Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-12-11 Auction - 465 Price Results - Signature House in CA
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Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 26th catalog offering of over 885 lots featuring a wide selection of autographs, documents, and related collectibles in all categories. Our popular Presidents category is highlighted by the much sought after Society of Cincinnati certificate signed by George Washington; an ALS by Thomas Jefferson; also an autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and two signed receipt statements in his holograph as a young attorney. We have Signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Benjamin Franklin; autograph letters signed by Annie Oakley and Pat Garrett plus an archive from the famed Ames Manufacturing Co. with business letters penned by founders Nathan and James Ames. Civil War features an early check signed twice by Robert E. Lee and a signature from his report on the Second Battle of Manassas plus a rare signed cabinet photo of Jefferson Davis. Also featured is an identified uniform coat belonging to an officer of The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Massachusetts and an archive from the War of 1812. We offer a touching wartime letter penned by Dwight Eisenhower to his wife Mamie remembering their 26th wedding anniversary. Plus personal narratives penned by participants in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. A document signed by James I and a signed photograph of Winston Churchill are included with a host of other royalty and heads of state. Famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. signs a rare document as Captain in the Union Army. We have Edison discussing his concrete houses; artists such as John Singleton Copley and Whistler; authors Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence and Kate Greenaway; plus an intimate photo signed by Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan Macy. Business leaders include Henry Ford, Alva Roebuck & John D. Rockefeller. Entertainment features favorite Wizard of Oz characters and Sports has highly desirable trading cards. All this and much more!
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TORVOSAURUS TANNERI TOOTH IN MATRIX: 1. TORVOSAURUS TANNERI TOOTH IN MATRIX A rare, large meat-eating dinosaur, Saurischia, Theropoda, lived in the late Jurassic Period. Collected at the Morrison Formation at a private ranch in Big Horn
0001: TORVOSAURUS TANNERI TOOTH IN MATRIXEst. $2,000-$3,500Lot Passed
TRICERATOPS HORN: 2. TRICERATOPS HORN A powerfully built dinosaur weighing several tons of the genus Triceratops. From the Cretaceous Period, this large-skull herbivore had a bony plate covering the neck, a large horn
0002: TRICERATOPS HORNEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed
ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS TOE BONES: 3. ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS TOE BONES Allosaurus was the dominant meat-eating dinosaur, Saurischia, Theropoda, lived in the late Jurassic Period. These two specimens are from digit II of the hind foot and
0003: ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS TOE BONESEst. $600-$1,200Lot Passed
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DIPLODOCUS LONGUS CLAW: 4. DIPLODOCUS LONGUS CLAW Large, plant-eating dinosaur, Saurishia, Sauropoda, lived in the late Jurassic Period. Collected at the Morrison Formation at a private ranch in Big Horn County, Wyoming,
0004: DIPLODOCUS LONGUS CLAWEst. $700-$1,500See Sold Price
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BURIAL SACRIFICE DISH: 5. BURIAL SACRIFICE DISH 2600-2200 BC. Old Kingdom Egyptian reddish-buff terra cotta coarse ware dish, 1¾" at widest portion, narrowing to base of approx 1". Rudimentary in form, the base is
0005: BURIAL SACRIFICE DISHEst. $40-$80See Sold Price
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EGYPTIAN BURIAL AMULET: 6. EGYPTIAN BURIAL AMULET Ca 1200-500 BC. Utilized during the mummification process, these small amulets had great religious significance, being attached to the body with prayers evoking protection
0006: EGYPTIAN BURIAL AMULETEst. $40-$80See Sold Price
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[16TH CENTURY EUROPE]: 7. [16TH CENTURY EUROPE] Attractive early woodcut map, 7"x5", removed from an Atlas, ca. 1515. All major territories are indicated in Latin, extending from Greenland and Iceland in the North Atlantic
0007: [16TH CENTURY EUROPE]Est. $100-$200See Sold Price
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[HOLOCAUST]: 8. [HOLOCAUST] Complete set of Theresienstadt camp money, Jan, 1943. Uncirculated. Mint condition. Denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Kronen notes. The obverse of note displays a picture of
0008: [HOLOCAUST]Est. $100-$200See Sold Price
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MENACHEM BEGIN: 9. MENACHEM BEGIN (1913-1992). Early Zionist leader who rose to Israeli prime minister (1977-83) and signed a peace treaty with Sadat of Egypt (1979), the first peace treaty between Israel and an
0009: MENACHEM BEGINEst. $60-$120
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MARTIN BUBER: 10. MARTIN BUBER (1878-1965). Austrian-born Judaic scholar and religious philosopher whose influential I and Thou (1923) postulates a direct personal dialogue between God and the individual. SP [M.
