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John is the founder of University Archives, a leading firm specializing in the appraisal and authentication of documents and manuscripts. He is affiliated with multiple professional organizations dedicated to the autograph industry, was a contributing editor for Autograph Collector magazine, and is a PSA/DNA authenticator. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
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ROGER EPPERSON SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED/REAL
Roger has an extensive background as a full-time dealer in autographs and collectibles, and is a trusted authenticator in all areas of contemporary music. When supported by the REAL logo and Roger’s name, music-related autographs assume an added value. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced from $30 to $150*
PHIL SEARS COLLECTIBLES
For over 20 years Phil Sears has been the recognized world authority on Walt Disney’s autograph habits. Included among Phil-sears.com customers are the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Family Museum. Sears’s items have been featured in Autograph Collector magazine, E Ticket magazine, Collect! magazine, and the biography Walt Disney’s Missouri. Letters of Authenticity are available on certain lots. Priced upon request*
FRANK CAIAZZO, BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS beatles autographs
Frank is the world’s leading authority on Beatles signed and handwritten material. Since he began his study in 1986, he has amassed the largest file of signed examples on the planet. Through decades of focused and diligent research, he has acquired great skill in identifying authentic Beatles autographs, and also has gained the insight necessary to accurately approximate the era in which they were signed.
BRIAN GREEN AND MARIA GREEN, BRIAN AND MARIA GREEN CIVIL WAR SIGNATURES
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presidents & first ladies
Stunningly gorgeous 1789 appointment by George Washington, executed in New York City—then the US capital
1. George Washington Document Signed. Exemplary manuscript DS as president, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 11.5 x 10.75, September 26, 1789. President Washington appoints Pierpoint Edwards as “Attorney of the said United States in and for the Connecticut District…Given under my hand at the City of New York.” Beautifully signed at the conclusion in bold ink by President Washington. The crisp embossed paper seal affixed to the upper left remains full intact. Handsomely mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait and plaque to an overall size of 29.5 x 41 (view full image online). In fine condition. This exceedingly rare, incredibly well-preserved document dates to just five months after George Washington took office as president of the United States, when New York City was still the nation’s capital (as was the case from 1785–1790). Any documents signed by President Washington at New York are supremely scarce and much sought after. Pierpont Edwards had served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, served in the Continental Congress, and was a member of the Connecticut convention to ratify the United States Constitution in 1788. Under Thomas Jefferson, Edwards would be appointed to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. As an ultra-clean, boldly signed appointment from early in the presidency of George Washington, this is a truly remarkable document. Starting Bid $2500
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President Adams naval appointment amidst the undeclared Quasi-War
2. John Adams Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 12.5 x 9, December 2, 1799. President Adams
appoints James Henry Adams as “a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by President Adams and countersigned by the Secretary of the Navy. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. Mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 20.5 x 29 (view full image online). In fine condition. A desirable example signed at Philadelphia, which was capital of the US from 1790 to 1800.
At the outset of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress hoped that a small naval force could help offset the uncontested exercise of British sea power. The founding legislation, championed by Adams, was passed in October of 1775 and, before the year was out, Congress authorized the construction of a small fleet. As president, Adams went on to strengthen the American fleet during the Quasi-War with France between 1798 and 1800, establish a separate Department of the Navy, and push through an act authorizing a peacetime naval force, courses of action that have often led to him being deemed the ‘Father of the American Navy.’ Starting Bid $500
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Jefferson writes to Madison on Jeremy Bentham and Czar Alexander I
3. Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.75, May 12, 1822. Letter
to James Madison, “Mr. Madison,” written from Monticello. In full: “I thank you for the communication of Mr. Rush’s letter which I now return. Mr. Bentham’s character of Alexander is I believe just and that worse traits might still be added to it equally just. He is now certainly become the watchman of tyranny for Europe, as dear to its oppressors as detestable to the oppressed. If however he should engage in war with the Turks, as I expect, his employment there may give opportunities for the friends of liberty to proceed in their work. I set out for Bedford tomorrow to be absent three weeks. I salute you with constant and affectionate friendship and respect.” In fine condition, with strips of light toning to the top and right edges. In early March, Richard Rush had sent a letter to Madison discussing several significant subjects, one being the tense situation between Turkey and Russia, fomented by the Greek War of Independence. Rush related philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s criticism of the Russian leader, Emperor Alexander I, writing: ‘Mr. Bentham says, that Alexander, unhappily for the power which he wields, is both a fop and a hypocrite, the most so that Europe has seen for ages. He anticipates nothing advantageous, but much of harm, to human liberty, from his reign.’ A keen observer of international affairs, Jefferson’s expectation of war between Russia and the Turks would be proven correct at the end of the decade: though Alexander I died in 1825, his successor, Nicholas I, went to war with the Ottoman Empire in 1828. A fantastic letter connecting the great political minds and figures of the 18th and 19th centuries. Starting Bid $2500
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Very desirable 1805 commission of “a Surgeon’s Mate in the Navy” 4. Thomas Jefferson Document Signed. Partlyprinted vellum DS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 14 x 17.5, March 13, 1805. President Jefferson appoints George Colegate as “a Surgeon’s Mate in the Navy in the Service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Thomas Jefferson, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith. The Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and soiling. George Colegate served as assistant surgeon on the USS Hornet, the USS Enterprise, and on the USS Constitution in the Mediterranean between 1805 and 1807. Medical naval appointments are rare and highly sought-after. Starting Bid $500
5. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Th:
Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 15.25 x 8.5, May 9, 1808. Desirable military land grant issued to Eleanor Cookerly, “heir at law of Benjamin Rice, a Captain in the late Army of the United States, in consideration of the said Benjamin Rice’s military services,” for a tract of land containing 100 acres. Signed at the conclusion by President Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary of State Madison. The creased paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. Impressively cloth-matted and framed with engraved plaques and color portraits to an overall size of 38.25 x 22. In very good to fine condition, with the handwritten portions of the document very light, and the signatures a couple of shades light but completely legible. Starting Bid $500
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Madison appoints an officer in “the Marine Core” 6. James Madison Document Signed. Attractive partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.5, June 18, 1810. President Madison appoints John Gassaway as “a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Core in the service of the United States.” Signed crisply at the conclusion by James Madison, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton. The Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light toning along the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
Monroe writes an acquaintance from his “mission to France of 1794” 7. James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed. Boldly penned ALS, one page, 8 x 9.75, February 1, 1828. Written from Oak Hill in Aldie, Virginia, the former president writes to Thomas W. Griffith, in full: “I should have answer’d your letter of last month before, had I not wished to examine the papers of the epoch to which you refer, & been much engaged in very interesting private concerns, which put it out of my power. As yet I have found no paper, which throws any light on the subject, nor have I any recollection of your appointment as Consul at Havre, during my mission to France of 1794. I well recollect seeing you there during that mission, and altho the period is distant, and heavy duties have pressed on me since, yet such was the favorable impression which I form’d of your conduct and character, that I am satisfied your appointment would have been very agreeable to me. Should I find any paper relating to this subject, or acquire, otherwise, any information on it, hereafter, I will communicate it to you. With best wishes for your welfare, I am, with esteem yr. ob’t serv’t.” In very good to fine condition, with edge chips, splitting to ends of the vertical fold, irregular toning, and a light upside-down offset of an engraving on Monroe. Starting Bid $200
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Scarce appointment of a Navy chaplain in 1828 8. John Quincy Adams Document Signed. Desirable partly-
printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.75 x 18.5, April 24, 1828. President Adams appoints Greenbury W. Ridgely as a “Chaplain in the Navy in the Service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by John Quincy Adams, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard. Beige Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light overall rippling. Starting Bid $200
President Jackson rails against the banks and for Spain 9. Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed. Partial ALS from Andrew
Jackson, one page both sides, no date circa 1836–1837. A letter of considerable interest written to his friend John Henry Eaton during his time as American Minister to Spain and near to the completion of Jackson’s final term of office, in part: “The Elections in Pennsylvania are over, & the key stone state is erect again. She has in the State Legislature 3/4 of her Representatives anti Bank, and a tie in her Senate. The N. States Bank of Pennsylvania, will be blown sky high. The Van Buren Tickett will be carried in that state by at least 25,000 majority and in three weeks the whiggs will be…& Van Buren the president elect, when I hope we will have a political calm during the reminder of my term, & slander will then be viewed as it ought, & the authors sink into that contempt that good morals will, & ought to consign them...you will, I have no doubt, have found Spain in a very perturbed and distracted state—but my belief is that the policy of adopting the constitution of 1812 will be the means of destroying Don Carlos, by drawing all the people from his standard—in this respect it will favour the Queen [the infant Isabella whose succession was disputed by the Carlists], and if the Cortes give good amendments to the constitution, such as to secure national freedom, & equal rights, Spain may yet be blessed with prosperity & happiness.” The front of the letter is struck through with ruled lines, apparently as a form of censorship or evidence of copying. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, overall creasing, and two edge tears. Starting Bid $300
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Naval appointment for a distinguished career officer 10. Martin Van Buren Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum
DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 14 x 17.25, February 20, 1838. President Van Buren appoints Francis H. Gregory as “a Captain in the Navy from the 31st of January 1838, in the Service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Martin Van Buren, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson. The off-white Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with scattered toning and staining. Starting Bid $200
Rare appointment signed by William Henry Harrison while administering the District of Louisiana after its purchase from France
11. William Henry Harrison Document Signed. Rare partly-printed DS, signed “Will’m Henry Harrison,” one page,
12.5 x 7.75, October 1, 1804. As governor of the Indiana Territory and of the District of Louisiana, Harrison appoints Andrew Welson “to be Recorder of out said District of New Madrid.” The white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In very good condition, with toning, staining, and separations along the somewhat fragile folds. After the conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase, Harrison—then serving as governor of the Indiana Territory—was assigned to administer the civilian government of the District of Louisiana. He remained in that position until the Louisiana Territory was formally established on July 4, 1805, and Brigadier General James Wilkinson assumed the duties of governor. Starting Bid $300
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12. John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January 23, 1842. Letter to Mrs. Roberts, in part: “I avail myself of the first leisure moment which I have experienced since the receipt of your letter of the 1 inst. To return to you my thanks for the kind expressions which it conveys, and to assure you that both to yourself and Mr. Roberts I reciprocate them most cordially. For him I have always entertained the highest respect which nothing has serv’d in the least to diminish—in devolving upon him the responsible station which he fills, I had entire confidence, that its duties would be discharged in a way honorable to himself, and beneficial to the country.” In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, toning from prior display, and professional repairs to tears and paper loss. Starting Bid $200
13. John Tyler Document Signed.
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 17.5, April 12, 1844. President Tyler appoints Hiram Paulding as “a Captain in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by John Tyler, and countersigned by John Y. Mason as secretary of the Navy. White naval department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition. Paulding was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War. After the war he served as governor of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia and as post-admiral at Boston. Starting Bid $200
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14. James K. Polk Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 20, 1845. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker, in part: “Will you cause—the abstracts and papers—relating to affairs connected with your Department, when the terms of the present incumbents—will expire—during the present or the next month,—to be transmitted to me as soon as they are ready.” In fine condition, with light toning along the left edge. An appealing piece of correspondence from the president to a cabinet member. Starting Bid $200
Rare naval commission from Taylor, signed only 12 days after entering office 15. Zachary Taylor Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum DS as
president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 15.25 x 17.75, March 16, 1849. President Taylor appoints Theodorus Bailey as a “Commander in the Navy, from the 6th day of March 1849, in the service of the United States.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Zachary Taylor, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William B. Preston. The white Navy Department remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with light creasing to the right edge. Given his short 16-month tenure in the White House, presidential autographs by Taylor are especially scarce, with this early example signed only 12 days after entering office. Starting Bid $500
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Sought-after naval commission for the storied commander of the CSS Shenandoah 16. Franklin Pierce Document Signed. Desirable partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, July 24, 1856. President Pierce appoints James I. Waddell as a “Lieutenant in the Navy...in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Franklin Pierce, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin. The orange Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with light staining passing through the signature; the bright orange seal is as vibrant as the day it was affixed. James Iredell Waddell (1824–1886) was an officer in the Confederate States Navy, who during the Civil War took command of the CSS Shenandoah, which he used to sail around the globe and launch raids against the U.S. Navy. It was not until August 1865 that he learned the war had ended. He eventually surrendered his vessel to British authorities in Liverpool on November 6th, marking the last official surrender of the Civil War. Starting Bid $200
17. Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “F.P.,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, [August 24, 1857]. Letter to his former private White House secretary Sidney Webster, in full: “I go to Concord this mor’g shall return tomorrow or the next day and will then write to you. Mrs. P. says ‘I should like to hear from Mr. Webster—give my love to him & ask him whether he saw Sarah Butler at Nahant.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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From St. Petersburg, Buchanan opines on American ideals, Czar Nicholas I, and the people of Russia
18. James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.75, March 3, 1833. Letter to Henry Buckler, written from St. Petersburg while serving as minister to Russia. In small part: “I accepted the station I now occupy after the re-iterated solicitations of General Jackson. If opportunities of serving my country in office should present themselves, I shall not decline them; if not I shall never seek them...No American can travel through Europe without becoming still more attached to his native land & those Institutions under which it has flourished. It is only with us that a man can feel from his birth that he is equal to his fellow man...In Russia, the great mass of people are semi-barbarians & slaves wholly unfit for self-government. It is fortunate for them that they have such an Emperor as their present Sovereign.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Buchanan’s hand. In very good condition, with overall silking, staining which affects some of the text, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $300
19. James Buchanan Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 17, May 20, 1859. President Buchanan appoints David Kindleberger as “an Assistant Surgeon in the Navy.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President Buchanan and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey. The orange seal affixed at the bottom remains intact. Impressively triple-matted and framed with two images to an overall size of 32 x 26. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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20. James Buchanan Signed Free Frank.
Hand-addressed and free franked mailing envelope as president, 5.25 x 3.75, addressed by Buchanan to “Lewis Carr Esquire, Hutchins House, 10 Waverley Place, New York,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, James Buchanan.” Postmarked at Washington, May 31, 1860. The red wax seal has been clipped from the back and was once affixed to the lower left corner, but the adhesive has dried out. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Superb Civil War commission for a distinguished Marine Corps lieutenant 21. Abraham Lincoln Document Signed.
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 17.75, April 1, 1862. President Lincoln appoints William B. Remey, Jr. as “Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.” Boldly signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. The white seal affixed at the bottom remains fully intact. Handsomely doublematted and framed to an overall size of 24.75 x 28. In fine condition, with one small area of loss to the left of the printed “Greeting” at the top.
William Butler Remey was first assigned to the Frigate Sabine, stationed on the southern coast in 1862–63. He served out the remainder of the Civil War at Norfolk, and received a promotion to first lieutenant. In 1878, Remey became the first uniformed chief legal officer of the Navy. Remey was able to convince Congress that the Navy Department needed a permanent uniformed Judge Advocate General and that naval law was so unique it would be better to appoint a line officer of the Navy or Marine Corps. The bill to create the billet of Judge Advocate General of the Navy was signed in 1880. A fantastic, boldly signed Lincoln appointment for a significant figure in the history of the US Navy. Starting Bid $1000
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President Lincoln petitions Sumner for a Spanish-speaker
(Larger than acutal size) 22. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 4.5 x 3.75, Execu-
tive Mansion letterhead, March 11, 1863. Brief letter to Senator Charles Sumner. In full: “I still have no name for Solicitor to go to Peru. Have you?” Matted and framed by Goodspeed’s Book Shop with four images to an overall size of 12 x 16 (view full image online). In fine condition. An ardent abolitionist, Charles Sumner was also chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A recently approved treaty with the South American country authorized the appointment of a solicitor ‘learned in the Spanish language.’ A desirable piece of correspondence demonstrating Lincoln’s ability to balance the domestic tumult in the Civil War while keeping an eye toward American foreign relations. Starting Bid $1000
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23. Abraham Lincoln Document Signed. Partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 19.75, July 5, 1864. President Lincoln appoints William Wise as “First Lieutenant in the Signal Corps in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The blue seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. Framed and in very good condition, with scattered spotty stains, and fading to the body of the document making it difficult to read; Lincoln’s signature is bolder in comparison. Starting Bid $1000
Rare 1869 portrait of President Johnson 24. Andrew Johnson Signed Photograph. Sought-after 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite
portrait of Johnson in near profile, signed on the reverse in black ink as president, “Andrew Johnson, Feb. 14th 1869.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Signed photos of Johnson remain especially scarce, with this example augmented by its uncharacteristic right-facing pose. Starting Bid $300
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25. Andrew Johnson Document Signed. Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, March 12, 1868. President Johnson appoints Cyrus W. Breed as “Master in the Navy from the 12th day of March 1868 in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson, and countersigned by Gideon Welles as secretary of the Navy. Embossed blue seal affixed to lower center remains intact. In fine condition, with a few small stains to lower left blank area. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
26. Andrew Johnson Signed Endorsement. Manuscript endorsement signed as
president, “Andrew Johnson,” dated July 28, 1865, penned on the reverse of a five-page LS sent to him by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs dated June 23, 1865. Meigs’s letter explains at length a dispute over the redemption of Civil War soldiers’ pay vouchers; contrary to rules and regulations, a group of clerks employed by the military were purchasing pay vouchers from Union soldiers at a discounted rate, providing the men with immediate cash. President Johnson returns the document to Meigs with instructions that he “will please have the vouchers purchased of Mr. Harder, adjusted. If the vouchers are genuine and correct they should be paid and the purchaser should not suffer through his ignorance of a rule that is commendable and should be observed.” Expected document wear, some slight brushing to ink, and light toning to the folds and first page, otherwise fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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Signed as president, a superlative official Bureau of Engraving & Printing portrait 27. U. S. Grant Signed Engraving. Outstanding official
engraved portrait of Grant by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, 6 x 8.25, boldly signed in ink as president, “U. S. Grant, May 11th, 1871.” Matted to an overall size of 7.25 x 9. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
“I am now in a Court Martial which keeps every day engaged”
29. James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed. Civil War-dated
ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5.25 x 8, December 1, 1862. Letter to his brother and sister, in full: “Your kind letter of the 22nd Nov. was duly received for which please accept my thanks. I should be greatly pleased to accept your kind invitation to visit you, but I am now in a Court Martial which keeps every day engaged. When this work is over, I expect to be off soon for the South. But I shall try to visit you, in case I should have any leisure before I go.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and old tape to fold separations on the reverse. Civil War-dated letters written by Garfield are quite scarce, with examples written to family members, particularly those containing such historical content, of even greater rarity. Starting Bid $200
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30. Chester A. Arthur Document Signed. Partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.5, May 19, 1883. President Arthur appoints Theodore G. Dewey as an “Ensign in the Navy (Junior Grade)…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Chester A. Arthur, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler. Blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, rippling, and a stain to the left edge. Starting Bid $200
31. Chester A. Arthur and Cabinet Signatures. Ink signatures of Chester A. Arthur and seven members of his cabinet
on five off-white 7 x 9 album pages: “Chester A. Arthur, 10th March, 1882”; “S. T. Kirkwood, March 15 1882” (Secretary of Interior); “Robert T. Lincoln Mch 13, 1882” (Secretary of War); “Benjamin Harris Brewster Atty; Genl. 15 March 82” (Attorney General); “Tim’y O. Howe, March 16, 1882” (Postmaster General); “Fred’k T. Frelinghuysen Secy of State”; “Chas. J. Folger Sec’y Treas’y Mch 16, 1884”; and “William H. Hunt, Sec’y of the Navy.” In overall very good to fine condition, with some soiling to the Arthur page, and light edge toning to all of the pages. Starting Bid $200
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32. William McKinley Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, February 7, 1899. Letter to the United States Ambassador, in full: “Ex Post Master General Gary with his family is visiting Europe for health and pleasure. I shall be greatly pleased to have the Representatives of the U.S. extend every attention and courtesy.” In very good to fine condition, with light toning to the letter from prior display. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope for the letter. Starting Bid $200
33. William McKinley Autograph Letter Signed. ALS
as president, penned on a 4.25 x 2.75 Executive Mansion stationery card, March 7, 1899. In full: “Cheerfully complying with your request believe me.” In fine condition, with some brushing to the ink and old mounting remnants on its back. Starting Bid $200
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Teddy appoints a pay inspector in the Navy 34. Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed. Partly-
printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, February 20, 1906. President Roosevelt appoints Franks S. Alms as a “Pay Inspector in the Navy, with the rank of Commander…in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. The blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to lower vignette. In fine condition, with creasing and toning to edges. Starting Bid $200
“Can’t you get here next Thursday for the Army & Navy reception” 35. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. TLS as
president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 15, 1908. Letter to Rev. Samuel McChord Crothers, in full: “No letter could be more welcome than yours, and surely you must know it. Now, can not you get on here for a day or two soon and dine with us? There are two or three people I should like to have you meet. What day could you come? I am very fond of Bunyan and so is Mrs. Roosevelt; and therefore your letter is all the more welcome!” Roosevelt makes a couple handwritten corrections to the text and then adds a postscript below: “Can’t you get here next Thursday for the Army & Navy reception, & its super afterwards, and come to lunch next day also?” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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36. Theodore Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 8, [February 15, 1909]. Letter to Secretary of War Luke E. Wright, in full: “Can’t Chaplain Scott be appointed at once? I’d like to commission him tomorrow. Can’t the Board of Chaplains meet in Washington? Can’t Brown be substituted for Grover, who is rich, and Board meet in Washington? I think this important.” In very good to fine condition, with some light toning and wrinkling. Starting Bid $200
37. Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed. Very attractive partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.25 x 14.75, April 2, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints John N. Dersam as “Postmaster at McKeesport, in the County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania.” Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by Postmaster General George von L. Meyer. Gold foil seal remains affixed to lower left. Impressively cloth-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and large color portrait to an overall size of 39.25 x 21.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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President Roosevelt on his eldest son—“I am very proud of him. I have an unlimited belief in him”
38. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. Exceptional TLS as president signed “T. R.,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 31, 1906. Letter to his younger sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, in full: “I have a peculiar feeling about Ted. He has all the qualities which when I was his age I would like to have had and did not have. He has the capacity for physical prowess which I think so important; and yet he does not allow his delight in the exercise of physical prowess to lead him to neglect what is even more important, his business and his serious work. Ted is the oldest of our boys. I am very proud of him. I have an unlimited belief in him, and I feel that both for what he himself does and for the example he sets he has possibilities of usefulness in his career almost as great as those which Father showed he possest.” Roosevelt makes a couple corrections to the text in his own hand. In fine condition, with some light creases. Starting Bid $200
Rare handwritten letter from President Taft 39. William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president
signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 5.5 x 7, The President’s Cottage letterhead, September 10, 1909. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “I have just now come across your note of Aug 23 accompanied by the account of the 275th anniversary of the First Church of Lynn. I have read with interest Mr. Hawkes historical discourses to which you refer me. I thank you for your courtesy in sending me the book.” In fine condition, with a miniscule edge separation to horizontal mailing fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Taft’s hand. Starting Bid $200
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Hoover directs Congress to pay WWI-era foreign service debts 40. Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed. TLS as president, one
page, 8 x 12.5, June 9, 1930. President Hoover submits a report “to the Congress of the United States,” in part: “I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the enclosed report from the Secretary of State, to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of not exceeding $44,446.05 for the payment of interest on funds represented by drafts drawn on the Secretary of State by the American Embassy in Petrograd and the American Embassy in Constantinople... between December 23, 1915, and April 21, 1917.” In very good to fine condition, with toning from prior display, and a rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Starting Bid $200
Inscribed to a Panamanian violin virtuoso 41. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Photograph.
Vintage sepia matte-finish 9 x 12 Harris & Ewing photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to Panamanian violin virtuoso Alfredo De Saint Malo, “To Senor Alfredo de St. Malo, With good wishes, Eleanor Roosevelt” and “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” In very good condition, with trimmed edges, light silvering to the darker areas of the image, and overall warping, along with some shininess to FDR’s jacket, apparently from onetime exposure to moisture. In 1939, Saint Malo was invited to Washington, DC, to present a private concert for the Roosevelts at the White House. Starting Bid $200
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42. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Signed TLS and Stamps. Great pairing of items: a TLS signed “Franklin D.
Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, August 1, 1932, in part: “Thank you very much for your nice letter. I am very glad to have the covers for my collection”; and a block of two-cent postage stamps honoring FDR, signed in fountain pen by the first lady, “Eleanor Roosevelt.” In overall fine condition, with three file holes to the left edge of the FDR letter. As President Roosevelt was renowned as a stamp collector, these philatelic items are especially desirable. Starting Bid $200
The Marriage Ring, from FDR’s personal library 43. Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book. Signed
book: The Marriage Ring: or How to Make Home Happy. First edition. Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1843. Hardcover with slipcase, 3 x 4.5, 126 pages. Signed on a free end page in ink with his ownership signature, “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, 1924.” Also bears a small “Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt” label to front pastedown. In fine condition, with small edge stains, and a more prominent stain to the lower blank area. Starting Bid $200
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44. Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed. Partly-printed DS as president, one page,
19 x 14, November 24, 1936. Colorful Shellback certificate issued to Charles W. Fredericks, a Secret Service agent who served as FDR’s bodyguard during WWII. Signed by “Davey Jones” and “Neptunus Rex” in type, and in fountain pen by President Roosevelt just below the Navy Department seal. Also signed in ink by Captain Henry K. Hewitt, later a WWII Admiral, under the gold foil seal, which is intact and retains a remnant of the red, white, and blue ribbon. Double-matted to an overall size of 24 x 19. In fine condition, with scattered small stains along the top edge. Starting Bid $200
45. Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed. Partly-printed DS, one page, 16 x 20, August 1, 1919. Appointment for
Howard R. McCleery as “Assistant Dental Surgeon in the Navy, with the rank Lieutenant junior grade.” Signed at the conclusion by Franklin D. Roosevelt as “Acting” secretary of the Navy. Blue seal remains partially affixed to lower vignette. In very good to fine condition, with a horizontal fold across the bottom, damage to the blue wafer seal, and scattered small stains along the perimeter border. Accompanied by an additional naval appointment for McCleery, which is signed by Josephus Daniels. As a dental surgeon, McCleery was assigned to the Marine Corps barracks in Quantico, Virginia, during World War I. Starting Bid $200
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46. Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed. DS, eight pages, 9.75 x 16 (with signed page trimmed to 9.75 x 7), January 19, 1931. As governor of New York, Roosevelt submits to the state legislature a summary of the recommendations of the St. Lawrence Power Commission. He points out that the Commission’s finding that a dam can be built safely “is an outstanding vindication for those of us who have supported the project against the insidious propaganda for private development. It should foreclose for all time to come further discussion of public development of the St. Lawrence site.” In fine condition, with some light smudging from pencil notations, and the last (signed) page trimmed in size. From the collection of Malcolm Forbes. Starting Bid $200
Rare clemency document signed in the wake of Prohibition 47. Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed. DS as presi-
dent, one page both sides, 9 x 13.5, January 27, 1934. An act of executive clemency, in which President Roosevelt approves to commute the sentence of Joseph Winkelstein who was convicted “of possession of intoxicating liquor of an illegal alcoholic content…and was sentenced October twenty-eighth, 1931.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt, and countersigned by Homer S. Cummings as attorney general. Red Department of Justice seal remains affixed to lower left. In fine condition, with some light toning and creasing. The ratification of the Twenty-first amendment on December 5, 1933, repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol for a period of thirteen years. Starting Bid $200
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Less than a week after V-E Day, “regarding my Proclamation” of victory 48. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one
page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to Martin A. Lewis, in full, “Your kind message regarding my Proclamation is indeed greatly appreciated. My warmest thanks to you!” Truman adds a handwritten postscript: “Why don’t you come in and say hello?” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope. Truman’s friend, Martin A. Lewis, Jr., had served as Chief of Missouri Parks and Refuges from 1929-1932. Just four days earlier, President Truman officially announced the surrender of Germany from the White House Radio Room on May 8, 1945, signaling the end of World War II. Starting Bid $200
49. Harry S. Truman Document Group Lot. Five pages of documents from Truman’s time as a major in the Reserves,
including: a two-page report entitled “The Trajectory,” signed at the top of each page in ink, “Harry S. Truman, Major F. A. Res.”; two pages from the “Special Course for Officers of the National Guard and Organized Reserves” at Fort Leavenworth on April 22, 1925, both with notes lengthily written in pencil by Truman on the reverse; and a “Synopsis of Lecture delivered to National Guard and Reserve Officers of the Army of the United States at the Armory of 110th Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, October 10, 1923,” with “I wonder what 6:30 PM means to some of these fellows?” written at the top in pencil by Truman. In very good to fine condition, with some toning and creasing. Starting Bid $200
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“As a professor, I am a dud” 50. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page,
7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 4, 1959. Letter to F. Ryan Duffy, who served as a Democratic senator from Wisconsin from 1933–1939. In part: “It was wonderful to see McCarthy finally appeased, by the way. As a professor, I am a dud, but I have a lot of fun working at it, just as I did as Senator and as President of the United States. I sent a telegram to Mr. Uihlein’s funeral and had a letter from one of the family acknowledging it. He was quite a man. Margaret’s boy has turned out all right, but it was a little hard on the old man to have her in the hospital in New York at the same time Mrs. Truman underwent her operation here. Both came through in fine shape, and both are now at home.” He adds a handwritten postscript, “Remember me to all the family. Talk about seeing all your friends at a funeral, we had a political boss here once named Joe Shannon; he never missed one!” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
51. Dwight D. Eisenhower Document Signed.
DS as president, one page, 6.75 x 12.75, August 25, 1959. Typed document issued from the White House to the Senate, in full: “I nominate David A. Lindsay, of New York, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, to succeed Nelson P. Rose.” Archivally double-matted and framed with an official presidential red wax seal and a portrait of Eisenhower to an overall size of 17.75 x 18.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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On vacation in the French Riviera, Jackie writes to “Mummy” and relays her desire to pull her husband “away from politics & the gloomy Cape”
52. Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed. Exceptional ALS in pencil signed “xxx, Jackie,” three pages on two
sheets, 8.25 x 10.5, postmarked August 1955. Letter to her mother Janet Auchincloss, in small part: “How can I ever thank you enough for my heavenly birthday letter...We flew to Nice Sat nite, got to the flat about 1 am...Jacques Prevert the existentialist poet has the terrace below us & Michael said the afternoon he got there—guess who was having tea with Prevert—Picasso... The last I heard from Jack a phone call the nite before we left London. He was still coming. I pray he is—because I have the most beautiful peaceful fall mapped out for him—away from politics & the gloomy Cape—if only he feels well enough to stay over here maybe he’ll get his strength back.” Jackie adds a small overhead plan sketch of the interior of her flat. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and creasing to the top and bottom edges. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Jackie’s own hand. Starting Bid $200
53. Jacqueline Kennedy Handwritten Letter. Unsigned handwritten letter, one
page, 5 x 8, no date, but circa November 1962. Letter to Kennedy secretary Evelyn Lincoln, in full: “Will you be sure Randolph Churchill is thanked for his telegram to us—by JFK. If you don’t have his address call Lee—here in W. H. at 12:30.” In fine condition, with staple holes and light creasing. Accompanied by an off-white 5 x 3 card annotated in Gregg shorthand with the text of JFK’s reply to Churchill, whose name has been penned below by an unknown hand, and a carbon copy of the presumed thank-you letter from President Kennedy to Churchill. Starting Bid $200
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54. John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “John
Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, April 27, 1953. Letter to Robert H. Donovan, evidently concerning an eminent domain dispute. In full: “With reference to the talking of your crop land on April 28, 1952, by the Northeastern Gas transmission Company, I want you to know that I have contacted Mr. Francis E. Cassidy, Chairman of the Worcester County Commissioners, Department of Public Works, and the Department of Public Works in Bolton, in your behalf. In confirmation of my telegram to you this morning, I suggest that you immediately file your claim in this connection. I sincerely hope that this will work out favorably for you; and as soon as I have further word, I will be in touch with you again.” In fine condition, with a few light diagonal creases. Accompanied by the referenced telegram, advising Donovan to file a claim immediately. Starting Bid $200
Nixon names Sammy Davis, Jr. to the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity
55. Richard Nixon Document Signed. Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.25 x 15.25, July 1, 1971. President
Nixon appoints Sammy Davis, Jr. as “a Member of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity for the remainder of the term expiring September 22, 1972.” Boldly signed at the conclusion in black ink by President Nixon, “Richard Nixon, July 1, 1971,” and countersigned by Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Double-matted and framed to an overall size of 27 x 24. In fine condition. Accompanied by a concert poster for Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Paramount Northwest on October31–November 1, 1974, framed to an overall size of 13.25 x 21.25. Starting Bid $200
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“As President, I want to thank you”— Carter writes to House Judiciary chairman Peter Rodino 56. Jimmy Carter Autograph Letter Signed. Rare ALS as president signed “Your friend, Jimmy Carter,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 12, 1977. Letter to Congressman Peter W. Rodino, in full: “I think often of the great contribution you made to the presentation of our system of government during the recent trying times for our republic. Your competence and integrity are an inspiration to all of us who love America. As President, I want to thank you.” In fine condition. Rodino rose to prominence as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, where he oversaw the impeachment process against Richard Nixon that eventually led to the president’s resignation. Rodino emerged as a possible running mate for Jimmy Carter in 1976, but withdrew from consideration due to his age and a recurring case of glaucoma. Instead, he was asked to give the nominating speech at the DNC, where he emphasized Carter’s ability to unify the American people. Starting Bid $500
“Nine of suspected communist members have left the guild and one will soon be leaving”
57. Ronald Reagan Document Signed. DS in pencil, eight pages, 8.5 x
11, January 19, 1955. Document headed “Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council.” In part: “Allen Rivkin brought up the fact that…the MPA had attacked the Guild in the trade papers because of an anti-communist resolution that had been voted down…He stated that nine of suspected communist members have left the guild and one will soon be leaving…[Art Arthur] felt sure that the next time the resolution came before the Writers’ Guild, it would pass. He said he was sure there are still some unknown communists in the Guild-writers who have eluded both the Guild and Management. He was afraid that just about the same time the MPIC released a statement to the press about their faith in the Writers, possibly next week something would be uncovered regarding the communists. If this should happen, all the prestige the MPIC has gained would be lost…Ronald Reagan was not in favor of Mr. Rivkin’s resolution as it was worded.” In fine condition. A fascinating document connecting Reagan’s acting and political careers, as 1950s Hollywood communism developed into 1980s international Cold War crisis. Starting Bid $200
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Superior multi-signed portrait of President Reagan with his cabinet and key advisors 58. Ronald Reagan and Cabinet Signed Photograph. Extraordinary
color satin-finish 24 x 20 photo of President Ronald Reagan in the White House’s cabinet room with his advisors and department officials, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, and others. View all signers online at www.RRAuction.com. In fine condition, with faint toning from prior display, and a framer’s notation on the upper border which could easily be re-matted out. An extraordinary multi-signed photograph from the end of the Reagan administration. Starting Bid $300
Bush honors Eisenhower, who “exemplified all that is best in the American spirit” 59. George Bush Document Signed. DS as president, signed “George Bush,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 5, 1990. Bush signs a statement honoring the centennial of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birth, in part: “As a soldier, statesman, and President, Dwight Eisenhower exemplified all that is best in the American spirit. He was virtually indispensable to the Allied victory in Europe during World War II...D-Day was the beginning of the end for Naziism, a brutal, totalitarian ideology that cost millions of lives and threatened to sweep away the values of Western Civilization...During his two terms as President, Ike won the affection and respect of the American people for his unwavering commitment to the universal cause of freedom and human rights.” Signed at the conclusion in black felt tip by George Bush; also bears an autopen signature to the lower right. In fine condition, with a small area of paper loss along the upper right edge. Starting Bid $200
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Handwritten letter as president, thanking a chairman for “helping to turn the tide on the deficit”
60. Bill Clinton Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as president, one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 19,
1993. Letter to “Mr. Chairman,” in full: “I wish I could join you for dinner tonight—the last time you took me to dinner in Chicago I didn’t get hungry for three days! I am very grateful for your leadership—you’ve been a critical force in helping to turn the tide on the deficit and all the other reforms in reconciliation, including real help for lower income working families with children, and much needed improvement and expansion of the college loan program. If everyone wanted to face our problems and make progress as badly as do, we could turn our country around much more quickly.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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“To the People of K’Ogelo”—the birthplace of Obama’s father 61. Barack Obama Autograph Note Signed. ANS as
president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, no date. In full: “To the People of K’Ogelo—Thank you for the prayers and support! Barack Obama.” In very fine condition. President Obama’s father was born and raised in K’Ogelo, Kenya, and in 1960 at age 24 enrolled at the University of Hawaii. There he met Ann Dunham, and the next year she became pregnant with the future president. A remarkable association with Obama’s family and past, which he chronicled in the acclaimed 1995 book Dreams from My Father. Starting Bid $500
62. Five Presidents Signed photo. Sought-after color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of five American presidents posing together during the opening ceremony of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on November 4, 1991, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “George Bush” and “Richard Nixon,” in purple ink, “Gerald R. Ford,” in black felt tip, “Ronald Reagan,” and in black ink, “J. Carter.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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notables Declaration of Independence Signers
141. Josiah Bartlett Autograph Document Signed. Physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence from New
Hampshire (1729–1795) who served as that state’s governor from 1790 to 1794. Partly-printed DS, signed “Josiah Bartlett Just. Peace,” one page, 6.25 x 7.5, April 9, 1773. Document filled out and signed within the text by Bartlett, and signed again at the conclusion. In part: “To the Sheriff of the county of Rockingham…In His Majesty’s Name you are required to attach the goods or estate of Samuel March…to the value of sixty shillings lawful money, and for want thereof to take the body of the said Samuel March (if he may be found in your precinct) and him safely keep, so that he may be had before me Josiah Bartlett Esq; one of his Majesty’s Justices of the peace…and thereto answer to David Tuxbury of Salisbury…in a plea.” Inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition, with old tape on the back of one fold split. Starting Bid $200
142. Carter Braxton Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (17361797) who was one of the wealthiest and most powerful plantation owners in the colony. Scarce ADS, one page, 7.25 x 6, April 16, 1790. Handwritten receipt for casks of tobacco, in full: “Rec’d of James Browne the Sum of fifty pounds seven shills & four pence in part of fifty four Hogs. Tob. this Day shipt to the House of Messrs. Donald & Burton.” Inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition. A well-preserved, neatly penned document associated with his business ventures. Starting Bid $200
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143. Charles Carroll of Carrollton Autograph Letter Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from
Maryland (1737–1832) who was the longest-lived among his colleagues. ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 30, 1786. Letter the Hon. Robert Carter, in full: “Inclosed you will receive sundry resolutions entered into by us at this present meeting. We wish you could make it convenient to attend our next meeting on the 25th of June or if you cannot attend that you will give a power of attorney to some person to act on your behalf as matters of great importance to the copartnership are to be determined on at the said meeting.” Signed at the conclusion by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Nicholas Carroll, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (Signer of the Constitution for Maryland), W. Smith, and Abraham Van Bibber. Inlaid into a slightly larger sheet and in fine condition, with a small area clipped from the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $200
144. Samuel Chase Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1741–1811)
and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death. Revolutionary War–dated partial ADS signed “Sam’l Chase,” one page, 6 x 1, August 17, 1779, in full: “Received Aug’t 17, 1779, one hundred and fifty Pounds my allowance on Journal of July Session 1779.” Affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Chase’s autograph material into the ‘rare’ category among the Signers. Starting Bid $200
145. William Ellery Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1727-1820). ADS, signed “W. Ellery Colle,” one page, 6.75 x 3.25, September 19, 1790. Receipt issued to John Tillinghast from the “Port of Newport,” in full: “Sworn to and a duplicate delivered according to law.” The sheet is affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, light toning, and a short tear to the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200
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146. George Clymer Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1739–1813) who served as the first president of the Philadelphia Bank. ADS signed “Geo. Clymer,” one page, 7.75 x 3, September 7, 1802. Clymer writes a promissory note, in full: “Sixty days after date I promise to pay to Samuel Meredith, or order, without Defalcation, Fourteen hundred and fifty dollars, value received.” Signed at the conclusion by Clymer, and also signed by Samuel Meredith (1741–1817), a Philadelphia merchant who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later served as Treasurer of the United States in Washington’s administration. In very good to fine condition, with light toning, and some old repairs on the reverse. Starting Bid $200
147. William Floyd Document Signed. Signer
of the Declaration of Independence and a US representative from New York (1734–1821). Manuscript DS, signed “Wm: Floyd,” one page, 6.75 x 8.25, March 12, 1784. Receipt for £24.19.5 paid to him by New York State Treasurer Gerard Bancker per orders of Isaac Roosevelt, Commissioner of Loans, as Floyd had evidently overpaid. In fine condition, with light staining along the left edge from an old mounting remnant on the back. Starting Bid $200
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148. Elbridge Gerry Autograph Letter Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence 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 both sides, 7.25 x 9, March 14, 1807. Letter to his sister-in-law Mary Ricketts, settling the estate of his mother-in-law. In part: “Am sorry to learn that you have been confined by such a severe indisposition. It is probably a species of the influenza, which has attacked every one of my family: Mrs. Gerry & my youngest child very severely—as it has abated in your case, we flatter ourselves it will soon leave you in good health. I thank you for the schedule of your poor mamma’s property, in the public funds & banks; & will write, as you propose, to your uncle & cousin on the subject of the money in their hands, as her trustees…I presume that the books & papers of your pappa were, at the request of your mamma, taken by your brother, Col. Thompson…If the papers which respect the annual income…give any information in regard to the legacies, I will thank you for a sketch of them, when you are at leisure.” In fine condition, with seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Provenance: The Malcolm S. Forbes Collection of American Historical Documents, Christie’s, November 2, 2006. Starting Bid $200
149. Lyman Hall Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia (1724–1790) who went on to serve as governor of the state. Revolutionary War–dated ADS, one page, 7.5 x 2.5, May 4, 1779. Handwritten receipt of payment, in full: “1779, Rec’d 4th May of Dr. James Dunsany the sum of Thirteen Hundred & two pounds five shillings So: Carolina Currency, which he Rec’d of Mr. Joshua Lockwood for me.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining and toning, and a professionally-repaired area of paper loss to the left edge. Hall ranks among the rarest signers of the Declaration of Independence, and war-dated autograph material is especially highly sought. Starting Bid $500
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Appointment for a captain in the Massachusetts militia
150. John Hancock Document Signed. Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.75, August 24, 1790. As governor of
Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Isaac Hunter as “Captain of a Company in the third Regiment first Brigade and seventh Division of the militia of this Commonwealth.� Boldly signed on the left side by Governor Hancock, and countersigned at the conclusion by Secretary John Avery. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left corner remains intact. In very good condition, with toning, staining, and professional backing to repaired and reinforced tears and fold splits. Starting Bid $500
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151. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence from Virginia (1726–1791) who was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. Manuscript DS, signed twice, “Benj. Harrison,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 12, December 22, 1785. Legal document concerning an agreement between Harrison and others “concerning the purchase and location and surveying of…tracts of land on the western waters,” authorizing an agent to sell up to 20,000 acres of land in the tract. Harrison signs twice at the conclusion, adding an autograph endorsement, “We authorize Mr. Nours to give Henry Smork four hundred acres of land for his trouble.” Also signed by future governor of Virginia Edmund Randolph as a witness. In very good condition, with chipping to edges and archival tape repairs to separations of the intersecting folds. The ‘western waters’ mentioned may be a reference to the Ohio River area, where Harrison was an active land speculator. Starting Bid $200
152. John Hart Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1713–1779). Revolutionary War-dated Colonial New Jersey engraved bank note for “Six Shillings,” 4 x 2.25, issued as No. 34579, and reading: “This Bill of Six Shillings Proclamation, is emitted by a Law of the Colony of New-Jersey, passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third. Dated March 25, 1776.” Signed at the conclusion by John Hart, and countersigned by Robert Smith and John Stevens, Jr. Printed in Burlington, New Jersey by Isaac Collins, with reverse bearing the cautionary message: “To Counterfeit is Death.” In very good to fine condition, with Hart’s signature faded but fully legible. Starting Bid $200
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153. Joseph Hewes Document Signed. Secretary of the Naval Affairs Committee during the Revolutionary War who
signed the Declaration of Independence, one of only three Quakers to do so (1730–1779). Rare Revolutionary war-dated manuscript DS, one page, 8.25 x 8.75, April 10, 1778. Legal document concerning a bail payment, in part: “Know all men by these presents that We John Williamson and Joseph Hews Esqr.…stand firmly Bound unto Evan Skinner high Sheriff…in the full and just sum of Two thousand pounds…The Condition of the above obligation is in such that if the above…John Williamson…make his personal appearance Before the Justices of our Superior Court.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Born in New Jersey, Hewes had settled down in North Carolina only five years earlier and was subsequently elected to the state legislature in 1763. When he was made Secretary of the Naval Affairs Committee in 1776, he found the fledgling American Navy in a poor state and, as a successful merchant, was able to provide his own extensive fleet of ships and outfit them for battle. He also selected the most capable men as commanders, including the great John Paul Jones. Afflicted with ailing health, Hewes had to return home shortly after signing the Declaration of Independence and passed away in 1779 at just 49 years old. Hewes’s untimely death has made his autograph especially scarce, and he is considered among the ‘very rare’ signers of the Declaration. Starting Bid $300
154. Thomas Heyward, Jr Document Signed.
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746–1809) who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and held for about a year. Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho’s Heyward Jun’r,” one page, 13 x 8, March 18, 1788. Order issued in South Carolina, ordering that planter Benjamin Tutt be compelled to “be and appear before the Justices of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas…to answer to Robert William Powell, John Hopton and Samuel Brailsford… of a plea that he render to them the sum of Five Thousand five Hundred and Twenty Pounds.” Boldly signed in the upper left by Heyward. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains intact. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 43
155. William Hooper Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina (1742–1790). Scarce Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “W. Hooper,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, September 25, 1779. Legal document commanding the sheriff of Rowan County to “take the body of Benjamin Miller…and him safely keep so that you have him before the Judge of the Superior Court of Law, at Salisbury…to render and satisfy the Office the Sum of three pounds nineteen shillings…adjudged for Costs of his Suit.” Endorsed on the reverse by Hooper. In very good to fine condition, with light staining, and several small pieces of clear tape to splits at fold ends. Accompanied by a manuscript bill accounting for the fees related to the lawsuit. Starting Bid $300
156. Stephen Hopkins Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence from Rhode Island (17071785) who served as the colony’s governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript DS, signed “Step. Hopkins Gov’r,” one page, 6.25 x 3, September 13, 1756. As governor of Rhode Island, Hopkins approves payments associated with French and Indian War expenses, in part: “To…the Council of War 18 Persons…To lending the Council of War one Boy…To Cash Paid for…Pepper…£3-18.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200
157. Francis Lightfoot Lee Signature. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1734–1797) who also signed the Articles of Confederation. Extremely rare ink signature, “Francis Lightfoot Lee,” on an off-white 4.75 x .75 slip clipped from a document and affixed to a slightly larger mount. In very good to fine condition, with some light staining. Starting Bid $200
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158. Samuel Huntington Autograph Letter Signed. ALS as
the governor of Connecticut, signed “Saml Huntington,” one page, 7.25 x 11.75, March 28, 1787. Written from Norwich, [Connecticut], a letter to Isaac Sherman, the son of fellow Connecticut signer Roger Sherman, concerning the exploration and survey of the Western Reserve in modern-day Northern Ohio, which Connecticut claimed as its own territory until 1800. Huntington writes, in full, “Yesterday I receiv’d your letter without date; by the Hon. Judge Sherman, The information you have given relative to the western lands is very acceptable; I wish to receive the best Information in your power respecting those lands referred by Connecticutt, in particular the quality Situation, whether & how far they border, on Lake Erie, & every other material Circumstance which may have come to your knowledge.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Scarce handwritten letter from the Virginian signer 159. Richard Henry Lee Autograph Letter Signed.
Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732–1794). ALS, one page, 8 x 10, April 28, 1792. In full: “I have received a letter from Mr. Wm. Lee the elder, under date the 16th of April, in which he writes as followeth ‘Be so good as inform Dr. Beatty that I have had all his accounts relative to my sons expences revised, & in that which he sent me by him last spring I find he has charged the crowns he gave to my Son when he left Princeton; and among a number of bills which he charges as being then to be paid he puts down Stryker the shoemakers bill 40s/ The sum total of his whole account when he receives the three dollars you were to pay him will be overpaid 1s / 3d Virginia currency.’ In consequence of the above letter, and in conformity with Mr. Lee’s directions I deliver to our common friend Mr. Boudinot three dollars for you.” Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with an engraved portrait, plaque, and state flag of Virginia to an overall size of 20.25 x 19.5. In fine condition, with a thin strip of old mounting residue along the left edge. Starting Bid $300
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160. Philip Livingston Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York (1716-1778).
