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March 6, 2019

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CONTENTS

Presidents and First Ladies............................................................................................ 4 Notables....................................................................................................................... 25 Military.......................................................................................................................... 60 Aviation......................................................................................................................... 66 Space........................................................................................................................... 69 Art, Architecture, and Design........................................................................................ 75 Comic Art and Animation.............................................................................................. 85 Literature...................................................................................................................... 88 Music......................................................................................................................... 113 Classic Entertainment................................................................................................ 127 The John Brennan Collection .................................................................................... 137 Sports........................................................................................................................ 140 Conditions of Sale..................................................................................................... 147

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presidents and first ladies

President Washington welcomes a Revolutionary surgeon into the Society of the Cincinnati 1. George Washington. Ornately

engraved partly-printed vellum DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 20 x 13.75, December 10, 1785. A Society of Cincinnati membership certificate issued to Thomas Tillotson. In part: “Be it known that Thomas Tillotson Esquire, Physician & Surgeon General to the late Northern Army is a Member of the Society of the Cincinnati; instituted by the Officers of the American Army, at the Period of its Dissolution, as well to commemorate the great Event which gave Independence to North America, as for the laudable Purpose of inculcating the Duty of lying down in Peace Arms assumed for public Defence, and of uniting in Acts of brotherly Affection, and Bonds of perpetual Friendship…In Testimony whereof I, the President of the said Society, have hereunto set my Hand at Mount Vernon.” Signed at the conclusion by George Washington as the Society’s president and countersigned by Henry Knox as secretary. Handsomely double-matted with a portrait of General Washington to an overall size of 33.75 x 18.75. In very good to fine condition, with overall rippling, and light show-through (and an associated stain) at the top edge from two pieces of archival tape on the reverse.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in May 1783 as an exclusive fraternal organization for officers who had served at least three years in the Continental military, as well as high-ranking officers in the French military; membership has since been expanded to include the eldest male heirs of original members and descendants of officers who served during the Revolution.

Washington was elected as the first President General of the Society in December of 1783 and served until his death in 1799, when he was succeeded by Alexander Hamilton.

Society of the Cincinnati documents are quite rare and represent one of the most attractive and desirable formats of all Washington documents available. The recipient of this example, Thomas Tillotson, had served as a first lieutenant and medical surgeon during the Revolution, and had been in direct communication with Tillotson in 1778, requesting his services in the formation of a military and flying hospital for the use and benefit of the troops under the command of Major General Sullivan.

A spectacular document signed by the nation’s founding father. Starting Bid $2500

2. George Washington. Attractively

penned free-franked address panel, 6.25 x 3.5, accomplished entirely in Washington’s own hand, “To John Parke Custis Esq’re, In New Kent Ct’y, Virginia,” and beautifully franked in the lower left, “G:o Washington.” Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 20.75 x 29.25.

In fine condition. John Parke Custis was a Virginia planter and the son of Martha Washington and the stepson of George Washington. Custis died at the age of 26 of ‘camp fever’ while serving as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. A decidedly appealing example that was published in Edward Stern’s 1936 book, History of the Free Franking of Mail in the United States. Starting Bid $1000

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3.

John Adams. Part-

Fantastic four-language ship’s papers for a 1799 voyage

ly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.5 x 17.5, April 2, 1799. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Elkanah Talman of New Bedford, master or commander of the Ship called the Minerva…lying at present in the port of N. York, bound for Londonderry and laden with Flaxseed & Staves.” Prominently signed at center

by President Adams and countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. Both affixed white paper seals remain fully intact. In very good condition, with light toning, small areas of paper loss, and complete separations along intersecting folds repaired on the reverse. A scarce and sought-after oversized format, boasting a large signature of America’s second president. Starting Bid $300

4. John Adams. Very desirable free-franked

address panel, 4.75 x 3.5, addressed and dated in another hand, “Quincy, M., July 15th, Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, Atkinson, New Hampshire,” and franked by the elderly statesman, “J. Adams,” who adds “Free” to the upper right. Archivally matted and framed with an engraving of Adams to an overall size of 12.5 x 19.75. In fine condition, with light toning along the central vertical fold. Elizabeth Peabody was the sister of Abigail Adams, the second first lady of the United States and the wife and closest advisor of John Adams.

Starting Bid $300

5. James Monroe. ALS signed “Ja’s Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, March 6, 1792. Letter to “The honble Mr. Giles,” in full: “I had appropriated in my private arrangements for payment of the sum due you, the amount, out of what the State owed me for my labours in the revision of the laws; I expected to have applied it before we came last fall, but owing to some disagreement between us on some points the report was not made to the Assembly. The other gent’n are now sitting on the business, and as soon as it shall be completed the money will be at our command. From this fund it wo’d be perfectly convenient to make the payment. If this sho’d not take place before the adjournment I shall endeavor to furnish as great a part of the demand, from my other resources as possible. The amount will entirely depend upon your own wishes, it being mine to accommodate my own to yours. You will be so kind to mention whether you will require it untill about the time of adjournment.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Monroe’s hand. In fine condition, with an old reinforcement strip along the left edge, and repaired seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $200

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6. James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.75, April 15, 1825. President Monroe grants John Allen of Monroe County, Indiana, a tract of land in Crawfordsville “containing Eighty Acres.” Nicely signed at the conclusion by President Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. The crisp white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with light wrinkling and soiling, and a few small stains.

Starting Bid $200

8 . M a r t i n Va n Buren. Full free

7. John Quincy Adams. Ink signature, “J. Q. Adams,”

on an off-white 1.75 x .75 slip, dated “1826” in another hand.

Affixed to a slightly larger slip and in very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling. Starting Bid $200

frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 with a center panel of 5.25 x 3.25, postmarked May 6 [circa 1829–31], addressed

by Van Buren to “Genl.

Samuel Smith, Baltimore,” and franked in the upper right, “Department of State, M. Van Buren.” Stamped “Free” below the signature. In fine condition, with edge repairs to seal-related paper loss. Starting Bid $200

“I earnestly hope that I may have occasion to hail you as something still greater than Commodore or Senator” 9. John Tyler. ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x

9.75, November 17, 1851. Letter to the Hon. Robert F. Stockton, a commodore notable for the capture of California during the Mexican–American War, who went on to serve as senator from 1851 to 1853. In part: “I am sure it will give you pleasure at all times, to take by the hand a man worthy of your notice. Such is the gentleman who will hand you this, Col. John S. Cunningham of this State. He was lately Editor of the Pilot at Portsmouth, a Dem. paper, and more recently was the Commissioner for Va. at the World’s fair, and more recently still has been appointed by Gov. Floyd, one of his aids. Toward myself he has ever been true in his regard and of you he has not failed at all times to speak in exalted terms…I recommend him to your kindest attentions, and if you can do him a favour in forwarding any wish he may have, you will never resent it. You see I endorse him strongly. I have had no opportunity of bidding you all hail as Senator, heretofore. I earnestly hope that I may have occasion to hail you as something still greater than Commodore or Senator.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Lincoln appoints a Union postmaster at the start of the Civil War

10. Abraham Lincoln. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 11.25, July 16, 1861. President Lincoln appoints

Jonathan C. Havens as “Deputy Postmaster at Chicopee, in the State of Massachusetts.” Neatly and prominently signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln, and countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with multiple vertical folds. Postmaster appointments from Lincoln’s term are quite uncommon. Starting Bid $1000

Crisply penned free frank from Lincoln 11. Abraham Lincoln. Rare free-franked transmittal envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in Lincoln’s hand to “Hon. S. L. Casey, National Hotel,” and franked in the upper right corner, “A. Lincoln.” Archivally triple-matted and framed with a portrait of President Lincoln to an overall size of 17.75 x 22.75. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and two vertical folds.

Samuel L. Casey was a Kentucky congressman who served as the eighth treasurer of the United States during the Pierce and Buchanan administrations. Following his retirement in 1863, he entered the mercantile business, with research showing that he corresponded with President Lincoln in regard to the transportation of cotton from Louisiana. Starting Bid $1000

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12. Abraham Lincoln. Origi-

nal limited edition 1.75 x 1.75 swatch of black horsehair upholstery, numbered 18/85, removed from the ‘Lincoln Courting Couch,’ a sofa owned by Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards, the brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd. The sofa originates from the parlor of the Edwards home in Springfield, Illinois, which also served as the residence of Mary Todd from October 1839 until her marriage to Abraham Lincoln in November 1842. Mary and Abraham met at a dance in 1838 and, despite Ninian and Elizabeth not approving of the older suitor, they were famously allowed to meet and converse on the Empire-style, horsehair-covered sofa from which this swatch derives. The ‘Lincoln Courting Sofa’ swatch is affixed to an 11.5 x 8 presentation sheet and includes a corresponding pamphlet signed by its author, Daniel E. Pearson, and the remover of the sofa fabric, Chuck Hand. In fine condition.

Accompanied by two photos of the fabric sheets removed from the ‘Courting Couch.’ Provenance: From the collection of Harold Holzer, a prominent Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolnia. He is the author or editor of 52 books and specializes in representations of Lincoln in visual culture. Holzer was senior vice president for public affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1992 to 2015 and served as co-chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission from 2000 to 2010. Starting Bid $200

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

8 x 10, March 26, 1870. President Grant directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of John Thrasher, Jr.” Signed at the conclusion by President Grant. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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14. U. S. Grant.

Choice ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.25 slip. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of General Grant at Cold Harbor to an overall size of 14 x 19.5. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

Very early real estate deed signed twice by Hayes as a young practicing attorney

15. Rutherford B. Hayes. Twice-signed partly-printed DS, signed “R. B. Hayes, Notary Public,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, May 10, 1852. Warranty deed concerning the sale of real estate in Republic, Ohio, by Robert and Mary Shoemaker to the Lake Erie Rail Road Company of Ohio, with Hayes acknowledging the title and then filling out the portion dated a week later on May 17th, which notes that “Mary C. Shoemaker, wife of said Robert M., being examined by me, separate and apart from her husband and the contents of said deed made known and explained to her declares that she did voluntarily sign, seal, and acknowledge the same.”

Signed at the conclusion of each section by Hayes, who also dockets the upper portion of the reverse. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and general light handling wear. Starting Bid $200

“I should prefer to go out of life in my full strength... rather than fade out by the slow process of disease or by the slower process decay from old age” 16. James A. Garfield. ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, May 19, 1871. Letter to Wallace J. Ford in Corry, Pennsylvania, in part: “I have read with the deepest, saddest interest, the sketch of the last hours of that brave noble man, whose face I saw for one moment. I shall always count it an honor to have been told that I resembled him in any degree. When I read the account, I said to Crete that I should prefer to go out of life in my full strength as Mr. Staples did, rather than fade out by the slow process of disease or by the slower process decay from old age. Our hearts go out to Mary in the keenest sympathy for her great loss. Not knowing that you were away from Corry, I telegraphed you there last week. I hope you will not fail to come to Commencement and bring Mary. We all want to see you both. Crete joins me in much love.” In fine condition.

At the time he penned this letter, Garfield was serving in the House of Representatives as a congressman from Ohio. He makes several informal references to his beloved wife Lucretia—”Crete”—and remarks on the unappealing prospect of decay in old age.

After assuming the presidency ten years later, Garfield was struck down by an assassin’s bullet on July 2, 1881, and died on September 19th. A remarkable, eerily prescient autograph letter by Garfield. Starting Bid $200

“We shall now hear in many of the newspapers a blast of praise of the man they have been so denouncing” 17. James A. Garfield. LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 10, May 7, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison in Cleveland, in part: “Your letter is exactly what I wanted and I hope it is not too late to get it into my paper. News comes this morning that Mr. Ames is dying, and perhaps he will be dead before this paper reaches you. We shall now hear in many of the newspapers a blast of praise of the man they have been so denouncing; and they will probably insist that he alone of all the set was the honest man and the rest mere thieves. If he dies, it will be a serious embarrassment to my article, in which I severely criticise his testimony. And yet I do not see that I can avoid doing it. I found the family all will except the baby, who is still coughing hard, although I think he improves.” Includes an autograph postscript by Garfield, signed “J.A.G.,” written in pencil on a 5 x 8 sheet, in full: “P.S. I hear some mutterings in reference to Pacific Mail…newspaper correspondents—do you hear anything more? Did you write any letters to any New York parties, and of which anything could be made? I presume not; but in this era of suspicion & attack you never know what will be said or charged. Please drop me a note on this topic.” Includes the original free-franked House of Representatives mailing envelope, addressed in another hand to Robison and franked in the upper right, “J. A. Garfield.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing and toning to the free-franked envelope. A year earlier, Congressman Oakes Ames had become embroiled in the ‘Credit Mobilier Scandal,’ when it was exposed that in 1867, during the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, he had distributed cash bribes and discounted shares of Credit Mobilier stock to other congressmen in exchange for votes and actions favorable to the Union Pacific Railroad. Garfield was among the politicians implicated in accepting stock, casting a blemish on his good name. Congress had passed a resolution formally censuring Ames on February 28, 1873, bringing about an official end to the controversial affair, and Ames died soon afterward on May 8, 1873—one day after Garfield sent this letter. Although Garfield was never exactly exonerated from the claims, and Democrats attacked him with talk of the scandal during his run for president in 1880, the Credit Mobilier crisis ultimately had little effect on his political career. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 9

“I went on election day to argue a case in the Supreme Court” 18. James A. Garfield. ALS signed

“J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, October 21, 1873. Letter to the Hon. John Peter Robison, in full: “I have just returned home, from Washington, where I went on election day to argue a case in the Supreme Court—I went from there to N.Y. & have seen many prominent businessmen, in reference to the financial situation.

I must go this evening to Salem, to see my sisters, but I will to go & see you before the week ends, if possible. The election will not draw tears from all eyes—& is not with out some compensation.” In fine condition. In mentioning the “financial situation,” Garfield references the ‘Panic of 1873,’ a worldwide economic crisis that triggered a depression lasting through the end of the decade. Superb content from the future president while serving as one of Ohio’s congressmen. Starting Bid $200

19. Grover Cleveland. Partly-printed

DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 24, 1885. President Cleveland authorizes and directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to an envelope containing my letter accrediting Henry R. Jackson as Minister of the US to the Republic of Mexico.” Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by Cleveland.

In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned cabinet photo of Cleveland, taken by Sarony in 1892. Jackson had been a major general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, seeing action at the Battle of Cheat Mountain and the Battle of Nashville. Starting Bid $200 10 |

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20. Grover Cleveland. At-

tractive partlyprinted vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, August 31, 1893.

President Cleveland appoints John H. Janeway as “Deputy Surgeon General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the United States.” Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Cleveland and countersigned by Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont. The dark blue seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Roosevelt’s “effective retaliation” against the Germans 21. Theodore Roosevelt.

World War Idated TLS, one page, 8.5 x 10.25, May 12, 1915. Written from Walnut Park in Syracuse, a letter to noted book publisher Irving Putnam, in full: “That is an excellent letter of yours. What the Germans really would mind, however, would be, not a withdrawal of our ambassadors, but what I have advocated in print—refusal, in view of their conduct, to permit trade with them, and the throwing wide open of trade, without any restrictions, to the other civilized nations, including the allies. This is the effective retaliation. Of course, if necessary, we could follow it up by seizing all their interned ships.” In very good condition, with stains, three edge tears, and several areas of thin paper from prior mounting.

Starting Bid $300

22. Theodore Roosevelt.

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 20.25, December 26, 1901.

President Roosevelt appoints Samuel B. Pearson as “First Lieutenant of Cavalry in the service of the United Service.”

Signed at the conclusion

by President Roosevelt and countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. The blue seal affixed to the lower left has a few tears and creases but remains mostly intact. In very good to fine condition, with multiple horizontal creases. Pearson served in the 9th Cavalry Regiment, famously known as the ‘Buffalo Soldiers.’ Starting Bid $200

23. Theodore Roosevelt. TLS,

one page, 6.5 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, May 5, 1911.

Letter to Edward B. Clark, in full; “I thank you for your note, and am interested in it. As you say, I of course cannot give a letter to Grey. The only ornithologist I happen to know is Cherry Kearton, of whose address I am entirely ignorant. I suppose you could find him in the London directory however. He has done remarkable work in photographing birds, and he I am sure could advise you where to go to. Do let me see you as soon as you come back.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

25. Woodrow Wilson. Huge

matte-finish 14.75 x 18 photo of President Wilson signing a document with his private secretary Joseph Patrick Tumulty by his side, signed in fountain pen by both, “Woodrow Wilson” and “Joseph P. Tumulty.” Affixed to a same-size board and in very good to fine condition, with speckled discoloration to the image, chipping tot the edges, and some areas of light silvering. Starting Bid $200

24. William H. Taft.

Striking oversized mattefinish 9.75 x 11.75 portrait of Taft taken by Pach Bros. in 1908, affixed to its original 13.5 x 16.75 studio mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in ink as president, “For R. H. Faxon, with best wishes, Wm. H. Taft, April 1, 1910.” In very good to fine condition, with a light crease passing from the left edge to the top of Taft’s head. Starting Bid $200

26. Calvin Coolidge. Partly-printed DS as president, one

page, 15.75 x 20, December 27, 1926. President Coolidge appoints Paul L. Reed as a “Civil Engineer in the Navy with the rank of Captain.” Signed at the conclusion by Coolidge, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur.

Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette.

In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and light overall staining. Starting Bid $200

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President Hoover thanks Thomas Edison for birthday wishes 27. Herbert Hoover.

ALS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 12, 1930. Letter to “Mr. Thomas Edison, West Orange, N.J.,” in full: “I have your telegram.

I wish to thank you and Mrs. Edison sincerely for the kind thought which led you to send it to me.” An annotation at the top, in an unknown hand, reads: “Send to Mina at Home.” In very good to fine condition, with overall toning and a few light spots of foxing. President Hoover had turned 56 two days earlier, and evidently is replying to a birthday telegram from his friend, the greatest American inventor of his generation. The two had become friends after meeting each other at the dedication of the Edison Institute (also known as The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village) in Dearborn, Michigan on October 21, 1929. Starting Bid $200

Original sketch and poem

by FDR, dedicated to the White House librarian

28. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Original pencil

sketch by Franklin D. Roosevelt showing the White House librarian, Mary Eben, kissing a man named Louie, accomplished on a brown 7 x 9 card, with an original poem typed below: “When Louie spruced up and looked nice / Mary Eben kisses him thrice / But we all stand in soulful rows / even when his hair’s in bows.” Signed on the right side in pencil, “F.D.R., Fecit!”

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29. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fantastic matte-

finish 10 x 8 photo of President Roosevelt meeting with five-yearold Phyllis Smith to kick off the annual Red Cross roll call, neatly signed across the top in fountain pen. In very good to fine condition, with a few areas of light silvering, and some rippling to the top edge. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping featuring an image of Smith pinning a Red Cross button on FDR. Starting Bid $200

30. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Unusual vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Roosevelt wearing a kingly makeshift robe and crown and holding fireplace tongs, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For my friend who has come back to us, Lewis B. Sebring, Jr., from Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 20, 1930.”

Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 15, with the recipient noting that he received the photo in Albany in 1930 and that the costume was worn by Roosevelt at “the Legislation Correspondents Dinner that year.” In fine condition, with some unobtrusive crazing to the emulsion. Lewis B. Sebring, Jr., was a journalist and war correspondent for the New York Herald-Tribune, who reported on combat in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II. Starting Bid $200

31. Harry S. Truman.

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 18, 1945. Letter to Barnet Nover of the Washington Post, in full: “I appreciated most highly your note of the sixteenth in regard to my effort at the Gridiron Club. As you can well understand, I was in somewhat of a spot, due to the fact that it was my first appearance and the Governor of New York had seen fit to make a political speech. I was somewhat worried about the result but evidently, with my usual good luck, it came through all right. I know it did if you say so. I appreciated your note very much.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Truman’s historic WWII victory proclamation 32. Harry S. Truman. Impressive

printed World War II proclamation, one page, 14.75 x 21.75, May 8, 1945. A lithographic proclamation, issued the day following the German surrender, for a day of prayer to be celebrated on May 13, 1945. The text reads, in part: “The Allied Armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God’s help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender.

The Western World has been freed of the evil forces which for five years and longer have imprisoned the bodies and broken the lives of millions upon millions of free-born men. They have violated their churches, destroyed their homes, corrupted their children, and murdered their loved ones. Our Armies of Liberation have restored freedom to these suffering people, whose spirit and will the oppressors could never enslave. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the West must now be won in the East. The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United the peace-loving nations have demonstrated in the West that their arms are stronger by far than the might of the dictators or the tyranny of military cliques that once called us soft and weak…

Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby appoint Sunday, May 13, 1945, to be a day of prayer. I call upon the people of the United States, whatever their faith, to unite in offering joyful thanks to God for the victory we have won and to pray that he will support us to the end of our present struggle and guide us into the ways of peace. I also call upon my countrymen to dedicate this day of prayer to the memory of those who have given their lives to make possible our victory. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.” Prominently signed at the conclusion in black ink by Truman. In fine to very fine condition. On Truman’s 61st birthday, May 8, 1945, having only recently assumed the presidency, he held a press conference in the Oval Office to announce Germany’s surrender from World War II. Before an audience of his cabinet and other dignitaries, President Truman delivered this proclamation and declared May 13, 1945, a day of prayer in honor of those who served. A wonderful proclamation from a hard-won day of celebration that brought one of the darkest periods of modern history to a close. Starting Bid $500

“If you need more put in a good sized yell and you’ll get it” 33. Harry S. Truman. ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, July 24, 1958.

Letter to the Hon. Robert P. Weatherford, the mayor of Truman’s hometown, Independence, Missouri. In full: “I’ve been to France, New York, Long Island and other places.

I’ve had some rest. But rest is not what I need. I want Robert Weatherford nominated and elected to the Congress from the 4th District of Missouri. But don’t miss a town, city or county outside Jackson. You don’t have to worry about your home county. Here is something that may help. If you need more put in a good sized yell and you’ll get it.” In very good to fine condition, with envelope-related toning. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Truman’s hand. Starting Bid $200

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Truman’s influential ‘Four Point’ inaugural address 34. Harry S. Truman. Press release, five pages on four sheets, 8 x 14,

January 19, 1949. Mimeographed press release of Harry S. Truman’s inaugural address, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen. In part: “Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, and Fellow Citizens: I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. I accept it with a deep resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world.

In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and prayers of every one of you. I ask for your encouragement and your support. The tasks we face are difficult, and we can accomplish them only if we work together…First, we will continue to give unfaltering support to the United Nations and related agencies, and we will continue to search for ways to strengthen their authority and increase their effectiveness…Second, we will continue our programs for world economic recovery…Third, we will strengthen freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression…Fourth, we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas…Events have brought our American democracy to new influence and new responsibilities.

They will test our courage, our devotion to duty, and our concept of liberty. But I say to all men, what we have achieved in liberty, we will surpass in greater liberty. Steadfast in our faith in the Almighty, we will advance toward a world where man’s freedom is secure. To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve. With God’s help, the future of mankind will be assured in a world of justice, harmony, and peace.” In fine condition. Known as the ‘Four Point Speech,’ Truman outlines American values against the scourge of communism and calls for Democrats and Republicans alike to assist people around the world struggling for freedom and human rights. This speech is generally regarded as the beginning of international development policy in relation to the Third World. Starting Bid $200

35. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sou-

venir typescript of General Dwight Eisenhower’s Order of the Day on June 6, 1944, delivered upon the D-Day invasion of France, 5.5 x 8.75, removed from one of Eisenhower’s limited edition Crusade in Europe books, signed at the conclusion in black ink by Eisenhower. The order reads, in part: “Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Forces: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you…But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned!” Archivally matted and framed with a portrait of Eisenhower at his desk to an overall size of 19.75 x 16.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200 14 |

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36. Dwight D. Eisenhower. TLS as presi-

dent, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 20, 1958. Letter to Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy, in full: “I have noted the recent agreement between the Air Force and the Navy providing for the transfer of flight operations from Anacostia Naval Air Station and Bolling Air Force Base, to a consolidated facility at Andrews Air Force Base. This action will result in substantial benefits to civil and military aviation in terms of maximum safe civil and military use of the airspace and airports in the Washington region. In addition, without at this time specifying the future use to be made of the space and facilities that will be freed by the move, it is clear that the overall effect can only be to help relieve some of the pressures on the Federal Government for needed facilities in the Nation’s Capital. The Department of Defense and the Departments of Air Force and Navy in particular are to be commended for their constructive action.” The reverse has been stamped twice as “Received” by the Secretary of Defense’s office. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, a few light stains, and multiple staple holes along the top edge. Starting Bid $200

Uncommon Ike-signed White House document 37. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Uncommon TMS, 8.25 x 13.25, January

10, 1957. An original White House manuscript of Eisenhower’s annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, typed on official legal paper watermarked with the presidential seal. In part: “In the world today, the surging and understandable tide of nationalism is marked by widespread revulsion and revolt against tyranny, injustice, inequality and poverty. As individuals, joined in a common hunger for freedom, men and women and even children pit their spirit against guns and tanks. On a larger scale, in an ever more persistent search for the self-respect of authentic sovereignty and the economic base on which national independence must rest, peoples sever old ties; seek new alliances; experiment—sometimes dangerously—in their struggle to satisfy these human aspirations…Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline. This definition has a special application to the areas of wage and price policy in a free economy. Should we persistently fail to discipline ourselves, eventually there will be increasing pressure on government to redress the failure. By that process freedom will step by step disappear.

No subject on the domestic scene should more attract the concern of the friends of American working men and women and of free business enterprise than the forces that threaten a steady depreciation of the value of our money…The cost of peace is something we must face boldly, fearlessly. Beyond money, it involves changes in attitudes, the renunciation of old prejudices, even the sacrifice of some seeming self-interest. Only five days ago I expressed to you the grave concern of your Government over the threat of Soviet aggression in the Middle East. I asked for Congressional authorization to help counter this threat. I say again that this matter is of vital and immediate importance to the Nation’s and the free world’s security and peace. By our proposed programs in the Middle East, we hope to assist in establishing a climate in which constructive and long-term solutions to basic problems of the area may be sought…When our forefathers prepared the immortal document that proclaimed our independence, they asserted that every individual is endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights. As we gaze back through history to that date, it is clear that our nation has striven to live up to this declaration, applying it to nations as well as to individuals. Today we proudly assert that the government of the United States is still committed to this concept, both in its activities at home and abroad. The purpose is Divine; the implementation is human. Our country and its government have made mistakes—human mistakes. They have been of the head—not of the heart. And it is still true that the great concept of the dignity of all men, alike created in the image of the Almighty, has been the compass by which we have tried and are trying to steer our course.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

38. John F. Kennedy. Handsome matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 photo of Kennedy taken after being nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate in August of 1960, affixed to the original 8 x 11.75 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, most likely as president, “To David Spurgen—with best regards, John F. Kennedy.” Double-matted to an overall size of 14 x 17. In fine condition, with a couple of trivial creases to background. Although taken in the summer of 1960 by Alfred Eisenstaedt, this was the preferred portrait Kennedy would sign and give out during the beginning of his administration. Starting Bid $300

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Lt. Kennedy to the wife of a fellow PT-109 survivor 39. John F.

Kennedy.

ALS signed “Jack Kennedy, Lt. USNR,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, postmarked February 23, 1944.

Written from Boston’s New England Baptist Hospital, a letter to Mrs. John Maguire, in full: “I have received a note from my hotel that you phoned the day I checked out. I’m sorry that I missed you & this note is just to ask you if there was anything you wished to ask me. The negative of the pictures of Mac are at home and it will be several weeks before I can get them—but as soon as I am able I shall send them to you. I’m up in the hospital for a couple weeks—if there is anything I can do—you can reach me here. As I told you, I have the greatest liking and respect for your husband and anything that I can ever do for him or you—will give me tremendous pleasure.” Includes the original mailing envelope addressed by Kennedy, who franks the upper right corner and incorporates his signature in the address field: “Lt. J. F. Kennedy, M.T.B.S.T.C. [Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center], Melville, R.I.” In very good to fine condition, with two repaired edge tears and a few small stains; the envelope is well-worn, with soiling, edge tears from being opened, and lines on the back from once being housed in a magnetic photo album.

In the early morning of August 2, 1943, Lieutenant Kennedy’s PT-109 was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in the Blackett Strait of the Solomon Islands. Following a miraculous 3.5-mile swim to shore, Kennedy and his ten surviving crew members—of which included Radioman, Second Class John E. Maguire—were rescued from Olasana Island a full six days later. Kennedy returned to the United States in January 1944, and soon transferred to Miami’s Submarine Chaser Training Center for a period of three months, where he was assigned to shakedown detail—a period of training and equipment testing on new or reactivated Patrol Torpedo boats. Still ailing from a back injury, Kennedy entered the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in May, and retired from the US Naval Reserve on physical disability less than a year later. Maguire later worked in Kennedy’s congressional and presidential campaigns, and when Kennedy was elected president, Maguire was commissioned US marshal for the Middle District of Florida, a position he held for nine years until Nixon became president. Maguire once said of Kennedy: ‘He was my commanding officer, my president and my friend. I’ll never forget him.’ Starting Bid $300

Leather golf club cover for JFK’s 1-wood driver 40. John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy’s personally-owned and -used leather

golf club cover, 10.5˝ in length, consisting of soft brown leather covers with stitched off-white leather number “1” and three-point shield, and a metal ring to upper portion; the number “1” indicates that the cover was used for a 1-wood driver, and the shield is gilt-initialed “J.F.K.,” with gilt-stamped patent number on reverse reading: “134,240.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an original color glossy 7 x 5 photo of President Kennedy walking a golf course with friends, taken by official White House photographer Cecil Stoughton and kept as his personal file copy; reverse bears “A Kodak Paper” watermarks and stamped by Stoughton with negative number and date of July 28, 1963. Also accompanied by a Sotheby’s catalog from the Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis auction held between April 23–26, 1996, with this particular golf club cover part of lot 758A. Starting Bid $300

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Kennedy honors the war dead at Arlington, two weeks before his assassination—the official White House photographer’s own album 41. John F. Kennedy. Official White

House photographer Cecil Stoughton’s personal photo album containing 22 original vintage color 8 x 10 photos of President John F. Kennedy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, November 11, 1963—just two weeks before his own death. The red calf leather photo album is stamped with decorative tooling on the front and back, with the spine stamped with Stoughton’s initials, “CWS,” and a title, “Veterans Day, Nov. 1963.” The reverse of each photograph is stamped and hand-inscribed as part of Stoughton’s unique numbering and filing system. The double-weight, glossy photographs on Kodak paper show President Kennedy honoring the war dead on Veterans Day, and include views of him with General John S. Gleason and General David M. Shoup, attending a torch-lighting ceremony in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater; Marine Corps Band musicians; close-ups of President Kennedy; President Kennedy standing at attention in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; President Kennedy and the seven-person honor guard salute the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; and President Kennedy, joined by John, Jr. wearing red sneakers, leaving the cemetery. In overall very good to fine condition, with three of the photographs affected by water damage and stuck inside their transparent sleeves. Provenance: The Estate of Cecil W. Stoughton, Bonham’s, December 2010. A truly remarkable collection of Stoughton’s original, annotated color photographs showing John F. Kennedy honoring the war dead at Arlington. The soon-to-be assassinated president would be laid to rest there exactly two weeks later, on November 25, 1963. Starting Bid $300

Senator Kennedy accepts an Andrew Johnson impeachment ticket 42. John F. Kennedy. TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, United States Senate letterhead, February 27, 1956. Letter to Mrs. Sam Bernstein, who has offered Kennedy a ticket to the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. In full: “Many thanks for your recent letter. It was very thoughtful of you to offer to send me a ticket of admission to the impeachment proceedings on April 25, 1868. I would, of course, be very glad to receive this ticket, but I am most reluctant to accept it as it must be of great interest to you.” Beneath his signature Kennedy adds, “You were most kind.” Archivally cloth-matted and framed with a handsome portrait of JFK to an overall size of 22.75 x 16.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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“I am hopeful that this collaboration between government and the arts will continue and prosper” 43. John F. Kennedy. TLS as president signed “John Kennedy,” one page,

7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, September 8, 1961. Letter to noted writer and critic Lewis Mumford, in full: “Miss Kay Halle turned over to me a few days ago two albums filled with letters from the artists and writers who were invited to the Inauguration ceremonies. Mrs. Kennedy and I have had extraordinary pleasure in going through these volumes. We are grateful for the letters, and we shall treasure them for the rest of our lives. I am hopeful that this collaboration between government and the arts will continue and prosper. Mrs. Kennedy and I would be particularly interested in any suggestions you may have in the future about the possible contributions the national government might make to the arts in America. My wife joins me in extending best thanks and regards.” In fine condition.

