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December 6th Auction of Autographs-Coins-Currency-Americana

Auction Currency:USD Auction Location: P.O. Box 3507, Rancho Santa Fe, California, 92067, United States

Auction Details

Early American History Auctions, Inc. (EAHA) announces the release of the catalog for its
December 5, 2009 Mail Bid & Internet Auction, consisting of 722 Auction Lots of Autographs, Coins, Currency, Encased Postage, Civil War Material, Prints and other Authentic, Historic Americana. The following are selected highlights of this important auction.

Additional Items will be offered in the following areas: Colonial America, American Revolution, Washington-related, Post-Revolutionary War to Civil War, Civil War, Lincoln related, Black History and Slavery, Famous Signers on Continental Currency, Fiscal Paper and Stamps, Colonial and Washington Coinage, Medals, Ancient and World Coins, Posters, Political, Silk Ribbons, Americana, Fossils & Meteorites, and Cultural Artifacts.
1816 First Edition Book on Benedict Arnold+NY Map1 1816 First Edition Book on Benedict Arnold+NY Map
Autographs1816 First Edition Book on Benedict Arnold With NY Map (BENEDICT ARNOLD). Infamous American Revolutionary War Major General who committed...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
1786 Manuscript Document Signed CHARLES BIDDLE2 1786 Manuscript Document Signed CHARLES BIDDLE
AutographsCharles Biddle Signed Pay Order for Food For "Natives of China and India" CHARLES BIDDLE. August 9, 1786, Manuscript Document Signed by C...
Start Price : 220.00 | Estimates : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (245.00 + 51.45) = 296.45
JOHN MILTON BRANNAN, Scarce Signature3 JOHN MILTON BRANNAN, Scarce Signature
AutographsScarce Signature "J. M. Brannan - Brig Genl - U S Vol." JOHN MILTON BRANNAN (1819-1892). Union Civil War General, who was with the 1st L...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (150.00 + 31.50) = 181.50
Autograph Letter Signed, JOHN BROWN, 18514 Autograph Letter Signed, JOHN BROWN, 1851
AutographsAbolitionist John Brown And His Son John Brown Jr. JOHN BROWN, Abolitionist Leader who sought to start an armed Slave rebellion. March 24...
Start Price : 900.00 | Estimates : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 210.00) = 1,210.00
WILLIAM BURNET Signed Document from 17245 WILLIAM BURNET Signed Document from 1724
Autographs1724 William Burnet Signature as Governor of New York WILLIAM BURNET, Royal Governor of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hamps...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 126.00) = 726.00
PETER CHESTER, Exceedingly Rare 1776-Dated 6 PETER CHESTER, Exceedingly Rare 1776-Dated
AutographsExceedingly Rare 1776-Dated "West Florida" Document PETER CHESTER, West Florida Territorial Governor, 1770 to May 9, 1781. September 5, 1...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 420.00) = 2,420.00
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, American Artist, Drawing7 HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, American Artist, Drawing
AutographsImage of an Original Pencil Drawing of President Calvin Coolidge Hand Signed By "Howard Chandler Christy" HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 136.50) = 786.50
JOHN CLARK- Georgia Lottery Land Grant - Signed8 JOHN CLARK- Georgia Lottery Land Grant - Signed
AutographsRare 1821 State of Georgia Lottery Land Grant of "land lately acquired of the Creek Nation of Indians" JOHN CLARK (1766-1832). American ...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 126.00) = 726.00
GEORGE CLARKE, Signed Document 17269 GEORGE CLARKE, Signed Document 1726
Autographs1726 New York Governor George Clarke Administers An "Oath" GEORGE CLARKE, Colonial Governor of New York. Rare Autograph Document Signed, ...
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (425.00 + 89.25) = 514.25
MATTHEW CLARKSON Signed Revolutionary War Letter10 MATTHEW CLARKSON Signed Revolutionary War Letter
Autographs1782 Revolutionary "War Office" Autograph Letter Signed MATTHEW CLARKSON, American Revolutionary War Soldier; Assistant to Sec. of War Be...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 136.50) = 786.50
GROVER CLEVELAND, Letter Signed as President11 GROVER CLEVELAND, Letter Signed as President
AutographsLetter of State Signed by President Grover Cleveland GROVER CLEVELAND, (1837-1908). October 15, 1894, Manuscript Document Signed, Grover ...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 210.00) = 1,210.00
Autograph Letter Signed GEORGE CLYMER 1796 12 Autograph Letter Signed GEORGE CLYMER 1796
AutographsSigner George Clymer Autograph Signed Letter GEORGE CLYMER, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution from Penn...
