Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-12-12 Auction - 408 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 4
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626: MAYNARD DIXON720: [BUSINESS NOTABLES]597: RONALD REAGAN
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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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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FRANKLIN PIERCE: 546. FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869). Fourteenth President of the United States (1853-57); brigadier general during Mexican War. Trimmed ALS, 2pp on single leaf, 5"x3", [Nov 29, 1865.] To his friend
0546: FRANKLIN PIERCEEst. $300-$500
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[1856 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]: 547. [1856 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION] Tennessee Democratic Electoral Ticket endorsing James Buchanan and John C. Brekinridge for the nation's highest offices, 3¼"x5½". Engraved vignette at top
0547: [1856 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION]Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: TWO EARLY LINCOLN SIGNED STATEMENTS548. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865). Martyred sixteenth President of the United States (1860-65) who led the nation through the Civil War. Two early Autograph
0548: ABRAHAM LINCOLNEst. $7,500-$15,000
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: LINCOLN QUOTES SECRETARY OF WAR549. ABRAHAM LINCOLN War-date ALS "A. Lincoln," 1p, 5"x8", Washington, DC, Jan 11, 1864. On Executive Mansion letterhead responding to J. W. Gunies referencing military
0549: ABRAHAM LINCOLNEst. $18,000-$25,000
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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]: 550. [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION] A 5/8"x1" section of the bloodstained sheet upon which Lincoln lay in his final hours. This historic artifact was obtained by author and politician Charles K. Tuckerman
0550: [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]Est. $400-$800
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[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]: 551. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN] CDV collection of three images. Included are a bust portrait vignette with Douglas Gallery, Buffalo, backstamp; a quarter-length vignette with Joseph Ward, Boston, backstamp;
0551: [ABRAHAM LINCOLN]Est. $100-$200
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[1864 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET]: 552. [1864 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET] A Miami County, Ohio Union Presidential Ticket for the 1864 election listing Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President together with state
0552: [1864 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET]Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
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ULYSSES S. GRANT: RARE TRIPLE SIGNATURE553. ULYSSES S. GRANT 1822-1885). The Union Army's greatest general who became eighteenth President of the United States (1869-77). Partly printed DS "U. S. Grant" as President,
0553: ULYSSES S. GRANTEst. $2,000-$3,500
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ULYSSES S. GRANT: "LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH HAVE LOST ALL THEY HAD"554. ULYSSES S. GRANT ALS, "U. S. Grant", 1½pp on single leaf, 5"x8", Washington, DC, Dec 21, 1867. Insightful letter of introduction
0554: ULYSSES S. GRANTEst. $1,200-$1,800
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CHARLES J. GUITEAU: GUITEAU DISCUSSES BAIL555. CHARLES J. GUITEAU (1841-1882). American lawyer and disgruntled federal job seeker who assassinated President James Garfield in 1881 and was hanged in Washington. ALS, 1p,
0555: CHARLES J. GUITEAUEst. $1,300-$2,500
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GROVER CLEVELAND: 556. GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908). Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, the only President to be reelected after defeat; governor of New York (1882-84). ALS, 1p with
0556: GROVER CLEVELANDEst. $200-$400
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GROVER CLEVELAND: 557. GROVER CLEVELAND His signature as President, adding "Sept 12, 1885," boldly penned on white card, 3½"x1". Mounting residue on verso; else Fine. MB: $120 Presented by Signature House
0557: GROVER CLEVELANDEst. $120-$250
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY: 558. WILLIAM MCKINLEY (1843-1901). Twenty-fifth President of the United States (1897-1901) shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (1873-1901) in Buffalo, New York. He died eight days later. Partly printed
0558: WILLIAM MCKINLEYEst. $300-$600
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT: ROOSEVELT CRITIQUES WILSON'S POLICIES AND DEFENDS COLUMBIAN TREATY559. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919). Popular, dynamic twenty-sixth President of the United States (1901-09) who became a national
0559: THEODORE ROOSEVELTEst. $3,000-$5,000
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT: 560. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Partly printed DS, on vellum, 1p, 15¼"x18", Washington, DC, Feb 11, 1905. Navy Department seal affixed. Superb naval and military engravings at bottom and top center.
0560: THEODORE ROOSEVELTEst. $450-$800
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WOODROW WILSON: 561. WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924). Twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-21) whose reform legislation set the course of 20th century liberalism. He played a major role in founding the
0561: WOODROW WILSONEst. $400-$700
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WARREN G. HARDING: 563. WARREN G. HARDING (1865-1923). Twenty-ninth President of the United States (1921-23) whose Administration is largely remembered for the Teapot Dome scandal. As senator, he opposed the League of
0563: WARREN G. HARDINGEst. $1,100-$2,100
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WARREN G HARDING: 564. WARREN G HARDING Partly printed DS, 1p, 17¾"x14", Washington, DC, Dec 15, 1922. Embossed Post Office Department seal present. Appointment of Harry H. Cope as "Postmaster at Madison in the
0564: WARREN G HARDINGEst. $280-$500
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FLORENCE KLING HARDING: 565. FLORENCE KLING HARDING (1860-1924). First Lady of the United States (1921-1923) as the wife of President Warren Harding. She involved herself tirelessly in her husband's election effort. White
0565: FLORENCE KLING HARDINGEst. $80-$160See Sold Price
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CALVIN COOLIDGE: 566. CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933). Taciturn thirtieth President of the United States (1923-1929) who took office after the death of Warren G. Harding. SP [E. Chickering, Boston], sepia silver print,
0566: CALVIN COOLIDGEEst. $150-$300
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CALVIN COOLIDGE: 567. CALVIN COOLIDGE Partly printed DS, his personal imprinted bank check drawn on The Hampshire County Trust Co., Northampton, MA, Jun 5, 1929. Made payable to Leon R. Farr. Boldly signed only a few
0567: CALVIN COOLIDGEEst. $150-$300
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CHARLES G. DAWES: 568. CHARLES G. DAWES (1865-1951). Vice President under Calvin Coolidge; Nobel Peace Prize winner with British Ambassador Austen Chamberlain; chief of supply procurement of the American Expeditionary
0568: CHARLES G. DAWESEst. $60-$120See Sold Price
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HERBERT HOOVER: 569. HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-33). Very nice SP [Fouldings, Santa Barbara], b/w matte, 4¾"x6½" portrait sketch by C. R. Mattin. Boldly signed in
0569: HERBERT HOOVEREst. $150-$300See Sold Price
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HERBERT HOOVER: 570. HERBERT HOOVER Superb ISP, silver print format, 9½"x12" bust portrait. Boldly inscribed and signed beneath image "To G. Bromley Oxnam with kindest regards of..." Light 1" wrinkle extends from
0570: HERBERT HOOVEREst. $150-$250
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