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Auction XX

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewBy Appointment ONLY: 9AM-5PM EST September 6-13, 2002

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<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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JOHN VANCE CHENEY507 - JOHN VANCE CHENEY
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<b>507. JOHN VANCE CHENEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1848-1922). American author, poet and librarian. He ...
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WINSTON CHURCHILL508 - WINSTON CHURCHILL
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<b>508. WINSTON CHURCHILL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1871-1947). American writer who wrote several popula...
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WILKIE COLLINS509 - WILKIE COLLINS
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<b>509. WILKIE COLLINS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1824-1899). English novelist often regarded as originat...
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CHARLES DICKENS510 - CHARLES DICKENS
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<b>510. CHARLES DICKENS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1812-1870). Prolific English novelist, one of the most...
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CHARLES DICKENS511 - CHARLES DICKENS
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<b>511. CHARLES DICKENS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS in third person, 12mo, 1p, n.p., Jan 5, 1843. To an...
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THEODORE DREISER512 - THEODORE DREISER
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<b>512. THEODORE DREISER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1871-1945). American naturalist literary pioneer; aut...
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GEORGE DU MAURIER513 - GEORGE DU MAURIER
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<b>513. GEORGE DU MAURIER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1834–1896). French author whose work appeared in the...
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WILL & ARIEL DURANT514 - WILL & ARIEL DURANT
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<b>514. WILL & ARIEL DURANT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Pulitzer Prize winning American historians whos...
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE & FILS515 - ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE & FILS
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<b>515. ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE & FILS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>French novelists and playwrights. ...
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T. S. ELIOT516 - T. S. ELIOT
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<b>516. T. S. ELIOT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1888-1965). Ex-patriot poet and critic known for his epic ...
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HAVELOCK ELLIS517 - HAVELOCK ELLIS
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<b>517. HAVELOCK ELLIS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1859-1939). English scientist and author best known as ...
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ROBERT FROST518 - ROBERT FROST
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<b>518. ROBERT FROST</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1874-1963). Major 20th century American poet awarded the ...
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EDGAR A. GUEST519 - EDGAR A. GUEST
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<b>519. EDGAR A. GUEST</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1881-1959) American journalist with the <i>Detroi...
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THOMAS HARDY520 - THOMAS HARDY
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<b>520. THOMAS HARDY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1840-1928). English novelist and poet of Naturalist movem...
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES521 - OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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<b>521. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1809-1894). American writer, novelist and poet. ...
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JULIA WARD HOWE522 - JULIA WARD HOWE
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<b>522. JULIA WARD HOWE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1819-1910). Author, fervent abolitionist and suffraget...
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HENRY JAMES523 - HENRY JAMES
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<b>523. HENRY JAMES</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1843-1916). American expatriate writer known for psycholog...
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JACK LONDON524 - JACK LONDON
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<b>524. JACK LONDON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1876-1916). American novelist and short-story writer. He a...
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HENRY W. LONGFELLOW525 - HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
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<b>525. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1807-1882). The most celebrated American poet of t...
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THOMAS MANN526 - THOMAS MANN
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<b>526. THOMAS MANN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1875-1955). German novelist and critic, one of the most im...
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HENRI GUY DE MAUPASSANT527 - HENRI GUY DE MAUPASSANT
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<b>527. HENRI GUY DE MAUPASSANT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1850-1893). French author of “The Necklace” (1...
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NAOMI MITCHISON528 - NAOMI MITCHISON
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<b>528. NAOMI MITCHISON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1897-1999). Outspoken feminist British novelist, biogr...
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HANNAH MORE529 - HANNAH MORE
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<b>529. HANNAH MORE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1745–1833), English writer, reformer, philanthropist; auth...
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EZRA POUND530 - EZRA POUND
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<b>530. EZRA POUND</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1883-1972). American avant-garde poet, critic and writer wh...
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J. B. PRIESTLEY531 - J. B. PRIESTLEY
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<b>531. J. B. PRIESTLEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984). English author and ...
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[SIR WALTER RALEIGH]532 - [SIR WALTER RALEIGH]
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<b>532. [SIR WALTER RALEIGH]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><i>An Abridgment Of Sir Walter Raleigh’s His...
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MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS533 - MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
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<b>533. MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1896-1953). American writer best known for he...
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GEORGE SAND534 - GEORGE SAND
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<b>534. GEORGE SAND</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant...
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW535 - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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<b>535. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1856-1950). Leading British playwright of <i>...
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EDMUND STEDMAN536 - EDMUND STEDMAN
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<b>536. EDMUND STEDMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1833-1908). American poet, critic and editor of the wor...
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JOHN STEINBECK537 - JOHN STEINBECK
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<b>537. JOHN STEINBECK</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1902-1968). Major American writer and Nobel laureate wh...
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GENE STRATTON-PORTER538 - GENE STRATTON-PORTER
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<b>538. GENE STRATTON-PORTER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1863-1924). Naturalist photographer-novelist who ...
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FRANCIS THOMPSON539 - FRANCIS THOMPSON
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<b>539. FRANCIS THOMPSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“you vanish from me to another”...
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JULES VERNE540 - JULES VERNE
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<b>540. JULES VERNE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1828-1905). French writer considered the father of modern ...
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS541 - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
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<b>541. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1911-1983). Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of &l...
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EVELYN WAUGH542 - EVELYN WAUGH
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<b>542. EVELYN WAUGH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“Bede Jarrett was very near the sai...
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P. G. WODEHOUSE543 - P. G. WODEHOUSE
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<b>543. P. G. WODEHOUSE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975). English-bor...
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H. G. WELLS544 - H. G. WELLS
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<b>544. H. G. WELLS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“i am hanged…why you don’t use the l...
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[WRITERS & POETS]545 - [WRITERS & POETS]
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<b>545. [WRITERS & POETS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Very nice collection of thirteen mostly turn-of-t...
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER546 - JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
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<b>546. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>two standard oil founders<...
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CORNELIUS VANDERBILT547 - CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
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<b>547. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1794-1877). American industrialist who amassed a ...
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[CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ARCHIVE]548 - [CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ARCHIVE]
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<b>548. [CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ARCHIVE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1809-1884). Inventor and manufacturer; ...
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WILLIAM B. ASTOR549 - WILLIAM B. ASTOR
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<b>549. WILLIAM B. ASTOR</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1792-1875). American financier; son of fur trader and...
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WILLIAM B. ASTOR550 - WILLIAM B. ASTOR
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<b>550. WILLIAM B. ASTOR</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>DS, 1p, legal folio, NY, Dec 3, 1825. Certificate stat...
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BARUCH & FORBES551 - BARUCH & FORBES
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<b>551. BARUCH & FORBES</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Financier; philanthropist and advisor to Presidents...
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ANDREW CARNEGIE552 - ANDREW CARNEGIE
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<b>552. ANDREW CARNEGIE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1835-1919). American steel industrialist and philanthr...
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MELVILLE E. ENGALLS553 - MELVILLE E. ENGALLS
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<b>553. MELVILLE E. ENGALLS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1842-1914). Railroad executive and politician; att...
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MELVILLE E. ENGALLS554 - MELVILLE E. ENGALLS
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<b>554. MELVILLE E. ENGALLS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Manuscript DS “<i>W E Ingalls</i>” as p...
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CHARLES CROCKER555 - CHARLES CROCKER
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<b>555. CHARLES CROCKER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1822-1888). US Railroad executive who sought gold in C...
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WILLIAM G. FARGO556 - WILLIAM G. FARGO
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<b>556. WILLIAM G. FARGO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1818-1881). American transportation pioneer who organ...
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