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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1258 - WRIGHT, ORVILLEAlexander Autographs
(1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 600.00 - 700.00
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1259 - EARHART, AMELIAAlexander Autographs
(1897 - 1937) American aviator, the first woman to cross the Atlantic, first solo across the Atlantic and first Hawaii-Mainland solo; lost in an arou
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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1260 - 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. T.L.S. on "...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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1262 - KOGAN, CLAUDEAlexander Autographs
(1919 - 1959) French mountaineer, one of the first women to climb as an equal with men. In 1949 she lead-climbed the south ridge of Aiguille Noire de
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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1263 - RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V.Alexander Autographs
(1890 - 1973) American aviator and World War I ace credited with 26 ""kills"", later president of Eastern Air Lines. Fine conte...
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1264 - RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V.Alexander Autographs
(1890 - 1973) American aviator and World War I ace credited with 26 ""kills"", later president of Eastern Air Lines. Good conte...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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1265 - (FAMOUS AVIATORS)Alexander Autographs
A fine association of important and quite scarce aviators, being signatures on a pale green album page of: WILEY POST (1899 - 1935) American aviator
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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1266 - (APOLLO ASTRONAUTS)Alexander Autographs
Exceptional NASA-issued S.P. 10"" x 8"" color, an image of a well-illuminated full moon signed by twelve Apollo program astrona...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
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1267 - MCAULIFFE, CHRISTAAlexander Autographs
(d. 1986) American astronaut, a civilian teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, killed in the fiery explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. Rare, bo
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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