Kennedy took great care in endorsing the nation’s culture, honoring leading writers, artists, poets, and musicians throughout his presidency. Kennedy also sought to raise aesthetic standards in the design of federal buildings and promoted historic preservation. Mumford, this letter’s recipient, was internationally renowned for his writings on cities, architecture, technology, literature, and modern life, and once praised JFK as ‘the first American President to give art, literature and music a place of dignity in the national life.’ Starting Bid $200

The speech notes of Senator John Kennedy 44. John F. Kennedy. Handwritten notes by John F. Kennedy on both sides of a 6.25 x 9.25 sheet of United States Senate letterhead. Penned in blue ballpoint, the unsigned notes comprise the first section of a speech delivered by Kennedy during his tenure as a Massachusetts senator. His notes, in full: “A. Lawrence–Lowell, Conflicts of Principle, Harvard Press, / 1. Democracy succeeded Feudalism.

Questions whether democracy—which provides unstable leaders and majorities—will be succeeded by dictatorships.

Strong understanding, need self discipline from both. / 2.

Aristotle stated his familiar principle of ethics that good is destroyed by both defeat and excess and preserved by a mean between the two. He advocates mean not because it is worldly wise but because it was path of virtue. No moral principle involved in laissez-faire and govt. regulation. We merely want to find proper limit. / Lowell makes point that vocational and cultural education good. Cultural important so that we may enjoy higher pleasures of life—good literature, the fine arts, music, history etc.—in short, all those contributions to thought that have slowly raised civilized man above the barbarians. Especially true of women for they determine the culture.” In fine condition, with some light edge creasing. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA and a transmittal letter from a previous owner, who notes that the speech was written “for the Committees of Labor and Public Welfare and Government Operations” and that Evelyn Lincoln, Kennedy’s personal secretary, “was kind enough to fully authenticate the handwriting of Mr. Kennedy and fully translate the scrawl into legibility.”

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JFK writes to McNamara on tank technology: “The Swedes have developed the turret-less tank with a revolutionary low silhouette” 45. John F. Kennedy. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House

letterhead, March 21, 1963. A “Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense,” Robert McNamara, in full: “I note in the New York Times today that the Swedes have developed the turret-less tank with a revolutionary low silhouette weighing only 37 tons. I wonder how the military feels it compares with the tanks that will come off our production lines in the next few months.” An ink stamp at the bottom reads: “Sec Def has seen, 1 May 1965.” In very good to fine condition, with staple holes, and a small stain, to the top edge. Accompanied by a printout of the New York Times column referenced, describing Sweden’s tank prototype. America made some strides forward in its tanks in 1963, upgrading the M60 Patton to the M60A1, and the M48 Patton to the M48A3. Starting Bid $200

46. Jacqueline Kennedy, Dean Rusk, and Robert McNamara.

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the swearing-in ceremony of President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet, signed in black felt tip by Jacqueline Kennedy, Dean Rusk, and Robert S. McNamara. Reverse bears a John F. Kennedy Library credit stamp. In fine condition, with small surface creases along he top. An unusual and desirable trio of signatures on a historic photograph. Starting Bid $200

47. Lyndon B. Johnson.

Significant steel-nib fountain pen used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the ‘Joint Resolution to Authorize the United States Secret Service to Furnish Protection to Major Presidential or Vice-Presidential Candidates’ (H. J. Res. 1292). The official ‘bill signer’ Parker pen measures 5.25˝ long and features a clear plastic grip with blue presidential seal with silver-tone cap and gold end and clip. Includes the original presentation box with presidential seal and facsimile signature of President Johnson, as well as a typed caption affirming that the pen was “used by the President on June 6, 1968, in signing H. J. Res. 1292.” The steel nib is not included. In fine condition, with some foxing to the box. From the estate of Secret Service Agent Warren W. ‘Woody’ Taylor. On November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s assassination, Taylor was on assignment in Dallas working as a Special Agent on Vice Presidential detail to protect Lady Bird Johnson. Taylor was in the vehicle immediately behind the Vice President’s car in the Presidential motorcade. Starting Bid $200

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49. Lyndon B. Johnson. TLS, one page, 7 x

48. Lyndon B. Johnson. Partly-printed DS as president,

one page, 22.75 x 18.75, January 18, 1969. President Johnson appoints James MacGregor Burns of Massachusetts as “a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Johnson and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact but slightly curled. Rolled and in fine to very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing tube (bearing a Smithsonian Institution address label), as well as some paperwork related to the oath and duties of a civil service officer. A noted historian, political scientist, and presidential biographer, Burns won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his work about FDR, entitled Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. Starting Bid $200

10.25, White House letterhead, May 27, 1965. Letter to California Governor Pat Brown, in part: “Thank you for the thoughtful letter which you sent recently in connection with your views on coordination of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program of the Department of the Interior and the Open Space program of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. I am aware of and appreciate your strong support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act during its consideration by the Congress and realize that particular importance of the new program to the State of California. The proposed Executive Order to which you referred was developed solely for discussion purposes among the agencies concerned. I am sure that the final result will be in accord with my firm belief that the Land and Water Conservation Fund should be fully funded and give priority attention to the needs of our growing urban population.

I am pleased to report that the House of Representatives has approved the full budget estimate I submitted, and it has been reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.”

In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner, a crease to the lower left corner, and a couple of light stains to the right edge. Starting Bid $200

President Johnson presents the National Medal of Science 50. Lyndon B. Johnson. Impressive manuscript DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, 1965. Fantastic hand-illuminated presentation certificate for the National Medal of Science, featuring a raised foil image of the medal at the top, in full: “The National Medal of Science is awarded by the president of the United States of America to William Walden Rubey for showing profoundly original observations and clear physical reasoning how sand grains and mountains move and from whence the oceans came.” Mounted and matted to an overall size of 20 x 24. In fine condition, with light edge toning.

A noted geologist, Rubey served as a scientific liaison to the US Army for the Geological Survey during WWII; as president of the the Geological Society of America in 1950; and as chairman of the National Research Council for the National Academy of Sciences from 1951–1954. After retiring from the US Geological Survey, he joined the Lunar Science Institute in 1968, serving as director from 1968 to 1971, in which position he participated in the scientific examination of lunar samples returned by the Apollo program. Starting Bid $200

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Presidential gift to a Republican congressman 52. George Bush. Two items, comprising an ALS as president and a “George Bush” Timex wristwatch. First is an ALS as president, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, January 30, 1990, to Beverly Young, the wife of Congressman Bill Young, in full: “It was great seeing you and Bill here at the White House. I was especially pleased to see that the black Timex is still ticking. The Congress watch you & Bill gave to me is still on time. I am grateful to your husband for his support and to you for being my friend.” The letter is displayed in a sleeve attached to a cloth-covered 10 x 10 board which displays the black Timex quartz wristwatch given to Young by Bush, which has “George Bush” in gold lettering at the six o’clock position. In overall fine condition, with some scuffs to the watch’s crystal. Republican Congressman Bill Young represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA for the autograph letter. Starting Bid $500

51. Ronald and Nancy R e a g a n and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Reagans and Gorbachev in the rain, signed and inscribed in black felt tip by Nancy Reagan, “To Samuel Kloda, Best wishes, Nancy &,” Ronald Reagan, “Ronald Reagan,” and Mikhail Gorbachev, “M. Gorbachev.” In fine condition. A highly desirable combination of signatures. Starting Bid $200

54. George W. Bush. TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 21, 2007. Letter to Eileen G. Slocum, a stalwart of the Republican Party in Rhode Island who had connections to the most moneyed and powerful of the American aristocracy.

In full: “Happy Birthday! Laura and I send our best wishes as you celebrate your special day. We hope the coming year is filled with happiness and good health.” Bush adds a handwritten postscript, “Warm regards, Eileen.” In fine condition, with a light bend to the upper left corner. Starting Bid $200

53. George Bush. ALS as president, one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, presidential letterhead, September 19, 1989. Letter to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, in full: “Thanks so much for Dad’s oral history. I glanced at it this evening. For me a great thing to have—how thoughtful of you.” In very fine condition. George Bush’s father, Prescott Bush, lived a colorful life as a member of the Skull and Bones secret society at Yale, an artillery officer during World War I, a successful businessman, and a senator from Connecticut—his oral history would doubtlessly be a fascinating piece of Bush family (and American) history. Starting Bid $200

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55. Barbara Bush

56. George Bush

57. George Bush

58. Jimmy Carter

59. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

60. Frances Cleveland

61. Bill Clinton

62. Bill Clinton

63. Calvin Coolidge

64. Calvin Coolidge

65. Gerald Ford

66. Gerald Ford

67. Warren G. Harding

68. Benjamin Harrison

69. Benjamin Harrison

70. Rutherford B. Hayes

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72. Lyndon B. Johnson

73. John F. Kennedy

74. John F. Kennedy

76. Lincoln, Washington, and Grant

78. Richard Nixon

79. Richard Nixon

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80. Richard Nixon

81. Richard Nixon

82. Richard Nixon

83. Presidents

84. Ronald Reagan

85. Ronald Reagan

86. Ronald Reagan

87. Ronald Reagan

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92. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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93. Franklin D. Roosevelt

90. Franklin D. Roosevelt

91. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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94. Franklin D. Roosevelt

95. Theodore Roosevelt

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96. Theodore Roosevelt

97. William H. Taft

98. William H. Taft

99. Harry S. Truman

100. Harry S. Truman

101. Harry S. Truman

102. Harry S. Truman

103. Woodrow Wilson

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notables

Declaration of Independence Scarce 1848 Force engraving of the Declaration of Independence 104. Declaration of Independence Force Print.

Striking rice paper engraving of the Declaration of Independence, matted to a visible size 24 x 27.5, printed by Peter Force in 1848 for inclusion in his series American Archives, beginning, “In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.” Matted behind plexiglass to an overall size of 29 x 32.75. In visibly fine condition, with expected intersecting folds.

By 1820, the original Declaration of Independence had seriously deteriorated due to inappropriate handling and storage, creating an immediate need for a facsimile reproduction. Commissioned by John Quincy Adams, William J. Stone engraved a copperplate by lifting ink directly from the original and creating a perfect copy. He printed 201 before placing the plate in storage for safekeeping.

Twenty years later, in 1843, Peter Force was commissioned by Congress to print a series of books now known as the American Archives featuring the founding documents of the United States. For the occasion, the Stone engraving was removed from storage and used to produce new copies on rice paper, distinguished from the original by an engraving in the lower left corner “W.J. Stone S.C. Washn.” Printed in 1848, each copy was folded into the first volume of the fifth series of books. After printing, the plate was again retired, now residing with the original Declaration at the National Archives. Congress authorized the printing of 1500 copies of American Archives, but subscriptions for the elaborate edition were disappointing, and in the end many fewer copies—perhaps only 500—were issued. Most were folded and bound into Volume I, Series Five. Starting Bid $1000

105. Elbridge Gerry. Signer of the Declaration of Indepen-

dence from Massachusetts (1744–1814) who later served as vice president under James Madison. His name entered the language as a result of his support of politically advantageous redistricting, which became known as ‘gerrymandering.’ ALS signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, June 13, 1801. Letter to Reverend Jenks, a recent Harvard graduate who at the time was working as a private tutor to Gerry’s children, thanking him for the fine instruction his children are receiving, forwarding him specific instructions on maintaining his estate to his household staff, and offering news on family and friends. In fine condition, with multiple intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

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July 3, 1776—the first published announcement of the Declaration of Independence 106. Declaration of Independence: Pennsylvania Gazette. Extraordinary

original issue of the July 3, 1776, edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette, four pages, each measuring 8.5 x 13.25, containing the first published announcement of the Declaration of Independence. This appears halfway down the third column of page two, briefly stating: “Philadelphia, July 3. Yesterday the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.” In very good condition, with toning, creasing, several horizontal folds, a strip of old mounting remnant along the left edge, and seven pieces of clear tape to the top (six to the edges, and one to the top of the middle column of text).

The decision to declare independence was voted on by delegates from the 13 colonies and approved on July 2, 1776, upon which John Adams wrote that the date would be ‘the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.’ The wording of the actual document was still being revised at the moment this newspaper was published, and on the following day, July 4, the Declaration of Independence was famously adopted. A rare and historically important newspaper from this most important moment in American history. Starting Bid $200

“Your faithful Husband, John Hancock”

107. John Hancock. Wonderful ALS as governor of Mas-

sachusetts, signed “Your faithful Husband, John Hancock,” one page, 7.75 x 5, July 21, 1791. Letter to “My Dear,” his beloved wife Dorothy Quincy Hancock, in full: “I request you to accept of the Inclos’d, as a small Token of my Love and Affection for you, & I desire you to have it made up immediately.” Affixed to a scrapbook page and in good to very good condition, with intersecting folds, tears, edge paper loss, and light overall staining. Handwritten letters signed by Hancock are extremely rare and highly desirable, but one sent to his wife with such passionate content is unheard of. Starting Bid $500

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108. John Hancock. Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.25, July 2, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Adolphus Spring as “Ensign of a Company in the fifth Regiment first Brigade of Seventh Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth, comprehending the County of Worcester.”

Boldly signed on the left side by Hancock, and countersigned

by John Avery as secretary. The official seal affixed to the upper left is intact. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and creasing, and repairs on the reverse to splitting along some of the several intersecting folds (one of which passes horizontally through the signature). Starting Bid $500

109. Thomas McKean. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware

(1734–1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania. Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 13.25 x 4.25, March 30, 1799. Writ to “the Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas,” commanding prisoners John Crever, William Moore, and John Moore “unto your custody” and to be held and detained “before the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania.” Signed at the conclusion by McKean as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and countersigned by Edward Burd as prothonotary of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Paper seal remains affixed to left side. Suedematted and framed with an engraved plate and image of McKean to an overall size of 20.5 x 19.75. In very good to fine condition, with light toning along the three vertical folds (the central fold appears to have been completely separated and repaired on the reverse). Starting Bid $200

American Politicians and Leaders

110. 19th Century Politicians and Notables. Leath-

erbound autograph album, 7.75 x 9.25, signed inside by over 240 politicians and notables from the 19th century (plus a Woodrow Wilson signature from 1918), with highlights including politicians (Woodrow Wilson, Chester A. Arthur, Henry Cabot Lodge, Benjamin Harris Brewster, and Samuel J. Randall), military leaders (Benjamin F. Butler, William Rosecrans, and Henry W. Slocum), and Supreme Court justices (Morrison R. Waite, Samuel F. Miller, Stephen J. Field, Joseph P. Bradley, John M. Harlan, Stanley Matthews, William Burnham Woods, Horace Gray, and Samuel Blatchford). In very good to fine condition, with the front cover detached but present, heavy wear to the partially detached spine, and some of the inner pages separated from the spine; the inner pages themselves are generally clean and fine. Starting Bid $200

111. 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. Starting Bid $200

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112. Colonial Massachusetts. Rare 1756

booklet of “Acts and Laws Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts–Bay in New England,” 10 total pages, 7.75 x 11.75, consisting of pages 241–250, the sessions were “Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday the twentysixth Day of May 1756.

And continued by sundry Prorogations and Adjournment, to the fifth Day of October following, and then met.” Articles listed within are as such: “Chap. X. An Act for providing and maintaining two armed Vessels to Guard the Coast, and for supplying the Treasury with Seven Thousand Pounds for that End”; “Chap. XI. An Act laying an Embargo upon Ships and other Vessels in this Province”; “Chap. XXIX. An Act for the better regulating the Choice of Petit Jurors”; “Chap. XII. An Act for preventing all Riotous, Tumultuous and Disorderly Assemblies or Companies of Persons, and for preventing Bonfires in any of the Streets or Lanes within any of the Towns of this Province”; and “Chap.

XIII. An Act for continuing ‘An Act for preventing the Exportation of Provisions and Warlike Stores out of this Province.’”

Bound into a presentation folder. In fine condition, with small binding holes along the edges. Starting Bid $200

Rare autograph letter by Hamilton’s wife Eliza 114. Eliza Hamilton. Wife (1757–

1854) of founding father Alexander Hamilton, who became cofounder and deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. She did much to shape her husband’s legacy after his death in a duel with Aaron Burr, and she has recently gained renewed recognition due to her portrayal in the popular musical Hamilton. Rare ALS signed “Eliz’th Hamilton,” one page, 5.5 x 7.75, April 11, 1850. Letter to one of her relatives, “Miss George Schuyler,” in New York, requesting that furniture be “sent to me by that Boat that goes to George town.” She goes on to mention her “son Philip,” the youngest child of the Hamiltons. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, trimmed edges, and a small area of seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. A scarce example as the very first Eliza Hamilton letter we have offered. Starting Bid $200

Scarce Hamilton letter written in dealings with Aaron Burr 113. Alexander Hamilton. ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8, April 9, 1799. The letter, written on behalf of “Ezra L’Hommedieu,” in part: “I have received your letter informing me of the Non Payment of Mr. Gelston’s note endorsed by me for Eight Thousand Dollars.

I consent that you receive the four Thousand Dollars which have been deposited on account of this note without prejudice to your recourse…me as endorser.” Signed at the conclusion by L’Hommedieu, and signed in the lower left corner by Hamilton, “To Alexander Hamilton Esq.” In very good condition, with staining to the left side, dampstaining to the right side, and the upper left corner area clipped off.

By this contract written out by Hamilton, L’Hommedieu agreed to pay off $4,000 from a $8,000 loan if it was unpaid by the borrower to Hamilton’s client and loaner, Louis Le Guen. Both L’Hommedieu and David Gelston, two well-known New York statesmen who both served on the Continental Congress, were close friends to Aaron Burr, and one of which played a role in the Hamilton-Reynolds affair, acted as security for a loan of $8,000 Burr borrowed from Le Guen. In the present letter, Hamilton is confirming that L’Hommedieu and Gelston will agree to payoff the loan if Burr fails to pay it to Le Guen. A more detailed account of this loan is referenced in The Papers of Alexander Hamilton: Volume XXIII. A fascinating association between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr that may have led to animosity between the two, of which set the stage for the infamous 1804 duel. Starting Bid $500

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Activists and Social Leaders Rare 1853 letter from Brown to his children in North Elba—“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy”

115. John Brown. ALS signed “Your Affectionate Unworthy Father, John Brown,” one page, 8 x 12.5, July 27, 1853. Written from Akron, Ohio, a letter to his daughter Ruth, and her husband Henry Thompson, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “We received Ruth’s letter of the 19th inst. yesterday & were very glad of it. Hope we have some little gratitude to learn again of your welfare; & some of the other good news it brings us. Father has been quite smart of late; but have not seen him now for several days. Jason & Ellen, have both been much better; but do not appear to be yet quite clear of the Ague. I have been next to good for nothing for the greater part of the Summer: not sick; but nearly prostrated with a general debility. Others in the family are in quite their usual health & so our friend so far I know. July so far has been remarkably cool. Wheat, Hay, & Oats, are all light. Corn & Potatoes promis well. The supply of fruits midling. I hope to get throug Haying & Harvesting by the 10th Aug. We get about 80 cents pr Lb for our wool. I have saved about 5 Lbs for Ruth that I think extra good; but not of the extreme fineness of some it. Will try to get it corded for her if she will write me so. We have been reckoning much on the visit from you both; & still do but would like much to have a House so for in readiness for us next Spring that we may have some kind of a home to go to; as our faces seem more, & more set towards North–Elba.

We want much to have Henry come on as early as he can; & anxious as we all are to have Ruth come soon; still we question if on all accounts it would not be as well for her to defer her visit for a few weeks until Henry can leave. It would save me at least from some anxiety should that plan suit. I do not know as that way will be best. Perhaps you who are on the ground can best judge. The difference in the expence one time or the other will be very little if any. Women as well as men, sometimes loose their money by Pickpockets, or other dishonest persons while traveling; & are subjected to much trouble, & to very ill, & unkind treatment. It is very uncomfortable to have everything to attend to, in the bustle, & hurry of Rail Road traveling; with a little child to take care of. Would it not be better to put off your visit for two or even three months Ruth? You know I have traveled enough to have a pretty just idea of what it is first & last. As it seems that Dillon Osgood repents I would rejoice over him, & I send him the congratulations of one who also said (in early life) ‘I go sir: & went not’; & whose conscience has been smighting whilst he has been tossing up, & down over a stormy, & tempestuous Sea for more than thirty years since. Truly ‘they that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.’

Write us again soon.” Reverse bears a central mailing panel addressed in Brown’s own hand, with lower portion annotated in ink by original owner John Croker, “This autograph letter of John Brown was kindly presented to me by Mrs. Ruth (Brown) Thompson, Captain Brown’s eldest daughter and wife of Mr. Henry Thompson who was wounded in the shoulder while fighting the Border Ruffians of Kansas with Capt. Brown and who, as his devoted wife told me, would have never shared in the perils of Harper’s Ferry, ‘but for these said the brave woman pointing to her children.’” In very good to fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the top edge, and old mounting remnants and old clear tape repairs to fold splits on the reverse.

A reputed expert in fine sheep and wool, Brown entered into a partnership with Colonel Simon Perkins in January 1844, tending to the farmer’s flocks of sheep and renting a frame house in Akron, Ohio. After failed attempts to sell the Perkins wool in Springfield, Massachusetts, and then in Europe, Brown moved his family to the Adirondacks of northeastern New York. He purchased 244 acres from local abolitionist Gerrit Smith, who hoped to make the land a refuge for former black slaves, and then settled his family at a remote farm in North Elba in June 1849. Brown’s financial difficulties and unfinished business with Perkins forced him and his family to once more move back to Akron in March 1851, with Ruth and Henry Thompson staying behind at North Elba. Brown viewed the Ohio situation as temporary, noting that “our faces seem more, & more set towards North–Elba.” In 1855 Brown and his family returned to upstate New York, remaining there a short time before the patriarch embarked on a mission that would earn him a place in history. While much of the letter relates to mundane topics like health and weather, the closing portion sheds light on Brown’s strong Calvinist Christian faith, and is highlighted by his selection of Jonah 2:8, “they that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.” Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 29

11 6 . N e a l Dow. Ameri-

can Prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897) nicknamed the ‘Napoleon of Temperance’ and the ‘Father of Prohibition.’

ALS, three pages, 5.5 x 8.25, January 19, 1895. Letter “to the Editor of the Press,” on the evils of alcohol and illegal liquor trafficking, entitled “Illegal Transportation,” in part: “There are no alcoholic liquors manufactured in Maine…Before the Maine Law there were produced here in great quantities by our numerous distilleries…such liquors are not brought into the State in no other way than by Steam Boats, Rail Roads and Small water craft, in violation of law; and by carts and wagons from New Hampshire. The penalty for this offence was only fifty dollars (no imprisonment) which the parties engaged in this traffic did not bear…carried through our proposition that illegal transportation should be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars and one year in jail…The Chief Justice [who opposed the law] says I am crazy.” In very good to fine condition, with areas of light toning, and trivial paper loss to the lower left corners. Starting Bid $200

117.

Emma Goldman. Anarchist

known for her political activism, writing and speeches (1869–1940).

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, September 6, 1934.

Letter to a friend about an upcoming lecture, in full: “In accordance with your desire to be notified when my lecture course begins I take the liberty to send you the enclosed cards. I hope you will distribute them among your friends. You can get more cards as per the place advertised on our throwaways and also at my new quarters 471 Brunswick Ave. Perhaps you can also help with the sale of tickets among your friends. If so, please let me know and I will mail you some. Hoping that you will attend the lectures and also bring them to the attention of your friends.” In very good to fine condition, with a small repair to a fold split. Starting Bid $200

A boldly signed first edition of King’s 1963 sermons 118. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed book: Strength to

Love. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 146 pages. Signed neatly on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “Best wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG, with light scuffing and edgewear to the dust jacket.

Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA.

Centered on the topic of racial segregation in the United States, Strength to Love was Dr. King’s first volume of sermons, published the same year in which he penned his ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ and delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech at the historic March on Washington. A beautiful presentation copy of this significant work made all the more desirable by its crisp penmanship and lack of inscription. Starting Bid $300

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Vladimir Lenin opines on the Zimmerwald Conference—the ‘founding mythos of the Soviet Union’

119. Vladimir Lenin. Russian political leader (1870–1924) who provided the guiding spirit of the October Revolution, which led to the downfall of Russia’s imperial government and the birth of the Soviet Union. Lenin’s impassioned Marxist beliefs and personal charisma as first head of the Soviet state helped set the nation on a course that would have far-reaching, global ramifications until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Important autograph draft letters signed by Vladimir Lenin, three pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, no date but apparently circa August 1915. Lenin writes about the Zimmerwald Conference, calculating how many votes the central committee of the Bolshevik faction will have at the conference; criticizing Karl Radek’s proposed address, of which he has a copy, for its lack of references to the fight against chauvinism; referring to Schklowsky, to the Swiss socialist Robert Grimm, and offering advice to his unidentified correspondent. Purple pencil annotations have been written in another hand. In fine condition.

The Zimmerwald Conference, later to be called ‘the founding mythos of the Soviet Union,’ was held at the Beau Sejour Hotel in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5–8, 1915. It was the first of three international socialist conferences convened by anti-militarist socialist parties from countries that were originally neutral during World War I. Among the 37 members of the conference were Karl Radek, Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, and Vladimir Lenin. With the Zimmerwald Conference began the unraveling of the coalition between revolutionary socialists (the so-called ‘Zimmerwald Left’) and reformist socialists in the Second International. Starting Bid $20,000

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Rare 1960 Malcolm X letter to Elijah Muhammad— “ALLAH really blessed me to thoroughly brainwash several of them” 120. Malcolm X. Remarkable TLS signed “Bro

Malcolm X,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, As–Salaam–Alaikum letterhead, July 13, 1960. Expansive letter addressed to his teacher Elijah Muhammad, in full: “I thank ALLAH for the time He blessed me to be with you last week, and also for the financial help you gave me, which I know you need for yourself.

I look upon it as ‘seed-corn,’ which I do not intend to eat, but to plant, so that when you see it again it will have produced a decidedly large ‘increase.’

The only reason I ever accept any money from you is to re-invest it out here in The FIELD for the growth of Islam.

Your Radio Broadcast could be gotten into one of these New York stations through our contacts here if I could get a copy of the broadcast…We want your program on the air here in Harlem…I re-established contact with the Nigerian I had met on the plane coming back from Albany. ALLAH really blessed me to thoroughly brainwash several of them, and send them back to Nigeria loaded down with our literature and singing praises about the work you are doing among us here in America…These Africans, all are government officials in their country, and will have the largest independent African nation when they get their freedom October 1st…

My main purpose in dealing with them is always to establish good diplomatic relations with those in governmental positions, figuring somewhere done the line they may come in handy…I’m praying you will let me represent you and the Lost-found Nation of Islam in Nigeria October 1st, on their Independence Day. All other nations will be represented. I think if I were there, with the contacts and friends I’ve already made, it is highly possible to pull a major propaganda victory.

Mr. John Patterson is the only so-called Negro downtown on Wall Street. He’s in the ($) investment business, high finance.

His (all Negro) firm owns Harlem’s newest paper, The Citizen–Call, in which Dan Burley has a column…Mr. Patterson wants to know what he can do to help us…I’ve approached him not on a religious basis, but on an economic basis he understands better…I explained your Future Plan to him, and he said it is in his field to set up the proper machinery (system) to raise funds, finance, or get financial backers for such projects. ALLAH has blessed me to sell him on the idea of meeting with you in person…

I will contact you after Friday to let you know what further developments. Meantime, I may also write Dan Burley and congradulate [sic] him on his column.” Malcolm X adds a handwritten postscript to the conclusion: “In fact, I may call Burley and encourage him to keep writing about you in his New York column. It is actually more effective than if you were writing it yourself.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000

121. Nelson Mandela. Satin-finish 11.75 x 8.25 photo of Nelson Mandela joyously raising a fist alongside second wife Winnie Madikizela, signed in gold ink, “N. Mandela, 7. 9. 2001.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Oskar Schindler’s personal possessions— a 1938 Sudetenland Medal, Longines watch, compass used to flee Germany, and more!

122. Oskar Schindler. German industrial-

ist (1908–1974) credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories.Remarkable collection of Oskar Schindler’s personal possessions, including a 1938 Sudetenland Medal, his Longines wristwatch, a compass, two fountain pens, and a business card: Sudetenland Medal belonging to Oskar Schinder, measuring 32 mm in diameter and suspended from a red-and-black ribbon, depicting a man standing on a German podium and helping another unshackled man join him, symbolizing Austria’s joining the Third Reich. The reverse reads, “1 Oktober 1938, Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer [One People, One Empire, One Leader].” The Sudetenland Medal was awarded to all German officials and members of the Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Sudetenland, and it was later awarded to military personnel participating in the occupation of the remnants of Czechoslovakia. Schindler had aided in the annexation and occupation of the Sudetenland as a spy for the German government.

Longines wristwatch belonging to Oskar Schindler, featuring a white face with gold-tone hands and time markers, silvertone case, and black leather strap.

Compass manufactured by Bezard/Gotthilf Lufft, said to have been used by Oskar Schindler and his wife Emilie whilst fleeing Russian troops and heading for American occupied territory in 1945. The compass featured a built-in folding metal cover.

Two fountain pens in a hinged Parker case belonging to Oskar Schindler, annotated inside the cover in ballpoint by Emilie Schindler’s biographer Erika Roesnberg, “Nachlass Oskar Schindler 1957 in Buenos Aires bei Emilie hinterlassen. Oskar Schindler 1908–1974. Erika Rosenberg Weihnachten 2007. [Bequest of Oskar Schindler, left in 1957 in Buenos Aires with Emilie. Oskar Schindler 1908–1974. Erika Rosenberg Christmas 2007.” Thin wooden business card belonging to Oskar Schindler, giving his address as Frankfurt am Main, where he moved in 1957. In overall very good to fine condition. Provenance: From the estate of Emilie Schindler and thence by descent. An amazing archive of Schindler’s personal belongings. Starting Bid $2500

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Rare portrait of the famed suffragette 123. Anna Howard Shaw. Leader of the women’s suffrage

movement in the United States (1847–1919) who was also a physician and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the United States. Very appealing and seldom-seen 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of the suffragette in a half-length pose, signed on the reverse in ink, “In memory of one beautiful day together, June 5th 1895, Anna H. Shaw.” Published by the Taber Photography Studio. In fine condition, with some scattered light foxing. An exceptional image of Shaw during the 1895 California woman suffrage referendum campaign, the state’s first vote on the issue.

Shaw traveled westward with Susan B. Anthony, drawing large crowds in Reno and Salt Lake City. Once in California, Anthony hired journalist Ida Husted Harper to publicize the woman suffrage question and campaigned vigorously. Despite wide support, opposition defeated the referendum in 1896. Starting Bid $200

Rescuing a Hungarian Jew during the Holocaust 124. Raoul Wallenberg. Scarce DS in German and Hungarian,

quickly signed with an ink scribble “R” (as he commonly did on documents of this type), one page, 8.25 x 13.25, September 15, 1944.

Blue and gold two-language Schutz-Pass issued to Emil Tanzer.

Upper left provides her personal information including her 1888 birth date, height, eye and hair color. Adjacent to her personal information is Tanzer’s signature and affixed photograph. Bottom portion bears printed statements in German and Hungarian, hastily signed in the lower left corner by Wallenberg, and countersigned by Swedish Minister to Budapest, Carl Ivan Danielsson. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and staining. A similar example of Wallenberg’s rushed signature can be found in the book Fleeing from the Fuhrer

by William Kaczinski and Charmian Brinson.