Autograph document signed “Phil. Livingston,” one page, 7.75 x 6.25, September 2, 1751. A receipt of payment: “Rec’d from Mr. Cornelius Ten Broeck the sum of Fifty three pounds Thirteen Shillings & one penny.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Philip Livingston. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, two short fold splits, and some edge staining from old adhesive residue. Starting Bid $200
161. Thomas McKean Signed Circular Letter. Printed circular letter signed by Thomas McKean, John Barclay, James Hutchinson, Alexander J. Dallas, Hilary Baker, and Jared Ingersoll, one page, 8.25 x 13.25, August 3, 1799. A fascinating letter seeking nominations for members of Congress and presidential electors from Pennsylvania. In part: “The Citizens are desirous to obtain information ?of the sense of the people in the different parts of the State, respecting the characters proper to be nominated as Representatives in Congress, and Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States?; and they have committed to us the task of endeavoring to collect the materials, on which their judgment and choice, on this important business, may be fairly, independently, and satisfactorily, exercised...?Permit us, therefore, Sir, to request, that you will, as expeditiously as you can, communicate...the names of the persons (particularly of those in your neighbourhood) who, according to your own opinion, and the opinions of the inhabitants of the County in which you reside, ought to be preferred at the ensuing elections of Thirteen Representatives in Congress, and Fifteen Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States.?” In very good to fine condition, with small splits to horizontal folds. Starting Bid $300
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A linchpin of the complete Declaration set— the excessively rare Thomas Lynch, Jr.
(Larger than actual size)
162. Thomas Lynch, Jr Signature. Extraordinarily rare ink signature, “Lynch thus,” on an off-white 2 x .5 clipped slip, which is beautifully mounted and housed in a custom-made leather-bound presentation folder. In fine condition, with writing on the reverse lightly showing through.
Along with Button Gwinnett, Lynch presents the greatest hurdle in assembling a complete set of Declaration signers. It is not entirely clear who is rarer—while Gwinnett was generally thought to be the rarest of all signers, recent studies have proclaimed Lynch as the scarcer of the two. Regardless of which camp you find yourself, Lynch is certainly of the utmost rarity and is far and away one of the most sought-after American autographs. Starting Bid $2500
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163. Thomas McKean Document Signed. 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. Partlyprinted 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. Paper seal remains affixed to left side. Suede-matted 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
Sought-after pay document endorsed by the New York signer, for “my attendance in Senate as a Member” 164. Lewis Morris Document Signed. Landowner and
developer from New York who signed the Declaration of Independence and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1726–1798). Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 4.25, May 12, 1784. A pay order for Morris’s services in the New York State Senate, signed on the front by Pierre Van Cortlandt, in part: “The State of New York, To Lewis Morris…To my attendance in Senate as a Member from the 24th day of January to the 12th day of May, 94 days and 2 Travelling days, 96 days, at 16/ £76.16.” Morris endorses below an acknowledgment of the payment on the reverse, in part: “Rec’d May 12th 1784 from Gerard Bancker Esqr Treasurer Seventy six Pounds Sixteen shillings in full for this account.” In fine condition. Pierre Van Cortlandt served as the first lieutenant governor of New York and was president of the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1777; on July 9, 1776, he was among 38 delegates to ratify the Declaration of Independence at White Plains. Morris served as a New York state senator from 1783 to 1790. Starting Bid $200
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165. Robert Morris Document Signed. Important financier who signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution (1734-1806). Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 6.5 x 4, September 14, 1795. Promissory note in which John Nicholson promises to pay Robert Morris $10,000 three years later. Boldly endorsed on the reverse by Morris. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, light creasing, and an area of edge loss. Starting Bid $200
166. John Morton Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1725-1777) who
also chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation. Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “John Morton Speaker,” one page, 13 x 8.5, April 6, 1776. Morton appoints Morton Garrett as “Lieutenant of a Company of Foot in the Battalion of Musketry in the Service of his Province for the Protection of the same, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the Defence of American Liberty.” Endorsed on the reverse by Justice of the Peace Nicholas Fairlamb, who certifies that on May 30, 1776, Morton Garrett appeared before him and “was qualified to the within commission.” In very good condition, with splitting along folds and irregular overall toning. Starting Bid $200
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167. Thomas Nelson, Jr Document Signed. Signer
of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Virginia Delegation to the Continental Congress (1738–1789). Manuscript DS, signed “Thos. Nelson Jr.,” one page, 7.5 x 9.25, June 28, 1786. Legal document, in part: “Know all Men, by these Presents, that Mr. Thomas Nelson, Jr,. the County of York, & Nath. Burwell…are held and firmly bound…in the just and full sum of Three hundred Sixty Six Pounds fourteen shillings sterling money.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $300
Governor Paca writes to Patrick Henry on important legislative resolutions 168. William Paca Autograph Letter Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1740–1799) who served in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1782. ALS signed “Wm. Paca,” one page, 8 x 10.25, January 28, 1785. As governor of Maryland, Paca drafts a letter to Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, in full: “I have the Honor to enclose to your Excellency certain resolutions of our General Assembly which hold to the Ideas of your Assembly on the very important objects of their Resolutions which were communicated some Time past by your Governor Harrison.” Paca strikes through several words, and makes revisions between the lines. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the fold ends, and several areas of thin paper. This significant letter may be a precursor to the 1786 Annapolis Convention, when delegates from twelve states, realizing there were serious flaws in the Articles of Confederation, met to discuss holding a Constitutional Convention. Paca is a rare autograph, and this piece of correspondence associates two distinguished early American patriots. Starting Bid $300
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169. Robert Treat Paine Document Signed. Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors
of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declaration of Independence. Partly-printed DS, signed twice, “Rob’t Paine his att’y,” three pages two sheets, 9 x 12.5, February 24, 1794. Document commanding the sheriff of Suffolk County to bring Stephen Fales of Boston before the court to respond to a complaint made by William Clapp, endorsed twice on the reverse by Paine as Fales’s defense attorney. In very good condition, with some paper loss, and toning and splitting along the fragile intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
170. John Penn Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of North Carolina (1741-1781). ADS, signed on the reverse, “J. Penn Att’y,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 4.5, August 7, 1786. Handwritten order by Penn addressed to the sheriff of Granville County to arrest a man and have him appear “before the County Court of Pleas” to answer to a debt of £10.14.0. Endorsed on the reverse by Penn. In very good to fine condition, with separation to the top of one of the three vertical folds. Starting Bid $200
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171. George Read Autograph Endorsement Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1733-1798). AES, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, December 3, 1752. Endorsement penned by the 19-year-old George Read on the docketing panel from a legal document concerning the case of Melchior Schultze and Adam Wink, in full: “Please to Issue the above & You’ll Oblige, your very Humble Serv’t, George Read, Clk to Mr. Molland.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and staining, and old repairs to back of the folds. Starting Bid $200
173. George Ross Autograph Endorsement Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1730–1779). Manuscript document with an autograph endorsement signed “Geo: Ross, Att’y Deft.,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, February 1755. Legal document concerning a financial dispute between George Reazor and William Bowsman, endorsed at the conclusion by Ross: “I appear for the above Def’t & Confess Judg’t to Wm. Bowsman the Pltiff for the sum of Fourty five pounds sixteen shillings & four pence Lawfull money.” In very good to fine condition, with some light toning, and a repair to separation along the central horizontal fold. Starting Bid $200
172. Caesar Rodney Document Signed. ADS, signed “Caesar Rodney, Surv:g Trustee,” one page, 10 x 1.5, May 11, 1771. Receipt for a mortgage payment, in part: “Recd of John Hardin the Sum of Thirteen pounds, Eleven shillings, and four pence.” Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition. Rodney famously rode his horse 80 miles non-stop to break the deadlock within the Delaware delegation to vote in favor of Independence on July 2, 1776. Starting Bid $200
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Revolutionary War–dated New Jersey land deed signed by Rush and Stockton
174. Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton Document Signed. Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed
“Benj’n Rush” and “Rich’d Stockton,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.25, September 22, 1779. Land deed for the purchase of fifty acres in New Market, New Jersey, in part: “Memorandum of agreement…between doctor Benjamin Rush of the City of Philadelphia of the one part, and Ezekiel Forman of the State of Maryland of the other part…The af’d Benjamin purchases from the af’d Ezekiel a certain parcel of Land now in the possession of the af’d Ezekiel, laying near Princeton in the State of New Jersey, and known there by the name of New Market—in the whole containing about Fifty Acres of Land.” Signed at the conclusion by Benjamin Rush and Ezekiel Forman, and endorsed on the reverse by Richard Stockton as a witness for receipt of delivery. In very good to fine condition, with two stains, and a split to the end of the central horizontal fold. A rare and stunning document signed by two of America’s founders. Starting Bid $500
175. Edward Rutledge Document Signed. American
politician from South Carolina who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence (1749-1800). Partly-printed DS signed twice as “E. Rutledge, Def’t Atty,” and “Edward Rutledge,” one page, 12 x 7.25, September 21, 1773. A directive for the sheriffs of South Carolina to arrest “Sarah Naley” by order of King George III. Naley stood accused of “trespass[ing]” and other offenses by Thomas Dyall. Signed at the conclusion by Rutledge, who also signs on the reverse. White paper seal remains affixed to upper left corner. Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and foxing. Like his eldest brother John Rutledge (1739-1800), Edward studied law in London and returned to Charleston, where he was admitted to the bar in January of 1773—a decidedly early signed document from the future South Carolina signer. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 53
176. Roger Sherman Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1721-1793) who was the only man to also sign the Articles of Association, the Articles of Confederation, and the US Constitution. Partly-printed DS, signed “Roger Sherman Justice of Peace,” one page, 7.25 x 12, March 2, 1756. Legal document for the sale of a plot of land, partially filled out in Sherman’s hand and lengthily endorsed at the conclusion: “Litchfield County, New Milford, March the 2nd 1756, Personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Bostwick, Paul Welch & Joseph Ferris and acknowledged the above written Instrument to be their free act and deed.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Rare triple-signed legal document in the case of stolen oak trees
177. Thomas Stone Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1743-1787). Rare
third-person triple-signed partial ADS, signed once, “Thomas Stone,” and twice, “T. Stone,” one page both sides, 6 x 7.25, 1783. Stone pens a legal document regarding oak trees in Charles County, in part: “And whereupon the said Basil by Thomas Stone his attorney saith that…growing to wit five hundred oak trees of the value of fifty pounds current money…the said Peter then and there to wit…cut down took and carried away and other harms to him…T. Stone for plf pledges…Basil Spalding agst Peter Green…T. Stone.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and light staining. Starting Bid $500
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178. James Smith Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806). ADS, signed “James Smith Attorney Def’t by sp’l War’t,” one page, 7.5 x 12.25, April 1754. Legal document in the case of Robert M. Whinery v. William Shriner, in part: “William Shriner late of York County Yeoman otherwise called Wm. Srinot of the Township of Newbry in the County of York…was summoned to answer Robert Whinery of a plea that he render to him ten pounds which to him they owe & unjustly detain.” In very good to fine condition, with two old repairs to the back of fold splits. Starting Bid $200
Extremely rare 1774 autograph by Pennsylvania signer George Taylor
179. George Taylor Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1716–1781). Partial ADS, signed “Geo. Taylor,” one page, 4.5 x 2.75, December 6, 1774. Taylor pens a receipt, in full: “Receiv’d 6th December 1774 from Thomas Adamson One Hundred Pounds being the first payment for the Land sold him as of the above agreement.” A fragment of what appears to be the aforementioned ‘above agreement’ of the land deal appears on the reverse, signed by William Armstrong and Charles Craig, reading, “And Signed Sealed and Delivered by the said Lewis Gordon the fifteenth day of October Anno 1774 in the presences of Sam’l Foulke, John Shotesbury.” Mounted and matted to an overall size of 10.75 x 8. In very good condition, with soling, light toning, and three vertical folds. Taylor ranks among the rarest Declaration signers, due in part to his limited role in public life, and his death prior to American victory in the Revolutionary War. Starting Bid $2500
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180. Matthew Thornton Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of Independence
from New Hampshire (1714–1803). ADS, signed “Mathew Thornton Justice of Peace,” one page, 7.25 x 6.75, January 20, 1759. Affidavit concerning the cost of caring for a sick man in New Hampshire, in part: “Charges I paid for Man & horse, Dotoring & Nursing while Sick…The above named Samuel Richardson after due caution made solemn oath that the above Account by him signed is Just & True.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
181. George Walton Document Signed. Signer of the Decla-
ration of Independence from Georgia (1749–1804). Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “Geo. Walton, Chf. Justice,” one page, 8 x 12.25, February 12, 1783. Official document issued in Georgia, in part: “The Defendant is hereby required, personally, or by his Attorney, to be and appear before the Justices of the Superior Court, to be held in and for the County of Chatham on the first Tuesday in March next, then and there to answer to the Plaintiffs Demands, in an Action on the case and so forth, to his Damage Fifty pounds.” Signed in the left margin by Walton as chief justice of Georgia. Affixed to the reverse is a document swearing that James Field is indebted to Herman Horson for 24 pounds. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the folds, one of which is partially repaired on the back. Starting Bid $200
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182. William Whipple Document Signed. Scarce ADS, signed “Wm:
Whipple,” one page, 7.5 x 6, September 1785. Document recording court costs in the case of Abraham Libbey v. Ebenezer Sullivan, itemized with travel costs, attorney fees, and filing charges, amounting to a total of £11.1.8. In very good to fine condition, with overall toning, and a strip of tape along the back of the left edge. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $300
183. William Williams Document Signed. Merchant and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731-1781). Manuscript DS, signed twice as “W. Williams” and “Wm. Williams, Judge Prob.,” one page, 7.75 x 12.75, April 10, 1806. Probate court document outlining distribution orders for the estate of Mr. Oliver Wattles of Lebanon. Williams makes several handwritten emendations to the body of the document, and adds a five--line note at the conclusion. Signed within the body and at the conclusion by Williams. In fine condition, with tape reinforcement to the back of the central horizontal fold. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
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184. James Wilson Document Signed.
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constitution. Manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 6, June 5, 1795. Bill of exchange issued to James Wilson, in part: “At Sixty days sight of this my only Bill of Exchange, please to pay Messrs Hicks & Campbell or order Two Thousand Dollars for Value received, and charge the same to acct as advised.” Accepted and signed at the conclusion by Wilson. In very good to fine condition, with overall professional silking, and inexplicable trimming. Starting Bid $200
185. John Witherspoon Document Signed. Rare manuscript DS, signed “Jno. Witherspoon,” one page, 5.5 x 4, December 10, 1773. John Witherspoon, who served as president of the College of New Jersey between 1768-1794, requests that university treasurer Jonathan Sergeant pay £32:8:8.5 to a recipient named Robert Stockton. In full: “At ten Days Sight please to pay to the order of Robert Stockton thirty two pounds Six Shillings and eight pence half penny + place the Same to my Acct.” Signed at the conclusion by Witherspoon, and countersigned by Robert Stockton (1730-1805), who was almost certainly the first cousin of Witherspoon’s fellow Declaration signer, Richard Stockton. The document is professionally inlaid into an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet. In very good to fine condition, with splitting to the horizontal fold, and the vertical fold repaired on the reverse. Provenance: Sold by Walter Benjamin Autographs, ca. late 1960s. Starting Bid $500
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186. John Witherspoon Signature. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1723–1794), who went on to sign the Articles of Confederation. Extremely scarce, bold ink signature, “Jno. Witherspoon,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip. In very good condition, with trimmed edges impinging on the signature, and a short tear to the bottom edge. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Witherspoon’s autograph material into the ‘very rare’ category among the signers of the Declaration. Starting Bid $200
187. Oliver Wolcott Autograph Document Signed. Signer of the Declaration of
Independence from Connecticut (1726–1797) who also signed the Articles of Confederation and served as a major general in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War. ADS, signed “O. Wolcott Assist,” one page, 6 x 2.25, August 1774. Receipt penned by Wolcott on the reverse of a partly-printed writ, in full: “Mr. Samuel Lyman Rev’d Ten Pounds for Prosecution.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges. Starting Bid $200
Rare handwritten document from the influential Virginia signer
188. George Wythe Autograph Document Signed. Scholar, jurist, opponent of slavery (1726-1806) who was the first of the seven Virginia signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Wythe was the first law professor in the United States and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Marshall, and other Virginia leaders. ADS, signed “G. Wythe,” one page, 7 x 3, March 6, 1798. In full: “The injunction is awarded, on a release of errors, and security given in the penalty of seventy dollars.” Impressively double-matted and framed with two plaques, an engraving, and an image of the George Wythe House in Williamsburg, Virginia, to an overall size of 19.25 x 15. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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American Politicians and Leaders
189. Clarence Darrow Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one page, 6 x 9.5, Murray Hill Hotel letterhead, April 27, 1931. Letter to Hubert H. Weiser, in full: “Walter Lippman’s book ‘A Preface to Morals’ is a fully good book. I’m sure you will like it. Shall be home about May 12th and hope you will drop in same day and we will go to the ball game.” In fine condition, with some envelope-related toning at the bottom. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Darrow’s hand. Starting Bid $200
“The Star has printed disparaging stories about my son Bobby. Both times the facts were overlooked in favor of something more sensational”
190. Ethel Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, six pages, 5.75 x 7.75, Hickory Hill letterhead, November 14, 1971. Letter to Newbold Noyes, the editor of The Washington Evening Star, in full: “I am writing to tell you of the deep distress The Evening Star has caused my family and me. Twice recently The Star has printed disparaging stories about my son Bobby. Both times the facts were overlooked in favor of something more sensational. It is hard enough to bring up teenagers in these fact-changing times. Unwarranted, unfair and inaccurate publicity only compound the difficulties. The statements about Bobby leaving his family, dropping out of school and wanting to get married are untrue and your reporters would have discovered as much had they bothered to check with Bobby or me.” In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner of each page. Accompanied by additional Washington Evening Starr material related to the articles. Starting Bid $200
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191. John Augustine Washington Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Jno. A. Washington,” one page, 7.75 x
10, May 1809. Letter evidently to legal counsel, in full: “Your letter by post of May 13th came safe to hand, in which you state, that our testator, sometime before his death sold his Dismal Swamp property to Gen. Lee, without however, having made a deed for the same. Some part of the consideration money was paid, but the exact amount is not now recollected. You state also that Gen. Lee has lately proposed to rescind the contract, without requiring a return of the money paid by him; and believing that the property is likely to become very valuable, and could now be sold for a good price, it is your decided opinion, that his offer ought to be accepted. Upon this subject we pretend to have very little knowledge, consequently our opinion must be made up from the argument urged in your letter. It will therefore only be necessary for us to say that we concur with you in opinion, and do consent as far as we are interested that the proposition which you state to have been made by Gen. Lee should be accepted of.” Signed at the conclusion by John Augustine Washington, and also signed by George Washington’s nephewexecutors Bushrod Washington, Lawrence Lewis, and Samuel Washington. In fine condition, with some light irregular toning. Starting Bid $200
192. Waterman Autograph Album Signed Waterman Autograph Album. Very desirable Waterman’s autograph album, 5 x 7.25, signed inside on affixed slips by over 50 notable figures from a variety of fields, including sports, entertainment, politics, the arts, and business. Highlights include: Ty Cobb, Bobby Jones, Amelia Earhart, Guglielmo Marconi, Calvin Coolidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Bolling Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes, Sgt. Alvin E. York, Douglas Fairbanks, Robert Ripley, Daniel Beard, Charles Curtis, Hugo Eckener, Richmond P. Hobson, George McManus, Gene Sarazen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Al Smith, Arlo Guthrie, and more. In very good to fine condition, with staining and toning from the signatures being pasted into the album. Starting Bid $300
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Activists and Social Leaders
Boldly signed portrait of Gandhi at his spinning wheel
193. Mohandas Gandhi Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 photo of Gandhi seated and spinning cotton, boldly signed in fountain pen, “M. K. Gandhi.” The reverse is annotated, “Through, Rajkumari Anmrit Kaur, 2-Aug1935.” In fine condition. After assuming control of the Indian National Congress in December 1921, Gandhi expanded his nonviolence program to include the swadeshi policy—the boycott of British goods. From this originated his spinning wheel, as he encouraged all
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Indians to wear khadi (homespun cloth) instead of British-made textiles. Thus, the picture of Gandhi at his spinning wheel has become one of the iconic images of the 20th century. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was an important political and social activist who joined Gandhi as his secretary in 1929, and worked for him for 17 years. Of noble birth, the princess helped establish the AIWC in 1927 dedicated to women’s empowerment in India, and in 1947 Nehru called her into the first government of India as Minister of Health. Starting Bid $2500
Beautifully signed Swedish translation of Dr. King’s Strength to Love
194. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Book. Signed book: Vagen Heter Icke-Vald [The Road Is Called Non-Violence/
Strength to Love]. Stockholm: Gummessons Bokforlag, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 170 pages. Beautifully signed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King.” Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with edgewear, small tears, and creasing to dust jacket and ‘Nobel Prize’ strip. Published in the US in 1963, Strength to Love is a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermons on the topic of racial segregation in the United States and religious values. Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for being the ‘first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence.’ A handsomely signed translation of King’s addresses, demonstrating his international influence as an activist for racial equality and economic justice. Starting Bid $300
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Businessmen Walter on the passing of his brother, Bill Davidson 195. Harley-Davidson: Walter Davidson Typed Letter Signed. Engineer and business executive
(1876–1942) who, along with his brothers William and Arthur and friend William Harley, founded the famed HarleyDavidson Motor Company in 1903 and served as its first president, a post he retained until his death. TLS, one page, 8.25 x 7.25, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. letterhead, May 19, 1937. Letter to Gene Walters, in full, “Thank you very much for your very kind letter of condolence for the passing of Bill Davidson. All you dealers who had the opportunity to meet Bill know what a fine fellow he was, and you can realize what a gap his passing is going to leave in our organization. Again thanking you for your very kind words.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
196. Harley-Davidson: William S. Harley Document Signed. The son of Harley-Davidson Motor Company cofounder
William A. Davidson (1905–1992); he served as the company’s president for 29 years and raced on their behalf, winning the prestigious Jack Pine Trophy in 1929. DS, signed “Wm. H. Davidson,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, October 26, 1956. Dealership agreement between the Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Paul W. Haines of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, in which the latter agrees to purchase “Motorcycles, Sidecars, Servicecars, Package Trucks, Chassis” and other parts and accessories over the course of one year. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by William H. Davidson, Paul W. Haines, and a salesman. In fine condition, with a few light stains. Starting Bid $200
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197. John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler Document Signed. DS, signed “J. D. Rockefeller” and “H. M. Flagler,”
one page, 16 x 7.75, November 9, 1883. Stock certificate for 100 shares in the Standard Oil Trust issued to D. M. Harkness, signed at the conclusion by Rockefeller as president, Flagler as secretary, and Jabez A. Bostwick as treasurer. Receipt remains affixed to left edge. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Scientist and Inventors Bell makes the first transcontinental phone call in 1915
198. Alexander Graham Bell Signed Photograph. Historically significant vintage matte-finish 16.75 x 13.75 photo of Alexander Graham Bell seated at a long table in AT&T’s New York Headquarters to make the ‘first’ transcontinental phone call, signed in the lower border in bold fountain pen, “Alexander Graham Bell, Jan 25, 1915.” Affixed to a slightly larger mount and in fine condition, with minor loss to the upper left corner tip. Timed to coincide with the Panama–Pacific International Exposition World’s Fair of 1915, AT&T arranged a special commemorative ‘first transcontinental phone call’ between Alexander Graham Bell (at their New York headquarters) and his assistant Thomas A. Watson (in San Francisco). Bell repeated his famous line, ‘Mr. Watson, come here. I want you,’ to which Watson playfully replied: ‘It will take me five days to get there now!’ Pictured alongside Bell in this historic image are several telephone company heads and New York politicians. In front of Dr. Bell is a replica of his original telephone. A superb piece honoring the impact of Bell’s invention, which revolutionizes communications around the globe. Starting Bid $500
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“The Zoolog. Station at Naples has done much admirable service to science”
199. Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 5 x 8, Down letterhead, November 16, 1884. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “Though the good Neapolitan work is of no use to me, I feel bound to become a subscriber, as the Zoolog. Station at Naples has done much admirable service to science. Will you therefore be so kind as to forward & pay the charge, & you send in your account whenever you think fit.” In fine condition.
