.5 postcard photo of a zeppelin in flight, signed in fountain pen, “G v. Zeppelin.” In very good condition, with a couple light brushes to signature, as well as a bit of irregular ink adhesion, and mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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515. Buzz Aldrin

516. Buzz Aldrin

517. Buzz Aldrin

518. Buzz Aldrin

520. Aurora 7

521. Alan Bean

522. Alan Bean

523. Alan Bean

524. Scott Carpenter

525. Scott Carpenter

526. Scott Carpenter

527. Scott Carpenter

528. Scott Carpenter

529. Scott Carpenter

530. Gene Cernan

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531. Gene Cernan

532. Gene Cernan

533. Michael Collins

534. Charles Conrad

535. Charles Conrad

536. Gordon Cooper

537. Gordon Cooper

538. Gordon Cooper

540. Walt Cunningham

541. Walt Cunningham

542. Walt Cunningham

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539. Joe Cotton MB $100

543. Charlie Duke MB $100

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544. Charlie Duke MB $100

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545. Charlie Duke MB $100

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546. Charlie Duke MB $100

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547. Charlie Duke

548. Charlie Duke

549. Charlie Duke

550. Ron Evans

551. Gemini

552. Robert Gilruth and Chris Kraft

553. John Glenn

554. Richard Gordon

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555. Richard Gordon

556. Fred Haise and Gene Kranz

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559. Jim Irwin MB $100

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560. Alexei Leonov

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557. Fred Haise and Gene Kranz MB $100

561. James Lovell MB $100

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558. Jim Irwin MB $100

562. James Lovell MB $100

563. James Lovell

564. Ken Mattingly

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568. Mercury Astronauts MB $100

565. Bruce McCandless

566. James McDivitt

569. Edgar Mitchell and Gerald Ford

570. Edgar Mitchell

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571. Edgar Mitchell

572. Edgar Mitchell

573. Moonwalkers

574. Sally Ride

575. Sally Ride

576. Wally Schirra and Guenter Wendt

577. Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham

578. Wally Schirra

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579. Wally Schirra

580. Harrison Schmitt

581. Harrison Schmitt

582. Rusty Schweickart

583. Dave Scott MB $100

584. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell

585. Alan Shepard

586. David Simons

587. Skylab 4

588. Skylab III

589. STS-32

590. Guenter Wendt

591. Guenter Wendt

592. Guenter Wendt

593. Guenter Wendt

594. Guenter Wendt

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art & literature “The Incident Light system works remarkably well for the snap-shooter!!!”

596. Ansel Adams. TLS signed “Ansel,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, personal letterhead, San Francisco, December 29, 1958. Letter to Nick Dean.

In part: “Just returned from Yosemite—after three days in bed with cold…I spent most of the time in bed reading Aristotle and wrote notes to Bob Jones!…At any event, the Incident Light system works remarkably well for the snap-shooter!!!” Adams adds a few handwritten notations in the margins, including, “No hurry on EW [possibly Edward Weston] Portfolio,” and “Not much snow in Yosemite either!” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

597. Artists. Collection of nine items, consisting of signatures, letters, and a postcard, each signed in ink by a different artist. Signers are: Daniel Chester French, August Franzen, John Held, Jr., Charles Dana Gibson, Josef Leempoels, John LaFarge, Irving Wiles, and Augustus V. Tack. In overall very good condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

598. Authors.

Collection of 44 items, consisting primarily of signatures, with a couple of letters and printed articles as well, each signed by an author or poet. Signers include: Carl Sandburg, Ernest Seton, Henry Van Dyke, Alexander Woollcott, William Locke, Edwin Markham, John Masefield, Raymond Moley, and Christopher Morley. In overall fine condition. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction. com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

599. Cecil Beaton.

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 12 photo of a young boy posing outdoors, affixed to a 14 x 22 mount, signed on the mount in red ink, “Beaton.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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600. Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Ink signature, “Bartholdi,” on a 4.25 x 2.75 card. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

“Realistic and Idealistic work do not mix well between the same covers” 601. George Henry Boughton. Anglo-American genre painter and illustrator (1833–1905) known for his paintings of Puritan life, as well as his illustrations for The Scarlet Letter, Rip Van Winkle, and Longfellow’s poems. ALS signed “Geo. H. Boughton,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 4, West House letterhead, November 12, 1878. Letter to a gentleman regarding an illustration opportunity. In part: “I feel very pleased at the idea of doing it, and I need not assure you that I will do my best. I should like to harmonize with the ‘tone’ of the other illustrations, and as therefore a hint as to general character would be useful. Realistic and Idealistic work do not mix well between the same covers. They seem to be pictures of different writers’ people. Have you noticed the distinction between the people in the Illustrated Tennyson of years ago? J. C. Horsely & Rossetti, Stanfield and Holman Hunt, make a bad mixture. It seems like an orchestra under two leaders at once, each different time.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

The famed designer adorns his book with a rare portrait 602. Cecil Beaton. Academy Award–winning British photographer and costume and production designer (1904–1980). Signed book: Cecil Beaton’s Diaries. First edition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 387 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page to New York Times columnist Leonard Lyons, “To Leonard Lyons, with best wishes, Cecil Beaton 1968,” with Beaton adding a fabulous full-page portrait of Lyons above the inscription. Autographic condition is fine. Book condition: VG/VG-. Black clothcovered spine and yellow paper-covered boards; minor edgewear; slight discoloration to spine-ends; light soiling; edges slightly yellowed. Dust jacket in protective sleeve; chips/tears and creases to edges (largest chip at spinetail, approx. 1 inch); one larger tear (approx.

2 inches) from spinetail onto front cover; minor yellowing; slight soiling. Original artwork from Beaton is quite uncommon. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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A rare engraving of his Lincoln bust presented to a member of Sargent’s family 603. Gutzon Borglum. Scarce engraving of Borglum’s bust of Abraham Lincoln on a 10 x 13.5 sheet of thin tissue paper, signed in the lower border in pencil, “Gutzon Borglum,” and also signed in pencil by the engraver, Howard McCormick. Borglum has also inscribed the engraving in the lower border in black ink, “For Margarett Sargent 1917.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 25. In fine condition. Margarett was the cousin of noted artist John Singer Sargent. This engraving was likely presented to Sargent who worked in Borglum’s studio during the summer of 1917. Oversized.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Creating a photographic “saga of American ways and opinion” 604. Margaret Bourke-White. Pioneering American

photographer and photojournalist (1904–1971). ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, personal letterhead, October 21, 1940. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “It is quite certain that I shall be spending the next two months (maybe longer) on an assignment covering various parts of the United States—to be a sort of saga of American ways and opinion at this point. With this developing, it seems like an ideal chance to do the pictures needed for your mural, and it seems that they could be taken very soon.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare signature of the designer of the Lincoln penny

605. Victor David Brenner. Scarce ink signature, “Victor D. Brenner, New York, March 30th 1914,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 sheet. In fine condition, with a small chip to top edge. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Scarce and desirable combination of the Victorian poetic couple 606. Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Rare ink signatures, “Elizabeth Barrett Browning,” and “Robert Browning, Florence, Casa Guidi, March 27, ’57,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 slip. Double-matted and framed with color images of both to an overall size of 15.75 x 14. A few scattered spots and Robert’s signature a shade or two lighter than Elizabeth’s, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

607. Karel Capek. One of the most influential

Czech writers of the 20th century who introduced and made popular the word ‘robot,’ which first appeared in his 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).

ANS in Czech, one page on the reverse of his 4 x 2.5 visiting card, no date. Note of condolences. In full [translated]: “Please accept my deepest condolences on the death of your mom.” In fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Critiquing her Song of the Lark 608. Willa Cather. TLS signed with her uncommon full name, “Willa Sibert Cather,” one page, 6.5 x 8, The Tuesday Nine O’Clocks letterhead, July 14. Letter to Joan Hartley, in full: “I am glad that you at last followed inclination and wrote me. I am glad you like the book and that it associates itself in your mind with the operatic performances you mention. That book has grave structural faults, — I knew when I began it that it must have. I knew, too, that an artist’s relation to his work is not proper material, is not an adequate theme, for a novel. It has often been tried, and the result has never been really first rate. So, thinking I might as well fail for a cow as a calf, I permitted myself all sorts of liberty. It is a pleasure to be just as foolish as you please—once. In spite of all its faults, I like the book, and am always pleased to hear from other people who do. I liked writing it, and I still like certain things about it; though it had to be a three volume novel, or done in two entirely different and not harmonious methods,— as you doubtless know. Thank you heartily for your letter.” Under her uncommon full signature, Cather adds her mailing address. Reinforcement to reverse of central horizontal fold, scattered soiling and foxing, a couple staple holes, and light dampstaining, otherwise very good condition. Accompanied by Hartley’s copy of The Song of the Lark, with her name and incorrect date penned on the front pastedown. Book is in fair condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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609. Marc Chagall. Signed book: Painting and Painters. NY:

Charles Scriber’s Sons, 1945. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 250 pages.

Signed and inscribed on the first free end page to New York Times columnist Leonard Lyons, “A Leonard Lyons de March Chagall.”

Autographic condition is fine with a uniform shade of mild toning to signed page. Book condition: VG/None. Red cloth-covered boards; slight wear to edges; small tears in cloth along upper 1/2 inch of hinges; spine sunned (title illegible); yellowed; minor stain to two pages. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

610. Marc Chagall.

Color postcard of Chagall’s painting entitled ‘Le Sacrifice d’Isaac,’ 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

612. Samuel L. Clemens. Crisp ink signature, “Mark Twain,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.75 sheet. In fine condition, with a light central vertical fold between first and last name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Fred. Remington, I had the good fortune to know him… He worked hard and produced many splendid works of art both in sculpture and in painting” 611. Howard Chandler Christy. ALS, signed vertically, “Howard Chandler Christy,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, May 30, 1941. Letter to Mr. Shanks. In part: “In reply to your request regarding Fred. Remington, I had the good fortune to know him, very well—we both were in the campaign before Santiago and later I became a member of the Players Club—and we lunched together many times. We exchange original paintings…A real man with all the qualities which go with a big smile. He worked hard and produced many splendid works of art both in sculpture and in painting.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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Early uninscribed double-signed cabinet portrait 613. Samuel L. Clemens. Outstanding original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of a young Clemens seated in a chair by Rogers and Nelson of London, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Yrs truly, Saml L. Clemens, Mark Twain.” In fine condition, with some light rippling to horizontal edges, and small mounting remnants to reverse. Clemens appears to have sat for this portrait during his greatly successful 1872–73 lecture tour in England, during which he addressed packed houses night after night. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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Uncommon full Cummings signature 614. E. E. Cummings. American writer

and artist (1894–1962) known for his distinctively avant-garde poetry, which often employed unconventional punctuation and capitalization. Scarce full vintage ink signature, “Edward E. Cummings,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard (postmarked 11/29/1952), with a small notation typed above signature. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

615. Salvador Dali. Color postcard of Dali’s work entitled ‘Forgotten Horizon,’ 5.75 x 4, signed on the image in blue ballpoint, “Dali.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Degas writes regarding the famous dealer of Impressionist art

616. Edgar Degas. Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917), one of the seminal figures of Impressionism, best known for his images of dancers. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4.25 x 5 self-contained mailing sheet, no date, but postmarked 1899.

Letter to Madame Vivies reads, in full (translated): “Durand Ruel will I was told, only return next Monday. I am sorry about it, my dear Catherine because for my part, I do not see any other way.” Address panel on reverse is filled out by Degas as well. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold. Paul Durand-Ruel was a prominent French art dealer associated with the Impressionists who represented the likes of Degas, Monet, Renoir, and Manet. A fantastic association within the artistic world.

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Exceedingly rare and stunning lease for a parcel of land “known by the name ‘Seeming Ruff’ but now called ‘Scrubby Bushes,’” between Dickens and a Gad’s Hill native

617. Charles Dickens. Outstanding and highly uncommon manuscript vellum DS, one page, 26.75 x 22, March 21, 1863. An indenture agreement between Charles Dickens and John Brooker for the lease of land near Gad’s Hill. In part: “Charles Dickens of Higham in the County of Kent Esquire…and John Brooker…farmer… that piece or parcel of land or garden ground containing by estimate eight acres and sixteen perches…formerly called or known by the name ‘Seeming Ruff’ but now called ‘Scrubby Bushes.’” Beautifully signed on the bottom flap

by Dickens with a mostly intact red wax seal separating his first and last name. Document also retains its blue revenue stamp. Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 39.25 x 34.25. In fine, clean, bright condition, with intersecting storage folds. Provenance: Christie’s 2008.

As a little boy, Charles Dickens would often walk to Gads Hill Place and dream of his future life there. Nearly four decades later, having published some of his greatest works and reached the heights of fame and wealth, his dream turned reality with the purchase of the estate in 1856. He enjoyed the quiet of his country retreat and wrote many of his later works there, including A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The Brooker family—including John Brooker, a local farmer who shared many qualities and peculiarities with Drood’s character ‘Stoney’ Durdles—went back generations in Higham; John’s father was known for planting the beloved cedars on the edge of the property, which Dickens (who dabbled in horticulture himself) especially enjoyed. An impressive and highly unusual document, tying the legendary author to the community and the home that held an important place in his heart for the entirety of his life. Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

One writer to another 618. Charles Dickens. Crisp

ink signature and inscription, “Saturday, Sixth July, 1861, Thomas Carlyle from Charles Dickens,” on a light gray 4.5 x 4 trimmed sheet of Gad’s Hill Place stationery. Sheet is affixed to an identical size sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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619. T. S. Eliot. TLS, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, Faber and Faber letterhead, July 2, 1959.

Letter to an admirer. In part: “I should send my apologies for my failure to acknowledge your earlier letter and the little book which you sent called With Dante in Florence.” In very good condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds and paper loss to the left border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

Lengthy séance notations from the ardent ‘believer’ 620. Arthur Conan Doyle. Scottish author (1859–1930) whose stories featuring fictional detective Sherlock Holmes revolutionized the genre of crime fiction. Spectacular five pages of autograph notes on a seance attended by Doyle, on 5.25 x 7 light green sheets, dated January 28, 1928. Notes read, in part: “She began by saying elderly lady was there—of great dignity. Dies at 86. Coma. Young spirit. Sense of humour. Blue grey eyes. Shining face. (This applies to my mother, but her eyes were hazel) Elizabeth—(Connected on my mother’s side) untraced. Mary—my mother. Emily—possibly New Hawkins. Kingsley—speaks to me of Uncle Leslie. Also of Willie. Has young friend Alec with him. Has been helping Willie (you know who) He could not understand your attitude. Now he is anxious to get in touch with his sister….I get the name of Peter.

Also Percy, and Bessie.” Rusted paperclip marks to top and bottom of pages and some spotting to top left corners, otherwise fine condition. The famed author was obsessed with spiritualism and attempted to find proof of existence beyond the grave, with these detailed notes profoundly outlining some of his beliefs of the other world. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

From his famous Alphabet Suite 621. Erte. Scarce color limited edition 13.5 x 19.5 lithograph entitled ‘Letter E’ from his Alphabet Suite, numbered #337/350, signed in the lower border in pencil. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 27.5. In fine condition. Oversized.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $300)

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Erte’s ‘Letter W’ 622. Erte. Scarce color limited edition 13.5 x 19.5 lithograph

entitled ‘Letter W’ from his Alphabet Suite, numbered #303/350, signed in the lower border in pencil. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 27.5. In fine condition. Oversized.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

“Sorry I’m ignorant about Gilbert Stuart—except his portrait of G. Washington” 623. James Montgomery Flagg. ALS, one

page, 8 x 11, March 27, 1941. Letter to Mr. Shanks. In full: “This is as near personal as my stationery gets.

Sorry I’m ignorant about Gilbert Stuart—except his portrait of G. Washington.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, two through single letters of signature, and a few ink blots and marks from Flagg’s bold pen. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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“I hope you were amused by the profile of me in Life of August 8th” 624. Ian Fleming.

TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 11, 1962.

Letter to Albert Cohen.

In part: “Thank you very much indeed for keeping in touch and I am much impressed by your brochure, except that from the photographs their [sic] seem to be a whole lot of goods on the shelves by [sic] nobody actually buying them! Perhaps you have managed to tempt some customers in by now! I have absolutely no news for you as my life has been totally uneventful, but I hope you were amused by the profile of me in Life of August 8th.” In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds and a vertical ink mark next to second paragraph. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

625. Daniel Chester French. Two ALSs, each 4.5 x 7, January 11 and 24, 1899. Two letters to the same man, John Large of Philadelphia. The first, two pages on two adjoining sheets, in part: “May I come to see you next Saturday afternoon, January the fourteenth?…This would give me an opportunity of stopping to see the Academy Exhibition which I should like to do.” The second, three pages on two adjoining sheets, in part: “The pictures came quite safely yesterday…it is very rare that so ample material for a statue or bust is attainable. It makes me wish that the statue was to be placed where it could be experienced in detail…I have already begun my study in clay…The print of the Hicks portrait gives me all the points I desire.” In overall very fine condition. Both are accompanied by their original mailing envelopes, filled out in French’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

628. Robert Frost. Prominent

626. Robert Frost. Signed book: The Poems of Robert Frost.

First Modern Library edition. NY: Random House, 1946. Hardcover, 5 x 7.25, 445 pages. Signed on the half-title page, “Robert Frost, St. Marys 1949.” Autographic condition: Fine. Book condition: VG-/ None. Green cloth-covered boards; light wear to edges; minor soiling; slightly shelf-cocked (binding still strong); slightly yellowed; previous seller’s tiny sticker to ffep; few small pencil marks to text. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) 627. Maxim Gorky. Ink sig-

nature, in Cyrillic, on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light toning and soiling near edges, and a pencil notation under signature, which could be easily matted out. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

ink signature, “Robert Frost, Amherst, June 1924,” on a lightly marbled slip.

Double-matted and framed with a nice portrait of Frost to an overall size of 9.5 x 13. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…

(MB $100)

629. Keith Haring. Color

postcard of Haring’s work entitled ‘Untitled 1981,’ 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “K. Haring.”

In fine condition, with subtle haloing to the signature. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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630. Joel Chandler Harris. Signed book: Told by Uncle

Remus. Later printing. NY: McClure, Phillips, and Co., 1905.

Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 205 pages. Signed in blue ink on the title page, with Harris crossing out his printed name. In very good condition, with store stamp to front pastedown, mild toning to pages, scattered wear to covers and spine, and a few pencil notations. A blank free end page at the back has a letter of provenance from a relative of the original owner written on it. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

Purchasing “one book case” shortly after publishing his first major story 631. Bret Harte. Manuscript DS, signed “F. B. Harte,” one page, 8 x 4.75,

October 17, 1868. Receipt for “one book case” at a cost of $34.72, for the superintendent’s office of the San Francisco Mint. Signed at the conclusion by Harte using the initials of his given name, as well as the superintendent, Robert B. Swain. In fine condition, with partial separation to a central horizontal fold, and expected document wear. This document dates to just after the release of Harte’s story ‘The Luck of Roaring Camp,’ which was published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and propelled him to international fame.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Unsure of his survival while covering the Spanish Civil War, ‘Papa’ arranges financial care for his oldest son 632. Ernest Hemingway. Carbon DS, signed in ink “Ernest Hemingway Trustee for

John Hadley Hemingway,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1937. Gustavus A. Pfeiffer begins “Dear Ernest, Pursuant to the right reserved to me under the terms of Paragraph IV of the Trust Agreement, made the 17th day of November, 1936, of which you are the Trustee, to deliver additional securities to become part of the Trust Estate thereunder, I, as Donor, am delivering herewith to you, as Trustee, Certificate #B424, for twenty-three (23) shares of William R. Warner & Company, Inc., Second Preferred Stock, having a par value of $100 per share.” Hemingway “acknowledges receipt of and accepts the above addition to the Trust Estate and agrees to administer the same according to the terms of the said Deed of Trust, dated November 17, 1936.”

