Auction Details
<p>With over 800 lots, Signature House is featuring a collection of early Presidents, including a Lottery ticket signed by George Washington, a full signature of the first President; a letter signed by Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state authorizing the first census and the first laws regarding immigration to the young nation. There is also a rare ALS by Zachary Taylor as President; an ADS by Lincoln as a practicing attorney; plus an ALS by John F. Kennedy as President and a separate lot signed by Kennedy and Maxwell Taylor regarding the CIA and John Foster Dulles.
<p>Our Colonial section includes several signers of the Declaration of Independence and features three AlsS by John Hancock. Our Americana highlights a full imperial albumen photograph of “Buffalo Bill” Cody plus a number of Western gunfighters, lawmen, Indians and other personalities.
<p>In our War Between the States category, there is a rare endorsement signed by both Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill; several R. E. Lee autographs in various forms; and a host of Confederate and Union generals.
<p>The Military category features the four-star staff flag belonging to Admiral Raymond Spruance; Maxwell Taylor’s very handsome dress blue visor hat; Chester Nimitz’ shoulder boards and wings.
<p>We have aviation pioneers, astronauts and explorers. Featured is an Airmail cover signed by fathers of modern transportation, both Orville Wright and Henry Ford.
<p>We have Heads of State & Royalty, artists, cartoonists, composers and classical musicians.
<p>Our Literature section features D. H. Lawrence, T.S. Elliott and many other literary luminaries such as Dickens, Hardy, Steinbeck, Kipling and Clemens.
<p>With over 60 lots in Entertainment, we have a SP of Marilyn Monroe, inscribed, writing “Love & Kisses” on a still from her film How to Marry a Millionaire, plus many other film and stage stars including Bogart, Gable, popular musicians including Presley, members of Alabama and Queen.
<p>There are two baseballs signed by Babe Ruth plus many other great sports figures and collectibles.
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101[1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]Signature House
<b>101. [1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Virginia State Democratic electoral ticket...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
102[1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]Signature House
<b>102. [1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Virginia State “<i>Union Electoral T...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
103[1864 ELECTION BROADSIDE]Signature House
<b>103. [1864 ELECTION BROADSIDE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>unionist appeal to the...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
104[IDENTIFIED CARPETBAG I]Signature House
<b>104. [IDENTIFIED CARPETBAG I]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Suitcase-like satchel for carrying personal be...
Estimate : 450.00 - 650.00
105[IDENTIFIED CARPETBAG II]Signature House
<b>105. [IDENTIFIED CARPETBAG II]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Colorful bag in shades of brown, tan, cream a...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
106[18TH CENTURY CONNECTICUT]Signature House
<b>106. [18TH CENTURY CONNECTICUT]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two legal documents from County of New Londo...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
107[19TH CENTURY NOTABLES]Signature House
<b>107. [19TH CENTURY NOTABLES]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Confederate Secretary of the Treasury <b>...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
108[AMERICAN IN EUROPE]Signature House
<b>108. [AMERICAN IN EUROPE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><b><font size=-1>Clark Collins</fon...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
109[BODY SNATCHERS]Signature House
<b>109. [BODY SNATCHERS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Miss Anne Thomson writes in much detail to her friend ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
110JOHN BROWNSignature House
<b>110. JOHN BROWN</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1800-1859). Abolitionist hanged for treason after his unsuc...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
111[FORNICATION INDICTMENT]Signature House
<b>111. [FORNICATION INDICTMENT]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Nineteenth century document. ADS,1p, 4to, Taun...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
112[PAPER MAKER’S COMMONPLACE BOOK]Signature House
<b>112. [PAPER MAKER’S COMMONPLACE BOOK]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Eclectic late 19th century copy book, ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
113[SKANEATELES RAIL ROAD]Signature House
<b>113. [SKANEATELES RAIL ROAD]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Unusual vintage albumen print, 9"x3¾&...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
114[TITANIC]Signature House
<b>114. </b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>The youngest to survive aboard the ill-fated ocean liner that sank in...
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
115[WOLF BOUNTY]Signature House
<b>115. [WOLF BOUNTY]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ADS, 1p, oblong 12mo, Lincoln County, Jul 30, 1796. Willi...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
116[WALL STREET LAWYER]Signature House
<b>116. [WALL STREET LAWYER]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS, 3pp, 4to, Wall Street, Sep 3, 1847. Boldly pe...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
117[USS INDEPENDENCE]Signature House
<b>117. [USS INDEPENDENCE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>During the War of 1812, this flagship of Commodore W...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
118JEFFERSON DAVISSignature House
<b>118. JEFFERSON DAVIS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>davis refers to his day in court...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
119JEFFERSON DAVISSignature House
<b>119. JEFFERSON DAVIS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS as secretary of war, 1p, 4to, Washington, Jul 1, 18...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
120JACKSON & HILLSignature House
<b>120. JACKSON & HILL</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>jackson approves rare medical...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 18,000.00
121ROBERT E. LEESignature House
<b>121. ROBERT E. LEE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1807-1870). Revered commander in chief of the Confederat...
Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
122ROBERT E. LEESignature House
<b>122. ROBERT E. LEE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS “<i>R E Lee</i>,” 1¾pp on single lea...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
123ROBERT E. LEESignature House
<b>123. ROBERT E. LEE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Thirty words in seven lines, a draft portion of early ALS...
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
124LEE & TAYLORSignature House
<b>124. LEE & TAYLOR</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>The general and his adjutant. <b><font size=-...
Estimate : 1,700.00 - 1,900.00
125[LEE & JACKSON]Signature House
<b>125. [LEE & JACKSON]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two of the Confederacy’s most beloved generals. Sup...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
126[ROBERT E. LEE]Signature House
<b>126. [ROBERT E. LEE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>CDV full-length standing portrait in uniform from Brady...
Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
127[LEE’S STAFF]Signature House
<b>127. [LEE’S STAFF]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two members of the General’s staff. <b><font siz...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
128[5TH TENNESSEE]Signature House
<b>128. [5TH TENNESSEE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>CSA field Muster Roll. Partly printed document, 2pp, fo...
Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
129[60TH GEORGIA]Signature House
<b>129. [60TH GEORGIA]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Private <b><font size=-1>W. H. H. Vaughan<...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
130PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARDSignature House
<b>130. PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>operations leading to fi...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
131JUDAH P. BENJAMINSignature House
<b>131. JUDAH P. BENJAMIN</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1811-1884). CSA Attorney General, Secretary of War (...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
132[BATTLE OF FIRST MANASSAS]Signature House
<b>132. [BATTLE OF FIRST MANASSAS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>rebels change battle ...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
133[BATTLE OF LEESBURG]Signature House
<b>133. [BATTLE OF LEESBURG]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A description of this Confederate victory penned b...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
134[BIBLE FLAG]Signature House
<b>134. [BIBLE FLAG]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Colorful silk Confederate Bible flag found in a book from ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
135[JOHN WILKES BOOTH]Signature House
<b>135. [JOHN WILKES BOOTH]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1838-1865). American actor from a prominent stage ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
136[BELLE BOYD]Signature House
<b>136. [BELLE BOYD]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1843-1900). Notorious Confederate spy who was twice arres...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
137BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHEATHAMSignature House
<b>137. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHEATHAM</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1820-1886). Confederate major general; foug...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
138THOMAS L. CLINGMANSignature House
<b>138. THOMAS L. CLINGMAN</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1812 - 1897). Confederate brigadier general who com...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
139[CONFEDERATE BOND]Signature House
<b>139. [CONFEDERATE BOND]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Serial No. 6135, First Series in the amount of $500,...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
140[CONFEDERATE CURRENCY]Signature House
<b>140. [CONFEDERATE CURRENCY]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>An 1864 Confederate States $5 note, serial No. 4...
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
141[CONFEDERATE FIGHTING MEN]Signature House
<b>141. [CONFEDERATE FIGHTING MEN]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of five Southern soldiers who ans...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
142[CONFEDERATE CURRENCY II]Signature House
<b>142. [CONFEDERATE CURRENCY II]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of five CSA notes of different den...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
143[CONFEDERATE LEADERS]Signature House
<b>143. [CONFEDERATE LEADERS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of five signed cards, 3½"x2&...
Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,900.00
144[CONFEDERATE LEADERS]Signature House
<b>144. [CONFEDERATE LEADERS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of three military and government offic...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
146[CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER COLLECTION]Signature House
<b>146. [CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER COLLECTION]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Assortment of 12 complete <b>w...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
147SAMUEL COOPERSignature House
<b>147. SAMUEL COOPER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1798-1876). Highest ranking CSA general officer. He was ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
148[NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST]Signature House
<b>148. [NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1821-1877). Confederate lieutenant general, 3...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
149SAMUEL GIBBS FRENCHSignature House
<b>149. SAMUEL GIBBS FRENCH</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1818-1910). Confederate major general born in NJ w...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
150[GA & AL CAVALRY REGIMENTS]Signature House
<b>150. [GA & AL CAVALRY REGIMENTS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>recommends charl...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
151JOHNSON HAGOODSignature House
<b>151. JOHNSON HAGOOD</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1829-1898). Confederate brigadier general who participa...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00