Auction XXXII - Autographs & Memorabilia 2007-04-29 Auction - 478 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 6
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0643: F SCOTT FITZGERALD SIGNED FLAPPERS & PHILOSOPHERS0615: WALT DISNEY SIGNED FIRST EDITION ART OF ANIMATION0663: IAN FLEMING FIRST EDITION SIGNED BOOK: GOLDFINGER
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXXII - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 32nd offering featuring over 1000 lots including vintage and contemporary historical autographs, documents, manuscripts and related collectibles. Closing in two Live sessions, collectors may choose from a choice selection of Medieval artifacts to colonial and religious artifacts and personalities, including Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Foreign heads of state to autographs of American Presidents include the second and third most rare autographs as President, plus Washington, Adams and Jefferson with a rare copy of his only book-length work, Notes on Virginia, a very rare Lincoln signed check, and Reagan's letter to the American people informing them of his Alzheimer's diagnosis. We have several Wild West notables including the highly sought Jesse and Frank James autographs plus members of the 7th Cavalry. Also important authors including an early F. Scott Fitzgerald, plus Fine Arts notables such as Picasso and noted composers, important scientists, vintage to contemporary entertainment. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig top the list in sports plus a rare signature of Sonny Liston with Joe Louis. A truly exciting Military offering includes Napoleon, an ALS by American Civil War Confederate General George Pickett, several rare World War I German aces including von Richthofen, and political personalities featuring a handwritten letter by Trotsky plus WW II leaders including a marvelous Douglas MacArthur letter with prescient military content and Churchill. Besides aviation pioneers Lindbergh and Earhart, we also have an Apollo 11 crew photo signed by all three astronauts. These are but a few of the many lots available to please discriminating collectors.
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HENRY FORD /WILFRED GRENFELL SIGNED CARD: FORD ATTENDS VANDERBILT PARTY WITH SOCIETY ELITE715. HENRY FORD (1863-1947). American automobile manufacturer who mass-produced the Model T (1908-1927), the first affordable automobile. Vintage card
0715: HENRY FORD /WILFRED GRENFELL SIGNED CARDEst. US$300-US$500See Sold Price
3 THOMAS CLARK DURANT SIGNED CHECKS: 716. THOMAS CLARK DURANT (1820-1885). American financier and railroad promoter whose stock manipulation created the Crédit Mobilier scandal. He was vice president of Union Pacific when the railroad
0716: 3 THOMAS CLARK DURANT SIGNED CHECKSEst. US$300-US$600Lot Passed
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MILTON FRIEDMAN HANDWRITTEN SIGNED QUOTE: ECONOMIST FRIEDMAN QUOTES ADAM SMITH 1776717. MILTON FRIEDMAN (1912-2006). Celebrated American economist and author awarded Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976. One of the most influential economists of
0717: MILTON FRIEDMAN HANDWRITTEN SIGNED QUOTEEst. US$250-US$500See Sold Price
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GEORGE & J. PAUL GETTY SIGNED CHECKS: 718. GEORGE & PAUL GETTY Corporate attorney GEORGE F. GETTY (d. 1930) amassed a fortune from his Minnehoma Oil Company. With his son J. PAUL GETTY (1892-1976), he incorporated an early version of
0718: GEORGE & J. PAUL GETTY SIGNED CHECKSEst. US$50-US$100See Sold Price
FREDERICK PABST SIGNED DOCUMENT: 720. FREDERICK PABST (1836-1904). Dutch-born American brewer. Known as "Captain Pabst" since his seafaring days, his brilliant management and development of Best & Company brewery made it one of the
0720: FREDERICK PABST SIGNED DOCUMENTEst. US$100-US$200Lot Passed
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SAMUEL REMINGTON HANDWRITTEN SIGNED CHECK: 722. SAMUEL REMINGTON (1819-1892). Son of founder of E. Remington & Sons, gun makers. He helped his father run the company, concentrating on selling the popular firearms on the international market.
