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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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SEMON M. BUDENNY252 - SEMON M. BUDENNY
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<b>252. SEMON M. BUDENNY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TDS in Russian, 1p, 4to, Moscow, Jan 11, 1938. With tr...
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LAZAR KAGANOVICH253 - LAZAR KAGANOVICH
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<b>253. LAZAR KAGANOVICH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1991). Highest-ranking Jew in Stalin’s governmen...
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ALEKSEI MARESEYEV254 - ALEKSEI MARESEYEV
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<b>254. ALEKSEI MARESEYEV</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1917-2001). Famed World War II Soviet fighter ace cr...
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MIKOYAN & VYSHINSKY255 - MIKOYAN & VYSHINSKY
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<b>255. MIKOYAN & VYSHINSKY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two leading Bolsheviks. <b><font size=...
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LEON TROTSKY256 - LEON TROTSKY
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<b>256. LEON TROTSKY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1879-1940). Russian Marxist theorist and revolutionary wh...
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ADOLPH HITLER257 - ADOLPH HITLER
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<b>257. ADOLPH HITLER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>hitler reorganizes top officer com...
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MARTIN BORMANN258 - MARTIN BORMANN
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<b>258. MARTIN BORMANN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1900-1945?). Powerful party leader in Nazi Germany and ...
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GÜNTHER RALL259 - GÜNTHER RALL
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<b>259. GÜNTHER RALL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1918). Third highest scoring Luftwaffe ace with 2...
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REINHARD HEYDRICH260 - REINHARD HEYDRICH
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<b>260. REINHARD HEYDRICH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1904-1942). German Nazi leader and Himmler’s chief l...
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HEINRICH HIMMLER261 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
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<b>261. HEINRICH HIMMLER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1900-1945). Nazi chief of Gestapo who established con...
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LENI RIEFENSTAHL262 - LENI RIEFENSTAHL
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<b>262. LENI RIEFENSTAHL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1902). German actress, writer, producer, and direc...
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OTTO SKORZENY263 - OTTO SKORZENY
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<b>263. OTTO SKORZENY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1908-1975). As a ranking Nazi officer and Hitler’s favor...
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HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL264 - HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL
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<b>264. HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1897-1980). One of Rommel’s top Panzer generals c...
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KARL-JESKO VON PUTTKAMER265 - KARL-JESKO VON PUTTKAMER
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<b>265. KARL-JESKO VON PUTTKAMER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1900-1981). Admiral, Korvetten captain, Hitle...
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[BALDUR VON SCHIRACH]266 - [BALDUR VON SCHIRACH]
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<b>266. [BALDUR VON SCHIRACH]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1907-1974). Hitler’s Youth leader; gauleiter in ...
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VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI267 - VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI
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<b>267. VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1869-1947). King of Ital...
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VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI268 - VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI
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<b>268. VITTORIO EMANUELE III & BENITO MUSSO-LINI</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>DS in Italian, 1p, small ...
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[JAPANESE WAR BONDS]269 - [JAPANESE WAR BONDS]
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<b>269. [JAPANESE WAR BONDS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of four colorful Japanese war bonds, tw...
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[JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS]270 - [JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS]
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<b>270. [JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Vintage collection of five wire service photog...
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[HENRY VIII]271 - [HENRY VIII]
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<b>271. [HENRY VIII]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1491-1547). Second son of Henry VII and one of England’s ...
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QUEEN ANNE272 - QUEEN ANNE
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<b>272. QUEEN ANNE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1665-1714). Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-14). T...
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LADY MARL-BOROUGH273 - LADY MARL-BOROUGH
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<b>273. LADY MARL-BOROUGH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sarah Jennings Churchill, Dutchess of Marl-borough (1...
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JAMES I274 - JAMES I
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<b>274. JAMES I</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1566-1625). King of England (1603-25) and as James VI, King of...
