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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WORDEN, AL1299 - WORDEN, AL
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American astronaut on the crew of Apollo 15. S.P. 8"" x 10"" color showing him in his pressure suit leaning on a globe of the Mo...
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(APOLLO 9)1300 - (APOLLO 9)
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Excellent I.S.P. 10"" x 8"" color, a NASA photo showing the three Apollo 9 astronauts in space suits with their launch vehicle i...
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(APOLLO 11 FLOWN REFLECTIVE FOIL FRAGMENT)1301 - (APOLLO 11 FLOWN REFLECTIVE FOIL FRAGMENT)
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An interesting relic of our first flight to the surface of the moon, an approx. 1"" x 1/2"" segment of gold reflective foil remo...
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(STS-1 FLOWN HEAT SHIELD FRAGMENT)1302 - (STS-1 FLOWN HEAT SHIELD FRAGMENT)
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An uncommon flown item, a small quantity of surface insulation tile fragments flown of the first space shuttle mission, STS-1/Columbia on April 12-14,
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(GEMINI 2 FLOWN HEATSHIELD)1303 - (GEMINI 2 FLOWN HEATSHIELD)
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A space-flown relic of the Gemini 2 (Gemini B) mission, being a 1 1/2"" x 5/5"" section of heat shield removed from the craft an...
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(APOLLO 11 MASTER 70MM. COLOR TRANSPARANCY)1304 - (APOLLO 11 MASTER 70MM. COLOR TRANSPARANCY)
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Original 70mm. color slide cut from a numbered master in July, 1969 by NASA Photography Technical Monitor Robert Underwood, the roll being a first-gen
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(APOLLO 11 MASTER 70MM. COLOR TRANSPARANCY)1305 - (APOLLO 11 MASTER 70MM. COLOR TRANSPARANCY)
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Original 70mm. color slide cut from a numbered master in July, 1969 by NASA Photography Technical Monitor Robert Underwood, the roll being a first-gen
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(APOLLO 12)1306 - (APOLLO 12)
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Excellent S.P. 10"" x 8"" b/w, a view of the surface of the moon taken from aboard Apollo 12, boldly signed in black marker by c...
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(APOLLO 12)1307 - (APOLLO 12)
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S.P. 10"" x 8"" b/w, an artist's depiction of the interior of the Command module as it circles the moon, boldly signed in bl...
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GAGARIN, YURI1308 - GAGARIN, YURI
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(1934 - 1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space who died tragically in a routine training flight. Fine, rare S.P. 3 1/2"" x 4 1/2...
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(COSMONAUTS)1309 - (COSMONAUTS)
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"A fine grouping of 11 postcard format color portraits of cosmonauts measuring approximately 4"" x 6"", each signed on the ...
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(PIONEER RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS)1310 - (PIONEER RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS)
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A superb signed Soviet space-related photo, 6"" x 4"" b/w showing the first four Soviet cosmonauts in uniform from the waist, u...
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PIONEER RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS1311 - PIONEER RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS
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Excellent, rare S.P. 6"" x 4"" b/w showing half-length the first four Soviet cosmonauts, all in uniform, all of whom have signed...
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GAGARIN, YURI1312 - GAGARIN, YURI
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(1934 - 1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space who died tragically in a routine training flight. S.P. 4"" x 6"" b/w, a...
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KOROLEV, SERGEI1313 - KOROLEV, SERGEI
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(1907 - 1966) Chief designer and architect of the Soviet space program, the genius and inspiration behind Soviet space exploration, his very existenc
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POPOVICH, PAVEL1314 - POPOVICH, PAVEL
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Russian cosmonaut who flew on Vostok 4 becoming the fourth Russian in space. S.P. 5"" x 7"" b/w showing the cosmonaut in uniform...
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TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA1315 - TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA
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(b. 1937) Russian cosmonaut, the first woman in space, she flew Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. S.P. 4"" x 6 1/2"" b/w, a fine close...
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VOSKHOD I CREW SIGNED PHOTO1316 - VOSKHOD I CREW SIGNED PHOTO
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Scarce S.P. 6"" x 4 1/4"" color showing the crew of Voskhod I, the first three-man space mission, all shown half-length. Signed ...
