The Manuscript, Space, & Collectibles Auction

Auction Details

The Manuscript, Space & Collectibles Auction
Sale 56, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009


Sale to be held at our offices:
350 South Beverly Drive
Suite 350
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-551-2646


LOT PREVIEW SCHEDULE
SPACE & AVIATION:
By Appointment Only

MANUSCRIPTS: Thru October 30
By Appointment Only
Call Beverly Hill
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Open Lot Viewing: November 2-6
350 South Beverly Drive, Suite 350
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-551-2646 | 800-978-2646



SESSION ONE- MANUSCRIPTS & COLLECTIBLES
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009 10 AM

Lots 1-2 Historical documents
Lots 3-48 U.S. Presidents
Lots 49-49 U.S. Presidents' Wives
Lots 50-59 U.S. Presidential Related
Lots 60-66 Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Lots 67-73 U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Lots 74-89 Statesmen and Political Leaders
Lots 90-99 Royalty
Lots 100-105 Foreign Statesmen
Lots 106-118 Judaica
Lots 119-119 Architect
Lots 120-131 Artists
Lots 132-172 Authors
Lots 173-174 Aviators
Lots 175-177 Businessmen and Professional Leaders
Lots 178-180 Criminals
Lots 181-183 Explorers & Inventors
Lots 184-184 Journalists and Newsmen
Lots 185-185 Lawmen
Lots 186-187 Misc. Celebrities
Lots 188-201 Musicians
Lots 202-207 Reformers
Lots 208-208 Religious Leaders
Lots 209-213 Scientists and Engineers
Lots 214-219 Western Americana
Lots 220-227 Americana
Lots 228-230 Colonial Americana
Lots 231-231 French and Indian War
Lots 232-240 U.S. Revolutionary War
Lots 241-254 U.S. Civil War
Lots 255-257 World War 1
Lots 258-262 World War 2
Lots 263-284 Arms and Armor
Lots 285-285 Maps
Lots 286-291 Celebrity/Entertainment Memorabilia
Lots 292-330 Celebrity Autographs
Lots 331-333 Celebrity Photos
Lots 334-342 Movie/Theatrical Posters
Lots 343-359 Music Memorabilia
Lots 360-360 Comics
Lots 361-382 Sports
Lots 383-383 Sculpture
Lots 384-390 Paintings
Lots 391-400 Prints
Lots 401-402 Art Objects
Lots 403-405 Silver
Lots 406-406 Antiquities
Lots 407-433 Jewelry
Lots 434-439 Watches and Timepieces
Lots 440-471 Fossils
Lots 472-484 Meteorites
Lots 485-500 Balloons
Lots 501-506 Rockets
Lots 507-518 Mercury Program
Lots 519-540 Gemini Program
Lots 541-547 Apollo Program
Lots 548-554 Autographs
Lots 555-562 Literature
Lots 563-572 Patches
Lots 573-581 Apollo 1
Lots 582-584 Apollo 7
Lots 585-587 Apollo 8
Lots 588-591 Apollo 9
Lots 592-593 Apollo 10
Lots 594-611 Apollo 11
Lots 612-631 Apollo 12
Lots 632-639 Apollo 13
Lots 640-642 Apollo 14
Lots 643-649 Apollo 15
Lots 650-653 Apollo 16
Lots 654-659 Apollo 17
Lots 660-665 Skylab Program
Lots 666-666 ASTP
Lots 667-669 Shuttle Program
Lots 670-696 Shuttle Flights
Lots 697-698 International Space Station
Lots 699-704 Russian Program
Lots 705-718 Flights
Lots 719-721 Art
Lots 722-723 Aviation
Lots 724-731 Atomic Bomb
Lots 732-750 Aviation
Lots 751-751 Miscellaneous

