Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

(1871-1928) "Butts Wagner" American professional baseball player and the older brother of legend Honus Wagner. Albert is often credited wi...

A poster from baseball's early days, 9" x 11 3/4", Girard, Pa., ca. early 1890s, reads in part: "Benefit Game BASE BALL Wesleyvil...

A fine poster advertising a forthcoming baseball game between the "Websters" and another yet undisclosed team at Nine Mile Poin in Webster...

Lot of two items related to early baseball includes: Good content baseball player's letter, 6pp. 4to., Goshen, Ma., Aug. 10, 1876 in which "...

Young student's letter, 3pp. 8vo., "West Lebanon", Apr. 8, 1869 in which Charles W. Hurd writes his uncle. In part: "...The great...

(b. 1935) American baseball pitcher with the Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers (1955-66), the youngest player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Koufax was the fi

(b. 1935) American baseball pitcher with the Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers (1955-66), the youngest player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Koufax was the fi

(1907-1997) First baseman in the Negro League, elected to the HOF in 1972. Fine S.P. 8" x 10" (sight), a reproduction of a vintage image s...

(1931-1995) Yankee Hall of Famer who hit 536 home runs and was a Triple Crown winner and three-time M.V.P. News photograph (unsigned), 9" x 7&q...

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Great S.P. 8" x 10" color, a casual shot of the three greats taken at an old-timer's game, signed by: MICKEY MANTLE, JOE DIMAGGIO and ...

(1931- 2001) American professional baseball player and Hall of Famer, regarded as one of the greatest third basemen ever to play the game. S.P. 8&qu...

(b. 1975) American third baseman for the Yankees, considered one of the best all-around players of all time. Fine signed ball, an official Major Leagu

(1898-1990) American baseball legend, and infielder who played with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. Fine S.P. 8" x 10" (sight)...

A pair of items by two baseball legends, the first TED WILLIAMS, fine S.P. 8" x 10" color, a reprint of a vintage image showing Williams a...

(1895-1988) Early baseball star who played for ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Yankees and Brooklyn Robins. A lot of three brief A.Ls.S.

Rawlings Adirondack "Pro Ring" baseball bat signed by three Hall of Fame "No Hit Kings", all of whom have added the number of no...

First day postal cover honoring Joe Dimaggio with a Babe Ruth stamp also affixed thereto, Feb. 28, 1969, signed by Hall of Famers EDDIE ROUSH, TED LYO

LYNN ST. JOHN (1876 - 1950) Basketball coach and later Director of Athletics at Ohio State, sat on the Rules Committee with James Naismith, inducted i

(1904-1976) "Slapsie Maxie", American boxer and later a Hollywood star. Uncommon vintage S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, shows Rosenbloom wit...

(d. 1999) American professional golfer tragically killed in a freak airplane accident. Fine I.S.P. 10" x 8" color showing the golf great b...

(1868-1941) German chess player still regarded as one of the best of all time. Uncommon A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., New York, Oct. 5, 1902, an ironic letter to a

Great S.P. 16" x 20" color, shows five classic members of the Celtics, four of whom sign boldly in gold ink: LARRY BIRD, DENNIS JOHNSON, K...

A charming 4" x 6" sepia portrait of a youthful jockey ca. early 1900s, posed with whip in hand. In very good condition in original cardbo...

(1916 - 1997) American jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple C

A pair of vintage signatures by champion billiards players, each penned on a small sheet. Includes JUSTUS FERDINAND POGGENBURG II and MAURICE DALY. Da

(1913 - 1991) American billiards champion and trick-shot specialist, considered one of the greatest pool players. A neat Mosconi item, an official siz

(1913 - 1991) American billiards champion and trick-shot specialist, considered one of the greatest pool players. A great Mosconi item, a regulation #

(1913 - 1991) American billiards champion and trick-shot specialist, considered one of the greatest pool players.A neat Mosconi item, an official size

Terrific very early bowling letterhead, 1p. 8vo., New York, Aug. 6, 1909 in which bowling alley builder Justus Bruns arranges a meeting with one Carl

A group of seven items by sports stars, all S.P.s 8" x 10" format with one exception, includes: O.J. SIMPSON, PELE, JONATHAN HAYES (signat...

A collection of six vintage pins: a blue and white striped "Yale" pinback; two Army and Navy pins with 3-D ram and donkey figures; a pinba...

"Booth said to me: 'The Lord will take care of us...it is Hell's half acre'...We met with a rough welcome…" JOHN THRESHER (b....

Rare imprint, The Humble Petition of the Lords and Commons to the King, for Leave to Remove the Magazine at Hull to the Tower of London: And Also to T

PIUS VI(1717 - 1799) Pope from 1775 to 1799, captured by Napoleon's forces and died in captivity. His tragic pontificate was the longest of the ...

AMBROGIO DAMIANI ACHILLE RATI (1857 - 1939), Pope (1922-1939), signed the Laternan Treaty with Mussolini in 1929 establishing Vatican City, later deno

First class relic of St. Francis of Assissi (1182-1226), the founder of the Franciscan Order and one of the most venerated religious figures in histor

DWIGHT L. MOODY (1837-1899) American evangelist, made two tours with Ira D. Sankey and was widely popular. His signature, along with IRA SANKEY, execu

(1820 - 1910) English nurse and hospital reformer, she headed a team of nurses in the Crimean War, and later founded the first institution for the tra

(1821 - 1912) American nurse who tended the wounded in the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.A great signed item, Barton's Repo...

(1820 - 1906) American reformer active in suffrage, temperance and abolitionist movements instrumental in obtaining women the right to vote. Signature

(1913 - 2005) American civil rights leader whose refusal to move to the back of a bus sparked a boycott and led to a concerted civil rights movement.

(1787-1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. A.Ms. (unsigned) 1

(1926 - 1989) Controversial recipient of the first sex-change operation, from man to woman. Her volume Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography (

A group of 5 A.Ls.S., differing sizes and dates, social content and mounted to period album sheets. Along with signatures of family members: THOMAS H.

A group of three reformers, includes: ELIHU BURRITT (signature on a small sheet with quote in Latin); GEORGE THOMPSON (two signatures adding address);

(1778 - 1862) American radical Presbyterian clergyman who became pastor of the Rutgers Street Church, New York City, in 1822. A leader in the general

(1842 - 1919) American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist, the mother of William Randolph Hearst. She was a major benefactor of the University of

(1865-1923) German religious leader and neo-pagan, a Gnostic and mystic considered a visionary. A most curious and beautiful A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Munich,

(1774-1857) Scottish minister and scientist known for his works on astronomy. A.Ms. (unsigned), 2pp. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.], a tract, possibly from a serm