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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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PHOTO)1045 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PHOTO)
Alexander Autographs
An especially rare photograph of Kennedy taken in San Antonio, Texas on November 21, 1963, the day before he would be shot at Dealey Plaza in Dallas.
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PHOTOGRAPHS)1046 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION PHOTOGRAPHS)
Alexander Autographs
A very rare grouping of twelve color slides showing John F. Kennedy's final moments before he was cut down by an assassin's bullet. The phot...
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY)1047 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY)
Alexander Autographs
Rare original negative, approx. 1 1/2"" x 1"" negative and modern 7"" x 5"" print from the same negative, sh...
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION)1048 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION)
Alexander Autographs
Rare I.S.P. 10"" x 8"" b/w, a view of Kennedy's limousine taken from the rear, shows Jackie attempting to stand up and facin...
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(KENNEDY INAUGURATION)1049 - (KENNEDY INAUGURATION)
Alexander Autographs
Original unpublished photograph 4"" x 3"" b/w showing Kennedy in the background facing the camera and likely shot as Kennedy too...
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(ARREST OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD)1050 - (ARREST OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD)
Alexander Autographs
MAURICE N. MCDONALD Dallas police officer who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater following Oswald's murder of John F. Kennedy, Offi...
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(KENNEDY PALLBEARERS)1051 - (KENNEDY PALLBEARERS)
Alexander Autographs
Fine grouping of signatures of the six pallbearers at President Kennedy's funeral, each of whom has signed a white card with red stamps showing ...
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(KENNEDY MORGUE SCHEMATIC)1052 - (KENNEDY MORGUE SCHEMATIC)
Alexander Autographs
PAUL K. O'Connor Bethesda Naval Hospital military morgue attendant present when Kennedy's body arrived from Dallas. O'Connor claimed tha...
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(KENNEDY MORGUE PHOTO)1053 - (KENNEDY MORGUE PHOTO)
Alexander Autographs
PAUL K. O'CONNOR Bethesda Naval Hospital military morgue attendant present when Kennedy's body arrived from Dallas. O'Connor claimed th...
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(FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA BROADSIDE)1054 - (FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA BROADSIDE)
Alexander Autographs
An excessively rare broadside issued by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, the same group with which assassin Lee Harvey Oswald associated himself with
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(OSWALD, LEE HARVEY)1055 - (OSWALD, LEE HARVEY)
Alexander Autographs
(1939 - 1963) American assassin of President John F. Kennedy who Oswald shot in Dallas, November 22, 1963. Oswald was in turn murdered by nightclub o
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RUBY, JACK1056 - RUBY, JACK
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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RUBY, JACK1057 - RUBY, JACK
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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(RUBY, JACK)1058 - (RUBY, JACK)
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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RUBY, JACK1059 - RUBY, JACK
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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JACK RUBY`S NEW TESTAMENT AND MUSIC BOOK1060 - JACK RUBY`S NEW TESTAMENT AND MUSIC BOOK
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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(RUBY, JACK)1061 - (RUBY, JACK)
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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(RUBY, JACK)1063 - (RUBY, JACK)
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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(RUBY, JACK)1064 - (RUBY, JACK)
Alexander Autographs
(1911 - 1967) Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov...
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(RUBY, JACK)1065 - (RUBY, JACK)
Alexander Autographs
CANDY BARR Nightclub dancer and close friend of Jack Ruby, nightclub owner who shot and killed John F. Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Fin...
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SHAW, CLAY1066 - SHAW, CLAY
Alexander Autographs
(d. 1974) New Orleans businessman and alleged acquaintance of Lee Harvey Oswald from Oswald's involvement in Fair Play for Cuba. District Attor...
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GARRISON, JIM1068 - GARRISON, JIM
Alexander Autographs
(d. 1995) New Orleans District Attorney who was convinced of the existence of a conspiracy in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and undertook a s
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION)1069 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION)
Alexander Autographs
Exceptionally rare signed book, Texas Supplemental Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Serious Wounding of Governor John
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY)1070 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY)
Alexander Autographs
DOROTHY KILGALLEN Reporter, columnist and television celebrity found dead in her apartment shortly after returning from Dallas where she had interview
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(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION SOUVENIR)1071 - (KENNEDY ASSASSINATION SOUVENIR)
Alexander Autographs
Perhaps one of the all-time bad-taste souvenirs, a 7 1/2"" x 6"" brass pen holder showing Dealey Plaza, the site of the murder o...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1072 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1073 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1074 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1075 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1077 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1079 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1080 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1081 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B.1082 - JOHNSON, LYNDON B.
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the ""Great Society"" social welfare programs. America...
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JOHNSON, LADY BIRD1083 - JOHNSON, LADY BIRD
Alexander Autographs
First Lady, wife of Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States. Fine vintage S.P. 8"" x 10"" b/w, a stately head and sh...
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1084 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1085 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1086 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1087 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1088 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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NIXON, RICHARD M.1089 - NIXON, RICHARD M.
Alexander Autographs
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., res
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AGNEW, SPIRO T.1090 - AGNEW, SPIRO T.
Alexander Autographs
(1918 - 1996) Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon, forced to resign in disgrace following a kick-back scandal. A neat Agnew item,
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AGNEW, SPIRO T.1091 - AGNEW, SPIRO T.
Alexander Autographs
(1918 - 1996) Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon, forced to resign in disgrace following a kick-back scandal. A neat Agnew item,
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FORD, GERALD R.1092 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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FORD, GERALD R.1093 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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FORD, GERALD R.1094 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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FORD, GERALD R.1095 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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FORD, GERALD R.1096 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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FORD, GERALD R.1097 - FORD, GERALD R.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement i
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CARTER, JAMES E.1098 - CARTER, JAMES E.
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1924) Thirty-ninth President of the United States who engineered a break-through in Arab-Israeli relations. I.S.P. 8"" x 10"&quo...
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