Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-12-12 Auction - 408 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 5
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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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HERBERT HOOVER: 571. HERBERT HOOVER Signed intact postal cover addressed in type to Lt. John W. Hess in Lansdowne, PA. A 3¢ stamp is affixed to top left corner. Signed at top margin in blue fountain pen. Ink a
0571: HERBERT HOOVEREst. $150-$250
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HERBERT HOOVER: 572. HERBERT HOOVER TLS, 1p with integral leaf, 7¼"x10½", New York, Mar 25, 1953. Writing from the Waldorf Astoria Towers on his personal letterhead to Mrs. Robert Gates. In part, "Thank you indeed
0572: HERBERT HOOVEREst. $80-$160
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[HERBERT HOOVER]: 573. [HERBERT HOOVER] Silk campaign-style souvenir textile, 14½"x18½", featuring a handsome sepia-toned image of Hoover with facsimile signature beneath. The striking quarter-length portrait is
0573: [HERBERT HOOVER]Est. $50-$100
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[PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURES]: 574. [PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURES] Collection of two Presidents and one First Lady. Embossed Stanford University cards, 3½"x2", individually signed by thirty-first President HERBERT HOOVER and his wife
0574: [PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURES]Est. $150-$300See Sold Price
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[DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS]: 575. [DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS] Three DsS, 3pp, each 23"x19", Washington, DC, 1930-40. Presidential paper seals affixed. Presidential Letters Patent appointing Edward P. Lawton, Jr. of Georgia to two
0575: [DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS]Est. $200-$400See Sold Price
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[FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT]: 576. [FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT] (1882-1945). Thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45) who led the nation through most of World War II. SP, gelatin silver print, 8"x10" quarter length
0576: [FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT]Est. $100-$200See Sold Price
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[FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT]: 577. [FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT] French leather-bound volume from his Hyde Park library, Lettres de Ciceron, 555pp, 4"x6½", Amsterdam, 1741. Purchased by the consignor from the estate sale of Franklin
0577: [FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT]Est. $80-$150
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HARRY S. TRUMAN: 578. HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972). Thirty-third President of the United States (1945-53) who led the country during the closing days of World War II. DS as Jackson County presiding judge, 1½pp on
0578: HARRY S. TRUMANEst. $200-$400
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HARRY S. TRUMAN: 579. HARRY S. TRUMAN TLS, 1p, 7¼"x10½", Kansas City, Sep 3, 1954. On his personal Federal Reserve Bank Building address letterhead to his former White House Assistant John Steelman. Regarding a
0579: HARRY S. TRUMANEst. $150-$300
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ALBEN W. BARKLEY: 580. ALBEN W. BARKLEY (1877-1956). Statesman and thirty-fifth United States Vice-President under Harry Truman; member of both US Congress and Senate from Kentucky. Superb ISP [Harris, Ewing], b/w
0580: ALBEN W. BARKLEYEst. $60-$80See Sold Price
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: EISENHOWER'S INAUGURAL PRAYER581. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). Thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-61); Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II largely
0581: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEREst. $1,500-$2,500See Sold Price
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: 582. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ISP, silver print, 10¾"x13¾" full-length portrait at his Gettysburg farm. The proud President stands amid his prize Black Angus cattle in business attire. Inscribed and
0582: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEREst. $200-$400
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[JOHN F. KENNEDY]: 583. [JOHN F. KENNEDY] (1917-1963). Thirty-fifth President of the United States (1961-63) assassinated in Dallas. TMs, 11pp, 8½"x11", n.p., n.d. Unsigned. Working typescript of a speech with
0583: [JOHN F. KENNEDY]Est. $1,500-$3,000See Sold Price
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[JOHN F. KENNEDY]: 584. [JOHN F. KENNEDY] Rare Harvard Freshmen Red Book "Register," 7¾"x10½", 1940, issued by Harvard University, New Haven. Containing the entire freshman class with a young John Kennedy appearing
0584: [JOHN F. KENNEDY]Est. $600-$1,000See Sold Price
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RICHARD M. NIXON: "I WAS PROUD TO WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE"585. RICHARD M. NIXON (1913-1994). Thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-74). TLsS as President, 2pp, 6¾"x9", Washington, DC, 1970-71.
0585: RICHARD M. NIXONEst. $350-$650See Sold Price
SPIRO T. AGNEW: 586. SPIRO T. AGNEW (1918-1996). Vice-president of the United States under Richard Nixon (1969-73) known for his flamboyantly phrased speeches; first VP to resign from office. Striking SP, color
0586: SPIRO T. AGNEWEst. $60-$120Lot Passed
[FIRST & SECOND LADIES]: 587. [FIRST & SECOND LADIES] Collection of seven Presidents' and Vice Presidents' wives. In assorted forms, included are PAT NIXON, who inscribes and signs a 1972 program for charity benefit in PA;
0587: [FIRST & SECOND LADIES]Est. $150-$300Lot Passed
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GERALD R. FORD: 588. GERALD R. FORD (b.1913). Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-77); appointed Vice President on the resignation of Spiro Agnew (1973). His book, A Time to Heal, 454pp, 6½"x9¾",
0588: GERALD R. FORDEst. $80-$160See Sold Price
GERALD R. FORD: 589. GERALD R. FORD ISP with lengthy sentiment, b/w, 8"x10" half-length seated portrait of the younger politician. Boldly inscribed and signed, "To Dick Rendell who I have long admired as a
0589: GERALD R. FORDEst. $50-$100Lot Passed
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GERALD R. FORD: 590. GERALD R. FORD SP with sentiment, b/w, overall 8"x10" quarter-length portrait. Boldly inscribed and signed in blue felt tip at bottom 1¼" border. Edge wear; several border punctures; two tiny
0590: GERALD R. FORDEst. $40-$80
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GERALD R. FORD: 591. GERALD R. FORD TLS "Jerry Ford" as Congressman, 1p, 8"x10½", Washington, DC, Aug 27, 1965. On Congressional Office of the Minority Leader letterhead to a Michigan constituent. In part,
0591: GERALD R. FORDEst. $40-$80
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GERALD R. FORD: 592. GERALD R. FORD Superb SP, color 8"x10" three-quarter-length seated portrait. Boldly signed beside his image. Fine. MB: $40 Presented by Signature House
0592: GERALD R. FORDEst. $40-$80
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NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER: 593. NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER (1908-1979). Vice President under Gerald Ford (1974-1977); governor of New York (1958-73); lost presidential nomination to Nixon. SP, b/w matte, overall 8"x10" bust
0593: NELSON A. ROCKEFELLEREst. $50-$100Lot Passed
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JIMMY CARTER: 594. JIMMY CARTER (b. 1924). Thirty-ninth President of the United States (1977-81). Partly printed DS, a Carter's Warehouse Receipt, Plains, GA, Sep 4, 1963. Confirming sale of 500-pound bale of
0594: JIMMY CARTEREst. $120-$240
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