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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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LEE DE FOREST323 - LEE DE FOREST
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<b>323. LEE DE FOREST</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1873-1961). American inventor; pioneer in wireless and o...
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GEORGE EASTMAN324 - GEORGE EASTMAN
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<b>324. GEORGE EASTMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1854-1932). American manufacturer whose introduction of...
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THOMAS A. EDISON325 - THOMAS A. EDISON
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<b>325. THOMAS A. EDISON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1847-1931). American inventor and entrepreneur, paten...
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THOMAS A. EDISON326 - THOMAS A. EDISON
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<b>326. THOMAS A. EDISON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signed card, 3"x2". Signed “<i>Thos A ...
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WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN327 - WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN
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<b>327. WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1837-1932). American physician; performed what i...
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FERDINANT DE LESSEPS328 - FERDINANT DE LESSEPS
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<b>328. FERDINANT DE LESSEPS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1805-1894). French diplomat and engineer awarded ...
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[PHYSICISTS]329 - [PHYSICISTS]
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<b>329. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Three Nobel Prize winning physicists who developed the transistor. SP...
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WERNHER VON BRAUN330 - WERNHER VON BRAUN
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<b>330. WERNHER VON BRAUN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1912-1977). German-born American engineer, known for...
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ALBERT B. SABIN331 - ALBERT B. SABIN
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<b>331. ALBERT B. SABIN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1906-1993). American virologist who in the mid-’50s de...
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[SOVIET PHYSICISTS]332 - [SOVIET PHYSICISTS]
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<b>332. [SOVIET PHYSICISTS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Fathers of the Russian nuclear bomb. TDS, 1p, 8&quo...
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ORVILLE WRIGHT & HENRY FORD333 - ORVILLE WRIGHT & HENRY FORD
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<b>333. ORVILLE WRIGHT & HENRY FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>fathers of moder...
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HOWARD HUGHES334 - HOWARD HUGHES
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<b>334. HOWARD HUGHES</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>hughes employed to test fly</h3...
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AMELIA EARHARDT335 - AMELIA EARHARDT
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<b>335. AMELIA EARHARDT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1898-1937). America’s “First Lady of the Air”, the fir...
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CHARLES LINDBERGH336 - CHARLES LINDBERGH
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<b>336. CHARLES LINDBERGH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1902-1974). American aviator and engineer who landed...
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CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN337 - CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN
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<b>337. CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1976). American aviator; pilot of the mono...
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ROALD AMUNDSEN338 - ROALD AMUNDSEN
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<b>338. ROALD AMUNDSEN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1872-1928). Norwegian polar explorer, the first to reac...
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SIR JOHN BARROW339 - SIR JOHN BARROW
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<b>339. SIR JOHN BARROW</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1764-1848). British statesman and geographer after who...
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DOUGLAS CORRIGAN340 - DOUGLAS CORRIGAN
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<b>340. DOUGLAS CORRIGAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1907-1995). “Wrong-Way” Corrigan set out in 1938 to f...
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[EARLY MODEL AIRPLANES]341 - [EARLY MODEL AIRPLANES]
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<b>341. [EARLY MODEL AIRPLANES]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>French hand-colored printed diagram by Pellerin...
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ROBERT EDWIN PEARY342 - ROBERT EDWIN PEARY
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<b>342. ROBERT EDWIN PEARY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1856-1920). American explorer. A rear admiral, he p...
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