Auction XXIV - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-05-02 Auction - 461 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 7
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0470: GEORGE WASHINGTON0471: GEORGE WASHINGTON0828: [1934 ALL-STARS]
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXIV - Autographs & Memorabilia

Welcome to Signature House's Tenth Anniversary Sale! In this offering you will be delighted to find one of the most important banners of the 20th century – the banner that hung at the entrance of the Solidarity union hall in 1989 that heralded the fall of communism – signed by Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbechev, Lech Walesa, Havel of Czechoslovakia, George H. W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger and George Schultz. In addition, we have Presidents from Washington to Clinton; Signers Benjamin Franklin and Wythe; plus George Rogers Clark. Literary autographs include Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, and Oscar Wilde as well a 1632 copy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from the Second Folio. We also feature a large 17th century bronze bell from Asia, antiquities from the Middle East and other collectibles, plus artists and composers. Popular Civil War autographs include Lee, Longstreet and Chamberlain plus an identified Confederate cape from Shiloh and a blood-stained Bible. We have letters by John Sutter and Wild Bill Cody. There are financial documents and obsolete currency. We have autographs from Amelia Earhart to Neil Armstrong. Military includes Patton, MacArthur and Eisenhower and other WW II leaders including Winston Churchill; as well as Pancho Villa to Colin Powell. A document signed by Oliver Cromwell together with authentic 17th and 18th century armor are featured; plus European royalty such as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, and Victoria. Entertainers include John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Gable and Bogart. We have a baseball signed by Ruth and Gehrig from the 2nd ever All-Star Game, and other sports notables. And much more. We have something for everyone in all categories and price ranges.
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ENRICO CARUSO: 615. ENRICO CARUSO (1873-1921). Italian tenor with a repertoire of over 40 operas especially remembered for his portrayal of Canio in I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo. He was one of the first to record
0615: ENRICO CARUSOEst. $700-$1,000See Sold Price
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ENRICO CARUSO: 616. ENRICO CARUSO Signed self-caricature on Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo beige stationery, 5½"x7". Accomplished in pen and wash, Caruso has signed beneath, adding date "1915." Original center
0616: ENRICO CARUSOEst. $500-$700See Sold Price
[CLASSICAL MUSIC]: 617. [CLASSICAL MUSIC] Musical assortment of four autographs. New England Intercollegiate Band concert program from the Mar 24, 1957 performance at Tufts University. Boldly signed on cover by
0617: [CLASSICAL MUSIC]Est. $60-$150Lot Passed
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IAIN HAMILTON: 618. IAIN HAMILTON (1922-2000). British classical composer of wide ability composing symphonies, operas, chamber music and solo works. AMuQS on staff paper from "Act I" of his opera Anna Karenina
0618: IAIN HAMILTONEst. $150-$300See Sold Price
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ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: 619. ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882-1967). Hungarian composer of the opera Háry János (1926) and the orchestral work Missa Brevis (1945) who incorporated the rhythms and harmonies of Hungarian folk music
0619: ZOLTÁN KODÁLYEst. $300-$500See Sold Price
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LUIGI LABLACHE: 620. LUIGI LABLACHE (1794-1858). Italian opera singer, the most famous bass of his generation with a compass of two octaves. Schubert among others wrote songs for him. He sang the title role in
0620: LUIGI LABLACHEEst. $200-$400See Sold Price
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ERNESTO LECUONA: 621. ERNESTO LECUONA (1896-1963). Important Cuban classical and popular composer of "Malaguena," his first major composition, and writing scores for numerous American and Latin American movies,
0621: ERNESTO LECUONAEst. $125-$225See Sold Price
NUREYEV & BARISHNIKOV: 622. NUREYEV & BARISHNIKOV Two celebrated Russian-born classical ballet dancers. RUDOLF NUREYEV (1938-1993) associated with the Royal Ballet; and MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV (b. 1948), who served as director
0622: NUREYEV & BARISHNIKOVEst. $80-$140Lot Passed
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SERGE PROKOFIEFF: 623. SERGE PROKOFIEFF (1891-1953). Russian composer of ballets, opera and symphonies including the symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf (1934). He was officially sanctioned for "excessive
0623: SERGE PROKOFIEFFEst. $1,500-$1,800See Sold Price
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GIACOMO PUCCINI: "THEATRE ALREADY SOLD OUT" FOR PERFORMANCE OF "BUTT"624. GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924). Italian operatic composer whose works include La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900) and Madame Butterfly (1904). ALS in
0624: GIACOMO PUCCINIEst. $1,200-$1,600See Sold Price
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ALEKSEY NIKOLAYEVITCH VERSTOVSKY: 625. ALEKSEY NIKOLAYEVITCH VERSTOVSKY (1799-1862). Composer of Askold's Grave (1835), a romantic opera, the most popular Russian opera of the nineteenth century, and the first Russian opera performed
0625: ALEKSEY NIKOLAYEVITCH VERSTOVSKYEst. $250-$450See Sold Price
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[WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]: FROM 1632 "THE SECOND FOLIO"626. [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] (1564-1616). English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. His Tragedie of Macbeth (1606?)
