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An original Robert Spring forgery of a George Washington check, signed “Go. Washington,” 6 x 2.5, ordering the cashier of the Office of Discount and D

Scarce partially printed Massachusetts Bank check, 4.5 x 1.75, filled out and signed by Adams, payable to John Adams Welsh for $100.00, dated 1815. Or

Rare partially printed Bank of the United States check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Jefferson, “Th: Jefferson,” payable to Henry Pepper for $

Partially printed Bank of Columbia personal check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Madison, payable to Abraham Lands for $48.00, September 19, 181

Handwritten bank draft, 7.5 x 4.25, written out and signed by Monroe to Richard Smith, Esq. of Washington, dated July 12, 1826. In full: “Pay to R. H.

Partially printed Bank of Metropolis bank check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Adams, “J.Q. Adams” payable to Mrs. L. C. Adams for $200.00, June

Partially printed Office of Bank of United States bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Jackson, as president, payable to

Office of Discount and Deposit check, 7 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Van Buren, “M. Van Buren,” payable to Mr. Forsyth for $78.57, May 25, 1826. Ar

Scarce Office of Discount and Deposit check, 7 x 2, filled out and signed by Harrison, “W. H. Harrison,” payable to Self for $5.00, January 24, 1827.

Very scarce Buffalo Savings Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Fillmore, “Millard Fillmore Prest.,” payable to Frances P. Murray for $35.5

Extremely rare Riggs & Co. bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Pierce, payable to Self for $300.00, March 24, 1857...

Rare bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Buchanan as president, payable to Riggs & Co for $150.00, January 2, 1861. Writ...

Highly desirable Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company check, 7 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” payable to Ruth, M...

Scarce government depository check, drawn on the First National Bank of Washington, 8 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Johnson, as pre

Personal check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Grant, as president, payable to Judge John F. Long for $367.50, November 28, 187

Partly-printed financial DS, signed as governor of Ohio, “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 7.25 x 4, December 27, 1871. State of Ohio financial document author

Unissued and undated partial Riggs & Co. check, 4.5 x 3, signed by Garfield, “J. A. Garfield.” A notation on the reverse of the document reads: ...

Nassua Bank bank check, 7.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Arthur, “C. A. Arthur,” payable to Thomas McMullen for $165.00, November

Two checks: Knickerbocker Trust Company bank check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Cleveland, payable to Susan M. Usburne for $25.00; and a Seaboa

Fletcher and Sharpe’s bank check, 7.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison” payable to Self for $15.00, March 24, 1879. Archival

American Security and Trust bank check, 7 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by McKinley, as president, “William McKinley,” payable to James F

Astor Trust Company bank check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Roosevelt, payable to Leslie & Massee for $95.00, June 7, 19...

Second National Bank personal check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Taft, “Wm. H. Taft,” payable to Chas. Munro for $.80, December

Princeton Bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Wilson, payable to C. C. Cuyler, Treasurer for $100.00, February 4, 1901. Affixed is a revenue s

Two Marion County Bank Company checks, 5.75 x 2.75, both from the early 1900s, one filled out and signed “W. G. Harding, Personal” payable to R. J. Le

Commercial National Bank personal check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Coolidge as president, payable to Lerch’s for $2.60, March 2,

Extremely rare Guaranty Trust Company of New York bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Hoover as commerce secretary, payab

Bank of New York Company check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Roosevelt, “Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Patients Aid Fund, Franklin D. Roosevel

City Bank of Kansas City business check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Truman, payable to Motorist Supply Co. for $66.35, August 15, 1925. Arch

Extremely rare American Security & Trust Company personal check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out in type and boldly signed by Eisenhower, payable to Anni...

Rare First National City Bank of New York business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Kennedy, payable to Pitney-Bowes for $39.

