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Signature House
Auction XXI
0023: AMERICAN ARCHIVES0118: [WYANDOTTE NATION PETITION]0591: GEORGE WASHINGTON
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXI

Signature House

Signature House

With nearly 1200 lots, Signature House is featuring a collection of early Presidents, including two very early ALsS by George Washington; a letter signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State; a patent signed by Andrew Jackson; a military commission signed by Lincoln and an ALS by young John F. Kennedy.



We have Pope John Paul II, Saint John Neumann and other Judeo-Christian notables.



Colonial features a full nine-volume set of American Archives that includes a rare “wet ink” engraving of the Declaration of Independence by Peter Force, plus several Signers.



Americana highlights a rare 1807 petition of the Wyandotte Nation signed by eight chiefs with their totems.



In War Between the States is a war-date ALS by Robert E. Lee; several important Jefferson Davis items; a Confederate Kenansville Froelich sabre, an ALS by Union Major General George Armstrong Custer and other generals.



Military features “Bull” Halsey’s military hat; Ernest King’s presentation sword; letters by Patton and uniforms of important military generals.



Aviation Pioneers, Astronauts and Explorers feature a fine signature by James Cook and an archive pertaining to the first Trams Arctic Submarine Expedition aboard the Nautilus in 1930. Scientists include Einstein and Freud.



Our Heads of State & Royalty includes exquisite large signed lithographs of Edward VII and his Queen Alexandra, plus Napoleon and many others. We also have Artists, Cartoonists, Composers and Classical Musicians.



Literature features Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Joyce Kilmer, D. H. Lawrence, Dickens, Hugo, Hemingway, Longfellow, Kipling. and many others.

Entertainment includes Marilyn Monroe’s last film script and gold and platinum albums presented to the Beatles including Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour.



We have many Sports figures and collectibles, including a superb Babe Ruth signed ball, an ALS by Ty Cobb and a Cy Young signed HOF card, a fine photograph signed by John L. Sullivan and an SP by Jim Corbett.

SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION II]: 532. [POLITICAL COLLECTION II] Very nice collection of 87 signatures penned mostly by cabinet members, and also vice presidents, governors, and other politicians from the 19th and 20th centuries.
0532: [POLITICAL COLLECTION II]Est.
$400
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$600
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION III]: 533. [POLITICAL COLLECTION III] Collection of 31 assorted SPs and ISPs, b/w, assorted sizes. Signed by 27 politicians from the 19th and 20th centuries, among them are the political activist priest
0533: [POLITICAL COLLECTION III]Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION IV]: 534. [POLITICAL COLLECTION IV] Nice collection of 20 autographs of cabinet members, high-ranking White House aides, governors and other politicians. Included are SPs, b/w, mostly 8"x10" portraits
0534: [POLITICAL COLLECTION IV]Est.
$200
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$300
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION V]: 535. [POLITICAL COLLECTION V] Very nice collection of 73 vintage signatures on mostly 3"x5" unlined cards boldly penned by various governors, congressmen, senators, etc. of the '30s and '40s. Among
0535: [POLITICAL COLLECTION V]Est.
$150
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$250
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION VI]: 536. [POLITICAL COLLECTION VI] Nice assortment of 17 cabinet members, senators and other politicians on the national stage. Included are eleven signed cards by WILLIAM G. MCADOO (1863-1941); JOSEPHUS
0536: [POLITICAL COLLECTION VI]Est.
$250
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$350
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION VII]: 537. [POLITICAL COLLECTION VII] Assortment of over sixty SPs and ISPs, b/w, mostly 8"x10" portraits signed by US senators, congressman and other politicians of the mid-20th century. Among them are
0537: [POLITICAL COLLECTION VII]Est.
$150
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$250
SOLD
[POLITICAL COLLECTION VIII]: 538. [POLITICAL COLLECTION VIII] Assortment of 24 signatures from 19th and 20th century senators, vice presidents, cabinet members and other politicians. Signed cards include ELIHU ROOT; JOSEPHUS
0538: [POLITICAL COLLECTION VIII]Est.
$200
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$300
SOLD
[POLITICIANS I]: 539. [POLITICIANS I] Assortment of 17 turn of the century cabinet members, senators, governors and other politicians. Included are 15 cabinet photographs individually matted above cards signed by
0539: [POLITICIANS I]Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
[POLITICIANS II]: 540. [POLITICIANS II] Collection of 35 senators, congressmen, governors, and other politicians. TLsS, 1p each, from the 1940s forward. Mostly on their office letterhead to a collector with routine
0540: [POLITICIANS II]Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
[POLITICIANS III]: 541. [POLITICIANS III] Collection of 28 autographs by 24 cabinet members, governors, senators and other politicians from the 19th and 20th centuries. Included are TLsS, 1p each, with routine
0541: [POLITICIANS III]Est.
$200
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$300
SOLD
[POLITICIANS IV]: 542. [POLITICIANS IV] Nice collection of SPs and ISPs of US senators, governors, and other politicians, b/w, 8"x10" portraits. Among them are SPs by TOM EAGLETON; JAKE GARN with ½" marginal edge
0542: [POLITICIANS IV]Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
[POLITICIANS V]: 543. [POLITICIANS V] Collection of over 55 signatures on cards or clipped from letters and documents of 19th and 20th century senators, governors, vice presidents and other politicians. Among them
0543: [POLITICIANS V]Est.
$200
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$400
SOLD
[POLITICIANS VI]: 544. [POLITICIANS VI] Collection of 21 nineteenth and twentieth-century senators, cabinet members, governors and other politicians contained in an assortment of 24 SPs and ISPs, b/w, various sizes.
0544: [POLITICIANS VI]Est.
$150
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$250
SOLD
[PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS]: 545. [PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS] Varied assortment of 18 SPs, mostly b/w, 8"x10" portraits of ten presidential and vice presidential candidates. Among them are HENRY CABOT LODGE plus 5"x7" signed in
0545: [PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS]Est.
$250
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$350
SOLD
[SOUTHERN GOVERNORS]: 546. [SOUTHERN GOVERNORS] Two SPs, b/w, 8"x10" quarter-length portraits of governors known for their avowed segregationist views. Individually signed by LESTER MADDOX (b. 1915) Governor of Georgia,
0546: [SOUTHERN GOVERNORS]Est.
$100
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$150
SOLD
SIMON LAKE: LAKE'S PLANS FOR CARGO-CARRYING SUBMARINES547. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945). Naval inventor who built the first submarine to operate extensively in open sea, the Argonaut. In 1906 Congress rejected plans
0547: SIMON LAKEEst.
$3,500
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$5,500
SOLD
SIMON LAKE: ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT FOR RECOVERY OF SPONGES AND SHELLFISH FROM OCEAN BEDS548. SIMON LAKE Original blueprint, 25"x16½", 1932, in which he illustrates "Various Methods of Gathering Shell Fish, Sponges,
0548: SIMON LAKEEst.
$800
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$1,200
SOLD
SIMON LAKE: 549. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945). Naval inventor who built the first submarine to operate extensively in open sea, the Argonaut. In 1906 Congress rejected plans to buy the Protector, so he sold it to
0549: SIMON LAKEEst.
$200
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$300
SOLD
SIMON LAKE: 550. SIMON LAKE Signed book, Rules for Building and Classing Vessels, 141pp, 9"x10", issued by American Bureau of Shipping, New York, 1917. Signed on inside front cover and on half-title page. Boldly
0550: SIMON LAKEEst.
$100
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$150
SOLD
ALBERT EINSTEIN: EINSTEIN ON THEORY OF RELATIVITY551. ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). German-born American physicist and Nobel laureate (1922), the most well known 20th century scientist. He was able to engage the
0551: ALBERT EINSTEINEst.
$2,200
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$2,600
SOLD
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL: 552. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1847-1922). Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone first demonstrated in 1876 in his experiments with Thomas Watson. Other inventions include the audiometer,
0552: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLEst.
$500
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$700
SOLD
MAX BORN: 553. MAX BORN (1882-1970). German-British theoretical physicist and 1954 Nobel Laureate in physics noted for his fundamental contributions to quantum theory. Author of Einstein's Theory of Relativity
0553: MAX BORNEst.
$80
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$100
SOLD
LEE DE FOREST: 554. LEE DE FOREST (1873-1961). American inventor; pioneer in wireless and often called the 'father of radio'; first to demonstrate sound in motion pictures (1923). His autobiography, Father of
0554: LEE DE FORESTEst.
$100
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$150
SOLD
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS: 555. FERDINAND DE LESSEPS (1805-1894). French diplomat and engineer awarded numerous honors for his work in planning the Suez Canal in Egypt. He failed in his attempt to build canal in Panama. AQS in
0555: FERDINAND DE LESSEPSEst.
$80
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$100