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

Thus, with his simple, nondescript scribble on this offered page, Wallenberg saved the life of Emil Tanzer—just as he had done with tens of thousands of other Jews in Hungary. An announcement that any Jew, even those holding foreign citizenship, would be interred led to the urgency of Wallenberg’s plan to save as many lives as he could.

An important reminder of one heroic man’s tireless efforts to outwit the Nazis and save countless lives. Starting Bid $500

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Supreme Court 125. John Jay. Manuscript DS, one page, 20 x 14, March

20, 1797. As governor of New York, Jay appoints 24 judges to “keep our peace in the County of Delaware.” Signed at the folded bottom by Governor John Jay, and countersigned on the reverse by Secretary of State Jasper Hopper. The bottom of the document is bound by a large and visually appealing “Great Seal of the State of New York,” suspended from a purple ribbon. Extremely fragile and in good to very good condition, with splitting and nearly complete separations along the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

Scientist and Inventors

“Charles Darwin” boldly sends his signature 126. Charles Darwin. ALS, one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 3, 1876. Letter sending his autograph, in full: “I assure you that I have not received one of your notes, otherwise I should have been happy at any time to have granted so very small a favor as sending my signature.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and a block of light toning from prior display. A fantastic autograph letter boasting his large, full signature—an uncommon closing to his letters, which generally omit his first name in favor of an initial. Starting Bid $1000

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Rare 1882 Edison patent application for “dynamo or magneto electric machines” 127. Thomas Edison. Tremendous partly printed DS, signed “Thomas Alva Edison,” six total pages, 7.75 x 12.75, October 28, 1882. A patent application for the “Improvements in means for regulating the generative capacity of dynamo or magneto electric machines,” which reads, in part: “The said Invention has for its object providing simple and efficient means for regulating the generative capacity of dynamo or magneto electric machines supplying lamps or other translating devices located in derived or multiple arc circuits, by acting upon the commutator brushes or springs to move them away from and towards the points of greatest difference in potential, or most effective generation.

This object is accomplished by mechanism hereinafter described which is both actuated and controlled by the current generated and is connected with the commutator brushes so as [to] move them together in one or the other direction. The electric [current] to this mechanism supplied by the current generated are made and broken by an electro magnet also energized by the current generated by the machine.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by Edison with his trademark ‘umbrella’ signature, and countersigned by Henry Wessells Seely, Edward Hamilton Pyatt, and notarized by William Henry Meadowcroft. Orange New York County notary seal remains affixed to lower left corner. Also includes a pair of printed mechanical diagrams with a stapled partly printed document relating to the above patent, also dated October 28, 1882, and signed on behalf of Edison in a secretarial hand. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to intersecting folds, and some paper loss to the edges of the fragile sheets.

This magnificent document dates to a period of great activity for Edison in his pursuit of electric lights and distribution, with Edison executing a total of thirty-four patent applications covering electric lighting and electric railways between October 4th and November 28th; amazingly, Edison had executed fifty-three patent applications earlier that summer. In early September 1882, roughly two months before signing this document, Edison delivered electricity to his first paying customers when he opened the Pearl Street power station in New York City. Seely patented the electric flat iron on June 6, 1882, and was a witness to many of Edison’s patents, including his 1881 ‘incandescing electric lamp.’ Seely’s signature appeared on more than 100 patents in the early 1880s, and he served as an occasional witness up to 1892. Meadowcroft was a close friend and former secretary of Edison, as well as a co-author of the famed inventor’s biography. A wonderful and highly displayable Edison patent. Starting Bid $1000

Monumental portrait inscribed to an Edison Storage Battery executive 128. Thomas Edison Enormous matte-finish 13.5 x 16.75 photographic

reproduction of a painting of Edison, affixed to a 14.75 x 18.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, “To C. S. Williams, Jr., Thos. A. Edison.” In very good to fine condition, with light staining to the borders, some light scratching to the image, and a few scuffs on Edison’s shoulder that have been touched up by a prior owner. C. S. Williams, Jr., was vice president in charge of purchases for the Edison Storage Battery Company in the 1920s, making this an excellent association piece. Starting Bid $200

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Einstein’s 1941 calculations for a ‘Five-Dimensional Representation of Gravitation and Electricity’ 129. Albert Einstein. Significant handwritten calculations in pencil by Albert Einstein, one page, 8 x 10, for his 1941 paper ‘On the Five-Dimensional Representation of Gravitation and Electricity,’ which appeared in the Theodore von Karman Anniversary Volume published by the California Institute of Technology. Written

by Einstein with his assistants Peter Bergmann and Valentine Bargmann, the published paper relies on the Kaluza-Klein theory in the search for a unified field theory. It is a modification of his theory based on making the fifth dimension in the theory physically real, but bound up so small that we do not observe it. The boxed equation at the top of this page is Equation 18 of the paper, assuming Einstein’s deltas on the page refer to time derivatives, which seems reasonable. The phrase “vanishing of the space” [translated from German] may refer to conditions which make the extra dimension disappear, and the line “man soll bewissen…” seems to be the same as the condition on Page 216 of the paper for which Einstein reduces the normal Kaluza theory. Einstein uses Greek indices rather than Latin, to indicate 5 rather than 4 dimensions. The page is annotated on the reverse: “Work of Albert Einstein, done weekend that he spent in our home in Old Field South with his sister, and Mrs. Rita Konenkov & Bishops. Summer of 1941—while we were west. U. Fuller, Setauket, L.I. N.Y.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some light creases.

During the summer of 1941, Einstein and his sister Maja stayed at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Daniel Fuller on Long Island, where he visited with Marjorie Bishop and Rita Konenkov, the wife of Russian sculptor Sergei Konenkov. Bishop recalls his stay in her essay ‘Our Neighbors on Eighth Street, 1935–1945,’ published in The Uncommon Vision of Sergei Konenkov: ‘[Einstein] was simply marvelous, and we’ve still got a couple of things that he’d worked out and left on the table. He told us that he’d worked out one of the problems that he’d been working on for a long time in the peace and quiet of the garden.’ Einstein spent much of his later years in the search for a unified field theory, and it is a subject that continues to be pursued by theoretical physicists today. Starting Bid $2500 www.RRAuction.com | 37

The Einsteins in America— spectators at the 1931 Rose Parade 130. Albert Einstein. Superb glossy 9.5 x 7.75 photo of the Einsteins watching the Rose Parade in the office of John Willis Baer on January 1, 1931, affixed to a 9.75 x 9.25 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen by Albert Einstein, Elsa Einstein, John Willis Baer, and Lora R. Baer; also bears the stamped signature of Arthur H. Fleming. In fine condition, with two paperclip impressions to the top edge. Fleming, a lumber baron and president of Caltech’s board of trustees, helped to arrange Einstein’s trip to America and hoped to recruit him to the school’s faculty. As part of his pitch, he brought the Einsteins to Dr. John Willis Baer’s office at the Security First National Bank in Pasadena, where they had an excellent view of the line of floats, marches, and bands in the annual Tournament of Roses parade—a taste of American culture and holiday spirit.

Impressed with the scene, on January 6, 1931, Einstein would write: ‘Here in Pasadena it is like Paradise. Always sunshine and clear air, gardens with palms and pepper trees and friendly people who smile at one and ask for autographs.’ Starting Bid $1000

Einstein’s recommendation for a doctor forced to flee Germany in WWII 131. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5

x 11, October 8, 1952. A letter recommending the work of Dr. Paul Rosenstein, in full (translated): “Professor Paul Rosenstein gave me an insight into the content of his autobiographical book. The episodes and circumstances described in it are, in my opinion, a rather considerable contribution to the cultural history of Germany and the German Jews in this century. It is the work of an unprejudiced, understanding and benevolent man.” In very good condition, with overall creasing, and light toning along intersecting folds.

Rosenstein was a well-established German-Jewish urologist and head of the surgical department of the Berlin Jewish Hospital, a position he held until 1938. In 1940, Rosenstein fled Nazi Germany for Brazil via New York, and seems to have practiced there for the rest of his life. Although there is no specific evidence that Einstein aided Rosenstein in his immigration attempts, he frequently used his name to sway officials and help Jewish refugees secure the paperwork needed for residency in other countries, including Brazil. A nice association between Jewish scientists who fled Germany for the safety of the Americas during World War II. Starting Bid $300

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132. Albert Einstein.

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 10.25, blind-stamped personal letterhead, June 23, 1939. Letter to Edward Barsky of the Medial Aid Committee of the Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign. In full (translated): “I would like to have my name included on the sponsorship list of your Committee. With the highest esteem.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, staple holes to the upper left corner, and a trivial tear to the blank area on the left side. Archivally cloth-matted to an overall size of 15 x 17.5.

Himself a refugee and a humanitarian, Einstein lent vigorous support to the anti-Franco forces in the Spanish Civil War. Starting Bid $300

133. Albert Einstein. TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,”

one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, October 29, 1940. Letter to Miss Betty Neumann, in full (translated): “Please tell your cousin that I completely agree that he gives me as a reference. I know him well enough to recommend him with a clear conscience.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $500

Rare Feynman manuscript using Runge-Kutta methods

134. Richard Feynman. American theoretical physicist (1918-1988) whose work in quantum electrodynamics earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965; he is often credited for introducing the concept of nanotechnology. Incredible unsigned mathematical manuscript by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, penned carefully in red ballpoint on both sides of an off-white 5.75 x 8.25 sheet. The manuscript illustrates how a computer program can approximate a solution to a differential equation using Runge-Kutta methods, with Feynman also incorporating a sequence of computer commands and writing the surnames “Janhke Emde,” a reference to German mathematician Eugene Jahnke and German electrical engineer Fritz Emde.

In fine condition. Developed around 1900 by German mathematicians Carl Runge and Martin Kutta, the Runge-Kutta methods are a group of iterative methods that include the Euler Method, a routine devised

by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, to arrive at approximate solutions of ordinary differential equations. A magnificent opportunity to own a handwritten manuscript from one of physic’s most brilliant minds. Provenance: Sotheby’s, Property from the Family of Richard P. Feynman, September 2018. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 39

Intellectuals Freud faces controversy at the height of his career— “I have decided to resign from the leadership of the group” 135. Sigmund Freud. TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 13, 1924. Letter to a doctor, in part (translated): “It is true that visits still tire me very much, but your wish for a conversation concurs with mine, because I have decided to resign from the leadership of the group; I would like to hear your opinion about the consequences. When should this conversation take place? The next week is completely unsuitable for me since my physicians are coming back…But in 14 days we will move to Vienna and I suggest to you to plan your visit perhaps for one of the last days of this month. I am very happy about the success of your work in Stuttgart.”

In fine condition, with intersecting folds, light wrinkling, and toning to the top edge. Accompanied by a plaque engraved with the translation.

This letter comes from a watershed period of Freud’s life—he was both at the height of his career and the beginning of his demise. A year earlier he had published the enormously influential work The Ego and the Id, and just a few weeks after writing this letter he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, his ideas finally reaching the mainstream recognition he had been working toward for two decades. However, he had also been found to have cancer of the jaw in 1923 and was in a weakening state of health—over the next 13 years he underwent more than 30 operations. It is highly probable that this letter references his ‘Inner Circle’ or ‘Secret Committee,’ a group of his most trusted followers. By 1924 there was significant tension and dissension in the ranks, effectively fracturing the group for good and resulting in its dissolution in 1926. Starting Bid $300

Freud turns 80

136. Sigmund Freud. Fabu-

lous thank-you card sent following his 80th birthday, 6 x 4.75, May 1936, signed in fountain pen, “Freud.” The printed text, in German, reads (translated): “Thank you very much for your participation in the celebration of my eightieth birthday.” In very fine condition.

Accompanied by a modern postcard portrait of the revered pioneer of psychoanalysis. Starting Bid $300

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137. Sigmund Freud. Untranslated ALS in German, signed

“Freud,” penned on the reverse of a 4 x 2 business card belonging to the recipient, his assistant, Dr. Paul Federn, January 2, 1909. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in another hand. Federn became one of Freud’s earliest followers after reading his Interpretation of Dreams; he later served as Freud’s surrogate at conferences once the pioneering psychoanalyst was stricken with cancer in the 1920s. Starting Bid $500

Religious Figures 138. Pope Francis. Offi-

cial color glossy 8 x 5.5 photo of the future Pope Francis kneeling before and embracing Pope John Paul II, taken by a Vatican photographer, signed in black felt tip as archbishop, “Bergoglio, Erzbischof von Buenos Aires.” In fine condition.

Accompanied by a photo taken at the time of signing in Rome in 2012. A desirable example of an official Vatican photograph signed by the future pope. Starting Bid $200

The personally worn zucchetto of Pope Pius XII

World Leaders 140. Camp David Accords. FDC with

a cachet honoring the 50th Anniversary of Lions International Search for Peace, signed in various ink types by Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, Anwar al-Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Henry Kissinger.

Matted and framed with a photo of Carter, Begin, and Sadat to an overall size of 16.25 x 19.25. In fine condition, with the signatures a shade or two light. The Camp David Accords was an important peace treaty between Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, following 13 days of secret negotiations. Sadat and Begin were co-recipients of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts of obtaining peace in the Middle East. Starting Bid $200

139. Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius

XII’s personallyowned and -worn white zucchetto skullcap, measuring 6.5? in diameter, with a suede white lining and white moire silk exterior. In fine condition, with expected signs of light wear and a chip to the label. Accompanied by an “’Anticamera Pontificia’” card in Italian signed

by Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano as Cameriere Segreto Partecipante di Sua Santita, February 2, 1957 (the date of Candlemas, or the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus), in full (translated): “The white zucchetto that comes with this card was used by His Holiness Pius XII, reigning.” Prelates often give away their skullcaps, a practice started in the modern era by Pope Pius XII. The tradition involves giving the zucchetto to the faithful, as a keepsake, if presented with a new one as a gift. Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have continued the custom. Starting Bid $300

141. Fidel Castro. DS in Spanish, two pages, 9 x 13.75, July 18, 1959. Ministerial decree, No. 460, which declares (translated): “The Cuban Sugar Establishment Institute will be governed, provisionally and as long as a law is not proceeded to its restructuring, by a Board of Directors composed of the Ministers of Commerce, Minister in Charge of the National Council of Economics and by the President of the National Bank of Cuba.” Signed at the conclusion by Castro, who adds his initials to the first page. Original blue seal remains affixed to lower portion of signed page. In very good to fine condition, with file, staple, and binding holes along the left edge.

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Ornate appointment by Catherine the Great

142. Catherine the Great. The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from July 9, 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Vellum DS in Cyrillic, signed “Ekaterina,” one page, 16.5 x 13.5, 1786.

Renewal of an appointment for Lieutenant General Otto von Derfelden from the year 1784, prominently signed at the conclusion by Catherine the Great. Double-matted with an image of Catherine to an overall size of 30.25 x 17. In very good to fine condition, with light staining to the bottom, and the first letter of the signature very light. Starting Bid $200

144. Charles de Gaulle. TLS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 19, 1951. Letter to Madame Louise Weiss, in full (translated): “I thank you for your letter. I am very willing to meet with you on your return from Egypt. Please accept, dear Madam, my respects.” In fine condition, with small stains along the extreme bottom edge. Starting Bid $200

“My insufficient knowledge of French prevents me grasping the full force of your doubtless conclusive quotation” 143. Winston Churchill. ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, November 12, no year. Letter to his cousin, Ivor Viscount Wimborne, in full: “Many thanks for both your letters. I shall be delighted to come to Canford on Tuesday and shall look forward to further discussions with you. I am afraid my insufficient knowledge of French prevents me grasping the full force of your doubtless conclusive quotation.” In fine condition, with toning to the edges and some scattered light foxing. This letter’s recipient, Churchill’s cousin, was a British politician and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising. He continued as Lord Lieutenant for another two years, and upon his retirement in 1918, was named Viscount Wimborne of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset. A fine association between Churchill and his bloodline. Starting Bid $300

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Signed just one month before executing the leader of Penruddock’s Royalist uprising 145. Oliver Cromwell. English soldier and statesman (1599–1658) who led Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War, waged war against Scotland and Ireland and, in 1653, following the execution of Charles I, became Lord Protector of Great Britain, a position he held until his death in 1658. After a yearlong reign by his son, Richard, the British throne was restored (to Charles II) and Cromwell’s body was exhumed and posthumously ‘executed.’ Manuscript DS, signed “Oliver P,” one page, 8 x 11.25, April 19, 1655. In part: “Our will and pleasure is, and governs hereby required…to pay unto Sislobono Long Esquire (and for Masters of Requests) the sum of one hundred sixty six pounds six shillings eight pence, for…much of his salary due to him.” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the upper left corner tip, trimmed left edge, and scattered foxing.

During the early years of Cromwell’s Protectorate, Royalist conspirators led by the Sealed Knot and the Action Party planned a series of uprisings against the government to restore the monarchy by force.

In March of 1654, Colonel John Penruddock led a successful revolt in Salisbury and headed west to gain more supporters, but when they arrived in Devon, it took only a single troop of the New Model Army to defeat them. Most of the Royalists fled or were killed, but several, including Penruddock, were captured and brought before a judge to hear their punishment; less than one month after signing this document, Cromwell oversaw their execution. An incredibly scarce and highly sought-after piece from the early years of Cromwell’s reign as Lord Protector. Starting Bid $1000

146. Li Zongren.

Vice President of the Republic of China (1890–1969) who was a prominent Guangxi warlord and KMT military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second SinoJapanese War, and Chinese Civil War. Handsome mattefinish 2.75 x 4.25 photo of Li Zongren in uniform, by K. T. Thompson Studio, signed in Chinese in black ink. In very good condition, with scattered creasing, some touching the facial area. Starting Bid $300

147. Lin Sen.

Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (1868– 1943) who had a prominent role in combating the Japanese invasion of Taiwan. Remarkable matte-finish 5.75 x 7 fulllength photo of Sen, signed in black fountain pen and dated, “Moscow, 1933.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with some light silvering along the top edge, and poor-to-moderate signature contrast. Starting Bid $300

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Supremely rare signatures of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, along with over 30 other international figures 148. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and World Leaders. Autograph

book filled with 32 signatures from historical figures dating between September 1962 and September 1989, 5.5 x 3.5, highlighted by the immensely rare and sought-after presence of Mao Zedong, who signs prominently in Chinese characters on a page nearer the end of the album, with collector’s notation below dating the autograph to 1963. In addition to Chairman Mao, the book also features several other significant and difficult-to-obtain autographs from a variety of influential public figures from around the globe, such as: Zhou Enlai (also dated to 1963), Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Yasser Arafat (additionally inscribed “Revolution Till Victory”), Ne Win, Khin Kyi, (wife of Aung San), Bertrand Russell, Lord Mountbatten, Lester B. Pearson, cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Valery Bykovsky, and other statesmen and public figures from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia, and elsewhere. The autograph book itself is presented in a brown plastic wallet.

In overall very good to fine condition, with light soiling and partial detachment to most pages, an old strip of tape along the left edge of the Mao page, and a very strong moth ball odor to the book itself.

The signatures in this album were collected by a member of the entourage of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world’s first female Prime Minister, who served three terms as Prime Minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Many of the more notable signatures, including that of Chairman Mao, derive from the period of the Colombo Conference in December 1962, which was an attempt to alleviate tensions between India and China in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Bandaranaike and Chairman Mao held a conclave in China on January 8, 1963, in order to discuss the principles in Colombo, with Bandaranaike flying afterwards to New Delhi (Nehru’s signature is dated January 13, 1963). A magnificent offering that represents the first Mao autograph that we have ever offered. Starting Bid $25,000

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“At this extremely critical moment where success hangs by a thread, we summon up our courage and lead all kindred spirits, each exerting the final effort towards the cause of overcoming the evildoers to settle the chaos”

149. Sun Yat-sen. Chinese revolutionary, born Sun Wen (1866-1925), who helped to overthrow the centuries-old Qing

Dynasty in 1911 to become the first president of the Republic of China. LS in Chinese, signed “Sun Wen,” two pages, 6.5 x 10, October 21, 1922. From 1923 to 1926. Sun and the Kuomintang used Guangdong (his hometown) as a base to challenge the warlords in the north, who controlled much of the nation. In this letter, at the beginning of that effort, Sun identifies the urgent need to reclaim Guangdong, and addresses his army’s needs to an apparent supporter, in part (translated): “Our troops have battled across thousands of miles, their food consumption is huge and resources are scarce. If it was not for the joint effort by supporters within the country and overseas and their generous donations, how could we have embarked on this great mission.”

He goes on to proclaim: “At this extremely critical moment where success hangs by a thread, we summon up our courage and lead all kindred spirits, each exerting the final effort towards the cause of overcoming the evildoers to settle the chaos.”

In very good condition, with tape, tears, and paper loss to the edges, and show-through at the center of each page from old reinforcement tape on the reverse of each page. An exceedingly rare letter signed by this significant Chinese revolutionary.

Starting Bid $5000

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151. Leon Trotsky. TLS in German,

150. Benito Mussolini. Untrans-

lated World War II–dated ALS in Italian, signed “Mussolini,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Il Capo del Governo letterhead, July 3, 1944. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

signed “Ihr L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, November 2, 1933. Letter to Lilly and Ludwig Lore, in part (translated): “I am disappointed that our meeting is not concluded.

At the behest of the doctors I had almost a month in a very remote corner of France, cut off from each connection. Your kind letter, as dozens of others, I have only now found after I returned to ‘normal’ life. Even my wife who has come back to me now, will not reconcile herself with the thought that you were both so close.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing and wrinkling, and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge.

Ludwig Lore was an American socialist magazine editor and newspaper writer, who was later charged with having gathered information and secretly worked to recruit agents for a Soviet foreign intelligence network. His contact with Soviet intelligence seems to have ended in 1937, owing in part to the belief in Moscow that he retained ties to Trotsky’s movement. A desirable letter between comrades. Starting Bid $200

Royalty Crisply penned 1637 letter from King Charles I 152. King Charles I. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625

until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. Following the Protectorate rule of Oliver Cromwell and his son, Richard, Charles’s line was restored to the throne with the succession of his son, Charles II, in 1660, whose reign was retroactively dated to 1649. Desirable LS in Latin, signed “Carolus R.,” one page, 7.75 x 11.25, March 25, 1637. Letter to Prince Ferdinand the Second, Grand Duke of Etruria, in part (translated): “O most serene Prince, O dearest kinsman, gladly indeed we have learned from our reunited kinsman, the Count of Arundella and Suria, and from Count Morescallus of Anglia and recently from our ambassador extraordinary to Caesar, how eagerly your Serva Celsa has tried to promote the task of the restitution of the Palatine Elector of my nephew through your wise prolegate, Ugolinus Prissonius. Whence although for him your efforts and likewise mine have been wholly in vain, yet we have not been able to refrain from bearing witness to your most exalted servant in what gratitude we hold the proofs of your benevolence towards us and ours, and to you in his name and from expressing our most hearty thanks and from repaying whatever obligations are pleasing to friendship. May God bless and prosper your servant Celsa!” In fine condition, with multiple intersecting folds and minor paper loss to the upper left corner; the integral address leaf is detached but present. Accompanied by an English translation. Starting Bid $200

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153. King Charles II.

British monarch (1630–1685) who ushered in the Restoration of 1660 and ruled until his death.

Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R.,” one page, 8.75 x 13.25, July 30, 1667. A document addressed to “Our Right Trusty and well beloved Counsellor Anthony Lord Ashley Our Treasurer for Prizes,” which reads, in part: “Our Will and Pleasure is that out of the money arising by sale of Prizes, you pay or cause to be paid into Our Trusty Sir Paul Neile Hn’r Gentleman Usher of Our Privy Chamber or his Assigns the Sume of Five hundred pounds ster. To be by him received without accompt as of Our Free guift and Bounty And for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given at Our Court at Whitehall.” Signed in the upper border by the king. In very good condition, with light overall soiling and toning (more prominent at edges), light edge wear with a few small tears, paper hinge affixed to verso, and seal remnant. The recipient, Paul Neile, was a prominent scientist and mathematician who was a member of the Royal Society; he became “Gentleman Usher” of the Privy Chamber in 1662. Starting Bid $200

154. King Edward VIII. Partly-printed DS, signed “Edward RI,” one page, 16 x 12, October 2, 1936. King Edward appoints Kenneth Alan Hannan–Stanley “to be an Officer in Our Land Forces” with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Signed in the upper left corner above the embossed seal by the king. In very good to fine condition, with light toning, mild rippling, and faint staining along the bottom edge. As Edward VIII reigned only from January 20–December 11, 1936, any document signed as king is extremely scarce. Starting Bid $200

Extremely rare document signed by Henry VII

155. King Henry VII. King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing of the crown on August 22, 1485, until his death on April 21, 1509, and the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Rare vellum manuscript DS, in Early Modern English, signed “H. R.,” one page, 8 x 3.5, December 22, 1498. Untranslated official document, boldly signed at the head by King Henry VII. In very good to fine condition, with some light toning, and a semicircular stain to the bottom edge. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. A fantastic document from this controversial king, and just the second Henry VII we have offered. Starting Bid $1000

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156. Princess Diana and Prince Charles. TLS signed

“Charles” and “Yours most sincerely, and Diana,” one page, 8 x 13, Buckingham Palace letterhead, October 7, 1981. Letter to Captain and Mrs. W. S. Gueterbock, in full: “We would both like to thank you very much indeed for your most kind contribution to the wedding present which the Duchy has given us. We really are delighted with the mahogany library table which will look splendid in our home at Highgrove and is exactly the right period for the house. We were also most touched to receive the balance of the gift in the form of a cheque with which we shall probably buy some more furniture. As you can well imagine, with two houses to equip from scratch we have quite a difficult task ahead of us! We have been completely overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity which so many people have shown to us, but as you will know we have a very special affection for the Duchy and all those who live and work in it and we therefore particularly appreciate your gift. We look forward very much to visiting the Duchy together in the future.” In very good to fine condition, with two tears which apparently, from matching tears to the envelope, occurred during opening. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. The fabled royal wedding took place at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981, before an invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million. Starting Bid $200

157. Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

Christmas card from 1983 embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 10.5 x 7.25 open, featuring an affixed color photo of Charles and Diana, the latter sitting with Prince William on a swing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To you both—from Charles and,” and, “Diana.” In fine condition, with scattered light speckling to the front of the card. Starting Bid $200 48 |

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158.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Royal

Christmas and New Year card from 1956 with an embossed seal on the front, measuring 13.75 x 9.75 open, with the inside featuring a photo of the royal family on a ship, signed below in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1956” and “Philip.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall foxing. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope.

Starting Bid $200

Explorers and Archeologists 159. Richard Burton. English ex-

plorer, translator, writer, soldier, and diplomat (1821–1890) known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. Partial ALS, signed “Rich’d F. Burton,” one page both sides, 4 x 2, no date.

Written while serving as British consul in Damascus, the letter refers to the Syrians’ attitude toward the English and former Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, and the aftermath of a Bedouin uprising. The first side reads: “England is no good, that Bamershton was their last friend and so forth. My bete noir M. Ishel Toli has determined, I am told, to put in an appearance at India and I hope that you will like him at the F. O. [Foreign Office.” The reverse reads: “My wife joins me in kindest remembrances, Yours very truly, Rich’d F. Burton, P.S. These are rather ticklish times for travelling about Damascus—the Bedouin to the East are storming & riding the country in all directions.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. An interesting piece of correspondence about a part of the world that continues to be afflicted by conflict to this day.

Starting Bid $200

King Tut’s discoverer on “the archaeological site on the island Aswan” 160. Howard Carter. British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s ‘Valley of the Kings’ proved to be one of the signal events in the history of archaeology. Rare manuscript DS in Arabic, one page, 6.75 x 8.25, received May 2, 1903. Document directed to the director of the General Archaeology Directorate, in part (translated): “Based on your explanation, dated the 21st of this month, number 966, we inform you that an inspection has been conducted of the building constructed by the father of Hamid Effendi Abdulmunim at the archaeological site on the island Aswan (Elephantine). We found that the amount of 150 Egyptian pounds estimated for the building is a very appropriate and reasonable value…The total number of pages are back.” Ink notations along bottom in another hand. In fine condition, with two punch holes to left edge, and several staple-related holes to the top margin.

In 1903, Carter transferred to the Inspectorate of Lower and Middle Egypt and set up headquarters at Saqqara. His time excavating at Aswan with the likes of Lady William Cecil Amherst proved relatively unsuccessful, with the exception of a discovery of ancient Aramaic papyri made by several sebakh workers. A rare letter from the famed archeologist, immersed in his life along the Nile River and still years away from his unearthing of King Tut. Starting Bid $200

Titanic 161. Titanic: Edward Smith. Scarce DS, signed “E. J. Smith,” one page, 8 x 6, October 30, 1896. A certificate of discharge issued to T. Riley a fireman aboard the S.S. Majestic. The document states Riley served aboard the vessel from October 7–28, 1896, and was discharged in Liverpool. 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. The discharge also bears two “V.G.” stamps in areas for character of conduct and ability. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Smith to an overall size of 21.25 x 13. In very good condition, with scattered wrinkling, soiling and toning, paper loss to left edge, and some light scorch marks along extreme bottom edge.

Smith joined the White Star Line in 1880, and assumed command of the Majestic in 1895. When the Boer War began in 1899, Smith and the Majestic’s crew (sans fireman Riley) transported troops to Cape Colony without incident. For his service, King Edward VII awarded Smith the Transport Medal. 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 R.M.S. Titanic. An exceedingly rare autograph in any form. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 49

American West Excessively rare Daniel Boone survey receipt from 1784—the year his legend took hold 162. 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.” Impressively doublesuede-matted and framed with a portrait and engraved biographical plaque to an overall size of 31.25 x 18.25. 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 of 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. Starting Bid $1000

Scarce volume signed by the Old West outlaw 163. Emmett Dalton. Outlaw and train robber (1871–1937) who

was the youngest of the brothers that made up the legendary Dalton Gang of the Old West. He was sentenced to life in prison after an attempted bank robbery in 1892, but was pardoned fourteen years later, after which he became a reformed, respectable member of society. After moving to California to work in real estate, he also embarked on a career in the arts, capitalizing on his notoriety to publish books and begin a career in Hollywood. Signed book: When the Daltons Rode. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 313 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in fountain pen, “To my good friend Mr. Rex Lampman, Sincerely, Emmett Dalton, Jan’y 21, 1931.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

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The elder James brother remains hopeful before his 1883 murder trial 164. Frank James.

Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915) who at times went by the alias ‘Ben J. Woodson.’

Scarce ALS signed “Ben,” four pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, August 6, 1883. Letter to his wife, written while in jail on murder charges, in part (grammar and spelling retained): “I was sick last Friday and Saturday. I acted for all the world like one in a family may. I threw up all my meals, was giddy headed, in fact I had all the symptoms and it may be I have been ‘caught.’ I am feeling all right this A. M. however I was out yesterday and just thirty two men by actual count was asking me question at the same time, if free once more not a single human being do I want to be introduced to unless it is known to a certainty they are in sympathy with us. I never was so tired of any thing in my life. The majority that come do so simply to satisfy their morbid curiosity. It will do me so much good when I get out to pass the majority as I would a dog…I hope you may enjoy your proposed visit to our friends in the ‘Six Mile.’ I want you to insist on them coming to my trial. I think Babe will be sure to come. I hope he will I am not going to write you any more affectionate letters as you do not return the compliment…I had a letter from Edward Saturday and he is doing all he can to raise some money for our benefit. He is going to send me his picture to me this week. I want you to do some good talking when you go down below and get those peoples sympathy worked up to fever heat…I know you succeeded in capturing your ‘hubby’ when I least expected it…Well thank God after this weeks I can count the time by days instead of weeks. I wish my trial had commenced today.” At the top of the final page, James has added a brief unsigned postscript. In fine condition, with a uniform shade of overall toning, with a slightly heavier block to the center of the final page. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed by James.