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DOW, CHARLES H.1317 - DOW, CHARLES H.
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(1851 - 1902) American publisher, with Edward Jones founded Dow Jones & Co.,, later founded the Wall Street Journal, and devised the Dow Jones ...
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ARMOUR, PHILIP D.1318 - ARMOUR, PHILIP D.
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(1832 - 1901) American industrialist who made a fortune in pork futures and founded Armour & Co. meatpackers. Bold signature on a card. Very go...
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CARNEGIE, ANDREW1319 - CARNEGIE, ANDREW
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(1835 - 1919) American industrialist and philanthropist who built a fortune on investments in what later became U.S. Steel. Printed D.S. "&quo...
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GETTY, JEAN PAUL1320 - GETTY, JEAN PAUL
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(1892 - 1976) American businessman who accumulated over a billion dollars in profit from his oil investments. Partly-printed D.S. ""J. Pa...
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GETTY, JEAN PAUL1321 - GETTY, JEAN PAUL
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(1892 - 1976) American businessman who accumulated over a billion dollars in profit from his oil investments. D.S. ""J. Paul Getty"&...
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GOULD, JAY1322 - GOULD, JAY
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(1836 - 1892) American financier and ""robber baron"" who manipulated railway stock prices, looted the Erie Rail Road's tre...
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HUNT, HAROLDSON L.1323 - HUNT, HAROLDSON L.
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(1889 - 1974) American oil magnate and billionaire with ultraconservative political views, founder of the Hunt Oil Co. which became the largest indep
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LIGGETT, LEWIS K.1324 - LIGGETT, LEWIS K.
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American drug manufacturer and marketer. Signature on a narrow slip, mounted. 1990
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OCHS, ADOLPH S.1325 - OCHS, ADOLPH S.
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(1858 - 1935) American newspaper publisher of The New York Times, director of the Associated Press and inventor of the rotogravure. Signature on a na
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PABST, FREDERICK1326 - PABST, FREDERICK
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(1836 - 1904) Brewer and founder of one of the world's largest brewing empires. Scarce D.S. 1p. 4to., Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 20, 1884, a stock ce...
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PEABODY, GEORGE1327 - PEABODY, GEORGE
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(1795 - 1869) American merchant and philanthropist, used his credit to support American credit abroad after the Panic of 1837, founder of the Peabody
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PENNEY, JAMES CASH1328 - PENNEY, JAMES CASH
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(1875 - 1971) American businessman who started his career with a share in a dry goods store, and grew the business into one of the great retailers of
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ROEBLING, WASHINGTON A.1329 - ROEBLING, WASHINGTON A.
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(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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SCHWAB, CHARLES M.1330 - SCHWAB, CHARLES M.
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(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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SCHWAB, CHARLES M.1331 - SCHWAB, CHARLES M.
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(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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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD1332 - SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD
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(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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ARLEN, MICHAEL1333 - ARLEN, MICHAEL
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(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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AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH1334 - AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH
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(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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BUNIN, IVAN1335 - BUNIN, IVAN
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(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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BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE1336 - BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE
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(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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ELIOT, T. S.1337 - ELIOT, T. S.
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(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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FAULKNER, WILLIAM1338 - FAULKNER, WILLIAM
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(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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FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE1339 - FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
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(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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GRIMM, JACOB1340 - GRIMM, JACOB
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(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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HARTE, BRET1341 - HARTE, BRET
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(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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HUGHES, LANGSTON1342 - HUGHES, LANGSTON
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(1902 - 1967) Black American writer and poet who gained recognition with his poem ""The Negro Speaks of Rivers"". Signed book, ...
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MOORE, THOMAS1343 - MOORE, THOMAS
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(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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ODETS, CLIFFORD1344 - ODETS, CLIFFORD
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(1906 - 1963) American playwright whose works were generally centered on social protest and include ""Paradise Lost"" and "...
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PURDY, JAMES1345 - PURDY, JAMES
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(b. 1923) Prolific American author and poet. A good grouping of six T.L.S. ""James"" and ""James Purdy"", 1p...
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ROGERS, SAMUEL1346 - ROGERS, SAMUEL
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(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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SANDBURG, CARL1347 - SANDBURG, CARL
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(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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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD1348 - SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD
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(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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