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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CASTRO, FIDEL301 - CASTRO, FIDEL
Alexander Autographs
(b. 1927) Cuban revolutionary who led the guerilla campaign against Batista, overthrowing the dictator and replacing him with the first communist gov
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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GUEVARA, ERNESTO ""CHE""302 - GUEVARA, ERNESTO ""CHE""
Alexander Autographs
(1928 - 1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader, allied with Fidel and Raul Castro in their successful revolutionary activities, h
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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HITLER, ADOLF303 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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CATHERINE II304 - CATHERINE II
Alexander Autographs
(1762 - 1796) ""Catherine The Great"", Czarina of Russia who murdered her husband Peter III and proclaimed herself Czarina (176...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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TROTSKY, LEON305 - TROTSKY, LEON
Alexander Autographs
(1879 - 1940) Russian Communist leader who with Lenin organized the Bolshevik October Revolution, defeated by Stalin in their struggle for control of
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV M.306 - MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV M.
Alexander Autographs
(1890 - 1986) Soviet politician, a staunch supporter of Stalin who served as Prime Minister and later as Stalin's commissar of foreign affairs,...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH307 - BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH
Alexander Autographs
(1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security agency, the NKVD, who oversaw the Great Purge of 1934-38 and ordered th...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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CHARLES I308 - CHARLES I
Alexander Autographs
(1600 - 1649) King of England and Ireland, convicted of treason and executed. Rare manuscript D.S. ""Charles P"" as Prince of Wa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.309 - CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.
Alexander Autographs
(1874 - 1965) British Prime Minister who led England through the Blitz and orchestrated the British liberation of occupied Europe and Germany. Church
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.310 - CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.
Alexander Autographs
(1874 - 1965) British Prime Minister who led England through the Blitz and orchestrated the British liberation of occupied Europe and Germany. Church
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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