Start Price : 900.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 147.00) = 847.00
GEORGE CLYMER, 1791-Dated, Autographed Document13 GEORGE CLYMER, 1791-Dated, Autographed Document
AutographsAmerican Founding Father Who Signed Both The Declaration of Independence & United States Constitution GEORGE CLYMER (1739-1813). America...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (375.00 + 78.75) = 453.75
CALVIN COOLIDGE, Typed Letter Signed, 191914 CALVIN COOLIDGE, Typed Letter Signed, 1919
AutographsCALVIN COOLIDGE. Typed Letter Signed, "Calvin Coolidge", as Governor of Massachusetts, June 3, 1919, Boston, 10.5" x 7.5", Choice Very Fi...
Start Price : 120.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (130.00 + 27.30) = 157.30
PETER COOPER, Autograph Memo Signed15 PETER COOPER, Autograph Memo Signed
AutographsPeter Cooper's Philosophical Statement PETER COOPER, American Industrialist and Inventor. Autograph Memo Signed, "Peter Cooper," on pale ...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (350.00 + 73.50) = 423.50
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Autograph Letter Signed16 JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Autograph Letter Signed
AutographsImportant John Singleton Copley Autograph Letter JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Famous Colonial Era Historic Painter and Artist. December 29, 179...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 420.00) = 2,420.00
Important 1725 Colonial America Religous Conflict17 Important 1725 Colonial America Religous Conflict
AutographsImportant Content 1725 Colonial American Religous Conflict REVEREND TIMOTHY CUTLER. (May 31, 1684 – August 17, 1765) American Episcopal C...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 157.50) = 907.50
1781, Letter from Lt. Col. Henry Dearborn18 1781, Letter from Lt. Col. Henry Dearborn
Autographs1781 Revolutionary War Autograph Letter Signed by Henry Dearborn "QM" Supplying Continental Soldiers Provisions Returning From The Battle ...
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 315.00) = 1,815.00
1804 Secretary of War HENRY DEARBORN Letter19 1804 Secretary of War HENRY DEARBORN Letter
Autographs1804 Secretary of War Henry Dearborn Letter on Military Affairs With Integral Free Frank HENRY DEARBORN, Revolutionary War Military Offic...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (350.00 + 73.50) = 423.50
HENRY DEARBORN Letter to William Few, 1806-Dated20 HENRY DEARBORN Letter to William Few, 1806-Dated
AutographsHenry Dearborn Letter to Georgia Constitution Signer William Few HENRY DEARBORN. Secretary of War Under Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary ...
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (450.00 + 94.50) = 544.50
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, (1843) Peter Force21 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, (1843) Peter Force
AutographsPeter Force's Rice Paper "Declaration of Independence" DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. (1843) Peter Force Printing, From the Original W.J. S...
Start Price : 6,000.00 | Estimates : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00 + 2,730.00) = 15,730.00
EDWARD L. DOHENY, Stock Certificate, 1900-Dated22 EDWARD L. DOHENY, Stock Certificate, 1900-Dated
AutographsEdward Doheny American Oil Tycoon EDWARD L. DOHENY (1856-1935) American oil tycoon who served as the basis for Daniel Plainview, the char...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
THOMAS A. EDISON Signed Letter to Employee23 THOMAS A. EDISON Signed Letter to Employee
AutographsThomas Edison's Autograph Letter THOMAS A. EDISON, American Inventor and Manufacturer. This is a fascinating bit of correspondence betwee...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 157.50) = 907.50
Colonial Rhode Island Naval Document 1757 25 Colonial Rhode Island Naval Document 1757
AutographsWilliam Ellery Jr's. 1757 Rhode Island Naval Office Appointment Document As The Acting Naval Officer for the Colony Signed By Colonial Go...
