Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Partly-printed DS, signed Oliv: Wolcott, Jr., one page, 6.5 x 3.5, February 3, 1789. Interest note in the amount of ten shillings, in part: "I ...

Partly-printed DS, signed "Oliv. Wolcott, Jr.," one page, 7.25 x 4.5, May 23, 1789. State of Connecticut pay order, in part: "Pay Tim...

Scarce and desirable TLS signed R. E. Wood, one page, 7 x 10.5, Sears, Roebuck and Co. letterhead, July 5, 1929. Letter to W. S. Carroll, in full: &...

Appealing pair of foundry cast bronze bookends made from metal reclaimed during the 1927 restoration of the USS Constitution. Each bookend measures 5.

ALS signed twice, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Office of Carolina Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee letterhead(which lists Je

Civil War-dated ALS signed L, one page, 8 x 12.5, February 23, 1862. Addressed from "Camp," a handwritten letter to his wife Fanny, urging...

Highly desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Robert E. Lee in uniform with three stars discernible on his collar, boldly signed in ink, &quo...

ALS signed N. Lyon, Capt. 2nd Inf'y, Com'g Comp'y, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, July 1, 1855. Handwritten letter to "Col. H. K. Craig, Ch...

Rare 6.5 x 3.75 albumen photo of an artist's rendition of Mosby's Rangers crossing Snickers Gap, affixed to its original 9.5 x 5.5 mount, ca...

World War I-dated gold ring belonging to legendary fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker, size 10, with a purple gem to top flanked by golden United States A

Unsigned handwritten notes by Napoleon Bonaparte concerning the organization of the Corps of Grenadiers d'Elite of General Oudinot, six pages on...

Civil War-dated ALS, one page, 3.75 x 6, January 18, 1862. Handwritten letter to A. T. Goodman of Cleveland, in full: "The four letters, you me...

Word War I-dated LS in German, signed Boroevic, one page, 8.25 x 6.75, February 18, 1916. Untranslated letter signed by Boroevic as Commander of the F

TLS signed Benj. F. Butler, one page, 8.25 x 11, law firm letterhead, February 13, 1888. Letter to O. D. Barrett in Washington, DC, in part: "Y...

Manuscript DS in French, signed Carnot, one page, 8 x 12.5, July 1793. Untranslated official letter to Jean Bouchotte, the Minister of War. Signed at

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, July 4, 1834. Handwritten letter to a Brooklyn committee, thanking them for a gift. In part: &...

Autograph manuscript signed "James M. Dalzell, 'Private Dalzell,'" two pages, 7.75 x 12.5, headed: "The Blue and the Gray.&qu...

Fascinating collection of 20 original Illinois newspapersmost completeoffering contemporary coverage of Kennedy administration and the Cold War, with

Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled Atomic Warfare Is Born, which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large pillar of sm

Color 18 x 24 print reproducing the navigator's log of the Enola Gay from its historic flight to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, ...

Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled Atomic Warfare Is Born, which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large pillar of sm

Souvenir typescript of a USA Today interview with Tibbets about the atomic bomb drop, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip,...

ALS signed R. D. Evans, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, U.S.S. Illinois letterhead, February 21, 1902. Handwritten letter to E. K. May, i

ALS in French, signed Biron, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, no date. Handwritten copy of a letter sent to him by General Valence, containing a fierce attack on

Iconic satin-finish 12.75 x 10 photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, signed in black felt tip by three Medal of Honor recipients who participated in

FDC with a cachet honoring battle scenes on Iwo Jima, signed in black felt tip by the famed flag-raising photographer, "Joe Rosenthal." In...

Uncommon 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Custis Lee by Boude & Miley of Lexington, Virginia, signed on the mount in ink, "M. C....

Two ink signatures of noted Air Force generals"Curtis E. LeMay," on an off-white 5.5 x 2.75 card with typed collector's notations; and...

ALS in French, signed Louis de Bourbon, one page, 6.75 x 9, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter by Louis, Grand Cond. In fine condition. Accompan

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of the American five-star general, signed nicely in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Douglas...

Matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of the decorated field marshal, signed in fountain pen, "Montgomery of Alamein, 1972." Reverse bears a "...

