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This month RR Auction is excited to offer a remarkable selection of classic animation treasures. As a joint venture with animation art specialist Harry Kleiman, owner of Collectors Paradise Galleries, we have assembled an outstanding collection of items spanning animation history. From Winsor McCay’s 1914 Gertie the Dinosaur, through the golden years of Walt Disney Studios, and up to modern classics like The Little Mermaid, you’re sure to find your favorite cartoon characters in these pages. Our Animation feature begins on page 158 and closes out the catalog. Enjoy!

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Harry Kleiman, Animation Expert When young Harry Kleiman’s family moved to Los Angeles in 1968, the cartoon fanatic—insatiable in his appetite for all things animated—began spending nearly every day after school visiting animation studios, learning about the process, and meeting the industry’s icons: Walter Lantz, Bob Clampett, Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Chuck Jones, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, Grim Natwick, and Friz Freleng. These meetings sparked what would become his lifelong passion and business pursuit.

In 1980, Kleiman finished college and founded Collectors Paradise Galleries, attending dozens of conventions each year to buy, sell, and—his favorite—educate new collectors. In 1982, he was the first person to approach the Don Bluth Studio about selling their original cels from The Secret of Nimh. He also began making deals with Gary Goldman, offering cels from Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. In 1984, he partnered Collectors Gallery in Studio City, where he was introduced to fellow animation enthusiasts from around the world.

Over the years, Kleiman accumulated one of the most impressive animation art collections in existence, portions of which he generously lent out to animation scholars to continue broadening the world’s understanding and appreciation of this beloved art form. As an animation veteran who has spent his life studying, buying, and selling, Kleiman is eager to branch out and educate the next generation. We are proud to be a part of his lifetime of passion.

AUTHENTICATORS AND CONSULTANTS JOHN REZNIKOFF, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

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

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

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.

STEVE ZARELLI

Letters of Authenticity are availableon certain lots. Priced from $25 to $200*

STEVE ZARELLI AUTHENTICATION

Steve Zarelli is a recognized authority in the field of astronaut autographs. His findings have been published in the definitive space collecting reference Relics of the Space Race, and he has contributed articles to the UACC’s Pen & Quill magazine, Autograph Times magazine, and the UACC signature study Neil Armstrong: The Quest for His Autograph. Zarelli Space Authentication also provides authentication consulting services to James Spence Authentication (JSA), Sportscard Guaranty Authentic (SGC), and PSA/DNA Authentication. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL

Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*

PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES

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

FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS

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

RENATO SAGGIORI

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

BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES

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

JAMES CAMNER

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

RICH CONSOLA

Rich has studied Elvis Presley’s handwriting and signature for nearly 20 years, which has placed him in the forefront of Presley authenticators worldwide.

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presidents & first ladies Revolutionary discharge for a New Hampshire drummer

1. George Washington. Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 12.5, June 7, 1783. Continental Army military discharge headed “By His Excellency George Washington, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.” In part: “These are to certify that the Bearer hereof Elijah How Drumer in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment, having faithfully served the United States four years being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by General Washington, and countersigned below

by Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Extensively restored to very good condition, with trimmed edges, reinforcement and backing to intersecting folds and areas of former paper loss. Washington’s signature has been untouched, and remains bold and virtually unaffected. As commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, General Washington took it upon himself to organize and train his soldiers. By war’s end, this highly disciplined and hands-on approach carried over into Washington insisting on signing every discharge certificate personally, with this particular discharge, signed for a drummer, being one of the more unusual and interesting examples. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Gorgeous 1789 ‘Linked States’ inaugural button

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2. George Washington. Gorgeous example of the ‘Linked States’ variety of buttons created in 1789 to honor George Wash-

ington’s first inauguration, measuring 34mm in diameter, featuring the ornate monogram “GW” in the center encircled by “Long Live the President.” The initials of the thirteen states form a linked chain around the border. The button features a handsome deep chocolate overall patina and the well-struck design is attractively gilded. Nicely framed with a description to an overall size of 10.5 x 15. In fine condition. Of the many types of buttons commemorating the first president’s inauguration, this is one of the most prized and attractive varieties. A superb piece symbolic of the patriotic spirit engendered within the infant republic as Washington took office. Starting Bid $500

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“So few are now who were fellow laborers in the struggle for the liberation of our country” 3. 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.

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 PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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1816 Madison–Monroe appointment for a Treaty of Ghent envoy 4. James Madison and James Monroe. Uncommon manuscript DS, signed

“James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state,” one page, 10.25 x 15, April 7, 1816. President Madison appoints James Trecothick Austin of Massachusetts as “Agent on the part of the United States as authorized by the Treaty of Ghent, for managing the business under the Fourth Article of said Treaty.” Signed at the conclusion by Madison, and countersigned by Monroe. White paper seal affixed to lower left remains intact. In fine condition, with two areas of reinforcement on the reverse. James T. Austin served as the 22nd attorney general of Massachusetts. Signed on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

5. James Madison. Handsome partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 16.5, May 26, 1812. President Madison appoints Joseph S. McPherson as “a Lieutenant in the Navy in the Service of the United States.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Madison and countersigned

by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton. Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 20.5 x 23.5. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and light overall rippling; the seldom-seen attractive blue ribbon on the seal is present.

Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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6. James Madison. DS as president, one page, 11.5 x 14.5, December 5, 1809. A patent issued to Atkinson Farra, who “hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement being a double-bored pendulum Pump.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Madison and countersigned

by Secretary of State Robert Smith and Attorney General Cesar A. Rodney. The white paper seal and portions of the original ribbon remain affixed to the left side. A manuscript page describing the invention is also included. In very good condition, with moderate overall soiling, missing upper right corner tip, and several tape ghosts to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

1818 ‘Columbian Principle’ patent approved by Monroe and Quincy Adams 7. James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 11 x 15, November 18, 1818. A patent issued to Abraham Taylor who “has invented a new and useful improvement being a mode of propelling Boats &c, called the Columbian Principle which improvement he states has not been known or used before his application; hath made oath and that the same hath not to the best of his knowledge or belief been previously used or known in this or any foreign country, that he does verily believe that he is the true inventor or discoverer of the said improvement.” The attached three double-sided pages contain a detailed description of the invention written and signed by Taylor. In very good condition, with Adams’s signature is fairly light, but mostly legible, other handwritten portions of document and Taylor’s description also light but legible, and some light soiling. The crisp white seal is tattered at the edges and toned and the document retains its original green ribbon which has become partially separated. A highly desirable format boasting two presidential signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The president defends his Oak Hill plantation 8. James Monroe. ALS as president, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, March 23, 1819. Letter to Thomas Swann, in full: “I forgot to mention to you the case of Mr. Swart yesterday, who has admitted, in some degree, that he must pay the balance due for the land at the death of Judge Jones, but has never paid a cent of it. Mr. Benton will take your instructions in it. I am satisfied that the object of Swart is to evade the payments in hope of taking advantage of the act of limitation, or some other circumstance. He had no title from the old gentleman, & the young one could make none. Had he better be sued in Chancery, or by ejectment. The legal title was not in me, except by the old gentleman’s will, which may have some weight in the decision.

If you think proper to consider the subject, & want further information, & will be so good as to inform it to me, the delay will not be material to Mr. Benton, who will always be ready to follow your instructions. I am aware that I am indebted to you, on acct of the estate & my own account, by your kind attention to my affrs. In Alexa. You never mentioned whether you were so fortunate as to collect some bonds given you by Col. Mercer. If you will be so kind as send me an account I will with great pleasure make sure an arrangement as will be satisfactory to you.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Monroe’s hand.

Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet by its integral address leaf. In fine condition, with some light toning and staining.

Accompanied by a handsome custom-made leatherbound presentation album.

Judge Joseph Jones was Monroe’s uncle, the brother of his mother, and it was Judge Jones who enrolled James Monroe in the College of William and Mary in 1774, becoming a mentor and adviser to the future president. In 1794, Jones and Monroe jointly purchased the land called Oak Hill in Virginia, which came into Monroe’s sole possession when Jones passed in 1805.

The man in question here, Robert Swart, was the farm manager at Oak Hill plantation and owed Monroe money for land he had purchased from the estate. Later on in his presidency in 1825, Monroe appointed the recipient, his attorney Thomas Swann, as “Attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia.” A lengthy and boldly penned presidential letter boasting several significant historical connections. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 9

Recognizing Clay’s claim in “the formation of a treaty of commerce, with G. Britain” 9. James Monroe. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, June 22,

1822. Letter to the comptroller, in full: “On the report & opinion of the Attorney General, respecting the claim of Mr. Clay, to half an outfit, for his services, in the formation of a treaty of commerce, with G. Britain, at London, in 1815, & on full consideration of his case, & of precedents in other cases, I am of the opinion, that the claim ought to be allowed, deducting there from, any advances made to him, for that service, on a different principle.” In fine condition, with an old mounting strip along reverse edge.

This intriguing letter involves an ongoing dispute between some of the most prominent American politicians of the era—James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay. Adams and Clay, who often quibbled with each other, had been members of the commission that had negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain to end the War of 1812. While still in Europe, Clay helped negotiate an additional commerce treaty with the British. He believed he was entitled to additional compensation, which is the claim discussed here. Although this would normally be under the purview of the State Department, President Monroe asked Attorney General William Wirt for his opinion, hoping to avoid further hostility between Clay and Secretary of State Adams.

Wirt’s response was favorable, so Monroe did indeed grant Clay additional pay of $4,280. An interesting letter that combines America’s early foreign policy with intraparty drama. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

10. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “J. Q. Adams” as president and “H. Clay” as secretary of state, one page, 10.25 x 14.25, no date. Unissued scallop-top ship’s pass, left blank and signed in advance by President Adams and Secretary of State Clay. Framed and in fine condition, with intersecting folds and moderate overall rippling.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Facing a soldiers’ mutiny at the height of the Creek War: “I hope there still remains sufficient numbers of patriots, to chastise the Creeks, and to carry on the campaign” 11. Andrew Jackson.

War-dated ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, December 13, 1813.

Letter to Governor Willie Blount of Tennessee, written from Fort Strother during the Creek War. In part: “I wrote you last evening, advising you that from the discontents prevailing amongst the Volunteer infantry, arising from an idea that their time has expired on the 10th from a disposition displayed of mutiny on the 9th and as advised by Genl. Hall, that both officers and men had come to a final determination not to march forward or cross the Coosa River again—finding from other orders of Genl. Pinckney—from information rec’d here of the Georgia army being beaten by the Indians—and in consequence of their rumored victory, they are concentrating their forces about forty five miles from Talladega—all combined to make it necessary for me to move forward…This corps was the first pride of my life, they have deserved well, and I had a hope would have been the last troops on earth that would have asked to go home so long as an enemy was in front—but privation has brought on discontents, from which mutiny has sprung—and patriotism has fled—I therefore have a desire that they may be discharged and mustered out of service by your order—I shall move forward as soon as practicable the Volunteers will march today, and I will have a quiet camp for a few days—when I can turn my whole thoughts to the chastisement of the enemy….

I hope there still remains sufficient numbers of patriots, to chastise the Creeks, and to carry on the campaign. Shall it be said, that the boosted patriotism of Tennessee is a mere phantom, that only visits at home—shall it be said that a glorious career shall be abandoned for want of men—shall it be recorded that the brave the patriotic Tennesseans, turn…when they are ordered to march…It shall not, it must not—I have therefore to request that you will hold in readiness, a sufficient number, to fill up the deficiency.” Jackson pens a lengthy postscript concerning the troop strength of Genl. Cocke’s and Genl. Roberts’s brigades, as well as the expiration dates of the soldiers’ terms. Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Jackson’s hand.

In very good condition, with archival tape reinforcement and small areas of paper loss along intersecting folds, two old small labels reinforcing the hinge, and a small area of seal-related paper loss affecting several words of the postscript.

A year earlier, Governor Blount raised a force of 1,500 volunteers for the ‘Natchez Expedition’ under General Andrew Jackson’s command to be mustered into service on December 10, 1812, with an enlistment term of one year. Dismissed upon their arrival in Natchez in February 1813, the enraged Jackson himself financed their return to Tennessee; it was during their march home that he earned the famous sobriquet ‘Old Hickory.’ Jackson’s men were recalled into service with the onset of the Creek War in September, bolstered by a larger group of volunteers on three-month enlistments. Despite significant victories at Tallushatchee and Talladega in November 1813, things came to a head in December when the near entirety of Jackson’s army was due for discharge. With numbers dwindling—Jackson had barely over one hundred men by January 1814—Jackson’s request for a sufficient force was finally met and he was up to full strength by the end of February. It was with this group that Jackson faced the fiercest fighting of the Creek War, culminating in a decisive victory in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814, effectively ending the conflict. Featuring excellent content from the field of battle, this letter reveals the qualities of Jackson’s leadership that made him an able military commander and, later, a successful politician. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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The earliest Jackson autograph letter to hit the market in decades 12. Andrew Jackson. Exceptionally early ALS signed

“An’dw Jackson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 15.5 x 13.5, October 2, 1795. Letter from Jackson as a young Nashville attorney, offering advice to his client, in full: “Capt. David Smith waited upon me this day, and Communicated to me your Desire of Seeing Me in the Town of Nashville this Evening in order (as I understand him) to adjust a Disputed Matter now Existing between you and him. One thing I can observe that agreeable to the articles of agreement which were Entered into between you and Spring. Spring was to have one hundred Dollars out of the Bond originally given by David Smith to you and transferred from you to Spring; agreeable to your instructions Smith paid to Spring one hundred Dollars upon which I as attorney for Spring Dismissed the suit instituted on Said bond by Spring vs Smith; all this was Done agreeable to your request & Spring’s instructions; now sir if the hundred Dollars which you Compelled Smith to pay you in the Nation was on acct. of the hundred Dollars reserved for Spring it was a wrong payment; and by law Smith has a good cause of action against you will be Compelled to pay it back with Costs of Suit, when you and Myself Talk of this Matter in Nashville you then Told me it was not the Same Money reserved for the payment of Spring but that it was the balance of the Debt owing to you; but from the information of Colo Hays I am now of the oppinion [sic] that it was for the Said Debt Owing to Spring. Now Sir as all the land was transfer[r]ed to Spring by you upon which Smith was sued, it was a good payment made by Smith to Spring, more particularly as it was by your Express instructions So as to have the suit dismissed and to obtain the ballance [sic] of the Debt that by the articles of agreement between you and Spring was Due and owing to you. My advice therefore is to you to repay the money to Smith and Save the Expence of a Lawsuit which you will undoubtedly have to pay; Genl Robertson can inform you that it will be the Consequence from the Statement herein which are facts and not as plainly stated as they will be proven in Court from the original bond as from [your] own agreement and Confessions.” In good condition, with small areas of paper loss, tape repairs to complete separations along intersecting folds, and scattered overall light foxing and staining; Jackson’s signature, which touches a strip of old mounting residue, is large, bold, and, while very early, instantly recognizable.

In spite of his minimal legal training, the 28-year-old Jackson secured the post of prosecutor for North Carolina’s Western District in 1788, attaining the Southwest territory as well just a few years later. In 1796, the year after this letter was written, Jackson was elected a delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention; when Tennessee earned statehood later that year, Jackson formally became its first representative. A hugely significant letter given its proximity to the advent of Jackson’s political ascendancy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

13. Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 15, March 27, 1832. Scallop-topped ship’s pass issued for “the Brig Industry of Westport, George Sowle master or commander…To Pass with her Company, Passengers, Goods and Merchandize without any hinderance, seisure or molestation.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Jackson and countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston. The crisp white paper seal.

In fine condition, with light toning over most of the document, and old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Fillmore’s personal set of The Life and Works of John Adams—six volumes signed by the 13th president

14. Millard Fillmore. Exceptional complete ten-volume set of The Life and Works of John Adams by Charles Francis Adams from Fillmore’s personal library, published by Little, Brown and Company, 1850–1856, with six of the volumes signed and dated inside by Fillmore, including two signed as president. All ten are annotated by Fillmore on the title pages, “G-3,” to indicate shelf location. The books signed by Fillmore, each signed and dated vertically inside the front cover, include: Volumes II and III, each signed as president, “Millard Fillmore, Sept. 10. 1851”; Volumes I and X, each signed, “Millard Fillmore, Oct. 24. 1856”; and Volumes VIII and IX, each signed, “Millard Fillmore, June 26. 1854.” Autographic condition: very good to fine, with some mild foxing. Book condition: VG-/None, with tears at spine edges. An extraordinary compilation associating two presidents of the United States. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

The former president clarifies “a passage from Shakespeare” 15. Millard Fillmore. ALS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, April 14, 1861. Letter to George Lunt concerning a passage from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In part: “Under the ‘Literary’ head of ‘The World’…I perceive a criticism on a passage from Shakespeare in which your name appears. The passage is from Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 4th—‘Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves shall never tremble: Or, be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword; If trembling I inhabit, then protest me, The baby of a girl.’ I observe that you and Mr. White, acting independently of each other, have come to the same conclusion in explaining this ambiguous word ‘inhabit,’ by placing the comma after the word ‘then’ and this seems to me to be right; but while I make no pretension to literature, and much less to the acumen of a critic, yet, you will pardon me for saying that, the explanation of the use of this word inhabit in this sentence, seems to me far fetched, and it has occurred to me that possibly it is a typographical error, and that the word was written exhibit instead of inhabit, a mistake that might easily occur, as your own experience must abundantly prove.” Also includes a letter by Shakespearean scholar Richard Grant White on the same subject. In fine condition. Excellent literary content from the former president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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James Buchanan. Sou-

16. James Buchanan. Corcoran & Riggs bank check, 8 x 3.25, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Hon. James Buchanan for $11,000, February 7, 1850. Endorsed on the reverse, “Pay the within to the order of John N. Lane, James Buchanan.” Reverse also bears several other endorsements. Matted and framed with a window in the backing for viewing the endorsed side. In very good to fine condition. John Lane was an uncle to Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

venir quotation in a collector’s hand, one page, 7.5 x 8.75, lightly lined, signed at the conclusion in black ink by Buchanan. In full: “‘Whilst the other nations of the world are distracted by domestic dissentions, and are involved in a struggle between the privileges of the few and the rights of the many, Heaven has blessed our happy land with a Government which secures equal rights to all our citizens, and has produced Peace, Happiness and Contentment throughout our borders. It has combined Liberty with Order, and all the sacred and indefeasible rights of the citizens with the strictest observance of law.’ (From the letter of Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State of the U. S. conveying to the people of California the views of President Polk respecting their condition and prospects.—October 7, 1848).” In fine condition, with a repaired tear to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Appointment for an early law partner of the Secretary of the Treasury 18. Abraham Lincoln. Civil War-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 10, April 19, 1861. President Lincoln appoints Flamen Ball as “Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio.” Crispy signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned

by William H. Seward as secretary of state. Paper seal affixed to reverse remains intact. In very good to fine condition, with splitting along folds and Ball’s endorsement on the reverse lightly showing through; Lincoln’s signature is bold and dark. Ball was a prominent Ohio politician who founded a law practice with Salmon P. Chase in 1838. When the practice dissolved nearly twenty years later, Lincoln appointed Ball as “Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio,” a position doubtlessly secured via his association with Chase, a future Chief Justice who was then serving on Lincoln’s cabinet as the nation’s Treasury Secretary.

A desirable and crisply signed appointment with fascinating historical associations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Exceptionally rare ‘Team of Rivals’ Sanitary Fair autograph sheet

19. Abraham Lincoln and Cabinet. Ink signatures, “A.

Lincoln,” “William H. Seward,” “S. P. Chase,” “Edwin M. Stanton,” “Gideon Welles,” “J. P. Usher,” “M. Blair,” and “Edw: Bates,” on an off-white 5.75 x 8.75 colorfully bordered sheet, headed, “Autographs of the President and Cabinet, 1864.” Nicely mounted, matted, and framed with an engraving of Lincoln and his cabinet and a small plaque to an overall size of 19 x 15.5. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling (primarily to the lower half of the sheet) and a repaired tear to the right side, affecting none of the signatures; Lincoln’s signature is pristine in every regard.

These special autograph sheets were produced for the famous Sanitary Fairs held during the Civil War for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers. This example—one of few known—was purchased by Elisha N. Sill, a friend of famed abolitionist John Brown, at the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair in February 1864.

Lincoln and his cabinet members donated these autographs to be sold or auctioned at the fairs, and indeed the book Historical Sketch of the Soldiers Aid Society of Northern Ohio describes the fair, saying, ‘Several fine engravings adorn the walls, autographs of Lincoln are for sale here, and useful and fancy goods of every variety.’ The was later found inside Sill’s two-volume set of The American Conflict by Horace Greeley, which had been purchased by Lincoln scholar Judge Lewis D. Slusser about one hundred years ago. An exceedingly rare compilation of autographs, this is a truly remarkable piece of presidential memorabilia. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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Approving the release of two prisoners of war 20. Abraham Lincoln. Autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” on a 6.5 x 3.25 address overleaf attached to a letter written by Thomas Jacks requesting the release of two prisoners, March 1, 1865. In part: “I would most respectfully request that you release from prison upon their taking the Oath of Allegiance—W. M. Johnson—Alton, Ills—and Monroe Thomas—Fort Delaware. I am not personally acquainted with either of these prisoners but they are endorsed to me by gentlemen of high respectability. They are both Conscripts—poor men with families.” The endorsement, written in the hand of Lincoln’s secretary John Hay, in full: “Let W. M. Johnson & Monroe Thomas, Prisoners of War, be discharged on taking the oath of Dec. 8, 1863.” In fine condition, with the integral leaf trimmed to leave just Lincoln’s endorsement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

Impromptu 1863 appointment from Lincoln’s “Executive Mansion” 21. Abraham Lincoln. Manuscript DS as

president, one page, 8.25 x 7, March 9, 1863.

Order issued from the Executive Mansion.

In full: “I authorize William T. Otto to perform the duties of the office of Secretary of the Interior, during the absence of John P. Usher, from the seat of government.” Beautifully mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with an engraved portrait. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing, irregular toning, and two small areas of surface paper loss not affecting any text. Oversized.

Otto was the assistant secretary of the interior and had chaired Indiana’s delegation to the 1860 Republican National Convention, and after this temporary appointment by President Lincoln he served in Usher’s place between March and October 1863. This very document came under scrutiny during a later congressional investigation into William McGarrahan’s ‘Panoche Grande Claim,’ during which Otto’s authority to act as secretary of the interior was questioned. A wonderful piece boasting a full presidential signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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22. Abraham Lincoln. Partly-printed certificate featuring pre-printed facsimile

signatures of President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton, one page, 13.5 x 10.5, December 15, 1864. In part: “The President’s Thanks and Certificate of Honorable Service To Corporal John H. Snouffer 133d Regt Ohio Nt. Gd. Vol. Infty: Whereas the President of the United States has made the following Executive Order, returning Thanks to the Ohio Volunteer[s] for One Hundred Days, to wit: Executive Mansion, Washington City, September 10, 1864. The term of One Hundred Days, for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgment of their patriotism and valuable service during the recent campaign. The term of service of their enlistment was short, but distinguished by memora[ble] events in the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the operations of the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, in the battle of Monoca[cy,] in the Intrenchments of Washington, and in other important service.” In very good condition, with overall creasing and soiling, a tear to the top, presumably trimmed edges, and chipping and wear to the old frame.

Starting Bid $200

23. Andrew Johnson. Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, no date.

A petition recommending a man to serve as timber agent. In full: “The undersigned beg leave respectfully to recommend Mr. Oliver Towles for appointment as timber agent for the Southern District of Alabama Mr. Towles has always been a most thorough efficient, working Democrat, & has never held an office or sought one before. He is amply qualified & is possessed of the active energetic habits so necessary in a post like that he seeks—We therefore request his appointment.” Signed at the conclusion by Johnson as one of numerous supporters. Professionally inlaid into a larger sheet and in fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned engraved portrait. From the collection of John Augustin Daly. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

24. Andrew Johnson. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1867. President Johnson authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the unconditional pardon of Thomas Ford.”

Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Johnson. Mounted beside an original ticket to Johnson’s impeachment hearings and a portrait to an overall size of 18 x 15.5. In very good to fine condition, with a block of light toning in top right blank area, and a few random spots of foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Orders to McPherson early in the Vicksburg campaign 25. U. S. Grant. Civil War-dated ALS signed “U.

S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 22, 1862. Written from Oxford, Mississippi, a letter to Major General James McPherson, in full: “Start your command for the Tallahatchie so soon as all property from the Depot is removed and take position in the North banks of the stream. The bridges should be held and for this purpose one brigade should be left at Abbeville, besides most of the Cavalry.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing.

A day earlier, Grant had received intel that Kirby Smith was crossing the Tennessee River and was possibly headed for Corinth. Described as ‘the vertebrae of the Confederacy,’ the town of Corinth was home to the east-west-running Memphis-Charleston and north-south-running Mobile-Ohio railroads, key mobilization lines which extended nearly the entire height and breadth of the South. In the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, a force of 120,000 Union soldiers drove out the Confederate occupants and allowed Grant to set up operations in the embattled crossroads town, relying on the young engineer James McPherson to serve as superintendent of the valuable rail junction. With word that a division of Smith’s Tennessee Army was Mississippi-bound, Grant relays orders to McPherson in an urgent effort to protect the vital territory. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

26. U. S. Grant. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,

15.75 x 19.25, December 20, 1876. President Grant appoints Charles Morton as “First Lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Cavalry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Grant, and countersigned by Secretary of War James D. Cameron. Dark blue embossed seal affixed to upper left remains creased but intact. Archivally matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Grant bearing a facsimile signature to an overall size of 32.75 x 28.25. In fine condition. Oversized.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“Presented to J. A. Garfield

by Spencer J. Fowler—as a premium for his scholarship in the Latin class of Geauga Seminary, Oct. 1850”

27. U. S. Grant. DS as

president, one page, 7.5 x 8.75, October 25, 1869. In part: “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of Sarah Clark.”

Signed at the conclusion by President Grant. Matted and framed. In fine condition, with light toning along the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

28. U. S. Grant. Crisp

ink signature, “U. S. Grant” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.25 slip. Mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with a small portrait of Grant to an overall size of 10.5 x 13.5. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

30. James A. Garfield. Signed book: A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition. NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1850. Hardcover, 5 x 7.5, 356 pages. Inscribed on the first free end page by Garfield in pencil, “Presented to J. A. Garfield by Spencer J. Fowler—as a premium for his scholarship in the Latin class of Geauga Seminary, Oct. 1850,” adding, “No. 19” at the top. He also penciled two Latin words, “moriasis” and “lundetur,” on page 35, over the printed text “die” and “praised” respectively. Garfield’s personal bookplate is also affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: very good, with irregular toning and slight dampstaining to the first free end page. Book condition: VG-/None (rebacked). Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell box. Garfield was a voracious reader who amassed a large collection of books. The first Presidential memorial library, completed at the Lawnfield estate in Ohio

by First Lady Lucretia Garfield four years after her husband’s assassination, houses almost 3,000 books that were used and treasured by the 20th president. More than two decades ago, several dozen of his books were de-accessioned, with this personal volume among them. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

29. U. S. Grant. Scarce hand-addressed and free-franked Executive Mansion envelope, 6 x 3.25, addressed by Grant to “Hon. H. Fish, Sec. of State,” and franked in the upper right as president, “U. S. Grant.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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President Garfield appoints a disabled Gettysburg veteran

31. James A. Garfield. Scarce partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 14, April 29, 1881. President Garfield appoints Francis W. Seeley as “Postmaster at Lake City, in the County of Wabasha, State of Minnesota.” Crisply signed at the conclusion

by President Garfield and countersigned by Postmaster General Thomas L. James. The gold seal and red ribbon affixed to the lower left remain intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning along the central vertical fold. Seeley, an artillerist in the US Army, had served during the Civil War and distinguished himself at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where he was wounded twice. Disabled as a result of his wounds, Seeley was appointed as postmaster at Lake City by U. S. Grant, and he remained in the position through several administrations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

32. James A. Garfield. Appealing 5.5 x 3.25 envelope signed

in the upper right in black ink, “Ja. Garfield, NC,” and addressed to his wife in his own hand, “Mrs. Eliza Garfield, 1227 S. St. Washington, D.C.” In very good condition, with trimmed right edge, and heavy old mounting residue on the reverse. Accompanied by an unsigned cabinet photo of Garfield. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Two branches of government—featuring Arthur, his cabinet, and over 300 congressmen, McKinley included

33. Chester A. Arthur and Cabinet. Hardcover leatherbound autograph album, 7.5 x 9.25, signed inside, as president,

“Chester A. Arthur, April 12, 1884,” and also signed by seven members of his cabinet: “Fredck. T. Frelinghuysen” (Secretary of State), “W. Q. Grisham” and “Chas. J. Folger” (Secretaries of the Treasury), “Benjamin Harris Brewster” (Attorney General), “Robert T. Lincoln” (Secretary of War), “Wm. E. Chandler” (Secretary of the Navy), and “H. M. Teller” (Secretary of the Interior).

Album is additionally signed by more than 340 members of the 48th US Congress (almost all back-to-back), including future president William McKinley, and former Union general William Rosecrans. Accompanied by a 4.5 x 3.5 card presenting the album to California Governor James Herbert Budd, with a small sprig of flowers affixed to the card with a small blue ribbon.

Some scattered light toning and soiling to pages, reinforcement to hinges, and moderate wear to covers, otherwise fine condition. Budd served a single term in Congress from 1883–1885, and ten years later was elected governor of California after a bitter campaign, edging out Morris Estee by only 1200 votes. An impressive collection of signatures obtained near the end of Arthur’s term, containing most of his cabinet at the time, as well as a majority of senators and representatives, including a future president. Previously sold by Sotheby’s, June 2014. Starting Bid $200

Massive portrait of the president-elect 34. Benjamin Harrison. Imposing 10 x 15.5 portrait of Harrison taken in 1888

by George Prince, affixed to its original 11 x 17.25 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Benj. Harrison.” Archivally double-cloth-matted and framed. Toning to edges from previous display and a large repaired chip to the top edge of the mount, otherwise fine condition; all existing imperfections have since been expertly matted out, making for a highly presentable presidential showpiece. Three weeks after Harrison was elected president in November 1888, the Washington Post reported that local photographer George Prince, whose studio was on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street, had gone to Indianapolis and ‘made a large photograph of General Harrison.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Scarce military archive from a career soldier 35. William McKinley.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19, December 21, 1897. President McKinley appoints Samuel Breck as “Adjutant General with the rank of Brigadier General in the service of the United States.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by McKinley and countersigned by Secretary of War Russell A. Alger. The dark blue seal affixed to the lower left remains mostly intact. Also includes a series of other documents related to Breck, including his 1855 diploma from West Point. Rolled and in fine condition. Accompanied by a contemporary metal tube hand-painted with Breck’s name and rank. During the Civil War, Breck was engaged in the occupation of Fredericksburg and the Shenandoah Valley expedition. An exceptionally well-preserved document enhanced by its many accompaniments. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Investigating the isthmus of Panama for “construction of a canal by the United States” 36. William McKinley. Part-

ly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 12.5, June 9, 1899.

President McKinley appoints Colonel Peter C. Hains of the US Army as “a member of the Commission to make investigations and report upon the Isthmus of Panama, with a view to the construction of a canal by the United States to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President McKinley and countersigned by Secretary of State John Hay. The white paper seal remains affixed to the the lower left. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 21. In fine condition, with light soiling to the seal. On March 3, 1899, Congress authorized an exhaustive series of investigations to determine the most practical route for a canal; as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Hains successfully lobbied for the Panama site over one proposed in Nicaragua. Oversized.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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37. William McKinley. ALS signed

“Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, W. & A. McKinley Attorneys at Law letterhead, no date but circa 1870s. Letter to a woman in Allegheny, in part: “I have sold to the M. E. Church for $5000…the title…Please advise me how to reach your self & sister.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sending the Congressional Record of “memorial services of the late President Garfield” 38. William McKinley. LS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 5.5 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, April 7, 1882. Letter to Charles Campbell of Newark, in part: “I have forwarded to your address copies of Cong. Rec. containing memorial services of the late President Garfield as you requested.” Affixed to a same-size sheet. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Imposing etched portrait of the great progressive 39. Theodore Roosevelt. Stunning oversized print of an

etched portrait of Roosevelt, 13 x 17, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “Inscribed for Orville J. Taylor Jr., with the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt, Nov 4th 1916.”

Print bears a copyright notice to the upper left, “Copyrighted 1911 by Barmore Publishing Co. New York,” and signed in the lower right in pencil by artist Otto Schneider, “Schneider.”

Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 26. In fine condition. Taylor was one of the eight founders of the Chicago Hughes Club, a ‘non-partisan organization for voters who believe in Americanism and preparedness.’ Although Roosevelt campaigned energetically for Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 presidential election, he was defeated by the incumbent Wilson just two days after this was signed.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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40. Theodore Roosevelt. Engraved portrait of the exterior

of the White House, 6.25 x 4, signed as president under the image in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt, Feb 11th 1909.”

In fine condition, with light overall soiling. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

“It is not easy for me to prepare a speech. I work slowly and with difficulty, and I loathe speaking” 41. Theodore Roosevelt.

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Metropolitan letterhead, December 5, 1916. Letter to Frederick Almy. In part: “I hate to say it is not possible for me to make the speech you ask of me.

Since election I have received from thirty to fifty requests to speak, every week. Many of these speeches I would genuinely like to make but it is not easy for me to prepare a speech. I work slowly and with difficulty, and I loathe speaking unless it is ‘borne in on me to testify,’ as our Methodist brethren say. I have had to refuse to undertake any new speeches for the next eight or ten months to come.” A notation in another hand indicates that Roosevelt was requested to speak at the National Conference of Social Work. Mounted to a heavy piece of cardstock and in very good to fine condition, with scattered light soiling and staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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42. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS as president, one

page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 23, 1905. Letter to Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, in full: “I have received the Methodist Hymnal and thank you for it. I have had time only to glance through it, but that glance has been enough to see how many of my favorite hymns it contains. I prize it and shall always keep it.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

43. Theodore Roosevelt.

Ink signature, “Theodore Roosevelt,” on a n o ff - w h i t e 2.25 x 1 slip bearing a notation in another hand. Matted with a silhouette of Teddy to an overall size of 8 x 11. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

“So far as the Presidency is concerned,” admits the secretary of war, “it has no attraction for me” 44. William H. Taft. TLS signed “Bill,” one page, 8 x 10.5, War Department letterhead, April 11, 1906. Letter to C. H. Kelsey, in full: “I have your note of April 9th, and thank you for writing it. You are all wrong in any suspicion as to the President’s motive. I could show you a letter to me which explains the whole situation. Harry might show it to you if you would go and see him, because I have sent him a copy.

