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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935 - (LINCOLN ELECTION BROADSIDE)Alexander Autographs
"Printed broadside 1p. 4to., [n.p. n.d.] concerning Lincoln's re-election platform against rival George McClellan. Document outlines the po...
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936 - (LINCOLN ASSASSINATION RELIC)Alexander Autographs
An incredible relic from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a small section of the blood-stained sheet upon which Lincoln lay in his final hours. T
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937 - (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM)Alexander Autographs
GEORGE WASHINGTON GLASSCOCK (1810-1868) Early Texas settler, legislator and businessman who, in 1832, partnered with Abraham Lincoln in flatboating on
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938 - JOHNSON, ANDREWAlexander Autographs
(1808 - 1875) Seventeenth President of the United States following the death of Abraham Lincoln, his Reconstruction policies led to his impeachment b
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939 - GRANT, ULYSSES S.Alexander Autographs
(1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union lieutenant general. Bold signature ""U.S. Grant General"", pe...
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940 - HAYES, RUTHERFORD B.Alexander Autographs
(1822 - 1893) Nineteenth President of the United States and Union brigadier general. Very early A.L.S. ""R. B. Hayes"" to fello...
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941 - HAYES, RUTHERFORD B.Alexander Autographs
(1822 - 1893) Nineteenth President of the United States and Union brigadier general. Very early A.L.S. ""R. B. Hayes"" to fello...
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942 - GUITEAU, CHARLESAlexander Autographs
(1840 - 1882) American lawyer who assassinated James Garfield on July 2, 1881 over his disappointment in not obtaining public office. Fine bold signa
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943 - ARTHUR, CHESTER A.Alexander Autographs
(1829 - 1886) Twenty-first President of the United States who took office following the assassination of James Garfield. Scarce D.S. ""Ch...
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