Presidential Autograph and Americana Auction 2023-02-20 Auction - 166 Price Results - Quinn's Auction Galleries in VA
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Full Lincoln Signed Appointment. 1865.2 vols. Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Signed.Alexander Graham Bell. Researches in Telephony.
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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Presidential Autograph and Americana Auction

Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present an auction of Presidential autographs, memorabilia, early books and Americana as well as early works on the invention of the telephone. Coming up on the 150th anniversary of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell entered his patent for the telephone on Feb. 14th, 1876 and shortly had it granted, with surprising rapidity, on Mar. 10th 1876, a few days before the first words would be spoken on the telephone. Quinn's is proud to offer highlights on this historical event, an event that shaped our modern world. We have the first instance of the relation of the telephone and its historic March 14th conversation with Bell's 1876 Researches on Telephony. We also have Bell's 2nd and 3rd Telephone Patents, the former being one of the two most influential patents on the Telephone, describing the telephone as a functioning device, first time offered at auction. Lastly, also for the first time at auction, we have for auction a collection of the Telephone Cases against Bell and his supposed invention of the telephone. This collection of an almost decade long litigation would ultimately declare Bell the inventor of the telephone and allow for an almost century long monopoly in telecommunications by AT&T. Quinn's is also excited to offer on President's day a large collection of Presidential autographs and memorabilia. We have a full Lincoln signed appointment from 2 months before the close of the Civil War and his assassination and a James Madison signed document. We have several examples of Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Theodore Roosevelt as well as autographs from Reagan and Bush to Frank Hodsoll, former director of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lastly, we have several political buttons and ephemera including a 1861 Lincoln button pin, McKinley/Roosevelt jugate ribbon and a bust of Woodrow Wilson, while as president, executed by Jo Davidson.
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Paine. The Works. 1796.: Paine, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Paine, containing Common Sense. Answer to the Abbe Raynal. Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne. To the authors of the Republican. To the Abbe Syeyes. Part I.
0005: Paine. The Works. 1796.Est. $400-$600
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The Washingtoniana. 1802.: Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late Gen. George Washington; with a Collection of Elegant Eulogies, Orations, Poems, Sacred to his Memory. Also, an Appendix, Comprising all his Most Valuable
0006: The Washingtoniana. 1802.Est. $200-$300
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Webster's Dictionary. First Edition. 1828.: Webster, Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language... To Which are Prefixed, an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of
0009: Webster's Dictionary. First Edition. 1828.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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3 vols. Morse's Work on the Telegraph.: 3 volume on Morse's invention of the Telegraph. (1) "Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph" [in] Report of the Commissioner of Patents. GPO, Washington, 1844. An illustrated patent report
0013: 3 vols. Morse's Work on the Telegraph.Est. $200-$300
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Map of the Telegraph Lines of Europe, 1856.: The Electric and International Telegraph Company’s Map of the Telegraph Lines of Europe, 1856. London: published under the authority of the Electric Telegraph Company, by Day & Son, lithrs. .
0017: Map of the Telegraph Lines of Europe, 1856.Est. $800-$1,200
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Shaffner. The Telegraph Manual. 1859.: Shaffner, Taliaferro Preston. The Telegraph manual : a complete history and description of the semaphoric, electric and magnetic telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, ancient and
0018: Shaffner. The Telegraph Manual. 1859.Est. $200-$300
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Thomas Edison Signed Letter: [Thomas Edison 1847-1931] Autograph letter signed. Written in pencil signed. Glossy image in black and white. Name placard. Two leaves. Frame: 26'x14'. Transcription as follows: Shaughnessy/See if
0022: Thomas Edison Signed LetterEst. $300-$400
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Alexander Graham Bell. Researches in Telephony.: Bell, Alexander Graham. Researches in Telephony. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series Vol. IV, whole series Vol. XII (May 1876 to May 1877), pp. 1-10. Boston: John
0023: Alexander Graham Bell. Researches in Telephony.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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