Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-12-12 Auction - 408 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 7
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626: MAYNARD DIXON720: [BUSINESS NOTABLES]597: RONALD REAGAN
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 26th catalog offering of over 885 lots featuring a wide selection of autographs, documents, and related collectibles in all categories. Our popular Presidents category is highlighted by the much sought after Society of Cincinnati certificate signed by George Washington; an ALS by Thomas Jefferson; also an autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and two signed receipt statements in his holograph as a young attorney. We have Signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Benjamin Franklin; autograph letters signed by Annie Oakley and Pat Garrett plus an archive from the famed Ames Manufacturing Co. with business letters penned by founders Nathan and James Ames. Civil War features an early check signed twice by Robert E. Lee and a signature from his report on the Second Battle of Manassas plus a rare signed cabinet photo of Jefferson Davis. Also featured is an identified uniform coat belonging to an officer of The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Massachusetts and an archive from the War of 1812. We offer a touching wartime letter penned by Dwight Eisenhower to his wife Mamie remembering their 26th wedding anniversary. Plus personal narratives penned by participants in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. A document signed by James I and a signed photograph of Winston Churchill are included with a host of other royalty and heads of state. Famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. signs a rare document as Captain in the Union Army. We have Edison discussing his concrete houses; artists such as John Singleton Copley and Whistler; authors Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence and Kate Greenaway; plus an intimate photo signed by Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan Macy. Business leaders include Henry Ford, Alva Roebuck & John D. Rockefeller. Entertainment features favorite Wizard of Oz characters and Sports has highly desirable trading cards. All this and much more!
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[AMERICAN FOLK ART]: 619. [AMERICAN FOLK ART] Portfolio of 19 pencil and ink drawings by Thomasine Bel Air of Exton, PA. Unsigned. Accomplished on variously sized art paper, 5¼"x5" to 14"x10¾", ca. 1830's as one of the
0619: [AMERICAN FOLK ART]Est. US$450-US$900Lot Passed
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FREDERICK STUART CHURCH: 620. FREDERICK STUART CHURCH (1842-1924). American oil and watercolor painter and illustrator known for his allegorical compositions of anthropomorphic animals. ALS "F. S. Church," 2pp on 1st and 4th
0620: FREDERICK STUART CHURCHEst. US$350-US$550
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FREDERICK STUART CHURCH: 621. FREDERICK STUART CHURCH ANS "F. S. Church," 1p, 5½"x9", Carnegie Hall, NY, Oct 5, 1914. In full, "Dear Doe - Haven't any Cuffs to mark date but its all right..." Boldly penned and signed
0621: FREDERICK STUART CHURCHEst. US$350-US$550Lot Passed
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SALVADOR DALI: 622. SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989). Spanish surrealist painter and writer of dreamlike and hallucinatory images in the '30s and '40s. His style became more classical in the '50s as his work took on
0622: SALVADOR DALIEst. US$250-US$450
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SALVADOR DALI: 623. SALVADOR DALI Bookstock SP, color, 8¼"x7" full-length seated portrait with his wife. Boldly signed "Dali" in black ink at bottom image. Beautifully presented under glass within custom
0623: SALVADOR DALIEst. US$150-US$300
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SALVADOR DALI: 624. SALVADOR DALI Impressive bookstock classic portrait, 8"x10", in darker hues suggestive of his subject. Pristinely signed "Dali" in black beside image. Contained under glass within handsome
0624: SALVADOR DALIEst. US$150-US$300
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JO DAVIDSON: 625. JO DAVIDSON (1883-1952). American sculptor best remembered for his vigorous and insightful portrait busts of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and Mahatma Gandhi, among
0625: JO DAVIDSONEst. US$80-US$160Lot Passed
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MAYNARD DIXON: 626. MAYNARD DIXON (1875-1946). American painter, muralist and illustrator who achieved international recognition for his Western subjects, which he signed with an Indian thunderbird logo. Moving
0626: MAYNARD DIXONEst. US$150-US$300
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ERTÉ: 627. ERTÉ (1892-1990). The "Father of Art Deco," was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg. He was a fashion illustrator in the '20s and creator of visual spectacle for French music-hall revues.
