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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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CYRUS W. FIELD557 - CYRUS W. FIELD
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<b>557. CYRUS W. FIELD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1819-1892). American financier who amassed a fortune in...
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[GEORGE PEABODY]558 - [GEORGE PEABODY]
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<b>558. [GEORGE PEABODY]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1795-1869). American merchant and financier. As a phi...
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EDSEL FORD559 - EDSEL FORD
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<b>559. EDSEL FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1943). American automobile manufacturer; president of ...
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HENRY FORD560 - HENRY FORD
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<b>560. HENRY FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>ford’s first teacher</h3>(1863-...
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JULIUS ROSENWALD561 - JULIUS ROSENWALD
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<b>561. JULIUS ROSENWALD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1862-1932). Businessman and philanthropist, he was an...
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CHARLES SCHWAB562 - CHARLES SCHWAB
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<b>562. CHARLES SCHWAB</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1862-1939). American steel magnate. He started as a sta...
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JOHN WANAMAKER563 - JOHN WANAMAKER
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<b>563. JOHN WANAMAKER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1838-1922). American merchant; postmaster general (1889...
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BOBBY FISCHER564 - BOBBY FISCHER
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<b>564. BOBBY FISCHER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1943). American chess player who was world champion 1...
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MELVIN PURVIS565 - MELVIN PURVIS
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<b>565. MELVIN PURVIS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1903-1960). Famed FBI special agent heading the Chicago ...
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J. EDGAR HOOVER566 - J. EDGAR HOOVER
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<b>566. J. EDGAR HOOVER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1895-1972). Controversial director of Federal Bureau o...
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MONICA LEWINSKY567 - MONICA LEWINSKY
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<b>567. MONICA LEWINSKY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1973). White House intern whose escapades with Pres...
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[VINTAGE MISCELLANEA]568 - [VINTAGE MISCELLANEA]
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<b>568. [VINTAGE MISCELLANEA]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Four diverse notables. Clipped, dark signatures o...
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[CELEBRITY GOLF BALLS]569 - [CELEBRITY GOLF BALLS]
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<b>569. [CELEBRITY GOLF BALLS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of eleven signed Spalding, Wilson, Du...
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[CELEBRITY COLLECTION I]570 - [CELEBRITY COLLECTION I]
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<b>570. [CELEBRITY COLLECTION I]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Varied assortment of 18 entertainment, sports,...
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[CELEBRITY COLLECTION II]571 - [CELEBRITY COLLECTION II]
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<b>571. [CELEBRITY COLLECTION II]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Assortment of six notables. TLS by Academy Aw...
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[CELEBRITY SIGNATURE COLLECTION]572 - [CELEBRITY SIGNATURE COLLECTION]
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<b>572. [CELEBRITY SIGNATURE COLLECTION]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Assortment of 38 autographs including ...
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[CELEBRITY SIGNATURES]573 - [CELEBRITY SIGNATURES]
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<b>573. [CELEBRITY SIGNATURES]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of 44 entertainment, sports and other...
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JOHN GOTTI574 - JOHN GOTTI
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<b>574. JOHN GOTTI</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1940-2002). Flamboyant head of the Gambino crime family, ni...
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CARLO GAMBINO575 - CARLO GAMBINO
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<b>575. CARLO GAMBINO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1902-1976). Mafia chieftain and the boss of New York’s m...
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[LEE HARVEY OSWALD]576 - [LEE HARVEY OSWALD]
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<b>576. [LEE HARVEY OSWALD]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1939-1963). According to the Warren Report, the fo...
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JACK RUBY577 - JACK RUBY
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<b>577. JACK RUBY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1911-1967). Nightclub operator convicted of murdering Lee Ha...
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ROBERT STROUD578 - ROBERT STROUD
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<b>578. ROBERT STROUD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>stroud discusses ornithology</h...
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ROBERT STROUD579 - ROBERT STROUD
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<b>579. ROBERT STROUD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS, 2pp, 4to, Alcatraz, Feb 14, 1954. Interesting conten...
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MARILYN MONROE580 - MARILYN MONROE
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<b>580. MARILYN MONROE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“love & kisses”</h3>(19...