Founded in 1872 by Anton Dohrn, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples was devoted to research in marine biology. Darwin offered both moral and financial support to the institute, which derived its income from the rental of research space, the sale of scientific journals and specimens, and admission fees to a public aquarium. A fantastic letter in which Darwin recognizes the good work of an innovative scientific institution. Starting Bid $500
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200. Xavier Bichat Autograph Letter Signed. French anatomist and pathologist (1771–1802) known as the father of histology, who is respected as one of the greatest scientists in the area of medicine. Exceedingly rare ALS in French, signed “Xav. Bichat,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, no date. Bichat thanks his correspondent for their kindness and states (translated): “It is with very great pleasure that I will give my name to your son…a thousand matters are overwhelming me on my return after a few days away, and only allow me to write a few words to you.” He refers to some government employment he will try and secure for his correspondent. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants at the corners of the integral address leaf. Bichat is one of the most important figures in the history of modern medicine, and his autograph is incredibly rare. Starting Bid $300
201. Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 16, 1905. Letter to Herman E. Dick, regarding the international disbursement of batteries, in part: “It occurs to me that in Japan, Australia and possibly other countries, it might be found desirable to supply the demand for storage batteries by manufacture in the United States. I should therefore, like to have you consent to this being done.” Dick agrees to the proposition and has countersigned below. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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202. Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “TAE,” one page, 5
x 7.5, July 3, 1925. Letter to “Lanahan,” in full: “This is the Lithia property. It is I expect the final patent please attend—Let me see it when it comes.” The top bears a “Legal Department” ink date stamp. In fine condition. Henry Lanahan served as general counsel for Thomas Edison and his companies. Starting Bid $200
Uncommon 1931 portrait of Albert Einstein 203. Albert Einstein Signed Photograph. Magnificent vin-
tage matte-finish 8 x 10 studio portrait of Einstein in a pleasant bust-length pose, signed neatly in the lower border in fountain pen, “Albert Einstein, 1931.” Reverse bears a credit stamp attributed to The New York Times Studio. In fine condition, with small creases to the lower left corner tip, and silvering to some of the darker areas of the image. A decidedly scarce soft-focus portrait of Einstein. Starting Bid $1000
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Einstein in the aftermath of WWII: “The British and the Americans are making the same mistakes as after the first world-war by not preventing Germany to get strong and dangerous again”
204. Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, February 23, 1947. Letter to Commandant A. Bly in Belgium, in part: “It is strange to see, how little the people are learning even by the most painful experiences. It seems that the British and the Americans are making the same mistakes as after the first world-war by not preventing Germany to get strong and dangerous again. And they do it for very similar reasons. As soon as such a catastrophe is over—nobody is seriously striving to prevent the next one. I was deeply astonished by this fact already after 1919! I like very much life in America. I have my own little house with a pretty garden and I am working now with the same pleasure as I did in younger years.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
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A 1945 study of vectors and tensors, handwritten by Einstein for his article ‘A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation’
205. Albert Einstein Handwritten Scientific Manuscript. Important scientific manuscript written in the hand of Albert Einstein in German, unsigned, one page, 8.5 x 1, no date circa 1945. A draft variant of page 8 of the manuscript of ‘Auf die Theorie metrischer komplexer Raume gegründete Feldtheorie’ (‘A Field Theory Based on the Theory of Complex Metric Spaces’), the initial version of the article ‘A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation,’ published in Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 46 (Oct. 1945), pp. 578-584. The manuscript consists of a demonstration of the densities of vectors and tensors and includes many formulas and equations. It begins as follows: “Damit ist die kovariante Differentiation der Tensoren festgelegt. Wir wollen die kovariante Differentiation auch auf Tensordichten definieren” [“This defines the covariant differentiation of tensors. We also want to define the covariant differentiation on tensor densities.”] In differential geometry, the Einstein tensor, also known as the trace-reversed Ricci tensor, is used to express the curvature of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold. In general relativity, it occurs in the Einstein field equations for gravitation that describe spacetime curvature in a manner that is consistent with conservation of energy and momentum. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
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206. Augustin-Jean Fresnel Autograph Letter Signed. French civil engineer and physicist (1788–1827) whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light. Rare ALS in French, signed “Fresnel,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, January 15, 1827. Letter to the Prefect of the Vendée, concerning delays in the installation of a reflector and lighting rod for the lighthouse at Sables. In fine condition, with light creasing. Fresnel is known for inventing the compact Fresnel lens for lighthouses, which has been called ‘the invention that saved a million ships.’ Starting Bid $200
Correspondence between the directors of the Manhattan Project 207. Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one page, 6 x 7.5, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, March 24, 1965. Letter to General Leslie R. Groves, former the director of the Manhattan Project, in full: “Your ‘form letter’ of the 26th of February really calls for much more than a formal answer. It is, no doubt, improper for me to say so, but the name of Sylvanus Thayer has had and has my support. Beyond that, I wish I could remember the name of the photographer. I do not find it in Hewlett and Anderson; and I expect only Alvarez or maybe Tom Farrell would now remember. I had forgotten the pictures. I remember them now. At that point, for a little while it was enough for me that the war was over. Kitty and I send our warmest greetings.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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“Very shortly I will make public the vaccination for canine rabies”
208. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, May 15, 1885. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full (translated): “There’s nothing to be done at present. But be assured: of 100 persons bitten, less than 10 contract rabies. You will oblige me by keeping me informed of what will happen. I have advanced very far in the study of rabies, but all I might be able to do is to prevent perhaps by treatment the day after and the days following the bite. Very shortly I will make public the vaccination for canine rabies.” Central horizontal and vertical folds, some light creases, and a couple small blocks of toning from old tape reinforcement on reverse, otherwise fine condition.
After five years of extensive study of the rabies virus and the successful treatment of several infected dogs, Louis Pasteur faced his first human patient in July of 1885. Certain that the severely bitten nine-year-old Joseph Meister would not survive without treatment, he began the course of the 13 injections; after administering all 13, one each day, in progressively stronger doses, Meister regained strength and never developed rabies. After a second successful treatment on a bitten shepherd which began in October, word spread and people began to seek him out for the vaccinations. A superb letter of great medical importance announcing his revolutionary, and life-saving vaccine. Starting Bid $500
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210. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in
French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, January 10, 1876. Untranslated letter written from Paris. In fine condition. In 1876, Pasteur published Études sur la Bière with GauthierVillars of Paris. Perhaps the most noteworthy brewing book of the 19th Century, ‘Studies on Beer’ discusses the practical problems of brewing and the microorganisms of fermentation. Starting Bid $300
Von Neumann hopes to honor Hadamard 211. John von Neumann Typed Letter Signed. Mathematician
(1903–1957) who made contributions to nearly every technical field and made major strides in game theory, nuclear physics, and computer science. In the realm of computing, von Neumann is considered as important as Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing. Extremely rare TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Atomic Energy Commission letterhead, January 30, 1956. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: “I am very sorry that I will not be able to answer your whole world inquiry at this time, entitled ‘Homage to French Mathematician Jacques Hadamard, for its 90th Birthday.’ I have been hospitalized for several weeks, and I expect it will be several more weeks before I can get back to my office. If I get back to my office in time, I will be very happy to participate in the homage.” In fine condition. An interesting letter connecting two of the great mathematicians of the 20th century, which stands as a supremely rare piece from one of the foremost thinkers of the atomic age. Starting Bid $300
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Intellectuals Freud plunges into historical research for “a study on the great figure Moses” 212. Sigmund Freud Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed
“Freud,” one page, 9 x 11.25, personal letterhead, June 22, 1938. Letter referencing his important 1939 book Moses and Monotheism, in full (translated): “Your intention of admitting me to honorary membership in your society has pleased me extremely. I will always feel I belong among you, even if I cannot attend your conferences as a result of my bodily ailments. As it so happens, I have just made an attempt to push my way into historical research with my latest work, a study on the great figure Moses. Of course, I am not sure that the content of this essay will meet your approval.” In fine condition. Freud’s last major work prior to his death, Moses and Monotheism, was published in 1939. In it, Freud hypothesized that Moses was not Hebrew but rather had been born into Ancient Egyptian nobility. Starting Bid $500
Invoice for psychoanalytic training with Freud 213. Sigmund Freud Autograph Document Signed. ADS in Ger-
man, signed “Freud,” one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 personal card, February 28, 1934. An invoice for 2000 Austrian shillings’ worth of training services for the month, in full: “Herrn Prof R. Grinker, February/20 hours = S2000.” In fine condition, with some old mounting remnants on the reverse. Dr. Roy R. Grinker, Sr., was a pioneer in American psychiatry who sought training from Freud in Vienna in 1933–34. He went on to serve as professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago School of Medicine, as well as chief editor of the American Medical Association’s Archives of General Psychiatry for 17 years. Starting Bid $300
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“Alex’s ministers are either idiots or thieves. They are enemies of the emancipation of peasants”
214. Alexander Herzen Autograph Letter Signed. Russian writer and political thinker (1812–1870) whose work holds an important place in the great Russian literary canon. Super rare ALS in French, signed “A. Herzen,” one page, 7.25 x 9, December 24, 1858. Letter with extremely interesting content, referring to Tsar Alexander II and to the emancipation of the serfs, Herzen’s greatest cause. In part (translated): “How can you ask which one is the relation between the ‘Bell’ and the Emperor Alex. and his ministers? Alex’s ministers are either idiots or thieves. They are enemies of the emancipation of peasants. Alex is better, but he is of such a feminine weakness…thus the necessity of chasing the rascals around him and urge the emancipation movement.” In fine condition, with a long diagonal crease. Starting Bid $500
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Incredible 19th century autograph album, featuring Bell, Edison, Pasteur, Tolstoy, Twain, and Verdi
215. Historic Figures Signed Autograph Album. Large and impressive autograph album, measuring 12 x 15, containing approximately 570 autographs affixed inside of notable 19th century figures from a wide variety of fields, highlighted by Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, Ernst Haeckel, Henrik Ibsen, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Louis Pasteur, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Morton Stanley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Giuseppe Verdi (AMQS from “Falstaff”), and Jules Verne. Other especially noteworthy signers are Andreas Achenbach, Edmondo de Amicis, Susan B. Anthony, George Bancroft, Clara Barton, William Holbrook Beard, P. G. T. Beauregard, Arnold Böcklin, Georg Brandes, Benjamin Butler, Daniel Butterfield, George W. Cable, Giosue Carducci, Andrew Carnegie, Frederick Stuart Church, Grover Cleveland and his cabinet, Ernst Curtius, Felix Dahn, Varina Jefferson Davis, Frederick Douglass, Alexandre Dumas fils, Jubal Early, Marie von EbnerEschenbach, Kuno Fischer, Karl Emil Franzos, R. L. Gatling, Wade Hampton, Benjamin Harrison and his cabinet, Rutherford B. Hayes and his cabinet, Paul Heyse, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Julia Ward Howe, William Dean Howells, Sarah Ornett Jewett, Jacques comte de Lalaing, Fitzhugh Lee, Frederick Leighton, Queen Liliuokalani, Robert Lincoln, Paul Lindau Henry Cabot Lodge, James Longstreet, Joseph McKenna, William McKinley, Nelson A. Miles, Giulio Monteverde, Josef Myslbeck, Adolf Erik Baron Nordenskiöld, David D. Porter, Ernst Possart, Joseph Pulitzer, Frederick Remington, Cecil Rhodes, Adelaide Ristori Del Grillo Capranica, W. S. Rosencrans, J. M. Schofield, William T. Sherman, Henri de Saussure, Friedrich Spielhagen, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johann Strauss II (AMQS), Sully Prudhomme, Ambroise Thomas (AMQS), C. D. Tiffany, Mary E. Walker, Lew Wallace, and Anton von Werner. Also includes statesmen and diplomats from Great Britain, Iceland, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Portugal, Russia, Japan, Hawaii, and China. In very good to fine condition, with partial separation to the album’s cover, and irregular toning to most of the signature. Starting Bid $1000
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Rare Edinburgh Customhouse autograph by the Wealth of Nations author
216. Adam Smith Document Signed. Scottish moral professor and a respected pioneer of political economy (1723–1790)
whose magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first modern work of economics. Extremely rare partial manuscript DS, signed “Adam Smith,” one page, 7.75 x 4.25, November 3, 1783. The conclusion of a document from the “Customshouse, Edinburgh,” signed by Adam Smith, James Richardson, and James Edgar (the head administrator of the entire customhouse system throughout Scotland). Annotated along the bottom by a collector, “Genuine autograph of Dr. Smith taken from a Custom House Return.” In very good to fine condition, with small stains to the corners, and old mounting residue on the reverse. Having published his Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759 and The Wealth of Nations in 1776, Adam Smith was already revered as a thinker when he took his post as Commissioner of His Majesty’s Customs at Edinburgh in early 1778. With this appointment, Smith was thrust from his well-known philosophical pursuits into the world of applied economics—the rather mundane enterprise of collecting duties, where his academic acumen could be tested against practical problems. His agency was charged with a wide range of responsibilities, ranging from the collection of taxes to the prosecution of smugglers. Smith proved to be a capable bureaucrat, enjoying his work and remaining in the position until his death on June 17, 1790. Starting Bid $1000
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Religious Figures
“These Jews are not Jews, but devils incarnate who curse our Lord” 217. Martin Luther Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed “Martinus Luther D,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, [circa September 1, 1543]. An extensive, uncommonly well-preserved letter to Georg Buchholzer, Provost of St. Nikolai in Berlin, regarding the latter’s altercation with the Brandenburgian court preacher Johann Agricola from Eisleben (also known as ‘Magister Eisleben’) about the treatment of the local Jews. Prince Elector Joachim II, who in 1539 had introduced the Reformation to Brandenburg and whose tolerant politics toward Jews enraged the population, had long desired a reconciliation between Luther and his former disciple Agricola, and he must have suspected that Provost Buchholzer was poisoning Luther’s mind against his court preacher. Buchholzer therefore wrote to Luther requesting an interpretation of some Biblical verses by which Agricola justified his pro-Jewish stance, and in his answer Luther insists that Buchholzer has done well to preach against the Jews and shall continue to do so, ignoring the habitual liar Agricola. In part (translated): “Grace and Peace. My dear Provost! I must be brief with writing, for the sake of my weak head. You are aware that you have no previous association with me, nor I with you, other than that you recently wrote to me asking for an explanation regarding several statements. And even if you were to write me many things about M. Eisleben, how could I believe you alone? For whoever says that you or anyone in Berlin or in all of Brandenburg is inciting me against Eisleben, if he says so unwittingly, may God forgive him, but if he says it knowingly, then he is a roguish liar, as well as M. Eisleben himself has lied frequently, here in Wittenberg. M. Eisleben needs nobody to incite me against him; he himself is much better at that, much better than anyone whom he might suspect of such dealing. He knows that full well….In my opinion, he will give up his life before he gives up his lying.—You have preached against the Jews and fought serious battles over that with the Margrave….And you were quite right to do so. Stand fast and persevere! The words against you which you quoted to me, allegedly protecting the Jews, I will not hope to be true, nor shall I believe that M. Eisleben ever will preach or ever has preached such. I do not yet consider him so deeply fallen. May God prevent him!…For then M. Eisleben would not be the Elector’s preacher, but a true devil, letting his sayings be so shamefully misused to the damnation of all those who associate with Jews. For these Jews are not Jews, but devils incarnate who curse our Lord, who abuse His mother as a whore and Him as Hebel Vorik and a bastard, this is known for certain. And anyone who is capable of eating or drinking or associating with such a foul mouth is a Christian as well as the devil is a saint….You may show this letter to whomever you wish. I do not know, nor do I care, who wrote the other three letters from Wittenberg to Berlin. You will undoubtedly confess this to be the first letter you ever received from me. For your name and person were previously unknown to me.” The letter bears several corrections in Luther’s own hand. The date of receipt is noted by Buchholzer at the foot of the reverse: “Received by me in Berlin on Wednesday after St Egyd [5 September] anno etc. 43.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and light overall soiling; a beautifully preserved specimen. Accompanied by a handsome custom-made quarter leather clamshell case. Luther had apparently forgotten that several years previously, in late 1539, he had answered a letter of Buchholzer’s inquiring about Catholic rites still in use in Reformed Brandenburg. More notably, although Luther is writing to a fellow scholar, this letter is written in German so that the recipient may show it “to whomever he wishes”—that is to say, to the Elector himself, thus providing Buchholzer with a writ of protection against any suspicion which Joachim may harbor against him. The Hebrew words invoked by Luther, “Hebel Vorik” [vanity and emptiness], are taken from Isaiah 30:7. They were part of a Jewish prayer in which Jews thanked God for having made them different from those peoples who worshipped “Hebel Vorik,” though Luther construed the words as a code for Jesus Christ. Luther’s anti-Judaism had not always been this radical—as a young man he had spoken out judiciously against the traditional defamation of Jews and against all forms of forcible conversion, but he soon grew increasingly bitter, and by 1543 his attitude was one of undisguised loathing. His most notorious antisemitic pamphlet, ‘On the Jews and Their Lies,’ was published only months before the present letter was written. With the same rhetorical skill with which he had previously ridiculed the papacy he now invoked a grotesque abhorrence of Judaism. As an embodiment of his sentiments in his later years, demonstrating how precisely the antisemitic church politics and discourse of the 1540s matched Luther’s instructions, this letter has been quoted or paraphrased by several important biographies of the Reformer (cf. M. Brecht, Luther, vol. 3 [1987], p. 344; most recently: L. Roper, Luther [2016], p. 532 n. 33). Starting Bid $25000 www.RRAuction.com | 79
Rare second edition of the Book of Mormon, printed in Kirtland in 1837 218. Book of Mormon. Extremely rare unsigned
book: The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. Second edition. Kirtland, Ohio: Printed by O. Cowdery & Co. for P. P. Pratt and J. Goodson, 1837. Hardcover bound in contemporary calf, 3.5 x 6, [iii]-vi, [7]-619, [2] pp. Book condition: VG/None, with covers scuffed but solid, the front free endpaper lacking, some darkening to the title, occasional minor foxing, soiling, and staining within. Originally from the Library of Marion Prentice Huntington, daughter of Henry E. Huntington. This very rare second edition of the Book of Mormon, printed seven years after the 1830 first edition, is in some ways more important than its predecessor: there seem to have been over 3000 textual changes from the first edition, as documented by Richard P. Howard, and these changes have been passed down through the various editions to the present time, so that the present edition is considered ‘the textually critical edition.’ Following the destruction of the Mormon press in Missouri, and the expulsion of the Mormons from that state, Oliver Cowdery, the Latter Day Saints printer, was sent from Kirtland, Ohio, to New York to purchase another printing press. It was upon this press that this second edition of the Book of Mormon was printed, along with many other seminal LDS pieces. Although the preface to this edition states that the rights to print 5000 copies were obtained, the recollections of Ebenezer Robinson, a typesetter working in Cowdery’s shop, were that only about 3000 were produced—a figure that seems more accurate, given the relative rarity of this volume today. The book is of a smaller size than the first edition, and it is thought that Joseph Smith requested this reduction so that missionaries would have an easier time carrying it on their journeys. Starting Bid $5000
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World Leaders
219. Simon Bolivar Document Signed. Partly-printed DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 11.5, July 20, 1829. Military promo-
tion issued by Bolivar as president of Colombia, in part (translated): “In view of the merit and service rendered by Juan Gomes of Cos, 2nd Lieutenant in the Quito Battalion, I have decided to advance him to the grade of 1st Lieutenant, effective today.” Prominently signed at the conclusion by Bolivar and endorsed by several other officials. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and toning, and small areas of paper loss along the hinge and the intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
220. Winston Churchill Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish 4.75 x 6.5 seated portrait of Prime Minister Churchill, originally taken by Vivienne [Florence Vivienne Melish] circa 1951, affixed to the original 6.5 x 9.25 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Winston S. Churchill.” Displayed it its original display folder, with back cover bearing a “Vivienne, 20th Century Studios Ltd” copyright stamp. In very good condition, with irregular silvering the image, three circular stains on Churchill’s left sleeve, and two old tape stains to the top edge of the mount. Accompanied by the original transmittal letter, dated July 6, 1956. Starting Bid $300
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Churchill meticulously crafts the biography of his ancestor 221. Winston Churchill Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” 8 x 10, Chartwell letterhead, May 9, 1933. Letter to his proofreader and editor C. C. Wood relating to the publication of the monumental biography Marlborough: His Life and Times. In part: “What do you advise about the old style and new style printing? Our plan is to print in old style events clearly English in their preponderance, and in new style those that are clearly Continental...Pray state what typography you advise.” Churchill sketches the three styles in the left margin as examples. In fine condition, with some light soiling to the right edge. Starting Bid $200
222. Winston Churchill Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent letterhead, August 15, 1955. Letter to editor and publisher Desmond Flower, in part: “I shall be quite ready to lay the foundation stone of your new building...The new project about which you write to me should certainly be considered, together with all the others for producing shorter and cheaper variations, but I should not have thought the time had come for that yet.” Churchill adds the salutation in his own hand. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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223. Winston Churchill Signature. Foun-
tain pen signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 2.75 x .5 slip. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Churchill leaving 10 Downing Street to an overall size of 9.5 x 13.5; the mat is imprinted with the text from his ‘Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat’ speech, making for an interesting display. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Supremely rare appointment signed in Chinese by Sun Yat-sen
225. Sun Yat-sen Document Signed. Manuscript DS, one page, 19.75 x 16.75, October 15, 1917. An attractive and
colorful document appointing Sun Guang Ming as a member of the fund raising committee in Hong Kong. Signed at center in Chinese by Sun Yat-sen in his capacity as Grand Admiral of the Navy armed forces. It bears the red ink seal of the Grand Admiral to the left border, and Sun Wen seal alongside the Grand Admiral seal. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, and some areas of staining. Documents signed by Sun Yat-sen in Chinese are of extraordinary rarity and seldom appear at auction; this is the first we have ever offered. Starting Bid $5000
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Royalty
Catherine the Great on “the horrors of Titian’s merchant” 226. Catherine the Great Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed “Caterine,”
one page, 7.25 x 9, no date but annotated on the reverse as received on December 12, 1765. Letter to Count Ernst de Munnich, who was seeking great Italian works of art for the Hermitage Museum’s collection. In part (translated): “I am very satisfied that the horrors of Titian’s merchant and his fellow companions in crime are discovered. Continue this affair as you have begun. It is not so cold here as the first days, but the road between the city and here could harm a convalescent, I am well and soon will come back. You may say the good of the Empire will not suffer from my stay here.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
Overthrown by Cromwell, King Charles solidifies his support while exiled
227. King Charles II Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in French, signed
“Charles R,” one page, 6 x 7.75, February 22, 1655. Letter to “My Cousin.” In part (translated): “Although I have already convinced you by my speech how touched I am by your attentions and the duty I feel towards you, I can not refrain to now confirm this truth by writing...I am grateful for the sincere and generous affection you have shown toward everything that concerns me.” In very good condition, with moderate irregular overall toning and writing a few shades light. It is interesting to note that he signs “Charles R,” as he was technically no longer king after being overthrown by Oliver Cromwell. Starting Bid $200
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The rarest obtainable French king
228. King Charles VI Letter Signed. King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422, known for his bouts of mental illness and for signing the Treaty of Troyes. Rare LS signed “Charles,” one page, 11.5 x 7, May 19, [no year]. A letter of credence given by Charles VI, King of France, to his counselors and Knights Guillaume de Menillon and Guillaume de Champeaux. In very good to fine condition, with soiling, toning, and a horizontal slice across the bottom. As the autograph of Charles VI is almost unobtainable, and as such collections of the French monarchs usually begin with Louis IX. A superb, very early and important piece. Starting Bid $1000
Marvelous oversized portrait of the new queen, captured by royal photographer Dorothy Wilding 229. Queen Elizabeth II Signed Photograph. Resplen-
dent oversized matte-finish 18.75 x 23.25 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II seated and wearing her glimmering crown jewels by Royal Court photographer Dorothy Wilding, affixed to its original 20.25 x 26 studio mount, neatly signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Elizabeth R, 1953.” Reverse of the mount bears Wilding’s studio label, which is numbered in pencil: “015957, J.” In fine condition, with some light toning from prior display. An absolutely stunning portrait of the queen—the largest that we have ever offered. Starting Bid $200
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Explorers and Archeologists Resupplying his expedition on the Congo River 230. Henry M. Stanley Autograph Letter Signed.
Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,’ upon finding David Livingstone, a fellow explorer who had become lost in the wilds of Africa. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, August 20, 1881. Letter written from the “Congo River, West Coast of Africa,” in part: “Of course I cannot possibly know that you are at Luanda but I wish it. I have sent Mr. Valcke to your city to purchase for me a few articles which I cannot get on the Congo, but as we do not keep gold on the river at our stations I can only scrape just enough to take him to Luanda. I have given him 3 bills of exchange for £400...give the gold to Mr. Valcke and render him any assistance in your power.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, overall creasing, a small stain to the upper left corner of the first page, and old mounting residue on the back of the last page. Starting Bid $200
American West
231. Josephine Earp Photo. Stunning matte-finish 5 x 12 silver gelatin photo of Wyatt
Earp’s wife Josie, showing her dressed in a sheer robe. Blindstamped at the bottom with photographer’s credits, “Kaloma” and “Copyright, 1914—P.N. Co. [Pastime Novelty].” In fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image. Whether this portrait depicts, or doesn’t depict, Josie Earp has become a point of controversy over the years. After the original photo was taken in 1914, the ‘Kaloma’ model has gone through a myriad of incarnations—as a sheet music cover image for ‘Kaloma, Valse Hesitante (Hesitation Waltz),’ as a WWI and postwar pinup, and perhaps most famously as the main image for a Vanilla Fudge and The Charles Lloyd Quartet concert poster made by Alton Kelley. Glenn Boyer’s decision to use an airbrushed version as the cover illustration for the 1976 book I Married Wyatt Earp quickly aligned the image of ‘Kaloma’ with that of Josie Earp, who, if she had indeed posed for this photo in 1914, would have been 53 years old. Starting Bid $200
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military Introducing the son of Marshal Ney 354. Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 7, 1828. Letter to a gentleman, in part: “Not knowing at what time this letter may reach you I shall only introduce Eugene Ney, a son to the illustrious and unfortunate Marechal of that name who after having gone through Canada and the U. S. intends also to visit Mexico. His elder brother, prince de la Moskowa, has lately married the daughter of my colleague and friend Lafitte…This young gentleman travels for curiosity and improvement.” In fine condition, with light toning and creasing. Starting Bid $200
Early questions the “deleterious effect” of Lee’s “lost dispatch” on the Battle of Antietam
355. Jubal Early Autograph Letter Signed. Phenomenal ALS signed “J. A. Early,” three pages on two adjoining sheets,
lightly lined, 5.75 x 9, April 6, 1888. Letter to E. T. Lansing, in full: “Your letter of inquiry has been received, and in reply I have to inform you that what you mention as the ‘lost dispatch’ in General Lee’s campaign into Maryland in September 1862, was his order of September 9th directing the movements of his army, especially that for the capture of Harper’s Ferry. A copy of the order fell into the hands of McClellan on the 13th, it having been picked up by some member of his command in one of the abandoned camps. It was a copy for one of the Division Commanders, and how it was lost has never been known, but is a matter of mere conjecture. In his report, published in 1864, McClellan gives a copy of the order in pages 188-9. The effect of the finding of the order was, I presume, to cause McClellan to hasten his movements for the relief of Harper’s Ferry, but in this he was not successful as the place was captured by our forces. The only effect it had in the battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam, so far as I can judge, was to hasten the conflict of the two armies, and bring on the engagement before McClellan received some re-inforcements—which were coming to his aid. Our army repulsed McClellan’s attacks on the 17th, with very heavy loss to his army, and he did not renew the engagement on the 18th, but we retired that night because the Potomac was in our rear, and it was necessary for us to cross it to be in reach of supplies. Moreover considerable re-inforcements were coming to McClellan’s assistance, which we had come to expect. I don’t think the finding of the order had any deleterious effect on the result so far as General Lee’s army was concerned.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Early’s own hand. Starting Bid $300 www.RRAuction.com | 87
356. Chester Nimitz Signed Photograph. Twice-signed vintage matte-finish 11
x 13.75 photo of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Fiske Brooks—with best wishes and appreciation, C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN,” who adds a second signature, “C. W. Nimitz, U.S. Representative,” on the surrender documents in the image. In very good to fine condition, with light edge rippling, and the handwriting somewhat faded but completely legible. Starting Bid $200
357. George S. Patton Signed Envelope.
World War II–dated airmail envelope, 9.5 x 4.25, addressed by Patton to “Mrs. G. S. Patton, Jr., South Hamilton, Mass.,” and signed as a censor in the upper left, “G. S. Patton, Jr.” Postmarked on January 22, 1945, at the end of the Battle of the Bulge. In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing and soiling. Starting Bid $200
358. Horatio Nelson Signature. Sought-after ink signature, “Nelson & Bronte,” on an off-white 2.75 x .75 slip, handsomely double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 13.75 x 18. In fine condition, with three vertical folds. Starting Bid $200
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359. Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon Autograph Letter Signed. British general
(1833–1885) who, in 1860, crushed the Taiping Rebellion in China, earning the nickname ‘Chinese.’ ALS signed “C. G. Gordon,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.75, July 17, 1863. Written from Quinsan during his campaign against the Taipings, Gordon reports the death of a fellow officer, in part, “He was a little out of sorts yesterday morning but no one thought anything of it till 12 noon when he came up in a hurried way to Moffit’s room and laid down. From that hour he sank gradually without pain... he fell into a sort of stupor, and although I was holding his pulse when he died it was only by seeing the cessation of respiration that you could tell he had passed away. Will you see to his affairs in Shanghai.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. Starting Bid $200
aviation 382. Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph. Handsome vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.5 portrait of Lindbergh looking off camera, matted to an overall size of 10.25 x 12.5, signed and inscribed on the mat in fountain pen, “For Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, from Charles A. Lindbergh, 1939.” The photo and mat are affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount, and the mat has also been signed by the photography studio. In very good to fine condition, with light silvering, a strip of toning to the left edge of the image, and adhesive residue to the photo’s borders (concealed by the mat). Accompanied by a fountain pen signature of Roy Chapman Andrews on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. Starting Bid $200
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space exploration 393. Moonwalkers Signed Print. Color lim-
ited edition 30 x 24.25 print by Ron Lewis entitled ‘Moonwalkers,’ numbered 177/1000, signed in black felt tip by ten of the twelve heroic Apollo moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Charles Conrad, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, Jim Irwin, Dave Scott, Charlie Duke, Gene Cernan, and Jack Schmitt. Also signed in the lower right corner by artist Ron Lewis. Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 37.5 x 32. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. Starting Bid $200
395. Apollo 11 Signed Print. Beautiful color 19 x 23.25 print of a 1969 oil painting of the Apollo 11 crew by artist Ronald Anderson, which depicts the three astronauts in their white space suits, the mission’s historic lunar EVA, the successful splashdown, and the mission insignia, signed next to their facsimile signatures in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong,” “Buzz Aldrin,” and “M. Collins.” Rolled and in very good condition, with overall creasing, several edge tears, dampstaining in the bottom border, and a horizontal bend passing across Armstrong’s face; the majority of these flaws could easily be matted out. Starting Bid $300
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Rare foil print signed by the Apollo 11 crew 396. Apollo 11 Signed Foil Etching. Sought-after color 7.5 x 11.25 foil etch reproduction of a John Berkey painting entitled ‘One Giant Leap,’ which depicts Neil Armstrong standing on the surface of the moon, with Buzz Aldrin, the Lunar Module Eagle, the Earth, and small images of the rocket launch, orbiting Command Module Columbia, and the American flag visible in the background. The foil etch is affixed to the original 10.25 x 13.25 presentation mount, which is signed in black ink, “Neil Armstrong,” “Buzz Aldrin,” and “M. Collins.” Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 25. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the image. Only 75 of these personally autographed foil pictures were made for the space exhibit at the 1972 North Carolina State Fair. A wonderful display piece featuring a rare artist’s portrayal of both Armstrong and Aldrin on the lunar surface, signed in full by the heroic astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission. Starting Bid $300
397. Buzz Aldrin and Peter Max Signed Print. Color 24
x 36 print of Peter Max’s colorful pop art rendition of the famous ‘visor shot’ of Buzz Aldrin during man’s first moonwalk, entitled ‘Apollo 11 - Walking on the Moon, 1969/1999,’ signed in black felt tip by the subject, “Buzz,” and the artist, “Max, 99.” In fine condition. Originally from Aldrin’s personal collection, the print is accompanied by a letter of provenance from his stepdaughter Lisa Cannon, and a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
398. Apollo 13 Signed photo. Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of Apollo 13 posing in their white space suits against a celestial backdrop, signed in blue felt tip by James Lovell, Ken Mattingly, and Fred Haise. In fine to very fine condition, with three tiny surface dents near the top edge. Starting Bid $200
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art, architecture, & design Rare image of Gauguin with the Pont-Aven group 445. Paul Gauguin. Rare original unsigned sepia 6.25 x 4.25 albumen photograph of three artists of the PontAven School—Paul Gauguin, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, and Charles Laval—outside a coffee shop in the village of Pont Aven, circa 1886–1887. Annotated on the image and below in an unknown hand, identifying the subjects. In very good to fine condition, with tears to the edges of the image. Original photographs of Gauguin are very scarce, especially those showing him with fellow artists. Starting Bid $200
446. Juan Gris. Spanish painter and sculptor (1887–1927) associated with Cubism. ALS in French, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting the Chateau de Loches, no date. Letter to Andre Level, a Parisian businessman and collector who distinguished himself by assembling the first collection of modern French art. In part (translated): “Here the weather is gloomy and I am very bored. We intend to return to Paris close to the end of the month.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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447. Édouard Manet. ALS in French, signed “Ed. Manet,”
one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Quick letter to writer, journalist, and politician, Eugene Pelletan, in full (translated): “It is with pleasure that I answer your call, but you are very late. However, I hope to be able to get something up by Sunday and send it to you.” In fine condition, with scattered small stains in the bottom blank area. Starting Bid $200
Rare early Morandi drawing 448. Giorgio Morandi. Italian painter and printmaker (1890–1964) who specialized in still life paintings of simple subjects. Charming original fountain pen sketch of a person in profile accomplished by Morandi on an off-white 6.25 x 8.25 album page, filled in with text by Morandi and signed in the lower corner, “Giorgio Morandi.” Written in Italian, the text pertains to the publication of Antonio Baldini’s 1929 book La Dolce Calamita, which he illustrated. In fine condition, with some light folds and faint stains. Starting Bid $1000
449. Francis Picabia. French avant-garde painter, poet, and typographist (1879–1953) who was an early major figure of the Dada movement. Original ink sketch of a waterfront scene above the text of a dinner menu accomplished by Picabia on an off-white 3.75 x 6 card, signed with his initials and dated in the corner, “F. P., 1905.” In fine condition, with light toning from prior display. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Le Comité Picabia. Starting Bid $200
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451. Pablo Picasso. Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.75 x 4.5, addressed by Picasso to his friend and personal secretary “Monsieur Jaime Sabartes, 7 Rue des Grands Augustins, Paris,” with Picasso incorporating his signature and address on the reverse, “Envoi Picasso—mas N. d. de V., Mougins, A.M.” The envelope bears a Cannes Film Festival stamp with postmark dated March 7, 1962. In fine condition, with opening-related loss to the bottom edge. Starting Bid $200
450. Pablo Picasso. Desirable limitation page for the Pablo Picasso illustrated book ‘Le Carmen des Carmen, 1949/1960,’ one page, 7.25 x 10.75, published in 1964 by Éditions Français Réunis of Paris, limited issue, numbered 158/275, signed boldly at the conclusion in dark red crayon, “Picasso,” and countersigned in ballpoint by Louis Aragon. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 15.25 x 19.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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“Very deep fog so thick it can be cut with a knife”—an Impressionist observes London
452. Camille Pissarro. Highly regarded French painter (1830-1903), one of the leading figures of the impressionist movement, best known for his distinctive pointillist style. ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, blackbordered letterhead, September 14, 1898. Letter to his son Rodolphe, written from the Hotel d’Angleterre in Rouen. In part (translated): “I hope you do not forget your exercises. Don’t mess with this. You know it is absolutely necessary to develop your chest...You can not stay in London later than September. October is very bad to do the cross over of the channel...If you need a warm coat, you may have one made...For many years humidity has also been considerable in France and a little less in England...it is evident that London in particular, and England in general, are the country by excellence of mist, of very deep fog so thick it can be cut with a knife. So, no mistake about that. We don’t need to be smart to know this.” In fine condition, with old tape reinforcement along the inner hinge. Starting Bid $200
453. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Attractive limitation page for the Pierre-Auguste Renoir illustrated book ‘Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Renoir,’ one page, 8.25 x 12, published in 1918 by Ambroise Vollard, limited issue, numbered 48/1000, signed boldly at the conclusion in fountain pen, “Renoir.” Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 19. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
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“What a day!! But what success. The exhibition received a slap that it will recover from perhaps, but that will give it a great deal to think about”
454. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Important French painter and printmaker (1864–1901) whose lively, colorful portrayals of the people and places of fin-de-siècle Paris take a place among the most iconic images of the era. Toulouse-Lautrec’s immersion in art stemmed largely from his isolation following a disfiguring teenage accident that failed to heal properly, preventing his legs from growing further while his torso continued to develop normally. Extremely scarce ALS in French, signed “Henry,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date. Intimate letter to his mother. In part (translated): “I am still in the throes of the second preview. What a day!! But what success. The exhibition received a slap that it will recover from perhaps, but that will give it a great deal to think about.” He closes the letter, “I send you my love.” In very good condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold, a couple partial separations to horizontal fold and hinge, a couple small repairs to folds, trivial tack hole to one page, and a couple brushes to text. Toulouse-Lautrec first began to exhibit his paintings in a Montmartre cabaret in 1884. Described by the contemporary critic Gustave Geffroy as ‘the quintessential chronicler of Paris,’ Toulouse-Lautrec enjoyed critical acclaim and his work was sought after by collectors. The painter was particularly close to his mother, Adèle Tapié de Celeyran, who had long supported his artistic ambitions. By 1893, he was crippled by alcoholism and moved in with his mother while being spurned by other family members for his drunken behavior and the subjects of his paintings. In 1899, she abruptly left Paris, which prompted him to suffer a mental collapse and he was committed to a sanatorium. A rare and revealing letter describing the reception of the artist’s work. Starting Bid $500
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A particularly large sketch of Warhol’s iconic soup can
455. Andy Warhol. Highly desirable original signed felt tip sketch of a Campbell’s soup can accomplished by Warhol on a light brown 7 x 9.25 sheet of cardboard, neatly signed under the drawing, “Andy Warhol.” Impressively corner-mounted, suede-matted, and framed with a portrait and nameplate to an overall size of 23 x 19.25. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $300
456. Andy Warhol. Scarce color 17.5 x 24 poster for an exhibition entitled “Athletes by Andy Warhol,” held at the Virginia Museum on January 23, 1978, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Phylis, with love, Andy Warhol.” The poster features a quadrant of stylized multicolored portraits of Pele, Tom Seaver, Muhammad Ali, and Bill Shoemaker. Rolled and in fine condition, with some wear to edges that could be easily matted out. Starting Bid $300
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457. Andy Warhol. Page from a Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet auction catalog depicting Warhol’s Campbell’s Tomato Juice Carton (1964), 5.75 x 9, signed in black felt tip, “Andy Warhol.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall creasing. Starting Bid $200
Wright’s essay on ‘The International Style’ 458. Frank Lloyd Wright. Uncommon TMS, nine onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, dated February 1953, signed and inscribed at the top of the first page in blue ballpoint, “To Lewis-F. L. Wright.” An essay entitled “In the Cause of Architecture: The ‘International Style,’” originally published as the final issue (No. 17) of Wright’s Taliesin Square-Paper series, in part: “The International style is neither international nor a style. Internationalism is Totalitarianism. All ISMS are merely derivative. An ISM is only a notion. At most the notion becomes a fashion and a Fashion is—always—some passing show of imitation: probably an imitation of a bad imitation by a bad imitator. In any Intentional ‘Style,’ therefore, we would have more invasion than invention. Though unfortunately serviceable to the commerce of Education as it now runs is this latest propaganda, ‘BUILT IN U.S.A.: POSTWAR ARCHITECTURE,’ sold by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y. I see in it a cliche for the rising tide of mediocrity. You will find that it merely betrays what was originally individual in true Democratic sense of the much abused term—Organic Architecture—The Architecture of Democracy.” In fine condition, with a corner crease and staple hole to upper left corners. Starting Bid $200
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animation & comic art 482. Walt Disney. Scarce signed book: The Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood. First edition. NY: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8 x 10.25, 64 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen, “To Tommy Bell, with my best wishes, Walt Disney.” Autographic condition: very good, with toning, staining, and creasing to the signed page, which is also signed by several unrelated people. Book condition: VG/VG-, with the book expertly restored (vintage front and back cover replaced the originals, and page binding repaired), and edge chips and overall toning to the dust jacket. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Phil Sears Collectibles. Starting Bid $200
literature “I think I shall have to write another Oz book” 495. L. Frank Baum. Wonderful ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11,
illustrated letterhead for the musical production The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, February 20, 1913. Letter to Martha May Gamble, in full: “I thank you for your delightful letter, which I fully appreciate. I think I shall have to write another Oz book.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. With book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Louis F. Gottschalk, the musical play The Tik-Tok Man of Oz opened at the Majestic Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 31, 1913, a little over a month after Baum wrote this letter. Starting Bid $200
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“As a pseudonym on my review, let’s use Chipdip K. Kill” 496. Philip K. Dick. TLS signed “Phil,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October
26, 1981. Letter to the editorial staff of Venom Magazine, in full: “Thank you for your card regarding my review of The Divine Invasion (boy, am I fucked up today. Personal problems. Girlfriend problems). As a pseudonym on my review, let’s use Chipdip K. Kill. Okay? The clever reader can trace this down; it is the joke version of my name that John Sladek used for his pardon of my writing that he titled ‘Solar Shoe-Salesman.’ Thus the astute reader can trace it back to me, if he or she is so inclined. I’m glad my review is okay. By the way—I sent a carbon of it to my agent, Russell Galen at Scott Meredith, and Russ says it’s as good as anything I’ve ever done. He frankly found it hysterically funny. It’s nice to have an agent with a sense of humor. I’ll look forward to receiving my 5 copies.” Dick makes a correction to the text in his own hand. In fine condition, with creasing in the bottom blank area. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
497. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Rare handwritten invitation in German from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, signed
“Goethe,” one page, 4 x 3.25, presented to singer and composer Karl Melchior Moltke, in full (translated): “Sir. C. S. Moltke, invitation, for a sociable meal at two o’clock, Wednesday the 9 Nov. Goethe.” Dated on the reverse in another hand: “Anno 1825.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges and lightly mottled toning. Starting Bid $500 100 |
October 7, 2020 | LITERATURE
Gorky on the “right to translate my works into Swedish” 498. Maxim Gorky. Important Russian writer (1868–1936), who was a founder of the socialist realism literary method. ALS in Cyrillic, signed with his given name, “A. Peshkov,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, no date. Letter to R. Lindquist, evidently the Finnish translator and writer Rafael Lindqvist, who eventually came to translate Maxim Gorky’s work into Swedish. In full (translated): “The right to translate my works into Swedish has been handed over to me by Mr. August Scholz in Berlin, and you must ask him for permission to translate. I’ll send the portrait. Andreev also passes on the right to translate his European fairy tales to Scholz.” Affixed by one quadrant to an identification sheet and in very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, a split to the top of the vertical fold, and light show-through from adhesive on the reverse. Starting Bid $200
499. Victor Hugo. ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets,
4.25 x 5.75, January 15, no year [likely 1862]. Letter to writer, journalist, and politician, Eugene Pelletan, who in December 1861, appeared before the 10th correctional chamber for a press offense and was sentenced to three months in prison, which he served in the Pavillon des Princes of St. Pelagie. In part (translated): “Dear philosopher, all my soul is yours when I read you. This excerpt from the Holidays of Intelligence that a newspaper brings me, is a moving and profound page. It’s kind of a double picture of where I am and where you are. I can see my face and the look on your face. I’m very close to you. Our two minds enter into each other; our two hearts enter into each other. Why isn’t my exile prison when you’re in it? Why isn’t your prison exile when I’m in it? What sweet and good things we would say to each other between the four walls of St. Pelagia that you have inhabited, or between the two infinite ones of the sky and the sea that I inhabit. What a voluptuous mixture of austere thoughts! I have read your Babylon [The New Babylon. Letters from a Provincial published in 1862] applauding on every page. Mr. Lacroix has probably told you that in Brussels I was constantly preaching a book by you to him. A novel by you, summing up in a human and social idea, all your current power, would, I am sure, be a resounding success. It comes in memory of a writer like you is one of the needs of his time. You…are light. What would become, without men like you, this sad cruel world which has two poles, crime and vice, and where matter makes the night. I’m indulging in conversation with you as I would with Plato. But with valiant Plato. So intrepid serenity in the face of persecution of all kinds is one of the beautiful spectacles of this time. See you soon, right? Or? Everywhere. I hope to shake your hand soon. I don’t have enough room left to tell you how much I love you.” Hugo adds a postscript across both pages: “Your admirable pages were read as a family at this table in Hauteville house, where I hope one day you will come and take your place between the sons and the father, as the brother of one, and the others too.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and light creasing. Starting Bid $300
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James Joyce writes in support of “the publication of Pound’s book”
500. James Joyce. ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, 28 Campden Grove letterhead, June 17, 1931. Letter to British painter, pub-
lisher, and poet Desmond Harmsworth, in full: “From the enclosed letter it would seem that you are looking for me in connection with the publication of Pound’s book which I have been trying to arrange. If this is so perhaps you can ring me up here some morning?” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Joyce’s hand. During this period, Joyce was in London to establish a domicile in England for the purpose of marrying Nora Barnacle—his common law wife since 1904—thereby protecting his children’s claim to his literary estate under English law. In the present letter, Joyce makes reference to Ezra Pound’s book of essays entitled How to Read, which would be published by Harmsworth in December 1931. A fantastic letter associating two great Modernists. Starting Bid $500 102 |
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Rare autograph of the most famous French fabulist 501. Jean de La Fontaine. One of the
most famous French poets of the 16th century (1621–1695) widely known for his collections of fables. Untranslated manuscript DS in French, signed “De La Fontaine,” one page, 7.25 x 8, December 18, 1657. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
502. Thomas Mann. Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.5 portrait of Mann in a thoughtful pose, affixed to a 5.5 x 8.25 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen in German, and dated November 11, 1930. In very good to fine condition, with overall light staining. Starting Bid $200
505. Luigi Pirandello. Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer (1867-1936) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. AQS in Italian, one page, 7 x 10, May 13, 1918. Pirandello pens a line about love. In very good condition, with scattered staining and toning. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 103
“I have finished ‘The Wind in the Willows,’ which I thought never to do”
503. A. A. Milne. ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7.5, 11 Mallord Street letterhead, May 11, 1923. Letter to longtime friend
Vincent Seligman, in part: “I have finished ‘The Wind in the Willows,’ which I thought never to do. It has hung over me—(doubtful metaphor)—buffeted me—(much better)—for two years. And now at last I can do exactly what I like, which I have always done. But now with a clear conscience. We are all well—and Billy is also beautiful.” In fine condition. A decidedly legible example enhanced furthermore by the mention of the Kenneth Grahame classic, which Milne adapted for the stage in 1929 as Toad of Toad Hall. Starting Bid $200
“I have never made talks… except brief remarks on the occasion of the premiere of ‘Gone with the Wind’”
504. Margaret Mitchell. TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one
page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 16, 1941. Mitchell writes to Miss Woodall, referencing the screen version of her best-seller while demonstrating her famously humble and self-effacing disposition. In part: “I have never made talks, even of an informal nature, except brief remarks on the occasion of the premiere of ‘Gone with the Wind.’ I must speak frankly, and I hope you girls will understand. I have been so busy in the past five years that I have been unable to accept any invitations to sponsor various classes in Atlanta schools.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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Limited anniversary edition of Atlas Shrugged 507. Ayn Rand. Signed book: Atlas Shrugged. Special tenth anniversary edition, limited issue, numbered 1728/2000. NY: Random House, 1967. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 8.75, 1168 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ballpoint by Ayn Rand. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None in a VG slipcase, with some discoloration to navy blue topstain, and some edge chipping to the case. Starting Bid $200
Rare Jekyll and Hyde–era portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson
508. Robert Louis Stevenson. Exemplary 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Robert Louis Stevenson in a three-quarter-length pose by W. J. Hawker of Bournemouth, neatly signed on the mount in ink, “Robert Louis Stevenson.” In very good to fine condition, with a hint of subtle silvering, a small surface bump near the top edge, and a circular postal impression to the left of Stevenson’s image. Just the second signed photograph of Stevenson that we have offered, this marvelous portrait dates to circa 1886, when Stevenson was living in coastal Bournemouth, England, and writing the tale of Jekyll and Hyde. A superlative literary piece. Starting Bid $500
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Rare handwritten letter by Edgar Allan Poe, hoping to publish in the year of ‘Ulalume’
506. Edgar Allan Poe. ALS signed “Edgar A. Poe,” one page, 7.75 x 8.25, August 31, 1847. Poe’s final letter to the Philadelphia lawyer and playwright Robert Taylor Conrad, editor of Graham’s Magazine. In full: “It is now a month since I wrote you about the two articles I left with you—but, as I have heard nothing from you, I can only suppose that my letter has not reached you—or, at all events, that, in the press of other business, you have forgotten it and me. In it, after thanking you (as I do again most sincerely) for your late kindness to me in Phil[adelphi]a, I begged an answer in respect to the articles—mentioning $40 as the sum in which the Magazine would be indebted to me in case of their acceptance, and asking permission to draw for that amount. I owed Mr. Graham $50 (as nearly as I can remember) and the papers, at the old price, would come to 90. May I beg of you to reply, as soon as convenient.” Addressed on the integral leaf in Poe’s hand. In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait and an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture. Poe had been editor of Graham’s from February 1841 to April 1842, but continued to contribute after leaving the magazine’s employ. It was where ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ first appeared, along with several other Poe short stories and literary reviews. Graham’s eventually began rejecting Poe’s submissions, and infamously passed up the chance to publish ‘The Raven’ in 1844. A beautifully preserved letter directly associated with Poe’s career as writer and critic—an immensely desirable autograph. Starting Bid $10000
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Incredibly rare 1914 book, The Surf Riders of Hawaii—the first book on surfing by a pioneering photographer
