Autograph Auction - All Categories April 26th

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Autograph Auction - All Categories April 26th

The Written Word Autographs

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Our Largest, Most Important Autograph Sale of the Year! On Saturday April 26th we will sell over 900 guaranteed authentic autographs from all major categories: Presidents, Historical Personalities, Space, Science, Arts and Letters, Military, Sports, Stage and Screen. Very affordable opening bids, an honest auction where reserves are absolutely never greater than the low bid estimate.

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Game Maker MILTON BRADLEY - ALS *Excessively Rare*: Milton Bradley (1836-1911) Game manufacturer. Bradley is credited with launching the game industry in North America. Bradley became a game maker fortuitously. Playing a board game with a friend, he

0171: Game Maker MILTON BRADLEY - ALS *Excessively Rare*Est. $4,500-$7,000

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Oil Man J PAUL GETTY - Check Signed: J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) Oil executive. Getty established his first successful oil well in Oklahoma. In the 1920s, he drilled in California and continued to amass his fortune. When his father,

0173: Oil Man J PAUL GETTY - Check SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Railroad Magnate JAY GOULD - Stock Endorsed: Jay Gould (1836-1892) Railroad developer. Gould was one of the most unscrupulous â€œrobber baronsâ€ of 19th-century American capitalism. In the 1860s, he became a stockbroker on Wall Street

0174: Railroad Magnate JAY GOULD - Stock EndorsedEst. $850-$1,400Lot Passed

JAY GOULD - Stock Certificate Signed: Jay Gould. 11 Â½â€ x 8â€ stock certificate for one hundred shares of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company stock, signed by Gould as President. There are four cancellation holes through

0175: JAY GOULD - Stock Certificate SignedEst. $400-$700Lot Passed

Drug Maker ELI LILLY - Check Signed: Eli Lilly (1838-1898) Soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, entrepreneur. Lilly was the founder of the Pharmaceutical Eli Lilly and Company, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. After

0176: Drug Maker ELI LILLY - Check SignedEst. $500-$850Lot Passed

Auto Maker RANSOM OLDS - Stock Certificate Signed: Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) Automobile maker. Olds was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam

0177: Auto Maker RANSOM OLDS - Stock Certificate SignedEst. $450-$800Lot Passed

Merchant J C PENNEY - Photo Signed: J. C. Penney (1875-1971) Merchant. The founder of the J.C. Penney Company, James Cash Penney opened his first store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Convinced that moral principles also could be sound

0178: Merchant J C PENNEY - Photo SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

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Gun Makers ELIPHALET & SAMUEL REMINGTON - Checks: Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) and Samuel Remington (1819-1882) Firearms manufacturers and inventors. Eliphalet Remington, with his three sons, Philo, Samuel and Eliphalet III, became partners with

0179: Gun Makers ELIPHALET & SAMUEL REMINGTON - ChecksEst. $100-$200

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Financier RUSSELL SAGE - ALS to Pres Franklin Pierce: Russell Sage (1816â€“1906) Financier. Sage invested successfully in the La Crosse Railroad in Wisconsin, and he eventually acquired an interest in more than forty railroads, serving as director

0180: Financier RUSSELL SAGE - ALS to Pres Franklin PierceEst. $200-$350Lot Passed

Broadcast Pioneer DAVID SARNOFF - TLS: David Sarnoff (1891-1971) Belarusian-born businessman. Sarnoff was a pioneer of radio and television. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities

0181: Broadcast Pioneer DAVID SARNOFF - TLSEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Steel Magnate CHARLES M SCHWAB - TLS: Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939) Steel magnate. Under Schwabâ€™s leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy

0182: Steel Magnate CHARLES M SCHWAB - TLSEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Pen Inventor W A SHEAFFER - TLS: W. A. Sheaffer (1867-1945) Inventor, businessman. Sheaffer developed the first commercially successful lever-filling fountain pen and founded the W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company. 7 Â¼â€ x 10 Â½â€

0183: Pen Inventor W A SHEAFFER - TLSEst. $150-$250Lot Passed

Social Reformer JANE ADDAMS - Card Signed: Jane Addams (1860-1935) Social reformer. Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel

0184: Social Reformer JANE ADDAMS - Card SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Red Cross Founder CLARA BARTON - TLS: Clara Barton (1821-1912) Teacher, founder of the American Red Cross. Barton established a service of supplies for soldiers during the Civil War and nursed in army camps and on the battlefields.