0627: ERTÉEst. US$150-US$300Lot Passed
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JAMES HARRILL: 628. JAMES HARRILL (1936-1996). Artist internationally recognized for his acrylic paintings of sun-drenched Greek buildings and New Mexican adobes against expanses of clear, blue skies. Usually
0628: JAMES HARRILLEst. US$100-US$200
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HENRY INMAN: RENOWNED ARTIST ASKS FUTURE PRESIDENT FOR COMMISSION629. HENRY INMAN (1801-1846). Leading American portrait painter of his day instrumental in founding the National Academy of Design in New York
0629: HENRY INMANEst. US$400-US$700Lot Passed
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JOHN H. B. LATROBE: 630. JOHN H. B. LATROBE (1803-1891). Maryland landscape artist, architect, and attorney; son of noted architect Benjamin Latrobe. A man of letters, he was also an activist in American Colonization
0630: JOHN H. B. LATROBEEst. US$50-US$100
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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE: 631. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830). Foremost English portrait artist of his day commissioned by the royal family of England. ALS "T Lawrence," 1p, 4½"x7", n.p., Feb 23, 1818. To his friend Joseph
0631: SIR THOMAS LAWRENCEEst. US$60-US$120
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JOAN MIRÓ: 632. JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983). Spanish surrealist painter whose fantastic images often have a whimsical or humorous quality of odd, amoebic shapes and distorted forms. Printed SP, b/w, overall 8"x10"
0632: JOAN MIRÓEst. US$170-US$340
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JOAN MIRÓ: 633. JOAN MIRÓ Colorful bookstock lithograph, 6"x9" classic example of his work. Signed in black ink on white mat beneath image. Attractively contained under glass within custom frame. Overall
0633: JOAN MIRÓEst. US$150-US$300
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ROBERT MOTHERWELL: 634. ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991). American painter, one of the founders and best-known of abstract expressionism. Among his works are The Crossing and Elegy to the Spanish Republic, a series of
0634: ROBERT MOTHERWELLEst. US$100-US$200Lot Passed
LOUISE NEVELSON: 635. LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988). Russian-born American sculptor best known for her massive abstract vertical wood sculptures. Reproduced SP, b/w, 8"x10" bust portrait. Boldly signed across bottom
0635: LOUISE NEVELSONEst. US$80-US$160Lot Passed
[NOTED PHOTOGRAPHERS]: 636. [NOTED PHOTOGRAPHERS] American fashion and portrait photographer RICHARD AVEDON (b. 1923) is known for his sophisticated, innovative fashion work and his sharply focused, realistic portraits of
0636: [NOTED PHOTOGRAPHERS]Est. US$150-US$250Lot Passed
HIRAM POWERS: 638. HIRAM POWERS (1805-1873). American sculptor who worked in the neoclassical style during the mid-1800s. He is best remembered for his Greek Slave (1843), a white marble statue of a nude girl
0638: HIRAM POWERSEst. US$500-US$800Lot Passed
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NORMAN ROCKWELL: 639. NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978). American painter and illustrator best remembered for his magazine covers depicting everyday life in America for the Saturday Evening Post and other periodicals.
0639: NORMAN ROCKWELLEst. US$600-US$1,000
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FRANÇOIS AUGUSTE RENÉ RODIN: 640. FRANÇOIS AUGUSTE RENÉ RODIN (1840-1917). French sculptor of intricate bronze and marble figures, exhilarating in their lifelike scope. The Thinker and The Kiss are among his more notable
0640: FRANÇOIS AUGUSTE RENÉ RODINEst. US$400-US$800Lot Passed
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ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC: 641. ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884-1974). French post-impressionist watercolor painter and graphic artist. His works include landscapes, dancers, figures, and still lifes. French postcard ALS "A.
0641: ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZACEst. US$250-US$500
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ANDREW WYETH: 642. ANDREW WYETH (b. 1917). American realist painter of barren rural scenes. Major works include Tenant Farmer (1961) and Christina's World (1948). Four signed bookplate prints, b/w, overall
0642: ANDREW WYETHEst. US$200-US$400
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ANDREW WYETH: 643. ANDREW WYETH Signed printed bookplate compositions removed from art book related to his work.., b/w, 11"x8½". Among them are "Sleep" which depicts Mrs. Wyeth is a study for his tempura Distant
0643: ANDREW WYETHEst. US$200-US$400
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