Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

(1920 - 1999) "Satch", American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids&q...

(1895-1993) Black American entertainer, singer, actress and a pioneer of her time, Hall is best remembered for her appearance in the 1928 production B

(1923-2008) American film actor, a leading man who won an Academy Award for Ben Hur, and also starred in The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show On

(1929 - 1982) Beautiful American actress who gave up her film career to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. S.P. 4" x 6" b/w, a chest ...

(1913 - 2007) American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years. Vintage D.S., 2pp. 4to., Los Angeles, Dec. 22, 1962, a contract fo

(1913 - 1967) English film actress best known for her Academy Award-winning role as Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. Vintage S.P. 4" x 6" b...

(1894 - 1971) American film comedian who portrayed a shy, insignificant bumbler in Hal Roach comedies. I.S.P. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" b/w, a print...

(1901 - 1979) American comedian and the "straight man" in many Marx Brothers films. He was later a succesful theatric promoter. Lot of ten...

(1922 - 1979) American jazz bass player, the first to exploit the bass as a solo instrument. Mingus was a major influence in jazz in the Fifties and S

(1922 - 1979) American jazz bass player, the first to exploit the bass as a solo instrument. Mingus was a major influence in jazz in the Fifties and S

(1880 - 1940) American actor who appeared in "Wild West" shows and starred in over 100 silent films. T.L.S. 1p. 4to., Boston, June 7, 1928...

A fine relic from the beloved film star, three strands of Monroe's light brown hair from her early days as an actress contained within a small a...

(1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millander, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker, ...

Child star Dickie Moore, seven years old, signs onto the Our Gang comedy shorts (b. 1925) American child actor who starred in numerous films such as

A collection of three 8" x 10" b/w signed photographs including two signed by EUGENE "PORKY" LEE (1933 - 2005) adding to each hi...

(118-1972) Silent film star actress, one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910's, and one of the first international film stars. I.S.P....

(1907 - 1989) English actor, producer, and director, acclaimed as one of the most accomplished of 20th-century actors, particularly in Shakespearean r

(1923 - 2008) American model who gained notoriety for her fetish and pin-up photos. Sultry S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, shows Page in her trademark ...

(1952-2004) American actor best known for his role as Superman, later a noted activist for people with spinal cord injuries. Superb semi-vintage signe

(1902 - 2003) German film director, an intimate friend of Hitler who filmed the propaganda classic, Triumph of the Will. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w...

(1918-1998) Prolific Broadway producer whose hits include The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof. An LP of music from the motion picture version of Fi

(1911 - 1995) American dancer and film star remembered for her roles with dancing partner Fred Astaire. A.L.S. "Ginger" on her personal le...

I.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a reproduction of a great show showing the duo posed on a mountain. Boldly inscribed by Rogers: To Scott Happy Trai...

(1861 - 1921) American stage actress and singer. A.Q.S. on a 12mo. sheet, Brooklyn, Jan. 12, 1909: "If you can't have what you like, you mu...

(1927 - 1999) American film and stage actor, director. S.P. 9" x 7" b/w, a chest, up pose in character in his most famous role as George S...

American author of science fiction novels and stories, writer and director of the television series "The Twilight Zone". Partly-printed D....

(d. 1882) Philadelphia-born African-American actor. Emigrated to Great Britain in 1866 where he became a sensation on the London stage and was touted

(b. 1928) American stripper and burlesque star, a contemporary of other noted performers such as Blaze Starr. Sultry oversize S.P. 16" x 19&quo...

(b. 1942) American actress and singer renowned for the range and strength of her voice, Academy Award winner (1968). Spectacular I.S.P., 8" x 1...

"Mr. Fischer will be very silly if he...replaces us with another 'low comedian' juggler or seals...". (1897 - 1983) American sile...

(1893 - 1957) American film actress, a star of the silent screen who founded her own production company. S.P. 8" x 10" sepia photograph of...

(1932 - 2011) American actress, a glamorous leading lady and winner of two Academy Awards for Best Actress. Playbill from the J.F.K. Center, Washingto

(b. 1928) Child film star of the Thirties who sang and danced with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in many films and became a national sensation...

(1895 - 1926) American silent film star of legendary status, a romantic leading man and star of The Sheik. Fine vintage I.S.P. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2&q...

(1897-1977) African-American singer and actress who brought black urban blues into the mainstream. She began her career after moving to New York City

(1892 - 1988) American film actress, a sultry, flirtatious, and controversial star of her time. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a reprint of a vintage ...

(1892 - 1988) American film actress, a sultry, flirtatious, and controversial star of her time. I.S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a full-length pose la...

(b. 1923) Koto player and composer, considered one of the greatest Japanese musicians, awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal, one of Japan's highest b...

A nice group of five items by acclaimed actors from the estate of conductor Pierre Monteux, includes: BRIAN AHERNE (A.L.S. to the Monteuxs mentioning

A vintage menu from the "Cafe Rouge" at the Hotel Statler in New York, 12" x 10" when folded (1956), inscribed to "Odessa&q...

A nice group of 13 pieces by prominent European, British and American stage actors, actresses and operatic stars, in various formats (noted): HENRY E.

Nice collection of fifteen items signed by vintage Hollywood entertainers, including: GINGER ROGERS I.S.P., ELEANOR POWELL signed postcard, ROY ROGERS

Lot of six signed photos of film goddesses, includes SOPHIA LOREN 8" x 12" color, ANGIE DICKINSON 8" x 10" color, JANE FONDA 8&q...

A large lot of past and present Hollywood stars, various formats but mostly signed photos 8" x 10" format, includes: JANE RUSSELL (2), PAU...

A group of 17 S.P.s of acclaimed vintage entertainers in various formats, includes: BOB HOPE, JIMMY DURANTE, RALPH BELLAMY, ROSA PONSELLE, EDWARD G. R

Small group of signed photos, most 4" x 5", all b/w, includes FREDERICO FELLINI (light), ALAN LADD, TIPPI HENDREN and TONY CURTIS, (8"...

Lot of three documents signed by early Hollywood stars, includes: AL JOLSON, a 1937 one-page letter of agreement between the William Morris Agency and

Printed Civil War-date theatre broadside, 10 3/4" x 5 1/2", issued by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a Nov. 15, 1862 performance, annou...

A group of signatures of prominent nineteenth century entertainers, mostly penned on small cards mounted to vintage album pages, includes: ADELINA PAT

A great pair of printed 19th century theatre broadsides, one measuring 24"x 9", issued by the Academy of Music, which comically announces ...

(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