Auction XXIX - Autographs & Memorabilia 2006-02-12 Auction - 746 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 6
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0870: GREGORY CORSO SIGNED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT1332: JAKE BECKLEY SIGNED SIGNATURE W/PIC & HOF CARD1142: BUDDY HOLLY /JOE MAULDIN/JERRY ALLISON SIGNATURES
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXIX - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 29th offering featuring over 1500 lots in a wide range of categories. In two sessions we offer vintage and contemporary historical autographs, documents, manuscripts and collectibles.

Auction highlights included a signed true first printing of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises plus a letter penned by the literary giant in addition to other first printings and letters of other desirable luminaries including Samuel Clemens and Margaret Mitchell with rare Hollywood content.

Other much sought after offerings include a handwritten letter by George Washington to his brother Augustine; documents signed by Jefferson and Madison, Hancock, a Lincoln free frank, plus an early Sam Houston letter, an 1863 endorsement penned by Stonewall Jackson 3 months before his death, a rare letter penned by King Charles I to the King of France; an early Winston Churchill hand written letter; a stanza of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” penned and signed by Julia Ward Howe; letters by Tchaikovsky; Audubon, and a letter penned by Freud regarding publication of his seminal Introduction to Psychoanalysis in America. Also, a rare autograph by reggae musician Bob Marley, plus Presley, vintage Beatles, Bogart and W. C. Fields. In Sports we have a baseball signed by Babe Ruth together with two signed photos. All this and much more for your collecting pleasure.

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ALEX HALEY HANDWRITTEN SIGNED NOTE: 889. ALEX HALEY (1921-1992). Best selling author of Roots (1976), an historical work that was made into a highly-acclaimed television mini-series in the 1970's. ANS, 1p, 7¼"x10¼", New York, Sep 1,
0889: ALEX HALEY HANDWRITTEN SIGNED NOTEEst. $100-$200See Sold Price
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ALEX HALEY HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD LETTER: "I'M KIND OF DEPRESSED ABOUT MISSISSIPPI"890. ALEX HALEY Postcard ALS "Alex," 5½"x3½", with view of Alaskan mountain peaks on reverse. Postmarked at Seattle, Jun 17, 1963. Five days after the
0890: ALEX HALEY HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD LETTEREst. $100-$200See Sold Price
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE SIGNED DOCUMENT: 892. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864). American writer whose novels, such as The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851), and short stories are marked by elegant prose and
0892: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE SIGNED DOCUMENTEst. $900-$1,600See Sold Price
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE SIGNED SIGNATURE W/PIC: 893. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Darkly penned signature on paper slip, 4"x¾". Laid to attractive mat beneath handsome bust portrait vignette. Overall 8"x10". Fine. Est: $150-350 Presented by
0893: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE SIGNED SIGNATURE W/PICEst. $150-$350
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GEORG WILHELM FREDERICH HEGEL SIGNED DOCUMENT: 894. GEORG WILHELM FREDERICH HEGEL (1770-1831). Enormously influential German philosopher whose primary focus was perceiving truth or ideal through his dialectical method by which an idea (thesis)
0894: GEORG WILHELM FREDERICH HEGEL SIGNED DOCUMENTEst. $900-$1,750
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR SIGNED CARD: 895. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. (1809-1894). American writer, novelist and poet. Among his best known poems are "Old Ironsides," "The Chambered Nautilus" and "The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay." Boldly
0895: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR SIGNED CARDEst. $80-$150See Sold Price
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JULIA WARD HOWE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER: 897. JULIA WARD HOWE ALS, 1st & 4th pp, 4"x6¼", Boston, Dec 6, 1895. To Mrs. Wilson regarding an upcoming lecture at her club. "...I am obliged for your kind invitation to remain one night, but I
0897: JULIA WARD HOWE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTEREst. $200-$500
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JULIA WARD HOWE SIGNED CARD W/ENGRAVING: 898. JULIA WARD HOWE Darkly penned full signature on card, 3¾"x2", "With sympathetic greetings from..." Howe adds beneath, "Oct. 22nd 1887." General light toning, a little darker at edges. Mounted
0898: JULIA WARD HOWE SIGNED CARD W/ENGRAVINGEst. $100-$200
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VICTOR HUGO SIGNED HANDWRITTEN NOTE & MAP: 900. VICTOR HUGO (1802-1885). French man of letters who greatly influenced the Romantic Movement and authored the popular novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831). ANS "Victor H" in French, 1p with
0900: VICTOR HUGO SIGNED HANDWRITTEN NOTE & MAPEst. $900-$1,800See Sold Price
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ILLUMINATED PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT BOOK: 901. [ILLUMINATED PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT] Beautifully hand-illuminated manuscript, ca. late 17th-18th century, hardbound, over 100pp, 4¼"x7". Each leaf contains two columns of text framed in gold, with
0901: ILLUMINATED PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT BOOKEst. $250-$500
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JOHN IRVING SIGNED BOOK FIRST EDITION: 902. JOHN IRVING (b. 1942). American author of darkly humorous novels. His works include The World According to Garp (1978) and Cider House Rules (1985), both of which have been translated to film.
0902: JOHN IRVING SIGNED BOOK FIRST EDITIONEst. $300-$600See Sold Price
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JACK KEROUAC SIGNED CHECK: 904. JACK KEROUAC (1922-1969). American writer and leading figure of the "beat generation," a term he first coined to describe his contemporaries' rejection of mainstream society philosophy and
0904: JACK KEROUAC SIGNED CHECKEst. $750-$1,500See Sold Price
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STEPHEN KING SIGNED FIRST PRINTING THE STAND: 905. STEPHEN KING (b. 1946). Best-selling author of Carrie (1973) and Pet Sematary (1983) and other novels in the horror and fantasy genre, many of which have been translated to film. First Printing
0905: STEPHEN KING SIGNED FIRST PRINTING THE STANDEst. $750-$1,500See Sold Price
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JACK LONDON SIGNED LETTER: 909. JACK LONDON (1876-1916). American novelist and short-story writer chronicling the Alaska gold rush best remembered for his masterpiece The Call of the Wild (1903). TLS, 1p, 8½"x11", "Glen
0909: JACK LONDON SIGNED LETTEREst. $600-$950See Sold Price
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JACK LONDON SIGNED CHECK DOCUMENT: 910. JACK LONDON Partly printed DS, a bank check drawn on The Merchants National Bank, San Francisco, Aug 27, 1914. Made payable to "Cash" for $200. Boldly signed and completed in his hand. Punch
0910: JACK LONDON SIGNED CHECK DOCUMENTEst. $120-$240
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NORMAN MAILER SIGNED LETTER W/PIC: 913. NORMAN MAILER (b. 1923). Highly opinionated American writer of The Naked and the Dead and The Armies of the Night for which he shared the Pulitzer Prize. Brief TLS, 1p, 7¼"x11", Brooklyn, Jun
0913: NORMAN MAILER SIGNED LETTER W/PICEst. $100-$200See Sold Price
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