Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 2

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<p>Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War, including rare war-date documents signed by Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George E. Picket, Hiram B. Granby, John Hunt Morgan and numerous others, as well as several fine correspondences including an 1863 soldier's diary with Gettysburg content. We are also pleased to feature a fine archive of material which include letters of Diego Rivera and Freda Kahlo relative to the painting and installation of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Other fine properties include an original house plan by Frank Lloyd Wright; two triple signed checks, one by Theodore Roosevelt and the other by Richard Nixon; a rare A.L.S. of John A. Sutter; a circular letter singed by Thomas Jefferson defending his oft-criticized embargo; a superb and rare British cavalry officers' account of the battle of Waterloo; original drawings by Jack Kerouac, Bugsy Siegel's green velour fedora; and many other fine properties.
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We will hold public viewings for lots offered at our Greenwich offices on Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24. Hours for the public viewings will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Viewings at our offices may be also be arranged by appointment.
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Our offices are located at 100 Melrose Avenue, Suite 100 which is just off West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Connecticut. If you are unable to attend for any reason, phone lines will also be available for bidding. You may also bid over the Internet through ebayliveauctions.com. Registration for this service should be available by June 14 at the latest.
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(PHOTO OF NEBRASKA CAVALRY SOLDIER)761 - (PHOTO OF NEBRASKA CAVALRY SOLDIER)
Alexander Autographs
A great turn-of-the-century silver print, 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" copy photograph of a tintype with period ink identification of verso, in full: ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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(WESTERN COWBOY TINTYPE)762 - (WESTERN COWBOY TINTYPE)
Alexander Autographs
A great Civil War-era CDV-size tintype of a rough looking man wearing a full-length gray coat and mud-spattered boots, apparently a cowboy although t
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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(AMBROTYPE OF GENTLEMAN)763 - (AMBROTYPE OF GENTLEMAN)
Alexander Autographs
A nice 1/9th plate ambrotype of an 1860's era gentleman with hand on chest, set in a brass mat and frame. A bit light, else very good.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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(CHILD AMBROTYPES)764 - (CHILD AMBROTYPES)
Alexander Autographs
A nice pair of 1/6th plate ambrotypes of a child sitting in a chair. Both images were apparently taken at the same time and the child moved position
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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YOUNG, BRIGHAM764A - YOUNG, BRIGHAM
Alexander Autographs
(1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Valley. Young was
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(20 FREED SLAVES DRAW THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK)765 - (20 FREED SLAVES DRAW THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK)
Alexander Autographs
Highly unusual A. D. S., 4pp. legal folio, [n.p., but likely Mississippi], December 26, 1866, in which 20 recently freed slaves, each listed by name
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(KU KLUX KLAN TRIAL PROCEEDINGS, 1871)766 - (KU KLUX KLAN TRIAL PROCEEDINGS, 1871)
Alexander Autographs
A nice clean hard-bound copy of the very rare publication: "Proceeding in the Ku Klux Klan Trials at Columbia, S. C. in the United States Circ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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(ANTI-RECONSTRUCTION IMAGE)767 - (ANTI-RECONSTRUCTION IMAGE)
Alexander Autographs
An interesting KKK promotional CDV, circa 1868, entitled: "Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature" that was designed to enflame passi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(SOUTH CAROLINA PRINTED SLAVE BILL OF SALE)768 - (SOUTH CAROLINA PRINTED SLAVE BILL OF SALE)
Alexander Autographs
Especially rare partly-printed South Carolina slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Charleston, May 6, 1855 in which the Court of Equity certifies that
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(COLONIAL ERA SLAVE BILL OF SALE)769 - (COLONIAL ERA SLAVE BILL OF SALE)
Alexander Autographs
A rare, very early slave bill of sale, 1p. 8vo., Bedford Co., Va., Feb. 8, 1782 in which Edmond Franklin sells: "…unto Thomas Franklin of North...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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