509. The Surf Riders of Hawaii by A. R. Gurrey, Jr.
Excessively rare unsigned book: The Surf Riders of Hawaii by A. R. Gurrey, Jr. First edition. Honolulu: self-published circa 1914. Stab-sewn into mottled stiff mottled taupe wrappers, 7.5 x 8, featuring six leaves of heavy brown wove paper with two pages of text, and eight original silver gelatin photographs of surfers affixed within. One of the subjects is legendary surfer Duke Kahanamoku, who popularized the sport—the key photograph in this collection is of a young Kahanamoku surfing with Diamondhead in the background, an iconic photo credited for the boom in early Hawaiian tourism. The cover has an affixed paper title label, “The Surf Riders of Hawaii.” In very good to fine condition, with partial separation to the top of the cover spine; interior pages are all clean and fine. Only eight of these handmade books are known to exist, and this example descended through the Gurrey family: of those known, three copies are in permanent museum exhibits (Bishop and Mission, Oahu, and Musee de Bilbao, Spain) and five are private copies (this—the Gurrey family copy—being one). This is the exemplar copy for the Centennial edition, published in
Hanapepe, Hawaii, by Timothy T. DeLaVega in 2014. Includes copy number 1 of this edition, signed and inscribed on the colophon by the publisher in gold ink, “Mahalo Richard. Keep the History! Aloha ke akua. Tim DeLaVega,” housed with the original in a brown clamshell box. The Surf Riders of Hawaii is not only the first book to be dedicated entirely to surfing, it is the genesis for the art of surf photography. Invoking the poetry of Lord Byron and crafting his own artistic prose, Gurrey—through text and image—succeeded in capturing the visceral excitement of Hawaii’s ancient pastime: “On comes the surf, it strikes—arches, curves and falls; and as it plunges forward like a frightened seahorse, the fearless surfrider is at its mane. With board pointed shoreward he rides this untamed fury.” In their 2005 article ‘A. R. Gurrey Jr. The Genesis of Surf Photography,’ published in in The Surfer’s Journal, Joel T. Smith and Sandra Kimberly Hall cited ‘four known copies’ of this work, and observed: ‘This photo compilation doesn’t just document wave riding, it endows the sport with an almost ethereal sense of splendor.’ Starting Bid $5000 www.RRAuction.com | 107
Extremely rare, early handwritten letter by “D. H. Thoreau”—his given name, before becoming ‘Henry David’
510. Henry David Thoreau. ALS signed “D. H. Thoreau,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, Cambridge, June 22, 1837.
Letter to John, in full: “I can write you nothing definite with regard to a room. I spoke with Mr. Lavering upon the subject, and he tells me that he has already received a number of applications, but is so circumstanced as not to be able to return any positive answer at present. However, he says he will remember you, and inform me of the result. I have called upon Mr. Mason some half-dozen times but have not found him. I understand that the next class will be a large one—three will enter from Andover. Yours in haste, D. H. Thoreau. Ps. June 24th—I have at last seen Mr. Mason, and have the pleasure of informing you that Holworthy No 9, the room under him, will be reserved for you. He had a deal to say about quiet, regularity, and order, and inquired particularly with regard to the character of your charm—indeed he was apprehensive on this point, as to have no objections to your rooming alone if you choose.” Panel on reverse of second integral page is addressed in Thoreau’s hand to “Mr John Keyes, Concord Mass,” and bears a June 24, Cambridge, MA, postmark stamp. Fragile intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), many folds with partial separations, a light overall shade of toning and mild scattered soiling, a small area of dampstaining to the lower border (slightly affecting the paraph), show-through from writing to opposing sides, a small area of paper loss to second integral page from original wax seal, and some scattered foxing to second integral page, otherwise very good condition. As Thoreau was completing his studies at Harvard in 1837, childhood friend and former Concord Academy classmate John Shepard Keyes was just about to begin his. Helping Keyes secure residence in the bustling college town, Thoreau penned this quick note and signed “D. H. Thoreau”; shortly after graduation he inexplicably reversed the order of his first and middle names, signing himself ‘Henry David’ or ‘H. D.’ from that point forward. Upon his return to Concord that summer, he began his lifelong friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson who introduced him into the local literary scene and encouraged him to contribute essays to The Dial, where he began to make a name for himself. This letter to Keyes (who would also connect with Emerson years later, when his daughter married Emerson’s son Edward) highlights a crucial year in the renowned author’s life, and has never before been published. Anything signed by Thoreau is highly sought after and incredibly rare; but even more rare are the few pieces signed “D. H. Thoreau,” before unofficially changing his name. This is the only such example we have ever seen, an extraordinary literary treasure. Starting Bid $1000 108 |
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Tolstoy signs the St. Petersburg edition of Master and Man, one of his great short stories 511. Leo Tolstoy.
Signed book in Russian: Khozyain and rabotnik (Master and Man). St. Petersburg: 1895. Paperback with blue leather slipcase, 3.5 x 5.75, 152 pages. Signed on the half-title page in crisp black ink, “Leo Tolstoy, 22 October 1895.� The publication bears the original wrappers with an attractive frontispiece of Tolstoy and a set of 15 text illustrations. Autographic condition: fine, with scattered light foxing. Book condition: VG-/None, with a band of toning to the front wrapper, wear and some splitting to the spine, and light foxing to textblock; most pages are uncut at the top of the unread volume. Provenance: The Russian Literature Collection of Walter Nelson. Starting Bid $1000
512. Leo Tolstoy. Sought-after ink signature of Leo Tolstoy in Cyrillic on an off-white 5.25 x 3 card dated to 1909. The card is affixed to a 6.5 x 7.75 sheet. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the autograph derives from the collection of diplomat Carl Harald Trolle. Starting Bid $200
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Verne on his Voyages Extraordinaires 513. Jules Verne. Highly desirable ALS in French, one page, 3.75 x 6, December 19, 1898. Letter mentioning his Voyages Extraordinaires, naming the forthcoming Le Testament d’un excentrique [The Will of an Eccentric]. In part (translated): “Here are the few lines that you desire and that I send you in grateful response for your very kind letter. I will profit from this occasion to recommend to you my new novel in the series of the Extraordinary Voyages that will be published 1899 with the title The Will of an Eccentric. And that will happen in the United States. I do hope you may take some pleasure in reading it.” In fine condition, with scattered light foxing and toning. Starting Bid $300
Rarely seen signed example of the ‘Washington’ first edition of Leaves of Grass 514. Walt Whitman. Signed book: Leaves of Grass. First edition thus. Washington, DC: 1872. Hardcover bound in original green cloth and titled in gilt on the spine, 5.25 x 8.25, 504 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ink, “from Walt Whitman, Camden, N. Jersey, U.S. America.” Tipped in is a youthful engraving of Whitman in 1854, as used in the first issues of Leaves of Grass. This was the first edition of Leaves of Grass to include ‘Passage to India’ in book form. Autographic condition: fine, with somewhat irregular toning to the signed page. Book condition: VG-/None, with cracked hinges, edgewear, bumped corners, and some penciled notations inside. Starting Bid $500
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music 556. Georges Bizet. French composer (1838–1875) whose operatic masterpiece, Carmen, was completed just before his untimely death from heart disease. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 4.5, no date. In part (translated): “Would you…dear Mr. Lovy give me two seats for this evening–(2nd Gallery).” Handsomely double-matted and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 13 x 19.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
Brilliant, boldly signed, distinguished portrait of the revered Romantic composer 557. Johannes Brahms. Exceptional and uncom-
mon mounted 5 x 7.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Brahms, boldly signed on the mount in ink, and dated at Vienna. In fine condition, with light scuffing to the image. A large, boldly signed, crystal-clear image of the legendary composer. A most attractive and incredibly sharp portrait. Starting Bid $500
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558. Johannes Brahms. ALS in German, signed “J. Brahms,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, November 16, 1889 [?]. Letter to Felix Hecht in Mannheim, in part (translated): “Finally here in Ischl I come to thank you for your kind regards. I don’t understand your legal subtleties—but I don’t fear them either, because I consider you an even better person than a lawyer, which, given your high reputation as such, certainly means a lot. By the way, we are both depicted in the most beautiful way. Just yesterday, something very friendly came to me from Mannheim. A Frankfurt report by W[ilhelm] B[opp] in the new Baden state newspaper. How seldom do you read such things with such serious sympathy and true joy as I have often read the essays by your fellow citizen. But now I greet you most beautifully and your dear guest even more beautifully.” In very good to fine condition, with a stain to the top of the first page, and small repairs to fold splits on the second page. Starting Bid $300
Remarkable Paganini concert plan, signed five times by the master violinist 560. Niccolo Paganini Handwritten Set List.
Handwritten plan for a concert penned by Paganini, signed five times, “Paganini,” one page, 7.75 x 6.75, Academie Royale de Musique letterhead, no date. Paganini outlines a plan for a Friday concert, writing four lines in Italian, each finishing with his surname. Among the pieces are a religious introduction, an impassioned sonata played only on his fourth string, and a theme by Rossini. In part: “1. Prima parte di un Concerto in Si minora…eseguito del Paganini, 2. Introduzione religiosa expressamente comporta del Paganini, e rondo allegretto…eseguito del Paganini, 3. Sonata di un Canto appassionato…eseguito sulla sola 4ta corda del Paganini, 4. Larghetto, e variazoni sopra un tema di Rossini…eseguito del Paganini.” Mounted and framed to an overall size of 10.25 x 9.25. In fine condition. A marvelous piece that embodies Paganini’s creativity on the stage. Starting Bid $300
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Beautiful signed first edition of the exquisite ‘Arianna a Naxos’
559. Franz Joseph Haydn. Austrian musician (1732–1809) who takes a place among the first rank of composers in the
history of Western music. The sheer magnitude of his gift, along with his seemingly inexhaustible industry, resulted in one of the largest and most significant bodies of work by any single figure. His mastery of two forms, in particular—the string quartet and the symphony—practically defined the Classical style and exerted a potent influence on all composers who followed, most notably Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, both of whom were intimate acquaintances of the older composer. Exceptionally rare signed music score for Haydn’s ‘Arianna a Naxos,’ printed in London by John Bland circa June 1791, 14 x 10.25, 18 pages, signed in the lower right of the first page in bold ink, “Haydn.” Bound simply by string without wrappers. In very good to fine condition, with toning and light edge wear. The publisher, John Bland, was instrumental in bringing Haydn to London and provided his first lodging there in January 1791. ‘Arianna’ was performed in London in February by the soprano castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti, with Haydn accompanying on the harpsichord. Haydn later regarded the two periods he spent in the British capital (1791-92 and 1794-95) as the happiest of his life. Starting Bid $1000
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561. Sergei Rachmaninoff. AMQS on an off-white 6 x 3.75 album page, neatly signed in fountain pen, “Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1934.” Below, the great composer and pianist pens a few fastpaced notes from the opening of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata.’ In fine condition, with a crease to the lower right corner. Starting Bid $200
562. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 4 sheet, signed vertically along the right edge, “Nicolas Rimsky-Korssakow (Servilie).” Rimsky-Korsakov neatly pens six bars of music and lyrics on three staves, corresponding to his opera Servilia (1901). In very fine condition. Musical quotations from Rimsky-Korsakov are quite rare, with this choice example being of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $300
564. Richard Strauss. AMQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card,
boldly signed below in ink, “D. Richard Strauss.” Strauss crisply pens three bars of music from one of his works. Mounted to a larger sheet below a portrait of the great composer. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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563. Dmitri Shostakovich. Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Matte-finish 4 x 6 photo of the great Russian composer in a casual seated pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen in Cyrillic, and dated December 3, 1969. In fine condition, with light brushing to the ink. Starting Bid $200
European tour program with Blakey, Timmons, and the elusive Lee Morgan
565. Art Blakey and Lee Morgan. Very rare vintage German-English language program for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers European Tour of December 1960, 12 pages, 7.75 x 8.25, signed three times in ballpoint by Blakey (on the front cover and twice inside), with the front cover also signed by Bobby Timmons, and the inside signed by the exceedingly rare Lee Morgan. In fine condition, with light handling wear. Starting Bid $500
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Pristine 1959 album signed by Ray Charles
566. Ray Charles. What’d I Say album signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint by Ray Charles. In fine to very fine condi-
tion. The record is included. Consignor notes that the album originates from the collection of a former Dallas nightclub owner who amassed a large number of autographed records from the 1950s and 1960s; upon his passing, his widow sold the records to an area record dealer, with the balance purchased by a local record store, from which this particular record was obtained. Given that forged Charles signatures greatly outnumber their authentic counterparts, this beautifully clean example exists as a true musical rarity and is further augmented by its unprecedented well-preserved state. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from REAL. Starting Bid $300
Coltrane’s final showing with the Miles Davis Quintet
567. John Coltrane. Someday My Prince Will Come album signed neatly on the back cover in black ballpoint by John Col-
trane. In very good to fine condition, with some light soiling and staining, and an ownership notation to upper left corner. The record is included. Coltrane departed the Miles Davis Quintet to form his own quartet in the summer of 1960, but not before making two cameo appearances on Someday My Prince Will Come, adding solos on the title track and on ‘Teo,’ a song likely inspired by producer and saxophonist Teo Macero. Coltrane’s solo on the title track is part of jazz folklore—the story goes that the incredible and impromptu solo occurred when he walked in on the recording session purely by chance. Starting Bid $300
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568. Patsy Cline. Popular and distinctive country-and-western
‘crossover’ star (1932–1963) who achieved iconic status upon her death in a plane crash at the age of 30. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Rush Studio portrait photo of Cline in a dark dress with a polka-dot collar, signed in fountain pen, “Your friend, Patsy Cline.” Notated in another hand in the lower border, “Decca Records, TV & Radio.” Accompanied by a Patsy Cline Fan Club typed biography. In very good condition, with several noticeable creases (one passing through her face), light silvering to the darker areas of the image, faint spotting to the emulsion, and a small tear under Cline’s collar. Starting Bid $200
An exuberant Cline looks forward to a ‘Laurence Welk’ appearance 569. Patsy Cline. ALS signed “Patsy,” five pages three sheets, 5.75 x 8, September 23, 1956. Letter to fan club president Treva Miller, in part: “Well I’ve never been soo thrilled in my life as I was when I opened up the mail and found my own journal, and to see what a wonderfull job you all have done...The pictures are good and the write ups are fine...I got a letter from a friend of mine at W.M.A.L. television station who has recommended me to the ‘Laurence Welk’ show for a new show starting Oct. 1st called ‘New Faces & Hit Tunes.’ He sent them a letter telling them about me...I don’t think I could do a show if I would get the chance, because I’d be soo excited I couldn’t do anything. Keep your fingers crossed for me: I really need the money now because last Thursday I bought a new 56 Oldsmobile 88. I’m soo tickled with it I’m like a kid with a new toy.” In fine condition, with slight adhesive residue to edges. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Cline’s hand, incorporating her full signature in the return address area. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from PSA/DNA for the letter and the envelope. Starting Bid $200
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The Beatles sign for George’s older sister 570. Beatles. Meet the Beatles! promotional album signed and inscribed on the back cover in black ballpoint to George Harrison’s older sister Louise: “To Lou with love from Brother!! George Harrison,” “To Lou many love from John Lennon, x,” “To Louise with love from your older brother!! Paul McCartney, xxx,” and “To Lou, Lots of love, Ringo Starr, xxx.” In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, partial edge separations, and a small area of surface loss to the front. The record is not included. Beatles albums inscribed to one of their family members are virtually nonexistent and hugely desirable. The eldest Harrison child, Louise emigrated from Britain years before her kid brother George would form a band called the Beatles. She settled in Benton, IL, and by 1963, had become a staunch supporter for her brother’s group, lugging their records to any radio station that would listen. When the Beatles hit international stardom, Louise was there, too, experiencing firsthand the whirlwind of Beatlemania. From an interview with REBEAT Magazine, Louise explains her relationship with the other members: ‘For me it was like getting three more brothers. We just all blended in as if we’d always known each other. But I’ve always made a point of never pursuing them. There were so many millions of Beatle fans after them, so I never tried to get in touch with them unless I was there the same time as them for some reason.’ Starting Bid $10000
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Exclusive VIP invitation to an Ed Sullivan after-show party—signed by The Beatles!