In fine condition, with a couple small tears to left edge, two pinholes to bottom edge, and some scattered mild spots of foxing over signature areas. Accompanied by a copy of the complete 14-page Deed of Trust, dated November 17, 1936, including a photocopy of this document and photocopies of three others signed by Hemingway.

Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Sending thanks from Cuba shortly after the release of Across the River and Into the Trees 633. Ernest Hemingway. TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paul, Cuba letterhead, December 14, 1950. Short letter to Ralph A. Kordenat. In full: “Thank you for your letter. I appreciated it greatly and I wish you luck with all your work.”

Under his signature, Hemingway has added a short handwritten postscript, signed “E.H.,” which reads, “Thank you very much for liking the book.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 26 x 20. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Thanking a book reviewer for his compliments on Porgy 634. DuBose Heyward. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 5, 1926. Letter

to David Warren Ryder. In part: “Please let me thank you for the friendly impulse that prompted you to write your recent letter about ‘Porgy.’ I am more than pleased that you like the book and will appreciate any word that you may say for it in your paper. I have previously published two volumes of poetry: ‘Carolina Chansons,’ in collaboration with Hervey Allen, and ‘Skylines and Horizons,’ both through the Macmillan Company. If you will write to Miss Hutchinson, publicity Department of The Macmillan Company, and ask for the books for review in your magazine, I am sure that she will be glad to send you copies.” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and some light toning and dampstaining to edges, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a carbon of Ryder’s letter to Heyward which reads, in part: “The primitive negro, uneducated, and unspoiled by contamination, has always been a subject of fascinating interest to me; and your portrayal of his soul in ‘Porgy’ is in its excellence beyond anything I have ever read. I shall take pleasure in reviewing the book for our little group of readers…You may be sure that I shall spread the glory of ‘Porgy’ about amongst my friends and acquaintances. It is, I repeat, an everlasting delightful book.” RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

635. Winslow H o m e r. E s -

teemed American painter (1836– 1910) whose supreme skill in depicting the landscape and culture of 19th century America earned him a place among the towering figures in the history of art.

Ink signature, “Winslow Homer, Jan 4th 1909,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

636. Henry James.

Handwritten notation on an off-white 7 x 3.5 slip clipped from a larger sheet, apparently a portion of the cover page to a manuscript, reading: “Preface to The Spoils of Poynton, Henry James, Dec: 12th 1907.”

Some scattered light soiling and creasing, otherwise fine condition.

James’ novel, The Spoils of Poynton, was first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, under the title The Old Things in 1896, and was first released in book form in 1897. A new edition of The Spoils of Poynton was published in New York in 1908. This New York version contained a lengthy new preface. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

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Remarkable collection related to the great artist of the West 637. William Henry Jackson. Painter, photographer, and ex-

plorer famous for his images of the American West (1843–1942).

Fascinating collection consisting of three letters from Jackson as well as many pieces of related ephemera. First is a TLS signed “W. H. Jackson,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 25, 1926, in part: “That sketch of the bullwhacker as he arrived in Salt Lake City, was made by me, and is only one of many others that I amused myself with during the trip,” and continues on to explain that it was based upon his appearance after spending six months in the West. Second is a TLS signed in pencil, “W. H. Jackson,” one page, 6 x 11.25, March 19, 1927, in part: “These first hand accounts of the tragedy of the Little Big Horn are made doubly interesting by the introduction of the excellent maps…In our expeditions to the Yellowstone in ’71…I took along the materials for making prints that year, and while in camp at Boteler’s getting our pack outfit in shape, I made a good many for the officers.” Third is an ALS signed “Jack,” on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, postmarked New York July 25, 1939, in part: “Leaving this morning.” Also includes letters related to Jackson’s memorial service and about his work, five snapshots from his memorial ceremony at Arlington Cemetery, two snapshots of Jackson himself, a couple of Jackson’s greeting cards, and a few pamphlets. In overall very good to fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Monroeville is a very small town”

638. Harper Lee. ALS, two pages on a 3.75 x 5 greeting card, Sep-

tember 1, 1997. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I shall be glad to sign your copy of Mockingbird if you would kindly send it by post…it’s easier for me to go to the P. O. than to wait around for a Fed Ex delivery from 35 miles away! Monroeville is a very small town.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, filled out in her own hand, signed “Lee” in the return address area. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, modeled on Lee’s hometown of Monroeville. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

639. Literary. Tremendous collection of approximately 115 signed items, consisting primarily of signed cards, slips, and letters, many affixed to scrapbook pages. Signers include: Henry W. Longfellow, H. L. Mencken, Thomas Carlyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Wilkie Collins, William Makepeace Thackeray, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Carl Sandburg, James Russell Lowell, James Whitcomb Riley, Noel Coward, Thornton Wilder, Daphne du Maurier, Zane Grey, Erle Stanley Gardner, James A. Michener, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, John Burroughs, and John Galsworthy. In overall very good to fine condition, with various scattered toning. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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640. Jack London. Popular

643. Thomas Mann.

American novelist (1876–1916), best known for such adventure classics as The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang, who drew his writings from his experiences as a prospector, hobo, pirate, gentleman farmer, reformer, and war correspondent. Though plagued by addiction to drugs and alcohol, London wrote prolifically and was the highestpaid American writer of his day. Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Pierce Hardware Co. for $11.60, stamp dated May 11, 1905. In fine condition, with a vertical fold to left side, and expected stamps to both sides, none affecting clean signature area. RRAuction COA.…(MB $200)

Vintage 8 x 9.5 magazine photo of Mann taken for Vanity Fair

by Edward Steichen, signed in fountain pen.

In fine condition, with nice contrast to the signature against the light background. Accompanied by a frame. Mann photos this large are quite scarce. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

Penning a quote from his epic poem, ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ 641. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ALS and an AQS on an off-white 7 x 8.75

sheet. The letter, dated November 3, 1881, reads, “I have been prevented by illness from sooner complying with your request. Please pardon the delay.” On the upper portion of the page, Longfellow writes seven lines from ‘The Song of Hiawatha,’ beginning, “And the Black-Robe chief made answer, Stammered in his speech a little, Speaking words yet unfamiliar, ‘Peace be with you, Hiawatha.” Signed and inscribed, “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for Edward W. Bok, Cambridge, Mass, November 3, 1881.” In very good condition, with fragile central horizontal fold, a couple pencil notations, and light toning along a couple of folds, a bit heavier to lower right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Acquiring a piece for The American Mercury 642. H. L. Mencken. Three TLSs to a farmer with journalistic aspirations, each one page, two on personal letterhead and one on The American Mercury letterhead, all circa 1931. One letter, in part: “If you do the article you have in mind I’ll certainly be delighted to see it…it should be rich in detail, showing precisely how you have managed your business…Mr. Mayo neglected altogether the inevitable difficulties that must confront really large-scale farming.” Another, in part: “I’ll be very glad to take your little article…Will you please send me materials for an Author’s Note?” Overall soiling to one letter, otherwise overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for one letter. Davidson’s article was published in the February 1932 issue of The American Mercury, under the title ‘The Case Against Large-Scale Farming.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Rare portrait of Milne, Christopher Robin, and Winnie the Pooh 644. A. A. Milne. British author (1882–1956) who, despite a large body of nov-

els, plays, and other ‘adult’ writings, will forever be most closely associated with his much-beloved series of Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Extraordinary vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Milne with his son Christopher Robin Milne and his Winniethe-Pooh teddy bear, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition.

Accompanied by an August 1, 1929, letter from Milne’s secretary Celia Brice, which reads, “Mr. A.A. Milne wishes me to say that he thanks you very much for your charming letter and the nice things you say about his work. Mr. Milne sends you the enclosed little photograph with his kindest regards.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. The Pooh stories centered around a boy named Christopher Robin, based on Milne’s son, and various characters inspired by his son’s stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Any signed image of Milne is quite scarce, even more so with the inspirations which led to his beloved stories. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Running low on supplies in midwinter, the Impressionist fears leaving a “large work” incomplete 645. Claude Monet. ALS

in French, in pencil, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Giverny par Ve r n o n l e t terhead, December 3, 1917. Letter reads, in part (translated): “I am very worried and almost discouraged while noticing that what combustible [coal] I have left will not go beyond one month, contrary to what I thought.

Then my fate is in your hands, so I dare not tell you what I would need until nice weather comes, certainly ten thousand kilos of which half in anthracite...to heat the big workshop. Tell me quite frankly what you could obtain so I can take precautions, because if you could not obtain what I need I would have to keep the little I have for the house up keep and then renounce totally to achieve my large work and it would be complete discouragement for me. A word, won’t you as soon as you obtain a result. I am depending on your obliging friendship. Give my respects to Madame Clementel and for you my thanks and excuses to give you so much trouble...P. S. May I remind you that the cigarettes are running out but this is nothing compared to the coal.” In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, and a staple hole to top left corner. Monet’s house, gardens, and workshop were in Giverny, the setting of his famous water lily paintings. Monet letters are always in extremely high demand, and this example is particularly desirable because of the direct reference to his workshop and work.Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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The emerging American playwright puts in a good word for a young actress: “Tell him you played ‘Pearl’ in ‘The Moon’—damn well, let me add” 646. Eugene O’Neill. ALS signed “Gene O’Neill,” one page, 8.5 x 11,

Peaked Hill Bar letterhead, September 13, 1922. Letter to Jeanie Begg. In full: “This in much haste to catch the Coast Guards who are just going in Town with mail. Your special arrived only this moment. Specials and wires mean nothing to us as we’ve no phone and there’s no delivery in this solitude. My advice is: Go see Arthur Hopkins. Tell him I sent you. Show him this letter, if need be. Tell him you played ‘Pearl’ in ‘The Moon’–damn well, let me add.

And see what he says. Personally, I doubt if he is casting anything at present.

And when I come down to town I promise to speak to him personally about you. This will be within two or three weeks. All luck to you!!” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and scattered creases and wrinkles, otherwise fine condition.

In 1916, the up-and-coming playwright Eugene O’Neill headed to Cape Cod to join a group of writers and artists who had begun presenting their plays there. When their productions, including O’Neill’s play Bound East for Cardiff, gained greater notice than anticipated, the Provincetown Players moved their theater to New York City. It was there that young actress Jeani Begg opened as Pearl in his The Moon of the Caribbees in the fall of 1918. Writing from his shack on the dunes of Peaked Hill Bar in Cape Cod, where he continued to spend his summers, the playwright encourages her to get in touch with Arthur Hopkins, the first producer to put O’Neill on Broadway. Offering warm praise of the actress’s work—“tell him you played ‘Peal’ in ‘The Moon’—damn well, let me add.”—he promises to also put in a word for her upon his return to the city. A lovely letter from the playwright who, still an emerging artist himself, consistently did his part in helping others get their start.Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The great photographers shoot Dali and Chagall 647. Photographers. Collection of 13 letters from some of the most

renowned photographers of the 20th century, dated between 1949 and 1971. Consists of one TLS from Yousuf Karsh, signed “Yousuf”; one TLS from Henri Cartier-Bresson, signed “Henri,” with a handwritten postscript; one TLS from Bert Stern, signed “B,” regarding a photoshoot for Vogue with Marc Chagall; one ALS from Philippe Halsman, signed “Halsman,” offering condolences; eight TLSs from Halsman, each signed “Philippe,” on subjects such as photographing Salvador Dali, Richard Nixon, and Mae West; and one TLS signed “Philippe Halsman,” mentioning Dali. In overall very good to fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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648. Arthur Rackham. British

artist and illustrator (1867–1939) best known for his Art Nouveau– influenced illustrations for such classics as Rip Van Winkle, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Yale Club letterhead, November 21, 1921. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “It is most kind of you to have thought of me.

The football game is exactly what I most want to see. I will be ready for you here at one on Thursday & look forward with much pleasure.”

In fine condition, with a pencil notation along top edge and a vertical crease to left side. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Come to the house, we are not moving”

“My fifth book is For The New Intellectual which consists of excerpts from my four novels plus an introductory essay” 650. Ayn Rand. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Objectivist Newsletter letterhead, May 2, 1964.

In part: “I am pleased that you liked my books and that you found my philosophy helpful. I hope that you will continue to develop your knowledge and your interest in ideas. My fifth book is For The New Intellectual which consists of excerpts from my four novels plus an introductory essay.” The address at the top has been crossed out and a stamp of the new address has been applied to the top right corner. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Stunning first edition of Roget’s famed thesaurus signed by “the Author” 651. Peter M. Roget. British

649. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Uncommon ALS in French, signed

“Renoir,” one lightly gridded page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter to “Mr. Deconchy.” In full (translated): “It is understood as soon as you arrive come to the house, we are not moving.” In fine condition, with subtle central vertical and horizontal folds, one passing through (but not affecting the crisp appearance of) the first letter of the signature. Precertified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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physician and lexicographer (1779–1869) known for compiling his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Signed book: Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. First edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Hardcover, 6 x 9. Signed and inscribed on the original first free end page in black ink, “Samuel Taylor Hobson, Esq., from his affectionate brother-in-law, the Author.” Taylor then inscribed it to another party at a later date. Autographic condition: fine, with some slight foxing to signed page. Book condition: VG+/None. Beautifully rebound in dark green leather with gilt titles, decorative trim, and gilted textblock edges, five raised bands on spine, and hand-dyed marbled endpapers. Spine is slightly sunned and textblock has some minor foxing/yellowing, otherwise in NF condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

652. Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Irish-born American sculptor (1848–1907) of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the ‘American Renaissance.’ Ink signature, “Augustus Saint-Gaudens,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. In fine condition, with some light toning to right side of card and mounting remnants on reverse. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

653. Maurice Sendak. Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are.

First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1963. Hardcover, 1 x 9.25. Signed on the half-title page in black ink. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. Grey cloth-covered spine and illustrated papercovered boards; minor wear to edges, with one rough bump to front upper corner; minor soiling to exterior. Accompanied by a glossy 5 x 7 publicity photo of Sendak, also signed in black ink. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

655. George Bernard Shaw. ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,”

one page, 3.5 x 5.5, August 2, 1936. From the Malvern Hotel, Shaw sends a brief message to Curtis Freshel. In full: “Here I am, undoubtedly contemplating my 80th birthday, now happily over for ever. Our love to you both.” In very good condition, with moderate toning and soiling, not affecting the legibility of the text or signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

654. George Bernard Shaw. ALS signed “G. Ber-

nard Shaw,” on a 3.25 x 5.25 photo postcard of Shaw, September 4, 1927. From Lago Maggiore, Shaw writes to the Reverend Cornelius Greenway. In full: “This is the latest I can find in my luggage.” In fine condition, with uniform light toning, and couple mounting remnants to correspondence side.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Limited first edition presented to the host of the Malvern Festival, complete with illustrations by renowned artist Charles Ricketts 656. George Bernard Shaw.

Signed book: Saint Joan. First edition, limited issue of 750.

London: Constable & Co., 1924.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.25 x 15.75, 183 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink, “Inscribed for Captain Roy Limbert, at the first Malvern Festival in August 1929 in his theatre, G. Bernard Shaw.” Autographic condition: fine.

Book condition: G+/G. Tan cloth-covered spine and blue and white illustrated papercovered boards; edges worn, with small tears at spine-ends and chips along large portion of lower edges; waterstain along spine/rear hinge (not effecting interior); yellowing to edges and few areas of endpapers; minor soiling. Dust jacket has large chips/tears and creases along edges and folds; one large chip from center of spine; discolored and soiled; waterstains and some wrinkling, mostly to rear panel; horizontal crease across entire jacket; four pieces of non-archival tape to backside. The Malvern Festival was conceived as a week-long ‘immersion drama’ to take place at the Malvern Theatre, which was leased by Limbert; the inaugural festival featured the British premiere of Shaw’s The Apple Cart. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“I have never doubted that critics have a right to live but for the moment I can’t think why” 657. John Steinbeck. ALS signed “John,” one page, lightly-lined, 8 x

12.5, April 20, 1964. In part: “I was glad to get your letter although I can’t much imagine you teaching nor anyone teaching literature. Hell—no two can agree even about what it is. I have never doubted that critics have a right to live but for the moment I can’t think why. Alfred Kazin with his minor physical misfortune, quite properly, I think, reflects it in his thinking, although it is a little embarrassing sometimes. Now as to your commission.

I’m sorry, I won’t do it. I’d have to stop work, go to Viking, get books (if available), sign them, wrap them, take them to the post office…I’m two years behind in my work right now. Sorry.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, filled out in Steinbeck’s hand. A letter with terrific content from one of America’s great authors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Steinbeck assumes the mantle of responsibility for visiting schools for his sons 658. John Steinbeck. TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, April 21, 1958.

Letter to Marguerite Tuttle. In full “We called your sister on returning on friday [sic] from our visits to the Forman and the Eaglebrook schools. We liked what we saw in both places. I have made application for the Forman School in so far as it is possible before they see the boy and also for the Eaglebrook. On returning I had a long and concise conference with the boy’s mother. I found her quite cooperative. She agreed to take the boys to visit the schools as soon as she could. I shall check on this and if she delays it too long I shall take them myself. I believe that both schools are holding places for the boys unless of course it is delayed beyond measure. I simply wanted to assure you that we think your choices are excellent and that we hope the boys may be found cceptable [sic]. Thank your [sic] very much for your thoughtful effort. I do hope it works out.” A staple and rusty paperclip mark to top left and an office stamp to top right, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“I commenced the writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in June 1851” 659. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Author and abolitionist (1811–1896) whose novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin brought the issue of slavery to the forefront of American consciousness and became a classic of 19th century literature. Outstanding ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, May 18, 1894. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I commenced the writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in June 1851, in March of the following year 1852 it was issued in book form, the writing occupying me just nine months.” In fine condition. An extraordinarily desirable letter as it is boldly penned and contains a direct reference to her immensely influential book. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows the Lord of Glory” 660. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

AQS on a 4.25 x 6.5 sheet tipped by its left edge to the reverse of an early book portrait of Stowe, signed “Harriet Beecher Stowe, April 13, 1894.” A passage captioned in Stowe’s hand “Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Chap. 12.” In full: “Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows the Lord of Glory. In His patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world.” A central horizontal fold (small split to right edge), and some mild soiling, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the address panel from the original mailing envelope, postmarked from Hartford, Connecticut, on the same day.

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Virtually unobtainable handwritten fragment of a poem that deeply influenced the renowned artist’s work 661. Vincent Van Gogh. Dutch Post-Impressionist artist (18531890). He was a pioneer of Expressionism with enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.