0626: [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]Est. $1,200-$2,400
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LEWIS CARROLL: 627. LEWIS CARROLL Pen name of CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898). English author and mathematician best known for his fantasy Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the
0627: LEWIS CARROLLEst. $1,800-$2,800See Sold Price
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LEWIS CARROLL: 628. LEWIS CARROLL Two-volume set of Sylvie and Bruno, 5¼"x7½", Macmillan and Co., New York, 1889 and 1893. Inscribed on half-title page of concluding volume to "Lady Evan-Smith, with the Author's
0628: LEWIS CARROLLEst. $1,500-$2,500See Sold Price
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BEATRIX POTTER: "FORBEARS PREFERRED TO TURN THEIR BACKS TO THE WIND"629. BEATRIX POTTER Pen name of H B HEELIS (1866-1943). English writer and illustrator of children's books including Tale of Peter Rabbit (1900)
0629: BEATRIX POTTEREst. $2,500-$3,500
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EUGENE O'NEILL: O'NEILL THANKS PUBLISHER "FOR THE COPIES OF 'AH, WILDERNESS'"630. EUGENE O'NEILL (1888-1953). American dramatist, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of Nobel Prize for literature (1936);
0630: EUGENE O'NEILLEst. $1,000-$1,400See Sold Price
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EUGENE O'NEILL: 631. EUGENE O'NEILL Bound Limited Edition of his play The Emperor Jones, No. 641 of 775, 90pp, 7¾"x10¼", Boni & Liveright, New York, 1928. With eight illustrations by ALEXANDER KING (1900-1965)
0631: EUGENE O'NEILLEst. $300-$600See Sold Price
[EUGENE O'NEILL]: "HIS TREMOR MAKES WRITING MOST DIFFICULT FOR HIM"632. [EUGENE O'NEILL] ALS by his wife Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, 1p, 5¾"x7¾", n.p., Jul 26, 1947. On blue stationery to H. Kanti in New York. She
0632: [EUGENE O'NEILL]Est. $80-$150Lot Passed
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OSCAR WILDE: WILDE WRITES TO FUTURE DEFENDER633. OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900). Eccentric Irish-born writer admired for his brilliant wit, best known for his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and lively comedic
0633: OSCAR WILDEEst. $400-$800See Sold Price
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[16TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE]: 634. [16TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE] A 7½"x11" leaf from Holinshed's Chronicles of England, 1577. Set forth by Raphael Holinshed, London, Folio, Black Letter imprinted for George Bishop. Page
0634: [16TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE]Est. $60-$120See Sold Price
[19TH CENTURY POETS]: 635. [19TH CENTURY POETS] Collection of six early Victorian poets. Among them are Irish romantic poet and composer THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852). ALS, 1p, 4½"x7½", Hopeton, Feb 12, 1838. To his friend
0635: [19TH CENTURY POETS]Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
[AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES]: 636. [AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES] Collection of eight 19th and 20th century editors and writers. Included is a signed card by CHARLES A. DANA (1819-1897) of the New York Tribune, adding "Jan. 18.
0636: [AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES]Est. $80-$150Lot Passed
KINGSLEY AMIS: 637. KINGSLEY AMIS (1922-1995). British writer best known for his novels Lucky Jim (1954) and Jake's Thing (1978). Brief TLS, 1p, 6½"x8", Cambridge, Sep 14, 1962. To Charles Osborne at the London
0637: KINGSLEY AMISEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD: 638. SIR EDWIN ARNOLD (1832-1904). English poet and journalist. ALS, 2 1/2pp, 4½"x7", Stokecliff, Dartmouth, n.d. To Mrs. De Salis. On mourning stationery, Arnold pens a cordial letter asking pardon
0638: SIR EDWIN ARNOLDEst. $80-$150Lot Passed
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