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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(ANDERSONVILLE LITHOGRAPH)753 - (ANDERSONVILLE LITHOGRAPH)
Alexander Autographs
"Attractive hand-colored engraving, ""BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON FROM THE SOUTH-EAST"", 22"" x 16&quo...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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(BLACK HORSE CAVALRY LETTER)754 - (BLACK HORSE CAVALRY LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
"An interesting A.L.S. ""John Scott"" 2pp. 8vo., Warrenton, Va., Aug. 16, 1873 to Confederate General William H. Page, in p...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR AMBULANCE CORPS LETTER)755 - (CIVIL WAR AMBULANCE CORPS LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
"A fine content letter and hand-drawn map from Pvt. George E. Whitman of the 10th Maine Volunteers, ""Headquarters 1st Brigade Amb. C...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR DISPATCHES)756 - (CIVIL WAR DISPATCHES)
Alexander Autographs
"An interesting grouping of five war-date A.D.S.'s, dispatches, each 8vo., from Apr. 1863 - Jan. 1865. Each concerns some aspect of militar...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR HOME FRONT LETTER GROUPING)757 - (CIVIL WAR HOME FRONT LETTER GROUPING)
Alexander Autographs
"A great correspondence from Mary Jewett to her son who was serving as a merchant sailor during the Civil War. Mary's letters are filled wi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR LETTER TO GEN. MANSFIELD)758 - (CIVIL WAR LETTER TO GEN. MANSFIELD)
Alexander Autographs
"War-date A.L.S. from Col. Le Grand B. Cannon, 1p. 8vo., on Headquarters Department of Virginia letterhead, Fort Monroe, Va., Mar. 3, 1862, to ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S LETTER)759 - (CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
"A great content soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo. Martinsburg, June 2, 1864, by Pvt. Amos Bowman 160th Ohio Volunteers, in part: ""...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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(C.W. LTR. -7/15/62)760 - (C.W. LTR. -7/15/62)
Alexander Autographs
"Union soldier's letter, 1p. 4to., Camp Clear Creek, Ms., July 15, 1862, M.H. Bartleman writes to a lady friend about her brother: "&q...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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(C.W. LTR. -12/21/62)761 - (C.W. LTR. -12/21/62)
Alexander Autographs
"Union soldier's letter, 2pp. 4to., New Orleans, Dec. 21, 1862. Sylvester Kimball, 6th Mi., writes his wife: ""àI suppose yo...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SURGEON'S LETTER)762 - (CIVIL WAR SURGEON'S LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
"Great war-date A.L.S. ""S. F. Chapin"", surgeon in chief of the 6th Corps, ""Headquarters 2nd Division, 6th Corp...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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