* Please note that Internet sale restrictions may apply on weaponry and ivory items.
[Gutenberg Bible Leaf From the Book of Job]1[Gutenberg Bible Leaf From the Book of Job]
[Gutenberg Bible Leaf From the Book of Job]. Printed leaf, double folio, 4 columns (2 each front and back), each column with 42 lines, being part of...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 60,000.00 - 80,000.00
Sold to floor for (70,000.00 + 14,000.00) = 84,000.00
Titanic Certificate for Clearance, Dated April 11, 19122Titanic Certificate for Clearance, Dated April 11, 1912
Titanic Certificate for Clearance, Dated April 11, 1912. Certificate for Clearance issued by the Board of Trade, being a blue, partly-printed form, ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 25,000.00 - 50,000.00
Sold to floor for (75,000.00 + 15,000.00) = 90,000.00
Bush, George H.W.3Bush, George H.W.
Bush, George H.W (1924 -) 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). Three items signed by Bush: a 10 x 8 in. color photo inscribed and signed...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (45.00 + 9.00) = 54.00
Carter, Jimmy4Carter, Jimmy
Carter, Jimmy (1924 -) 39th President of the United States (1977-81). 1947 Yearbook for The United States Naval Academy Signed "J Carter," n.p., n.d...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (240.00 + 48.00) = 288.00
Carter, Jimmy & Rosalynn5Carter, Jimmy & Rosalynn
Carter, Jimmy & Rosalynn. Black and white Photograph Signed "Jimmy Carter / Rosalynn Carter,", 8 x 10 in. n.p., n.d. It is probably from the 1976 De...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00 + 14.00) = 84.00
Cleveland, Grover6Cleveland, Grover
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885-89, 1893-97). Two partly-printed documents signed as Commissioner o...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (120.00 + 24.00) = 144.00
Cleveland, Grover7Cleveland, Grover
Cleveland, Grover. Autograph document signed as a 22-year-old lawyer, recently admitted to the bar in Buffalo, New York, one-half page in Cleveland'...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (120.00 + 24.00) = 144.00
Clinton, William Jefferson8Clinton, William Jefferson
Clinton, William Jefferson (1946 -) 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). Autograph Letter Signed "Bill Clinton" as President, on a 4¼ x ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,300.00 + 460.00) = 2,760.00
Coolidge, Calvin9Coolidge, Calvin
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States (1923-1929). Document Signed as Governor of Massachusetts, partly printed and accom...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (95.00 + 19.00) = 114.00
Coolidge, Calvin10Coolidge, Calvin
Coolidge, Calvin. Typed Letter Signed as Governor of Massachusetts, 1 page, 10½ x 7½ in., Boston, Nov. 4, 1920. To Commissioner Adam Gifford of Denv...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (45.00 + 9.00) = 54.00
Eisenhower, Dwight D.11Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Dwight D (1890-1969) 34th President of the United States; Allied Supreme Commander during World War II. Signed limited edition, number 6...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,600.00 + 520.00) = 3,120.00
Eisenhower, Dwight D12Eisenhower, Dwight D
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Typed Letter Signed as President on The White House letterhead, 1 page, La Quinta (Resort and Club in Palm Springs, California...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (190.00 + 38.00) = 228.00
[Garfield, James A.]13[Garfield, James A.]
[Garfield, James A.] (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States (1881). 5½ in. piece of stem taken from a funeral wreath on Garfield's coffin. ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 60.00) = 360.00
Grant, Ulysses S14Grant, Ulysses S
Grant, Ulysses S (1822-85) 18th President of the United States (1969-77); General-in-Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. War-date Autograp...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,750.00 + 1,350.00) = 8,100.00
Grant, Ulysses S15Grant, Ulysses S
Grant, Ulysses S. Autograph letter signed "U.S. Grant" as President, on "Executive Mansion" stationery, 2pp (recto/verso of one page, plus blank int...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00 + 620.00) = 3,720.00
Jefferson, Thomas16Jefferson, Thomas
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809); author of the Declaration of Independence. Printed Document Signed "Th...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (8,000.00 + 1,600.00) = 9,600.00
Kennedy, John F17Kennedy, John F
Kennedy, John F. Typed Letter Signed as President, on "The White House" letterhead, 1½pp, 10½ x 7 in., Washington, D.C., July 2, 1962. To the Americ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,900.00 + 580.00) = 3,480.00
