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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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HERBERT HOOVER404 - HERBERT HOOVER
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<b>404. HERBERT HOOVER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS, 1p, 4to, n.p., Jul 15, 1935. On his personal letter...
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HERBERT HOOVER405 - HERBERT HOOVER
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<b>405. HERBERT HOOVER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signature on autograph card, boldly penned. Fine example...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT406 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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<b>406. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1882-1945). Thirty-second President of the Unite...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT407 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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<b>407. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“i too am a collector”<...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT408 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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<b>408. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Full signature cut from letter on light green Whi...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT409 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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<b>409. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signature on State of NY Executive Mansion card w...
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT410 - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
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<b>410. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1884-1962). First Lady and wife of Franklin D. Roose...
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT411 - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
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<b>411. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signed program for a lecture to be given by Mrs. Roos...
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HARRY S. TRUMAN412 - HARRY S. TRUMAN
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<b>412. HARRY S. TRUMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1884-1972). Thirty-third President of the United State...
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HARRY S. TRUMAN413 - HARRY S. TRUMAN
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<b>413. HARRY S. TRUMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS, 1p, small 4to, Kansas City, Aug 21, 1956. On his p...
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HARRY S. TRUMAN414 - HARRY S. TRUMAN
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<b>414. HARRY S. TRUMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS, 1p, small 4to, Independence, MO, Nov 18, 1964. On ...
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER415 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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<b>415. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1890-1969). Thirty-fourth President of the United...
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MAMIE DAUD EISENHOWER416 - MAMIE DAUD EISENHOWER
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<b>416. MAMIE DAUD EISENHOWER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1896-1979). First Lady (1952-69), wife of Presid...
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JOHN F. KENNEDY417 - JOHN F. KENNEDY
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<b>417. JOHN F. KENNEDY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1917-1963). Thirty-fifth President of the United State...
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON419 - LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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<b>419. LYNDON B. JOHNSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1908-1973). Thirty-sixth President of the United Sta...
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON420 - LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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<b>420. LYNDON B. JOHNSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS as President, 1p, 8vo, Washington, Apr 7, 1967. O...
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RICHARD NIXON421 - RICHARD NIXON
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<b>421. RICHARD NIXON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1913-1994). Thirty-seventh President of the United State...
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RICHARD NIXON423 - RICHARD NIXON
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<b>423. RICHARD NIXON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>SP, color, 8"x10" seated portrait at desk, glas...
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GERALD R. FORD424 - GERALD R. FORD
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<b>424. GERALD R. FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1913). Thirty-eighth President of the United States ...
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GERALD R. FORD425 - GERALD R. FORD
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<b>425. GERALD R. FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Printed Statement Signed, 1p, 8vo, n.p., n.d. On his per...
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GERALD R. FORD426 - GERALD R. FORD
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<b>426. GERALD R. FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TMsS, 1p, 4to, Aug 9, 1974. His speech on assuming offic...
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GERALD R. FORD427 - GERALD R. FORD
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<b>427. GERALD R. FORD</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>TLS “<i>Jerry Ford</i>” as Michigan Congress...
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ROSALYNN S. CARTER428 - ROSALYNN S. CARTER
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<b>428. ROSALYNN S. CARTER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>First Lady (b. 1928), the wife of thirty-ninth Presi...
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RONALD REAGAN429 - RONALD REAGAN
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<b>429. RONALD REAGAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1911). Fortieth President of the United States (1981-...
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GEORGE BUSH430 - GEORGE BUSH
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<b>430. GEORGE BUSH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1924). Forty-first President of the United States (1989...
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BILL CLINTON431 - BILL CLINTON
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<b>431. BILL CLINTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1946). Forty-second President of the United States. Pr...
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THOMAS MORAN432 - THOMAS MORAN
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<b>432. THOMAS MORAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1837-1926). English-born landscape painter of Western Ame...
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HENRI MATISSE433 - HENRI MATISSE
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<b>433. HENRI MATISSE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1869-1954). French painter and sculptor. Influenced by p...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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GUTZON BORGLUM434 - GUTZON BORGLUM
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<b>434. GUTZON BORGLUM</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1871-1941).<i> </i>American sculptor respon...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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[AMERICAN FOLK ART]435 - [AMERICAN FOLK ART]
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<b>435. [AMERICAN FOLK ART]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Portfolio of 19 pencil and pen drawings by <b>...
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BILL BENDER436 - BILL BENDER
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<b>436. BILL BENDER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1919). Noted Western cowboy artist, once a working cowb...
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MARC CHAGALL437 - MARC CHAGALL
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<b>437. MARC CHAGALL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1887-1985). Russian-born French painter, the first “surre...
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SALVADOR DALI438 - SALVADOR DALI
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<b>438. SALVADOR DALI</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1904-1989). Spanish surrealist painter and writer of dre...
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SALVADOR DALI439 - SALVADOR DALI
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<b>439. SALVADOR DALI</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signed color lithograph, 9½"x12", entitled...
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KEITH HARING440 - KEITH HARING
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<b>440. KEITH HARING</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1958-1990). American painter known for his simple, drawin...
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JASPER JOHNS441 - JASPER JOHNS
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<b>441. JASPER JOHNS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1930). Pioneer American pop artist often integrating t...
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JOAN MIRO442 - JOAN MIRO
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<b>442. JOAN MIRO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1893-1983). Spanish surrealist painter whose fantastic image...
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PABLO PICASSO443 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>443. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1881-1973). Spanish painter and sculptor, the most famou...
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PABLO PICASSO444 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>444. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Dramatic Heliogravure, b/w, approx 13½"x10½...
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PABLO PICASSO445 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>445. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Lithograph, color, 9½"x12½" abstract ...
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PABLO PICASSO446 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>446. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Lithograph, color, 9½"x12½" poster en...
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PABLO PICASSO447 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>447. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signed Heliogravure, b/w, of his painting <i>Illust...
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PABLO PICASSO448 - PABLO PICASSO
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<b>448. PABLO PICASSO</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Signed Heliogravure, b/w, approx. 14"x10¼"...
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JAMES ROSENQUIST449 - JAMES ROSENQUIST
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<b>449. JAMES ROSENQUIST</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1933). American pop artist. Signed museum color po...
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ANDREW WYETH450 - ANDREW WYETH
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<b>450. ANDREW WYETH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1917). American realist painter of barren rural scenes...
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ANDREW WYETH451 - ANDREW WYETH
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<b>451. ANDREW WYETH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Very nice collection of three museum card reproductions of...
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[PAINTERS & SCULPTORS]452 - [PAINTERS & SCULPTORS]
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<b>452. [PAINTERS & SCULPTORS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A very nice collection of American artists. ...
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WALT DISNEY453 - WALT DISNEY
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<b>453. WALT DISNEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1901-1966). American cartoon artist; producer of animated ...
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[DISNEY]454 - [DISNEY]
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<b>454. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A delightful pair of matched green, black and red pencil drawings exe...
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DR. SEUSS455 - DR. SEUSS
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<b>455. DR. SEUSS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1904-1991). Pen name of children’s author Theodore Geisel, k...
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