Some of his paintings are now among the world’s best known, most popular and expensive works of art. Extremely rare unsigned handwritten poem fragment, four lines on a 2.75 x .75 clipped slip (with one line on the reverse). The fragment, in French, a section of a poem entitled ‘Le Retour des Champs, a Francois Millet (Return from the Fields, after Francois Millet),’ reads, in full (translated): “He carries the scythe or the spade; On the shoulder he goes slowly; Dampening his dry chest; Of mist and smell of wheat.” In very good to fine condition, with some mild toning to the front, slight show-through from the line on the reverse, and two small mounting remnants to the reverse touching one word of text. Accompanied by a clipped certificate of authenticity from Charles Hamilton, who offered several fragments for sale years ago, complete with its red wax seal, from when the fragment was framed.

Nearly as passionate about literature as he was about art, Van Gogh took great pleasure in sharing his favorite poems with friends and family in his lengthy letters. In late March of 1884, he wrote to Dutch painter Anthon van Rappard, a friend and mentor, sharing samples of the poetry of Jules Breton, noting, ‘if you don’t have them, I feel sure you will be greatly impressed.’ Well-known for his paintings of rural peasant scenes of the French countryside, which were among Van Gogh’s favorites, Breton also developed a strong reputation as a writer, publishing a book of poetry and several works on the art world of which he was a part. The poem excerpted here is a beautiful

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interpretation of fellow French painter Jean-Francois Millet’s painting ‘Return from the Fields.’

Along with highlighting the impact of Breton on Van Gogh, this piece brings to light the crucial influence of Millet’s work on the troubled artist. A pioneer in the ‘peasant genre’ that so deeply touched Van Gogh, Millet was the only major artist of the Barbizon School who displayed laborers as more than small elements in a larger landscape, presenting the realistic sentiments of peasant life as, what Van Gogh would call, ‘something on high.’ Struggling to find inspiration while committed at the Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Remy in 1889, Van Gogh created more than 30 interpretations of works by some of his favorite artists: twenty-one of these were of Millet’s. Regarding these pieces, which many hold as some of the finest in his vast body of work, Van Gogh explained, ‘it’s not copying pure and simple…It is rather translating into another language, the one of colors, the impressions of chiaroscuro and white and black.’

Van Gogh’s letters are virtually all in institutions, as are his poetry books and journal, making anything written in his hand nearly impossible to obtain; we have found fewer than a dozen such sold at auction over the last 30 years. This fragment, the seventh stanza of Breton’s poem ‘Return from the Fields, after Francois Millet,’ containing such vital relevance to the artists that inspired Van Gogh, is a truly extraordinary piece and sure to garner great international interest. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

A particularly large sketch of his iconic soup can 662. Andy Warhol. Highly desirable original signed felt tip sketch of a Campbell’s soup can on a light brown 7 x 9.25 sheet of cardboard, neatly signed under the image. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

“A considerable number of people have been interested in the idea of the O.C. in spite of the unattractive way in which it is written”

664. Andy Warhol. Post-

663. H. G. Wells. Fascinating ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 9,

personal letterhead, October 4, 1928. Wells writes to Mr. Dickinson. In part: “I am greatly obliged to you for your…letter & your sympathetic activities. A considerable number of people have been interested in the idea of the O.C. in spite of the unattractive way in which it is written. There is no central organization to forward these ideas. I have put my own views very dogmatically; they serve for me; but I quite realise that there must be a lot of variety and change in the kindred and parallel movements that are likely to arise out of the conditions and suggestions of the present time. Organize an independent and different group of your own, taking the O.C. merely as your point of departure.” In fine condition, with a central horizontal and vertical folds and a couple of trivial edge chips. “O.C.” evidently refers to Wells’s 1928 work The Open Conspiracy, a prophetic call for a worldwide network of knowledge, written decades before the development of the internet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

card of Warhol’s 1962 work entitled ‘Before and After,’ 6 x 4.25, signed vertically in the right border in black felt tip.

In fine condition, with subtle haloing to the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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665. Noah Webster. Author and lexicographer (1758–1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. Ink signature, “N. Webster,” on an off-white 3 x .75 clipped slip affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with show-through from writing to reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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Prior to participating in MoMA’s legendary International Style exhibition, Wright rails against fellow architect Richard Neutra “Out of the flimsiest qualifications imaginable, he seems to have ballyhooed himself to the point where I now find him” 666. Frank Lloyd Wright. TLS, signed “F. LL. W.,” two pages,

one 8.25 x 19 and one 8.25 x 9.5, Taliesin letterhead, January 19, 1932. Wright writes to Lewis Mumford, with many handwritten corrections and notations by Wright throughout, with Wright’s comments in brackets. In part: “I consented to join the affair thinking I would be among my peers: I heard only of Corbusier, Mies et al.

I found a handpicked select group including Hood and Neutra….

As for the exception of Neutra. It applies to a type I have learned to dislike, by cumulative experience, and to suffer from. He came here to work, 1924 I think, after a sojourn with Holabird and Root, marking-in plumbing on plans. He was worthless…and left after nine months. Previous to this he had been in the publicity department of the city of Vienna, had gone from there to Mendelsohn, and they built several cottages together since published by Neutra with Mendelsohn’s name deleted. Characteristic!

He went to Los Angeles to join Schindler. I think both are jews and were friends in Vienna. He wrote a book as one familiar with building methods in America [‘Wie Baut Amerika’]. Pretentious in the circumstances! There his publicity training began to work.

He got a [half-baked] building he called the ‘health house’ built on Corbusier-lines absolutely, which I learned in an interesting manner….the mother brought a reprinted sheet of press notices about this marvelous house, ‘the details of which had been under consideration in the Neutra brain for four years.’…notices had been made up with a photo of Neutra in the middle, re-photographed and re-printed, propagandizing this ‘great’ European architect as the Messiah of a new system, hailing the order of a new day….

This was bout three years after he had left Taliesin….

Then came the International architectural School in Los Angeles— Neutra and Schindler—with false pretenses in every line of the ballyhoo, Neutra taking the circuit…and lecturing as ‘great-architectin-America’ when he went to Europe and ‘great-architect-in-Europe’ when in America, and ‘great-architect-in-both-countries’ when in Japan, where he went to follow up a friendship with a Japanese couple, who were here at the same time he was.

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Well, out of the flimsiest qualifications imaginable, he seems to have ballyhooed himself to the point where I now find him. Hitchcock [& Johnson] supporting him because I imagine, he was the Internationalist—propaganda over here and a ‘ringer’ for the adored Corbusier?

[Perhaps we should admire them–and] well, you will say, what of it?

And I would say so, too, but for the fact that this imitation of our national high-power salesmanship is what is the matter with everything in our blessed, damned country.

And any modesty, or probity, or prowess any man might have or pursue is wasted, or rendered futile by the brazen pretense of any man with little or no talent so he [takes the proper attitudes and] can make the proper noises with his mouth. I am against making star architects by such methods [but I will be in the hopeless minority].

Neutra is the eclectic ‘up to date,’ copying the living. Hood was the eclectic copying the dead; is now the improved eclectic, copying the living. I do not propose to ‘take the road’ in fellowship with eclecticism in any form! [It is too late to compromise now.] I will stand aside, as I’ve said, and let the ballyhoo go by. I think, however, I should not meantime be silent or give in.”

Wright’s lengthy handwritten postscript, signed “FLW,” reads in part: “Enclosed with letter to PJ a short article to the Neuter inspired by a well written ‘writing off’ of Architecture…I want you to tell me directly, no matter how uncomplimentary, what you think of my action? Will you?” In fine condition, with a few small notations to top right corner of first page.

Accompanied by the aforementioned two-page article “To the Neuter,” rife with comments and corrections in Wright’s hand, and an unsigned, hand-corrected copy of Wright’s letter to Philip Johnson, dated January 19, 1932, in part: “I find myself rather a man without a country, architecturally speaking, at the present time. If I keep on working another five years, I shall be at home again, I feel sure. But meantime the scramble of the propagandist ‘international’ for the band-wagon must have taken place and the procession must be well on it’s way, without me. It seems to me, I see too much at stake for me to countenance a hand-picked group of men in various stages of eclecticism by riding around the country with them, as though I approved of them and their work as modern, when I distinctly do not only disapprove but positively condemn them.”

Also accompanied by a Western Union telegram from Wright to Mumford, dated January 21, in full: “All right Lewis your sincere friendship trusted I will stay in the New York show. The two exceptions I made were chiefly important because showing up the show as the usual politics and propaganda.”

In 1931, Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson began organizing what was arguably the most important architectural exhibition since the Chicago World’s Fair: the International Style show at MoMA. Inviting those now recognized as the most significant architects of the 20th century—Wright, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Hood, and Neutra—they aimed to define a new ‘International Style’ that would encapsulate the modern architecture developing around the world.

Initially pleased to have his work presented alongside his peers—“I heard only of Corbusier, Mies et al.”—Wright was outraged upon hearing of the inclusion of Richard Neutra and grew anxious to distance himself from the show. In this extraordinary letter, capturing the fire and fury of the famously temperamental architect, Wright offers a lengthy account of Neutra’s career. Beginning with his brief employment at Taliesin, during which “he was worthless,” Wright moves on to explain how the “propagandist” architect’s experience in publicity was the cornerstone of his newfound celebrity. Telling of the cottages built in collaboration with Mendelsohn yet attributed wholly to himself, of his “pretentious” book written as an expert on American architecture, of widely circulated doctored photographs that presented him alongside his “half-baked building he called the ‘health house’ built on Corbusier-lines absolutely,” Wright relentlessly attacks Neutra’s credibility as an innovative architect.

When friend and up-and-coming architecture critic Lewis Mumford read this letter—one of many impassioned rants he would find himself the recipient of over their thirty-year correspondence—he seemingly replied encouraging Wright to remain in the exhibition. The accompanying telegram of Wright’s response confirms that he would in fact participate. Although his work was featured in the show, it was withheld from Hitchcock and Johnson’s book, released in conjunction with the exhibit.

While the pair claimed that the omission was because his work had not kept up with the modern style, it is likely that Wright’s ill-tempered and insult-laden letter to Johnson (a copy of which is offered with this lot) had something to do with the decision. This is a truly remarkable letter with essential accompaniments, capturing the sharp tongue of America’s greatest architect, and containing excellent content regarding the famous International Style exhibit and the now-celebrated Richard Neutra. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

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The famed photographer’s second hobby: “12 pretty kittens, healthy & polite are now ready for distribution” 667. Edward Weston. Six ALSs, one in pencil, three signed “Edward” and three signed with his initials, five on government postcards and one on personal letterhead, dated between 1950 and 1951. All are addressed to Chappie Packard of The Camera Shop in Berkeley, California. One, in part: “12 pretty kittens, healthy & polite are now ready for distribution.

Come early & avoid the rush!” Another, in part: “If you want to wait for a Wildcat Hill kitten it may take a couple of months. I think there are some in the making now!” A third refers to his Parkinson’s, in part: “I don’t go out to dine any more (maybe someday if I shake off my ‘jitters’).” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for the letter on personal letterhead, filled out in Weston’s hand, as well as a postcard from Brett Weston, his son and a fellow photographer. Weston was known for his love of cats, and these letters offer a heartwarming peek into this hobby. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Pristine signature from 5 o’clock tea 668. Oscar Wilde. Irish writer (1854–1900) and leader of the Aesthetic Movement, known for such works as The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Happy Prince. Ink signature, “Oscar Wilde, 9 Charles St., Grosvenor Square, London, 5 o’c Tea,” on an off-white sheet. Attractively and suitably double-suede-matted and framed with a full-length portrait of Wilde to an overall size of 15.5 x 22. In fine, clean condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“The years like great black oxen tread the world”

669. William Butler Yeats. AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 slip. Yeats writes, “The years like great black oxen tread the world,” signed at the conclusion, “W. B. Yeats.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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670. Berenice Abbott

671. Ansel Adams

672. Ansel Adams

673. Ansel Adams

674. Ansel Adams

675. Charles Addams

676. Lucien Aigner

677. Maya Angelou

678. Artists

679. Richard Avedon

680. Rex Beach

681. Romare Bearden

682. Ray Bradbury

683. Ray Bradbury

684. Pearl S. Buck and William S. Hart

685. Anthony Burgess

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686. Edgar Rice Burroughs

687. Harry Callahan

688. Giorgio de Chirico

689. Tom Clancy

690. Art Clokey

691. Chuck Close

692. Noel Coward

693. Fleur Cowles

694. Michael Crichton

695. Countee Cullen

696. Willem de Kooning

697. John Dunning

698. John Dunning

699. Alfred Eisenstaedt

700. Erro

701. Erte

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702. Jean-Michel Folon

703. Hans Fronius

704. Erle Stanley Gardner

705. Zane Grey

706. William Gropper

707. Sarah Josepha Hale

708. Ernest Hemingway: Gregorio Fuentes

709. Al Hirschfeld

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710. David Hockney

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7 11 . O l i v e r We n d e l l Holmes, Sr

712. F. M. Howarth

713. Elbert Hubbard

714. Robert Indiana

715. Eugene Ionesco

716. Jasper Johns

717. Yousuf Karsh

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718. Andre Kertesz

719. Oskar Kokoschka

720. Jacob Lawrence

721. John le CarrĂŠ

722. Richard le Gallienne

723. Roy Lichtenstein

724. Roy Lichtenstein

725. Len Lye

726. Thomas Mann

727. George R. R. Martin

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730. Marianne Moore MB $100

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731. Barry Moser

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732. Barry Moser MB $100

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729. Stephenie Meyer MB $150

733. Louise Chandler Moulton MB $200

734. LeRoy Neiman

735. Isamu Noguchi

736. Joyce Carol Oates

737. Maxfield Parrish

738. Robert Rauschenberg

739. Robert Rauschenberg

740. Thomas Buchanan Read

741. Damon Runyon

742. Carl Sandburg

743. George Segal

744. Jaroslav Seifert MB $100

745. Ernest Thompson Seton

748. Gene Stratton-Porter

749. Kumi Sugai

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746. John Sloan MB $100

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747. Klaus Staeck MB $100

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750. Lorado Zadoc Taft

751. Bayard Taylor

752. Alice B. Toklas

753. Roland Topor

754. John Updike MB $150

755. Hendrik Willem van Loon

756. Carl Van Vechten

757. Victor Vasarely

758. Kurt Vonnegut

759. Robert Penn Warren

760. Tom Wesselmann

761. Tom Wesselmann

762. Kate Douglas Wiggin

763. Tennessee Williams

764. Helen Zimmern

765. Ignacio Zuloaga

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comic art & animation 767. Percy Crosby. Signed book:

766. Mel Blanc. Color 8 x

10 cardstock photo of Blanc amongst his characters, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Eh—what’s up Stan? ‘Bugs Bunny & Gang,’ 6-19-85, Mel Blanc.” In fine condition, with a JSA label affixed to the reverse.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from JSA. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

Sport Drawings.

First edition. Virginia: Percy Crosby, 1933. Hardcover, 14 x 17. Signed and inscribed on the colophon, “This is a gift to Dick Hyman from his friend the artist and publisher, Percy Crosby.” In very good condition, with a light pencil line through top of first name of signature, partial separation to front hinge, light wear to covers, and fraying to head and tail. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

768. Robert Crumb. Signed book: Carload O’Comics. Later printing, limited is-

sue, numbered 155/300. Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, 1996. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10.5, 176 pages. Signed on a bookplate affixed to the reverse of the first free end page in pencil, “R. Crumb.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

An extraordinary autograph request: Disney asks that Norman Rockwell inscribe two Twain classics 769. Walt Disney. TLS signed “Walt,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 11, 1941. Letter to Clyde Forsythe. In part: “I am sending over to you two of Norman’s books and would appreciate it very much if you would ask him to inscribe something in them to my daughter, Diane, who is the proud owner of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. If you can prevail upon Norman to do this, I shall be very grateful to both of you.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Forsythe was an artist best known for his comics and paintings of the western desert, and was closely associated with Norman Rockwell—in fact, it was Forsythe who first encouraged Rockwell to become involved with the Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell had painted eight images each to illustrate the two Mark Twain novels that Disney references in this letter, which were published

by Heritage Press in 1936. A terrific association between two of the most popular American artists of the 20th century. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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770. Stan Lee. Color 18 x 24 print

771. Stan Lee. Deepcut Productions Stripperella comic book, 6.75 x 10.25, signed on the front cover in gold ink.

In very fine condition, with a PSA/DNA label affixed to the lower right corner.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from PSA/DNA. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

of Lee and his Marvel Zombies characters, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. Also signed in black felt tip by the artist, Arthur Suydam.

In fine condition, with a PSA/DNA label affixed to the lower right corner. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from PSA/DNA. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

772. Chuck Jones. Original vintage signed and inscribed pencil sketch of the Road Runner on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet of Chuck Jones stationery, signed and inscribed, “To Jeff, Pete, and Doug from the Road Runner & Chuck Jones—1970.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“I am doing two weeks work in one on account of the Nemo’s change to front page”

773. Winsor McCay. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 3, no date, but postmarked

November 29, 1905. Letter to a woman. In part: “The idea we talked over about the salesman will be in Saturday’s Telegram 1/2 page on the back page. I have the Sandal work almost finished…I am doing two weeks work in one on account of the Nemo’s change to front page…I hope you like the work I did on your cherished idea.” In fine condition, with a bit of light show-through from postal cancellations on reverse.

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Adorable image of Little Sammy Sneeze

774. Winsor McCay. Cartoonist and animator (1871–1934) best known for Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur. Original vintage signed fountain pen sketch of Little Sammy Sneeze sneezing on an off-white sheet folded to a size of 8 x 5. In fine condition, with a couple vertical folds, as well as a few creases. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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The creator of The Kewpies 775. Rose O’Neill. Illustrator (1874–1944) known for creating the cartoon cupids, The Kewpies, which were featured in women’s magazines and comic strips until her retirement in 1937. Rare vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 three-quarter-length portrait of O’Neill, signed and inscribed in red ink, “Your Rose, My Jean.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Darling sketch of Buster Brown 776. Richard Outcault. Cartoonist and creator of Buster Brown (1863–1928). After achieving financial success, he retired to pursue his first love, painting, and became a well-respected figure in American art.

Original vintage signed and inscribed ink sketch of Buster Brown on an off-white 6.75 x 5.25 sheet of his stationery, signed and inscribed, “Most sincerely yours, R. F. Outcault, To Miss Hortense Plant.” In fine condition, with a central vertical fold through a single letter of signature, not affecting image. Just the second original sketch of the beloved Buster we have seen. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Buster Brown’s creator sets sail from Germany 777. Richard Outcault. ALS signed “R. F. Outcault,” one page, 5.25 x 7, personal let-

terhead, May 27, 1904. Brief letter to a friend. In full: “I am sailing next Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock on the ‘Kronprinz’ North German Lloyd line. Will see you Sunday.” In fine condition, with some light mirroring of ink to lower half of sheet. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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classic music 779. Cellists.

778. Enrico Caruso. Vintage

3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Caruso in costume, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Miss Hortense S. Plant, souvenir, Enrico Caruso, Boston 1904.” In fine condition, with three small blocks of toning to edges and mounting remnants to reverse. RR Auction COA.…

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Collection of three vintage glossy 8 x 10 photos, each signed and inscribed in fountain pen by the cellist pictured.