[Kennedy, John K.] Limited Edition Hand Signed Dali Etc18[Kennedy, John K.] Limited Edition Hand Signed Dali Etc
[Kennedy, John K.] Limited Edition Hand Signed Dali Etching of JFK. From Dali's 1968 Five Famous Heads series. Etching in sanguine ink on 14¾ x 10¾ ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 300.00) = 1,800.00
[Kennedy, John, Robert, and Edward] The Kennedy Brother19[Kennedy, John, Robert, and Edward] The Kennedy Brother
[Kennedy, John, Robert, and Edward] The Kennedy Brothers. Mementos of the three Kennedy brothers, all of whom are now gone. Four items: (1&2) Printe...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (140.00 + 28.00) = 168.00
Lincoln, Abraham20Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham (1808-1865) 16th President of the United States (1861-65). Document Signed as President, vellum, 20 x 15½ in., Washington, March 1,...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,600.00 + 720.00) = 4,320.00
Lincoln, Abraham & Hannibal Hamlin21Lincoln, Abraham & Hannibal Hamlin
Lincoln, Abraham & Hannibal Hamlin. Signatures, "A. Lincoln" and "H. Hamlin / Bangor Me" on a 4¼ x 4¼ in. piece of paper, n.p., n.d. Both men signed...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00 + 620.00) = 3,720.00
[Nixon Richard M.] Watergate Signatures22[Nixon Richard M.] Watergate Signatures
[Nixon Richard M.] Watergate Signatures. Twenty signatures, most on business cards, of people who were involved in the Watergate scandal which cause...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for (95.00 + 19.00) = 114.00
Nixon, Richard23Nixon, Richard
Nixon, Richard (1913-1994) 37th President of the United States (1969-74); the only President to resign. Typed Letter Signed "Dick Nixon" with hologr...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (190.00 + 38.00) = 228.00
Nixon, Richard M.24Nixon, Richard M.
Nixon, Richard M. Autograph Letter Signed "RN" on personal, engraved letterhead, 1 page, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, Sept. 23, 1993. To Frank (Smath...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00 + 280.00) = 1,680.00
Nixon, Richard, Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush25Nixon, Richard, Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush
Nixon, Richard, Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush. Richard Nixon La Casa Pacifica Card Signed as President, 4 x 6 in., March 30, 1978, for Harry Spar...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to 423millie1 for (130.00 + 26.00) = 156.00
Reagan, Ronald26Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States. Typed Letter Signed as President, on White House letterhead, 1 p., 10½ x 7 in., Wash...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,200.00 + 440.00) = 2,640.00
Reagan, Ronald27Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald. Five notes in President Reagan's hand: (1) The White House memo paper (4-12-83) with holograph notes in pencil about the birth of hi...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (390.00 + 78.00) = 468.00
Reagan, Ronald28Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald. Official Card as Governor of California signed and inscribed over Japanese printing on the verso, "This card was printed in Eng. & J...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 423millie1 for (190.00 + 38.00) = 228.00
Reagan, Ronald29Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald. Signed Book Plate for President Reagan's 1990 autobiography, An American Life, 4½ x 3½ in. A bold post presidential signature in bla...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (310.00 + 62.00) = 372.00
Reagan, Ronald30Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald. Book plate signed in blue ink, with an image of the White House, 3¾ x 4½ in., n.p., n.d. (c. 1990). Very fine.The book plate can be ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 80.00) = 480.00
Reagan, Ronald31Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Ronald. Typed Letter Signed "Ron" as Governor of California, 1 page, on offcial letterhead, 10½ x 7¼ in., Sacramento, January 6, 1971. Congr...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (95.00 + 19.00) = 114.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D.32Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. An archive of five Typed Letters Signed as President, all on "The White House" letterhead, total of 5½ pages, Washington, dat...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,750.00 + 1,350.00) = 8,100.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D33Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Extremely rare "The White House" envelope free franked as President, 4¾ x 7¼ in., with "Washington D.C., Sep 15 1940"postmark...