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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Presidential Autograph and Americana Auction
Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present an auction of Presidential autographs, memorabilia, early books and Americana as well as early works on the invention of the telephone.
Coming up on the 150th anniversary of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell entered his patent for the telephone on Feb. 14th, 1876 and shortly had it granted, with surprising rapidity, on Mar. 10th 1876, a few days before the first words would be spoken on the telephone. Quinn's is proud to offer highlights on this historical event, an event that shaped our modern world. We have the first instance of the relation of the telephone and its historic March 14th conversation with Bell's 1876 Researches on Telephony. We also have Bell's 2nd and 3rd Telephone Patents, the former being one of the two most influential patents on the Telephone, describing the telephone as a functioning device, first time offered at auction. Lastly, also for the first time at auction, we have for auction a collection of the Telephone Cases against Bell and his supposed invention of the telephone. This collection of an almost decade long litigation would ultimately declare Bell the inventor of the telephone and allow for an almost century long monopoly in telecommunications by AT&T.
Quinn's is also excited to offer on President's day a large collection of Presidential autographs and memorabilia. We have a full Lincoln signed appointment from 2 months before the close of the Civil War and his assassination and a James Madison signed document. We have several examples of Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Theodore Roosevelt as well as autographs from Reagan and Bush to Frank Hodsoll, former director of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lastly, we have several political buttons and ephemera including a 1861 Lincoln button pin, McKinley/Roosevelt jugate ribbon and a bust of Woodrow Wilson, while as president, executed by Jo Davidson.
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![Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin. 1794.: Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin together with Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary. New York: Samuel Campbell, 1794. 2 volumes bound in one. Small octavo. v, [1],](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/278425/146476901_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1675974995)









![3 vols. Morse's Work on the Telegraph.: 3 volume on Morse's invention of the Telegraph. (1) "Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph" [in] Report of the Commissioner of Patents. GPO, Washington, 1844. An illustrated patent report](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/278425/146476911_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1675974995)








![Thomas Edison Signed Letter: [Thomas Edison 1847-1931] Autograph letter signed. Written in pencil signed. Glossy image in black and white. Name placard. Two leaves. Frame: 26'x14'. Transcription as follows: Shaughnessy/See if](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/278425/146476920_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1675974995)