Two checks: rare Johnson City Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out in type and signed “Lyndon B. Johnson” as president, payable to Mr. E. D. Spellman -

United Jersey Bank personal check, 8.25 x 6.5, filled out in type and signed by Nixon, payable to Bill Hongach for $1.00, February 26, 1990. A typed n

Endorsed business check, 8.5 x 3.5, drawn on the account of William Morris Agency, payable to Gerald Ford for $20.68, March 16, 1967, and endorsed by

Two Plains Mercantile Company checks, 8.25 x 3, both from the early 1960s, one signed “J. E. Carter, Jr.,” and one signed “Rosalynn S. Carter.” Archiv

Bank of America bank check, 5.75 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Reagan, payable to Teen-Age Community Club for $1.00, July 15, 1948. Archivally doubl

Autograph legal document, not signed but penned entirely in Adams’ hand, one page, 6 x 7.5, 1767. An itemized bill for work done by Benjamin Tirrillo

Partial ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, October 29. First and last page of a longer letter to Miss Amy Townsend. In part: “Pray pardon my tardy res

Executive Mansion card, signed in fountain pen, “Chester A. Arthur.” In fine condition with light toning and faint soiling.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7 x 9, April 22, 1857. President Buchanan orders the Secretary of State “to affix the Seal of the United Sta

Two hardcover first edition books, Read All About It, each signed on the title page in blue felt tip by both Laura and Jenna Bush. In overall very fin

Signed book: All the Best, George Bush. First edition, later printing. NY: Scribner, 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 640 pages. Signed on

Two hardcover books: All the Best, George Bush, signed on a bookplate affixed to the inside front cover by George Bush; and Reflections: Life After th

Red, white, and blue “George W. Bush for President,” bumper sticker, 7 x 3.75, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Dave, George W. Bush.” In f

FDC honoring the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, signed in blue ballpoint, “J. Carter” and “Billy Carter.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a

Color matte-finish 8 x 10 presidential portrait, signed in blue ballpoint, “J. Carter” and “Rosalynn Carter,” and in black felt tip, “Lillian G. Carte

Executive Mansion card, signed in black ink, “Grover Cleveland.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light soiling and mounting remnants to rev

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, March 19, 1904. Letter to C. H. Cavanaugh in New York. In full: “I enclose proof that I attempted to acknowledge a letter rece

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Westland Mansion letterhead, December 10, 1907. Cleveland writes to H. W. Bassey of Stuart, Florida. In part: “I write you to

Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed in blue felt tip on the title

Signed book: Giving. First edition, first printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 9.5, 240 pages. Signed in black felt tip

Full saxophone signed in silver ink, “Bill Clinton,” on the right side beneath the bell. In fine condition, with a James Spence Authentication label a

TLS as president signed “Bill,” one page, 6.75 x 9, pale green White House letterhead, October 28, 1994. Letter to Wayne Dowd, a member of the Arkansa

Ballpoint signature, “Bill Clinton,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5 slip. Reverse bears a pencil notation from the original recipient stating that the signa

Signed book: Living History. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 562 pages. Signed ...

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 Edmonston head-and-shoulders portrait, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Frank B. Pauly, Wi

Signed White House card, signed in black ink, “Calvin Coolidge.” In fine condition, with a uniform shade of mild toning. Accompanied by a January 8, 1

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, June 16, 1953. Eisenhower sends thanks for a gift of cheese. In part: “I want you to kno

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Eisenhower in full military uniform seated behind his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To George H. Ma

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 15, 1965. Brief letter of thanks for a birthday gift. In part: “Your kind thoughts and beauti

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, War Department letterhead, September 5, 1946. Letter of thanks to Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Robert Simmons. In part: “I tru

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, June 19, 1956. Ike writes Mr. and Mrs. William F. C. Ewing. In full: “Thank you so much for

Vintage glossy 8.25 x 11 photo of president Eisenhower waving from a moving automobile, signed in fountain pen by Eisenhower, perhaps as president, an

War-dated TLS, one page, 6 x 8, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force letterhead, November 6, 1944. Short letter to a collector seeking an a

Signed book: Classic Tour Through Italy Volume I. Later printing. London: Thomas Tegg, 1841. Hardcover, 5 x 8, 333 pages. The title page bears Fillmor

Ink signature, “Respectfully yours, Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, Feby 17, 1864,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip. Matted and framed with a portrait of Fillmo

Ink and felt tip signatures of George Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter on individual off-white cards. All are nicely d

Two glossy 10 x 8 photos of Ford at work in the Oval Office, one color, each signed in blue felt tip in the lower border, “Gerald R. Ford.” In very fi

TLS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, Congress of the United States Office of the Minority Leader letterhead, November 23, 1973. Ford replie

Three signed engravings by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing: a 6 x 8 engraved portrait of the Washington Monument, and two identical color 7.5 x 8

Felt tip signature, “Gerald Ford,” on a 4 x 2.5 white mock White House card. In very fine condition.