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimates : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00 + 787.50) = 4,537.50
EDWARD EVERETT 1855 Autograph Note Signed26 EDWARD EVERETT 1855 Autograph Note Signed
Autographs"Edward Everett" Offers His Autograph EDWARD EVERETT, celebrated New England Orator and Politician, shared the platform with Lincoln at G...
Start Price : 120.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (150.00 + 31.50) = 181.50
CYRUS W. FIELD, 1874, Autograph Letter Signed27 CYRUS W. FIELD, 1874, Autograph Letter Signed
AutographsCyrus Fields Thanks Congressman S.S. Cox For A Speech CYRUS W. FIELD, Famous American Industrialist, who laid the first successful cable ...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
FIRST LADIES: WILSON, ROOSEVELT, GARFIELD, TRUMAN28 FIRST LADIES: WILSON, ROOSEVELT, GARFIELD, TRUMAN
AutographsLot of Four Choice Letters All Signed by First Ladies (FIRST LADIES): Lot of Four Choice Letters Signed by: EDITH B. WILSON, ELEANOR ROOS...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
JOHN FITCH, Signature on a Debtor Bond, 177729 JOHN FITCH, Signature on a Debtor Bond, 1777
Autographs"John Fitch" Signed Document Granted The First U.S. Patent for the Steamboat JOHN FITCH, Famous American Clockmaker, Brassworker, Silvers...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 420.00) = 2,420.00
JOHN T. FORD of Ford’s Theater, Invoice Signed30 JOHN T. FORD of Ford’s Theater, Invoice Signed
AutographsDocument Signed by John T. Ford of Ford's Theater Fame JOHN T. FORD. Manager of Ford's Theater where Lincoln was Assassinated on the eve...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 126.00) = 726.00
(BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) Memorial Snuffbox, 1790 Dated31 (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) Memorial Snuffbox, 1790 Dated
AutographsHistoric 1790 Dated "Benjamin Franklin" Memorial Snuffbox "Benjn. Franklin - Born 1706 & Died 1790" (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN). Decorative Memo...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 420.00) = 2,420.00
(ULYSSES S. GRANT) First Edition Personal Memoirs32 (ULYSSES S. GRANT) First Edition Personal Memoirs
AutographsChoice First Edition of "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant" (ULYSSES S. GRANT). His book entitled, "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant," in Two ...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (350.00 + 73.50) = 423.50
GEN. FRANCIS GURNEY, Document Signed33 GEN. FRANCIS GURNEY, Document Signed
AutographsAmerican French & Indian - Revolutionary War Officer and Whiskey Rebellion Brigadier General GENERAL FRANCIS GURNEY, (1738-1815). America...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 375.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
JOHN HANCOCK, Signed 1767 Lottery Ticket34 JOHN HANCOCK, Signed 1767 Lottery Ticket
AutographsJohn Hancock Signed 1767 Faneuil Hall Massachusetts Lottery Ticket JOHN HANCOCK, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of ...
Start Price : 6,000.00 | Estimates : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (10,000.00 + 2,100.00) = 12,100.00
ANNA HARRISON -1844 Autograph Letter Signed35 ANNA HARRISON -1844 Autograph Letter Signed
AutographsRare 1844 Letter Autograph Letter Signed Anna Harrison Widow of President William Henry Harrison ANNA SYMMES HARRISON. (1775-1864) First ...
Start Price : 550.00 | Estimates : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 136.50) = 786.50
BENJAMIN HARRISON Bold Signed Bank Check36 BENJAMIN HARRISON Bold Signed Bank Check
AutographsPresident Benjamin Harrison Signed Bank Check BENJAMIN HARRISON. Partially-Printed Document Signed "Benj Harrison," being a Bank Check o...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 375.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (225.00 + 47.25) = 272.25
General WILLIAM HEATH Signed Broadside 180737 General WILLIAM HEATH Signed Broadside 1807
AutographsBroadside Signed By Revolutionary War General William Heath WILLIAM HEATH, Revolutionary War Major-General under George Washington. Partl...
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (450.00 + 94.50) = 544.50
FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form38 FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form
AutographsUnique "Jonh Nixon" & "Francis Hopkinson" Signed Continental Congress Revolutionary War Loan Form FRANCIS HOPKINSON. Signer of the Decla...
Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 420.00) = 2,420.00
FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form39 FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form
AutographsUnique Francis Hopkinson Signed Continental Congress Revolutionary War Loan Payable to "James Wadsworth" FRANCIS HOPKINSON. Signer of the...
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00 + 336.00) = 1,936.00
FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form40 FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Revolutionary War Loan Form
AutographsUnique Francis Hopkinson Signed Continental Congress Revolutionary War Loan Payable To "Elias Hasket Derby" FRANCIS HOPKINSON. Signer of ...
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00 + 357.00) = 2,057.00
VICTOR HUGO, Carte-de-visite Photograph Signed41 VICTOR HUGO, Carte-de-visite Photograph Signed
AutographsVICTOR HUGO, French Writer, Leader of the Romantic Movement in French Literature. Carte-de-visite Photograph Signed "Hugo" in pencil on th...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
DAVID HUNTER, Autographed Letter Signed, 186142 DAVID HUNTER, Autographed Letter Signed, 1861
AutographsUnion General David Hunter Signed Civil War-Dated Orders DAVID HUNTER, Union General. Autograph Letter Signed, "D. Hunter," Sept. 11, 186...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
THOMAS HUTCHINSON, 1760 Document Signed43 THOMAS HUTCHINSON, 1760 Document Signed
Autographs1760 Document Signed By Governor Thomas Hutchinson THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1711-1780). American Governor of Colonial Massachusetts and a staun...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 136.50) = 786.50
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Signed Military Commission, 186344 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Signed Military Commission, 1863
AutographsImpressive Abraham Lincoln Signed Presidential Military Commission to the Future Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee ABRAHAM LINCOLN. March 1...
Start Price : 3,500.00 | Estimates : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00 + 840.00) = 4,840.00
Minuteman LEVI LINCOLN1782 Autograph Document45 Minuteman LEVI LINCOLN1782 Autograph Document
AutographsRevolutionary War Document Where Tory John Bush Conspired To Levy War Against The United States, Containing References To Lexington & Conc...
Start Price : 1,200.00 | Estimates : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00 + 252.00) = 1,452.00
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN Signed Check, 191746 ROBERT TODD LINCOLN Signed Check, 1917
AutographsCheck Signed by "Robert T. Lincoln" ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, Secretary of War and Son of Abraham Lincoln. April 3, 1917, Check Signed, "Rober...
Start Price : 220.00 | Estimates : 350.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00 + 54.60) = 314.60
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN Signature on Card47 ROBERT TODD LINCOLN Signature on Card
AutographsROBERT TODD LINCOLN, Secretary of War and Son of Abraham Lincoln. Large Signature, "Robert T. Lincoln", on a card measuring 2.5" x 4.2", V...
Start Price : 110.00 | Estimates : 175.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (160.00 + 33.60) = 193.60
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Document Signed48 WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Document Signed
AutographsDocument Signed By William Livingston Related To The Prominent Quaker Israel Pemberton's Lands WILLIAM LIVINGSTON (1723-1790). He served...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 210.00) = 1,210.00
WILLIAM McKINLEY 1891 Letter Declining Invitation49 WILLIAM McKINLEY 1891 Letter Declining Invitation
AutographsWilliam McKinley Declines an Invitation of the Young Republicans WILLIAM McKINLEY, Jr., Congressman and President of the United States. A...
Start Price : 240.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (250.00 + 52.50) = 302.50
J. PIERPONT MORGAN, Document Signed, 1866-Dated50 J. PIERPONT MORGAN, Document Signed, 1866-Dated
AutographsJ. PIERPONT MORGAN, SR. (1837-1913). American Banker and Financier. February 20, 1866-Dated, Partly-Printed Document Signed, "J Pierpont...
Start Price : 750.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 157.50) = 907.50
(THOMAS PAINE), 1792, Revolution of America51 (THOMAS PAINE), 1792, Revolution of America
Autographs(THOMAS PAINE). 1792, "Addressed to Abbe Raynal... Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America are Corrected and Cleared U...
Start Price : 180.00 | Estimates : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 63.00) = 363.00
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