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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854 - (UNION SOLDIER TINTYPE)Alexander Autographs
"Nice 1/6th plate tintype of a Union private wearing a frock coat, kepi, cartridge box sling, and waist belt with cap box attached. His buckles...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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857 - GLAZIER, WILLARDAlexander Autographs
Cabinet card measuring 4 1/4"" x 6 1/2"" of soldier/author Captain Willard Glazier showing him in his first lieutenant's uni...
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858 - HOOKER, ISABELLA BEECHERAlexander Autographs
(1822-1907) Woman suffragist who was Harriet B. Stowe's half-sister and helped found the New England Woman's Suffrage Association. A full st...
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859 - CODY, WILLIAM F.Alexander Autographs
(1846 - 1917) ""Buffalo Bill"", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in late...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 500.00
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860 - BARTON, CLARAAlexander Autographs
(1821 - 1912) American nurse who tended the wounded in the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross. Late A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Glen Echo, Mar.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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861 - SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCISAlexander Autographs
(1808 - 1895) American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn ""America"" (1832), otherwise known as ""My Coun...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 250.00 - 350.00
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862 - PATTERSON, ROBERTAlexander Autographs
(1753 - 1827) American pioneer and author who served in Clark's 1778 Illinois expedition, and was second in command to Daniel Boone at the Battl...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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