1926 check handwritten and hand-signed by Annie Oakley Butler, her married name
CLEARWATER, Fla. – On March 18, 2023, Blackwell Auctions will offer several items personally owned by Annie Oakley, including an engraved carriage clock gifted to her for her birthday during her European tour in 1901. Several other items will also be offered, including 16 books that were owned – and, in some cases, signed – by Oakley, including a book inscribed to her husband by the author, bandleader John Philip Sousa. The collection also boasts a personal check, signed by Oakley shortly before her death, made out to her niece.
Letter signed by General George Washington four days before the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolutionary War, estimated at $50,000-$70,000
BOSTON – RR Auction‘s February Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction, scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, boasts more than 850 remarkable items and celebrates Presidents’ Day with a special section featuring presidential autographs, artifacts and memorabilia. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
April 1775 mezzotint print portrait of Samuel Adams, estimated at $12,000-$18,000
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – On Saturday, January 14, Early American History Auctions will present a sale titled Autographs, Political, Americana, Coinage, containing exceptional material from the American Colonial era through the Revolutionary War period and to the War of 1812 and beyond, most notably from the collection of Ambassador J. William “Bill” Midddendorf. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
British hunger strike silver medal given to a suffragette, estimated at $10,000-$15,000
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a nearly 700-lot Historical Memorabilia & Americana Sale on Thursday, November 17, starting at 10 am Central time. It will feature relics of the suffrage movement, Civil Rights ephemera and Civil War memorabilia, as well as materials relating to Abraham Lincoln and other American presidents. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Gerhard Richter, ‘Schwarz – Rot – Gold IV,’ est. $8,000-$16,000
ATLANTA – Artworks by Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932-), Jean Baptiste Van Loo (French, 1684-1745), Igor Tulpanov (Russian and American, b. 1939-) and Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906) are among the expected top lots in Ahlers & Ogletree’s three-day, online-only Fine Estates & Collections auction planned for the weekend of August 25-27, starting at 10 am Eastern time all three days. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Massive close-up portrait of Elvis Presley, inscribed to Colonel Tom Parker, est. $15,000-$20,000
BOSTON — With more than 850 items in a wide variety of categories — American history, art, literature and entertainment — RR Auction‘s August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale, set for Wednesday, August 10, is sure to impress. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
George Washington’s March 1775 free frank to Rhode Island Governor Nicholas Cooke, est. $12,000-$14,000
WILTON, Conn. – Extensive and historically significant archives pertaining to Civil War generals (one for the Union, one for the Confederacy), a George Washington-signed free frank document from March 1775, a typed letter signed by Albert Einstein concerning God and science and pertaining to one of his most famous quotes, and Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics for The Times They Are A-Changin’ are just a few of the highlights in University Archives’ next online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, June 22. The Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction, beginning at 10:30 am Eastern time, features 481 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
197-page manuscript handwritten entirely by Israeli military commander and statesman Moshe Dayan for his subsequent book Vietnam Diary, est. $60,000-$80,000
WILTON, Conn. – A 197-page book manuscript written entirely in the hand of Israeli military commander and statesman Moshe Dayan, two items pertaining to Albert Einstein (a photograph and a manuscript), and a document boldly signed by John Adams in 1801 are just a few of the expected highlights in University Archives’ online-only Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Photographs & Books auction planned for Wednesday, March 30, starting at 10:30 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Historic gavel used in the Congress of the Confederate States of America, retrieved from Richmond in April 1865 by Senator Charles Sumner. Before departing for Ford’s Theatre on the night of his assassination, Abraham Lincoln mentioned the gavel and how it was acquired to White House visitors, Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax and Massachusetts Congressman George Ashmun. Lot includes original copy of April 17, 1865 edition of the Boston Daily Evening Traveller and an 1867 book, Six Months At The White House, both of which make reference to the gavel. Estimate $5,000-$10,000
DENVER, Pa. – April 15, 1865 is a date that will forever be associated with the assassination of America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. While volumes have been written about shooter John Wilkes Booth’s cowardly act, and the valiant fight to save Lincoln’s life, not as much is commonly known about the hours leading up to the president’s fateful visit to Ford’s Theatre.
Lot of two consecutively serial-numbered Winslow Arms Co. (Osprey, Fla.) Crown Grade bolt-action rifles in production between 1962-1983. Very ornately carved and inlaid with images of striding and trotting deer, respectively. Each fitted with Bausch & Lomb Balvar 2.5-8x scope. Lot estimate $7,000-$10,000
DENVER, Pa. – Nearly 1,200 lots of rare and high-quality firearms and militaria, including edged weapons and World War II/Third Reich relics, will cross the auction block at Morphy’s, March 15-17. The expertly curated three-day event offers extraordinary variety and buying options, with a huge list of highlights that incorporates flintlock, drilling/combination and percussion revolvers and rifles; plus bolt-, lever- and slide-action rifles. Other spotlight categories are: semiautomatic pistols and rifles; over-under and side-by-side shotguns; prop guns, modern handguns, Civil War swords, cannons, armor; and hard-to-find ammunition, some still packaged in the original factory boxes. Bid absentee or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.
