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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PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA311 - PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA
Alexander Autographs
Excellent Christmas card signed by both Prince Charles and Princess Diana and sent to Diana's grandmother, 10 1/2"" x 7 1/4""...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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HERZL, THEODORE312 - HERZL, THEODORE
Alexander Autographs
(1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was soon appalled by
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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HERZL, THEODORE313 - HERZL, THEODORE
Alexander Autographs
(1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was soon appalled by
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON314 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The ""Little Corporal"" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON315 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The ""Little Corporal"" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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PONIATOWSKI, PRINCE JOZEF316 - PONIATOWSKI, PRINCE JOZEF
Alexander Autographs
(1763 - 1813) French marshal born to a Polish nobility, led forces in Napoleon's ill-fated Russian campaign and in the assault on Moscow, wound...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY317 - MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY
Alexander Autographs
(1898 - 1975) American Army general who held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, remembered for his reply to a German surrender ultimatum, &qu...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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(MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY)318 - (MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY)
Alexander Autographs
(1898 - 1975) American Army general who held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, remembered for his reply to a German surrender ultimatum, &qu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY319 - MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY
Alexander Autographs
(1898 - 1975) American Army general who held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, remembered for his reply to a German surrender ultimatum, &qu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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(WORLD WAR I DIARY)320 - (WORLD WAR I DIARY)
Alexander Autographs
"A fine content diary of Sgt. George E. Williams of the 26th. Engineers, his notes in a diary published especially for members of the Allied Ex...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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