Signers are: Pablo Casals, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Joseph Schuster. In very good overall condition, with noticeable creases to the Piatigorsky photo. Accompanied by a Pablo Casals calling card with a sentiment written in Casal’s hand, “with best wishes.” RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

“If I were allowed to state my preference, it would perhaps be for autographs from Paris” 780. Aloys Fuchs. Musician (1799–1853) who was one of the

greatest autograph collectors of world-renowned musicians. ALS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 5.25, August 27.

Letter about his autographs, reads, in part (translated): “”Underlined passages, paper loss This mailing consists of 3 booklets containing 6 articles on your work ‘about Gluck’ which I want you to have. It shall be up to you whether and in which way you want to compensate me for those booklets. If I were allowed to state my preference, it would perhaps be for autographs from Paris – as I have a particular fondness for things of that sort…Just one more thing that happens to be very close to my heart: Some time ago I had already asked you to obtain for me an exact copy of a particular piece by Gluck (Coro ano Aristeo) that I had given to you on the occasion of your visit to Vienna.

That very piece you had—unforgivably – presented to a lady in Frankfurt for her autograph collection. I again am asking you to do me this favor and comply with my request immediately, meaning without delay. Making this exact copy cannot possibly present any difficulties for you, as this piece is only 4 pages long…At any rate, I am imploring you to do everything necessary to obtain that copy which is extremely important to me. About this and everything else that needs to be discussed, particularly the orderly receipt of this shipment, I expect hearing from you in the very near future.” Underlined passages, paper lossto top right corner of first page, repaired tear to second page, and light show-through from writing on reverse, otherwise fine condition.RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

781. Classical Music. Collection of 24 items consisting primarily of signatures, as

well as a couple of letters, each signed by a classical musician. Signers are: Harold Bauer, Fannie Bloomfield, Cecile Chaminade, Vladimir de Pachmann (2), Pablo de Sarasate, Ania Dorfmann, Mischa Elman (2), Jean Gerardy, Arthur Hartmann (2), Joseph Hofmann (3), Bronislaw Huberman, Englebert Humperdinck, Fritz Kreisler, Jan Kubelik (2), Leo Schulz, Albert Spalding, Joseph Szigeti, and Eugene Ysaye. In overall fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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782. Wilhelm Furtwangler. Highly regarded German conductor (1886–1954) who became embroiled in controversy with the rise of the Third Reich. Though vehemently anti-Hitler, he was widely viewed as a Nazi sympathizer, which severely impacted his career. Vintage ink signature, “Wilhelm Furtwangler,” on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 picture postcard of the lobby of the Great Northern Hotel, with several other unknown signatures and notations around signature. In fine condition, with light postmarks touching first and last letter of signature and a couple corner creases.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

783. Enrique Granados. Spanish Catalan pianist and composer of classical music most well known for Goyescas.

He died tragically in 1916 when his boat was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 sheet. Granados pens four bars from ‘Danze Valencia,’ signing under the quote.

In fine condition, with a central vertical fold passing through a single letter of signature, and small mounting remnants to reverse. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

784. Alexander Gretchaninoff. Russian

composer (1864–1956) who studied with RimskyKorsakov and produced five symphonies and many other pieces of orchestral, sacred, and chamber music. AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.75 card, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, “A. Gretchaninoff, 1937.” Gretchaninoff pens five bars of slow music, which he labels as from his second quartet. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

785. Victor Herbert. Composer

(1859–1924) best known for such popular operettas as Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta. Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 8 photo by D’Rosses, signed in fountain pen, “Sincerely yours, Victor Herbert, April 1906,” with Herbert adding a two-bar AMQS from ‘Mlle. Modiste.’ In very good condition, with old tape to edges of mount, paper loss to lower corners of mount, and mild overall silvering to image, also around portion of signature. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

786. Agnes Huntington. Soprano

best known for her work in comic opera. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo

by Sarony of New York, signed at the bottom of the image in black ink, “Agnes Huntington.” In fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

787. Fritz Kreisler. Com-

poser and violin virtuoso (1875–1962). DS, one page, 6 x 7, dated at the bottom in an unknown hand June 17, 1946.

Kreisler gives Dr. Rudolf Nissen of the Le Roy Sanitarium, Inc., permission “to perform whatever operation he deems necessary upon me.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…

(MB $100)

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Quoting Puccini’s famous ‘La Boheme’ 788. Ruggero Leoncavallo. AMQS on a 4.5 x 7 off-white sheet of Savoy Hotel, London, stationery. Leoncavallo pens two bars of music and lyrics to ‘La Boheme,’ signing underneath, “R. Leoncavallo, 8. Sept. 1911.” In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold passing through a portion of signature, and a couple of stray red ink marks near signature.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Fantastic quote from his masterpiece 789. Pietro Mascagni. Italian composer (1863–1945) whose 1890 masterpiece ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ takes a place among the most beloved staples of the operatic repertoire. AMQS on an offwhite 6.5 x 4 album page. Mascagni pens four bars of music from ‘Cavalleria Rusticana,’ signing under the quote, “Pietro Mascagni, Stuttgart. 23.10.95.” In fine condition, with two small blocks of tape toning to vertical edges, which could be matted out. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

791. Bohuslav Martinu. Prolific Bohemian-

790. Joan Manen. Spanish violin virtuoso (1883–1971). Crisp AMQS on an off-white 4.25 x 3 card. Manen pens four low pitch notes, signing below, “Voila mon compositeur favori, Joan Manen, MCMXXI.” In very fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

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Czech composer (1890– 1959) of modern classical music. AMQS on an off-white 6 x 7.25 sheet.

Martinu pens four bars from his opera ‘Hry o Marii [The Miracles of Mary],’ signed below in Czech [translated], “In memory of the premiere of ‘Mary,’ B. Martinu, Prague, February 8, 1936.” In fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

792. Jules M a s s enet. ANS

in French, signed “M. Massenet,” on one of his 4 x 2.25 personal calling cards, no date, but circa 1903-04. Short 12-word untranslated note. In fine condition, with a uniform shade of mild toning and Massenet’s address underlined in red ink. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

793. Giacomo Meyerbeer. ALS in German, signed “Meyerbeer,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Letter to Mr. Brandor. In full (translated): “You would much oblige me, if you could send me the address of Mr. Rosenhain fairly soon. Count Wilkowsky, who has just arrived, asked me for it. Please allow, noble Sir, the expression of my most complete respect.” Some light staining to left edge and a pencil notation to lower left, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

794. Opera. Collection of 28 items, primarily signatures, with a few

signed photos and letters as well, each signed in ink by an opera star.

Signers are: Rose Ader, Nella Bergen, David Scull Bispham, Allesandro Bonci, Lucrezia Bori, Giuseppe Campanari, Walter Damrosch, Jefferson DeAngelis, Edouard DeReszke, Emma Eames (2), Geraldine Farrar, Johanna Gadski, Giovanni Martinelli, Margaret Matzenauer, Nellie Melba, Pol Plancon (2), Rosa Ponselle, Albert Reiss, Titta Ruffo, Fritzi Scheff, Marcella Sembrich (2), Luisa Tetrazzini, Helen Traubel, and Vesta Victoria (2). In overall very good condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

795. Music and Art. Impressive scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing

approximately 56 signed items from various 19th- and 20th- century prominent musicians and artists, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few letters. Signers include: Ignace J. Paderewski, Leonard Bernstein, Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Josef Hofmann, Jan Kubelik, Rudolf Friml, Franz Lehar (AMQS), Irving Berlin, Ira Gershwin, Grandma Moses, Norman Rockwell, Charles Dana Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy, Thomas Nast, Robert Ripley, and Rube Goldberg. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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799. Ignace J. Paderewski. Polish

796. Vitezslav Novak.

Important Czech composer (1870–1949) who was a leading figure in the Neo-Romanticism movement. AMQS on an off-white 6 x 7.25 sheet.

Novak pens two bars from his opera ‘Deduv odkaz,’ signed below, “V. Novak, 1938.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

797. Sig Romberg.

Wilner-Romberg Corp. business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Romberg and his partner Max Wilner, payable to J. Miller for $15, December 9, 1919. In fine condition, with expected bank stamps and cancellation holes, none affecting the crisp, clean signature area. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

Hartsook portrait of the popular Polish pianist

798. Ignace J. Paderewski. Stunning vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 Hartsook portrait of Paderewski affixed to its original 11 x 13.75 mount, crisply signed on the mount in black ink, “I. J. Paderewski.”

Affixed within its original presentation folder. In fine condition. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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pianist, composer, and politician (1860–1941) whose abounding talent and personal magnetism made him one of the most popular virtuosi of all time. AMQS on an offwhite 4.5 x 7 note card.

Paderewski pens four intricate bars of music from ‘Variations and Fugue, Op 23,’ signed at the bottom, “With every good wish of I. J. Paderewski, November 1907.” In fine condition, with a bit of mild toning and a small block of tape toning to top edge, far away from quote and signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

800. Arthur Rubinstein.

Program from a Rubenstein concert presented by Hurok, 9 x 12, signed and inscribed in ballpoint, “To Charles Goldman, with all the best, Arthur Rubenstein,” with Rubenstein signing vertically.

Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 16.5. In very good condition, with inscription fairly light, but still legible, some mild rippling, and dampstaining over a portion of signature and inscription.

This performance was part of his US farewell concert tour—Boston’s Symphony Hall was his next to last appearance, and he closed with NYC’s Carnegie Hall a few days later.RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

801. John Philip Sousa. Crisp ink signature, “John Philip Sousa,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 card. In fine condition, with old tape remnant along top edge which could be matted out. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

802. Richard Strauss. ALS in

German, one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, January 3, 1939. Letter to Dr. Ulbrich, the General Manager at the Prussian State Theater in Kassel. In full (translated): “Dear Sir and General Manager of the Theater, My wife and I thank you cordially for your kind New Year’s wishes, which we hereby return. My son still raves about the performance of my new one-act works, for the high quality of both its musicality as well as its staging, and he had made me particularly curious about the successful solution for the garden of trees.

Would you have a few pictures of the staging so that I can take pleasure at least in the representation?” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

803. Igor Stravinsky. Signed book: The Face of the

World. First edition. NY: John Day Company. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 11, 250 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page, “To dearest Leon from Vera & I Stravinsky, July 1958.” Autographic condition is fine with a bit of scattered light toning. Book condition: VG/ VG-. Blue and black cloth-covered boards; light wear to edges (mostly at corners and spine-ends); slightly shelfcocked (binding still strong); textblock edges slightly yellowed. Dust jacket has chips/tears and creases along edges and folds; two horizontal tears across spine and two slightly larger tears along spine-edges; moderately soiled and yellowed, darkest along spine. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

804. Igor Stravinsky. ALS

in French, signed “I Stravinsky,” one page both sides, 5 x 5.5, October 15, 1944. Crisply penned letter written to the famous violinist Samuel Dushkin. Translated in full: “Have you seen and read the piece about the Louvre in ‘Life’ of 2nd October? There is a photograph showing a discussion at the Louvre, in front of the Mona Lisa’s empty frame (page 94). On the following page you will find Niki trampling with the American ballet in Paris. Isn’t that remarkable?” In fine condition.Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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805. Igor Stravinsky. Vintage ball-

808. Arturo To s c a n i n i .

point signature, “I Stravinsky, New York, Dec 15/57,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.75 sheet. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

Vintage ink signature, “Arturo Toscanini, 1-9-06,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…

(MB $100)

806. Luisa Tetrazzini. Immensely popular Italian operatic soprano (1871–1940) renowned for the acrobatic skill of her brilliant coloratura voice. Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.5 photo affixed to its original 10 x 13 mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Miss Gilbert, souvenir from Luisa Tetrazzini, San Diego 1921.” In fine condition, with some light creasing and mounting remnants to mount, as well some paper loss to the mount’s lower right corner. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100) 807. Arturo Toscanini. Pre-printed 6.75

x 4.25 card with a message offering thanks for a contribution to the Philharmonic- Symphony Society Campaign Fund, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Arturo Toscanini, New York, Feb 26—1934.” There is a 1.75 x 2.75 photo of the conductor affixed to the left of the printed greeting.

Small tape remnants to three edges, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

809. Violinists: Menuhin and Kreisler. Two

photos: one 4 x 6 mattefinish photo signed and inscribed in blue ink by Yehudi Menuhin; and one glossy 8 x 10 photo signed and inscribed in white ink by Fritz Kreisler. In overall fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

810. Bruno Walter. TLS, one page, 7 x 8.5, Park Lane letterhead, February 12, 1957.

Walter sends his thanks to a supporter. In part, “It makes me very happy to learn that Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony— a work which is so very dear to my heart—could prove its eloquence in the concerts of the past week.” In fine condition.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

811. Eugene Ysaye. Belgian violin virtuoso, composer, and conductor (1858–1931) known as ‘The King of the Violin.’ AMQS on an off-white 6.5 x 4 sheet. Ysaye pens three bars of an unidentified work, making two notations above the quote, and signing underneath, “E. Ysaye, Stuttgart, Mars 1894.”

In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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contemporary music 812. Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton. Fantastic vintage glossy 10 x 8 publicity photo of Armstrong blowing his trumpet, signed in fountain pen, “Louis Armstrong, Satchmo,” and “Vera Middleton.” In fine condition, with mild scattered surface bends and slight irregular adhesion to Armstong’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Complete Badfinger album from a 1972 sound check

813. Badfinger. No Dice album signed on the gatefold in ballpoint, “Love, Mike x,” “To Zig, Thanks, Pete Ham,” “Tom Evans,” and “To Zig, With love & luck, Joey.” In fine condition, with some light wear to edges and covers. The record is not included.

Accompanied by a typed letter of provenance from the original recipient of the signatures who obtained them at the band’s concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York on February 3, 1972, where the band signed for the theatre employee after their sound check. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Immaculate set of signatures from their April 1963 stop in Croydon 814. Beatles. Vintage ballpoint signatures, “Love, Paul McCartney (Beatles),” “George Harrison,” “Ringo Starr xxx,” and “John Lennon,” on a light green 4.5 x 4 album page. Page is still contained in its original hardcover autograph album, and signatures were acquired at Fairfield Hall in Croydon, on April 25, 1963.

Abum is also signed inside by Gerry Marsden, Billy J. Kramer, Cliff Richard, and Bruce Welch. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a typed note from the original recipient and certificate of authenticity from Tracks. The Beatles were in Croydon on this date playing a concert at Fairfield Halls. The show was promoted as ‘The Merseybeat Showcase’ and The Beatles headlined a bill which also featured Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Big Three. As pristine a set of Fab Four signatures as you will find signed just after the release of ‘Please Please Me’ and the eruption of Beatlemania. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000) | 159

John, Paul, and Ringo make a stop on the Magical Mystery Tour 815.

Beatles.

Vintage ballpoint signatures, “Paul McCartney,” “Ringo Starr,” and “John Lennon,” on the reverse of an off-white 5 x 6 sheet of Aladdin Pink paraffin stationery; and a ballpoint signature, “George Harrison xxx,” on an off-white 3 x 2 slip. Collector’s notation on larger sheet reads, “The Beatles call at Camel Cross 15/9/67, 4/30 pm.” In fine condition, with a well done repair to the reverse of the central horizontal fold on the stationery. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, as well as a printed letter of provenance which states, in part: “On the 15th of September 1967 the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ bus pulled into the garage where I worked…At the same time a Rolls Royce pulled onto the forecourt and out stepped John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. I asked for their autographs and they duly obliged…Unfortunately, George Harrison was asleep on the tour bus.” Also accompanied by a color 14 x 11 photo of the band.

Signatures of the band from this time period are quite scarce, as the band had stopped touring the year before. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $1000)

Early promo card from George and John 816. Beatles: Lennon and Harrison. Vintage Beatles deckle-edge

promo card, 3.25 x 5.25, featuring an early image of the band on the front, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint, “George Harrison,” and in blue ballpoint, “John Lennon.” Signatures date from 1963–64. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Never-before-seen 1967 candid image taken outside Abbey Road Studios 817. Beatles: John Lennon. Unique color vintage satin-finish 3 x 3 candid photo of Lennon standing outside the entrance to Abbey Road Studios in London in 1967, wearing a Sgt. Pepper-inspired psychedelic outfit, signed in black ballpoint the same year, “John Lennon, love x.” Photo is affixed to a 4.5 x 4.5 mount and doublematted to an overall size of 7.75 x 8. In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges to photo. Given the date, at the time of this photo was taken, Lennon was most likely entering or exiting a Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club recording session—one of the greatest music albums of all time. Any signed photo of Lennon from this time period is quite uncommon, with this particular image offered for the first time. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/ REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Inscribed to Epstein’s secret lover 818. Beatles: John Lennon. Signed

book: In His Own Write. First edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7, 78 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “To Diz, You’re a great TURN, good God, from, John Lennon,” with “Lennon” struck through. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G+/None.

Navy paper-covered boards; edges rubbed, with small tears at corners and spine-ends; laminate over exterior wrinkled/bubbled; textblock edges yellowed with few light spots of foxing; all pages attached, but binding glue brittle and cracking. Provenance: Christie’s, December 4, 2006.

Lennon personally gifted and inscribed this book to Dizz Gillespie (not the trumpeter) when he visited Lennon’s home, Kenwood, in Weybridge, Surrey. Brian Epstein had met Gillespie at a party in Los Angeles in 1964 during the Beatles second tour of the US and subsequently brought him back to London, where he signed him to NEMS as an aspiring actor and singer—in reality, Gillespie was his surreptitious partner. Epstein’s homosexuality was not public knowledge, but an open secret among his inner circle—and something that Lennon occasionally badgered him about. The word “turn” in Lennon’s inscription seems to be a case of clever wordplay, which could mean either ‘a showman’ or allude to ‘turning a trick.’ The relationship between Epstein and Gillespie quickly turned sour, with Gillespie attempting blackmail and becoming unpredictably violent. An incredibly unique piece with a terrific association within the Beatles inner circle. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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819. Beatles: John Lennon. Excellent ballpoint

signature, “John Lennon,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.75 slip. Slip is affixed to an 8 x 10.25 piece of red cardstock with a color photo of Lennon affixed to the top. In fine condition, with Dymo labels around three sides of slip.

Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Lennon obliges a fan in 1980 with a lovable self-portrait caricature 820. Beatles: John Lennon. Felt tip signature, “Thanks again, lots of love, John Lennon ’80,” adding a great self-portrait caricature under his signature, on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard (postmarked 3/4/1980).

The postcard has been completely laminated. In fine condition, with a couple of expected light bends. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/ REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

821. Beatles: Paul McCartney. A set of 10 color 7 x 7 promo cards for the release of the Beatles One album, one signed in black felt tip by McCartney. A larger unsigned header card is also included. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Consignor notes that the signature was acquired outside of the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on July 25, 2003. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/ REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

822. Beatles: Paul McCartney. A seven-inch picture disc for ‘Beautiful Night,’ signed on the disc in black felt tip. Accompanied by unsigned picture discs of ‘The World Tonight,’ and ‘Young Boy.’ In fine condition. Consignor indicates signature was acquired in person at the Liverpool Airport on July 27, 2001. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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823. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Parlophone 45 rpm record of ‘Yesterday/I Should Have Known Better,’ signed in black felt tip on the image side of the sleeve. In fine condition. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

824. Irving Berlin. TLS signed

“Irving,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Paramount Pictures letterhead, August 8, 1945. Letter to George Cohen.

