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Lots 1-2 Historical documents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, 1912 2 Titanic 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. 3 Bush, 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, Jimmy 4 Carter, 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 & Rosalynn 5 Carter, 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, Grover 6 Cleveland, 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, Grover 7 Cleveland, 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 Jefferson 8 Clinton, 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, Calvin 9 Coolidge, 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, Calvin 10 Coolidge, 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. 11 Eisenhower, 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 D 12 Eisenhower, 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 S 14 Grant, 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 S 15 Grant, 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, Thomas 16 Jefferson, 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 F 17 Kennedy, 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 Etc 18 [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 Brother 19 [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, Abraham 20 Lincoln, 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 Hamlin 21 Lincoln, 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 Signatures 22 [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, Richard 23 Nixon, 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. 24 Nixon, 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. Bush 25 Nixon, 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, Ronald 26 Reagan, 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, Ronald 27 Reagan, 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, Ronald 28 Reagan, 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, Ronald 29 Reagan, 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, Ronald 30 Reagan, 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, Ronald 31 Reagan, 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. 32 Roosevelt, 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 D 33 Roosevelt, 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 D 34 Roosevelt, 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 D 35 Roosevelt, 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 D 36 Roosevelt, 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 D 37 Roosevelt, 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 D 38 Roosevelt, 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. & Eleanor 39 Roosevelt, 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, Theodore 40 Roosevelt, 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 Bess 41 Truman, 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 S 42 Truman, 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 S 43 Truman, 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, Martin 44 Van 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, George 45 Washington, 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, George 46 Washington, 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, Woodrow 47 Wilson, 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 & A 49 [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