After spending years robbing banks, stagecoaches, and trains with his brother and the rest of the James-Younger gang, Frank turned himself in to authorities in Gallatin, Missouri, in October 1882, fearing for his life because of the bounty on his head—a few months earlier, Jesse James had been murdered by one of their own gang members and close associates, Robert Ford.

He was indicted for participating in two murders during a train robbery in Winston, Missouri, in which they had managed to steal a meager $650. The trial commenced just a few weeks after this letter, on August 21, 1883, and lasted until September 13, when James would find himself “free once more.” The jury pool was so tainted—surely in part due to the success of his wife’s attempts to “get those peoples sympathy worked up to fever heat”—that the prosecutor, looking over potential jurors, remarked, ‘The verdict of the jury that is being selected is already written.’ James walked, cementing his place in history as one of America’s most notorious outlaws. Starting Bid $300

Seldom-seen leader of the Younger Gang 165. Cole Younger. Old West outlaw (1844–1916) associated

with Jesse James as a leader of the James-Younger Gang, who eventually turned from a life of crime to Wild West shows and public speaking. Rare ink signature, “Cole Younger,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.25 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition, with light irregular toning and a horizontal fold passing through the signature. Starting Bid $200

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Notorious Figures 166. Fred Burke. Midwestern armed robber and contract killer during the Prohibition era (1893-1940) who is considered a prime suspect in the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. ALS signed “Dane,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, December 5, 1939. Written from Marquette State Prison, a letter to Jennie Crossman, in full (spelling and grammar retained): “’Twas so nice of you to answer my letter so soon, and you may be assured I was looking for it.

I’m enclosing herewith check for $50.00 and will get the things for Charlotte and send them as soon as possible. I want to apologize in advance for being a rather poor shopper but will do the best I can. I’ll send goolashes with the other things. Mrs. C. you need not offer any explanation about conditions and it is nothing that should embarass you. As for me I regard it as a very happy priveledge, for you see Xmas at its best here is very dull and you see this helps me have a better day of it. There is a family in Marquette of over one hundred children (The Orphanage) and each year I’m permitted to send each of them something. This year I’m sending 2 belts for each of the boys and a small rosary purse to each of the little girls. And I always send a check to the B. H. Good Fellows Fund, so all added up I have a pretty good Xmas. We are limited now to one letter each week but you may assure Charlotte that I’ll get one off to her as often as I can. Mrs. C. I think the idea of Stephen getting a job with Disney in L. A. is fine and perhaps you could get him started through that fellow Brown from B. Harbor who has made such a success there. Please let me know Mrs. C. what will take care of your needs from month to month—also if you have any debts that are due. I should like to know more about Charlotte health and what you are doing toward bringing about her recovery. Try to write me each week for a while, even though I’m unable to write that often. I’ll get a letter off to Charlotte within a week. In the meantime be cheerful and keep up your courage.” Burke incorporates his signature into the upper address field, “F. Dane.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of Burke’s funeral expenses submitted to Mrs. Jennie Crossman, as well as the original mailing envelope, which is addressed in Burke’s own hand. Starting Bid $200

167. Salem Witch Trials: Stephen Sewall. Clerk of court at

the Salem witchcraft trials. Manuscript DS, signed “S. Sewall,” one page, 7.5 x 5.25, April 13, 1697. A full testimony from Daniell King, who “testifieth that upon the seventh Day of January last 1696 Said Joseph Bood tho now Defendant load by my hous the ox…for by Hanah Phillip the now plaintiff,” with Hannah King testifying below.

Sewall pens his approval and notes “that John Lewis was with him or nigh to him,” before signing at the conclusion: “Sworn in Court at Ipswich, April of 13th 1697…attest S. Sewall.” In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

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Excessively rare Depression-era ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly check for $500

168. George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. Extremely rare

People’s State Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in pencil by Robert ‘Hoss’ Shannon, payable to his infamous son-in-law George R. Kelley for $500, February 12, 1932. Endorsed on the reverse in black ink, “Geo. R. Kelley.”

Also includes a second check, filled out in pencil by Shannon and made payable to Mrs. George R. Kelley for $2, June 15, 1931, which is endorsed on the reverse in pencil by Kathryn Kelly as “Mrs. Geo R. Kelly.” In overall fine condition. The $500 amount of George Kelly’s check—roughly $8,400 in today’s market—was almost certainly a case of laundering through the safe avenue of his father-in-law.

Accompanied by a pair of transcript of records booklets from the “United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit,” in the Western District of Oklahoma, for appeals made by Kathryn Kelly, filed August 21, 1934, and George and Ora Shannon, filed August 23, 1933, both in regard to their indictments in the kidnapping case of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933; the Shannon booklet bears the unmistakable (and unexplainable) presence of a bullet hole.

On July 22, 1933, George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly and Albert L. Bates kidnapped Urschel from his Oklahoma City home and drove him across state lines to the Paradise, Texas farmhouse of George and Ora Shannon, the parents of Kelly’s wife and partner-in-crime, Kathryn Kelly. A record $200,000 ransom was soon paid and Urschel was released some eight days after his abduction. He spared no time in using his formidable photographic memory to aid the FBI in tracking down the Shannon farmhouse, an operation that resulted in the arrests of the Shannons and five others. Less than two months later, on September 26, 1933, George and Kathryn Kelly were captured in Memphis, Tennessee; after serving 17 years in Alcatraz, Machine Gun died behind bars in Leavenworth at the age of 59. A rare and remarkable offering with close relation to Kelly’s last and most notorious escapade, signed by both gangster and wife in their last full year of freedom. Starting Bid $1000

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169. Louis Agassiz

170. Americana: Fire Fighters

171. Yasser Arafat

172. P. T. Barnum

174. Bigfoot: Bob Gimlin

175. Lucien Bonaparte Starting Bid $200

176. British Prime Ministers

177. Martin Buber

178. Martin Buber

179. Warren Burger

180. Fred Burke

181. Vannevar Bush

182. Andrew Carnegie

183. Vint Cerf

184. Dalai Lama

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173. David Ben-Gurion Starting Bid $200

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185. Dalai Lama Starting Bid $200

186. Thomas E. Dewey Starting Bid $200

189. DNA: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins

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196. Mikhail Gorbachev

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190. DNA: James D. Watson

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192. Elizabeth, Queen Mother

187. Porfirio Diaz

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193. Everest: Hillary and Tenzing Starting Bid $200

194. Albert Gallatin Starting Bid $200

197. Jay Gould Starting Bid $200

188. DNA: Watson and Crick Starting Bid $200

191. Frederick Douglass

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195. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Starting Bid $200

198. Hannibal Hamlin Starting Bid $200

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199. Edward Augustus Holyoke

200. J. Edgar Hoover Starting Bid $200

201. Charles Evans Hughes

202. H. L. Hunt

203. Internet Pioneers

204. Internet Pioneers

205. Israeli Figures

206. Sophia Jex-Blake

207. Noble Wimberly Jones

208. Helen Keller

209. Robert F. Kennedy

210. Kennedy Assassination

211. King Hussein

212. Fiorello LaGuardia

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213. Arthur Lee Starting Bid $200

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214. Nelson Mandela Starting Bid $200

215. Guglielmo Marconi

216. Maria Theresa of Spain

219. John W. McCormack

220. James McHenry

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222. Medical Researchers

223. Thomas Mifflin

226. Hosni Mubarak

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224. Mother Teresa

225. Mother Teresa

227. Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III

228. Fridtjof Nansen

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218. John W. McCormack

221. Thomas McKean

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217. Mayo Brothers

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229. John Nash

231. Nobel Scientists: Transistor

232. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

234. Timothy Pickering

235. Queen Victoria

236. Yitzhak Rabin

237. Yitzhak Rabin

238. Martin Rees

239. Rehnquist Court

240. Cecil Rhodes

241. Roberts Court

242. Nathan Mayer Rothschild

243. Anwar Sadat

244. Jonas Salk

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233. Park Chung-hee Starting Bid $200

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230. Jawaharlal Nehru Starting Bid $200

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245. Hudson Stuck

246. Supreme Court

247. Supreme Court

248. Supreme Court

249. Supreme Court Starting Bid $200

250. Supreme Court Justices

251. Supreme Court Justices

252. Supreme Court Justices

253. Supreme Court Justices

255. Margaret Thatcher

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254. Margaret Thatcher

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256. Clyde W. Tombaugh

257. Victor Emmanuel II

258. Warren Court

259. Warren Court

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260. Oliver Wolcott, Jr Starting Bid $200

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military

General Henry Dearborn’s field desk— “with a spring-loaded secret compartment!

261. Henry Dearborn. General

during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (1751–1829) who served as secretary of war under Thomas Jefferson. Henry Dearborn’s beautifully grained walnut field desk with brass trim. The box desk measures 15.25˝ x 9˝ x 6˝ closed, with a brass medallion plate at top center and equipped with brass handles on either side. It opens to a felt covered writing table with sliding brass locks, with four small compartments at top left with cover. On the left of this compartment is a pressure panel which conceals a spring, which when depressed releases two secret drawers housed in the interior of the top’s large compartment which comprises one half of the box. These concealed drawers measure approximately 6.5˝ x 1.5˝ x .5˝ (with loose bottoms); the middle compartment with cover measures approximately 6.5˝ x 2˝ x 1.5˝; two small square compartments without covers measure 2˝ x 2˝ x 1.5˝. The desk is accompanied by provenance including a Dearborn genealogical documentation entitled “Showing the ownership of the Box Desk of General Henry Dearborn,” dated 1952 under the signature of Marguerite Hinckley Cohn, who states: “The Box Desk descended to Sarah Ellen Dearborn, who gave it to me 1901, as a gift on my sixteenth birthday.” Cohn was the great-granddaughter of General Dearborn. In very good to fine condition, with expected wear from use, a few minor abrasions and small cracks in the wood, and a few loose pieces. Starting Bid $500

Secretary of War Davis approves the inspection of Harpers Ferry Armory— four years before John Brown’s raid 263. Jefferson Davis. Desirable autograph endorsement, “Approved, Jeffer. Davis, Sec’y of War,” on the reverse of a letter sent to him by Chief of Ordnance Henry K. Craig, 7.75 x 9.75, October 5, 1855. The letter, signed “H. K. Craig,” in full: “I propose proceeding to Harpers Ferry Va, in a few days, for the purpose of making the annual inspection of the Armory there, in compliance with Articles 14 & 15 of Ord. Regulations, and of Spec. Order No. 1 of 1855, and have to request your approval.” In fine condition. John Brown’s raid on the armory at Harpers Ferry would begin almost exactly four years later, on October 16, 1859. An interesting piece concerning a significant landmark of the era. Starting Bid $200

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264. Abner Doubleday. Union general (1819–1893) who commanded a

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

265. Nathaniel Lyon.

Veteran of the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars (1818–1861) who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict. ALS signed “N. Lyon, Capt. 2d Inf’y, Com’g Comp’y ‘B’,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 31, 1859. Letter to “Col. H. K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army,” in full: “Herewith enclosed I respectfully transmit Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores pertaining to Company ‘B’ 2d Inf’y for 1st Quarter of 1859.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

266. Montgomery of Alamein. Souvenir typescript,

one page, 8 x 11.5, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Montgomery of Alamein, F.M., 1971.” The “Instrument of Surrender of All German Armed Forces in Holland, in Northwest Germany Including All Islands, and in Denmark,” containing seven provisions of the surrender. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a central horizontal fold.

Starting Bid $200

267. Chester Nimitz. ALS signed “C. W. Nimitz,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 11, 1958. Letter to Robert R. Gros, in full: “Thank you for your letter of June 9—1958—. I enclose a copy of the statement which I had prepared for Vinson’s Committee but did not use because I was not called. However—I may be called before the Senate Armed Forces Committee—and if so, will use it.

I am grateful that you will hold the paper secure—. You are free—however—So help yourself to such of the ideas expressed—if you believe in them. Hope this finds you well and in good spirits—Aunt Catherine joins me in warmest regards and best wishes to you—.” Nimitz adds his initials, “CWN,” to a closing postscript: “I am enclosing a pamphlet for you—in the hope you are interested in Drake’s activities in California in 1579.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Accompanied by a copy of Gros’s response letter, dated June 23, 1958, as well as a photocopy of the “statement” Nimitz was preparing to give before one of the Armed Forces Committees, which reveals an interesting viewpoint of the armed services and the tactical and strategic balance to prepare for a future war. Starting Bid $200

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Transforming Turin’s Palace of Venaria into a cavalry barracks 270. Napoleon. Man-

268. Chester Nimitz.

Historic matte-finish 7 x 6 photo of Chester Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “To Donald Mika—Best wishes—C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN.” The desk in the picture bears a facsimile signature inherent to the original photograph. In fine condition, with a small, light dent to the center.

Starting Bid $200

uscript DS, in French, signed “Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12.25, December 18, 1811. Official military document signed by the Duc de Feltre, requesting the Palace of Venaria near Turin be turned into a cavalry barracks, endorsed in the left margin by Napoleon on December 19, 1810. In fine condition, with some light diagonal creasing. The Palace of Venaria, originally designed and built outside of Turin in 1675, was indeed transformed into a barracks under Napoleonic domination—the structures were turned into barracks and the terraced gardens destroyed to create a training ground. The complex maintained this military role after the fall of Napoleon, and remained in use by the Italian Army until 1978. Starting Bid $200

A-2 flight jacket from WWII, featuring the patch of ‘The Devil’s Own Grim Reapers’

269. WWII Army Air Forces A-2 Jacket.

Fantastic World War II–era type A-2 leather flight jacket, with the owner’s name and serial number, “Fred R. Schaeffer, 35151402,” written inside the collar. The handsome jacket was manufactured by Aero Leather of Beacon, NY, (size 40), and is made of an especially high quality brown leather that is still soft, supple, and wearable. Two large squadron patches are sewn on the front: one for the 13th Bomb Squadron (‘The Devil’s Own Grim Reapers’) and one for the 89th Attack Squadron/3rd Attack Group.

Both squadrons operated in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. In fine condition, with the original leather name patch removed and no longer present. Accompanied by several packets of information about these squadrons, including a copy of a Fifth Air Force report from September 1945, noting that S/Sgt. Fred R. Schaeffer was awarded the Air Medal. Starting Bid $200 62 |

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License to trade outside Napoleon’s continental blockade 271. Napoleon. Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 14 x

19, January 11, 1813. Untranslated special license to trade outside the continental blockade, crisply signed at the conclusion by Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor of France, and countersigned by four other government officials. In very good to fine condition, with splitting, and small areas of paper loss, along the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

272. Napoleon. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed

“Napole,” one page, 20.25 x 14.75, February 14, 1810. Document naming Alexandre Joseph Hypolite de Lachau as “chevalier de l’Empire,” issued by Napoleon as Emperor of the French and King of Italy, boldly signed in the lower margin by Bonaparte.

The upper left features a hand-painted rendition of the armorial crest awarded to de Lachau. In very good condition, with tears and paper loss to the edges, and tape on the reverse reinforcing a tear above the signature. Starting Bid $200

273. Flintlock Musket by A. W. Spies. Circa 1840s flintlock musket manufactured

by A. W. Spies of New York, with a 40˝ smoothbore barrel with a handsome dark patina.

The flintlock mechanism is marked “A. W. Spies” and decorated with hand-engraved embellishments. The brass trigger guard has likewise been decoratively engraved, and bears a later hand-painted inventory number (“2805”). Complete with its iron-capped ramrod. The stock was broken at one point and repaired. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 63

275. Civil War: Daniel H. Hopping

274. Civil War Amnesty Oath

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276. Mark W. Clark Starting Bid $200

279. Enola Gay Starting Bid $200

277. Cuban Missile Crisis: Sweeney and Shoup Starting Bid $200

280. Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney Starting Bid $200

282. Paul von Hindenburg Starting Bid $200

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278. James H. Doolittle Starting Bid $200

281. William Heath Starting Bid $200

283. James Longstreet Starting Bid $200

284. Felix von Luckner Starting Bid $200

285. George C. Marshall

286. Matthew F. Maury Starting Bid $200

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288. Montgomery of Alamein Starting Bid $200

290. George Patton Starting Bid $200

291. John Pope Starting Bid $200

293. Winfield Scott Starting Bid $200

287. Nelson A. Miles Starting Bid $200

289. George Patton Starting Bid $200

292. Revolutionary War Starting Bid $200

294. Alexander Stephens Starting Bid $200

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aviation

297. Charles Lindbergh. TLS signed

295. Amelia Earhart. Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 full-length

photo of Earhart posing with Constance Cummings, Walter Huston, Richard Arlen, and Joel McCrea prior to an exhibitor’s radio broadcast, signed in fountain pen by Earhart. Reverse bears an affixed caption and Ray Jones photography stamp.

In fine condition, with very slight rippling from the pasted caption on the reverse. Starting Bid $200

“C. A. L.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 7, 1968.

Letter to “Miss Saunders,” concerning a royalty check to be issued to J. Carlisle MacDonald for ghostwriting We, Lindbergh’s published account of his transatlantic flight. In full: “Would you please get a money order for $45.33, made out to J. Carlisle MacDonald, and attach to the enclosed letter.

If the letter is satisfactory to you, please sign and leave with the money order for me to mail. I enclose a check for $50.00.

Put the balance in the household account please.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

298. Thomas Settle. Officer of the

United States Navy who on November 20, 1933, together with Chester L. Fordney, set a world altitude record in the Century of Progress stratospheric balloon; he went on to serve in various capacities with the Navy in the continental United States and overseas, including during World War II (1895–1980). Group of five glossy photos of US Navy airships, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip, “T. G. W. Settle.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

299. Solar Impulse. Two color 296. Charles Lindbergh. Signed book: Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography. First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 363 pages. Signed on the title page by the famed aviator in black ink, “Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.,” and in blue ballpoint by the author, “Bruce L. Larson.” In fine condition, with sunning to the dust jacket spine. Lindbergh wrote the forward to this biography of his father, who served as congressman from Minnesota from 1907 to 1917. The aviator very rarely signed with the “Jr.” suffix after his father’s death in 1924, with one exception being copies of this book. Starting Bid $200

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glossy photos of the Solar Impulse experimental solarpowered aircraft and its crew, 12 x 8 and 7.25 x 5, each signed in black felt tip by Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg. In fine condition, with a ding to one corner tip of the larger photo.

Starting Bid $200

On the fate of the Wright Flyer: “Sending it to a foreign museum is the only way of correcting the history of the flying machine” 300. Orville Wright. Fascinating correspondence archive between Orville Wright and journalist Earl Nelson Findley regarding the former’s decision to send the Wright Flyer to England and his ongoing dispute with the Smithsonian. The group is highlighted by two TLSs from Wright, signed “Orville” and “Orv,” both one page, written on his personal letterhead. The first letter, dated February 24, 1928, in part: “I do not know this man Merrill who wrote the article for ‘Personality.’

I would have thought that he got his information from the Smithsonian if Maxim and Lilienthal had not been mentioned! Although I do not subscribe to a clippings bureau I have had a number of editorials on the machine going to England.” Wright signs his initials “O. W.” to a brief postscript.

The second letter to Findley, March 10, 1928, in part: “I think it would be proper, since Dr. Abbot requests it, that you publish his statement. In case you do so I am sending a short reply to it which you may use if you wish…I am also sending a copy of a letter by H. H. Clayton to Dr. Abbot. This is strictly confidential.

Clayton is the man who has been working with Dr. Abbot for several years in his measuring of the radiation of the heat from the sun...I am also enclosing a copy of a form letter that I have been sending out to people deploring the loss of the machine to America, and expressing the hope that ‘I will not punish the American people’ by letting it remain permanently abroad.”

Includes a copy of the referenced typed letter from H. H. Clayton to Dr. C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Institution, dated February 25, 1928, marked “Strictly Confidential,” which states, in part: “I doubt the correctness of the statement on the Langley machine that it was ‘the first man-carrying aeroplane in the history of the world capable of sustained free flight.’ It seems to me more than probably that a skilled aviator and mechanic acquainted with the modern knowledge of air conditions could fly in the French ‘avion,’ the Maxim machine or the Lilienthal machine all of which preceded the Langley machine.”

Additionally, a template copy of the referenced “form letter” is included, which reads, in part: “I thank you for your letter of—— and for your interest in keeping an original machine of American invention in the United States. It is true that there are many other museums here in America, beside the Smithsonian, that would be glad to house our first aeroplane permanently. But I think when the situation is carefully considered you will see that my course in sending it to a foreign museum is the only way of correcting the history of the flying machine, which by false and misleading statements has been perverted by the Smithsonian Institution. In its campaign to discredit others in the flying art, the Smithsonian has issued scores of these false and misleading statements...[Wright has bracketed the following paragraph in red pencil] With this machine in any American museum the National pride would be satisfied; nothing further would be done; and the Smithsonian would continue its propaganda. In a foreign museum this machine will be a constant reminder of the reason of its being there, and after the people and petty jealousies of this day are gone, the historians of the future will examine impartially the evidence and make history accord with it.”

The archive also features a Western Union telegram from Wright to Findley, dated March 10 [1928], and copies of two letters from Findley to Wright, March 5 and 28, 1928, in which Findley returns materials, provides newspaper clippings and the above referenced letter from Clayton, and refers to a new book being written about aviation. In overall very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $300

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Wilbur Wright soars over Le Mans in September 1908 301. Wilbur Wright.

Wonderful vintage 5.5 x 3.5 French postcard of Wright taking off in his Wright 1907 Model Flyer at the Camp d’Auvours artillery field near Le Mans, France, on September 21, 1908, signed in the upper left in fountain pen, “8 December 1908, Wilbur Wright.” In very good to fine condition, with surface loss to the top center, just touching the handwriting. In the course of delivering his Wright Flyer to a French syndicate, Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans to perform a series of flights that would prove his plane’s capabilities. On September 16, 1908, he set a new world record for distance and duration, flying 15.2 miles in 39 minutes. Later that day he marked another first when he flew his first passenger, French balloonist Ernest Zens. On the date of this image, he set a world endurance record of one hour and 31 minutes and 25 seconds over an estimated distance of 41 miles, a flight which won the Aero Club of France prize. Starting Bid $1000

303. Chuck Yeager. Two

302. Chuck Yeager. Three items signed by Yeager: a color glossy 10 x 8 photo of an older Yeager in his flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To: Ken…Good Luck! Chuck Yeager”; an FDC with a cachet honoring Lincoln Ellsworth, signed in black felt tip, “Chuck Yeager”; and a felt tip signature, “Chuck Yeager,” on a white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

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glossy 10 x 8 photos, both signed in black felt tip by Chuck Yeager, with images including: a photo of Yeager speaking with President Harry Truman and leaning on the Collier Air Trophy; and a photo of Yeager standing next to a F-20 Tigershark light fighter. In overall fine condition. President Truman awarded the Collier Air Trophy, commonly rated aviation’s highest honor, to the three men instrumental in achieving the first human faster-thansound flight. Along with Yeager, also given the award were John Stack, research scientist on the staff of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Lawrence D. Bell, president of Bell Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo. Starting Bid $200

304. Cosmonauts.

space

Vintage glossy 6 x 4 photo of Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Pavel Popovich posing together in uniform, signed in ink by the latter three Vostok pioneers. In fine condition, with smudging to Titov’s signature. Starting Bid $200

305. Yuri Gagarin - PSA/DNA MINT 9. Textured matte-

finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Gagarin in uniform, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In very fine condition. Encapsulated by PSA/DNA, with the autograph graded MINT 9. Starting Bid $200

307. Apollo 11. Unusual

‘Upper Deck Masterpieces’ dual-sided 2.5 x 3.5 trading card featuring the signatures of the Apollo 11 crew: one side features a felt tip signature, “Buzz Aldrin,” on a small image of the lunar lander, and a ballpoint signature, “Michael Collins,” on a pair of stamps; and the opposite side features a ballpoint signature, “Neil,” on a white slip clipped from the close of a letter. Also included is a Topps ‘69 trading card, 2.5 x 3.5, showing the Lunar Module Eagle, signed on the front in black felt tip by the Apollo 11 Flight Director, “Gene F. Kranz.” In overall fine condition. The Kranz card is encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder, and the Apollo 11 crew-signed card is encapsulated in a Beckett authentication holder. Starting Bid $200

America’s original seven astronauts 306. Mercury Seven. Vintage glossy 13 x 10 photo of the origi-

nal seven Mercury astronauts posing in front of a US Air Force jet, signed above their respective images in various ink types, “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter M. Schirra,” “Donald K. Slayton,” and “Alan B. Shepard,” with an inscription added by Carpenter below reading: “To Terri & Sheri, With Warmest personal Regards—The Mercury Astronauts.” Reverse bears an ownership notation. In very good condition, with uniform overall fading, light dampstaining to top edge, scattered creasing, a bit of emulsion loss to extreme right edge, and the Slayton signature a shade light and irregular ink adhesion to the Schirra signature.

Taken at Langley Air Force Base on January 20, 1961, the day of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, this photograph pictures the seven original test pilots chosen from a field of hundreds eager to become America’s first astronauts. The inscription of Terri and Sheri refers to the 7-year-old twin daughters of Joe Garino, the physical trainer for the astronauts of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Given its association with NASA’s longtime fitness trainer, this is a remarkable fully signed photo further enhanced by its cast of early signatures and atypically large size. Starting Bid $300

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308. Apollo 11. Three items: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing the Apollo 11 astronauts in their white space suits against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip by Neil Armstrong and in black ballpoint by Buzz Aldrin; an FDC with a cachet honoring the lunar landing, signed in black felt tip by Michael Collins; and an FDC with a cachet honoring Apollo 11, signed in blue ballpoint by the stamp’s artist, Paul Calle. In overall fine condition, with a few light surface creases to the signed photo. A wonderful trio of Apollo 11 items, representing the full crew that made the first lunar landing. Starting Bid $300

Relaying info on the “dates of my 7 X-15 flights” 309. Neil Armstrong. ALS, one page, 5.25 x 8, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to “Mr. Glass,” in full: “The dates of my 7 X-15 flights can be obtained from: Mr. Ralph Jackson, NASA, Box 273, Edwards, Calif. Sincere thanks for sending the photos.” In fine condition.

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

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310. Apollo 11: Armstrong and Collins. Sou-

venir space treaty printed on parchment and published by S. M. Kessler, entitled “Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space,” one page, 16.5 x 10.5, featuring an affixed stamp with first day cancelation, signed on the right side in felt tip, “Neil Armstrong” and “M. Collins.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, light toning from prior display, and fading to both signatures. Commonly called the ‘Rescue Agreement,’ this is an international agreement setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space. The agreement, created by a 1967 consensus vote in the United Nations General Assembly, came into force in 1968. Starting Bid $200

312. Neil Armstrong. Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph

of Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Danny—Good Luck—Neil Armstrong.” In fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edge. Starting Bid $200

313. Neil Armstrong. Official color 9.5 x 7.5 NASA lithograph

311. Neil Armstrong. Uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed neatly in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a small crease to the lower right corner tip. Starting Bid $300

of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Michael—Get well soon, Neil Armstrong.”

Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 11.5. In fine condition, with three light bends and a thin scratch to the left background area, and a line of light surface loss across the top. An uncommon image signed by the first man to set foot on the moon. Starting Bid $200

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314. Neil Armstrong. Sou-

venir print of the lunar plaque left behind on the moon by Apollo 11 in July 1969, 11 x 8.5, featuring an affixed stamp with first day cancelation, signed in the lower right corner in ink by Neil Armstrong. In the lower left corner is a secretarial Richard Nixon signature, and authentic, but badly faded, Pat Nixon signature. The famous plaque reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon, July 1969, A.D., We came in peace for all mankind,” and features facsimile signatures of the Apollo 11 crew and President Nixon. In very good to fine condition, with toning from prior display. Starting Bid $200

315. Neil Armstrong.

Black

Astro cap gifted by moonwalker Neil Armstrong to actor Charles Nelson Reilly when the two men were guests on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the mid-1970s, one size fits all with Velcro strap, with embroidered “Apollo” patch on crown, and bill featuring gold oak leaf embellishments. In very good to fine condition, with expected signs of wear. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Reilly, in full: “This is to verify the fact that the Apollo Cap that is owned by my friend, J. T. Sutherland was given to me by Neil Armstrong when we were both guests on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It was probably about 20 years ago. He gave it to me on the air and thus is documented on tape.” Starting Bid $200

316. Neil Armstrong. Christmas

card from 2003 with a large silver snowflake, measures 7.5 x 4.75 open, signed inside in red ballpoint, “Carol & Neil Armstrong.” Also includes a Christmas card from 1990 which is signed inside by Armstrong’s first wife Janet. In fine condition. Accompanied by both original mailing envelopes, which are addressed in Armstrong’s hand, as well as unsigned invitations and an ‘In This Decade’ booklet. Starting Bid $200

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317. Apollo 13. Limited edi-

tion color 18 x 22.5 print of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘Houston, We Have a Problem,’ numbered 647/1000, showing a dramatic image of the Apollo 13 command module explosion, and signed below in pencil by astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Alan Bean, as well as actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, and the director of the Apollo 13 film, Ron Howard.

Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 30. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

318. Apollo 13. Terrific color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the Apollo 13 rocket prior to launch, signed in black felt tip, “James Lovell, Apollo 13 CDR,” “Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP,” and “’I’m thinking of having an extra cryo stir.’

Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM.” In fine condition, with scattered light surface creases.

A highly appealing combination of imagery and signatures. Starting Bid $200

319. Jack Swigert. Official

NASA biographical data sheet for John Leonard Swigert, Jr., one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, signed in the upper left corner in black ink, “Jack Swigert.” In fine condition, with two staple holes along the left edge.

Starting Bid $200

320. Buzz Aldrin

321. Buzz Aldrin

322. Buzz Aldrin

323. Buzz Aldrin

324. Buzz Aldrin

325. Buzz Aldrin

326. Buzz Aldrin

327. Buzz Aldrin

328. Apollo 11 Flown Kapton Foil

329. Apollo 13 Mission Control

330. Gene Cernan Starting Bid $200

331. Challenger: Ellison Onizuka

332. Michael Collins

333. Michael Collins

334. Michael Collins

335. Charles Conrad

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336. [Charles Conrad]

337. Gordon Cooper

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340. Jim Irwin

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341. Jim Irwin

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342. Chris Kraft

343. Mission Control

344. Edgar Mitchell Starting Bid $200

345. NASA Flight Directors

346. Wally Schirra

347. Harrison Schmitt

348. Dave Scott

349. Alan Shepard

350. STS-95

351. Valentina Tereshkova

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339. Jim Irwin

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art, architecture, and design

Scarce original ‘Seated Nude’ by Milton Avery 352. Milton Avery.

American artist (1885– 1965) best known for his semi-abstract portraits and landscapes incorporating flat planes of color. Large original ink sketch on an off-white 13.5 x 16.5 sheet, entitled ‘Seated Nude’ and depicting a naked woman seated on a chair in a relaxed pose, signed in the lower right in black ballpoint by Avery. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19.75 x 22, with reverse of frame bearing an affixed label indicating that the piece was obtained “from Mrs. Sally Avery, June 1972.” In fine condition, with small areas of toning to three corners. From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry and Mary Ann Gans. Starting Bid $300

353. Francis Bacon. Impor-

tant British painter (1909–1992) best known for his grotesque, sometimes violent imagery often incorporating flayed human figures. Uncommon ballpoint signature and inscription in French, “Pour Mariette Barone, bien amicalement, Francis Bacon,” on an off-white 7.75 x 10.5 sheet. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing.

Starting Bid $200

354. George Cruikshank. British cari-

caturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens.

Original signed pencil sketch on an off-white 6 x 4 sheet, depicting a shoreline with two men and a harpooned seal against a backdrop of harbored ships and ocean cliffs, inscribed below, “The Phoca—Vol III—P. 127–6,” and signed in black ink, “Geo. Cruikshank.” Matted with a biographical slip. In fine condition. A decidedly detailed and powerful Cruikshank original. Starting Bid $200

Dali’s Mustache with brilliant sketches from the surrealist master 355. Salvador Dali. Signed book: Dali’s Mustache. First edition. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 126 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed across the front pastedown and first free end page in blue ballpoint, “Pour Peter, Hommage de Dali,” with additional sketches of an ant and a parent and child watching a shooting star. Autographic condition: fine, with light toning.

Book condition: VG/None, with scuffing and rubbing to boards, most noticeably toward the spine, and reinforcement to the gutter of the title page. A huge sketch and signature by the famed surrealist, written inside a book sought-after in itself as a humorous collaboration between Dali and famed photographer Philippe Halsman. Starting Bid $300

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Lending his “Spectre of Sex Appeal” to a “Dali Exhibition” 356. Salvador Dali. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1965. Dali agrees to loan his painting “Spectre of Sex Appeal” to “The Gallery of Modern Art including the Huntington Hartford Collection” for an upcoming “Dali Exhibition,” with an insurance valuation of $30,000. Signed at the conclusion by Dali, “Salvador Dali,” who also adds the date. In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Accompanied by an original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph showing Dali with a few of his works. Today, the “Spectre of Sex Appeal”—a diminutive oil on panel, painted by Dali at age 30—resides in the TeatroMuseo Dali in Figueres, Spain. The painting shows Dali as a young child on the shores of Cap de Creus, staring up at a horrifying disemboweled female figure propped up by rickety sticks. It is a classic mind-bending Dali painting, exemplifying the psychosexual underpinnings of his work. Starting Bid $200

357. Hubert de Givenchy. French

fashion designer (1927–2018) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy.

Glossy 5 x 7.5 photo of the legendary designer in his workshop, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip, “Givenchy,” with a small sketch of a heart. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

359. Keith Haring.

TLS signed boldly in black felt tip, “K. Haring,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal ‘Radiant Baby’ letterhead, April 12, 1985. Letter to noted art collector Norman Dubrow, in full: “Thanks for your letter. I remembered our conversation, of course, and I am delighted that you are interested in making such a quick donation to the Whitney. Thanks for talking to Paul Cummings, and I’m looking forward to see you soon. Thanks again.” Lower portion bears a ‘Radiant Baby’ stamp. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Haring as a 12-year-old, with bold original sketch

358. Keith Haring. Highly desirable 4 x 5.75 promotional postcard for a Keith Haring exhibit entitled ‘Recent Work,’ held at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York City from December 3, 1988 to January 7, 1989, with front showing Haring as a 12-year-old in 1970 Kutztown, Pennsylvania, signed in black felt tip, “K. Haring, 88,” who adds his circle-cross symbol and a large figure standing to the left side with outstretched arms. In fine condition, with faint toning to the upper left corner. Accompanied by provenance letters noting that the postcard derives from the personal estate of Dorothy Berenson Blau, who was both Haring’s friend and Miami art dealer.

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Haring litho of the ‘1988 Man’ 360. Keith Haring. Scarce

and sought-after color 8 x 10.25 silkscreen print of a Keith Haring work entitled ‘1988 Man,’ vertically signed and inscribed along the right side in pencil, “For Dorothy with love—Keith 88,” who adds his circle-cross symbol. Framed to an overall size of 11 x 13. In fine condition. Accompanied by provenance letters noting that the lithograph derives from the personal estate of Dorothy Berenson Blau, who was both Haring’s friend and Miami art dealer. Starting Bid $200

Sought-after silkscreen ‘nude invitation’ from Haring 361. Keith Haring. Fan-

tastic color 8.25 x 10.25 silkscreen print of a Keith Haring work entitled ‘New Years Invitation 1988 (Nude),’ vertically signed and inscribed along the right side in pencil, “For Dorothy— K. Haring 88,” who adds his circle-cross symbol. Framed to an overall size of 11 x 13. In fine condition. Accompanied by provenance letters noting that the lithograph derives from the personal estate of Dorothy Berenson Blau, who was both Haring’s friend and Miami art dealer. Starting Bid $200

362. Al Hirschfeld. Color limited edition 9.25 x 12.25 print entitled ‘Lindy Hop,’ numbered 6/50, signed in the lower left corner in pencil, “Hirschfeld.” In fine condition. This is one of the high-quality illustrations from ‘Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld,’ which featured text by William Saroyan, published on December 7, 1941. Starting Bid $200

363. David Hockney. Renowned Brit-

ish-born artist (born 1937) best known for his portraits and for his paintings that incorporate swimmingpool imagery. ANS, penned in black ink on an off-white 5 x 3 card, no date. Note to “Chris & Mary,” in full: “I am leaving for England tomorrow (10th one) so I’ve asked Karen to send you an autographed photo as you asked.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

364. David Hockney. Spi-

ral-bound exhibition catalog for Hockney’s “ S o m e Ve r y New Paintings” at the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York from January 7–February 13, 1993, 29 pages, 10.75 x 8.5, signed on the front cover in black ink, “David Hockney.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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365. Daniel Huntington.

American artist (1816–1906) who studied at Yale with Samuel F. B. Morse, and later with Henry Inman.

ALS signed “D. Huntington,” one page, 7.75 x 6.5, December 30, 1850.

Letter regarding his artwork, in part: “A scene in a forest—a large landscape by your humble serv’t—D.H. is now at William Stevens—I hope you will drop in there & see it—and make as loud an outcry about it as you can—I am in hope somebody may be fool enough to buy it for a new year’s present.” Affixed to a slightly larger scrapbook page and in very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, heaviest along the left edge. Starting Bid $200

366. Robert Indiana. Catalog for a Robert Indiana show

at the Denise Rene Gallery between November–December 1972, 12 pages, 8.25 x 10.25, with the opening page featuring an ALS from Indiana in black felt tip, dated August 1, 1982, written from Vinalhaven, Maine, in full: “Very happy to have an admirer in Lewiston since this is the birthplace of Marsden Hartley—a Maine artist that I am very interested in. He painted here on the island in 1938 and I intend to do some painting in homage to him.” Indiana adds at the bottom: “Don’t miss the center fold!” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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367. Roy Lichtenstein.

Color 21 x 27 poster showing Roy Lichtenstein’s 1965 painted ceramic bust entitled ‘Head with Blue Shadow,’ signed in black felt tip, “R. Lichtenstein.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

368. Henri Matisse. Signed book: Ulysses. Limited edition, numbered 529/1500. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935.

Hardcover, 9.25 x 12, 363 pages. Signed on the colophon in pencil, “Henri Matisse.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and beautiful embossed gilt decoration to front; light rubbing to edges; gentle bump to front upper corner; light scuff to gilt illustration on front; and a block of discoloration to opening free end pages. One year after the decade-long ban on publishing Ulysses in the United States was lifted, George Macy of the Limited Edition Club commissioned Henri Matisse to illustrate a deluxe edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. While Joyce was excited to have such a prominent artist illustrate his work, he and Macy were somewhat disappointed to find that Matisse did not read the book and based his artwork entirely on Homer’s ancient epic The Odyssey. The resulting book, featuring six original soft-ground etchings by Matisse and twenty reproductions of his preliminary drawings, was published in a limited edition of 1500, all signed by the artist; the first 250 were signed by the author as well. Starting Bid $300

Matisse to his daughter, a model and muse: “Did you go see the Spanish exhibit at the Petit Palais Paris? And the new rooms at the Louvre?”

369. Henri Matisse. ALS in French, signed

“H.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10.25, no date.

Letter to his daughter Marguerite, “My dear Marg,” in part (translated): “Marquet arrived yesterday.

He is already much better today than he was the last days in Paris. He brought me your two letters.

Here are my answers: As for the Landsberg…don’t worry about it, but have them rephotographed anyway. I am waiting what Desjardins has to say, but he, did you say as I told you to: what do you base your confidence on, considering you’ve never been that afraid? What was his answer? How was the festival? Did you go see the Spanish exhibit at the Petit Palais Paris? And the new rooms at the Louvre? Did you show Desjardins what you sent to Sebileau? It seems clear to me. What does he think of it?” In the left margin, he adds: “Use Jean to take care of the ivy by the veranda. It covers the gutter and needs to be cut back and attached in front.” At the top of the page, he writes: “You will receive the oil; it didn’t get sent until the 15th of April.”

Matisse continues: “Remember that it is because the ring of the trachea that has been cut has not developed, he said that he would cut back the cartilage a little to enlarge it. Tell Desjardins when you see him. I haven’t had time to work out my contract with Halv. Bernheim. I’ll do it one of these days.—Amusing, the Derain-Halvorsen divorce, the court. To move around the oak frame is too large. What is needed it something smaller. It shouldn’t be bigger than 1 m of the hanging rail. I’ll see what you will suggest.” Matisse sketches a quick diagram of boxes. In the left margin, he writes: “I am expecting Romains and his wife for dinner with Marquet. I hope you will get back in shape for your operation. I send hugs to all four of you. H.” In fine condition. A significant letter from Matisse to his daughter, who acted as his model, muse, and manager. Here, he touches upon his work—referring to his 1914 portrait of Yvonne Landsberg—and her ailment—Marguerite wore a black ribbon around her neck to hide a three-inch scar from surgery on her trachea and larynx, as seen in Matisse’s many famous portraits of her. He also refers to his lifelong friend, the Fauvist painter Albert Marquet, as well as the world-famous Louvre Museum. A desirable autograph letter boasting a number of important associations. Starting Bid $300

370. Henri Matisse. TLS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 7.75 x 10, No-

vember 22, 1949. Written from Nice, a letter to Monsieur Duchemin, in full (translated): “I received your letter of the 21st instant, and I hasten to inform you that I have had absolutely no opinion on the Fabiani affair from the Tribunal nor any news whatsoever.

I would like to point out that I still have not received a package of postcards that Nomis had to send me and I would be happy if you wanted to intervene on this subject. I would also be interested in hearing about Drager’s request for permission to reproduce two of my spreadsheets about medical advertising. Has the project been completed?

What products were they? In the attempt to read you, I beg you to agree, dear Sir, the expression of my best feelings.” Matisse underlines a few words in red pencil and adds a small emendation in blue ink. In fine condition. Martin Fabiani was Matisse’s art dealer during World War II. Starting Bid $200

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“A walk goes a long way but be careful with cars” 371. Henri Matisse. ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 6 x 7.25, Hotel Terminus letterhead, June 8, 1934. Letter to Emile Kas, in full (translated): “I had a good trip and had an excellent afternoon off, as if I had left all my worries at home—I forgot something very important: it’s Vichy caramel for Claude. You have to take four boxes from the tobacco shop and wrap them up and mail them as soon as possible. It’s red round boxes with a blue stripe on which it says ‘Vichy cost 2 fr.’ I hope all is well; I recommend you well Raudi and Gika—try to distract them; a walk goes a long way but be careful with cars.” In fine condition. Emile Kas and his wife Marie were a Czech couple employed by Matisse as part of the painter’s household staff. Starting Bid $300

Important letter to his wife on work and family, written from Normandy while painting the Rouen Cathedral

372. Claude Monet. ALS

in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.5, [February 20, 1893]. Letter to his wife Alice, written from Rouen while working on his cathedral series. In part (translated): “My darling, I’m going back to sleep and find your letter. Of course I would be delighted to see you and to give pleasure to my brother [Leon Monet] but frankly I’m just starting to organize myself and to be fine at work. And my faith, I think the first thing is to think of working. I had too many disappointments last year. I rely on you to come over to Rouen once with the little girl, and Blanche [Alice’s daughter]. So it could be when I will be a bit advanced in my work and also when there will be some more vegetation to see the Jardin des Plantes. I write immediately to my brother. He is very kind, there is less discomfort with his family than with strangers. But he should understand that I need to be quiet. I kiss you as I love you, Claude Monet.” He adds a lengthy postscript to the interior pages: “Your coming anyway would put me in trouble, because at this time I really need all my will, with all my strength to pull me out of this great difficulty…These tuggings already exasperate me. P.S. I do not understand the silence of Jean [Monet’s son], except that he thought avoiding me a disturbance, which could excuse him. In fact I feel that if it is renewed I will give up all work here. I’m sure I will not go to sleep.” In fine condition.

Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture.

In the middle of February 1893, Monet stayed at the Hotel d’Angleterre to complete his series of paintings of Rouen’s Cathedral that he started the year before. As a perfectionist, he was eternally dissatisfied with his artwork, alluded to in his reference to the “many disappointments last year” and his struggle to work. During his two-month stay in Rouen from February 16 to April 11, he often shared the table of his brother Leon, who ran a small chemical business in which Jean was hired. Monet’s thirty paintings of the Rouen Cathedral, beautifully capturing its gothic facade in different lighting conditions, are considered to be among his finest works. Starting Bid $1000

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The painter of ‘The Scream’ grants permission to reproduce a violin concert lithograph 373. Edvard Munch. Influential Norwegian painter and printmaker (1863–1944) known for his intense and evocative treatment of psychological themes, most famous for ‘The Scream.’

ALS in German, one page on a 5.75 x 3.5 postcard, postmarked July 2, 1929. Letter to the Griffel-Verlag in Leipzig, Germany, giving permission to reproduce “Das Koncert” [his violin concert lithograph] for the closing vignette in a music publication. In fine condition, with light speckled foxing, and two small punch holes.

Starting Bid $500

Uniquely drawn inscription to noted ballet dancer Serge Lifar 374. Pablo Picasso. Signed

book: Ceramiques de Picasso.

Paris: Albert Skira, 1948. Stiff cardstock wrappers, 11 x 15.25, 19 pages plus 18 colorful plates. Impressively signed and inscribed on the title page in colorful pastel to choreographer Serge Lifar, “pour mon cher Sergei…Picasso,” and dated at Cannes, September 5, 1958.

Picasso has sketched several dots and embellishments, as well as a face above the recipient’s name; the upper portion of the page (which evidently had a sketch of a sun, based on offsetting to a tissue guard laid inside the front cover), had been removed, possibly for framing by Lifar. In fine condition, with the top half of the signed page trimmed off; all pages and plates (except for the signed title page) are loose as published. Serge Lifar (1905–1986) was a noted French ballet dancer and choreographer, and a friend of Picasso; after the death of Diaghilev, Lifar took over the directorship of the Paris Opera Ballet. Picasso later became one of Lifar’s collaborators, doing the theatre designs for Lifar’s Icare in 1962. Starting Bid $2500

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Collage with a sketch by Picasso

375. Pablo Picasso. Exquisite original ballpoint sketch of two hearts with an arrow passing through them accomplished

by Pablo Picasso on an off-white 8 x 5 collage card featuring an affixed color image of him with his wife Jacqueline, signed below in ballpoint by both, “Picasso” and “Jacqueline.” Mounted and matted to an overall size of 11.75 x 9.25. In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and old adhesive residue in the area of the affixed clipping. Provenance: Property from the Douglas Cooper Collection, Christie’s, 1992; Cooper was a noted Picasso scholar and collector. A noted innovator of collage—the term itself is said to have coined by him and Braque—Picasso was the first to use the collage technique as an element in oil paintings. A decidedly unique piece from the revered modern artist. Starting Bid $1000

376.

Pablo Picasso. Desir-

able color postcard depicting Picasso’s 1901 painting ‘La Corrida,’ 5.75 x 4, signed vertically in the left border in black ballpoint, “Picasso.” Nicely double-matted and framed with a portrait of the artist to an overall size of 11.75 x 15.75. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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377. Pablo Picasso. Original softcover catalog for a series of Pablo Picasso exhibitions held in Japan between May and August 1964, published by the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, 152 pages, 10 x 9.5, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen, “Pour Monsieur Villefranche, Picasso, 12. 10. 64.” Housed in a custom clothbound clamshell case. In fine condition, with some scattered staining to the covers; interior pages are all clean. Starting Bid $300

Pissarro orders paints 378. Camille Pissarro. Influential

Danish-French Impressionist and NeoImpressionist painter (1830–1903). ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page, 4.5 x 7, July 7, 1901.

Letter to “Coutet,” apparently a seller of art supplies, in full (translated): “Send me 12 whites. If it is cold you must avoid that the white not be too hard.” In fine condition, with three small holes along the left edge, and some light edge toning. Starting Bid $200

379. Norman Rockwell. Two items: a TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, February 4, 1975, addressed to Roy F. Leckron, in full: “Thank you for your letter and for your birthday wishes. I am sorry but I do not autograph the big book directly. However, I am enclosing an autographed bookplate prepared for this purpose. If you should be coming to Stockbridge anyway, and are interested, sixty or more of my originals are in the Old Corner House here. Closed on Tuesday.” The second item is the referenced off-white and unused 8.5 x 3.75 bookplate with an image of Rockwell’s ‘Adventurers Between Adventure’ painting from his ‘A Boy and His Dog’ series, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leckron, cordially, Norman Rockwell.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. In overall fine condition, with light surface impressions to the left edge of the bookplate from a date notation on the reverse.

Starting Bid $200

380. Andy Warhol. Very desirable color 22 x 28.5 poster showing Andy Warhol’s serigraph entitled ‘Cantaloupes I,’ as part of his ‘Space Fruit: Still Lifes’ series published by HMK Fine Arts of New York, signed in black felt tip by Warhol. In fine condition, with two very small creases along the left edge.

Starting Bid $200

381. 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

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Extremely rare working developmental plans to his architectural triumph, Fallingwater 382. [Frank Lloyd Wright].

Incredibly rare set of five original pencil and colored pencil developmental architectural drawings of Wright’s Fallingwater masterpiece, on large onionskin pages, each approximately 40 x 28, all done in an unknown hand, with the first page titled in pencil, “Revised Drawing Kaufmann House, July 27, 1936, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect,” also in an unknown hand. Each page is also notated “File B-111A,” and numbered one through five. Page one shows a remarkably detailed overhead view of the first and second floor plans of the home, all labeled with accurate measurements, with notes on the side indicating, “All bath rooms to have cork floors,” and “1st floor lavatory to have stone paving.” Several additional pencil sketches have been added to the first page as well, including a window, and staircase, again in an unknown hand, as well as several notations to individual areas of the drawing.

Second page is a detailed wiring schematic of the entire home, listing 15 different circuits. Third page shows an overhead view of roof and third floor, with the fourth page showing details of the basement, complete with boulders, a wine cellar and boiler room, with the shore line of Bear Run added to the bottom portion of the drawing, and the final page shows an overhead view of the second floor. Rolled and in overall fine condition, with some paper loss to lower right corner of first page, expected handling wear and soiling, and some scattered light creases.

Thought to be in the twilight of his career in the mid-1930s, Wright used the project of Fallingwater as an opportunity to yet again leave his mark on American architecture. Commissioned by Pittsburgh businessman Edgar Kaufmann to build a weekend getaway for his family in the lush woods of Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Wright first visited the site in 1934. Anticipating a quiet retreat with spectacular views of the property’s waterfalls, Kaufmann was surprised-and more than a bit upset-when he saw the plans nine months later; with a series of cantilevers rising over 30 feet above the water, the home was to be built directly over the falls. After much back-and-forth and a long series of design revisions (which would continue throughout the arduous building process, as evidenced by these blueprints), the two men came to agreement on the design and commenced building in the spring of 1936. Upon its completion three years later, the house became an instant wonder, capturing the imagination of the public and bringing Wright back into the limelight. To this day it remains his most famous and widely recognized work, earning the designation of a National Historic Landmark in 1966. Blueprints from any Wright work are highly sought-after; this set, bearing intricate details of his crowning achievement, is one of the finest Wright items we have ever offered. Starting Bid $1000

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comic art and animation

383. Cartoon Critters. Original felt

tip sketches by four acclaimed comic strip cartoonists on individual off-white sheets ranging in size from 12 x 9 to 11 x 14, including: Grimm

by Mike Peters of Mother Goose and Grimm (ins); P. Martin Shoemaker by Jeff MacNelly from Shoe; Marmaduke by Brad Anderson; and Mooch by Patrick McDonnell from Mutts (ins). In overall very fine condition. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $200

385. Walt Disney. Fabulous vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Disney posing casually with his arms folded on the back of his chair, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Neville, with my best wishes, Walt Disney.” Double matted and framed with an engraved plate to an overall size of 17.5 x 23.5. Accompanied by a 1992 letter of authenticity from the Walt Disney Archives. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

384. Walt Disney.

Original production cel of Donald Duck as a hunter, posing with a shotgun and with a hand on his hip against an idyllic forest backdrop, presented in its original mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in brown artist’s crayon, “To Paul Conrad, with best wishes, Walt Disney.” The cel has been trimmed to the outline of the figure, as was customary, and set against an original hand-painted gouache background, redolent of those produced by famed production designer Eyvind Earle.

The character measures 3.75 x 4.75 with a mat opening of 8 x 8. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 17.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

386. Jose Carioca production cel from a Disney TV Show. (Walt

Disney Studios, 1960s) Original production cel featuring Jose Carioca of Three Caballeros fame from a 1960s Disney TV show, showing the cigar-chomping parrot with umbrella in an enthusiastic full-length pose. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 4.5 x 5, with a mat opening of 9.75 x 8. Mat dimensions are 14 x 12.

Reverse of backing bears an affixed gold Walt Disney Productions label, which reads: “This Is an Original Handpainted Celluloid Drawing Actually Used in a Walt Disney Production.”

In very good condition, with crackling to paint, most notably to feet where some paint is missing. Starting Bid $200

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387. Friz Freleng. Original

pencil sketch of the Pink Panther accomplished by Freleng on a white 5 x 3 card, signed below, “Friz Freleng, ‘86.” Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Huge Groening sketch of Futurama’s Bender

390. Bob Kane.

Brilliant original felt tip sketch of Batman in a cheerful close-up pose, accomplished on an off-white 7.5 x 10 sheet in black felt tip by Dark Knight co-creator Bob Kane, who signs to the right side. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

388. Matt Groening.

Awesome original felt tip sketch of Bender the robot from Futurama, accomplished by Matt Groening on the reverse of a 24 x 12 poster for the show Futurama, signed along the bottom, “Matt Groening 2017 San Diego,” with Groening adding a speech bubble above, “Shut up baby, I know it!” The front of the poster shows a frightened Fry and Bender watching Leela jump-kicking a robot, with Groening adding his signature to the lower right, “Matt Groening, 2017.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

389. Bob Kane. Sought-after signed book: Batman & Me. Limited first edition, numbered 929/1000. Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1989. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 9 x 11.75, 155 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ink by Bob Kane, with a stunningly realized original sketch of Batman in close profile affixed to the succeeding page, accomplished on an off-white 7.5 x 10 sheet in black felt tip by Kane, who adds his signature above. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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391. Walter Lantz.

Original graphite and felt tip sketch of a smiling Woody Woodpecker, accomplished on a yellow 5.75 x 8.75 sheet by Walter Lantz, who signs below and adds the year, “1986.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

392. Chris Renaud. Wonderful trio of original ink and felt tip sketches by Chris Renaud on individual white 5 x 8 sheets, each signed by Renaud and depicting a character from the popular Despicable Me series: including: Gru the super villain with his striped scarf; a one-eyed Minion waving; and another one-eyed Minion in a mocking pose. In overall fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

Beautiful large sketch of Snoopy inside a volume of “Peanuts Classics” 393. Charles Schulz.

Signed book: Peanuts Classics. First edition.

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

394. Charles Schulz. Original signed felt tip sketch of Snoopy in a wonderful fulllength walking pose, accomplished by Charles Schulz on an off-white 7 x 9.5 sheet of Peanuts stationery, signed and inscribed, “To Ward, Charles.

M. Schulz.” Affixed to a slightly larger piece of foamcore. In fine condition, with a tack hole to top center, and very faint tape stains to the top and bottom edges. The consignor notes that Ward Sharrer—an awardwinning photographer for the Sacramento Bee—obtained this autograph while shooting an interview with Schulz at the Bee offices some time in the 1960s. Sharrer was twice named California Press Photographer of the Year (1966 and 1969).

Starting Bid $200

395. Princess Aurora production cel from Sleeping Beauty. (Walt Dis-

ney Studios, 1959) Original production cel of Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, showing her as Briar Rose in her peasant outfit, with a purple cloud effect overlay. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Princess Aurora measures 3.25 x 4.25 and cloud effects measure 7.25 x 2.75, with a mat opening of 7.25 x 5.75. This piece is also framed to an overall size of 10.25 x 8.75. In fine condition, with framed backing loose and tape-repaired. Starting Bid $200

396. Grandma Duck production cel from This is Your Life, Donald Duck. (Walt Disney

Studios, 1960) Original production cel featuring Elvira Duck from This is Your Life, Donald Duck, showing the elderly duck in a half-length pose with her hands raised. The cel is placed on a color copy background. Image measures 3 x 5, with a mat opening of 9.25 x 6.25. This piece is also framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 10.5. In very good to fine condition, with some crackling to white paint on brows and right hand. A decidedly uncommon Disney character. Starting Bid $200

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397. Sabine BaringGould. British author of the

literature

hymn ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’ (1834–1924). Desirable AQS on an off-white 4 x 4.5 sheet, signed below, “S. Baring-Gould, Lew Trenchard, N. Devon, June 5, 1903.” Baring-Gould quotes from his famed hymn, in full: “Onward Xtian soldiers / Marching as to war / With the cross of Jesus / Going on before.” In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

Wonderful letter from the creator of Oz 398. L. Frank Baum. Rare ALS,

one page, 5.5 x 9.5, Hotel Walton letterhead, September 30, 1904. Letter to author and friend Emerson Hough, in full: “Send me Mr. Acherman’s New York address and I’ll try to see him next week. Write me at the Imperial Hotel 32nd & B’way— Should be home in a couple of weeks and hope to have a good visit with you then.

Mrs. B is with me and joins me in regards to yourself and Mrs. Hough.” In very good condition, with light toning from prior display, chipping to the edges, and tears to the upper blank area (partly reinforced with scotch tape on the reverse). Best known for his western stories, Hough created two play treatments with Baum, The Maid of Athens: A College Phantasy and The King of Gee-Whiz, neither of which ever reached the stage. During this particular period, the musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz was nearing its end at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. Over the course of two years, from January 21, 1903, to December 31, 1904, the Majestic ran 293 performances of The Wizard of Oz. Three months before this letter was written, Reilly & Britton published The Marvelous Land of Oz, Baum’s sequel to his best-selling 1900 fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. An exceptional letter with great associations—Baum remains scarce across all signed formats. Starting Bid $200 88 |

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Beckett and Gorey sign a special edition of Beginning to End

399. Samuel Beckett and Edward Gorey.

Signed book: Beginning to End. First edition, limited issue, numbered 165/300.

NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 32 pages. Signed on the colophon in ink by both Samuel Beckett and Edward Gorey.

In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

400. Lord Byron. Free

franked address panel, 5.5 x 3, addressed

by Byron, “London, March ninth 1812, Mrs. Moore, Kilmainham Lodge, Dublin,” and franked in the lower left corner, “Byron.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling and trimmed edges. This remarkable autograph dates to one day before the release of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Cantos I and II, which debuted on March 10, 1812. The first edition of five hundred quarto copies sold out in three days, and an octavo edition of 3,000 was on the market immediately after that. Byron is supposed to have said, ‘I awoke one morning and found myself famous.’ Starting Bid $200

4 0 1 . Tr u man Capote.

Signed book: In Cold Blood.

First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket (with $5.95 price intact and 1/66 date on lower front flap), 6.25 x 8.75, 343 pages.

Signed on an opening page in black ink by Truman Capote.

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with edgewear and a few small chips and tears at the extremities of the dust jacket’s spine. Starting Bid $200

4 0 2 . Tr u m a n Capote. Signed

book: The Muses Are Heard. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1956.

Hardcover with dust jacket (with $3.00 price intact and 11/56 date on lower front flap), 5.75 x 8.5, 182 pages.

Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “For Jarrett Fadem, with the good wishes of Truman Capote.” Autographic condition: fine, with some light staining to the right edge of the signed page. Book condition: VG/VG, with somewhat substantial chips and edge tears to dust jacket. Starting Bid $200

Handwritten poem by Willa Cather, plus praise to her from Van Doren: “If you can equip it with a conclusion so superb as that of ‘My Antonia’ you will have achieved a triumph rare in fiction”

404. Raymond Chandler. Desirable un-

signed book: The High Window. First edition.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket (publisher’s printed price of $2.00 present on inner front flap), 5.5 x 7.75, 240 pages. Book condition: VG/VG. Chandler’s third novel to feature Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. The High Window was adapted twice for the silver screen—Time to Kill in 1943, and then in 1947 as The Brasher Doubloon, which starred George Montgomery as Marlowe. Starting Bid $200

405. Raymond Chandler.

Scarce unsigned book: The Lady in the Lake. First edition.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

Hardcover with dust jacket (publisher’s printed price of $2.00 present on inner front flap), 5.5 x 7.75, 216 pages.

Book condition: VG/VG. The Lady in the Lake takes Detective Philip Marlowe out of Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy businessman’s estranged wife. As with many of his novels, Chandler based The Lady in the Lake’s plot on various short stories he had previously written for literary magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and Black Mask. The Lady in the Lake was adapted into a motion picture in 1947, which starred George Montgomery as Marlowe. Starting Bid $200

406. Raymond Chandler. Sought-

403. Willa Cather. Unsigned handwritten poem by Willa

Cather entitled “Tile Pictures (To a Little Girl),” penned on two off-white 5.75 x 9 sheets. Comprising seven quatrains, the poem begins: “From the ancient Kingdom, / Through the Wood of Dreaming, / Watch the knights come riding, / In their armour gleaming.” Each pages is affixed to a same-size sheet.

Includes a TLS from Carl Van Doren addressed to Cather, August 3, 1921, in part: “I am glad that you can stand my essay on your novels, and I am sorry that it is not better…The fact that you are nearly done with another novel seems to me remarkably good news. If you can equip it with a conclusion so superb as that of ‘My Antonia’ you will have achieved a triumph rare in fiction.” In very good to fine condition, with edge tears, toning to one page, and corner paper loss to the other. Starting Bid $200

after unsigned book: The Big Sleep. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Hardcover with facsimile dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 277 pages. Book condition: VG- in a fine modern facsimile dust jacket, with moderate soiling to spine and boards, edgewear, rubbing to topstain, bookplate affixed to first free end page, and front pastedown bearing an ownership stamp; the binding is tight.

Chandler’s first book to feature detective Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep was recognized as one of Le Monde’s ‘100 Books of the Century’ in 1999 and listed on Time Magazine’s list of the ‘100 Best Novels’ in 2005. It was famously adapted for the screen by Warner Bros. in 1946, in an iconic film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Starting Bid $200

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Chandler on editions of The Big Sleep 407. Raymond Chandler. TLS signed “Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, August 6, 1947. Letter to “Swanie,” his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: “I should like to send your letter of August 2d, about Knopf’s royalty statement, to Knopf, but I don’t suppose you would want me to. I can’t understand the situation either, unless it was that the booksellers overbought when the Black Widow edition of these books came out. Also, there should have been published a Forum motion picture edition of the book with scenes from the motion picture, at the time the picture was released, and I don’t remember whether this happened or not. As to finding out whether the booksellers are having any trouble getting copies of the books, why don’t you have somebody call Mr. W. L. Martindale or Mrs. Rachel Brand of Martindale’s? Also, call some of the other big stores around town, such as Bullock’s and Robertson’s book departments, Campbell’s in West Los Angeles, and Brentano’s. I was told quite some time back that Vroman’s Book Store in San Diego could not supply a friend of mine with copies of a couple of my books, but I didn’t pay much attention to it, because I thought the reason might be that they would not order a sufficient number. The booksellers, a while back, had a rule that they would not accept an order for less than five copies. That rule might not now be in effect, however.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. In celebration of the 1946 film adaptation of Chandler’s The Big Sleep, Warner Brothers and Forum Books reissued the novel in its ‘First Photoplay Edition,’ which featured several scenes from the Howard Hawks-directed film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Starting Bid $200

“Religion is the only true thing on earth” 408. Francois Rene de Chateaubriand. Writ-

er, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.

LS in French, signed “Chateaubriand,” one page, 5 x 8, March 8, 1837. In part (translated): “But now, when so many important events are taking place, who gives a thought to the Boscobel [a magazine of the arts]. Fidelity is not a virtue of this century: to keep one’s word, to devote one’s self to a conviction, seems foolish.