0722: SAMUEL REMINGTON HANDWRITTEN SIGNED CHECKEst. US$100-US$200
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JOHN WANAMAKER SIGNED NOTE W/PIC: 723. JOHN WANAMAKER (1838-1922). American merchant; postmaster general (1889-1893) appointed by Benjamin Harrison. He started a clothing business in 1861 which expanded into the largest retail men's
0723: JOHN WANAMAKER SIGNED NOTE W/PICEst. US$60-US$120See Sold Price
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THOMAS J. WATSON SIGNED LETTER W/SPEECH: 724. THOMAS J. WATSON SR. (1874-1956). Self-made American industrialist; president of International Business Machines (IBM), leading his company as an international force by the 1950s with an
0724: THOMAS J. WATSON SIGNED LETTER W/SPEECHEst. US$100-US$250See Sold Price
BUSINESS LEADERS SIGNED PHOTOS: 726. [BUSINESS LEADERS] Four American business notables. Three SPs, color, 8"x10" portraits of Wendy's founder and CEO DAVE THOMAS (1932-2002), inscribed; real estate magnate DONALD TRUMP (b. 1946)
0726: BUSINESS LEADERS SIGNED PHOTOSEst. US$80-US$160Lot Passed
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SIGNED CHECK: 727. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1869-1959). Pioneer modern architect whose distinctive style of "organic architecture" based on natural forms can be seen in private homes to buildings such as the Guggenheim
0727: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SIGNED CHECKEst. US$500-US$900See Sold Price
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WEEGEE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER/ENVELOPE: 728. WEEGEE (1899-1968). Born Usher (later Arthur) Fellig, the tabloid photographer became a celebrated self-made photojournalist with reputation for being one of the first to arrive at a murder
0728: WEEGEE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER/ENVELOPEEst. US$200-US$400See Sold Price
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GARRY KASPASROV SIGNED FIRST PRINTING BOOK: 729. GARRY KASPAROV (b. 1963). Russian world champion chess player defeating champion Anatoly Karpov in 1985. His book, My Great Predecessors, "Part V," 480pp, 7"x10", Everyman Chess, London, 2006.
0729: GARRY KASPASROV SIGNED FIRST PRINTING BOOKEst. US$100-US$200See Sold Price
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MARVIN PURVIS SIGNED MASONIC CARD: 731. MELVIN PURVIS (1903-1960). Famed FBI special agent heading the Chicago office in the '30s who directed the manhunt that ended in the deaths and capture of notorious criminals John Dillinger,
0731: MARVIN PURVIS SIGNED MASONIC CARDEst. US$80-US$160See Sold Price
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LOWELL THOMAS & WALTER WINCHELL SIGNED LETTERS: 732. [RADIO HALL OF FAME] Two writers, broadcast journalists and narrators who made their mark in radio and newsreels. Brief TLS by LOWELL THOMAS (1892-1981), 1p, 7¼"x10½", New York, Jul 13, 1943.
0732: LOWELL THOMAS & WALTER WINCHELL SIGNED LETTERSEst. US$50-US$100
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19TH & 20 CENTURY CELEBRITIES SIGNED ASSORTMENT: 733. [VINTAGE NATIONAL & WORLD LUMINARIES] Diverse collection of 19 political, musical, military and other notables from the early 19th to mid-20th century. Among them are cut signatures and cards
0733: 19TH & 20 CENTURY CELEBRITIES SIGNED ASSORTMENTEst. US$400-US$600See Sold Price
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3 VINTAGE 1930'S CELEBRITIES SIGNED SIGNATURES: 735. [EARLY 20TH CENTURY CELEBS] Three vintage clipped signatures by diverse '20s and '30s notables. Among them: respected journalist, sportswriter and columnist HEYWOOD BROUN (1888-1939), darkly
0735: 3 VINTAGE 1930'S CELEBRITIES SIGNED SIGNATURESEst. US$60-US$120See Sold Price
8 CELEBRITY SIGNED CARDS/LETTERS: 737. [CELEBRITY ASSORTMENT] Eclectic collection of eight American notables, ca. 1981, some with transmittal envelopes. SHERMAN ADAMS (1899-1986), President Eisenhower's White House Chief of Staff;
0737: 8 CELEBRITY SIGNED CARDS/LETTERSEst. US$80-US$160Lot Passed
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CELEBRITY SIGNED CHECKS COLLECTION: 738. [CELEBRITY CHECK COLLECTION] Nice assortment of 13 American notables. Checks signed and completed in their hand include television journalist CHET HUNTLEY; Hollywood stars ROD STEIGER; ROD
0738: CELEBRITY SIGNED CHECKS COLLECTIONEst. US$150-US$450See Sold Price
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