571. Beatles. Remarkably rare original invitation to an Ed Sullivan after-show party held in the Charlemagne Room at Mi-
ami’s Deauville Hotel on February 16, 1964, one page, 8.5 x 14, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Beatles, Ringo Starr,” “George Harrison,” “Paul McCartney (Beatles),” and “John Lennon,” with an unknown hand adding the inscription, “To Robert.” The typed invitation on Miami Beach Associated Hotels letterhead, reads: “Please excuse…the interruption during this very busy time of yours…I’ll take just a second to remind you that Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lansburgh are honoring Mr. Ed Sullivan and members of cast-and-staff of his show, at a Dinner Party tonight—Sunday February 16, in the Charlemagne Room, Deauville Hotel, at 9:30 p.m….and it’s extremely important to the success of the party that you be there…You will be, won’t you?” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and overall creasing. The invitation is accompanied by three modern photo prints of the Beatles at the party—one with McCartney posing with headliner Mitzi Gaynor—and a letter of provenance from the dedicatee, Robert Scott, the nephew of the original recipient: “My uncle, Bryan DaSilva, was a dancer on the Ed Sullivan Show at the Deauville Hotel, Miami on 16th February 1964. The Beatles were guests on the same show. The cast was sent this invitation to a dinner party which took place at 9:30 p.m. after the live broadcast of the show. Bryan attended the party along with the Beatles and asked the Beatles to autograph the back of the invitation for his 15 year old nephew, Robert.” Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, which states that these invitations would have been produced in extremely low quantities as they were only sent to the cast and staff that worked on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was filmed on the same day that the invitation was sent: “This is the only example of one of these invitations that we have ever seen.” The date of February 16, 1964, marks the second appearance by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was broadcast at 8 p.m. The show, which was filmed before an audience of 3,500, was actually not headlined by the Beatles, but rather by actress and singer Mitzi Gaynor. It was estimated that the Fab Four’s second Sullivan showcase was watched by 70 million people across America. An historic, hugely significant and rare piece of signed Beatles memorabilia deriving from an exclusive Ed Sullivan after-show soirée. Starting Bid $5000
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Bold Beatles signatures from February 1963
572. Beatles. Vintage light blue 4.5 x 3.75 album page signed in fountain pen, “Best wishes, The Beatles, Paul McCartney,”
“John Lennon,” and “Ringo Starr,” and in black ballpoint, “George Harrison.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks, a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, and by a presentation page with an image of Paul and John on the night the autographs were obtained; the page notes that the “autographs were obtained at the Casino Ballroom, Leigh, Lancashire, England on February 25th 1963. The Beatles had just recorded their first album, Please Please Me, two weeks before signing these autographs.” Starting Bid $1000
574. Beatles. Rare vintage 8 x 8 guest book page from an
unknown venue that has been signed in blue ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “George Harrison,” and “Ringo Starr.” Lennon lists his address as “England” and his nationality as “Welsh,” and Harrison writes down a fake address, “47. Goldstone Road Reading.” The signatures date to September 1967, when the Beatles were shooting scenes for Magical Mystery Tour. In very good to fine condition, with a short tear to the upper right corner, a small stain touching Ringo’s signature, and old mounting residue on the back. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $500
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Elusive 1967 Beatles promo card signed while filming the Magical Mystery Tour
573. Beatles. Very rare 1967 glossy 4.25 x 5.75 promotional photo card of the Beatles, signed nicely on the reverse in blue ballpoint by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr; the front bears stamped signatures of each Beatle. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the picture side, not evident on the signed side, which has been professionally cleaned. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from noted Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, who states: “This card was signed by The Beatles in September of 1967, while they were out on the road filming ‘Magical Mystery Tour’…By 1967 sets became harder to obtain as the Beatles became even more inaccessible after they had ceased touring. They were rarely seen as a foursome in any one place, and one of the few occasions they were was while they were filming the movie. Autographs of The Beatles from the year 1967 are extremely desirable.” Starting Bid $1000
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575. Beatles. Desirable framed display featuring vintage black ballpoint signatures of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul
McCartney, and Ringo Starr on the reverse of an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 postcard. Attractively double-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and photo of the Beatles to an overall size of 19.25 x 14.25. In fine condition. Starting Bid $1000
576. Beatles: John Lennon. Manuscript DS, one page, 5 x 8.25, stamp-dated
June 20, 1967. An invoice issued by a gardener by the name of “Mr. A. Brown” for 10 hours of “Casual garden assistance,” which was done on Monday June 12th at John Lennon’s Weybridge home. Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Lennon. In fine condition, with a light rusty paperclip impression to the top edge. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
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Fully signed by the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Gaumont Cinema in April ‘67
577. JImi Hendrix Experience. Vintage hardcover autograph album, 6 x 4.25, signed inside in ballpoint by Jimi Hendrix (“Jimi Hendrix, love to you,” with a heart sketch), Noel Redding (“Noel, xx”), and Mitch Mitchell (“Mitch, xx”). In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a detailed letter of provenance from the original recipient stating that the autographs were obtained at the Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton, England on April 13, 1967. Starting Bid $1000
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Super rare uncirculated photo of Zeppelin, signed en route to the States in 1977
578. Led Zeppelin. Extraordinary vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Led Zeppelin taken by photographer Chuck Pulin on board the band’s chartered plane, Caesar’s Chariot, at the onset of their historic 1977 tour of the United States, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Adrian, Best wishes, Robert Plant,” and in black ballpoint, “Jimmy Page,” “JB,” and “John Paul Jones.” Reverse bears pencil notations and a pair of stamps attributed to Pulin, one of which is a copyright stamp dated to 1977. In fine condition, with skipping to Page’s signature. Zeppelin remain extremely rare in signed photos of this size and from this period, with this fresh uncirculated pose adding even more to its desirability. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter of provenance from a relative of the original recipient. Starting Bid $2500
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Second Helping signed by Ronnie Van Zant and company
579. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Second Helping album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint, “God bless
you, Ron,” “Yes, Robert Burns,” “Ed King,” “Thank you, Billy Powell,” “God bless you, Gary Rossington,” “God bless you, Allen Collins,” and “Leon Russell Wilkeson.” Burns also signs the front cover in the same manner. In fine condition, with small holes at each corner from prior display. The record is included. Starting Bid $200
Nirvana’s breakthrough grunge rock anthem 580. Nirvana. Smells Like Teen Spirit maxisingle CD by Nirvana CD signed on the front cover in blue felt tip, “Kurt,” “Krist,” and “David.” In fine condition. The CD is included. From The John Brennan In-person Autograph Collection. Starting Bid $300
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Pink Floyd sign during their Dark Side of the Moon Tour
581. Pink Floyd. Vintage glossy 7 x 5 German press photo of Pink Floyd posing together outdoors, signed in red felt tip by Nick Mason, in black felt tip by David Gilmour, in blue felt tip by Roger Waters, and in blue ballpoint by Richard Wright. In fine condition. Consignor notes that the autographs were obtained in person at Mercedes Werk in Stuttgart in 1973; the band played the Olympiahalle in West Germany on October 12, 1973, as part of their massive Dark Side of the Moon Tour. Accompanied by two original candid glossy photos of the band; one from their arrival and the other taken at the time of the photo signing. A rare and magnificent fully signed photo from the halcyon days of Pink Floyd. Starting Bid $500
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Elvis and friends sign in ‘55
583. Elvis Presley. Fabulous vintage glossy 8 x 10 promo
582. Pink Floyd. Original program for the European leg of Pink Floyd’s 1994 The Division Bell Tour, the band’s final tour as a full touring group, 32 pages, 9.5 x 12, signed inside on their respective page in blue ballpoint by David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. In fine to very fine condition. Consignor notes that the signatures were obtained when the band performed at Earls Court, London on October 20, 1994. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
photo of Elvis Presley, signed on the reverse in ballpoint by Elvis and other members of the 1955 Tillman Franks tour: “Yours, Elvis Presley,” “Thanks, Scotty Moore,” “Bill Black,” “Jimmie Swan,” and “Sleepy McDaniel.” In very good condition, with a short tear to the top edge, and overall creasing (more evident on the photo side, which also has some emulsion loss to the lower left corner, and surface impressions from the signatures on the back). The consignor notes that the autographs were obtained in person by his mother-in-law, on January 5, 1955, in San Angelo, Texas. Moore and Black were part of Elvis’s early trio—known as The Blue Moon Boys—while the others were members of Tillman Franks tour which Elvis’s band was supporting. Starting Bid $200
584. Elvis Presley. Ballpoint signature and inscription, “To Christa
Trant, from, Elvis Presley,” on an off-white 5.25 x 7.25 photocard cover; the original photocard, with a candid color photo of Presley at the time of signing, is included. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a notarized letter of authenticity, a detailed letter of provenance from the original recipient, and a group of four candid color photos taken at the time of signing. Starting Bid $200
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585. Elvis Presley. Vintage circa 1956 ‘Souvenir Pic-
ture Album’ program from an Elvis Presley concert, eight pages, 8.5 x 9.75, desirably signed on the back cover in black ballpoint. In fine condition, with staple-related stains along the spine edge. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in part: “The date was August 5, 1956 and the place was Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida. Elvis Presley was the main event…After the concert, he was signing autographs and to keep him safe, he went into the guard shack at the armory and we stood in a very long line just to be able to get his autograph.” Starting Bid $200
586. Rolling Stones. Vintage mid-1960s autograph book, 5 x 3.75, signed inside on adjacent pages in ballpoint by the Rolling Stones—“Keith Richard,” “Charlie Boy,” “Brian Jones,” “Bill Wyman, xxx,” and “Mick Jagger.” The autograph book also contains signatures from a variety of musicians and entertainers, including: Gene Vincent, Peter Jay, Shane Fenton, Acker Bilk, Matt Monroe, Kenny Ball, The Searchers, Gerry Marsden, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, Freddie Garrity, Tommy Roe, Tommy Quickly, Julie Grant, Eden Kane, and Cliff Richard. In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Starting Bid $200
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Fully signed Dutch pressing of A Night at the Opera
587. Queen. Dutch pressing of Queen’s classic album A Night at the Opera, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink, “To Trudi, Roger Taylor,” and in black ballpoint, “To Trudi, John Deacon,” “To Trudi, Brian May, x thanks 6D,” and “Freddie Mercury.” In fine condition, with professional cleaning to the front cover to remove some aging, in no way affecting the choice signatures. The white vinyl record is included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Consignor notes that the original recipient had given May several sixpence (6d), which he has famously used throughout his career as guitar picks, and that the album was signed at Elland Road stadium in Leeds on May 29, 1982, during Queen’s globe-trotting Hot Space Tour. The album was signed for Trudi Humphry, a lifelong fan of Queen, who met the band on numerous occasions, starred in multiple music videos, and was heavily involved with the Official Queen Fan Club in London. Starting Bid $500
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Original manuscripts from Simon and Garfunkel, including Simon’s first solo tune: “True or False” 588. Simon and Garfunkel. Two superb Simon & Garfunkel items: the first is the music and lyrics in Art Garfunkel’s hand for the song “That’s My Story,” which was recorded by the pair when they sang as “Tom & Jerry.” The music and lyrics are contained in fine-lined pages of staff paper, and read, in part: “…My story really begins a month ago, That’s when I first saw you, your eyes were aglow, And then I could see that you were for me. I go to sleep at night and dream of you, I wish I could hold you tight the whole night through. But then I awake (my heart could just break) I can’t tell you I love you…” The music was originally signed by Garfunkel at top, where “Words & Music By” credited their stage names, Tom Graph and Jerry Landis, but a cretinous former collector has erased their names and penciled in “Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel.” At the bottom is listed promoter Sid Prosen’s “Village Music Co.” and dated 1958, from which this fine item originated. Sold with an original 45 RPM record for “That’s My Story.” The next item is an excessively rare and historic AMS with Simon’s stage name “True Taylor,” written on staff paper, Simon’s original handwritten music and lyrics for the song “True or False,” his very first solo release. This record, the “B” side of which was titled “Teenage Fool” was released by Sid Prosen’s Big Records in March of 1958 and directly contributed to Simon’s first breakup with partner Art Garfunkel. Previous to the recording of this song, Simon and Garfunkel had recorded under the name “Tom and Jerry” and had issued the widely popular song “Hey Schoolgirl.” However, Simon collaborating with his father Louis Simon apparently never informed Garfunkel of his solo effort and Garfunkel in turn quit the duo. Although Simon recorded this song as “True Taylor,” he never appeared in any venue nor recorded another song under that name. In fact, according to Village Music Publishing records, the “Teenage Fool” and “True or False” sold only 230 copies. The sheet music here is boldly written in dark pencil, apparently with some emendations by his father Lou Simon. The lyrics, reminiscent of songs by Simon’s idol, Elvis Presley, read, in part: “…You like to call me on the telephone Baby please answer true or false You like to dim the lights when we’re alone baby please answer true or false and when we have a party you have eyes for no one else, and when you’re in my lovin’ arms my heart just melts, well you’ll be sad if I should go away baby please answer true or false.” Sold with an exceedingly rare unplayed stock copy of “True or False.” A fine opportunity for the knowledgeable collector to obtain original music from one of America’s greatest recording artists. In fine condition. Starting Bid $500
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classic entertainment James Dean heads to LA to perform in “the role of ‘Cal’ in the motion picture tentatively entitled ‘East of Eden’”
712. James Dean. TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, April 7, 1954. Letter to Warner Bros. Pictures, in part: “This is to acknowl-
edge that I have received from you this day the sum of Seven Hundred ($700.00) Dollars as a loan and I have given you my promissory notes…In the event that I am not allowed to continue to render my services in the role of ‘Cal’ in the motion picture tentatively entitled ‘East of Eden’ and you are required to compensate me for the minimum ten (10) weeks of employment… you are hereby authorized to deduct from such payment any sums due and unpaid.” He also agrees to repay the costs of firstclass transportation to Los Angeles should he not be able to fulfill the role. Boldly signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by James Dean. In fine condition, with staple holes to the upper left corner. Dean had just been chosen to play loner Cal Trask in Elia Kazan’s screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s great novel East of Eden—his first major role. On the very next day, April 8, Dean left New York and headed for Los Angeles to begin shooting. Warner Bros. issued Dean a $700 advance for the film, which he agreed to pay back $100 at a time on a weekly basis. Dean embraced the part and turned in one of cinema’s great emotional performances to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Starting Bid $1000
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714. Jean Harlow. Vintage string-bound autograph album,
713. Judy Garland. Lovely vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 studio photo of Garland holding a flowered tree branch, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Cassey, sincerely, Judy Garland.” Archivally double-matted and framed with UV protective glass to an overall size of 13.25 x 15.25. In fine condition, with a light surface stain, visible at an angle, that slightly impinges on her forehead. Starting Bid $200
6.25 x 4.5, signed inside in fountain pen, “Jean Harlow.” The album also contains signatures of Wallace Beery, Joe E. Brown, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Jack Dempsey, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Hoot Gibson, Al Jennings, Tom Mix, and more. In overall fine condition, with some loss to the lower edge of some of the pages, not affecting the signatures. Accompanied by another autograph that includes a signature from Clarence Nash; the balance of the album is signed by relatives and friends. Starting Bid $200
715. Alfred Hitchcock. Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 12.5 portrait of the master of suspense, boldly signed in white ink, “Alfred J. Hitchcock.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 17.5. In very good to fine condition, with a light paperclip impression to the top edges, and creasing, heaviest to the bottom corners. A marvelous oversized portrayal of the revered thriller filmmaker. Starting Bid $200
716. Alfred Hitchcock. Original felt tip self-portrait sketch of Hitchcock’s immediately recognizable profile on an off-white 8 x 10 sheet, signed prominently below in felt tip, “Alfred J. Hitchcock.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.25 x 14.25. In fine condition, with some creases, a couple of which touch the sketch. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 133
718. Laurel and Hardy. Vintage matte-finish 7 x 5 photo of 717. Grace Kelly. Beautiful glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo
of Kelly wearing pearls, boldly signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with light silvering outlining her face and features. Starting Bid $200
Oversized cowboy portrait of McQueen in Nevada Smith 719. Steve McQueen. Vintage glossy 11 x 14 photo
of McQueen in the 1966 Western film Nevada Smith, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Jim—Steve McQueen.” In very good condition, with scattered creasing, and two repaired tears to the upper right corner. A superior image of the screen icon. Starting Bid $500
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the comedic duo side-by-side in their bowler hats, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Hello Jean! Stan Laurel” and “Oliver Hardy.” In very good to fine condition, with a short tear to the top edge, creasing to the two right corner tips, light silvering to the darker areas of the image, and a light pink stain to Hardy’s nose and forehead. Starting Bid $200
720. Marilyn Monroe. Vintage ink signature and inscription, “To Gill, Thanks for making our show soooo wonderful. Hope to work with you again soon, Love & kisses, Marilyn Monroe,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4.25 sheet. Matted with a vintage matte-finish photo of Monroe draped in dark fur and posing with another woman, which bears a severely faded signature and inscription to the upper right: “To Gill, Love & kisses, Marilyn Monroe.” The unidentified woman on the left appears to have signed above her own image. Both are framed together to an overall size of 10 x 17.5. In overall fine condition, with light toning to the right edge of the signature. Accompanied by a group of 16 glossy and satin-finish candid photos, 7 x 5 and 5 x 7, depicting Monroe during her 1954 USO tour of South Korea. Starting Bid $300
Worn by Portman in training for her Oscar-winning role in the Black Swan
721. Natalie Portman. Amazing Sansha Pro ballet shoes personally-owned and -worn by actress Natalie Portman in preparation for her Best Actress Oscar-winning role in the 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan. The light pink ballet shoes both approximately measure 8.5˝ in length, with the right slipper signed on the inner lining in black felt tip, “XO, Natalie Portman.” Archivally and attractively mounted and framed with UV protective glass and a large photo of Portman as the ‘Black Swan,’ to an overall size of 17 x 29.5. In fine condition, with expected signs of use. To prepare for her role as tormented dancer Nina Sayers, Portman started training six months before the start of filming. The actress worked out for five hours a day, integrating ballet, cross-training, and swimming in order to attain a body type and muscle tone more similar to those of professional dancers. Her efforts can be readily discerned from the marks found on these slippers, wear indicative of her transformation from the innocent White Swan to the sensual Black Swan. Starting Bid $200
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Ultra rare signature of the Warhol actress and ‘It Girl’
722. Edie Sedgwick. American actress, socialite, fashion model, and heiress (1943–1971) who is best known for being one
of Andy Warhol’s superstars. Partly-printed DS, signed “Edith M. Sedgwick,” one page, both sides, 6 x 4, September 3, 1965. Yellow AFTRA Pension and Welfare benefits card filled out by Sedgwick in black ink, who prints both her full legal name and her professional name, “Edith Minturn Sedgwick” and “Edie Sedgwick,” her New York City address at “16 East 63rd St.,” her birthdate, and her Social Security number. Signed at the conclusion in neat fountain pen by Sedgwick. On the reverse, she lists her mother, “Mrs. F. M. Sedgwick,” as the recipient of her death benefits. Archivally and tastefully double-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and two photos to an overall size of 32.25 x 17.25. In fine condition. Sedgwick remains exceedingly rare across all signed formats, with this multi-signed AFTRA document representing the only example we have ever offered; additionally, the year this card was issued, 1965, dates to Sedgwick’s emergence as a Warhol superstar and fashion influencer. Starting Bid $200
723. Three Stooges.
Sought-after signatures from the Three Stooges—a beige 4.75 x 3.5 autograph page signed and inscribed in pencil, “To Jimmie Lee, Good Luck, Curly Howard, Stooge,” and a soft pink 6 x 4.25 album page signed and inscribed in pencil on the front, “To Jimmy Lee, Sincerely, Larry (Stooge) Fine,” and on the reverse in pencil, “To Jimmy Lee, Sincerely, Moe (Stooge) Howard.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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724. John Wayne. Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 classic True Grit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Jo—Second best says hello, John Wayne, 1977.” In fine condition, with a couple of creases at the bottom, some light rippling, and Wayne retracing the first few letters in the inscription due to pen troubles. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Starting Bid $200
John Wayne’s vest from his California Gold Rush classic
725. John Wayne. John Wayne’s screen-worn vest from his role as Tom Craig in the 1942 gold rush Western film In Old California. The cream-colored vest features four golden buttons down the front, and has a Western Costume Co. tag sewn in the back, annotated in ink: “No. 1, Name: John Wayne, Chest 46 1/2.” The vest was later shortened at the bottom, presumably so that it could be worn by a smaller actor. While Wayne is not seen wearing a four-button vest in the film, he is seen in a pre-shortened vest in this style, and the label matches those from In Old California. In very good condition, with fraying and repairs at shoulders. Starting Bid $200
Original script for Rooster Cogburn, signed by John Wayne 726. John Wayne. Second revised final screenplay for the
1975 Western film Rooster Cogburn, 8.5 x 11, 116 pages, August 26, 1974, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black felt tip by star John Wayne to Dave Grayson, “David, Affection, Duke.” In fine condition, with expected signs of use. Wayne reprised his Oscar-winning role as True Grit’s Rooster Cogburn in this 1975 Universal film that co-starred Katharine Hepburn. A scarce format signed by the cowboy icon. Starting Bid $200
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28. U. S. Grant Signature Starting Bid 200
66. George Bush Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
63. John Quincy Adams Document Signed Starting Bid 200
64. John Quincy Adams Free Frank Starting Bid 200
67. George Bush Autograph 68. George Bush Autograph Letter Signed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200 Starting Bid 200
65. Chester A. Arthur Signature Starting Bid 200
69. George Bush Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
70. George and George W. Bush Books Starting Bid 200
71. Jimmy Carter Document Signed Starting Bid 200
72. Grover Cleveland Document Signed Starting Bid 200
73. Grover Cleveland Signed WH card Starting Bid 200
74. Grover Cleveland Document Signed Starting Bid 200
75. Grover Cleveland Document Signed Starting Bid 200
76. Bill Clinton Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
77. Hillary Clinton Signed Book Starting Bid 100
78. The Clintons Signed Books Starting Bid 200
79. Calvin Coolidge Document Signed Starting Bid 200
80. Calvin Coolidge Signed Check Starting Bid 200
81. Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
82. Calvin and Grace Coolidge Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
83. Dwight D. Eisenhower Book Starting Bid 200
84. Millard Fillmore Document Signed Starting Bid 200
85. Millard Fillmore Document Signed Starting Bid 200
86. Millard Fillmore Signed Free Frank Starting Bid 200
87. Millard Fillmore Signed Book Starting Bid 200
88. Gerald Ford Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
89. Gerald Ford Signed Book Starting Bid 200
90. Gerald and Betty Ford Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
91. Warren G. Harding Document Signed Starting Bid 200
92. Warren G. Harding Document Signed Starting Bid 200
93. Warren G. Harding Document Signed Starting Bid 200
94. Benjamin Harrison Document Signed Starting Bid 200
95. Benjamin Harrison Check Starting Bid 200
96. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed Starting Bid 200
97. Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed Starting Bid 200
98. Herbert Hoover Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
99. Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
100. Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
101. Andrew Jackson Signature Starting Bid 200
102. Andrew Johnson Document Signed Starting Bid 200
103. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
104. Lyndon B. Johnson Signed Book Starting Bid 200
105. John and Jacqueline Kennedy Photograph and Negative Starting Bid 200
106. John and Robert Kennedy 'Type 1' Photograph Starting Bid 200
107. Abraham Lincoln Plaster Cast Hand Starting Bid 200
108. Abraham Lincoln: Otis J. Andrews Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
109. James Madison Signature Starting Bid 200
110. William McKinley Document Signed Starting Bid 200
111. William McKinley Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
112. William McKinley Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
113. Richard Nixon Books Starting Bid 200
114. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
115. Richard Nixon Books Starting Bid 200
116. Richard Nixon Signature Starting Bid 200
117. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
118. Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
119. Richard Nixon Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
120. Richard Nixon Signed Book Starting Bid 200
121. Barack Obama Signed Score Card Starting Bid 200
122. Barack Obama Signed Doodles Starting Bid 200
123. Ronald Reagan Signature Starting Bid 200
124. Eleanor Roosevelt WH card Starting Bid 200
125. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
126. Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
127. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
128. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
129. William H. Taft Document Signed Starting Bid 200
130. William H. Taft Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
131. William H. Taft Document Signed Starting Bid 200
132. William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
133. William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
134. William H. Taft Signature Starting Bid 200
135. Harry S. Truman Document Signed Starting Bid 200
136. Harry S. Truman Document Signed Starting Bid 200
137. Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
138. Donald Trump Signed Book Starting Bid 200
139. Woodrow Wilson Document Signed Starting Bid 200
140. Woodrow Wilson Document Signed Starting Bid 200
232. Americana: Nursing Photo Starting Bid 100
233. Apple: Wozniak and Wayne Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
234. Apple: Steve Wozniak Signed Motherboard Replica Starting Bid 200
235. Apple: Steve Wozniak Signed Disk Drive Component Starting Bid 200
236. Apple: Steve Wozniak Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
237. Apple: Steve Wozniak Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
238. Fulgencio Batista Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
239. Alexander Graham Bell Trade Card Starting Bid 200
240. David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
241. David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
242. Claude Louis Berthollet Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
243. Nicholas Biddle Document Signed Starting Bid 100
244. Joe Biden Signed Campaign Sign Starting Bid 200
245. Joe Biden Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
246. Joe Biden Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
247. Joe Biden Signed Book Starting Bid 200
248. Otto von Bismarck Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
249. William, Evangeline, and Ballington Booth Signatures Starting Bid 100
250. Louis Antoine de Bougainville Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
251. Boy Scouts of America: 1911 Handbook Starting Bid 200
252. Phillips Brooks Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
253. Aaron Burr Signed Check Starting Bid 200
254. Benjamin Cardozo Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
255. Fidel Castro Document Signed Starting Bid 200
256. Nicolae Ceaușescu Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
257. On Safari Book by Abel Chapman Book Starting Bid 200
258. Andre Citroen Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
259. Dalai Lama Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
260. Dalai Lama Signed Prayer Card Starting Bid 200
261. Moshe Dayan Signed
262. Roy DeMeo Signed Check Starting Bid 200
263. Stephen A. Douglas Signature Starting Bid 100
264. George Eastman Signature Starting Bid 100
photo Starting Bid 100
265. Bernard Le Bovier de 266. Indira Gandhi Signature Fontenelle Autograph Letter Starting Bid 100 Signed Starting Bid 200
267. Rajiv Gandhi Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
268. Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
269. Gustaf VI Adolf Signed Book Starting Bid 200
271. Patty Hearst Wanted Poster Starting Bid 200
272. William Randolph Hearst Signed Greeting Card Starting Bid 200
273. Martin Heidegger Signature Starting Bid 100
277. Israeli Nobel Peace Prize Winners Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
270. Kamala Harris Signed Book Starting Bid 200
274. Edmund Hillary and 275. J. Edgar Hoover Signed Tenzing Norgay Signed First Check Day Cover Starting Bid 200 Starting Bid 200
278. Kaiser Wilhelm II Signature Starting Bid 100
279. Alvin Karpis Signed Book Starting Bid 200
276. Alexander von Humboldt Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
280. Robert F. Kennedy Document Signed Starting Bid 200
281. Kennedy Assassination: Clint Hill Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
282. Kennedy Assassination: McClelland, Dr. Robert Signed Sketch Starting Bid 200
283. Kennedy Assassination: Mary Ann Moorman Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
284. King Alfonso XII of Spain Signed photo Starting Bid 200
285. King George III Document Signed Starting Bid 200
286. King George IV Signature Starting Bid 200
287. King Hussein and Queen Noor Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
288. Abraham Lincoln Signed Forgery Starting Bid 200
289. Hudson and Hiram Maxim Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 100
290. Oscar Mayer Signed Check Starting Bid 200
291. Mexico Document Signed Starting Bid 200
292. Mother Teresa Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
294. Nobel Peace Prize Winners Signed Collection Starting Bid 200
295. Old West Newspaper Starting Bid 200
296. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
293. Nguyáť…n Cao Signature Starting Bid 100
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297. Park Chung-Hee Signature Starting Bid 100
298. Rosa Parks Lithograph Starting Bid 200
299. Linus Pauling Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
300. Captain Richard Phillips Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
301. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card Starting Bid 200
302. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip Signed Card Starting Bid 200
303. Queen Victoria Document Signed Starting Bid 200
304. Yitzhak Rabin Group Lot Starting Bid 100
305. John Ringling Document Signed Starting Bid 200
306. Jack Ruby Signed Check Starting Bid 200
307. Dane Rudhyar Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid 100
308. Carl Sagan Signed Book Starting Bid 200
309. Jonas Salk Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
310. Heinrich Schliemann Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
311. Robert Falcon Scott Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 500
312. Sitting Bull Cabinet Photo Starting Bid 200
313. B. F. Skinner Signed Book Starting Bid 100
314. Caleb Strong Document Signed Starting Bid 200
315. William Strong Document Signed Starting Bid 200
316. Antonio Jose de Sucre Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
317. Margaret Thatcher Signed photo Starting Bid 200
318. Samuel J. Tilden Document Signed Starting Bid 200
319. Jan Tinbergen Autograph Manuscript Signed Starting Bid 200
320. Fred M. Vinson Signed photo Starting Bid 200
321. George Washington Signed Forgery Starting Bid 200
322. Watergate: Archibald Cox Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
323. Watergate: Peter W. Rodino Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
324. Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
325. Gideon Welles Document Signed Starting Bid 100
326. Stephen Wise Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
327. Autocad Software for Drafting Set of Manuals Starting Bid 100
328. Vintage Computer Patch Boards Starting Bid 100
329. Computer Test Display Control Panel Starting Bid 100
330. Diver Handheld Sonar Starting Bid 100
331. DLA Test Panels Lot of (2) Starting Bid 100
332. Early Computer Boards Group of (44) Starting Bid 100
333. Electromechanical Computer Module Starting Bid 100
334. High Precision Optical Refractometer Starting Bid 100
335. Hydrogen Air Fuel Cell Demonstrator Starting Bid 100
