AUCTION  / 

Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewBy Appointment Friday, March 1st 11:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday March 2nd 9:00am - 11:00am

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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ROEBLING, WASHINGTON A.1329 - ROEBLING, WASHINGTON A.
Alexander Autographs
(1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. D.S. 1p. oblong 4to., New Yo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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SCHWAB, CHARLES M.1330 - SCHWAB, CHARLES M.
Alexander Autographs
(1862 - 1939) American industrialist, President of Carnegie Steel who sold the firm to J. P. Morgan and then headed Morgan's new firm, United S...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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SCHWAB, CHARLES M.1331 - SCHWAB, CHARLES M.
Alexander Autographs
(1862 - 1939) American industrialist, President of Carnegie Steel who sold the firm to J. P. Morgan and then headed Morgan's new firm, United S...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
 
 
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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD1332 - SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD
Alexander Autographs
(1856 - 1950) British playwright and critic with classic acerbic wit. His works include Pygmalion, The Devil's Disciple, and much criticism of ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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ARLEN, MICHAEL1333 - ARLEN, MICHAEL
Alexander Autographs
(1895 - 1956) English writer best remembered for his 1920s novel The Green Hat. Signed book, Lily Christine, New York, Doubleday, 1928, boldly inscri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH1334 - AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH
Alexander Autographs
(1907-1973) American poet, playwright and literary critic regarded by many as the most influential poet of the century, author of Age of Anxiety for
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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BUNIN, IVAN1335 - BUNIN, IVAN
Alexander Autographs
(1870 - 1953) Russian poet and novelist, the first Russian to win a Nobel Prize for Literature (1933). Rare A.L.S. 1p. sm. 8vo., [n.p.], April 17, 193
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE1336 - BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE
Alexander Autographs
(1875 - 1950) American writer and the creator of Tarzan, thirty sequels to the original tale, as well as stories of life on other planets. Partly-pri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ELIOT, T. S.1337 - ELIOT, T. S.
Alexander Autographs
(1888 - 1965) British poet, critic and Nobel Prize winner, some of his works were adapted for the stage, such as ""Cats"". Lot ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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FAULKNER, WILLIAM1338 - FAULKNER, WILLIAM
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1962) American novelist and Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner, author of As I Lay Dying, Requiem for a Nun and The Sound and the Fury. Full sig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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