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,750.00 + 950.00) = 5,700.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D34Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945). Two related Typed Letters Signed as President, both on The White ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00 + 600.00) = 3,600.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D35Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945). Document Signed as President, 1 page, 12½ x 8 in., District of Co...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (850.00 + 170.00) = 1,020.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D36Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Photograph Inscribed and Signed, "For General B.F. Lorengen from his old friend Franklin D Roosevelt," 8 x 10 in., n.p., n.d....
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 80.00) = 480.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D37Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Autograph Letter Signed, on Roosevelt & O'Connor letterhead, Warm Springs, Ga., Sept. 30, 1927. To his law partner Benjamin F...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (550.00 + 110.00) = 660.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D38Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Typed Letter Signed as Governor of New York, on Executive Chamber stationery, 2½pp, 10½ x 8 in., Albany, N.Y., Mar. 20, 1929....
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (290.00 + 58.00) = 348.00
Roosevelt, Franklin D. & Eleanor39Roosevelt, Franklin D. & Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D. & Eleanor. Christmas Gift Print Signed as President and First Lady, 7¼ x 9½ in., matted to 11½ x 13½ in., 1941. "Christmas 19...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00 + 1,100.00) = 6,600.00
Roosevelt, Theodore40Roosevelt, Theodore
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). Letter Signed as President, on White House letterhead, 1 page, 8¾ x...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00 + 620.00) = 3,720.00
Truman, Harry and Bess41Truman, Harry and Bess
Truman, Harry and Bess. Christmas Gift Print Signed as President and First Lady, 9½ x 7 in., 1946. Picturing the Trumans smiling and waving as they ...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,200.00 + 440.00) = 2,640.00
Truman, Harry S42Truman, Harry S
Truman, Harry S. Typed Letter Signed as President, on The White House letterhead, 1 page, 14 x 9 in., Washington, Jan. 5, 1950. To Basil O'Connor, P...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (850.00 + 170.00) = 1,020.00
Truman, Harry S43Truman, Harry S
Truman, Harry S. Photograph Inscribed and Signed on the mount, "Kindest regards to Dr. Archie M. Palmer / Harry S Truman," 13¾ x 9¾ in. The image is...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00 + 40.00) = 240.00
Van Buren, Martin44Van Buren, Martin
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States (1837-1841). Manuscript Letter Signed as chairman of the Senate Committee on the Ju...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00 + 1,100.00) = 6,600.00
Washington, George45Washington, George
Washington, George (1732-1799) First President of the United States (1789-1797); Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. P...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
Sold to floor for (38,000.00 + 7,600.00) = 45,600.00
Washington, George46Washington, George
Washington, George. Letter Signed as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, 2pp, Headquarters near Dobbs Ferry (NY), July 14, 1781. To Col. (Ma...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00 + 3,000.00) = 18,000.00
Wilson, Woodrow47Wilson, Woodrow
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). Typed Letter Signed as President, 1 page, 9 x 7 in., Washington, Oct. 4...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 20.00) = 120.00
[Presidents]48[Presidents]
[Presidents]. Four items. Small personal card engraved Rutherford B. Hayes on one side and signed "R.B. Hayes" on the verso; small personal card eng...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (45.00 + 9.00) = 54.00
[Nine First Ladies, A First Mother & Sister-in-law & A49[Nine First Ladies, A First Mother & Sister-in-law & A
[Nine First Ladies, A First Mother & Sister-in-law & A First Brother]. Eighteen items: Card printed "Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt," inscribed and signed,...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (190.00 + 38.00) = 228.00
[Jefferson, Thomas]50[Jefferson, Thomas]
[Jefferson, Thomas]. A scarce engraving after the aquatint by Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1816) and engraved by Michel Sokolnicki (1760-1816), 14 x 11...
Start Price : 0.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 150.00) = 900.00