In part: “I have an early date with one of my children to take her out and I didn’t want to keep her waiting. I know you will forgive me for rushing off.” In fine condition, with filing holes to the top and a pencil office notation to bottom.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

826. Duke Ellington. Sign-

up card for patrons of the famous Cotton Club, 6 x 3.75, signed on the reverse in pencil

by Ellington. In fine condition, with blocks of toning to borders from previous display. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

Exquisite and highly sought-after Concert of the Century presentation, featuring Bernstein and Horowitz

825. Carnegie Hall. Signed book: The Concert of the Century at Carnegie Hall. Limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 339). NY: Carnegie Hall Society, 1977. Softcover with custom slipcase, 12 x 12. Signed in black ink under their respective full page images by Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Isaac Stern. Book is complete with its two albums and presentation folio. In fine condition. A magnificent production, issued to commemorate the famous concert-celebration held by the Carnegie Hall Society on Tuesday, May 18, 1976, in honor of the 85th anniversary of Carnegie Hall and seldom available for sale. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Rare souvenir photo album featuring some of country’s finest, including Cline, Cash, and Perkins

827. Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash. Vin-

tage pocketsized photo album of ‘Country & Western’ stars distributed by the KFDI radio station, 3.5 x 5, signed and inscribed in red ballpoint on the page with Cline’s image, “To Connie— best of luck.

Thanks, Patsy Cline,” and on Cash’s page in blue ballpoint, “Johnny Cash.” Also signed on the reverse of the first page in blue ballpoint by Carl Perkins, Johnny Western, George Jones, Gordon Terry, and Georgie Riddle. In fine condition, with some slight staining to the cover. Precertified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Epstein signs Billy J. Kramer to NEMS 828. Brian Epstein and Billy J. Kramer. DS, seven

pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11, February 1, 1963. William Ashton, who is “desirous of performing as a singer to be known as ‘Billy Kramer,’” signs on to be represented by Epstein’s NEMS Enterprises. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen

by Epstein, “Brian Epstein,” in black ink by his brother as secretary, “Clive Epstein,” and in ballpoint by Kramer with his given name, “W. Ashton,” and his father, “O. Ashton.” Document is bound with ribbon into its original paper folder. In fine condition.

Kramer, who added ‘J’ as a middle initial at the suggestion of John Lennon, quickly rose to stardom with a number two hit on the UK charts with the release of his cover of the Beatles’s ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret?’ in April 1963. An interesting and historically important document in the the context of the ‘British Invasion.’ Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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829. George Gershwin. Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75,

filled out in another hand and signed by Gershwin, payable to Lennox Hill Hospital for $90.50, April 10, 1932.

In very good to fine condition, with a central vertical fold, cancellation holes and stamps, some lightly affecting the signature, and a small tear to bottom edge. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The Dead legend presents his art to a music executive 830. Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia. Color limited edition 14.5

x 11.25 print entitled ‘Landscape,’ numbered 81/300, signed in the lower border in pencil by Garcia, and also signed and inscribed in black ink to music executive Michael Kleffner, “To Kleffner—yo! Jerry Garcia.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 16.5. In very fine condition. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“The number, I Love You Honey, is selling good in Detroit” 831. John Lee Hooker. LS in pencil, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, September

10, 1958. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I am sending you something for you to see, showing you it’s serious, and I know you will take it under consideration…The number, I Love You Honey, is selling good in Detroit, send us 3 seventy eights, and four forty fives.” Some paper loss to the upper and lower edges (affecting only the address), otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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832. John Lee Hooker. Cashier’s voucher, 6 x 4, one page, November 29, 1962. Receipt for a $10 payment for “petty cash expenses,” signed at the conclusion in red ballpoint. In fine condition. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

833. Jerome Kern. Personal check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Kern, “Jerome D. Kern,” payable to Huff Dreyer & Co. for $35, April 17, 1939. In fine condition, with expected cancellation holes (barely affecting the top of the ‘J’). Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

834. Madonna. Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed

by Madonna, “Madonna Ciccone,” payable to Lydia’s Nails for $115, August 30, 1988. In the memo field, Madonna added that it is a payment for “wax, manicure.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left and an expected bank stamp. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare signature from the reggae legend 835. Bob Marley. Large felt tip signature, “All the Best, Bob Marley,” on an off-white 5.75 x 4 card. In fine condition. Without a doubt one of the cleanest examples we have encountered.

Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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After some time to cool down, ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’ withdraws a claim against fellow musician Fred Skinner 837. Charles Mingus. DS, signed “Charles Mingus, Jr,” one page, 8.25 x 11, May 5, 1941.

Document sent to the Board of Directors of his union. In full: “I herewith request permission of the Board to withdraw the claim which I have filed against Fred Skinner, relative to the Café Capri engagement. Thanking you in advance, I remain Fraternally yours.” Document has been witnessed with a stamped signature of Florence Cadrez, who also writes at the top, “5-5-41 Board granted permission for withdrawal of claim. F. Cadrez.” In very good condition, with scattered toning, a bit heavier to edges and a few small edge tears. Accompanied by a photocopy of Mingus’s claim. The initial claim to which Mingus refers was filed on April 25th and states that he was hired to play with Fred Skinner’s Band at Billy Berg’s Club Capri for one week, but after an argument with Skinner, was fired. He claims that he was only paid for five days and is due payment for the final two. Two weeks after filing the claim, Mingus presumably calmed down and decided to drop the claim rather than fortify the wall between himself and yet another fellow musician. Also signed by the union’s recording secretary, jazz composer and pianist Florence Cadrez, a celebrity in her own right, this document captures the calm after the storm—a moment of retreat from the jazz legend who lived on the attack. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Twice-signed with her given name in 1965, at the birth of her US folk career 838. Joni Mitchell. Rare DS, signed “Joan Anderson” and “Joan S. Anderson,” one

page both sides, 6 x 8.75, July 2, 1965. AFTRA membership application, filled out by Mitchell who lists her “professional name” as “Joan Anderson,” and her “legal name” as “Joan S. Anderson,” as well an address in Pacific Palisades. The rest is filled out by her representative, “Gregg Smith,” listing her occupation as “Singer” and gross income as between $0 and $2000. An AFTRA office receipt is stapled to the top. In fine to very fine condition. An especially interesting document, as union dues were part of what drove her to the United States—as a young folk singer in Toronto, Mitchell couldn’t afford the $160 union fee required to play at the most profitable locations along the vibrant folk circuit and so was relegated to less popular venues. She married Chuck Mitchell in June 1965, taking his surname. An especially early document signed twice with her given name, this is a truly spectacular find. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare full set of early signatures from the Bath Pavilion, April 10, 1967 839. Pink Floyd. Vintage felt tip signatures and inscription, “Love to

Pam—Rog,” “Syd xx,” “Rick x,” and “Nick xxx,” on a light blue 4 x 2.5 album page, bearing a collector’s notation indicating that it was signed at the Bath Pavilion on April 10, 1967. In fine condition. Accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Roger Epperson/REAL and Tracks. RR Auction COA.…

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Bop Session with Charlie Parker

840. Charlie Parker. Vintage ink signature, “Charlie Parker,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.75 card affixed to a sleeve inside an album set entitled ‘Bop Session with Charlie Parker,’ consisting of three 78 rpm records released by the Swedish Metronome label.

Signature in fine condition; album has some splitting at spine and one of the records is cracked, otherwise very good condition.

Between the rare signature and album, this represents a key piece to any jazz collection.

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Unique candid photos of a young Elvis outside his Audubon Drive home 841. Elvis Presley. Color satin-finish 4.25 x 3 candid photo of a woman standing out in front of Presley’s home at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint. Reverse also bears a partial date notation of the 1950s in an unknown hand. In fine condition, with lightly trimmed edges, and surface impression to image from Presley’s signature. Accompanied by two other candid glossy photos, both approximately 3 x 3, one of Elvis in front of his home, dressed in a policeman’s hat and badge and holding up a megaphone, with female fans mobbing the singer in one photo. Presley used the royalties he earned from ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’ to purchase the home on Audubon Drive. Most likely a never-before-seen trio of unpublished photos showing Elvis’s lighter side and interaction with the fans who would make him a legend. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Dashing 1961 portrait 842. Elvis Presley. Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9 photo of a young Elvis in a sports

jacket, circa 1961, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “To Barbara from Elvis Presley.” Attractively suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 18.25. In fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming, Bonhams, 2011. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Incredible late-1950s twice-signed publicity photo including the ‘Blue Moon Boys’

843. Elvis Presley.

Early vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Presley, signed on the front in red ink as well as on the reverse in pencil. Also signed on the reverse in various inks and pencil by Jimmy Day, Bill Black, Floyd Cramer, Scotty Moore, Rufus Thibodeaux, and one other. In very good condition, with overall creases and some show-through impressions from signatures to reverse.

Elvis was active with Black and Moore as the ‘Blue Moon Boys’ from 1954 to 1957. A fantastic item from the early days of rock ’n’ roll. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Amazing collection of Stones’ Circus attendees including Lennon, Ono, Clapton, original Who members, and the host band themselves 844. Rolling Stones Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus.

A fantastic collection of signatures acquired during the filming of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, all acquired at the InterTel Studios in London on December 10 and 11, 1968. Signers are: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on a 2.5 x 4 beige album page, signed on the reverse

by Marianne Faithfull; ballpoint signatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts on individual 2.5 x 4 album pages, ballpoint signatures of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon on individual 4 x 4.5 pages; signatures of Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman on a 4.5 x 4 page, signed on the reverse by Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green; and signatures of Traffic’s Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi, and Marianne Faithfull on either side of a 4 x 4.5 album page.

In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. A truly marvelous collection of signatures from a significant rock and roll event. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/ REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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848. Andres Segovia. Two one-page TLSs to Maynard Goldman,

845. The Who: John Entwistle. Four limited edition lithographs, all 20 x 30, all four numbered 136/350, each depicting a caricature of the original members of the Who, each signed in pencil by Entwistle.

In fine condition, with a few creases to lower left corners. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

one signed “With warm congratulation for you, Andres Segovia,” measuring 6.5 x 4.5, dated May 18, 1976; and one measuring 8.5 x 11, dated September 10, 1976, in part: “It seems I am in debt to Hurok Concerts Inc., for 3,914,55. It is the first time my concert in the Avery Fisher Hall does not cover the other expenses. Of course, no difficulty in paying you that sum.” Both letters are double-matted together with a portrait of Segovia, to an overall size of 22.5 x 18. In fine condition, with a corner crease to smaller letter and central horizontal and vertical folds to larger letter. RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

846. U2. Superb glossy 10 x 8 photo of the group in their younger days, signed in blue and black felt tip by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen. In very fine condition.

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Clapton’s Yardbirds less than a month before he left the band 847. Yardbirds. Vintage ballpoint signatures of Eric Clapton, Keith Relf, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and Paul Samwell-Smith on both sides of an off-white 6 x 5 album page.

In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling. Accompanied by a copied letter of provenance from the original recipient who has copied her diary entry from March 2, 1965, when she met the band before and after a performance, which would be one of Clapton’s last with the band. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.

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849. Louis Armstrong

850. Chuck Berry

851. Blues Legends

852. Donovan

853. Ira Gershwin MB $100

854. Jimi Hendrix: Gypsy Sun and Rainbows

855. The Hooters

856. Michael Jackson

857. KISS: Ace Frehley

858. Kris Kristofferson

859. Kris Kristofferson

860. Alvin Lee

861. The Left Banke

862. Annie Lennox

863. Liberace

864. Love

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865. Lovin’ Spoonful

866. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Friends

867. Steve Miller

868. Bonnie Raitt

869. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers

870. Diana Ross

871. Grace Slick

872. Bruce Springsteen

873. The Turtles MB $100

874. The Who: Townshend and Talmy

875. The Who: Pete Townshend

876. John Williams

877. Woodstock

878. Alice Cooper

879. Beach Boys

880. Beatles: Klaus Voormann

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881. Jeff Beck

882. Cheap Trick

883. Eric Clapton

884. Leonard Cohen

885. Creedence Clearwater Revival

886. The Doors: Manzarek and Krieger

887. Grateful Dead: Tom Constanten

888. Hall and Oates

889. Hawkshaw Hawkins MB $100

890. Jimi Hendrix: Gypsy Sun and Rainbows

891. Michael Jackson

892. Jefferson Starship

893. Kenny Loggins

894. Lynyrd Skynyrd

895. The Police

896. The Ramones

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897. Rush

898. Del Shannon

899. Patti Smith

900. Roosevelt Sykes

901. Joe Walsh MB $100

902. The Who: Pete Townshend

903. Aerosmith

904. Aerosmith: Steven Tyler

905. Gregg Allman

906. Beach Boys

907. Beatles: Pete Best

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909. Beatles: White and Best

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910. Beatles: Andy White

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908. Beatles: Louise Harrison

911. Leonard Bernstein

912. Andrea Bocelli

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913. British Rock

914. Dave Brubeck

915. The Byrds Reunion

916. Composers

917. Composers

918. Aaron Copland

919. Neil Diamond

920. Champion Jack Dupree

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921. Fillmore East MB $100

925. Johnny Green MB $100

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922. Fleetwood Mac MB $200

926. Heart MB $100

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923. Foghat MB $100

927. Buddy Holly Bandmates MB $100

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924. Grateful Dead: Tom Constanten MB $100

928. Jefferson Airplane MB $100

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929. B. B. King MB $100

930. KISS MB $100

931. Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas

932. Cyndi Lauper

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933. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page

934. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

935. John Lennon Tribute

936. Hermann Lohr

937. Loverboy

938. Lovin’ Spoonful

939. Lynyrd Skynyrd

940. Lynyrd Skynyrd

941. Marilyn Manson

942. Bob Marley’s Wailers

943. Motown

944. Musicians

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946. Carl Perkins

945. Musicians MB $100

949. The Ramones MB $100

953. Scorpions

947. Pink Floyd: Roger Waters

948. Iggy Pop and the Stooges

950. The Ramones

951. Jimmy Rogers

952. Henry Rollins and Shepard Fairey

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954. Grace Slick

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957. Dimitri Tiomkin MB $100

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955. Songwriters and Arrangers

956. Survivor

958. U2: Bono and Edge

959. UFO

960. The Who: Pete Townshend

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Merv Griffin Show contracts, dating from its 1960/1970 season at New York City’s Cort Theater The Merv Griffin Show was one of television’s most beloved classic talk shows, running for nearly 24 years, from October 1962 to September 1986. The show hosted scores of important guests—approximately 25,000—a veritable ‘who’s who’ of the times. Not only did four US presidents appear, but a wide array of icons spanning many fields, including Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Johnny Cash, Andy Warhol, and Muhammad Ali. Over the course of its historic run, the show won twelve Emmys and was nominated for an additional ten.

It all began with an afternoon talk show that was canceled in 1965, leading the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company to offer Griffin a syndicated version of The Merv Griffin Show; the show was broadcast from the ‘Little Theater’ off Times Square and aired at various times across the country. Four years later, in 1969, CBS offered Griffin a network opportunity for his show which was broadcast from the Cort Theater on 48th St. The show stayed in New York until the fall of 1970, when the decision was made to move to California and air the show against Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show.

The contracts that follow date from the show’s CBS time period at the Cort Theater, and they were left behind when the production packed up to move to Los Angeles. The variety of names personifies the far reaching effects of the show: from Louis Armstrong to Natalie Wood, Wally Schirra to Twiggy, Peter Lawford to Joe Frazier, and Dizzy Gillespie to Lucille Ball, many legendary names are here. In addition to the sixty individual documents, we also have more than a dozen large collections of over 50 documents each—covering every week from August 1969 to August 1970—a worthy prize for any collector looking for nostalgic reminiscing!

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962. Muhammad Ali

963. Woody Allen

964. Ann-Margret

965. Louis Armstrong

966. Desi Arnaz

967. Lucille Ball

968. Tony Bennett

969. Jack Benny

970. Ingrid Bergman

971. Brook Benton

972. Busby Berkeley

973. James Brown

974. Jim Brown

975. George Burns

976. Al Capp

977. George Carlin

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978. Richard Castellano

979. Joan Crawford

980. Rodney Dangerfield

981. Dizzy Dean

982. Clint Eastwood

983. Henry Fonda

984. Joe Frazier

985. Dizzy Gillespie

986. Van Heflin

987. Hugh Hefner

988. Charlton Heston

989. Bob Hite

990. Abbie Hoffman

991. Anissa Jones

992. Gene Kelly

993. Coretta Scott King

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994. Evel Knievel

995. Hedy Lamarr

996. Michael Landon

997. Peter Lawford

998. Liberace

999. Little Richard

1000. Groucho Marx

1001. Sal Mineo

1002. Ralph Nader

1003. Joe Namath

1004. Rick Nelson

1005. Satchel Paige

1006. Jack Palance

1007. Anthony Perkins

1008. Vincent Price

1009. Richard Pryor

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1011. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

1012. Wally Schirra

1013. Robert Shaw

1014. Sonny and Cher

1015. Sly Stone

1016. Twiggy

1017. Miyoshi Umeki

1018. Karl Wallenda

1019. Ted Williams

1020. Natalie Wood

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1023. The Merv Griffin Show: August 1969 Approximately 41 Contracts MB $200

1021. Max Yasgur MB $100

1022. Gig Young MB $100

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1024. The Merv Griffin Show: September 1969 Approximately 122 Contracts MB $200

1026. The Merv Griffin Show: November 1969 Approximately 101 Contracts MB $200

1025. The Merv Griffin Show: October 1969 Approximately 115 Contracts MB $200

1027. The Merv Griffin Show: December 1969 Approximately 148 Contracts MB $200

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1028. The Merv Griffin Show: January 1970 Approximately 119 Contracts

1029. The Merv Griffin Show: February 1970 Approximately 128 Contracts

1030. The Merv Griffin Show: March 1970 Approximately 129 Contracts

1031. The Merv Griffin Show: April 1970 Approximately 138 Contracts

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1032. The Merv Griffin Show: May 1970 Approximately 77 Contracts

1033. The Merv Griffin Show: June 1970 Approximately 135 Contracts

1034. The Merv Griffin Show: July 1970 Approximately 114 Contracts

1035. The Merv Griffin Show: August 1970 Approximately 145 Contracts

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classic entertainment A cavalcade of stars, including Lugosi, Lahr, and Berlin 1065.

Actors and Actresses.

Vintage hardcover autograph album, 6 x 4.75, signed inside in ink and pencil by over 120 classic film and stage stars, many inscribed with lengthy sentiments, and most pages signed on both sides. Signers include: Bela Lugosi, Bert Lahr, Irving Berlin, Trixie Friganza, Frances Langford, Florence Earle, Vincente Minnelli, Jack Dempsey, Rudy Vallee, and Beatrice Lillie. Dates on the signatures range from 1928 to 1932. In very good condition, with scattered foxing and toning throughout the album. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1066. Ethel Barrymore. Vintage 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Barrymore in a hat and overcoat, signed in black ink. In fine condition, with some small mounting remnants on reverse. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1067. Ingrid Bergman.

Vintage satin-finish 8 x 10 three-quarter length photo, signed in fountain pen, “Ingrid Bergman—1947.” In very good condition, with a vertical crease to left border, scattered surface dings and impressions to top and bottom portions of image, and some mild edge rippling.