0010: MARTIN BUBEREst. $50-$100
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[MEDIEVAL BOOK OF HOURS]: 11. [MEDIEVAL BOOK OF HOURS] A lovely original illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours, 3½"x5", Flanders, ca 1440-1460. Containing 19 lines on each side of ruled gothic textura script penned in Latin
0011: [MEDIEVAL BOOK OF HOURS]Est. $150-$300See Sold Price
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GENEVA BIBLE: BIBLE OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATIONBROUGHT TO AMERICA ON THE MAYFLOWER12. GENEVA BIBLE Scarce 1599 edition [Breeches Bible] by L. Tomson. Covers and first four books of the Old Testament lacking.
0012: GENEVA BIBLEEst. $350-$700See Sold Price
[FREDERICK HENRICK VAN HOVE]: 13. [FREDERICK HENRICK VAN HOVE] (1628-1698). Prominent Dutch engraver of English nobility including King Charles II and Oliver Cromwell. Original 5"x3" engraving on laid paper, overall 6¼"x9",
0013: [FREDERICK HENRICK VAN HOVE]Est. $60-$120Lot Passed
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C. S. LEWIS: LEWIS' HUMILITY HIGHLIGHTED14. C. S. LEWIS (1898-1963). English scholar, critic and novelist who was an articulate proponent of Christianity, famous as "the apostle to skeptics." Best known are his
0014: C. S. LEWISEst. $1,100-$1,700See Sold Price
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EVANGELINE BOOTH: 15. EVANGELINE BOOTH (1865-1950). The daughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth, she headed the organization in the US, London and Canada and also established the popular servicemen's canteens
0015: EVANGELINE BOOTHEst. $100-$200See Sold Price
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[CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM TO ARABS]: 17. [CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM TO ARABS] Rare booklet, Prophecies Concerning the Messiah, "With Their Accomplishment in the Words of the New Testament," 66pp, 4½"x7½", Presbyterian Mission Press,
0017: [CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM TO ARABS]Est. $100-$200See Sold Price
TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE: 18. TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE (1921-1983). American Roman Catholic clergyman who was archbishop of New York (1968-83); appointed cardinal in 1969. Superb ISP, color matte, 9"x7" half-length portrait
0018: TERENCE CARDINAL COOKEEst. $50-$100Lot Passed
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[CELIA J. FERRIES]: 19. [CELIA J. FERRIES] Early Christian missionary to India (1891); first Board appointed missionary to India from the Free Methodist Church. Full-length seated cabinet photograph wearing sari.
0019: [CELIA J. FERRIES]Est. $60-$160See Sold Price
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BILLY GRAHAM: 20. BILLY GRAHAM (b. 1918). World-famous American evangelist and leading fundamentalist spokesman. His book, Peace With God, 22pp, 5¾"x8½", Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1953. Book Club
0020: BILLY GRAHAMEst. $100-$200
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EDWARD EVERETT HALE: 21. EDWARD EVERETT HALE (1822-1909). American abolitionist clergyman and author of patriotic Man Without a Country (1863) believed to have encouraged supporters of the Union cause; chaplain of the US
0021: EDWARD EVERETT HALEEst. $80-$160See Sold Price
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN: 22. FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN (1889-1967). Created cardinal (1946); archbishop of NY; named apostolic vicar to US armed forces during World War II; accomplished author and translator. His book, The
0022: FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMANEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN: 23. FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN Boldly penned signature on 3½"x5½" card. Affixed to postal souvenir album page beneath twelve 1959 commemorative Nicaraguan stamps, many featuring his image. Fine. MB:
0023: FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMANEst. $40-$80See Sold Price
[JOSEPH F. SMITH]: 24. [JOSEPH F. SMITH] (1838-1918). President of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (1901-18). Smith terminated the surreptitious continuation of church plural marriages (1904) and
0024: [JOSEPH F. SMITH]Est. $80-$160Lot Passed
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