A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

GEORGE M. COHAN: (1878 - 1942) American composer of such classic hits as "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Give My Regards to Broadway" an...

GAETANO DONIZETTI: (1797 - 1848) Italian composer of opera favorites as Lucrezia Borgia, La Favorite and La Figlia del Reggimento. Rare, fine content

GIACOMO MEYERBEER: (1791 - 1864) German opera composer and Director of the Royal Opera in Berlin, his works were in the ornate style of the great Fren

GIACOMO PUCCINI: (1858 - 1924) Italian operatic composer whose works include La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Fine content A.L.S. "Giacom...

MAURICE RAVEL: (1875 - 1937) French composer whose works include Bolero, Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse, and Gaspard de la Nuit. Good content T.L.S. &qu...

MAURICE RAVEL: (1875 - 1937) French composer whose works include Bolero, Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse, and Gaspard de la Nuit. Fine A.M.Q.S. penned on t

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: (1854 - 1932) "The March King", American bandmaster and composer of over 140 military marches. Fine A.M.Q.S. "John...

ARTHUR S. SULLIVAN: (1842 - 1900) English composer who, in collaboration with William S. Gilbert, wrote the immensely popular comic operas "H.M...

PETER ILLICH TCHAIKOVSKY: (1840 - 1893) Russian composer of symphonies and operas, including "The Nutcracker", "Swan Lake", and ...

RICHARD WAGNER: (1813 - 1883) German composer, the originator of music drama, most evident in his epic works Tannhauser, Lohengrin, and his musical sa

HANK WILLIAMS` FRINGED WESTERN SHIRT: (1923-1953), American country singer and songwriter. A superb, rare - and quite appropriate - relic, an original

JAMES DEAN: (1931 - 1955) American film actor and handsome screen idol, Dean portrayed an anguished teenager and made only three films before his deat

MARILYN MONROE: (1926 - 1962) American actress who became a world-renowned "sex symbol" following her roles in Some Like It Hot and The Se...

CLARK GABLE: (1901 - 1960) American film actor known for his portrayal of rough, romantic heroes, most notably in Gone With the Wind. Outstanding, rar

WOODY GUTHRIE: (1912 - 1967) American song writer and musician, , considered the "Father of American Folk music", best known for his maste...

STAN LAUREL: (1890 - 1965) American film comedian who starred in dozens of Hal Roach films as the skinny sidekick of his partner Oliver Hardy. Superb

LOUIS B. MAYER AND DAVID O. SELZNICK: An exceedingly rare combination of signatures on a single document, a contract between producer and MGM founder

MARILYN MONROE AND JOE DIMAGGIO: A rare pairing of signatures of MARILYN MONROE and JOE DIMAGGIO obtained in-person by our consignor at Toots Shore&...

THELONIUS SPHERE MONK: (1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millander, Coleman Hawkin...

JIM MORRISON: (1943 - 1971) Moody, poetic lead singer and lyricist for the rock band The Doors, best remembered for his songs "Light My Fire&qu...

ELVIS PRESLEY: (1935 - 1977) American singer, "The King of Rock and Roll" whose gyrations on stage wowed the crowd. His most popular hits ...

ELVIS PRESLEY: (1935 - 1977) American singer, "The King of Rock and Roll" whose gyrations on stage wowed the crowd. His most popular hits ...

JANIS JOPLIN: (1943 - 1970) American rock and blues singer who incorporated the styles of Bessie Smith and Billy Holliday producing albums with Big Br

JANIS JOPLIN: (1943 - 1970) American rock and blues singer who incorporated the styles of Bessie Smith and Billy Holliday producing albums with Big Br

ELVIS PRESLEY: (1935 - 1977) American singer, "The King of Rock and Roll" whose gyrations on stage wowed the crowd. His most popular hits ...

ELVIS PRESLEY: (1935 - 1977) American singer, "The King of Rock and Roll" whose gyrations on stage wowed the crowd. His most popular hits ...

CLYDE BARROW: (1909 - 1934) American gangster and founder of the "Bonnie and Clyde" gang, with Bonnie Parker he terrorized the Southwest f...

FRANK JAMES: (1843 - 1915) American desperado and older brother of Jesse James. James rode with William Quantrill and his raiders, participating in th

MICKEY COHEN (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel'...

MICKEY COHEN'S TAILOR-MADE GREY SUIT: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have b...

MICKEY COHEN'S TAILOR MADE MAROON SUIT: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have...

MICKEY COHEN'S CREDIT CARD WALLET: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been...

MICKEY COHEN'S NECKTIE: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at ...

MICKEY COHEN'S BLUE WOOL HAT: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been abse...

MICKEY COHEN'S NECKTIE: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at ...

MICKEY COHEN'S OPEN-TOED SANDALS: (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been ...

JOHN DILLINGER`S HAIR: (1903-1934) American bank robber and murderer, in 1933 and 1934, he and his gangs undertook a sring of bank robberies in the Mi

BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN: (1900 - 1936) American criminal, a German carpenter convicted in 1935 of the kidnapping and murder of infant son of Charles a

HOWARD R. HUGHES: (1905 - 1976) American industrialist and aviator, an eccentric billionaire who controlled RKO, founded the Hughes Tool Corp., and bu

MEYER LANSKY: (1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Ad...

MOHANDAS K. GANDHI: (1869 - 1948) Indian nationalist and spiritual leader considered the father of his country, Gandhi's philosophy of passive r...

THOMAS MERTON: (1915 - 1968) American Roman Catholic monk and writer whose autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, became a bestseller. Excessively

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING: (1929 - 1968) Clergyman and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent but active and massive confrontation in order to obt

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING: (1929 - 1968) Clergyman and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent but active and massive confrontation in order to obt

JOHN PAUL II: (b. 1920) Polish Pope and the first non-Italian to be elevated to the papacy in 455 years. Nice S.P. "Joannes Paulus PP II" ...

JOHN PAUL II: (b. 1920) Polish Pope and the first non-Italian to be elevated to the papacy in 455 years. S.P. "Jan Paul PP II" 5" x 7...

PIUS VII: (1742 - 1823) Pope from who Napoleon seized his crown at Napoleon's crowning, lost several provinces to the French and was actually he...

CARDINAL ROBERTO BELLARMINO: (1542 - 1621) Celebrated Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal, involved in the conflict between Galileo and the ecclesi

MARY MACLEOD BETHUNE: (1875 - 1955) Prominent early black civil rights activist who, as the first black woman to head a federal office, created Frankl

HELEN KELLER: (1880 - 1968) American author who overcame her lack of sight, speech and hearing to write inspirational accounts of her life. Exceptiona