SIGNATURE HOUSE AUCTION 39A 2011-02-12 Auction - 415 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 14
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40: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN383: THOMAS A. EDISON47: [COLONIAL FRACTIONAL CURRENCY]
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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SIGNATURE HOUSE AUCTION 39A

Judeo-Christian, Antiquities, Colonial, Americana, Civil War, Military, Heads Of State & Royalty, Jurists, Cabinet Members, Politicians, Science & Technology, Aviators & Explorers
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INDIRA GANDHI: (1917-1984). Aggressive Prime Minister of India (1966-77 and 1980-84); assassinated by Sikh extremist; daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru. Blue French aérogramme cover featuring John F.
0317: INDIRA GANDHIEst. $100-$200
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GEORGE V: (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Emperor of India (1910-36) of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, renamed the House of Windsor. He led his nation
0318: GEORGE VEst. $6,000-$8,500
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GEORGE VI: (1895-1952). King of England who succeeded to the throne upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936; brought Winston Churchill to office as Prime Minister. His reign also marked the
0319: GEORGE VIEst. $1,000-$2,000
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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: (b. 1931). President of USSR (1985-91) who introduced reforms in Soviet Union awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in helping to end cold war. SP, color, 10"x8" photo still of famed
0320: MIKHAIL GORBACHEVEst. $100-$200
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WILLIAM HERBERT: 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580-1630). Chancellor of the University of Oxford; founder of Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1615 to 1625. In 1623, together with
0321: WILLIAM HERBERTEst. $150-$300Lot Passed
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SADDAM HUSSEIN: (1937-2006). Infamous Iraqi dictator executed by the Iraqi government in Baghdad. DS in Arabic, 1p, 8¼"x12", [Baghdad], [?]. Untranslated. On official ornately bordered light green letterhead with
0322: SADDAM HUSSEINEst. $200-$400
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NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV: (1894-1971). Premier of the former Soviet Union (1958-64), this fiery Ukrainian politician was forced by the Kennedy Administration to remove missiles from Cuba following a tense, nuclear standoff in
0323: NIKITA KHRUSHCHEVEst. $300-$500
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DALAI LAMA: (b. 1935) Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet's political and spiritual leader in exile based in Dharamsala, India, having left Tibet after an unsuccessful rebellion in 1959. He received the
0324: DALAI LAMAEst. $150-$300
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NELSON MANDELA: (b. 1918). South African president since 1994 and political leader who became symbol of resistance to apartheid when he was imprisoned for nearly 30 years for his activities. He shared the 1993 Nobel
0325: NELSON MANDELAEst. $100-$300
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MARY OF TECK: (1867-1953). Queen consort of England, wife of George V and granddaughter of George III; mother of two Kings, Edward VIII & George VI. Clipped signature with closing, "Yours Very Sincerely,"5"x2½",
0326: MARY OF TECKEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN: 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979). British naval commander and statesman; great-grandson of Queen Victoria; supreme allied commander of Southeast Asia Theatre, recapturing Burma; assassinated
0327: LOUIS MOUNTBATTENEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed
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EVA PERÓN: (1919-1952). Influential second wife, known as Evita, of President Juan Perón of Argentina. Commanding an enormous political following, the former actress sought the vice presidency in 1951 but was
0328: EVA PERÓNEst. $200-$400
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JUAN PERÓN: (1895-1974). President of Argentina (1946-55 and 1973-74), who brought long-lasting changes in the nation's politics; a leading Latin American figure of the twentieth century. Two DsS "Perón" in
0329: JUAN PERÓNEst. $150-$300Lot Passed
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JUAN PERÓN: DS in Spanish, 1p, 16½"x13", Buenos Aires, Nov 28, 1973. Untranslated. Gold embossed seal at top center margin. As President of Argentina, Perón awards the rank "Great Cross" to Director of
0330: JUAN PERÓNEst. $100-$200
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[RUSSIAN LEADERS]: A wonderful collection of nine Russian nesting dolls featuring each of the Russian political leaders from Vladimir Lenin to Boris Yeltsin. Each doll or matryoshka is a set of dolls of decreasing
0331: [RUSSIAN LEADERS]Est. $200-$450Lot Passed
ANWAR EL SADAT: (1970-1981). Diplomat and president of Egypt from 1970 signing a peace treaty recognizing Israel in 1978 and together with Prime Minister Menachem Begin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that year.
0332: ANWAR EL SADATEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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LOUIS A. THIERS: (1797-1877). French statesman and historian; first president of the Third Republic who led France through the critical reconstruction period after the Franco-Prussian War. ALS "A. Thiers" in French,
0333: LOUIS A. THIERSEst. $100-$250
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EDWARD SMITH-STANLEY: 12th Earl of Derby, PC (1752 -1834). British peer and politician; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Partly printed DS "Derby" on vellum, 1p, 22¼"x17", County of Lancaster, Great Britain, Jul 19,
0334: EDWARD SMITH-STANLEYEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901). Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and Empress of India (1867-1901). Her reign of 63 years, the longest in English history, is as the Victorian Age
0335: VICTORIAEst. $250-$450
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JOHN MARSHALL: (1755-1835). Patriot lawyer and Revolutionary War officer who served with Washington at Valley Forge. A year after his appointment as secretary of state by John Adams, he was appointed fourth Chief
0336: JOHN MARSHALLEst. $3,000-$5,000
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR.: (1841-1935). Chief justice of the US Supreme Court (1899-1902) possessed of great power of articulation of his narrow constructionist legal opinion and was known as the "Great Dissenter"; promulgated
0337: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR.Est. $300-$500Lot Passed
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ROGER B. TANEY: (1777-1864). Fifth Chief Justice of Supreme Court best known for his controversial landmark decision in the Dred Scott Case (1857) which further polarized the North and South; US Attorney General and
0338: ROGER B. TANEYEst. $200-$400
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WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR.: (1906-1997). Associate justice of the US Supreme Court appointed by Eisenhower, retiring in 1990. ISP with sentiment, b/w, 8"x10" quarter-length portrait in judicial robes. Boldly signed in blue ink
0339: WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR.Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
TOM C. CLARK: (1899-1977). Jurist appointed US attorney general (1945) and associate justice of the US Supreme Court in 1949 under Truman. Clark resigned in 1967 when his son, Ramsey Clark, became attorney
0340: TOM C. CLARKEst. $80-$160Lot Passed
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