I am not at all decided yet as to what I ought to do. So far as the Presidency is concerned, it is as remote as possible. It has no attraction for me, and to me the suggestion that I should wait for that is only a humorous one. My only hesitation to accept the Supreme Court Judgeship is caused by the doubt whether if I leave the War Department it will not affect injuriously the cause of the Filipinos. Now I cannot expect to remain in this office all the time, and the question is whether by remaining in sometime longer I can do good enough to justify my failure to embrace the opportunity to go into a place where I must think it possible for one to be of great use to the country for the next twenty years. I should like very much to go with Fred Potter if I can, but I doubt the possibility of it.” Taft adds “& affectionately” to the closing in his own hand, as well as two additions to the text. In very good to fine condition, with staining to edges, and a block of toning from prior display.

Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as the US Secretary of War two years prior, Taft emerged as the next likely Republican nominee for president, even if he refused to actively campaign for the position. Less than a year after refusing Henry Brown’s seat, Taft again declined a Supreme Court seat in 1906, ever mindful of the Filipino people and the agricultural causes he would continue to support. Taft, of course, would go on to hold both the top positions of the executive and judicial branches, thus becoming one of America’s most successful and storied politicians. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“We will indeed now pull all together for the ratification of the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations” 45. Woodrow Wilson. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 12, 1919. Letter to Hon. Martin F. Ansel, the former governor of South Carolina. In full: “It was very gratifying to get your friendly letter of July 9th, and I thank you for it with all my heart. We will indeed now pull all together for the ratification of the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations, and I think the pull will be irresistible.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered somewhat irregular toning. The Treaty of Versailles had been signed only two weeks earlier and Wilson was clearly optimistic that it would be ratified by Congress; however, Wilson’s refusal to make concessions in domestic negotiations concerning the League of Nations resulted in the non-ratification of the treaty. Considered by historians as Wilson’s greatest failure, the outcome had vast personal and political effects—according to some, the setback was responsible for the stroke he suffered during the very heated negotiation process.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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46. Woodrow Wilson. Partly-print-

ed DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, March 2, 1915.

President Wilson appoints Samuel T. Lee of Michigan as “a Consul of Class six of the United States of America.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Wilson and countersigned by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. The white paper seal affixed to the left side remains fully intact. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

47. Woodrow Wilson. ALS, one

page, 3.75 x 5, January 26, 1903.

Letter to Betty Breese Blodget, in full: “I cheerfully comply with your request for my autograph.

It is a small return for your kindness in desiring it.” Affixed to a heavy sheet of cardstock, otherwise fine condition. Wilson remains uncommon in handwritten letters. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Pondering Washington’s great legacy 48. Calvin Coolidge. Uncommon AQS on a 7 x 10.5 sheet

of personal letterhead, signed at the conclusion. Coolidge pens an excerpt from his commencement address given at George Washington University on February 22, 1929. In full: “As we study the statesmanship of Washington, as we see it demonstrated in our domestic and foreign experience, he becomes a larger and larger figure…The reverence for his memory continues to increase with the increasing years.”

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Hoover assigns book rights for The Basis for Lasting Peace 49. Herbert Hoover. DS, three

pages on two sheets, 8.5 x 13.75, April 10, 1945. Agreement between D. Van Nostrand Company, inc., and Hugh Gibson and Herbert Hoover, in which the latter assign to the publishers “the world book publishing rights of…The Basis for Lasting Peace.” Signed on the last page in black ink by Hoover, and countersigned by Gibson. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Morley is either deliberately writing stuff which rejoices the heart of Hitler or he is a theoretical dreamer who ought not to write at all” 50. Franklin D. Roosevelt. World War II–dated TLS

signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 6, 1942. Letter to Senator Lister Hill. In full: “Ever so many thanks for sending me John Temple Graves’ column in answer to Felix Morley’s article in the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ Morley is either deliberately writing stuff which rejoices the heart of Hitler or he is a theoretical dreamer who ought not to write at all.” In fine condition, with three horizontal folds and a paperclip impression to the upper left. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope as well as a complete issue of the April 18, 1942, of The Saturday Evening Post in which Morley wrote a controversial article entitled ‘For What Are We Fighting?,’ in which he contended that there were plans for ‘a global Anglo-Saxon’ dictatorship.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Candid campaign speech in 1936 51. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Uncommon glossy 10 x 8 photo of FDR giving a campaign speech in Harrisburg on October 29, 1936, signed in fountain pen by the president, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” and by the governor of Pennsylvania, “George H. Earle.” In fine condition, with a diagonal crease to lower right passing through the end of the signature. Roosevelt would win the 1936 election in a landslide just five days later, winning every state but Vermont and Maine. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

After “a rather long vacation” struggling with polio, FDR returns to politics and promises he is “improving with a rapidity” 52. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal

letterhead, September 9, 1924. Letter to Mr. Keabey, in full: “As you have probably noticed in the papers, the organization of the Speakers Bureau of the National Committee has been delayed through various causes. I am writing you this little line to let you know I am waiting until it is finally shaped up to call their attention to your generous offer of services. You will be glad to know I have just returned from a rather long vacation and that I am improving with a rapidity which excels the doctors’ most optimistic predictions.” In fine condition, with slight stains to upper corners and a light bend to the upper blank area. In August of 1921, Roosevelt contracted polio which left him paralyzed from the waist down and unable to walk or stand without support. During the next three years he fought with extraordinary resolve to overcome any limitations caused by the disease, and on June 26, 1924, FDR returned to politics at the Democratic National Convention in New York where he gave the nominating speech for Governor Al Smith. In this letter, written just two months after his speech, Roosevelt vows that his health quickly improving—an appearance he believed essential to successfully running for office again. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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53. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Interesting airmail envelope featuring a cachet depicting Roosevelt and honoring the ‘Second Presidential Cruise’ of 1935, signed below the image in fountain pen, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” and addressed in his own hand, “Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins, The Kennedy-Warren, Connecticut Ave., Washington D.C.” In fine condition, with some surface paper loss along the top edge. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. An interesting format considering FDR was a philatelist himself. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“We certainly need the Progressive Republican vote” 54. Franklin D. Roosevelt. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, August 29, 1936. Letter to Judge Francis J. Heney, in full: “I think you are right about the registration. We certainly need the Progressive Republican vote. I hope to see you if I can get out to the Coast later on.” Roosevelt adds “Personal” to the upper left. In fine condition, with two additional horizontal mailing folds. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Striking fully signed 1950 Harris & Ewing photo 55. Harry S. Truman and Cabinet. Exceptional oversized matte-finish 15.25 x 10.5 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and his cabinet, taken on August 25, 1950, signed in blue and black ink in the lower border by President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Special Assistant to the President W. A. Harriman, Assistant to the President John A. Steelman, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin, National Security Resources Board Chairman W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Postmaster General J. M. Donaldson, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman. Framed and in fine condition, with a few light brushes to a couple of signatures, trivial mounting remnants to lower edge, and a bit of light irregular ink adhesion to a couple of the signatures. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“The eighty-fifth anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address”

56. Harry S. Truman. Booklet entitled ‘Germany Surrenders Unconditionally— Facsimiles of the Documents,’ 8 x 10.25, 41 pages, issued by the National Archives in 1945. Signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink, “To William Heitman, Kind regards from Harry S. Truman, 7/6/65.”

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

57. Harry S. Truman. Official printed United States Congress joint reso-

lution, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, June 29, 1948, signed in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman.” A joint resolution “to authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the eighty-fifth anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.” Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Truman to an overall size of 19 x 15. In fine condition, with uniform toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

A month into Truman’s presidency: “The pressure upon me is exceedingly heavy” 58. Harry S. Truman. TLS as president signed “Harry,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 21, 1945. Letter to Judge Brown Harris, in full: “I am indeed sorry to have taken so long in acknowledging your very kind letter. As you can well imagine, the pressure upon me is exceedingly heavy. I need not tell you how highly I appreciate your generous expressions and your friendly interest.” Truman adds a brief postscript in his own hand, “Hope Mrs. Harris has fully recovered. Let me hear how she is.” In very good to fine condition, with faint staining, and staple holes to upper left. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Truman’s Christmas greetings to America’s veterans 59. Harry S. Truman. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, Christmas 1945. In full: “To Our Veterans: To you who have so richly earned the enduring gratitude of the Nation I send Christmas greetings. Your unselfish devotion to duty has preserved for all of us our precious heritage of liberty.

You have merited from your fellow citizens the heartfelt tribute: Well Done! May the New Year and each succeeding year bring to you and your loved ones ever-increasing proof of the inflexible determination of all Americans to discharge in full the sacred obligations that our free Nation owes to the gallant men and women who served us in our hour of need.” In very good condition, with light soiling and irregular light toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

60. Harry S. Truman. DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. A typed “Citation for Legion of Merit” on White House letterhead, issued to Marshal Ivan Koniev for his “exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services from 1 January 1945 to 25 April 1945. His brilliant and irresistible drive in January forced the German armies back 200 miles from the Vistula bridgehead to the Oder River, brought about the capture of the Silesian industrial area, and thereby crippled and substantially reduced German production.” In fine condition, with light creasing near the top. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

61. Harry S. Truman. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, March 13, 1947. President Truman appoints Herman B. Baruch as “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to The Netherlands. Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Truman and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. Affixed to a same-size sheet of cardstock and in fine condition, with some scattered rippling. Herman Baruch was the younger brother of noted financier and presidential advisor Bernard Baruch. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“The competition faced by the Defense Department is the sternest in the world, that provided by the military might of the Soviet Union” 62. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president signed “D.

E.,” two pages, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 6, 1958. Letter to businessman Irving Geist. In part: “I am sure it is no news to you that I am engaged in an all-out effort to secure legislation under which the Defense Department may be organized to meet modern security requirements with maximum efficiency and minimum cost…As of today, the Defense Department must operate under a system, or lack of system, similar to one that, as I say, would not be tolerated by a successful business corporation. All of us know that the competition faced by the Defense Department is the sternest in the world, that provided by the military might of the Soviet Union. The single objective of the Defense Department is the nation’s security; in this it must be successful…In a successful company the Board of Directors operates through its Chief Executive Officer…I believe that, in a similar manner, the Secretary of Defense must, under broad policies prescribed by the Congress, make sure that the Defense establishment operates under a single direction.” In fine condition, with a stray ink mark near the signature.

Eisenhower oversaw the first major reorganization of the Department of Defense in 1958, which streamlined departments and channels of authority. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Appointment to the Atomic Energy Commission for a key contributor to the Manhattan Project 63. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Partly-printed DS as

president, one page, 23 x 19, June 27, 1960. President Eisenhower appoints Dr. Philip Hauge Abelson “a Member of the General Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission for a term expiring August 1, 1966.” Signed at the conclusion by Eisenhower and countersigned by Secretary of State Christian Herter. Document is affixed to an identical size mount. Mild toning and foxing, primarily to edges, and a bit of light feathering to end of signature, otherwise fine condition. The white seal is lightly toned, but crisp and intact. Authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission assumed the operations of the Manhattan Project which began in 1942 to produce the first atomic bomb. Abelson, a physical chemist, proposed the gas diffusion process for separating uranium-235 from uranium-238 and, in 1940, in collaboration with physicist Edwin M. McMillan, discovered the element neptunium. He would later go on to serve as the editor of Science magazine from 1962–1984. A high-level appointment for a highly decorated and respected scientist, who played an important role in atomic development. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Exceedingly rare 1910 check from Eisenhower’s hometown job—just one year after finishing high school 64. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Abilene Manufac-

turing Company business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out by a company secretary, payable to Dwight Eisenhower for $8.75, July 9, 1910, endorsed on the reverse in pencil, “Dwight Eisenhower.” In fine condition, with expected check wear. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Eisenhower grew up in Abilene, Kansas, where he graduated from Abilene High School in the class of 1909. It seems that he worked only briefly at the Abilene Manufacturing Company during the summer of 1910, where he made steel bins for storing grain. The Eisenhower family’s financial situation made it impossible for both Dwight and his brother Edgar to attend college at the same time, so they formed a pact to alternate years studying and working to pay for each other’s tuition.

Ike allowed Edgar to take a second year at college, and so he spent his first two years out of high school working in Abilene to help support his brother. Then, encouraged by a friend, he applied to the tuition-free military academies at Annapolis and West Point. Although eminently qualified for both, by this point Eisenhower’s years working had pushed him beyond the Naval Academy’s age limit and so, essentially by default, he received an appointment to West Point. Eisenhower checks of any sort are rare, and as an extremely early example symbolizing his period of growth from high school senior to West Point cadet this is a supremely desirable piece. Starting Bid $300

65. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 4, 1954. Letter to Harold Helm, in part: “An organization in which I am most deeply interested is the United Defense Fund. Basically its purpose is to do, through private initiative, those things for the men in our armed services which will keep them consciously and intimately bound in thought and sentiment to America. Over a period of years I have had first hand opportunity to witness the extraordinary value of the work done by the United Defense Fund. My friend, General Omar Bradley, has accepted the National Chairmanship for the forthcoming campaign. He and Jimmy Doolittle have told me that in their opinion you would be an ideal chairman for the New York City drive. I hope most strongly that you will find it possible to accept and to join with us in furthering this important work.” Trivial soiling, slight horizontal bends and creasing, staple holes to upper left corner, and tears to filing holes, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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66. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Partly-printed DS as pres-

ident, one page, 15.5 x 11.5, June 24, 1960. President Eisenhower appoints Raymond A. Hare of West Virginia as “a Foreign Service Officer of the Class of Career Ambassador if the United States of America.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Eisenhower; countersignature of Secretary of State Christian Herter appears to be autopen.

The large paper seal is very crisp and fully intact. In fine condition, with areas of light toning. Throughout his career, Hare served as ambassador to various Middle Eastern countries as well as president of the Middle East Institute.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

President Eisenhower ends a strike against a nuclear manufacturer 67. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as presi-

dent, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, White House letterhead, May 14, 1957. Letter to George S. Bradley, in full: “In accordance with the provisions of the Executive Order of May 14, 1957, issued by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 8th Congress), you are hereby appointed as a member of the Board of Inquiry created to inquire into the issues involved in the labor-management dispute which exists between the Goodyear Atomic Corporation and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 10689, at the Portsmouth, Ohio, plant of that company. A copy of the Executive Order creating the Board of Inquiry is attached.” Nicely cloth-matted and framed with two engraved plaques and an image of Eisenhower to an overall size of 31 x 21. In very good to fine condition, with overall light mottled toning. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Thoughtful letter to his former National Security Advisor 68. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS

signed “D. E.,” one page, 6.5 x 7.75, personal letterhead, December 15, 1961. Letter to his former National Security Advisor Robert Cutler, in full: “Failing to think of anything that I considered suitable for a Christmas present for one to whom I owe so much (I mean a gift that I could afford!), I have to resort to the only alternative I can think of—which is to send you once again assurances of my personal devotion and my lasting gratitude for your friendship. With warm regard—and Merry Christmas.” Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Ike to an overall size of 16 x 13. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Meet-and-greet with JFK and Tokens guitarist Joe Venneri 69. John F. Kennedy. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 13.75 photo

of Kennedy shaking hands with Joe Venneri at a function, with both gentlemen wearing name tags, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “To Joe Venneri, with warm regards, John F. Kennedy.” Photo is affixed to a slightly larger mount. In fine condition, with slight irregular ink adhesion to the signature and inscription. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Venneri was a member of the musical group The Tokens, best known for their 1961 chart-topping single ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight.’ A fabulous oversized photo with a unique musical association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Uncommon Kennedy White House engraving 70. John F. Kennedy. Sought-after engraved portrait of the

exterior of the White House, 6 x 4, displayed below the original 10.75 x 9 presentation mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in black ink, “To Mildred Zayar—Best wishes, John Kennedy.”

Framed and in fine condition, with light toning along the strip on the mat surrounding the vignette. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

71. John F. Kennedy. Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Cardinal edition. NY: Pocket Books, Inc., 1957.

Paperback, 4 x 6.5, 233 pages. Signed and inscribed on the reverse of the front cover in crisp blue ballpoint, “To Mrs. Thomas, best wishes, John Kennedy.” In very good to fine condition, with moderate creasing to the covers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Attractive JFK signature and inauguration display 72. John F. Kennedy. Crisp ballpoint signature, “John Kennedy,” on an off-white 4 x 6.5 sheet bearing an artistic depiction of the former president. Archivally double-matted and framed with invitations to Kennedy’s presidential inauguration, subsequent inaugural ball, an image of Kennedy speaking from a podium, and an engraved plaque to an overall size of 33.5 x 18.5. In fine condition. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Jackie visits the Rare Books Division at the New York Public Library 73. Jacqueline K e n n e d y. A L S

signed “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Doubleday letterhead, January 13, 1983. Letter to Francis O. Mattson of the New York Public Library, in full: “I shall never forget one moment of the time spent with you in the Rare Books Division. I wish I could have stayed there forever. You were so kind and patient and generous. I cannot thank you enough. With the fervent hope that I may come back again.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

74. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS signed “JBK,” 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date but circa 1961–1963. Letter to “Mr. Nelson,” in full: “Here is color scheme for Oval Room—yellow brown & green—We will save the orange for small touches later.” In very good condition, with scattered overall creasing.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The first lady offers a present from India

75. Jacqueline Kennedy. ALS as first lady, one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, White House stationery card, no date but circa

late March 1962. Letter to White House Chief Usher J. B. West, in full: “Just a little souvenir from India for your wife & daughter.

I bet you sometimes wish we were still there—! With endless appreciation for all your understanding & help.” Kennedy adds a brief postscript, “and a little tray for you to be served breakfast in bed in on your days off!” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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76. Lyndon B. Johnson. Hand-

some matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 portrait of Johnson in his office by Arnold Newman, affixed to its original 11 x 14 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To Deke De Loach, with high esteem and appreciation from his friend Lyndon B. Johnson.”

In fine condition, with light silvering to the image and a thin strip of old tape along the upper left edge. DeLoach worked at the FBI for nearly thirty years and, in 1965, was promoted by Hoover to the lofty position of Deputy Director. During his tenure, DeLoach was a lead investigator in both the Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinations. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

77. Lyndon B. Johnson.

TLS as president, one page, 6.25 x 8, White House letterhead, May 17, 1967. Letter to New Hampshire Governor John King, in full: “I was so pleased to learn that you found my participation in the New England Governors Conference to be helpful. Your leadership has greatly contributed to whatever successes we have achieved. The knowledge of your continuing support is most gratifying.” Double-matted and framed with an image of Johnson to an overall size of 18.25 x 14.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Appointment to “the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission” 78. Richard Nixon. Partly-printed DS as president, one

page, 23 x 19, July 3, 1969. President Nixon appoints Daniel J. Boorstin, of Illinois, “a Member of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that Office according to law.” Signed at the conclusion by Nixon and countersigned

by Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Document is affixed to a same size mount. The white wafer seal remains crisp and intact. In fine condition. It was initially made up of certain designated Federal officials and seventeen members of the public appointed by the president. The Commission was terminated in December, 1973, when it was replaced by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Boorstin would go on to become the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975, serving until 1987, where he was instrumental in the creation of the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Amidst the constitutional crisis of 2000, Nixon’s successor recalls “1974 was a very tragic period in American history” 79. Gerald Ford. Scarce ALS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal

letterhead, November 28, [2000]. Letter to Ron [Nessen], Ford’s presidential press secretary. In full: “I am deeply grateful for the very thoughtful and generous op-ed piece in the Washington Post which has also appeared nationally in a number of papers including the Houston Chronicle. Thanks so much. As you well know 1974 was a very tragic period in American history. I was fortunate to have a fine White House staff including you as my Press Secretary. We worked together and made many correct and courageous decisions. I thank you for your many kindnesses and support. I treasure your friendship.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The former chief executive here refers to a November 19, 2000, article entitled ‘It Shouldn’t Have To Be This Way; Remember the President Who Helped Us Rise Above Rancor,’ a piece submitted by Ron Nessen that appeared in newspapers nationwide. In it, Nessen drew a distinct contrast between the political climate of Ford’s administration and the rancor surrounding the 2000 election. The bitter contest between Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore would not be decided until December 13, 2000, when the Supreme Court ruled that there would be no further counting of Florida’s disputed ballots. Of course, Ford knew about political turmoil, as the “very tragic period” he references regards the August 9, 1974, resignation of president Richard Nixon and Ford’s ascension to the White House. At the time of Ford’s inauguration Nessen was a correspondent for NBC who provided commentary on the goings-on in Washington, but within a month’s time was selected by Ford to serve as his new press secretary. Starting Bid $200

Reagan’s Irish ancestry 80. Ronald Reagan. ALS signed “RR,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8 x 10, dated in another hand June 7, 1967. In part: “Out of a clear sky I have first rec’d the first direct information on my father’s family and it adds some information I had never known—for example that he had two sisters in addition to his brother. His father was Michael (middle name unknown) Reagan—born in County Cork Ireland. He had two sisters Margaret & Mary.

Mary was born in the US…Michael lived in Bennett Iowa & had four children—…I was correct about Michael & his wife dying when my father was about 3 yrs. of age. His sister Margaret moved to Fulton, Ill. (lived for a time in Prophetstown) and she raised my father. Michael’s sister Mary had two children, Margaret & Bill Chapman. When Mary died, the same Aunt Margaret raised her two children also. Mary’s daughter Margaret is the source of this information but this is all the information she had. Hope this is of some help.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Early 1952 Hollywood document on “Communist infiltration ‘into the entertainment industry’” 81. Ronald Reagan.

DS, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, September 17, 1952.

Minutes of a meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council, notably discussing the Red Scare.

In part: “Mr. Broidy presented a report…covering discussions of aspects of the House Committee on Un-American Activities…a review of the problem raised in connection with American release of films made abroad by so-called ‘fugitives from the House Committee’; comment on the manner in which the Senate’s McCarren Committee has chosen to give Hollywood only secondary attention in the course of its investigations into Communist infiltration ‘into the entertainment industry,’ regarded as an indication of the progress made within the industry itself in dealing with the Communist threat.”

Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Reagan as the organization’s secretary and countersigned by Art Arthur as executive secretary. In fine condition. A fascinating document as the ‘Communist threat’ continued to be a defining element of his political career. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

83. Four Presidents. Desirable color satin-finish 8 x 9.75

photo of four American presidents, signed in black felt tip, “Ronald Reagan” and “J. Carter,” and in blue felt tip, “Richard Nixon” and “Gerald R. Ford.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Early Clinton autograph letter while at Yale Law 82. Bill Clinton. ALS signed

“Love, Bill,” one page inside a 6 x 4.25 UNICEF greeting card, no date, but postmarked January 10, 1972. Letter to Sharon Caudle, in full: “Thanks for writing. I am in Yale Law School still, working at a New Haven law firm & generally trying to learn this stuff before I get out into the world with it—Probably will be back in Ark. within a couple of years & then will hopefully find it possible to get together with you—Am very well & hope you are.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Clinton’s hand, and signed in the return address area, “W. J. Clinton.” Clinton began dating fellow student, Hillary Rodham, in the late spring of 1971, and in the summer of that same year, went to live with her in California while she interned at the law firm Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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87. Theodore Roosevelt

84. Millard Fillmore

85. Rutherford B. Hayes

86. Frances Cleveland

88. William H. Taft

89. Warren G. Harding

90. Calvin Coolidge

91. Calvin Coolidge

92. Calvin Coolidge

93. Herbert Hoover

94. Herbert Hoover

95. Herbert Hoover

96. Eleanor Roosevelt

97. Franklin D. Roosevelt

98. Franklin D. Roosevelt

99. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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100. Harry S. Truman Starting Bid $200

101. Harry S. Truman Starting Bid $200

104. Dwight D. Eisenhower Starting Bid $200

102. Harry S. Truman Starting Bid $200

105. Lyndon B. Johnson

103. Dwight D. Eisenhower Starting Bid $200

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106. Richard Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower Starting Bid $200

107. Pat Nixon

108. Richard Nixon

109. Richard Nixon

110. Richard Nixon

111. Richard Nixon

112. Richard Nixon

113. Richard Nixon

114. Gerald Ford

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115. Gerald Ford

116. Gerald Ford

117. Jimmy Carter

118. Ronald Reagan

119. Ronald Reagan

120. Ronald Reagan

121. Ronald Reagan

122. Ronald Reagan

123. Ronald and Nancy Reagan

124. George Bush

125. George Bush

126. Hillary Clinton

127. Barack Obama

128. Barack Obama

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129. First Ladies Starting Bid $200

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notables

Declaration of Independence Signers 130. William Ellery. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island

(1727–1820). Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. Ellery, Colle.,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, March 26, 1792. District of Newport document issued by Ellery as collector of customs, in part: “Robert Lawton Master of the Sloop Peggy of the Burthen of Sixty eight and half Tons, having complied with the Law for ‘Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for other Purposes,’ is hereby permitted to proceed to the Port of New York.” Signed below an embossed seal in the left margin by Ellery and countersigned by “Rob. Cooke.” Small edge separations to intersecting folds, a bit of paper loss to upper left, and a slit to a portion of the embossed seal, otherwise fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Dated during the Constitutional Convention

131. Benjamin Franklin.

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13, August 10, 1787. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Franklin issues a land grant to Lewis D. Heushasen “in the city of Philadelphia…for the Sum of Forty one Pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania.”

Neatly signed in the lower right

by Franklin and countersigned

by James Trimble. In very good condition, with portions of the seal missing, some staining and toning, some small holes and repairs to two larger holes. Franklin’s signature is in a clear area and unaffected by any flaws.

The Constitutional Convention was taking place in Philadelphia at the time Franklin signed this document, and he would soon be appointed to the ‘Grand Committee’ that was in charge of negotiating a consensus between the various factions of delegates.

An excellent document from this momentous period of American history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Excessively rare pre-Revolution Hancock check

132. John Hancock. Extremely rare bank check, 8.75 x 4, filled out in another hand and signed by Hancock, dated October 16, 1767. In full: “At thirty days Sight of this third Exchange (First & Second unpay’d) pay unto Mr. Samuel Abbott or Order, Three Hundred pounds Sterling, value received, and charge it without further advice, to account of George Hayley Esq’r., Merch’t in London.” Mounted and framed with an engraving of Hancock to an overall size of 20.5 x 11.75. Reverse of frame bears an affixed Walter Benjamin label. In fine condition, with splitting along intersecting folds, and light mirroring of the printed portions of the check.

Years away from becoming the president of the Continental Congress, Hancock, then a 30-year-old Boston selectman, resisted the 1765 Stamp Act through the boycott of all British imports, a popular move that soon earned him a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Parliament countered the repeal with the 1767 Townshend Acts, a newly regulated customs system that was again opposed by Hancock and colonial merchants alike, refusing to purchase British goods until the oppressive duties were repealed. As this check demonstrates, Hancock’s personal dealings with the British were not fully suspended. An incredible piece of Colonial pecuniary history, and the first Hancock check we have ever offered. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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In the wake of the Boston Massacre, Hancock issues safe passage for women and children seeking refuge 133. John Hancock. Manuscript DS, one page,

8.25 x 7.75, August 29, 1770. Hancock and five other Selectmen of Boston authorize passage of “two women & their children from Boston to Halifax per order of the Selectmen.” Signed at the conclusion by Hancock, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, and Jonathan Mason. Document has been professionally inlaid to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with several expert repairs to separations and paper loss, and light show-through from docketing along bottom.

The sparks of the rebellion against the British crown had been ignited only a few months earlier when British troops, angered over a mob of taunting Bostonians, fired into the crowd of colonists, killing three people on the spot. Two more citizens later died from their wounds, and six survived injuries suffered in what became known as the Boston Massacre. Although additional citizen uprisings were averted when the Redcoats withdrew to islands in Boston Harbor, the unrest remained.

The hostile environment—one in which the seeds of the American Revolution began to take root—became a cause of alarm for some residents. As such, many sought refuge outside of the thirteen colonies—such as the women and children here for whom Hancock and his fellow selectman allowed passage to Halifax. Historically significant documentation forewarning the oncoming storm of democracy. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $500

134. Philip Livingston. LS signed “Phil. Livingston,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, August 14, 1761. Letter to Richard Law, in part: “I am glad to be Informed that you have Secured the Money for My Note of Simson & Wight, and Altho it will be Some time before it Can be Recovered yet As I am to Have Interest I shall Rest Satisfied till it Can be gott, wch: I desire you will do As soon As possible.” Expertly silked on both sides for reinforcement. In very good condition, with repairs to integral address leaf. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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135. Roger Sherman. Manuscript DS, one page, 8.25 x 13, October 20,

1779. Financial document headed “Debenture of the Superior Court August Term 1779,” listing payments for Chief Judge Matthew Griswold and Judges Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, William Pitkin, and Jabez Huntington, signed by all but Pitkin and Huntington, with Sol Smith signing on the latter’s behalf.

In very good condition, with clear tape reinforcements along completely separated intersecting folds. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving of Sherman.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

136. James Smith. Signer

of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806).

Partly-printed DS, signed “Smith,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, January 22, 1774. Cumberland County legal document concerning the case of Alexander Hamilton and James Rankin. Signed on the reverse

by Smith. In very good condition, with archival tape reinforcement to separated folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

137. James Wilson. Signer

of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constitution.

Manuscript DS, one page, 5.5 x 8, June 28, 1782.

Promissory note, in part: “We and each of us promise to pay on or before the first Day of August next to James Wilson or his Order the Sum of one hundred and forty Pounds Pennsylvania Currency for Value received.” Docketed and signed on the reverse by Wilson, “Received twenty two Pounds and ten Shillings in part of the written Note, James Wilson.” In very good condition, with splitting along horizontal folds, scattered foxing, and writing showing through from opposing sides. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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American Politicians and Leaders 138. Ira Allen.

One of the founders of Vermont (1751–1814) and brother of Ethan Allen. ADS, signed at the conclusion, “Ira Allen,” and also signed several times in the document, “I. Allen,” and “Allen,” one page, 8 x 6.5, May 4, 1792. A procurement agreement which reads, in part: “Subscribers agree that in case I. Allen Buys Trasses Lot…at £28 & a Right from E. Halls Heirs at £50 & Convey them to B. Hatch sd. Sums are to be indorsed on sd. Allen states this Day Given for sd. Cattle to sd. B. Hatch or Wither of sd. Lots- Sd. Allen agrees to Procure for sd. Hatch one Barrel of Pork…which to be Indorsed on sd. Allens Cattle states making a Reasonable allowance.”

Countersigned at the conclusion by Barnabas Hatch and Henry Charlton. Reverse is also docketed by Allen, “I. Allen & B. Hatch agt. Respecting lands.” In fine condition, with small separations to edges of vertical folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

139. James Bowdoin. Politician from Massachusetts (1726–1790) who was president of the state’s constitutional convention. After independence he served as governor of Massachusetts. Manuscript vellum DS, one page, 14.5 x 11, April 3, 1786. Governor Bowdoin appoints Daniel Cobb as “Major General of the Militia within the Commonwealth, but more especially…within the Counties of Plimouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes County, & Nantucket.” Signed at the conclusion

by Bowdoin, and countersigned by John Avery as secretary.

Matted to an overall size of 20 x 17. In fine condition, with the seal missing, and a small piece clipped from the lower right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Mysterious 1790 land deed letter from the NY attorney general 140. Aaron Burr. Intriguing ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, October 24, 1790. Written from Albany, in full: “Edward handed me your letter. I shall see him in N York when I will confer fully with him on the subject of his own view. The price of the land is perfectly satisfactory as is also your further proposition on that subject. Ed’s not had the deed, so that the Conveyance could not now be executed.” Burr adds a cryptic postscript, “Pray don’t write me on half sheets of paper—it saves no postage & exposes them to the curious.” Professionally inlaid into a larger sheet, and in very good to fine condition, with moderate overall toning. With a mystery recipient and distinctly vague content related to a land deed and, quite possibly, to his friend Edward Livingston, this is a notably surreptitious letter from the then New York attorney general. A fascinating missive elevated by Burr’s seldom-seen full signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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141. Aaron Burr. ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, August 17. In part: “Since writing to you last evening, I have reflected further on your Dennings matter & write this note to express a wish for an interview with you. You state that the matter is very important—It is than the more necessary that many possible preparation should be made to meet the question and this you will perceive to be the more impervious where you shall recollect that if the chancellor should decide against you, it would be extremely difficult, if not impracticable, to avoid or repel the effect of his order. At this distance & in this way, it is not possible that we should have a communication sufficiently free & rapid to enable us to concert the best means of defence.” In very good condition, with scattered soiling and staining, repaired areas of paper loss at edges, and reinforcements made to edge tears on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare 1695 deed signed by Dudley Bradstreet, a noted participant in the witchcraft hysteria 142. Colonial Massachusetts. Manuscript DS, signed “Dudley Bradstreet

Justice of peace” and “Jos. Moody, Reg’r,” one page, 12.75 x 16.5, March 28, 1695. Acknowledgment of an antedated land deed in which Samuel Ingolls, Jr., sold Cocks-Hall, a six-mile by four-mile tract of land in Yorkshire County, Maine, to Serjeant Stephen Jacques. In part (grammar and spelling retained): “To all People to whom these Presents shall come I Samuel Ingolls Junr of Ipswich in the County of Essex in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay…Know ye that the sd Samuel Ingolls Junr for divers good Causes & Considerations me thereunto Moving but especially for & in Consideration of a valuable Sum in Hand paid unto me…by Serjnt Stephen Jacques of Newbury in ye County aforesd the Receipt of all & every part thereof I do own my self to have received to my full satisfaction &…do thereby for my self…acquitt exonerate & discharg the sd Serjnt Stephen Jaques his heyrs Execrs and Administs by these Present Have given granted bargained & sold enscoffed and confirmed…two hundred Acres of Land being part of a Tract which my self and divers others as joynt Purchasers purchased of Mr Harlackenden Symonds of Ipswich in the County aforesd which sd Tract of Land is six Miles in length & four Miles in Breadth known by the Name of Cocks Hall in the County of Yorkshire in the Province of Maine.” Signed at the conclusion by Bradstreet as the justice of the peace, and by Joseph Moody as the registrar. In good condition, with staining, small areas of paper loss, and professional reinforcements along partially separated intersecting folds.

The son of the accomplished New World poet Anne Bradstreet, Dudley Bradstreet was an attorney and town clerk in the town of Andover, Massachusetts, who found himself in the unenviable position of justice of the peace during the witchcraft hysteria.