0185: Red Cross Founder CLARA BARTON - TLSEst. $1,200-$1,400Lot Passed

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Abolitionist HENRY WARD BEECHER - Check: Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) Clergyman, reformer. Beecher acquired fame on the lecture circuit for his novel oratorical style, in which he employed humor, dialect, and slang. He also grew

0186: Abolitionist HENRY WARD BEECHER - CheckEst. $100-$175

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Reformer MAUDE BALLINGTON BOOTH - TLS: Maude Ballington Booth (1865-1948) Reformer. Booth and her husband Ballington Booth co-founded the Volunteers of America. Maud was also known for working to improve the conditions of prisons in the

0187: Reformer MAUDE BALLINGTON BOOTH - TLSEst. $150-$250Lot Passed

Civil-Rights Publication FREEDOMWAYS - Four Issues: Freedomways. Freedomways was one of the most important and influential publications of the civil-rights movement. Esther Jackson Cooper edited Freedomways, which was published from 1961 to 1986, this

0188: Civil-Rights Publication FREEDOMWAYS - Four IssuesEst. $100-$200Lot Passed

Author, Activist HELEN KELLER - Photo Signed: Helen Keller (1880-1968) Author, political activist, lecturer. Keller was blind and deaf. Keller was deprived by illness of sight and hearing at the age of 19 months, and her speech development soon

0189: Author, Activist HELEN KELLER - Photo SignedEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Civil-Rights Activist MARTIN LUTHER KING - Matted Signa: Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Clergyman, activist, leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He headed the SCLC and it was through his activism, he played a pivotal role in ending

0190: Civil-Rights Activist MARTIN LUTHER KING - Matted SignaEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

Clergyman THEODORE PARKER - His Book Signed: Theodore Parker (1810-1860) Clergyman. Parker was a Transcendentalist, theologian, scholar, Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and social reformer. In his vigorous challenge to religious dogmatism,

0191: Clergyman THEODORE PARKER - His Book SignedEst. $250-$400Lot Passed

Medical Missionary ALBERT SCHWEITZER - Photo Signed: Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German theologian, philosopher, medical missionary. Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of â€œReverence for Lifeâ€ expressed in many

0192: Medical Missionary ALBERT SCHWEITZER - Photo SignedEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

Civil Rights Advocate JAMES TROTTER - Doc Signed: James M. Trotter (1842-1892) Civil rights advocate. Trotter came to Boston to join the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first African-American corps of soldiers in the Civil War. After the war,

0193: Civil Rights Advocate JAMES TROTTER - Doc SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

JAMES TROTTER - Document Signed: James M. Trotter. 8 Â½â€ x 14â€, folded to 3 Â½â€ x 8 Â½â€, partially printed legal document signed, District of Columbia, December 19, 1887. The document is a Deed, signed by

0194: JAMES TROTTER - Document SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

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Nazi Hunter SIMON WIESENTHAL - Photo Signed: Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. Wiesenthal opened the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna in 1961 and continued to try to locate missing Nazi war

0195: Nazi Hunter SIMON WIESENTHAL - Photo SignedEst. $50-$75

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The Written Word Autographs

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Tamworth, NH, United States

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Terms of Sale The auction will begin at 1:00 PM (EDT) on Saturday, April 26, 2014. The auction may be delayed at the discretion of the auctioneer. The on-line LiveAuctioneers component is an important part of this auction. Failure to connect with LiveAuctioneers will be deemed a reason to delay the start of this auction. There are several ways to participate in this auction. Bids may be mailed to PO Box 490, Tamworth, NH 03886 or emailed to writword@gmail.com. In the event of duplicate high bids, the earliest received will be the winner. Submission of a bid is recognized as acceptance of the terms of sale. Bidders may also participate in this auction through LiveAuctioneer's and Invaluable live auction service at no additional cost above the 20% buyer's premium. To utilize this service you must pre-register with LiveAuctioneer or Invaluable at least 24 hours before the auction. This catalog will be on their site on April 1st. Please visit www.liveauctioneers.com to register and be assigned a user name and password. You may purchase any lot being auction EARLY and end the auction for that item. You must agree to pay the high estimate plus the buyer premium and there can be no earlier bids on the lot. Call or email if you wish to exercise this option. We will be pleased to contact you by phone from our office if you want to participate in the auction live. We are unable to accept incoming calls but we would be pleased to have a representative contact you on the day of the auction before lots in which you are interested are offered. Please call us early and not later than two hours before the auction to reserve a phone line for this service. We will not display bids on our web site nor will it be possible to bid through our web site during the auction. Consignors may not bid on their own material nor have others bid on their behalf All bidders will be registered and must attest that they will not engage in ?shill? bidding (bidding to increase the price without any intention of buying the lot). Violators of these provisions will be exempted from this auction and will be prohibited from ever bidding in future Written Word Autographs auctions. The winner will always be the high bidder. Lots will not be reopened after the hammer for any reason. Please be aware that most lots carry a reserve beneath which the lot will riot be sold. The low estimate is always equal to or less than the consignor?s reserve.