ALS in French, signed Moreau, one page, 8.25 x 13.75, April 9, 1795. Untranslated handwritten letter by Moreau. In very good condition, with central v

ANS in German, signed Muffling, one page, 5.75 x 4.5, no date. Untranslated handwritten note, signed in the lower left corner by Muffling. In fine con

ALS in French, signed Ney, one page, 7.75 x 12.25, August 9, 1794. Handwritten letter to Jean-Baptiste Kleber, a fellow military commander of the Fren

Manuscript DS in French, signed J. Pichegru, one page, 7.5 x 11.75, July 8, 1794. Untranslated official document approved at the conclusion by Jean-Ch

TLS signed H. G. Rickover, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Atomic Energy Commission letterhead, September 23, 1959. Letter to Murry M. Robinson, in

LS signed Jn. Rodgers, one page, 8 x 10, May 29, 1821. Letter to Commodore Alexander Murray in Philadelphia, in part: "Mr. Rich'd Taylor is...

Ink signature, "W. S. Rosecrans, Bvt. Maj'r Gen'l USA, on the reverse of his 3 x 1.25 personal calling card. In very fine condition. O...

Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 portrait of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, posing in his uniform, signed below in ink. The lower right corner is

ALS signed W. S. Schley, one page, 4.5 x 7, January 24, 1910. Handwritten letter referring to his namesake, in part: "Would you mind lending me...

LS signed W. S. Schley, one page, 8 x 10, Office of Light-House Inspector letterhead, August 23, 1882. Interesting letter with an early reference to t

Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of General Norman Schwarzkopf in uniform, prominently signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with somewhat grai

Three items: a matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Scott seated in his cockpit, smiling and proudly displaying his victory markings, signed and inscribed in

ALS signed Ben Stoddert, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 29, 1803. Handwritten letter to John Mason, president of the Bank of Columbia, concerning the sati

LS in French, signed L. G. Suchet, one page, 8 x 13, Army of Italy letterhead, July 27, 1799. Letter transmitting an order regarding the requisition o

FDC with a cachet honoring the golden anniversary of aviation, signed "Capt. Francis D. 'Felix' Thornhill, Navigator 'Straight Flus...

Rare shipwreck relica 6.75 long copper spike from the USS New Hampshire, presented on a 8.5 x 2 wooden mount, with a small brass plate affixed to the

Partly-printed DS, signed Rich'd Varick, one page, 8.5 x 13.25, March 8, 1796. As Mayor of New York, Varick approves a condition of recognizance...

Two ALSs, totaling four pages on two sheets, January 31 and February 13, 1855. The first, in part: "I received your favor this morning, having ...

Partly-printed DS, signed D. A. Weisiger, one page, 8 x 3.75, November 28, 1870. Document from the Citizens' Savings Bank of Virginia, recording...

Three items signed by Westmoreland, including: two different 8 x 10 photos of him in uniform, each signed in black felt tip, "W. C. Westmorelan...

Three matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photos of noted military officers of the Central Powers in World War I: Archduke Joseph August of Austria, bol

FDC with a Colorano silk cachet honoring the 75th anniversary of the Wright Brothers, signed in blue or black ballpoint by Burt Rutan, the designer of

The Winters National Bank & Trust Co. check, 7.75 x 3, boldly filled out and signed by Orville Wright, payable to Mabel Beck for $84.36, July 29...

Two photos: a 5.5 x 8 photo clipped from a book that shows Chuck Yeager accepting the Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor from President Ford, sign

Scarce pair of white 'comfort' gloves affiliated with the Apollo 7 mission, both marked inside the wrist: "A7L-103056-03, L/N 015, Size...

Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits in front of a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip by Neil

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Hel...

Signed book: Encounter with Tiber. Limited edition, numbered 54/1500. Nashville: FlatSigned Press, 2005. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 563 page

Signed book: Men from Earth. First edition, limited issue, numbered 1142/1500. Nashville, TN: The FlatSigned Press, 2005. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5

Signed book: Magnificent Desolation. Special collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 326 page...