336. Hydrolab Environmental Data System Sensor Starting Bid 100
337. Interpretation System Field Plotter Analog Computer Starting Bid 100
338. Kodak High Speed Camera Starting Bid 100
339. MAC Panel Computer Programming Patch Board with Cables Starting Bid 100
340. Millimeter Wave Unit Model Starting Bid 100
341. Non-Dispersive Infrared Carbon Monoxide Sensor Starting Bid 100
342. Optical Rotary Table Starting Bid 100
343. Optronics Microscope Camera Head with Power Supply Starting Bid 100
344. Group of (3) Pastoriza Personal Analog Computers from the 1960s Starting Bid 100
345. Simtronix Environmental Monitoring System Sensor Starting Bid 100
346. Antique Slide Projector Starting Bid 100
347. Microdyne Spectrum Display Unit for Telemetry Receiver Spectrum Display Starting Bid 100
348. Collection of Test Equipment Starting Bid 100
349. Thunder Scientific Humidity Sensor Starting Bid 100
350. Torpedo Gyro/Recorder Assembly and Miniature Military Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder Starting Bid 100
351. Vacuum Tube Collection Starting Bid 100
352. Wallace & Tiernan High Precision Pressure Gauges Lot of (2) Starting Bid 100
353. W-P Instruments Window Discriminator Window Starting Bid 100
360. Omar Bradley Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
361. Ambrose E. Burnside Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
362. Edward Cornwallis Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
363. Jack Crawford Signed Poem Starting Bid 200
364. Henry Dearborn Signed Document Signed Starting Bid 200
365. Willie Lee Duckworth Signed Sheet Music Starting Bid 100
366. Enola Gay Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
367. Joseph Fouche Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
368. John C. Fremont Signature Starting Bid 200
369. Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon Signed Currency Starting Bid 200
370. Wade Hampton Signature Starting Bid 200
371. O. O. Howard Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
372. Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
373. Douglas MacArthur Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
374. Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
375. Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid 200
376. Cadwalader Ringgold Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
377. John Rodgers Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
378. William T. Sherman Signature Starting Bid 200
379. Alexander Stephens Signature Starting Bid 100
380. Richmond K. Turner Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
381. Duke of Wellington Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
383. Louis Bleriot Signature Starting Bid 100
384. Clarence Chamberlin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
385. Glenn Curtiss Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
386. Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison Signature Starting Bid 100
387. Charles KingsfordSmith Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid 100
388. Samuel P. Langley Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
389. Willy Messerschmitt Signed photo Starting Bid 100
390. Wiley Post Signature Starting Bid 100
391. SR-71 Blackbird: Joersz and Morgan Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
392. Roscoe Turner Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
399. Buzz Aldrin Signed Lunar Plaque Starting Bid 200
400. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
401. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
402. Buzz Aldrin Signed Print Starting Bid 200
403. Buzz Aldrin Document Signed Starting Bid 200
404. Apollo 12 Covers Starting Bid 200
405. Apollo 12 Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
406. Apollo 12 Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
407. Apollo 9 Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
408. Neil Armstrong Signature Starting Bid 200
409. Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
410. Alan Bean Signed Giclee Starting Bid 200
411. Alan Bean Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
412. Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
413. Gene Cernan Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
414. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
415. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
416. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
417. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
418. Charles Conrad Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
419. Gordon Cooper Signed 420. Gordon Cooper Signed photo Photograph Starting Bid 200 Starting Bid 200
421. Douglas Aircraft Company Earth and Solar System Prints Starting Bid 100
422. Charlie Duke Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
423. Donn Eisele Signed Check Starting Bid 200
424. Yuri Gagarin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
425. John Glenn Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
426. Gus Grissom Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
427. Jim Irwin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
428. Jim Irwin Signature Starting Bid 200
429. Jim Irwin and Al Worden Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
430. Alexei Leonov Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
431. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
432. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
433. NASA Collection Starting Bid 200
434. Wally Schirra Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
435. Dave Scott Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
436. Dave Scott Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
437. Alan Shepard Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
438. Soyuz TMA-17 Signed Flown Cover Starting Bid 200
439. Space Shuttle Multipurpose CIPAA Sack Starting Bid 200
440. STS-4 Earth Orbital Chart Starting Bid 100
441. STS-41-D Signed Flown Flag Presentation Starting Bid 200
442. Wernher von Braun Signed photo Starting Bid 200
443. John Young Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
444. John Young Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
459. 911: Thomas E. Franklin Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
460. Ansel Adams Postcard Starting Bid 200
461. Ansel Adams Greeting Card Starting Bid 200
462. Ansel Adams Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
463. Franz von Bayros Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
464. Christo Signed Postcards Starting Bid 200
465. Camille Corot Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
466. Gustave Dore Book: 'The Wandering Jew' Book Starting Bid 200
467. Erte Signed Book Starting Bid 100
468. Hubert de Givenchy Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
469. Thomas Kinkade Print Starting Bid 200
470. Thomas Lawrence Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
471. Paul Manship Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
472. Peter Max Sketch Starting Bid 200
473. John Everett Millais Signature Starting Bid 200
474. Grandma Moses Signature Starting Bid 100
475. LeRoy Neiman Sketch Starting Bid 200
476. Maxfield Parrish Signed Check Starting Bid 100
477. Norman Rockwell Signed Print Starting Bid 200
478. Norman Rockwell Signed Prints Starting Bid 200
479. Norman Rockwell Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid 200
480. Edward Steichen Signature Starting Bid 100
481. Benjamin West Signature Starting Bid 200
483. Joe Barbera Sketch Starting Bid 200
484. Roy O. Disney Document Signed Starting Bid 200
485. Will Elder and Phil Interlandi Signed Sketches Starting Bid 200
486. Chester Gould Signed Sketch Starting Bid 100
487. Matt Groening Signed Sketch Starting Bid 200
488. Matt Groening Signed Book Starting Bid 200
489. Chuck Jones and Stephen Fossati Signed Production cel Starting Bid 200
490. Mike Judge Sketch Starting Bid 200
491. Bob Kane Signed Comic Book Page Starting Bid 200
492. Stan Lee Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
493. George McManus Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
494. Rudolph Wendelin Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 100
515. Maxwell Anderson Signed Letters Starting Bid 200
516. Edgar Rice Burroughs Document Signed Starting Bid 200
517. James M. Cain Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
518. Francois Rene de Chateaubriand Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
519. Wilkie Collins Signature Starting Bid 100
520. James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check Starting Bid 100
521. Alphonse and Julia Daudet Documents Signed Starting Bid 200
522. Charles L. Dodgson Signed Mailing Envelope Starting Bid 200
523. Daphne du Maurier Signed Book Starting Bid 200
524. Paul Laurence Dunbar Signature Starting Bid 100
525. Fred Gipson Signed Letters Starting Bid 200
526. Joel Chandler Harris Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
529. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
530. Victor Hugo Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
531. Joyce Kilmer Signed Book Starting Bid 100
532. Stephen King Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
533. Stephen King Signed photo Starting Bid 200
534. Stephen King Signed Book Starting Bid 200
535. Elmore Leonard Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
536. Sinclair Lewis Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
527. Hermann Hesse Signed 528. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pamphlet Sr Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100 Starting Bid 200
537. Sinclair Lewis Signed Book Starting Bid 200
538. Limited Editions Club Signed Books Starting Bid 100
539. Edgar Lee Masters Signed Book Starting Bid 200
540. Guy de Maupassant Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
541. Robert McCloskey Signed Book Starting Bid 100
542. A. A. Milne Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
543. Dorothy Parker Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
544. Maxwell Perkins Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
545. James Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
546. Carl Sandburg Signed Program Starting Bid 100
547. Maurice Sendak Signature Starting Bid 200
548. Dr. Seuss Signed Print Starting Bid 200
549. Alfred Lord Tennyson Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
550. Isaiah Thomas Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
551. Kurt Vonnegut Signed Books Starting Bid 200
552. Tennessee Williams Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
553. Cornell Woolrich Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
554. Emile Zola Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
555. Stefan Zweig Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
589. Conrad Beck Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid 100
590. Thomas Beecham Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
591. Robert Russell Bennett Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid 100
592. Lord Berners Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 100
593. Karl-Birger Blomdahl Signature Starting Bid 100
594. Francois-Adrien Boieldieu Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
595. John Braham Signature Starting Bid 100
596. Alfred Cortot Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
597. Paul Dukas Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
598. Max Fiedler Signature Starting Bid 100
599. Friedrich von Flotow Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
600. Paul Hindemith Signature Starting Bid 100
601. Arthur Honegger Signature Starting Bid 100
602. Vladimir Horowitz Signed photo Starting Bid 200
603. Aram Khachaturian Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid 100
604. Franz Lehar Signed Sheet Music Starting Bid 100
605. Ruggero Leoncavallo Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
606. Edward MacDowell Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
607. Carl Millöcker Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Starting Bid 100
608. Moritz Moszkowski Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 100
609. Arthur Nikisch Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
610. Carl Orff Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
611. Hubert Parry Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
612. Mstislav Rostropovich Signed photo Starting Bid 200
613. Anton Rubinstein Signature Starting Bid 100
614. Jesús María Sanromá Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
615. Ernest Schelling Signature Starting Bid 100
616. Franz Schreker Signature Starting Bid 100
617. Andres Segovia Signed photo Starting Bid 200
618. Dmitri Shostakovich Signed Envelope Starting Bid 200
619. Leopold Stokowski Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
620. Igor Stravinsky Signed photo Starting Bid 200
621. Arturo Toscanini Signature Starting Bid 100
622. Henri Vieuxtemps Signature Starting Bid 100
623. Winifred Wagner Starting Bid 100
624. Eugene Ysaye Signature Starting Bid 100
625. Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
626. Louis Armstrong Signed Instructions Starting Bid 200
627. Tony Bennett Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
628. Blues Legends Group of (6) Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
629. Big Bill Broonzy Signed Book Starting Bid 200
630. Duke Ellington Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
631. The Gentle-Men of Jazz Signed photo Starting Bid 200
632. Lorenz Hart Signature Starting Bid 200
633. Jerome Kern Check Starting Bid 100
Signed photo
634. Frederic Weatherly Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
635. Peter, Paul, and Mary Signed photo Starting Bid 200
636. Jim Reeves Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
637. Aerosmith Signatures Starting Bid 200
638. The Band Signed Album Starting Bid 200
639. Beatles Production Drawing Starting Bid 200
640. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signed Album Starting Bid 200
641. Beatles: Paul McCartney Signature Starting Bid 200
642. Beatles: Ringo Starr Signed Giclee Starting Bid 200
643. Beatles: Ringo Starr Signed Giclee Starting Bid 200
644. Beatles: Klaus Voormann Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
645. Bee Gees Signed Album Starting Bid 200
646. Black Sabbath Signed Album Starting Bid 200
647. David Bowie Signed Album Starting Bid 200
648. David Bowie Signed Album Starting Bid 200
649. Pattie Boyd Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
650. Jackson Browne Signed Album Starting Bid 200
651. Buffalo Springfield Signed Album Starting Bid 200
652. Johnny Cash Signed Book Starting Bid 200
653. Cheap Trick Signed Album Starting Bid 200
654. Cheap Trick Signed Album Starting Bid 200
655. Elvis Costello Signed Album Starting Bid 200
656. Cream: Baker and Bruce Signed Signatures Starting Bid 200
657. Cream: Jack Bruce Signed Bass Guitar Starting Bid 200
658. Dead or Alive Signed Album Starting Bid 200
659. The Eagles Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
660. Fillmore East Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
661. Genesis Signed Album Starting Bid 200
662. Grateful Dead Program Starting Bid 200
663. Grateful Dead: Tom Constanten Signed Poster Starting Bid 200
664. Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys Program Starting Bid 200
665. B. B. King Signed Lithograph Starting Bid 200
666. Led Zeppelin Poster Starting Bid 200
667. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page Signed Album Starting Bid 200
668. Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page Signature Starting Bid 200
669. Jerry Lee Lewis Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
670. Little Anthony and The Imperials Signed photo Starting Bid 200
671. Marilyn Manson ALS and Lithograph Starting Bid 300
672. Bob Marley's Wailers Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
673. The Monkees Signed photo Starting Bid 200
674. Oasis Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
675. Tom Petty Signed Album Starting Bid 200
676. Poco Signed Album Starting Bid 200
677. The Police Signed Album Starting Bid 200
678. The Quarrymen Signed Guitar Starting Bid 200
679. Queen: May and Taylor Signed Album Starting Bid 200
680. Lou Reed Signed Album Starting Bid 200
681. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Signed photo Starting Bid 200
682. Rolling Stones: Jagger and Richards Signed Album Starting Bid 200
683. Rolling Stones: Keith Richards Signed Book Starting Bid 200
684. Allan Sherman Signed photo Starting Bid 100
685. Simon and Garfunkel Signed Album Starting Bid 200
686. Spencer Davis Group Signatures Starting Bid 200
687. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Signed Booklet Starting Bid 200
688. The Stooges Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
689. UFO Signed Album Starting Bid 200
690. The Velvet Underground Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
691. The Who: Daltrey and Townshend Signed Album Starting Bid 200
692. The Who: Pete Townshend Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
693. Woodstock Signed Poster Starting Bid 200
694. XTC Signed Album Starting Bid 200
695. The Zombies Signatures Starting Bid 200
696. ZZ Top Signed Mini Poster Starting Bid 200
697. The Clash Signed 45 RPM Record Sleeve Starting Bid 200
698. Dee Dee Ramone Handwritten Manuscript Starting Bid 200
699. The Ramones Signed Album Starting Bid 200
700. ABBA Signed First Day Cover Starting Bid 200
701. ABBA Signed Postcard Starting Bid 200
702. ABBA Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
703. Karen Carpenter Signed photo Starting Bid 200
704. Lana Del Rey Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
705. Whitney Houston Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
706. Michael Jackson Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
707. Alicia Keys Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
708. George Michael Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
709. George Michael Signed CD Starting Bid 200
710. George Michael Signed 45 RPM Record Starting Bid 200
711. George Michael Signed Album Starting Bid 200
727. Academy AwardWinning Actors Signed photos Starting Bid 200
728. Academy AwardWinning Actresses Signed photos Starting Bid 200
729. Actors Signed photos Starting Bid 200
730. Actresses Signed photos Starting Bid 200
731. Julie Andrews Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
732. Julie Andrews Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
733. Apocalypse Now Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
734. Pedro Armendariz Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
735. Asian Actresses Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
736. Fred Astaire Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
737. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
738. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Signed Checks Starting Bid 200
739. Brigitte Bardot Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
740. Brigitte Bardot Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
741. Drew Barrymore Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
742. John Barrymore Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
743. Batman: West and Ward Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
744. Alfonso Bedoya Signed Check Starting Bid 200
745. Ingrid Bergman Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
746. Harry Blackstone Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
747. Charles Bronson Signed photo Starting Bid 200
748. Nigel Bruce Signed Book Starting Bid 100
749. Billie Burke Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
750. Carol Burnett Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
751. John Candy Signed photo Starting Bid 200
752. Lon Chaney, Jr Signed Signature Starting Bid 200
753. Charlie Chaplin Signature Starting Bid 200
754. Chinatown Poster Starting Bid 100
757. Peter Cushing Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
758. Sammy Davis, Jr Signature Starting Bid 200
755. Gary Cooper Signature 756. Creature from the Black Starting Bid 100 Lagoon Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
759. Olivia de Havilland Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
760. Diff'rent Strokes Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
761. Directors Signed photos Starting Bid 200
762. Divine Signed photo Starting Bid 200
763. Dracula Films Signed photos Starting Bid 200
764. Eleonora Duse Signature Starting Bid 100
765. Clint Eastwood Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
766. Clint Eastwood Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
767. Farrah Fawcett Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
768. W. C. Fields and Mae West Signed Checks Starting Bid 200
769. Film Multi-Signed Scenes Signed photos Starting Bid 200
770. Film Single-Signed Scenes Signed photos Starting Bid 200
771. Forbidden Planet: Anne Francis Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
772. Harrison Ford Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
773. Frankenstein: Frederick Kerr Signature Starting Bid 200
774. Clark Gable Signed Check Starting Bid 200
775. Ava Gardner Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
776. Judy Garland Check Starting Bid 200
777. Janet Gaynor Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
778. Gone With the Wind Signed photos Starting Bid 200
779. The Goonies Signed Laser Disc Starting Bid 200
780. Betty Grable Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
781. Cary Grant Signature Starting Bid 200
782. Alec Guinness Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
783. Rita Hayworth Signed Signature Starting Bid 200
784. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
785. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
786. Audrey Hepburn Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
787. Hollywood Signed Autograph Album Starting Bid 200
788. Hollywood Signed Autograph Album Starting Bid 200
789. Hollywood Signed Autograph Albums Starting Bid 200
790. Miriam Hopkins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
791. Leslie Howard Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
792. Leslie Howard Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
793. Emil Jannings Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
794. Boris Karloff Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
795. Ben Kingsley and Martin Sheen Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
796. Veronica Lake Signed Signature Starting Bid 200
797. Hedy Lamarr Signed photo Starting Bid 200
798. Vivien Leigh Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
799. Les Miserables Signed Poster Starting Bid 100
800. Jenny Lind Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
801. The Lord of the Rings Signed photo Starting Bid 200
802. Sophia Loren Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
803. Sophia Loren Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
804. Peter Lorre Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
805. Peter Lorre Signature Starting Bid 100
806. Bela Lugosi Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
807. Bela Lugosi Signature Starting Bid 200
808. David Manners Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 100
809. Jayne Mansfield Signed 810. Marcel Marceau Signed 811. Marcel Marceau Signed Signature photos photo Starting Bid 200 Starting Bid 200 Starting Bid 200
812. Chico Marx Document Signed Starting Bid 200
813. Groucho Marx Document Signed Starting Bid 200
814. Marx Brothers: Margaret Dumont Signature Starting Bid 200
815. Steve McQueen Document Signed Starting Bid 200
816. Carmen Miranda Signed Album Starting Bid 100
817. Marilyn Monroe Calendar Starting Bid 200
818. Ennio Morricone Signed photos Starting Bid 200
819. Edward R. Murrow Signed photo Starting Bid 100
820. Paul Newman Signed photo Starting Bid 200
821. The Night of 7000 Premieres Poster Starting Bid 200
822. Notables Signed Checks Starting Bid 200
823. Gary Oldman Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
824. Our Gang: William ‘Buckwheat’Thomas Signed photo Starting Bid 200
825. Marlin Perkins Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
826. Psycho: Perkins and Miles Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
827. Anthony Quinn Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
828. Edward G. Robinson Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
829. Rocky and Rocky II Poster Starting Bid 100
830. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Signature Display Starting Bid 200
831. Fred Rogers Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
832. Will Rogers Signature Starting Bid 200
833. George C. Scott Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
834. Steven Seagal Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
835. Rod Serling Signed Check Starting Bid 200
836. Omar Sharif Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
837. Brooke Shields Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
838. Sons of Anarchy Signed photo Starting Bid 200
839. The Sopranos: Gandolfini, James Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
840. Star Trek Signed Poster Starting Bid 200
841. Star Trek: Shatner and Nimoy Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
842. Star Wars 1977 'Style A' Poster Starting Bid 200
843. Star Wars: Fisher and Baker Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
844. Star Wars: Carrie Fisher Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
845. Star Wars: Fisher, Mayhew, and Williams Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
846. Star Wars: Hamill and Baker Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
847. Star Wars: Hamill, Baker, and Daniels Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
848. Star Wars: Hamill, Bulloch, and Beer Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
849. Star Wars: Mark Hamill Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
850. Star Wars: Hamill, Prowse, Jones, and More Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
851. Star Wars: Ford Harrison Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
852. Star Wars: Prowse, Bulloch, Williams, and More Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
853. Star Wars: Prowse, Jones, and More Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
854. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 'Style B' Poster Starting Bid 200
855. Patrick Swayze Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
856. Elizabeth Taylor Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
857. Shirley Temple Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
858. Thelma and Louise Signed Photographs Starting Bid 100
859. Josef von Sternberg Signature Starting Bid 100
860. The Walking Dead Signed photo Starting Bid 200
861. John Wayne Signature Starting Bid 200
862. Raquel Welch Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
863. Raquel Welch Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
864. Orson Welles Signature Starting Bid 200
865. Robin Williams Signed Album Starting Bid 200
866. Wizard of Oz: Charley Grapewin Signed Book Starting Bid 200
867. Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr Signature Starting Bid 200
868. Anna May Wong Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
869. Natalie Wood Signed Signature Starting Bid 200
870. Ed Wood Cast Member Signed Poster Starting Bid 200
871. Fay Wray Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
881. Muhammad Ali Photo Starting Bid 200
882. Muhammad Ali Photo Starting Bid 200
883. Muhammad Ali Photo Starting Bid 200
884. Charles Atlas Signed Photograph Starting Bid 100
885. Baseball: 1980 All-Stars Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
886. Baseball: 500 Home Run Club Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
887. Boston Celtics Signed Basketball Starting Bid 200
888. Boston Celtics: Tommy Heinsohn Signed Banner Starting Bid 100
889. Boston Sports: Ortiz, Orr, and Vinatieri Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
890. August A. Busch, Jr Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid 200
891. Georges Carpentier Signature Starting Bid 100
892. Joe DiMaggio Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
893. Roger Federer Signed Photographs Starting Bid 200
894. Golf: Masters Tournament Champions Signed Group Lot Starting Bid 200
895. LeBron James Signature Starting Bid 200
896. Derek Jeter Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
897. Derek Jeter Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
898. Aaron Judge Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
899. Joe Louis Signed Program Starting Bid 200
902. Jack Nicklaus and John 903. Bobby Orr Typed Letter McEnroe Signed Group Lot Signed Starting Bid 100 Starting Bid 200
900. Mickey Mantle Signed HOF card Starting Bid 200
901. Joe Montana and Troy Aikman Hats Starting Bid 200
904. David Ortiz Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
905. Arnold Palmer Signed Flag Starting Bid 200
909. Sports Books Books Starting Bid 200
906. Mariano Rivera Signed Baseball Starting Bid 200
907. Pete Rose Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
908. Soccer: 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Medals Signed Qualifier Medals Starting Bid 200
910. Johnny Unitas Signed Photograph Starting Bid 200
911. Paul and Lloyd Waner Signatures Starting Bid 200
912. Ted Williams Signed Magazine Starting Bid 200
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1.2 Bidder Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal. The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale. Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder. All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction. If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bidder is acting By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally
3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. Buyer’s premium for our Sports Auctions is 20%. For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s election, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate. Section 4 Bidding 4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auction (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. 4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a re-offering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing.
RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder. 4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder. 4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession. 4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder further grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reasonably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum indebtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid. 4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction. 4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders. Section 5 Bidding Options 5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be onincrement. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid. 5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. 5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. 5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Section 6
Payment 6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/ her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. 6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. 6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements. 6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. 6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. 6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. 6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. 6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service pro-
vider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card.
Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Section 10 Rights Reserved
Section 7 Sales Tax RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. Please go to our terms on our website to see the states that are affected. If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases. The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%. Pennsylvania sales or use tax may be due in connection with the purchase and delivery of tangible personal property to Pennsylvania individuals and businesses. The purchaser is required to file a use tax return if tax is due in connection with the purchase and delivery in the Commonwealth. This notice is required pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971. 72 P.S. ¤ 7213.2.
If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax. Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.
RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time. Section 11 Conducting the Auction 11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. 11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. 11.3 Reserves Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve. 11.4 Off-Site Bidding Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form. 11.5 Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading).
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11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.
Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR
11.7 Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior
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to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. 11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. 11.9 Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice. 11.10 Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. 11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/ EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. 11.12 Bidding - Internet Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet
must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www. invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any thirdparty site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. 11.13 Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with ”do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. 11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety. Section 12 RR Auction’s Remedies Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under 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 Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Section 13 Warranties 13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices. 13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly. 13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. Section 14 Firearms RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.
Section 15 Unauthorized Statements Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Section 16 Bidder’s Remedies 16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only. 16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures. 16.3 Title to Items The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. 16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process
(1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction
(inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim. (2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. 16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner: (1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and (2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID.
16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00. Section 17 RR Auction’s Additional Services For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR
Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Section 18 Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Section 19 Entire Agreement Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement 20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. 20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential. 20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS. 20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. 20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding. 20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction.
20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis.
20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction (along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participation in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction.
Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues
This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these terms and conditions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states: For Residents of California: SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER. A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as required by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.
Section 22 Glossary of Condition terms Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction. Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows: VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important. Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion. Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.
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Let’s make history—together For over 40 years, relationships have been the backbone of RR Auction. We have made it a priority to keep our consignors informed and involved, encouraging them to share their voices, to instill their knowledge, and to forge a partnership based on our shared passion for history. With a mutual desire to achieve greatness, these relationships are at the heart of our success.
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