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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(WILLIAM AND THOMAS BIRCH)863 - (WILLIAM AND THOMAS BIRCH)
Alexander Autographs
"An original engraving by William and Thomas Birch, entitled ""South East Corner of Third and Market Streets"", 9"&qu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(EMANCIPATION LEADERS)864 - (EMANCIPATION LEADERS)
Alexander Autographs
Excellent oval collage-type photo, 7"" x 8"" oval image set upon a 13 1/2"" x 17"" mount, depicts those Sena...
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(ESTATE CLAIM FOR MEDICAL VISITS TO SLAVES)865 - (ESTATE CLAIM FOR MEDICAL VISITS TO SLAVES)
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"D.S. 3pp. folio, Danville, Ky., May-Aug. 1839, concerning a claim against a Mr. Samuel Warren for medical services provided to his slaves, e.g...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(SLAVE WRITES HER FORMER OWNER)866 - (SLAVE WRITES HER FORMER OWNER)
Alexander Autographs
A most uncommon letter written by a slave to her previous owner, 1p. oblong 8vo., Leesburg, Va., [n.d.], in which ex-slave Virginia Moore writes, in p
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(MURDER BY A SLAVE)867 - (MURDER BY A SLAVE)
Alexander Autographs
Fascinating, early slave-related D.S. 1p. 4to., Bedford Co., Va., July 5, 1803 concerning a slave accused of poisoning her master's child! The d...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(A SLAVE DIES OF VENEREAL DISEASE)868 - (A SLAVE DIES OF VENEREAL DISEASE)
Alexander Autographs
"A great lot of two Washington County, Virginia documents executed by William McElive and Fleming Byars concerning the disease and death of the...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(SLAVE ARRESTED FOR BURGULARY)869 - (SLAVE ARRESTED FOR BURGULARY)
Alexander Autographs
"An interesting four document grouping from Lincoln Co., Ky. concerning a slave named Harry who was witnessed by William Montgomery stealing it...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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(SELLING SLAVES DOWN THE RIVER)870 - (SELLING SLAVES DOWN THE RIVER)
Alexander Autographs
"A neat slavery-related item, a receipt for ""...three Negro Girls..."" 1p. oblong 8vo., New Orleans, June 11, 1849, listin...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN RACISM)871 - (AMERICAN RACISM)
Alexander Autographs
"Disturbing late nineteenth-century letter on letterhead of The Galveston Harrison & San Antonio Railway Co., written by a young girl named...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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(ARKANSAS PLANTATION AND SLAVE RENTAL)872 - (ARKANSAS PLANTATION AND SLAVE RENTAL)
Alexander Autographs
"D.S., 1p. folio, Bradley County, Ark., Dec. 17, 1844 concerning the 1845 rental of John W. Ridgell's plantation and its slaves to one Elij...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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