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[CHARLES II]275 - [CHARLES II]
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<b>275. [CHARLES II]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1630-1685). King of Great Britain and Ireland, routed by ...
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GEORGE III276 - GEORGE III
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<b>276. GEORGE III</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1738-1820). King of Great Britain & Ireland (1760-1820)...
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GEORGE III277 - GEORGE III
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<b>277. GEORGE III</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>DS, 3pp, legal folio, Court at Saint James, Jun. 21, 1786. T...
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CHARLOTTE278 - CHARLOTTE
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<b>278. CHARLOTTE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1744-1818). Known as Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-S...
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EDWARD VIII279 - EDWARD VIII
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<b>279. EDWARD VIII</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1894-1972). King of Great Britain & Northern Ireland a...
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BENJAMIN HALL280 - BENJAMIN HALL
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<b>280. BENJAMIN HALL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1802-1867). British Member of Parliament responsible for...
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WINSTON CHURCHILL281 - WINSTON CHURCHILL
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<b>281. WINSTON CHURCHILL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1874-1965). Great Britain’s greatest 20th century st...
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CATHERINE DE MÉDICIS282 - CATHERINE DE MÉDICIS
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<b>282. CATHERINE DE MÉDICIS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1519-1589). Queen of France as the wife of H...
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE283 - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
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<b>283. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1769-1821). Emperor of France who consolidated and ...
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE284 - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
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<b>284. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Beautifully watermarked DS “<i>Nap</i>” ...
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE285 - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
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<b>285. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>LS “<i>Napol</i>” in French, 1p, small 4...
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[NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]286 - [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]
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<b>286. [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Three strands from the exiled general’s hair prese...
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BARRY E. O’MEARA287 - BARRY E. O’MEARA
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<b>287. BARRY E. O’MEARA</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(d. 1836). British naval surgeon who attended Napoleon...
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NAPOLEON III288 - NAPOLEON III
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<b>288. NAPOLEON III</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1808-1873). French Emperor (1852-70) who revived the Napo...
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ANNE OF AUSTRIA289 - ANNE OF AUSTRIA
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<b>289. ANNE OF AUSTRIA</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1601-1666). Queen Consort of France, wife of Louis XII...
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CHARLES DE GAULLE290 - CHARLES DE GAULLE
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<b>290. CHARLES DE GAULLE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1890-1970). First president of the Fifth French Repu...
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EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA291 - EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA
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<b>291. EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1709–62). Czarina of Russia (1741–62), dau...
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CATHERINE II292 - CATHERINE II
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<b>292. CATHERINE II</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1729-1796). Empress of Russia (1762-1796), better known a...
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ANNA IVANOVNA293 - ANNA IVANOVNA
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<b>293. ANNA IVANOVNA</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1693-1740). Romanov Empress of Russia (1730-40). The nie...
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NICHOLAS II294 - NICHOLAS II
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<b>294. NICHOLAS II</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1868-1918). Last Czar of Russia (1894-1917). Forced by the...
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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV295 - MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
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<b>295. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1931). President of USSR (1985 -91) who introduce...
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CHARLES V297 - CHARLES V
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<b>297. CHARLES V</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1500-1558). Holy Roman emperor (1519-1558), and, as <b>...
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CHARLES V298 - CHARLES V
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<b>298. CHARLES V</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>DS as “<i>Carolus</i>” Holy Roman Emperor, in Spa...
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU299 - JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
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<b>299. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1889-1964). First Prime Minister of independent India...
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PHILIP IV300 - PHILIP IV
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<b>300. PHILIP IV</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1605-1665). King of Spain (1621-65); ruled Portugal until 16...
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GEORGE I301 - GEORGE I
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<b>301. GEORGE I</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1845–1913). King of Greece who introduced a democratic consti...
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MAXIMILIAN302 - MAXIMILIAN
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<b>302. MAXIMILIAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1832-1867). Austrian archduke and Emperor of Mexico (1864-1...
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