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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(WELLS FARGO SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE)371 - (WELLS FARGO SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE)
Alexander Autographs
"Scarce partly-printed D.S. 1p. sm. folio, New York, Sept. 9, 1864, a stock certificate for the American Express Company, granting James Wasson...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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DOW, CHARLES H.372 - DOW, CHARLES H.
Alexander Autographs
(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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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FOLGER, HENRY CLAY373 - FOLGER, HENRY CLAY
Alexander Autographs
(1857 - 1930) American oil magnate and philanthropist, president and chairman of Standard Oil who endowed the Washington library bearing his name. Ra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.374 - ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.
Alexander Autographs
(1839 - 1937) American industrialist and philanthropist who organized Standard Oil and virtually monopolized the industry until he was forced by a Su
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.375 - ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.
Alexander Autographs
(1839 - 1937) American industrialist and philanthropist who organized Standard Oil and virtually monopolized the industry until he was forced by a Su
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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ROTHSCHILD, NATHAN MEYER376 - ROTHSCHILD, NATHAN MEYER
Alexander Autographs
(1777 - 1836) British banker and politician who founded the London branch of the family's banking business, a member of Parliament and the firs...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS377 - VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS
Alexander Autographs
(1843 - 1899) American financier and steamship and railroad baron who built his fortune during the Gold Rush and railroad boom days of the 1860'...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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MITCHELL, MARGARET378 - MITCHELL, MARGARET
Alexander Autographs
(1900 - 1949) American author, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her epic novel ""Gone With the Wind"". T.L.S. ""Margaret M...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BAKUNIN, MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH379 - BAKUNIN, MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH
Alexander Autographs
(1814 - 1876) Russian revolutionary and philosopher; and the chief proponent of anarchism. Rare A.L.S. ""M. Bakunin"" 1p. 8vo., ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.380 - CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.
Alexander Autographs
(1835 - 1910) ""Mark Twain"", American author of such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecti...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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