I am only too happy…if my works have been of some help to you at the beginning of your life: long experience of life has proved to me that religion is the only true thing on earth.” In fine condition, with some light soiling. Starting Bid $300 90 |

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409. Samuel L. Clemens. Third-person ALS signed within the text, “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 4.5 x 7, October 17, 1887.

In full: “Mr. S. L. Clemens thanks the Berkshire Press Club for their kind invitation, and greatly regrets that his occupations & engagements are such as to debar its acceptance.”

Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Twain to an overall size of 23.25 x 14.5. In fine condition. In a letter to publisher Charles Webster written two months earlier, Clemens noted that his busy schedule consisted of no fewer than six concurrent writing and publishing projects, which included finishing his third novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Starting Bid $200

410. Samuel L. Clemens. Bold

ink signature, “Mark Twain,” on an offwhite 3 x 1.75 card.

Handsomely matted and framed with a reproduction of Charles Noel Flagg’s portrait of the writer to an overall size of 13 x 16. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

411. Jean Cocteau. Un-

signed handwritten poem in French by Jean Cocteau on an of-white 8.25 x 10.5 sheet. The poem, entitled “Soleils,” reads, in part (translated): “First there is the tube sponge, the carnation of India / A child would tend that trap. The man / disguises himself as a glazier, he turns his back without appearing / to be anything. The sun is always there.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

413. Charles L. Dodgson. ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page, 4.5 x 6, July 13, 1892. Letter to Mrs. Mallalieu, in full: “We had a fine afternoon at Cyril Iford, & I took Polly to see the Old Castle. We are here, all right, just going to dine.

Polly shall add a P.S.” Mallalieu’s daughter Polly writes at the conclusion: “I am quite happy love to all.” Double-matted and framed with an image of Lewis Carroll to an overall size of 14.75 x 11.5; backing of frame has a window for viewing reverse of letter, which has been addressed in Dodgson’s own hand.

In fine condition. Polly Mallalieu was a 12-year-old actress whom Dodgson watched perform in the play ‘The Silver King’ in Brighton in October of 1891. After Dodgson met with the family in London, young Polly stayed with the scribe at Eastbourne. His impression of Polly was that she was ‘a lovable child, ladylike and speaking good English.’ Starting Bid $200

Rare autograph letter by the revered English poet 412. William Cowper. English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800) who was one

of the most popular poets of his time and an influential forerunner of Romantic poetry. ALS, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, April 17, 1752. Letter concerning financial matters related to an estate, in part: “I did not think it adviseable to mention any thing last night on the Subject of the unexpected Deposite required lest it shoud get Air. But as you know the very great importance It is of the me to be furnished therewith and are not fearfull of having the Estate left upon your hands. If you woud be so good as to assist me in that Particular I shall be ready not only to pay you Interest for the money during the time It is employd for my Service but make good all Costs & Damages occasiond by moving your money and ye deducting or paying Poundage or Charges otherwise accrueing in transacting This Affair.” He adds a postscript, “Sir for ye Reason above be so good (considering my Deafness) to write your answer.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, light soiling, a small hole above the text, and archival repairs to fold splits and paper loss to the top edge. A decidedly scarce example, this is the first Cowper autograph we have offered. Starting Bid $200

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Dickens on his daily routine— “I portion out my time methodically, take a great deal of exercise and fresh air regularly” 414. Charles Dickens. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, July 23, 1857. Written from Tavistock House, a letter to a Mr. Dinney, in full: “As I reside in Kent during the summer, I have only this morning received your obliging letter and its accompanying book. The latter I have not yet had time (I need scarcely add) to read. But I have made a general acquaintance with its contents, and I propose to know them better. As you refer to my own habits, you may be interested to learn that for the last fifteen or twenty years they have been of the most exact and punctual nature. I portion out my time methodically, take a great deal of exercise and fresh air regularly, am probably as much in all the winds that blow as any country gentleman, bathe in large quantities of cold water all the year round and can keep a Swiss guide on his mettle during a day’s journey. A large part of my life is necessarily passed at my desk, but never to the interruption of these compensatory habits.” The letter is affixed along its spine within a custom-made folder bearing several portraits and newspaper clippings. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, irregular toning to the first page, and staining to the second page which just touches the end of the otherwise perfect signature. Starting Bid $200

Doyle offers advice to a Sherlock Holmes actor 415. Arthur Conan Doyle. ALS, signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 7, Hôtel Métropole letterhead, no date. Doyle writes to an unnamed actor, in full: “I am sure your performance will by admirable. You might just speed up two parts which drag the end of Scene II Act II after Watson’s exit, and the examination of the wall in the last scene.” A few subtle wrinkles, very faint foxing to upper portion, and a stray ink blot, otherwise fine condition.

The writing is clear and bold throughout.

According to the consignor, the letter was written to actor O. P. Heggie, who appeared as Sherlock Holmes in a production of The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes held at London’s Strand Theatre between February 6-25, 1911. The Speckled Band, based on an earlier work entitled The Stonor Case, was one of Doyle’s most successful dramatic productions. The tale involves elements such as an evil uncle, an Indian snake charmer, mysterious music, and of course, a murder.

Doyle’s exhortation to “speed up” relates to two specific moments in the play. The first occurs after Watson’s exit in Act II, Scene 2, at which point Holmes’s pageboy, Billy, enters, and a conversation ensues. The second takes place during the play’s last scene (Act III, Scene 2), during which Holmes examines a wall and delivers his longest monologue of the play.

Doyle letters with direct references to Holmes remain elusive and highly sought after. Starting Bid $300

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Doyle on the release of convicted murderer Oscar Slater

416. Arthur Conan Doyle. ALS signed

“A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 8, The Psychic Book Shop, Library & Museum letterhead, August 9, [no year but circa 1927].

Letter to Mr. Reade, in full: “We are doing all we can in this most disgraceful case but it is hard work. I don’t see how we can get all these famous men to look into the case. But we will not let go and we will win the end. But Slater is done for. I fear he is nearly insane. Your generous offer would be spent in extra advertising of the book. Suppose you sent on your own a personal ad in the Morning Post like this: ‘The Scandal of the Century. Have you read ‘The Truth about Oscar Slater’? How long is it to go on? Something of that sort, repeated several times would be good service.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, some creasing, and minor paper loss to the lower left corner. Doyle was one of the several notable writers, journalists, and lawyers who advocated for the 1928 release of Oscar Slater, a man who spent 20 years in Peterhead Prison for the murder of Marion Gilchrist. In 1912, Doyle published The Case of Oscar Slater, a plea for a full pardon for Slater, and, some 15 years later, William Park published the referenced The Truth about Oscar Slater. Starting Bid $200

417. Alexandre Dumas, pere. AMS

in French, signed “Alex. Dumas,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, for an article entitled “Christ et antechrist en Italie pendant dant l’annee 1862 [Christ and Antichrist in Italy during the year 1862].”

Written at the height of the Second War of Independence, the present manuscript is an article against the temporal power of the Popes as exercised by Pope Pius IX, seen as blocking the unification of Italy. Dumas also provides historical information on Napoleon Bonaparte’s reign over the Kingdom of Italy to support his opinions. Dumas traveled to Italy in 1861, where he founded and published the newspaper L’Indipendente and supported the Italian unification effort. After three years, Dumas returned to France. An exceptionally desirable threepage autograph manuscript from the acclaimed 19th century writer. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

418. George Eliot. Extremely

scarce ALS signed “M. A. Cross, (George Eliot),” one page, 3.75 x 6.25, The Heights letterhead, September 11, 1880. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “I have no objection to your insertion of the extract indicated in your letter as part of your proposed Reading Book.” In fine condition, with the handwriting very light but entirely readable. A very rare form of Eliot’s autograph, featuring both her short-term married name and famed pseudonym, in a letter boasting desirable literary content. Starting Bid $200

“I never met the late Mr. Henry James” 420. T. S. Eliot. TLS, one page, 7 x 8, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, June 26,

1951. Letter to Georges Markow, in full: “I have your letter of June 20th. While I should be glad to find time to see you, if it were likely to be profitable for you, I must explain that you have written to me under a misapprehension. I never met the late Mr. Henry James personally, and while I am certainly one of his admirers, I have no more intimate or comprehensive acquaintance with his work than innumerable other readers. I am afraid that for your purpose, I would have nothing to contribute to the results of your researches.”

In fine condition, with a faint block of toning from prior display. Starting Bid $200

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“I hope that girl isn’t putting him through any special hells”—the Jazz Age scribe writes from his mountain getaway

421. F. Scott Fitzgerald. ALS signed “Scott Fitz,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Grove Park Inn letterhead, no date but circa July 1935. Letter to artist Don Swann, in full: “If I seemed unappreciative of the etching of Tudor Hall it was because I was in a somewhat distraught mood—I’m delighted with it & very proud to own it. The reason I didn’t want the one of Hampton was because the Pleasance Ridgely from whom I am descended, outdated the present mansion by a generation & I thought it would be pretentious of me to hang it for that reason. But direct ancestors did live in Tudor Hall so you can imagine the pleasure it gives me. (What do copies sell for by the way?) I was a little disturbed by Don Junior—he is a fine man, and I’m sorry he has such sharp edges & I hope that girl isn’t putting him through any special hells.” In fine condition, with small pieces of mounting tape at the top edges.

Fitzgerald spent time at the Grove Park Inn, situated in Asheville, North Carolina, during the summers of 1935 and 1936, recuperating from ill health in the clean mountain air. He rented two rooms at a time—one for sleeping and one for writing—opting for basic accommodations that overlooked the main entrance so that he could observe the comings and goings of beautiful women. Fitzgerald had previously written a foreword for Don Swann’s book of etchings, Colonial and Historic Homes of Maryland, which included an image of Tudor Hall in Leonardtown. In the foreword, he said ‘there must be hundreds and hundreds of families in such an old state whose ancestral memories are richer and fuller than mine,’ but that he considered himself ‘a native of the Maryland Free State through ancestry and adoption,’ mentioning names of family legends such as ‘Caleb Godwin of Hockley-in-ye-Hole, or Philip Key of Tudor Hall, or Pleasance Ridgely.’ To underscore his association with the state, he signed off on the piece with his full name—shared with the Maryland poet of ‘Star Spangled Banner’ fame—’Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.’ A desirable and revealing letter by the esteemed author. Starting Bid $500

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422. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Extremely rare First National Bank check, 7.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Fitzgerald, “F. Scott Fitzgerald,” payable to Grove Park Inn for $10, November 17, 1936. In very good condition, with trimmed left edge, some dampstaining, a vertical fold, and an old tape remnant and associated tear to the upper left corner. Fitzgerald spent time at the Grove Park Inn, situated in Asheville, North Carolina, during the summers of 1935 and 1936, recuperating from ill health in the clean mountain air. He rented two rooms at a time—one for sleeping and one for writing—opting for basic accommodations that overlooked the main entrance so that he could observe the comings and goings of beautiful women. While staying there in 1936, he experienced a series of traumas—he helped to transfer his wife Zelda to Highland Hospital for psychiatric treatment, broke his shoulder while diving into a swimming pool, and suffered from writer’s block. He invited New York Post reporter Michael Mok to the Grove Park Inn to do a story on him in September, but the resulting article—’The Other Side of Paradise, Scott Fitzgerald, 40, Engulfed in Despair’—plunged him into a deep, brooding depression. Although Fitzgerald went to the Grove Park Inn seeking solace and relaxation, this became one of the darkest periods of his life. Fitzgerald checks are exceedingly scarce, with this being just the second we have offered. Starting Bid $500

“I’ve stripped the latter and used almost all of the best lines from it in ‘Tender is the Night’” 423. F. Scott Fitzgerald. TLS signed “Scott,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June

19, 1936. Letter to his literary agent Harold Ober, in full: “Do you think this is any good? I thought it might amuse the New Yorker and pick up a few dollars.

It’s an old idea I had hanging around in my head for a long time and didn’t do justice to it when I came to write it, but it seems to me too good to go back in the file. Do what you can with it. I’m sorry but I would not like to sell ‘Travel Together’ or ‘What to Do About It’ or ‘On Your Own.’ I’ve destroyed them here and while I still have ‘Nightmare’ I’ve stripped the latter and used almost all of the best lines from it in ‘Tender is the Night’ and I scarcely remember the plots of two of the stories now. All in all I think you’d better drop the idea.”

Pencil notations in another hand read, “’Thank You for the Light,’” the subject of Fitzgerald’s initial inquiry (“Do you think this is any good?”) and, “Noted C. S.,” with the latter in response to Fitzgerald’s second paragraph. In very good condition, with wrinkling and creasing, toning and soiling, a stain to the lower left corner, and three edge tears.

The initial subject of this letter, a 1,500-word Chekhovian vignette entitled ‘Thank You for the Light,’ was rejected by the New Yorker, who replied to Ober a couple weeks after receiving the manuscript with the following message: ‘We’re afraid that this Fitzgerald story is altogether out of the question. It seems to us so curious and so unlike the kind of thing we associate with him and really too fantastic. We would give a lot, of course, to have a Scott Fitzgerald story and we hope that you will send us something that seems more suitable. Thank you, anyhow, for letting us see this.’ In the weeks that followed, Ober unsuccessfully marketed it to at least four other magazines—College Humor, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Vogue—and it ended up shunted away in an ‘unsold’ file. The story was later rediscovered and finally published in the New Yorker in 2012.

Of the other short stories mentioned here, ‘On Your Own’ was first published in Esquire in 1979 (where it was billed as Fitzgerald’s ‘last remaining unpublished short story’), while ‘Travel Together,’ ‘What to Do About It,’ and ‘Nightmare (Fantasy in Black)’ went unpublished until 2017, when they were released as part of I’d Die For You: And Other Lost Stories (a compilation of Fitzgerald’s unpublished work). Tender Is the Night—Fitzgerald’s fourth and final novel—was published in 1934, and is widely considered to be his masterpiece. A fantastic literary letter from the iconic Jazz Age writer. Starting Bid $300

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424. Ian Fleming.

TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Ian Fleming,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, December 21, 1950. Letter to Clarence Winchester at The Dropmore Press Ltd, in full: “Thank you very much indeed for the copy of ‘Eton Medley.’ It was a very kind thought, and I had not seen it before. I am sure all will go well now with W. H. Smiths. Unfortunately my information was absolutely categorical and whether their feelings were due to a misunderstanding or not, I felt that we should not lose a moment in pacifying them. I have told the Chairman that you will be letting him have a memorandum of the present position and a draft letter to the Hon. David Smith.

Again with many thanks for the beautifully produced ‘Medley.’”

Fleming has added the salutation in his own hand. In fine condition, with some mild toning and creasing. Around 1950, Fleming joined the Dropmore Press as a director. This letter to its editor, Clarence Winchester, mentions “Eton Medley,” which was B. J. W. Hill’s book written about Eton College. As a youth Fleming had attended Eton but was kicked out—a piece of his own history that was added to the dossier of his most famous literary character, James Bond. By 1952, the spy was born, and Casino Royale was published the following year. Starting Bid $200

425. Ian Fleming. TLS

signed “Yours ever, Ian.,” one page, 8 x 10, 4, Old Mitre Court, Fleet Street letterhead, April 25, 1963.

Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry in Bonn, Germany, in full: “Jonathan Cape is at last turning my Thrilling Cities into a book and I find The Sunday Times has lost the splendid Corbusier photographs of the new Berlin which you got for me—i.e. the living machine apartment block and the pregnant oyster. Would you be terribly kind and dig out some fresh copies, or get some friend in Berlin to do it, and whizz them over? Sorry not to have seen you for such years and please give me a buzz the next time you are in London. You are writing just as well as ever I am glad to see, and I read you as always with much zest.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, a block of light toning, and staple holes to the upper left corner. While working as foreign manager of the Kemsley newspaper group’s Sunday Times, Fleming hired Terry to be posted in Germany. 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—Terry was one such correspondent. In this particular letter, written well into his days as a successful spy novelist, Fleming references his travelogue Thrilling Cities, published in November 1963, as well as the ‘pregnant oyster’ building in Berlin. Starting Bid $200

Extraordinary presentation copy of The Prophet, inscribed to one “who lives in the world of beautiful understanding” 426. Kahlil Gibran. Signed book: The Prophet. First edition, eighth printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 107 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the title page in fountain pen, “This is for Elenor Fisch, who lives in the world of beautiful understanding, Kahlil Gibran, 1926.”

Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None, with a minor scuff to the front board, small ownership stamp (“D. Rajagopal”) to the front pastedown, and tiny chip at the head of the spine. The stamp presents an interesting Theosophical connection—Rajagopal was the longtime friend and editor (from 1926 to 1967) of Jiddu Krishnamurti, the spiritual leader of the Theosophy movement in the early 20th century, and one of its most famous figures. An exceptionally well-preserved edition of Gibran’s immensely popular work of meaningful poetic essays on the human condition, very rarely seen in signed editions.Starting Bid $500 96 |

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Goethe’s death notice, “loving to the last breath”

427. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Rare and uncorrected printed obituary notice for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 6 x 4, dated March 23, 1832, issued by his daughter-in-law Ottilie von Goethe and her three children Walter, Wolf and Alma. The obituary reads (translated): “Yesterday morning, at half past twelve, my beloved father-in-law, the Grand Duke, died. Saxon real SecretRath and Minister of State Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, after a short sickness, passed as a result of a reflected catarrhal fever. Mental and loving to the last breath, he left us in his three and eightieth years. Ottilie, by Goethe, b. from Pogwish, at the same time in the name of my three children, Walther, Wolf and Alma von Goethe.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

428. Maxim Gorky. Important Russian writer (1868– 1936), who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. Rare engraved portrait of the esteemed Russian writer, 3.5 x 5.25, neatly signed below the image in bold ink, “M. Gorki,” and dated 1889. Affixed to a slightly larger page. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

429. Maxim Gorky. AQS

in Cyrillic on an off-white 4.5 x 6.75 sheet, signed at the conclusion in fountain pen

by Maxim Gorky, who writes (translated): “The poor man is stupid from hunger, and the rich man from gold.” In very good condition, with a significant tear, and resulting paper loss, passing through the quote but not affecting the bold signature.

Starting Bid $200

430. Ernest Hemingway.

TLS by Mary Hemingway signed in red pencil, “Mary,” with a lengthy postscript signed in pencil

by Ernest, “Papa,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, July 9, [1948]. A lengthy letter to screenwriter Peter Viertel, attempting to convince him to collaborate with Hemingway on a book about a German submarine commander. Hemingway’s postscript, in part: “I have about 40,000 words done on the commander coming in from a trip…This I might use or might throw out and take it straight from the minute they hit the traces of your guys. The measure of a book is how good the stuff is that you can throw out. I think we could do a hell of a book but think we would probably be going at it ass backwards for you not to research the sub end first and us make the trip to the island so we both know what we are writing about before we start. I really think this (collaboration ie. partnership. don’t want to call you a collaborator. you’ve got your hair cut short enough already.) is a sound move and could put you into the big time…Just don’t say nothing to nobody about it, really, not Irwin, nor Jesus, nor nobody. I would never have the time nor be able to allow the work to doing the Kraut end, so you know how important it is.” Mary also makes an addition to the postscript in the left margin. In fine condition. Although this project never came to fruition, Viertel would write the screen adaptations of The Sun Also Rises in 1957 and The Old Man and the Sea in 1958. A wonderful letter rife with excellent content, particularly in its references to writing and the writing process. Starting Bid $200

431.

Ernest Hemingway. Desir-

able unsigned book: The Old Man and the Sea. First edition, first printing (with “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page); in original dust jacket (with $3.00 price intact). NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 140 pages. Book condition: VG/VG, with chipping at the head of the spine and a few small edge tears to dust jacket. Written during a two-month span in 1951, The Old Man and the Sea was published in a limited run of 50,000 copies in September of 1952. In conjunction with its wildly popular publication in Life Magazine, the novella earned immediate critical and commercial success, reaffirming Hemingway’s place as a novelist, and subsequently rewarding him with both the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace Prize. A definitive piece of the American literary canon. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 97

Two weeks after Hemingway’s back-to-back African plane crashes he humorously sends his secretary a health update: “The two balls are intact” 432. Ernest Hemingway. TLS, one page, 8 x 10, February 5, 1954. Written from the

New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, a letter to Roberto Herrera to whom he addresses as “Monster, Brother and Secretary,” in full: “Thank you very much for the letters. I hope you received the one with the cheque and will pay Mayito whatever we owe him. Everybody is okay. Tel Feo that it was a concussion and with slight damage to the ears and some loss of vision which is rapidly returning. There was a slight injury to the kidneys con derrame y derrame de los otros orificios [“with leakage from the other holes”]. Saludos tu.” Hemingway signs with his initials after an amusing Spanish postscript (translated): “The two balls are intact. There was cerebral leakage but contents ok. EH.” In very good condition, with heavy overall staining, affecting only appearance. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed by Hemingway to his house in Cuba. Herrera was Hemingway’s close friend, part-time secretary, and brother of his Cuban doctor; he frequently accompanied the writer on his exploits aboard the famous fishing boat Pilar. This short yet notable letter concerns Hemingway’s two Ugandan plane crashes—in a space of 12 hours—which led to erroneous reports of his death. According to a report in Time magazine, Hemingway emerged from Africa ‘carrying a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin,’ and was quoted as saying: ‘My luck, she is running very good.’ Starting Bid $300

433. Victor Hugo. ALS in

French, one page, 6 x 7.75, May 5, 1850. Written while in banishment, living on the island of Guernsey, Hugo thanks his correspondent for the excellent translation sent him and the proceeds with the following: “I have only been the echo of universal thought and it is there where my strength is shown. It is also there where the weakness of my adversaries is shown…they are crazy let us pity them. But they are numerous, let us fight!” In very good to fine condition, with toning from prior display, and professionally backed to strengthen splits to the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

434. Joris-Karl Huysmans.

AQS in French on an off-white 4.75 x 2.5 sheet, signed below in ink, “J. K. Huysmans,” who writes above: “It is evident that the improbable exists, for there is a sinecure even for the masses. Consequently, how greatly envied is the profession of the laundress’s or midwife’s husband!” In fine condition. Accompanied by a folder from Diana J. Rendell, Inc. Starting Bid $200

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Page from Irving’s biography of George Washington 435. Washi n g t o n Irving.

Handwritten manuscript

by Washington Irving, one page, 5 x 4.75, from Chapter XVIII of his Life of Washington.

In part: “This sudden swelling of the river was considered by the Americans as something providential. It continued for several days, and gave Morgan time to send off his prisoners who had crossed several miles above, and to call out the militia of Mecklenburg and Rowan Counties to guard the fords of the river. Lord Cornwallis had moved slowly with his main body. He was encumbered by an immense train of baggage; the roads were through deep red clay, and the country was cut up by streams and morasses.” Includes an additional slip in Irving’s hand, “My dear Pierre, I enclose the letter you desire to see.” Matted together with an engraved portrait of Irving to an overall size of 14.5 x 10.75. In very good to fine condition, with a few small stains. Starting Bid $200

Henry James congratulates Gorky on his success in England 436. Henry James.

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 6.5, Kingsway Theatre letterhead, no date but circa late 1911. Letter headed “Copy of Address to be sent to Maxim Gorky,” in full: “We the undersigned beg to offer you our sincere congratulations on the serious attention and favourable reception given to your drama ‘The Lower Depths’ by a full and representative audience on the occasion of its performance at the Kingsway Theatre, being its first public performance in England, on the 2nd December, 1911.” Matted and framed with a portrait of James to an overall size of 18 x 14. In very good to fine condition, with the typed text very faded, but still readable; James’s signature remains bold. Starting Bid $200

437. Robinson Jeffers. AQS on an

off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card, signed and inscribed in fountain pen by Jeffers, “Inscribed for William David Hennessy, Jr., Sincerely, Robinson Jeffers, Tor House, Carmel, California—July 1934.” Jeffers quotes a verse from his poem ‘Boats in a Fog,’ in full: “All the arts lose virtue / Against the essential reality / Of creatures going about their business among the equally / Earnest elements of nature. (Roan Stallion - Page 88).” In very fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

439. Harper Lee. ALS, one page, 5.5 x 7.75, January 6, 1993. Letter to Don Salter, in full: “This season has been so hectic for me that I simply cannot remember if I have thanked you for Good Old Boy—and an autographed copy at that. If I have already done so, I guess it won’t hurt to do it again! If I haven’t, please know that I’ve intended to do so—thank you! I have loved Willie Morris’s work ever since North Toward Home, and don’t know how I missed this one, but did, so it will give me special pleasure—like finding a gold nugget—to settle down with it. Again, thank you for the book and the generosity that prompted you to send it.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Lee’s own hand. Starting Bid $200 440. Harper Lee. ALS

signed “H,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 15, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in part: “If you live to be 1,000 you will never know how deeply I appreciate your kindness—you keep me in the world!

The sameness of the days here—hell, I am one of the most fortunate people I know: I still can remember my name.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Lee’s hand. Starting Bid $200

Ulysses “Is Now Available”— a prospectus for Joyce’s modern masterpiece 438. James Joyce. Prospectus for the publication of James

Joyce’s iconic novel Ulysses by Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare & Company in Paris, two pages, 6.5 x 8.5, with the text on the front cover, “will be published in the Autumn of 1921,” struck through and amended in an unknown hand to “Is Now Ready.”

Tipped inside is a reproduction of the 1918 photo of Joyce by C. Ruf, below which are advance press notices praising the work (including a blurb from Ezra Pound, proclaiming it as Joyce’s “profoundest work”). Opposite is the pricelist for several variations of the first edition, with the page count hand-corrected from 600 to “732,” as well as the interesting notice: “Ulysses, suppressed four times during serial publication in ‘The Little Review’ will be published by ‘Shakespeare and Company’ complete as written.” On the reverse is a blank order form. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some light toning inside. Although the prospectus originally stated that the great work would be published in “Autumn of 1921,” Joyce did not complete the novel in time, and publication was delayed until February 1922. Starting Bid $200

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Lawrence clears a friend of “pirating Lady C” 441. D. H. Lawrence. ALS, one page, 8 x 10.75, May 31, 1929. Written from the Hotel Prince Alfonso in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, a letter to Harold Trump Mason, the proprietor of the Centaur Book Shop and later, the Centaur Press, in part: “I had your letter today, and am glad to be reassured that the Centaur had nothing to do with pirating Lady C. I know the first pirated edit. was produced in Philadelphia—& is now in second edition—& two different sources told me you were back of it—which I was very loth to believe. I expect Lawrence Yomme could tell us, if he would. Anyhow I’m glad to know you’re not in it, because the thought of it worried me a good it.” In very good condition, with overall creasing, edge chipping, irregular toning, and splitting to the fragile intersecting folds.

The censorship and suppression of D. H Lawrence’s important novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, deemed too obscene for print in America, famously led to pirated editions which emerged after it was first released in 1928. As the proprietor of the Centaur Book Shop, Harold Mason had helped to smuggle copies of the authorized edition into the United States, arranging for the shipment of a case of books with the spines removed and replaced with those from a book of the same size in order to conceal them. In this significant letter, the author thanks Mason for his reassurance that the Centaur Book Shop had nothing to do with the pirated edition of the work. Starting Bid $200

Days before the release of Gone With the Wind— “I never dreamed it would sell” 442. Margaret Mitchell. TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, June 22, 1936.

Letter to bookseller Alice Davis, written eight days before the major release of Mitchell’s landmark novel, in full: “How nice of you to write me such a fine letter! I fairly pranced when I read it. I pranced because I had heard from various sources that next to newspaper people, dealers in books were the hardest boiled folks going. Do I malign your profession? If so I am maligning my own, for I was a reporter on the Atlanta Journal for several years. So I was very happy that my book had moved a seller of books to a letter.

When you wrote of advance orders I was naturally thrilled and also more than a little bewildered. I suppose that needs more explanation and I must inflict it on you. I wrote the book between 1926 and 1929 and never even tried to sell it. I never dreamed it would sell so I never had it neatly typed and submitted for rejection slips. Then when Mr. Latham of the Macmillan Company was in Atlanta last year, he dug out the very dirty and messy copy and bought it and my surprise was considerable. I thought, because of the purely Southern scene, characters, handling, psychology that the book would have an appeal, if any, only in the South. And when I read what Mr. Paul Jordan Smith had to say and what you have to say I get excited and bewildered for I did not dream that it would appeal to Westerners, at all. I am very happy that it does, very flattered, too and I do thank you for all the kind things you said. I never before realized what a gracious courtesy it is to write to an author/. This is my first book and I never before realized how you send out a book and never know whether people like it or utterly detest it unless they write you about it. And so I must thank you again for your courtesy and for the happiness it has given me.” In fine condition, with a bit of light toning. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a copy of the letter Davis sent to Mitchell. Nearly a decade after she originally wrote her Civil War saga, a chance offer from a traveling scout from Macmillan prompted Mitchell to recover and laboriously rework her long hidden manuscript. Written just days before the book would finally hit shelves across America, this letter reveals how “excited and bewildered” Mitchell was in regard to her book’s near instantaneous approval. Gone With the Wind became an instant and unprecedented success at the time of its release, topping the fiction bestseller lists with nearly one million copies sold by the end of the same calendar year. Starting Bid $300

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443. Sinclair Lewis. Vintage matte-

finish 10 x 12 halflength photo of Lewis seated and touching his ear, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “To Mady Christians, Love—Sinclair Lewis, N. Y. March 19, 1938.”

In very good condition, with light soiling, a vertical crease to the left side of the image itself, and heavy creasing and tears to the borders which could be successfully matted out. Mady Christians was an Austrian actress and naturalized US citizen who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. Starting Bid $200

“I have the knack of composing in French!”

444. Vladimir Nabokov.

Un-

common ALS in French, signed “V. Nabokoff,” one page, 5.75 x 4, January 13, 1936. Letter to his French translator Denis Roche, in part (roughly translated): “In Brussels, the other evening, reading Russian, I lectured in front of a new Belgian audience, that I have the knack of composing in French!” Addressed on the reverse to Denis Roche in Paris, incorporating his surname, “Nabokoff,” in the return address area. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Pasternak on Doctor Zhivago, in which he hoped to “embody and to personify the astonishing, the undefinable...spirit of life”

445. Boris Pasternak.

ALS signed “B. Pasternak,” one page, 8 x 10, May 5, 1959. Pasternak responds to a letter from the addressee stating that all reviewers of his book, Doctor Zhivago, had missed the point of the story.

In full: “You are very right—opinions, statements, points of view and ideas are of secondary or no importance in the novel.

Even the choice of the background, of the time and historical surrounding was of minor value for me and my narration.

What I sought and pursued in the book while writing it, was to embody and to personify the astonishing, the undefinable (mysteriously making happy even in the sorrow) spirit of life (or perhaps the sense and feeling of courageous and humble lifeworship). And, of course, Lara is the most discernible note in this still and secret music. She is my friend, my darling.

And allow me to greet you as one of her living sisters.” In fine condition, with the handwriting quite light but entirely readable.