During an eight-week period in 1692, Bradstreet committed some thirty people to prison for supposed witchcraft. When Bradstreet refused to grant warrants for a group of eighteen ‘afflicted’ women just a day later, both he and his wife were accused of witchcraft and were forced to flee the town for a brief time. This document is also noteworthy for the presence of Moody, a minister of the Second Church of York, whose character served as the basis for the veiled Puritan minister in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Minister’s Black Veil. Starting Bid $200

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143. Henry Clay. ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, December 4, 1846.

Letter to William C. C. Claiborne, in part: “I am on my way to N. Orleans, but as I intend to stop a few days at Natchez, I may not reach that City until about the 14th instant. I have on board the horse I presented to you, which I call Monterey. He has been broke, so well that I have ridden him myself. My son James thinks him one of the best trotters he ever rode. If you will have him well groomed, you will find him a most gentlemanly and excellent horse. He is of Arabian blood, and I have no doubt will prove very hardy. I shall direct him to the care of Messrs. Worsley, Foreman & Kennedy, to whom you will be pleased to apply for him. The whole expense upon him from Ashland to N. Orleans is Ten dollars, which you may pay to those gentlemen.”

Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Clay’s own hand. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light stains and two old tape remnants on the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

144. Alexander Hamilton. LS signed “A.

Hamilton,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, September 13, 1792. Circular letter regarding the payment of federal employees, in part: “By an order of the Senate of the United States, dated 7th of May last, of which a Copy is enclosed [not present], it is required of the Secretary of the Treasury to lay before them, at their next session a statement of the salaries, fees & emoluments for one year ending the first of Octo[ber] next, to be stated quarterly, of every person holding any office or employment under the United States (except the Judges) and of the actual disbursements & expences in the discharge of their respective offices and employments for the same period.” In very good to fine condition, with light wrinkling and creasing, a few small marginal spots, two small areas of thin paper, and a seal-related hole to left margin, well away from text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Rare letter from the Confederate war secretary

145. George W. Randolph. Confederate general, lawyer, and planter (1818–

1867) who served in 1862 as the Confederate States secretary of war during the Civil War, when he reformed procurement, wrote the conscription law, and strengthened western defenses; the youngest grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. Civil War-dated ALS signed “Geo. W. Randolph,” one page, 7.5 x 10.25, Confederate States of America, War Department letterhead, August 5, 1862. Letter to Confederate secretary of the treasury Christopher G. Memminger, in full: “I have the honor to refer the enclosed papers to you, and to request that you will inform me what instructions should be given in reference to goods brought into the Confederacy without payment of duties, where there are no custom houses, as in the cases presented. Shall the goods be seized or not, and if they should be seized, does a purchase in good faith, by a party ignorant of this character, exempt them from seizure?” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in very good to fine condition, with a repaired tear and area of restored paper loss to the left side affecting a few words of text. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Activists and Social Leaders Lengthy letter by the nursing heroine

146. Florence Nightingale. ALS, three pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered personal letterhead, March 26, 1864.

Lengthy letter to Mrs. Constable, in part: “I am sorry for your dilemma (about Caroline Nichols). I can of course only speak of the time she was with me. I understood that Mrs. Jonas (her intermediate mistress) was a Jewish lady. I thought it unwise of Caroline to take the place of Mrs. Jonas…The Jewish ways of cooking and of eating are so different from ours. With regard to ‘sending up things badly served,’ I can only say that during 15 months I, being an invalid, giving a great deal of trouble (such as this; that, at certain times of the day, I am obliged to have something, altho’ only little, every hour) Caroline never once sent me up anything ‘badly served,’ but on the contrary, everything was quite remarkable in the cleanliness and nicety that my own maid threw a great deal upon her, which every maid I have previously had, always did for me herself, that, alluding to this and also to other things I stated that Caroline under provocation, had acted on the whole a straightforward & trustworthy.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Extremely rare letter to the man who typed ‘Schindler’s List’ 147. Oskar Schindler. ALS in

German, signed upside down at the top of the first page, “Schindler,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 6, Hotel Garni Preussischer Hof letterhead, no date but probably circa 1964. Letter to Itzhak Stern, in full (translated): “Many thanks for the friendly greetings, which I also received from your friend, Mr. Hollerthal! The short conversation was unfortunately overshadowed by the impressions that Mr. Hollerthal got from the Auschwitz event. Our friends in Los Angeles recorded their best wishes for the New Year on an ‘audio tape’ which made me very happy. Mr. Hollerthal will bring it to you as a contribution to the ‘Schindler Archive.’ My political television program has been delayed for two weeks due to the Innsbruck affair. After his television program, produced in Los Angeles, which included things that I witnessed during the war, Poldek Pfefferberg now has a chance to produce a motion picture. Please send my card from H. Hollerthal to Poldek PF. for Mr. Adams to read in L.A.” Inverted at the top of the first page, Schindler concludes: “Please send the above-mentioned letter of recommendation too. I could help him a lot in his work.” In fine condition, with scattered foxing.

A significant letter, this was penned to his friend Itzhak Stern, who had been an accountant at Schindler’s famous enamelware factory in Krakow; Stern is said to have typed the iconic list of Jewish workers known as ‘Schindler’s List.’ Additionally, he mentions Poldek Pfefferberg, one of Schindler’s employees who was saved from the Holocaust through his heroic actions. Pfefferberg moved to Los Angeles in 1950 and was Schindler’s greatest advocate in America, pitching his story to studios for decades before ultimately inspiring author Thomas Keneally to write Schindler’s Ark. Pfefferberg had previously approached Fritz Lang about the project in 1951, and on Pfefferberg’s initiative in 1964, Schindler received a $20,000 advance from MGM for a proposed film treatment of his story—neither film, however, came to fruition. With the additional mention of an “Auschwitz event,” this Schindler letter boasts ideal content in addition to its intrinsic rarity.Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Supreme Court

148. Warren Court. Color satin-finish 8 x 11 photo of the justices inside an impressive section of the Supreme Court, affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in various inks by all nine justices: Earl Warren; Hugo L. Black; William O. Douglas; Tom C. Clark; Potter Stewart; William J. Brennan, Jr.; John M. Harlan; Byron R. White; and Abe Fortas. Matted to an overall size of 15.5 x 19. In very good condition, with noticeable creases to the upper left of the mount and lower right of the photo, subtle fading to the color image, and a few signatures light but legible (Warren, Brennan, and Fortas are particularly light, while Clark and Stewart are especially bold). This photograph was taken by the National Geographic Society while these nine justice presided over the Court, and is a highly desirable fully signed example, infrequently seen in this large format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Businessmen Harley–Davidson sale of 35 motorcycles in 1936 149.

Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson.

One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, January 30, 1936. Agreement between the Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Harry Molenaar of Hammond, Indiana, in which the latter agrees to purchase 35 new Harley-Davidson motorcycles over the course of one year. Signed at the conclusion by Arthur Davidson. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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150. Harley-Davidson: William H. Davidson. The

son of Harley-Davidson Motor Company cofounder Arthur Davidson (1905–1992), who served as the company’s president for 29 years and raced on their behalf, winning the prestigious Jack Pine Trophy in 1929. TLS signed “Wm. H. Davidson,” one onionskin page, 8 x 10, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. letterhead, November 13, 1935. Letter to G. Wayne Gray, in full: “In compliance with your request of November 8, we have entered an order for 50 Mounted Officers Handbooks to be sent to you. In addition, we are sending you three complete sets of our Safety Talks, and will be glad to supply additional sets if you would like them. It is a pleasure to give you this cooperation.” In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to the top edge, and a light diagonal crease to the upper blank area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

152. John D. Rockefeller. LS, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, Po-

cantico Hills letterhead, March 27, 1915. Letter to Miss Huntly, in full: “We are grateful for the sympathy of yourself and the family of the A. M. McGregor Home, in this time of our greatest sorrow.” In very good to fine condition. Rockefeller’s wife, Laura Spelman, had died of a heart attack on March 12th at the family estate in Pocantico Hills, New York. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

151. John D. Rockefeller.

Sought-after partly-printed DS, signed “J. D. Rockefeller,” one page, 11.75 x 7.75, May 31, 1889. Stock certificate for one hundred shares in the Standard Oil Trust issued to “J. N. Kinney.”

Nicely signed at the conclusion in black ink by Rockefeller as the company’s president and countersigned by Henry M. Flagler as secretary. Receipt stub affixed to left side. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Scientists and Inventors

The scarce founder of Colt firearms 153. Samuel Colt. ALS signed “Sam. Colt,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75,

February 1, 1860. Brief letter to George F. Andrews, in full: “This is to comply with your request.” In fine condition, with a very light stain to the lower left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Signed volume of His Life and Inventions 154. Thomas Edison. Signed book: Edison: His

Life and Inventions, Volume I. First edition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1910. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 472 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ink, “To R. W. Brodmann, Thos. A. Edison, Orange, U.S.A. Feby 24 1915.”

Includes the second volume. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Exceedingly rare “Thomas Alva Edison” Bolivian light bulb patent

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155. Thomas Edison. Remarkable printed patent schematic diagram, signed “Thomas Alva Edison,” one page, 16 x 22, no date but circa 1880. Schematic submitted to the government of Bolivia in the course of obtaining a patent, illustrating electrical distribution systems related to his invention of the incandescent light. Beautifully signed in full at the bottom by Edison, and countersigned by two witnesses, “Chas. H. Smith” and “Geo. T. Pinckney.” Identified in the upper right as the second sheet, “Lamina 2,” with “Bolivia” penciled below. In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, some short edge tears, and tape reinforcements to edges on the reverse.

In Menlo Park on December 31, 1879, Thomas Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb after experimenting for over a year. He began submitting patents for his invention in the United States in 1879 and sought protection abroad beginning in 1880. By 1881, Edison had established the groundwork for large scale production of his lamp and began to focus on the even more ambitious project of developing an infrastructure for the distribution of electricity. This schematic not only boasts an exceptionally rare full Edison autograph, but represents the beginnings of what has become Edison’s most famous achievement. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $2500

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“The position the Austrian government is taking in matters of Jews, is very interesting and plausible— a certain measure of ‘discrimination’” 156. Albert Einstein. ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 5 x 8, September 30, 1936. Letter to important Jewish philanthropist Jacob Billikopf, in full (translated): “After careful study, I am herewith returning to you the excerpt of the letter. The paragraph dealing with the position the Austrian government is taking in matters of Jews, is very interesting and plausible—a certain measure of ‘discrimination’ for our protection from the angry populace. There is something to it, I am certain of that (refer also to American universities). I am very pleased seeing the exquisite Madariaga is experiencing a revival.

I came across a brief article, expressing the exact opposite in the ‘Times’ about 4 weeks ago. With friendly greetings to you and your dear children.” In fine condition, with a light central vertical fold, and three small pieces of archival tape on the reverse lightly showing through along top and bottom edges.

This letter dates to a tumultuous point in European history as Nazis rose to power in Germany and anti-Jewish legislation was passed in neighboring states, including Austria. Despite anti-Semitic sentiments among segments of the public, however, the Austrian government took a generally middle-of-the-road approach toward such laws. The Nazi party had been banned in 1933, and in 1934 a new Austrian constitution explicitly guaranteed equal rights to all citizens, including Jews. Still, there were active discriminatory measures taken against the Jewish population, such as segregated classrooms and denial of job applicants. In this letter Einstein takes a relatively optimistic view of the situation in Austria, attempting to convince himself that such measures were ‘for their own good’ rather than codified inhumane prejudices. Nevertheless, the potential for Austria as a safe haven for European Jewry was soon shattered with its March 1938 annexation into Nazi Germany. Considering the context in which this letter was written, it is of the utmost significance and historical interest. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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“Only longing makes search successful” 157. Albert Einstein. AQS

in German, signed “A. Einstein, 1930,” on an off-white 7.5 5.25 sheet, in full [translated]: “Only longing makes search successful.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder.

In fine condition, with two small bits of archival tape to extreme edge. In 1930, Einstein developed a strong interest in pacifism. He signed a manifesto for world disarmament sponsored by the Woman’s International League for Peace and Freedom and, during a famous speech in New York in December, insisted that if two-percent of those called for military service refused to fight, governments, unable to imprison such a populace, would become powerless. An exceptional quote from a notably formative period in Einstein’s career.

Starting Bid $300

Extraordinary association between nuclear physicists Fermi and Bruno 158. Enrico Fermi. Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nuclear power. DS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 11.5, June 4, 1937. Untranslated document concerning an award nomination for a member of the S.I.P.S. [The Italian Society for the Advancement of Science], Bruno Rossi, who later went on to become a prominent figure in the Manhattan Project. Signed at the conclusion by Enrico Fermi, Luigi Lombardi, and Antonio Carrelli. Overall toning and creasing and a couple small tears to upper edge, otherwise fine condition. In addition to Fermi, Lombardi and Carrelli were also scientists, and the content regarding an award for a fellow extremely influential physicist make this an excellent association piece. Starting Bid $200

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Remarkable submarine drawing by its inventor, Robert Fulton

159. Robert Fulton. Extraordinary original drawing of a submarine moored offshore accomplished by Fulton in ink and watercolor on an off-white 18.75 x 13 sheet, identified at the top as “Sketch the Second,” and signed in the lower margin, “R. Fulton, 13th Messidor an 3 [June 22, 1805].” Encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In very good to fine condition, with scattered wrinkling, soiling, and foxing, and several tears repaired on the reverse.

This submarine resembles Fulton’s famous Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history, which was designed between 1793 and 1797 before being successfully tested in 1800. Although the French Navy was interested in the development, Napoleon wrote Fulton off as a charlatan and refused to pursue funding the invention. Fulton was then recruited by England to develop military hardware—including the first modern ‘torpedoes’—in addition to designing preliminary plans for a second submarine.

However, Fulton’s second design was abandoned after the Royal Navy’s 1805 victory at Trafalgar, and his work became largely ignored; frustrated, he returned to American shores in 1806. A superb original drawing by one of the most innovative minds of the 19th century. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Intellectuals Scarce letter on an important patient, hoping to treat “her compulsion for aggression”

160. Sigmund Freud. ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, June 10, 1912. Letter

to a fellow doctor, in full (translated): “Simultaneously with my thanking you for your musical score that I shall be bringing with me to our meeting on Wednesday, I am requesting your presence for one to be remunerated co-consultation in the case of Mrs. Hirschfeld. I am dealing here with a (of course highly exaggerated) compulsion on her part of harming her servant girl because that girl is suffering of bronchial catarrh, which has been diagnosed by Prof. Dr. Fein, a diagnosis Mrs. Hirschfeld is rejecting. You are herewith kindly requested to arrive on Tuesday afternoon between 4:00 and 7:00 to visit the patient, letting her tell you her side. You can subsequently discuss with Dr. Fein the details of the case. In my professional opinion, there is no basis for her compulsion for aggression towards the girl. You are not likely to find Mrs. H. in a pleasant frame of mind. Her traumata are significant, her difficulties dealing with them are at least as considerable.” In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides.

One of Freud’s most well-known patients, Elfriede Hirschfeld first began treatment with the pioneering doctor in 1908. Her case anonymously served as the subject of three of Freud’s articles published in 1913, the most important being ‘The Disposition to Obsessional Neurosis,’ and it was later referenced in at least three more. Despite years of treatment and consultation with his contemporaries—including Carl Gustav Jung, Oskar Pfister, and Ludwig Binswanger—Freud was never able to make much progress with Mrs. Hirschfeld, describing her as his both his ‘grand patient’ and ‘chief tormentor.’ An absolutely spectacular letter concerning a great influence in his psychoanalytic work. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Religious Figures

A “most precious gift”— Pope Pius IX’s red papal shoe

161. Pope Pius IX. Handsome red leather shoe with leather sole attributed to Pope

Pius IX, measuring 11.25˝ long, featuring discolored yellow-gold bands trimming the edges with matching ornate embroidery on top of the foot. The shoe retains its faded red ribbon shoelace with one of the tassels remaining intact. In very good to fine condition, with expected wear. Accompanied by a letter in French from “Abbot V. Dumas” on Archconfraternity Our Lady of Victory, Paris, letterhead, November 9, 1866, addressed to “Madam the Superior, of nuns faithful companions of Jesus, Rue de la Sante 67, Paris,” in part (translated): “I made to you the 24th of last month. I was hoping every day, to make it come true, to see your sister [nun] Touriere coming and hand over to her the precious object. I come to a decision to have to resort to the post office for the most precious gift offered. Your sister Touriere will ask me to pray for the Pope…and for your good and pious students. I kept the best memory of that afternoon on the 24th.

The next bulletin of our annals relates this wonderful recovery for which I had a word with you and I beg some 40 prayers for Pius IX and for the Church. You will join us, it goes without saying. Please accept, Madam the Mother Superior, all my respects.”

Affixed to this letter is a miniature envelope with a thin ‘window’ revealing a cloth swatch identified as a piece of the pope’s cassock. Also includes a white fabric swatch inside an envelope labeled in Italian, “Piece of some towels used during the last days of His Holiness Pope Pius IX.” Starting Bid $500

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Sought-after letter by the Mormon prophet

162. Brigham Young. LS,

one page, 5.25 x 8.5, April 12, 1860. Letter to “Bro. Horace,” written from “Great Salt Lake City.” In full: “In making these purchases it may be necessary to buy some on a credit. Now, I do not wish you to press the matter unless it is done willingly and on the terms I desire. Otherwise we had better do without although the articles I am sending for are very much needed here, especially the stove. In giving notes I think they allow six month or more without interest. I wish you to get the longest time possible on your notes, and without interest until they are due.” In fine condition, with a small old mounting remnant on the reverse lightly showing through in the upper left corner. Young had founded Great Salt Lake City in 1847, where he and fellow Mormon pioneers settled and expanded. Autographic material from Young is quite scarce, particularly in such well-preserved condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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World Leaders and Politicians Israel calls upon the UN to mediate the armistice with Jordan 163. David Ben-Gurion. TLS in Hebrew, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, official letterhead, September 6, 1955. Letter to Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, written while serving as minister of defense. In full (translated): “In view of recent occurrences with the Jordanians, we have to notify the United Nations Secretary Mr. Dag Hammarskjold as follows: Violation of Article 8 of the Cease Fire Agreement with Jordan which guarantees ‘freedom of movement in essential roads—including resuming regular operations of cultural institutions on Mount Scopus, free access to the Hold Places and to cultural institutions (the University on Mount Scopus), use of the cemetery on the Mount of Olives, resuming pumping water in Latrun,’ the United Nations Secretary has to assume responsibility for this situation. If he does not do so, Israel sees itself free to act.” Double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 20 x 16. In fine condition.

The “Cease Fire Agreement” he mentions was officially called the Jordanian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement and was signed on April 3, 1949. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The beautiful “Order of the Rising Sun” presented by Emperor Meiji 164. Emperor Meiji. DS in Jap-

anese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Rising Sun upon a distinguished individual. Includes the gorgeous award medal with black lacquered presentation case and lapel pin.

Tightly rolled and in fine condition, with staining to one corner and a few tiny holes to body. Established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji, the Order of the Rising Sun is given to honor those who have made significant achievements in international relations, the promotion of Japanese culture, advancements in their field, development in welfare, or the preservation of the environment. A highly sought-after autograph enhanced by the inclusion of the handsome award medal. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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165. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. British politician (1866–1941) who served as governor-general of Canada and as viceroy and governor-general of India. Scarce matte-finish 6 x 8 full-length portrait of Freeman-Thomas seated in an ornate chair, signed in fountain pen, “Willingdon, 1923.”

Affixed to a same-size mount, which bears notations on the reverse describing the history of the photo. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce 1796 “Buonoparte” document, signed as the new Commander of the Army of the Interior 166. Napoleon. Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bounoparte,”

one page, 8.5 x 13.5, no date but circa 1796. Untranslated official missive written by Captain Chauvin, commander of the first battalion–second brigade of the General Department of Police, and addressed to Napoleon as General in Chief of the Army of the Interior. In the letter, Chauvin reminds Napoleon of a recent order he made dismissing a Captain Michel. One officer was named to replace Michel, which consequently resulted in a need for a new lieutenant. Despite Chauvin’s battalion chief having already made a suggestion, Chauvin bequeaths to Napoleon to name a different lieutenant. Signed in the upper left by Napoleon, [translated]: “Sent to the chief of staff, General in Chief, Buonaparte.” Triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 15.25 x 20.5. In fine condition, with light show-through from writing on the reverse. As a reward for repelling a royalist insurgency against the Parisian National Convention, Napoleon was appointed as Commander of the Army of the Interior in October 1795. With his newfound fame he was transferred to the Army of Italy soon after in February 1796, and married Josephine de Beauharnais a month later. Research reveals that it was around this period that Napoleon began signing his name ‘Bonaparte’ instead of the form signed here. An outstanding, bold example of Napoleon’s seldom-seen surname. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $300

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169. Chaim Weizmann. TLS signed “Ch. Weizmann,” one

167. Napoleon. LS signed “Np,” one page, 6.75 x 7.25,

March 15, 1812. Letter to Minister for War Jean-Girard Lacuee, Comte de Cessac, with instructions for providing uniforms to the 29th Light Infantry. Attractively matted and framed with a portrait. In fine condition, with somewhat irregular light overall toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

168.

Chaim Weizmann. Jewish

chemist and statesman (1874–1952) who helped secure the Balfour Declaration of 1917, served as president of the World Zionist Organization, and became the first president of Israel. Scarce ALS in German, signed “Ch. Weizmann,” one page, 8 x 11, September 14, 1923.

Untranslated letter to Professor Dr. Heinrich Loewe, a noted Zionist journalist, linguist, philosopher, and librarian. In fine condition, with several intersecting folds.

Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

page, 4.5 x 6.25, Oakwood letterhead, December 23, 1932.

Letter to journalist Aron G. Hermoni. In part: “I am extremely sorry, but it is still impossible for me to say exactly when I shall next be in Paris…I am kept exceedingly busy with my work here; as soon as I succeed in making myself a little freer, I shall take up the matter which we discussed together. Meanwhile, if there is anything I can do from here to be of assistance, I count on you to let me know about it.” Nicely matted and framed with a portrait. In fine condition, with three punch holes to left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

170. Chaim Weizmann.

Uncommon oversized matte-finish 8.75 x 11.5 portrait by Alfred Bernheim affixed to a 10 x 14 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink, “To Mendle & Mary Joe—Lovingly, Ch. Weizmann, June 20th 1950.” Framed and in fine condition, with rippling along the edges of the mount. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Royalty Exceptional 1502 document for the Catholic queen’s jeweled crosses 171. Queen Isabella. Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page both sides, 8 x 11.75, January 15, 1501. Document ordering the queen’s chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, to pay an engraver for crosses supplied to the queen, listing the characteristics of each piece such as size and shape, and whether they were jeweled or gilded. Signed at the conclusion by Queen Isabella and countersigned below by her secretary Gaspar de Trizio.

In very good condition, with show-through from writing to opposing sides, two cancellation cuts to the body, and a spot of adhesive remnants to the top edge.

Queen Isabella famously offered to sell her crown jewels to pay for Columbus’s expedition, but her advisers assured her there were other ways to finance the journey. That this document concerns jeweled crosses is of particular interest as Isabella and Ferdinand are known for embarking on a process of spiritual unification in Spain with the Spanish Inquisition, trying to bring the country under the single faith of Roman Catholicism during the period this document was signed. Isabella was also astute in managing the nation’s finances, making a financial document such as this especially desirable. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

Rare 1588 signed letter from King James I 172. King James I. King of England and Ireland (1566–1625) under whom

the ‘Golden Age’ of Elizabethan literature and drama continued. Untranslated LS in Early Modern English, signed “James R,” one page, 7.5 x 11.5, 1588. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, very subtle dampstaining to lower portion, and a mounting strip to the left edge. At this time James was just 22 years old and known as James VI, King of Scotland; his power expanded in 1603 when he also began ruling the kingdoms of England and Ireland as James I. An exceptionally desirable early document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Boldly endorsed Versailles pay order 173.

Marie Antoinette.

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, December 1786.

Document issued at Versailles addressed to the treasurer Marc-Antoine-Francois-Marie Randon de la Tour, in which Marie Antoinette issues a pay order for reimbursement for food. Boldly signed in the lower left by Marie Antoinette to approve the payment; document also bears Marie’s secretarial proxy signature to the right side. In fine condition, with light toning and foxing along the edges. Marie Antoinette’s expenditures to maintain her flamboyant lifestyle and lavish palace were enormous, and during this time she was growing increasingly unpopular. In 1785 her public image had been tarnished beyond repair with the ‘Diamond Necklace Affair,’ when she was implicated in a fraudulent scheme to purchase an expensive necklace. A wonderful example boasting the bold, crisp signature of the infamous queen. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $1000

Appointment for a prince from the first year of Victoria’s reign 174. Queen Victoria. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 15 x 10.5, November 18, 1837. Queen Victoria appoints “Our Most Dear Cousin Prince George William Frederick Charles of Cambridge KG…to be a Colonel in Our Army.”

The white paper seal affixed below the signature remains intact. Impressively suede-matted and framed with an image to an overall size of 29 x 25.

In very good to fine condition, with all handwritten portions faded, but Victoria’s signature is quite prominent nonetheless. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Written in Monte Carlo, an ‘official secret’ letter from Ferdinand—“You must not say anything at all about the reason why you are coming here” 175. Franz Ferdinand. Archduke of Austria (1863–1914)

whose assassination precipitated the start of World War I. ALS in pencil in German, signed “Franz,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Monte Carlo, May 4, 1896. Letter to Velicogna, in full (translated): “I shall call you here by telegram on about the 16th or 17th of the month and I shall in fact, merely say in the telegram ‘Come 16th St James Hotel Monte Carlo.’ You can then just tell Count Wurmbrand that you have received a telegram from me and that you are leaving for the Riviera.

Apart from that, nothing. You must not say anything at all about the reason why you are coming here. I want, in fact, to gain a completely clear picture of my expenditure in the years 1894 and 1895. So bring both statements of account, covering the two years, together with all documents and audits relating to them.

The expenditures of Count Wurmbrand, according to the latest reports which you sent me, are not adequately identified, so there will be no documents relating to them; but do not ask for any. Bring with you to me, however, everything which is in your hands. Count Wurmbrand is to know nothing of the reasons for your journey and of what you will be discussing with me. This instruction supersedes the one in my last letter, and you need not send the statements, but bring everything with the documents. I am sorry that I have to make you undertake this long journey, but I cannot return to the home country before 1st May. Should you, however, chance to feel indisposed at the time, do not come and telegraph to me; I am absolutely determined not to overtax you, and I can have you come later. This letter counts as ‘official secret.’” In fine condition, with small chip to bottom edge.

Never intended for the throne of the Hapsburgs, Franz Ferdinand was groomed for the military, carrying with him unparalleled fame as the wildest young man in the archducal circle at Vienna. When the suicide of the emperor’s only son, Crown Prince Rudolph, left Ferdinand as heir presumptive to the empire in 1889, he was forced to change his behaviors, leaving behind the alcohol-fueled debaucheries of his past. While he successfully climbed the ranks of the Austrian military—becoming a General in 1896—and prepared for his possible future ascendancy, this letter indicates that he may have still indulged in the occasional gambling adventure. Written in deep secrecy to his accountant, he explicitly demands that General Count Leo Graf Wurmbrand-Stuppach, whose sole responsibility was the care of the Archduke, “know nothing of the reasons for your journey and of what you will be discussing with me.” An intriguing letter, seemingly revealing the young Ferdinand’s attraction to the popular German-style casino at Monte Carlo, despite his newly laid out straight-and-narrow path. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

176. King Edward VIII. Partly-printed DS, signed as king, “Edward R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 13.25, November 21, 1936. Conferral of the Decoration of Officer of the Order of the Phoenix to Douglas Mortimer Young “in recognition of valuable services rendered…in the capacity of Honorary Vice–Consul of Greece at Kobe, Japan.” Signed on the first page in black ink by King Edward, and countersigned on the third page by John Simon. Embossed red seal affixed to upper left remains fully intact. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope. King Edward VIII is exceedingly uncommon in such a format, as he was king for less than a year and signed this document just weeks before his abdication on December 11, 1936. Starting Bid $200 68 | September 14, 2016 | NOTABLES

177. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor. Lovely and uncommon matte-finish 4.75 x 7 candid photo of the duchess standing on the sidewalk, signed in fountain pen, “Wallis Windsor.” In fine condition, with slight rippling from old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“William and Harry had the best Christmas ever” 178. Princess Diana. ALS signed

“Diana,” three pages on two sheets, 4.75 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, December 25, 1987. Letter to Janet Filderman, in full: “You are so clever to have found something that I hinted like mad for, but nobody had listened to until I opened your present! I can never get enough photograph frames for the amount of pictures I take of my small men & the arrival of yours is just perfect. William & Harry had the best Christmas ever & I am exhausted just trying to keep up with them as they rush around. Anyway at least they sleep well! I do hope that you had a happy day; I thought of you—thank you more than I can possibly say for thinking of me, Janet, in the lovely way that you did.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Princess Diana’s hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Titanic and Maritime Remarkable portrait of the Carpathia captain 179. Arthur Rostron. Captain of the Carpathia (1869–1940) responsible for rescuing Titanic survivors on the morning of April 15, 1912. Exceedingly rare matte-finish 5 x 8 portrait of Captain Arthur Rostron by Hall’s Studio of Times Square, New York, boldly signed in the lower right in fountain pen, “A. H. Rostron.” In very good to fine condition, with light scattered creases and soiling, and a bit of silvering to dark areas of the image. Originally from the family of New York socialites Louis and Augusta Ogden, who were aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster and helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors; the Ogdens and Captain Arthur H. Rostron remained in contact for the rest of their lives.

This remarkable photograph shows Arthur Henry Rostron circa 1912 as captain of the Carpathia and was featured in his article, ‘The Rescue of the Titanic Survivors,’ which appeared in the March 1913 issue of Scribner’s Magazine. Just the second signed photo of the captain we have offered, the other having been sold over a decade ago. Rostron’s autograph is scarce in any format, and this iconic uninscribed portrait is truly of the utmost desirability. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

As master of the SS Majestic, the Titanic’s captain discharges a boatswain 180. Edward J. Smith. Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “E. J. Smith,” one page, 7.75 x 6, 1895. A certificate of discharge issued to S. Taylor, a boatswain on board the Majestic. Printed near the bottom is a certification statement which reads, “I certify that the above particulars are correct and that the above named Seaman was discharged accordingly, and that the character described hereon is a true copy of the Report concerning the said Seaman.” Signed at the conclusion of the statement by Smith as the vessel’s master, and countersigned by a shipping representative.

In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, and an area of paper loss to the upper left corner. Smith joined the White Star Line in 1880 and assumed command of the Majestic in 1895, a post he held for nine years. As he rose in seniority, Smith became a favorite of the wealthy financiers and notables who frequently traveled aboard his ships, acquiring the nickname the ‘Millionaires’ Captain.’

From 1904 on, Smith commanded the White Star Line’s newest vessels on their maiden voyages, including the RMS Titanic.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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A Bulgarian widow whose husband perished “upon the Defendants’ Steamship ‘Titanic’” 181. Titanic. Partly-printed document, one page, 8.5 x 13.5,

notated April 12, 1913. Writ issued by Oppenheimer, Blandford & Co., in the matter “Between Vana Mitova, Widow, Plaintiff, and Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Defendants.”

In part: “To Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited…

We Command You, that within Eight Days after the service of this Writ on you…you do cause an Appearance to be entered for you in an Action at the Suit of Vana Mitova…The Plaintiff’s Claim is as the Widow of Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff deceased for damage for the death of the said Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff caused by the negligence of the Defendants or their servants while the said Mito Ivanoff Mitkoff was a passenger upon the Defendants’ Steamship ‘Titanic.’” At the conclusion the document notes that the plaintiff “resides at Sadovetz Loukovit in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.” The document is unsigned but bears numerous pencil office notations. In very good condition, with creasing, several tears, and upper left reinforced with archival tape. A significant number of the Titanic’s third-class passengers—between thirty and forty of them, or about eight percent—were Bulgarian, predominately men planning to emigrate to America. Though the records are imprecise, it is believed that every single Bulgarian aboard the liner perished in the disaster. This interesting document represents the little-known and tragic story of the Bulgarians lost at sea. Starting Bid $300

American West

The brother of Daniel Boone 182. Squire Boone. American frontiersman, hunter, soldier, and politician (1744–1815) best known as the brother of Daniel Boone. Manuscript DS, one page, 11.75 x 8, August 13, 1782. In part: “I Squire Boone esquire of Jefferson County do owe…to Nelson Heron & Co. of Richmond merchants five hundred & three pounds of…crop Tobacco.” Signed at the conclusion by Boone and countersigned by two witnesses. The white paper seal affixed to the right side remains intact. In very good condition, with old tape repairs to separated folds on the reverse, writing on the reverse lightly showing through, and scattered overall light staining. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Excessively rare survey receipt from 1784— the year his legend took hold

183. Daniel Boone. Rare ADS, one page, 6.5 x 8, November 23, 1784. Boone confirms receipt of a payment for surveying work in Fayette County, Kentucky. In part: “Rec’d…of Charles Patterson sixty six shillings, for the purpose of surveying & clearing out a entry by him made by me in Fayatt [sic] county for five thousand six hundred & twenty five acre land.” Attractively double-suede-matted and framed with a portrait and engraved biographical plaque to an overall size of 31 x 18. In very good condition, with intersecting folds with tiny holes at intersections (not affecting the signature), a few small edge tears, and a couple stray marks of ink.

An especially important date within the context of Boone’s biography, November, 1784, marked the release of The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke

by John Filson, which included a chronicle of Boone’s adventures exploring Kentucky and during the American Revolution. The stories made Boone an instant celebrity nationwide—and worldwide when the book was translated into French and German shortly after the initial publication. Fayette County was also home to Boone and his family; he established a stockaded station on the waters of Fayette’s Boone Creek in 1779, with the hope of settling there for the rest of his life, though he abandoned the site in 1783 for a nearby location on Marble Creek. Very rare and immensely desirable, this is an astounding piece of American history. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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184. William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody.

Ink signature, “Dec. 1872.

Chicago, Ills.

