Autographs & Memorabilia Auction XXV 2004-08-28 Auction - 813 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 5
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0509: ANDREW WYETH0508: ANDREW WYETH0610: [CELEBRITY ASSORTMENT]
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Autographs & Memorabilia Auction XXV

Signature House is pleased to offer over 825 lots of autographs, documents, manuscripts and historical collectibles in our 25th offering.

In a wide assortment of categories, you will find Presidents from Washington forward, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, including an original proof of the Ormsby engraving of the famous Trumbull painting of the Founding Fathers which hangs in the White House.

New in this catalog offering are rare antiquarian books including a First Limited Edition of Thwaites Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 and other Americana.

Plus Old West notables John Wesley Hardin, Garrett and Cody to business and industry titans to Titanic collectibles.

In addition to the most sought after American Revolution and Civil War autographs and collectibles, we have 16th-18th century armour and weapons and World War generals and leaders, including a magnificent Mussolini archive 1910-13 with excellent content, plus an entire volume of documents signed by Saddam Hussein.

In Heads of State & Royalty we have notables from Ferdinand & Isabella to Castro and Che Guevera.

Literary offerings include authors and writers from Chekhov to a large archive of H. L. Mencken letters.

We have vintage autographed photos of young Lindbergh and his wife to astronauts, including Ed White’s condolences to Jackie Kennedy.