Accompanied by a small unsigned press photo of the Russian author. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, one year after the publication of Doctor Zhivago, and his seminal novel is recognized as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Starting Bid $300

Pound backs Coolidge for VP— “The job suited him perfectly”

446. Ezra Pound. ALS, one page, 8.75 x 11, June 9. Written from Österreichischer Hof in Vienna, a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, in full: “I suggest that Mr. Coolidge be nominated for vice-president. The job suited him perfectly, & I feel sure he could scarcely refuse it.” In very good to fine condition, with a paperclip impression to the left edge, and a chip to the right edge. Starting Bid $200

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Praise for a fellow writer’s characters, “so marvelously limpid” 447. Marcel Proust. French writer (1871–

1922) known for the monumental sixteenvolume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world literature. ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, no date. Letter praising the writing of Alfred Vallette, editor at the Mercure de France, a Symbolist review publication. Proust writes from his apartment at 102 Boulevard Haussmann, where he lived from 1906–1919. In part (translated): “I thank you a thousand times for taking the trouble of responding to my letter. I wanted so much for you to...in the event that you were not acquainted with these characters. Moreover the only good ones are those who make up the writing of M. Vallette, so marvelously limpid and yet which seem already to have been traced in an album of facsimiles. Do excuse my having bothered you with all of this.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500

By the revered author of In Search of Lost Time First edition of Salinger’s iconic tale of American angst

448. Marcel Proust. Sought-after ALS in French, one page, 5.25

x 7.25, no date. Letter to “Princess,” in full (translated): “I am very much afraid I shall not be able to come on Saturday, though I shall do my best. This must be just a quick line, as Antoinette is waiting. I entrust you with giving my kindest regards to Morand—he has such a natural goodness.” In very good to fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge, and a block of toning and two thin areas of paper from prior display (easily re-matted out). Starting Bid $500

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449. J. D. Salinger. Sought-after unsigned first edition book: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. First edition, first printing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover with later-issue dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 277 pages. Book condition: VG/ VG-, with wear to dust jacket including a small stain to the front, scratching to the portrait on the rear panel, and small splits and chips at spine head. Starting Bid $300

450. George Sand. Un-

translated ALS in French, signed “G. Sand,” one page, 5.25 x 8, August 22, 1863.

In very good condition, with light toning, overall creasing, and residue from an old clipping above the text. Accompanied by an unsigned Nadar portrait of Sand, affixed to its original studio mount. Starting Bid $200

“I hope that my Flaubert will not misunderstand” 451. George Sand. ALS in

French, signed “G. Sand,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 4.75, January 24, 1872. A letter to a friend, in part (translated): “Here is my installment, and there will be yet another one dealing with the methods of learning how to read. It’s silly, but it is useful and timely. I hope that my Flaubert will not misunderstand. It isn’t art that I bring to this practical matter, and one is not always obliged to be ‘arty.’ Sometimes there are more important things to do, no matter what he says about it…Quinet’s book comes suddenly to mind. Whenever he touches on Mankind, he becomes admirable again. I am taking him in small doses, but I am charmed and find that you were right in speaking so highly of him. You didn’t exaggerate. It is a beautiful book…I’m writing to you at three in the morning, amidst the noise of thunder, the greenish light of the moon, clouded over by the storm, the trees bent and flattened by the gusts of wind. It’s fantastically beautiful.” In fine condition, with a thin strip of mounting remnant along the spine. Starting Bid $200

452. Carl Sandburg. Collection of early handwritten manuscript fragments by Carl Sandburg, unsigned, totaling 26 pages, ranging in size from 6.5 x 8.5 to 11 x 13, no dates but circa 1904–1907. Several of these pieces are evidently drafts for Sandburg’s work published in Tomorrow Magazine, including some for his essay entitled ‘Jack London: A Common Man’ and his ‘Views and Review’ column. The draft of his London essay, in small part: “It is the common man for whom J. L. plds, & as he pleads he wants it understood that he too is a common man…The first and baffling thing in a study of London’s life is the versatility, the many-sidedness of the fellow. As a boy he lived in the under-world of S.F. He sold newspapers on the streets. He was a stevedore, an oysterman, a scullion, a sailor before the mast. Look over this list of occupations and ask yourself if it isn’t more likely to produce a strong, ruthless, crafty, insensate creature rather than one of a high, clean, intelligent manhood.” In discussing London’s work, he references The Sea-Wolf, The Call of the Wild, and Nam Bok. Other quotes of note from these manuscripts include: “There is a great difference between Christianity and Churchianity.

You can follow Christ without playing tag with the coat tails of an ordained preacher. The spirit of the church and the spirit of Christ are not the same”; “The victories of speech have been many, but the victories of silence have been more”; “Every day God makes a despot. He also makes a bombthrower. For every radical there is a balancing conservative and every dreamer with his head in the clouds is offset by a business man with his claws in the dirt”; “Moses Harmon has departed this life—the life of Chicago—for that of the cloisters of Joliet…he has a soul where the waters run deep along the bed-rock of conviction. He reminds me of all I have heard of John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, and the fanatical type in general. He is willing to throw away his life for an idea.” In very good condition, with edge chipping, areas of paper loss, and complete separation along some folds (especially to the larger pages). A fantastic archive lending deep insight into Sandburg’s topical interests and creative process as a writer.

Starting Bid $200

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453. Jean-Paul Sartre.

ALS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 6.75 x 9, August 11, [no year]. Written from the Hotel La Louisiane in Paris, Sartre reports that his extended absence has prevented him from replying to his correspondents’ inquiries, and he wonders if it is now too late to comply with his request. As an alternative, he proposes that he furnish a page of manuscript. In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to the left edge, and a block of toning from prior display.

Starting Bid $300

454. JeanPaul Sartre.

TLS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, May 20, 1970. Letter to Jacques Debu-Bridel, in part: “Our policy positions are very different, but I remember our friendship during the occupation and I am very sensitive to your letter.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and Debu-Bridel’s retained carbon copy of his letter to Sartre. Starting Bid $200

Geisel sketches ‘Dr. Cat in the Hat,’ covers his bustling TV schedule, and establishes his publishing philosophy 455. Dr. Seuss. Three remarkable letters from Dr. Seuss,

one ALS and two TLSs, all written to the wife of a Texas doctor during the Spring and Summer of 1972. First, an ALS signed in red artist’s pencil, “Dr. S.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Dr. Seuss letterhead, dated May 18, 1972. In the upper left of the page, Seuss has drawn a pencil, ink, and crayon sketch of the Cat in the Hat wearing a surgical mask and cap. Seuss writes, in part: “You’d be surprised how you’ve changed the appearance of the cat-in-the-hat, who is now in surgery, wearing both appurtenances. You’d also be surprised to see how much happier my studio looks with precious cat, Anna, perched high on the book case radiating warmth (and a slight confusion on being suddenly in a new home).” Featuring a one-of-a-kind sketch of Seuss’ beloved Cat in the Hat, tailored to recipients “Mrs. Dr. T. and Dr. T.,” the author’s first letter makes mention of him “rushing out of here to catch a plane for Hollywood, for a week’s work on my new T.V. Special.” His favorite cat had already premiered in his own animated television special, The Cat in the Hat, in March of 1971, and Seuss was jet-setting to LA to oversee the production of the follow-up, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, which aired on October 15, 1972. The show was hosted by The Cat in the Hat, featuring animated adaptations of other Seuss children’s stories, including The Sneetches, The Zax, and Green Eggs and Ham. Second, a TLS, signed “Dr. Seuss,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Beginner Books letterhead, dated August 28, 1972. Seuss responds to an inquiry about his stories being used more to teach. In part: “I agree with you entirely about the great importance of Phonics in teaching kids to read…And the inclusion of two ‘Instructions to Parents’ pages could also help any parent who is trying to teach his child to read and recognize punctuation marks. However, more than ten years ago, when Beginner Books was founded, the founders went through a long soul-searching period, during which we established our publishing philosophy. We discussed…

Just how far should we get involved with actual teaching? And we finally came to the following conclusion: We should not involve ourselves with teaching at all. Rightly or wrongly, we decided not to teach, but rather to supplement the work of teachers.” The third letter is a short TLS, signed “T. S. Geisel,” one page, 7 x 10, Dr. Seuss letterhead, dated April 25, 1972, sending thanks for the woman’s first letter. The ALS is in fine condition, with signature a bit cramped due to space. The remaining two letters show a bit more wear, with toned front page to longer TLS, staple holes to both pages, and creasing through signature of last letter, as well as some scattered toning, otherwise fine condition. Each of Seuss’s letters are accompanied by their original mailing envelopes, and by photocopies of the woman’s correspondence with Seuss. Starting Bid $200 104 |

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“Strindberg is a very great dramatist: he and Ibsen have made Sweden and Norway the dramatic centre of the world” 456. George Bernard Shaw. ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, 9 x 11.25,

April 30, 1912, penned at the close of a circular from Dagen Nyheter eliciting opinions of August Strindberg’s role in European culture, to be published in the event of his death; the circular was dispatched following news that the playwright was suffering from stomach cancer. Shaw’s response, in full: “Strindberg is a very great dramatist: he and Ibsen have made Sweden and Norway the dramatic centre of the world; but he will die peacefully and painlessly of extreme old age forty years hence. Cancer of the stomach killed Napoleon, and is therefore regarded as the only weapon powerful enough to prevail against Strindberg; but the alarm has been given too often to be taken seriously now. Time may wear him out; but Death will not succeed in murdering him.”

In good to very good condition, with moderately heavy overall creasing, edge tears, soiling, and staining.

Shaw’s good faith in Strindberg’s health proved to be in vain as the great Swedish scribed died roughly two weeks later on May 14, 1912. In 1926, however, when Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature he was able to pay a more tangible tribute to Strindberg’s memory. All of the money given with his award was used to finance a society for making Swedish literature available in English. The first translation produced by the thus-formed Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation was a volume of four of Strindberg’s plays. Starting Bid $200

457. George Bernard Shaw.

TLS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” two pages, 8 x 10, January 8, 1918. Letter to English writer and journalist Douglas Goldring, care of Maunsel & Co., in part: “The libraries, being private commercial concerns, are quite within their rights. They are no more bound to buy your book and put it in their libraries than The Times was to publish Lord Lansdowne’s letter. The nation has no right to interfere: all it can do is to keep its own libraries open to you; and this it does. Incidentally, whoever, you, as author, are damaged by the action of the libraries. So is your publisher. Neither of you would be likely to succeed in an action; for the Courts will not take a view that would lead to a hatter suing you for not buying his hats, or a wholesaler suing a retailer for not putting his goods in the shop window…No doubt you are aware that the difficulty is not a new one. I was for ten years on the Managing Committee of the Society of Authors; and yours is very far from being the first case.

The others began with a great deal of hot air, appeals to liberty of the press, denunciations of tyranny and so forth; but they all came down to the hard facts as I have put them.” Shaw makes several corrections to the text in his own hand. In fine condition, with a filing hole to the upper left corners. Starting Bid $200

“Take me all, all! Let my enchanted soul / Melt marvelling into yours” 458. Lytton S t r a c h e y.

English writer and critic (1880–1932) who was a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and wrote the innovative biographical work Eminent Victorians. Rare unsigned handwritten poem by Lytton Strachey entitled “To Bazzi,” penned on both sides of an off-white 8 x 10 sheet of “6 King’s Bench Walk” letterhead, dated at the conclusion, “Jan–Feb 1910.” Strachey pens eight stanzas, beginning: “Take me all, all! Let my enchanted soul / Melt marvelling into yours, and my glad flesh / Assume delicious slavery in your arms! / So shall I learn the secret of those charms, / Stronger than night, and than the dawn more flesh.” In fine condition. In fine condition, with short edge splits to the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200

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From Thoreau’s library—a unique association between Transcendentalist writers 459. Henry David Thoreau. Rare and desirable ink signature

entirely in Thoreau’s hand, “Henry D. Thoreau, from Wm. E. Channing,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 slip, evidently removed from the flyleaf of a volume that once belonged to him; in perusing Walter Harding’s ‘A New Checklist of the Books in Henry David Thoreau’s Library,’ it becomes apparent that it was Thoreau’s common practice to label books received from others in this manner, writing his own name as well as that of the gift-giver. In fine condition, with light soiling and a very faint central vertical fold. The Transcendentalist poet William Ellery Channing was a close friend of Thoreau’s, and the two were frequent walking companions; some speculation identifies Channing as the ‘Poet’ of Thoreau’s Walden. A superb American literary autograph.

Starting Bid $500

Immense Tolstoy portrait from 1901 460. Leo Tolstoy. Tremendous 8.25 x 11.25 portrait of Leo Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with his hands clasped together, signed and inscribed in Cyrillic in black ink, “To Pavel Alexandrovich Boulanger from Leo Tolstoy, Yalta, 26 Dec. 1901.” Affixed to the original 10 x 15 studio mount, with reverse bearing an I. Datsiaro of St. Petersburg label. In very good to fine condition, with light scuffing and spotting to the image, slight overall warping, and the handwriting light but entirely legible.

The recipieint, Pavel Alexandrovich Boulanger (18651925), was an official of the Moscow-Kursk Railway and friend of Tolstoy, who helped arrange transport to the Crimea in the summer of 1901, where Tolstoy was ordered by his doctor to convalesce from an illness.

Unequivocally the largest signed Tolstoy portrait we have offered—an extraordinary example of the great Russian scribe. Starting Bid $1000

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Binding the books of Evelyn Waugh 461. Evelyn Waugh.

Archive of 19 handwritten letters and notes from acclaimed English novelist Evelyn Waugh, each signed in full or with his initials, “E. W.,” penned on letterhead and stationery from Piers Court or Combe Florey House, ranging in size from 5.5 x 3.5 to 8.75 x 10.75, dated between December 1954 and April 1965, all addressed to esteemed London-based bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with several of Waugh’s instructions relative to his Sword of Honour trilogy.

Notable sections include: No date: “I here return the sample of leather given to Mr. Walker of Chapman & Hall. Will you please use the lighter of the two blues for binding ‘The Loved Ones’ sheets of which should reach you early in September.” No date: “I am sorry to learn that there has been illness in the bindery. I hope you are all fully recovered. Will you please bind the attached in 1/4 morocco 3/4 linen buckram. Arms both sides. Letter up back. Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake’s Regress at foot of back MS in gothic black letter.” August 9th, no year but circa 1961-62: “I am sending you under separate cover the manuscripts of three novels ‘Men at Arms,’ ‘Officers & Gentlemen’ and ‘Unconditional Surrender’ to be bound in 1/4 red morocco, 3/4 linen buckram. Arms on both sides. Lettered at back & dated at foot of back 1952, 1955, 1961 respectively.” August 31st, no year but circa 1961-62: “Chapman and Hall tell me that you have no record of having bound Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen. I therefore send you one volume to be used as the model for binding the printed sheets (not ins.) of Unconditional Surrender. Pray return it when you have noted the style.” May 11, 1959: “I am sending you under separate cover the MS of The Life of Ronald Knox. Please bind in full morocco with the armoured stamp of mine, which you hold, on both sides. The MS is in very poor condition consisting in many cases of scraps of paper. The page numbers which appear on some sheets have no relevance. The only way to deal with it is to preserve the present order. If they once get scattered from their bundles it will be laborious—almost impossible—to rearrange them. “ September 5, 1963: “You will shortly receive from the printers sheet and a plate (frontispiece) of my ‘Basil Seal Rides Again.’ Will you please bind in full levant (colour immaterial) with watered silk doublures & end papers, arms on both sides, all edges gilt & burnished.” April 3, 1965: “Thank you for your letter of yesterday about A Little Learning. I am distressed to learn that Chapman and Hall misunderstood my instructions. I am afraid it does make a serious difference. One copy (with arms) was for my own library. The other two for presentation. It would be most unsuitable for these to have my arms.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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1911 Oxford undergrad registry signed by the 19 year-old future Lord of the Rings author

462. J. R. R. Tolkien. Desirable ink signature, “J. R. R.

Tolkien, Exeter,” on an off-white and lightly lined 7 x 8.25 guest book page, with upper left corner partially stampdated to October 20, 1911. The page features signatures of Oxford University undergraduates, as well as the names of their respective colleges. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of a young Tolkien to an overall size of 17.25 x 13.25; the page is not affixed within the frame and could be easily removed. In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, and dampstaining to the bottom which does not affect the signature. Starting Bid $200

466. P. G. Wodehouse.

TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Rogate Lodge letterhead, April 6, 1929.

Letter to Miss Harris, in part: “My new Mulliner book comes out on this side quite soon, but I have an idea it won’t be published in America till next year, as my new novel, Summer Lightning, is to come out in America in July. By the way, I find I shall have to change the title, as somebody else has used it. It’s an awful nuisance, as I can’t think of anything else. It is running now in Collier’s. I have just started doing my new series for the Cosmopolitan.

I sent them a Jeeves story last week. They want a Jeeves series, which is going to tax me to the uttermost, as Bertie would say. I’m sorry, I’m afraid I don’t know Warwick Deeping or P. C. Wren. I like their stuff, though.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing, light toning, and intersecting folds.

Starting Bid $200

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“Never give yourself the title of ‘Esquire,’” writes Waugh, “It is the height of presumption” 464. Evelyn Waugh. ALS

signed “E. W.,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, personal postcard letterhead, no date. In full: “In addressing an envelope to yourself never give yourself the title of ‘Esquire.’ It is the height of presumption unless (as I think impossible) you are legally entitled to it. It is a courtesy which others may offer you if they wish. You cannot claim it.” Pencil notation to lower left dates the letter to December 6, no year. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

467. Stefan Zweig. Aus-

trian novelist and playwright (1881–1942).

ALS in German, one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Leipziger Palmengarten, no date. Letter to Gisela Berger in Vienna, in full (translated): “Very dear Baroness, I’ll be back tomorrow in Vienna. Thank you for writing to me if we finally postpone our walk; I rejoiced in advance.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

465. Garth Williams. American

artist best known for his illustrations in classic children’s books (1912–1996).

Wonderful collection of nine original pencil drawings by Garth Williams, ranging in size from 5.5 x 4.25 to 8.5 x 11, all signed with his initials, “G. W.” These detailed preliminary sketches are studies for illustrations found in some of his best-known works, including The Cricket in Times Square, The Little House on the Prairie, and The Rescuers. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

468. Conrad Aiken Starting Bid $200

469. Edward Albee Starting Bid $200

472. Isaac Asimov

473. Margaret Atwood

476. Beat Poets

477. Edward Bellamy

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480. William Cullen Bryant Starting Bid $200

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481. William Cullen Bryant Starting Bid $200

470. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

471. Maya Angelou

474. Authors

475. James Baldwin

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478. Stephen Vincent Benet Starting Bid $200

482. William Cullen Bryant Starting Bid $200

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479. Ray Bradbury Starting Bid $200

483. Edgar Rice Burroughs Starting Bid $200

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484. James M. Cain

485. Dale Carnegie

486. Paul Claudel

487. Paulo Coelho

488. Marc Connelly

489. Malcolm Cowley

490. Walter de la Mare

491. Walter de la Mare

492. John Dos Passos

493. Richard Eberhart

494. James T. Farrell

495. Zane Grey

496. Edward Everett Hale

497. Alex Haley

498. John Hersey

499. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

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500. Julia Ward Howe Starting Bid $200

501. William Dean Howells

503. Selma Lagerlof

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502. George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Starting Bid $200

504. Sinclair Lewis

505. Andre Malraux

506. John Masefield Starting Bid $200

507. W. Somerset Maugham

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508. Henry Miller

509. Lewis Mumford

510. Vladimir Nabokov

511. Sean O’Casey

512. John O’Hara

513. John O’Hara

514. Clifford Odets

515. James Whitcomb Riley

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516. Kate Douglas Wiggin

517. James Whitcomb Riley

518. James Whitcomb Riley

520. Dr. Seuss

521. Irwin Shaw Starting Bid $200

522. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

525. Mark Van Doren

526. Kurt Vonnegut

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524. Paul Valery Starting Bid $200

528. John Greenleaf Whittier Starting Bid $200

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529. John Greenleaf Whittier Starting Bid $200

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530. John Greenleaf Whittier Starting Bid $200

519. Maurice Sendak Starting Bid $200

523. Allen Tate

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527. Robert Penn Warren

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531. Writers

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music 532. Maria Callas. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Callas in an attractive closeup pose, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To John Bell, Cordially, Maria Callas, 1964.”

Reverse bears a Capitol Records stamp. In fine condition, with a few small edge creases.

Starting Bid $200

533. Georges Enesco. Vintage sepia mattefinish 7.5 x 8.75 portrait of the young Romanian composer, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “A Monsieur Hall—en souvenir de, George Enesco, 1923.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, a small crease to the lower left corner tip, and moderate overall silvering to darker areas of the image. Starting Bid $200

534. Enrico Caruso. Attractive

original fountain pen self-portrait profile sketch accomplished by Caruso on an off-white 3.25 x 5.25 sheet, signed and inscribed, “To R. Leighton Rutledge, Enrico Caruso, 1920.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Stunning musical quotation by the prodigious composer

535. Franz Liszt. Extraordinary AMQS

on an off-white 11.5 x 8.5 musically-lined sheet, prominently signed below, “F. Liszt,” dated June 21, 1844. Liszt neatly pens nine bars from one of his works in A-flat major. In fine condition, with scattered faint foxing. A fantastic example of Liszt’s autograph. Starting Bid $1000

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Unpublished musical manuscript for Debussy’s cantata Le Gladiateur 536. Claude Debussy. Autograph musi-

cal manuscript titled and signed on the first page, “Le Gladiateur—Claude Debussy,” and at the conclusion, “Finit le Samedi 9 à 4 h, Claude Debussy,” 28 pages (numbered 1–10, 36–46, 46, 47–52), 10.5 x 14, no date but circa June 1883. Unpublished manuscript of a large part of the cantata “The Gladiator,” with which Debussy won second place at the Prix de Rome in 1883.

The present manuscript is the score for voice and piano, written in black and brown ink and set into 3 or 4 line systems (of a total of 24 systems per page, each carrying the embossed signet of the Papeterie Lard Esnault). Nine of the 25 missing pages were formerly kept in the collection of Hélène de Tinan, Debussy’s stepdaughter (from his marriage with Emma Bardac). The piano part is written on 3 or 4 staves. The first part, with the Prelude, then Narbal’s Tale and Air (tenor), is carefully written. From page 36 onwards, where Fulvie (soprano) and Narbal come to join Metellus (bass), the writing becomes hastier and more cursive: this is obviously the first draft manuscript, including sketches, erasures and corrections (leaf 46 is duplicated, abandoning a sketch on the first sheet). In very good to fine condition, with wear and chipping to the detached covers; the manuscript pages themselves are also detached, but in overall fine, clean condition. Starting Bid $5000

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Gershwin signs the music of his masterpiece, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ 537. George Gershwin. Signed musical score: “Rhapsody in Blue” (piano

solo version). New York: Harms, Inc., 1927. Softcover, 9 x 11.75, 31 pages. Boldly signed on the front cover in fountain pen, “George Gershwin.” In very good to fine condition, with the owner’s name printed and stamped at the top, partial separation along the spine, and general moderate handling wear. A boldly signed, and highly uncommon, example of one of the milestones of twentieth-century American music!

Starting Bid $200

Impressive hotel guest book, featuring Rachmaninoff, Casals, Bernhardt, and a series of leading Dutch artists 538. Sergei Rachmaninoff. AMQS on a 6.25 x 9.25 album page, three bars from his “2 Concerto pour Piano, op. 18,” signed and inscribed, “Mademoiselle Eugenie Smeenk, S. Rachmaninoff, Arnheim, 7 December 1908,” the date of his concert in that city. The page is housed in an extraordinary early 20th century guest book from the Hotel Du Soleil in Arnhem, Netherlands (featuring a deluxe binding with spine and corners of gilt and polished calf with marbled boards, all edges gilt with rounded corners).

The book contains 26 signed pages (many items affixed), comprising autographs of notable musical, literary, and artistic figures of the day, including six original drawings, one etching, one watercolor, five musical quotations, and one signed photo. These autographs were collected by Eugenie Smeenk, the daughter of the hotel’s owner.

Willem Mengelberg, who conducted the Rachmaninoff concert, signs with an AMQS from a Robert Schumann work on the page following Rachmaninoff’s. Other musical signers include cellist Pablo Casals and pianist Harold Bauer, who performed together on November 26, 1907; opera singers Jeanne Raunay, Sigrid Arnoldsson, Hermine Bosetti, and Georgette Leblanc—with her husband, the author Maurice Maeterlinck —violinists Jacques Thibaud and Kathleen Parlow, and composer Richard Strauss.

The artists represented include: painter Charles Dankmeijer (ink sketch of an old farm); sculptor Toon Dupuis (signed photo of an an equestrian statue); painter Hendrik Haverman (ink sketch of rabbits); landscape painter Jozef Israels (ink sketch of a girl on a dune); painter Herman Moerkerk (acquarel and crayon drawing of an old man); genre artist Benjamin Prins (pencil sketch of an old man); still life painter Willem Roelofs, Jr. (ink sketch of still life with fish); painter Hendrik van Bloem (landscape etching); and painter Kees van Waning (charcoal landscape drawing). In fine condition. An amazing assemblage of leading artistic figures of the era, highlighted by the excellent Rachmaninoff musical quotation. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 115

Early musical quote from Prokofiev’s ‘Visions Fugitives’ 539. Sergei Prokofiev. AMQS in pencil

on an off-white 8.75 x 6.25 sheet, signed below, “Serge Prokofieff, 1925,” who writes three bars of music from ‘Ridicolosamente,’ the tenth movement from his Visions Fugitives, Op. 22, a series of short piano pieces composed by Prokofiev between 1915 and 1917. Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

541. Clara Schumann. Distinguished pianist and composer

(1819-1896) of the Romantic era. Uncommon twice-signed ALS in German, one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 27, 1865. An untranslated missive in which Schumann writes her address within the text of the letter, neatly penning her first and last name, and then signing in her more florid style at the conclusion. In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. Starting Bid $200

Large Rachmaninoff portrait with scarce musical quotation 540. Sergei Rachmaninoff. Vintage

pearl-finish 7 x 9 closeup portrait of Rachmaninoff by the KubeyRembrandt Studios of Philadelphia, signed and inscribed in black ink by the great Russian pianist in Cyrillic, “To Elena Konstantinovna Somova, S. Rachmaninoff,” adding an uncommon three-bar musical quotation and lyrics below from Mussorgsky’s opera “Boris Gudunov.”

Lower left corner bears the photography studio blindstamp.

Double-matted to an overall size of 12 x 14.5. In good to very good condition, with heavy creasing, light silvering, staining affecting the facial area, and damage to the borders and upper right corner creatively matted out. Rachmaninoff conducted Savva Mamontov’s Moscow Private Opera Company in their performance of Boris Gudunov in 1898. The recipient of this portrait, Elena Konstantivnovna Somova (1889–1969), was the wife of Evgenii Ivanovich Somov, engineer, secretary, and a friend of Rachmaninoff. Signed portraits of Rachmaninoff are rare in such a large size, with this example further augmented by the presence of a neatly penned musical quote.

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542. Sam Cooke. Ballpoint signature, “Love, Sam Cooke,” on an off-white 7 x 9.5 program page with biographical information, matted with a portrait of Cooke to an overall size of 19.25 x 13.5. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200 543. Big Mama Thornton. Vintage

glossy 3.5 x 3.25 candid photo of Big Mama Thornton in profile wearing a shirt with floral designs, signed vertically in black ballpoint, “Best wishes, Big Mama.”

Collector’s notations on reverse indicate that the signature was obtained in San Francisco in January 1969. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Fully signed first UK pressing of ‘Twist and Shout’

544. Beatles. Wonderful and quite rare first UK pressing of the band’s debut EP, Twist and Shout, signed and inscribed in

fountain pen on the back cover of the sleeve, “To Christine, love, John Lennon xxx,” “Love, Ringo Starr xxx,” “love from Paul McCartney xxx,” and “George Harrison xxx.” Signatures were obtained in between August 19-24, 1963, in Bournemouth, Hampshire, for a young female fan who was invited to meet the group back stage after winning a Disc magazine contest, during their six-day engagement at the Gaumont Cinema. In fine condition, with brushing to Paul’s “xxx.” The record is included.

Disc Magazine ran several contests during 1963, with the grand prize being front row seats to a Beatles show, and a chance to meet the group backstage. Released in mid-July of 1963, the band’s first official EP contained four tracks from their Please Please Me album. The sleeve featured a Fiona Adams photo of the band taken at a former bomb site at the rear of Euston Station, with the Beatles tunes on the back cover credited to “McCartney-Lennon.” This EP stayed on the charts for an incredible 64 weeks, selling over 800,000 copies, despite the fact that their full-length album had been number one on the charts for 10 weeks. According to expert Frank Caiazzo, to date, there have been less than ten authentically signed Beatles EPs brought to light. A super-scarce fully signed offering of a rare Beatles title. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo. Starting Bid $1000

Rare Pyx program featuring the Fab Four in full color 545. Beatles. Extremely desirable 1963 PYX Productions Limited program for the Beatles, 28 pages, 7.25 x 9.5, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “George Harrison,” and “Ringo Starr, xxx,” and in black ballpoint, “Paul McCartney.” The front cover features Dezo Hoffman’s iconic photograph of the band in their matching gray collarless suits. In very good to fine condition, with signed front cover detached. With iconic Hoffman imagery and a crisp cast of signatures, this is an immensely desirable program signed during the nascent stages of Beatlemania. An ideal autographed piece from the legendary group ready for presentation. Starting Bid $1000

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Rare, large Beatles signatures from October 1967 546. Beatles. Exceptional ballpoint signatures, “Beatles,

love, Paul McCartney,” “John Lennon,” “Ringo Starr,” and “George Harrison,” on an off-white 9.25 x 5 sheet removed from the guest book at London’s Moulin D’or Restaurant.

Impressively archivally double-matted and framed with a photo of the band in a recording studio to an overall size of 25.25 x 29. In fine condition, with evidence of professionally removed writing in the blank upper area. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, which reads: “The Beatles signed this page and subsequently visited this restaurant on October 10, 1967.

Autographs from that year are rare and very desirable, as the band had ceased touring to work on their masterpiece album, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’” Starting Bid $1000

Lennon pays his portraitist during his 1980 Bermuda getaway 547. Beatles: John Lennon. Incredible personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by John Lennon, payable to Nancy Gosnell for $3000, July 16, 1980, with memo field noting the payment for a “Portrait–dep.” In very good to fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner, an area of thin paper beneath the memo line, and mounting residue on the reverse.

In June of 1980, Lennon sailed to Bermuda aboard the Megan Jaye, a 43-ft sloop based in Newport, Rhode Island. He settled in the ‘Villa Undercliff,’ a residential area located in the island’s Fairylands section, and soon made arrangements to bring his four-year-old son Sean down to join him. Lennon rekindled his love for music while on vacation and wrote a collection of 30 new songs, his first novel output in over five years; the songs would later become the basis for his last album, Double Fantasy, named after a freesia flower he saw in the Bermuda Botanical Gardens.

During his time on the island, Lennon commissioned local artist Nancy Gosnell to paint a portrait of himself and his son, which he later hung above his piano in his Dakota apartment. According to Gosnell: ‘They both sat down on the rug in the living room where I had set up my easel…He spoke about his life and the Beatles and how Yoko had been his savior, and he had been a mess and overweight and she had put him on a brown-rice diet. He did impersonations for me. I remember him doing Henry Kissinger, and he sang a little. One of the songs he sang was ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.’ Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $1000

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548.

Beatles: George Harrison.

Circa 1963 ballpoint signature, “George Harrison, xxx,” on a light green 4.25 x 2.25 sheet, with a same-size sheet affixed to reverse bearing a secretarial Ringo Starr autograph.

In very good to fine condition, with light overall rippling from being mounted.

Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “The signed autograph of George Harrison was obtained by me in 1963. I was a big Beatles fan in the early 60’s. A close friend obtained George Harrison’s address and I wrote to him asking for his autograph and autographs of the other Beatles. I received the autograph of George in the post a few weeks later. The copy of the postal date and location was contained on the envelope.” Also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200

550. Beatles: Paul McCartney. Circa 2004

semi-glossy 8 x 10.5 full-length photo of McCartney wearing denim and leaning against a wall, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Swanny, Cheers, Paul McCartney.”

Reverse bears an MPL Communications/David Eustace label. In very good to fine condition, with light staining and fingerprint smudging to the emulsion. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200

549. Beatles: John Lennon. Amazing color glossy 3.5 x 4.25 Polaroid

photo of John Lennon posing with Philadelphia radio host Brother Love during the opening day of the 1975 WFIL–PARC (Philadelphia Association of Retarded Children) Marathon fundraiser, signed and inscribed in the upper border in blue ballpoint, “To da Brother Love, John Lennon, 75,” who adds a small self-portrait sketch to the left page of the open book. In fine condition, with light scratches to the photo emulsion.

Accompanied by a lengthy letter of provenance from the original recipient, Alan Smith, who was an American radio personality under the name ‘Brother Love.’