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1068. Dan B l o c k e r.

Rare portrait of ‘Hoss’ Cartwright

Rare glossy 8 x 10 photo of Blocker as his Bonanza c h a r a c t e r, ‘Hoss’ Cartwright, signed and inscribed in purple ballpoint “My very best always to Barbara Ann, Dan Blocker, Hoss.” In fine condition, with signature a shade light due to a bit of skipping, but well contrasted against the light background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Scarce pairing of Bogie and Bacall 1069. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Vintage fountain

pen signatures, “Lauren Bacall Bogart,” and “Humphrey Bogart,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 slip affixed to a 6 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Bogie signature of epic size 1070. Humphrey Bogart. Vintage ballpoint

signature, “Humphrey Bogart,” headed at the top in an unknown hand, “July 14—1954—Bastille Day,” on a light green 10 x 2 guest book page. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 17.25. In fine condition, with the signature measuring an impressive 9.5˝ long.

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Uncommon Universal portrait as Count Alucard 1071. Lon Chaney, Jr. Creepy vintage 8 x 10 Universal publicity photo for Son of Dracula, signed in black felt tip. Scattered light creases to the corners and background, and a few fingerprints, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

“In making the TV serial (Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans) we fought more Indians in 36 episodes than Custer did in his last stand” 1072. Lon Chaney, Jr. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 12, 1969. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Thank you for your recent letter regarding your project—history of the sound serial…I am, myself, compiling material to be used in a forthcoming book—a pictorial anthology of 100 years of Chaneys in the world of entertainment…Up until about ten years ago, when my cracked bones, torn ligaments and pinched nerves started to tell me something, I had done all my own stuntwork…most of the old serials depended heavily on physical action…As a matter of fact…in making the TV serial (Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans) we fought more Indians in 36 episodes than Custer did in his last stand…What do I like making the most? Good pictures, of course. What ever the character I play, I try to make him believable and sufficiently sympathetic that an audience will ‘warm up’ to him.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the return mailing label, filled out in another hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1075. Charlie Chaplin. Vin-

1073. Lon Chaney, Jr. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Lon Chaney,”

on the reverse of a light brown 3.5 x 1.25 train ticket. In fine condition, with a small tear to bottom edge affecting nothing. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

tage ink signature, “Faithfully, Charlie Chaplin,” on an offwhite 5.5 x 3.5 album page. In fine condition.

Accompanied by the address panel of the original mailing envelope, postmarked April 15, 1929. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1076. Charlie Chaplin. Vintage

1074. Lon Chaney, Jr. Very nice vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 studio publicity photo of Chaney sporting a thin moustache, signed vertically in thick black felt tip. In fine and exceptionally clean condition. Precertified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

fountain pen signature, “Faithfully, Charlie Chaplin, 1932,” on a light pink album page.

Quadruple-matted and framed with a small color reproduction poster for The Kid, to an overall size of 12.25 x 19.5. In fine condition, with a light vertical fold through the “C” in Chaplin, and a light horizontal fold above signature, with neither detracting from the bold appearance of the signature and sentiment. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1077. Dorothy Dandridge. DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, January 9, 1962. Agreement between Dandridge

and Vanadas Productions for her to “render services…in the role of ‘Norma Sherman’ in a photoplay produced primarily for exhibition over free television, the working title of which is now ‘Blues for a Junkman,’” at a weekly salary of $2500. Two riders are stapled to the document. Signed at the conclusion

by Dandridge and the producer. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1078. Robert DeNiro. One lined sheet of DeNiro’s world geography homework, 6.25 x 7, signed at the top.

DeNiro writes about cartography, in part: “The purpose of a map is to locate something. All maps are called projection maps. A map used for the ocean is called a Mercator projection map. The shape of the earth is called a sphere. When you divide the sphere in half they are called hemispheres.” Attractively cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of DeNiro to an overall size of 13.75 x 26. In fine condition. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Distinguished portrait of the comedic icon 1079. W. C. Fields. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Bill Bessette, sincere good wishes always, W. C. Fields.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed vertical edges and a bit of light dampstaining to lower left corner tip. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1080. Entertainment.

Huge scrapbook, 10 x 12, containing approximately 178 signed items from various 20th century entertainers, consisting primarily of ink signatures on individual affixed cards along with a few photos. Signers include: Orson Welles, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, Mae West (2), Bert Lahr, Bette Davis, Fred Astaire, Edwin Booth, Henry Irving, Richard Mansfield, Lotta Crabtree, Lionel Barrymore, George Arliss, Sophie Tucker, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Tallulah Bankhead, Helen Hayes, Claudette Colbert, Deborah Kerr, Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Francis X. Bushman, Maurice Chevalier, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Feodor Chaliapin, Geraldine Farrar, and Marian Anderson. Signed items in overall fine condition, with various scattered toning; scrapbook in very good condition, with various loose and clipped pages. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200) | 189

1082. Errol Flynn. Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25,

filled out in type and signed by Flynn, payable to Dr. Frank G. Nolan for $349.00, March 11, 1946. In fine condition, with cancellation holes and stamps to body, none affecting the clean signature area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Lashing out at the studio head: “The North of Ireland, having been well bombed, has not so far received one penny from any British war relief”

1083. Errol Flynn. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, personal

letterhead, no date but circa 1941. Letter to Jack Warner. In part: “On account of production on this picture I cancelled a Lux radio for which I had permission. Now I get, for the same permission, a show on either the 19th or 26 of May—by which time this picture should have been well over…J. Walter Thomson have kept the 26th for me. May I keep it or not? With regard to the Greek relief I think I intimated to you before that I consider my charitable contributions of such a highly personal nature that I keenly resent pressure…since the North of Ireland, having been well bombed, has not so far received one penny from any British war relief I am henceforth sending my contributions there direct.” In fine condition, with a puncture to the upper left (not affecting any text). It seems that Flynn’s request was granted, as he appeared on Lux Radio Theatre’s ‘Virginia City’ episode on May 26, 1941. A fascinating letter which displays Flynn’s affinity for the underdog and the increasingly strained relationship between him and Warner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Incredibly striking, iconic oversized Bull portrait 1084. Clark Gable. Dashing vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 portrait of Gable by Clarence Sinclair Bull, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Miss Claubert, Best of luck, Always, Clark Gable.” In fine condition, with a few scattered creases and impressions (one crease touching the top of the inscription). Accompanied by a copy of the text from the original transmittal letter, which was dated October 23, 1934, in part: “I am sending you a photograph of Clark Gable…for the younger Klauber girl…he insisted that she should have a French name, and so spelled it ‘Claubert.’ Believe it or not, but this was done personally by Clark Gable himself.” An outstanding portrait of the actor with a superlative signature and adorable backstory. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Extremely rare 1948 tax withholding form additionally signed “Frances Gumm” 1085. Judy Garland. Scarce DS, signed “Frances Gumm,” and “Judy Garland,” one page, both sides, 8.5 x 9, May 27, 1948. Garland’s 1948 tax withholding form, filled out almost entirely in her hand, signed by Garland at the center, “Frances Gumm,” and at the bottom “Judy Garland.” She has filled out the document with the exception of her place of birth and another Gumm signature to the left of hers, in another hand. In fine condition, with first letter of Garland’s signature a bit light and a slightly trimmed top edge. Garland did not legally change her name until 1967, therefore her official MGM paychecks and forms are in her legal birth name of Frances Gumm.

This is only the second such document we have seen signed with her rare given name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1086. Judy Garland. DS, signed “Judy Garland Luft,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, August 14, 1957. Garland signs for traveler’s checks from A. Morgan Maree, Jr. In full, “Received of A. Morgan Maree, Jr. and Associates the sum of $300.00 in traveler’s checks.” Nicely signed at the conclusion by Garland, using her married name. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1087. Judy Garland. Personal check, 7.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Garland, payable to Mattie J. Oliver for $130.46, December 26, 1963. In very good condition, with bank stamps to body over first name of signature, a smaller stamp to portion of last name, and Garland’s signature light, but legible. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1088. Betty Grable. Daz-

zling vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Grable in a one-piece bathing suit showing off her legendary legs, signed and inscribed in red fountain pen “To Joseph, Best wishes for a future that is happy and bright and filled with many blessings.

Betty Grable.” In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $100)

1089. Cary Grant. Handsome vintage 3.5 x 5.5 German real photo postcard of Grant featuring a portrait by Bud Fraker, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Cordially, Cary Grant.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $200)

1091. Cary Grant. Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 MGM publicity portrait of Grant in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Forest Wagner, Cordially! Cary Grant.” In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to the upper left, some brushing to the signature, and lightly trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1938 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre program, featuring Taylor and Temple 1090. Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

Program from ‘A Shrine to Art’ at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 1938, 7.5 x 10.75, signed on the front and back covers in fountain pen by 21 stars. Signers are: Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Robert Montgomery, Maureen O’Hara, Eva Gabor, Gloria DeHaven, Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels, Richard Greene, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Bracken, John Payne, Glenn Ford, Eleanor Powell, Margo Woode, Martha O’Driscoll, George Murphy, Rory Calhoun, Fanny Brice, Gracie Fields, and June Haver. Most signatures are identified in pencil by the original collector. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1092. Edith Head. Outstanding original pencil and watercolor

costume sketch of Audrey Hepburn in her role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s on a 13.25 x 15.5 sheet of sketch paper. The full-length sketch shows the character in a gray top and blue slacks and is signed in artist’s pencil at the lower right corner, “Edith Head,” and notated near the top, “Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Sketch is also notated in blue felt tip, “My love Audrey,” in an unknown hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1093. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Timeless color glossy 8 x 10 photo from the classic My Fair Lady, signed in blue felt tip, “Audrey Hepburn,” and “Rex Harrison.” Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 15.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1094. Edith Head. Original pencil and watercolor costume sketch

of an unknown actress on a 13 x 17 sheet of sketch paper. The fulllength sketch shows the character in a green and gray dress and is signed in artist’s pencil at the lower right corner, “Edith Head,” and notated near the top, “gather at the ends,” with a couple other smaller notations. A few edge tears and creases, otherwise fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1095. Audrey Hepburn. Stunning vintage 3.5 x 5.5 German real photo postcard of Hepburn featuring a portrait by Bert Six, nicely signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Coping with the devastating loss of Tracy: “I’m staying at Spence’s… Here—gone—It is so sad— All the years—All the shared struggles” 1096. Katharine Hepburn. Outstanding ALS signed “Kate,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, June 16 [1967]. Hepburn writes to Armina, noting at the top, “I’m staying at Spence’s.” In full: “You are right—I said to myself even one second after it happened—It is best—My brain knows it—no anticipation—no struggle—just end—It was instantaneous—and I know that it is a best way to die—But the finality is appalling I am sure you know—you just cannot believe it—Here—gone—It is so sad—All the years—All the shared struggles—And I know that you are right too that time can’t heal it just forces you to change your own path—Well—not much to say—I was lucky to know him & you were sweet to write such a dear letter.”

In fine condition. Tracy died six days earlier, on June 10. Hepburn would later recount in her memoir that, after hearing the crash of a dropped teacup, she found Tracy on the kitchen floor, where he had succumbed to a heart attack. Handwritten letters relating to this most important of her personal relationships take a place among the rarest and most coveted examples of Hepburn autograph material. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The work that shocked the magic community 1097. Harry Houdini. Signed book: The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. Later

printing. NY: The Publishers Printing Company, 1908. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 333 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black ink, “To Charles R. Turk, Best wishes from the author, Harry Houdini, April 4/1918.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with the signature and inscription remaining crisp and bold despite moderate vertical bands of toning. Book condition: G+/None. Brown cloth-covered boards; mild wear to edges, with small tears in cloth at corners and spine-ends; slight rubbing and soiling; darkened, especially at textblock edges and feps; previous owner’s ink stamp to front pastedown; tissue page over frontispiece foxed; several gatherings loose; final gathering completely detached but still present; last page glued to rear pastedown. The controversial book was billed as ‘the first authentic history of magic ever published,’ and contained an unflattering account of Houdini’s legendary predecessor and namesake Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, alleging that he had taken undue credit for other magicians’ innovations. Pre-certified PSA/DNAand RRAuction COA.…(MB $200)

“Handcuff” echoes themes of escape with Lovelace’s famed poem 1098. Harry Houdini. AQS on a pink 7.75 x 6.25 album page, Houdini writes: “Glasgow Sept 23/04. ‘Stone walls do not a prison make, or iron bars a cage.’ Yours with best wishes to you all from we all. Harry Handcuff Houdini.” At the bottom of page he has penned the inscription, “To Mrs. Schubert.” His wife, Bess, has added “‘Little me too’ Mrs. Beatrice Houdini.” In very good condition, with scattered soiling and staining, heaviest along the edges, but not visually affecting Houdini’s strong signature or sentiment. The page is still in its original worn autograph album that also features dozens of other signatures including: Vesta Tilley, Lillie Langtry, Chung Ling Soo (in English and ‘Chinese’ characters—to the reverse of Langtry), George Robey (with detailed selfcaricature), George Grossmith, Wee Georgie Wood (with handwritten verse), John Philip Sousa (with musical quotation from ‘The Fairest of the Fair’), George Formby Sr., and many other stage performers. As with every other venue at which Houdini performed, his September 1904 appearances in Glasgow drew huge crowds. To promote the show, he arranged to be nailed into a specially built box; in true Houdini fashion, he escaped within 15 minutes. It is the theme of ‘escape’ from Richard Lovelace’s 17th century poem, ‘To Althea, from Prison,’ that Houdini writes here—choosing the beginning of the last stanza. As appealing as that selection may be, even more enticing is the addition of his nickname—a nod to his prominence as an escape artist. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Great portrait from shortly before The Man from Beyond 1099. Harry Houdini. Vintage matte-finish 4.75 x 7 photo, signed vertically in

fountain pen, “Best wishes, Houdini, Jan 4/1922.” A small tear to right edge affecting only the background, and a vertical crease along right side of Houdini’s head extending downward, and a bit of silvering to darker areas of his jacket, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Uncommon 1937 portrait from Hamlet 1101. Leslie Howard. Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.25 photo of Howard performing on stage in Hamlet, taken by Thedor Ziesmer in 1937, affixed to its original 13.5 x 12.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To Mr. and Mrs Ziesmer, with many thanks, Leslie Howard, ‘Hamlet’ Jan 1937.” In fine condition, with silvering to edges of image and some scattered light dampstaining to mount. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“Many thanks for my good lunch!”

1102. Boris Karloff. Terrific vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.25 portrait of Karloff,

signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Morris, with many thanks for my good lunch!

Sincerely, Boris Karloff.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges. A superb image with a well-placed signature, exhibiting excellent contrast against the white background.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1103. Buster Keaton. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Keaton looking down in the dumps, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “For Peggy, Love, Buster Keaton.” Binder dings to left edge and some scattered light surface marks, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The stars of the 1933 monster classic 1104. King Kong. Vintage glossy 7 x 9 photo of Robert Armstrong, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Ed, best wishes, Robert Armstrong”; a vintage glossy 7 x 9.5 portrait of Bruce Cabot, also signed and inscribed in fountain pen; and a vintage ink signature, “Fay Wray,” on an off-white card. All three items are double-matted and framed together with a color reproduction King Kong mini-poster, to an overall size of 25.5 x 22. In fine condition. Oversized. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“‘Leave ’em Laughing’— think you’d enjoy this one, we are involved in a traffic tie up at an intersection” 1105. Stan Laurel. TLS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Oceana letterhead, June 22, 1963. Letter to a fan. In part: “Note that you have the film ‘Big Business’ hope you will get lots of pleasure out of it, there is another that Blackhawk carry—‘Leave ’em Laughing’—think you’d enjoy this one, we are involved in a traffic tie up at an intersection.

The ‘Record American’ article you mention is ridiculous, I am not suffering from a heart condition—I suffered a slight stroke in 1955—maybe that is what they are referring to.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Awaiting a long-rumored Laurel and Hardy biopic 1106. Stan Laurel. TLS, one page,

7.25 x 10, Oceana letterhead, December 28, 1959. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Regarding the songs we used in several of our films, ‘Lazy Moon,’ ‘Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,’ ‘Shine on Harvest Moon,’ etc. to my knowledge there were no disc recordings ever made of them—the only way you could get them is to tape record them from the film. There has been some talk of making the story of L&H but so far nothing has developed. No, I did’nt [sic] see the ‘Golden Age of Comedy’ film, but many of my friends have told me about it, so am pretty well familiar with the contents…Regarding a book on the career of L&H, this has been finished for some time, but so far have’nt [sic] been able to get it published. Happy to say we never suffered any serious accidents during the making of the films, a few minor ones once in a while.” The original mailing envelope is affixed by tape to the upper portion of the letter. In very good condition, with tape to edges of letter, scattered toning, and two blocks of old tape toning at bottom.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1107. Stan Laurel. TLS,

on a 5.5 x 3 postcard, August 9, 1963.

Short letter to an admirer.

In part: “The license plate you mention was the one used in ‘Big Business’ (selling Xmas trees) it was made in 1928 but wasn’t released until ’29. The same as ‘Double Whoopee.’”

In fine condition, with cancellation marks showing through from reverse, not affecting the legibility. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1110. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Program from the

Aldwych Theatre’s 1949 presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire, 5 x 8, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, repair to paper loss on front cover, and scattered creasing and handling wear. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…

(MB $150)

“The last L&H film was made in France, titled ‘Utopia’, sorry to say it was the worst we ever made. We had a lot of trouble on that one” 1108. Stan Laurel. TLS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, Oceana letterhead,

November 27, 1959. Letter to Glen Laxton. In part: “The last L&H film was made in France, titled ‘Utopia’, sorry to say it was the worst we ever made. We had a lot of trouble on that one, due to language barrier—sickness etc. I was in hospital for eight weeks during the film, had a serious operation, dropped in weight from 170 lbs. to 114. Never thought I’d manage to finish the picture, it was really a nightmare for me…The John Wayne film you saw recently which Hardy was in, was made in ’48. (released in ’49.) We had just returned from a European tour & Mr. Wayne being a good friend of Hardy requested him to appear alone in this film, so of course I had no objection as I badly needed a rest. After this film we both returned to Great Britain again. Incidently I never did see this film. Yes, Jimmy Finlayson was older than Hardy & I, I think about 8 years—we both were very fond of Jimmy—a great comic.” In good condition, with large tape repairs to separations and tears, trimmed edges, some small blocks of toning from old tape, and some light toning and tape over portion of signature. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Choice unissued Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute ‘red stripe’ membership card 1109. Bruce Lee. Unissued ‘red stripe’ student membership card for Lee’s Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, 3.75 x 2.5, signed in black ink “Bruce Lee,” and also signed by Taky Kimura. In fine condition, with a couple trivial brushes to Kimura’s signature. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Kimura stating the card dates from circa 1965–67. A well-preserved example of a scarce Hollywood autograph. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Penetrating and particularly early Dracula portrait 1111. Bela Lugosi. Debonair vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Lugosi as Dracula, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Eddie, sincerely, Bela Lugosi.”

