Done
UPLAND, CA, United States
Auction Details
Auction XXXIV - Autographs & Memorabilia
Signature House presents our 34th offering of over 1000 lots. Closing in two Live sessions, collectors may choose from a worthy selection of vintage and contemporary historical autographs, documents, manuscripts and related collectibles in all categories. Most sought after are the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Presidents from Washington to George Bush. Of note is an uncommon Revolutionary War-date document signed by John Hancock, as President of the Second Continental Congress assembled in the de facto capital at Baltimore in 1777, and by Charles Thomson, the only two signatories to appear in the famous Dunlap broadside on July 4, 1776. These plus Washington's generals De Kalb and von Steuben, among others. There are Civil War leaders and generals plus the famous Confederate spy Belle Boyd. We are pleased to offer a small handwritten music sketch penned by Ludwig van Beethoven from one of his celebrated sketchbook studies, and an array of other classical music and operatic autographs. We also have vintage Lindbergh photos, one with President Calvin Coolidge, and a large number of astronauts, some signed over 25 years ago. An original Matisse drawing highlights our Artists category. First Printing signed books include A Streetcar Named Desire and To Kill a Mockingbird. Military collectors can choose from Horatio Nelson or Napoleon to World War II notables. A handwritten letter by Peter the Great leads our heads of state. A great selection of vintage to contemporary entertainment figures include Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles. A signed photograph by Babe Ruth highlights our collection of old-timers and contemporary sports notables. From novices to the most sophisticated, we have autographs sure to enhance any collection.
TOP







![YITZHAK SHAMIR & SHIMON PERES SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS: 5. [ISRAELI PRIME MINISTERS] Two former Israeli heads of state. SPs, color half-length seated portraits. Individually signed by hard-liner YITZHAK SHAMIR (b. 1914), 5"x8"; and SHIMON PERES (b. 1923)](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037829_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)

![LITZMANNSTADT GHETTO JEWISH POSTAGE STAMPS: 7. [LITZMANNSTADT GHETTO] Collection of three unused individual stamps; and three cut postmarked stamps from envelopes originating in the Polish ghetto at Litzmannstadt (Lodz). Excellent condition.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037831_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![17TH CENTURY SPANISH ANTIPHONAL LEAF: 8. [SPANISH ANTIPHONAL LEAF] Original parchment leaf from Spanish antiphonal, 15"x22", ca. 1650-90. Red-lined music staff on vellum punctuated with 2½"x2¾" decorative initial letters illuminated in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037832_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![CHRISTIAN SAINTS: 9. [CHRISTIAN SAINTS] Uncommon assemblage of twelve saints and some holy servants of God beatified by the Catholic Church. Included are St. Francis of Assisi; St. Fidel of Sigmarin; Blessed Angel of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037833_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![SAINT VERONICA'S VEIL RELIC & VATICAN DOCUMENT: 10. [VEIL OF SAINT VERONICA] A representation of "The Holy Face of Jesus" based on the tradition of the pious Jerusalem woman who wiped the face of Jesus with her veil on his path to Cavalry. Printed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037834_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![18TH CENTURY METROPOLITAN DIOCESE DOCUMENT: 11. [18TH CENTURY METROPOLITAN DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER] Church appointment. Manuscript DS "W. Bramston" in Latin on vellum, 1p, 15"x10¾", Metropolitan Cathedral [London], July 1730. Untranslated.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037835_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![COPTIC HAND-CARVED & PAINTED ICON, CA. 1900: 12. [COPTIC CHRISTIAN ICON] Beautifully hand-carved wood cross, 8½"x3"x½", typically used to bless the faithful by a priest, ca. 1900. Surprisingly, it opens to reveal exquisite colorfully](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037836_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)
![BLESSED DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI IMAGE: 13. [FATHER DAMIEN] (1840-1889). Blessed Damien of Molokai since 1995, the Apostle to the Lepers of Hawaii. Born Joseph de Veuster, a Belgian missionary priest in Hawaii, arriving in 1864, becoming](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037837_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)







![POPE PIUS X IMAGE: 21. [POPE PIUS X] (1835-1914). Former cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, succeeding Pope Leo XIII in 1903. He opposed the Modernist movement in Roman Catholicism and restored Gregorian](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/135/15422/5037845_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1205850990)