He describes acquiring the autograph at a WFIL/PARC marathon charity event in 1975, in part: “Jay Cook, the Program Director…somehow, in conjunction with Capitol Records convinced John Lennon to join us to ‘kick off’ the event on Friday afternoon…John arrived early, hung around talking with all of us getting to know our names, sensing our personalities, deciding who was funny and who wasn’t and things he would store in his mind about those he would be sharing the mic with…

Within 2 hours of its start, John called Yoko on speaker phone in the studio…to ask if it would be alright if he stayed a little longer as he was having such a wonderful time with us and enjoyed the comradery as well as wanting to help raise as much money as we could for ‘these poor children’…

Over the next day and a half I spent an inordinate amount of time (as did my wife at the time) with him around the studio, the building, at dinner, etc. He was open and charming, extremely bright as we all know, and answered each and every question everyone asked him as if it were the first time anyone had thought to ask it. Unparalleled graciousness for one of the most recognizable people on the planet at the time and greatest songwriters to ever hold a pen…My wife took the picture in the radio studio while we were on the air and when we were looking at it, he took it from my hand and signed it and drew the little face on it. We had copies of his latest LP in the studio and he picked one of them up, signed it to me, gave it to me with a wink without a word said and we moved on…The celebration of that wordless moment gave me more insight into the kind of person he genuinely was. Unasked, unspoken kindness just because.” From May 16-18, 1975, the Philadelphian rock station WFIL and the advocacy organization PARC cosponsored the Helping Hand Marathon, a weekend fundraiser to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Lennon spent the entire three days answering phones, taking pledges, and meeting fans; he even stayed long enough to do the weather report for WPVI-TV. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 119

551. Cream. Circa

late 1960s ballpoint signatures of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce on an off-white 4.75 x 3.75 sheet. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.

Starting Bid $200

554. Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin II

album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Rock on!

Jimmy Page” and “John Paul Jones,” and in red felt tip, “Robert Plant.” In fine condition, with some old sticker residue on the back cover. The record is included.

Starting Bid $200

555. Elvis Presley. Bold

felt tip signature, “Elvis Presley,” on a beige 3.25 x 1.75 slip. Nicely double-matted and framed with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 14 x 21. In fine condition, with a fold beneath the signature.

Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

552. Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia. Unused Concensus

Reality, Inc. (Jerry Garcia Band) business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Jerry Garcia, payable to Grateful Dead recording engineer Victoria Babcock. In fine condition.

Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $200

Scarce limited edition oversized print of the Zeppelin lead guitarist 553. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page. Impres-

sive color limited edition 30.5 x 33 silkscreen print showing Page playing his Les Paul electric guitar, numbered 274/300, signed in the lower border in pencil, “Jimmy Page.”

Also signed in pencil by the artist, “Sandra Lawrence, 2000.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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556. Elvis Presley. Ball-

point signature and inscription, “To Sonia, Elvis Presley,” on a 4 x 4 slip torn from an envelope.

In very good condition, with a block of light toning, and the torn edge of the envelope near, but not touching, the signature.

Starting Bid $200

On tour with Marley and the Wailers

557. Bob Marley and the Wailers. Very desirable color 7.5 x 10.25 photo of a jubilant Bob Marley removed from an Uprising Tour program, signed in black ink, “Rasta Fari, Bob Marley.” Also included is the referenced UK tour program for Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1980 Uprising Tour, 14 pages, 8.25 x 11.75, signed inside in various inks by several band members, including: Rita Marley, Judy Monatte, Carlton Barrett, Earl Lindo, Tyrone Bowie, Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, Junior Marvin, Al Anderson, and Seeco Patterson. In overall very good to fine condition, with old tape to the edges of the Marley photo (just touching the sentiment), and moderately heavy creasing and handling wear to the program (which has several detached pages).

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $1000

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559. Rolling Stones.

558. Queen. Extremely rare circa 1973 color 20 x 30 UK promotional poster for Queen, showing the band as they’re pictured on the front cover of their debut single, ‘Keep Yourself Alive,’ signed in black ink by Brian May, and in black ballpoint by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. In very good to fine condition, with a tear to the bottom edge, tack holes and paper loss to the corners, intersecting folds, and a split to the top of the vertical fold. Consignor notes that autographs were obtained after a Queen concert at Victoria Hall, Hanley, StokeOn-Trent, England on November 18, 1973. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, which reads: “I obtained this poster of the band Queen when I met all four members in November 1973, after their set supporting Mott the Hoople at Victoria Hall.” Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $300

Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Mick Jagger by Valex of Blackpool, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint, “Mick Jagger, xx,” “Keith Richard, xx,” “Bill Wyman, x,” “Brian Jones,” and “Love, Charlie Boy.” In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, more noticeable on the photo side. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from the original recipient: “In 1964 I was at a concert in Blackpool Winter Gardens where the Rolling Stones were appearing. I was with a friend who’s husband was a journalist for Blackpool Evening Gazette and was reporting on the concert. During the evening a fight broke out and the Rolling Stones left the stage. I was taken backstage where I got the autographs.”

Starting Bid $200

Uncommon Who fan club photo from 1966

561. Amy Winehouse. Desirable

color 8.25 x 11.75 cardstock photo of Winehouse performing in a blackand-white plaid top, prominently signed in blue felt tip, “Amy.” In fine condition, with a somewhat pixelated quality to the image.

Starting Bid $200

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560. The Who. Desirable vintage 8.25 x 6.5 cardstock pub-

licity photo distributed by The Who’s fan club, signed in black ballpoint by Keith Moon, John Entwistle, and Roger Daltrey.

In very good condition, with scattered creases and some light staining and soiling. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, who acquired the signatures in person while working as a bouncer at Northwich Memorial Hall, the venue for their concert on February 19, 1966. An excellent early promo image of The Who still quite capable of becoming a fully signed rarity. Starting Bid $200

562. Harold Bauer

563. Benjamin Britten

564. Composers

565. Jascha Heifetz

566. Josef Hofmann

567. Fritz Kreisler

568. Luciano Pavarotti

569. Luciano Pavarotti

570. Sergei Rachmaninoff

571. Igor Stravinsky

572. Siegfried Wagner

573. Louis Armstrong

574. Louis Armstrong

575. Louis Armstrong

576. Louis Armstrong

577. Art Blakey

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578. Broadway

579. Cab Calloway

580. Nat King Cole Starting Bid $200

581. Composers, Bandleaders, and Lyricists Starting Bid $200

582. Dixie

583. Ella Fitzgerald

584. Ira Gershwin

585. Dizzy Gillespie

586. Benny Goodman

587. Jerome Kern

588. Glenn Miller

589. Oscar Peterson

590. Cole Porter

591. Otis Redding

592. Sonny Rollins

593. Otis Rush

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594. Kate Smith Starting Bid $200

596. Sonny Stitt

597. Maria von Trapp

599. Beatles

600. Beatles: Peter Blake

601. Beatles: Pattie Boyd

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598. Beatles

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602. Beatles: Klaus Voormann Starting Bid $200

606. Bo Diddley Starting Bid $200

595. Stephen Sondheim

603. Beatles: Klaus Voormann Starting Bid $200

607. Elton John Starting Bid $200

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604. Blue Oyster Cult

605. Cream: Ginger Baker

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608. Elton John Starting Bid $200

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609. Elton John Starting Bid $200

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610. Journey

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611. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant Starting Bid $200

614. Progressive Rock Starting Bid $200

617. Robin Trower Starting Bid $200

620. ABBA

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612. Van Morrison Starting Bid $200

615. The Righteous Brothers Starting Bid $200

618. Uriah Heep Starting Bid $200

621. Captain & Tennille Starting Bid $200

613. Van Morrison Starting Bid $200

616. Bruce Springsteen

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619. ABBA

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622. Whitney Houston Starting Bid $200

classic entertainment

Bogie in his prime

626. Marlon Brando. Desirable red felt tip signature, “Marlon Brando,” on a pink 4.5 x 1.5 card. Impressively double-matted and framed with a nameplate and two portraits of the actor to an overall size of 30 x 16.25. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200

627. W. C. Fields.

624. Humphrey Bogart. Vintage 7.25 x 9 paperstock photo of Humphrey Bogart leaning next to a model sailboat, signed in fountain pen by the legendary actor. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 16.5. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services. Starting Bid $300

Original vintage selfportrait profile sketch accomplished in ink

by Fields on an offwhite 4.5 x 5.75 album page, signed to the immediate left, “Sincere good wishes, W. C. Fields.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

628. Audrey Hepburn. Beauti-

625. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Sought-after

vintage fountain pen signatures and inscription, “For Jane—All the Best—Lauren Bacall—,” and, “and—Humphrey Bogart,” on a brown 8 x 5.5 album page. Uncommonly large and in fine condition. A desirable pairing of neatly penned signatures from this Hollywood power couple. Starting Bid $200

ful glossy 3.5 x 5.5 deckle-edge postcard photo of the young Hepburn with bobbed hair, signed at the bottom in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Consignor notes that the signature was obtained in person at a film festival in Munich in 1992. Starting Bid $200

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Shackle sketches by Houdini during his first major tour—“You ought to see the Handcuffs & irons used in Germany” 629. Harry Houdini. ALS signed “Houdini,” one page on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 11.25, August 2, 1900. Letter to fellow magician Servais Le Roy. In part: “Opened here last night & made good. You ought to see the Handcuffs & irons used in Germany. Here cuffs are used and every station has different cuffs, in fact there are no two alike. I am going to bring some styles back with me & I’ll give you a fine pair. Here is the way they look [sketch of the handcuffs]. Has two spring lock & looks like the lilly iron the leg irons look like this [sketch]. Did you know I patented the Hand cuff act in Europe, the drawings won’t be published in 9 months. Robinson patented his catching gold fish in the air, and he stopped Hiam from making the trick and Maskeleyne from doing it. The opposition house hired a man from Berlin to expose Hand cuffs & he was closed after his first show. It seems strange people like to see the act exposed. But it does not pay to expose anything.” In very good to fine condition, with chipping along one edge affecting one word of text, and minor splitting along intersecting folds.

Houdini writes during the first year of his tour through Europe, where he would remain for four years. As he alludes to in this letter, he challenged the local police departments of each city he visited to restrain him; Houdini, of course, inevitably escaped and he became famous throughout Europe as the ‘King of Handcuffs.’ In addition to discussing his own act, Houdini touches upon the flourishing illusionist trade, mentioning William Robinson, who performed under the name Chung Ling Soo, and John Nevil Maskelyne, known for his levitation illusion. An early, truly remarkable Houdini letter boasting ideal magical content.

Starting Bid $1000

Five shares in the Houdini Picture Corporation 630. Harry Houdini. Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 8.25, June 1, 1921. Stock certificate for five shares of the Houdini Picture Corporation issued to Alfred J. Gaudette. Signed at the conclusion by Houdini as president of the company and countersigned by R. P. Risley as secretary. In very good condition, with creasing, three vertical folds, dampstaining to the bottom, and the signature quite faded (“dini” is virtually invisible). 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). Starting Bid $200

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631. Grace Kelly. Vintage

glossy 8 x 10 Warner Bros. publicity photo of Grace Kelly as Margot Mary Wendice for the 1954 crime mystery Dial M for Murder, signed in green ink by the actress. In very good to fine condition, with a small gouge to her hair, and a tear to the top edge repaired with archival tape on the reverse.

Starting Bid $200

632. Keystone Cops. Sensational vintage glossy 10.25

x 8 photo of the Keystone Cops holding up a can-can dancer in a revealing split pose, signed and inscribed in ink and fountain pen, “To lovely ‘Lillian,’ from one policeman to another, Chester Conklin,” “To Lillian, Sincerely, Snub Pollard,” “To Lillian from Gloria Randall,” “Kind wishes to Lillian, Hank Mann,” and “Yours for fun, Al St. John,” who adds in the lower border, “We will split anything for you—Al.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing and a hint of faint silvering.

Multi-signed photos of the Keystone Cops remain extremely rare, with this just the second example we’ve offered in over a decade. Starting Bid $300

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

634. 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. Starting Bid $200

633. Vivien Leigh.

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Warner Bros. publicity photo of Leigh in her Oscar-winning role as Blanche DuBois from the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Bob, Vivien Leigh.” In fine condition, with a few light creases, and the ink light but entirely legible. Starting Bid $200

635. Steve McQueen. DS, signed “Steven McQueen,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, October 31, 1972. Document regarding “Minutes of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Directors of Solar Productions, Inc,” in which “Steven T. McQueen” was nominated and elected as the “Director, President & Treasurer” for the following fiscal year. Signed at the conclusion in brown felt tip by McQueen, and countersigned by the other elected officials. In fine condition. In 1972, McQueen starred in backto-back films by director Sam Peckinpah—the western Junior Bonner and the action film The Getaway, which paired him opposite his future second wife, Ali MacGraw. Starting Bid $200

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Stunning Beaton portrait of the Hollywood icon, one of her personal favorites 636. Marilyn Monroe. Extraordinary vintage matte-finish 9 x 9 photo of Monroe lying down in an off-the-shoulder dress and holding a flower to her chest, taken by Cecil Beaton in 1956, affixed to a 14 x 15 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in blue ballpoint, “Oh George, you’re a genius! Marilyn Monroe.” In fine condition, with some light creasing to the edges of the mount.

This beautiful black-and-white portrait is said to have been Monroe’s favorite image of herself. The current owner provides some background on the piece from a prior sale: ‘The consignor relates that in the late 1950s he attended an event at Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs home as a guest of Sammy Davis Jr. The consignor remembers the photograph being given by Monroe, who was also a guest of Sinatra’s, to Davis’s valet, whom he named as ‘George.’ This is a possible inaccuracy and may have been given to Frank Sinatra’s longtime valet, George Jacobs. The consignor was given the image by the valet George, who said he could not take the item back to Los Angeles.’ Starting Bid $2500

1957 Marilyn Monroe Productions signed document 637. Marilyn Monroe. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, July 24, 1957. Consent and waiver of a notice for a special meeting for the Marilyn Monroe Productions board of directors, in full: “The undersigned, being all the directors of Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., a New York corporation, hereby severally waive all notice whatsoever of the special meeting of the Board of Directors of said Corporation, and consent that said meeting be held at the offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., on Wednesday, July 24, 1957, for the transaction thereat of all such business as may lawfully come before said meeting.”

Signed nicely at the conclusion by Monroe, and countersigned

by Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., and George Levine. In fine condition, with two small pieces of tape on the reverse lightly showing through at the upper corners. Spurred by her desire to have more control over her career, Monroe and business partner Milton Greene formed the independent film production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955. The studio made two films—Bus Stop in 1956, and the Prince and the Showgirl in 1957—but folded soon thereafter when Monroe’s once cordial relationship with Greene dissolved after Arthur Miller accused Greene of undermining his wife in order to further his own financial interests. Starting Bid $1000

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638. Marilyn Monroe. Counter check,

5.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Monroe, “Marilyn Monroe,” payable to The Christian Community for $50, October 11, 1954. Monroe fills out the entire check in her hand, noting her bank as “Bank of America, Sunset and Laurel, Los Angeles, 46.” In fine condition. Monroe had announced her separation from then-husband Joe DiMaggio just days earlier, on October 6, 1954. A desirable autograph from the blonde bombshell.

Starting Bid $500

639. The Quiet Man. Desir-

able set of vintage signatures and inscriptions from the stars of the Oscarwinning 1952 film The Quiet Man on a brown 7.75 x 5.5 album page, in fountain pen, “Good Luck, Jane, John Wayne,” “To Janes, Best Wishes, Maureen O’Hara,” and “To Jane, all good wishes, Barry Fitzgerald,” and in pencil by a non-Quiet Man actor, “Hallo!!!!! Janes, Sydney Greenstreet.” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the lower right corner, and a tear and staining to the lower left corner, affecting Fitzgerald’s first name and inscription. Starting Bid $200

Tate as the lovely Malibu in Don’t Make Waves

640. Frank Sinatra. Spec-

tacular color glossy 11 x 14 photo of a young Frank Sinatra in a suit and bow tie, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Originally obtained by inperson specialist Mike Wehrmann.

Starting Bid $200

641. Sharon Tate. Rare glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo for

the 1967 film Don’t Make Waves, showing Tate seated in a hanging chair, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Alan, Sharon Tate.” In fine condition, with some light marginal staining just touching the background at top edge, and easily matted out. Despite being billed below stars Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale, Tate and her Waves character, Malibu, earned a permanent place in pop-culture history as the direct inspiration for Mattel’s enormously popular ‘Malibu Barbie’ doll. Starting Bid $300

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The elegant ivory gloves of Sharon Tate 642. Sharon Tate. Sharon

644. Rudolph Valentino. Citizens Trust and Savings Bank

Tate’s personally-owned pair of ivory-colored pigskin leather gloves, size 7, featuring brown thread trim. In very good to fine condition, with staining and soiling from use.

Provenance: From the Estate of Sharon Tate, Julien’s, November 2018. Starting Bid $200

check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Valentino, “R. Valentino,” payable to H. B. Crouch Co. for $50, December 30, 1921. In fine condition, with light show-through at the upper corners from old mounting traces on the reverse. H. B. Crouch was a Los Angeles jewelry company. Starting Bid $200

‘The Real Duke’

645. John Wayne. Sat-

643. Henry Travers. English charac-

ter actor (1874-1965) who portrayed Clarence the Angel in It’s a Wonderful Life.

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Columbia Pictures publicity photo of Travers, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Wally, Henry Travers.” In fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and writing impressions over surface of Travers’s face. Starting Bid $200

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urday Evening Post magazine from March 1 9 7 6 , Vo l .

248, No. 2., 120 pages, 10.25 x 13.25, signed on the front cover in black ballpoint, “Good Luck, John Wayne.”

In very good condition, with overall creasing, and two circular drinking glass impressions to Wayne’s hat brim. Consignor notes that a friend had this magazine signed when the Duke visited her store in Newport Harbor, California. Starting Bid $200

646. John Wayne. Large

felt tip signature, “John Wayne,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA.

Starting Bid $200

647. Academy Award Winning Directors Starting Bid $200

648. Actors and Actresses

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649. Josephine Baker

650. Brigitte Bardot

653. Pierce Brosnan

654. Yul Brynner

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651. Edgar Bergen

652. Jeremy Brett

655. Frank Capra

656. Johnny Carson Starting Bid $200

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657. Cher

658. Lana Clarkson

659. Joan Collins

660. Michael Douglas

661. Dracula: Carroll Borland

662. Isadora Duncan

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663. Entertainment

Starting Bid $200

665. Frankenstein: Ella Lanchester

666. Greta Garbo

667. Gone With the Wind: Laura Hope Crews Starting Bid $200

668. Cary Grant

669. D. W. Griffith

670. Edmund Gwenn

671. Gabby Hayes

672. Hugh Hefner

673. Audrey Hepburn

674. Katharine Hepburn

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

675. Hedy Lamarr Starting Bid $200

664. Barry Fitzgerald

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

676. Fritz Lang Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

677. Angela Lansbury Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

678. Stan Laurel Starting Bid $200

679. Sophia Loren

680. Sophia Loren

683. Mod Squad

684. Marilyn Monroe

685. Marilyn Monroe

686. Marilyn Monroe

687. Marilyn Monroe

688. Marilyn Monroe Starting Bid $200

689. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

690. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur O’Connell

692. Marilyn Monroe and Joshua Logan

693. Marilyn Monroe and Sidney Skolsky

694. Marilyn Monroe and USAF Lieutenant

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

691. Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Gleason Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

681. Jayne Mansfield Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

682. Lee Marvin Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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695. Monroe, Cukor, and Montand

696. Roger Moore

697. Paul Newman

698. David Niven

699. Anna Pavlova

700. Anthony Perkins

701. George C. Scott

702. Lee Shubert

703. Steven Spielberg Starting Bid $200

704. Star Wars: Mark Hamill

705. Sharon Stone

706. Barbra Streisand

707. Barbra Streisand

708. Robert Wagner

709. Gene Wilder

710. Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

The John Brennan Collection For more than 40 years, John Brennan has collected in-person autographs, across the country and around the world. He’s legendary in the autograph hobby community for his passion and ability to meet thousands of celebrities across many genres. This month, RR Auction is pleased to present another selection of items from John’s vast collection.

711. Academy Award Winning Actors Starting Bid $200

712. Academy Award Winning Actors Starting Bid $200

715. Actors

Starting Bid $200

716. Actors

Starting Bid $200

718. Tim Burton Starting Bid $200

713. Academy Award Winning Actresses Starting Bid $200

714. Academy Award Winning Actresses Starting Bid $200

717. Woody Allen Starting Bid $200

719. George Carlin Starting Bid $200

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720. Cheech and Chong Starting Bid $200

721. Comedians Starting Bid $200

724. Robert De Niro

722. Sean Connery Starting Bid $200

725. Johnny Depp

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

727. Easy Rider

728. Harrison Ford

729. Michael J. Fox

731. Scarlett Johansson

732. Mike Judge

733. Seth MacFarlane

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

723. Dalai Lama Starting Bid $200

726. Clint Eastwood Starting Bid $200

730. Matt Groening Starting Bid $200

734. Models

Starting Bid $200

735. Monty Python Starting Bid $200

739. Jack Nicholson Starting Bid $200

736. Paul Newman

737. Paul Newman

738. Jack Nicholson

740. Al Pacino

741. Trey Parker

742. Trey Parker

744. Charles Schulz

745. Charles Schulz

748. John Travolta

749. The X-Files

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

743. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks Starting Bid $200

746. Titanic

Starting Bid $200

747. John Travolta Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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sports

Ali agrees to terms for a 1976 rematch with Jimmy Young in Australia—a fight that would never happen 750. Muhammad Ali. DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, on Herbert

Muhammad Enterprises letterhead, June 11, 1976. An agreement between Ali and Inter Sports Inc. of Sydney, Australia, regarding a proposed match with heavyweight contender Jimmy Young, signed at the conclusion by both Ali and Herbert Muhammad.

Besides depositing a non-refundable proposal payment of $250,000 and two irrevocable letters of credit in the amounts of $1,000,000 and $1,550,000 in Ali’s Chicago account, Inter Sport’s agents agree to pay the fighter “30% of the gross receipts in excess of $5,000,000 and 50% of the gross receipts in excess of $7,000,000 from the exhibition of the bout.” In addition, Inter Sports must make its “own contract with Jimmy Young or a suitable opponent to be mutually agreed upon,” and arrange for “One Hundred tickets, ringside, and Two Hundred second rate tickets,” “Fifty first class airline unrestricted tickets round trip… first class hotel and accommodations including meals and lodging…for fifty people” and “three limousines…with chauffeurs at the fight site for duration of final training. Three friendly security guards for duration of stay in Australia.” In fine condition.

Two months before signing this agreement, Ali and Young squared off in Landover, Maryland for the world heavyweight title.

Young, a generally passive pugilist, outlanded and outworked Ali throughout the night, with ‘the Greatest’ unable to connect with more than a few solid blows. Many thought Young might be crowned the heavyweight champion of the world that night, but the judges awarded Ali a unanimous decision After that fight, most believed Young deserved another shot at the title-and as this contract suggests, that fight was going to be a reality. Before that, however, in September 1976 in New York City, Ali defended his title-this time against Ken Norton-winning a close but unanimous 15-round decision. Young would face other former and future heavyweights, including Norton and George Foreman, but this planned rematch with Ali would never happen.

A desirable ‘phantom fight’ contract. Starting Bid $200

“Cassius Clay, Next Champ, Liston in 8” 751. Muhammad Ali. Significant public hearing agenda for the “Joint Legislative

Committee on Professional Boxing,” one page, 8 x 11, February 4, 1963, signed in blue ballpoint by four boxers in attendance, “From Cassius Clay, Next Champ, Liston in 8, Good Luck,” “Billy Graham,” “Henry Armstrong,” and “Best wishes, Carmen Basilio,” plus one former Yankee infielder, “Gil McDougald.” In very good condition, with staining and toning, edge tears and chips, and old tape scattered along the edges. These hearings took place as part of a New York legislative proposal to outlaw boxing following the death of Benny Paret after his infamous 1962 fight with Emile Griffith. Nicknamed the ‘Louisville Lip’ for his brash talk, the 22-year-old Clay indeed defeated Liston in their first bout a year later on February 25, 1964—Clay outdid his prediction by a round, defeating Liston with a technical knockout in the seventh. Days after the fight, Clay renounced his ‘slave name’ and became ‘Muhammad Ali.’ A remarkable autograph revealing Clay’s confidence in himself as the “next champ.” Starting Bid $200

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752. Ty Cobb.

First National Bank of Nevada check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Cobb, “Tyrus R. Cobb,” payable to Cash for $300, July 19, 1948.

Felt-matted and framed with an image of Cobb rounding third base to an overall size of 13.25 x 21. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Fischer lays out his playing conditions for the “next Netanya chess tourn”

753. Sonny Liston. Ball-

point signature, “Sonny Liston,” on a pink 5 x 3 album page with a date notation of September 9, 1963. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

754. Rocky Marciano.

Huge ballpoint signature, “Rocky Marciano,” on an off-white 4.25 x 3.5 album page.

Beautifully triple-matted and framed with a portrait of Marciano posing with his championship belt to an overall size of 13.25 x 20.25.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

755. Bobby Fischer. ALS, one page, 7.75 x 11, Eurobuilding Hotel letterhead, January 19, 1971. Letter to “Mr. Shahaf,” president of the Israeli Chess Federation. In part: “Thank you very much for your invitation to participate in the next Netanya chess tourn. In the first place I don’t know when the candidates matches are scheduled for since they haven’t named any date or place yet. But they’re talking about dates that might conflict with your tournament. Secondly how much…are you prepared to pay me as a participation fee? Enclosed is a copy of my letter of special playing conditions. These will have to be met in full for me to consider participating. I will need photos of the playing hall as a whole and close up photos of the lighting fixtures. Also a letter signed by a qualified ophthalmologist and lighting engineer stating that these lights are in accordance with my letter of playing conditions and also that they meet with their personal approval. Also I will need a complete list of the players that have accepted to play and also the precise playing schedule for rounds and adjourned games. Also I expect to be placed in the best hotel in Natanya with food and pocket money to match.” In fine condition, with light overall handling wear, and two partial punch holes to one edge. Fischer had won the chess tournament at Netanya in 1968—his presence had been notable because he declined to participate in that year’s US Championship when the organizers failed to meet his conditions for attendance, such as the issues of prize money and playing conditions in the venue. It appears that the same was now true at Netanya, as he did not participate in 1971. Starting Bid $200

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760. Ted Williams and Earle Combs.

758. NY Yankees. This creamy-toned OAL (Harridge)

Reach ball, with moderately dark stampings, signed in ink by 21 members of the 1951 New York Yankees World Series Champion team, including a rookie-era Mickey Mantle. Includes: SWEET SPOT - Joe DiMaggio. EAST PANEL - Yogi Berra, Bauer, Ostrowski, Reynolds, Silvera, Bobby Brown and Mickey Mantle. WEST PANEL - Turner, Phil Rizzuto and Sain.

NORTH PANEL - Woodling, Johnny Mize, Overmire and Stengel (CH). SOUTH PANEL - Coleman, Shea, McDougald, Morgan, Collins, Crosetti and Henrich. Signatures range in grade from (“6-8”, some better, a few lesser). All of the official ball stampings are legible, but somewhat light. The Joe DiMaggio sweet spot signature is tremendous, as is the early Mantle autograph, but the Casey Stengel signature is a clubhouse varieties. An outstanding team ball from the one of the Yankees’ most impressive teams, a team which sent one legend out with his last World Series title, and ushered in another legend with the first of his seven World Series titles.

Starting Bid $200

Official Reach American League (Harridge) baseball signed in fountain pen on the sweet spot by Ted Williams and on a side panel by Earle Combs; also bears a clubhouse signature of Joe McCarthy. In very good to fine condition, with overall toning to the heavy coating of shellac. Starting Bid $200

left-handed golfing glove, 6.75˝ in length, signed on the palm in black felt tip by Tiger Woods and Mark O’Meara. Mounted, matted, and framed with a photo of Woods and O’Meara signing for a young boy to an overall size of 12.75 x 16.5. In very good condition, with heavy soiling from use. Consignor notes that he purchased the glove from the original recipient, who ‘had Tiger and O’Meara sign the glove in Bahrain before the 2004 Dubai Classic,’ a tournament won by O’Meara.

Starting Bid $200

759. Babe Ruth. Exemplary personal check, 8 x 3, filled out by his wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and signed by Babe Ruth, “G. H. Ruth,” payable to his wife for $25, January 30, 1941. Endorsed on the reverse by Claire Ruth.

Attractively double-matted and framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 8.25; backing of frame has a window for viewing reverse of check. In fine condition.

Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300

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761. Tiger Woods. Off-white

762. Hank Aaron and Al Downing

763. Hank Aaron and Al Downing

764. Muhammad Ali

765. Muhammad Ali

766. Muhammad Ali

768. Muhammad Ali

769. Muhammad Ali

770. Baseball Hall of Famers

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

772. Baseball Hall of Famers Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

773. Baseball Legends Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

771. Baseball Hall of Famers Starting Bid $200

775. Barry Bonds Starting Bid $200

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774. Baseball: 300 Game Winners Starting Bid $100

778. Chicago Cubs: 1969

779. Joe DiMaggio

782. Roger Federer Starting Bid $200

786. Football Hall of Famers

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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776. Boston Red Sox Starting Bid $100

777. Campanella, Hoyt, and Coveleski Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

781. Juan Manuel Fangio

783. Roger Federer and John McEnroe

784. Bob Feller

785. Curt Flood

787. Golf

788. Walter Hagen

789. Gabby Hartnett

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

780. Joe DiMaggio

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $100

792. Joe Louis

791. Los Angeles Dodgers

790. Hockey Hall of Famers

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

794. Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron Starting Bid $200

795. Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams Starting Bid $200

796. Mantle, Williams, and Orr Starting Bid $100

797. Roger Maris

798. Willie Mays

799. Willie Mays

800. NY Mets: 1969

801. NY Yankees: 1942

802. NY Yankees: 1953

803. Jesse Owens

804. Jesse Owens

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $200

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805. Satchel Paige

806. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus

Starting Bid $200

Starting Bid $100

808. Pele

Starting Bid $200

811. Mike Schmidt Starting Bid $100

815. Topps Supers: 1970 Starting Bid $100

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812. Sammy Sosa Starting Bid $100

816. Randy Turpin Starting Bid $200

809. Ivan Rodriguez Starting Bid $200

813. George Steinbrenner

Starting Bid $200

817. Ted Williams Starting Bid $200

807. Pele

Starting Bid $200

810. [Babe Ruth] Starting Bid $100

814. Jim Thorne Starting Bid $100

818. Ted Williams Starting Bid $200

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All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges: Bidder is liable for shipping and handling. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction.

Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.

Title: Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper.

Rights Reserved: RR Auction reserves the right to withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone.

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

RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments.

RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auction’s record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale.

Reserves: Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own.

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

these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form.

RR Auction’s Remedies: Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under sub-part (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any property in RR Auction’s possession owned by such Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Warranties: RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold “as is” and “where is”.

By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title.

All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports

are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices.

Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly.

All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “Certification of Authenticity”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The Certification of Authenticity inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records).

Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the Certification of Authenticity, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. The Certification of Authenticity is valid from date of the Auction in which Bidder was awarded the lot (the “Auction Date”) until five (5) years after the Auction Date, without exception.

FIREARMS. RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.

Limitation of Damages: In the event that RR Auction is prevented for any reason from delivering any property to Bidder, or Bidder is otherwise dissatisfied with the performance of RR Auction, the liability, if any, of RR Auction, shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the amount actually paid for the property by Bidder. In no event shall RR Auction be liable for incidental, special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of profits, value of investment or opportunity cost.

Unauthorized Statements: Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction.

Bidder’s Remedies: Under no circumstance will RR Auction incur liability to a Bidder in excess of the purchase price actually paid.

This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder in conformity with the Warranties and Limitation of Damages provisions of these Conditions of Sale, and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title

and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, in the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction shall make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.

If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale.

Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner.

If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received

by RR Auction.

NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other 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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