Two symposium programs signed by an Apollo moonwalker: a program for Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight, held at

From the personal collection of astronaut Gordon Cooperan official spiral-bound manual entitled Apollo News Reference, prepared and published by Publi

Four books signed by Apollo astronauts, including: Alan Shepard (Moon Shot, softcover edition); Gene Cernan (The Last Man on the Moon); Wally Schirra

Program for a symposium at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, held at the Naval Air Station, in Pensacola, Florida, on May 9 and 10, 2002, 18 page

Signed book: The Last Man on the Moon. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 356 pages. Sig...

Two programs for the United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor Enshrinement Ceremonies of 2004 and 2006, both 5.5 x 8.5, individually signed on the f

Uncommon color satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of Michael Collins inside the CSM Columbia during the Apollo 11 mission, signed in silver ink, &qu...

DS, signed From my files, Gordon Cooper, one page, 8 x 10.5, June 14, 1968. NASA Form 372: a Travel Request and Authorization 'Traveler's Co...

Desirable set of six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating the Soviet space achievements of the Vostok program, issued and canceled to mark the

Color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Cunningham posing with a tall model of the Saturn V rocket, signed in black felt tip, "Walt Cunningham, Apollo ...

From the personal collection of Apollo astronaut Walt Cunninghaman official brad-bound NASA manual entitled Mission Requirements, 'C' Type M...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Duke saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the liftoff of Apollo 16 on April 16, 1972, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP." In...

Official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Charlie Duke using a Thumper for firing charges during EVA training, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Du...

Souvenir typescripts of the poem "Sermons We See" by Edgar A. Guest, one page, 8 x 10.5, signed at the bottom by Apollo moonwalker Charlie...

Ink signature, "M. Faget, on an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet of NASA letterhead, which bears an affixed 16-cent stamp, a FDC cancellation postmarke...

Two photos: a color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Glenn in his Mercury space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, To HelmutJohn Glenn; and a vi

Signed book: John Glenn: A Memoir. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 422 pages. Signed ...

Three color 10 x 8 photos signed in felt tip by Richard Gordon, glossy and satin-finish, with one inscribed "To Helmut, Best wishes! Richard Go...

Two items: an ALS signed "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP," one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal stationery, March 5, 2003, in part: "I sure wish ...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Haise posing in his white space suit against a celestial backdrop, signed in black ink, "Fred W. Haise...

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Jim Irwin, "James B. Irwin," payable to ISI for $100, December 28, 1989. In fine condit...

Two items signed in blue felt tip by Gene Kranz, Eugene F. Kranz, White Flighta color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo, and an 8 x 6 engraving of the White H

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph containing three images of the Apollo spacecraft as viewed from the Soyuz spacecraft during their historic missi

Signed book: Apollo 13. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 378 pages. Signed on the col...

Two photos: an official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of James Lovell posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, with the reverse bearing pu

Iconic color semi-glossy 10.75 x 13.75 photo of McCandless performing his historic first untethered free flight, affixed to a 16 x 20 mount, neatly si

Greeting card invitation for a press conference at the Astronaut Hall of Fame on October 28, 1998, in honor of John Glenns return to space on STS-95,

Signed book: We Seven. Limited special collector's edition, 3000 issued (one of 25 unnumbered author copies). Connecticut: Easton Press, 1990. L...

Signed book: The Way of the Explorer. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 230 pages. Sig...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Harrison Schmitt in a formal pose, his lapel bearing an astronaut pin, signed in black felt tip, "Jack Schmitt." Re...

Official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo (S-70-53279) of Dave Scott being outfitted with gear in preparation for a geological training exe

Section of George Bishops Mercury 7 print, 5.5 x 11, trimmed to show the Mercury-Redstone 3 insignia and an image of astronaut Alan Shepard, who has s

Two signed books: a first edition of Moon Shot, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on a bookplate in black felt tip by Alan Shepard; and a later print

Two signed books: a later printing of Moon Shot, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on a bookplate in black felt tip by Alan Shepard; and a later prin

Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the crew of the second manned Skylab mission posing together in the One G trainer at the Johnson Space Center, signe

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Skylab 4 crew posing in their flight suits next to a globe and model, signed in black felt tip, Jerry Carr, CDR

Three official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photos of Space Shuttle launches for missions STS-3, STS-4, and STS-7, each signed in felt tip by its respective cre

Lot of nine itemseight photographs and one SpaceNews Roundup newspapersigned in ink or felt tip by one or more Space Shuttle or Skylab astronauts, inc