Exquisite signed photographs of Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe top our Entertainment category plus vintage to contemporary Sports celebrities and much more.
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[BLACK HISTORY]: 99. [BLACK HISTORY] Sixth-plate tintype, a full-length portrait of a well-dressed young black man with billed cap and lapel pin seated in outdoor studio setting. Contained within intact hinged
0099: [BLACK HISTORY]Est. US$300-US$500Lot Passed
[19TH CENTURY MARYLAND]: 100. [19TH CENTURY MARYLAND] Three identified tintypes believed to be members of a prominent mid-19th century Maryland family. In excellent condition, they are identified as William [Uncle Willie]
0100: [19TH CENTURY MARYLAND]Est. US$80-US$150Lot Passed
[BRYON BEAUTIES]: 101. [BRYON BEAUTIES] Collection of seven vintage bookplates. Originally published in 1836, "Finden's Byron Beauties" feature 5½"x7¾" engravings of drawings which illustrate characters described in
0101: [BRYON BEAUTIES]Est. US$40-US$80Lot Passed
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[COLTON'S MAP OF THE WORLD]: 102. [COLTON'S MAP OF THE WORLD] Attractive map from the first Colton's Atlas of the World depicting what is now Alaska as Russian America with an undefined Antarctic and continents outlined in
0102: [COLTON'S MAP OF THE WORLD]Est. US$100-US$200
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HORACE GREELEY: 103. HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872). Influential journalist and antislavery political leader; founded the New York Tribune (1841) and was its editor for 31 years; popularized the admonition, "Go West
0103: HORACE GREELEYEst. US$60-US$120Lot Passed
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[STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS]: 104. [STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS] (1813-1861). Statesman, presidential candidate against Lincoln whom he had defeated in the Illinois Senate race, called the "Little Giant" for his small stature and great
0104: [STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS]Est. US$80-US$160
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ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER: 105. ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER (1765-1825). Eminent attorney; Federalist candidate for Vice President in 1816, he served in the Revolutionary War at the age of 15, later in the War of 1812. He was a
0105: ROBERT GOODLOE HARPEREst. US$100-US$200
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[LIBBY PRISON MUSEUM]: 106. [LIBBY PRISON MUSEUM] Chromolithograph card, 5½"x3¼" by Gast Lith. Co, 1893. Removed from Richmond to Chicago in 1889, the infamous Confederate military prison was converted into a museum for
0106: [LIBBY PRISON MUSEUM]Est. US$50-US$100Lot Passed
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[LUSITANIA]: 107. [LUSITANIA] "Extra" edition of The Detroit Free Press, 17½"x22½", May 8, 1915. Headlined "1,409 Believed Lost in Sinking of Great Liner Lusitania by German Submarine," the front page is filled
0107: [LUSITANIA]Est. US$400-US$600
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JAMES H. MEREDITH: 108. JAMES H. MEREDITH (b. 1933). Civil rights advocate whose registration as a student at the segregated University of Mississippi (1962) prompted a riot when state officials defied a federal court
0108: JAMES H. MEREDITHEst. US$50-US$100
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[OHIO CENTRAL RAILROAD]: 109. [OHIO CENTRAL RAILROAD] Large albumen image of an O.C.R.R. locomotive, Rollstone, 13½"x9¾", ca. 1870s. Engineer may be seen inside the cab. Light general toning; 1" crease extends from top
0109: [OHIO CENTRAL RAILROAD]Est. US$100-US$200Lot Passed
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WENDELL PHILLIPS: 110. WENDELL PHILLIPS (1811-1884). American abolitionist leader who succeeded William Lloyd Garrison as the president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He led the fight for the enactment of the
0110: WENDELL PHILLIPSEst. US$50-US$100
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[VINTAGE ADVERTISING]: 111. [VINTAGE ADVERTISING] Imprinted broadside promoting in large black lettering "Hamilton's Old English Black Oil" proclaiming "The Greatest Healing Liniment of the Age! Prepared from the Original
0111: [VINTAGE ADVERTISING]Est. US$60-US$150Lot Passed
[TITANIC]: 112. [TITANIC] Historic first account of the maritime disaster in The Daily Picayune, 16½"x23", New Orleans, Apr 16, 1912. Headlined "Fifteen Hundred Thought Lost By Sinking Of Titanic," it is
0112: [TITANIC]Est. US$900-US$1,800Lot Passed
[MELAINOTYPE IMAGE]: 113. [MELAINOTYPE IMAGE] Sixth-plate half-length image of bearded man with stovepipe hat. An early variation of the ambrotype but applied to iron plate that was first finished with black japan
0113: [MELAINOTYPE IMAGE]Est. US$250-US$450Lot Passed
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[JOHN BROWN]: 114. [JOHN BROWN] (1800-1859). Abolitionist hanged for treason after his unsuccessful attack on Harper's Ferry. CDV three-quarter-length engraved portrait above facsimile signature and imprint "'His
0114: [JOHN BROWN]Est. US$100-US$200
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ROBERT E. LEE: LEE RECORDS DRAWINGS FOR WEST POINT BARRACK BY J F GILMER115. ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870). Revered commander in chief of the Confederate Armies. Unusual DS, 1p, 10"x5¾", West Point, Dec 15, 1843.
0115: ROBERT E. LEEEst. US$4,000-US$6,000
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JEFFERSON DAVIS: DAVIS CONTEMPLATES STANDING TRIAL FOR TREASON116. JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889). President of Confederate States of America; Secretary of War appointed by Franklin Pierce (1853-57); US senator from
0116: JEFFERSON DAVISEst. US$3,000-US$5,000Lot Passed
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[JAMES LONGSTREET]: 117. [JAMES LONGSTREET] (1821-1904). Confederate lieutenant general whom Lee called his "old war-horse," commanding the 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia at Chickamauga. He was severely wounded
0117: [JAMES LONGSTREET]Est. US$300-US$500
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SOUTHERN CROSS: 118. SOUTHERN CROSS Badge conferred by the United Daughters of the Confederacy on Confederate veterans for valor and patriotism. Beneath simple bar is suspended cross device displaying crossed bars
0118: SOUTHERN CROSSEst. US$250-US$500
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WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN: ALLEN MOVES TO PROTECT WAGON TRAIN FROM ENEMY FORCES119. WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN (1835-1894). Confederate major general, 1st AL Cavalry. Wounded at Murfreesboro and Perryville, he was an active member of
0119: WILLIAM WIRT ALLENEst. US$500-US$700
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[ANDERSONVILLE PRISON]: 120. [ANDERSONVILLE PRISON] Fine color print of the infamous Georgia Confederate military stockade, "Bird's-Eye View of Andersonville Prison From the South-East" 1890, Keystone Publishing Co.,
0120: [ANDERSONVILLE PRISON]Est. US$100-US$200
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[ANDERSONVILLE PRISON]: 121. [ANDERSONVILLE PRISON] Superb color print of the stockade from the portrait by Al. Jer. Klapp entitled The Andersonville Stockade, 22"x15", 1903. Nicely double-matted and contained under glass
0121: [ANDERSONVILLE PRISON]Est. US$100-US$200
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[CONFEDERATE MILITARY]: 122. [CONFEDERATE MILITARY] Return transmittal. ADS, 1p, 7¾"x9½", Abingdon, VA, Apr 15, 1863. On blue stationery Captain George w. Alderson submits to Major S. B. French in Richmond his "return for
0122: [CONFEDERATE MILITARY]Est. US$80-US$160Lot Passed
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