Auction Details
We are pleased to announce our latest auction catalog featuring fine autographs and manuscripts in all fields of collecting. The auction will be in two parts and will include a live auction to take place at the Shelburne Murray Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Ave. (@37th. St.) New York, NY on March 2, 2002 with an absentee auction closing March 6, 2002 at 10:00pm Eastern Time.
Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War and the American Revolution, including a proposal in the hand of Signer Arthur Middleton calling for the death penalty for people caught trading with the British; fine Civil War correspondences and images; a letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson detailing the faculty recruitment efforts for the University of Virginia. Of particular interest are documents from the estate of Judge Irving Kaufman who tried and sentenced Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to death for espionage in 1951 including his appointment as District Judge for the Southern District of New York signed by Harry Truman as well as his appointment to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals signed by John and Robert Kennedy. We are also pleased to offer a fine selection of material concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy including candid snapshots taken on November 22, 1963, suits worn by Jack Ruby, as well as fine content documents and letters of Kennedy, Oswald and Ruby. As usual we will also offer lots sold on an absentee basis, closing Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time.
We will hold a public viewing for lots offered in the live auction on Friday, March 1, 2002 at the Shelburne Hotel from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. and Saturday, March 2, 2002 from 9 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. Viewings at our offices may be arranged by appointment.
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1208 - DOOLITTLE, JAMES H.Alexander Autographs
(d. 1993) American aviator who gained fame both as a racing pilot and as leader of the first air raid on Tokyo during World War II. Candid S.P. 8&q...
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1210 - PERSHING, JOHN J.Alexander Autographs
(1860 - 1948) American general ""Black Jack"" Pershing commanded troops sent to capture Pancho Villa, and later was Commander in...
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1211 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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1212 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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1213 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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1214 - ABEL, RUDOLF IVANOVICHAlexander Autographs
(1903 - 1971) Soviet spymaster who operated for years in the United States, was captured and eventually exchanged for U-2 pilot Gary Powers. Rare pair
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1215 - GRECHKO, ANDREY A.Alexander Autographs
(1903 - 1976) Soviet general who desperately resisted the German advance in the south, liberated Kiev and the Ukraine and occupied Prague. Partly-pr
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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1216 - KONEV, IVAN S.Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1973) Russian field marshal who headed the Kalinin Front and resisted the German assault on Moscow. Later, Konev threw back the German attack
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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1217 - KONEV, IVAN S.Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1973) Russian field marshal who headed the Kalinin Front and resisted the German assault on Moscow. Later, Konev threw back the German attack
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1218 - SUVOROV, ALEXANDERAlexander Autographs
(1729 - 1800) Legendary Russian field marshal who vanquished several of Napoleon's generals. A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo., [n.p.], 1784, untranslated. Large...
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