W. F. Cody,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2 slip, matted and framed with a color postcard depicting the Wild West showman. In fine condition, with writing on the reverse lightly showing through. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Album featuring Geronimo and the general who negotiated his surrender, Nelson A. Miles

185. Geronimo. Highly sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 slip affixed within a leatherbound scrapbook containing about thirty affixed signatures of other notables, including the general who convinced Geronimo to surrender in 1886, “Nelson A. Miles, Major General, US Army.” Other signers include: Russell A. Alger, Garret A. Hobart, William R. Shafter, Wesley Merritt, John R. Brooke, John J. Pershing, Lew Wallace, William S. Rosecrans, James Forsyth, William Jennings Bryan, Levi P. Morton, Eugene Field, James Whitcomb Riley, Palmer Cox, Julia Marlowe, Joseph Jefferson, and others. In very good to fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. A supremely desirable compendium of signatures. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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187. William Jennings Bryan

186. Roald Amundsen

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188. Thomas Hart Benton

189. Aaron Burr

190. Andy Card

191. Andrew Carnegie

192. Chiang Kai-shek

193. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

194. Joseph Cosey: Benjamin Franklin

195. Dalai Lama

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196. Dalai Lama Starting Bid $200

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197. James Buchanan Eads Starting Bid $200

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198. Edward Everett Starting Bid $200

199. William Fargo

200. Father E. J. Flanagan

201. Otto Frank

202. Felix Frankfurter

203. Indira Gandhi

204. Rudy Giuliani and Colin Powell

205. Mikhail Gorbachev

206. Robert F. Kennedy

208. Alexander Kerensky

209. King Khalid

212. Nelson Mandela

213. Guglielmo Marconi

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207. Kennedy Assassination: Nix Zapruder Starting Bid $200

210. King Philip III Starting Bid $200

211. Francisco I. Madero Starting Bid $200

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214. Joseph McCarthy

215. Ezra Meeker

217. Golda Meir Starting Bid $200

218. Rosa Parks and James Meredith

219. Francis W. Pickens

220. Politicians

221. Joseph Pulitzer

222. Queen Isabella II

223. Jonas Salk

224. Supreme Court

225. Margaret Thatcher

226. Josip Tito

227. Donald Trump

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216. Golda Meir

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military

The enraged 23-year-old Custer— “I would court-martial any officer of my command who would receive and act on any order” transmitted by a rebel

229. George A. Custer. Civil War-dated ALS signed “G. A. Custer,” one page both sides, 5 x 8.25, Head-Quarters Cavalry Brigade letterhead, August 21, 1863. Letter to General H. J. Kilpatrick, in full: “Commdg 3rd Div. without investigating the matter in reference to Lieut. North disregarding a certain order of the Brig. Genl. com’g the Division, I find on reading the letter, on which your endorsement was made, what I consider, sufficient grounds to warrant any officer, who understands his duty, in disregarding such order, the order was communicated to him by a citizen and that citizen a rebel. I would court-martial any officer of my command who would receive and act on any order transmitted through such channels.” Custer modifies the letterhead to read, “Head-Quarters 2nd Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Div., Cav Corp.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning along edges and one of the vertical folds.

On June 29, 1863, the 23-year-old Custer was commissioned to brigadier general of volunteers and assigned command of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade in Kilpatrick’s division, becoming one of the youngest Generals in the Union Army. Three days later, Custer led his men in the Battle of Gettysburg where he assisted in preventing J.E.B. Stuart from attacking the Union rear. Known for his aggressive battlefield tactics, Custer displays marked consideration in the disobedience case of Lieutenant North, a soldier Custer ultimately defends given the order’s treacherous origins. An intriguing letter from early in the storied military career of the ‘Boy General.’ Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Substantial 1872 check from the 7th cavalry lieutenant colonel

230. George A. Custer. Planters National Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Custer, “G. A. Custer,” payable to Grinstead & Bradley or order for $2,580.38, March 3, 1872. Check is endorsed on the reverse, “Pay to W. J. Duncan Cashier or order Grinstead & Bradley Lou. Bkg. Co. F. Hoar Clk.” In fine condition, with two light vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, cancellation cut to center, a couple small pinholes to left side, and light show-through from endorsement on reverse.

After five years of active duty fighting the Cheyenne, Custer’s famed US 7th Cavalry was transferred to Elizabethtown, Kentucky in October of 1871. Their orders were to control the Ku Klux Klan and to break up illicit distilleries, but with the small town’s lack of any real conflict, the 7th settled into a well-deserved break from action. While there, Custer built up a stable of fine Kentucky thoroughbred horses, along with over eighty well-bred hunting dogs. This check, payable to the Lexington banking firm Grinstead & Bradley, was most likely for the purchase of one such horse, as there are records of Custer buying a horse for $2500 in October of 1872. An incredibly scarce check signed during a brief period of respite before heading back into Plains Indians territory, where he would meet his fate just four years later. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

231. George A. Custer. Hand-addressed mailing envelope

from New York’s Fifth Avenue Hotel, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs Genl Custer, Monroe, Mich,” bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp and postmarked March 30, no year. In very good to fine condition, with expected areas of paper loss from handling and opening. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Exceptional content as Davis instructs his aide to inspect Southern port defenses 232. Jefferson Davis. War-dated LS signed “Jeff’n Davis,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, Confederate States of America, Executive Department letterhead, February 9, 1863. Letter to his nephew and aidede-camp, Colonel J. Taylor Wood, in full: “You are hereby directed to proceed to Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Port Hudson and Vickburg for the purpose of inspection and report. You will inspect, at each of these places, the naval defences & the vessels afloat with reference to their personnel, armament, and powers of offence and defence. You will ascertain the character, progress and probable time of completion of vessels upon the stocks. You will examine the Naval and machine works, and the work now on hand—the measures that have been adopted to obstruct the channels of harbor and rivers, and the facilities for ingress and egress to vessels running the blockade. You will notice the character and position of the guns bearing upon the shipping, and whatever, in your judgment, may require attention, with reference to our water defences.

You will keep me advised; by letter or otherwise, of your progress, and, upon your return to Richmond will report the results of your observations.”

Includes a partly-printed document signed by Secretary of War James A. Seddon, appointing Col. John Taylor Woods as “Aide-de-Camp with the rank and pay of Colonel of Cavalry.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

Fascinating archive of ‘Chinese’ Gordon’s correspondence, including his observations of tortoises 233. Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon. Intriguing archive of 17

ALSs to Charles Button in Seychelles, most signed “C. G. Gordon,” totaling 33 pages, dated 1881–1882; one is unsigned and lists repairs to his headquarters, and another is a partial ALS consisting of the last two pages. Gordon often writes of the coco de mer fruit and tortoises, both native to Praslin Island in the Seychelles, mentioning one or the other in a dozen letters. Praslin Island was the location of the Garden of Eden, according to Gordon, and he believed that the coco de mer was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One letter, in part: “I want the four little Tortoises alive not dead…The Hindoos think that Curuman one of the incarnations of Bhudda, and which name signifies Tortoise when the flood came took the form of a Tortoise and placed the Ark on his back took it to Ararat with Noah. The Tortoise eggs take six months to hatch. The flood lasted four months so that I think the flood covered them and that when it subsided, the eggs were hatched, they never could have walked down from Ararat. You see none of these isles have much animal life on them.” Another, in part: “Tell me about the Coco de Mer and anything you can think of in the way of curious things…How is the Coco de Mer in the Govt Garden at Mahé and how are the Tortoises. I hope that they are looked after. Remember you are to keep the little ones for me of the Brood.” In overall very good to fine condition, with repaired separations to several letters. Starting Bid $300

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Recovered from his amputated leg, Hood affirms that he can still fight—“as ready & in as good condition to fight a battle as I ever was” 234. John Bell Hood. Civil

War-dated ALS signed “J. B. Hood,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 11, 1864. Written from Dalton, Georgia, a letter to a colonel, in full: “I am told some of the old women in our country fear I am not in good health. And that I have to be tied or fastened on my horse, etc. Since I came here I have been riding all over this country with Gen. Johnston. And have been in the saddle every day.

I have been in the saddle enough to have fought two or three battles, and feel no inconvenience for it whatever.

I wish you would let the country know that I am in good health & young. And am as ready & in as good condition to fight a battle as I ever was. You know how to arrange it. Give my warmest regards to Mrs. Thrasher.” Hood adds a brief postscript to the last page, signing with his initials, “J.B.H.,” in full: “I ride with perfect comfort to myself. And expect to walk with a cane before long.” In fine condition, with small splits along fold ends, an unobtrusive tear to the bottom edge, and writing show through from opposing sides.

Roughly three months after an exploding shell immobilized his left arm at the Battle of Gettysburg, Hood succeeded in losing a limb at the Battle of Chickamauga when his right femur was fractured and doctors were forced to remove his leg just below the hip. After a prolonged recuperation that saw Hood promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, he returned to duty in the spring of 1864, soon accepting an appointment from Confederate President Jefferson Davis as corps commander. In spite of his impairments, Hood performed well in the field, strapped to his horse and riding up to 20 miles a day with his artificial leg. An exceptional letter that sheds light on Hood’s recovery and indomitable fighting spirit. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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Significant war-dated letters by Lee and Grant 235. Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant. Two items: a Civil

War–dated LS signed “R. E. Lee, Genl,” at the conclusion of a letter of recommendation

by William Clarke, one page, 7.75 x 7.25, October 15, 1862, in full: “Having great confidence in the recommendation of Genl.

Ransom & Col Clarke, I do not hesitate to recommend Mr. Valk for the position of Asst Qr. Mr. Believing from his testimonials that he will prove an active & efficient officer, his position & services claim something for him from the Government”; and a Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Majr Genl,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, January 16, 1864, in full: “Please send the bearer of this, Mrs. Bransford under Flag of Truce, to the Confederate lines.” Expertly double-matted and framed with a plaque and two original carte-de-visite portraits to an overall size of 26.5 x 21.5. In good to very good condition, with repaired separations to intersecting folds, staining and soiling, and some chipping to edges. Both desirable items on their own, the Grant letter is especially interesting, allowing passage of the mother of a prominent Confederate officer—most likely Captain John S. Bransford of the Army of the Tennessee—to return home to Confederate lines “under Flag of Truce.” A desirable pair of war-dated letters from the opposing military leaders of the Civil War. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

236 . Robert E. Lee. Neat ink

signature, “R. E. Lee,” on an offwhite 2.5 x .75 lightly-lined slip affixed to a slightly larger card.

Mounted, matted, and framed with a carte-de-visite of Lee to an overall size of 10.25 x 13. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Thoughtfully advising a cadet not to sacrifice his health “for the gratification of any military aspiration” 237. Robert E. Lee. ALS as superintendent of West Point, signed “R. E. Lee,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, May 8, 1854.

Letter to Cadet W. Eugene Webster, in full: “The accomp’g letter & check of the Treasurer of the Acad’y will answer your inquiries concerning your pay for March & April. I am very Sorry to hear that your health is so feeble & still more regret the probability of its not allowing your return to the Acad’y. I would not advise its sacrifice for the gratification of any military aspiration, still I would advise you to weigh well the advantages of your App’t & Consult your father and mother before relinquishing it.

Should you not be well to return by the 1st July, & there is a reasonable expectation of your becoming so by the 1st Sept; unless in the opinion of your father, mother & Phy’n, it would be imprudent to risk your resuming your duties; If you will send me the proper certificate of your Physician, an Army Surgeon would be the best; I will endeavor to get an extension of your leave. I must have it in proper time, to get the Sec’ys action. I had hoped the climate of the South & particularly the inmates of Cedar Grove would have entirely relieved you of all Corporeal ills. I do not know what they would not cure me of if I was a young man again. Your Cousins may have gone to A— having been detained more than a month by the inability of the younger to travel. Another Cousin Ella Carter accomp’d them as far as Phila. Please present my kind regards to your mother & all the household at Cedar Grove.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, several intersecting folds, and toning along extreme edges.

Lee served as the superintendent of West Point from 1852 to 1855, edifying and training scores of young men who would either serve under him or against him during the American Civil War; he would take leave of West Point when he was promoted as second-in-command of the Second Cavalry regiment in Texas. Lee’s oldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, attended West Point during his tenure, graduating first in his class in 1854. Interestingly, the recipient of this letter, W. Eugene Webster of Cedar Grove, VA, was the cousin of Lee’s wife Mary Anna Custis, whose father was the half-sibling of the cadet’s mother, Rosalie Eugenia Stuart Webster. A fascinating letter stemming from Lee’s brief yet formative period at the esteemed military academy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

238. Horatio Nelson. Fantastic hand-addressed free frank, measuring 8.5 x 7 unfolded, addressed in Nelson’s hand to his sister Catherine, “London March Eighteenth, 1803, Mrs. Matcham, Kensington Place, Nelson & Bronte Bath.” Stamped with a ‘Free’ postmark. In very good condition, with tears, toning, and old adhesive residue, largely not affecting the franked panel itself. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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239. George S. Patton. TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5,

January 11, 1919. Letter of recommendation for Sergeant First Class Kenneth O. Harter, detailing his service during World War I, in part: “Sergeant Harter fulfilled the functions of Brigade Sergeant Major from the time of the formation of the Brigade until this date…In addition to his duties, in the St. Mihiel battle, Sergeant Harter volunteered to go forward with the Brigade Commander in the capacity of a runner. He carried out his duties under fire during the whole of September 12th 1918 and due to a Reconnaissance made by him the first information as to the location of the Right Battalion of the Brigade was obtained. He later successfully carried a message from the town of Pannes to the town of Beaumont, a distance of 8 kilometers under fire.” Intersecting folds, light toning, and some rubbing from carbon paper, otherwise fine condition. Patton commanded a tank brigade at the Battle of St. Mihiel and the September 12th date he mentions was the first-ever use of American tank units in combat. He famously led from the front and performed acts of valor to inspire his men, including riding on top of a tank as they entered Pannes. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare 1939 letter from the German Generalmajor— “Tomorrow is the start of the big hunt” 240. Erwin Rommel. ALS in

German, signed “Erwin,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.5, December 10, 1939. A letter to his wife, in part [translated]: “Dearest Lu! Thank you so much for your dear letter of December 6. Now the concern for coal is going to start. Maybe I can take care of the matter at Christmas in Wiener Neustadt. It looks as though I may be able to. Yesterday I received letters from Helene and Gerhard. Gerhard asks urgently for money. Helene supports his request, also in behalf of mother who is really upset about the whole thing. Gerhard has never received anything in the way of parental inheritance.

He could lose his house if he is not helped. Helene wants to lend him 200 marks and I am asked to lend him 300. So for God’s sake I will do it since I don’t want to be blamed by my siblings and mother for not having helped. Therefore I will do without a camera and will send money from here. Tomorrow is the start of the big hunt. I am looking forward to it. About 20-25 hunters. Next Friday is Men’s Night. For which I have invited the guests. Hinkefuss may also appear. May be the coal business. That’s all for today. That last, beautiful Sunday already seems so far in the past. Best regards and a kiss for you both. When sending a Christmas parcel to mother’s please include a volume...for Helene.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $1750

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241. William T. Sherman. ALS signed “W. T. Sherman,

General,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead, April 22, 1876. Letter regarding a dinner being arranged by financier J. Pierpont Morgan, Elliot C. Cowden, and others. In part: “Since receiving your kind invitation to the Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce at Delmonico’s May 4, I have been to St. Louis and Chicago which will explain the cause of my silence. I appreciate the honor of the invitation, but owing to the many calls by the Centennial of Philadelphia all in May, I fear I will not be able to be present at New York on the 4th.” Beautifully cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait and plaque to an overall size of 21 x 23.5, with a window in the backing so that the reverse can be seen. At the Chamber of Commerce dinner, Morgan and Cowden were unanimously elected as chairmen of the Finance & Currency and Executive Committees, respectively, for the following year.

Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Lengthy autograph document by ‘Mad Anthony’ immediately preceding the Revolution 242. Anthony Wayne. Revolutionary War general (1745–1796) whose daring tactics earned him the nickname ‘Mad Anthony.’

Scalloped-topped vellum autograph document, with “Wayne” penned 10 times in the text, one page, 27 x 16, May 2, 1774. A lengthy document with over 1000 words in Wayne’s hand as a surveyor of land his parents, Isaac and Elizabeth Wayne, were preparing to sell. In part: “Unto Gabriel Wayne in fee by Indenture of the Fifteenth day of May 1732 who with Elizabeth his wife by their Indenture on the twelfth day of May 1731 Granted unto the Isaac Wayne partly hereto in Fee who with Elizabeth his wife…

Granted to same unto John Wayne in Fee who with Jane his wife by their Indenture…re-granted the same Land & Premises unto the said Isaac Wayne in fee.” Below the text, Wayne has sketched and labeled a 2.5 x 2 rectangular map of the land involved, writing the names of the adjoining land holders on the borders. Heavy intersecting folds, scattered toning, creasing, and rippling, with toning heavier in several spots, otherwise very good condition.

Document also bears three partial red wax seals.

Wayne’s education and strength for mathematics led to his training as a surveyor, a profession in which he worked for a number of years. He was working in that capacity in 1774—while also developing a farm, establishing a tannery, and beginning his service in the Pennsylvania Legislature—when he completed this document. With the outbreak of war in 1775, Wayne raised a regiment and was named its colonel in 1776. He and his regiment were sent to Canada, where he was wounded at the Battle of Three Rivers. His service resulted in his promotion to brigadier general in February 1777. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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military artifacts Atlanta Arsenal–type CSA belt plate

243. Confederate Belt Plate and Waist Belt. An original Confederate “CSA” cast brass Atlanta Arsenal–type belt plate

measuring 2 3/4˝ x 1 7/8˝. The plate has the distinctive ruddy-ochre patina so common to Atlanta-made plates, and is missing one of the attachment hooks on the back. The plate is attached to an original leather waist belt that measures 38 1/2˝ long and 1 3/4˝ in width. The dark brown bridle leather has light-moderate flaking and crazing along the exterior, along with numerous scuffs and blemishes, but is still intact and quite supple for its age. In his definitive study Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795–1874, Sydney Kerksis identifies several variants of the Atlanta Plate; this example is of the first type (Kerksis #299) and is a fantastic piece of Confederate militaria. Starting Bid $300

244. Confederate Brogan Shoes. Pair of well-worn Con-

federate brogans that have had several repairs and re-soles over what looks to have been a rather tough career. The heels of the leather shoes are quite worn, and even partially crumbled away on the right shoe. The extent of the work done to the soles is attested to by the different cobbler’s nails used in successive repairs. The leather uppers are in fairly good shape, but quite stiff with age.

Both shoes look as though they were purposely cut open during their period of use, possibly in an effort to achieve a better fit. A small inventory sticker is present on the toe of the right shoe on which is written: “Confederate/Shoes/Chambersburg/Penn.,” in faded ink. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from The Horse Soldier in Gettysburg. Starting Bid $200

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Splendid Confederate foot officer’s sword 245. Confederate Foot Officer’s Sword by Boyle & Gamble. Well-made Confederate foot

officer’s sword by Boyle & Gamble patterned, more or less, after the US Model 1850 Foot Officer Sword, measuring 35 1/2˝ overall with a 30˝ slightly curved, single-edged blade having wide single fullers. The steel has an overall mottled gray patina with faint, but still visible, etched panels along the forte with swirling floral scrollwork vignettes. Mild freckling is present throughout, but heaviest at the ricasso, as well as within the fullers. The hilt has a pierced rose motif counterguard, single forward-swept quillon, and Phrygian helmet pommel with an overall yellow-ochre patina throughout. The leather grip is worn through in several spots with the underlying wood visible where the leather has flaked away.

The brass and leather scabbard is in good condition with a ruddy-ochre tarnish on the brass furniture.

The leather is in very good condition with only a few minor dents along the body and general surface crazing throughout. Starting Bid $500

246. Excavated US Waist Belt Plate with Bullet Strike. A typical, “US” marked, oval, die-struck and lead-filled

enlisted belt plate that was hit by a .58 caliber musket ball close to the edge nearest the “S.” The impact of the projectile caused the edges of the plate to bend outwards, while the interior of the plate was rent violently inwards. The closure hook was blown away, and the lead filling exhibits spalling damage from the impact. The brass has an overall dark yellow-ochre patina with whitish-green oxidation around the mouth of the impact cone. Included with the plate are a short length of period leather belt, and a dug up, unfired .58 caliber minie ball. Accompanied by a wooden display case. Starting Bid $200

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Exceptional converted musket used by one of Mosby’s Rangers 247. Mosby’s Rangers Carbine. US Model 1816 Musket converted to percussion and shortened to carbine length, used by V. M. Ramey of the 43rd Virginia Cavalry, commonly known as ‘Mosby’s Rangers.’ This is a much-shortened, .69 caliber musket that has a 24˝ barrel with dark, pitted bore. The metal has an overall mottled gray patina with patches of minor pitting along the barrel, heaviest at the muzzle and on the breech. The gun has an 1839 dated Springfield lock with a ‘Belgian type,’ or ‘cone’ conversion to percussion, and the brass pan ground nearly flush with the lock. The original lower band remains on the forend, but a second lower band (from a different musket) has been added in place of a nosecap. The stock, which was crudely shortened, still has a visible inspector cartouche on the left side, along with scratched initials “VMR” above, and has numerous small handling marks across the very dark oil finish. There are some further drying cracks in the buttstock on the left side, as well as a with-the-grain crack along the underside of the forend at the base of the shortened ramrod. The action is fully functional, and the trigger guard has been broken at the rear tang.

The gun comes with a 1937 dated, typewritten affidavit by Celia Ramey, granddaughter of Virgil Matthew Ramey, attesting to the muskets ownership by him as a trooper in Col. John Singleton Mosby’s 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion “Partisan Rangers” (better known as “Mosby’s Rangers”). Also included are copies of Ramey’s original muster sheet which list him as having enlisted in Co. E on July 28, 1864, by Col. Mosby himself. Mosby’s cavalry unit specialized in hit-and-run attacks, and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines. They were a definite thorn in the side of the Army of the Potomac, and continued fighting until the dissolution of the unit following Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. The letter, which relates that the musket was sold as part of an effort to save the family farm, is also accompanied by a post-war cabinet photo of Mr. Ramey in middle age. This is a splendid Civil War-used weapon, identified to a man who served in one of the most renowned light cavalry units in the Confederate Army. Starting Bid $500

Large and impressive thirteen-star ensign 248. US Flag/Ensign, 13-Star. Late 19th/early 20th century wool bunting flag with

thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, measuring 97 x 50.5 overall with a 28.75 x 37 two-piece canton. The bunting is finely woven from machine spun threads and has a tubular linen hoist measuring approximately 1.25˝ in diameter with fairly crude, stitched grommets on the ends. The double-sided white linen stars are arranged in a typical 3:2:3:2:3 pattern.

The flag has small holes scattered about the fabric, and there is noticeable fraying along the edge of the fly. The colors are still fairly vibrant, although the stars and, to a slightly lesser degree, the white stripes have a general brown toning throughout. This was most likely used as a boat ensign during its period of manufacture. The thirteen-star flag was used as the US Navy’s small boat ensign until 1916 due to the visibility of the stars at a distance on the smaller flags necessary for boat use. This is a handsome example of a thirteen-star ensign and is in fine overall condition. Starting Bid $300

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249. Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher

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252. Jubal A. Early

253. Joe Foss

255. Winfield Scott Hancock

257. Douglas MacArthur

258. Douglas MacArthur

259. George G. Meade

261. Sterling Price

262. John F. Reynolds

263. William T. Sherman

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256. Winfield Scott Hancock

260. Michel Ney Starting Bid $200

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254. William B. Franklin

251. Jefferson Davis

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264. Aviation. Program for

aviation

the second annual History of Aviation Banquet held at The Proud Bird in Los Angeles, California, on August 29, 1987, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink or ballpoint, “To Ann—From one who looked in—1941. At you—Chuck Yeager,” “Ann— Kicked up some alien dust in July 1969, Buzz Aldrin,” and “To Ann—Thanks for all the enjoyable times! Dick Gordon.” In fine condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

265. Amelia Earhart. Pencil sig-

nature, “A. Earhart,” on an off-white 3 x 2.75 slip affixed to a light pink album page with a collector’s date notation of October 9, 1936.

In very good to fine condition, with light irregular toning.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Oversized uninscribed photo of the pioneering aviatrix 266. Amelia Earhart. Superb matte-fin-

ish 8.25 x 11.5 full-length photo of Earhart dressed in flight gear and staring wistfully from atop a brick wall, neatly signed in the lower right in black ink. Mounted to a same-size piece of heavy cardstock and in fine condition, with slight chipping along the lightly-lined edges. A sensational uninscribed photo of Earhart clad with flight goggles, knee-high boots, and a long leather coat, looking all the part of a pioneering aviatrix. One of the more impressive signed Earhart photos we have encountered. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Uncommon handwritten letter from Earhart 267. Amelia Earhart. ALS signed “Amelia M. Earhart,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Hotel Seymour letterhead, no date. Letter to Jorgen Nugaard, in full: “I hope your coming here will inspire some of our boys to visit Denmark.” In fine condition, with some creasing to the lower half. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Excellent display featuring Wright, Lindbergh, and Earhart 268. Legends of Aviation. Impressive display featuring three famous aviators: an airmail cover postmarked Miami, February 4, 1929, with a stamped cachet honoring Lindbergh’s ‘First Flight Mail International F.A.M. 5 Miami–Canal Zone’ flight, signed in the lower left in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh”; a bank check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Orville Wright, payable to Lucien Warner for $1, April 16, 1925, bearing commemorative 1932 and 2003 postmarks at the top; and a postal cover postmarked New York, June 20, 1932, with a stamped cachet honoring Amelia Earhart’s return to New York after her transatlantic flight, signed above the cachet in fountain pen by Earhart. Presented with a metallic propellor honoring Lindbergh; a drive chain representing the type used in the 1905 Wright Brothers’ engine; and a swatch of red fabric from Earhart’s Lockheed Vega 5B, removed from the plane while undergoing restoration at the Smithsonian. All are cloth-matted together with images to an overall size of 34 x 28. In overall fine condition. A wonderful, impressive assemblage of three of the greatest names in aviation history. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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“The character of man still forms the essential core of a lasting civilization” 269. Charles Lindbergh. Souvenir typescript of Lindbergh’s speech at the IAS Honors Night Dinner at New York’s Hotel Astor on January 25, 1954, 8.25 x 11, eleven pages, signed and inscribed on the first page in fountain pen, “To Charles H. MacDonald, with best wishes from, Charles A. Lindbergh.” The speech, in part: “To achieve a civilization based on human values requires the desire within ourselves. If we actually have that desire, our scientific, industrial, and military forces will fall, automatically, into line behind it, supporting with material strength the human qualities essential to overall power and permanent survival. But we must have more than an intellectual desire, filed away in the archives of idea. It must enter the roots of our being until it shapes our action instinctively as well as through the conscious mind, until we see the producer as more important than his product, and find it no sacrifice to renounce material standard of success—until we realize in our bones as well as in our brains that the character of man still forms the essential core of a lasting civilization.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Uncommon formal portrait of Lindbergh in 1927 270. Charles Lindbergh. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14

full-length photo of the aviator wearing a handsome striped suit, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Robert B. Chilton, Sincerely, Charles A. Lindbergh, Dec. 27, 1927.” In fine condition, with light soiling and creasing to the borders.

Accompanied by a vintage photo of Anne Morrow Lindbergh holding her child, as well as a provenance letter from the sister of the original recipient, in part: “This photograph of Anne Morrow Lindbergh was given to my sister Mildred Frances Cobb Chilton during a visit to her sister in law… in Englewood, NJ, who was in partnership with Elizabeth Morrow who was Anne Morrow’s sister. During the visit Anne Morrow invited Robert and Frances Chilton to the Lindbergh home for dinner.” Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Fabric from the Wright Flyer 271. Wright Flyer. Small

rectangular .5 x .75 swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer that made the first heavierthan-air flight at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903.

The relic is impressively displayed against a photograph of the Wright Flyer with a matted Wright Brothers bank check filled out in an unknown hand (erroneously attributed to Orville on the plaque). Framed to an overall size of 22 x 18. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of the envelope in which the larger swatch was found, annotated, “Fabric from Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk Harvey D. Geyer 3/2/51.”

Period typing on the sheet above reads: “All of the fabric for covering the original Kitty Hawk plane was muslin, purchased from Hunter & Hardy Dry Goods Store E. Third Street, Dayton Ohio, and known as ‘Pride of the West’ muslin.” Starting Bid $200

Orville and two flown artifacts 272. Orville Wright. Appealing three item display: a City

National Bank and Trust Company check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Pennsylvania R.R. Co. for $25.95, April 5, 1930; a .75 x .5 swatch of fabric removed from the Wright Flyer flown at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903; and a bright nickel 5.25˝ turnbuckle from a World War I period Wright Model B biplane. Each are matted with an engraved nameplate and an image of the first flight at Kitty Hawk to an overall size of 15 x 19. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Outstanding uninscribed portrait of the co-inventor of flight 273. Orville Wright. Vintage sepia matte-finish 8.5 x 11 portrait of Wright by Underwood & Underwood of Washington, D.C., signed in the lower border in black ink. Affixed to a same-size sheet and in very good to fine condition, with light mottling, primarily to the background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

Classic photo of man’s first flight 274. Orville Wright. Vintage 6.25

x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N. C.,” signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with a tiny tear to the bottom edge, and old tape remnants on the reverse.

Accompanied by an unsigned informational packet. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Wonderful photo of Wright with Berg— the first American woman to fly in an airplane 275. Wilbur Wright.

Phenomenal French postcard photo by J. Bouveret depicting Wilbur Wright and Mrs. Hart O. Berg seated in a Wright aircraft, 5.5 x 3.5, signed in black ink, “8 Nov, 1908, Wilbur Wright.” In fine condition, with a small area of old tape residue along the top edge.

Edith Berg, the wife of Hart O. Berg, a Flint and Company representative contracted to help manage the Wright Brothers’ business in Europe, became the first American woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane when she joined Wilbur Wright for a two-minute and seven-second flight at Camp d’Auvours in Le Mans, France, on October 7, 1908. As the picture shows, Berg tied a rope around her skirt just above her ankles to keep it from blowing during the flight. Mrs. Berg was later credited with inspiring the famous ‘Hobble Skirt’ fashion after a French fashion designer attending the flight was impressed with the way she walked away from the aircraft with her still-tied skirt. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

276. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. Ger-

man engineer (1838– 1917) who designed the famous rigid airship that bears his name.

Twice-signed untranslated ALS in German, signed “G. v. Zeppelin,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, January 6, 1915. Written from Stuttgart, this war-dated letter is addressed on the opposite side in Zeppelin’s own hand, vertically signing his name along the left border, “Graf Zeppelin.” In fine condition, with light overall soiling. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Early photo of Armstrong with his X-15 crew

space

277. Neil Armstrong and X-15 Pilots. Vintage glossy 10 x 8

photo of Armstrong and several other pilots posing with an X-15 aircraft, signed vertically in fountain pen by Neil Armstrong, as well as Richard Rudworth, John McKay, Forest Petersen, Joe Walker, and Robert White. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, and an expertly restored area of paper loss along the trimmed top border. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

Unique assemblage of nine Gemini astronauts 278. Gemini. Uncommon

souvenir display celebrating Gemini missions 3–12, signed on both sides of a beige 8.5 x 11 sheet with affixed mission specific captions in ballpoint or felt tip by nine astronauts, including: “James G. McDivitt, Commander G–IV,” “Charles Conrad,” “Gordon Cooper, Commander,” “Wally Schirra,” “Frank Borman,” “Dick Gordon, B-U Pilot,” “Neil Armstrong,” “Dave Scott, Pilot, GT-8,” and, on the reverse, “Buzz Aldrin,” with Gordon signing his name once more. Also signed by several military officials related to the Gemini recovery vessels. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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Oversized Apollo 11 lithograph signed by the full crew 279. Apollo 11. Sought-after color 13.5 x 10.5 official NASA lithograph celebrating the Apollo 11 mission, depicting images of the three crew members, the mission insignia, and the first lunar plaque left on the moon, signed by each mission astronaut in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong,” “M. Collins,” and “Buzz Aldrin.” Also includes a secretarial signature of Richard Nixon along the upper border.

Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 17.25. In fine condition, with light creasing to lower corners. Accompanied by copies of the letters sent by the original recipient to the Apollo 11 astronauts. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

20th anniversary program of Apollo 11, signed by the full crew 280. Apollo 11. Commemorative program entitled “The First Lunar Landing: As Told by The Astronauts,” celebrating the 20th anniversary of the event, 9 x 12, 24 pages, signed on the back cover in black ink by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In very good to fine condition. NASA’s Office of Public Affairs capitalized on the achievements of the successful Apollo 11 mission by releasing this commemorative program that transcribed a post-flight press conference held by Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $300

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Scarce fully-signed NASA litho

281. Apollo 11. Official color 10 x 8 NASA litho-

graph of Buzz Aldrin working on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Norman Graves, Neil Armstrong,” and signed in black felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin” and “Michael Collins, Apollo 11.”

In fine condition, with some fair contrast to the signatures. A superb photo that showcases Aldrin in his spacesuit, the lunar module and American flag, and several lunar footprints—a combination rarely found signed by the entire crew. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $500

282. Apollo 11. Ink and ballpoint signatures of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on individual off-white cards or sheets. All three signatures are double-matted and framed with a color 29.5 x 14.5 print of an Alan Bean artwork, signed in gold ink, “Alan Bean, Apollo 12,” to an overall size of 34 x 22.75. In fine condition. Oversized. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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283. Neil Armstrong. Wonderful official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin as he prepares to step onto the moon, signed in black felt tip by Armstrong. In fine condition. Accompanied by a typed letter of provenance, in part: “This photo was signed by Neil Armstrong in Pensacola, Florida following a presentation by Armstrong and several other Apollo Astronauts at the Pensacola Civic Center on May 7, 1993.” Also accompanied by a program for the referenced symposium, as well as two photos taken at the time of signing.

Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication.

Starting Bid $300

284. Neil Armstrong. Signed book: First on the Moon. Second printing.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 434 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black felt tip, “To Carolyn, Cindy, & Connie—Neil Armstrong.”