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[MARILYN MONROE]581 - [MARILYN MONROE]
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<b>581. [MARILYN MONROE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Rare unpublished photograph, b/w, 6"x9" full...
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JOHN WAYNE582 - JOHN WAYNE
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<b>582. JOHN WAYNE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1907-1979). Leading man of western and action film genre, “...
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[ALICE]583 - [ALICE]
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<b>583. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Popular television sitcom airing 1976-1985. SP, b/w, 10"x8"...
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[EIGHT IS ENOUGH]584 - [EIGHT IS ENOUGH]
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<b>584. [EIGHT IS ENOUGH]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Long running ’70s television comedy series. Original ...
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LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ585 - LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ
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<b>585. LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Famed Hollywood comedic couple who founde...
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LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ586 - LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ
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<b>586. LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Partly printed DS “<i>Lucille Ball ...
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[PHINEAS T. BARNUM]587 - [PHINEAS T. BARNUM]
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<b>587. [PHINEAS T. BARNUM]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1810-1891). American showman with great success in...
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FREDDIE BARTHOLO-MEW588 - FREDDIE BARTHOLO-MEW
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<b>588. FREDDIE BARTHOLO-MEW</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1924-1992). British-born Hollywood child star in ...
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SARAH BERHNARDT589 - SARAH BERHNARDT
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<b>589. SARAH BERHNARDT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1844-1923). French tragedienne of stage and silent fil...
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MAYO & HUMPHREY BOGART590 - MAYO & HUMPHREY BOGART
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<b>590. MAYO & HUMPHREY BOGART</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>‘the battling bogarts...
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JOE E. BROWN591 - JOE E. BROWN
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<b>591. JOE E. BROWN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1892-1973). Wide-mouthed American star comedian of the 30...
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BILLIE BURKE592 - BILLIE BURKE
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<b>592. BILLIE BURKE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1885-1970). American stage and silent picture star marrie...
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RICHARD BURTON593 - RICHARD BURTON
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<b>593. RICHARD BURTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1925-1984). Dark, brooding Welsh actor known for his co...
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JAMES CAGNEY594 - JAMES CAGNEY
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<b>594. JAMES CAGNEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1899-1986). American vaudeville song & dance man, Aca...
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JAMES CAGNEY595 - JAMES CAGNEY
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<b>595. JAMES CAGNEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>SP, b/w, 8"x10" quarter-length portrait of the y...
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EDDIE CANTOR596 - EDDIE CANTOR
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<b>596. EDDIE CANTOR</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1892-1964). American vaudeville entertainer, 30's Hol...
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[CELEBRITY CONTRACTS]597 - [CELEBRITY CONTRACTS]
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<b>597. [CELEBRITY CONTRACTS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of seven agency contracts, release for...
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LON CHANEY SR598 - LON CHANEY SR
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<b>598. LON CHANEY SR</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>‘<h3 align=center>man of a thousand faces’</h3&g...
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[COWBOY STARS]599 - [COWBOY STARS]
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<b>599. [COWBOY STARS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of three SPs, b/w, 10"x8" film stil...
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JOAN CRAW-FORD600 - JOAN CRAW-FORD
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<b>600. JOAN CRAW-FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1904-1977). Enduringly popular leading lady, jazz-age f...
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JOAN CRAWFORD601 - JOAN CRAWFORD
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<b>601. JOAN CRAWFORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS “<i>Joan</i>,” 1p, 8vo, NYC, Mar 1, 1974....
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BING CROSBY602 - BING CROSBY
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<b>602. BING CROSBY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1904-1977). Popular singer and actor credited with develop...
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DAVIS & BERGMAN603 - DAVIS & BERGMAN
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<b>603. DAVIS & BERGMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two superb Academy Award winning actresses of stage...
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OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND604 - OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
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<b>604. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1916). British-born leading lady who received a...
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CECIL B. DEMILLE605 - CECIL B. DEMILLE
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<b>605. CECIL B. DEMILLE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1881-1959). American film director and producer who p...
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JIMMY DURANTE606 - JIMMY DURANTE
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<b>606. JIMMY DURANTE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1980). American comedian with a long career in Vaud...
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