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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507JOHN VANCE CHENEYSignature House
<b>507. JOHN VANCE CHENEY</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1848-1922). American author, poet and librarian. He ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
508WINSTON CHURCHILLSignature House
<b>508. WINSTON CHURCHILL</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1871-1947). American writer who wrote several popula...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
509WILKIE COLLINSSignature House
<b>509. WILKIE COLLINS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1824-1899). English novelist often regarded as originat...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
510CHARLES DICKENSSignature House
<b>510. CHARLES DICKENS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1812-1870). Prolific English novelist, one of the most...
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
511CHARLES DICKENSSignature House
<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...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
512THEODORE DREISERSignature House
<b>512. THEODORE DREISER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1871-1945). American naturalist literary pioneer; aut...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
513GEORGE DU MAURIERSignature House
<b>513. GEORGE DU MAURIER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1834–1896). French author whose work appeared in the...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
514WILL & ARIEL DURANTSignature House
<b>514. WILL & ARIEL DURANT</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Pulitzer Prize winning American historians whos...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
515ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE & FILSSignature House
<b>515. ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE & FILS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>French novelists and playwrights. ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
516T. S. ELIOTSignature House
<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 ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
517HAVELOCK ELLISSignature House
<b>517. HAVELOCK ELLIS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1859-1939). English scientist and author best known as ...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
518ROBERT FROSTSignature House
<b>518. ROBERT FROST</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1874-1963). Major 20th century American poet awarded the ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
519EDGAR A. GUESTSignature House
<b>519. EDGAR A. GUEST</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1881-1959) American journalist with the <i>Detroi...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
520THOMAS HARDYSignature House
<b>520. THOMAS HARDY</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1840-1928). English novelist and poet of Naturalist movem...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
521OLIVER WENDELL HOLMESSignature House
<b>521. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1809-1894). American writer, novelist and poet. ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
522JULIA WARD HOWESignature House
<b>522. JULIA WARD HOWE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1819-1910). Author, fervent abolitionist and suffraget...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
523HENRY JAMESSignature House
<b>523. HENRY JAMES</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1843-1916). American expatriate writer known for psycholog...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
524JACK LONDONSignature House
<b>524. JACK LONDON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1876-1916). American novelist and short-story writer. He a...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
525HENRY W. LONGFELLOWSignature House
<b>525. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1807-1882). The most celebrated American poet of t...
Estimate : 125.00 - 175.00
526THOMAS MANNSignature House
<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...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
527HENRI GUY DE MAUPASSANTSignature House
<b>527. HENRI GUY DE MAUPASSANT</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1850-1893). French author of “The Necklace” (1...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
528NAOMI MITCHISONSignature House
<b>528. NAOMI MITCHISON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1897-1999). Outspoken feminist British novelist, biogr...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
529HANNAH MORESignature House
<b>529. HANNAH MORE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1745–1833), English writer, reformer, philanthropist; auth...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
530EZRA POUNDSignature House
<b>530. EZRA POUND</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1883-1972). American avant-garde poet, critic and writer wh...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
531J. B. PRIESTLEYSignature House
<b>531. J. B. PRIESTLEY</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984). English author and ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
532[SIR WALTER RALEIGH]Signature House
<b>532. [SIR WALTER RALEIGH]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><i>An Abridgment Of Sir Walter Raleigh’s His...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
533MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGSSignature House
<b>533. MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1896-1953). American writer best known for he...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
534GEORGE SANDSignature House
<b>534. GEORGE SAND</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
535GEORGE BERNARD SHAWSignature House
<b>535. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1856-1950). Leading British playwright of <i>...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
536EDMUND STEDMANSignature House
<b>536. EDMUND STEDMAN</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1833-1908). American poet, critic and editor of the wor...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
537JOHN STEINBECKSignature House
<b>537. JOHN STEINBECK</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1902-1968). Major American writer and Nobel laureate wh...
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
538GENE STRATTON-PORTERSignature House
<b>538. GENE STRATTON-PORTER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1863-1924). Naturalist photographer-novelist who ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
539FRANCIS THOMPSONSignature House
<b>539. FRANCIS THOMPSON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“you vanish from me to another”...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
540JULES VERNESignature House
<b>540. JULES VERNE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1828-1905). French writer considered the father of modern ...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
541TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSignature House
<b>541. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1911-1983). Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of &l...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
542EVELYN WAUGHSignature House
<b>542. EVELYN WAUGH</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“Bede Jarrett was very near the sai...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
543P. G. WODEHOUSESignature House
<b>543. P. G. WODEHOUSE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975). English-bor...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
544H. G. WELLSSignature House
<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...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
545[WRITERS & POETS]Signature House
<b>545. [WRITERS & POETS]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Very nice collection of thirteen mostly turn-of-t...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
546JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSignature House
<b>546. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>two standard oil founders<...
Estimate : 2,300.00 - 2,600.00
547CORNELIUS VANDERBILTSignature House
<b>547. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1794-1877). American industrialist who amassed a ...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
548[CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ARCHIVE]Signature House
<b>548. [CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ARCHIVE]</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1809-1884). Inventor and manufacturer; ...
Estimate : 7,500.00 - 9,500.00
549WILLIAM B. ASTORSignature House
<b>549. WILLIAM B. ASTOR</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1792-1875). American financier; son of fur trader and...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
550WILLIAM B. ASTORSignature House
<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...
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
551BARUCH & FORBESSignature House
<b>551. BARUCH & FORBES</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Financier; philanthropist and advisor to Presidents...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
552ANDREW CARNEGIESignature House
<b>552. ANDREW CARNEGIE</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1835-1919). American steel industrialist and philanthr...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
553MELVILLE E. ENGALLSSignature House
<b>553. MELVILLE E. ENGALLS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1842-1914). Railroad executive and politician; att...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
554MELVILLE E. ENGALLSSignature House
<b>554. MELVILLE E. ENGALLS</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Manuscript DS “<i>W E Ingalls</i>” as p...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
555CHARLES CROCKERSignature House
<b>555. CHARLES CROCKER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1822-1888). US Railroad executive who sought gold in C...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
556WILLIAM G. FARGOSignature House
<b>556. WILLIAM G. FARGO</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1818-1881). American transportation pioneer who organ...
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00