In exceedingly fine condition, a crystal-clear image with a robustly bold, well-contrasted signature. Lugosi was a hit from the moment he stepped on the stage and offered a chilling performance as Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula in 1927. Three years later he was tapped by renowned director Tod Browning to star in the film version of Dracula. Any signed image of Lugosi in his iconic role is quite rare and highly coveted by both Hollywood and horror collectors.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

1112. Harpo Marx. Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Marx sitting on a staircase, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Marguerite, who must be lovely to be married to—Love, Harpo, Dec. 26.” Nicely suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 7.75 x 10. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1113. Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe

Productions, Inc. business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Monroe, payable to Hedda Rosten for $65.85, February 3, 1961. In fine condition, with expected cancellation stamps and holes, none affecting the clean signature area. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. One of Marilyn’s closest friends, Hedda Rosten served as her secretary during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. Though there was a report that Rosten was escorted off the set following a ‘clash’ with director and co-star Laurence Oliver, this mishap never sullied the relationship, as both Rosten and her husband, poet Norman Rosten, were named beneficiaries in the actress’s will. RR Auction COA.…(MB $900)

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Early Marilyn check for the Fox Studio Bowling Team 1114. Marilyn Monroe. Bank check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Monroe, payable to Robert J. Coppin for $125.00, September 26, 1953. The check’s address has been corrected in an unknown hand and also bears a notation, “Fox Studio Bowling Team.” Three vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, expected cancellation stamps and holes, and Marilyn’s signature just a shade light, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $900)

Newman and Woodward’s licenses 1115. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

Two driver’s licenses: Newman’s personal Connecticut driver’s license, 3.25 x 2, with an expiration date of January 26, 2001, bearing his facsimile signature; and Woodward’s personal Connecticut driver’s license, 3.25 x 2, with an expiration date of February 27, 2000, bearing her facsimile signature. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a letter from the Connecticut DMV worker who received them.

These items are not signed. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Newman’s personal racing jacket 1116. Paul Newman. Newman’s personally owned and worn Bob Sharp Racing jacket manufactured by Crown, size small, embroidered with Newman’s name and bearing various sewn sponsor patches, including Datsun, Budweiser, Canon, Pioneer, and Kendall. In fine condition. This item is not signed. The jacket was originally purchased at a 1982 celebrity charity auction in Oxnard, CA. Accompanied by two color copies of photos of Newman in this exact jacket, standing in front of a large crowd at an IMSA race in May of 1981 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. A fantastic chance to own an essential, and welldocumented piece of clothing from this talented actor and race car driver.

RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1117. Paul Newman. Semi-glossy 7.5 x 9.5 cardstock close-up photo of Newman deep in thought, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Marion Marker and the good ladies at Southern Bell, best wishes, Paul Newman.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

A Rat Pack surprise at the Sands

1118. Rat Pack. Flyer for a series of performances by members of the Rat Pack at the Sands circa 1960, 12.5 x 4.75, signed in blue ballpoint and black ink by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Gail, D. Martin.” Removably corner-mounted and matted with an unsigned photo to an overall size of 16 x 20. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the item was obtained from a family whose daughter worked at the Sands in the 1960s. The attraction of the show stemmed from the fact that the audience never knew what they would get—it could be one of the stars, all four, or any combination. An outstanding piece from the legendary entertainers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1119. Mack Sennett. Rare TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Mack Sennett Comedies letterhead, September 15, 1930. Letter to Whitney Williams of the LA Times drama department. In part: “I want you to know that I greatly appreciate the wonderful way you have been treating me.” In fine condition, with an exceptionally bold signature. An incredibly rare example, this is the only Sennett letter we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Scarce and alluring 1979 publicity photo of the tragic playmate 1120. Dorothy Stratten. Playboy Playmate–turned–actress (1960–1980) who was murdered by her estranged husband at the age of 20. Rare promotional 7 x 10 paperstock photo from the 1979 Auto Sport show, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “especially for Chris, Love always, Dorothy Stratten xox.” In fine condition, with clipped corner tips. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Fantastic Superman display, featuring George Reeves and the very rare John Hamilton 1121. Superman. Collection of six Superman items: ballpoint signature, “George Reeves,” on an off-white 2 x 1.25 slip; pencil signature, “John Hamilton,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 lined slip; ballpoint signature, “Good luck! Robert Shayne,” on an offwhite 3.5 x 1.5 card; and three glossy photos, 7 x 9 and 9 x 7, individually signed in black felt tip by Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. All are nicely double-suede-matted together with unsigned photos of Reeves, Hamilton, and Shayne to an overall size of 32 x 23. In overall fine condition. Reeves and Hamilton signatures are quite rare and highly desirable, and all six items are impressively presented in this large display.

Oversized. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1122. Theatre. Collection of 47 items, consisting

primarily of signatures, with a few signed photos and a couple of letters, each signed by an actor or actress of the theatre. Signers include: Billie Burke, David Belasco, Leslie Carter, William H. Crane, John Drew, Maxine Elliott, Maude Adams, Fannie Hurst, Bronson Howard, DeWolf Hopper, Nat Goodwin, Mary Garden, Richard Mansfield, Harry Lauder, and Anton Lang. In overall fine condition. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction. com. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Stooges on a 1935 silver certificate

1123. Three Stooges. Series 1935 A one dollar bill, signed on the portrait side in fountain pen on the blank light portion, “Moe,“ “Larry,” and “Curly.” Bill is signed by five others including Arthur Treacher. In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds and expected light wrinkling and age wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1125. Three Stooges: Larry Fine. ALS,

signed “Larry Fine,” one page, lightly-lined, 6 x 8, no date, but postmarked October 23, 1973. Letter to an admirer reads, in part: “I am happy to write I am feeling a little better, but you know the way back from a stroke is long, painful & slow, so I’m thankful for the progress I have made.”; and a semi-glossy 5 x 3.5 photo of Moe, Larry, and Shemp, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Don from Larry, 3 Stooges.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Larry’s hand, with Larry also printing his name in the return address area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

“I knew Stan Laurel very well since 1933 when we worked together at M.G.M. in a picture called Hollywood Party” 1126. Three Stooges: Moe Howard.

1124. Three Stooges: Ted Healy. American actor (1896–1937)

who, as a vaudeville impresario, assembled the act that evolved into the Three Stooges. Scarce vintage 6.25 x 12 half-length photo of Healy, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Betty, Love, Ted Healy.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, missing upper left corner tip, a small repaired tear to the brim of his hat, and overall quite brittle. The pristine signature stands out nicely against the light background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $150)

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ALS signed “Moe Howard,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Three Stooges letterhead, September 24, 1966. Letter to a fan. In part: “I knew Stan Laurel very well since 1933 when we worked together at M.G.M. in a picture called Hollywood Party. he [sic] was indeed a very fine gentleman and an extremely talented one also. I regret very much that I do not have any old scripts.” In very good condition, with a diagonal crease to lower portion of letter and old tape to three edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Scarce portrait of Clarence the angel from It’s a Wonderful Life

1127. Henry Travers. Character actor who portrayed Clarence the Angel in It’s a Wonderful Life. Scarce vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Henry Travers to Ken.” In fine, crisp condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Tarzan’s passport, signed with his seldom-seen full name 1128. Johnny Weissmuller. Weissmuller’s

personal passport, number D1923284, issued on September 11, 1973.

Passport measures 3.75 x 6, and contains his typed personal information on the second page, signed at the bottom, “Johnny Weissmuller.”

Affixed opposite the personal information page is Weissmuller’s 2.5 x 2.5 passport snapshot, signed vertically in the left border, “Peter Johnny Weissmuller.” Balance of the pages bear visa stamps from around the world, dated between 1975 and 1976, including those from Portugal, Turkey, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. In fine condition. Originates from the estate of Weissmuller’s stepdaughter, Lisa Weissmuller Gallagher. Accompanied by two personal checks payable to the passport office made out by his wife, Maria Weissmuller. A one-of-a-kind collectible from the life of the talented actor and sportsman. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1130. Johnny Weissmuller.

Great vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Weissmuller wearing a loincloth as Tarzan, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Bill, You’re my Buddy always, Johnny Weissmuller.” In fine condition, with a possibly slightly trimmed left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1131. Orson Welles. TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, no date. Letter to an aspiring screenwriter. In part: “Thank you for sending me the synopsis of The King’s Children. It sounds and [sic] interesting and I would be happy to see your script.” In fine condition, with the central horizontal mailing fold passing through the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Immense collection of checks from the Tin Man 1129. Wizard of Oz: Jack Haley. Huge collection of 300 Lake Pillsbury Properties

business checks, all 8.5 x 3.5, all dating from 1967–1970, and all filled out in type and signed by Haley. In overall fine condition, with expected stamps to bodies, with some lightly touching portions of the signatures, and folds to some checks, with the majority of the signatures unaffected. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Rare and instantly recognizable portrait of Lahr in his most beloved role 1133. Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr. Highly sought after vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, signed and inscribed in red felt tip “To ‘Kim’ Best wishes, Bert Lahr.” In very good condition, with a small tear to the left edge (repaired on the reverse), scattered overall creasing, and a bit of brushing to the inscription. Signed photos of Lahr in his iconic role only occasionally appear for sale and are highly coveted by collectors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

1134. Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr. Vintage matte-finish 5

x 7 photo of Lahr in a tweed jacket and tie, signed in white ink, “Sincerely, Bert Lahr.”

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1135. Natalie Wood. Glossy

8 x 10 Universal publicity photo of Wood and George Segal from 1979, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Tim, Very best wishes! Natalie Wood.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…

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1136. Natalie Wood. DS signed “Natalie Wood,” one page, 8.5 x 13, September 19, 1957. Los Angeles Superior Court document regarding a contract between Warner Bros. and “Natalie Gurdin (Professionally known as Natalie Wood)” setting the date for a hearing “with reference to the savings plan heretofore ordered by said Court.”

Signed at the conclusion by Wood and a notary. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1137. Lew Ayres

1138. Anne Bancroft

1139. Anne Baxter

1140. Fanny Brice

1141. Fanny Brice

1142. Joe E. Brown

1143. Yul Brynner

1144. Yul Brynner

1145. Richard Burton

1146. Yakima Canutt

1147. Lee J. Cobb

1148. Russ Columbo

1149. Tony Curtis

1150. Tony Curtis

1151. Peter Cushing

1152. Olivia de Havilland

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1153. Alain Delon

1154. Alain Delon

1155. Marlene Dietrich

1156. Marlene Dietrich

1157. Faye Dunaway

1158. Irene Dunne

1159. Irene Dunne

1160. Irene Dunne

1161. Jimmy Durante

1162. Jane Fonda

1163. Jane Fonda

1164. Anne Francis

1165. Gert Frobe

1166. Ava Gardner

1167. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell

1168. Val Guest

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1169. Sonja Henie

1170. Paul Henreid

1171. Charlton Heston

1172. Valerie Hobson

1173. Dustin Hoffman

1174. John Huston

1175. Betty Hutton

1176. David Janssen

1177. Buck Jones

1178. Lila Kedrova

1179. Deborah Kerr

1180. Stanley Kramer

1181. Harry Lauder

1182. Janet Leigh

1183. Gina Lollobrigida

1184. Sophia Loren

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1185. Silvana Mangano and Anthony Perkins

1186. Richard Mansfield

1187. Dean Martin

1188. Dean Martin

1189. Sal Mineo

1190. Robert Mitchum

1191. Zero Mostel MB $100

1192. Laurence Olivier and Lili Palmer

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1193. Mary Pickford

1194. Eddy Polo

1195. Luise Rainer

1196. Diana Rigg

1197. Angelo Rossitto

1198. George C. Scott

1199. Steven Spielberg

1200. Ruth St. Denis

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1201. James Stewart

1202. James Stewart

1203. Susan Strasberg

1204. Gloria Stuart

1205. Gloria Swanson

1206. Robert Taylor MB $100

1207. Three Stooges: Moe Howard

1208. Sophie Tucker

1209. Lee Van Cleef

1210. Lupe Velez

1211. Monica Vitti

1212. Mae West

1213. Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger

1214. Wizard of Oz: Billie Burke

1215. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton

1216. Bronco Billy Anderson

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1217. Harriet Andersson

1218. Julie Andrews

1219. Fred Astaire

1220. Lucille Ball

1221. Sarah Bernhardt

1222. Birth of a Nation

1223. Richard Boone

1224. Frank Capra

1225. Leo Carillo

1226. Celebrity Authors

1227. Celebrity Checks

1228. Charley Chase

1229. Child Stars

1230. Lou Costello

1231. Joan Crawford

1232. Joan Crawford

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1233. Sammy Davis, Jr

1234. Sammy Davis, Jr

1235. Cecil B. DeMille

1236. Marlene Dietrich

1237. Flash Gordon

1238. Errol Flynn

1239. Joan Fontaine

1240. Ava Gardner

1241. Martha Graham

1242. Anthony Harvey

1243. Howard Hawks

1244. Sidney Hayers

1245. Rita Hayworth

1246. Rita Hayworth

1247. Audrey Hepburn

1248. Katharine Hepburn

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1249. Katharine Hepburn

1250. Miriam Hopkins

1251. Dennis Hopper

1252. Leslie Howard

1253. Hugh Hudson

1254. Jill Ireland

1255. David Janssen

1256. Gloria Jean

1257. Isabel Jeans

1258. Van Johnson

1259. Boris Karloff MB $100

1260. Grace Kelly and James Stewart

1263. Grace Kelly

1264. Grace Kelly

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1261. Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier MB $100

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1262. Grace Kelly MB $150

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1265. Grace Kelly

1266. Hedy Lamarr

1267. Lillie Langtry

1268. Lillie Langtry

1269. Ernst Lubitsch

1270. Dean Martin

1271. Carmen Miranda

1272. Nazimova

1273. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson

1274. Paul Newman

1275. George Raft

1276. Claude Rains

1277. Basil Rathbone

1278. Debbie Reynolds

1279. Will Rogers

1280. Rosalind Russell and Jan Sterling

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1281. Red Skelton

1282. Red Skelton

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1286. Superman: Tommy Bond MB $100

1284. James Stewart

1285. James Stewart

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1287. Gloria Swanson

1288. Shirley Temple

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1289. Irving Thalberg

1290. Gene Tierney

1291. Lee Van Cleef

1292. Erich von Stroheim

1293. Fredd Wayne

1294. Johnny Weissmuller

1295. Johnny Weissmuller

1296. William Wellman

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1297. Mae West

1298. Mae West

1299. Western Actors

1300. Western Legends

1301. Billy Wilder

1302. Robert Wise MB $100

1303. Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger

1304. Wizard of Oz: Billie Burke

1305. Wizard of Oz: Jack Haley

1306. Wizard of Oz: Margaret Hamilton

1307. Wizard of Oz: E. Y. Harburg

1308. Wizard of Oz: E. Y. Harburg

1309. Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr

1310. Wizard of Oz: Mervyn LeRoy

1311. Wizard of Oz: Frank Morgan

1312. Anna May Wong

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sports Signed as “Lew Alcindor” during his junior year at UCLA 1313. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Rare program for the UCLA vs. USC basketball

game on March 9, 1968, 7.75 x 10.5, 15 pages, signed and inscribed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Best wishes Hank, Lew Alcindor.” In fine condition. Accompanied by two original ticket stubs from the game and a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. One of just a handful of early “Lew Alcindor” signatures that we have offered. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Scarce personally-owned and used ringside water bottle from the Greatest

1314. Muhammad Ali. Glass ringside water bottle used by Ali at his training camp in Deer

Lake circa 1979, 12˝ tall and wrapped in the white training tape used on boxers’ wrists, signed on the side in blue ink, “Love,a Muhammad Ali.” The bottle is also prominently labeled “Ali” in black ink. In very good condition, with moderate overall soiling affecting a small portion of the first name in the signature. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original collector, which states that he acquired it in person when Ali closed the camp and also two original photos of the bottle pictured at the camp. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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An outstanding gathering of baseball greats, including Young, Speaker, Walsh, and Agganis

1315. Baseball Hall of Famers. Program for the third annual Boston Sports Lodge B’nai B’rith Awards Dinner held on May 8, 1955, 8.5

x 11, signed on the front cover and inner pages by over 25 sports legends, primarily baseball Hall of Famers. Signers include: Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Paul Waner, Ed Walsh, Harry Agganis, Gabby Hartnett, Fred Clarke, Casey Stengel, Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Harry Hooper, Red Auerbach, Carl Hubbell, Bob Cousy, Duffy Lewis, Jimmy Piersall, Jackie Jensen, Milt Bolling, Willard Nixon, Billy Goodman, Ted Lepcio, Norm Zauchin, Sam Mele, Lou Little, and Mike Higgins. In fine condition, with the top of the first page clipped out and some mild scattered marks and foxing to the cover. A remarkable piece that combines some of baseball’s most desirable autographs with a slew of Boston sports heroes. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

Ruth, Gehrig, and Johnson highlight a vintage Reach baseball

1316. Baseball Hall of Famers. Official Reach American League baseball signed in ink on the sweet spot and side panels by a number

of early baseball greats and Hall of Famers. Signers include: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Walter Johnson, Rogers Hornsby, Kiki Cuyler, Frank Baker, Hack Wilson, George Sisler, Fred ‘Cy’ Williams, Frank O’Doul, and Earle Combs. In good to very good condition, with heavy overall toning and scattered surface loss, though most signatures remain legible. The Gehrig, Johnson, and Hornsby signatures are especially strong, as are portions of the Baker and Ruth. A breathtaking piece featuring some of baseball’s most sought-after signatures in combination. Precertified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

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Scarce early 1950s Campanella baseball 1317. Roy Campanella. Official Spalding National League (Giles) baseball

signed in blue ink on a side panel, “Best Wishes, Roy Campanella,” and “Billy Cox.” Moderate overall toning, scattered scuffs and dings, and a light coating of shellac over the signature area, otherwise fine condition. Both signatures remain mostly unaffected and quite strong, especially Campanella’s. Campanella and Cox played together for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948 to 1954, and Giles became president of the NL in 1951, dating this ball to the early 1950s. An excellent example of Campanella’s highly desirable pre-accident autograph.

Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Crisp early signature from his second year in the Majors 1318. Joe DiMaggio. Menu from the Capri Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge in

Oakland, California, dated November 14, 1937, neatly signed on the front in fountain pen, “Best Wishes, Joe DiMaggio.” Intersecting folds passing through the signature and some light soiling, otherwise fine condition. In 1937, just his second year in the major leagues, DiMaggio batted .346 and led the league with 46 home runs. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1319. James J. Jeffries. Jeffries Barn Certificate of Victory, signed vertically in pencil, “Jas. J. Jeffries,” one page, 9 x 11, November 3, 1938. Award from the James J. Jeffries School of Boxing “presented to Bill Cooper…and certifies that he defeated Henry Acuna in an Amateur Boxing Bout by KO1.” In very good condition, with three horizontal folds (one passing through a single letter of the signature), slight overall brushing to the signature area, and black mounting corners affixed to the borders, which could be matted out for display.

