AUCTION  / 

Auction XX

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

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.
< Prev# Rows102050100Next >12345678. . .151617
 Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
[UNION BELT]202 - [UNION BELT]
Signature House
<b>202. [UNION BELT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Decoratively tooled leather belt with brass buckle and acc...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION BUCKLES I]203 - [UNION BUCKLES I]
Signature House
<b>203. [UNION BUCKLES I]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of four standard Federal issue oval 2½...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION BUCKLES II]204 - [UNION BUCKLES II]
Signature House
<b>204. [UNION BUCKLES II]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of three standard Federal issue circular ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION IMPRESSMENT]205 - [UNION IMPRESSMENT]
Signature House
<b>205. [UNION IMPRESSMENT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A <b>war-date</b> ADS “<i>L A Whi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION GENERALS AT GETTYSBURG]206 - [UNION GENERALS AT GETTYSBURG]
Signature House
<b>206. [UNION GENERALS AT GETTYSBURG]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of six signatures and one DS ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION LEADERS]207 - [UNION LEADERS]
Signature House
<b>207. [UNION LEADERS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of six bold signatures. Three are attractive...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[UNION NAVY]208 - [UNION NAVY]
Signature House
<b>208. [UNION NAVY]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of three naval leaders. Boldly penned signature...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
ALEXANDER WEBB209 - ALEXANDER WEBB
Signature House
<b>209. ALEXANDER WEBB</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1835-1911). Union brigadier general awarded Congression...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG]210 - [WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG]
Signature House
<b>210. [WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>CDV full-length standing portrait in uniform of...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
JOHN ELLIS WOOL211 - JOHN ELLIS WOOL
Signature House
<b>211. JOHN ELLIS WOOL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“weak imbecilic if not pusillani...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
RAYMOND A. SPRUANCE212 - RAYMOND A. SPRUANCE
Signature House
<b>212. RAYMOND A. SPRUANCE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>admiral’s staff flag</h3&...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[MAXWELL TAYLOR]213 - [MAXWELL TAYLOR]
Signature House
<b>213. [MAXWELL TAYLOR]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1901-1987). During World War II he was the first Amer...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
CHESTER W. NIMITZ214 - CHESTER W. NIMITZ
Signature House
<b>214. CHESTER W. NIMITZ</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1885-1966). Admiral, USN; Commander in chief of the ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
HENRY [HAP] ARNOLD215 - HENRY [HAP] ARNOLD
Signature House
<b>215. HENRY ARNOLD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1886-1950). Commanding general of the US Army Air Corps...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
GEORGE S. PATTON JR.216 - GEORGE S. PATTON JR.
Signature House
<b>216. GEORGE S. PATTON JR.</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>Patton learns “ruthless met...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
BEATRICE PATTON217 - BEATRICE PATTON
Signature House
<b>217. BEATRICE PATTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Devoted wife of <b>General George Patton, Jr.<...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
EMMANUEL GROUCHY218 - EMMANUEL GROUCHY
Signature House
<b>218. EMMANUEL GROUCHY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1766-1847). French general, a commander of cavalry wh...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[NAPOLEON’S DEFEAT]219 - [NAPOLEON’S DEFEAT]
Signature House
<b>219. [NAPOLEON’S DEFEAT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><b>A. Kenney</b> writes a confidential ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WAR OF 1812]220 - [WAR OF 1812]
Signature House
<b>220. [WAR OF 1812]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><i>A Hand book For Infantry: Containing The First P...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 350.00 - 550.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY221 - ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY
Signature House
<b>221. ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>wellesley defends lord melvi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY222 - ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY
Signature House
<b>222. ARTHUR W. WELLESLEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>1st <b><font size=-1>Duke of Wellington...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
WILLIAM “BILLY” MITCHELL223 - WILLIAM “BILLY” MITCHELL
Signature House
<b>223. WILLIAM “BILLY” MITCHELL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1879-1936). Outspoken American army general w...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[ATOMIC BOMB]224 - [ATOMIC BOMB]
Signature House
<b>224. [ATOMIC BOMB]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>the mission of the 509th composite...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[D-DAY BRONZE STAR CITATION]225 - [D-DAY BRONZE STAR CITATION]
Signature House
<b>225. [D-DAY BRONZE STAR CITATION]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Award given to Commander Lawrence Woodswor...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
OMAR N. BRADLEY226 - OMAR N. BRADLEY
Signature House