In fine condition, with light rippling to the bottom of the pages from onetime exposure to moisture. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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Rare Apollo 11 Grumman Lunar Module model signed by history’s first moonwalker

285. Neil Armstrong. Wonderful pre–Apollo 11 Grumman contractor’s model of the Apollo Lunar Module by Precise Models, Inc., prominently signed on a rear panel in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong.” Constructed of injection-molded plastic, the twopiece LM is removable from the base, measures approximately 6˝ tall, and is set upon a 10.25˝ diameter base bearing the Grumman and NASA logos. Nicely signed on the back of the model in black felt tip by Armstrong. In fine condition. A detailed and highly desirable model on its own, this is an extremely rare format for an Armstrong autograph. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $1000

Armstrong to Buck Rogers—“Only two pilots went from the X-15 program to the Astronaut Program. The other is Joe Engle” 286. Neil Armstrong. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, University of Cincinnati letterhead, May 7, 1979. Letter to his friend Buck Rogers, in full: “Only two pilots went from the X-15 program to the Astronaut Program. The other is Joe Engle, who has not flown in orbit, but flew several of the Space Shuttle landing flights last year and is expected to command some of the forthcoming shuttle flights.

Enclosed is an X-15 booklet which you may enjoy keeping.” In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to top edge. An interesting piece of correspondence between two names closely related with space travel. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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“I have the highest esteem for both the creativity and engineering acumen of the Brothers Wright” 287. Neil Armstrong. TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration letterhead, March 10, 1970. Letter to Charles H. Hulse, in full: “Thank you very much for your kind letter of congratulations on the successes of the flight of Apollo XI. I have the highest esteem for both the creativity and engineering acumen of the Brothers Wright and certainly think they should be and will be honored in the manner you suggest. However, I feel it would be inappropriate for me to take a public position in this matter, and do not feel at this time that any such endorsement will be necessary for the success of your effort.” In fine condition, with a typed descriptive label affixed to the lower blank area. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $400

The Purdue University astronauts, including Armstrong and Cernan

288. Purdue Astronauts. Appealing color semi-glossy

13.5 x 10.5 photo of the Purdue University astronaut reunion class, held on October 22-23, 1999, signed on the original 19.25 x 15.25 mat in black ink or felt tip by eighteen members, including: Neil Armstrong, Gene Cernan, John Casper, Richard Covey, Mark Brown, Janice Voss, Donald Williams, Jerry Ross, Roy Bridges, Mark Polansky, Gary Payton, David Wolf, and others. Framed and in fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication. Starting Bid $200

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289. John Glenn and Scott Carpenter

290. Liberty Bell 7

291. Mercury Launches

292. Gordon Cooper

293. Gemini

294. Gemini 9

295. Gemini 12

296. Jim McDivitt

299. Apollo 7

300. Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham

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297. Elliot See

298. Tom Stafford

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301. Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham Starting Bid $200

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302. Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham

303. Frank Borman

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304. Apollo 9

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305. Buzz Aldrin Starting Bid $200

306. Buzz Aldrin

308. Apollo 11

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315. Apollo 13 Starting Bid $200

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309. Neil Armstrong and Walt Cunningham

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312. Neil Armstrong

307. Apollo 11

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310. Neil Armstrong Starting Bid $200

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313. Neil Armstrong Starting Bid $200

316. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

317. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

314. Michael Collins Starting Bid $200

318. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

319. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

320. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

323. Jim Irwin

322. Jim Irwin

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325. Jim Irwin

326. Apollo 16

327. Charlie Duke

328. Charlie Duke

329. Charlie Duke

330. Charlie Duke

333. John Young

334. John Young

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324. Jim Irwin

321. Alan Shepard

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331. Charlie Duke Starting Bid $200

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335. Gene Cernan

336. Harrison Schmitt

338. Apollo Astronauts

339. Robert McCall

340. Moonwalkers

341. Astronauts

342. Robert McCall and Paul Calle

343. NASA Personnel

344. Jack Lousma

345. Paul Weitz

346. Vance Brand and Paul Weitz

347. Don Peterson

348. SpaceShipOne

349. Paul Weitz

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337. Astronauts Starting Bid $200

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art, architecture, & design “I am extremely desirous to procure in the flesh (feathers and all)”— Audubon’s comprehensive ‘want list’

350. John J. Audubon. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 10.75, September 12, 1836. Letter to Thomas McCulloch concerning his ornithological work. In part: “Should you not have heard of my return to the United States prior to this, this will confirm the fact to you. I have been here with John one week. Along with this, I send you a copy of my third Vol. of Ornithological Biographies, hoping that it may give you some pleasure.—I am extremely desirous to procure in the flesh (feathers and all) as soon as possible when that species of bird [is] more abundant, and more easily procured in your section of America than South of it, and now beg of you to fulfill for me the following commission. That is to say to procure for me all the species annexed on the other side, or as many as you can procure, in Common Rum or whatever other spirits sufficiently strong to save them from putrefaction, in pairs as much as possible, and if not, by two of each species, to have these put into a good cask, with a list of the species contained therein, and to ship this to New York…If you will attend to this you will render to Science and to myself a very great obligation, and I shall feel great pleasure to do anything for you in return which you or yours may desire at my hands.” On the following pages, Audubon lists numerous species of birds he would like specimens of, including both their common and scientific names, with a few including the “Snowy Owl,” “Three Toed Woodpecker,” “Raven,” “Hudson Bay Titmouse,” “Canada Swan,” “Common Buzzard,” “March Hawk,” and “Arctic Ground Finch.” In fine condition, with splitting along intersecting folds.

Audubon first visited Thomas McCulloch, Sr., and his son, Thomas, Jr., in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1833, where they held one of the finest collections of taxidermy birds in private hands. The younger McCulloch kept a lengthy correspondence with Audubon and frequently sent samples of Nova Scotian bird life to Audubon in New York. This letter—essentially a lengthy ‘want list’—is extremely interesting in connection with Audubon’s career, which included taxidermy in addition to his famous illustrations.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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353. George Cruikshank.

351. Leonard Baskin.

American sculptor, book illustrator, and graphic artist (1922–2000). Two ALSs, signed “Leonard” and “Lennie,” each one page on postcards ranging in size from 5.5 x 3.5 to 3.25 x 5.5, October 20, 1956, and May 22, 1962. Both addressed to Grace Borgenicht. The first, in part: “Lovely news about Leff. Thanks. Esther & I plan to be into N.Y.C. around the 7 or 8 of November & we are anxious to see you, Max & Dick, but especially the new Borgenicht G. which I hear on all sides is beautiful…The Boston opening was a crushing success, about 400 people, everyone except the artists were enthusiastic, they were cautious, except my old pal Shaun who beat the tocsin [sic] with wild abandon.” The second, in full: “Enjoying Germany. If one’s heart yet occasionally winces. Seeing much that I’ve read about. Rhine. Writing this in Hamburg. Visited E. Marckes in Cologne, wonderful visit. Love to all.” In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

352. Gutzon Borglum. Postcard showing the head of

President Washington on the Mount Rushmore National Monument, 5.5 x 3.5, signed in the upper border in fountain pen, “Sincerely from, Gutzon Borglum.” In fine condition.

An attractive, seldom-seen format. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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British caricaturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens. Two items: an original ink sketch of a man in profile on an off-white 3 x 7.75 sheet, signed below, “Geo. Cruikshank”; and a large ink signature, “Geo. Cruikshank, Apr. 25th 1864,” on an off-white 8 x 3.5 slip. Both affixed to slightly larger sheets. In overall fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

354. George Cruikshank.

British caricaturist and illustrator (1792– 1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens. ALS signed “Geo. Cruikshank,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, December 9, 1860.

Letter to Mr. Shatford, in full: “I saw my friend Dr. Wood yesterday, who advised me to see Sir Peter Laurie or his nephew—as I had the pleasure of knowing both these gentlemen.

I went to the nephew. He will not be able to attend the Board tomorrow—but he knows about it and he says justice will be done—and that further interference is quite unnecessary— either by yours truly—or indeed any one else.” In very good condition, with old tape repair on reverse to a separated fold, and missing upper right corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

357. Alphonse Mucha.

Desirable color 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of the Alphonse Mucha painting ‘Ostrazitost– Alertness,’ signed in the lower right in black ink, “Mucha.”

Double-matted and framed.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

355. Virgil Finlay. American pulp fantasy, science fiction

and horror illustrator (1914–1971) who was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. Highly detailed original signed ink sketch of a man climbing an ornately carved tomb and discovering the emergence of a supernatural figure on an off-white 10.25 x 8.5 sheet, signed by the artist in the lower right corner, “Virgil, ‘35.” In fine condition, with a small bit of staining along the lower border edge. A wonderful expression of stippling and crosshatching. Starting Bid $200

Flagg and a pair of pigeons

356. James Montgomery Flagg. Sought-after unsigned original pencil and watercolor sketch on an off-white 8.5 x 5.75 sheet, depicting two pigeons in conversation, captioned in pencil with dialogue, “Happy New Year Mrs. Pratt!” and “Ah—Go….yourself!” In fine condition, with three vertical folds and light staining to top edge. An unusual and delightful sketch from the adored illustrator. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Parrish waxes on ‘the effect of mistiness and distance’ 358. Maxfield Parrish. Interesting

TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 27, 1929. Letter to Mr. Currie, in part: “I am somewhat puzzled how to answer your question. ‘How do I get the effect of mistiness and distance?’

Well‚ presupposing that I DO get them, which is very much open to doubt, I dare say it is obtained by analyzing as far as possible the way nature gets them. It is safe to say that in the average landscape the farther you go off into the distance the bluer and fainter become the objects: yellows and reds loose [sic] their strength, etc. It is largely a question of juxtaposition: the distance is much cooler and bluer when compared to objects in the foreground, particularly if the distance is seen through openings in the foliage of an autumn colored tree.

Getting distance is a relatively simple manner compared to getting the effect of light and air: to getting a picture to give the impression of a scene bathed in light, of being really out of doors with air all about. That is a difficult matter to analyze and the results are most elusive, and nine times out of ten you don’t get them at all. If I could tell you how these things are got, I might be able to get them oftener, which is far from the case.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, intersecting folds (light vertical fold to “P”), staple holes, and a few wrinkles. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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359. Arthur Rackham. British artist and illustrator (1867–1939) best known for his Art Nouveau–influenced illustrations. Print of Rackham’s sketch celebrating the 1920 new year on an off-white 3.5 x 4.5 card, boldly signed in the lower right corner in black ink. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

An officially certified Renoir 360. Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Outstanding matte-finish 7 x 8.75 photographic print of one of Renoir’s figural studies closely resembling his ‘Three Bathers,’ signed in the lower border in black ink, “Renoir.” Lower border also bears official certification stamps in French signed by the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer to authenticate Renoir’s signature, dated April 11, 1907. Handsomely double-cloth-matted and framed. In fine condition, with a small crease beneath the signature area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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The Impressionist’s advice for creating “pure music”—“You must pronounce the notes—do, re, mi, fa, sol” 361. Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, January 27, 1910. Interesting letter to a friend, in full (translated): “No fruit, either cooked or raw, nor jam. Noodles, macaroni, cooked in plain water, and ground meat. You will find some very convenient gadgets for grinding up meat at Alex’s or at any hardware store. Did you go to Montmartre to choose the king (of artists, etc.)?

Tell Renee to sing the names of the notes. In my day, people sang the notes and saved time. This must be her teacher’s fault. Just to say ‘Ah—ah—ah’ isn’t worth anything.

You must pronounce the notes—do, re, mi, fa, sol. By singing the names, you are more accurate and you strike each note like a bell without giving it any feeling. It is pure music.” On the reverse, Renoir has added two short postscripts, both initialed “R”: “Have the ground meat grilled like a steak” and “Lentils. Dried peas.” Attractively matted and framed with a print, with a window in the backing for viewing the postscripts.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

362. Norman Rockwell. TLS, one page, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, April 18, 1972. Letter to Mr. Etchison, in full: “I looked up the quotation you mentioned, and it does sound pretty crazy. What happened was that, when Arthur Guptill wrote the book, he wrote it from many conversations we had and I most likely did say what he put in the book.

I try to be careful in my technique of painting, but sometimes I do make some real mistakes, and I am sorry.” Double-matted and framed with a small print of Rockwell’s ‘Triple Self Portrait’ to an overall size of 22 x 16.25. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Inscribed to the exhibition’s curator 363. Andy Warhol. Fantastic color 23.5 x 33.5 poster of Warhol’s ‘The American Indian’ for a 1979 exhibition at the Galerie Denise Rene Hans Mayer in Dusseldorf, Germany, signed and inscribed at the bottom in black felt tip, “To Elsi, Andy Warhol.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The recipient of this poster, Elsi Kyncl, was the curator of the art gallery and organizer of the Warhol exhibition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

364. Andy Warhol. Glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Warhol wearing a sweater vest, vertically signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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365. Garth Williams. Artist best known for his illustrations in children’s books (1912–1996). Original vintage signed pencil sketch of mice dressed in Navy uniforms dancing on small boats for Stuart Little on an off-white 12 x 16 sheet, signed in the lower right, “G. W.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

The iconic ‘Whistler’s Mother’ 366. James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Magnificent 8.25 x 7.5

albumen photo of the legendary ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1,’ commonly known as ‘Whistler’s Mother,’ affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in pencil, “Whistler,” with the addition of his famous ‘butterfly’ signature below. Matted to an overall size of 18 x 16. In fine condition. One of the most famous works by any American artist, this is an amazing piece of incredible desirability.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

368. N. C. Wyeth. ALS

367. Frank Lloyd Wright. Appealing Frank Lloyd Wright

Foundation business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Wright, payable to Jack Sangster for $200, January 1, 1953. In fine condition, with cancellation holes to body just touching the top of first letter of signature. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

signed “Wyeth,” one page, 7 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 5, 1930.

Letter to “My dear Kieffer,” in full: “I am hoping to get some real advice in a day or two regarding your American Navy cartoons. In fact the Scribner’s are looking into the matter for me. Personally, I have found no publication yet who will offer reasonable royalties. We often think of you—and I do every time I look at that canvas I haven’t packed and sent to you! It will come.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning along edges form old adhesive residue on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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comic art & animation

369. Roy O. Disney.

DS, signed “Roy O. Disney,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, February 28, 1996. Confirmation letter in regards “to the financial statements of Walt Disney Productions for the year ended September 28, 1968.” Signed by several members of Walt Disney Productions, including Roy Disney as the chairman of the board. Also includes a pledge and assignment of mortgage and chattels between the Walt Disney Company and the Bank of America in regards to the short subject motion picture “now entitled ‘Autopia,’” dated October 21, 1955, signed at the conclusion by James Johnson, the president of the Walt Disney Music Company. In fine condition, with small stains to the top of the Roy Disney document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Boldly signed Disney letter from 1949 370. Walt Disney. Wonderful TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, pictorial Walt Disney Productions letterhead, March 22, 1949. Disney writes to Mary Anne Harkins, in full: “I am deeply appreciative of your comment on ‘So Dear to My Heart’ which you so kindly sent me after the preview. I regret that I could not have been at this showing, but I am highly encouraged by the cards I received from so many who attended the preview. It is good to know that in the heart of America there is such a high appreciation of the kind of wholesome story Sterling North wove into ‘So Dear to My Heart.’” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. So Dear to My Heart, which starred Bobby Driscoll as a boy who raises a ‘champion’ black lamb, premiered in Chicago on November 29, 1948. A splendid, boldly signed example. Pre-certified Phil Sears. Starting Bid $500

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371. Walt Disney. Personal check, 8.5 x 3,

filled out in another hand and signed boldly by Disney, “Walter E. Disney,” payable to Walt Disney—Special Acct. for $450, stamp-dated April 26, 1949. In fine condition. A strong and attractive example. Pre-certified Phil Sears.

Starting Bid $300

Disney family shares assignment

372. Walt Disney. DS, signed “Walter E. Disney,” one page, 7.5 x 7.75, December 1, 1945. Assignment of Walt Disney Productions common stock for Sharon Mae Disney, in part: “We, the said undersigned, do hereby waive any and all rights provided by us of the said shares, rights and certificates hereinabove signed to Sharon Mae Disney. We…hereby stipulate that we and each of us do not desire or elect to purchase our portion or any portion of the said shares and/or Trustee Certificates hereinabove assigned, sold and transferred to Sharon Mae Disney.” Signed at the conclusion by Disney in fountain pen, and countersigned by Lillian Disney, Roy Disney, Edna Francis Disney, and Gunther Lessing. Impressively triple-matted and framed with an engraved nameplate and an image of Walt and Roy Disney with their wives to an overall size of 21.75 x 30.75. Trimmed from a larger document and in fine condition. Oversized. Starting Bid $200

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Huge sketch of the Peanuts pup

376. Charles Schulz. Large

373. Walt Disney. Large ballpoint signature, “Walt Disney,” on the reverse of an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 postcard from the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. In very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling, and light staining to edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

374. Bob Kane. Fantastic original signed felt tip sketch of Batman on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed in the upper right by Kane. In fine condition.

An ideal, handsomely drawn sketch of the Gotham Knight.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

375. George McManus.

Series of small original ink sketches on an off-white 6.75 x 4 album page, signed below in purple ink, “Geo. McManus, April 24/09.” Sketches include two drunk men walking, the man with a bottle saying, “Did you hear that one Bert told?,” with McManus adding below, “I’ve sworn off.

Bert.” Also features a creature with a tag that reads, “Demon Rum,” and saying “Come on!,” as well as a man in a trench coat smoking below an outline of houses. In fine condition, with light soiling to the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 114 | September 14, 2016 | COMIC ART & ANIMATION

original signed felt tip sketch of Snoopy sitting in grass and saying “Hurry Home!” on an off-white 13 x 10.5 cardboard cover removed from a 1969 Peanuts datebook, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Mike with every best wish—Charles M. Schulz.” In very good to fine condition, with overall light scuffing, and creases passing though the signature and inscription. Consignor notes that Schulz sent this sketch to a friend and neighbor of his who was serving in the Vietnam War. A wonderful example given its poignancy and impressive sketch. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Advice to an aspiring cartoonist 377. Charles Schulz. ALS signed

“Charles M. Schulz,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Letter to a budding cartoonist.

In part: “I can only suggest revamping your drawing style so that it is more in line with what is being published today in newspapers. Forget all about other forms of cartooning, and study only newspaper strips. (There are a few good ones). Forget about your college background, and college ideas. They are funny only to your restricted audience. I admit that they are as good as any I’ve seen, but they just aren’t marketable. It would be a good idea, too, to open up your style a bit. Avoid these big feet, hands, etc.

Refine your character and stop using this meaningless black area in each of your backgrounds…If you are really interested in being a cartoonist, I will be glad to help you in what ever way I can.” In very good condition, with overall staining from old adhesive residue on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

380. Al Capp

381. Cartoonists

378. Charles Addams

379. Harrison Cady Starting Bid $200

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382. Diane Disney Miller

383. Illustrators and Comic Artists

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384. Stan Lee

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385. Peanuts

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387. Peanuts

388. Tony Sarg

389. Charles Schulz

390. Charles Schulz

391. Charles Schulz

392. Charles Schulz

393. Charles Schulz

386. Peanuts

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394. Charles Schulz

395. Tom and Jerry

396. Tom and Jerry

397. Myron Waldman

398. Myron Waldman

399. Myron Waldman

400. Myron Waldman

401. Myron Waldman

402. Myron Waldman

403. Myron Waldman

404. Myron Waldman

405. Myron Waldman

406. Myron Waldman

407. Myron Waldman

408. Myron Waldman

409. Rudolph Wendelin

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literature

Scotland’s most celebrated poet approves a “Cask of Foreign Rum”

410. Robert Burns. Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Burns,” one page, 6 x 4, March 1, 1793. An official document filled out

by Burns as the exciseman for Dumfries, Scotland, permitting Robert Anderson to “receive one Cask of Foreign Rum…Quantity nine Gallons” from the stock of James Grieves. Handsomely and archivally double-matted and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 20 x 13.5. Affixed to a slightly larger backing for reinforcement and in very good condition, with three small areas of repaired paper loss near the edges.

After a failed attempt at farming, Burns decided to become a tax collector in 1789 and moved to Dumfries two years later.

Burns was infamously known for his love of alcohol, an interest perhaps best embodied in his poem ‘Scotch Drink.’ Although his poetry cites whiskey as a favorite—in some cases calling out specific brands by name—he did not shy away from rum and was known to enjoy ale, claret wine, port, and brandy on occasion. Autographic material from Burns is quite scarce, and with its large signature and appropriate association with drink, this is a particularly appealing example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

A page from The Gilded Age 411. Samuel L. Clemens. Autograph manuscript written in the hand of Clemens,

unsigned, one page, lightly lined, 5 x 8, no date but circa 1873. An extract from his novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, headed “1439,” in full: “…such a coat as that could be of little use in a civilized land. A little further on, he remembered that there were some papers of value in one of the packets of the relic, & then with a petulant ejaculation he turned back, picked up the coat & put it on. He made a dozen steps, & then stopped very suddenly. He stood still a moment, as one who is trying to believe something & cannot. He put a hand up over his shoulder & felt his back, & a great thrill shot through him. He grasped the skirt of the coat impulsively & an…” Clemens makes a number of emendations. In fine condition. Coauthored with Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age was a satire on greed and political corruption in America in the period following the Civil War; the work was written jointly at the suggestion of the two men’s wives, each author contributing individual as well as collaborative chapters. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Lengthy passage from a Cooper manuscript 412. James Fenimore Cooper. Fabu-

lous handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.25, no date but circa 1832–1833. A page from Cooper’s manuscript for The Headsman, or the Abbaye of Vigneron. The present manuscript, which covers the content found from pages 159 to 166 of the 1833 Paris edition, and contains a conversation between the future baroness Adelheid de Willading and the commoner Sigismund Steinbach. Encapsulated in a Mylar sleeve. Also includes an Otsego County Bank check, 5.75 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to self for $20, February 4, 1840. The manuscript bears heavy overall staining and soiling, several large repaired tears, and repaired paper loss to a few small areas, otherwise very good condition; the check is in fine condition, with expected bank stamps touching the first two letters of the signature.

This manuscript excerpt features the novel’s two leading characters: Adelheid, the beautiful daughter of Melchior, Baron de Willading, and Sigismund, secret son of the headsman Balthazar, and if discovered, heir to the dreaded position of public executioner. Cooper deftly weaves the tale of this pair, desperately in love but unable to marry because of their vastly different social stations, to provide an insightful sociopolitical critique of the gruesome hereditary position. A rare and fantastic fragment.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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J a m e s Fenimore C o o p e r.

AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet. Cooper pens a quote from chapter 16 of his work The Headsman, in full: “‘Silenus rolled from his ass, to the great delight of a thousand shouting boys, and to the infinite scandal of the prisoners; the latter affirming to a man, that there was no acting in the case, but that the demi-god was shamefully under the influence of too many potations swallowed in his honor.’”

Signed and inscribed at the bottom, “J. Fenimore Cooper for Miss Bea Grant, Paris, March 21st 1833.” In fine condition, with a horizontal fold to lower portion and slight paper loss to reverse corners from removed mounting remnants. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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414. Charles Dickens.

ALS signed “CD,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Gads Hill Place letterhead, June 30, 1865.

Letter to The Sun journalist Charles Kent, in full: “Can you come down on Sunday?

Or shall I be coming down myself tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 4 from charing X to Gravesend, and should be delighted to bring you with me.” Includes the original mailing envelope, addressed in Dickens’s own hand, who writes “Private” in the upper left and signs again with his initials.

Framed with a matte-finish J. Gurney & Son photo of Dickens seated at a desk to an overall size of 10.5 x 25.25. In fine condition.

Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Striking oversized 1858 portrait of the author hard at work

415. Charles Dickens. Magnificent large 5.5 x 7.5 albumen portrait of Dickens taken by Herbert Watkins of London in 1858,

affixed to its original 9.5 x 11.25 mount, signed on the mount in ink, “Charles Dickens.” Also bears an ink collector’s notation to the lower left, “This Portrait belonged to Albert Smith and was bought at the sale of his widow’s effects, June 1870.” Nicely mounted and framed. In very good to fine condition, with restoration to the edges of the mount, and general light overall irregular toning. Albert Richard Smith was an author and lecturer who adapted two of Dickens’s works for the stage, The Cricket on the Hearth (1845) and The Battle of Life (1846). A simply remarkable example of a Dickens signed photo, rarely found in such a large size. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1000

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Crisply penned letter to the dedicatee of his final novel 416. Charles Dickens.

ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Tavistock House, January 6, 1854. Brief letter to Sir James Emerson Tennent, in full: “You may rely on me most implicitly.” In fine condition, with a few spots of scattered light toning. Tennent was a friend of both Charles Dickens and Dickens’s biographer John Forster, and was the dedicatee of Dickens’s last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

417. Arthur Conan Doyle. ALS signed “A. Conan

Doyle,” one page, 4.75 x 6, Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex letterhead, January 2, 1922. Letter to Mr. Pond, in full: “I am sorry to disappoint you by making my very short tour (I only begin in the middle of April) under Mr. Keedick, but it was unavoidable under the circumstances. Wishing you well in 1922.” Matted and framed. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Rare inscribed first editions of The Cat in the Hat and its sequel

418. Dr. Seuss. Two rare inscribed first editions of Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s books. First is The Cat in the Hat. NY: Random House, 1957. Hardcover (matte boards) with original first-issue dust jacket (200/200 price on flap), 6.75 x 9.25, 61 pages.

Signed and inscribed opposite the title page in black ink, “For Ruth! Dr. Seuss.” Second is The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. NY: Beginner Books, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.25, 63 pages. Signed and inscribed opposite the title page in black ink, “For Pamela Benepe! Dr. Seuss.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG. Accompanied by a slipcase housing the books together. Supremely desirable examples of these classic children’s tales. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300 120 | September 14, 2016 | LITERATURE

The Bond author’s letter to a spy in Germany 419. Ian Fleming. TLS signed “Yours sincerely,

Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, October 13, 1949. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry at the British Press Camp in Dusseldorf, Germany, headed “Personal Circular Letter to Correspondents Affected by Devaluation of Sterling,” in part: “I have been giving very careful consideration to the effect on correspondents of the devaluation of the pound sterling…It will be necessary to exercise the most stringent economies, particularly in cable tolls and entertainment expenses. It is also the duty of Kemsley Newspapers to support in any way practicable a measure which has been taken by the government in the national interest…I have recommended to the Chairman, and he has agreed, that the devaluation loss will be made good to correspondents as to 90%.” In fine condition.

As foreign manager of the Kemsley newspaper group’s Sunday Times, Fleming hired WWII hero Antony Terry to be posted abroad. He had experience and expertise in German culture from his youth and service in the war, making him an ideal man for the job in Berlin. Utilizing this legitimate news organization as a cover, Fleming also ran an intelligence outfit known as Mercury which used foreign correspondents to gather information in sensitive foreign zones. As a result of debts incurred during the war, Great Britain devalued the pound sterling by 30% in 1949, leading to a higher cost of living for those abroad; with this letter, Fleming assured his journalists that they would be compensated for the difference. A highly desirable letter from the career that later inspired the spy writer’s world-famous stories. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

420. Ian Fleming. TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 11, 1962. Letter to Albert D. Cohen, in full: “Thank you very much indeed for keeping in touch and I am much impressed by your brochure, except that from photographs their [sic] seem to be a whole lot of goods on the shelves by 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. I hope you and the family are happy and flourishing and I send you all my affectionate wishes.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Papa fixes up Pilar amid preparations to serialize a new book 421. Ernest Hemingway. Desirable TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 26, 1935. Letter to Arnold Samuelson, in part: “I am waiting for Gingrich to send me the Mss. money to send you. He has been haveing [sic] a big success with his book and going back and forth to N.Y. That may account for his delay. Can’t tell you anything about yr. prospects for Bimini yet. Mike Strater is surely going; Charles will probably go and Uncle Gus may come down. Bread is doing marvellously on the boat; gotten her clean; gotten rid of the roaches entirely; put on the new pump (works fine) taken off the manifold and gotten it in order so she runs cool as a breeze; put in a new exhaust pipe; cleaned out engine room and bilge and painted engines. She is running smooth and pretty and haveing [sic] a real pump makes a hell of a difference. Also she looks swell and we have discovered how to fix a black paint that won’t blister.

Hope you’re haveing [sic] luck with your work. Scribners is going to serialize my new book starting in the May number.

Everybody is fine here and sends best regards. I will send you that mss. fund jack the day I get it. Will let you know in case anybody lets me know they can’t go to Bimini. We’ve been having good luck fishing; good stream and lots of fish in it.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light soiling. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

The recipient, Arnold Samuelson, was an aspiring writer in his early 20s who, a year earlier, had hitchhiked his way across Depression-era America to Key West in hopes of meeting his idol, Ernest Hemingway. He found his way to the author’s doorstep and, after an initially gruff welcome, was invited to return and discuss the craft of writing. Living the life of a tramp, Samuelson had been spending his nights in jail when Hemingway came up with a mutually beneficial arrangement. Having just purchased the 38-foot cabin cruiser Pilar, he hired Samuelson to be its caretaker for a dollar a day—the fishing boat gave him a place to sleep, and he earned some money while still having time to write during the day. Samuelson stayed in this capacity for about a year before returning home, where he received this letter at the end of February 1935. Hemingway was organizing a fishing trip for the upcoming April, planning to travel with friends to the Bimini area of the Bahamas in search of giant tuna and marlin. One of the members of the party that Hemingway mentions here, Albert ‘Bread’ Pinder, had taken over the maintenance responsibilities aboard the Pilar after Samuelson’s departure and would serve as ‘captain’ for the Bimini trip. Hemingway also mentions his “new book,” referring to his nonfiction work Green Hills of Africa, which appeared in serialization in Scribner’s Magazine from May to November 1935. Samuelson went on to write a memoir of his life-changing time in Key West, published posthumously as With Hemingway: A Year in Key West and Cuba. As a letter touching on his literary work, offering insights into his life in Key West and fishing hobby, and discussing the Pilar at length, this is a quintessential 1930s Hemingway piece.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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422.

Langston Hughes.

Typed poem on an off-white 5.5 x 9 sheet, signed at the conclusion in green ink by Hughes. The poem, entitled “Snob,” in full: “If your reputation / In the community is good / Don’t snub the other fellow— / It might be misunderstood— / Because a good reputation / Can commit suicide / By holding its head / Too far to one side.” Hughes makes a single correction to the last line.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

423. Victor Hugo. Con-

temporary manuscript copy of Victor Hugo’s birth certificate, in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, February 27, 1802. Document headed (translated), “Birth Certificate of Victor Hugo: An extract of the Civil Records of the municipality of Besancon, submitted to the Court Registry of this municipality.” In part: “Birth certificate of Victor-Marie Hugo, born yesterday at half past ten in the evening, son of Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo… and Sophie-Francoise Trebuchet….The gender of the child was acknowledged as being male.” In fine condition, with one light stain touching a few words of text. Accompanied by two unsigned engravings of Hugo. Starting Bid $200

Scarce handwritten Harper Lee letter 424. Harper Lee. ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 20, 1995. Letter to Don Salter, in full: “I apologize for being so loud on the page, but this is my only working pen this morning.

Again, thank you for the book! I had read & enjoyed it some years ago, but am very glad to have a signed copy. As always, you are so kind to think of me. If you are of a mind to, please hold a print until I’m home again next fall. I’d be delighted with whatever one you choose, and of course will want to pay for it.

Please permit me to do so!” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Lee’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Rare hand-edited short story by the 17-year-old Sylvia Plath 425. Sylvia Plath. Two original

typescript drafts for the story ‘The Green Rock,’ totaling 23 pages, 8.5 x 11, dated 1949, one of them extensively hand-corrected throughout by Plath. One draft is eleven pages long and is corrected throughout in ink and pencil, with substantial revisions including various additions and the elimination of many lines and words. Some of the lengthier corrections made in Plath’s hand include: “Susan’s eyes misted.

Remember? Of course she did”; “where they used to play together, a corner of the garden”; “Susan recalled”; “After Susan had scooped”; “a delightful idea came to her”; “Welcoming her suggestion”; “The two children stood there for a while, mute, uncomprehending. At last Susan said”; and “‘Come on, David,’ Susan said at last, sadly. ‘Let’s go back.’” The other draft is twelve pages (two labeled as page “5”), and has just a couple editorial changes. In overall fine condition, with rusty paperclip impressions to the top of the first pages. Previously sold by Sotheby’s as part of the Sylvia Plath estate in 1982; sold again by Sotheby’s in 2014.

Plath’s story follows the fourteen-year-old Susan and her younger brother David as they journey to a rock they used to play on, nostalgically reminiscing on childhood memories along the way. She revisited the green rock and similar themes in her 1956 poem ‘Dream with Clam-Diggers.’ Overall, this typescript draft offers fantastic insight into Plath’s development as a young writer. Starting Bid $200

Full page from the 1830 work Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 426. Sir Walter Scott. Handwritten manuscript fragment, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1830. A page from the draft for Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, beginning with a passage about a story “given

by Reginald Scot.” In part: “The narrative is edifying, as peculiarly illustrative of the mode of marring a curious tale in telling it, which was one of the virtues professed by Caius when he hired himself to King Lear. Reginald Scott seems to give some weight to the belief of those who thought that the spirits of famous men do after death take up some particular habitations near cities, towns & countries, and act as tutelary and guardian spirits to them.” In very good condition, with several professional repairs to total separations on reverse, uniform overall toning and some light wrinkling. Scott had been fascinated with demonology and witchcraft since childhood and over the years he tirelessly researched and read about the subjects. Surveying opinions respecting demonology and witchcraft from the Old Testament period to his own day, Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft became an overwhelming commercial success. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The Art of Maurice Sendak, featuring a fantastic Wild Thing sketch

427. Maurice Sendak. Signed book: The Art of Maurice Sendak. First edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover with lettered acetate dust jacket, 11.75 x 10.75, 278 pages.

Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “For E. B.—and a merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak, Dec. 80,” with the addition of a large original full-body sketch of one of his famous Wild Thing Carol saying, “Boo!” In fine condition, with tears to the hinge and left side of the signed page, far from the wonderful sketch. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

428. John Steinbeck. DS, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick for a stage adaptation of the film Viva Zapata!, in which Steinbeck confirms he “is the sole author of the motion picture shooting script concerning the story of the life and activities of Emiliano Zapata…used as the basis for the motion picture entitled ‘Zapata,’ produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.” Signed at the conclusion in ballpoint by Steinbeck as the owner and Merrick as the producer. Also initialed throughout

by Merrick to approve changes and revisions to the text. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

429. John Steinbeck. Signed book: The Viking Portable Library of Steinbeck. Later printing. NY: Viking Press, 1943.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.5 x 7, 568 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue ink. In fine condition, with some mild toning to textblock edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Trust in the Lord”

430. Harriet Beecher Stowe. AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card, in full: “Trust in the Lord and Do good Faith and Works.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sept. 8th 1893.” Nicely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Stowe. In fine condition, with a few small stains. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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“I decided long ago not to have The Lord of the Rings illustrated,” the Middle Earth author ponders: “After seeing your specimens I am beginning to change my mind” 431. J. R. R. Tolkien. TLS, one

page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, May 24, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of several scenes from Lord of the Rings. In part: “I think the samples of illustrations you sent me are splendid. They are better pictures in themselves and also show far more attention to the text than any that have yet been submitted to me. My publishers and I decided long ago not to have The Lord of the Rings illustrated, largely for the reasons which I myself dealt with in my lecture ‘On Fairy Stories,’ now included in Tree and Leaf. I should not think of employing Pauline Baynes because, thought she can be quite good at certain points, she cannot rise to anything more noble or awe-inspiring. See, for instance, her ridiculous picture of the dragon…After seeing your specimens I am beginning to change my mind, and I think that an illustrated edition might be a good thing.” Affixed to a larger black cardstock sheet. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and scattered wrinkling.

After having seen various illustrated editions of The Hobbit produced—most not to his liking—Tolkien was understandably weary of would-be illustrators. Just one year before receiving Fairburn’s paintings, Tolkien wrote to his publisher Rayner Unwin, ‘As far as an English edition goes, I myself am not at all anxious for The Lord of the Rings to be illustrated by anybody whether a genius or not.’ There were a handful of artists whose Lord of the Rings–inspired work he did appreciate, but he made a clear distinction between what he liked on artistic merit versus what he believed was fit to accompany text. In the 1947 essay ‘On Fairy Stories’ mentioned here, Tolkien explains: ‘However good in themselves, illustrations do little good to fairy-stories. The radical distinction between all art (including drama) that offers a visible presentation and true literature is that…literature works from mind to mind and is thus more progenitive. It is at once more universal and more poignantly particular.’ Based on all of Tolkien’s comments and correspondence, this was a strong conviction. However, he was so struck by Fairburn’s work that he did again begin discussions with his publisher about an illustrated edition. Although that never came to fruition, Fairburn’s illustrations finally saw publication as the basis of HarperCollins’s official Tolkien calendar for 2015. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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“Voltaire, your old servant”

432. Voltaire. Scarce ALS in French, signed “le vieux malade Voltaire votre

ancien serviteur [the old sick Voltaire, your old servant],” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.5, March 14, 1774. Letter to Monsieur De L’Allen, secretary and notary of the king. In part (translated): “I am writing Sir to thank you for all your kind actions and to ask you for a new one. It is to please to give on…my behalf one gold coin to Mr. Baron your colleague for a contribution in favor of the one who will take away the price that it to be proposed about the nature of thunder and on the means to divert it. I also beg of you to please order that twelve francs be given to the bookseller Lacombe and fourteen francs to the bookseller Vallade when they will send for them. I reiterate to you my begging that I had made to you to not make pay the encyclopedic journal anymore. Please excuse me for these small details so undeserving to you.” Also addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Voltaire’s own hand. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The first mentioned title is most likely La Nature Dans la Formation du Tonnerre [The Nature of the Formation of Thunder] by Polycarpe Poncelet. Voltaire wrote this letter from Ferney, where he lived for the last 20 years of his life after moving away from Geneva due to its ban on theater. He decided to become the enlightened ‘patriarch’ of the little village, and initiated the development of pottery, watchmaking, and theater industries in the town; his influence was so profound that the community was renamed Ferney-Voltaire after the French Revolution. An exquisite boldly penned letter by the influential writer, highlighted by its intriguing bookselling associations. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 127

“The story of Sleeping Beauty is, to me, a very fundamental fairy tale”

433. P. L. Travers. TLS, two pages, 5.25 x 5.75, February 5, 1965. Letter to Mrs. Raymond, in part: “How kind of you to send me the snapshots of the Sleeping Beauty Castle. They are wonderfully mysterious…Of course, it could not possibly be the original Sleeping Beauty Castle because that comes straight out of a myth that is prehistoric, but I think it is no wonder that this lonely strange bubble of towers should be associated with the sleeping princess. I shall mention it in my book. The story of Sleeping Beauty is, to me, a very fundamental fairy tale but, alas, I work on it very slowly because of all the chores I have in connection with the film. I hope you and your children will enjoy it and, better still, that you will not let it take the place of the books in your imaginations.”

Travers makes a few handwritten corrections to the text. In fine condition. Travers’s mention of “the film” undoubtedly refers to Mary Poppins, which had debuted a few months earlier. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Woolf pays her husband a pound in 1927

434. Virginia Woolf. Midland Bank Limited check, 5.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Woolf, payable to her husband Leonard Woolf for £1, November 30, 1927. Endorsed on the reverse by Leonard Woolf. Includes Woolf’s original checkbook, 7.5 x 3, with twenty-five attached check stubs bearing notations in Woolf’s own hand, dated between December 1930 and February 1931. In very good to fine condition, with scattered soiling and a crease to the lower right corner of the check. After a prolonged courtship that witnessed Leonard proposing on three occasions, Virginia and Leonard Woolf married on August 10, 1912, soon becoming an influential couple within the Bloomsbury Group. Woolf’s lauded stream-of-consciousness novel To The Lighthouse was published seven months prior on May 5, 1927. An exceptionally uncommon group of items related to the modernist scribe. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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435. Emile Zola. ALS in French,

one page, 4.5 x 7, November 24, 1898. Letter concerning an edition of his novella Angeline. In part (translated): “I find the price you offer for the American edition of Angeline is really too mediocre, and I think you can ask five hundred francs.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

436. Louisa May Alcott

437. Katherine Lee Bates

438. Ludwig Bemelmans

439. Ambrose Bierce

440. Ray Bradbury

441. Ray Bradbury

442. Ray Bradbury

443. Ray Bradbury

444. William Cullen Bryant

445. William Cullen Bryant

447. Pearl S. Buck

448. Ernie Bulow

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446. Charles Bukowski MB $200

449. Anthony Burgess MB $200

450. Gelett Burgess MB $200

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451. Edgar Rice Burroughs

452. Truman Capote

453. Samuel L. Clemens

454. Jean Cocteau

455. Noel Coward

456. Noel Coward

457. Dr. Seuss

458. Dr. Seuss

459. Dr. Seuss

460. Dr. Seuss

461. Dr. Seuss

462. Theodore Dreiser

463. Alexandre Dumas, fils

464. Eugene Field

465. Anatole France

466. Robert Frost

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467. William Golding and Harold Pinter MB $200

468. Kate Greenaway

469. Zane Grey

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471. Zane Grey

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472. Zane Grey

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470. Zane Grey MB $200

473. Joel Chandler Harris

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474. Michael Herr

475. Julia Ward Howe

476. Julia Ward Howe

477. John Irving

478. Stephen King

479. Stephen King

480. Stephen King

481. Stephen King

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482. Stephen King

483. Stephen King

484. Rudyard Kipling

485. Arthur Koestler

486. Jack London

487. Jack London MB $200

488. W. Somerset Maugham

489. Carson McCullers

491. Arthur Miller

492. Donald Mitchell

493. Sean O’Casey

495. Chuck Palahniuk

496. Max Pemberton

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490. Edna St. Vincent Millay MB $200

494. Eugene O’Neill MB $200

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497. Katherine Anne Porter

498. James Whitcomb Riley

499. Salman Rushdie

500. Walter Satterthwait

501. Maurice Sendak

502. Maurice Sendak

503. Maurice Sendak

504. Maurice Sendak

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505. Maurice Sendak MB $200

508. Michael Shaara MB $200

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506. Ernest Thompson Seton MB $200

509. Robert Silverberg MB $200

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507. Ernest Thompson Seton MB $200

510. Jessie Willcox Smith MB $200

511. Gertrude Stein MB $200

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512. John Steinbeck MB $200

513. Bram Stoker and Henry Irving

516. James Thurber

517. James Thurber

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515. Studs Terkel

518. James Thurber

514. Ruth Plumly Thompson

519. James Thurber

522. John Greenleaf Whittier MB $200

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520. Charles Dudley Warner

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523. Thornton Wilder MB $200

521. E. B. White MB $200

524. Tennessee Williams MB $200

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Incredible content on “the operetta L’intrigo della lettera,” “our celebrated Spontini,” “composing operas,” and “writing ‘Kyrie eleisons’”

525. Antonio Salieri. Venetian composer and conductor (1750–1825) who, as the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. Exceptional ALS in Italian, signed “Salieri,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, no date. Letter addressed to “Most esteemed Baron,” in full (translated): “I am extremely happy to hear about the success of your first opera. Prince Esterhazy’s Mr. Smith had already spoken to me about it, and I offer you my infinite congratulations for it, as well as for the honor received as a consequence of royal approval. Take courage now for a second effort, and I have no doubt that everything will go very well. I am taking advantage of a particular opportunity I have to write to Berlin in order to send you the operetta L’intrigo della lettera [The Intrigue of the Letter]. I am sending you the copy that I have with me, but that belongs, as you know, to the management of the Vienna Imperial Theaters, because I cannot find Mr. de Antoni, whom they assure me has left for Italy. He himself told me not long ago that he would soon be travelling to that region, so it is probable that he has left for there. Since I do not know when he will return to Vienna, however, in order to be safe in relation to any inquiry by the management about this libretto, I will quickly have a copy made of the score that it has, and that way everything will be in order. I will act in accordance with your charitable intentions with regard to what will be left over from the money sent me. Here in Vienna, what has been on stage for some days is Fernando Cortez by our celebrated Spontini. Strictly speaking, it cannot be said that it has received the same applause as his Vestale [Vestal Virgin], but this opera, his second, is also drawing many people to the theater, because it is full of very beautiful things, both in the music and in the subject and the staging. Amuse yourself now, during the intervals that your honorable post at Court will allow you, composing operas, and I will do the same, writing ‘Kyrie eleisons,’ and that way everyone will be occupied in the style to which he [word(s) below obliterated, leaving a thin hole in the sheet] is called by his genius, his position, and his age.” In very good condition, with slight trimming along the hinge, small areas of paper loss from ink erosion, and writing showing through from opposing sides. From the famous collection of Karl Geigy-Hagenbach. A simply exceptional overall letter from this paramount figure of classical music. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

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526. Leonard Bernstein

527. Maria Callas

528. Maria Callas

529. Pablo Casals

530. Classical Music

531. Edward Elgar

532. Jascha Heifetz MB $200

533. Engelbert Humperdinck

534. Franz Lehar

535. Franz Lehar

536. Pietro Mascagni

538. Ignaz Moscheles

539. John Philip Sousa

540. Paul Wittgenstein and Manuel Quiroga

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contemporary music Inscribed frontispiece for Porgy and Bess 541. George Gershwin. Scarce and highly desirable cover and title page for sheet music to Porgy and Bess, measuring 17 x 11.75 open, signed below his frontispiece image in fountain pen, “For Kathleen—Try this on your piano—with best wishes, George Gershwin, Mar. 31, ’36.”

Attractively double-matted and framed to an overall size of 25.75 x 21. In very good to fine condition, with a few small stains and chipping to edges. Oversized. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Cline prepares for Christmas and her second child 542. Patsy Cline. ALS signed “Patsy, Julie & Charlie,” three pages, 8 x 10, December 5, 1960. Written from Nashville, Tennessee, a letter to friends Marie and Pat Flynt, in full [grammar and spelling retained]: “Suppose you think I was never going to write but when I wanted to write last week, I thought about you moving back home so I thought I might as well wait a little longer.

Hope this finds you both well and happy and hope you got back home & moved O. K. We are all well again as much as I can be well. I’m always feeling bad because of pressure and I’m 156lbs. now the Dr. says and he put me back on a diet again today. Says I’ve got to rest 3 hrs. every day with my head & feet up and at an angle. I leave for Florida Thurs. till Sun. and that ends my work except for the 3 days at home the 16th 17th & 19th Dec. Charlie was to be home for Xmas but can’t get enough time off to drive both ways so I’ll work the dates home & then come back down here for Xmas.

Hope Mom & the kids can come down here for Xmas. That’s what she said they would do if we both couldn’t be up there for the holidays. So I don’t know exactly where I’ll spend Christmas, but I want to be with Charlie & the family. I’m glad you all will be home this year. I’m no where near ready for Santa Clause. But I’m happy to have Charlie & Julie well and me well except for baby bearing paines which I know I’ll be over in a couple of months. He told me today as soon as I droped, he would take me on in & start me, and that’s fine with me. Ree, it sure is good to know I have friends like you folks and to know you are on my side because true friends are few these days and I just hope all your dreams come true and I sure thank you ole dear for your prayers & thoughtfulness. Well, I’ll close and get to bed and I always have to read fairy stories to Julie every nite. You ask one time if we had let the Olds go back? Yes! They took it back & I guess befor long they will start on me for the rest of the money they didn’t get when they sold it and we have a 56 hard top power steering Blue & White Buick now. Not a great car but it runs & is in good shape & it’s $70. less a month the Olds was. I want my home more than a new car. Well, write soon and let me know how things are & how Pat feels being a free man again? Tell all hello for us & I’ll send you a picture of Julie we had made at studio for Xmas gifts. They turned out great. Take care gal & remember we love you.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Cline’s own hand. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 137

543. Patsy Cline, George Jones, and Faron Young. Souvenir tour program from a Faron

Young concert, 8.25 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Thanks, Patsy Cline,” and “Thanks, George Jones,” and signed and inscribed inside on his full-page portrait, “To Faron Hengst, Be sweet, Faron Young.” In very good to fine condition, with some scattered light surface loss to front cover, a few small edge tears, and light handling wear. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient which reads, in part: “My name is Faron Hengst, when I was 1 year old in 1960 my parents went to the New Mexico State Fair to see Faron Young, Patsy Cline & George Jones perform…I was named after Faron Young so my parents took me…After the show they took me up to get autographs of all 3 stars. They told Faron Young that they had named me after him because they loved his music so much, my mom told me Patsy Cline held me while Faron & George Jones signed this book.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Stunning program from The Beatles Second Christmas Show during the winter of 1964

544. Beatles. Fabulous program from The Beatles’ Second Christmas Show, presented at the Hammersmith Odeon from

December 24, 1964, to January 16, 1965, 8.25 x 10.75, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint on the inside gatefold, “To Sharon love from Paul McCartney,” “To Sharon, love from George Harrison xxx,” “Ringo Starr love to Sharon,” and “John Lennon.”

Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison have signed on the borders, while Ringo has signed directly on his photo. The covers feature printed holiday illustrations by John Lennon, taken from the Christmas edition of ‘In His Own Write.’ Also signed on different pages by Freddie Garrity of Freddie & the Dreamers and twice by outrageous British DJ Jimmy Savile. Light handling wear and wrinkling to covers, as well as a bit of scattered light soiling, otherwise fine condition.

As a result of the enormous success of the inaugural edition of The Beatles’ Christmas Show—an extravaganza which drew 100,000 fans to London’s Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park for the twice-nightly,16-day run between December 24, 1963 and January 11, 1964—manager Brian Epstein booked a larger venue for the second and final edition, the Hammersmith Odeon, adding four additional days of performances to the twice-nightly show that would be attended by 132,000 fans. Billed as Another Beatles Christmas Show, this time extending from Christmas Eve until January 16, the formula remained the same with music, pantomime sketches, comedy, and a number of special guests, some of whom added their signatures to this program as noted. With support from The Yardbirds, Freddie & The Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated, The Mike Cotton Sound, Michael Haslam, Elkie Brooks, Ray Fell, and DJ Jimmy Savile, the throngs of fans were treated to a pantomime sketch featuring The Beatles dressed as Antarctic explorers searching for the Abominable Snowman (Jimmy Savile). They closed the show with an 11-song set, which included their current double-sided #1 single, ‘I Feel Fine’ and ‘She’s A Woman.’ A stunning piece of holiday-themed Beatlemania. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000 138 | September 14, 2016 | CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Crisp Beatles signatures from 1964 545. Beatles. Circa 1964 bold blue ballpoint signatures of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr on a light green 5.25 x 4.25 album page bearing a collector’s ink notation above. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

Full set of 1963 Fab Four signatures

546. Beatles. Vintage autograph book, 5 x 3.25, signed and inscribed on separate multi-colored pages in ink or

ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “To Kay, Love from, Ringo Starr, xxx,” “To Kay, love Paul McCartney, xx,” and “To Kay love from, George Harrison, xxx.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient indicating that she obtained the signatures at Doncaster’s Gaumont Cinema on March 22, 1963. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

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Appealing full Beatles lineup from 1963

547. Beatles. Desirable vintage ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon

on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 business card belonging to B. J. Grey. In very good to fine condition, with scattered soiling and creasing and tape stains to front side of business card; signatures remain bold and unaffected. Accompanied by two letters of appraisal and a full letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, in part: “These signatures date from late 1963, and are excellent and complete examples from this time period.” An ideal, uninscribed complete set of Fab Four signatures. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

548. Beatles: George Harrison. TLS, one

page, 8.25 x 11.75, February 3, 1977. Letter to Robert Feltes, in full: “I would like to take my visit to Germany as an opportunity, to thank you very much for the enthusiasm, you have shown for my new LP ‘33 1/3.’ I hope, that the promotion-activities, I have done during these two days, will also show positive results in your work. For the future all the best and great success.” A crease near bottom edge, surface loss to both sides from removed adhesive remnants, and trivial mounting remnants to top edge, otherwise fine condition. Released in late 1976, Thirty Three & 1/3 marked Harrison’s debut release on his own Dark Horse record label. Critics deemed it a return-to-form effort for Harrison, who promoted the record extensively prior to its release—the first time he had done so for one of his albums. Harrison traveled to Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands, and famously appeared on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon to perform the songs ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘Homeward Bound.’ Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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549. Beatles: George Harrison. Apple Re-

cords, Inc. business check, 7.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, payable to S. J. Keel-Duffey M. R. C. V. S. for £1.75.0, June 4, 1971. Matted and framed with a color portrait to an overall size of 12.5 x 20. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

550. Beatles: George Harrison. Vintage glossy

5.5 x 3.5 deckle-edge Star publicity photo of The Beatles, signed neatly on the reverse in black ballpoint by Harrison. In fine condition, with some very light foxing to signed side, mainly confined to edges. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Perry Cox and a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Historic 1969 Lennon deposition concerning ‘Come Together’ and Chuck Berry plagiarism 551. Beatles: John Lennon. DS, seven pages,

8 x 10.5, April 13, 1971. Deposition of John Lennon in the plagiarism lawsuit made by Big Seven Music Corporation against Maclen Music, Inc., Northern Songs, Ltd. and Apple Records, Inc. The document contains an examination made by counsel M. William Krasilovsky, in which he questions whether Lennon acknowledges himself as “the sole writer of the song Come Together as recorded by the Beatles on the LP album entitled Abbey Road” and whether he acknowledges his familiarity “with the works of Chuck Berry and specifically the musical composition You Can’t Catch Me as recorded by Chuck Berry…and by the Rolling Stones.” Lennon answers “Yes” to both questions, and affirms that “ever since I was in my teens I was acquainted with the works of Chuck Berry whom I consider one of the original rock and roll poets. I heard his recording of You Can’t Catch Me at this time and spent many hours in generally [sic] listening to his general catalog.” Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by Lennon, and countersigned by a commissioner for oaths. Includes an annexed certificate for the admittance of Joseph Herbert Bueno de Mesquita, the aforesaid commissioner for oaths. Also included are various comparison music charts for the two songs, copies of music sheets, and a copy of Lennon’s settlement agreement. Contained in the original deposition folder of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, issued under Civil Action No. 1348/70. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the daughter of Krasilovsky, and letters of authenticity from Jeff Gold at Record Mecca and from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, the latter, in part: “After the release of the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ album, Chuck Berry’s music publisher Big Seven Music sued Apple Records, Beatles publishers Maclen Music Ltd. And Northern Songs Ltd., alleging that Lennon copied lyrics and music from Berry’s ‘You Can’t Catch Me’ in ‘Come Together’ (the first song on ‘Abbey Road’ and a #1 single in the U.S.)…In 1973, two years after Lennon gave his deposition, the case was settled when Lennon agreed to record 3 more Big Seven songs, including ‘You Can’t Catch Me’ on his next album (which Became ‘Rock-n-Roll’).” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $2500

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Rare format as seen in The Beatles: A Celebration

552. Beatles: John Lennon. Partly-printed bank card, signed “John Lennon,” one page, 5 x 3, no date. Card for a regular checking account at Barclays Bank of New York in which he authorizes four attorneys to sign checks for him. The instructions read: “Required—1 (For Mr. Lennon) ‘or’ 2 Attorneys. All checks in excess of $2500.00 are to be signed only by Mr. Lennon.”

Mounted, matted, and framed with a press photo and letter from autograph dealer William Linehan noting that the card is depicted in the book The Beatles: A Celebration. In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of the book in which this bank card is depicted. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

1972 notes including “billboard” and “record world” 553. Beatles: John Lennon. Handwritten notes, unsigned, one page,

no date but circa 1972. A list handwritten by Lennon in black felt tip, in part: “Two Black Dresses, (Legs) (Long sleeves), Black Velvet Boots, Pantie Hose, Jean Jacket, any other tee shirts, Vitamin E, chokers/Jewelry, wig shop, billboard…record world.” The page also bears pencil notes in another hand. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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554. Beatles: John Lennon. Vin-

tage circa April 1963 ballpoint signature, “Love from John Lennon, xxxx,” on a beige 5.25 x 4 album page bearing an affixed color magazine photo of Lennon. In fine condition, with show-through from an unknown signature on the reverse. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

555. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Appeal-

ing autograph book, 4.75 x 4.25, signed inside on a blue album page bearing affixed images of Paul McCartney and John Lennon in black ballpoint, “Paul McCartney, xxx.” In very good to fine condition, with taped corners of two small affixed photos impinging on McCartney’s signature. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

556. Chicago. Vintage circa 1970s birthday card fea-

turing an image of a frolicking woman on the front, 5.75 x 8.5, signed inside in ink by Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm, James Pankow, Lee Loughnane, Walt Parazaider, and Danny Seraphine. In fine to very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. As Kath passed away in 1978, fully signed examples from the founding members are exceedingly scarce, especially in such exceptional condition. Starting Bid $200

557. Bob Dylan. Bringing It All Back Home album signed in person on the front cover in blue felt tip. In fine condition. The record is not included. Originally obtained by in-person specialist Mike Wehrmann. A scarce signed example of one of Dylan’s greatest albums. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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558. Grateful Dead. Reckoning album signed on the front cover in black

ballpoint by Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Brent Mydland, Billy Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh, with an inscription in the upper left reading, “All our thanx & for all your help and a wonderful stay at the Rainbow, Mar. 24, 1981. Grateful Dead, Rock out.” In fine condition, with general expected sleeve wear. The records are included. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

Rare full cast of signatures, days after the release of Are You Experienced 559. Jimi Hendrix Experience. Set of four guest informa-

tion forms for the Hotel Pension Dachs in Munich, Germany, each one page, 8.25 x 5.75, dated May 16, 1967, individually filled out and signed by Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and road manager Gerry Stickell. Hendrix has filled out his form in green ballpoint, adding his given name and profession, “Hendrix, James, Musician,” birth date and birth place, “Nov. 27, 1945, Seattle, Wash. State,” country and nationality, “U.S.A., American,” and current residency, “39 Gerrard St. London, W-1, Eng,” and signs below in black felt tip, “May 16, 67, Jimi Hendrix.” Redding fills out and signs his form in green ballpoint, signing “Redding, Noel” and “N. D. Redding,” and Mitchell, in black ballpoint, adds his full given name above, “Mitchell—John Graham,” and signs below, “John Mitchell.” Stickell fills out and signs his form in green ballpoint. In overall very good to fine condition, with some splits and tears along the edges.

The release of their full-length debut, Are You Experienced, on May 12, 1967, ignited Hendrix and the Experience as they embarked on their first official European tour. After several dates in England, the trio hit Germany for a one-week mini tour, playing to a crowded Big Apple Club in Munich on May 16. A month after signing these forms, the band traveled to the states to play at the Monterey Pop festival, a showcase that famously witnessed Hendrix ignite his guitar and subsequently propel the band into the rock mainstream. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $1000

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Marley’s Christmas gift to his doctor’s secretary 560. Bob Marley. Ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Terese Adorjan, All the best wishes, Love, Bob Marley,” on an off-white 8.25 x 6 sheet. Sheet is also signed by Marley’s friend and owner of Tuff Gong Records, soccer star Alan Cole, and also signed by one other member of Marley‘s entourage.

In fine condition. Accompanied by a statement of provenance which reads, in part: “This autograph of Bob Marley was signed at Christmas 1980 in person by Bob Marley in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany. The recipient of this signed autograph was Mrs. Terese Adorjan, who was the secretary of Bob Marley’s personal doctor—Dr. Issels…while he was treated for cancer for several months…until a few days prior to his untimely death at age 36…

Mrs. Adorjan saw Bob Marley each day for several months and was given this autograph by Marley as a personal Christmas present.” Statement includes an image of Adorjan holding the signature. A magnificent example of one of music’s most desirable and elusive signatures.

Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

Desirable twice-signed ‘Elvis’ album 561.

Elvis P r e s l e y. E l v i s

album signed on the back cover in black ballpoint, “Elvis Presley,” who also signs on the inner sleeve, “Many thanks! Elvis Presley.” In very good condition, with scuffing, toning, staining to bottom edge, and irregular surface emulsion on the front in a few places. The record is included. Accompanied by a copy of a provenance letter from the sister-in-law of the original recipient, an Army medic who served in the same unit as the King. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $300

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The Boss’s 1982 AFTRA card

562. Elvis Presley. Ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Pam, Elvis Presley” on the reverse of a beige 2.5 x 2.5 ticket stub for the Celebrity Theatre. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and two small staple holes touching the inscription. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

563.

Rolling Stones. Circa 1965

ballpoint signatures, “Bill Wyman,” “Love, Charlie Boy,” “Mick J a g g e r, ” “ B r i a n Jones,” and “Keith Richards,” on a beige 4 x 6 sheet, with the inscription in an another hand. In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing, and a small split along the horizontal fold.

Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the son of the original recipient, a police escort in Canada, in part: “My Dad is a retired police officer in Toronto…They met [the Rolling Stones] and brought them downtown to their hotel the Four Seasons. Afterwards they went up to their hotel room when they were leaving and was able to get their autographs.” Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

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564. Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen’s AFTRA membership card, 3.75 x 2, for the period ending May 1, 1982. Front of card bears Springsteen’s typed name and Social Security number, with Springsteen printing his name on the reverse in black ballpoint. In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

565. The Who: Keith Moon.

Manuscript DS, signed “Keith Moon,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, EMI Records letterhead, February 14, 1974. In full: “Rec’d from Ian Tilbury the sum of Five Hundred Pounds for the services of Mr. Keith Moon in respect of recording a performance at the Rainbow Theatre on the above date and for the right to use Mr. Moon’s name on any product marketed as a result of this recording. This includes trade press announcements, pre record publicity, record cover credits and all advertising appertaining to the above.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ink by Moon.

In fine condition. Pre-certified REAL. Starting Bid $200

The Prince Collection of Karen Krattinger In order to match his eclectic nature, Prince surrounded himself

with eclectic people. Karen Krattinger wore many hats during her five-year

tenure with the elusive rock star, first working as production coordinator on the Purple Rain Tour, then moving to Minneapolis to become general manager of PRN Productions, road manager for the Revolution, and perhaps

most importantly, Prince’s on-the-call executive assistant. She also handled the interior design of Paisley Park Studios and Prince’s personal residence.

Seemingly overnight, their relationship evolved from brief morning courtesies

to emergency phone calls and impromptu party arrangements, with Krattinger in charge of gathering and assimilating information for a man who remained unremittingly creative.

From mid-1984 thru early 1989, few in the famed Paisley Park Studios earned as unique a perspective of

Prince as did Krattinger, whose incredible collection of mementos and keepsakes is as much in keeping with Prince’s eccentricity as it is his storied generosity. From customized canes and post-concert invitations to signed photos, ruffled shirts, and a voodoo doll, Krattinger’s collection spans what

may ultimately be remembered as Prince’s most formative and influential period as an artist.

Used during Prince’s 1986 tours 570.

Prince: Paisley Tambourine. Gorgeous wooden

single row tambourine with appealing floral design 10˝ head used on stage

by Prince during the Parade and Hit and Run Tours of 1986, as well as around the same period of the premiere of the film Under the Cherry Moon. In fine condition, with expected wear from use. Starting Bid $200

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571. Prince: CD Earring. Unusual circa 1988 custom-made earring consisting of

a promotional CD single for I Wish U Heaven. In fine condition. Consignor notes that Prince gifted her the earring after she complimented him on a similar example he wore into her office earlier in the day. Starting Bid $200

574. Prince: Glitter Cane and Wand. Prince’s personally

572. Prince: Birthday Card. Birthday card from 1988 showing ‘Happy Birthday’ greetings in a variety of languages on the front, measures 10.5 x 7.75, signed inside below a printed greeting in purple felt tip, “’Love God,’ P, ‘88.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

573. Prince: Flower Pillow. Fabulous throw pillow adorned with white and pink faux roses, approximately 14 x 11 x 5, purchased in 1985 for Prince’s house on Galpin Boulevard in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In fine condition. The decorative pillow was displayed in Prince’s personal bedroom and sitting area, and was gifted to the consignor when Prince decided to redecorate his home after breaking up with his fiancé Susannah Melvoin. Starting Bid $200

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used glitter cane and wand, respectively measuring 35.5˝ and 12˝ in length, purchased in 1985 for Prince’s house on Galpin Boulevard in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In overall fine condition.

Karen Krattinger and Susannah Melvoin purchased several of these wands for Prince at a small shop in SoHo, Manhattan.

He enjoyed them so much that he had them into ‘glitter’ canes.

Starting Bid $200

575. Prince: Handwritten Present List. Pair of gift lists

written in the hand of Prince in blue ballpoint on a lightly lined 8.5 x 5 sheet, dated in the upper left corner, “7/24/87, 5:30 PM.” The first list is “4 Cat,” which reads, “1. lingerie from Fredrick’s, 2. Toiletries and perfumes from Garden of Eden, 3. The Painting from the Koo Koo Shoot.” The second list is “4 Bonnie,” reading: “1. Check 4 $500 dollars with a peach & Black bow around it.”

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

577. Prince: Handwritten Schedule and Notes. Sched-

576. Prince: Handwritten Grocery List. Grocery list written in the hand of Prince in pencil and blue ballpoint on an off-white 4 x 6 sheet, in full: “Five Alive, Milk, Butter, Mixed Buts, Strawberrys & Grapes (Please Dispose of Existing Juices and fruits).” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

578.

uling notes written in the hand of Prince in black ballpoint on a lightly lined 5 x 7.25 sheet, dated in another hand in the upper left, “12/26/85.” The notes read, in full: “Call Susan Hale, Have Laura Lipuma bring artwork (including all pictures 2 CRF today sometime after I land. Also set-up hair appointment with Earl at 6:00. Studio time at 8:00 (Sunset Sound).” In fine condition. Prince made Studio 3 in Sunset Sound his primary location for recordings between 1981 and 1987. Starting Bid $200

Prince: Invitation and Laminate.

Sought-after invitation card to Prince’s 27th birthday party at Prom Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 7, 1985. The stylized invitation, measuring 5.5 x 4.25, admits the recipient and one guest for an ‘Around the World in a Day’ masquerade ball and costume contest, clearly stating along the bottom, “No costume—No Admittance.” Also includes the seldom-seen laminated pass for the birthday party, measuring 2.5 x 4.25, with matching Prince font and clown and hot air balloon designs. In overall fine condition. The consignor organized the extravagant event for Prince within three weeks notice.

Starting Bid $200

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579. Prince: Large Pillows. Pair of ex-

tra large throw pillows used by Prince throughout Paisley Park Studios circa 1985–1986, both approximately 30 x 30 x 8, one dark-colored with gold trim, and the other light beige with soft gold square patterns. In overall fine condition, with some soiling and damage to one side of beige pillow. Consignor notes that Prince ‘threw’ these pillows and others like them all over Paisley Park—in the studio, in his apartment, and in front of ‘the vault.’ Starting Bid $200

580. Prince: Louis Icart Prints. Two color prints by artist Louis Icart, 13.26 x 16.75 and 18.75 x 14.75, purchased in 1985 for Prince’s house on Galpin Boulevard in Chanhassen, Minnesota. One print depicts an angelic figure flying above a fighter jet, and the second shows two women relaxing with a group of kittens. Both are framed and in fine condition. The prints were displayed in Prince’s personal bedroom and sitting area, and were gifted to the consignor when Prince decided to redecorate his home after breaking up with his fiancé Susannah Melvoin. Starting Bid $200

581. Prince: Magazine Covers. Appealing assortment

of eleven tour books and magazines deriving from Paisley Park Records, with each magazine featuring Prince on the cover, including: a Rolling Stone magazine from April 24, 1986; issue No. 13 of Prince Controversy magazine, dated 1988; a Prince and the Revolution tour book for the 1986 Parade tour; a Prince tour book for the 1987 Sign o’ the Times world tour; a copy of People Weekly from July 21, 1986; a copy of Musician Magazine from November 1988; a Prince tour book from the 1988 Lovesexy tour; a copy of Black Radio Exclusive from September 23, 1988; a copy of Ebony Magazine from November 1984; a Prince and the Revolution tour book for the 1984-1985 Purple Rain tour; and a copy of Billboard Magazine from April 25, 1987. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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582. Prince: Paisley Park Artists. Collection of 20 never-before-played and hard-to-find promotional albums from various Paisley Park Records artists, each of which originate from Prince’s complementary allotment from the aforesaid label. Artists include: The Time (2), Sheila E. (3), The Family, Dale, Brownmark, Deborah Allen, Madhouse (5), Jill Jones (2), Mazarati, Apollonia 6, Vanity 6, and Taja Sevelle. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

584. Prince: Parasol with Pin. Superb purple wood-

583. Prince: Paisley Park Group Lot. Group of five

items related to Paisley Park Studios, including: a rare black short sleeve Paisley Park Studio T-shirt, size extra large, with bright pink lettering reading, “‘A World Class Facility….For World Class Performers….’”; an original brochure for Paisley Park Studios with the business card of Paisley Park executive Harry Grossman and the original mailing envelope; a laminated Paisley Park Studios guest pass from 1988; a Paisley Park Studios logo key chain; and a light blue Paisley Park Studios matchbook. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

and-paper parasol used as ambiance in Prince’s dressing room at Daly City’s Cow Palace during a six-night stretch of shows from February 27 to March 5, 1985, during the massive Purple Rain Tour. The parasol measures 28.75˝ in length, and includes a “Cow Palace Staff Welcomes Purple Rain Tour “ pin. In very good to fine condition, with a few small tears to ribs. Consignor notes that Prince gave the parasol to her mother after the final show at the Cow Palace. Starting Bid $200

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586.