Official Rawlings Little League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot. In fine condition.

Four color satin-finish 8 x 10 photos, each signed in felt tip or ink by the respective president or first lady pictured: Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Jim

Color cardstock 7 x 9.25 photo of Ford in his office beside an American flag, signed in blue felt tip in the white lower border. Triple matted to an o

Souvenir typescript on a cream 6.25 x 8.5 sheet of personal letterhead with embossed presidential eagle, signed in blue felt tip “Gerald R. Ford, 3/15

Signed book: A Vision for America. Scarce limited edition of 500 copies (this being #203). Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. Hardcover, 6

Difficult to find color cardstock 8 x 10 photo of presidents Nixon through Reagan gathered at the White House prior to departing for Anwar Sadat’s fun

Excellent 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait by W. J. Baker Studios in Buffalo, New York (and so noted at the bottom and printed on the reverse), signed in b

Ink signature, as president, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 4 x 5.5 album page, pre-printed with, “Autograph, Presented to the French Fair, With compl

Unusual DS as president, one page both sides, 10.5 x 15.5, April 9, 1875. An official letter of state to the Constitutional President of the Governmen

ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead, August 18, 1868. Letter to General C. B. Comstock,

Fabulous 4.5 x 6 engraved portrait of Grant, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, signed and inscribed, as president, under his image, “U. S. Gran

ALS signed “A. H.,” one page, 8 x 9.5, August 16, 1841. Letter to her grandson, John Cleves Harrison. In part: “I was truly glad, to receive your very

Unusual manuscript DS, signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page both sides, 10.5 x 14, October 23, 1890. An official letter of state in which Harrison congra

DS, signed “William Henry Harrison,” one page, 15.25 x 10, August 24, 1811. As governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison orders judges to convene a

Hayes’ personal embossed calling card, 3.25 x 2, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Rutherford B. Hayes.” In fine condition, with light pencil notat

Ink signature, “Sincerely, R. B. Hayes,” on an off-white 4.25 x 4.75 sheet. In fine condition.

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 17 x 14, January 24, 1881. President Hayes appoints P. Henry Carpenter to the position

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 11 Pach Brothers photo, signed and inscribed in ballpoint, “To the Mechanics Club with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover.”

Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover. First edition, first printing. NY: Macmillan Company, 1951. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 496 page

Signed book: De Re Metallica: Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556. Later printing. NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950. Hardcover, 7 x 11,

Ink signature, “Herbert Hoover,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card; and a White House card, signed in ink, “Lou Henry Hoover.” In fine condition, with a un

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 9.5, January 4, 1831. Jackson grants almost 80 acres of land in Greene County to Thomas Weatherspoon

LS, one page, 8 x 9.5, February 2, 1819. Jackson writes from Washington to Joseph Delaplaine. In part: “I regret extremely my inability to comply with

Large bold ink signature on a 5.5 x .75 slip removed from a larger document or letter. Double matted with a portrait of Jackson and framed to an overa

Full hand-addressed free frank, as president, measuring 10 x 8 unfolded, with the franked panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5, addressed in Jefferson’s hand to

Ink signature, on his last full day as president, “Andrew Johnson, March 3d, 1869,” on an off-white 6.75 x 9 album page. In fine condition, with some

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.75, July 22, 1865. President Johnson appoints John S. Keyes a “Marshall of the United States for t

Five items: two identical FDCs, bearing cachets of Johnson honoring the Beautification of America, each signed in black ink; and three identical LBJ R

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Johnson seated on a sofa, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with some scattered light surface marks and impressions.