Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

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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SCHWEITZER, ALBERT342 - SCHWEITZER, ALBERT
Alexander Autographs
(1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a Nobel Prize winner and specialist in tropical medicine. Good, late A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Lambarene, Sept
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(FATHERS OF THE SOVIET ATOMIC BOMB PROGRAM)343 - (FATHERS OF THE SOVIET ATOMIC BOMB PROGRAM)
Alexander Autographs
An important and rare collection of five documents signed by leaders of the Soviet atomic bomb program, with some reference to the securing of funds a
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.344 - LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.
Alexander Autographs
(1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his ""Spirit of St. Louis"", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocea...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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WRIGHT, ORVILLE345 - WRIGHT, ORVILLE
Alexander 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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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EARHART, AMELIA346 - EARHART, AMELIA
Alexander 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
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS346A - BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS
Alexander Autographs
(1821 - 1890) British explorer who entered the forbidden city of Harer, explored Somaliland and the Lake Tanganyika region, described Brigham Young a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(VIN FIZ RELIC - FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT)347 - (VIN FIZ RELIC - FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT)
Alexander Autographs
An exciting and historic aviation relic, a 2"" x 2"" section of the wing fabric of the Wright EX biplane ""Vin Fiz&quo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(APOLLO 11 SIGNED ""INSURANCE"" COVER)348 - (APOLLO 11 SIGNED ""INSURANCE"" COVER)
Alexander Autographs
Exceedingly rare commemorative postal cover signed by the three Apollo 11 astronauts, NEIL ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL COLLINS and EDWIN ""BUZZ&quo...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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(ASTRONAUT SIGNED SPACE TRAVEL BOOK)349 - (ASTRONAUT SIGNED SPACE TRAVEL BOOK)
Alexander Autographs
A fantastic signed book, Space Travel, World Book, Chicago, 1990, with the signatures of 22 astronauts, most of whom have added their various missions
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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MOONWALKERS SIGNED PHOTO COLLECTION350 - MOONWALKERS SIGNED PHOTO COLLECTION
Alexander Autographs
A great lot of twelve individually-signed photographs of American astronauts who walked upon the Moon, all but one being portraits of the particular a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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APOLLO 12 FLOWN STATE OF VIRGINIA FLAG351 - APOLLO 12 FLOWN STATE OF VIRGINIA FLAG
Alexander Autographs
An important and rare Apollo 12 relic, a 6"" x 4 1/4"" silk State of Virginia flag which was flown to the moon aboard Apollo 12!...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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GRISSOM, VIRGIL I.352 - GRISSOM, VIRGIL I.
Alexander Autographs
(1926 - 1967) American astronaut, a member of the original Mercury astronauts, killed in a flash fire in the Apollo 1 capsule. Extraordinary A.D.S.,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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GRISSOM, VIRGIL I.353 - GRISSOM, VIRGIL I.
Alexander Autographs
(1926 - 1967) American astronaut, a member of the original Mercury astronauts, killed in a flash fire in the Apollo 1 capsule. Rare and unusual partl
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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(APOLLO ASTRONAUTS)354 - (APOLLO ASTRONAUTS)
Alexander Autographs
Exceptional NASA-issued S.P. 10"" x 8"" color, showing a well-illuminated full moon signed by twelve Apollo program astronauts,...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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WHITE, EDWARD H.355 - WHITE, EDWARD H.
Alexander Autographs
(1930 - 1967) American astronaut and the first American to walk in space, tragically killed in the Apollo I flash-fire. Superb S.P. 8"" x...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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MCAULIFFE, CHRISTA356 - MCAULIFFE, CHRISTA
Alexander Autographs
(d. 1986) American astronaut, a civilian teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, killed in the fiery explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. Rare, bo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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LOVELL, JAMES357 - LOVELL, JAMES
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1928) American astronuat who served as pilot on the Gemini 7 and 12 missions, Apollo 8, and on the ill-fated Apollo 13 aborted mission. Excessive
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN358 - TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN
Alexander Autographs
(1857 - 1935) Pioneering Russian scientist and rocket designer who laid out the basic principles of modern space flight. Outstanding, early, very rar
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN359 - TSIOLKOVSKY, KONSTANTIN
Alexander Autographs
(1857 - 1935) Pioneering Russian scientist and rocket designer who laid out the basic principles of modern space flight. Rare D.S. 1p. 8vo., the fron
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS)360 - (PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS)
Alexander Autographs
An exceptionally fine and rare collection of signed photographs of Russian cosmonauts, comprising thirteen color photographs in postcard format, twelv
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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