Prince: Passes and Invitations. Collec-

585. Prince: Award Show Memorabilia. Group lot of

15 items related to various award shows Prince either performed at, attended, or was nominated, including: an American Music sticker pass and pin from January 27, 1985, with two backstage passes for “Prince,” stamped below, “Dick Clark”; a program booklet for the 27th annual Grammy Awards with original invitation, as well as an unused backstage guest pass for the same event; a ticket stub and program booklet for the 2nd annual MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 1985; a staff pass for the 4th annual MTV Video Music Awards from September 11, 1987; a ticket stub and black T-shirt with cutoff sleeves for the Minnesota Black Musicians Awards on October 1, 1988; and laminated performer passes for the Minnesota Music Awards of 1987 and 1988, with a VIP pin and a ticket stub for the 1988 ceremony. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

tion of 18 tour passes, invitations, and cards related to various Prince concerts and events, including: an unused local personnel pass sticker for the Purple Rain tour of 1984–1985; a sticker pass for Hands Across America on May 25, 1986, issued to Karen Krattinger; a VIP sticker pass for a Prince concert at Atlanta’s The Omni on October 14, 1988, for the Lovesexy Tour; two laminated guest passes for the Purple Rain Tour of 1984-1985; red and yellow Parade passes for after-concert parties in London on August 12–13, 1986; a Prince and the Revolution after-concert party pass from Germany 1986; a pair of pink faux 100 dollar bills shot into the audience during the 1988-1989 Lovesexy Tour; an after-show party invitation to Tramps in Los Angeles during the 1986 Parade Tour; a laminated temporary membership card to Nautilus Fitness Center issued to Prince and the Revolution; a laminated pass for a Prince show at the Wiltern Theatre on May 20, 1985; an invitation to an Under the Cherry Moon wrap party on November 21, 1985, at the Grand Escurial in Nice, France; a laminated Amnesty International pass; a laminated PRN staff pass for Paisley Park Studios in 1988; a Prince and the Revolution thank you card sent to local vendors during the Purple Rain Tour; and a circa 1986 Christmas card bearing a preprinted signature of Prince. In overall fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

587. Prince: Picture Pins. Unique assemblage of 17 items of Prince-related ephemera deriving from Paisley Park Records, with many promoting albums, tours, and movies like Purple Rain and Sign o’ the Times, including: an off-white “Love God” guitar pick used by Prince; seven circular graphic picture pins; three square graphic picture pins; a gold-colored chain-link button pin; a Prince symbol pin; a purple Prince logo pin; a Warner Brother Records pin; a gold-colored belly chain with cross; and a heart-shaped wrist mirror as seen on the front cover of the single ‘U Got the Look.’ In overall fine condition. Consignor notes that the belly chains were often thrown off stage by Prince during concerts, and that the guitar pick was collected from the floor of a rehearsal stage and had been used

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591. Prince: Purple Rain Invitation and Napkins.

588. Prince: Polaroid Camera and Laminator. Polaroid Spectra System

camera and 110-volt laminator used to create every laminated pass and luggage tag for the entire PRN touring entourage during the Purple Rain tour of 1984–1985.

From staff all-access to VIP, every laminated pass was required by security to feature a photo of the issued person on the reverse. Included is a box of unused laminating pouches, lanyards, clips, and luggage tag straps, as well as a Velox proof of a Purple Rain all access tour pass.

In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Scarce invitation to the Purple Rain World Tour Celebration held at the Lansdowne Restaurant in Detroit, Michigan, on November 4, 1984. The tour kickoff party was held at 10:30 p.m. immediately following the night’s concert at the Joe Louis Arena. The “Purple Rain, A Royal Affair” invitation reads, in part: “Attire: Classy—One purple item must be worn, Invitation Only, One Person Per Invitation.” Also includes two napkins from the event: an off-white 7 x 7 napkin with purple lettering, and a purple 9 x 9 napkin with silver lettering, both reading, “Prince and The Revolution.” In overall fine condition, with some soiling to the smaller napkin. Starting Bid $200

589. Prince: Promotional Albums. Unique collection

of 19 never-before-played albums from Prince’s complementary allotment from Paisley Park Records, featuring singles, promotional, and unreleased titles, including: Prince; Dirty Mind; 1999; For You; Controversy; Lovesexy; Parade; Around the World in a Day; a single for ‘Purple Rain / God’; a promo single for ‘Pop Life / Hello’; a promo single for ‘America / Girl’; a single for ‘When Doves Cry / 17 Days’; a single for ‘Sign o’ the Times / La, La, La, He, He, Hee’; a promo single for ‘Alphabet Street’; a stillsealed Sign o’ the Times; a still-sealed single for ‘Anotherloverholenyohead / Girls & Boys’; a single for ‘Kiss / Love or Money’; a promo single for ‘Kiss’; and an unreleased copy of Camille. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

590. Prince: Publicity Photos. Set of three unsigned glossy 8 x 10 publicity photos of Prince, including: a 1988 Paisley Park head-and-shoulders portrait of Prince by photographer Joel Bernstein; and a pair of Jeff Katz photos used for the front and back covers of Prince’s eighth studio album, Parade. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Personally-owned and -worn by Prince in the Purple Rain era 592. Prince: Purple Rain Ruffled Shirt. Iconic white ruffled

crop-top shirt worn by Prince throughout the Purple Rain era. The collared shirt consists of light material, shoulder pads, faux pearl buttons, and an embellished three-button strap near the lower back. According to Prince’s former wardrobe supervisor Elizabeth Sidla, this shirt exists as a one-off variation of the cropped ruffled shirt and the only example made for Prince that featured elastic around the waist and wrists; the other non-elastic variations were made in large quantity by wardrobe. Additionally, Sidla notes that this shirt is without cufflinks due to their removal prior to going to the dry cleaners. In fine condition. A one–of–a–kind, instantly recognizable shirt worn by Prince during his chart-topping Purple Rain years. Starting Bid $300

Used on stage during the Purple Rain Tour

593. Prince: Purple Tambourine. Wonderful purple Cort wooden double row tambourine with 10˝ open head used on stage by Prince during the Purple Rain Tour of 1984–1985, spray-painted purple by a crew member and bearing a Cort label on the rim. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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594. Prince: Rehearsal Memo.

Uncommon PRN Productions, Inc., rehearsal memo, 8.5 x 11, dated January 3, 1986, sent from PRN general manager Karen Krattinger to eleven members of The New Revolution.

The memo alerts that rehearsals begin on Monday February 3, 1986, and continue through Friday with double sessions each day lasting from noon to 6 pm. Krattinger adds the 26-song set list below, noting that “All songs should be choreographed and arranged (not ballads).” Song titles include: ‘Raspberry Beret,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ ‘Kiss,’ ‘Soft and Wet,’ and ‘Mountains.’ Prince is listed in the carbon copy line at the bottom. In fine condition. Coinciding with the release of Parade and the film Under the Cherry Moon, this rehearsal set list was doubtlessly used for Prince and The Revolution’s 1986 Parade Tour, which commenced on March 3, giving the supporting performers one month to learn the songs. Starting Bid $200

597. Prince: Sign O’ the Times Stickers. Two sheets of heart-shaped

595. Prince: Sign O’ the Times. Official flower hologram-style RIAA gold sales award presented “to commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of the Paisley Park Records album and cassette ‘Parade.’” Framed with its disc, cassette, plate, and a small image of the album cover to an overall size of 17 x 21. Award retains its original backing with a Fitzgerald Hartley label. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

stickers sent as proofs for the Paisley Park Records release of Sign o’ the Times, the ninth studio album from Prince. The first sheet features four 7 x 6 stickers designed for the “Specially-Priced Two Record Set”; and the second sheet consists of eight 1.75 x 1.75 stickers intended for the “Specially-Priced Double-Play Single Cassette.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Iconic signed Purple Rain publicity shot

596. Prince: Sign O’ the Times. Official flower holo-

gram-style RIAA platinum sales award presented “to commemorate the sale of more than 1,000,000 copies of the Paisley Park Records album and cassette ‘Around the World in a Day.’” Framed with its disc, cassette, plate, and a small image of the album cover to an overall size of 17 x 21. Award retains its original backing with a Fitzgerald Hartley label. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

598. Prince: Signed Photo. Fantastic color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Prince as the Kid from the 1984 Purple Rain, signed in blue ink, “Love God, Prince.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

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“Love God, Prince” 599. Prince: Signed Photo. Phenomenal glossy 8 x 10 Paisley Park Records publicity photo of Prince in a three-quarter-length pose and performing on stage, signed in black felt tip, “Love God, Prince,” adding a cross below. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

Rare Sign o’ the Times signed poster 600.

Prince: Signed Poster.

Incredible color 27 x 41 poster for the 1987 concert film Sign o’ the Times, prominently signed in red felt tip, “Love God, Prince,” adding a cross below.

Also includes a VHS tape of the same film, a laminated VIP pass for the 1987 Sign ‘o the Times tour, and a heart-shaped mirror pin promoting the movie. Rolled and in fine condition, with scattered creasing and paper loss to left edge of poster.

Starting Bid $300

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601. Prince: Silk Remnants. Uncommon collection of

seven pieces of silk fragments used to make Prince’s shirts between the years of 1987–1988, each deriving from the Paisley Park Records wardrobe department. Colors include red (2), pink, light blue, and three shades of purple, and range in approximate sizes from 18.5 x 45 to 46 x 120, with some cut to irregular size. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

602. Prince: Tour Jackets. Three

Prince tour jackets: an unused black cargo-style jacket, size medium, with an embroidered woman’s face and lettering on the left chest, “Prince and the Revolution,” and the right shoulder reading, “Crew ‘84-85”; an unused gray acetate jacket, size medium, embroidered in purple thread on the right chest, “Light & Sound Design, Showco Varilite,” and the left chest, “Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution”; and a purple wool and nylon varsity jacket, size 38, embroidered in silver thread on the left chest, “Purple Rain world tour, ‘84–’85,” and on the right chest, “Karen.” In overall fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

604. Prince: U Got the Look Album.

603. Prince: Thanksgiving Card. Thanksgiving card

from 1984 featuring a blindfolded turkey smoking a cigarette against a bullet-riddled wall, measuring 10 x 7 open, signed inside below a printed greeting in blue ballpoint, “Love God, Prince.” In fine condition. Consignor notes that Prince sent this card—originally filled with a $100 bonus—while he was on the Purple Rain Tour. Starting Bid $200

Rare never-before-played U Got the Look promotional album from Prince’s personal collection. In fine condition. The record is included. Consignor notes that Prince would receive boxes of complimentary promotional albums prior to each release, and send them to business partners for distribution. Also accompanied by a heart-shaped glass wristband, 5 x 4.5, which Prince can be seen wearing on the front cover of the album. Starting Bid $200

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605. Prince: Vintage Shirts. AAmazing assortment of twelve (12) vintage Prince shirts dating between the albums Purple

Rain and Lovesexy (1984–1988), including: a large rare black short-sleeve reading “Prince” on the front and “Security” on the back, with the left sleeve reading, New Orleans, 2-1-85”; a large white sleeveless depicting a woman’s face on the front and a flowers-and-lace design on the back; a medium white long-sleeve with doves and flowers on left chest and a red symbol, lace, and flowers on the back; an extra large black short-sleeve cropped at the waist showing Prince on the front doing a split and his red symbol on the back; an extra large black short sleeve with an abstract image of Prince on the front, his white symbol on the back, the sleeves reading “love” and “sex”; a medium white short sleeve showing the cover of Parade on the front and Parade Tour 1986 info on the back; a black short sleeve, no size but likely a large, with the Parade cover and 1986 tour info on front and back; an extra large white short sleeve for Sign o’ the Times with Prince and lyrics on front and 1987 tour information on the back; a turquoise short sleeve, no size but likely medium, reading “Prince, Working Crew, Lovesexy ‘88” on the front; an extra large white short sleeve for the Sign o’ the Time movie; a white short sleeve, no size but likely extra large or higher, showing a colorful abstract image of Prince; and a large dark blue sweatshirt presented Stageright Productions to touring staff of Prince’s Lovesexy American Tour of 1988. In overall fine condition, with some scattered light soiling. Starting Bid $200

606. Prince: Voodoo Doll. Unique voodoo

doll of Prince made for his assistant Karen Krattinger by the Paisley Park Records wardrobe department after she left the organization in early 1989. The brown felt doll, 6.5 x 4.5, features a leather jacket and pants, a black vest, and a gold-colored cross necklace and belly chain. Included is the original magnetic pin holder with several pins, and the original “Prince” name tags used as a ribbon to wrap the present. In fine condition. A decidedly humorous and uncommon Prince tribute. Starting Bid $200

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610. 10cc

611. AC/DC: Angus Young

612. Louis Armstrong

613. Louis Armstrong

614. The B52’s

615. Badfinger

616. Badfinger: The Iveys

617. Beatles

618. Beatles: Patti Harrison

619. Beatles: George Martin

620. Beatles: Phil Spector MB $200

621. Beatles: Maureen Starkey

622. Beatles: Ringo Starr

623. David Bowie

624. Tim Buckley

625. Cab Calloway

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626. The Carpenters

627. The Cars

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632. Albert Collins

634. Creed MB $200

635. Crosby, Stills, and Nash

638. Deep Purple

639. Devo

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633. Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash

636. Crosby, Stills, and Nash

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637. Culture Club MB $200

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642. Duke Ellington

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645. Grateful Dead: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley

646. Guns N’ Roses

647. W. C. Handy

648. Michael Jackson

649. Michael Jackson

650. The Jam

651. Jethro Tull

652. B. B. King

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655. The Kinks

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656. The Kinks MB $200

660. Liberace MB $200

657. Lady Gaga MB $200

658. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant

659. Huey Lewis and the News

661. Little Richard

662. Frederick Loewe MB $200

663. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pyle and Walker

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664. Metallica

665. Van Morrison

666. Nazareth

667. Roy Orbison

668. Pink Floyd

669. Pink Floyd: Gilmour and Mason

670. Pink Floyd: Mason and Wright

671. Pink Floyd: Waters and Mason

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672. R.E.M.

673. The Ramones

674. The Ramones

675. The Ramones

676. The Ramones

677. The Ramones

678. The Ramones

679. Lou Reed

680. Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger

681. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards

682. The Searchers

683. Frank Sinatra

684. Frank Sinatra

685. Frank Sinatra

686. Noble Sissle

687. Songwriters Hall of Fame Signed Guitar

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688. Bruce Springsteen MB $200

689. Bruce Springsteen: Richard Aaron

692. Thin Lizzy

693. U2

695. U2

696. Van Halen

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690. Cat Stevens

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classic entertainment

Brando pays an extravagant restitution fee 703. Marlon Brando. Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in type and signed by Brando, payable to Ibar Settlement Co. Inc. for $200,000, July 28, 1993, with “Drollet v. Brando” typed into the memo line. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA authentication holder, with an autograph grade on NM-MT 8. In fine condition, with two red “Void “ stamps across front of check, neither affecting the clean signature. The Drollet and Brando families had been linked in tragedy for several years by the time this check was written. Marlon Brando’s daughter, Cheyenne, and her half-brother, Christian Brando, were implicated and convicted in the 1990 shooting of Dag Drollet at Brando’s California estate. The death of Drollet, the father of Cheyenne’s child, led to charges, countercharges, and lasting enmity between the Drollet and Brando families. This check recalls the highly publicized voluntary manslaughter conviction and subsequent five-year jail sentence for Marlon’s son. Starting Bid $200

Rare Bruce letter to a longtime Chicago journalist 705. Lenny Bruce. TLS

704. Marlon Brando. Wonderful vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Paramount publicity portrait of a young Brando, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Norman, Regards, Marlon Brando.” Reverse bears a Bud Fraker photography stamp. In fine condition, with a few superficial surface creases to the right side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

signed in pencil “L,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, no date. Letter to ‘Kup,’ Chicago newspaper columnist Irv Kupcinet, in full: “I’m so fa tummeled, I forget if I thanked you or not. I was writing you in the Mary Land and a pretty girl took the leter [sic]. Anyway you are hip in as much as you dig that any schtick I do or did on the show is for affect, I love you for ferschtaying on the Emmis.” In fine condition, with a light block of toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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706. Charlie Chaplin. Vin-

tage glossy 8 x 10 Apeda photo of Chaplin writing at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “ To L e o n a r d Klein, with my very best wishes & most sincerely—Charlie Chaplin.” In fine condition, with a missing lower right corner tip, and a small tear to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

707. Charlie Chaplin. Vintage

matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of Chaplin in a distinguished suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Margaret, best wishes, Charlie Chaplin, 1935.” A single tack and staple hole to borders, as well as some mild border foxing and creases, and a bit of light silvering to darker areas, visible only at an angle, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

708. Greta Garbo. DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 14,

July 3, 1940. Four-month lease facilitated by Guy Price Realtors between Garbo and H. M. Harris for a residence in Pacific Palisades. Total for the four months comes to $1200.00, payable in advance by Garbo. Signed on the reverse in blue fountain pen by Garbo. In very good condition, with irregular toning and a smudge to the signature.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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709. Greta Garbo. Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and

signed by Garbo, payable to Gail Williams, M. D. for $910, May 27, 1984. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

710. Rita Hayworth.

Attractive glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hayworth with a fur shawl around her shoulders, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Jen Kirkman, Best wishes, Rita Hayworth.”

In fine condition, with a bit of pen trouble to the end of her last name. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

7 11 . A u d r e y Hepburn. Vintage

pearl-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Hepburn, signed and inscribed to actor Clifton Webb in blue fountain pen, “Dearest Clifton, with my love always, Audrey.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges and a few inconsequential creases to background. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

712. Alfred Hitchcock.

Glossy 8 x 9.5 full-length photo of Hitchcock with a worri ed expression, signed in the lower left in black felt tip, “Alfred J. Hitchcock.” In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Disney and Bogie highlight unique Hollywood collection 713.

Hollywood.

Softcover autograph book, 6 x 5.25, signed inside by nearly 70 stars of vintage Hollywood, some signatures clipped and affixed, with many inscribed to Patricia.

Signers include: Walt Disney, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor, Oliver Hardy, Gloria Swanson, Sid Grauman, Loretta Young, Simone Simon, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, Bruce Cabot, Mickey Rooney, John Garfield, Bob Hope, and Bing Crosby. In very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $300

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Striking portrait of the great Houdini 714. Harry Houdini.

Pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Houdini smiling while wearing a sharp suit, signed and inscribed, “To Miss Pearl Edserson, Best wishes, Houdini.” Reverse bears a Houdini studio ink stamp. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and rippling, and subtle hand-done embellishments to the left side of his mouth. A wonderful, cleanly inscribed portrait. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

716. Harry Houdini. Society of American Ma-

gicians membership card issued to W. M. Marr for 1924-1925, 4 x 2.5, boldly signed at the bottom in fountain pen by Houdini as president, “Houdini,” and countersigned by Richard van Dien as secretary. In fine condition, with a few old mounting remnants on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Stock certificate in The Houdini Picture Corporation 715. Harry Houdini. Scarce partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 8.25, December 2, 1921. Stock certificate for five shares of the Houdini Picture Corporation issued to Joseph Feather.

Signed at the conclusion by Houdini as president of the company and countersigned by Harry H. Poppe as assistant treasurer. In fine condition, with two vertical folds (one passing through a single letter of the signature), adhesive remnants to the top edge, and the signature a shade or two light. Chartered by the State of New York on February 26, 1921, the Houdini Picture Corporation was involved in three Houdini silents: The Soul of Bronze (1921), The Man from Beyond (1922), and Haldane of the Secret Service (1923). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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717. Grace K e l l y. A L S

signed “Grace de Monaco,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.25, personal monogrammed letterhead, no date but circa 1958.

Letter to Lucille, in part: “My mother arrived on Sunday & now I have the feeling that everyone is starting to look at me with great expectancy & anxiety as if to say’ when’?—It all makes me feel quite helpless—The little character will make his own decision as to when & no one can do anything about it—The nursery is not finished yet which is annoying—but it turned out to be a major job of construction—I am longing to get all of the clothes in place & have the fun of arranging all of your sweet toys.” In fine condition. Kelly gave birth to her only son Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, the current Prince of Monaco, on March 14, 1958. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

718. Laurel and Hardy. Handsome matte-finish 7 x 5

half-length photo of the comedic duo posing side-by-side in their bowler hats, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Hello Phil! Stan Laurel,” and in black ballpoint, “Oliver Hardy.” In fine condition, with a small crease to the upper right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Dragon’s personal ‘Praying Mantis’ booklet

719. Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee’s

personally-owned and -used Chinese-language ‘Praying Mantis style’ kung fu instructional booklet, 5.25 x 7.25, signed in black felt tip on the final page, “Bruce,” on top of a printed red Chinese seal. In very good condition, with some light spreading and contrast to signature, missing front cover, paper loss to back cover, and expected wear from use. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Given Lee’s unsurpassed reverence within the martial arts community, this is an incredible item from the master’s own personal library. Starting Bid $500

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Rarely seen color portrait of Scarlett O’Hara 720. Vivien Leigh. Colorized vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.25 post-

card photo of Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, signed in the upper left in fountain pen. Mounted and matted with an image of Leigh and Clark Gable to an overall size of 15.75x 11.75. In fine condition, with trimming to the borders. One of Hollywood’s most uncommon and desirable signed photographs in any form, even more so in color images. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

The four surviving Marx Brothers settle with Paramount on Horse Feathers and Monkey Business

721. Marx Brothers. DS, signed by all four brothers using their full legal signatures, three pages (of a four page document),

8.5 x 11, April 6, 1962. Agreement between Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo, and Gummo and Paramount Pictures concerning the release of the estate of Chico Marx from a 1930 contract involving the Marx Brothers and re-releases of Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, as well as a cash payout of a total of $38,500 divided between the brothers, Chico’s two wives, and a law firm.

Signed on the last two pages, “Julius H. (Groucho) Marx,” “Arthur Harpo Marx,” “Herbert Zeppo Marx,” “Mary DiVitha Marx,” “Betty Marx,” and “Gummo Marx.” Second page missing, mild toning, expected document wear, and uniform fading to typed text, otherwise fine condition. Horse Feathers, in which the brothers satirized the American College system and Prohibition, was one of their most popular films, and landed the brothers on the cover of Time magazine. Chico Marx, the oldest of the five, had passed away on October 11, 1961, last appearing with the Marx Brothers in the 1950 film Love Happy. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Monroe seeks to avoid a theater invitation

722. Marilyn Monroe. Handwritten note in pencil in the upper

left corner of a typed letter from screenwriter Jerry Wald inviting Monroe and Arthur Miller to an event at the “TCFox Theatre” on October 7th at 5:30 pm, one page, 8.5 x 11, Company of Artists letterhead, September 30, 1959. Monroe writes to May Reis, her New York secretary, in full: “May, Please say so sorry ‘tied up’—‘out of town’ or something but ‘No,’ MMM.” Reis adds her proposed response on behalf of Monroe in the lower left corner. In fine condition, with intersecting folds.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Lovely print of the reflective Marilyn

724. Marilyn Monroe: Bert Stern. Limited edition 26 x 31.5 fine quality print of Monroe in a thoughtful pose, entitled ‘Marilyn, Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles, 1962,’ numbered 49/3000, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Marilyn, 1962.” Also signed in the lower right in pencil by the photographer, Bert Stern. Reverse bears a Bert Stern copyright stamp. Rolled and in fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer. This image was captured during two photography sessions commissioned for Vogue Magazine in 1962, and was later published in the book, Bert Stern: The Last Sitting. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Love & Kisses, Marilyn Monroe Miller” 723. Marilyn Monroe. Vintage ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Marcia, Love & Kisses, Marilyn Monroe Miller,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2 business card belonging to “Miss Robbins.” Collector’s ink notations along bottom edge. In fine condition, with a small crease to the lower right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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Rare classic Three Stooges lineup 725. Three Stooges. Rare vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of the Three Stooges fighting on the floor, each man desperately reaching for a Pillsbury’s Farina moving picture machine, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To ‘Millie,’ Sincerely, The 3 Stooges, Moe,” “Curly,” and “Larry Fine.”

In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, staple holes to corners, and a small tear to the right edge. Consignor notes that her mother, Emily Grous Hollister, nicknamed ‘Millie,’ obtained the signature while working as a concierge to the stars at Hartford, Connecticut’s State Theatre during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Appearing on the market in 1937, the moving picture machine, a die-cut collectible produced by Pillsbury’s Farina cereal, was a cardboard projector accompanied by frames from Stooges’ movies which could be cranked and viewed through a viewfinder. These sought-after machines were given away at participating theaters following Stooges matinees. Fully signed photos of the classic Three Stooges lineup remain rare and highly sought-after, with this example enhanced furthermore by its comedic marketing tie-in—the Three Stooges were at the peak of their popularity when they were partnered with Pillsbury’s Farina. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $500

Full uninscribed set of Stooges 726. Three Stooges. Sought-after vintage pencil

signatures, “Curly,” “Sincerely The 3 Stooges, Larry (Stooge) Fine,” and “Moe Howard,” on an off-white 6 x 4.25 album page. In fine condition, with a light vertical diagonal bend. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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A teenage Taylor and a chipmunk named Nibbles 727. Elizabeth Taylor. DS, three

pages, 8.5 x 11, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures letterhead, October 31, 1945.

Agreement between a young Elizabeth Taylor and Duell, Sloan and Pierce, Inc. for the publishing rights to “a certain book entitled ‘The Adventures of Nibbles.’” Nicely signed on the last page in fountain pen by Taylor, and also signed by her mother, Sara Taylor, as Elizabeth was only thirteen years old. Both Taylors have also added their initials to the second page. In fine condition, with two punch holes to top edge, staple holes and light wrinkling. Written by Taylor and published in 1946, the book Nibbles and Me was a children’s book about Taylor’s real life adventures with a chipmunk named Nibbles. Starting Bid $200

“Come up and see me sometime” 728. Mae West. Vintage glossy 8 x 10.25 Paramount Pictures

publicity photo of West in white fur and jewelry, signed and inscribed in white ink, “To Millie, Come up and see me sometime, Mae West.”

Reverse bears a William Morris agency stamp. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a tear to the top edge repaired with tape on the reverse. Consignor notes that her mother, Emily Grous Hollister, nicknamed ‘Millie,’ obtained the signature while working as a concierge to the stars at Hartford, Connecticut’s State Theatre during the late 1930s and early 1940s. A desirable and boldly signed example. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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The Harvey and Rhoda Kuflik Collection The collection of brother-and-sister autograph hunters Harvey and Rhoda Kuflik represents an impressive ninety-four combined years of collecting. Born in Brooklyn in 1938, Rhoda began roaming the streets of New York as a teenager with her Brownie camera in hand, capturing candid stills of celebrities to have signed upon revisiting later on. Harvey, four years younger, started accompanying her on these treks and began to assemble a formidable autograph collection of his own. Once older, they split up—Rhoda remained in Brooklyn while Harvey moved to Los Angeles—but resumed their quest each year during Oscar week, when Rhoda visited her brother to seek out celebrities in the streets of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and star-studded Oscar parties. The collection has remained intact since being lovingly assembled by the duo, and this is the first instance in which any of these items have been offered for sale.

730. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Two vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photos, one depicting Lucille Ball posing with another gentleman, and the other featuring Desi Arnaz holding a pack of cigarettes, individually signed in the upper borders in black ballpoint, “Love, Lucy” and “Desi Arnaz.” Reverse of each photo bears a collector’s date notation of October 2, 1955. In overall fine condition, with a small crease to Desi’s photo. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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731. Lou Costello. Appealing vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5

candid deckle-edge photo of Costello happily posing with Bud Abbott, signed in the upper border in black ballpoint by Costello.

Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 4, 1956.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

1954 candid Garland photo

732. Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Fantastic

vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, both signing in blue ink. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

733. Sammy Davis Jr. Wonderful vintage

glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Davis in a long coat with a cigarette in his hand, signed in the lower border in blue ink, “My best, Sammy Davis, Jr.” Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 17, 1954. In fine condition, with some light areas of discoloration. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

735. Judy Garland. Choice vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5

candid photo of Garland reading outside of a hotel, signed in the lower border in blue ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 12, 1954. In fine condition, with a few small creases. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

736. Cary Grant.

734. Diana Dors.

Lovely vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Dors in a sparkling gown and fur shawl, signed in the upper border in blue ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of June 28, 1956. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Appealing vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Grant opening a door, signed and inscribed in the upper border in black ballpoint, “To Rhoda, Cary Grant.” Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of August 25, 1955. In fine condition, with some creasing, and ink adhesion issues. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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740.

Jayne Mansfield. Lovely

737.

Susan Hayward. Scarce

vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Mansfield in a gorgeous strapless gown, signed and inscribed in the upper border in blue ink, “To Rhoda, My very best, Jayne Mansfield.” Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 13, 1955. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Hayward, signed in the lower border in blue ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of April 22, 1956. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

741. Dean Martin.

738. Bob Hope.

Nice vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Martin posing outside a hotel, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of July 14, 1956. In fine condition, with some skipping to the ink. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Hope wearing a hat and scarf, signed in the lower border in black ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of January 2, 1955. In fine condition, with some brushing to the ink. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

739. Boris Karloff.

Vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Karloff signing an autograph between two men, signed in the upper border in purple ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 20, 1954. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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742. Clayton Moore. Wonderful vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Moore as the Lone Ranger, signed in the upper and lower borders in blue ink, “Clayton Moore, 1957, The Lone Ranger.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

746. Jean Seberg. Charming

743. Audie Murphy.

vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Seberg posing outside a building, signed in blue ink. Caption in upper border reads April 1958. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of the same pose. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Uncommon vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Murphy signing an autograph outside The Savoy Plaza, signed in blue ink.

Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of September 7, 1955. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

744.

Ronald Reagan. Desirable

vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Reagan wearing a bow-tie, signed in the lower border in blue ink.

Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of April 2, 1955. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

745.

Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. Early vintage

glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of the future presidential couple, signed in the upper border in blue ballpoint, “Nancy Davis,” and in the lower border in blue ink, “Ronald Reagan.”

Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of October 16, 1954.

In fine condition, with some small creasing and light brushing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

747. Inger Stevens.

Uncommon vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Stevens surrounded by autograph seekers, signed in the lower border in blue ink. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

748. John Wayne.

Exceptional vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Wayne in handsome formal attire, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of January 2, 1955. In fine condition, with some creasing, and a thumbprint mark to the left border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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751.

Julie Andrews. Colorized

glossy 7.75 x 9.75 Twentieth Century Fox publicity photo of Andrews as Maria in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with trimmed borders.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

752. Arthur.

749. Natalie Wood. Sought-after vintage glossy

2.5 x 3.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Wood in a lovely half-length pose, signed in black ink, “Natalie Wood Wagner.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Delightful glossy 9.5 x 7.5 Orion Pictures publicity photo of the three stars from the 1981 film Arthur, signed in blue felt tip, “Dudley Moore” and “Love, Liza Minnelli,” and in black ink, “John Gielgud.” In fine condition, with lightly trimmed edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

750. Ben Affleck. Hand-

some satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Affleck, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “Harvey, nice poll! Ben Affleck.” In fine condition, with a few small creases, and staple holes to upper left border. Accompanied by an unsigned talent agency profile sheet for Affleck. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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753. Fred A s t a i r e and Ginger Rogers. Col-

or glossy 8 x 10 photo of the dancing duo, signed in black felt tip by Rogers, and in black ink by Astaire.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Fully signed photo of The Breakfast Club

754. Kevin Bacon.

Attractive glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Bacon, signed in blue felt tip. Reverse bears an affixed press release for the David Rimmer production Album. In fine condition, with some emulsion irregularity to his nose and chin. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

755. Alec Baldwin.

Ideal satin-finish 8 x 9.75 close-up photo of Baldwin in a suit and tie, vertically signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with staple holes to upper right corner. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

757. Breakfast Club. Highly appealing glossy 9.75 x 8

MCA publicity photo of the teenage cast from the 1985 film The Breakfast Club, signed in blue felt tip by Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall. In fine condition. Photos signed by the full cast remain exceedingly difficult to find. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

758. Matthew Broderick.

756. Jessica Biel. Beau-

tiful glossy 8 x 10 Warner Brothers publicity half-length photo of Biel as Mary Camden in the sitcom 7th Heaven, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Awesome glossy 8 x 9.75 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Broderick as the titular character from the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, signed in blue felt tip. Reverse bears an affixed Paramount Pictures publicity sheet for the John Hughes film. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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762. Johnny Carson. De-

759.

Pierce Brosnan. Exempla-

sirable color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the longtime Academy Awards host posing with an Oscar statuette, signed in black felt tip by Carson.

In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

ry color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Brosnan as the modish secret agent James Bond, signed in blue felt tip.

In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

760. Sandra Bullock. Striking glossy 8

x 10 publicity portrait of a young Bullock, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an APA label. In fine condition, with staple holes at top touching her hair. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Charlie’s original Angels

761. John Candy. Un-

common glossy 8 x 9.75 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Candy as Jack Chester in the 1985 film Summer Rental, signed in blue felt tip.

Reverse bears an affixed Paramount Pictures publicity sheet for the Carl Reiner film.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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763. Charlies’s Angels. Magnificent glossy 8 x 10 photo

of Charlie’s Angels, signed in blue felt tip, “Farrah Fawcett” and “Much love, Jaclyn Smith,” and in black felt tip, “With many thanks! love, Kate Jackson, June ‘80.” In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce image of the celebrated Clift

766. Jennifer Connelly.

Magical glossy 10 x 8.25 TriStar Pictures publicity photo of Connelly as Sarah from the 1986 film Labyrinth, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Harvey! Love, Jennifer Connelly.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

767.

Sean Connery. Excep-

764. Montgomery Clift. Fantastic vintage glossy 8 x 10 Bert Six photo of Clift lighting his cigarette with a match, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Lilly, with my love, Montgomery Clift.” Reverse bears a Bert Six/Warner Brothers copyright stamp, as well as a Transatlantic Production stamp. In fine condition. A decidedly uncommon portrait of the brooding character actor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

765. George Clooney. Arresting

satin-finish 8 x 10 early publicity portrait of a young Clooney, signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with two staple holes to top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

tional color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Connery as the debonair secret agent James Bond, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

768. Chuck Connnors.

Uncommon glossy 8 x 10 photo of Connors as John Egan from the television show Arrest and Trial, signed in black felt tip.