<b>226. OMAR N. BRADLEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1981). General, 12th Army Group; senior commander...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[DEATH FROM ABOVE]227 - [DEATH FROM ABOVE]
Signature House
<b>227. [DEATH FROM ABOVE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of two sets of b/w WWII SPs. Two identica...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
JAMES H. DOOLITTLE228 - JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
Signature House
<b>228. JAMES H. DOOLITTLE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1896-1993). American aviator, the first pilot to fl...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[DOOLITTLE RAIDERS]229 - [DOOLITTLE RAIDERS]
Signature House
<b>229. [DOOLITTLE RAIDERS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Five members of the celebrated raid on Tokyo Apr 18...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
JOHN F. EGAN230 - JOHN F. EGAN
Signature House
<b>230. JOHN F. EGAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Brigadier General, US Air Corps, commander in 49th Fighter...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER231 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Signature House
<b>231. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1890-1969). Thirty-fourth President of the United...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER232 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Signature House
<b>232. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>His book <i>Crusade in Europe</i>, 559...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[ENOLA GAY]233 - [ENOLA GAY]
Signature House
<b>233. [ENOLA GAY]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>The famed World War II B-29 which dropped the first atomic ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[ENOLA GAY]234 - [ENOLA GAY]
Signature House
<b>234. [ENOLA GAY]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>SP, 8"x10" b/w, still of the mushroom cloud which...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
THOMAS FEREBEE235 - THOMAS FEREBEE
Signature House
<b>235. THOMAS FEREBEE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1918-2000). Bombardier on the <i>Enola Gay</i&...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[IWO JIMA ]236 - [IWO JIMA ]
Signature House
<b>236. [IWO JIMA ]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Three surviving Flagraisers and famed photographer of one o...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[IWO JIMA]237 - [IWO JIMA]
Signature House
<b>237. [IWO JIMA]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Commemorative SP, b/w, overall 12¾"x10" still...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
ERNIE PYLE238 - ERNIE PYLE
Signature House
<b>238. ERNIE PYLE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1900-1945). American journalist awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY239 - BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY
Signature House
<b>239. BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1887-1976). British Field Marshal who began the ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
ALEXANDER PATCH240 - ALEXANDER PATCH
Signature House
<b>240. ALEXANDER PATCH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“get back into the fighting afte...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 350.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
HYMAN G. RICKOVER241 - HYMAN G. RICKOVER
Signature House
<b>241. HYMAN G. RICKOVER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1900-1986). Russian-born American naval officer and ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
WILLIAM WARD SMITH242 - WILLIAM WARD SMITH
Signature House
<b>242. WILLIAM WARD SMITH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1888-1966). Vice Admiral, USN; CincPac chief during...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
HOYT S. VANDENBERG243 - HOYT S. VANDENBERG
Signature House
<b>243. HOYT S. VANDENBERG</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1899-1954). Second chief of staff of US Air Force; ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[SOLDIER’S ART]244 - [SOLDIER’S ART]
Signature House
<b>244. [SOLDIER’S ART]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A nice collection of 20 <b>war-date</b> pos...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[US GENERALS]245 - [US GENERALS]
Signature House
<b>245. [US GENERALS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of three. <b><font size=-1>Matthew...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WORLD WAR II GENERALS]246 - [WORLD WAR II GENERALS]
Signature House
<b>246. [WORLD WAR II GENERALS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two US Army generals. <b><font size=-1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WORLD WAR II NOTABLES]247 - [WORLD WAR II NOTABLES]
Signature House
<b>247. [WORLD WAR II NOTABLES]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of four US military leaders. Rear Ad...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WW II ACES & MOH WINNERS]248 - [WW II ACES & MOH WINNERS]
Signature House
<b>248. [WW II ACES & MOH WINNERS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of 11 SPs, b/w, overall 8&quo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
[WW II US NEWSMAPS]249 - [WW II US NEWSMAPS]
Signature House
<b>249. [WW II US NEWSMAPS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Fine collection of 50 weekly WW II military news po...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
GEORGI ZHUKOV250 - GEORGI ZHUKOV
Signature House
<b>250. GEORGI ZHUKOV</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1896-1974). Marshall of the Soviet Union, the most impor...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
SEMEN M. BUDENNY251 - SEMEN M. BUDENNY
Signature House
<b>251. SEMEN M. BUDENNY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1883-1973). A sergeant major in the czarist cavalry, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark