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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609 - EARLY, JUBAL A.Alexander Autographs
(1819 - 1894) Confederate major general who fought throughout the war, leading a division at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Spotsylvania,
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 500.00
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610 - EDWARDS, OLIVERAlexander Autographs
(1835 - 1904) Union brigadier general whose troops held the ""bloody angle"" at Spotsylvania, received the surrender of Petersb...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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611 - FARRAGUT, DAVID G.Alexander Autographs
"A nice war-date carte-de-visite in uniform with epaulettes, with signature taken from a document ""D. G. Farrugut"" adding...
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612 - FERRERO, EDWARDAlexander Autographs
(1831 - 1899) Union general who led a Negro division in the assault upon the Crater at Petersburg resulting in heavy losses. War-date A.L.S. "&...
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613 - FORNEY, JOHN H.Alexander Autographs
(1829 - 1902) Confederate major general who led Kirby Smith's brigade after the latter was wounded, later serving in the defenses of Mobile and...
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614 - FRANKLIN, WILLIAM B.Alexander Autographs
(1823 - 1903) Union major general blamed for the Union debacle at Fredericksburg. In 1864 while recovering from wounds he was captured by Jubal Early
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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615 - FREMONT, JOHN C.Alexander Autographs
(1813 - 1890) ""The Pathfinder"", explorer of the western frontier and Union army major general until sacked by Lincoln for his...
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616 - FRY, SPEED S.Alexander Autographs
(1817 - 1892) Union brigadier general who led the forces that killed Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer at the battle of Logan's Cross Roads...
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617 - GIBBON, JOHNAlexander Autographs
(1827 - 1896) Union major general who fought throughout the war at the head of the Iron brigade, severely wounded at Gettysburg, and after the war le
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618 - GIBSON, RANDALL LEEAlexander Autographs
(1832 - 1892) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. He also fought under Hood at Atlanta and in Tennessee.
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