Reverse bears a Cleveland Press stamp.

In very good to fine condition, with scattered overall creasing and surface impressions. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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772. Patrick Dempsey. Dreamy

769. Tim Curry.

satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Dempsey, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition, with staple holes to top and bottom edges.

Accompanied by an unsigned talent agency profile sheet for Dempsey. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sensational glossy 8 x 10 20th Century-Fox publicity photo of Curry as Dr. FrankN-Furter from the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

773. Robert DeNiro. Terrif-

770. Matt Damon.

Excellent satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Damon, signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with staple holes touching his hair. Accompanied by an unsigned talent agency profile sheet for Damon.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

771.

Daniel Day-Lewis. Appeal-

ing glossy 8 x 10 photo of Day-Lewis holding up his Best Actor Oscar for his role as Christy Brown in the 1989 film My Left Foot, signed in blue felt tip, “Daniel DL.” Reverse bears an AMPAS stamp. In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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ic color glossy 10 x 8 United Artists publicity cardstock photo of a boxing scene from the 1980 film Raging Bull, signed and inscribed in purple ink, “To Harvey, Good luck! Robert De Niro.” In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

774.

Leonardo DiCaprio.

Wonderful glossy 8 x 10 Warner Brothers publicity photo of a young DiCaprio, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

775.

Kirk Douglas. Powerful

778. Kirsten Dunst. Adorable

glossy 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Douglas as the titular hero from the 1960 film Spartacus, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity photo of a pigtailed and very young Dunst, signed in blue felt tip. Lower right bears an affixed agency label. In fine condition, with two staple holes in the top border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

779. Robert Duvall. Outstand-

776. Robert Downey Jr. Superb

ing glossy 8 x 10 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Duvall as the reserved Tom Hagen from the classic 1974 film The Godfather: Part II, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young denim-clad Downey, Jr., signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an agency stamp. In fine condition, with staple holes at top touching his hair. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

777. Faye Dunaway. Attractive

semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of a gun-toting Dunaway from the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears a Warner Brothers photography stamp. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

780. Clint Eastwood.

Attractive color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Eastwood as Rowdy Yates from the classic television series Rawhide, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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781. Carrie Fisher. Highly desirable

glossy 8 x 10 20th Century-Fox publicity close-up photo of Fisher as Princess Leia from the epic 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

782. Jane Fonda.

Uncommon color glossy 8 x 10 fulllength photo of Fonda as the titular character from the 1968 film Barbarella, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

783. Jodie Foster. Won-

derful glossy 8 x 10 photo of Foster receiving the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the 1988 film The Accused, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an AMPAS stamp. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200 184 | September 14, 2016 | CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT

784. Cary Grant. Magnificent vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 Paramount Pictures publicity close-up photo of Grant, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Rhoda Kuflik, with every good wish, Cary Grant.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light overall creasing and surface impressions.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

785. Gene Hackman.

Excellent color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hackman after receiving the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1992 film Unforgiven, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an AMPAS stamp. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. S tarting Bid $200

786. Corey Haim.

789. Tippi Hedren.

Appealing glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of a young Haim, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with light corner creasing, and a staple hole touching his hair. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Fantastic color semiglossy 8 x 10 photo of Hedren peaking out from behind the wing of a raven, signed in black felt tip by Hedren, who adds three small birds. In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

7 8 7 . To m Hanks and Daryl Hannah. Wonder-

Beautiful portrait of Hepburn in Givenchy

ful color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah from the 1984 film Splash, both signing in black felt tip.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

788. Goldie Hawn.

Lovely color glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Hawn, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

790. Audrey Hepburn. Spectacular matte-finish 8 x 10

full-length test photo of Hepburn in her Larrabee ball gown designed by Givenchy, worn in her iconic 1954 film Sabrina, boldly signed in black ink. In fine condition. A simply exquisite portrait, capturing Hepburn’s grace and charm. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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791. Charlton Heston. Iconic color

glossy 8 x 10 photo of Heston as the titular hero from the 1959 film Ben-Hur, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

793. William Holden. Excellent

glossy 8 x 10 photo of Holden in a handsome suit and tie, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears a Columbia Pictures copyright stamp and an affixed press caption. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Uncommon color photo of Hexum

794. Anthony Hopkins. Fantastic

color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, signed in black felt tip.

In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

795. Dennis Hopper.

792. Jon-Erik Hexum. Actor and model of Cover Up and

Voyagers (1957–1984) who accidentally killed himself with a prop revolver loaded with live blanks. Scarce color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Hexum, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Harvey! Jon–Erik Hexum.” In fine condition. Uncommon across all formats, Hexum remains rare in color photos of such size. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Great glossy 8 x 10 Warner Brothers publicity photo of a young Hopper, signed in black felt tip, “Thanks, Dennis Hopper.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light creasing.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

796. Ron Howard. Su-

perb glossy 8 x 10 photo of Howard as a young child, signed in black felt tip, “Ron Howard, 1987.”

In fine condition, with some scattered light surface impressions. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

798. Mila Kunis. Charm-

ing glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of Kunis, signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with light paperclip impression to top edge, and staple holes to upper border corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Kaufman from In God We Trust 797. Andy Kaufman. Sought-after glossy 8 x 9.75 Universal City Studios publicity photo of Kaufman as Armageddon T. Thunderbird in the 1980 film In God We Trust, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Harvey, Best wishes, Andy Kaufman.”

In fine condition. Kaufman remains exceedingly scarce in signed photos. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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799. Peter Lawford and Janet Leigh.

Attractive glossy 10 x 8.25 MGM publicity photo of Leigh and Lawford from the 1952 film Just This Once, signed in blue felt tip by both. Reverse bears captioning for the film. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

800. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Billy Wilder.

Splendid glossy 10 x 8 MGM publicity photo of the director and two stars of the 1981 film Buddy Buddy, signed in black felt tip by Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Billy Wilder. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

802. Peter Lorre. Remarkable vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up portrait of Lorre, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Al, All the best, Peter Lorre.� In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

803. Karl Malden. Un801. Jennifer Lopez.

Glamorous satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of a curlyhaired Lopez, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with staple holes to upper corners.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Star ting B id $200

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common glossy 7.75 x 10 halflength photo of Malden holding his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Mitch in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an AMPAS stamp. In fine condition, with trimmed borders, and a light vertical crease. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

804. Jennifer Love Hewitt. Beau-

807. Malcolm McDowell.

tiful glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of Love Hewitt, signed in blue felt tip, “J. Love Hewitt.” In fine condition, with staple holes near the top border. Accompanied by an unsigned talent agency profile sheet for Love Hewitt.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Menacing glossy 10 x 8 Warner Brothers publicity cardstock photo of McDowell as Alex from the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears an affixed Warner Brothers press caption. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

805.

Jerry Mathers. Ideal vintage

glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of a young Mathers with his arms crossed, signed and inscribed in green fountain pen, “To Rhoda, your friend, Jerry Mathers, ‘Beaver.’” In fine condition. An early vintage signature of one of TV’s most endearing characters. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

8 0 8 . To s h i r o Mifune. Appealing

glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Mifune as Keith in the 1979 film Winter Kills, signed in blue felt tip, and again below in print, “T. Mifune.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Early signature from the alluring Mansfield

806. Jayne Mansfield. Highly desirable vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of

Mansfield clutching her arm against a leopard-print backdrop, signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen, “To Rhoda, All my sunniest wishes, Jayne Mansfield.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered overall creasing and light rippling. An especially early signature from the blond bombshell.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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McQueen from The Magnificent Seven 809. Steve McQueen.

Sought-after vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of McQueen as Vin Tanner from the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Rhoda, from, Steve McQueen.”

In fine condition. A wonderful and neatly inscribed photo of McQueen, an actor who remains decidedly uncommon in signed photos. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

810. Eddie Murphy. Scarce glossy 8 x 9.75 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Murphy as Axel Foley from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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813.

Ta t u m O’Neal. Attractive

color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the gorgeous O’Neal, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

814. Al Pacino.

Glossy 8 x 9.75 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Pacino as Michael Corleone from the 1974 film The Godfather: Part II, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

811. Paul Newman. Striking vintage matte-finish 8 x 10

photo of a young Newman smoking a cigarette, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Frank, Best wishes, Paul Newman (Burt Lancaster it looks like).” In fine condition, with small areas of tape residue in top and bottom borders.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

812. Jack Nicholson.

Excellent glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Nicholson seated at a table and smoking a cigarette, signed in the lower border in black felt tip.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

815. Sean Penn. Hand-

some glossy 8 x 10 Twentieth Century Fox publicity photo of Penn as Dwyer from the 1981 film Taps, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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816. River Phoenix. Scarce glossy 8

x 10 Twentieth Century Fox publicity photo of Rivers as the titular character from the 1988 film A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

817. Dana Plato.

Uncommon glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of the lovely Plato, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The Freeling family of Poltergeist 818. Poltergeist. Desirable glossy 8 x 10 MGM publicity photo of the Freeling family from the 1982 film Poltergeist, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Harvey, God Bless You, Craig T. Nelson,” “To Harvey, JoBeth Williams,” and “Heather O’Rourke.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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819. Christopher Reeve. Fantastic glossy 8 x 10 Warner Brothers publicity photo of Reeve as the title hero from the 1983 film Superman III, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with slight waving. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

823. Meg Ryan.

Cute satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Meg Ryan, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears a talent agency label.

In fine condition, with staple holes to upper corners, and a bit of light emulsion loss.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

820.

Steve Reeves. Appealing

color glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of the brawny Reeves posing on a shoreline, signed in blue felt tip.

In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

824. Schindler’s List: Ralph Fiennes. Intense

821. Julia Roberts.

Stunning satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of the young actress, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Harvey, Best Wishes, Julia Roberts.” Reverse bears a William Morris agency label. In fine condition, with two staples holes to upper corners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

satin-finish 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Fiennes as Amon Goeth from the 1993 film Schindler’s List, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Harvey, Best wishes, Ralph Fiennes.” In very fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

822.

Kurt Russell. Won-

derful glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Kurt Russell, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears publicity captions promoting the television show The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. In fine condition, with captioning info on the reverse lightly showing through.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

825. Schind l e r ’s L i s t : Ben Kingsley.

Appealing satin-finish 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Kingsley as Itzhak Stern from the 1993 film Schindler’s List, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition.

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826. Schindler ’s List: Liam Neeson. Attractive

satin-finish 10 x 8 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Neeson as Oskar Schindler from the 1993 film Schindler’s List, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

829.

Chloe Sevigny. Charming

satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of Sevigny, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a staple hole to the top border. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

827. Schindler’s List: Steven Spielberg. Ideal satin-fin-

830.

Alicia Silverstone. Fetch-

ing glossy 8 x 10 Warner Brothers publicity photo of Silverstone for the 1993 film The Crush, signed in black felt tip by Silverstone, who adds a small heart. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

ish 8 x 10 Universal Pictures publicity photo of Spielberg on the set of the 1993 film Schindler’s List, signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with light overall scuffing.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

828. George C. Scott. Ex-

cellent glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Scott as the titular general from the 1970 film Patton, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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831. Christian Slater.

Terrific satin-finish 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Christian Slater, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with creases to upper left c o r n e r, a n d a staple hole touching his hair. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sinatra accepts the Academy’s humanitarian award in 1971

834.

Star Trek. Fantas-

tic color glossy 8 x 10 photo of cast and crew members on the set of the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, signed in blue felt tip, “William Shatner,” “Leonard N i m o y, ” a n d “Robert Wise,” and in black felt tip, “Best from, Gene Roddenberry” and “DeForest Kelley.” In fine condition, with a diagonal crease to the lower left side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

835. James Stewart. Fan-

832. Frank Sinatra. Uncommon color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Sinatra holding the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award he received at the 43rd Academy Awards, signed in black felt tip.

In fine condition, with a few small surface creases. In addition to winning an Oscar for his role in From Here to Eternity, Sinatra served as host for the 35th Academy Awards on April 8, 1963.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

833. Kevin Spacey. Appealing glossy

8 x 10 publicity portrait of Kevin Spacey in a seated pose, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with staple holes to top and bottom borders.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

tastic glossy 10 x 8 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Stewart as the hobbled L.B. ‘Jeff’ Jefferies from the 1954 Hitchcock classic Rear Window, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with some scattered light creasing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

836. Oliver Stone.

Superb glossy 8 x 10 photo of Stone holding his Best Director Oscar for the 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July, signed in blue felt tip. Reverse bears an AMPAS stamp. In very fine condition.

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837. Sharon Stone. Uncom-

mon glossy 8 x 10.25 publicity portrait of a young Sharon Stone, signed in black felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to upper right corner, and paper residue to the left side extending into her facial area. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

840. Three’s C o m p a n y.

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the second Three’s Company cast, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “”Hi Rhoda, Love to you, Priscilla Barnes,” “For Rhoda, with love and laughter, John Ritter,” and “For Rhoda—with love & kisses, Joyce DeWitt.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of transmittal, dated October 31, 1983. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

841. John Travolta.

838.

Kiefer Sutherland. Awe-

Outstanding glossy 8 x 9.75 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of Travolta as Tony Manero from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, signed in blue felt tip.

In fine condition, with light irregularity to the emulsion along the top edge. Accompanied by a Paramount Pictures press caption for the film. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

some color glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Sutherland as Ace Merrill from the 1986 film Stand by Me, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

839. Charlize Theron. Gorgeous

8 x 10 cardstock publicity portrait of a young Charlize Theron, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with staple holes to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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842. Denzel Washington. Handsome

glossy 8 x 10 photo of Washington from the 1995 film Devil in a Blue Dress, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

843. John Wayne. Incredible vintage matte-finish

10.5 x 13.5 portrait of Wayne by Ernest A. Bachrach, signed in blue ink, “Good luck, John Wayne.” Blindstamped in the lower left by the Bachrach photography studio. In very fine condition. An ideal, uninscribed portrait of the Duke by one of vintage Hollywood’s greatest photographers. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

844. Raquel Welch. Scintillating color glossy 8 x 10 three-

quarter-length photo of Welch in a white bikini, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

845. Robin Williams. Wonderful glossy 10.25 x 8 Warner Brothers publicity photo of Williams as the titular character from the 1982 film The World According to Garp, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with light wear to the borders.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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846.

Reese Witherspoon. Beauti-

ful glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of a young Reese Witherspoon, signed in blue felt tip by the actress, who adds a peace sign, heart, and smiley face. In fine condition, with two staple holes to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

847. Warren Beatty. Ap-

pealing color lobby card for the 1967 Warner Brothers film Bonnie and Clyde, 14 x 11, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “Hello Harvey—Warren Beatty.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression along the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

849. Sean Connery. Excellent color lobby card for the 1967 United Artists film You Only Live Twice, 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a staple hole to the top edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

8 5 0 . To m Cruise. Wonderful color lobby card for the 1985 film Legend, 14 x 11, nicely signed in black felt tip

by Cruise. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

851. Clint Eastwood.

848. The China Syndrome. Appealing color lobby card for the 1979 film The China Syndrome, 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip by Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, and Jane Fonda.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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Appealing color lobby card for the 1976 Warner Brothers film The Enforcer, 14 x 11, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Harvey, Clint Eastwood.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

852.

Marty Feldman. Amusing

color lobby card for the 1980 film In God We Trust, 14 x 11, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Hi Harvey, Marty Felder.� In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

855. Al Pacino and James Caan. Superb color lobby

card for the 1972 Paramount Pictures film The Godfather, 14 x 11, signed in blue felt tip by Al Pacino and James Caan.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

856. Richard Pryor. Colorful

853. The Front Page. Fantastic color lobby card for the

1974 film The Front Page, 14 x 11, signed in felt tip by Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Billy Wilder. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

854. The Man With The Golden Gun. Color lobby card

for the 1974 United Artists film The Man with the Golden Gun, 14 x 11, signed in blue felt tip by Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaize, and Britt Ekland. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

lobby card for the 1977 Universal Pictures film Which Way Is Up?, 14 x 11, vertically signed in blue felt tip by Pryor. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

857. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Awesome color lobby card

for the 1985 Twentieth Century Fox film Commando, 14 x 11, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with light creasing along the lower left side. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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858. George C. Scott. Phe-

nomenal color glossy lobby card for the 1 9 7 0 Tw e n tieth Century Fox film Patton, 14 x 10.75, signed in black felt tip by Scott.

In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

861. Three Amigos. Stupendous color lobby card for the

1986 film Three Amigos, 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip by Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short. In fine condition.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

862. John Travolta. At-

859. Martin Sheen. Remarkable color lobby card for the 1979 United Artists film Apocalypse Now, 14 x 10.75, signed in black felt tip by Sheen. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

860. St. Elmo’s Fire. Great color lobby card for the 1985 Columbia Pictures film St. Elmo’s Fire, 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip by Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, and Mare Winningham, who adds an inscription to “Jack.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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tractive color lobby card for the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, 14 x 11, signed in black felt tip by Travolta. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Brando leads the cast of Sayonara Bergman, Hayes, and others from Anastasia

863. Anastasia. Vintage ink signatures of several

cast members from the 1954 and 1956 stage and screen productions of Anastasia on a pair of off-white 4.25 x 7 book pages removed from the Signet Books publication of Anastasia. Signers include: Ingrid Bergman, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Natalie Schafer, Cathleen Nesbitt, Hurd Hatfield, Viveca Lindfors, Eugenie Leontovich, and one other. In overall fine condition, with light overall toning. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

865. Marlon Brando. Vintage ink signatures of Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, James Garner, Red Buttons, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka, Kent Smith, Miyoshi Umeki, and one other on an off-white 4 x 7 title page removed from the book Sayonara. In fine condition, with chipping to edges, and light staining and toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

866. The Bridge Over the River Kwai. Vintage ink 864. John Belushi.

Sought-after ballpoint signature, “John Belushi,” on an off-white 4.5 x 5.5 sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned glossy Universal City Studios publicity photo of Belushi in the 1979 film 1941.

Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

signatures, “Bill Holden,” “Best Wishes, Alex Guiness,” “Geoffrey Horne,” “James Donald,” “Sincerely, Sessue Hayakawa,” and “Good wishes, Jack Hawkins,” on an off-white 4 x 7 half-title page removed from the book The Bridge Over the River Kawi.

In fine condition, with light toning to edges. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

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867. Walt Disney. Vintage

ink signature, “Walt Disney,” on an off-white 4.25 x 6.5 title page removed from the book The Story of Walt Disney.

In very good condition, with light overall staining and slight blurring to the ink from onetime exposure to moisture. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

870. Bruce Lee. Immensely appealing felt tip signature,

“Bruce Lee,” adding his ‘Loong’ character below his signature, which represents the Chinese character of a dragon, on an off-white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

The tragic star of The Crow

868. Chris Farley. Felt tip signature, “Chris Farley,” on a white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Scarce signature of Cazale 869. Godfather: John Cazale. Character actor (1935–1978) who famously portrayed Fredo Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic The Godfather. Sought-after ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Scott—Warmest regards, John Cazale,” on a light green 5 x 3 card. Reverse of card bears a collectors date notation of February 1, 1975. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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871. Brandon Lee. Scarce felt tip signature, “Brandon Lee,”

on an off-white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

Monroe headlines a cast of Bus Stop stage and screen actors 872. Marilyn Monroe.

Vintage ink signature, “Marilyn Monroe,” on an off-white 4.25 x 7 title page removed from the book Bus Stop.

Also signed by several cast members from the 1956 film of the same name, including: Arthur O’Connell, Don Murray, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray (ins), Hope Lange, and Betty Field. Includes the half-title page for the same book, signed by three members of the 1955 theater production: Elaine Stritch, Albert Salmi, and Kim Stanley. In overall very good to fine condition, with toning to the page edges, and missing upper right corner tip. Pre-certified PSA/ DNA. Starting Bid $200

873. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Vintage ink signatures of Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Tuesday Weld, and Nora O’Mahoney on an off-white 4 x 7 half-title page removed from the book Rally Round the Flag, Boys! In fine condition, with light overall toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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874. Heather O’Rourke. Un-

common felt tip signature, “Love, O Heather, O’Rourke,” on an offwhite 6 x 4 card.

In very fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned glossy publicity photo of O’Rourke stapled with a talent agency profile sheet. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

Sinatra and the leading ladies of Pal Joey 877. Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. Vintage

ink signatures of Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Nichols, and Kim Novak on an off-white 4 x 7 title page removed from the book Pal Joey.

In fine condition, with light overall toning, and slight blurring to Sinatra’s signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

875. Charles Schulz. Felt tip signature, “Charles M. Schulz,” adding a wonderful sketch of Charlie Brown on an off-white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition, with light overall toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Peace 2 u, 2pac”

Bold Tate signature 878. Sharon Tate. Vintage

876. Tupac Shakur. Highly desirable felt tip signature, “Peace 2 u, 2pac,” on an off-white 6 x 4 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned photo of the late rapper.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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felt tip signature and inscription, “Milton, Best, Sharon Tate,” on an off-white 4 x 6 card. In fine condition.

The inscription could easily be matted out if desired. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

885. Julie Andrews MB $200

886. Fred Astaire MB $200

887. Fred Astaire MB $200

888. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers MB $200

889. Anne Bancroft

890. Lex Barker

891. P. T. Barnum

892. Bonanza

893. Boys Town

894. Jeremy Brett

895. Yul Brynner

896. Richard Burton

897. Lee J. Cobb

898. Chester Conklin

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899. Gary Cooper MB $200

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900. Bing Crosby

901. Sammy Davis, Jr

902. Doris Day

903. Robert DeNiro

904. Directors

905. Directors

906. Kirk Douglas

907. Clint Eastwood

908. Clint Eastwood

909. Clint Eastwood

910. Clint Eastwood

911. Easy Rider

913. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr

914. Greta Garbo

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912. Entertainers MB $200

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915. Greta Garbo

916. Greta Garbo

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917. Hoot Gibson

918. Cary Grant

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920. Fred Gwynne

919. Cary Grant

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921. Gunsmoke

922. Gabby Hayes

923. Jim Henson

924. Jim Henson

925. Jon-Erik Hexum

926. Walter Huston

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927. Judy Holliday

928. Laura Keene

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930. Grace Kelly

931. Bert Lahr

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934. Stan Laurel

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932. Fritz Lang

933. Stan Laurel

935. Vivien Leigh

936. Vivien Leigh

939. Giulietta Masina

940. Toshiro Mifune

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937. Lee Marvin

929. Grace Kelly

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938. MASH MB $200

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941. Roger Moore

942. Paul Newman

944. Peter O’Toole MB $200

945. Our Gang: Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer

948. S. Z. Sakall

949. Peter Sellers

951. Steven Spielberg

952. Sylvester Stallone

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943. Notables MB $200

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946. Our Gang: Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer

947. Sidney Poitier MB $200

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950. Jean Simmons MB $200

953. Sylvester Stallone MB $200

954. Barbara Stanwyck MB $200

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956. James Stewart and Grace Kelly

957. John Sturges

959. Thelma Todd

960. Max von Sydow

961. John Wayne

962. John Wayne

963. Mae West

964. Billy Wilder

965. Robin Williams

966. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

955. Star Trek

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967. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory MB $200

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968. Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger MB $200

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969. Wizard of Oz: Jack Haley MB $200

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970. Anna May Wong MB $200

sports Boxing, politics, and more—Ali’s 1968 datebook

971. Muhammad Ali. Ali’s personal day planner from 1968, the cover reading, “National Diary for 1968,” over 360 pages,

8 x 12.75, containing writing on more than half the pages with over 1800 words in Ali’s hand. Many also have entries in other hands, possibly by his wife Belinda Ali. Many of the entries involve events, schedules, and financial transactions. Ali writes his own name in two instances, once on the title page, “Book belongs to Muhammad Ali,” and once on March 13, “Book written on Muhammad Ali, $6.00.” A few of Ali’s entries refer to his fellow boxers (spelling and grammar retained): February 26, “Paid $1200. for Paris France newspaper Story on fight with Joe Frazier & Buster Mathes”; September 15, “Esard Charles is dieing. have something for him, try to be there, I have OKed it”; October 27, “E. Charles…Dinner in his honor. try to be there. in Chicago place not known yet”; October 10, “$500 for watching the Jack Johnson Play in NY. NY. Payed by Time Magazine.”

Based on the first item here, Ali must have contributed some ‘insider’ analysis to a Paris newspaper concerning the upcoming World Heavyweight Championship bout between Buster Mathis and Joe Frazier—Ali’s claim to the title had been vacated the previous year after he refused to enter the draft for the Vietnam War. Later on in 1968, the great boxer and heavyweight champ of the past Ezzard Charles was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. A benefit dinner was held for Charles on November 13, which Ali attended along with six other World Champions, including Rocky Marciano, Henry Armstrong, and Archie Moore.

Hints of Ali’s activism are also found throughout, notably in the days following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968. Ali was scheduled for five speaking engagements at colleges between April 5–12, all of which he struck through and wrote “Canseled.” He refers to MLK’s younger brother on May 6, writing, “Call A.D. King and Check on the Lou Ky Speech.”

On July 13, he writes of his involvement with Jesse Jackson, the head of the SCLC Chicago chapter of the Operation Bread Basket economic initiative, “Orp Bread Basket in Chi with Rev Jackson on south park 46 Streets at 9 oclock .” The theme of black activism past and present continues on August 17, when Ali notes “Marcus Garvey’s Birthday,” and refers to Elijah Muhammad, “Call Wayne Watson Director Black students of Northwestern University Evanston Ill he wants me to teach to the people about the Messenger.” He also mentions several religious events throughout.

He returns to sports in November, writing on the 4th, “be in NY for story in Sport Ill,” and on the 7th, “payed from Sports Illustrated $5000.00 tax due.” In overall very good to fine condition, with many pages detached or loose, three sheets missing, and edge wear to covers. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Overall, this offers a unique and insightful look into Ali’s life during an important period. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 211

Ali seeks to renew his boxer’s license in 1970 972. Muhammad Ali. DS, signed in black ballpoint, “Muhammad Ali,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 23, 1970. State of Michigan boxing license application for Ali, a renewal of his expired 1968 license, complete with his home address, telephone number, birth date and fighting style, “righthand.” Signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint by Ali. In fine condition, with expected document wear.

Citing his Islamic religious beliefs, Ali famously refused induction into the US Army in 1967—a stance that led to his arrest and eventual conviction on draft evasion charges. The champ was subsequently stripped of his title, and boxing commissions across the country revoked his professional boxing licenses. As he appealed the conviction, Ali worked toward reinstatement to the ring, and, two months after filing this application with Michigan officials, he managed to get his licenses reinstated by the city of Atlanta, Georgia. A direct relic of Ali’s return to boxing after a three-year absence. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

“Cassius Clay, 3–5–64” 973. Muhammad Ali. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Cassius Clay, 3–5–64,” on an off-white 7.5 x 4.25 Associated Press film envelope. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the signature was obtained from the nephew of AP photographer David Pickoff.

Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

974. Enzo Ferrari. Pur-

ple ink signature, “Grazie e saluti, Ferrarri,” on the reverse of a 4.75 x 6 cardstock photo of racing driver Brian Redman. Reverse also bears a preprinted signature of Redman. In fine condition, with a light central vertical bend. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

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975. Jimmie Foxx. Ballpoint signature, “Jimmie Foxx,” on

an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 lightly-lined evenly trimmed card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

The eccentric chess grandmaster 976. Bobby Fischer.

Scarce personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Fischer, payable to Northwest Chess for $4, June 18, 1971. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold and a small piece of tape affixed to top. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

977. Bobby Jones.

Ink signature, “Robt.

T. Jones, Jr.,” on an off-white 8.5 x 6 sheet of letterhead belonging to Dr. Louis M. Golden. In fine condition, with two vertical folds (neither touching the signature). Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

978. Rocky Marciano.

Terrific Rocky Marciano Americo menu cover, 9.5 x 13.75, depicting numerous illustrations of the pugilist’s many felled opponents, signed and inscribed on the inside in blue ballpoint, “To ‘Joe,’ my pal, Thanks for being a good Pal. I’ll teach ya to box OK, Rocky Marciano, 12/28/57.”

In very good to fine condition, with creasing and soiling, primarily to the margins. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

979. Jim Thorpe. Uncommon ballpoint signature,

“Nov. 4th 1952, With very best of good luck, from Jim Thorpe,” on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200

980. Babe Ruth. Pencil signature, “Babe Ruth,” on

an off-white 3.75 x 1 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition, with a light block of toning touching the upper half of the signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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One-of-a-kind ‘Pride of the Yankees’ baseball, starring Ruth and Gary Cooper View all sides of the baseball online at RRAuction.com

981. Babe Ruth. Exceptionally rare Spalding Official League baseball signed in fountain pen on the sweet spot and side panels by members of the cast and crew of the 1942 Lou Gehrig biopic The Pride of the Yankees, including Babe Ruth, Gary Cooper, Eleanor Gehrig (Lou’s widow), producer Sam Goldwyn, director Sam Wood, Walter Brennan, Bill Dickey, and Babe Herman; also later signed by Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Warren Spahn, Eddie Mathews, Stan Musial, and Duke Snider. Mounted on a blotter with barely legible text reading, “Compliments of Christy Walsh, Pride of the Yankees,” evidently given as a gift by the pioneering sports agent whose clients included Ruth and Gehrig. In good to very good condition, with deep, heavy overall toning, areas of surface loss affecting some names (most noticeably Cooper’s), and several signatures quite light (most noticeably Mantle’s); Ruth’s signature rates a 7/10 in strength while the others average about 3/10 in strength. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. This baseball belonged to Frank Maher, a member of the sound department that worked on The Pride of the Yankees. The film’s iconic line—‘Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth’—was voted 38th on the American Film Institute’s list of 100 greatest movie quotes. Boasting the unusual combination of Ruth, Cooper, and others involved in making The Pride of the Yankees, this is a marvelous piece of American pop culture history. Starting Bid $500

Gorgeous 1932 Los Angeles silver 982. Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics Silver Winner’s Medal. Win-

ner’s medal issued for the Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics. Silver, 55 mm, 72 gm,

by Giuseppe Cassioli. The front, inscribed, “Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1932,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by jubilant athletes. Complete with its original beige cardboard presentation box with silver triangular metal plate on bottom designating second place finisher.

A wonderful example of this classic design.

Starting Bid $500

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Bronze from 1920 Antwerp, the return of the Summer Games—plus its rare leather case

983. Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Bronze Winner’s Medal. Sought-after winner’s medal issued for the Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 81 gm,

by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed “VII Olympiade”; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, “Anvers MCMXX.” Complete with its exceedingly rare red leather case, gilt-stamped with a legend indicating third place finisher, “3me Prix, VIIe Olympiade, Anvers 1920.”

A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Summer Games. In spite of such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions—the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional third place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity. Winner’s medals from the 1920 Games are hardly—if ever—offered with their original presentation cases. Starting Bid $500

Beautiful 1948 London second place silver medal 984. London 1948 Summer Olympics Silver Winner’s Medal. Winner’s medal

issued for the London 1948 Summer Olympics.

Silver, 51 mm, 65 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli.

The front, inscribed, “XIVth Olympiad, London, 1948,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by jubilant athletes.

With only 300 of these second place winner’s medals minted and 136 awarded, they are quite scarce. Starting Bid $500

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Wrestling bronze from the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics 985.

Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Bronze Winner’s Medal. Winner’s

medal issued for the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics awarded for wrestling. Bronze [tombac], 60 mm, 120 gm, by Ilya Postol, Moscow. The front, inscribed in Cyrillic, features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse features the Moscow Olympic emblem and Olympic flame. Edge is engraved in Cyrillic to indicate the associated sport, wrestling. Complete with original colorful ribbon.

The United States led sixty-five countries in a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Between the important historical events surrounding the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the scarcity of these medals, they hold a special international appeal and are sought by collectors worldwide. Starting Bid $500

Atlanta’s iconic ‘heaven and earth’ torch 986. Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics Torch. Official 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics torch, constructed of gold-plated brass, aluminum, and Georgian pecan hardwood, measuring 31.75˝ in length and 2.5˝ at its widest point. Designed

by Peter Mastrogiannis, the wooden handle represents the connection of the flame between heaven and earth, and the torch’s twenty-two reeds, representing every host city of the Olympic Games since 1896, are gathered by bands at the top and bottom, with the top displaying the Atlanta Games logo and the quilt of leaves design, and the bottom band listing all Olympic cities and their dates since 1896. Exhibits some scattered tarnishing or pitting to the metal bands.

The torch relay was run from April 27 to July 19, 1966, and covered 26,875 km across the United States by over 12,000 torchbearers. Its journey included a trek on the Pony Express, a ride on the Union Pacific Railroad, and the first instance in which an Olympic relay torch made its way into space when it was carried aboard Space Shuttle Columbia as part of STS-78.

A highly appealing relay torch from the Centennial Olympic Games. Oversized. Starting Bid $300

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988. Muhammad Ali MB $200

992. Muhammad Ali

995. Muhammad Ali

996. Muhammad Ali

MB $200

998. Boston Bruins MB $200

990. Muhammad Ali

993. Muhammad Ali

994. Muhammad Ali

MB $200

991. Muhammad Ali MB $200

989. Muhammad Ali

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997. Baseball Legends

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999. Boston: Williams Orr MB $200

1000. Jack Dempsey MB $200

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1001. Dale Earnhardt

1002. Curt Flood

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1003. Rogers Hornsby

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1004. Derek Jeter

1005. Bobby Jones

1006. Joe Louis

1007. Mickey Mantle

1008. Mickey Mantle

1009. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays

1010. Minnesota Twins

1011. Mel Ott

1014. Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio

1015. Carl Yastrzemski

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1012. Jesse Owens MB $200

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1013. Ted Williams MB $200

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amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.

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Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner.

If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received

by RR Auction.

NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.

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

Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties.

If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court

of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.

Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location.

The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles.

The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages.

The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.

CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 7324280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading).

Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.

Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.

Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.

Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice.

Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction.

Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers.

Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing.

RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/ EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/ EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion.

Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing.

RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction.

The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.

During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium.

Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a nonsale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s

Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement.

Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future.

In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available.

Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.

GLOSSARY OF CONDITION TERMS FOR DECADES, RR AUCTION HAS LED THE INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED CONDITION STATEMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE SELL. STARTING IN 2016 WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A FRESH APPROACH TO DESCRIBING EACH ITEM’S CONDITION. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration.

VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance.

FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors.

VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example).

GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important.

Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.

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