The gold seal and ribbon affixed to the bottom remain fully intact. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Early correspondence between Hall of Fame executives 1320. Ban Johnson. TLS

signed “B. B. Johnson,” one page, 8.5 x 11, American League letterhead, April 4, 1923. Letter to Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees. In full: “I am enclosing you some correspondence that has passed between myself and Mr. Irving, of the Western Union Co. It is self-explanatory.” Various office notations (including a lightly erased mark through the main text) and a rusty paperclip mark to the upper left, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1322. Walter Johnson. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Best wishes always, Walter Johnson,” on a light gray album page. Matted and framed with two Perez-Steele images to an overall size of 14.5 x 11.5. In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare and exceptional portrait of the legendary boxer 1321. Jack Johnson. Colorful African-American boxer (1878–1946)

who held the world heavyweight championship from 1908 to 1915 and whose achievements in and out of the ring created an unprecedented storm of racially charged controversy. Choice vintage glossy 3.75 x 6.5 photo of the strapping Johnson in a pugilistic pose, boldly signed and inscribed vertically in fountain pen, “To my pal Johnny Orbbecke, from Jack Johnson.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)

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Incredible 1982 UNC program with Jordan’s freshman year signature 1323. Michael Jordan. Program for a ‘North-South

Doubleheader’ in which the University of North Carolina was scheduled to play Furman and The Citadel at the Charlotte Coliseum, February 5–6, 1982, 8.5 x 11, 32 pages, signed inside by nearly the entire Tar Heels team, featuring Jordan’s signature over his image. Other signers include: James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Jeb Barlow, Jimmy Black, John Brownlee, Chris Brust, Matt Doherty, Timo Makkonen, Warren Martin, Buzz Peterson, and Lynwood Robinson. Also signed by Jordan’s father, James Jordan, and Worthy’s father, Ervin Worthy. In fine condition. The next month, Jordan and Worthy would lead UNC to their first NCAA championship in 25 years. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1324. Michael Jordan. Signed book: Rare Air: Michael on Michael. First edition. San Francisco: Collins, 1993. Hardcover with slipcase, 11.25 x 13.25, 112 pages, numbered 1745/2500.

Prominently signed on the first free end page in black felt tip. Autographic condition is fine, with an Upper Deck hologram affixed to lower right of the signed page. Book condition: VG+/None. Black cloth-covered boards with color illustration affixed to front; minor rubbing to illustration. In VG+ slipcase with soiling and moderate rubbing. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Upper Deck as well as its original box. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Louis and Schmeling duke it out in a famed Sports Illustrated print 1325. Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. Color limited edition 22 x 17.75 ‘Living Legend’ series print, numbered 1447/1500, issued in the 1970s by Sports Illustrated, with a strongly stylized depiction of the two in the ring, signed by both Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in pencil in the white border beneath the image. Matted and framed to an overall size of 24.75 x 21. In fine condition . Oversized. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Inscribed to Olympian and Tarzan actor, Johnny Weissmuller

Scarce vintage photo inscribed in the early 1950s to a future Vietnam hero 1328. Mickey Mantle. Very early vintage

1326. Joe Louis. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Louis training in the ring,

signed and inscribed in black felt tip to Johnny Weissmuller, “To Johnny, my pal. Joe Louis.” Photo also bears an inherent, pre-printed signature to the lower left. A few bends and slight creases, otherwise fine condition. Originates from the estate of Weissmuller’s stepdaughter, Lisa Weissmuller Gallagher. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mantle taking a mighty swing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jimmy Hackett, My best wishes, a pal, Mickey Mantle.” In very good condition, with scattered creases and an area of brown staining to the left border. Hackett would go on to win a Silver Star in Vietnam for his gallantry in action. A highly desirable photo as signed portraits of Mantle from the start of his career are quite uncommon and highly sought-after. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/ DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Oversized 1932 premium of the Hall of Fame “Rabbit”

1327. Connie Mack.

Letter to an admirer.

In part: “Am unable to send the picture of myself but will send the picture when I arrive home which will not be until April 15th…You can write me in April can’t you. Address is to Shibe park, Philadelphia, Pa., I will surely get it. Will send some autographs.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Mack’s hand. Precertified Steve Grad/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1329. Rabbit Maranville. Vintage 9 x 12 team-issued Gowell Studios premium of Maranville with the 1932 Boston Braves, signed vertically in fountain pen. Some light soiling to borders and a brush to the first letter of his last name, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1330. ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich. Skill

achievement certificate issued to Steve Harnig who “has successfully completed the Pistol Pete All-Star Basketball Camp,” 11 x 8.5, signed at the bottom, “‘Pistol Pete’ John 14:6.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/ DNA. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1331. Rocky Marciano. Vintage glossy

7.75 x 9 press photo of Marciano after defending his heavyweight title against Ezzard Charles in a 1954 15-round bout, signed and inscribed in the left border in black ballpoint, “To Chuckie, Rocky Marciano.” In very good condition, with overall creases and cracks to the emulsion, some scattered irregular areas to emulsion, trimmed edges, and the signature a couple shades light. An uncommon and highly desirable iconic photo of the legendary champ. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1332. Rocky Marciano. Original program

from the 42nd Annual National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, held in Kansas City in March of 1969, 8.5 x 11, 24 pages, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Johnny, Rocky Marciano,” and also signed

by Jerry Quarry. In fine condition, with some slight handling wear.

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1333. Charles ‘Kid’ Nichols.

Fountain pen signature, “Charles A. Nichols,” on an off-white 2.75 x .25 closely cropped slip clipped from a check, affixed to the bottom of a 4 x 6 souvenir card from ‘Kid Nichols Day,’ held by the Co-Operative Club of Kansas City on August 16, 1949.

In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Rare Yankees baseball, featuring Munson in his debut year 1334. Thurman Munson. Official

Reach American League (Cronin) baseball signed in black ink on the sweet spot and side panels by 17 members of the 1969 New York Yankees. Signers are: Thurman Munson, Roy White, Bobby Murcer, Bobby Cox, Frank Fernandez, Dick Howser, Joe Pepitone, Mel Stottlemyre, Fritz Peterson, Horace Clarke, Len Boehmer, Ron Woods, Jack Aker, Bill Burbach, Tom Shopay, Jerry Kenney, and Jake Gibbs. Scattered dings and soiling, with Munson’s signature remaining crisp and bold, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Munson made his Major League debut alongside these teammates on August 8, 1969, roaring onto the scene with two hits and an RBI. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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Exceptional 1956 Pirates baseball, featuring Clemente, Mazeroski, and Murtaugh

1335. Pittsburgh Pirates. Choice official Spalding National League (Giles) baseball boldly signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot and

side panels by 27 members of the 1956 Pirates team, including Roberto Clemente in his second year and Bill Mazeroski in his rookie season.

Other signers include: Danny Murtaugh, Dick Groat, Vern Law, Bill Virdon, Roy Face, Frank Thomas, Bob Friend, Dick Hall, Fred Waters (ss), Bobby Bragan (ss), Dale Long, Ron Kline, Johnny O’Brien, Red Swanson, Eddie O’Brien, Lee Walls, Dick Cole, Cholly Naranjo, Hank Foiles, Howie Pollet, and Jack Shepard. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Spalding waxed paper bag packaging for the baseball, as well as a full letter of authenticity and grading from PSA/DNA, which grades the signatures a ‘9’ and the ball a ‘6,’ for an overall grade of ‘8.’ A museum-quality piece with some of the finest signatures we have encountered on a vintage baseball. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

The former champ solicits funds for his youth organization

Stunning 1935 oversized portrait

1336. Sugar Ray Robinson. ALS, one

page, 8.5 x 11, Sugar Ray’s Youth Foundation letterhead, no date, but postmarked February 17, 1971. Letter soliciting a donation. In full: “I hope this finds you well and enjoying the best of health. And I trust you are aware of the work we are doing with the youth. Please help us along by sending us a donation. I am happy to say we have no payed [sic] members on our board. We are all trying to help the cause.” In fine condition, with a horizontal mailing fold through last name of signature. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Robinson’s hand. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1337. Jesse Owens. Vintage 9 x 10.75 magazine photo of Owens

in a running pose, signed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, love, Jesse Owens.” Nicely framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 16.5. In fine condition, with moderate contrast to the sentiment and bend to the upper right. The photo was taken by Lusha Nelson for Vanity Fair in 1935.

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The heart of Murderer’s Row: Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel, and Lazzeri in 1927 1338. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Official

Reach American League (Ban Johnson) baseball signed in blue ink on the sweet spot by Babe Ruth and two side panels by Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri. The signatures are light but legible, with the Lazzeri extremely light but visible above the Ban Johnson stamp, otherwise fine condition. The baseball bears exceptionally bold stampings and is especially bright for its age. A superb example that features the powerful portion of the 1927 Yankees legendary ‘Murderer’s Row’ lineup, the season in which Ruth hit 60 home runs. This baseball can be definitively dated to this fabled year, as 1927 was the only year that the official American League baseball was adorned with these specific stamps and patent markings—and it was not signed later, as Ruth discontinued using quotation marks around his first name the following year. A simply exquisite piece from what is widely considered the greatest team in baseball history. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

The ‘Sultan of Swat’ in 1939 1339. Babe Ruth. Program from the Blind Brook Turf and Polo Club of Port Chester, New York, dated June 11, 1939, 6 x 9, signed at the top in fountain pen and dated in another hand. Attractively doublematted and framed with an unsigned photo of Ruth with the Yankees to an overall size of 21.25 x 15.75. In very good condition, with light scattered dampstaining and an unobtrusive tear extending from the top edge to the top of the ‘R.’ Less than a month later, Ruth would speak at ‘Lou Gehrig Day,’ during which Gehrig announced his early retirement.

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Extraordinarily crisp, clean Ruth signature 1340. Babe Ruth. Gorgeous vintage fountain pen signature, “Sincerely, Babe Ruth,” on an off-white 6.75 x 3.75 album page. Reverse bears a typed collector’s notation indicating that the signature was received in April 1935.

In fine condition. Pre-certified Steve Grad/ PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $500)

1343. John L. Sullivan. Boxer known as the ‘Boston Strong Boy’

1341. Tris Speaker. Vintage ink signature, “Tris Speaker,” on an off-white card. Matted with two photos of Speaker to an overall size of 12 x 9.25. In fine condition, with an inconsequential crease below signature. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

(1858–1918). Fighting on turf and with bare knuckles, Sullivan became the heavyweight champion of the world under the London Prize Ring rules by defeating Paddy Ryan on February 7, 1882. Ten years later, on September 7, 1892, he lost the championship to James J. Corbett under the new Queensberry rules. Vintage ink signature, “Compliments of John L. Sullivan, Nov 4th, 1894,” on an off-white 5 x 2.5 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition, with mounting remnants to reverse. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

1342. Al Simmons. Scarce bank check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Simmons, “Al H. Simmons,” payable to Cash for $100, February 26, 1953. Matted with a Perez-Steele card of Simmons to an overall size of 8 x 10. In fine condition, with expected bank stamps, notations, and cancellation holes (affecting only the first letter of the signature). Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1344. Sports. Diverse collection of 25 items, consisting primarily of signed cards and slips, as well as a few letters and photos, most affixed to scrapbook pages. Signers are: Baseball: Satchel Paige, George Sisler, Al Schacht, and Monty Stratton. Golf: Arnold Palmer.

Tennis: Bill Tilden, Don Budge, Bobby Riggs, and Alice Marble. Football: Jimmy Phelan, Biff Jones, Noble E. Kizer, and Matty Bell. Billiards: Willie Hoppe, Frank C. Ives, Maurice Vignaux, George Slosson, Jake Schaefer (2), and F. P. Slavin.

Boxing: Charley Mitchell. Wrestling: Frank Gotch. Other: Gertrude Ederle, Thomas Lipton, and Jimmy Terry. In overall very good to fine condition, with various scattered toning. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

Weissmuller family heirloom, featuring Paige, Owens, and Sarazen

1345. Johnny Weissmuller and Friends. Program for the second annual Sportsmen’s World Awards held on June 29, 1968, 10.5 x 10, signed on the front cover and inner pages in ink by many of the attendees, with many inscribed to Johnny Weissmuller’s stepdaughter, Lisa Weissmuller Gallagher. Signers include: Satchel Paige, Jesse Owens, Gene Sarazen, Johnny Weissmuller, Carl Hubbell, Henry Armstrong, Henri Cochet, Vicki Draves, Sam Hanks, Tom Harmon, John Wooden, and Lorne Greene. In very good to fine condition, with partial separation to the spine and complete separation to a few inner pages. Originates from the estate of Weissmuller’s stepdaughter, Lisa Weissmuller Gallagher. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)

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1346. Hank Aaron MB $100

1347. Muhammad Ali MB $100

1348. Marcus Allen MB $100

1349. Ernie Banks and Pete Rose MB $100

1350. Ed Barrow MB $100

1351. Baseball Hall of Famers

1352. Baseball Hall of Famers

1353. Baseball Hall of Famers

1354. Baseball Hall of Famers

1355. Baseball Hall of Famers

1356. Baseball: 300 Win Club

1357. Baseball: 300 Wins

1358. Baseball: 3000 Hit Club

1359. Baseball: 500 Home Run Club

1360. Baseball: 500 Home Run Club

1361. Baseball: All-Time Leaders

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1362. Baseball: Cardinals

Baseball: Mantle, Mays, Snider

1364. Baseball: Indian Aces

1366. Baseball: Milwaukee Braves

1367. Baseball: Oriole HOFers

1368. Baseball: Outfielders

1369. Baseball: Philly Hurlers

1370. Baseball: Pirate Power

1371. Baseball: Pitchers MB $100

1372. Baseball: Second Base/Short Stop

1373. Baseball: Third Base

1374. Baseball: Yankee Battery

1375. Johnny Bench

1376. Johnny Bench

1377. Yogi Berra

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1363. Baseball: First Base

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1378. Raymond Berry

1379. Larry Bird

1380. Barry Bonds

1381. Boston Celtics

1382. Boston Celtics Big Three

1383. Boston Celtics Greats

1384. Boston Celtics: Russell, Garnett, and Bird

1385. Boston Red Sox

1386. Boston Red Sox: 1967 Reunion

1387. Riddick Bowe and Tony Tucker

1388. Boxing

1389. Boxing

1390. Boxing Champions

1391. Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson

1392. Drew Brees

1393. Lou Brock

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1394. Brooklyn Dodgers

1395. Brooklyn Dodgers

1396. Steve Carlton

1397. Primo Carnera

1398. Vera Caslavska

1399. Wilt Chamberlain

1400. Wilt Chamberlain

1401. Julio Cesar Chavez

1402. Chicago Bears Running Backs

1403. Chicago Cubs

1404. Roger Clemens

1405. Cleveland Browns

1406. College Football Hall of Famers

1407. Al Davis

1408. Detroit Tigers

1409. Bill Dickey and Bill Terry

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1410. Joe DiMaggio

1411. Joe DiMaggio

1412. Roberto Duran

1413. John Elway

1414. Julius Erving and Oscar Robertson

1415. Brett Favre

1416. Brett Favre

1417. Curt Flood

1418. Curt Flood MB $100

1419. Football: College All-Stars

1420. Football: Colts Quarterbacks

1421. Football: Defense

1422. Football: Quarterbacks

1423. Football: Running Backs

1424. Football: Wideouts

1425. Four Horsemen: Harry Stuhldreher

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1426. Dan Fouts

1427. Joe Frazier

1428. Joe Frazier

1429. Frank Frisch

1430. Bob Gibson

1431. Golf: Palmer and Nicklaus

1432. Golf Greats MB $100

1433. Golf: Masters Champions

1436. Rocky Graziano

1437. Green Bay Packers

1440. Ken Griffey, Jr

1441. Ken Griffey, Jr

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1435. Goose Goslin and Carl Hubbell MB $100

1438. Wayne Gretzky MB $100

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1439. Bob Griese MB $100

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1442. Clark Griffith

1443. Rob Gronkowski

1444. Sam Hanks

1445. Hockey

1446. Gil Hodges

1447. Ben Hogan

1448. Lou Holtz

1449. Harry Hooper

1450. Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby

1451. Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby

1452. Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby Trainers

1453. Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby Winners

1454. Horse Racing: Mike Smith

1455. Horse Racing: Ron Turcotte

1456. Desmond Howard

1457. Gordie Howe

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1458. Gordie Howe

1459. Bo Jackson

1460. Reggie Jackson

1461. Lebron James

1462. Derek Jeter

1463. Magic Johnson MB $100

1464. William ‘Skinny’ Johnson

1465. Chipper Jones

1466. Michael Jordan

1467. Johnny Kitzmiller

1468. LA Rams

1469. Larry Lajoie

1470. Jack Lambert

1471. Jim Langer

1472. Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush

1473. Carl Lewis

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1474. Los Angeles Dodgers

1475. Los Angeles Dodgers

1476. Los Angeles Laker Greats

1477. Los Angeles Lakers: West and Baylor

1478. Joe Louis

1479. Connie Mack

1480. Connie Mack

1481. Mickey Mantle

1482. Alice Marble MB $100

1483. Roger Maris and Tracy Stallard

1484. Billy Martin

1485. Pedro Martinez

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1486. Hideki Matsui

1487. Willie Mays

1488. Floyd Mayweather, Jr

1489. John McKay

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1490. Rip Miller

1491. Milwaukee Brewers

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1493. Joe Montana

1494. Stan Musial

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1497. NY Yankees MB $150

1500. Lawrence F. O’Brien MB $100

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1501. Olympic Gymnasts MB $100

1492. Miracle On Ice MB $100

1495. NY Mets

1496. NY Mets

1498. NY Yankees Greats MB $150

1499. NY Yankees: Perfect Games

1502. Olympic Skiers

1503. Olympics

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1504. Bobby Orr

1505. Manny Pacquiao

1506. Manny Pacquiao

1507. Satchel Paige

1508. Rafael Palmeiro

1509. Jackie Paterson

1510. Walter Payton

1511. Walter Payton

1514. Pele

1515. Johnny Pesky

1516. Michael Phelps

1517. Maurice Podoloff

1518. Pee Wee Reese

1519. Ray Rice

1520. Cal Ripken, Jr

1521. Mariano Rivera

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1522. Brooks Robinson

1523. Dennis Rodman

1524. Mauri Rose

1525. Pete Rose

1526. Pete Rose

1527. Pete Rose

1528. Pete Rose

1529. Pete Rose

1530. Pete Rose

1531. Bill Russell

1532. Ray Schalk

1533. Tom Seaver

1534. Tom Seaver

1535. Al Simmons and Frank Shellenback

1536. Mike Singletary

1537. Enos Slaughter

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1538. Duke Snider MB $100

1539. Duke Snider MB $100

1543. Tennis: Wimbledon Champions

1542. Tennis MB $100

1540. Warren Spahn and John Sain

1541. Roger Staubach MB $100

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1544. Toronto Maple Leafs MB $200

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1545. Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca

1546. Pie Traynor

1547. Gene Tunney

1549. Mike Tyson

1550. Mike Tyson

1551. Mike Tyson

1552. Johnny Unitas

1553. Fernando Valenzuela

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1554. Bill Veeck

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1556. Washington Senators

1557. George Weiss

1558. Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski

1559. Ted Williams

1560. Ted Williams

1561. Ted Williams

1562. Ted Williams

1563. Ted Williams

1564. Ted Williams

1565. Ted Williams

1566. Venus Williams

1567. John Wooden

1568. Wrestlers

1569. Dave Zinkoff

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1555. Lloyd Waner

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Once again, RR Auction is seeking rare, Titanic-related artifacts, ephemera, and documents for our next Titanic Auction. In our previous auction, a single item fetched over $185,000. For a free consignment appraisal, email Bob Eaton at Bob.Eaton@RRAuction.com or call (603) 732-4280.

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