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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1339 - FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCEAlexander Autographs
(b. 1919) American poet and novelist, one of the most important figures in the Beat Generation, the co-founder of City Lights Books. Fine content A.L.
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1340 - GRIMM, JACOBAlexander Autographs
(1785 - 1863) German author and folklorist who, with his brother Wilhelm, adapted traditional folk tales into the wildly popular Grimm's Fairly ...
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1341 - HARTE, BRETAlexander Autographs
(1836 - 1902) American writer remembered for his lively tales of the California mining camps, most notable being Outcasts of Poker Flat. A.L.S. as U.
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1342 - HUGHES, LANGSTONAlexander Autographs
(1902 - 1967) Black American writer and poet who gained recognition with his poem ""The Negro Speaks of Rivers"". Signed book, ...
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1343 - MOORE, THOMASAlexander Autographs
(1779 - 1852) Irish author and balladeer, a close friend of Roger Emmet, whose death inspired his famous poem 'O breathe not his name'. Lot ...
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1344 - ODETS, CLIFFORDAlexander Autographs
(1906 - 1963) American playwright whose works were generally centered on social protest and include ""Paradise Lost"" and "...
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1345 - PURDY, JAMESAlexander Autographs
(b. 1923) Prolific American author and poet. A good grouping of six T.L.S. ""James"" and ""James Purdy"", 1p...
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1346 - ROGERS, SAMUELAlexander Autographs
(1763 - 1855) English poet and patron who declined a laureateship on Wordsworth's death. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.] to Lady Shee: "&qu...
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1347 - SANDBURG, CARLAlexander Autographs
(1878 - 1967) American writer considered the poet of the common man, Sandburg also authored comprehensive biographies of Lincoln. A grouping of six a
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1348 - SHAW, GEORGE BERNARDAlexander 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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